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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16
LIQUOR POURED OUT.
Semi-Religious Demonstration Takes
Place in Jackson. Miss

Jack son n-For the first time in police
department annals Of this city, there
was = sort Of semi-rehgious demonstra-
tion At the city hall yard in connection
with the ruthless destruction of q large
store Of the oh-be-ioyful, the sceumula-
tion OF several recent raids, when beer
and whiskey were turned from the sew.
eral receptaeles in which stored on 70
the cold, unfeeling and unappreoiativs
earth.
G. W. SicheIberger. superintendent Of
the Mississippi Anti-Saloon League, with
Revs, Borum, Smith and other ministers
OF the gospel, were on hand 10 note the
process, and naturally il was thoroughly
enjoyed by them. indicating that other
towns and other officials might adopt
the same means of reducing stock, in
stead OF holding it for sending out side
the state. as has been done at number
of places, as reported by DIR. EicheL
berger.
There were several ladies ON hand who
have been conspicuous in this liquor ex-
termination work, one OF whom, Miss
Mary Rsdding, after few remarks from
the clergy present, with a little mallet
made specially for the occasion, broke
the first bottle. After this the city en-.
ployes performed the mechanical part o.
the duty.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16
THOUSANDS FLEE
RAGING WATERS
OHIO OUT OF ITS BANKS, Low.
LANDS INUNDATED.
RAILROADS ARE HAmPeReO
Seven Hundred Families Abandon Homes
at LOUISVILLE, 500 Homeless in
River District of Cincinnati.

Louisville, ky.-Between seven hun
drsd and q thousand famile. have been
driven from their homes along the water
front here in the past "a hours by the
rising waters Of the Ohio. A stage Of
20 feet is predicted.
The homeless families are being moved
~ vacant houses with the assistance OF
fire and police departments. The cellars
and first floors of number of store
houses and business houses along the
river front have been flooded
The weather bureau predicts that the
water will 20 over the cutoff east OF
the city, in which event an area of sew
sral square miles will b. flooded and
about four hundred families rendered
homeless.
Railroad service throughout the state
10 imPeded. not suspended.
Dispatches from many points in the
state tell Of damage in homes and other
property.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16
FARMERS COMPANY
IS IN BAD SHAPE
WHAT BOOKS OF THE CORPORATION
SHOW.
SOME SURPRISING FIGURES
Company Had an Annual Income Of
sl2,ooo and a Salary List Of SIS.
ooo-Fifty-one Branches in
in Mississippi.

Jackson.-Since involuntary bankrupt.
ey proceedings against the National
warehouse Company were filed IN the
federal court in thi. city several weeks
ago, some surprising disclosures have
been brought to light through an audit
OF the books OF the eorcern.
The balance sheet sows that the gro..
income of the corporation. organized for
the purpose Of putting the cotton crop
OF the South in the control Of the farm.
ers, was cnly $4,000 per annum, while
the salaries alone amounted to over
$4,000 per annum. In other words, the
company was running $4,000 per annum
behind its gross income. The salary
roll shows that the former president was
paid a salary OF $500 per year.
The company owned or controlled 81
cotton warehouses in the state. on which
a valuation OF Si2O,O00 was placed. II
u estimated that the warehouses were
not worth so per cent of that figure,
and they are worth great deal less
now. Some Of them received no cotton
whatever last year, and several ware
houses at important interior market
points did not show receipts exceeding
100 bales for the entire season.
Fictitious values were also placed on
two realty holdings of the concern, one
of them being an ancient brick building
on South State street. in this city, placed
on the inventory at 100000, when in
fact it could not be sold for $1,000 on
che local realty market. Similarly, a
lot in Hattiesburg is on the inventory
at $4,000, when its real value is below
$1,000.
In view of the showing made by the
books, creditors of the concern are at
loss to understand why the officers OF
the National Warehouse Company are re-
sisting the bankruptcy proceedings, un-
less 1t is for the reason that they desire
. receiverhsip of their own choosing.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16
OKLAHOMA ASKS Sll.767, $50
Seeks Compensation for Schools and
Other Purposes.

Wsshington.-An appropriation of
sli,T67soo, 10 equalize the grant of
lands 10 the state Of Oklahoma for com
mon schools and other purposes, is asked
IN . bill introduced in the house by Rep
ressn.ativs Morgan Of Oklahoma. Much
Of the proposed appropriation would be
used to compensate the people of Okla
boma for the loss of the public school
fund, brought about. according to Rep
rsssntative Morgan, by the refusal OF
congress 20 graut TO Oklahoma, when
that territory was admitted "a a state,
the land then known as Indian Terri
tory.
An appropriation of s5,OOo,ooO was
made TO tho state in lieu OF granting
the land.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16
HOLD UP Taft APPOINTMENTS
Republican and Democratic Leaders Fail
to Agree.

Neutrality-suspicious. by Democratic
senate leaders 10 make an agreement
with the Republican forces for a Join,
committee to go over President Taft's
recent appointments and select CERTAIN
acts that should be confirmed by the
senate met with failure
Attempt at compromise was the re-
suit of meeting of the special commit
tee appointed by the Democratic caucus
in December TO evolve method OF han
ding the hundreds of appointments that
have been sent in by the president since
December Is. Leaders informally pro-
posed to the Republicans that five mem
bers be selected by each party to take
up the task of "weeding out" the pend.
ing nominations. A number Of Repub-
licans were called together TO consider
the proposal and promptly rejected it.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16
Banks Earn 10 Per Cent.

JAekson.-State Auditor Duncan l..
Thompson has prepared a composite
statement showing the condit "a of 30
state hanks and u national banks in
Mississippi.
The statement shows that the aggre-
gate resources of the blnking industry
in Mississippi on December l. amounted
to Sill, ,359.97. an increase Of sis.-
23+ +,069.64 as compared with the com
posite statement prepared en- June :,
1911. This j. net incfes-. OF about
10 per cent for period ai eighteen
months, although the numhtr OF state
banks in operation decrease from 34s
to 332 during this period
Undivided profits of the stats and ma
tional banks on December Is were So
31s,412.4i, indicating that size the melon
now being sliced among stockholders on
the business OF 1912. This Indicates net
earnings Of nearly 10 per cent, but many
of the banks put goodly sums 10 surplus.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16
MANUFACTURERS
EXPRESS FEAR
AFRAID FOREIGN MANUFACTURERS
WILL INVADE COUNTRY.
UNDERWOOD MAKES REPLY
Says Committee Not Legslating on Fear
or mAgination-German Manufse-
facturers Most Dreassd by
Americans.

Washington.-fear that foreign prod
ucts would invade and injurs the Amer
iean market were expressed in the tes-
timony ON the metal schedule Of the
tarf before the house committee ou
ways and means. The committee heard
arguments from representatives OF mann-
featuring and producing int, rests-print-
ing presses, the zinc industry OF the
Rocky mountains and the Joplin felds,
the wooden screw manufacturers, OF
which the American Screw Company con
trolled 40 or IS per cent, and the sso.-
oOo,Ooo output OF machine tools and
numerous other products-prssenting a
virtually solid front against revision Of
the present tariff rates.
Keep ON the tariff a. 1t stands or il
will work hardship to American in
dustry," was the consensus OF the senti-
ment of witnesses, all under oath, pre-
-erlbed by the chairman
Chairman Underwood pointed out th4l
the committee ws- legislating for rev.
nue. for the present and not figuring OF
what might happen in the future.
This committee" said Mr.. Under
wood, cannot legislate on your fear
and On the conditions that you cay yos
expect. The committee ought TO legis
late 10 meet conditions when they arise.
6ermaRy'- constant hoveFing near the
customs line a. a serious competitor VI
the American industry was the constant
source of complaint in testimony. Rep
rcsentatives of the printing press, ma
chine tools. tinsel wire and other articles
told OF the menace Of German eompe'i-
tion, AID several manufacturers con
planned that foreign competitors were
quick TO copy in detail all American
improyed methods
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16
GUESTS Of THE PRESIDENT
MrA Cleveland and Mrs. Harrison at
White House Dinner.

Washington. - Entering the White
House for the first time since she left
II as the retiring first lady of the hand,
Mrs. Grover Cleveland was entertained
at dinner by the president and Mrs.
Taft at one Of the most notable dinners
OF the present administration.
Another distinctive feature OF the din
ner was found in the fact that repre-
sentatives OF four White House admin
istrations gathered to do honor to Mrs.
Cleveland. These representatives were
Robert Todd Lincoln and his wife, repre-
ssnting the Lincoln administration;
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, representing
the Harrison administration, which i'm
mediately antedatsd and sandwiched the
Cleveland terms; Mrs. Cleveland, Miss
Cleveland and Mrs. Thomas Bayard and
Mrs. Daniel S. Lamont, representing the
Cleveland administration. and the Tafts
and Secretary and Mrs Maeveagh, rep
rssenting the present one.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16
s6,OOQOOO FOR
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
APPROPRIATION IMPROVEMENT OF
RIVERS AND HARBoRS.
ALABAMA GETS si,43s, 500
Total Appropriation Amounts to e4o..
sooooo-Arksnsas Mississippi and
Tennessee Rivers Are Va
nously Remembered

Washington frsa pork barrel"
measure Of the present session Of con-
gress was reported to the house when the
house rivers and harbors committee
brought In Its annual appropriation bill,
providing s4o,soo,coo for the improve
ment Of rivers and hsrbors throughout
the country. The committee agreed on
the measure after a stormy session that
lasted several hours.
The largest single appropriation in the
bill provides $4,000, 900 for the improve
ment of the Mississippi river from the
head Of the passes TO the mouth Of the
Ohio. Other Mississippi river appropria-
tions are;
One million dollars for improvement
from the mouth Of the Ohio to the mouth
OF the Missouri to Minneapolis, and
sis5,ooo from st. Paul to Minneapolis.
For work on the Missouri river, 81 ,3oo,-
900 is provided; s2,0o0,O00 to b. es-
pended from Kansas City to the mouth
Of the river, $l5o.0O0 from Kansas City
TO Sioux City, and $780, 900 from Sioux
City TO Fort Ben1on.
Improvements on the Black Warrior,
Warrior and TomSgbee rivers in Ala
bama call for si.'3s50o.
Mississippi-Gulfport harbor and Ship
Island pass, ss7 900; Big Sunflower river,
si20,0o0; Pascagoula and Dog rivers,
$4,000; Yazoo river and connected
projects, $4,000.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16
LANDS OUTSIDE lEVEES STATE MlEsts WIRE MERaa
BILL AGAINST AMERICAN TEE
PHONE AND TELEGRAPH.
Penalties in Sum Of 5000 Per Day ire
Demanded Against Each Of For
Defendants. Agxressting Over
$4,000, 900.

Meridian.-Suit was filed In Chanry
Court Of Iaudsrdale county by Rosa.
Collins, attorney general Of the statsof
Mississippi, against the Cumberland III.
ephone 4 Telegraph Company OF I'm
tucky. the American Telephone . Tee.
graph Company of New York, the Amr.
lean Telephone 4 Telegraph Compay
Of Mississippi and the Western INN
Telegraph Company Of New York.
The bill alleges that the American H.
ephone 4 Telegraph Company Of Nv
York and its subsidiary companies, n
eluding the Cumberland Telephone Co.
pany of Mississippi, was engaged in he
telephone and telegraph business In Ms
sissippi and throughout the Unitd
States, and was competitor Of te
Western Union and the Postan Tee
graph companies. and that during lie
month of November, 1909, the Amer
can Telephone 4 Telegraph Company 4
New York acquired control Of the Wes-
crn Union Telegraph Company, a fc.
mer competitor, and since said time hs
had exclusive domination and control d
said Western Union Telegraph Con
pany and its business and policies; lik,
wise il controls The Cumberland and th
American of Mississippi, which sal
companies are creatures OF the Amer
can Of New York.
Penalties in the sum of 5000 per da
arc demanded against each OF the fou
defendants, and penalties aggregatin
over 5i6,ooo,ooo. And further, that th
American OF New York be enjoined fror
further owning or controlling the stoel
and business Of the other defendant,
and likewise the other defendants b
enjoined from allowing their affairs
be managed and controlled by the Amel
ican Of New York.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16
new YORK BANK
MADE SS0,000,000
GEO. r. BAKER TELLS OF INsTITu
TONS ENORMOUS PROFITS.
262 PER CENT DIVIDEND
Financial rriumvir Declares There 10 No
fmpropriety In One Man Holding
Direetorships in Competitive
Institutions

Washington.-Eno Enormous profits by
the fir-t National Bank Of New York
city were rccounted by George y. Baker,
chairman OF the board OF directors Of
the bank, a. a witnes. before the house
money trust committee. Mr.. Baker fur
nishcd the committee with records show
ing that since its organization in 1898,
with capitalization OF 100000, the
bank has made profits amounting 20
more than eso,ooo,ooo.
In the four years since i9os, Mr.. Ba-
ker told the committee, the bank ssd
paid dividends OF 22o per cent, or more
than twice the total capitalization,
which ia now siO.o00.000. When the
capital was increased to that amount in
1901 special dividend OF sg,5oo,o0o
was declared, Mr.. Baker said. 80 enable
the stockholders TO take up the addi'
tional investment. In 1903, In order to
provide si0,0o0,0oo of capital for the
organization Of the First Securities Com
pany, 10 take over the business (which
the bank could not do under the law"
Mr.. Baker said special dividend Of
$40 100000 was declared. This was in
addition to the regular yearly dividends.
Samuel Unt~myer, counsel for the
committee, from the figures supplied by
Mr. Baker, calculated that since he as-
sumed the presidency OF the First Ma
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16
ARCHIBALD FOUND GUILTY
cemmercs Court Judge Convicted on 5
Of II ChArKea-

Washington.-Robert W. Archibald,
for 20 years an occupant Of judicial po-
sitions upon the Pennsylvania state
bench. the federal district bench and the
United States commerce court, was ad-
judged guilty by the United States SEN
ate of high crimes and misdemeanors, "
was stripped of his office and forever
disqualified from holding positions Of
public honor or public trust.
The conviction and judgment came a.
the conclusion Of the impeachment trial
that has been pending in the senate
since last summer on charges that Judge
Archibald had been guilty Of misconduct
and misbehavior as a judge and that he
had corruptly used his Judicial power TO
further the private interests of himself
and his friends, in the acquisition Of
coal land properties in Pennsylvania.
Upon five OF the i3 separate charges
brought against him by the house of rep
yesentatives Judge Archibald was found
guilty.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16
MA0eR0 MUST STEP DOWN
He VIII Not Serve After Wilson Is
Named. Says Arkansan-

Fort Smith, Ark.-PrvsIdcnt Msdero
OF Mexico will not serve after Gov. VIII
son s in.agurated as president Of the
United States, according W Dv. G. q.
n~nsari, Who sstyrnsd from q ssx weeks
business trip 20 the former country
Americans IA Mexico. he says. generslly
understand that Madero's reign OF power
Is rapidly waning. Frishtful scene- Of
desolstton, ruin and famine are reported
by Dr Bung.yi.
The rebels are destroying everything
they can lay their hands on. he say..
Their destruction will ultimately cut on
their own food supply. He believes the
rebels have destroyed much American
property and are now threatening to
eonf~cate belongings Of European sub
jects
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16

Brandon.-County Demonstration Buch-
anan has tabulated the results obtained
by the farmers in Rankin county who
tarmed under government Instructions
for the year 1912. The report shows
an aveage yield OF 80 1-I0 bushels of corn
per acre, while the average yield OF land
adjacent worked under old methods was
only is 10 bushels per acre. The SO
acres planted IN cotton and worked un-
der Mr.. Buchanan's Instructions made
an average yield of 43l pounds to the
acre.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16
COTTON SEASON OVER.
Crop IN the State Not Up to Tia, Of
Year 1911.

Jaekson.-The cotton season in N,.is-
hPpi Is practically at an end. aud receipts
at interior market points have hsen
steadily declining since the Christmas
holidays.
In the northern counties Of the aslta,
where a bumper crop was raised last
year, some picking l. still in progress.
but the staple has greatly detsriorateI
because of exposure to the heavy aims,
and the planters were unable TO secure
sufficient labor 10 harvest the magnih-
cent crop. This condition. however, IS
true only of the counties in the north
srn portion of the delta.
Buyers in Jackson have almost sleane,
up the supply in the surrounding eoaa
try. and tho sea@oa has been far freu
sa.a f-r.ory. Receipts at the local con
pre- up 20 the closing hour aui,unte
to iT.o26 bales. against 1s.51s bale. o
the same date last year
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16
5000, 900 Mailed Parcels.

Washington.-Nearly two million par
eel post packages We're sent through the
postoiriee OF the so leading cities of the
country during the frat week of the
operation OF the new service. As these
cities handle about one-half of the postal
business OF the country, postal officials
estimate that between three and four
million parcel post packages were mailed
from January to the eth.
New icrk City led with record OF
44s,0oo, Chicago followed with 43s. .ooO
and Boston was third with 174.OOO.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16
HooKwORM CAMPAIGN.
Lovndes County Will Assist in Erad-
icating the Disease.

Columbus.-Dr. ID. d. Gill. hookworm
specialist of the state board of health,
appeared before the county board of SUI
pervisors and presented the plan of the
state in cooperation with the various
counties in the work of exterminating
the hookworm and enlightening the gem
eral public along modern and scientific
laws of sanitation. DIR. Gill, in a lucid
and suecinet way, laid before the board
the plan of the campaign, stating that
an appropriation of $500 from the eoun-
" would insure thorough and most
scientific campaign lasting from four to
six weeks, the work TO be in charge Of
specialists, who would deliver lectures
and diagnose cases. After hearing Dr..
Gill the board allowed the necessary
$500.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16
Women Have Stormy Meeting,

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. whether Pres
ident-elect Wilson is free trader and
a single tax advocate, and whether he,
together with Senator O'Gorman of New
York, had Endorsed Mrs. Stephen B
Ayres for president of the Woman's
National Democratic League, caused
dissension in debates at the session OF
the convention of that organization.
These subjects p.ccipitated particular
clash between Mrs. John Sherwin
Crosby of New York ard Mrs, u. I
Scott.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16
CARTER GETS POSITION.
Farmers Union President Will Manage
the Potosi Plantation.

Jackson.-By arrangemen. with Gov.
Brewer mutually satisfactory to all par
ties, T. W. Carter, president of the
Farmers Union in Mississippi, and also
official head of the National Warehouse
Company, now in reeeivership, and which
has been carried by creditors into the
bankruptcy court, has been rendered a
position with a large planting and land
concern in the delta, which owns the
Potosi plantation.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16
Will Fortify Guantanamo.

washihgton.-Secretary Meyer of the
navy department told the house com-
mittee on naval affairs that Guantanamo.
Cuba, was to be fortified to protect the
eastern entrance to the Panama canal.
He said that recent treaty had been
entered into between this country and
Cuba under which Cuba grants the right
to the United States government to pur-
chase the hill land back OF the Guam
tanamo naval station and in these hills
the government proposes to place the
heaviest Notifications possible.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16
MUST REPORT TO AUDITOR.
Building and Loan Associations Subject
Of Legislation.

State Auditor d. l.. Thompson is pre-
pairing blank forms TO be- sent to the
building and loan associations Of the
state, to b. filled ont by them and re-
turned TO hun in aecoTdanee viii a re-
cent statute.
According 10 the provisions OF the new
act, all building and loan associations
will be required to send CERTAIN reports
to the auditor Of their conditions When
requested 10 do 50 BY that Official
Under this Law the auditor will have
the right At any time to make inspe,-
tions Of the books aud accounts Of the
associations.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16
Will Fight Tax.

Jackson.-The tax measure adopted at
the 1912 session of the leg stature that
will be vigorously fought at the next
session is the transfer taN, imposing 4
special privileg Of one dollar per 81 900
on all real estate transfers filed for rec
ord in the chaneery clerk office.
There is no possible way OF avoiding
this tax, as the statute provides that It
must be paid to the county tax collecsor
before the cfiancery clerk j, permitted to
file the deed for record.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16

New York-The three men found
guilty Of a 81 900, 900 wireless telephone
and telegraph stock swindle were SEN
fenced the federal penitentiary at A..
lsnta. Cameron Spear, the promoter,
must serve FIVE years and pay a $500
fine; A. Frederick Collins, the inventor,
three years and a fine Of $4,000, and
Charles L. Vaughan, two years The
defendants were convicted of using the
mails TO dsfraud in selling stock OF the
Collins Wireless Telephone Company and
the Continental Wireless Telephone an,
Telegraph Company
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16
Translated What Boiling Pot s,id.

New York.-Favorable reports of q
midnight reading Of the whims OF fate
in a boiling pot of herbs brought from
witch's cavern on an island in the
West ladies induced Mrs Isabelle v.
Adams, widow of Al Adams, policy
king" 10 sign note for $4,000 in fa-
yor Of Mrs. Marguerite Gilbert, profess
siona medium, according to testimony in
trial OF unusual interest in the SUI
preme court. Mrs. Gilbert recognized
In her own mystic world as Mime. De
Bran" is seeking 10 recover the amount
OF the note from Mrs. Adams.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16
Balkan Peace Remote

London.-The pendulum of peace in the
Balkans swings between the fall Of
Adrianoplc and action by the powers of
Europe. Advice, suggestions, good of.
fees, pressure and friendly offers-all
diplomatic torminology has been at.
tempted by the powers to bring the con-
llieting parties to terms over Adrianople,
but the reluctance of Turkey to ced:
tie holy city" is only surpassed bv
the determination OF the alhes to win
their point to have it included in IN,
territory OF Bulgaria