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

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 conscryatively estimated
at $50 per acre.
The people of Natchez 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 is feared that the river win
make cutoff into that part of the
town known as Natchez Under the Hill,
and destroy hundreds of thousands of
iollars' worth of property, including the
waterworks.
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 s2i,5oi.54. The close of the
fiscal year twelve months ago showed
the receipts TO be se0,S00. This gives a
act gain, caused from steady growth
of the town and exceptional business con-
iitions in the face of 80 much depres-
sion, of $1,000.
Oscar Grace of jefferson Davis county,
reports the farmers very active, and his
information is that they are in a- -oci
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 a grade of the leading
staple as can be found in any part OF
the State, but have long since discarded
the all-cotton system for the only kind
Of small farming that pays.
Contractors who are boring a well for
Port Gibson, having gone down nearly
thousand feet for water sufficient to
ill all requirements in the way Of
gushing well, are now at a standstilI,
having struck another rock, which will
neeessitate delay until proper material
arrives to bore through this rock. A 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.
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-
,ians seemed to have been successful in
their work, but a change to the adverse
condition set in.
Twelve teachers from the city schools
Of Columbus will visit Birmingham some
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.
James Bush, 20 years old, an employs
Of the Southern Express Company, while
engaged in loading goods at the depot at
laurel, accidentally dropped revolver,
which exploded. The ball penetrated his
throat, ranging upward, and presumably
cut the jugular vein.
The Farmers Union sold $50 bales oi
cotton at Oxford at cents. They have
\ large number of bales in storage yet
and are holding it.
Col. Mcfarland inspected the Third
Regiment, Mississippi National Guard, in
Fayette. The company made creditable
showing.
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 |
The spring reunion Of the Ancient and |
Accepted Scottish Rite Masons has been
called by Deputy Melville R. Grant Of
Meridian, acting for the Supreme Coun-
| ell Of Mississippi, the dates named be-
! ing April 10, IA and Is.
The Mississippi Intercollegiate Ora |
torical Association, composed of the |
mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical
College, Millsaps College, University of
mississippi and Mississippi College at
Clinton, Miss, has about decided to hold |
its annual oratorical contest in Colum- |
bus at the Industrial Institute and Col.
lege chapel in May.
Many of the farmers of Oktibbaha ara |
making preparations to truck farm On
large scale 1t is also rumored that .
snning factory will Be- established.