The leader., 1895-08-06
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
Remarkable Fruit Yield.


only well-to-do physician, but he has
turned his attention to horticulture in
. small way, and is an In teresting talker
about what he has done and what can be
done in fruit raising in the section of
the State in which hc lives. In talking
recently he said:
'In 1886 went to where ] now have
my home and secured the place. The
land was very old, and IL there is such
state Of land in Mississippi, It was
worn out. At any rate 1t was what we
would call cast out lard. i went there
to practice my profession, but soon de-
cided to give little atten tion to horti-
culture, thinking / might one day grow
tired of medicine and want TO secure
recreation by giving my attention to
something else.
II knew absolutely nothing about the
fruits best adapted to that section, but
] went blindly at IL, and set out twenty
varieties of peaches, about twelve OF
apples and four or five of plums. All
have done we'll and have made consid-
erable money out of them. / selected
one acre of land which was very poor
and put it in peaches. That was in 1890,
and since that time, exclusive OF the
present year, it has netted me over
500, and this year / have already sold
more than 1925 worth of fruit from the
acre. The trees are bearing finely now.
"In 1886 put out twelve pear trees
and in 1898 they began profitable yield,
giving me that year, net, S75. In 1894
those twelve trees gave me 800 net, and
this year l have already found it neces-
sary to take an immense number OF
pears from them to save the trees from
breaking and being Completely ruined.
expect to make considerably more than
500 this summer. In 1887 / pulled
several switches from those trees. and,
to experiment. planted them. About
twenty-five per cent. of them lived, and
this year they are producing a small
yield OF as fine pears as any l have ever
seen. There is another fact which
mention in connected with my orch ard
and that is there has not year passed
but my orchard land has not yielded me
a good crop of peas, sweet potatoes OF
cotton. plant between the trees and
the crops grow WE'LL"
The Democratic cConvention-Dsrk Horses
Jackson, Aug. 2.-As the time APP
proaches for the meeting of the State
Democratic nominating convention in
tense interest is manifested here by the
friends of the various and numerous
candidates for honors and emoluments.
The convention, from the present out
look, will be the largest ever assembled
at this capital. Not less than 1000 ac-
credited delegates are expected, besides
hosts of friends of the candidates, who
will come to work and log-roll for their
respective champions.
A rumor is current in political circles
that there is deal on foot to bring out
dark horse" for lieutenant-governor
and it is supposed to have in some way
connection with or to affect the race for
United States senator. As far as can be
ascertained from expressions Of loyal
party men, such course of proceeding
is very much deprecated
As claimed by them, there are two
tried and true candidates for the posi-
tion who have made open and straight
forward canvasses of the State, to-wit
Hon. j. Ii. Jones OF Wilkinson and DIR.
A. Ii. Bays of Webster. The former is
lawyer of great ability and has served
repeatedly in both houses Of the legis.
lature, and in the constitu utional con ven-
tion of the State, wherein he reflected
honor upon his State and acquired for
himself marked distinction and honors,
and who also has been for many years
leading spirit in the political arena,
aiding in shaping the course and achiev-
ing the success of his party. The lat
ter, DIR. Bays, is no less worthy and dis.
tinguished. and we'll deserves the CON-
mendation of his friends. Their friends
claim that it would be an egregrious
wrong to these gentlemen, after their
arduous and expensive canvass, for a
man who has made no canvass and in
Cured no tolls and anxieties to come in
at the eleventh hour and pluck the fruit,
A Lynching st Meridian.
Charlie Burwell, an aged negro about
65 years old, was lynched near Meridian
one night last week. 1t was at first
supposed that he had been hanged fol
completely in some of the hold-ups and
attempted murders in that vicinity,
which recently has stirred the people
to fever heat.
1t was though. that he was concerned
| in the Farmer outrage, which occurred
| within a stones throw of where he waa
hanged. On the night OF July 4th. Lewis
| Farmer and his wife, who run small
store about two miles from there, were
murderously assaulted and left for dead,
after which their store was robbed. The
perpetrators escaped. and at present
several suspects are now confined in
Jail. As already stated, 1t was thought
| that he was one OF the parties to the
/ crime.
Later developments seem TO fasten
the lynching on the real culprits, since
| it 10 learned that this old negro, Charles
| Burwell, was promised reward OF saso
| to ferret out the guilty parties. and this
| becoming known to them they went to
his house. dragged him 70 Sowashes
bridge and strung him from beam.
Lest His Liss Sar Hes.