Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-10-08
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Pusiotlico Inspector Chas. Fitzgerald
Of Jackson was shot aud kiil,d by ".
A. Sor,hy. clerk iu the Clinton post
Office. Fitzgerald hal bceu 70 Clinton
two days checking mp that office. 81
which Mr.. tahluess j. She pusimlsiress.
Sorsby had hccn running the Office.
Fitzgerald checked him up short sew
eral hundred dollars anl had started
back 10 his home In jackson. While
on his way 20 the train and ou the de-
poi steps, carrying grip in each hand,
sorsby appeared Suddenly before him,
stuck pistol 10 his side aud drrI bs-
fore his victim could raise hi. hand or
utter a protest. lie had been in the
service thirty years
Tho cotton ho,l wccvll has already
appeared in i've counties 10 Mississippi
Adams. Wilkinson, Jefferson, Amite
and Claiborne. II predict that tho
weevil will reach Warren county next
year, said Il. >. Wilson. Mr. Wilson
is the state agent for the farmers CO..
operative demonstration work. under
Ihe auspices q the national asricul-
tural department 4 meeting will be
held in N.ck,hurg ou the litA ~ Octo-
bcr, when an effort will bc made 10
arouse the planters Of this section 20
the gravity Of the situation a. 20 the
approach of the wecvii, and 70 take
sone steps that viii minimize the ca.
lamity
Tho Laulcrlaie County Farmers
Union passed resolutions cAluu. upOa
COTTON growers TO place their cotton ia
warehouses aud draw olly 81 per cen,
OF its market value for the purpose %
paying merchants. The membrr,
agreed 10 Use cotton barciug and ursra
each lodge of the union % require ala
members To sign pledge thi, fail 70
plant irom five 70 ten acres oi corn for
zach plow, decreasing the cotton aud
largely increasing the corn acreage for
lyJ3. RESOLUTIONS were also passed
coulomniug the operations oi night
riders.
The stockholdcrs of the proposed
Mississippi River Western raiirlad met
la Meridian and organized bv tho
adoption u n charter. thc election u
ofiirers aud a boarI of Director, The
meeting vas very largely attended by
citizen. from the var.oIs counties
throlch whirh the ruAd Will pass. aud
enthusiasm In the proposition vas very
prunouucci. The capital stock B., to bc
s3."o. .00. aud the president ani ,ecrr-
tary have power to issue ;i.5Io.ulO D
per cent bonds a. soosi a. needed
An unusual potato crop WAS raised
hy ". l. Hay, OF Leland. lie planted
three aud half acres in Irish rsotA-
toes, using - bushels ot ,eea Worth
II par busAei. H- said tGs cron from
the three aud q ha.f acres tlr 80 lie
gave the small potatu,-, for the p.ant-
ius AMI gardening lie sol4 hi, erup
Tor atout 81 hu.hel anil loF H.,
tine crop of late corn. which hr planted
where he had raised the potatoes.
How a. provide recommendation Tor
ihe student, who has apu,.eI for all
mission O., the pruh's.. that uonfrputs
President H. T. Whitfield. % the Ia
dustrial Institute aui college. oscr
l.ep applications Ter admission have
hssn received. OWN. 20 THE failure -
the legislature 20 provide adequate
means 81 support. ani limited aarm.-
tory facilities. not exrecdins $50 stu
dents can be accommodated.
In a battle with . monkey wrench AMI
= s.ei-e hammer. Lon Davenport kiileI
Jack Robinson a. CrveavtIe. Robin
sou struck Davenport with ! moukes
wrench. Davenport picked up s.s.l-.
hammer sn1 killed Robinson vlth one
blow
Dr James Lewis q Mckinney. Tex.
has been selected "a fi'l the veterinarian
place at the A. .N n. college recently
made vacant 10y the withdrawal ~ DR..
J. G. Roberts. Dr. lewis is a graduate
Of the Texas s. s =. college. chicago
Veterinary college AMI AHles Iowa
Veterinary college. Mich.
The Farmers union - Forrest coun-
= will lpi.l warehouse a. llait.es-
burg. the company being cap ,allzad a.
I $1,000 II. ". Bralshaw. state l..s-
turer of the union. has succeeded ia
getting a total Of over s51.uaa invested
in the warehouse business in various
places.
The entire business section 81 Arco.a
was burned to the ground, eataiHuE
loss OF $4,000 or more, on which there
was only small amount Of insurance.
Only three stores escaped and fifteen
were destroyed, together with their
contents.
Officers of the Hattiesburg Traction
company have perfected arrangements
/ for the financing o. the enterprise. in
volving the placing Of s250, ,00O Of bonds,
and work on the plant will commence
Dec. l.
\ contribution OF $50 to the Stephen
ID. Lee monument has been received
from President Theodore Roosevelt by
Chairman W. T. Rigby Of the Vicks-
burg military park commission.
The annual chrysanthemum show OF
the Hazlehurst Floral club takes place
at the State Fair at Jackson Oct. 29-30,
and at Hazlehurst Nov. 1915
The building committee Of the a. &
NJ. college awarded the contract for
new dormitory to W. T. Christopher OF
Gsdsden, Ala, for s62,6is.
One of the best artesian wells in the
delta has just been completed at Lula.
The well is 1000 feet deep aud is iiow-
ing 20 gallons per minute from u three
inch pipe.
The contract for building the Mont