The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-30
WEssoN, MISS.

wssson, Mise, ia. the thriftiest town m the have built a factory in the cotton belt cover Ing six acres of ground, from six to ten stories hleh This is tne ,ags gn nAn.ntacsnIirg instl. properly called the Lowell Of the south. The town is located on the I. c. K. R l35 miles from New Orleans and forty Ave miles sou th of Jackson. It is in the pine belt of Missis- sippi where fruits and vegetables are raised to the greatest perfection and abundance. It Springs Is in, from V hich latter point nine car loads of vegetables were shipped daily last year. It has black, candy. loamy soil with a splendid clay subsotl It's elevation fs about 500 feet above the sea level. It's pine scented breeEes from the adjacent forests seem 10 be never falling preventive of malaria and ysl. mostly composed Of white people. who are willing to extend a cordial welcome to capital and immigration. Northern immigrants, V ho are tired of the rigid winters that they yearly suner. can nnd no other place in the whole south better adapted to the pursuits of their vocation, whatever they may be. than our sec. ton of the country. The invigorating rays of the sun and the gentle sea breeEes make it unsurpassed in health and comfort
 schools and church edihces erected m our town is another emblem of morality and pros perity. The trustees have just contracted for a Ss0.Oo brick school house with seating capaclty for l,OO0 students. This school Is con. ducted by large and able corps Of teachers ten months in the year-giving alike 10 the scholars rich or poor free access and proper attention. This public school Is the prIde of our town and great many of our country neighboTs have moved here for no other pur. pose but for the education of their children. Besides this well patroniEed school we have other private institutions of learning. among them the Hall in the Grove, under the discip- line of Mrs. ChrtSman, lady teacher of many years experience, ably assisted by her accom- plished daughter the de partments of music, art and modern Ian guAges Wssson has Ave churches of differ ent denominations. conducted by the leader of tua nN N hnr hsAm 4 have large memberships and usually well attended At all services.
 The merchants and business men of Wesson arc nxtous for a bank. and will contribute capital and energy to supply this want Among the other industries that Wesson needs is an ice factory Thus could be operated al nominal cost and it's output consumed by Wesson and adjoining tow ms. Not far from the business portion of the town would abundAntly furnish water supply for this business. Another Is a sash, door and blind factory. and would undoubtedly be one of tho most profitable industries Tn which cap itAl could be invested, all the necessary mate. ral and timber being largely manufactured and shipped from here to other enterprises of like kind. Nesson is fast increasing in pop. ulAtion. From the mills tower you can count hundred or more new houses under con. stTuetIon.
 The town handles I2 900 bales of cotton yearly, worth $50O.0e0. As the largest portion of this cotton is manufactured m the town, thereby saving all freight, insurance, storage
 
 enabled to give better price for cotton than any town on the 1 c. R R. All other country produce, such as butter, eggs, milk, vegeta- bles, wool. hides. etc, Ind ready sale in town several farms Ad joining the town, with abundant water supply and pasturage, could be converted into dairy farm, with a local demand for all it's products.
 wagon and buggy factory, al so furniture factory. could be operated here and supplied with material, such as hickory, oak, beach, ash. poplar, gum, cherry, pine, in fact, nearly all the soft and hard woods are abundant in the forests adjoining the town. All these for. ests will be developed by our new railroad, " which Is already under construction and is to extend from some point on the Mississippi Another of the wants of Wesson is a jeans pants factory, in which our local business men would take stock. With the prestige the Mis-. sIssippi mills has for making the finest jeans in the United states, there would be trou ble in selling these goods made up into pants. There is abundant labor here waiting for employment m such an institution. A knitting mill could be successfully run here for The manufacture of all sorts of hosiery and underwear, as the thread and yarns could be bought ready spun from the MIsslssppi mills. One of the greatest inducements for capital to come into our town and county Is our minimum tax rate. Sl0 per thousand. GOV this levy our school IS run ten mont during the year. Persons in the north and west wishing to exchange theIr mountains of snow and forty degrees below zero weather for gen tie southern breeEes, their drouths and arid plains for we'll distributed seasons and fertile valleys, their strikes and turmoiis for peacea- ble. thrifty and hard. working associates. can cordial welcome and hearty hand shake awaits them. L. s.