Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-06-15
MISSISSIPPI HAPPENINGS

| per County, was let at the last meet
ing of the board of supervisors. The
I lenth of this road is about Is miles
and it passes through towns of Held
| length of this road is about Is miles
| $3.50, 600.
1t is said that Frank G. Whitaker,
one of Monroe County's most progress
sive planters, has demonstrated very
clearly that black land can be rid of
Johnson grass. He has one block Of
eight acres which was in Johnson
grass three years ago, and today there
is not a sprig to be found he expects
to get seven bales of cotton from this
eight-acre block this year.
Corn and cotton is looking fine,
Notwithstanding the fact it has been
raining in different parts OF Okitibbe-
hia county. In some points too much
rain has retarded farmers from clean
ing out their crops. Boil weevil is
reported, in the western part of the
county, but as yet are doing no dam
age.
Ninety inmates Of the Jefferson
Davis Soldiers Home, near Biloxi
will attend the annual reunion Of
the United Confederate Veterans and
Sons of Veterans at Richmond, Va.
The celebration of the ninetieth
milestone in the life of Mrs. Mamie
Elizabeth Bruce of Starkville, took
place at her home recently.
The progressive and Wide-awake
American Legion post at Baldwin has
just installed a complete radio outfit
with amplifier and now the boys can
connect up with Denver or Detroit
most any night and get an Searful".
Baldwin claims that it has the livelist
Legion post In North Mississippi.
The trustees of the Batesville pub
lie school have selected the plans
of N. w. Overstreet the Jackson ar
chitect for the remodeling of the
school building which a bond issue ot
$4,000 was authorized by the voters
of the district
Reports from Prentiss' vicinity are
to the effect that trucking is continu-
ing at high tide. Cabbage shipments
are about all over but tomatoes are
beginning to reach the high mark. 1t
is estimated that some 80 to 40 cars
of tomatoes will be shipped this year
from that point.
The county agent of Yaiobushs
County is shipping for the farmers
quite a nice lot of live stock, consist
ing Of cattle and hogs. He has re-
Gently shipped several cars, several
from Coffeeville and a goodly number
from Water Valley.
Bonds to the amount of $4,000, -
sued by Jones County, to retire notes
for the site of the Mississippi Colony
for Feeble Minded near Ellisvllle,
have been purchased by the CONNER
cial National Bank and Trust Com
pany of Laurel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Griggs of Meri-
dian, who lost two sons in the World
War are recipients of two medals
in commem Grafton of the services OF
their eldest son. who was with the
Australian forces in France and Bel
GUM.
Corn prices, as we'll as all corn pro-
ducts and feedstuffs have made mD
terial advances within the past two
months at Wyatte. The two big grist
mills are selling corn and meal at 81
cash, and the demand is said to be
good.
The fifteen counties composing the !
fifth Mississippi district of the B. Y.
P. u, which has a membership OF |
from 5000 to $500 held it's district |
convention at Virgins June 18th and ;
10th.
Humphreys County has instituted |
legal proceedings against Yazoo
IA for 16 section funds Humphreys
County alleges is owing them by
Yazoo County.
The largest onions ever seen in
Clay county have been produced by
Clay County Agricultural High school
at Hheba. The onions are OF the white
Bermuda variety and several OF them
measure II inches in circumference.
Sheriff. J. II. Regain and his depu-
ties of Yazoo County have declared
Wholesale warfare on "moonshtne"
stills having captured three stills
and made two arrests for the Illicit
distillation of whisky in one day.
The Gulf Coast Life Insurance Co.
IF Gulfpcrt has been sold to Inter
national Life Insurance Co. Of st. /.
Louis.