Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-08
Mississippi News
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$. p Bloomfield. from the Missis.
sippi experiment station. left Philadei.
phia on the road toward Corinth to
meet the dreaded pest. the Mexican
boll weevil. aud 20 see Just hox far
this way the costly insect has trav-
eled In its easterly course. lie re-
turned about : o'clock. having found
the pest between Hope and Waldo,
only ten miles out from Philadelphia
This IL the second community in this
county TO be found infested with the
Neevii. II having been found NJ Alice.
In the northern part of the county.
some days before. Mr.. Bloomfield has
number Of specimens with him
which he secured near Hope.
The a. and NJ. College w,ll b. open
TO students On September 10. and
work will begin on the sist. Every.
thing indicates that there will be z
larger attendance than last year. One
hundred and ave rooms in the new
dormitory have just been completed
and will be ready for occupancy this
term. The new academic and admin.
istration building has received the
finishing touches and is ready for use.
| The large chapel located In this build.
Ing. and capable OF seating 1900, has
also been finished -Four new boilers
have been Installed in the power
house-three to replace old ones and
one additional.
Asserting that he has the claims
Of 3.o0J descendants Of the Choctax
and Chickasaw Indians Of Mississippi
who signed the Dancing Rabbit Greek
treaty Of 1880. which are for prop
erty and money located In the Okla.
homa reservation amounting TO si2..
80" each, or grand total OF s37..
100000. A. p. Powell. himself a three.
I quarter Indian and one-quarter Span.
lard. and who says he Is a member OF
the legal Arm Of Crews. Cantwell a
Powell 90 Washington. u. C.. has 90.
tablished a temporary office at Bay
St Louis for the purpose OF these red
men in Mississippi who are estitled
to the rich heritage and securing
their claims for prosecution. All the
Gulf coast Is ablaze with excitement
over the matter. and Indians. or the
descendants Of Indians. are bobbins
up from behind every bush and stump
and the very air seems to reverber-
ate with war whoOrs and pow vows.
A farmers institute was held at
Senatobia by J. ID Mitchell OF Holmes
county. Mississippi. and Prof Grisweil
OF Texas A. and ". College A good
number OF the farmers Of the county
were present and manifested much In
terest in the addresses. Mr.. Mitchell
spoke in the morning. choosing for his
subject The Selection of Corn and
Cotton Seed TO Be Used In Planting. -
Mr.. Grisweu spoke In the afternoon.
his subject being Cattle Raising and
the Improvement OF Soil. etc"
Gov. Noel completed his study of
the Endorsements and applications rel
ative TO the chancellorships in the
Third and Sixth districts In the for.
mer he selected Hon. D. VI. Kim
brough TO succeed Hon. I. r. Blount.
lawyer of ability and high charac-
ter. For the Sixth district the gov
ernor selected Hon. James MeCoOl.
who will succeed himself There were
but two applicants in the Second dis
trict. while there were SIX In Judge
McCool's district
Chancellor A. A. Kincannon, of the
University Of Mississippi. announces
that an examination will be held At
Oxford on September 20 and 81 for
the purpose OF awarding the Cecil
Rhodes scholarship apportioned to
this state, the student making the
highest average on examination TO be
England, with tuition and all incl
| Dental expenses paid.
The model OF a new cotton picker il
being exhibited by its inventor In
Greenville. II is simple. light and
can be operated by a driver and two
mules. While the inventor isn't dis
posed TO talk much al present II is
believed that he will have a machine
here within a few weeks TO be given
a test.
Congressman W. A. Dickson and
Hon. Thomas Shelton will enter the
second primary In the Seventh Mis-
sippi congressional district. according
to figures now available. The vote.
as compiled with scattering precincts
and Pike counties. Is as follows: Dick
son. 3.sls: Quin. l.75s: shelton. 2,202
Rev. W. NJ. Mcintosh. the noted
evangelist, Is back at his Iuka home,
after ten weeks spent In Texas. Ar.
kansas and Oklahoma. in evanselistic
work He reports nearly 1000 conver.
sions on this trip.
W. R Gibson. a farmer at Sontag
has rice that is estimated TO yield
seventy bushels per acre. and sugar
cane that will grow much taller, and
which is now six feet OF matured
cane.
Word has been received OF the as
sassination OF Connie Reeves. az his
home. near Union Church. Jefferson
county. He was shot as he left his
gate. He lived long enough to say
that his assailant was a negro.
Gov. Noel has accepted an invita-
tion to welcome Gov Davidson o
Wisconsin when the later comes tS
Vcksburg to the dedication Of tn,
Wisconsin state memorial in the na
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