Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-07-24


Eelzoni.-Sheriff O. G. Turner veri
He'd the reported lynching of negro
Vt Louise, when he returned from the
Icene.
Charleston.-A meeting was held at
the mayors office to formulate plans
Tor the esta blishment Of creamery In
Charleston.
Newton.-The board Of trustees OF
The Newton public school has just fin
shed electing the faculty for the en-
suing session.
Crystal Springs. Much prepare
lion is being made by the management
Of the approaching session of the Mis-
,issippi chautauqu"
Jacksonville sheriffs' association
81 Mississippi has been called to meet
It the house of representatives hall
here Wednesday, July %.
Senatobia. -One hundred and TWEEN
ty-five shippers of Tate county formed
Ills week the Tate County Co-opera-
tive Shippers ass citation.
Columbus. - Lowndes county is to
secure five Of the several thousand
motor trucks which the federal gov-44
brnment Is to distribute.
Acknowledgements reaching head
quarters of the Mississippi Memorial
association indicate that county chair
men in all sections are active.
Ripley. County Demonstration.
Agent w. T. Pollard, of this county
shipped a car of sheep for the farm,
srs of the lower part of the county.
Yazoo City.-The Pickens County
Cooperative Shippers association:
has offered total of $3.50 in prizes
10 the shippers of poultry of all kinds.
Greenwood - No arrests have been
made n Greenwood for drunkenness
Or bootlegging since July l, when the
national prohibition law went into eff
'eCt.
Blue Mountain Blue Vista farm,
which supplies Blue Mountain college
with much Of its foodstuff and which
e ntains the famous college dairy, has
been sold.
Meridian. - The county assessment
rolls, after revision of the supervisors,
shows an assessment for Lauderdale
county of $194O2,475 against $780,
800 in 1918.
Kosciusko-D. c. Jordan, formerly
prominent furniture dealer of Kos
ciusko, was found dead in the field
II his brother-in- law, J. d. Sanders,
It Rocky Point.
Vicksburg in the past thir-
~ days has shown wonderful i'm
provement along the lines of the Y. &
NJ. V. railroad through Mississippi and
re crop is looking fine.
Macon.-The election for or against
he issuance Of $4,000 city bonds for
he purpose Of repairing the rock and
asphalt streets within the city limits
carried almost unanimously.
Jackson. Antitrust probes have
finally ended in Jackson, with indict-
nents returned against the laundry
men by the Kinds county grand jury
charging price-fixing.
Columbus. The appearance OF
Homer Clark, said to be the worlds
greatest trap shot, was a feature OF
The regular weekly shooting match OF
The Mcgowan Gun club.
Hattiesburg. During a political
rally held Tuesday near Moselle,
Miss, Mr. Rawls, prominent farmer
pf Jones county and candidate for
Justice of the peace, was struck by
lightning.
Natchez. A campaign has been
ppened by the NatcheZ Chamber of
Commerce for the requirement. of the
business section of the city and the
extension of sidewalks in the residen
tial section.
Meridian The supervisors will
,sll on August T. $4,000 consolidated
school bonds. These bonds were re
Gently voted by the Long Creek, VIM
Vile and Center Hill school districts
and the money will be used in con-
,tructing school bu;ldin. :.
Columbus S. w. Pegram, member
Of the board of supervisors of Tippah
county, was convicted and fined $3.50
md costs in the circuit court here,
On a charge Of paying out money to
road contractors when the roads were
not worked up to specifications.
Scott.-Over a thousand delegates
10 the world cotton conference to be
held in New Orleans next October VIII
spend one day on the big plantation of!
l.. X. Salisbury. This will be on Oc-
tober II and IS, just after the big con-