Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-08-19
MEETING OF FARM
AGENTS IN SESSION
a. q ~ COLLEGE CONFERENCE m
INTEREST OF FARM ExrEN-
SION AND MARKETING.
WILL WORK RANKIN PIKE
Conference Between Mayor ard Prison
officials sssuIss In Arrangement
to Zee consicfs In Road I'm
prosement-

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Jackson.-The men NJ the head Of
the cooperative farm extension and
marketing service IN Mfnsissippi are
looking forward with much interest TO
the annual conferencs and school for
agerfs which Is being held ct A. 4 NJ
College Aug. %. State Agenf Wilson. IA
conjunction with Director =. r. Lloyd
of the state experiment stations. are
at the head Of this work IN the state.
and they are carrying out a cnmpre-
hersfve programme for the conference.
While this "a 20 be essentially an
agents conference. the meetings are
open TO visitors from all parts Of the
state. In fact. the demonstration serv-
ice men encourage q general attend
ance. az every phase Of the co-oper.-
tiv extension work. soil. building. ter
racing. fall cover crops aad marketing
Is discussed.
Nert In interest and importance TO
the sgents' conferrnce. as above re-
ferred TO. will Be district meeting for
the delta and riparian planters anl
workers. 10 be held At Stoneville cx-
pertinent station. September s. . and
10. A feature Of this gathering will
be the demonstrations showing ths
great strides made IN the past few
years in the use OF traction farm ma
ehinery. silo building viii also be
featured. as this side Is being strongly
emphasized as long step toward
economy and profit In live stock breed
Ing
VIII Work Rankin Pike.
At . conference held in the mayors
office Aug Is arrangements we're
made FOR working the Rankin turnpike
q distance OF two miles from Jackson.
supt- z J. oKeefe. OF the penL
tentiary. and Sergeant C b. Allen. Of
the Rankin convict farm. we're pres
ent at the meeting and promised 10
furnish atty able-bodiet convicts for
the work. together with a sufficient
1umber Of mules and scrapers. provtd-
ing arrangements we're made 10 pay
cost OF transportatioa to and from
the sunnowrr fxrr1
The expense vas Ens<rxhEed ~ the
city 70 s>-e<s5n. touzfy Of HSdsr- and
fAs Board os Trade. an6 superintsl
dent O'Keefs promised TO have n
u work started as early as possible
3 Official Election Figures
n The STATE Democratic rxecutfr
4 committee on Aug 10 carefully n
. vfewed the figures returned By the pr
! mary election officials of the csunfses
: IN the state and formally declared
! Theo- C. Bflbo the parfys nnnsinse.
That the committee had the political
and factional situation well in hand
was manifested early. when q resoin-
/ tiuu seeking to 90 back Of the returns
I offered BY 4 member. In order 70 In
I vestigate alleged fraud. was prumSSsy
and emphatically voted 20 the table.
The official figures as reported By
the sab-eunmittee on tabulation were
as follows:
Governor-Theo. C. BEbo 74.s7s. Ma
rioa ". Rely sT.zi7. H NJ. Quin 1851.
John R. Tally fi.4s1. P. $. StovaIl
s.7o6. Rilbo's majority l.072
a@sa.s.-1 -soe eefnor-i.ee N ~
sen 80, = nyea carter s-'s.A
hassea4 m4lorty lt.hsS-
u,1s-- sa,s- u,s.- - -, -. = =
a. - ~
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Sheffield s7gsl Tayior's majority IL,
CAS-.
Insurance Commissioner IT n
Hen-x 7ga43 W a Nar.s. EEs-7
Henry's majority ees1s.
Land conmissiouer-N A. Brown
$3.50; Henry c. Wood so.ss7. Charles
Terry il-soe. W. M Roah 1918. d. l.
thompson So.iSs- No nomination;
Brown and Wood IN run-of.
Revenue Agent-W. y Evans .5.ss1.
Stokes v Roherrsn- s7.tos. J. c. El-
mer -tss.. c J. Moore $3.50. PIN A.
hlsh 1885 Rooerfsoa and Moore N
runon-
Clerk Supreme court-Geo- c. Ny
ers ss.ss-, z A. Brantiey sf.4ss- My
ers majority slsf
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