Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-16

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send him designs and drawing. of a
t'reck temple such a. the Parthsssr q,
Athens.
The regular september term - lh.
chnncery court for the second distrie,
has been p%rctermitted BY Chancellor D~n-
ton in dc.ercncr to the petition Il the
local bar asking such concession. Court
will b. held On the sscond Monday in
October. which will - the nth. and
will continue -iN DAYS. according 10 hte
adyices from Chancellor " =. Denton a,
Belcn.
For the first time in tvent~ years. Ito
pro~euce Of the screw worm =. repayt~i
IN the Natchez section Cou- i~rabir
stock has heen killed. a. a result.
The Louisville A Nashsine Rail-ass
Company q. booking over the -rnsias with
a view % extending ~ line into Nerd
ian from Iinien. AIa. giving Merriam
a direct connection With M-ont-omrry.
Ala.
Meridian :. nov slmo~, assured of .
population Of 1000 a. tn rs-ul, q ~
tending the corporste hmits. tskin- IN
several Il the mo~; pus~p-rous sabufs-
Aitogether an ARA covering LOO acre.
has t-en addict to tn city.
The school board Of NeNton counts
ha- given Decatur until the adjournment
Of the neat .;af- legislature 10 buiiI
the asr aclltural high school authorized
by the legislature m the fall term It
1905 The legislature authorized each
county TO build an agricultural high
school. but on account OF the suit Of
the Negro Going. of Jasper county. Who
enIoined the county from collecting the
tax to build an agricultural high school
IN that county. ON the grounds that no
arrangements were made for the negro
children, necatnr had intended to post
pone action in the matter in the hope
that the csse would IL decided before
they were required to build the school.
Prof. l. Il. Massey. superintendent OF
education Of Jasper county. has been no.
titled by the state board Of education AZ
Jackson that the agricultural high school
Of the county has been established. This
school, which was located at Bay Springs
last year. was enjoined by citizens OF
the county Who opposed the tax levy to
support and maintain such schools. and
the state board OF education has been
compelled to withhold the 81 900 which
was appropriated to the school by the
state until the case was decided by the
Supreme Court. The school will open
Oct. Is.
The people of Meadville, among whom
will be found the very best element of
citizenship. are taking steps to effsce
the effects OF the feud outbreaks which
have rent them asunder during the past
few months, and hope to work it out
among themselves. To make a start in
this direction. a mass meeting has been
called. the object Of which is to endeavor
to insure and establish peace in their
community.
The Central Mississippi Baptist Asso-
citation met in sixty-fourth session at
laz"o City. The association is made up
from thirty nine churches in Kinds, Mad
isan. Rankin. Warren and Yazoo coun-
ties. with forty-seyeu ordained ministers
and a church membership Of $3.50.
Jessie Lott. an old Confederate soldier.
member Of Company \. Forty-second
Mississippi regiment, died at his home
near Carrollton. Mr.. Lott lost a leg
in Pickett's charge at Gettysburg. lie
was one of the county's substantial citi-
zens.
J. II. Sanford. one of the most extima-
BILE citizens OF Cohoama county. died AT
Clarksdalc. The deceased was a Confed
crate veteran, having served with loval
~ and istinction throughout the four
years of the struggle, and although az
Albanian by birth. had been a r~esisent
o. Coahoma county for the past thirty
seven years.
One OF the best teachers normals that
was ever held IN Lake county closed at
Carthage last week. About sevenSy-hye
association.
Messrs. r. +. Batson. c. w. vunCan-
non and Herbert y. ellis nave offered
several prizes for the first, second and
third best bushels of corn raised in For.
rest county during the year 1910. For
the first prize $40 in gold is offered. for
the second $50 in gold, and third S.
in gold.
Vigorous efforts are being put forth
by the authorities of Hattiesburg look
ing ,, the improvement of the eountry
roads lad principal streets leading into
the city from the surrounding farming
districts.