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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12
Tupelo Cotton Has Taken Pre-
miums AT Worlds Exposition
At Home and Abroad.
MORE MILLS ARE WANTED HERE
An Unlimited Supply of Raw Ma
terial flakes the City Good
Place For Manufacturing.

(Stan Correspondence Of the New Eng~
land Newspaper League)
TUPELo, Miss, Juno II. lsss.-Missis-
sippf is a grand old state. II raises great
men. fine timber. big crops, luscious
fruits and cotton that mill men ell want
to buy. II has q great record in peace
ana In war. II Is not q commonwealth
tnat is noted for great centres of popuia-
ron, however. Owing TO the lack Of big
cities this state has not been advertised
IN proportion to Its RESOURCES and I'D
vantsges. II is singular to the tourist who
visiu II 70 find communities which are Of
note IN the country At large have no
moro denizens. Places of the name size
In tho North and West would never ~
heard OF except In their respective 10
calities.
All this Ia going to change within n
few years. and Mississippi 10 going TO be
q great state for manufacturing, and II
takes industrial pursuits conducted on n
large scale TO concentrate population. In
years gone by the citizens Of Mississippi
were content 20 TIL their wonderfully fer
tile lands. and got their reward In crops
which would seem fabulous to axricult-
uralists In less favored sections The ten-
dency OF the day hero Is not snly to grow
cotton. but to manufacture Il into cloth.
ana people whs i've by tho borders Of
great forest tracts are now DESTROYS TO
manufacture furniture and TO engsge IN
general woodworking AZ well a. to cut
and sell timber.
Tupelo. Mississippi. IN an example, Of
city small In population but rich In re-
sources, public spirit and an able citi-
zency which is already widely known.
lts Tame in the past has been based upon
the quality OF Its cotton. Tupelo cotton
Is 80 me that II Is ono of the worlds
STANDARDS OF quality for this staple and
.ne mere fact that 1t brings In the market
from one-slxteenth to one-e!ghth OF a
cent more pound than any other cotton
srown IN the United States is sufficient
20 explain why II was awarded nreB,It,sns
Al lne greatest expositions held in this
county and Europe for many years
hril, bupe.o birs COTTON goods. when mills are
o.i., mere, are as fine as the raw staple
OF this city, II will be the leader In ali
Lee county. one OF the most celebrated
agricultural sections OF a state famous
for It's plantations and planters. The re-
gion OF which this city ls the emporium
Is a section where the soil is so rich and
productive that Its tillers can live in
comfort with a.. little exertion as any
where In the whole land. In the olden
as over. but IL In cheap now, and the
methods have changed. Northern and
Western farmers who labor so hard for
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12
Norfolk a western railway.

This railway extending from Norfolk.
Va. Justly claiming 20 be the finest har-
Dor on the Atlantic coast, across the
states OF Virginia and West Virginia and
a portion Of Ohio 20 its capital city. CO.
lumbus. having terminal at Hagsrstown
Nd, Durham and Winston Salem. ~. C.,
and Bristol. Tenn, operating leoo miles
OF roadway has tributary thereto q coun-
try whose advantages for the successful
prosecution OF almost an endless variety
OF profitable pursuits, are very many.
Hers the farmer. the cattleman. the
miller. the manufacturer. the miner and
tho mechabic can by judlcious investment
OF his capital. his money or his labor nnd
ample cempensa ton for his Efforts.
The citrate is the bsst the soil most
varied. the attra ctiveness of mountain
and seashore. taken all together make
for the nc omeseeaker an ideal dwelling
place.
To reach this favored country from
New England. the way Is made easy by
rail- from Boston and New York, eolnr
either through Washington and Lynch
burg or through Harrisburg, Pa, and
Hazerstown In through cars or by the
steamships from Boston and Providsncs
direct to Norfolk
The Norfolk q Western railway has. IN
order 10 answer Inquiries. prepared pam
phlets, circulars etc. which will be
mailed free upon application al the gem
ersl office. Roanoke. Va. and Information
IN detail will be given concerning cost
or travel, time or journey, routes etc, eto.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12
rast foods from the cereal, bind
and sash factories, foundrtes and

fast foods from the cereal. blind
and sash factories, foundrtes ana
machine shops: and II Will not be long be-
fore the ground floor in each branch of
manufacturing is occupied. Crowley has
the advantage that Its real estate and
other values are based upon its Industrial
progress. growth In population and nnan-
eisi standing. and not upon manlpu-
followed by results here, and the develop
ment has and is being done by citizens
who have located In Crowley 10 stay and
Eot py men who merely inhabltated or
Kept up connection with the city while
awaiting an opportunity to unload.
Located on the main line OF the great
Southern Pacific railroad. but 20 miles
Now Orleans and 200 east from Houston.
$rowley was laid out In 1887 by w. w.
Duson, z. G. Duson. Alphonse Levy and
soil ana what wealth II would produce
through irrigation. and they proceeded
with the intent 70 build a city where pros
perfty should form the basis for every
hearthstone. The thrift and progress OF
the place Is evident today even 10 the
{onr'ss, ST. who .,rna nlts r by n palace car. l.
stage, for rice raising has been found one
OF the most profitable. II not the best nav
ing, agricultural industry in the country.
20 show that Southwestern Louisiana lis
the best place place to grow Il; There Is no
ovsrgSaufnon se % " ths ssrs sommpodity and IN
90 buy II off the car or wagon. IL IS as
GOOD as reafy money, and the farmer Is
o. the mercy OF no middleman. A rice
farm OF 160 acres In this vicinity land
houses, cattle, equipment and all can be
bought for under 5000. and WITH any kind
Of skill In cultivation should produce rs
barrels 20 the acre, or a total of 22f0
sacks. At the average price OF 81 a sack
the crop would bring 1890. or a profit I'M
one season OF 5000, after paying for farm
buildings, fences teams, seed, machinery
and labor. These figures are cited as
showing the profits OF rice growing in
Crowley and TO explain the remarkabl
growth and prosperity OF the place A
city whose site less than fifteen years
ago was pasture land or an uncultlvated
plain, and which today has three rice
mills with an aggregate output larger
than the entire production OF rough rice
IN the Sandwich Islands. must have some
thing substantiai In the way OF agricui-
turSl resources behind a. II N q city,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

Identify Its future with manufacturing
and not only want to have cotton mills
,i.., pam., out are as thoroughly Interested In
ohinery made in ,bs plants put up snd ma
ana raw material Is cheap here the city
mas an excellent chance to extend and
DIVERSITY It's Industries.
Artesian water can be struck Mt about
any point In Lee county by drilling from
~ 70 goo feet. and the city OF Tupelo
derives It's supply from this souros. IL 10
splendid water. being pure and swset. The
city sank nye arteeian wells which flow
constantly into a reservoir Of about 20
stocked by the city with fish and could be
nadA the nucleus of q beautiful park
IL Is estimated that there are nearly 70 Of
these wells In the place.
The public schools Of Tupcio are IN
keeping with tho high character OF edu-
Satlonal Institutions throughout the state
other for colored children; and there are
hve churches. attsbded by the Caucasian
population and several others where only
let for building new churches FOR the
Methodist. Baptist and Presbytsr1an con-
sregatiens and the new edihces will be
The four hotels in Tupelo are Ali wei,
patronized, for II Is the trading centre OF A
Town and county population estimated at
10000. circumstances which. OF course.
makes retail business prosper This city
Is situated at an altitude OF about coo
feet above sea level. and on the dividing
tsNeV btfNcs As u watershed for
the section lying between Il and the
Tombigbee river on the east and the
Mississippi on the west. This means good
drainage for the undulatinR country
which slopes from either side. Tupelo has
two weekly newspapers. and two banks
and very favorable railroad connections
Besides the superior quality OF It's cot
ton IL has strong claim on public atten-
ton as the home Of Congressman "Pri-
yate' John Allen. q statesman OF nation
a. reputation. He is now q candidate for
the United States Senate, and engaged I'm
a campaign which will be memorable in
mississippi Private John" Allen is con-
sldered the best story teller In Congress-
ana mas few peers anywhere as q racon-
teur. but IL Is doubtful II he prizes his
reputation as wit half as highly as his
farm on the outskirts OF Tupelo.
The citizens OF this town are so kindly
and hospitable that II doesn't take a
stranger long TO feel at home here They
nave profound faith I'm the DEVELOPMENT
or the place, knowing the richness OF the
sou and the quality OF the cotton and its
otner crops. There IL much to be said in
oetail IN regard to It's advantages
Tupcle's Famous Cotton
The cotton grown In the vicinity of
rupelo has made the name OF the city fs.
nous the world over 1t brings Lie to u
cent premium over any cotton grown in
the United States. This cotton is grown
within radius OF 25 miles of the city.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

seed on min and a compress, before men-
tened. big spoke factory turns out
a great demand Labor is reliable, inteiii-
gent ana plenty In Tupelo. and the citi-
zens gfve liberal ENCOURAGEMENT to the
establishment OF manufactures.
Railroads.
For the marketing OF Its various prod
ucts and the receipt OF supplies the city
has the best railroad facilities. The Kan
sas City system brings the coal and iron
from Alabama and takes back the prod
ucts or Lee county farms TO the men In
ths mines and furnaces. The branches Of
this system give almost air line connec-
tions with. Memphis and all the larger
cities OF the West and Middle Atlantic
states The direct trackags is l't3 miles.
Mobile. gives an outlet to the Gulf OF
trsn.portsticn to the eitiss Of the Al.
direct communication through ST. Louis
xntlS xI,sn the great IVES. rsIrcad s,vi from
pass through Tupelo and thus give river
communication two ways. With all these
routes Tupelo is well favored in rates
hanks.
Tupelo has two banks one q national
and the other q state institution. The
Bank Of Tupelo was founded in ls7S and
has q capital o, $4,000 and deposits Of
$4,000. The total resources approximate
100000. A legitimate banking business in
all its branches Is done and New York.
maintained. The officers OF the bank are
PRESIDENT; c. w Troy. cashier. and 8. J.
iionai Bank was organized in iSsi. 3. I.
Harkey II president J. j. Rogers. vice
president, and r. johnson, cashier. Tho
bank has capital OF $4,000. surplus and
profits OF tssS and deposits OF t7test Its
total resources are. about $50. oco ~ las
New York. New Orleans and b. Louis
corresponds
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

and the district includes the whole OF Lee
county and parts Of adjacent counties.
snnusiiy. OF this rupeIo G' ships hips about bout
200 1900 baies. or more for Its size than any
other sections and does not require mix
Ing With other cotton in the mills Iu-
pele sent cotton TO the great Vienna Ex-
award. In New Orleans the award again
went TO TNlpelo, and at the Worlds Co
lumbian Exposition In Chicago in lss2
from fro SV1 wich ali s Others 3 we're @ juased Tn
pelo cotton has never failed 20 take rank
At every Southern exposition At which II
~ soil Will produce three-quarters of q
ton TO the aero on the average. As high
ss two bales por acre % have been pro.
is, 900 bales, which, WITH $4,000 bales raised
In the Tupoo district, are brought to the
city for handling and shipment Ths
city are capable OF handling even greater
receipts than are offered. The compress
and warehouse. are modern. and the
Soon Ston Is shnsy hes est sns rasss sns
the farmers the best and most practical
seryioa A cotton seed oil mill treats
5000 tons OF seed each ssason-
General Asricuitsrs.
For general agriculture tho sofl Of Lee
county is equal 70 that OF any part Of the
heavy calcareous clay known as prairie
soil. sandy loam and what is locally
known as mulatto son. This son will pro-
duee as much per acre OF hay, corn. po-
OF the great garden spots OF the country.
Citizens who have lived In Lee county
for 30 years or more say that they never
crop, and produce figures 20 show that
Lee county per capita yields are equal 20
the alluvial lands OF the Mississippi and
Nile valleys. The returns for corn are
20 10 50 bushels 10 the acre. With the
best farming methods there s no reason
why the corn yield should not be always
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12
The Profits I'm Rice.

Crowley proved TO the world that there
was great profit In rice growing and mill
Ing In Louisiana and proposes TO not
only be the pioneer. but to continue In
the lead OF the enterprise. and 10 any
stranger OF perception who looks over
what has been achieved here IT certainly
seems as II In this case what has been
accomplished is a guarantee of the fu-
ture. Rice growing. milling and building
houses is the business OF the town today,
but IL 10 going 70 have other big indus
tries. TOO. II offers profitable chances for
paper mills. furniture making, sugar
fefiner1cs. moss picking plants, stave
factories; canneries, malls for max
ing nalced rice and other break
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

Of main line and 20 miles OF lateral;
pumping capacity OF $4,000 gallons per
minute; cost sso, ,Ooo: irrigates 1000 acres
parish. The Crowley canal was built in
1897. has nine miles OF main and % miles
OF lateral canals: will have its main
ten miles; II has cafacity for irrigating
5000 ceres and p.ssmgRlng .sg Pr M ioo, ,o9o gallons a
nine miles OF main and 20 miles OF lateral
canals; irrigsSths S M ana pumping capacity
was also built last year and at cost OF
$40 900. having seven miles OF main and Is
miles OF lateral canals with q pumping
1000 acres. The FeSre canal is OF recent
construction. work on II having been be-
gun last year, and has seven miles of
rirating 5000 acres with a pumping ca
uacity OF 90. 900 gallons and costing 81, 900.
The Midland canal. which Is being built
and seven miles OF iateral canals with a
pumping capacity OF 10000 gallons, will
water Goo acres ana cost ~, 900. There
and pumping plants which might be men
toned. and Whica IN the aggregate cost
sufficient TO irrigate 1000 acres.
Facts About the City,
Crowley n laid Sut into blocks 200 feet
SQUARE, which are cut up into 10 lots,
most OF which are 10 feet wide and 100
feet deep. The exceptions are the key
lots which run half way across the block,
and are i5o feet in length. The main
streets vary IN width from 90 70 40 feet,
and there Is q driveway about the city On
area II Is about ia miles long by III
miles In width, I6 feet wide and four
miles long. The streets are sldewalked.
we'll graded and drained. and the new
houses that are being built along their
borders keep all the mssons and carpen-
ters In the place on the move Some OF
the residences are decidedly ornate. and
the profuslon OF flowers which decorate
the lawns and yards make the stranger
realize At once that ne is in land OF
buildings, too, are noticeable for neat
design, and substantial construction. The
city has a court house, q fail an opera
house, a public school building a com
mercial college. and q number OF big |
The surrounding country is largely set |
tied by small farmers. and there Is plenty |
can be brought for from SIS 70 ,25 an acre, |
and with the extension OF Irrigation |
would raise such large crops Of rice that /
the cultivator ought 10 be able 10 nav /
its cost with the money received after
the first season.
There are two public school, in the
other for coiored. three private schools. a
commercial and literary college, and 10 |
church buildings. Machine gheelwri9ht
blacksmith and tin, sheet iron and con-
per working shops, q large elevator. rice
warehouses. steam brick factory. q
steam novelty works and q pump fac
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12
Milling In CrsuIey.

Fifty per cent Of the noe Trown IN
Southwestern Louisiana is milled In
Crowley, sne an eHHeai business OF about
1900 900 10 transacted In that industry
alone. The shipments OF one Crowley
mill to California amount yearly TO about
100 carloads OF 25. 900 pounds each. The
finished production OF the three Crowley
rice mills. which represent an aggregate
investment OF about $500. 900, is about 30O-
0Oo pounds every "a hours besides $40
sacks OF bran and nve tons OF polish,
most or the last named article being cx-
ported 10 Germany. Both polish and
rice bran are the bes; OF feed for stock
The daily consumption OF rough rice by
ley had four mills until recenty, but one
was destroyed by fire. II will be rebuilt
this fall, II Is expected, when a new and
large plant OF the same character Is
also TO be erected. These new plants will
make Crowley's rice mills fve In num-
Der.
The immense quantities Of rico straw
which now has no utilization here, and
is as cheap as cheap can be, ought 10
be sufficient inducement In itself for
enterprisng paper trade men 10 build
plant or two here, and the quality OF
sugar cane which can be grown In this
neIghborhood would be sufficient warrant
paper and sugar mills are bound to spring
up in this town In time. The modern
Industrial tendency which drives the
plant to the edge of tho neld, mlne or
forest Is a guarantee Of that The east
ern part Of Acadia parish Is especially
and this Is a crop which In the rough
and refined has made many millionsires
in the verdure bedecked state OF Lou
isiana
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12
Woods and Streams.

Acadia parish Is largely covered with
woodland and the landscape of Crowley IA
framed by beautiful and imposing
growths OF oak. ash, hickory. gum. pine
and cypress trees. They lend an addi-
tional charm TO an otherwise sllurinx
vista and add. II is hardly necessary -
state, materially 20 the wealth OF tbs
district. Such abundance OF timber means
cheap raw material and is the reason
why this city offers such strong induce-
ments as location for furniture. wagon
and other plants which work wood The
umoered lands OF this locality are high.
IKE the other portions OF the parish rood
for farming. This region Is an extremciv
well watered country. Water can he
fe found % almost ,n anywhere by digging from
Besides the sub-surface ,upn,v ,h.r.
are many fine streams In the Vicinity OF
In their effects upon the climate ana 70
draining purposes but are navlgabie for
CLEANERS and other vessels and thus of.
Ter transportation facilities as well. The
south. II miles west Of this place ia ,bo
largest and most important stream in
nneeS o9 sne ths Hayog fo5mfa Sa BY the
Bayou Nezpique at Its headwafers The
Mermentau river Is about 100 miles long
ana is nayigable all the distance. having
an average width OF 800 feet. The bes,
land for rice raising In the United states
II IN SfoNleyt ana an area OF 20 miles
around A., and the Mermentau affords an
inexhaustible and sufficient supply for
NE irrigatIon or the whole tract. The
stream In this neighborhood and OF inn
pOrtance both for navigation and irriea-
ton: FOR that matter this region, as any
good local map viii show. e a network
or bayous and streams and their little
branches which drain the land OF SURPLUS
water and oner superb facilities for irri-
eating fields fields where rice ls grown. besides
saving time, trouble and expense in get
ting crops and goods 20 the railroad or 10
adjacent markets. They have prevented
the formation of swamps. made the whole
section delightful for habitation and
profitable for agriculture.
How Rice ~ Raised.
The only requisites for rice cultivation
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

Southwestern Louisiana produces more
man half the amount grown In the Unit
half the amount OF It's annual consump-
ton. Last year II s estimated more
than 20, OO0,o 900 pounds were consumed In
America. and :he value Of this amount
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

6tan Correspondence New England
Newspaper League.)
CROWLEY. La. June 23.-This II q
remarkable city; one of the most re-
markable. I'm fact. In the entire domain
or tho United States. Its site II years
ago was an unlnhabtted prairie that was
not considered by land spectators to be
worth either booming or holding for
Investment. For that matter. Crowley
got along very well indeed without spec
uiators. 1t never had q ''boom" md
never encouraged that process Of devel-
opment. although from q solitude II has
grown to q population Of 1000 in q little
over q decade and become 80 prosperous
Q place that II is the talk Of Louisiana
aud the whole Southwest
No fairy was employed to bring about
this achievement. 1t was the result of
opportunity seized by tho scalp lock, In
dustry. enterprise. irrigation and rice.
When you take a level stretch OF coun-
try without houses. factories or popula-
ton, and In II years convert II into a
city OF big mills, hne schools, large
churches and beautiful residences. you
have done something out OF the COM
mon, and that Is why the outside world
has heard Of Crowley and hnds II worth
discussing. Nature made IL q beautiful
plain. and tho hustling citizens converted
II into the largest rice shipping point on
the American continent. Men who had
not made fortunes In the North and
West. but who had the energy, ability
and probity to deserve them, migrated
here and struck the highroad TO pros
perity. This city Is a combination OF
Southern wealth and cline. Western en-
terprise and Eastern sagacity. 1t is the
Now South In the best sense-that Is. the
development OF the Old South In a new
direction.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12
Croulcy's Canals.

since the solution OF the engineering
problem OF pumping water from the
streams and bayous 20 the highest prairie
levels there has been no difficulty IN
chesply irrfgating all the land available
for rice raising. and the amount stlll
awaiting tillage is 50 great that the even
tual wealth OF this district from this
source is calculated 10 astound the most
conservative Of Crowley's citizens. There
are many big irrigation plants standing
today In Acadia where ffteen years sgo
20 use a Hibernianism, hear yourself
think. These plants have pumps WITH the
capacity OF millions OF gallons per minute
and have been built on a magnitude that
will be sufficient to supply Increasing de-
mands for years 10 come. Many or tho
irrigating canals which have been dug arc
30 feet wide and deep enough 10 navlgaie
With a steam or naphtha launch, while
there are miles and miles " lateral oitch-
es interlacing an area or many square
miles. II placed end TO end the Irritating
canals In Southwestern Louisiana would
make a waterway which II stretched east
TO west would extend away across the
state, and the total capacity OF the pumps
supplying these canals IL over lVO,VOO
gallong a minute ana the irrigated area
comprises 5000 or moro acres, Before
the days OF irrigation they USED 20 grow
raise sas'I as much 1u % as Is on on some land. 4
brief resume OF the leading facts regard
ing the chief irrigation companies OF
been accomplished and expended here in
canal building.
The AbbOtt-Duson canal. built In 1898,
has ten miles OF main canal and fully 25
miles of lateral or branch ditches, and r.
now being extended, az an additional eN-
pendifure OF t15, 600, 70 make the main line
Is miles I'm length This canaf ana pfaur
originally cost si75 900. Its pumping sta
tion ls located az Bayou Descannes, and
Its capacity Is $4,000 % 10000 gallons a
minute The entire Pi,sn{ ,,1,a Wnen 2, ne add
and be the largest In Acadia parish. The
Brothers Abbott canal has nine miles
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

tory are among the industrial plants Of
Crowley outside OF It's rice mills, and II
is briin full Of hotels, markets and retail
stores.