Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-02-25
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Inc grand lodge In session AZ Merid-
ian elected Columbus as the next place
Of meeting. Officers were elected a.
follows; Wiley II. Clifton, Aberdeen.
grand master; William Conner. IIatties-
burg, senior warden. and John =. Brooks,
Rohinsonvile, junior grand warden,
Rev. Robert A. Clark, grand chaplain;
II. V. White. Meridian, grand treasurer;
Frederick Speed, victsburg. grand sec
rctsryi Allen n. Hicks. Myrtleville,
grand lecturer. and julius yaretxsky,
shnqalak, grand tyler q. l.. Mckay,
Meridian. was chosen a. trustee Of the
Widows and Orphans Home at Meridian
for i've years.
large number Of business men and
farmers gathered at New Albany and
were addressed by Prof. =. f. White,
agricultural and horticultural commis-
sioner, and Prof Lloyd, both Of the
Frisco Railroad, who came with a spe-
cisl exhibition car. In the afternoon
the boys and girls Of the New Albany
High School were allowed TO attend the
special lecture for them. Much good is
being done by these instructors in teach
ing the people 10 make two blades Of
grass grow where only one grew before. -
In the death of u negro brakeman who
was discovered In n cornfield near New
Albany, there may be some light shed
on the recent disastrous wreck which oc-
CURED at Coldwater, II few days ago. On
the negro's person was found an Illinois
Central Railroad switch key No. 4 22o3
and ;. X. X. key No. 67s553. also q
train order of the st. Louis and San
Francisco Railroad Of date Jan. Il. 1909.
A mass meeting OF the business in.
terests of South Mississippi WAS held
at Hattiesburg TO protet against the
proposed removal Of the tariff on lun,-
Der. Members OF the Mississippi dele
CATION at Washington are being flooded
with letters, petitions, memorials and
te'egrams from the lumber. railroad and
banking interests. urging them to oppose
the removal Of the duty.
Capt. W. 7. Rigby, chairman Of the
Vicksburg National Military Park Com.
mission, who has just returned from
Washington, brings encouraging news
Of the early construction Of the Great
Naval Memorial in the national park
The House appropriations committee
gave him a hearing ON the 100000 pro
iect. Capt. Rigby Is certain that $50,
900 of this sum will be- made availabl,
in the forthcoming appropriations bill
The Cumberland Telephone and Tel-
graph Company is preparing TO take up
another large piece of construction work
in the country tributary to Jackson, that
of building a new line along the Ala
bama and vicksburg railroad, between
Meridian and the capital city. IL is the
intention of the company to carry ON its
business over its own pole route.
Some Of the citizens of Starkvilie ar.
forming stock company for the pur-
pose of erecting a $4,000 hotel. 1t Is
to be of brick, three stories high, with
all modern fixtures, and up TO date ia
every respect. They have already an
offer by an experienced hotel man to
lease 1t for five years at q rent Of 10
per cent ON cost annually.
The grand chapter Of Mississippi
Royal Arch Masons, convened its sixty.
first grand annual convocation at the
Masonic Temple at Meridian. with the
grand officers present. A resolution was
adoHed indorsmg the action of the
grand lodge of Mississippi in the with.
drawal of fraternal correspondence and
affiliation with the grand Jurisdiction Of
New Jersey.
In all parts OF the commonwealth the
farmers are getting busy with their crop
preparations. Acreage plans are being
devised, orders placed for seeds and fer.
tilizers, new work animals purchased
and the farmers hope to get started on
the actual work Of pitching the crop
somewhat earlier than usual.
An enthusiastic Boys Corn club was
organized at Carrollton. by County su.
perintendent Neal and the county teach.
ers. Addresses were made BY Prof. +,
X. Lloyd, Of the A and VI. college, and
Superintendent W. II. Smith. of Holmes
county.
Circuit Court is in session at Acker.
man with Judge g. A. Mclean on thu
bench and District Attorney I. /. Lamt
looking after the interests of the State
Judge Mclean delivered a strong charge
to the grand jury.
Knox Booth, internal revenue eollec.
tor, and W. A. Anderson. deputy, both
of Atlanta, are in Meridian for the pur.
pose of requiring about forty near-beer
dealers to take out internal revenue Ii.
cense.
Adjutant General Fridge has received
the handsome silver loving cup of the
Southern Interstate Rifle Association,
which was won by the Mississippi rife
team at the New Orleans shoot las,
Thanksgiving Day, by a very narrow
margin, over the team representing
Louisiana.
Lafayette county has eighty white