The free press., 1894-07-05

W oC"ooi patTOHS
Is called to the dvertisemr mt of
the Poplarville High School, which
appears IN this issue of the FREE
PRESS. Hundreds of parents in
Mississippi aud Louisiana are now
revolving ia tn cir minds the cues.
tion: "ro what school shall we send
our children the coming session -
AS we can heartily lndorse every.
thing said in the advertisement
referred TO-, as well as the iuforma. :.
tion cOntained in the catalogue
Issued by the principal of this
school, we think 1T would prove
advantageous to school patrons to
inform themselves Of the many ,na
ducements offered by this educa-
tioDal institution. The success of
the Poplarville High School has
been so phenomenal as to attract
attention throughout q large por-
ton of this state and Louisiana, a
fact that is illustrated by the at
tendance last session of pupils from
33 points OF the states mentioned
The prospects of the school are 80
bright as to inspire the belief that
the enrolment If next session will
reach the neighbOrhood of 800.
Full and prompt information can be
obtained by addressing inquiries as
suggested in the advertisement.
Mr.. Dozier Abuey, former cit-
izen of Newton county. bat who is
now teaching school at Spring Hill,
seven miles north Of P0plarvillp,
writes as follows to the Newton
County Progress:
I" am now teaching school
In the piny woods of Pearl River
county, where one would think in
passing through that school could
not be sustained m so thlnly set
tied Q couaty, but two weeks ago ]
commenced school in one of the
rural districts with 40 pupils, all 81
whom are we'll advanced for pupils
of their age.
The people are kind and pros
porous, generous and hospitable,
raisi g what they consume at home
There are many fiue sheep and
cattle ranches here. as the range is
fiue. Sheep never have to be fed
e> en- in the hardest Of winter.
The land has to be fertiIlzed to
produce we'll except for pine trees
and gophers. Boys, you don't know
what living we'll is until you are
seated to we'll cooked gopher.
This is one of the healthies'
countries I ever knew or, and game
of all kinds ab ,und in great num-
bers. "
The Meridian News Of the 27tt
says: "a complete logging outfit
consisting Of vertical boiler, twir
engines, winding drums, ETC., was
shipped to the Popl4rville Lumber
Company. and will be used in
hauling cypress sawlogs ont of thu
swamp, by means u about two mile'
of wire rope. This output wa
purchased d from tho Progress Man.
ufacturing Company In preference
to a New Orleans concern, aud is {
splendid piece Of workmanship"
We have heard several of oul
farmers say that they doubted il
any other county in the state could
boast of better corn crops thar
some they had Inspected in THU
county. When these brag CROP
shall have been harvested, we hop
the farmers will report results tt
this office for publication. 1t vii
always afford US pleasure to mote
any information on the agriculture
line.
Tho acreage of cotton planted il
this county In 1893 was 379. aud
the yield was 1873 bales. TINS sea
son 792 acres If cotton haye beer
planted, aud the prospects for
good crop are very encouraging
We are pleased to observe that oaI
citizens are taking increased inter
est in agricultural pursuits, and thai
their crops are of varied character