Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-04-23

aged, but will go ahead with their de.
termination to make the zoos exposition
on larger and more comprehensive
scale than ever before.
Auditor Smith has issued tabula-
tion showing the condition Of 2sI state
banks and - branches doing business
In Mississippi. The statement shows
that the banks are In satisfactory shape,
having total resources Of ESQ, ,035, ,55I;
total volume of loans and discounts
sc, ,02I ,sO{.60, while over,lrafts secured
and demand loans amount to a, 49,
3s2 Is. The banks have an aggregate
capital stock of si2,5l7 ,6To.55, surplus
OF s2,I41 ,5e4.os, and undivided profits
Of 81, ,s06, ,22o.o7.
Mississippi will send several hundred
delegates to'the annual meeting of the
Southern Baptist tconvention, which will
convene at Hot Springs, Ark, on May
IA. Plans are being formed for all
delegates in the southern and central
parts OF the state to gather in Jackson
and travel in body TO the convention
city, leaving Jackson on the afternoon
OF May II. The total active member
ship OF the church In Mississippi IS now
between 10000 and IL, 900.
Senator F. III. Moore died at his
home at Cleveland. Senator Moore
vas potential factor in the public life
OF Mississippi and an influential men,
ber OF the state legislature. He was .
member Of one Of the oldest and mos,
distinguished families OF Bolivar couu-
", a prominent member Of the bar,
and a citizen held in the highest esteem
Of his townsmen-
The mercantile firm Of Mullen, Owen
q Co, Of Durant. has failed with lia-
bilities Of sl0o,0OO. This firm had been
in business for many years. and enjoyed
the confidence of everyone, many per-
sons Keeping their money with the
firm and checking It out as needed.
These we're caught in the crash, and
many will lose their entire savings Of
years.
Through the Efforts OF Land Com
missioner Nall between 2.0o0 and 5000
acres OF land which bad been wrong
fully psrreled cut under the homestead
laws OF the United States. has been re-
turned - Mississippi as state lands,
over which the federal governments
neither has nor had control or iuris-
dictiou-
Reports from Pike county Indicate
unusual activity along agricultural
lines. The Farmers Union Is strong
throughout that section, and their pol
icy of diversidcation and thorough
working OF the soil Is being largely
carried out. A considerably larger
area will be planted in food crops than
heretofore.
A lively clash Is on between Col.
Tom Haynie, editor OF the Farmers
Union Advocate, and the executive
committee OF the Mississippi branch OF
the Farmers Union. The bone Of con-
tentiou Is the effort launched by Col.
Haynie to organize the Colored Farm
ers' Cotton Business Cooperative
Unsn.
The semi-annual examination of ap-
piicants for license to practice medi-
cine will be held at Jackson May IL.
II is expected that there will be 200
applicants At the last examination
about 65 per cent. passed.
The last spike which connected the
Natchez end OF the Mississippi Cen
trail railway and the Hattiesbury end
was driven at Middle Fork, forty
miles west of Brookhaven. While the
road is now complete from Hattiesburx
to Natehez, distance Of l55 miles, is
win be two weeks before any traffic will
be handled over she western end OF the
line.
In the suit of Mrs. Laura HYDE OF
Laurel vs.. the Home Insurance Com
pany, for the collection OF q, 600 policy
on the life of her son, ]. G.. Hyde, who
committed suicide about year ago,
the jury returned Q verdict in favor of
Mrs Hyde The verdict was based on
expert testimony, which tended to
prove that the act was planned and ex-
ecuted by an insane man.
Chairman Lee Of the Mississippi rail-
road commission is trying to adjust the
Natchez depot controversy. which has
been pending for nearly year.
The annual convention Of the Bank.
ers' association will be held at Brook.
haven May II and IL.
Dave Duncan shot and killed Babs
Cooper, a peaceable farmer living near
Pontotoc- Cooper was to have heen
married the very day he was killed.
Duncan is said to have been drunk, and
Cooper started TO assist him to remoupt.
Duncan pulled his pistol and shot Coop
or through the heart, killing him in
stantly.
While cleaning his shotgun on the
front porch at the family residence,
Robert Mathis, son OF wealthy citizen
of Crystal Springs, accidentally shot
and killed himself
Chancellor Kincannon OF the Uni
versity of Mississippi and State Super
intendent Powers are cooperating In
arranging for the annual summer term
1t Oxford, with which viii be combined
the work OF the summer normal for
teachers. The term will begin on Juno
II and viii run the usuAl six weeks.
A meeting Of the state Democratic
executive COMMITTEES Is called TO be held
1t Jackson on April -. This meeting
h called for the purpose Of fixing the
sime and place of holding the STATE
eonvention-