The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1895-08-27
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
Coming to Our State.

looking after the immigration move
ment to the South. lie accompanied a
party OF six prospectors, representing
others, on his return trip, and went with
them to the delta country, where he
showed them lands in the southern
country of agricultural promise. They
were satisfied with what they saw and
will purchase. MAJ. McGinnis in an in
terview said:
81 haven't much to tell you more than
what the entire country realizes, and
that is farmers all over the Northern
States have their eyes ON the South and
are determined to come here to live. /
was surprised to find the desire to come
South so strong and so general in Ohio.
j had much occasion to learn the facts
in the matter, and on every band you
can hear the movement south ward dis.
cussed. In one of the cities which /
visited | met representatives of more
than 1000 families who have decided to
move South, and elsewhere in Ohio and
Illinois | met with almost as remarka-
BILE manifestations of the deteynina-
tion to come where the greatest possible
re eturns for labor can be realized.
81 walked into bank in an Illinois
city and upon entering my attention
was attracted at once by great bundle
of fine broom corn. Knowing what we
grow in that line in Mississippi, l ex-
amined it and was convinced that it
came, indeed, from our country. Upon
inquiry | learned that such was tho
fact. A gentleman who recently came
here to look at some land secured the
sample OF the broom corn and placed it
in the bank upon his return. Tho end
of the story is this: A broom corn
dealer who handles immense supplies of
the corn saw the sample, was delighted
with it, realized its superior quality,
learned where it was grown, took a
train, and is right now down there and
chased the entire supply of the farm in
question, and is going to make an effort
to increase the acreage next year. He
says the product of the Mississippi
country is the finest he has ever seen.
And SO the thing goes. l confidently
believe we will have all we can do to
handle the newcomers before another
cigh teen months have passed"
Greatly Impressed With Mississippi.
A party of Nebraskans, hunting for
eligible places on which to settle, re-
Gently visited Terry. fifteen miles south
Of Jackson, and the following is what tho
Terry Headlight says of their visit:
The land examined was the property
of Col. w. Ii. Tribett, part of tract of
., 5000 acres, which he placed in the
hands of George w. Ames Company, i'm
migration agents, OF Omaha, Neb. The
gentlemen were here acting for
number of their people, and the Head
light understands they made arrange
ments for locating a colony.
They were delighted with everything,
the fruit they saw being shipped
charmed them, and the sight Of bale
of cotton was quite a novelty. They
were SO charmed with the corn crop Of
this section that they had two stalks
wrapped up and shipped to Omaha to
convince any doubling Thomas that
what they might say was true.
"Now, how often" they asked, ''do
you make entire failures in your crop
bere-years that you make nothing at
all?''
1t seemed hard for them to realize
that there was absolutely no year that
plenty to live upon was not made in
Mississippi, while in their section about
one crop in three years is fair average
They talked very freely of their State,
and certainly painted a picture that
makes us wonder why the entire popu-
lation don't pull up and leave. The
winters are so extremely cold that no
outdoor work can be done for eight
months in the year. In the four months
that work can be done provision must
be made for not only the following win
ter, but perhaps for the next until per-
chance another crop year happens along.
Sometimes when they have the promise
of a fine crop. when their grain is al
most matured, there comes a hot dry
wind from the south for several days
and all vegetation is dead. Every green
leaf is scared and cooked, dried up upon
the stem.
Miss Winnie Davis Tribute to Her Father.
Miss Winnie Davis has published
very interesting and we'll written sketch
of the character OF her father, the Ia
mented jefferson Davis. president of
the Confederacy. Coming from the
hand OF his talented and devoted daugh-
ter, the sketch is of course confirma-
tion Of the amiable qualities for which
Mr. Davis was SO much beloved by the
whole South. He is we'll known to have
possessed peculiar charm of manner
which strongly attracted to him all who
came within his influence, and it is
pleasant TO learn. from one who knew
him best, that this quality was not as
sumed from motives Of policy, as is Of
ten the case, but was part Of his home
life, and exercised in his daily inter-
course even with the humblest The
tribute by Miss Davis is a beautiful
wreath laid by loving and worthy hands
upon the tomb Of him whom q nation
delights to honor.-Greenyille Times.
Reunion OF Vets.
The DeSoto Camp Of Confederate Vet
erans held their annual reunion at Her.