The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1889-12-14
OYER THE STATE.

MT. j. Is. " uSOl mas just IttutuCu
from Chicago where he effected sale
of 10000 acres of land in the lower
portion of Yazoo eOunty.-Yazeo Sen
tinel.
There were three physicians at the
home of Doctor Dudley Jones last Sun
day night, and the name of each was
Jones, which is quite remarkable when
il is known that they were father, sou
and grandson. An instance that is
probably without parallel in the his
tory of the county.-Copiah Signal.
Mr.. C. b. Chase, young farmer
who lives in the Browns Greek neigh
borhood in this county, was in town
yesterday with wagon load Of canned
peaches of his own putting up. Mr..
Chase, as an experiment, put up eight
hundred or thousand two-pound
cans, and made success at the busi-
ness, finding no trouble In disposing Of
his goods at remuneratiye prices, for
they are as fine and fresh as can be
found anywhere, and in every way
superior to Northern or Western pack
ed charlottesville Pleader.
Many years ago it was thought the
pine lands of Jones county were worth
less, but the last few years have estab-
lished the fact that with little ferti-
lizing they are wonderfully productive.
Last year gentleman who lives near
Ellisville planted six acres of pine land
in cotton, manuring 1t with less than
two hundred pounds of commercial
fertilizerto to the acre. He gathered five
bales of cotton from the six acres.
There is no part of the South better
adopted to truck farming than this
county. We have the right soil for
fruits and vegetables aud every facility
for transportation.-New South.
An Attala county farmer is accred-
tied with having raised and cut 5000
bales of hay this season, all of which
was shipped to New Orleans and
brought $l5 perton. His name ought
to be heralded to the countrv.-Ray-
mond Gazette.
We "heralded to the country some
weeks ago the name of Monroe
county farmer who saved a larger crop
of hay than that: Capt j. W. Howard
cut 800 tons or 5000 bales; Col. W. W.
Troup cut l75 tons or $500 bales; Mr..
b. G. Simms 150 tons or 5000 bales ;
DIR. w. G.. Evans 150 tons or 5000
bales. Many other farmers in this
county cut from 80 to 150 tons and
hundreds harvested from 10 to 80 tons
each.-Aberdeen Examiner.
The coroner's inquest over the body
Of Harrison Horton (or Hardin) the
colored boy who was found dead in
Giles bottom, was completed this
morning and the verdict was that
Horton came to his death by gun
shot wounds. at the hands of james
Hicks and Sam Renner. Aflidavits
have been made against young Hicks
and Renner, who are only boys OF Il
to 10 years of age, and they were re.
manded to jail to await their appear
anco before Justice Carson. Some Of
those who attended the examination
before the coroner's jury are of the
opinien that Horton was killed by &c.
cident by one or the other of the
boys, who were supposed to have be
come frightened and run away to
avoid suspicion.-Natchez Banner.
Memphis Appeal.
Major Edwards General Superin
tendent of the l.. N. o. u I. Railway
stated to an Appeal reporter yesterday
that the earnings of his road fof thu
first week of December, 1889, wer;
$82, 2,043.72, or $22,S10.t0 in excess Of
the earnings of the first week of De
ccmbcr, 1888.
The Major also conveyed the infor.
nation, that the l.. N. o. Il T. Railwa,
had determined to extend the Talla
hatchie Branch TO Yazoo City, from
there TO continue on to connect will
the main line at Redwood, near Vicks
burg, provided the right of way car
be secured.
The right Of way agent, Mr.. Barrow
has gone down in that country to Sc
cure rights of way and locating engi
neers will be put in the field at once.
To the Editor of the Index:
Your correspondent "Hal' has mucl
to say about home market he say
Columbus is responsible for the condi
tion of our farmers; he complains tina
there are no enterprises in Columbus
ETC., etc.
In response TO this, say that all th
good corn that comes into Columbu
from the country will be bought at a.
high prices as in Florence; and the bal
ance of country produce such as pota
toes, peas, turkeys, chickens, etc, viii
find here an equally good market. I'm
fortunately though, a great man,
farmers purchase corn and meat in
stead of selling 1t.
Now let us see the other side. Doe
the farmer purchase his fruit trees il
the home market2 Nol lie purchase
from Northern tree peddlers while tn
, Rosedale Nurseries at Columbus hav
10000 fruit trees for sale, which are ia
better and cost less than northern trees
There also was once a first-class tanner
here and a wooden ware factory Di,
the farmers patronize these enterprises
May be they would be in existenc'
now. "Har labors under mistake
The country builds up the city and il
return the country receives substantial
benefits. Yours truly,
j. j. COLMANT
Columbus, Miss, Dec. 9, 1889.
An Educational Qualification.