Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-07-22

chimney. strark thu little boy and
Shocking the father 80 that he vas un-
conscious for about Eve minutes. Whsn
he recovered consciousness he found has
little boy black from tho stroke Of
lightning dad at his feet.
Ollie Williams. the e0-year-old .on %
{. q. Williams. who was murdered nc
his home near >sonewall last week. i. in
the Clarke county pail at Quitman. hzv-
ing. Il = said. eunfe=-ed to the comni--
sion of ths deed The ebier Williams
was shot down in hrs home. the mur-
derer firing through an open door. four
bullets having taken effect, Pro.iucins
death almost Instantly.
The fifteenth annual session Of the
Mississippi Chautauqua assembly opened
Thursday to continue until the end of
the month. The program. - regarded az
the bsst ever arranged for a meeting of
the assembly. Included among the prom
inent speakers to b~ heard are ex-C;Sv-
ernor Yates. Of Illinois; exGov-rnor
vardaman. Of Mississippi; Prof J. v
Powers. State supsrintensien; Of Educz-
tiou Of SIissis-ippi. ami J. b. ssweIi.
former superintendent Of eiucatiou in
louisiana
Hon. Walter Weaver and Gov. James
T. Harrison each received letters from
Hon J. W. Dickinson, secretary Of war,
stating that President Taft had PROM
tsed him Columbus would b. visited
during the trip the president and sew
eral members Of the cabinet would take
through the southwest and South IN
September or October Columbus Is the
boyhood home of judge Dickinson
A guartette sf elslers OF the Church Of
Latter Day SAINTS are campaigning
around Clarkssiale. They are making .
housetO-hoase canvass of the city, dis
tributing literature. and they WI fur
thsr the work Of propagation by street
preaching # a crowd can Be secured
Two large tomatoes Of the UEcls
Toms Cabin variety. weighing Ia
pounds. one measuring Is - inches in
eirgumfsrence and he other IL - inches.
were exhibited in Starkviiie They were
grown in the garden of Capt. ". r La
Rier.
The news butcher On train No. 10 Of
the Mobile. Jackson & Kansas City rail
road was arrested at Houston BY ". H.
Curry. the railroad detective, on
charge Of retailing whisky. This Is the
second arrest Of this nature in the last
week The whisky Is put up in small
bottles and sold in a sack containing,
besides the whisky. bananas.
The Union County Summer Normal
has closed its summer session after ssv-
eral weeks saecessful term at sherman
The battle of ballots in Lawrence coun-
~ on the question of the county issuing
$4,000 Of thirty year per cent bonds
for the purpose Of building a courthouse
resulted in defeat for the bonds. The
opposition was mainly caused BY the
fight for a division OF the county three
years ago, when the new county Of JEFF
ferson Davis was formed out Of a part
of Lawrence and Covington-
The normal at the University Of Me
sissippi closed with the largest attend
anes in its history. over 80 teachers
have been in attendance and good work
has been done during the entire term.
There was a feeling Of gratIication no
ticeable amsng the throng Of teachers
because of the ease and comfort with
which the crowd has b~~n lodged and fed
at the university.
As a result Of the earnest solicitation
Of Representatives St-sou. three expert.
have been assigned to duty IN the
Fourth Mississippi district. beginning
August n There viii be one man to
lecture on plant industry. one on good
roads and one on the boil ve~vil and
crop diversifeat:on-
According to a statement by the city
clerk forty persons have been convicted
for operating blind tigers in Gulfpors
during the past six months.
The Oktibbeha County Fair Associar
tion Is offering handsome prizes this year
IN all departments. A grand enterprise
cast range will be given as first prize
for the largest family on the show
grounds the first day of the fair. A bar
rel of -four viii be given for second prize
and two large hams for the third
The public school board. which met at
Waynesboro, refused TO locate schools
where a majority of the patrons had
failed to pay their poll tax This did
not affect any white schools. but viii
knock out several negro schools
A quantity of old Spanish coins was
unearshsd by ~. 7. Wood while digging
a post hole in his yard at Pass CHRISTIAN
Many OF the coins bore the date of I5T4-
The latest was dated Is2a A large sum
Of money was Plowed up a few years
ago near the same spot BY negro.
The board of Mississippi levee com
misxioners held their regular semi-anr
ANAL meeting at GreensilIe, and the re-
port OF Secretary and Treasurer =. NJ
Scott shows the board TO be ia healthy
condition On July / the treasury con-
tanned s17s.sss17.