Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-05-14

Ed. EAGLE: I will be glad to
have space in your valuable pa
per to give an account Of my
trip to Webster and Choctsw
equities last week. Some time
ago | received an invitation to
deliver the annual memorial adj
dress at Lagrange in Choctaw
county. | have been very busy
lately but accepted the invita-
ton and left last Friday and spent
Saturday in that splendid COM
munity. got off at Eupora and
from there went 10 LaGrange.
| enjoyed every bit Of my stay
there and who would not when |
had such good company as
Messrs =. r. Gunter. Walter
Buchanan, Sam Lindsey and
others. These gentlemen accom-
panied me to the memorial SER
vice and made the trip n most
delightful one. Any man that
ever saw Pearl Gunter knows
that he never gets tired in look
ing after his friends, he is one
Of the most elegant fellows as
well as the most royal host in
the world. | never heard that
Mr.. Gunter ever conceived the
NOTION Of running for office bit
should he ever do so it occurs to
the writer that he would get the
place unanimously, everybody
likes him and he is indispensable
to that community, the fact is his
relatives and friends are legion
in that section. But, while Mr..
Gunter is such q great host |
must not forget that | found in
that part of the state a most
splendid community Of citizens.
l had never had the pleasure be-
fore of visiting there but found a
fine farming country inhabited
with progressive citizens. The
country lies well and the hills
and valleys are fertile and the
Big Black River bottom is q of
their chief assets. This bottom
is very fertile and covers a large
territory. Eupora is a thriving
little town of only about twenty.
hve years old; all their stores are
of brick and they are well filed
with merchandise and doing al
good business; likewise they have
two banks. saw no recent i'm
provements in good roads but
found that the soil vas splendid
ly adapted TO building roads; it
occurred to me that a few good
road machines to round up the J
roads and then use the spit log
drag would make good perma-
ncnt roads in 9 very short time;
they have very few high hills
and so their roads can be laid out
on practically level lines. Ii
would take a very small expen-
Of money to build fine
roads in that section, they have
\ great deal of advantage of Us
IN that way As many know.
county tai in the fore
front in agricultural exhibits
az the State Fair last year.
Upon arriving at LaGrange |
q large concourse of peo-
pie from the surrounding coun-
Try The exercises began about
II o'clock siN. The writer was
sey, kept tentative from Choc-
taw count and one of the ablest
and most highly respected men
in the Legislature. This distin-
guished gentleman gave the wri-
ter a very cordial welcome and
presented him to this large audi
ence in a very earnest and COM
plimentary way for all OF which
the writer Is under many obliga-
TONS fhlS state - indeed for
tunate to have such men in its
lawmaking bCdy as Representa-
tive Lindsey; he is honest, able,
fearless, open and always stands
for the right; he is a friend true
and tried to the man who tolls
and every interest in this state
can safely trust him at all times
to do the right thing.
Throughout my address, | was
giver. the most courteous at
tention. In all my experience
have never spoken to more cour-
teous and elegant people; their
appreciation was sincere and
their hospitality unbounded.
never witnessed better order and