Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-03-05

sry line b-t-een Mississippi and Louis
lana on the gulf coast. aud the apprO-
priation Of ~ 600 therefor The gov.
ernor Also asks an appropriation tosup-
plemens contributions To the fund for
the purchas- oi silver service for the
hattleship Mississippi. yhe message
conclude. With chArge that banklnx
Institutions % the state are ia politics
and trying 10 conirol state deposits In
the event the depository la~ Is adopted
By the legislature. Vie ssww-~.- ss-G
the Law b. 80 framed a. 20 have deposits
placed in the counties -here objected,
u possible.
bill il pending before the legisia-
turr seeking TO secure an appropriation
OF s.5,eo to b. Used in erecting a mon
umeut to the Confederate women OF
Mississippi. This Is part OF the plan
outlined by the Mississippi divisiou %
United Confederate veterans AZ the re
union in Meridian last year, \ resolu-
tiou having been adopted declaring the
purpose of the organization 10 raise a
fund Of sjo.Ooo for the purpose Of erect
ing a monument. II il coniended that
at least s35, 900 Of the amount should
be contributed by the State govern
ment, and the remainder raised by pri-
vate subscription, which thos. inter
ested say will BE- contributed by the
citizens of Mississippi.
II has been decided to locate one oi
the summer norrnals at Brookhavcn
The buildings Of Whitworth college
will b. used, and the normal will L.
about six weeks in length. IL will be
the future policy OF the department OF
education to have at least one Of the
summer pormals held In the southern
part of the State. 1t Is expected that
the usual normAls will H. held al the
University Of Mississippi and the r.
and VI. College.
Attorney General Fletcher announces
that he has taken an appeal from the
decision Of Judge Cochran. of the
Tenth judicial district, granting bail in
the sum Of $1,000 each TO the Key
brothers, indicted in the circuit court
% Lauderiale county on the charge Of
killing their brother-in-law, Prank
Davis.
Miss Mary Newman. aged II. was ac-
cidentAlly killed at Ninton- Her
brother went into the yard to shoot q
hawk and had oocasion Ia set his gun
against the fence. The gun vas iarred
down and discharged. the entire charge
entering the girls body, from which
she died in few hours
Chancellor I.yell found in favor OF
the state in the lumber trust ca>e.
which means that the bill OF Injunction
asking the court 10 dissolve the organ
izaiion of the Retail Lumber Dealers
Association OF Mississippi and Louis
lana will be sustained, ami the organi-
zation declared ayhnlawful.
One OF the effects of the statutory
prohibition Law in Mississippi will D..
the opening ot salssns on the Louisiana
side, opposite the cities and towns Of
this State which are freed from the
liquor traffic. This IS going to bring
on the larger question % State boundary
dispute, which has never been settled
Capt Geo smith, eugineer-in-charcs
OF the Vicksburg district. recommends
an appropriation Of $1,000 for S,eele's
bayou This bayou runs out OF LAKE
Washington and fows through the
richest portion Of the lower Yazoo del.
IA, smPtying into the Yazoo river sew
eral miles above vicksburg.
The three coast counties, Iack Snn.
Harrison and Hancock. will cooperate
in getting up a thoroughly compre.
hensive exhibit setting forth the re.
sources and industries Of that section.
to De shown at the exposition al jackson
in November.
Meridian will have q musical festival
for one week, beginning June : 1t
TO be State attraction. \ tent with a
seating capacity of ao,OOO will be put
up for the purpose.
Gov. Noel announces the appointment
Tof the following as members Of the
board OF pharmaceutical examiners: III.
b. Wellborn. J. X. Bryan. .. Eastlaud.
J. B. Small aud L. II. Wilkinson, Jr.
Several memorials have been pre-
sented TO the legislature asking for the
enactment OF pure food law.
fazoo City IS to have another sa5,-
900 opera house TO take the place OF the
one destroyed by fire four years ago.
Sam Hines. who shot at Officer Lyons
OF Meridian, was sentenced TO one year
, on the county roads.
Fire at Millview DESTROYED l,OOO. 900
feet OF lumber.
\ stock company, capitalized at $780,
600 has been formed to bore for oil ir.
the vicinity OF Gulfport. There are
abundant surface indications of petro-
leum, and experts have declared this to
be rich field in great oil strata ex-
tending from Galveston to Mobile.
DIR. s. H. Mclean, the new secretary
Of the State board of health, is one OF
the leading physicians of jackson. DR..
Mclean succeeds DIR. ]. F. Hunter, the
veteran yellow fever fighter, who held
the secretaryship Of the board for a
period of twelve years.
James Harper and W. T. Smith were
given sentences Of six years each by
Federal Judge Niles. They are the
two bank employees of HAt,iesburg
who, Ii is said, defanlted for an aggre-
gate OF $4,000. fed to Canada, but
later surrendered and we're broughs
back.
A bill is before the legislature tc