Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-27
Mississippi
Aews
NO. Ii.

Insurance Commissioner T. VI. Henr,
having received an inquiry asking
the Druggist Indemnity Exchange q
81 Louis i authorized TO transact busi
ness In Mississippi. replied a. follows
Beg to say that the concern reierr~c
70 is no, authorized To transact busi
ness In Mississippi. and has never mad,
an attempt to bc. Every person whs
solicits business therefor Is violating
the law, and should be punished, ade
quate penalties being provided In sec
tions nl5, 96l6 aud sdt3 of the code.
trust YOU will make affidavits against
the parties, have them arrested and
tried You can depend on this depart
ment to render you all the assistance IL
its power. want to do everything
possible to rid the State Of all kinds oi
wildcats, aud to protect the people
against themselves. Should loss o..
cur TO policy holder covered by insur-
ance in an unauthorized company the
company could not send an adjuster tc
adjust the loss, nor cou q sui, be brought
In Mississippi to recover. Thus the
policy holder would b. placed abso-
lutely at the mercy OF the company,
and have rarely known or heard OF
case o; this kind where The company
failed to take all the advantage pos
sible.
The Central Bank of Mississippi, es
tablished NJ Jackson less than one year
ago with a capital Of sJ00, ,Ooo. il IN the
hands of receiver. IL Is understood
that the present embarrassed condition
Of the bank Is brought about by reason
Of the financial stringency which has
impaired the stability of certain hank.
and merchants in the country districts
and that the affairs " III soon be rightcd,
and that the receivership Is only TEN
porary.
Doc Willis, negro, convicted oi
numbering Sol Aronovitz, a pcddler
near Leland Oct -, was legally exc.
cuted at Greenville last week. Willis
killed Aronovitz because he wanted
-, and committed his crime in n most
brutal manner, clubbing his victim
into insensibility and leaving him for
dead in a thicket by the roadside.
The grand commandery, Knights
Templars. at its session held at Hat
tiesburg resolved to break away from 1
the Blue Lodge organization to the ex.
tent of holding its annual grand session
a. different time from the regular
grand lodge. This action was takcr
because IL was found that under the
mandery did not get time enough to
transact all of its business.
The independent telephone corpora
tions in Mississippi have joined the
Cumberland in the fight against the
Engle physical connection bill, the
purpose of which is to compel all tele.
phone companies to connect their lines
and pro rate the tolls.
Mrs. Maud Ballington Booth, who /,
leading the prison reform movement
and is making the rounds of Southern
State prisons, paid visit to the Mis-,
sissippi convict farms, and afterward
addressed the State legislature along
the lines OF prison reforms.
General Manager White, OF the Lib.
erty-White railroad, declares that
2-cent rate law in this State would be
suicidal to every railroad in Mississippi.
that the smaller lines can hardly exist
ut the present time and give the trav.
cling public good service.
The anti-bucket shot bill, a measure
which absolutely puts an end to all
dealings in futures in this State. has
been approved by the governor, and 10
now a law.
A monster petition to the Mississippi
legislature is being prepared by EN-
ployees of railroads in this State in
opposition TO the proposition before
the legislature to enact a 2-cent pas
senger rate law. The employees ar.
fearful that any further reduction OF
earnings of the railroads will cause re-
ductions in salaries.
There have been no less than l.00t
cases of grip at Columbus. The vic
tins are entirely among the white peo-
pie, and many stores, Offices and facto
ries are sadly crippled ON account OF
illness among employees.
At the age Of 92 Henry Pittman. the
oldest citizen OF Montgomery county,
died near Kilmichael. "Uncle Henry
as he was familiarly known, was q mem.
Der OF the Baptist church for 10 years
Twenty negroes, men and women,
were arrested at Brookhaven on the
charge of selling liquor. Negro detec.
tives were employed to land the boot
leggers.
On account OF bad condition OF the
roads the February term of the circuit
court at Ashland was postponed till the
regular term in August.
The house appropriations committee
killed the bin carrying an appropria.
ton of 5000 per year to aid the Mis-
sissippi Industrial Exposition in its
work. the sum to be used in the award
of special premiums under the super.
vision Of the State government.
The Columbus canning factory was
sold at public outcry for 1900. The
factory was erected less than one year
ago at cost of $4,000, and the ground
on which the building stands Is proba-
bly, worth more than was paid for the
entire property.
Judge z. NJ. Stephens, one OF the