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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-08
For Supervisqr-Beat s.:
THAD W. PATTON.
J. OREN BROWN.
For Circuit Clerk:
s. S. WEBSTER.
j. X. (DOCK) MILLER.

Sufficient subsoil moisture. Exces-
sive rains delayed preparations. La
Dor scarce and unsatisfactory.
MISSISSIPPI Preparations of t--e
soil average eighteen days late. Less
fertilizer used about twelve per cent.
The grade is reported slightly less cl-
ficient than last year. Ample fam
animals. Sufficient subsoil moisture.
No improvement in labor situation,
very scarce, high prices demanded and
work satisfactory.
LOJI:lANA-Ten days late. Re
iuction in use of fertilizer twenty per
cent. with grade less efficient than
last year. Ample supply Of nnl -.
Plenty of subsoil moisture in fact :
some extent excessive. l4abtT SUI ~
very scarce and inefficient. Weather
conditions unsatisfactory"
ARKANSAS -PIepa ,ations 5 days
early to twelve days late. Use of fer
tilizer decreased about twenty-five
per cent, quality averaging good.
Ample supply of r''lles. Sufficient
subsoil moisture Most correspond
ents report suffi ent labor at pres
ent. Only complaint is too mu.h rain.
IEAAS-Average about l6 days
late. Fertilizer not generally used IN
this state except N a few Localities
wnere marked decrease Is reported.
Plenty of farm animals. Correspond
ents report best subsoil moisture In
years but weather. was somewhat cold
and wet. Prospects, however, are
more promising than at this time last
year. Labor Is rather scarce, inef-
ficient and demand a high price.
TENNESSEE E-Preparations OF the
soil average twelve days late. Twen-
ty per cent. less fertilizer used with
grade less efficient than last year.
Mule supply ample. Plenty subsoil
moisture. Some sections report suf-
ficient> labor, while others say scarce.
OKLAHOMA-Ten days early to
fourteen days late. Fertilizer is not
generally used in this state although
some decrease noted in sections where
used last year.. Plenty of farm am
mails. Best subsoil moisture in years
with general outlook more promising.
Correspondents believe labor supply
will be sufficient providing no extern
sive cultivation is necessary.
MISSOURI-About fifteen days
late. No fertilizer used in this state.
Ample supply Of all farm animals.
Sufficient sunsoil moisture. Enough
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-08

Other Business.
Chairman Sisk then stated that he
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-08
IN MEMORIAL.
Lille Joel Langston Gamble.

Lille Joel Langston Gamble was
born in Lafayette codnty, Mississippi,
February 2, 1862; married R. G. Gam
BILE January Z 1889, died a. Lucy Brink
ley hospital, Memphis, Tenn, April
IL, 1919, aged 81 years two months
and eleven days. Her remains were
laid to rest in the Abbeville cemetery
April 16, 1919.
10 Mr.. and Mrs. Gamble was born
eight chldren-sx boys and two girls
OF which five boys and two girls
survive their mothers death.
Mrs. Gamble had been a member OF
the Missionary Baptist church for
number oil years, and at the time OF
her death her membership was in
Harmony Church. Hers was a life OF
usefulness, she was kind and loving
wife and mother, ever ready to- do
deeds of kindness for her family and
friends. To know her was to love
her.
rxze- txs..4 azs.sf ~: lssS fH< x
Oh, wife and mother, it is hard to
give thee up, this life is so sad
without thee.
We miss thee from our home, dear
wife and mother, we miss thee
from thy place,
A shadow DER our life is cast,
We miss the sunshine of thy face.
We miss thy kind and willing hand,
Thy fond earnest care;
And home is dark without thee;
We miss thee everywhere.
Dearest wife and mother, thou hast
left US,
And thy, our loss we deeply feel;
But it's God who has bereft us
He can all our SORROWS heal.
Yet again we hope to meet thee,
When the day of life is fled;
When in heaven, with joy to greet
thee
Where no farewell tears are shed.
E,sfs-fs :.
We bow our heads and submit to the
will of God-who doeth all things well.
The writer kner her best and loved
her most. A FRIEND
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-08
tor present neeus.


Cold Wet Wea..,cl over ptacticaliy
Inc enCire DeiL Is Responsible Ior the
I3I3-zo COTTON crop betling OH u u
start laLer LIlsaI1 normal.
Wnle Indications d month ago were
oI POSSIBLY thirty pc cent. III acreage,
CONSIDERABLY Iarger Anan SHOWN III TINS
report, The recent rise IN the market
has brought about some change in sen
timent.
1nere is also a marked decrease in
use oil fertilizer reported IN most
states on account Of the high price de-
manded.
The labor situation is unsatisfactory.
An acute scarcity is noted in many sec
tions. Only ideal weather conditions
will reduce the need for replanting and
extensive cultivation and the labor
shortage in this way may be partly
overcome.
Planting is now progressing ana cot
ton can be planted tor weeks to come,
therefore, this report Is preliminary
estimate ana merely gives All exples-
sion Of what is in the minds OF the
farmers at the present time. The
area actually planted cannot definite
ly be known until the early part OF
JulV.
Yours very truly,
j. w. JAY & co.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-08

had a few words to say along the line
of the jefferson Davis Highway ques-
ton. He outlined What mad been ac-
complished in the direction OF securing
the great highway, and stressed en-
phasis upon the necessity OF lmmeo-
late action in order to complete the
iob which had been undertaken more
than three years ago by the people OF
Oxford.
Mr.. Sisk stated that this great high
way had been secured by the unrelent-
ing and uncompromising efforts made
by the people of Oxford and other
places along the line Ct ohis road, ana
that it would mean great deal 70
Oxford and Lafayette county. He also
stated that he and others had made
several trips in the interest OF the Jeff
Davis Highway, and that considerable
expense had been incurred. He did
not think it right for I. lew to pay all
the expenses, when all would plo1lt
alike in getting the highway. he
was then asked the question it $500 w
would defray the necessary expenses
of sending delegates to Grenada, and
pay other expenses which had been
incurred. He stated that it would.
A subscription list was then started
and the following gentlemen sub
scribed the amounts opposite their
names, many Of whom paid their sub
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-08
w. L. Smith Reports.

Mr.. w. L. Smith, chairman of the
general committee, read letters from
several towns as large and some larg-
er than Oxford, setting forh the cost
for operating water and light plants,
all of which were being operated eff
ficiently and at a profit to the towns.
Mr.. Smith stated that the town of
oxford was operating the water and
light plant under great loss to the
City, and that the conditions surround
ing the plants and systems were de-
plorable. He stated that the lig
ing plant showed only about 20 per
cent. efficiency, and that the leaks
for the past year had been very great,
causing a loss to the City of approxi-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-08
Sanitary Condition Bad.

DR.. W. S. Leathers spoke at some
length and stated that the sanitary
conditions at the Oxford public school
was "a disgrace to civilization. He
said that such conditions at the school
had existed for year or more, and
that the building had been pronounced
unsafe by competent architect; that
the life of the building at The longest
would not extend 75c d period OF eight
years, and that it might not be that
long The doctor stated that the
sewers to some of the closets were al
lowed to fill up and overflow the CO.
modes, and that the children were
forced to use such places.
Dr.. Leathers advocated the election
of new building at the earliest pos
sible time He said that we should
not take the daring chances on the
lives of our children. by sending them
to IN unsanitaly, improperly lighted,
unsafe and unkept building, which are
the conditions now existing at the Ok
ford school.
In speaking of the erection of 4
new building, w.. l.. Smith one of the
trustees of the school, stated that it
had been suggested that a new build
ing be built oy public subscription,
and that one of the trustees was so
impressed with the great need of a
new building that he mad offered to
head the list with $1,000 90.
Reports Referred to Committee.
1t was moved and carried that the
reports from the various committees
be referred to committee Of ten of
the leading business men of the city
for consideration and whose duty it
would be to take the reports up in
detail and make the proper recon-
mendations to the Ciy Board of Com
missioners at once.
Mr.. James Stone then offered the
following resolution:
"Resolved, That the reports of the
various committees heretofore ap-
pointed be adopted and said COM
nittees discharged, and that said re-
ports be referred to the following COM
mittee, to-wit: R. l.. Rirkwood, j. H.
lLawshee, w. L. Smith, Lee Baggett,
lDr. L. 5. Farley, H. Friedman, John
Falkner, Jr., W. W. Elliott, G. w.
Price and E. o. Davidson, and that
lsuch committee formulate some def
mite plan to meet the emergencies
which confront the City, with the re-
quest that they put same into effect. "
| The resolution was unanimously
adopted.
Other Business.
4 rNs n L. L.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-08

For State Revenue Agent:
STOKES V. ROBERTSON
For State Senator:
H. l.. DAVIS.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-08
COTTON ACREAGE
AND CONDITIONS

j. W. Jay & Co., Cotton Commas
sion Merchants, 25 Broad Stret, New
ork, on April 20, 1919, issued the lol
lowing:
We hand you herewith the result o.
our preliminary investigation relating
to weather conditions throughout ths
cotton belt together with probabl'
acreage to be planted this coming sea
son and with other information per
tinent thereto:
Mississippi:-Acreage planted, S,
264 900; per cent. compared with 1918
81; indicated acreage 1919, 2,742,OO0.
Summary by States.
VlkGINIA-Prepar oI Iiie So
average about fifteen days laue. u
tlhzer less efficient and uecfease,
about twenty-five per cent. suit
cient farm animals. Ample suSsol
moisture. Labor not plentiful.
NORTH CAROLINA-Ten Gays
early to fifteen days late. Grade u
fertilizer compares favorably with ias'
year but eighteen per cent. less VII
be used this year. Ample supply cl
mules. Subsoil moisture sufficient
Scarcity OF farm labor most SERIOUS
complaint. Correspondents advise
that on account of recent advance II
cotton market acreage reduction VII
be less than originally expected.
SOUTH CAROLINA-Normal to Ia
days late. Use of fertilizer decreased
about 22 per cent. with grade aver,
.ging same as last year. Sufficient
farm animals. Plenty of subsoil mols'
ture. Only complaint thus far is scar
city of labor as returning soldiers IN
different. Acreage reduction not a.
drastic as forecasted three weeks ago
GEORGIA-Preparations average
about eighteen days late. Use OF Ter
tiIizer decreased about twenty-five pei
cent. with slightly less efficient thar
last year. Plenty of farm animals
Serious scarcity of labor as returning
soldiers who previously were farm
workers refuse to work. Some com
plants of excessive moisture thus de-
laying preparations.
FLORIDA-Average about 16 days
late. Forty per cent. less fertilizer
used compared with last year With
grade less efficient. Ample supply OF
mules. Sufficient subsoil moisture
Scarcity of labor. Delay in prepara'
tions due to excessive rains.
ALABAMA-About fiji ;en days late
Less fertilizer used about fourteen PEI
cent. with grade less efficient than
last year. Plenty of farm animals
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-08
MUST MAKE PAYMENT
VICTORY BONDS
Yours very truly,
j. w. JAY & co.

On Tank Day there were many peo-
pie who subscribed for bonds and
who have not made the initial pay
ment, nor signed the subscription
cards. Are you one of them? If SO,
hustle yourself to one of the banks of
this city, make the initial payment and
sign the card. This is absolutely
necessary before the bonds are or
dered. Do this today, as the time is
limited.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-08
CALL FOR TICKETS.

All guarantors of the Chautauqua
are requested to call at the Bank of
Oxford and get their tickets.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-08

A dinner was given in honor of the
return home from overseas Of Jackson
Hale, at the home of his father at
Yellow Leaf Sunday.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-08
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

We are authorized to announce tt
following named gentlemen for the o
fices under which their respectiN
names appear as candidates
the Democratic primary to be held
August, 1919, subject 10 the action
the Democratic Larty.
For Governor:
LEE M. RUSSELL.
For State Revenue Agent:
STOKES V. ROBERTSON.
For State Senator:
H. l.. DAVIS.
For Representatives:
3. M. SAUNDERS.
d. F. HOYLE.
For Chancery Clerk:
GLENN w. WHITEHEAD
w. M. WOODWARD.
LONZO F. PATTON.
For Treasurer:
G. H. EVANS.
l. A. PURVIS.
j. H. ANDERSON.
T. d. RAGLAND.
OSCAR ALLEN.
F.. A. McCLELLEN.
For County Superintendent:
H. T. SMITH.
CHESTER A. McLARTY.
For Tax Assessor:
j. E. ALLEN.
EMUEL P. MOONEY.
H. +. SIMPSON.
For superintendent L:
w. B RUSHING.
II. P. STEPHENS.
B. A. BRYANT.
For Supervis0r-Beat 3:
j. HENRY TIDWELL.
Il. F. SAUNDERS.
For Supervisor-Beat A:
M. TATUM.
For Superintendent s.:
THAD w. PATTON.
J. OREN BROWN.
For Circuit Clerk:
s. S. WEBSTER.
j. X. DOCK MILLER.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-08

SCHOOlS 914,4AO w
A II mill levy on present valuation
of $1,200,000 will be necessary to
safely cover school needs for the COM
ing year, if such course is resorted to-:
The estimates include the negro
schools.
l.. j. FARLEY,
l.. r. OLDHAM.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-08
CITIZENS MEET
AND TAKE ACTION
Raise Funds For Jefferson Davis Highway

mateIy Y0,UUU. HIS report ShOWeu
that at the present time there are about
400 water consumers and 300 light
consumers who pay into the city treas
ury about $1,400 per month. Ap-
proximately there are 225 water con-
sumers that pay flat rate Of 81. so
per month and IT'S metered consumers
that pay an average Of $500 per month
and 20 light consumers that pay flat
rate of 81 1.00 per month and 27O me-
tered consumers that pay an average
of So. 10 per month.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-08
l.. j. Farley Reports.

Prof. l.. J. Farley, chairman Of the
school committee, made the following
report:
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-25
THIS is THE LIFE,
SAYS BOB ANDERSON
The Housewife is Born Shopper
and She Feels Right at Home
in GrOceteria

"Sure they like it and so do we,'
so said Bob Anderson when asked how
the Kennewick public is taking to the
groceteria idea. every woman,
whether she admits it or not is a
born shopper" continued Mr.. An
derson. "She likes to browse among
the stocks and make her own selec-
tions and to buy it at the lowest pos
sible price. The groceteria gives free
rein to this shopping instinct Of the
In a groceteria she knows
that she is expected to do the very
thing she likes to do go to the
shelves and bins and make her own
selections. Then she has that added
satisfaction of knowing that she is
paid for doing the thing She likes to
do. for what she does the clerk doesn't
have to do, thus reducing the cost OF
doing business.
eI have been in the grocery busl-
ness a good many years. But this
;s the life. One clerk can do the work
Of three in the old style grocery.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-25
HI1DNALL-KELSO

A very pretty wedding was sol.
emnized on Tuesday morning at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. ], Z. Kelso
when Miss Ruth Hudnall was united
in marriage to their son Raymond
Only immediate relatives OF the con-
tracing parties were present at the
ceremony which was performed by
Rev. n. j. Wood of the Methodist
church. Mrs. Kelso is the daughter
of M. N. Hudnall of this city and is
the third member of her family to
become a bride within the year.
The groom is associated with his
f,thor and brothers in the fruit busi-
ness on the Kennewick Highlands.
Immediately following the cere-
mony the young people left for the
sonnd where they will spend a two
weeks, honeymoon. They will make
their home on the Highlands.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-25
TO QUIT ORCHARD
FOR AIRPLANES
j. l.. Kelso & Sons will Give Up
Farming and Engage in
Aviation

j. L. Kelso and Sons have sold ter
acres of their Highlands property
known as the Stull place, to j. B.
Slaugenhaup.. They are negotiating
for the sale Of their other farm, hold
ings with the expectation of devoting
all of their time to aviation.
Floyd Kelso, who is under contract
with Spokane firm, spent several
days visiting with home folks this
week, while his Curtiss biplane isIre-
ceiving a thoro overhauling in Spo-
kane. He expects that his present
contract will keep him busy for about
another month. He says it is not a
question of hunting up flying en-
gagements but turning them down.
His manager, he says, is daily receiv-
ing requests for flying exhibitions
from towns in all parts of the Inland
Empire, requests which they are un-
able to grant.
II am making good money" said
Mr.. Kelso, "but / am making more
for the men for whom am working
than for myself. What my father,
brother and I propose to do is
to transfer our efforts from the or
chard to the flying machine and ham
die all details of tours similar to the
enc which I have been making. My
father will act as advance man, while
Raymond will accompany me, do the
collecting and take charge of other
business details We expect to make
our headquarters in Kennewick."
Mr.. Kelso has placed an order for
a three-passenger Oriole plane which
viii be ready for delivery next spring.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-25
THREE ACCIDENTS
TUESDAY MORNING
w. H. Witt, M. H. Church and
Mrs. Otis BlinnelI Meet with
Painful Mishaps

\ ( - g :
It wasn't the thirteenth, but tn,
twcnty-third and three accidents of .
psinful nature were reported Tuesda,
morning in quick succession.
First in the procession to DR.. A. G
Tullar's Office was w. II. Witt, whose
scalp was laid open in a deep anc
ugly cut. Mr.. Witt was hauling fruit
boxes from town to his ranch down
the valley when a single-tree came
loose and his team started to run
Mr.. Witt was dragged from the wa
gon and in addition to the deep cut
on his head received several bruises
about the arms and shoulders.
Hardly had Mr.. Wits wounds been
dressed when NJ H. Church, manager
of the Church Mfg. Co., was brought
tc the operating room, to receive first
aid for badly cut wrist. Mr.. Church
was injured while assisting a new ell
'evator operator who had made poor
landing with truck loaded with ten
five-gallon bottles of freshly pressed
grape juice. Two wheels of the truck
were on the landing floor and two on
the elevator. When Mr.. Church STEP
ped onto the elevator it dropped about
eight feet and the ten big bottles
came crashing down upon him. He
met the impact of the falling bottles
with his arms to protect his head and
body. One piece of broken glass was
driven deep into his left wrist and he
received minor cuts on both hands.
Nine of the ten bottles were broken
and Mr.. Church was drenched from
head to foot. He says this is the first
case on record where anybody got
soused with Church's grape juice.
The third accident of the morning
occurred in the press room of the
Courier-Reporter. Mrs. Otis Bunnell,
a press feeder, had her right hand
caught between the closing jaws of
a job press. The end of the thumb
was badly mangled and several ugly
gashes were cut on the back Of the
aand. It was first feared that the
thumb would have to be amputated
1T the first joint, but after two hours
If careful surgery Doctors Tullar and
Crosby patched up the wounded mem
,er and there is now every promise
hat the wound will heal without any
,ermanent injury to the thumb.
Both Mr.. Witt and Mr.. Church are
IN their respective jobs, the one with
lis head swathed in bandages and the
,ther with his arm in sling.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-25
HUNT-DUNNING

Miss Elsie Hunt and Thomas Dun.
ming were united in marriage Tues
day at the Methodist parsonage, by
the Rev. 81. ]. Wood.
The bride, who is the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Hunt, has many
friends in this valley where she has
lived since childhood. 9
The groom, whose home is in Kah-
lotus, recently returned from over
seas, where he was in the service for
almost two years.
The young couple will for tn & pres
ent, make their home in aKennewick,
where the groom is in the employe of
the Pennington company.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-25
LEGION CHARTER is HERE

The charter for the local post of
the American Legion has been receiv-
ed and the organization will be per-
fected at meeting to be held in the
city hall Tuesday evening sof next
week.
At that time officers will be elected
and name selected for the post as
agreed upon, the Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt Post cannot be used here
ss it has already been given to anoth-
er post. All ex-service men are urged
to intend the meeting Tuesday eve.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-25
doubling the scope of the present re
clamation work.

doubling the scope of the present re
clamation work.
Cost OF the proposed work is placed
at $30,75o,OOO, the figure being baset
upon the estimated per acre cost O,
$3.50, which includes both the reser.
volr and distributing systems. Ad.
ditional storage facilities necessary
VIII be supplied by the completion Of
the Rimrock and Cleaum reservoirs
this work likewise to be undertaken
by private capital. It is the purpose
OF the leaders in the private building
enterprise to have the government re-
clamation service carry on the actual
building operations, due to the lower
construction charges which would re-
suit.
Financing the enterprise will be
accomplished by organizing each of
the four units into bond-selling dis
tricts. The state law at present al
lows the issuance of either 90 or 40
year bonds, secured by first mort
cages upon the land to be developed.
1t is the opinion of local men that the
funds cannot be raised for less than
SIX per cent interest, while the appro-
prlations now pending in congress call
for but four per cent 1t is for this
reason that government capital will
be given the preference, if obtainable. sa
Mr.. Tiffany will make public the re-
suit of his Investigations in Seattle
at the regular lunch of the Yakima
Commercial club Tuesday. 1t is the
1esire of that body that the meeting
'e attended by as many members and
Interested citizens as possible in or
ier that full publicity may be given
% the project.