The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-04-16

fully and profitably carried On in
Jackson county. 1t yields about If.
teen barrels per acre. The market
price is from $3.50 to 81 per barrel.
This is crop especially suited to the
lands Of Jackson county. After the
first crop is harvested a second crop
is grown without replanting that
yields about ten barrels per acre.
With these advantages the land must
increase in value. This is the logical
result Of the universal demand for
soil that will yield a profit to farm
labor. The electrical effects here are
at times grand, and by it the air is
purified and health and vigor is in
hailed with every breath. While all
clouds are cyclonic in their formation,
yet they rarely ever assume an ir.
rcsistiblc force here.
THE ESQ CATAwPA RIVER.
Escatawpa, deep and narrow,
In the suns meridian glow,
1t sparkles like silver arrow
Shot from the warrior bow.
And over all the magnolia towers,
Bedecked IN foliage a vernal green,
Inlaid with voluptuous howers
To endear the peaceful scene.
A paradise of beauty everywhere,
Many birds in plumage CAV,
That fills the eve with visions fair
And dspels the darkness Of the day.
The Escatawpa river is IA favoritc
stream for green trout. They are the
gamcst fresh water fish that was ever
landed with rod and line. The river
is often encumbered by logs that are
drifting to the mills below. The log
mans lonely whoop and the fish.
hawks cry are familiar sounds to all
anglers in these waters; while the
eagle is cquipOiSed in the air above,
and whose ominOuS scream is a warn
ing to fish and fowl that danger
is lurking near. The banks Of this
river is covered with vines and flow
crs, and through their mcshes the
tangled sunshine dances in fantastic
shapes on the calm surface Of the wa.
tiers and keeping time with the way
ing trees and wOOng nature to a gen
tie rest, while behind the lcafy scene
gay maidenS in Cupid'S care repeat
their vows TO the llstning ears of love-;
and over all is scene Of beauty that
is not found this side Of the Vale Of
Cashmere, if equaled anywhere in the
world. On the bays the fishing is just
as exciting, and the scene just as rO-
mantle, The water is dotted over
with pleasure and fishing boats, while
the salt-ladcn blcezc is kissing every
sail.
We have a public school system and
school houses are centrally located in
every settlement, and high grade
teachers are ever ready to store the
infant mind with the wisdom Of the
world.
| cannot close this letter without
calling the peoples attention to one
Of our greatest nCedS-that is, the
OF the Moss Point and
PascagOula railroad to the city OF
Jackson. The road would he Of suf-
hcient length to attract the attention
OF progressive and speculative minds.
Capital is always on the alert, and il
their attention was called to this
splendid opening for investment the
road would soon be completed. The
country through which it would run
is unsurpassed in the world for eli
mate, fertility and natural resources.
AS farming country it would be
parallel on the globe, And
the virgin pine forest through which
it would pass is not equaled 10y the
same number OF square miles on either
hemisphere. II this road were com
plctcd we might truly say, that no
State on the American Continent pos
scsscd such diversified resources. 1t
is the natural field for the investment
of capital and the application Of a
well-directed energy.
j. F. HERNDON.
Orange Grove, Miss April 3, 1897.
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