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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27
HAIL TEDDY As SAVIOUR
Roosevelt Being Importunsd to Bun
for Governor of New York

Altany. y. l.-"Lead u OF we're lost.
Harry home AMI save the party
This j. the essence Of eablesrams and
letters understood to have been showerei
upon Theodore Roosevelt in his African
Jungle BY machine Republicans, alright
ed By revelations of bribery, graft and
other forms OF corruption implieating
New York State officials.
To Roosevelt prayers are addressed
that he quit hunting wild animals and
head crusade to rid the party Of hui
man harpies. whose alleged Expectations
have brought such shame upon it that
il is threatened with a ehs-tisement
such as elevated Grover Cleveland to
the governorship by nearly 100000
plurality in Iss2.
The former president Is being besought
to not only cleanse the machine stables,
but make it possible to retain the state
by taking the nomination for governor.
Latest adviees from Africa, according
to an intimate associate of Roosevelt
.ere, are that he still sdheres TO his
determination to delay his return home
until June. Then he may put his hand
on the throttle and seek TO avert irimf
neut party disaster.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27
COST OF WATERWAYS
PLAN OF CONSERVING WATER
POWER SUGGESTED.
Would Put rax on Power Furnished
to Consumers and Restrict
Construction Permits.

Wsshington.--Almo.t every section Of
the country will find subjects Of local
a. well as general interest in the preliun-
mary report of the National Waterways
Commission. submitted to Congress to-
day. This preliminary report recon-
mends, among other things, a general
plan Of conservation OF water power,
with the shaping Of project. in the light
OF future needs Of streams, resort to
Federal and State legislation, rather
than to unnecessary channel improve
meut merely 10 enforce reduction Of rail-
road freight rates, with inhibition. on
the other hand, Of manipulation Of snrA
rates to freeze out water competition, a
uniform system Of distribution Of cost
of waterway improvement between Fed
eral, state and local governments. avoid
ance Of multiplication Of ports, restris-
tion OF dam construction permits, inau-
gurstion Of such water projects only as
can b. completed within a reasonable
time, Federal tax on power furnished
the consumers, reservation by the gov
eminent Of power to alter or repeal
power rights
The commission hold. that the Fed
sral government has M proprietary right
OF interest IN navigable waters which
would suthorize the collcction Of tolls
II believes that each consent To construct
dam should provide that the grantee.
whenever necessary to suhservc nsviga-
tion interests. must construct and fur
nish power for lock suited to the local.
ity and to probable traffic developments
The most essential requirements for
the rehabilitation Of water traffic Is a..
serted to b. the establishment OF har-
monious relations between railways and
water lines. In practically every case
of water routes the boats are operated
the report says. in connection and in
harmony with railway lines. The com
mission believes transportation facilities
will be still further promoted by com
pelling joint rates and prorating agree
ment-, through bills Of lading and physi.
cal connection between rail and water
agencies. separate warehouse and ter
minal systems for railroads and water.
ways being often a waste OF capital
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27

laid him on the grass temporarily.
but while they were discussing how
to fix it so that Orone couldn't make
Uncle Hiram revolve any more. Orone
suddenly jumped into the automobile.
and the stone uncle Immediately be
gan revolving at the rate OF about
four thousand revolutions a minute.
He revolved out of the yard in less
than a second and a minute later be
saw him disappear over the hill. and
by the time We could yank Orone out
OF the automobile Uncle Hiram vas
beyond recovery.
copyright. Iss By W. C. chapmanj
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27
NIL LIONS FOR RECLAMATION
Funds Planned to Further Those
Projects Already Begun.

Observation-Disclosures Of indebted
ness OF bonds to the sum of s50,O00.0O0
to raise money to complete and prop
erly extend reclamation projects already
begun will be authorized in a bill to
be reported from the senate committee
ON irrigation.
The principle on which the proposed
legislation is based was presented at a
session of the committee by Senator Bo-
rah in bill providing for the authoriza-
tion of a $4,000, 900 bond issue This
measure was prepared by him after a
conference with President Taft and Sec
retsry Ballinger.
Whether certificates or bonds are au-
thoriEed. the securities may be issued
As needed up to limit OF 1000. 900.
and will pay three per cent interest. pay
able quarterly.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27
INCREASE PRODUCTION AND
PRICES WILL FALL
5000, 900 Less Hogs Slaughtered
the Past Season Than the
Year Before.

Chicago. Ogden Armour, at his
beautiful country home. Armouria, dis
eusssd the present prices Of provisions,
the cause and the remedy.
You can eliminate the meat packers
from the situation entirely" said Mr.. Ar
mour, and the high prices will remain.
The prices are high by the laws Of ma
ture aud natural laws cannot he changed.
The best we can do is to comply with
them Increase production and prices
will fall.
The situation as regards the cost OF
try. extremely serious said the head Of
the great packing industry. The prices
OF foodstuifs have climbed upward until
they have passed all reasonable bounds.
The cause is not difficult to find. and 1t
is most important that il should be rene
died. The explanation is simply that the
consumption Of food in the United
States has overtaken production. The
result has been inevitable. Prices have
gone up.
ihf pttce OF u""t 70 ane tctAhTt mas
advanced only one-half a cent a pound
in tn. last year-thAt j. to say. the
average price PER pound for the whole
carcass. The advanced cost Of hogs and
sheep has been very heavy. II was only
a few DAYS ago that we bought live hog.
at the rate Of nine cents a pound. Think
Of that. such prizes A. these have been
unheard of for many. many years.
And yet at these prizes there are few
er hogs offered than when We paid less.
haven't the exact figures at hand. but
approximately 100000 less hogs were
slaughtered in the last packing season
than for the year preceding. Surely, II
the farmers had the hogs they would
send them to market"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27
a
Him

der an apple tree near the barn. and
that did surprise us. for IL there was
ever n grasping man Orone was that
man, and Ii did not seem like him to
allow a stone uncle to go TO waste
that way. But il just shows that COM
mon people can't even guess how
mean man can be. We hadn't the
least idea what orone was up TO. al
though We should have guessed II. for
IL was the most natural thing for a
mean man to do with a stone uncle
like Uncle Hiram.
The first thing Orone did was to buy
an old. busted automobile. and he paid
for it with some of the money Uncle
Hiram had left We thought that was
odd in orone. because he never spent
a cent unless he had to. but the next
thing we heard Of w<= stranger still
II seemed that Gone had installed q
motor on his Pace. and was using u
to run all t'ss working implements
on his placs He used IL to run the
grindstone and the ehurn and the corn
shelier sad the cider mill and the
pump. sna thea he ran n Transmission
belt aefoSs 20 tie Sour mill and rented
powey 70 the miIler He got dollar
and sixty ceats a day trom the miller
for IL. And OrUne woaia just sis back
T.. his busted aasoazooile and sale
and do noshinx Tie n~ver moved the
aufozobii< a. inch Euxt saf n Il a.
II i wer~ a shrunw
We woaizt a@Ner have klnessed Is
~irkedn@xs Il BaE1y Fsrz@tss. the
blscksmith. Aaint Aagp~s~4 70 m~a.
tioa that - ha4f --enA~4 0wunas anwi@
Hiran- Thea ws So est sAs wAnle
thing Il s@<@s tAza cruns sn.~w -
uncle Hiram ~ss a zs4z x ss@ wer3
and could - trzsee9 - ~ So -
said he would eo. sna lat b 4
be would TURF ever a - Erss :
would do H. So Orun~ AnAxEA .-s
automohiie and sat n 4 xn.s E=<sv
Hiram turned oyer n Orunm mwrs .
sat In some other mans aztamoaE-
the chances are that UnrI~ Hiram
would have turned over once and that
he would have been satisfied with tina,
one turn. but when Orone bought ar
automobile and bought II with tse old
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27
TREASURY HONOReD LEE.
Postoffice at Newport News Was
Closed on January 10.

MISUNDERSTANDING that the Gus
tom house at Newport News, Va, had
been closed during January 10, the birth
day of Gen. Robert r. Lee, with the cx-
eeption OF two hours, with permission OF
the treasury department, Secretary Mac
Neagh Monday sent 10 the senate a com
munieation in response to the Hepburn
resolution calling upon the secretary Tor
information
Secretary MacNeagh stated that the
closing was authorized ON the rspresen-
tation of the collector at Newport News
that as the day was a State holiday,
most OF the business houses in Newport
News would be- closed. He added that it
was customary to grant permission to
close custom houses on State holidays
to the extent that public business would
permit.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27
BETZVuIE TALES
Orone M'DoobIe and His Stone Uncle
Ellis Darker BuHefI
nB A,dhor Of Pigs is Pigs Etc. W.
ILLUSTRATED By PETER NEWELL

One Of the most cruel cases Of heart
lessness ever known In Bstzville has
Just come 10 light. and several OF our
most distinguished citizens have
joined TO write a Black Hand letter to
Cousin Orone McDooble, advising him
to move into the next county or take
the consequences. We think he will
move.
About eight years ago Hiram Nc.
Doodle died. and he was continuous
~ mad from the time the automobile
passed across him until he breathed
hts last. He always had hated auto
mobiles. but when one ran over him
Il acted as the last straw that breaks
the cameis back. and he called his
nephew orone to him. and told him
that II ever Orone dared get into one
OF the ALFRED things he would turn
over in his grave. Then he died as
comfortably as possible. and Orone
buried him In the Old Grove cemetery.
and took charge Of the old mans prop
erty. as any sole survivor should.
But this spring the Betzville alder
men decided TO extend Main street
right on through the Old Grove GENE
terry. and they notified orone that
Uncle Hiram was blocking the street
They told Orone to come and get him.
So Orone went out. and when he got
there he was very much surprised.
for Uncle Hiram had turned to stone.
Probably something In the soil did IT..
although Uncle Hiram had always
had stony heart. and that might
have served as a sort OF nest egg. OF
course be wasn't granite. exactly. but
he was pretty stony-about like soap
stone. I should say.
The minute Orone saw his late uncle
his eyes glittered with an avaricious
light. and we made up our minds
orone was going to be mean enough
to tote his uncle around the country
and show him on as a petrified man.
but he didn't Instead Of that he took
him home and planted him again. un.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27
ciaantic Irust aeaun-

In the construction OF the Asbokan
reservoir in the Catskills more than
s.0Oo.00 cubic yards Of earth must be
spread in six-inch layers. moistened
and rolled. eventually forming a dam
300 feet high in places and four miles
long. and this work Is being done by
steam rollers. which is the first time
they have been employed for such
work These machines have corrugat.
ed front rolls and cross-eleats on the
rear rolls. 50 as thoroughly to knead
the moist earth. and each covers the
work done by 30 men. a dozen teams
and a eableway. and is guaranteed
against breakdown in continuous work
for seven years.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27

Cleveland. o.-AIihoagh canvass OF
all the retail butcher saop- in the middle
eIsss section OF the city -how- q falling
od in trade OF from one-hslf to three
fourths in that locality, the exceedingly
small receipts of live stock have operated
to keep prices up The decline On beef
has been but Is cents on the hoof and
on lambs 10 cents. Two hundred wagon
loads of chickens brought in from the
country were rejected, commission men
declaring that they cannot sell fowls at
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27

Washington.-Blsek hand cases, the
most notable of which developed in Ohio,
occupied considerable part of the time
Of postoffiee inspectors during the last
azc.l year. Such disclosures as are
proper to make about the operations of
the bureau are made in the annual re-
port Of Theodore Ingalls,, the acting chief
Inspector Of the postofiee department.
The magnitude of the bureaus work is
indicated by the fact that at the end Of
the hscal year there were 66,36o cases
unssr Investigation.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27
GUINNESS HEIRS GET $4,000
''Murder Farm Sold and Proceeds
Distributed.

La Porte. Ind.-Three heirs of Mrs
Belle Guinness. once owner of the ~mur-
der farm near LaPorte, are To receive
more than $1,000 from her estate by
the final report OF the executor They
are Mrs. Byrnhild Larsen, Chicago, and
Petera paulsen Moen and Peter Taulsen
storzeth of Norway.
The executor found si.500 in cash,
sold the personal property for nearly
5000 and the murder farm" on which
the bodies of ten persons, slain by Mrs.
Guinness for their money. were buried,
for $1,000. To the heirs OF Andrew
Helgelein. Of Aberdeen. y. d., the last
victim Of the murderess. s3,25O was
paid. Various expenses added TO this
used up the remainder of the total es-
tate OF Ss.6s9, except S3,239.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27

mans money. and sat In II all day.
the stone uncle simply spun around.
All Oronc had to do was rig a gear on
him when the gear was properly
oiled the stone uncle made over six
hundred revolutions minute He
probably broke all records for stone
uncles.
An ordinarily mean man would have
been satisfied with that. but Orone
was too grAxping.. When the miller
put In extra min stones orvne con
tracted 10 furnish an extra horse-pow-
er for eighty cents a day. but /. put
too great a strain on the stone uncle.
II was all right TO run him up to his
full capacity. but even n stone uncle
gets too much II he Is over-crowded.
and one morning n couple Of days ago
the stone uncle broke In two. Orone
tinkered at him a little. but he soon
saw that he could not fasten the stone
uncle together well enough TO revolve
evenly. so he called on Billy Farms
dod to do the splicing lie said that.
of course. he did not have many jobs
OF that sort. but II was all In the way
Of business. and he did the best he
could. but after a couple Of days Orone
came back and said the splice had
loosened and wanted his money back
Billy told him to produce the stone
uncle. and that II the splice was really
loose he would re-spiice Uncle Hiram.
but Orone would not do II. He de-
manded his money. That made Billy
angry. and he told the whole thing to
Uncle Ashdod Clootz. and that was
the same thing as printing II in the pa
per A committee OF everybody In
Betxville called on Orone and dug up
the stone uncle. and II Just showed
what a liar orone was. for the splice
was all right. and Uncle Hiram was
revolving perfectly.
The committee took action at once,
and threw orone out of the automo
bile. and ungeared Uncle Hiram. and
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27
HETTY GREEN ABSTAINs.
Meat Prices High Even for Her-Eats a
i5-Cent Lunch.

New York.-Mrs. Hetty Green, who
has many millions of dollars. declared
Monday that at the present prices mea,
Is too dear for her, and she cut it out of
her luncheon order.
Mrs. Green entered the modest uptown
restaurant and scanned the bill Of fare
Steak she found At 50 cents a portion
and roast lamb and roast beef at Is
cents. Mrs. Green took halibut, which
was IS cents PorticE-
Have yon joined the boycott" asked
the waiter.
No." said Mrs. Green, obviously. but
meat Is too high. You don't get your
moneys worth People really can't af-
ford to eat it, There are other things
jus; as good and cheaper
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27
Modify Eleventh Amendment.

washington.-Contemplating modi-
fication Of the eleventh amendment OF
the constitution so as to prohibit one
State from institnting suit against an
other except in the matter of boundary
disputes, Senator overman of North
Carolina introduced a resolution to
amend the constitution Mr.. 0yerman's
resolution is aimed at individual holders
of outlawed bonds OF his State, who have
endeavored to make collection on them
By transferring them to other States
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27
THREE CADETS DISMISSED.
Taft Approves Finding On Men whs Got
Dunk

Washington--PSesident Taft Moasiay
approved the rseammen.latiaas q thx
superintendent OF the Naval Academy Al
Annapolis for the dismissal of the u.h4
shipmen, james VI. Whitehead of Ns7s
Jersey, Scott Lynn OF Utah and Grv.sz
Z. Cieyenger Of Missouri. all charged
with intoxication during the Christmas
holidays They we're on the eve of bs
ing graduated.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27
Lower Prices Abroad.

Washington am gathering preoi
which will show that American farm
products are being sold cheaper abroad
than they are in this country deelarsc
Secretary o. Agriculture Wilson at the
high cost of living hearing before q
subcommittee of the house COMMITTEES
on the District OF Columbia. Mr.. Wilson
gave strong evidence TO show that tine
producer at the present time was getting
little more than formerly for his fooe
products, while the ultimate consumer
was paying an excessive price.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27
The Kind Of Life to Expect.

The thing OF Importance to us is to
qualify ourselves for the larger life
that is before us. Every striving for
the abundant life now will have its
counterpart in our achievements here
after Every moral conquest now will
find fruitageA in the greater harvest of
the future. Nothing that is worth
while shall be lost. The universe new
er lets 60 things OF value. Life abun-
dant is what we crave; and we sim
ply demand Immortality that we may
still round out many OF our cherished
ideals and keep on forming new ideals.
moving thus from ideal to ideal
throughout the range OF an immortal
life.-William s. Morgan.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27
Chose Grave for Suieide.

Observation-Disclosures he chose his faith
er's grave in a cemetery near Bethel, a
suburb of Cincinnati, as place to com
nit suicide, Earl Kaufman, % years
old. failed in his purpose. Physicians
who attended him said that the action
Of the poison which Kaufman swallowed
was retarded by the cold damp of the
graveyard, and declared that had the
potion been taken in warm room death
would have come quickly. kaufman had
ouarrelcd with a Young woman.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27
NEGRO AT WEST POINT.
For First Time in Is Years-rrouble
Anticipated.

Nest Point. y. Y.--West Point Is con
frOnted with the possibility OF having
soon to admit a negro as cadet. The
negro. ollie r. Smith. of Cheyenne. Wyo..
has been named as tae alternate for the
next Wyoming vaeaney- Senator Clark
OF Wyoming made the appointment The
oIler officers say that the entrance of a
negro cadet into the eorps has al~ays
oeeasioned tToable.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27

To get rock for the Morena dam in
sozfh@wn California. one of the biggest
Blasting operations on record has Just
s~~s successfully carried out 4 tun-
al rs fe@t sonE vas nrxt driven into
sAs sac~ ~ the granite In this cham
s~x vas RGared 1850 pounds of pow
s~r Hza 4xnamifs- This was exploded
as es@~trt< fuses. and dislodged Ie0.-
49, ezshc yards of notwithstanding
@ws4
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27
Holy Matrimony.

The state Of marriage fills up the
numbers OF Of the elect. and hath
in It the labor Of love. and the deli
cacies OF friendship. the blessing OF
society. and the union OF hands and
hearts; It hath in it less OF beauty,
but more of safety. than the single
life; it hath more care. but less dan
ger: 1t is more merry. and more sad;
II is fuller of sorrows. and fuller OF
toys: 1t lies under more burdens, but
it is supported by all the strengths
of love and charity, and those burdens
are delightful. Marriage is the moth
er of the world. and preserves king
doms. and fills cities. churches and
heaven itsel.-Jeremy Taylor.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27
Farmers TO Retaliate.

Dwight, kans.-W. !. Swami, a live
stock raiser. issued 1000 circular letters
to farmers in Kansas, Iowa. Illinois and
Missouri, calling for delegates to hold a
meeting in Kansas City to retaliatc
against the unions that have instigated
a meat boycott in that city
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27
HARRY rHAw BANKRUPT.
Court Holds Estate Subject to Bank
ruptcy Laws.

Pittsburg. Pa--That Harry Kendall
Thaw is a bankrupt and his estate sub
ject to the United States bankruptcy
laws, was held by Referee William b.
Blair, who handed down an opinion upon
the petition of Roger 0'Mara, trustee
Of Thaw's estate, for leave to sell the
bankrupt's real and personal property TO
his sister, AIics Ccpley Thaw, at private
ssls,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27
Ne Roar tor Ar,ument.

C4ra-Ten tr.ed to hiss me at the
hall last night
Mxade-You don't say,
Clara--Yes But I think he h.d
teen drinking
Maade-oh. r-a sure be bad
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27
Ne .WiII Not Clear the Guilty"

God is not a god OF love merely. too
tender-hearted to punish sin. This Is
a radically defective view OF him. wide
ly prevalent. it Is to be feared. He Is
in the profoundest sense God OF JUS
tice. and hates sin in every form, and
will surely punish it. This view OF
God is necessary in order to check the
growing tendency to look upon sin
as q small matter. Christian OBJ
server,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27

Fire destroyed the greatsr part oil the
business portion of Virgins, small iunl.
her town on the Gulf & Ship Island
Railroad, about thirty miles north Of
Gulfport. The loss amounted to about
s1ss.oco with very little Insurance.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27

One Of the largest and most intelligent
audiences that ever gathered in West
Point assembled in the courthouse to
hear DIR. ;. A. Knapp. Of the depart
ment Of agriculture at Washington.
Farmers and business men from every
part OF East Mississippi wete here. show
ing by their presence the great interest
in agricultural subjects that means so
much for the life and general uplift Of
the state.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27

The vicksburg Chapter, Daughters OF
he Confederacy, adopted a resolution rs
questing the Warren county delegates In
the Mississippi legislature to endeasof
to have bill passed making Gen. X L
Lees birthday legal holiday in the
state.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-27

The trial Of W. S. Mustin, wealthy
iveryman Of Columbus, charged with the
murder Of J. W. Smith, lasted Just two
hours. Mr.. Muslin being acquitted by
the jury on a peremptory charge BY
Judge Buckley. He was indicted on
testimony furnished by Henry Belts. the
negro who actually killed smith. In his
confession before the grand jury Belts
swore that Muslin agreed to pay him
800 to kill Smith. Mississippi statutes
make no provisions for accessories in
cases Of this kind.