Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-01-14
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The floating saloon AZ vNkspufEs
door on the Louisiana side Of Desoto
Island, is stirring up much concrrn
among the city officials. Thomas Nor
rissey Is operating the salcon on the
hargc temporarily, until the new saloon
building on the island i ccmpleted,
and Is doing Land offlc~ business.
Nayor-elest }. J. Hayes, who viii be
installed in Office on January II, owns
part NJ the DeSoto Islsnd, and made
statement, saying: The property he
lones to me; leased II TO Morriss~y,
and l will resort 70 every stsp legally
to protect the property, ~ long as
Nprrisscy runs the saloon within the
law Of Iouisisnr. intend TO make
sususbcdy suffer II amy interference 10
sasde by people Who can be swd"
Sheriff n. ". Kelly 81 Warren <oan'v Y
asked H. ann,.iss -A---.s -~pef'iso's
20 join with the city engineering depart
ment in determining where the line is ON
DeSoto island, In order to see II Tom
Morrissey's saloon is in Mississippi. The
supervisors refused to do 1t, saying it
was State matter. Sheriff Kelly says
he will accept the city engineers line,
when run, and act accordingly.
In . letter of regret sent to Atlanta
over his inability to attend the han
quet there January Is, in honor Of Judge
Taft, John Sharp Williams says; IF
the country has to submit to the mis-
fortune of Republican presidency
sort Of relic Of barbarism'-I would
rather the misfortune came with Mr.
Taft at the head of II than any other
Republican in the United States. I have
very high regard for him personally
The presence in Laurel this week Of q
party of gentlemen interested in thu
electric light business in South Missis
sippi has caused revival Of the tall
of an interurban line to run southwar,
from Laurel, such as was projected I
year or two ago. The interurban pro
ject contemplates the employment o
water power, to be obtained from th'
Bouie river, either at Hsttiesturg or n
Seminary.
The movement which for some tim
past has been ON foot to drain Magowal
swamp took definite shape when Sc,
eral of the principal owners OF the Ian
in question presented to the board Q
supervisors Of Lowndes county a pet
tion requesting that the land be place
in drainage district, and a speeiad ta
levied to provide fer its reclamation
There are thousands Of acres Of fsrtil
land in this swamp.
.'Black Hand No. Society" sent
hitter TO airs. Sailie Walters, a grocer
woman in hatcher. The letter wa
printed with lead pencil withor
punctuation marks, and demanded s.
500, and further declares that Ger,an
for money was made on Robert L. Rec
who was murdered at his home in Ma
cher recently. The Black Hand threa
ems 10 kill Mrs Walters and chi'd
the money Is not paid
In his charge to the Federal graz
jury at vicksburg, Judge Niles paid B
respects to night riders. He iail
had received . number Of letters col
planning of the sending through Z
mails of anonymous letters, the wh
pings Of persons and ordering of OF
ers to leave. He declared this was I
work of irresponsible towards, AMI
structed the grand jury TO make
thorough investigation.
Following a quarrel over lawsuit,
which it is said threats to shoot
out" at next meeting were made, E.
Fitzgerald, prominent planter, 81
and instantly killed O. G. Mcclure,
wellknown lawyer of Rosedale.
Guire had represented q client !
friendly to Fitzgerald in lawsuit. .
bitter feeling had grown out Of this
1t ia a pretty well assured fact N
that Newton is to have State morn
this summer. The buildings of Clar
Memorial College had already been +
dered for the purpose Of holding t
normal This means that some $50
800 teachers will sojourn in Newton
several weeks this year.
The Bank Of Blue Mountain made
showing Of 2fh per cent. net prof
Eleven and one-half per cent. divide
was declared, and the other 10 per &C
was added to the banks surplus fund
That there has been . considera
'strengthening Of the tone of the lum
market in South Mississippi is
'~rced by the unusual activity of
Who are focking from mill
feverish haste to place ord
prices advance.
Cen. Fridge reports that
A.lg segiment, Mississippi natio
,uard, is again twelve companies stro
Including Battery Z at vicksburg, sill
he muster in of the new company
tayette-
With the beginning Of the new ye
umber manufacturers in MississiT
re expecting a marked improvement
rzde cc=d,.icns. The market has be
"a fairly good shape during .he pa
s.rty days, with steadily increasii
hume of orders 4 noteworthy fea
re C. he market I. the fact that Il
emsnd Is equally good Tor nearly
rsdes, cd some Of the mills have !
~ booked from 20 to 100 days ahes
ddeient to keep them fully occupie
a< movement Of the cotton crop sir
taneousiy with the revival Of the h1u
industry has enlivsnsd the demau
D. yv,ti;sr, Mevs,.~ Green r$sx .