Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-07-09
Why The Cotton
Goes to Toccopola
Toceorola Gets the Cotton From
Around Oxford Because The
Price IS Best.

II seems very strange to me
that there is some people in OK
ford that wants to take a great
part in our road matters in Beat
.. and claim that il we had a
good road from Beat 1. line to
Lafayette Springs that Oxford
would get all the cotton from
Beat ,. IL il not the condition OF
the road that causes, the farmer
to sell his cotton AZ Toccopola,
but the differnce in the price at
Oxford and Toccopola. So | will
advise the buyers of oxford to
work on the price of cotton
instead Of the roads of Beat 5.
i will tell you now the road
gets no worse frcm Toccopola to
Oxford than they do from Oxford
TO Toccopola.
have see - wagon loads of
cotton brought from Oxford to
Tcccopola one day last winter, I
tell you men it is not the roads.
but the price men this Bono Issue
is . dangerous affair its placing
the entire road affairs in the
hands of three men. II deprives
the people of any voice in road
matters. | will tell you now
leaving the business of all the
people in the hands of three men
is very very dangerous, now just
think OF the money that has been
spent by the people Of Beat 5,
and the trouble and aggravation
that the people OF Beat 8. has had
just because q few men said dip
their cows, and when We allow
three men to take charge of the
roads in our beat It's likely to
cause more troub BILE than that of
COW dipping no matter who the
commissioners may be nor how
honest they may be. II is a matter
Of impossibility for all the people
Of q Beat to be benefited by -
Bond Issue road and | say that
10 unjust to tax q man who Is
deprived just the same rs the
man who is benefited by the road
Il don't say that we cannot get
three honest men as commission
ers neither do | say that the men
thar put COW dipping on US was
dishonest men bot I do say that
the dipping has been q great
disadvantage and expense TO the
people. II it was a mistake of
honest men, the commissioners
might make mistakes. I think
best not to assign such important
business to any three men. They
tell me that q Republican rep
resentative said several years ago
that the south was blessed with
grit and ignorance, to try to drive
them will fight you one to ten but
il you call an election on matters
they would through ignorance
vote awat the last right that
they possess, but il we are called
to election on bond issue, I
guess that we will show the
old man that he was mistaken
about cur ignorance!. Lsten
men, wapt to tell you something,
q few days ago one of our men
met a man from Beat I, who lives
on the Bond issue road, And he
supposed that this man from
Beat 5. was q Bond issue man so
he said to him, I will tell you all
how 10 manage the people in
Beat 8, just tole them along I'M
till you, get them started in this
Bond issue, and then you can
drive them right where you want
them that's the way we did up
here. 1.
/ believe when he said that
they drove the people to it in
Beat /. that he told the truth for
it is said that there is not one
man out OF Eve in Beat L. that is
pleased With the Bond issue.
Respectfully Submitted.
IL. CLIFTON. !,