Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1895-08-30
MlssIsS;PPr MATTERS.


esaaas - u.s STATE
MAJ q W. Mcssanla ssslsisaf lead
sommissiemsr Of the Vase 4 Mlmls
appi Nailsy road. has Fstasasd frem !
sisls te points In ohlo aud iadiaaA.
io7kiaT after TIE lmmiaratlon msxs-
nasnt 10 the south. lie acrompAnied
party II ais pFospeessrs rsprsssnaipx
others. on bis retarn trip aad 0ent wish
shsa % The delta eosmtry. wheFs he
shored then lands ia he seashssa
eoausry ~ a.. .ieultuFal promise. fhsy
weFs satisfied wtth whai lhey saw AMI
will puFcha-e. MsJ Ncolsais In 81 la-
terview said
q haveRt mseh 10 tell yoa mere than
shat the ehtire couatry realizes and
teat 10 farmers ell ossT the Nerthsrn
states have their eyes on the south and
are determsned - come here 10 live. 4
Sas SURPRISED 10 haa the assirs % eoms
eosih - strong agd - general in Ohla
I hed much occasion 70 learm ihs facts
In Aae natter, and on every haRa yon
can hear The movement sAathward dis
eussed. In one % the eities wkieh 4
visited ! met representatives ~ .nssre
than i.ues families she have decided 70
mote Soatb. aad else here In Gate ana
liliRois : met ~ith simess % eemarka.
bic manifsstatioas of tha a~taFsaiaa.
tlon 10 eowe wbere The greatest posalbls
returns fer labor uan - reaIiEea.
- walked into haak 10 "a llllnsis
city and uPoa sateriag any attentioa
~as attFaced az once By great bsndia
oi hne broom cora. kaowimg what ws
gros IL that line In Mississippi. sx.
AaiiRed it aRd vas convinced that 10
cane, indeed, from eur eaaatrY. tpos
inquiry ! lcarned that saeh was the
fact. gehtlemaa who receatly cane
here ~ look ~ some land secured the
sample 81 The breom cora aud placed a
In the hank upoa bis retara. TIE ena
of the story 10 this; A hroom cora
dealer who handles immense supplies u
ths cora san the sample. Vas asiixh Ted
with a. real sed ~ superloF quallty,
learned where IL Vas grown. took 9
train, and Il right Row doea there and
has closed a deal whereby bs has par.
chased the ehtire sapply ~ TIE farm in
question. and 10 going 10 make an effort
20 Increase The acreage next ysar. lie
says the product % tie Mississippi
eouatry Il the hasst he haa ever seen.
And - ths thing goes | consasstiy
seilevs se will have al ws can d. 70
handle tho newcomers before another
| stEhteen months have passed
1Hsstiy isaPr...sa wuh as.sl~.spvL
A party ~ Nebraskaus. hamtinK Cor
eligible places On which 20 settle, re-
csntly visited Terry, aiteen miles seath
q Jaeksch, aad ths follosing is whas she
Ferry lieadlight says ef thsir visir
The land sxamiaed was the property
q Col W. VI. Tribett. part "a ssaet of
2, ssso aeres, which ~ plsosd In the
hanas ot Georgs W, Amss cosapany. im-
nieraiioh agents. ol onahs. Mob TIE
Kentlemen me~e acre a9eiag Eaa .
numesE 0t their people, snd The Head.
light understands tbsy made arrange.
meats Cor locatinz q eolony.
Thfy we're delighted With everything.
the fruit they saw bsing shipped
charmed then, ahd The sight % bale
Of ooitoa was 90 te . noyelty. They
were 80 charmed with the cora crop %
this s~r5iOn that theY lad tso stalks
wraPPra 10 and shipped TO omaha "a
COW nee any donbtRg Thomas that
Nhat they mixht say was true.
"Now, hoW often" they asked. "do
you make ehtire tailurss IN year erop
here years that you make nothing q,
allr"
u seemed hard foF thsa 10 real xe
that tlsse vas Absolutely 20 year that
plshty 90 I've upon "a. not made Ia
Miss,ssiPpi, whils in thsir section about
one crop IN three years Il fair average
They talked very freely oftheir state,
and ccttaialy paiated pictars that
@akss - voader uhY ths entire popa-
lation dun puil % and leave. Ths
sintsrs are 50 eXtremsly ooid that %
outdoor work can BE- done for eigh,
aonihs ~ the year In toe four months
that work can be done provision mast
he made for not oaly the foliowiag win.
ter. bot psrhaps Tor the next uaiil per.
chaboe another Crop year happens alonk
somstimes Nhsn they hsve the proaiise
of q fine crop. When thar grain IL al.
most matursd. there cones a hot dry
~ia1 from the south fOr several days
and all vegetation Is dead. Every green
leaf i scared aud cooked. dried % upon
The stsB.
I MKmm Ml.m4. Nsm..a-s A.
Miss Niahie Davis has published q
very Interesting and we'll written sketeh
q The character Of her father, the Ia.
meHted Jefferson Davis. president oi
the tehiedeFacy Ceming from ths
hand Of biz taiented aud devoted daugh.
ter the sketch 10 81 course q conarma-
tion Of the amiable qaAlities foF which
Mr Davis vas 40 mueh beloved BY he
wb0ls South. lie Is we'll kao~n 70 have
passessed peculiar charm % manner
which stronEly attracted 10 hiss all who
cane within bis inaaeRcs. and IL /.
pleaaant 10 learh, from ons xho kmaw
hia beat, thai Tits guality was noe a.
ssmed from motivss Of policy. a. 10 of.
tea the case. bat was q part ef bis bsms
life. and exercised In bis daily inter-
course evsn Sith the humblesa Ths
tribats BY Miss Davis 10 q besatlfal
Srsa,b laia by loving and werthy Aasas
apon the tomb " hin whoan q nation
delights % hoaor. .,irssnviiis nmea
1 Rswslsa % ssss
The Desoto Camp Of Confederate Yea.
sFsns hsld thslE sanual reanion at Her
nando last week. There wss no sps.k-
lag. A barbeoaeA dlnnsr was served on
the TFoanas 10 aboat !. 500 people. Tai.
vas The most saccsssfsl resnisa held b.
thts eamp. Everything % sd % nicely )