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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
CORN DUTY is SUSPENDED
Action Taken by Mexican Govern
msnt to Replenish Supply.

Laredo, Texas.--In order to replenish
the depleted supply OF corn in the re-
public OF Mexico, the duty on that cereal
has been temporarily rescinded.
Owing to the prevalence of severe
drouths throughout the corn belt OF
Northern Mexico, followed later by un-
precedented floods. both the growing
crops and the supplies Of corn in storage
have been reduced to such an extent as
to entail actual suffering owing to the
scarcity of the article and consequent
high prices To obyiate extortionate
prices, the Mexican government has pro
mulgated an order temporarily admitting
corn from the United States free from
duty. The staple will be admitted free
as long as necessity demands, and the
duty will then be reimposed.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
STORM AVOIDS MOBILE.
Much Apprehension Aroused When
Warning Was Issued.

Mobile. Ala.-Local Forecaster Ashen-
berger at $3.50 o'clock Monday received
the following message from Washing
ton:
Down hurricane warning 10 p. m,
Mobile, Pensacola, Panama City, Appa-
lachicola, Carrabella, Cedar Keys, Rock
well. Tampa. Punta Gorda, Punta Ras-
sa, Key West. Storm eentered south
east Florida, moving northeast. Ap-
parently no further danger on the gulf
coast"
Although not the slightest indication
of an approaching hurricane had been
noted here, there was much apprehen-
sion, and the news that the weather bu-
reau had ordered the hurricane warnings
for all gulf points reseinded was wei
come information to the residents OF
this city.
Forecaster Ashenberger states that the
maximum wind velocity at Key West
Monday morning was 20 miles an hour,
and that 10 inches of rain fell there
within the past "a hours.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
FIVE KILLED AT HAVANA.
veral Ships Caught in Hurricane.
One Is Overdue.

Y <1iavana.-Tnc most serious tornado
kce the big blow of Oct. II, 1906,
Mlruck Cuba early Monday morning,
U1nsing extensive devastation through
- whole western portion of the island.
II The city Of Havana many minor build
rs were blown down or unroofed; al
Desf all the trees were uprooted and
~ persons were killed, one by an eiec-
tris wire and the others by falling build
hgs. About Is persons were injured.
The greatest damage done was in the
harbor, where 40 or so lighters, launches
and small tugs were either sunk or
blown ashore.
The total damage in Havana and VI
eintfy is estimated at 81 ,0oo, 900.
Can Raise Some Vessels.
~ will be possible to raise the greater
muIn1er OF the wrecked lighters and 9th
- e1Aft.
Communication with the interior of
IL Inland has been interrupted except
viii parts of Havana and Pinar del Rio
fruit crops suffered severely. There were
hwy floods at vuelta Abajo, the to-
1nero region. but the tobacco crop has
~ been seriously affected beyond the
Woehing out of the seed beds, which, at
- season of the year, are capable of
uewal
IA gale began at o'clock Monday
Drning, which rapidly increased in in
bsity and reached eyclonic proportions
$40 a. m, when the velocity of the
nd was about 100 miles an hour. The
De came from the south-southwest and
vortex of the tornado was a short
Rance west of Havana.
The storm continued with unabated
fy until o'clock, after which the rain
s intermittent with occasional heavy
ralls throughout the day.
Probably days will elapse before the
eeipt of news from the interior, but 1t
believed the storm mainly affected the
kstern end of the island.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
seRMoNETTE.


Simon, ore OF the Msceabeean
rulers. was able 10 restore much
of the old-tirne prosperity ard
power Of the Jewish nation. so
that II is recorded Of his reign:
Then did trey TIL their
ground in peace. ard the ssr.h
gave her increase. snd the trees
of the field their fruit.
The ancient men sat ali In
the streets. eormunira together
Of good things. ard the young
men put on glorious ard war.
like apparel
"He (simonl provided vie
tusis for the cities. and set in
them all manner of urunition. so
that his honorable name was
renowned unto the end Of the
world.
HE made peace In the lard.
and Israel reIoieed with great
Joy:
Fer every man sat under his
vine and his fig-tree: and there
was none TO fray them"
Who can say but that the
Jews at this period believed and
reioieed that the prophecy OF
Micah had been fulfilled when
he said.
They shall sit every man
under his vine and under his fig
tree; ard none shall make them
afraid; for the mouth Of the
LORD OF Hosts hath spoken u.
Fer an people will walk
every ore in the name Of his
coe and will walk in the name
o. the Lord our God for ever
ard ever.
in tina, day. saith the Lord.
will assemble her that hslteth
ard will gather her that Is
driven out. and her that have
afflicted.
Ard will make her tina,
halted remnant. and her tina,
was cas-, off a strong nation:
ard the Lord shaii reign over
them IN Mount Zion from hence
forth. even forever
Ard still the Jews are lock.
lns for a great r,iilernisl bless
Ing. Prophecy is full Of its
premises of tire time yet 10
come, At various periods there
have been fose;astes Of the full
prophecy.
The Christian church Is look.
ing for tire millennium. srrne
with one conception as to real
meaning Of seriptursl promises:
others still hold different in
depreciation.
Those poor misguided fanatics
down y the far New England
state who the other day laid
aside all worldly pursuits and
gave themselves up 10 the an
tieipated coming Of Christ is an
extreme illustration Of how
powerful an influence such hope
In the declarations Of the Bible
can exert.
But the coming Of the mil
Iennlum will not be by obser-
vstion, for christ's own word
declares that mo man knoweth
the day or the hour when the
Son Of Man eometh."
That he will come he so de-
eiared, the early church be-
Iieved, and many devout Bible
scholars still believe.
The promise Of the complete
rule OF the Lord over all the
earth has not yet been fulfilled.
but who would dare say that IL
was not yet to be7 Who would
dare to say that the word
spoken by the Prophet Micah
will not be literally fulfilled.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
REBATlNG is CONDEMNED
Underwriters at Louisville Arraigu
Sharp Practices.

Louisville, ky.--Those insurance men
who. IN the trade vernaeular, have been
guilty Of 'rcbatiug." twisting" and
'part-timing, were bitterly arraisnei at
Fridays session of the National Asso.
ciation Of Life Underwriters. in conyen-
tion in this city. The aim OF the pres
ent convention Is to raise the standards
Of the business IN every way and gen
eral summary Of the insurance upheav-
ais of the past few years. with an index
Of proper future methods. i expected
to be the contribution vi the present
gathering.
The belief Of the 900 underwriters
gathered here Is. according TO President
Charles Jerome Edwards, that the IN
friendly legislation OF the past Is ended
and that the companies whieh observe
proper standards viii be gwen charter
powers uf wide scope.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
MANY LIVES ARE LOST
Key West Wrecked-Cuban Storm Strikes East
Coast OF Florida. Blowing nes Hour.
Key West Loss S7.ooo,ooo.

key West, Fla.-As result Of the
hurricane which struck the southern
ruast Of Florida Monday morning. hey
Nest is mass OF wreckage, and the
Manage to property is estimated at 81
oo0. geo
Martial law was proclaimed BY the
mayor al O'Clock, and the Key West
suards are patrolling the city.
The United States government has
zen asked to dispatch troops here with
out delay to assist in patrolling the
Dtorm-swept area.
Chaos reigns on every hand, and few
>rople remain in their homes, hundreds
which have either been totally
ysecssel as msgei. II 10 feared thar
oany lives have been claimed along
he coast
Ships Strew Beach.
The storm reached its height at
rclock Monday morning, when the wind
Rached an estimated velocity of 100
lilies an hour. This was a hard, steady
1ow from a. m. to p. m.
The hurricane is the worst that Key
Fest has ever experienced.
of 100 local vessels in the harbor, but
Ne remained at anchor, the others hav-
q gone to sea or been washed upon
beaches. The streets along the wa
y front are mass of wreckage. Brick
well as frame buildings throughout
le city suffered alike from the fury of
y heavy wind, and many miraculous
rapes from death or serious injury
I'VE been reported.
Many Factories Destroyed.
Besides the several scores OF residences
kher totally wrecked or blown from
Afir pillars, nine factories were par
lily destroyed.
III As soon as the wind had subsidized
andering began. The city police force
Rre unable to cope with the situation
~ the mayor decided to take stringent
easures to suppress the looting, his
vOclamation OF martial law resulting.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
M, K. q T. Trains Crash.

Troy, Texas.-Running at high rate
Of speed, Missouri, Kansas & Texas pas
seuger train No. eollided head-on with
a fast freight train on a curve near Troy,
lust out of Smithville. Three of the
crew of the passenger train were injured,
but the passengers escaped unhurt. The
delivery of a wrong order by telegraph
operator is said to have caused the col
lision. Both engines were demolished
and a number of the cars derailed, al
though the mail and baggage cars with
stood the impact with little damage.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
LABoRERs IN DANGER.
Hundreds Of Them Down South are in
Path of Storm.

Miami, Fla.-All efforts Of the off
cjals of the Florida East Coast railroad
here to get into communication with the
men at work in the roads extension on
the keys Of the extreme southern penin-
sula have been in vain. Between $500
and 5000 workmen are employed on the
construction work ON the lower keys,
where there is slight opportunity for pro-
lection from the fury of the storm.
Gavest fears are entertained for the safe
" Of these men, the apprehension be-
Ing intensified by ieeollections of the
hurricane of 1906, when f4o men lost
their lives and incalculable damage to
property was done in that section.
1t is said that the construction camps
are better fortified now and it is known
that the engineers on the work nave
been preparing for a big blow for
number of days past. In spite of this,
however, the exposed location of the
railroad, which skirts the very brink OF
the ocean, stretches of the massive con
crete columns even being out of sight
Of land, leads to grave concern for the
safety of the workmen.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
WEST POINTERS IN MINORITY
Less Than 80 Per Cent. of Officers
Are Graduates.

Washington.-Less than 80 per cent.
OF the whole number OF officers in the
United States army are graduates of the
West Point Military Academy and each
graduating class is about so short of the
number necessary to officer the army.
The president and the secretary of war
plan to urge congress TO increase by i25
the number OF cadets to be sent to the
academy, to have the I'm appointed every
three years instead of every four years,
as at present.
The present strength OF corps of cadets
at West Point was established many
years ago when the army consisted Of
only $4,000 men. In 1901 the army was
increased to its present strength of So
600 men and $500 officers.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
WARNING ON THE COAST.
Fast Launch Carries News Of Approach
of Big Wind.

st. Augustine, Fla.-In response to
urgent appeals from Jacksonville, fast
launch left here to warn residents along
the coast lowlands for distance of 20
miles south of the approach of the storm
and Of possible danger to life and prop
erty.
No damage has been reported thus far,
but grave apprehensions are entertained
for residents of remote sections of the
Florida coast.
Advices from Marathon. a station on
the Florida East Coast railroad, stated
hat a 60-miIe gale wa. blowing there.
Warning has been given the people along
the short below Marathon.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
Pound Flesh Worth $1,000.

Pittsburg, Pa.-The jury trying the
breach of promise suit by Miss Lulu
Lowstetter of Sheridan against Prof.
Earl w. Reed, principal Ct the Sheridan
schools, decided the plaintiff had only
lost one pound of flesh since Prof. Reed
refused to marry her in 1905, and award
ed her damages to the extent of 81, 600.
In her claim for damages she alleged she
had lost twenty-five pounds OF flesh
since Prof Reed had refused to carry
out his promise, and she claimed $4,000
damages
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
HAD THIRST FOR BLOOD
Young Man to Be Hanged Says He
Had TO Commit Murder

Montgomery. Ala.-Wil Stevenson,
who Is 10 bc hanged at Luvernc, Get. -.
daughter, near Grady. early IN septem-
ber. says: Il was bloodthir-ty. want
ed blood. | prayed Cod to deliver me
from it. got down on my knees and
prayed to him. God knows ! couldn't
help IT,"
The younger man says he could not
help what he did, ant any man would
Pave done as he did Il aggravated a. he
had been. he -aid. \ great many men
aave become interested ia the ease and
The pardon board viii hear all the pleas.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
$4,000. 900 FOR DEFENSE
Canada Provides for Fleet of War
Vessels

Ottawa. Omit j. understood that
the Canadian governments bull respect
ny naval defense to be brought before
the coming session Of parliament will
provide for a total capital expenditure
OF about S20.O00. 900 during the next six
or seven years. the yearly appropriation
being about s3,OOo0o0. Although de
tail. are not yet worked out, present
plan- contemplate a fleet of dozen war
vessels, consisting OF cruisers, torpedo
boats and destroyers. dry docks and a
Canadian shipbuilding plant capable of
building and repairing the largest class
Of war vessels.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
Picayune Crop Report.

New orleans-With between rs and
so per cent of the cotton crop in Louis
lana and Mississippi gathered and re-
turns indicating further deduced yield
from that heretofore reported because of
adverse weather conditions and boil
weevil ravages, the interest of the plant
ers and tenants is now centered On fore
stalling the weevil damage another year
by destroying all places where it is pos
sible for the pest to hibernate, according
to the Picayune's review OF crop CON
djtione.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
WATCHED LOVERS FIGHT
Pretty Pianist Sees Suitors Slash
Each Other in Knife Duel.

Chicsgo.-Miss Louise Dittman, pref,
ty pianist and soloist, sat in the parlor
OF her home aud calmly watched two
men fight knife duel for her love until
both suitors fell unconscious. Then she
called the police. who took the duelists,
Tony Begupa and William Walker, to
the county HOSPITAL. Both men died OF
their wounds.
The men fought nearly half an hour.
Each had more than a score OF knife
wounds when the dud ended.
Miss Dittman told the police that both
Walker and Begupa had been wooing
her and quarreled as to who was the IA
vorite suitor.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
Oklahoma Banks Solid.

Oklahoma City. okla.-Concerning the
condition OF bank deposits in Oklahoma
Gov Haskell issued the following state
ment:
''The quarterly statement Of tie Okla
homa state banks, taken in September,
Just out, shows total deposits of s44,-
777,259. This is a gain over last Jnne's
statement of s2.054 ,33i. Total cash on
hand at the September statement is
sf9942,42i, being equal to ~ IL per
cent of the total deposits represented
by the cash ON hand
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
DAMAGE TO SHIPPING.
Tremendous Rate of Speed Attained by
Hurricane.

Jacksonville, Fla.-The storm was CEN
tral at Key West at noon Monday, the
wind reaching velocity of 10 miles an
hour and doing considerable damage to
small shipping in the harbor.
At o'clock Monday afternoon the
center had shifted to midway between
Scy West and Jupiter, and was moving
northeast, with increasing violence. The
weather observer here calculates that
there is danger of the storm striking
Jacksonville some tire between mid
night and dawn.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
GERMANS ON DEFENSE UNION.
Condemn Plan of a British-Americar
Alliance

Cincinnati, O.-The so-called union
of defense" between the Upitei States
and Great Britain to offset the growing
naval power of Germany, as advocated
by Lords Northeliffe, Beresford and
Close, of England, is declared to BE- alb
srd, in resolution Offered in the Ger
man Alliance National Convention by
DIR. Ernest Richards, professor of Ger
man in Columbia University, New York
city
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
LOVE LEADS TO THE CROSS
Suffering and Service Vi,siiy Re-
Iated-Grest Events Sub
stantiate the Fact.

IL is the nature Of love to make
sacrifices It was not so much that
Christ was divine as that he was
human that he suffered. Love in its
strongest and best expression termin-
ates in suffering and sacrifice. HUI
man love inevitably leads to its cross
in proportion to its perfection. II
the individual loves little. he will sac
rifice little: IL he loves much. he will
sacrifice much Love is a unit. In
what respect does love in God and
love in man differ? Does IL mean
but a difference in degree7 He who
was most perfect and the greatest
man. loved and suffered accordingly.
Gods love and that of a Christian
differs not in kind. but in degree. The
1--we OF God Is shed abroad in
Christians heart, and IL is through
and by that love that man endures
suffering and makes sacrifices. Love
in God and in man cannot be fully ex-
pressed.
Inward Calvary means that human
love leads TO the cross and to suffer
ing. AS We look upon Christs cross,
il is a fulhllment Of the Christians
love. Inward Calvary shows that the
outward Calvary was inevitable;
Christ could not help himself but to
die-He would not have been a true
Saviour If he had not died.
Suffering and service are vitality re
lated. Every important event chron-
icled in history substantiates that fact.
A mere mention of some of them will
be readily remembered by the reader.
The salvation Of the world through
Jesus Christ; the discovery of Ameri-
ca by Columbus. The law obtains in
the kingdom of God. from inward Cal
vary to TRANSPORTATION blessings and
to resurrection victories and joys
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
BALLOON SHOT TO PIECES.
Pilot and Aid Saved By Sand Bags for
Ballast.

st. Louis.-The new $4,000 cubicfoot
balloon South st. Louis, which sailed
from here at the same time as the CEN
tennisl racers, was literally riddled with
shots and forced to descend in Northern
Missouri The pilot and his aid escaped
being shot because of The ballast bags,
which hung over the side of the basket.
The sand kept the shot from penetrate
ing the basket.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
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REAGAN Birth Observed.

Waco, Textile birthday of the lste
John II. Reagan, who was postmaster
general of the Confederacy and who was
the last member of the Confederate cab
met to die, was celebrated in Texas FRI
day. Here the public school teachers in
each room devoted ten minutes to giving
the children a sketch of the life and serv-
ices of Reagan
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
Readx to Ruth to Relief.

Mobile, Ala.-Following local storm
warnings. river men have taken n""t'
her Of steamers and tugs to Twelve Mile
Island. where they will wait develop
nents. At $3.50 o'clock Monday night
conditions were about normal, WITH
scarcely breeze stirring.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14

Wilmington, y. C.-While the barom-
eter reading here is somewhat low and
vessels have taken the precautions
prompted by the weather bureau warn
inc. there is no indication of a hurricane
along this immediate coast.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
SMississippi
Arws
NO. 49,.

The eighth annual fair OF the oktib
beha County Fair Association was ths
grandcst sueccss in the history Of the
association. The exhibits were more nu.
merous and diversified than ever before.
The department OF womcn- work was
extremely well represented both in the
line Of culinary and needlework. The
exhibit of poultry by the \. and NJ.
college deserves special mention; also
the exhibit of corn by the Farmer Boys
Corn Club.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
Ask. Aid for Storm Sufferers.

Mobile, Ala.-Bishop f. p. Allen OF
the Catholic diocese of Alabama has
asked that contributions OF Sunday, Oct.
II. in his church be given TO aid the Lou
;siaua coast storm sufferers of Sept. 20
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
ohio's Divorce Record.

Columbus, 0.-The Ohio courts di-
vorced 5,o34 mismated couples during
the year There were i2,963 divorce suits
started, of which i,562 were dismissed or
refused and 6,367 were pending at the
close of the wear.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
An -. Civ 0bscured.

Savannah, Ga.-At 6:45 p. m Mon
dsv the entire sky here is obstructed by
.hroa tening clouds; the barometer is at
ao.ss. The wireless station here. for
hours has been warning vessels at sea.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
Learx Succeeds n,Rrien.

Atlanta, Ga.-Advices from New York
state that Thomas W. Leary, of Atlanta,
was elected president of the Southern
Express company by the board of di-
rectors.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14

We take care of our health, we lay
up money, we make our roof tight
and our clothing sufficient, but who
provides wisely that we will not be
wanting in the best property OF all
friends Ralph WALDO Emerson
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14

The thirtieth annual session Of the
Oktibbeha Baptist Association held th.
association with Ocobla Church. Ne.hobA
county. six miles EAST OF Philadelphia
Thi. association represents 20 churches
of East Mississippi, with more than =.
500 members. all churches being repvs-
sented by delegates. The Attendance
was extremely large. Dinner was served
on the ground each day and the host
went away rejoicing.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14

celebration was rendered the Con
federa,e veterans of Tishomingo county
by the local chapter Of United Daugh-
ltsss u the CoEfeaefaey, .ad Conf.aarass
camp Of veterans OF Iuka. The local
chapters furnished large spread for
all veterans and cold dinners to visitors.
Of whom there were about 1000 in at
tendance.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14

There has Just arrived at the A. and
NJ. College from Cape Colony, South Az
rica, sent by the Transvsal government,
gentleman, Mr.. Koch, who will take
four years course in agriculture at that
institution and especially study all the
things pertaining TO raisips catoa-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-10-14
TROOPS AFTER LONE INDIAN.
Armed With High Power Rifles Have
Him Surrounded in California.

HIul ouIfUuHusu IN NdIIIufuEd-
San Bernardino, Cal.-A score of
militiamen are hurrying over the desert
to Join the posse of Sheriff Ralphs, which
has surrounded Willie Boy, the Plute
Indian murdeIss entrenched in a canyon
near Bullion Mountain. The operations
for the capture of Willie Boy have as
sumed a warlike aspect, and in making
preparations for the desperate battle ex-
pected Sheriff Ralph established field
hospital.