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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
THREE SOUTHERNERS
FOR The CABINET
CONGRESSMAN BURLESoN SEEMS
ASSURED OF BERTH.
TEXAS MUST BE REWARDED
A Dozen or More Others Are Being Dis
eussed for Other Two Positions.
Cleveland Had Three South.
erners in Last Cabinet.

Washington.-liow many southern
men will Wilson appoint to his eabinc,
is sharing popularity with speculation
as to the personnel Of his official family
The CONSENSUS of opinion among Demo
cratic senators aud representatives is
that at least three men will b. taken
from the South. Cleveland took Hillary
A. Herbert of Alabama, IIoke Smith Of
Georgia aud William l.. Wilson OF West
Virginia into his second cabinet.
OF the three Southern men likely to be-
chosen for cabinet honors the only APP
parent certain choice is Representative
Albert =. Burle-on Of Texas. Because
Texas gave Gov. Wilson 40 votes In the
Baltimore convention ON every ballot is
cited as the prime reason why he should
and probably will recognize that state
in his cabinet makeup.
A. to the other two Southern men like
ly to b. designated there is no prepon-
derance of even speculative opinion. A
dozen or more are being discussed and
many more are receiving honorable men
tion.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
REVISE TARIFF BY
PIECEMEAl PLAN
WILL TAKE UP THE SCHEDULES
ALPHABETICALLY.
First Hearing viii De Given January ..
and Will Be Continued Until All
Schedules Have Been
Considered

Washington. Thorough revision,
schedule by schedule, of the present tar.
ia Law by the next congress was indi.
Gated by the decision Of the Democratic
members OF the house Ways and means
committee TO have hearings on the tariff
every Monday, "Wednesday and Friday In
January, beginning January 9. II 10 ex-
pceted TO devote one day in each schei.
ule, though II necessary two days will
b allowed. There are fourteen sehsd.
'uiss, But by merging -cwo or shrre ~
the minor schedules with the adjoining
important ones. the committee expects
to get thorugh with the hearings by the
end OF January. The schedules will De
considered in their regular sequence in
the present tariff Law.
The first hearing on January will be
on schedule A, fixing the duties on chem
ioah, oils and paints. medical prepara-
tions containing alcohol. or in whose
preparation alcohol is used, perfumery,
medicated soaps, etc. Then will follow
on January the hearing on the earths,
earthenwsre and glassware schedules.
In their sequence the other schedules
in this Monday, "Wednesday and Friday
program follows;
Schedule &, metals and manufactures;
., wood: T.. manufactures of sugar. mo-
;asses and manufactures of; +. tobacco
and manufactures Of; g. agricultural
products and provisions; II. spirits,
wines and othrr beverages; I, cotton
manufactures; J, flax. hemp and ju,e
and other manufactures; h, wool aud
manufactures; L, silks ana silk goods;
VI, pulp, papers and books; y, sundries,
beads, buttons, brushes, coal, bark, dolls,
chains, gloves, paintings, plows, umbrek
las and parasoIs. etc.
One day at the end Of January will be
Set aside for . hearing Of those inter-
e-ted In the free list and the admins
trative features of the proposed tarif
legislation.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
MISSISSIPPI OFFICIAL
HISTORICAL FACTS
RECEIVED BY DEPARTMENT OF
ARCHIVES AND HISTORY.
FULL OF STATISTICAL DATA
Said to Be Most Complete Document
Of the Sort Ever Published In the
United States-Cenerai Distri-
button Begins Jan. !. isia

Jackson.--Copies ,of the Mississippi
Official and Statistical Register for 1914
have been received by the department,
of archives and history. The Register
for this year is the third issue of this
valuable publication, the first being pub
lisbed in 1904 and the second In 1905.
II is one of the most important publ-
cations prepared by Dr. Dunbar Row
land, director OF the Mississippi depart
snent Of archives and history. aud II
has ttsn csii~i the most complete piiab-
lication concerning a state of the Union
ever issued. The volume presents va
ried and valuable field Of historical and
statistical data not to be- found in any
other publication.
The volume is handsomely illustrated
with public buildings, educational instr
tutions, officials, etc. In other words,
il is a complete and compact summary
Of the development and advancement OF
Mississippi from lj4o to date. In the
preparation OF the volume great care
has been taken to secure accuracy in
every detail, and all facts presented
have been taken from the most reliable
official sources. This series OF Regis.
tiers of loO4-i9Os-i9I2 contain an ex-
haustiye treatment of Mississippi from
the earliest exploration TO the present
time. The work il distributed To the
people of Mississippi through state Of
sicials. members Of the Legislature and
directly by the historical department.
The edition, OF course, il limited to a
few thousand volumes, and il is the wish
OF the departemnt to place a volume IN
all the public. school and church libra.
ries in the state.
The general distribution will not be-
gin before Jan. /. 1913, when the par
cells post law goes into effect. The citi-
zens of Mississippi wishing the Regis
ter should make their applications
through some state official or member
OF the Legislature. Since the organiza.
tion of the state department of archives
ard history in 1909 il has issued fifteen
volumes of historical publications. These
volumes are regarded in the historical
world as models, and they are used in
all the great universities Of the United
States as the standard authority upon
the subject of Mississippi history Such
work has raised Mississippi to the high.
est rank among the states which regard
the preservation of history a. among the
most important governmental functions.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
BRITISH PROTEST ON TOLLS
Aaesssador Bryce Reads Document to
Secretary Knox.

Wsshington.--Great Britain's formal
note of protest against that section of
the Panama canal act which exempts
American eoastwise shipping from pay
men.s of tolls for passing through tho
Panama canal, was presented 10 Sec
retsry of State Knox by the British am
basssdor.
II is an elaboration Of the points Of
objection in t'e note presented to the
state department last July. In brief,
these objections are;
That, while it was clearly in violation
of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty either to
remit or refund tolls on all American
shipping using the canal. the same OBJ
jection probably would apply TO the
eoastwise trade shipping, in view of tho
probable impossibility of framing regu-
lations that would not result in a prefer
enee TO American shipping.
In addition to supporting these points
by long arguments, the protest indicates
very clearly that strong resistance will
be offered to any attempt to exclude
from the canal British ships owned :,
Canadian railroads or whose owners may
be guilty of violating the sherman anti
trust act. He holds that this section
of the act cannot apply to British ship
ping. but only to United states vessels.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
whitecapping Charged.

Enterprise.-Sol Wells, negro VIII
claims TO be detective ana working for
the Anti-Saloon League OF Mississippi.
who was run ont OF the city by what
was termed mob, returned and had
Percy Hand, Ed Tools ana Alvin Adaml
arrested, charged with whitecapping, as
sault and battery and intimidation.
Hand and Tools were tried before Judge
Fl. r. Ward. the jury returning verdict
OF guilty as charged. They were fined
$3.50 and costs, but took an appeal
Adams case was continued.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
CAROLINA GOVERNOR
IND0RSES lYMCHING
SOUTH cARoLINIAN IN RAGE wHEr
VIEWS REPUDIATED.
REPUTATION VOTE n TO 4
Snapping Fingers in Face of Colleagues,
Blease Says He Does Not Care
What the Conference Thought
Of His Views.

Richmond, Na.-The governors confer.
ence unanimously repudiated the recent
utterances OF Gov. Blease of South Car
olina concerning the lynching of negroes.
by vote of IA to IT adopted a res
olution declaring against mob violence
and for the impartial enforcement OF the
law. The four governors who opposed
the resolution declared themselves az
strongly indorsing its purport, but voted
no. .-cause they thought they had no
right to reprimand a colleague.
Gos. Blease himself. target of the at
tack, hotly defended his convictions,
snapped his fingers in the face of his
colleagues, told them to go to it, de
clared that he cared not a whit what the
conference said, thought, did, or did not
do, and announced that all the resolu-
tions they might ever adopt would not
keep him from the governors chair nor
from a seat in the United States senate
in 1918 or earlier.
Four times within al many hours, he
asserted. his life had been threatened
because of his utterances, but this ap-
pealed to him as little as the resolution.
All of the four threatening letters, Gov.
/ Blease said, he received were anonymous.
One was mailed in Richmond. another in
Washington. the third in Louisville. and
the fourth in Pittsburg. The Washing
ton writer told him he would pay the
penalty il he ever came TO that city: the
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
BONDS FOR GOOD HIGHWAYS.
Movement Is Making Steady Progress in
State.

Jackson.-The good roads movement in
Mississippi is steadily growing. A spe-
cial elesDon has just been held in For
rest county to pass on the question OF
issuing 100000 in bonds for the pur.
pose OF constructing modern highways
into the city OF iIattiesburg.
The board OF supervisors OF Lincoln
county has given notice of intention to
sell next week $4,000 bond issue. bear.
ing five and onehalf per cent interest,
TO be used in the construction Of roads
leading into Brookhaven. The Amite
county board OF supervisors will al-o sell
$4,000 bond issue for the same pur.
pose next week.
During the year drawing to a close
more bond issues for road purposes have
been floated than ever before in the his
tory Of the state. and all have been
readily marketed at good prices.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
THE BULLETIN" OFF PRESS.
Magazine of Agricultural Department
Mailed Out.

Jsekson.-Thirty thousand copies of
the November number OF The Bulletin"
issued by the agricultural department.
were mailed out by Commissioner of
Agriculture II. f. Blakeslee.
The November issue is splendid one.
Every month this publication goes to
about 10000 farmers in the state Tree
OF cost.
The November number is a cotton sesd
meal edition, and contains much yalua.
bic information on cotton seed meal, to
gether with a report of the inspection
OF the meal for the season 1911 ard
1912.
Leading articles in the number ~.
Agricultural High School" Mississippi
State Fair" Feed and Fertilizer Laws
'Desire to Aid the Farmer" and Good
Roads in Lauderdale County"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
Penshes With Daughter.

New fork.-After reseuing his wife
and son from their burning home, Mel
willie b. Mendell lost his lie in an at
tempt to save his li-year-old daughter,
Lillian. The girl perished with her
father Mendell, awakened from his sleep
by smoke and cracking flames, first
carried out his wife, who had been over
come. Then he returned and rescued
his l2-year-old son. Neighbors attempt
ed in vain to prevent him from making
second trip into the burning house to
save his daughter. When the flames
were extinguished the father and daugk-
ter were found dead in each Others arma.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
RIVERS CONGRESS CLOSES
Appropriation of $4,000 900 Annually
Asked for Work.

Washington.-,Ioseph f. Ransdell, sen
ator-elect from Louisiana. was elected
president OF the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress at the closing session.
A plea for the confining OF the rivers
and harbors bill to appropriations for
rivers and harbors projects, without in
clusiaa OF conservation projects, was
made by j. Hampton Moore, representa-
tive in congress from Pennsylvania. Mr..
Moore appeared as the authorized spokes-
man of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways
Association, of which he is president.
Resolutions adopted by the congress
represented the developments of the wa
terways policy.
An appropriation OF $50, ,oOO, 900 yearly
was the estimated expenditure consid-
cred necessary for constructive work.
A perfect through rating and pro-
rating system between railroads and wa
ter lines and the establishment OF ade-
quate water and rail terminals we're ad-
vocated.
State or municipal ownership and man
agement of terminals was indorsed.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
OFFERS WILSON WARSHIP
Taft Would Allow Successor to Study
Panama Canal.

Washington.-President Taft has writ
ten a letter to Gov. Wilson offering TO
place at his disposal a big battleship
to make trip OF inspection to the Pan
anna canal some time before Mr.. Wilson
is inaugurated. The president is of the
opinion that his successor would like to
know as much as possible about the na-
tion's great engineering feat before he
enters office.
Many questions of policy concerning
the canal may be looked for in Mr. viii
sons administration, and Mr.. Taft de-
"ided that it was only fair to the mau
sho takes his place in the White liouse
On March 4 to offer him an opportunity
to inspect the canal and gather informa-
tion At first hand.a
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
LECTURES TO STUDENTS.
Carroll County Enthuses Over Corn ana
Tomato Clubs.

Carrollton.-Tuesday was a busy,
pleasant ard highly profitable day in
things educational among the school peo-
pie of Carroll county. Miss Susie V.
Powell. director of girls clubs in Mis-.
sissippi. together with County Superin.
tendent G. A. Neal, spent the week in a
tour among various schools of the eoun.
ty in the interest of the school improve
ment and industrial club work. The tou.
had been 30 planned by Superintendent
Neal that more than half of the rural
teachers and pupils aud hundreds Of tn.
patrons attended her addresses at tn.
various schools. They were joined at
Blackmorton consolidated school by Pro-.
Cobb ,f the boys corn club work, whetp
each delivered an address.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
Compromise for $4,000.

Natchez.-After four prominent ply
sicians testified that Mrs. Naomi Clarke
wife of E. NJ. Clarke, manager of the
Baker Grand Theater, sustained perma
nent injuries when the automobile in
which she and Mr.. Clarke were riding
was struck and overturned by a AIissis-
sippi Central passenger engine last Feb
ruary, attorneys for the road asked for
conference with attorneys for plaintiff
and arranged a compromise for $4,000
and costs. The suit was then Dismissed
Mrs, Clarke sued for $500
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
GINNING PERIOD ACTIVE
Amount Of Cotton Ginned Exceeded Same
Period Last Year.

Washington.-The sixth cotton GIN
ming report of the census bureau for
the season announced that ii,9s4,432
bales OF cotton, counting round as half
bales, of the growth of 1912 had been
ginned prior to Sunday, December 1.
TO which date during the past seven
years the ginning averaged s2.2 per cent
Of the entire crop. Last year to Decem-
Der I there had been ginned l2.sl6,s07
bales, or s2.4 per cent of the entire crop;
In 1905 to that date, iI,0os, ,66i bales,
or Sal per cent, and in 1906 to that
date, lO,o27 .s6s bales. or 77.5 per cent
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12

ChicAgo.-~A woman cannot be Q Coz
scientious Christian and a suffragist also.
because of mans monopoly Of the Bible
and religion" said Mrs. Laura G. Fixen,
business manager Of the Working wo-
meas Home, before the woman's party
here.
We cannot accept the Bible as di-
vine inspiration because it features the
male sex in everything almost TO the ex-
slusion of the female" she vS...-aue,i.
Man has usurped almost e~>rything in
religion, as well as everything else"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
TURKS SlAY CHRISTIANS
Villages Are Burned and Women As.
saulted by M0sIems.

stantinople.-Letters received from
Gallipoli, report terrible exeesses by the
Turkish troops in that district. The
telegraph lines having been cut beyond
Gallipoli, the military authorities held
the Christian village responsible for the
work and ordered a detachment OF troops
to punish the r,Sdents
The troops burned the houses, held
many of the villages for ransom. mas
sacred those who refused to pay, assault
ed the women and carried ON wholesale
pillage. The villgaes OF Niagara, Ka-
shen, Karadjali, Aloali, Grabunar and
Examili practically were destroyed.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
COTTON SHOWS DECREASE.
Falling Of Shown In Different Sections
of State.

Jaekson.-Defnite reports from two
counties in different parts of the state,
Jefferson and Noxubee. give an idea of
tn. cotton production in their sections
for the season just about to close
The cotton production of Noxubee this
year is estimated at IL 600 bales, against
$4,000 in 1911 and 81 900 in 1910. The
average crop has before been estimated
at about $4,000 bales.
In Jefferson county the indications are.
according to ginning statistics, that the
cotton crop will be about a thousand
bales short OF last years crop, when T.
500 bales were produced in the county
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12

men. who have attempted the hunger
strike. the only person to go mad un.
der II was man. One Of the few
other men who attempted it was Peth.
lex Lawrence. and the authorities
found themselves compelled to release
him almost Immediately on account Of
his physical condition. Woman after
woman went through with 1t for days.
Whatever the conclusions about mill.
fancy, the physical record made has
been something OF revelation as to
that unstable and easily broken
down nervous system" g! w0Dan's
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
Orphans Enjoyed Feast.

Jaekson.-At the Methodist Orphanage
225 children consumed 20 turkeys IN
Thanksgiving. The feast there was
rather elaborate, the donations having
been made by the ladies' of the Capitol
Street Methodist Church. 1t was happy
day where there are gathered so many
little children who do net know the WORD
home.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
Inspect Canning Plants.

washington.-A general congressional
Investigation Of the canning idustry was
prosposed in resolution by Represen-
tative Allen Of Ohio.
1t is set forth in the resolution that
eff is charged that in certain canneries
Of the United States fruits and vegsta-
bles intended for consumption are pre-
pared and canned among filthy condi-
tions by workers who are diseased and
who live and work in an environment
that makes cleanliness and health i'm
possible"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
Champion Tomato Grower.

Jaekson.-Miss Julia Pitts, of Nor
monville, Claiborne county, who holds
the best record made by the tomato club
girls of Mississippi this year, will be
sent to the national corn show, Coluri-
bis, $. c., the last week in January by
the club OF which she is member. Miss
Pitts is only I6 years of age.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
CAT WITH TWENTY-SIx TOES

Tommy Logan. said to be the great
.st wonder in the feline world. is SO.
sa,,~ning in Milwaukee. Tom has 20
toes and claws. Some OF tnese are
more than three-eighths OF an iasn men
scross. Thomas S but twelve months
"A and he still is adding to the mum
81 his claws. month ago ne
-~s.sed the count by one. aud many
= Are expected. as they are SHOW,
signs of sproutins seven -
"a toes are o. saef d he 'sQR'
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
PSYCHOLOGISTS PUZZLED.

The feminine nervous system which.
as is SO often pointed cut. is much
more unstable and more easily broken
down than that Of man." has puzzled
the physiologist who has followed the
history OF forcible feeding OF prison
ers. OF all these, both men and wq-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
Bind Iewelry Clerk.

iewelry store of Adolph wiebell while
Eddie Rocker, clerk, 10 years old. was
alone in the store, and by representing
THAI they were tax assessors, induced him
to set out several thousand dollars worth
Of diamonds. When the stones were ex-
posed on the counter the men seized
Rocker, bound and gagged him. They
then gathered up the diamonds and
walked leisurely out of the store. The
gems taken were estimated to be worth
SfO.oOO
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
Gambling House Burns.

Portland, orc.-"Erickson,T once the
largest gambling place in the United
States, was destroyed by FIRE and a
hundred lodgers in the rooms above the
old saloon narr.Sly escaped death. Many
of them were stupefed with liquor and
fright, and fremen and policemen lit
orally had to beat them into uneon-
seiousness before they could be taken
out.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
Employe Wins Suit.

Hattiesburg.-A verdict of $500 was
given in the circuit court of Lamar eoun-
'ty in favor of II. l.. Cox, an empioye of
the Mississippi Central Railroad com
pany who asked for damages in the sum
of $4,000 for alleged injuries received
at Bassfield
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12

Nashington.-Ihe supreme court Of
the United States upheld the decision
Of the Mississippi supreme court tina,
under the Mississippi prohibition law a
contract for the sale in that state Of
the beverage 'poinsetta" could not BE-
enforced.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
Ten-Hour Law Applies.

,Iacks6n.-Assistant Attorney General
George II. Ethridge holds that the So
called ten-hour law includes within its
scope municipality owned electric power
and water plants, gas plants owned by
cities, and any manufacturing enterprise
owned by any municipal government
within the state.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
New House Figured.

Washington.-A corrected and revised
list of members elected to the house of
the sixty-third congress shows that the
party complexion stands: Democrats 2s9;
Republicans, 146.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
Fell Into Whiskey Vat.

Vineennes, Ind.--Iierman Biggs fell
into a mash vat at the Old Vineennss
distillery. He was promptly rescued, but
the skin and flesh from his shoulders
down were removed. He remained in
sgony six hours and died
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
Sees Era of Great Prosperity.

New York.-Charles VI. Schwab, pres
ident of the Bethlehem Steel Company,
in an interview, declared the business
interests of the country were experience
ing an era of unprecedented prosperity.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
Church Union Effected

Atlanta, GA basis of union be-
tween the Presbyterian Church Of the
United States and the United Pfssby-
terian Church of America was reached
at joint meeting OF the committee
from the two organizations.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12

washington.-The eountry's principal
sugar supply is in danger of being at
tackled by dangerous plant diseases and
insect pests, according to a bulletin -af
the department of agriculture.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
Earth Shock Recorded.

Cleveland, O.-An unusually heavy
earthquake shock within radius of 300
or 400 miles was recorded at ST. Ignatius
Observatory here at S o'clock Saturday
night.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-12-12
Spent ssss. 500 for Teddy.

Washington.-The final statement Of
the contributions TO and expenditures
from the Progressive party's pre-identitl Al
campaign fund, filed with the clerk of
the house, showed total contributions Of
s676,e7e.73 and expenses of sss5 500.