The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-05-10
TIE NEW SOUTH
SOMETHING IN THE NAME THAT
INSPIRES.
. Writer il the Carroll Count,
Democrat Makes Some EN-
cellent Suggestions

A writer in the Carroll County
Democrat signing himself Spec
tator" makes the following inter-
esting comments Oh the New
SOUTH
~ like the phrase "New
South, for think it Is very
appropriate, and expressive. It
means Tor the Southland radi-
cal change and new departure.
The NEUROLOGICAL pandora OPEN
ed her box of evils in 1866, since
which time a desperate struggle
has been maintained against ad-
verse fortune. The powers Of the
Southern heavens were shaken
and all her wealth and glory
changed with the rapidity Of a
drama Surely the Cotton King
was placed in the condition ot
job when he said: My pur-
poses are broken off. !" The cot
ton planter could purpose nothing
but to pay taxes on large bodies
of land. But cotton went down
gradually in price, which pre-
vented violent and sudden
changes to some extent. In a
few years brawn arms and stout
hearts despaired Of making a liv-
ing oil the farm, and Sd villages
soon became cities. The iiegira
to the towns and cities was the
beginning Of the New South. v
Brains were racked to find out
new ways Of driving the wolf
from the door. The greatest new
departure is in the lumber busi-
ness along the Gulf and Atlantic
sea- board. Here the yellow pine
is found in the greatest album
dance, and IT, belt extends from
Tar River, ~. g., 10 the Trinity
in Texas. This belt is Of various
wi1ihs along this wide extent.
Here ID is about seventy five
miles wide, embracing over two
tiers Of counties. Cotton regu- :
laies the prices Of most things,
buC not Of lumber, because il
| goes mostly to foreign countries.
TIE yellow pine Of this country
makes me think of the cedars Of
Lebanon which made Solomon
seek the friendship Of Hiram,
King Of Troy. The South has had
Cotton Kings, and then Cattle
Kings, and now we have Lumber
Kings. AS you travel south to-
ward Mississippi City from Au-
gusta, you will wonder why such
fine timber. and SO few settle
ments, are seen. You are told
that the land belongs mostly to
Michiganders. They are able to
pay taxes on it, and hold it for a
future day Of reckoning. The
lines have fallen to the United
States in pleasant places, and
she has a goodly heritage. Her
varied resources are abundant,
and lumber ranks not the least
valuable. No doubt there are
persons living who will see il
shipped to the sources of the Nile
and Congo Rivers. A conven-
ton of mill men met a few days
since at Hattiesburg and raised
the price of lumber Of certain
kinds from 50 to So per thousand,
though cotton is down to 81
cents. Sabine Pass shipped a
large cargo Of lumber on United
States steamers for barracks in
Cuba. The Leaf River has been
in good rafting condition for q
long time, and yet the cry al
! Moss Point is more logs. It doe:
seem the market would be glutteG
| with lumber, rosin and turpen.
tine. Lately saw three wagon:
with cattle moving down from
! Scranton to 60 into dairying
4 They were from Webster county,
and were sick Of cotton. They
will most likely drift from the
dairy into the lumber or cross-tit
! business, as the grass here doel
not produce butter as well as fur
ther north.
COMMON SENSE VIEW