Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-07-16
sAississippi
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There are Indications ,ha, Carthage.
In leaSe cuuntv. NAV yet secure rail-
Say Connection ~ith the outside worid.
There arr now two chances FOE this 20
- brought about. one % which i by
way Of a small tap line which tho
lockwood Lumber company has started
out unrth from Felahatchie, and " which
u . said the Queen and Crescent - D.
hind, with view 10 extending a branch
line ap through Rankin and SsutE
counties and into Leakc. On the other
hand It Is known that quite recently .
charter vas hled for the Incorporation
Of line frum Surcarnochee. on the
/ Mobile aud Ohio railroad, IN Kemper
county, 70 DckAlb. the county seat. L.
10 the belief thAs the Noodle and Ohio
! bark u n movement TO extend this
same proposed line west through KEN
per and Neshoba 20 Carthage. thus
tapping one % the no-s pruductlvs
SECTIONS % the state.
\ large survey lng party l. no- a.
SorS 10 Nspcr cuguty .rcatinr a route
westwariiy, with Nafchez a. - west-
ern oblective. The survey bcgan IA
Clarke county. aud although uo in
formation has been given oat by them.
1t i stated that the route they are
working on Will run from Entsrpriss
through Clarke and JASPER. theucs
through smith and S.mp-ou. cry-.la.
the Gulf and ship Island a. Nendeu-
ball, and running theu,,s south sesteriy
10 Natcher. The line might he either
designed Tor branch cuunectiun % the
Mobile and Ohio. the Northwestern or
the cult and ship Island. or tt might
b. an extension ot the Nat,.hsE and
Eastern ROAD, now completed from
NatchsE % Bruoshaven. where 10 cnu-
meets with auu Is part U, the Nls..s-
s.ppi Central
The Mississippi Baptis, convention
Sas held Al Meridian, wiih az unusa-
ally large Attendance Statistical S,-s-
retary Cooper reported / ..El1 baptist
churches in Mississippi, received hy
baptism last year 10. IL. number of
church memhers in state. Ia ..a,i. ftI
sunday schools. with total enroiinsut
exceeding 5000. total value OF church
property sI. ia1. 5,i,, total contributions
during the year s477 So.
Al a ueetins a meeting Of the Farm
er, uion held a. Jackson the foiiox-
sng resolution was adopted.
Resolved, That the Farmer Elu-
cational and Cooperative Union OF the
state oi Mississippi i .rrevocahly op-
posed - the present tide Of undesira-
bic Immigration now pouring into this
country. and that we urge our legisla-
tors 10 secure legislation that viii e4-
elude the present influx
Contracts have been awarded a.
SAtchez for $1,000 worth % supplies
- De distributed by the national -uv-
ernment % food sufferers in Adams,
Jefferson and Wilkinson counties. The
ouDtractS cal Tor 51,ua0 pounds Of four.
l0o,0 pouns!s q meal, 800 pounli, u
green coffee, J,eoO pounds VI saSAr.
loo. 90 pounds Of meAG
Chairman BomAx q the Democratic
state executive committee ~ MIssis-
sippi has reviewed letter from Chair
man James J. Li0vd u the Democratic
national congressional campaign CON
mittee, ASKING that assistance b. given
q -
the expenses ot the national campaign
Grand Chancellor ". A. Sessions o.
the Mississippi grand ledge knights Of
Pythias. expects several hundred mem
bers OF the fraternity 20 gather in
Jackson July =. wheu a state temple Of
the Dramatic Order Of Knights ot
khorassan viii be installed The o.
casiou promises 70 BE notable one IN
many respects.
The board Of supervisors Of Warren
county adopted a resolution making IL
Illegal after July 10 10 capture aud
cage any mockiHg bird or other native
sousbirds, or to destroy or rob lheir
nests. Il shall a.so be uuiawful for
persons 70 have IL. their possession, IN
cages or otherwise, such birds.
You are not a good a a niger :
an epithet Il > Wheeler. Of Nicss-
burg. alleges an empioye Of the fazoo
and Mississippi Valley railroad used
towari him Wheeler claims be va,
otherwise tnsulted and has brought sur
against the railroad for $4,000.
Il Is expected iha. the Farmers
Union Bank and Trust company. capi-
talized at s5O0.Ooo the opening OF
which was deferred on account Of the
financial stringeney, viii De in full
operation al Jackson with the begin
ming OF the new crop year.
The sdlutant-generals department i
busy getting in shape the preliminary
details for the state encampmeut At
Columbus, which begins Aug Z. 10
continue for ten days.
Circuit Judges in the thirteen Judi
cial districts Of Mississippi are being
pstitiOued by members Of the bar to
pretermit court terms during the sum
mer except in cases where the dockets
are 80 heavy with accumulated litiza-
tion that it Is absolutely necessary to
dispose Of the work.
Prof. Archibald Smith, Of the faculty