Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-05-21

the acts regulating the handling and
putting up Of cotton BY public ginners
and Its transportation by the common
carriers
The grand lodge. Knights of PythIas,
held two days session AZ Vicksbury,
with "a delegates representing eDi
lodges The financial condition aud
growth Of the order In membership IS
the most gratifying in its history The
number OF members in Mississippi s
lO,lGs Representatives of the trus-
tees OF the widows aud orphans fund
reported OATS. 10 on hand aud recon-
mended that the grand lodge make in
vestmeuts OF the income In securities to
become due and payable in 1911, aud a.
that time building operations will be-
gin. The trustees estimate there wiz
then be 5000 on hand.
A statement rlst issued by the state
auditor shows the expenses Of the las.
legislature to have been sa5. asa. IS.
There is . statement in detail showing
every Item OF appropriation. the low
est Of which l. SIS fees for the supreme
court clerk in civil cases, and the high
est Is q, COZ. 90 for the common school
fund for the two years. The sum total
Of all tho appropriations reported 10
the auditor was o.. 5s3, ,sI09I.
Hon. Walter Clark. president Of the
Mississippi dlvisioa Of tho southern
Cotton association. has been named as
delegate TO represent Mississippi az
the National Good Roads association,
which coEvenes in Chicago June Is,
and in Denver early in July. He has
also been named as one Of tie states
representatives at the international
congress OF good ruads. to be held In
Paris October next
Chairman II. Z Blskeslse, OF the
Mississippi livestock sanitary hoard.
expresses much qualification over the
passage by congress Of the agricultural
appropriation bill carrying 4 good al
lowauee for the bureau of animal hus-
bandry. The passage OF this bill will
render it possible for US to commence
our campaign for the eradication Of tbs
cattle tick by the frs, OF july" says
Chairman Blakeslee.
Rev. John b. Andrews has Just closed
= very successful revival meeting at
Greenville. More than loo professions
and reclama,ions resulted from the
meeting, the membership o, all the
churches being increased As result Of
bis earnest preaching.
Planters in the jackson section are
generally replAnting their cotton, of
which 90 per cent. had been planted
when the recent rains came. Up to
.hA, time the growing plant could not
have been in better condition.
Columbus has . merchants associa-
.iou, which was formed to push the
business interests of the city.
The frs, annual convention of the
Mississippi Travellers to be held at Me-
ridiAn June 2s-27, promises to be one of
the largest and most important gather
lngs ever assembled in the state.
While the acreage as \ whole has
been decreased. probably 10 per cent,
around Hollandale, there has been an
ncrease of at least 10 per cent in the
corn, hay and alfalfa crops.
Lieutenant Governor Manship acted
Is the states executive during the alb
renee Of Governor Noel, who attended
the conference of governors a. WASH
lngton-
The members Of the Baptist faith In
the state are looking forward with in
teress to the general state convention
which assemblies at Meridian July s.
Members of Ra,lih's battery of the
celebrated withers' artillery will hold
their annual reunion At Jackson on
June }, the birthday Of jefferson Davis.
Two men were Instantly killed and
lumber mill partially wrecked when .
boiler exploded 1t the plant Of the W.
c. Wood Lumber company at Collins.
The Lincoln county boarsl OF super
visors IS advertising .or bids for the
loan Of $4,000 to meet current ex-
penscs- Six per cent will be paid and
the money borrowcd At the June meet
lng.
The erection OF cotton warehouses or
arrangements therefor by the Farmers
Educational and Cooperative Union
while not so general a. was the case
year or so ago. is still being heard OF,
and there will be several new Organiza
tions and warehouses ready for holding
surplus cotton by next fall.
The outlook for crops in the Newton
section is not at all encouraging since
the terrific rains, which played havoc
with farming interests- Rebeddin.
and replanting will have 10 be done IL
many instances
The commencement p~rici for the
high seh~~'s ;nroughout the stas. l.
s.., approaching. and the .-culry an6
student ;sodies are devosing their ener
giles toward the perfection Of the pro
grams. The year has been very sue
eessful with all both In scholarship
records and In attendance