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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26
Public 10 Get surplus

In response to widespread criticism
the War Department has at last yield
ed to the clamor that the public be
given a chance to purchase the huge
meat surplus bought for the use of the
army but now no longer needed. Cir
cular letters are going out to every
canned goods and meat dealer and to
all State, municipal and charitable in
situations, Offering the 143,OOO,OOO
pounds of canned meat now on hand {.
Individuals are to be permitted to
purchase small lots at the supply
stores in Chicago, Baltimore and Col
umbus, Ohio; also at other places
where the surplus is stored. 1t was
the original idea of the War Depart
ment to keep this meat off the market
SO as to prevent break in prices, but
the storm Of protest. finally led by
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26
WASHINGTON WEEKLY CHAT.
High Cost of Railroad Operation.

High Cost of Railroad Operation.
Members Of both Senate and House
VINO have been advocating permanent
government ownership Of railroads are
now beginning to draw in their
norns" a bit, due to the disclosure Of
figures showing how some OF the tax
payers money mas been spent and Is
stu gong out " the railroads III a
seemingly never-enulng stream. Some
surprising hgmeS nave been aug up
by the investigating committees. IN
the SENATE it was Drought out that
there are 100000 more employees OIL the
payrolls OF the railroads under govern
menL management unan there We're pc
fore, SO naturally the question Is asked
as to how many more there will be II
Uncle Sam keeps the tram wheels
turning Tor years to come. When the
railroads were first taken over, the
idea was to cut out the high salaries OF
The railroad presidents and other hlgn
railroad officials, and the talk was all
toward economy; but among the
hgureS that have come to light 1t Is
shown that on the staff of the director
general of railways there are five Of
ticials who get $4,000 year each,
two who receive $4,000, and SO on
down through $4,000 to $4,000 year
y; some seyenty-two officials, VINO
draw nearly $1,500,OOO. These hgures
s.a tied Senators when comparison
was made with the amount received
py them in salaries. Undoubtedly
the pruning knife will soon be cut
deep into the operation OF the rail-
rcaos, unless all signs at the Capitol
Building fail.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that spec
ial election will be held in Lafayette
County, Mississippi, District No. 3,
pursuant to order Of the Board Of Su-
pervisors of June 3rd, 1919. That a
special election will be held in the pro-
posed District of Supervisor District
No. 3, Lafayette County, Mississippi,
on the 18th day of July, 1919, at the
following voting precincts in said pro-
posed district, to-wit: Abbeville, Free
Springs, Slate and College Hill, to as
certain whether or not majority of
the qualified voters are in favor of the
proposed road district and as to wheth-
er the same shall be organized and
bond issued for the purpose. Of con-
structing and maintaining one or more
public highways in said proposed road
district. Said election being ordered
to be held provided for in Chapter
176, Laws Of 1914, and in compliance
with a petition filed with the said
Board Of Supervisors, praying for the
issuance of the bonds of the following
territory, to-wit:
Section 10, 20, 20, 80, 81, and 80 in
Township 6, Range 3, West;, also /.
Section 5, 6, 7, 8, II, 18, 10, 80, and
the West half of Section 81, Township
7, Range 3, West. Also Section 10 to
Sc inclusive, Township 6, Range a,
West. Also Section l, 2, 8, 10, II, Is,
and Northeast quarter of Section IL,
Township 8, Range A, West. Also
Section %, 20, "a, 25, 26, q, "a, 35,
and 36 Township Z, Range 5, West,
also all that part Of the following sec
ton lying and being North of Talla-
hatchie River, to-wit: 81, %, %, and
"a, Township 6, Range 3, West.
All qualified electors Of the above
described territory shall be permitted
to participate in said election.
D. T. MITCHELL, 4
A. M. HALL,
.. MONROE Johnson.
(E. June 1s-26 July 50 g
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26
A Wide-Awake City

Washingtonians-and this includes
Senators and Congressman and all
government officials-are being much
disturbed in their sleep during recent
weeks because of the noise that Is
created by the repairs being made on
street railway tracks. Beginning at
ter midnight, when traffic has subsld-
ed, new tracks are being laid. The
streets are Illuminated by racks OF ell
ectric lights along the tracks, with
great rehectors behind them to magm-
fy their powers. Hundreds of labor
ers are employed, and the noise and
din of replacing old rails with new'
the incessant hammering and pound
ing that is necessary, creates racket
that makes sleep impossible. The
heat of the summer days and the
sleeplessness of the nights is not the
liking of the nations lawmakers.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26
How Bills Reach The President

The administration does not seem
to trust to Postmaster General Burle-
sons official force, when it comes to
sending important documents to Presl-
dent Wilson in France. Especially is
this true with bills that have been
passed by both Senate and House and
which must be forwarded to the Presi-
dent, wherever he may be abroad, so
as to receive his signature before they
can become laws. Instead of placing
them in the hands of postal officials, a
special messenger is despatched with
the important documents, directly to
New York, where they are turned
over to the commander of a speedy
battleship or fast commerce steam
ship, whichever is due for earliest de-
parture. Upon reaching French soil
another special messenger receives
them and is soon upon his way to the
headquarters Of President Wilson.
The moment that the President APP
proves of the bill and affixes his sigma
ture to the document, word to that eff
feet is cabled to the White House in
Washington, and the news is then sent
to the Capitol that the bill has become
a law.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26

Never before in the history of Mis-
sissippi has the state been as much
interested in raising hogs and hay as
now, and there is good reason for it,
as both are paying crops, and unlike
cotton not half the labor and money
has to be put out on them. Then,
again, the money derived from them
comes in at time when money
counts. In cotton it is labor and
money all the time, from the time it
is put in the ground, and not a cent is
derived out of the crop until it is
gathered and placed on the market,
and then the planter has to pay for
the privilege of selling it, and long
wait is attached to that. Mayors
vile Spectator.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26
THE USEFUL COCKLEBUR

The humble and much-despised
Xanthium Strumarium may now lift
is head and cling to all who try to
pass by, assured of a place among
the self-respecting members of Dame
Natures family. A scientist in the
North Carolina Department of Agri-
culture has declared that the cookie
bur, if treated properly, will yield a
clear, sweet oil, with a nutlike flavor.
It's quality is excellent and it will be
valuable as vegetable oil. The cake
left after the oil has beeen expressed
will make fine food for cattle.
Only think of that! And all these
many years the cocklebur has seemed
"a nuisance, it's only destiny apparent
ly being to stick on peoples Clothes
and on the woolly coats or flowing
tails of farm animals that ventured
too near! Many weary hour has
been spent by the otherwise happy
hiker in removing the little brown
burs from the places where they
should not be. If the people who
know how to make the most of the
cocklebur's utility really insist on rid
ding the country lanes and meadows
of this valuable weed, they will meet
no opposition from the victims of little
Xanthium's affectionate grip. -Ameri-
can,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26
NOTICE.!
NOTICE.!
The State Of MISSISSIPPI,
County of LAFAYETTE &.


The State of Mississippi,
County OF Lafayette.
Notice is hereby gwen that the un-
dersigned Road Commissioners OF the
burgess Road District OF SAID county
and State, Will receive sealed bids up
until II clock Noon, Tuesday, July
9Th, 1919, at the office Of the Chancery
Clerk for the dragging of all the Bond
Issue Road of said District-approxl-
mately 3 miles in all. Said roads to
be dragged according to plans and
specifications now on file in the Chan
Gerry Clerks office. The successful
bidder will be required to enter bond
as required by law. The undersigned
reserves the right to reject any and
all bids.
This June 10, 1919.
c.. E. BRISCOE.
M. l.. WALLER.
A. l. TURPIN.
June 12-19-26-July 3.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26
Johns and Marys.

Among the many odd things that
the Bureau Of War Risk Insurance is
learning, in looking after the finances
of some 100000 soldiers and sailors,
is that John J. O'Brien has strong
attachment for Mary" This was dis
closed recently, when a former soldier
of the foregoing name wrote regard
ing his insurance. He failed to give
his serial number of policy number,
but said the papers would be easy to
identify, as his wife's name was Mary
A. O'Brien. A search through the
bureau files disclosed the names of IT'S
John j. O'Briens and each Of an even
fifty of them had a wife named Mary
A.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26
GOOD POSITIONS
MEN AND WOMEN

You want position paying $1,000
to $4,000 year? Clip, fill out, and
mail this:
Draughon's College. Jackson. Tenn.
J 81: Send me, FREE, instruction
charts that will, by your new method,
teach me at my home within twenty
minutes how to write and read senten-
ces in the Shorthand used by about
TWENTY-FIVE per cent of the BIG
|SALARIED stenographers. Tell me,
also, how you will train me at .......
Estate "home" or "college") for a
guaranteed position with the Govern
ment or a business concern paying
81, 900 to $4,000 year to begin on. I
wish to train for position as
Estate "stenographer," 'Fbookkeeper,"
"banker," or accountant"
Name .......... .......... .......
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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
June 1919 6-July 8


Notice is hereby given that on Mon
day, the 7th day Of July, 1919, between
the hours Of twelve o'clock noon, and
three P. M. bids will be received at
the South door of the Court House at
Oxford, Mississippi, by the under
signed commissioners of the Schackle-
ford separate road district, for the
construction of public road from
Pleasant Grove Church to the Yalo-
busha County line, according to the
plans, specifications, and profile on
file in the office of the Chancery Clerk
at Oxford, Mississippi, and for the
clearing and grubbing of the right
of way for said road, the same to be
constructed along the route surveyed
and staked by the Associated Engi-
neering Company. Bids for the doing
of said work as whole for certain
sum of money, and also for the con-
struction thereof at so much for each
cubic yard of earth moved. The con-
tractors in either case to clear and
grub the right of way, will be re-
ceived. The right to reject any and
all bids being reserved.
l.. L. LESTER,
.l ia JOHN M HENDERSON,
Commissioners
(E. June 5-12-19-26,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26

Remember that the Eagle will issue
its big Liberty Edition about July 10.
Several thousand copies viii be print
ed and uIsLr4uuCed. Our advertising
rates Will be 500 90 per page, S5U.0O
for hall page, $50 90 Tor quarter OF
page and $1.00 per inch for smaller
space. This will be a great edition
and every business man should take
advantage Of this opportunity to ad-
vertiSe.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26
JACh CUTRER FINED $1,000

The United Press, which serves a
multitude Oh papers Throughout the
Unitde States, carried the following
telegram in its service OF the l4th OF
june, 1919:
Cincinnati, o., June IA .--John W.
Cutrer, sad 70 De d prominent at
torney and politician o1 Clarksdais.
was fined $1,000 In federal court here
yesterday Ior violating the Reed
amendment.
Cutrer was accused OF attempting
to send trunk TILED with liquor from
LLDs city TO his nome III MISSISSIPPI.
What MI. Cutrer could nave wanted
with aIrunk OF Whlskey III these pro-
hibition times, when all good citizens,
especially lawyers, who are OF
ncers OF the court, and are sup
posed TO aid in the enforcement IN
stead OF the violation Of the law, Will
be a mystery to the good people OF
the state, who delight in the fact that
the country is soon to be rid OF the
curse OF liquor.
1t is currently reported that Mr..
Cutrer, Oscar Johlston's law partner,
and Governor Brewer are among the
largest contributors to Johnston S
campaign funds, and are standing
sponsor for him in his race for gov
ernor. We wonder if Cutrer thought,
when he undertook said smuggling
act, that he would need this extra
large supply of booze to keep up his
courage and stimulate his hopes tor
the success of his candidate. Or did
he plan that it would take more than
an ordinary amount Of "fre water"
to drown the sorrows OF defeat OF him.
self and the rest of the gang after
the August primary.
But being "a prominent attorney
and politician from Clarksdale" it was
to have been expected that he was too
willy to have allowed himself caught
in this manner with the goods. In
this connection it might be interest
ny to the public to know just how
Mr.. Cutrer's said candidate for gov
ernor has voted on the various pro
hibition questions that have come be-
fore the legislature during his twelve
wears as a member thereof. Will some
of his friends please advise the public
on that point?
We say "Cutrers candidate" because
it is well known that Earl and Jack
never split, and before making his
announcement Mr.. Johnston publicly
stated that if he should become
candidate for governor his friend
Brewer would not, but would retire
from the race and support him, and
subsequent events have proven tha1
he spoke by the record.
The Tunica Times, published In an
adjoining county to Coahoma, when
has been represented in the legisla-
ture by Mr.. Johnston during the past
twelve years, in recent issue called
on that gentleman to state how ne
stood on prohibition, and as no reply
thereto has been made, so far as we
have seen or heard, The Tribune called
on Rev. T. j. Bailey, Of this city,
president of the State Anti-Saloon
League, for such information as ne
could give US on the subject, and has
been informed by that gentleman that
the legislative records for the. past
twelve years show that Lieutenant
Johnston has never voted for any OF
the prohibition measures coming De-
fore that body for action during that
period. -Mississippi Tribune.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26
DUNN-BLACk

he many friends Of Miss Annie Lou
Dunn and Mr.. R. V. Black were sur
prised Sunday when it. was learned
that they had been joined in the happy
bonds of matrimoEy at Memphis,
Tenn.
This young couple have hosts of
friends in Oxford, who hope they will
spend many happy years together.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
State of Mississippi)
LAFAYETTE Country

State of Mississippi)
Lafayette County,
Letters of temporary administra'
ton having been granted to me or
June 9, 1919, by the Chancery Court
of Lafayette County, Mississippi, on
the estate of w. l.. Goodwin, deceas-
ed, all persons having claims against
the estate of the said w. L. Goodwin
are required to probate and register
said claims with the Clerk of the
Chancery Court Of Lafayette County
Mississippi, within one year from this
date or such claims will be forever
barred.
This June 9th, 1919.
j. B. ROACH, Temporary Ad
ministrator. June 26, July $40.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26

Mrs. Gerald Fitzgerald and child
rem, of Clarksdale, are the guests OF
her mother, Mrs. A. A. Young.
Mrs. G.. W. Myers, OF memphis,
Tenn, is the guest of Miss tlorre
FREEDMAN
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26

for them. That is why Tanlac has
become the real sensation Of the drug
trade in this country, and that is also
why it is the most widely talked-of
medicine in the world today.
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
everywhere. Adv.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26
NOTICE
To the Tax Payers of Lafayette
County. Mississippi:

County, Mississippi:
You will please take notice that the
assessments of real ii and personal
property on the rolls for 1919 have
been changed and corrected by this
Board so as to complyswith the laws Of
this State, and that said revised rolls
are now open. for, examination, and
that any objections to any assess
ments contained in said revised rolls
must be made in writing and filed with
the Clerk of this Boardjon or before
the first Monday tof, July, 1919, at his
office. in the City of Oxford, Of said
County, and that any or all assess
ments to which no objection is then
and there made willsbe made final.
This June 18th, 1919.
The Board of Supervisors of said
County,
By W. M.<WOODWARD, Clerk.
q. ]. s1O-17-M July II
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26

PrOfiteer manufacturers and dealers
have been warned against increasing
prices Of taxable articles more than
enough to cover the new war taxes, by
Daniel c.. Roper, commissioner of in
ternal revenue. Last year whenever
the price of a commodity was increas-
ed to include the war tax, the price
fixers added more than enough in or
der to increase their profits, and the
consumer had to pay it or do without.
That won't go this year. The reve-
nue. commissioner declares the new
taxes on commodities must not be
misrepresented to the customer in or
der to make him pay larger price.
The law provides severe penalties, and
the government will attempt to protect
the. people against the tax profiteers.
Elk.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

We are authorized to announce the
following named gentlemen for the Of
fees under which their respective
names appear as candidates il
the Democratic primary to be held IN
August, 1919, subject 10 thessction OF
the Democratic party.
For Governor:
LEE M. RUSSELL.
For Penitentiary Trustee--For Third
District.
j. ED TATE.
For State Revenue Agent:
STOKES V. ROBERTSON.
For State Senator:
H. l.. DAVIS.
For Representative:
j. M. SAUNDERS.
ID. F. HOYLE.
j. F. GOOLSBY.
For Chancery Clerk:
GLENN w. WHITEHEAD
". M. WOODWARD.
Ionic F. PATTON
or Treasurer:
G. H. EVANS.
|. A. PURVIS.
J. H. ANDERSON.
Il. d. RAGLAND.
F. A. McCLELLEN.
G. H. ADAMS.
For County Superintendent:
H. T. SMITH.
CHESTER A. McLARTY.
For Tax Assessor:
J. E. ALLEN.
EMUEL P. MOONEY.
FOX SIM"SON
For Superintendent 1:
w. B RUSHING.
H. P. STEPHENS.
B. A. BRYANT.
For Supervisor-Beat 3:
j. HENRY TIDWELL.
R. F. SAUNDERS.
S. T. RAYBURN.
For Superintendent 4:
J. M. TATUM.~
For Superintendent s.:
THAD w. PATTON.
J. " BROWN.
For Circuit Clerk:
s. S. WEBSTER.
J. K. DOCK MILLER.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26
For Circuit Clerk:
S. S. WEBSTER.
J. K. DOCK MILLER.
NOTICES!

The State of Mississippi,)
County of Lafayette.)
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned Clerk. of the Board of
Supervisors of Lafayette County,
Mississippi, will receive sealed bids up
until II o'clock Noon, Tuesday, July
8, 1919, for the doing of the following
work, to-wit:
The building of about $50 feet of
bridging at the Oliver Crossing on
Yocona River, on Oxford and Delay
road, in Beat 5.
Also the building Of las feet Of
bridging across Camp Ground Greek
in Schackelford Road District of Beat
1.
All of said work to be done accord
ing to plans and specifications now on
file in the Chancery Clerks office.
The Board reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids The success
full bidder will be required to enter
into bond as required by law.
This June 5th, 1919.
w. M. WOODWARD, Clerk.
By G. A. WOODWARD, d. C.
(E. June 12-19-26 July 81
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned Clerk of the Board of Su-
pervisors of Lafayette County, Missis-
sippi, will receive sealed bids up until
IL o'clock noon, Tuesday, July 9Th,
1919, for the building of two certain
bridges in the Bacon Road District,
4S #. long each. Said bridge to be
built according to plans and specifica-
tons now on file inn the. Chancery
Clerks office. The successful bidder
will be required to enter into bond as
required by law. The Board re-
serves the right to reject any and all
bids.
This June IL, 1919.
w. NJ. WOODWARD, Clerk.
By G. A. WOODWARD, d. C.
(E. j. 12-19-26 July 81.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26

Senators and Representatives, was too
strong, and now the public is to bene-
fit.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26

For Penitentiary Trustee--For Third
District.
j. ED TATE.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26

For State Revenue Agent:
STOKES V. ROBERTSON.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26

(E. June 5-12-19-26.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26
OXFORD EAGLE

Publsaed Every Thursday.
Lafayette County Press and oxford
Eagle consolidated August "a, 1915.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-26
For County Superintendent:
H. r. SMITH.
CHESTER A. McLARTY .

For SupervisOr-Beat 8:
j. HENRY TIDWELL.
R. F. SAUNDERS.
S. r. RAYBURN.