Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-02-18


.eventecn children living. and all we're
present at thi. r-union. with the e,c-p-
tion Of one son. who is IN California.
There w~se siyty-four grandchildrrn
present. and ten who could not attend.
and there were present forty nine great
Ave h~ing sb--nt. Mr..
jeffeoat. il hale and hearty. and Was
able To tax. part in the dancing which
followed the reunion.
Henry Davis. coSor~d. vas arrested at
oFesnv -lse. ehsrf~a With running blin-i
tiger. Davis admitted HI. guilt. and
testified that be wa. backed in his
blind tierr~ operations BY Juliu. Ro-
mansky. a PROMINENT merchant of thi.
city, and on his rsi,iene~ Romansky Va.
convicted and -en,.nc.d to paw a ane
Of sloo ami cs,-t- and TO --rv~ ninety
tay- in Prisou- Rouan-ky stouiiy de-
nied th- ehargr. and took an appeal.
III. negro Davi. was SENTENCED TO pay
a hns II slo0 ansl to .~rve ninety DAYS
oa the city farm
State Superintendent Of Edueatisn
Powers = very much gratifi~,i at a re-
port revived from Prot X. n. waLIrop.
superintendent II e,iucation for Chicks-
saw. reporting progress on N. agrieul-
taral high -rhoal huilding Th~ school.
which ~ill - e'IuiPp-si ami ready for an
eight msnth-' term a. --n q. any other
county in the state. and will - unss~r
the chargy of Prot 4. Z. CShb. q grad
HAsr OF the Agricultural and Mechanical
COLLEGE.
lttA Bsna boasts of the only howl fac
tory which - established in th- South.
and Is. IN fact. one of tho two in the
whole United ststss. - far as informa-
,ioa extends. th- oaIy oth-r known bowI
factory t-ing a Michigan conc-rn- The
material u-ed J.. nativ, hardwood. Of
which th~r- !. an sbunianr~ IN mar
reach Of lt;s B~na. and the product Of
the factory i in dsmaai ss fast a. 1t
eaa be shipped out.
The nD-~iing of the .tockhoid<r- Of the
Mississippi Central Railroad vas held
At Hattiesburg With a lsrge attendance
Of stoekhsld-rs Of that company. Re
gzrting the proposed extensioa Of tho
ruad south from Hsttis-baTg to some
point on thu cos~,. either Scranton. Gulf.
and although the directors and offc~rs
sr- very much av.r-e TO talking for pub
lie@tion. il /. believed that the matter of
the extension will be taken up at the
-.'vsss u--sti@s II the dirrvtors
Congressman b. e. Humphreys an
noune-- that th-re will hr bid . com
p-tiiive examination for a principal .ni
two slternste- for appointment to tho
naval academy at Annapolis. in 6r~en-
WOOD, Miss, on Msreh II. The appli-
csnts must he between the ag~. of 10
and 20 years. and must also have bern
bona hde residents Of the third con
gres-ionsl district for st least i've y-ar.
The jury in thu case of Mrs. Mamie
Dupriest Silvry y. Mrs. W. b. Silvey.
ST, on trial at Ne~ton. brought in a
verdict. awarding the plaintiff damages
in the sum Of sj0.ooo. littks less than
half the sum sued fog This case at.
traeted the attention Of the people all
over the State. SiIty-6vs thousand dol
lars we're asked for by the plaintiff on
account Of the alienation Of the adee-
tion> Of her husband. W b. Silyey. Jr.
The Tippah County Farmers Union
sold 200 bales Of cotton at y Ills e~nt-.
The bidding was spirited, buyer, being
in composition from numerous. Plaers.
There j. some likelihood that the en-
terpri-ing people Of the two eounti-- Of
Smith and Jasper viii xrt together dur
ing this spring ami summer on the prop
O-ition OF forming fair and eshihitioa
association IL Is held that an exhibit
of the resources OF the t~o COUNTIES in
one exhibition would astonish not 0nly
the world outside that s~ction. but the
people who are citizens ami taxpayers
of the two counties. The natural re-
sources Of that s-rtiou would sstonish
the citizens. were they known. while
they are practically unknown to the
world ,side. and sueh a fair - needed
IN order To advertise TO the world the
realities which are kaown 20 the people
who live and move and hay. their b~fnx
in these two fne old counties.
For the second time within q we~k
Fayette has been visited BY ire. and tAis
time. as in the Other. the building was
praetieslly destroyed before aRy one
could get to it. The general r~rrhsn-
disc store Of J. n. NeE3ride Ma. totally
DESTROYED. and the fr~t had made such
progress before il was discovered that
not a single article. item. book or paper
Was saved, except was vas in the safe.
There i 70 be an immediate revival OF
activity in the matter Of oil explorations
at Barnett, in Clarke county. where IN
times past the borings that have been
made have revealed strong Indications Of
oil at reasonable depth