The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-08-25

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Mr.. James II. Sutton is Lincoln
county farmer who enjoys the remark
able distinction of having raised
enough corn, meat, potatoes, molassos,
vegetables, fruit, milk, butter, poultry.
cattle, etc, for home consumption for
the long period of 62 years. For this
proud record, he was awarded the Sec
ond premium offered by THE LEADER
to the farmer who could make the
best showing in this line, modern az
ricultural implement known as the
Planet Junior Cultivator.
Mr.. Sutton was born on July -, 1916,
in that portion of Lawrence county
afterward embraced in Lincoln, about
one mile from his present home Like
many of the early settlers of Mississip.
pi, his parents came from Georgia He
had three sisters and three brothers,
all of whom, except Mr.. Joseph Sutton,
well-known to the people of Lincoln
county, are now dead Mr.. Sutton was
married August l1th, 1886, to Miss Ju-
liza A. Lang. He has had 16 children
born to him, 13 of whom are now living.
He has 81 grandchildren and IL great
grandchildren.
Mr.. Suttons farm lies on Bogue
Chitto River, about 6 miles south of
Brookhaven, where he has lived ever
since 1889. He has under cultivation
about 100 acres. Before the war he
owned number of slaves, but then, as
since, he raised his own home supplies
and cotton as a surplus or extra crop.
He says he never bought corn but
once since he commenced farming and
that was in 1919, when he got his crib
burned. The following fall he sold
corn. When Mr.. Jesse Warren first
came to Brookhaven, which was some
time during the fifties, he sold Mr. War
rem 300 bushels of corn. When he got
through laying by his crop that year
he made his first visit to Brookhaven
(which was very small village at that
time and not even dreaming of tele-
phones, water works, electric lights,
etc. called on Mr. Warren and was
paid by that gentleman $500 for his
corn. In addition to his corn and 9th
er home supplies, Mr.. Sutton says he
usually makes about IA bales of cotton
a year. He has made farming his main
business all his life, but for several
years was one of the principal saw mill
men of the county, giving the name to
Sutton's Switch from whence he ship
ped his lumber.
Religiously, Mr.. Sutton is a Baptist
and has long been II faithful and de-
voted member of that church. POliti-
cally. up to few years ago, he was a
Democrat, but of late years has been
what is known as Party Prohibition
ist. During the war he belonged to
the State militia, but was never enlist
ed in the regular army. He has al
ways been a man of fine physique and
commanding presence, and as his plc-
ture plainly shows, is also a man OF
brains and unusual executive ability
| He is one of the men who would have
been a success at anything he under
took, and if he had chosen to enter
public life, instead of pursuing the
more quiet and secluded life of the
farm, would have easily been a leader
among men. He is in easy circum-
stances, with an ample supply of the
comforts of life about him, and bids
fair to spend what remains of his long
life in peace and content. He has been
a regular subscriber to THE LEADER
ever since its first issue, 10 years ago,
and always pays for it in advance.
Speaking in the light of his long ex-
perience, Mr.. Sutton says: Il advise
my fellow-farmers to make all the home
supplies they need and some to spare.
Use plenty of homemade fertilizer,
keep the soil well-worked and clear of
grass, and you are sure to make hog
and hominy. Pea vine hay is splendid
for forage"
At the advanced age of 81 Sutton
is hale and hearty, and The LEADER
hopes he may be spared to his large
circle of kindred and friends for many
years to come.