Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-04-04
To the Voters Of the City Of Oxford.
Tax Payer Comes Again With Another Warm Article and Says He Has
Mere Ammunition He Caused a Breeze Last Week.

There's n chiel among We takin notes,
an faith he'll print EN-"
Did you see 'em twist and
squIrm when the EAGLE swoored
down on the city Thursday morn
ing? Did you notice the old n.y.
blown political machine as she
wheezed and pulled around like
a broken winded horse? Did you
see the gathering Of the clans of
the secret caucus? Well, they
met all right and now you watch
them dodge again.
Down on the coast Of Missis-
sippi there is a little ugly insect
about the size of a big spider and
not unlike the spider in appear
ance.' It's habitat is the edge OF
the waters along the shore of the
sound. When approached from
either front, side or rear, it just
lights out and runs from you 10 a
straight line without turning its
body in the slightest. Tne peo-
pie down there call this 1.-THE
hddler." Its line Of retreat from
an enemy is always in a line from
you either sideway, forward or
back, and 1t can travel as fast
one way as the other.
When the cyclone in the last
weeks issue OF the old reliable
EAGLE struck the city didn't you
see the fiddlers who have fattened
On the public crib run to cover?
some went sideways, 5 o m e
went forward and a whole lot
went backward. Let's see? One
fellow when he read the EAGLE
said, "oh well, that is nothing but
a bank fight; it is the Oxford
Bank ana the First National
against the Merchants g. Far
mers' Bank. He run sideways
don't you see. Another said,
why if you elect the tax pay ers
ticket the talkner Hardware Co.,
will control all the hardware trade
of the city, you have just got to
protect the city against such a
raid as that on the treasury, this
fellow run sideways too but in an
opposite direction from the other.
Another pulled out his bay win
dow and said, you have got 10
prove Il all We are going to an
swer tie articles" That fellow
vent backward and don't want
me to hit him on the head any
more, he - running al. right for
all he mas got TO do to prove the
truth OF every word wrote about
the Aldermen is 10 read the rec
ord for himself.
Ask any reputable lawyer in
the city whether they have com
Piled with their oatn of Office or
not? Ask the Cashier Of the
Oxford Bank to show you the ac-
count OF the disbursement OF the
$4,000 bond issue. Read the
contract for lease OF hall and fol-
low up your Investigations and
ti.en vote the way you think right
AID for the good Of the people.
IL there Is a reader OF this paper
20 stupid as not to know the truth
Of the charges against the man
agement of the affairs of the Mu-
nlcipaiity, God help him in his
ignorance.
Just after the adoption of the
Depository Law by the Legisla-
ture Of 1910, the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen, advertised for
competitive bids for handling the
funds of the city for 1911. Sup
posing that this meant a bond
according TO law in some guaran-
tee company the banks bid for
the funds aud the Merchants &
Farmers bid the highest and the
contract was awarded to it. Now
what do you think was the result?
Over the protest of Mr.. Avent
backed by the opinion of the At
torney General of the State, your
agents, 1.-THE Board accepted an
individual bond that was not