Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-21
Mississippi News
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Mike Cox. who lived fifteen miles east
OF Ripley. Is dead Mr.. Cox was per
haps the oldest man In Mississippi Hs
was born In ireland in 1886 and came
10 this country about lS35. After
spending a few years in New York he
came southwark and soon settled In
Mississippi lie made regular farm
hand after he vas 100 years old
Henry Brown. wcll-known farmer
Of Lee county. confessed 10 the mur.
der OF AlonKo Addison. Tor which hts
brother. Albert Brown. had been con
victed and sentenced to thirteen years
In prison. Albert Brown has been
twice convicted and sentence had been
Suspended pending an appeal.
The Webster County Sunday School
convention. which was TO have met al
Clarkson. has been postponed on ac.
count % the continued wet weather
and the resultant grassy condition OF
the crops. 80 as TO give farmers time
to catch up.
At a meeting of the A. NJ. r Zion
Church for tbe states Of Tennessee
ami Mississippi. It was decided 10
found negro Industrial school at
CourtlanI and 50 acres ot land. costing
fi.sSo. were purchased. The board will
spend 5000 on the building aud will
open the school the nrst Wednesday
In October
Hon. John '. Murry. Jr. former
manager % the Ripley branch ~ Tish.
omtngn Savings Institution. which In.
stitution failed IN December. 1907 who
~as indicted by the grand jury on
the charge o. receiving money for do
posit after the hank had become in
solvent. vas acquitted In the court at
Ripley.
United States Deputy Marshal Lyon
served an Injunction on the state or
ganixation % the Council of Calanthe.
an association ~ negroes. restraining
them from holdig meetings. collecting
tres and paying out funds or transact.
Ink any lodge business whatever. The
writ was sued out by the supreme
council OF the order and the colored
Knights of Pythias
Jesse Scott. the white man who was
convicted and sentenced by the circuit
court Of Sunfower county 10 pay the
death penalty Tor the murder OF an
other white man. W. l. Embrey. near
Cleveland. Miss. in May OF last year.
has become hopelessly insane
The Sherman normal. arranged by
Union. Lee. Pontotoc and Tippah eoun.
ties. began with about loo teachers In
attendance. Miss Susie v Powell gave
Interesting and instructive talks on
school Improvement work and school
hygiene and sanitation.
Prof n. n. waldrop. superintendent
or education. announces that the
Chickasaw and Webster county nor
NAL vii he held at Woodland In Au-
gust. The normal will be under the
management OF Prof Waldrop, and
Prof. Shaw. superintendent OF Web
ster county
II appears that the people OF Wayne
and Clarke counties are going TO have
a joint fair and exposition during Oc-
fnhpF Wh ia 10 L.1 hntA .t
Clarke county.
The university normal closed with
appropriate exercises. This has been
the best and most numerousl yattend-
ed normal ever held at the University
OF Mississippi. These summer normals
are becoming more and more popular
and are attracting better grade Of
teachers each year.
In the seventy-third year OF his life
Rev. G. W. Potter died at Nettleton.
Rev. Mr.. Potter spent most of his life
as a Baptist minister and teaching
school over the northern part of the
state.
An interesting normal for chickasaw
and Webster counties will be held in
Woodland. An exceptionally strong
faculty has been selected. and mate
rial for a model school, secured.
The farmers OF Choctaw county are
very blue over the crop situation. II
has rained nearly every day for three
weeks and crops are getting awfuIly
grassy
The Democratic congressional ex.
ecutlye committee Of the Fourth con.
gressional district OF Mississippi has
ordered a primary to be held August
25th.
A farmer by the name OF Rutts. who
lives few miles from Ackerman. had
on exhibition a squash Of his raising
which weighed thirty-nine mounds