Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-06-03

Lal NOT INFERIOR TO tnose OF any other
State in the American Union, but thus
far our share of them has been quito
limited. Out OF $4,000 immigrants
landed at the port Of New York In 1892,
only about 200 were for Mississippi, and
less than 5000 for all the Southern
States, while nearly half the number
remained in New York, where they are
doomed to a perpetual struggle for
precarious existence.
Mississippi offer homes to any and all
reputable and self-sustaining immi-
grants. from whatever cline or country,
upon the most favorable terms; and it
may be safely asserted that there is no
secsion Of country where an Industrious,
sober and frugal farmer can live more
comfortably and independently by his |
own labor than in Mississippi. Not by |
rai&ng cotton alone, which is the great |
staplo of the country, but by producing
eyeEt thing he needs. to which the cli-
lsniHB and.soil Of Mississippi are SO ad-
M slY adapted
While manufacturing in Mississippi
is yet in Its infancy, there has been an
immense increase within the last few
wears in the manufacture OF cotton and
woolen goods, iron. wood agricultural
implements, machinery, oil, ice, etc.,
all with satisfactory results.
There has been a steady increase in
the value OF real estate and personal
property since 1875. During the last
ten years the value Of real estate, for
purposes Of taxation, has enhanced
nearly 50 per cent, while that OF per-
sonal property has increased during that
period more than 63 per cent. This is
due largely to the improvements in the
> Delta, along the lines Of the L., N. 0.
, e. 7. r. R., and other railroads in the
valley, where thousands of acres OF
, valuable lands are annually brought
t into cultivation. There has also been
G a material advance in the valuation OF
! the timbered lands OF South Missis-
n sippi: and the profitable truck farming,
a and the cultivation OF fruits and berries
: along the line of the Illinois Central
It Railroad, have, in several localities,
t more than doubled the value OF tho
lands
II THE HEALTH RECORD.
d No State in the Union can show q
,- better health record than Mississippi
l. True, there is some cause for disease
n in the lowlands OF the delta, the same
d that may be found in all fertile valleys
e which have been subject to inundation
H. but the popular opinion that previl
c. everywhere among people unacqualnte'
n with the character of this country, tina
in it is a vast swamp, uninhabitable on ac
,e count of malarial influences, is grossi.
IS, erroneous, as can readily be ascertaine
e. by visit to the delta at any season Q
is the year. 1t is the logical home OF tn
@. negro, who is rarely sick there, an
e, whose services are invaluable in cult
,ir waiting the plantations in which tn
NJ. valley abounds. Having virtual
nd ceased to be a factor in politics, the M
pi gro naturally drifts to the rich lands
,o- the delta and, within few years, mo-
in OF them will have left the prairies an
be ihill lands, except such as remain aoo'
Va, the cities and towns, to the uuinte
Ily rupted possession of the white peopl
] present this fact that those WI
.ly NAV be looking for homes, and object
OF population OF mixed races, may
nj assured of finding them in Misslsslp
he free from that objection.
ay- In moral point of view Mississip
, & is abreast with the most advance
tn. There are few dealers in intoxicatil
i've LIQUORS, except in the largest cities al
ill towns, and in some Of our largest cltl
in the traffic has been totally, and 1T is |
nds lieved permanently eliminated. .
ac- public school system is excellent, WI
ore numerous we'll appointed high schot
the and colleges.
,ev With a sincere desire to presen
ich fair and conservative statement of
nut advantages afforded by Mississippi
yer bome-seekers, and to those seeki
n Of nroftable investments for their capt.
and and trusting that mutual benefits m
for accrue to them and to my State,
The most respectfully your obedient serva
,ver JOHN M. STONE,
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