Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-28

ye Is arranging another day for Nov
end another will be planned for the
Tuesday in December.
action Of the committee having
se of the banquet to be given 10
dent Taft at Jackson in proposing
rrve wine at that function was moth
ohort OF an insult to the state, was
deciaratiou of Rev. J. C. Galloway
Lhgnolia.
q -sesiient T. W. Raymond. of Missis
Synodical College, has arranged
@1 the Lyceum bureau to have a regu
hrture course OF six engagements for
- pupils and the general public during
- present session.
Qbunty Commissioner Of Agricultur.
- - Markham has arranged for a serie.
- ehree farmers Institutes for Washing
- eouHty- A number Of subjects VIII
= 6Iscussed aud all of them Of vital
epnrrn to the planters Of the Delta
1ns Leake county grand jury has beer
9ndnG after a number Of miscreants
sn1 - the Indictment records show, has
enuEAt quite number in the drag net
for vishtinns Of the law more or less
suWA frcm simple trespass and unlaw.
lniling to homicide.
&G1eon seed sold at Prentiss for Sal
- opn- A lively interest was shown
- tDenl market in tina buying of cottor
nnr- The market opened with s. ).
- 4 Sons offering s35 per ton The
- q J. E Dumas & Sons then offered
m@p& Several tons were sold at $50
- two firms then began bidding
4nst each other, and several tons sold
- 4i per ton The cotton crop 10 short
- seed are in demand
4Ae first annual fair Of the North
nissippi Fair Association at Holly
ngs Is now a matter of history. Its
Eess is matter of great pride to the
nagement as well as to the entire peo
Ii was q success from its very
Ft- Gov. Noers presence and inspiring
eeh started things of on the right
and no tagging was allowed up ia
close. II is believed that much good
ng agricultural, horticultural and
Ek-raising lines has been accomplished
member of the Weaver Manufsctur.
Company, of Corinth, owns a large
e of Land bordering on Tailahatchis
kr, one mile west of BatesviIle, or
ieh he is contemplating planting rice
coming seasoa- He says that he
put in an irrigation plant on the
hks of Tallahatehie river, by which
can food several hundred acres and
Is confident that his lands will pro
ke rice equal TO that of Arkansas.
d claims that the water from the river
enrich the lands every year.
The jury in the case of Mrs Upchurch
trial at indianola, charged with the
nrder Of her husband, returned this
rdiet: I'VE. the jury, find the de
ndant guilty as charged, but disagree
to the punishment Thsreupon Judge
shin sentenced her to the penitentiary
life. Provine Turner. convicted Of
nrder, was granted q new trial
The Taft Guards, composed of some
ny or sixty. boys, ranging in age from
TO IS years, who are to- act rs escort
homer to the president, have been well
ilied into shape by Capt. NJ B. Herr
N and Lieut. Featherston, Of the Cap
Rl Light Guards, and are now fitted out
regulation khaki uniforms, with cam
lign hats, 22-caliber parlor rifles, and
\ only look but act the part.
Chancellor A. A. Kincannon of the
University of Mississippi. announced
lat the examinations for the Cecil
kotes scholarships viii be held at the
Diversity October 1920. These scholar
lips are worth si.500 per year, and ara
pod for three years study at the Ok
'rd, England, University
The Confederate Veterans and Maben
lapter of the United Daughters of the
onfederaey gave a public entertainment
Maben, the occasion being in com
lemoration OF the birthday of . noble
ississippian, J. z. George.
The sale of bonds to secure money foI
pc cutting OF a canal along the Yalo'
pusha river, in Calhoun county, has
ZEN advertised by the commissioners oi
BE Yslobusha Swamp Land district Nc
With this canal, it is expected to
eciaim $4,000 acres of land, at cost
about $4,000.
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