The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-01-26
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tusr-lua hills and valIsys, the
sleaf pebbIy streams and swIfL
Fa~ing rivers n Tennessee, Ala.
baina and Georgia had passed from
sight n summer tourist and The
Low lying fertile lamb n our great
and rich sla.s lay broad and far
before us, ~ w. feIt that glow
Within oer hearts bsgottsn u love
of country. Right naturally. after
such expression comes praise n IL,
snd We would gladly say . word In
favor u this section N our South.
land. 10 little known outside her
bsrdsrs.
Such q boom Of life and activity
In here II seemed AZ " coming
into another life, az com.
pared TO the quiet Of the
towns In those states where the
great staple IL not cultivated.
Every station on the railroad, as
we'll a. the larger towns, are filled
with wagons and teams, mules and
darkies, cotton-bales and cotton
buyers, moving about with good.
natured alacrity, yet seldom failing
In the common c~ourtesies Of life,
notably Characteristic Of this low
land country, where the colored
race outnumber the white from
two 10 one to seven 10 one, the
latter being the status Of Wash
ington county.
This is = land Of great possibili-
tics as well - Of great present out
come and satisfactory result Of
labor and seed sown. The yield,
while not always overwhelmingly
large, neve' fails Of a competency
The poor manager, the slothful,
procrastinating farmer, will make
only q living, while the stirring
energetic and sober one will with
good management grow apace ir
that which makes up the wealth
Of this section.
The climate is that happy medi
um between extremes that tend
to pfolong life and gives TO tn
tillsr Of the soil the benefit Of eigh
or nine months Of working weather
Land is as cheap here as in an.
section Of the United States, tax
ing all things into consideration
and We doubt not the time is fac
approaching when our advantage
in soil and climate will be est
mated at their true value, and thi
garden.spot Ofthe South, this hear
Of the great valley Of the Missi,
sippi, will be cultivated and d,
veloped as was the Garden Of Elder
Our State has laborsd under create
difficulties, perhaps, than an
other Southern State since the lal
war. One was that Of having tn
largest population Of colored PEI
pie, and the patience and addreI
with which she has dealt with an
adjusted this great problem, Thu
80 long occupied the thought m
filled with care the hearts Of o,
. best statesmen, the humanitaris
spirit that she as q State has di
played should win from all Peep
= the respect which il deserves, a.
has won for her "Peace and pie
teousness within her borders"
a people we have not been bra
CARTS and boosters, Haunting o
h advantages on huge glazing pos.s
= that blaze he iray from the Easte
L Atlantic shore all the way 10 4
Great Wsa. We have been conte
to let the tide sweep on and pa
. Us, ssrs Of . reaction, convinc
. that soon or late our true worth
u soil and climate would secure TO
I" q grand development.
"Panola" county, The bsnr
Of cosnty Of North Mississippi, b
a again won the premium for I
/. best bale Of cotton raised in I
n. world, 6rst al the Atlanta Expo
ton and secondly at the Souths
Exposition held At Louisville, X
G this year Of 1859. 49,
r We need factories, manufactori
q railroads, aud these will come
v due tune. The outlook for . Ii
70 from Birmingham 10 Helena, Ar
10 most propitious. This new n
:. way will bring into our 81
At capital asd labor glad 10 invest
In such . land, and investing wo'
,u abide. A cotton factory vo'
es open for Us 4 homo market for
\. great staple and the cousum