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Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29
ORGANIZE To BRING
IMMIGRANTS SOUTH
HEADQUARTERS OF ASSOCIATION
AT BALTIMORE
Ihsse VIII Be under Supervisor Of Gov.
eruors With Practical Business
Ncn IN charye

ors.-Repre<entatiyes Of south
ern states. heads of railroads and steam
-hip lines serving that section and men
who have made a study Of the agrSc1l-
turai ami industrial problems OF the
>outh- met here anal formed IT,. South
eru Settlement and Development srrIui-
zatIou- Btitiu<0re Nas mad. the head
quarters. with ;. Davies WarfebA Of
thrs city a. chairman and Iii Prank. ab.o
OF Baltimore. secretary.
It vas deehIe,i to raise fund. at once
20 establish branch Offices and 10 carry
on educatioual work in the South with
a view 70 procuring desirable immigra-
sion bureaus. supported by the state
under the indirect supervision Of the gov
ernar With practical business man in
charge- 10 cooperate With the f-isral
government. transportation companies.
commercial bodies, the press AMI the
Southern Settlement ami Development
organixa tiou.
The establishment Of farm labor de-
partnleuts IN evaHeetI0n with the state
bureaus was also Recommended. IL the
bureaus found this expe,iisrt.
Another resolution aiapted cited that
the North Atlantb. ports revvtve vsrv
large percentaze OF all desirable immi-
grants. Who remain IA the cities aud
states adIsevnt thereto. It declared IN.
commercial Importance AMI possibilities
Of the >0uth Justify the federal govern
ment IN providing adequate fariIities
for the reception OF immigrants az Bal
tsnnre- the south Atlantic and Gulf
Pcrts. from Lack Of which said ports
are nov suffering AMI called upon con-
sre-s and federal officials TO take such
steps a. may b. Necessary TO provide
surh facilities at Baltimore. the south
Atlantis amt Gulf ports n 10 put the-.
ports On a parity with the xtid north A.
lantie ports
Deleg4tss were here from Alabama. Ar
Sansa-. Florida. Geurgis. Ksutuckv.
LOUISIANA, Maryland. Mississippi. Mi.-
souri- Ncrth Carolina. Oklahoma. south
Carolina. TenHs-sss. Texas. Virginia ami
West Virginia
More than fiftv railroad AMI steamship
companies >sut representatives,. in some
-fs-- the presidents of the lines acting IN
psEsgu-
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29
RELEASED ON BOND.
Bank Officials Under Indictment Are Ad-
mitted 70 Bail

Nagnoh@.-E : Atkinson. president
Of the defunrt Peoples Bank of summit.
aud WOo.l=sn Atkinson, cashier of the
same Institution. who were indicted for
embszziement and receiving money on
deposit after the bank was insolvent
At this session OF the grand jury. and
who have been confined In the county
jail here since the bank closed its doors
in the early part Of January and whose
bonds were reduced TO $4,000, respse-
lively. made the required bonds and we're
released form custody.
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29
DEAF AND DUNE INVESTIGATOR.
Legislative Committee Anxious 70 Get
An the rarfa

daeS~n--Ihe legislative isvessir..o-s
appointed 70 probe the Deaf and D-1us
institute are interested in Bringing ali
OF the facts 20 light R-prv-sutativ.
Nasssy Of Wsrren county introduced a
resolution empowering the subeOmmiss-s
cn aPpropria tioa., which = pryinx ints
the Deaf ant Dumb Institutes srair-.
- EMPLOY an expert aerountans 70 eh~ex
up the Institutions books. Ta~ r-sol,t-
ton uss Adopted Acrcriiug 70 nsu-
oer< Of the legislature who ars eni.av-
oring 70 and out how the state. money
va -P~ut- there are several items GA
the books which they want explained.
Anoax the items on whieh the Iawnak-
ers want more light are tho-e during
the i5os-i9f0 term q the institute
tre-h meat AMI butter. 81 ,3sO-T7. hsr-
n-ss amt repairs. sil595. miscellaneous,
si-Ssi.4t; sswiHz and mending. s73-sS.
se~d- zari~n an,i grass. $50: tree-. plants.
sTasz and hhar for lawn, sssTo. tstaI,
ss-s530s.
Among the expenditures for the 1910
1911 term whirh the solous want ex-
Plaiz-i are the<e-
Carpentsring and extra 1bor. s-S59s.
fresh meat AMI butter. i.t05.ss. harness
and repairs. sl5lsss Poland China piz.
$50; inrideatsls. ssf1t4. uriscsIIansors.
sl5s->s. sewing and usenfin-. $40; seed.
garlsniag and grass. Sse95. surrey.
ss'si50; tres. Plans.. erase and labor
for lawn s5T-iOs total s3.3iit@-
Tie legislative prObsrs ssser- that
there arr tNeuty--eveu Jersey cows and
a bull on the Deaf and Dumb Institute
farm. ant they want 20 know whv
herd of Jerseys Of that <ire cannot fur
nhsh enough butter for the institute
rh@y al-o are curious TO know what has
oscun~ Of the Jersey calves. The law
makers object 70 humping expenditures
under the hsats Of miscellaneous AMI
-lscifeur1ls- aad thew wish 20 ascertain
the nature Of the -incidentais- and mis-
csIfaneOus.-
The total expenditures for the two
wears IN the items enumerated for which
explanations are wanted. are ss.5t4eo-
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29
ANARCHY ReIGNS IN MEXICO
Several Tevns and Cites IN Hands sf
RehelS

Washiugt0a.-Afvicss form Mexieo "a
the state department Indicating wide
spread anarchy south Of the Rio Gran.Is
caused much uaessiHess in official circles
Several cities and towns are reported
20 be IN the hands OF rebels.
Protests by Americans against F0bher-
ies are multiplying and robbsr bansis ara
operating without apparent iaterruptiaE
throughout the republic
Ii i feared here that all that i re-
CURED to plunge Mexico into another
civil strife ; the appearance OF leader
who can harmonizs factions and bring
the rebelliOus elements together.
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29
Mississippi
Legislature
hTE INCOME TAX MEASURE
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY
IN HOUSE.
to Be Graduated Incomes Of sl.s SOC
Year and Over Aaerted-Rsv-
snHe Raissrs Sought.

rS-an- -Ai-ss-sipplans who have an
use Of $500 a year or over viii IN
re have 10 pay taxss on their in
IS. if a ball passed by the house Of
e-~ntstiv-s teisy xnss tkrsagA the
hte- On the 6nal lin,-uP the bali vas
Ped By vote Of - yeas To : nays.
he bili Pr0vhle- for a graduated tax
all incouss OF ss.s00 or over. The
On ineumes from $500 70 $1,000 1.
mills the rate On incomes from
g0 to st0.eco 10 sI5.O0a. ten mills 3
n $4,000 70 ss5.o0o. fifteen mill,
twenty mills on al inconl-- over
loco. H0w nurh revenue thls tax
raise = ProblsulatFsaL
sirman >teunIs stated dHrius the de-
that it was a tiffruls matter 20
j. any sort Of an aevtsrate estimate
4 vzs believed that il wuuid pru,lsscr
venue Of $1,000 a year
he Ways amt means committee l.
Pge,t wlth rsveuue-rai-ing measures
h.isiitioa TO the ins-Yule tax hiil. sev-
other revenue MEASURES Werr passs-i
! privilege tax eu eortSu-e,,g a5l milts
} rai--'l AMI the tax on patent ne.ii-
y vendors Wa relnre't- Insurance.
bPanie~ not authorized 70 Do business
Mississippi. bgt Who write poliries
property IN this state. were tourhs-i
. the tune Of thre~ per csat- oa all
Fh- PremiHms culi-rtssi IN Mississippi.
= an astfition4l 81 On every policy
ftsn- Labor a-euts Who cun1e - Mi--
! Ppi o employ laharers foe u-s in
~r states we're t1xet S5aa. IN bali
J. pas~e'i With partially 10 sPPo~i-
D. Thss tax = iut-n.ls-l 70 - FRO
story. in sui~r % krep aber s-sut-
Of ths state.
Aa,i-Frat BlII Goes Thrsugh-
h hsuse rs~>e,l the Errs-~Ii biH ahoi-
RaS the fsrteru4l organizations Or
~ i~stsr soefetis~ OF ths Uaivsr~itiss
Mississippi AZ oxford The biu was
.-ei by a vote Of = y~ss to - uays-
axve~nzeHt Of soth ssIe~. there va
debate
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29

Gov. Brewer A4vertises for Capture Of
Two Alleged Bad Negroes.

faeksoH--f;ov- Brewer offered a r--
ward OF 500 each for the arrest or de-
section that VIII lead thereto Of two ap-
parsutly bad negroes from Tate county
This vas issued on request and upon
the presentation Of a state OF facts by
representative Crawford of Tate county,
Eho reported that the two negroes,
Lewis Ssaz<s and Ike Hixxinbotham,
h>a up Constable Roland Wright. who
had 4 prisoner in charge, At point OF a
pistol. shooting AZ and Sounding the
constable and effseting the escape of the
prisousr whom he had in charge
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29
SeheoI A Apprepriaticr.

All WIS jubihtion in e,iueationaI eira
eles at the state eapitol when the legis-
hture passed the appropriation for the
public schools of the state for the wears
1912 AMI 1915. amounting to s1,424. .oss
This IS s. per capita on the last euunner-
appropriated by the last legislature A
decrease was at hrst feared IN some
quarters owing TO the policy Of the pres
ent legislature to cut down expenses,
but a it IS. everything i lovely. Gov
ernor Brewer signed the bill.
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29
FINANCIAL AID FOR
NEEDY VETERANS
$500 IN BANK TO RELIEVE CASE or
SUFFERING.
Special Order Issued From Hesdsuartsrs
Of Mississipps Divisiou Of
U. C "


Headquarters Miss. DIV. U.C.v.
Brandon. Hiss.
SPECIAL Orlier No. ,.
To the Commaulers Of Camps ot said
Dtvisieas: The Majar G~usral Com
naming thu Mississippi DIVISION L..
q. v. calls the attention ~ Command
ers Of camps TO the following and
asNs that they TIE diligence IN fur
thsranee Of the request, to-wit; Mrs.
= p. lerxer Of Grs~nwcod. Mss. chair
man OF the maintenance cnmmittee. ap-
pointed BY the United Daughters OF Con
federacy at Meridian. for the purpose
0f cariug for the worthy and needy
Confederate Veterans. who we're mt
provided for at Beauvoir. By IN. state.
writes that she Ia. On hand now about
$500 OF the 81 900 which wa generously
inuat~i to sad committee BY the asso-
-lation % bankers Of the state, in their
late convention at G,reeuvood n we'll o.
some other contributions from the thf-
ferynt chapters OF ne L. u. q. OF thi.
state. aud " ANXIOUS to have Il applied
20 the rrlief Il werthy and nes,iy vet
erans- Many -ick and dependent vetsr-
an- have already been added during this
terrible winter by Mrs Nerg~r. but shs
cannot know OF all who ns~d help. there
fore she appeals u commanders of
camps TO aid her in this distribution.
by informing the president Of the a. u.
e. chapter ot the county Of these worthy
and n-e-ly veterans Of their camps. which
she viii at oncr report to 1fr~. Yerg~r.
In ease there = no chapter OF the e. D. e.
IN the county. then the COMMANDER can
report direct 20 Mrs. Yerger. IA the
amount is small. commandsr, Of camps
will be prudent in their reeomm~asla-
tiou~f remembering that this fund 3
oniy TO relieve the worthy and needy
veteran The MAJOR general commanding
bsspeaSs for the camp commanders
prompt AMI proper artiau in this mat
ter ~ that the worthy and needy may
have .uch relief p can b. gwen BY the
distrihutiau sf this fund; he further
trusts that shs donors and tn. noble
Confederate women who conceived and
sVryutsd this most baslable undsrtak-
ing. may have the prayers Of every Con
fe,lerate Veteran to them through Mrs.
Yeagsr. the devoted and indesstigable
chairman. the thanks OF the Mississippi
DIVISION - hereby extended Nav God
bless them They are ever dolng some
thing for the -cs,gse- they loved
By order Of
PATRICK HENRY.
Maj c. :. A. and MAJ. Gen. Con. Mis-.
Div. z. {. v
mo 4 WEBB.
Adj Ten. & Chef Of staff Of Miss. DIV
L. C V
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29

AeridiAn--A number OF empty whis-
key bottles, scattered around the petit
jury room IN the court house. attract
ed the attention of Judge Buckley and
VA. the snbiset Of special charge 20
the grand jury, for Investigation as to
who brought the bottles N the court
house, also calling attention 70 the fact
that it was unlawful to earry whisksy
in a court house and also unlawful to
drink II there.
The Judge expressed his determination
to probe the bottle mys>-ry- to tks
bottom
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29

|Ihere w1s a sensation AZ the capitol
ben L Wa discovered that h.ctIse bill
s9s. known a. the corporate hnf
liug ball. had been stolen from the
, 0f the senate The ball p.Essed tn.
use about two weeks ago AMI vas
hrted favOrs6ly 20 the senate. II was
eed in a fling ease IN the office OF
: secretary Of state. TO await it, turn
\ the senate calendar
When some OF the senator's went to
y fling case 10 take the bin out for
lslgnmeut on the senate calendar Il
- discovered that the bal had been ab-
Fartssl
The discovery Of the theft created a
|est eommotion around the senate end
the capitol DIigsat search was made
= the bill, bot no trace OF It could b.
|En'L The bill vhieh has disappeared
|ohibitS corporations from hoIiins or
ming land in the state for agricultural
farming purposes IL has been bit
Ply fought from the time IL VA intro
ped IN the house.
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29
MANY KILLED IN TORNADO
Territory Around Piae Bun Scene Of
Disaster

Pine Biue, Ark-At lslss ssveutssa
n-e dad, seores are IHisEre,l and prop
.rty vafls'i az 100000 Destroyed as
tn. re-1is af tornado which swept
acros- Narthszst nud Central Arkansas
st late hoar SUNDAY. " sweden aad
swan Lake. twelve miles uorth OF Pins
Bluff, nine are known % have been
killed 1t THEry, twenty miles south Of
Pine Bluff. one IL dead AMI two perhaps
flss.lly hurt
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29
VETERANS WILL NOT MARCH
VIII Be Given Seats IN Reviexlns
Stands.

Macon. t't--lnsteai OF the veterans
OF the Confe'isarey being compelled tc
march several miles throauh the streets
at the neNt reunion here In NIIv. they
viii b. gwen grant,taud seats AMI lct
A. the reviewing party On The OCCASION
Of the annual parai.
Arrangements viii b. made for the old
soldiers. -curss Of whom drop out Of hns
each year el the long parade-. to acrupv
reviewing stands. while the parsde viu
comprise state militia. sons ii Veterans
and citizru,' organization. The mai,h,
sponsors and matrons will not ride IL
earri1ges either. but viii b. seated next
20 the veterans IN grav-
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29
Met Last IN 81

Kansas City, Mo.-CoL John B. Stone.
Confederate. who made armistice with
Col Benoit Seott, Union. when the two
armies lay ia outpost IN trenches at
Biakesley, Ala met Scott here Thurs
day But auee in nearly half a century
have these two eoloaels met. Col stone
lives in Kansas City and Col Scott
lives in warrensburg, Mo.
Their second meeting was arranged
to take place at the meeting OF the OH
Mems Association az the " NJ C. A
Th- meeting was a celebration Of Wash.
ingtsa1s birthday anniversary.
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29
KELLOGG is RETAINED
Trust Buster" VIII Represent Waters.
Pierce IN Fight IN Standard

St Louis, NO4-Frank B. Kellogg, Of
St Paul, was retained By the Waters
Pierce on Company on aad in Its 6ght
against the Standard oil Company
Rockefeller faction for control OF the
WatersPierce Company.
The Waters-Pierce interests rspli-i "a
the st1Hdaryfs maadamas suit alleging
the Standard was seeking 10 obtain con
troll OF the company and spera.s il IN
violation OF the decree y IA. Uaits,i
States supreme eout
Kellogg was a SPECIAL attorney for the
United States IN it, snE againsc tie
STANDARD OIL Company
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29
Ne~ Saurrrs Of Rrxrnue.

Among the bills passed BY the house
we're two revenue bills FROM the ways
AMI nsans committees. one q the bills
inpo-e- tax On automobiles. type
writers. ea.h Registers. aiding machines.
boa--. tauHrhs- AMI schooner~ All Of
the boat ou the Mississippi cnass had
heretofore escaped taxatiou h-csu~e thsv
had not heen enumerated sUcux taxable
property The btl passed t0stIy viii
aaSs it necs-sary for the boat swusr~
70 step Up TO the tax coliecter'. ofar~
ami .ettIe- Lfkrwize the owzers Of autos
amt -vp.vritsr--
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29

Petitions are pouring in On member
of the legislature from PraStieing At
tnrneys in their respective eouatics
urging that N effort be made at ths
session toward redistrieting the eirrI:t
and chanesry court districts The peti-
tions reeite that the seventeen eircpit
court districts are not more than ample
to take care OF the volume of litigation,
and that ten ehancery districts are sbes-
Iutely necessary for the handling of liti-
CATION in which those tribunals have
4,rsso-
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29

Mr. Stennis called up House Bill No
l@5s being an act 70 smend section
|s49 Of the Code As amended by chap
r . Of the Acts OF 1905 and chapter IS
4 the Acts Of 1910 50 as TO provide for
privilege tax on parties other than the
|saaaser PeStdling vegetables fruit.
feionA railk- butter eggs poultry or
beats o. other farm producss, and TO
FF'ke out OF said act the words -wheth-
soid BY the producer or not and
p substitute the words when sold by
pc producer or such producers fern
y dairy help
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29

The railroads felt the hot end Of the
legislative poker in both the sesats and
house. The senate passed what IS known
as the headlight bill,r ar act TO compel
all Of the railroads in the state over
twenty miles in length. except logging
roads. to equip their locomotives with
eIectrie headlights. This ball. it IS said,
only affects the Illinois Central, Yazoo
and Mississippi Valley and Louisville
and Nashville railroads and was fought
by these companies All of the other
railways. it i said, use electric head
lights on their engines
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29

Kansas City, Mo.-Carrief on a forty.
mile wind heavy Snowstorua sxep.
Southern Kansas, Eastern Oklahoma aad
Southwestern Missouri Tuesday and
continues unabatsd tonight In Eastern
Kansas and Western Missouri the local
weather bureau promises snow kssSr.
morning In the western and central
see.i5as Of Kansas the snow Is drifting
fast and IA impeding railroad traffic.
Southeastern Kansas reported eigs.
inches OF SHOW ChickaSha, Lawton s-d
other Oklahoma towns report heavv
snow.
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29
COLUMBIA INVITES KNOX
Country Repudiates Action es Minister
10 United states.

WashiHgton--Col0mbia virtually re-
PasiiItet the action Of it. minister. Gen
Ospina- By sending. through American
Minister Dubois at Bogosa, cordial in
vItation 20 Secretary Knox TO visit Co
lOubiaH shores on his present trip. The
invitation was Forwarded promptly TO
Secretary Knox. who is aboard the
cruiser Washington on his way south
ward With him rests the decision
whether he viii change his itinerary to
include a call at Cartagena-
TINS. It = accepted here, he unioubt-
edly viii do
The action OF the Colombian foreign
oftiee was received with satisfaction Il
closes a dIsagreeabIe incident
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29
W. A. JAUD0N DEAD
re Was Purchasing Agent Abroad 70.
the CSafeaer1cy.

savannah. Cav A. JaRisn. Who in
1854 went to Europe as purchasing lg~u.
fer the Confederate government. died
az his home here
He bought quantities Of supplies in
Liverpool fer the southern aruav ant
shipped them 20 Nassau They were not
able to get through the blockade AMI
were sold BY the Gonfe,ieraeys repre-
ssHtative- there.
Mr. JaUlon secured the MONEY for the
purchase of the supplies BY the sale Of
Confederate stses bonds abroad He was
IN Liverpool when be heard OF the fall of
the Confe,ierley.
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29

Des Moines, Ia--After maintaining a.
lenee for thirteen years. C. 2. Ryersou.
street ear conductor. told the board Of
parole that Mabel Seho6eId rode on hi,
car to the vicinity of the Des Moines
river and then walked in the direction
Of the stream the day before her bo,fv
Was found in the water Ten years ago
Charles Thomas Was given n life sen
tenee for her murder. Rynersou said he
was a newcomer 70 Dss Moines az the
time and did not want to get himself
mixed Up with the case
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29

n Debating bsIls braught cut sy The eeul-
mitte~ On liquor trafic- Two very drs.-
TIE measures we're passed One of them
makes IL a felony Tor ANY person TO
sell intoxicsting htuors 70 HiH0rs. hab-
ifuai drunkaryts or Indians. The second
biII passed imposes a severe penalty on
any person who gives another drink OF
whisky.
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29
Receiver Asked Fer.

PhiIadelphia--CIalming that the arm
was organized to defraud the public and
that it i insolvent. four stoekhobI-r,
of the international Lumber and De-
veIopmemnt Company. with Offices in
this city petitioned so- the aPpointueusas
OF 4 receiver
The corporation xas chartered under
the laws of Delaware and has a capital
OF ss.GO0,Ooo IL was organized for the
development Of timber and agricultural
Lands in Mexico.
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29
Colombia Recalls Minist.r.

Bogota. Colombia.-Gen- Pedro Mel o.
pima. Colombian minister to the United
States, was recalled BY the Colombian
government Frilay-
The action Of the Colombian govern
msnt was taken because neither il nor
the Colombian people HphoIds the posi-
tiou taken up by the Colombian minister
at Washington in Eotifying the state de-
Partment that the visit to Colombia Of
Secretary Knox would be inopeortune.
owing to the fact that Colombia's claims
in connection with Panama have not vet
been arbitrated-
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29
CHRISTIAN MASSACRE FEARED
hSsiea Fanaticism Aroused BY Bonn
oardnent Of Beirut.

Beirut, >yria--A strong anti-C Chri.ti1a
feeling : prevalent here A. an after.
mIth Of the Italian bombar,lui-ut. which
wrecked the Sty and killed ssxtv inno-
eeur Inhabitants, and It = feared 0u
every side that massacre OF Christian.
may result.
The native resentment against the fol-
loNers OF Christ has been famed 10
fever heat by the declarations of the
Turks that the town was -hslled with
a view to promoting this action 70 the
end that international intervention might
bring spee'iv termination OF the Tri-
Polltan struggle.
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29

PATRICK HENRY.
Maj c. :. A. and MAJ Gen. Con. MIs-.
Div. z. {. V
mo 4 WEBB.
Adj Gen & Chef Of staff Of MIS-. DIV.
L. C '.
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29

In the house an act for the orgznizz.
tioa- management and supervision Of
mutual hfe Insurance companies vac
passed after a rather lengthy dsbat.
by vote of IS TO 35- It provides.
among osher things, that the ineor-
poVators OF any mutual IRE insurance
company shall deposit with the state
So. 600. either IN cash or bonds
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29

GreenwOod-Ths charter OF the L.
fore County FAR Association IL beng
prepared and publication OF same and
request for incorporation viii soon b.
complied with The capital stock Of
this much-needed institution Is SIC. 200
and among its ineorPorators are to Be
found Gresuweod and Lefore eoanty's
leading citizens.
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29
To Demonstrate Farming.

Faystts--The Illinos. Central Rail
sost Company has established a forty
acre demonstration farm on the prop
srty owned by DR.. J. c. MeNair. of
Faysete- The farm Is about half a mile
south Of Harriston, on the Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley road II will be oper-
atsd under the direction of the company
axriculturaIist, C. y. Brumheld Il il
said there viii be twelve of these farms
established by the Illinois Central Rail
road Company in Mississippi
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29
Women Fight IN Court.

Fort Worth. Tex-Two women en-
gaged in a hat pin duel at the SneeI
trial here over the possession Of a seat.
Their fight interrupted the arguments
for ten minutes Finally the eombataats.
Miss Mary Lang and Mrs Georgia Heath,
were separated BY the sheriff, order was
restored. and Mrs Heath took the vacant
chair and Miss Lang left the room The
fight caused 4 panic Both women were
Iabbsd on their arms. but suffered Nc
serious injury.
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29
iss Frozen to DEATH

Onzk. RussiI.-A large aumoer o.
persons were frozen 10 death during a
snow storm in thus district In Ou1sk
thirty-One fatalities have bssa rsparts,..
while in kokt0patavak the death r0u
totals thirty-two aud In PetroP1y.Io
IL reached los.
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29

Juigs Robert Powell OF Jackson has
drafted a ball Designed to create a sy>-
ten Of good rUads throughout Mississip-
P5- The Measure was prepared with
great care. and II enacted into Law Il
viii result IN the construction Of net
work Of mslesn public highways
throughout the state
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29
BLIZZARD SWEEPS WEST
Moderate renPerature Save People From
Saferinx.

Chicago. = A hlIzding suoxstorn.
backed BY a ffsy-mile gale swooped
down on the middle ives; Wednesday.
elosked trsfSe, crippled telegraph wires.
A Temperatures ranging between 20 and
- degrees above zero made the wing
and snow bearsble. and no great suffe,
ing Was reported
Oxford eagle., 1912-02-29
Fell Into BaiIinx Scar.

Padueah, ky.-When his motksr
turned to attend to some other duty,
Kenneth Wallace the little son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Chester Wallace, tell into
pot Of boiling soap setting on the floor
and was 50 horribly cooked that he died
4 few hours Later.