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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
THE STORY.

UWHAT heresy is this which that
w young Malachi is preaching -
exclaimed one of a group OF priests
gathered In counsel in the temple st
Jerusalem.
One OF their number had been ma.
king a statement In which he had rs-
ported the words he had overheard
while passing through the streets Of
the city, and as he finished the leader
OF the party rose. and looking ansrily
around upon the others. demanded 10
know what 1t could mean.
Tell us again" he said. turning =,
the priest who had made the state.
ment. ''iust what II was that Malachi
said. that there can be no misunder.
standing"
He was speaking to a group of
people in the market place. and as
drew close TO see and hear. over
heard him say: Thus saith the LORD
OF Hosts. have no pleasure in the
priests. neither will accept an offer.
Ing at their hands. For from the re.
ing of the sun even unto the ro,nx
down thereof. my name shall be great
among the Gentiles; and in every
place incerse shall De offered unto NV
name. and pure offering. For INV
name shall be great among the heath
en-"
Did he denounce the priests before
the people in that way?" demanded
the leader.
He did. in those very words"
And did he say that God was only
going to receive offerings from the
Gentiles?"
Yea, he said that very thing"
The leader looked about upon the
faces OF those before him. SILENTLY
but with yarkening expression which
indicated the violence OF the hatreh !
within.
Where did this fellow. Maladbi |
come from" asked one. breaking Ne |
long silence.
lis said he comes from the tribe |
OF zebulun. and appeared first several
years ago while yet Nehemiah fas |
here. And after Nehemiah had dope
and the priesthood had again gainld |
measure 81 It's liberties. which Mad
been 20 strictly certailed under his
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
CONTEST BALDwIN's WILL.
Daughter Not Satisfied with Her Share
Of $4,000.

San Franciseo.-Lueky Baldwin's win
comes up for probate in the Los Angeles
courts next Wednesday. At that time
the heirs expect move to be made in
behalf Of Mrs. Zelda Selby of Oakland,
who is dissatisfied with the bcquest of
about $4,000 worth of property that her
father left he, and is expected to make
n fight for a full share in the estate.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08

The law of competition is the same
the world over. II Americans can
make better goods than are made
abroad. and have the additional a.,
vantage of transportation. they have
nothing to fear in most industries
from foreign competition. A scientific
tariff will find the real weak spots
and plug them up.
The present American tariff law is
not merely unscientifc and crude bu,
is direct instrument of oppression in
the hands OF robber trusts.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08

Washington.-The famous South Caro-
lima dispensary case involving the dis
position of about 100000 of dispensary
funds held by the State dispensary com
mission was decided by the supreme court
of the United States Monday in favor OF
the commission. The case was instr
tuted by the Wilson Distilling Company
and the Fleischmann Company in the
United States circuit court for the dis
trict of South Carolina to collect debts
contracted by the State in the purchase
of liquor in the State from 1892 to 1907.
while the dispensary system was in
vogue.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
Macon Attorney Dead.

MeRae, Ga.-Pope s. Hill, prominent
attorney of Macon, was found dead in a
law office here Monday, a revolver in his
right hand. He came to appear in a
case. He claimed he had received a
threatening note and induced hardware
man to open his store and sell him a re-
volyer. He was shot through the right
eye and there was evidence Of 4 fight.
One chamber Of his gun contained = dis
charged cartridge, but there are 10 pow
der burns on his face.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08

We prsae there was no one SO
simple as suppose because the Re
publicans missed an honest revision
OF the tarthat that was the end Of
the quest IL was only the begin
ming, and event may be falsifica-
ton. as 1t In the case of the DEM
ocratic prse under Cleveland. II
rests withe people to supply the
force thaeall turn this strife to
the side Onest revision or to let
it go the Day OF a victory for spe-
cial privile
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
PASS EARLY CLOSING BILL.
Nebraska Saloons Must Close From Q
pm to am.

Lincoln, Neb.-A bill declaring that all
saloons in Nebraska shall close not later
than pm. and not open earlier than !
am was rushed through both houses of
the legislature Friday during the clos
ing hours of the session. The vote in
the senate was 10 to 10, but in the khouse
it passed by the bare majority o) one
vote. Gov. Shallenberger is expectAA to
approve the bill.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
Would Wipe Out Saloons.

Austin, Textile house committee on
liquor traffic has reported favorably Ma
sons bill regulating the sale Of liquor in
the State, providing that liquor shall not
be sold in less Quantities than one quart
and not to be drunk ON the premises, re-
quiring malt liquor dealers to pay the
same license tax as whisky dealers and
classing as felonies all violations of the
local option laws. Enactment Of such a
law would practically wipe out the sa-
ioons-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
INSURANCE AGENTS oUsrEA

New 'York.-As result of the Ii jits
tion placed on new business, the EeN
York Life Insurance Company wins o
May 81, discharge 1000 Of its sgenfs i
various parts of the country. The III
missal order was rendered necessary b
the decision given by Supreme Court ID
tiee o'Gornlan, upholdiug the conntIt
tionaiity Of that section q the inssls,rc
law which limits new business to be WI
ten by any company in any cal<ua
year to si5o,o0o. .o00
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08

J. Pierpont Morgan's dauxh.er ha,
opened a restaurant in the BrookIvn
navy yard. II 1t is succession she
thinks the government will take /,
over. II it is unsuccessful she can
get her father to hand 1t to the gov.
ernment.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08

Practicalyery American trust. in
Guiding thGnown as the robber va
riety-has IN up on protection. "
The tempo crutch becomes a per.
manent staWorse stiil, 1t becomes
an instrum for extorting artificial
prices fromsumers. The revenues
from these icial prices flow direct.
ly into the Golfers.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08

Kentwood. lathe plant and large
quantity Of lumber of the Amos Kent
Lumber and Brick Company was de-
stroyed by fire here Sunday. The loss is
s200, 200, partially covered by insurance
The origin is not known.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
Mississippi
aews

liberalization Of crops will be gen
eral throughout the southwestern section
Of Mississippi, almost to the exclusion Of
cotton, as compared with the acreage in
former years. according to Hon. @. II.
Afford, commissioner of agriculture OF
Claiborne county. Our farmers are now
doing what they should have done forty
years ago. says Mr.. Afford. In all Of
the counties invaded by the boil weevil
diversifcation is the order of the day.
For instance, the farmers of the county
Of Claiborne win grow fifty times more
corn than they have ever grown before.
Hog pastures are being built, and less
meat will be purchased from Northern
markets. Good stock for breeding pur.
poses is being imported. and more attcn-
tion will be devoted TO stock raising.
Hay and forage crops will be larger than
ever before, and the farmers generally
are taking very hopeful view of the
outlook"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08

The Paynll as 1t stands pre-
sents many plexing problems. and
the tariff aaIly enacted into Law
is not likelyear recognizable re-
semblance Z original measure.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08

And the west is heartily tired n,
trustbusting methods that bring no
practical results.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08

Berlin buys nearly all its milk in
bulk, the bottled milk trade being IN.
significant But little sterilixed min
Is sold.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08

One of the largest real estate transac-
tions to be recorded in Hattiesburg for
many months came to light, when deeds
were filed in the office of the chancery
clerk wherein the Gulf & Ship Island
railroad transfers to Capt. J. T. Jones
thirteen thousand six hundred and eighty
acres of land, constituting practically all
OF the holdings of that company in For
rest, Perry and Harrison counties. The
value Of this land. great part of which
is timbercd, is eonscrvatively estimated
at $50 per acre.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
Real Meaning of PRAYER

Prayer is to every honest person a
definition Of his own attitude TO the
Creator who is doing him good every
moment Of his life; 1t is a definition OF
ones obligations TO them, as children
of the same father: IT is a settlement
of the account with ones self Of all
his acts and review Of ones dark
past for the purpose of avoiding in the
future the errors and blunders COM
mitted in the past.-The Taimud.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08

The people of Natehez are greatly con-
,erned over the erosion Of the river
banks. and when the Mississippi river
commission makes its semi.annual visit
in April full presentation of the matter
will be made. Unless there is immediate
relief, it i- feared that the river win
make cutoff into that part of the
town known as Natehez Under the Hill,
and destroy hundreds of thousands of
collars worth of property, including the
xaterworks.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08

Contractors who are boring a well for
Port Gibson, having gone down nearly
thousand feet for water sufficient to
6ll all requirements in the way of .
gushing well, are now at standstilI,
having struck another rock, which will
aeeessitate delay until proper material
arrives to bore through this rock ru-
NOR has circulated about town that oil
had been reached through this boring.
After careful investigation by leading
citizens, the indications for oil are good,
and an actual test will be made.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08

Constable Abe Lofts. who fell from
the Southern Railway coal chute while
in search of miscreants, died at the Co
lumbus Hospital. At first the unfortu-
nate mans condition was regarded as
quite critical and immediate operation
was necessary. The attending physi-
sians seemed TO have been successful in
their work, but change to the adverse
condition set in.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08

Postmaster Wood of Columbus an
aounced the gross receipts of his office
Tor the quarter ending March 81, which
is also the close of the government fiscal
year, as SCI, i,5Oi.54. The close of the
fiscal year twelve months ago showed
the receipts to be s2o,sOo. This gives a
act gain, caused from a steady growth
Of the town and exceptional business con-
iitions in the face of 50 much dePres-
sion, of 81 ZOO.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08

Without kindness there can be NO
true ioy.-Archdfacon Hare.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08

Oscar Grace of Jefferson Davis county,
reports the farmers very active, and his
information is that they are in as GOOD
shape to make general diversified crops
As in any other year that he can recall.
They have an ideal farming country and
turn out as fine grade of the leading
staple as can be found in any part OF
the State, but have long since discarded
the allcotton system for the only kind
Of small farming that pays.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08

Twelve teachers from the city schools
Of Columbus will visit Birmingham some
lime the latter part of this month on an
inspection visit to the public schools of
that city, in order that new, advanced
ideas pertaining to teaching, discipline
and other features of school work may
be learned
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08

James Bush, 20 years old, an employs
of the Southern Express Company, while
engaged in loading goods at the depot at
laurel, accidentally dropped a revolver,
which exploded. The bali penetrated his
throat, ranging upward, and presumably
cut the jugulsr vein.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08

The Farmers Union sold $50 bales OF
cotton at Oxford at 0 cents. They have
= large number of bales in storage yet
and are holding it.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08

Col. Mcfarland inspected the Third
Regiment, Mississippi National Guard, in
Fayette. The company made a creditable
showing.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08

Extensive preparations are being made
for the Farmers Union educational rally
to be held at Hattiesburg April 20, when
the matter of an agricultural high school
will be taken up and doomed for For
rest county. The proposition win have
the fullest Endorsement and cooperation
of the business interests of Hattiesburg.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08

Many of the farmers of Oktibbaha ars
naking preparations to truck farm On
large scale. 1t is also rumored that .
anning factory will be established.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-06-17

After closing business trip in the
southern part Of the county Tuesday, @
A. Wells and Sheriff Lindquist decided
to 60 to Bristol on business. When
about seven miles from that town the
crank shaft on the auto broke and the
gentlemen walked in. They got there
in time for the train coming east.
Mrs. Walter Atchison and three
daughters arrived Wednesday from
their home in Hanover. H., for an
extended visit with the lady's sister,
Mrs Grant Chapman, who resides near
the old military reservation. Mr.. and
Mrs. Chapman came in from the farm
to meet their relatives Tuesday night.
Steffen Leunsch, of Frank, arrived in
this oity Monday suffering from a
severe case of blood poisoning caused
by running silver into his hand. He
consulted DIR. Schenecker, who found
1t necessary to operate upon the hand
Tuesday. The patient is resting easy
and bids fair for a complete recovery.
Will sell for cash at very reasonable
figure if taken by July 10th, the quarter
described as follows; 5. N. W. a
and lots 3, 4, Section 4, Township 1913,
Range 56. Number acres, 1911 Taxes
paid for 1908 Raw quarter, fine hay
crop every year. Some pasture Address
DR.. w. /. McFarlane, Tomahawk, Wis
consin.
A large number of Webster people
were at the depot Monday afternoon to
see the great engine which the Mil
waukee company has recently pur.
chased for use on its mountain division
pass through this city. The engine is
monster all right, but was not nearly as
large as was expected by the waiting
throng at the depot.
Monday evening at Pickerel lake
Robert Derrick made Jump into the
Peabody launch and in 60 doing struck
his foot upon an oil can and ran the
spout of the can completely through his
foot. He was Immediately brought to
and is now under the care Of
DR.. II. A. Peabody who says he is get.
ting along in fine shape.
Children's Day program at the M. E.
church next Sunday, both morning and
evening. Sunday morning the Sacra.
ment of Baptism will be administered
to all who desire 1t, and especially for
the children and babies. A short
address and special music and singing
by Sunday school, choir and orchestra.
At the evening service an excellent pro-
gram will be presented, consisting of
special music and singing and an illus
trated address by the pastor. The
orchestra will play
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-16
ceeded by variation between varieties

ceeded by variation between varieties
within the same group.
There are practically no differences
so far as the food values are con-
cerned.
Regardless of the results of scientific
researches it is of interest to poultry
raisers to know that in the markets
distinction is made for and against the
brown egg.
For instance, in Boston brown eggs
bring from l to 2 cents a dozen more
than white ones, While in New York
just the reverse is the case.
In Chicago there is little choice be-
tween the two colors, although one club
pays cent dozen more for white.
The poultry raisers must remember
that white egg must be white, not
shading to brown, and a brown egg
must be of a rich color.
One enterprisng poultryman near the
Chicago market grades eggs for color
and ships them in baskets holding fif-
teen dozen each.
On the paper covering the brown he
stencils, Strictly Choice Brown Eggs
and upon the covering of the white
white Leghorn Eggs" This care al
ways nets him cents above the mar
ket price for the ordinary fancy
eggs.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-16

Wire loops are placed at the end to
hitch to to move.
Fig. illustrates the portable fence
made of boards. In it's construction we
prefer by or l by 6 inch oak boards
IA to 16 feet long. AS you will see it
is four boards high; the lower two and
top boards are the same length and
next to the top board should be a foot
shorter; l by inch is heavy enough
for uprights. Make a form for your
panel by driving stake three inches
wide at either end of panel These
will space the lower crack, then put
another pair of stakes about twenty
four inches from the upper edge of the
three-inch stakes for the lower edge
of the top board. Then by placing a.
board on either side of the three-inch
stakes and one above the upper stakes
and middle board in it's place before
mailing on the uprights your panels
will all be uniform in shape and will
fit the KS properly and save lots of
time when moving and setting up the
fence.
Make one x so it will fit the panels.
then make all the others over that
pattern. If you are building in a barn
nail down blocks in place of stakes
mentioned above for spacing your
boards.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-16
HAVE A SMOOTH, EVEN FIELD

1t worries the good farmer to see his
neighbors blowing the fields round and
round the same way year after year.
He knows that by-and-by there will be
dead burrows all over the farm, and
all the while these might be avoided.
How? Change the order of things this
spring by going out into the center of
the field where the dead furrow isr and
turning it full the first thing Then
gee around instead of r w, as is usual
ly done, blowing back to the place of
beginning. Keep this up to the end
and you will have no ditch in the mid
die, but field that is nice and smooth
and good to look upon. it may be a
little awkward turning round to the
right where one has always been in
the habit of turning to the left, but you
will soon get accustomed to it, and so
will the horses
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-16

The notch in the horizontal cross
piece of the X should be 21a or inches
wide so as to let the two panel ends
pass in freely and the bottom board
should not be more than two or three
inches from the ground when set I'D
and in place.
Water is hauled in barrels on a small
sled made with low runners, say 2 by
6's, and just large enough to hold two
or three barrels.
win a portable outfit like this you
can feed in the field and get the ma
nure just where you want it and your
pigs will be better than when wading
in mud knee deep. We wintered 1O1
head Of fall pigs with this outfit and
fed them out in field on sod that we
expected to pillow for corn in the spring
and never lost a pig until fattened and
old.-Olin A. Dobbins.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-16
MONEY IN SMALL FLOCKs OF SHEEP

For the encouragement of the farmer
who thinks keeping sheep would be a
fine thing if he could carry on an ex-
tensiVe business as is done on the big
western ranches, we quote a Texas
wool buyer, who says:
1T would be a great thing for the
country if every farmer owned a small
flock Of sheep
'l buy Il great deal of wool at points
where there are no ranches near, the
produce being grown by farmers who
keep small hocks
Il have been often told by such farm
ers that it costs practically nothing to
keep sheep on farms. They require
very little feed; they eat the weeds in
the fields and at the same time they
enrich the land.
~ find that the owners of small
flocks as rule keep a better grade
Of sheep and the animals are healthier
than are those of the large ranchman.
the woods from the farms always class
ing higher than ranch wools.'
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-16
WIDE VARIATION IN SOILS
Making Crops Fit the Soil an
important Factor in Sue
cessful Farming.
BY W. II. BURKE.

With such widely differing soils as
we have in this great country of ours
1t is not strange that one of the most
frequent questions is, What kind Of
soil is best for any particular crop?"
1t is question that does not admit
of direct answer, as soil variations are
so minute-and so crisis crossed, as it
Were-as to make it quite impossible
to know of the soils possibilities until
actual experiments have been made
with the particular plot and the par
ticular crop in question.
However, in his new book on "Soils"
Professor c. w. Burkett lays down
some general principles that are of in
terest to the soil tiller and will aid him
to decision frequently, although it
must be remembered that the princi-
pies are general and must be accepted
and followed with intelligent care
Professor Burkett says to bear the
following points in mind:
1. Sand areas, when properly re-en-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-16
RAIL FENCE PHILOSOPHY

A farmer is judged by the silo he
keeps.
Some of our farmers institutes are
more like city vaudeville shows than
meetings for instruction.
The man who is bully in his own
home is generally a coward out of it.
If we had nothing but sunshine and
pleasant weather we would soon fail
to appreciate it and long for the storms.
The right kind of hired man is one
whom you can treat as one OF the fam
lily.
There is a great deal of difference
between thriftiness and stinginess.
More farmers fail through lack of
energy and initiation than lack of cap
ital.
Some farmers spread themselves out
so much in their business that it be-
comes threadbare in places.
l never see man who is grouchy
and unkind to his children but that ]
feel sorry for them. 1t is a sure sign
that he had an unhappy childhood
himself
If there was just one King road drag
and an energetic man behind it in
every township the United States
would have the best country roads in
the world.
A man who has an ak to grind al
ways finds plenty of fools to turn the
grindstone for him.
1t isn't so much the size of our in
come as the size of our expense ac-
count that keeps us hard up.
The farmer who works from daylight
to dark just to show his neighbors that
he is Industrious is drawing upon his
health account and will sooner or later
exhaust his deposit.
We cannot keep taking from the soil
without putting something back and
expect it to maintain it's productive
ness. No more can we draw upon our
strength without rest and expect to
keep strong.
Eat all you need when you are well
but no more-and stop eating when
you are sick.
The farmer who spends his life in
the air and sunshine should seldom be
sick, yet he has made many patent
medicine men multimillionaires. ea
If your neighbor has typhoid single
fly can bring it into your own family.
Screen against the pests in every pos
sible way.
l believe that on more than half
of the farms in this country the waste
would pay the interest on the entire
investment.