Oxford eagle., 1909-03-18
@ississippi
Aews
NO. 10.

UdElI
The Bnsrd of Leve. Commissioners Of
the Upper Iaroo Missis-ippi Delta dis
trict. viii. On April 20. receive bids 90
bond sale issue aggregating s32s.0oc
Of forty-yesr bonds. besring IA per cent.
interest ard payable semiannually. ths
proceeds Of such sale 20 he applied tc
the refunding of like amount Of
rr cent bonded indebsedhe-s. issued
sone time ago. This issue. ss the one
preceding IL, viii be made subject &c
call st any time. such being the condI
tious governing the .sle of the bond.
The East Nis.is-ippi -Four Counties
Medical Society, composed % Lee, Chick.
asaw, Monro> and Itawamha. met In
oksss~s lAss vss.-. .na .ls~z eie~si-s
ofeeers. . motion was made and carried
to meet nsxt in Aberdeen. the second
Tuesday In May. and in Amory the see
ond TUESDAY in June, making the fOur
towns Of TupelO. okolona. Aberdeen and
Amory permanent meeting place. Of ths
society.
John Rutherford former weares
Of the Mississippi psniteutisry uniform.
after eOnviction Of burglary. and vhe
served his term up to within q month
Of th~ expiration thereof. when he vas
partoned by Gov. Stone. only 10 break
into prison again o few years later, on
the same charge. TO escape from the
tolls Of the lsw. i now in Jail at Birm
insham awaiting the orders Of the State
PRISON authorities.
I'd Harris. an employe OF the New
ton OIL and Manufacturing Company
met -eath in q rather peculiar manner
He was in the second story Of the build
ing showing cotton seed through a hole
to n. first aoor. and in some unknown
way fell in the hole His body wa.
caught. and the hole not being largs
enough for him to ~ through. the seed
covered him up. Before it was diseor
cred he suffocated
The teaehsrs' association Of Choctaw
County met at Aekermsn in regular
ronthly session. The feature of the
day vas the able address delivered BY
State Superintendent Of Edueation J. y.
Powers. He vas greeted b. large aR
dienee and hi. strong speech vas vel
received. Ills remarks werr directed in
behalf Of the country high school There
was already a strong sentiment in this
county in favor Of such a move, and
the address of Prof Powers viii greatly
strengthen this sentiment
Mrs. Aliee Fairly vas given a -
in the Circuit Court against thS j.
sou electric Street railway for 81 ,0oo
the suit being bs>ed on the failure OF
th- rmrioyv- Wv --Aarr~ Of ~-<fsir
street car To stop for her at a regular
stopping eurner. where sh- was accus
toned to dis~ubarkinS No, only Dis
the conductor fail to stop. bu, was sIse
rather Impudent. a. alleged. when hs
vas taken 10 task for the oversight.
The family of W \ Rarker. of Ne
ridian, barely escaped with th-ir live.
fror their burning home. When the
frs wa discovered the entire roof was
sblaze. sni before all the members we're
aroused the flames had eaten their way
through the eeilinz- Two chiIiren. des
psrately SEX with pneumonia. wers
fs.t -. o -. - Il a
the bed clothing being on fire and ons
Of the boys feet burned before the Gov
ering could be taken of
Gov So-l signed the commissions for
the follo~ing men appointed to offios
in the Mississippi National Guani:
NJ Powers. Franklin. HOLMES county
major and aide de camp on the COVER
nor's staff. Dr. v {. womack, Jackson
hrst lieutenant and assistant surgeon;
Robert 8. Miller. Jackson. captain. com
manding Company +. Third infantry.
A cotton mill to employ a THOUSAND
operatives. will b. built at Coriuth in
the near future A charter for the pur>
pose was granted a company eapitaiizei
at 81 I00a,0OO. The same company
promises an electric line to tn, Teunes-
see river within eighteen months
Charlie CrDs-in. a Is-year-old boz.
wearing knee pants and Miss Minnis
COrley. 20 years old. were married at
Sl&bsn- The boys parents, hcaring Of
the marriage. separated the couple
within an hour and refused to allow the
boy to return to his new wifs-
A. D. MeCielland, of New Orleans,
president Of the Alden knitting Mills. in
that city, Is in Meridian With the pur-
pose of letting the contract for the
branch mill to be located here The
buildings are estimated TO cost $40. 600.
Chambers having been discovered 10
exist among the stock OF Mr. Thomas.
near Walden. State Inspector James
Lewis of StarkviIle ordered two mules
killed and all the other stock carried
away and quarantined.
Hon Jacob Mctiavoek Dickinson,
whom President Taft has appointed
secretary OF war, Is not only a native
Of Columbus. but q member Of Isham
Harrison Camp. No. -, United Confe4
crate Veterans. of that city.
Sim H. LOwenburg Of Natehez. and
Prank J. Fisher of VIcksburg have in
itiated a movement for a i00mile auto
driveway between the two cities This
will also push a gOod road campaign IN
| jefferson. Claiborne and WarreH eoanr