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Newspaper

Oxford Eagle

Location

Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1907

Page

2

Tragedy at Dallas Social Ends in Fatal Shooting

A Friday night dispute at Dolph Dearley's residence near Dallas led to the shooting death of Alex McDonald of Ashland. The preliminary trial occurred in Tula with Mayor Flemmons presiding, Hipp being acquitted. McDonald's body was transported to Oxford for burial near Ashland.

Dolph Dearley Dallas Bud Hipp Alex McDonald Ashland Tula Flemmons Hipp McDonald Oxford

University Notes Update at Local Campus Events

Regular University Notes report several campus happenings and health updates. Mrs. L M Hunt suffers grip attack while Miss Pate returns from Coffeville. Long list of sympathies for deaths, recoveries and illness, Measles cases, visits by Dr Riley and Prof Odum, and a French play Le Malade Imaginaire to be staged in the Chapel.

L. M. Hunt Pate Coffeeville Eula Deaton L. Riley Riley W. M. Murray Dumas J. B. Bullet H. W. Odum Tip Ray Miss Benson Water Valley Walter Bobo Hermaean Hermean M. V. Miller J. C. Johnson Bishop Craig Jackson Y. M. C. A. Hall Rundle Smith

For Sale or Rent North of Holder's Mill Caswell, Miss

For sale 240 acres of land north of Holder's Mill in Caswell Mississippi. Good houses and water. Well improved. C A Legcert agent Caswell Miss.

Holder's Mill C. A. Legcert Caswell

Bogus Prosperity and Genuine Community Wealth

The piece argues prosperity should be widespread and moral not concentrated. It condemns concentrated wealth from harmful trades and selfish enterprises while praising broad, ethical growth that lifts all, urging help for the weak to keep pace with healthier communal advancement.

Department of Trade Crow Feo

No Incentives and the Value of Struggle in Life

In a trial passage a young millionaire is depicted as lacking incentives beyond pleasure, while those born to wealth can still be admirable when they uplift others. The piece contrasts wealth with poverty as drivers of effort, praising struggle as a growth mechanism and urging county teachers to attend the Oxford gathering where State Superintendent Hitfield will speak.

Milionaire Lincoln Oxford Hitfield Betis

Countywide Contests Spark Interest in Corn Growing and Oratory

The countywide program draws pupils from nearly all schools into corn growing and declamation contests. Aoxford meeting on March 16 will feature experts on seed selection soil prep and cultivation with tied county and state events to follow. Officials from Louisiana and Mississippi will speak and many invited.

Oxfont

Devoe Paint Trial and Local Postal Adverts

A letter from F. W. Devoe & Co. describes a paint comparison test between Devoe and a rival paint on W. B. McCluney’s bones, noting quantities and costs. The notice also lists unclaimed mail matter in Oxford Mississippi with names and dates for pickup.

T. D. Itneland Oxford New Orleans Devoe

Twenty Years Hence: A Warning on Youth and Destiny

A circulated quip predicts the boy of today becomes the man of tomorrow with paths to doctors, lawyers, editors, and beyond. It urges steering youths toward positive influence over twelve years to shape future paths in Congress or jail.

Congress

Warehouse plan aims to fund Lafayette County stock

Delegates met the Parciers Warehouses Committee in Aioml Saturday to promote a warehouse enterprise for the South's staple crop. About $2,000 has been subscribed, not enough to buy land or erect buildings, so action is postponed until March 16 with a mass county meeting at the courthouse to urge liberal stock subscriptions and local support.

Parciers Warehouses Committee Aioml Court House LaFayette Oxford A. W. Harbin Farmer's Union

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