The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-06-11

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Vegetables and fruit OF all descriptions.
poultry aud dairy produce urc also shipped
from here IL large quantities The mar
kets Of the North ami New Orleans arc
constantly supplied with vegetables. straw,
turRers for which this section is specially
noted.
There are nearly twa.score business
| houses of various kinds IN Magnolia. Tie
| Atkinson & hampton Comnany Is the lead
| ing general store. The firm IS comn0Srd
/ Of WIN. Atkinsnn pres len'; Z u lAnn
| ton Vice president. and w NJ. iampion
Sc rctary nnl treasurer They own mud
operate stores m fnrr other neigNhnrl99
| towns. The firm handles ~ least 500
4 lales Of cotton annunv Ther general
! annum IN Magnolia nlnnr.
| Ford Bros is tho name nf an0ther lArg'
| firm here. of Will b Jerome l'neA Is the
/ senior partner The firm han6i's from
| two to three thousand hales Of cotton
| and 70 an annual general business Of over
In the town. close To ihe ia'lrnqd Is the
large planning mil ~ G. C.. iihsou & son.
! which with u eapac,tv lt 2nWh Ter DAY
is Kept hnmming. The 'rrkylrd Of John
| Fahev. with an Outnnt Cf 800 100, Is sit-
! mated lust sonth Of Tho tn'vn The cot on
gin and grisimin of y. f. Waugh is on
the east side. There are altogether
srv srMwILts
in and around Magnolia. ne Of which
| the Fernwood Lumber Company, is among
the largest In southern Nississipp These
! mills have daily capacity of l1O0p
I feet. They alt saw the long leaf yellow
! pine. G. G. Gibson & son. beside their
| three miles eastward. j. G.. Wright's
| mill Is also three miles eastward. Sim
mons 4 Vaughn's Is five miles eastward
| aud w. w. LnnOr's i've miln@ westward
Three and a half miles to the north Is
| Fernwood, the name given 10 the little
settlement, suburb of iagl 1lia In which
1 Ihe bg lumber comnany faye their nils
| The company consist OF !. G. Enochs,
| president; p. II. Enlchs. secretary rea &.
| urer; and j. L. Enochs. superintendent of
| works. The plant consists of a sawmlll.
two planers. shingle mill, fooring. ceiling
and resawing machines, ond two dry
/ kiins The Yards cover ten acres, and
an eight-mile narrow gauge railway is
| operated by the companys own rolling
stock Over 100 men are employed, and
the company have seventy houses built
| for the use of employees. postofllce,
schoolhouse and store have heen opened
for the convenience Of residents who.
however, are counted as good citizens Of
Magnolia always. The caUatitv Of the
mills Is 10000 feet per day. The lumber
Is shipped North. great deal going to
Chicago for the building % the elevated
railroad there. The Ennchs firm aisO 0per-
ate a large sash and door factory IN Jack
son. On the west Of the ra irnah nppOs te
FernwoO1, is situated the NJ -hn.snn farm,
now occupied by johann k0l,hrunner, ''e.n
Schweltzer Won den llndensec." II Is now
famous around Magnoil for the magnih-
cent vineyards Mr. JSnllhruuner has culti-
Vated. Ten acres are IN vines. AMI the
farm resembles more he hills les of the
Rhnelanf or Wurtembnrg itself. than q
piny woods fruit farm. There are
rHn i-s1ea ye - ~ nArps
grown, but the Concord seems 10 be the
most favored. The vineyards are hui five
years Old ana Vet on some OF the vines
near.v 100 blnches are hanging. There
are 1920 vines to IN acre. Mr.. Kohl
drummer ships some OF The finest ear.
~ grapes to market at the rate uf ten
cents per pound ami makes the remainder
into wine, which is Il source Of Immense
profit. Mr.. kolbrunner has planted $3.50
fruit trees, GOO OF which are peaches
one year old trees, not as high as a man,
were seen bending Their slender tops to
the ground, heavy with the ripening fruit
| Mr.. kollbrnner saws that anyfhlug can
be raised with cultivation ia the pine woods
one year old trees, lot as i.lgh as a man,
woods. HIS results after i've wears cult
walton, are magnificent.
A boom has been given TO Magnolia by
he announcement that large cotton mills
| are 10 Ue eHtNullHHHu4 lut MlENDlli Ant
ton Mills Company has just been lncor
| JOrated with local officers End local money
$1,000 has already been subseribed IN
the town. The erection Of the factory 1
only a matter Of weeks.
| The Magnolia Lani and improvement
| 'oml aI.y Is another institution just char
cred, With a capital siOek 0f $l0Op0J. J.
p. Wolfe is president and g: Galyani secre
AIRY aud treasurer The aim 0f the com
aany Is 10 act rs loan and building 80
iety and. ID further the deyelof ment o
The town N every ppssihle manner.
Livery stables, blacksmith, carriage ant
eraiing shops are well represented II
. lagnoiia, AMI marble yard lils recently
b vers doctors and dentists are, as might bi
D expected, plentiful There are two hotels
ne Of whicl l. the Magnolia Grove Hotel
Il is principally on the private Dolrdinl
. l.ct Sc that Magnolia looks for support
tY-ever There are many such IN th'
: town. and in s miner and winter they ar
Material il nov on the ground for sever
l 'argr residential buildings and big hrst
I I cigss hotel Is projected on central 10
= elrfsite the courthouse. Mary Of IN
. | houses In the town are charming IN de~lgl
J and appearance. Prominent among thes
+ are the residences Of VIM. Atkinson, cost
lng $1,000. Mr.; Lsmpton,s, SUIT 1nnded b!
stately oaks: Mr.. tilbson's. buried IN ies
Z s. nilLes; Mrs. Miller's en- lowered ia
magnificent roe garden. where snmme
md winter guests love to llnger: Jer2m
Ford, H. 3. Ford u wroten, Mrs; Co
6 lie Dr. A. D. Fielder. Capt. ]. d
( .oiiin. David fleb. & liaivini j. B
! smith, DR.. Robinson, s. cohn. J. Z. Wolf
| iuu Mrs. II. NJ. Huke.
{ Town lots are worth from so to So
outside land can he bought for from - ;
% SIS. Homesteaded lands can be se'
j. led about ten TO fifteen miles east Of tn
; l own.
j Magnolia offers every advantage to man
e ufacturers-sltes free. as large as rs
Il nired, no taxes for ten years and th
e. hearty cooperation OF citizens The es
1. adjustments which wouli ind success In
y evitable are factories for the manufAetur
III Ice, fugnltrrs, boots and shoes, car