Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-02-25

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MISSISSIPPI
STATE BRIEFS
verona high school Eve defeated
Franklin academy Of Columbus In q
fast but onesided game at Verona.
soore "a to s.
an interesting talk at the Terrey Glenn
ent school Every one was favorAbiy
impressed. and promised support
A recommendation that vicksburg
buy the old water works plant and not
build . new one was the gist OF the re
port Of +. =. Longiey. engineer from
New York
The Southern Lumber and lee com
pAny. one OF the biggest concerns Of
its kind In Hattiesburg. has closed
down its plant and voluntarily discon-
tinued business.
Abe Feihelman Of Jackson has spent
. few days at Beauvoir. near Gulfport.
taking the measure Of the old soldiers
for new uniforms. There we're us
measurements taken
Lamar county bids fair TO become
the leading county In the number Of
candidates for office in the coming
election. she now having forty an
nouncemen;s made for county offieer
only.
W. Fred Long, interdencminafional
Sunday school secretary for Mississip
pi. and his associates. R. ?. johnson
and r H. B. Gizdney. finished their
beat campaign Of Lee county II rr
pelo.
From the sieee oe TIE NorthinnA 70
baimy Mississippi, tvensy IndianA and
Illinois farmers vfntesd Hastto1AuRg 70
make an Inspector for eAsmseivss q
South Mississipps lsads With . vev =
locating permanently.
| The East Misssss1ppi Four Cusnt,
Medical society met af The court hous'
In Tupeio and one q The best prc
grams they have ever hnA wes give
The meeting vas veil attended a
much interest taken In the tine II me<
a icai societies and literature
A disastrous fire visited Potts Gang
DESTROYING three buildings. incsadin,
the postoffice. There vas Eat litfls
: insurance on the buiidtngs, and the
. | loss to the owners was almost com
! piete- The origin Of the fire is IN
certain
State superintendent Of education,
Hon. W. II. Smith. made a splendid
address to the students In the state
university. telling them Of the practical
work that had been done and was In
the course Of construction throughout
the state at the present time
Hundreds OF rabbits. driven from the
Buttahatehie river swzmps by high
water, are being killed by hunters in
boats near Steens- Two men In q small
rowboat. one handling the oars and
the other welding club. secured 50
TO so rabbits In a few hours.
At a meeting OF the Pontotoc Civic
league il was decided that cleanup
day would be observed early in March.
VIXEN a public dinner will be given by
the Twentieth Century club. the X.
A. Pinson chapter and the Parent
Teacher association. Mrs A. p Her
man was elected permane1k chairman.
The Mississippi Eastern railway
which starts AZ Quitman and runs 81
miles IN sout1easterly direction, has
obtained permission from the state
board OF railroad commissioners to
tear up the last nine miles Of its track
between TheadvilIe and Pine Ridge.
and use the iron IN extending the road
in another direction
Miss susie V. Powell OF Jackson
who has charge Of the domestic science
work in connection wifh the public
schools Of the state. addressed the
, School improvement association In Tu-
pelo- The association plans 10 urge on
the board OF trustees Of Tupelo schools
soon the installation Of the depart
ment Of domestic science. and Mxss
PuweiTs address was along the sub
ject OF this department in the paeli<
school
Prof. Ames OF the Holly Springs ex-
n~-s-.arf uSasSOr and prof Mckay of