Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-12


crived. lie gave hi. hearers many points
that will be Of great b-neht TO them IN
future Jesse NJ Jones made . splendsd
talk On th. selection 81 .eed and stock
breeding Roth srntlcmeu gave facts ssl
figures to show the farmers that II 10
b-.t To leave the old ways n farming and
fall in with all the new methods.
Mrs. Lucy Green Yerg-r Of GreesvtgIs.
state president of the United Daughtsss
Of III. Confedersey OF Mississippi. an
nouns-. that the State chapter will place
. memorial window in the Church Of tho
Redr~nsr at Biloxi. the wcrshiping plses
Of tho Dsvi. family years ago. TO ~
m-mor, .f Mrs. Margaret Davis Haye.
who Recently died in Denver, Colo. This
work Of the State chapter Of the U. d.
c. 10 rscosnired .. peculiarly appropriate
and thoughtful on the part Of ths STATE
officers.
Taken IN connection with the decided
wave Of interest created by the diss~s
sion in the press Of the State Of the psse-
ticsbility and feasibility Of . return to
wheat growing as an industry, it 10 quite
.igsiseaHt that the subject 10 being disr
euss~d among the Farmers Union 10
calls. and with increasing interest - the
discussion Progresses. There - . plan
noy being sgitated No induce the farm
ers To make srr.nsemen,s to try Il oe
no, this year. but aert-for which
a. - -.
arsticns.
There is . movement on fcet a1one
the eitirsn. of the town ssA county to
Civ. . big harb>cus At CarksdAis Az
gus. Is. This 10 expected "a b oos
OF the god, old-fashioned sort, where
an AbundAnc. Of sppetirins food vili b
served the atsssdAnss, and st po,sssaal
speaking there will be No dsArth- Ano1G
the prominsnt politicians vhe are mss-
toned a. probable speakers on that o.
c. sion ar. Hons. 4. J. MeIaurin. Jsmes
X Vardamsn and John sharp Williams.
The summer normal school for the
teachers Of Choctaw and Atfala coun-
building ON Monday morning at
clock and will continue in session for
four weeks Teachers from Attala aad
Choctsw counties are expected to attend
in large numbers. During the month
such educators as Profs. Hardy. Whit
field, Smith, Boyd and others will b
present and deliver addresses.
The Interstate Lumber Company has
perfected arrangements to build q lins
OF railroad to connect with the Frisco.
IL will intersect the Southern railway
one mile west of Steens. and run thence
ia a northeasterly direction to Win
field, Ala, where it will connect with
the Frisco and with the Brilliant branch
of the Illinois Central.
The CORTLAND Knights Of Pythias
Lodge gave a picnic, which was attended
by one of the largest crowds ever sssn in
the town. il being estimated that from
500 to 1000 were present. Messrs. Ses-
sion and Mcdowell of Jackson, Miss..
addressed the large and attentive su-
dience on the benefits of being . member
of this order.
Iona Mines, late of Alfalfa county. who
robbed the Postofficr at Niles in 1907.
and who has been a fugitive from justice
sinee. has Just been arrested near Bir-
minghAm, Ala. by Deputy United States
Marshal =. VI. Coker and delivered 10
Deputy United States Marshal X J.
Warren of Aberdeen
7. J. Hart, II years old. is one Of
the street working convicts at Gulfport,
after having been found guilty Of violas.
ing the prohibition laws. The police Of.
hcers testified that they found bottles
Of whisky in trunks belonging to the boy
and his sister.
The Teachers Normal, made up OF
teachers from Choctaw and Attala eoun-
ties. opened up at Alderman, and will
continue in session for four weeks.
Attorney General Stirling declines to
make any comment on the effort Of sew
eral members Of the Mississippi-Louis
ana Retail Lumber Dealers Association
TO secure a compromise Of the penalty
suits filed by him against the orgsniza-
tion, aggrcgating about si&, ,O0O, 900.
| The Piazza Hotel. one Of the leading
hotels of Nicksburg, was sold at public
auction. The mortgage was for $4,000,
and accrued interest. The amount paid
was s5l 100, at which it was knocked
down to Vincent Lavecchia.
| President Taft had better have his
appetite in frst-class trim and his d.
gestive apparatus in good working order
when he visits Jackson during the State
Fair in November, for he is to b. 70
galed with an old-fashioned Southern
dinner, prepared by Aunt Betty Cole.
the most famous cook in all Mississippi
| number Of prominent Hattiesburg
business and professional men are ar
ranging for an old-time barbecue and
handshaking meeting with the farmers
and other citizens living in the neiehbor-
hood Of Morristch and Mcdonald MillA