Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-05-27
WHAT A NAN CAN Do
4 Little Enterprise win Win Out
Most Every Time.
MIR. T00LE'S SUCCESS
Starts a little BrOOm Corn Farm and
Now Has Mississippi Farmers
Raising II for Him MIS-.
sissippi's Liberal Laws.

Baltimore. May 2G-On the verge Of
the fruit movement 20 Northern mar
kets much interest is being manifested
IN the south in the establishment Of
canning factories The success Of those
already established in saving surplus
fruit 70 become profitable article Of
trade, has led 10 plans for additions to
this industry. This is but one Of the
many manifestations here and there Of
the tendency in the south 10 diversified
ton Of crops. An example Of the oppor.
tunities opening Tor such diyersihcation
Is given in alette5 from jackson. Miss,
In this weeks Manufacturers Record.
II says:
Several years ago an enterprising
gentleman from Illinois, J. G.. Toole.
came to Jackson prospecting He started
wagon factory in modest way, and
soon had AN opportunity to dispose Of it,
which he did. Then, 10 the great sur.
prise Of all, he bought a tract OF poor
land north Of the city, some sixty or sew
enty acres IL had been cultivated until
there was very little left in the soil ca.
pable Of supporting crop. Mr.. Toole AZ
once erected some inexpensive buildings
and then prepared his land and put in
crop Of broom corn, which was decid-
ed novelty IN this section. In the fall
he got some machinery. and harvesting
his corn, began 10 turn out IN small lots,
very good, durable quality Of hrooms.
He found a ready sale for all he could
make. He exhausted his home supply
of home grown corn. and was compelled
20 buy in Illinois aud Indiana.
last year he largely increased his
acreage Of broom corn, increased his ca
pacities aud still could not supply the
demand for his brooms. Again he had
10 80 into northern markets and pay 800
n ton for the brush This year he has
gotten more land. and in addition has
made contracts with number of farm.
ers in the vicinity. 80 he will be indie
pendent of the supply market. and he
says he has almost the entire output Of
his factory for this year contracted for"
This example of the ability 10 make in
industry, II enterprise and capacity
seize the opportunity, is being duplcat.
ed in Mississippi under the spur Of re-
cent liberal Legislation. Within the
past few days charters have been filed
with the secretary Of state for an oil and
fertilizer mill at Kosciusko, for lumber
and brick works at Norfeld, for turpcn.
tine, resin and naval stores plant at Tay.
louisville, for oil mill, gin, fertilizer
works and ice factory at Macon, for saw
and single mills at Glendora, for furni-
ture factory at Nicksburg, forturpentine
and naval stores plant nc Hattiesburg.
and a book bindery at Yazoo City.
The same spirit is displayed in other
southern states. In addition 10 steady
development Of mineral properties and
progress in the establishment Of electric
plants here and there, the announce
ments Of the week Of plans for indus.
tries more or less advanced include the
following:
AlabamR--A 40.ton oil mill at West
Huntsville, development OF water power
for manufacturing purposes at Alexan.
der City. pillow works and implement
factory at Enslcy City.
Arkansas Lumber mill 10 develop
1900 acres Of hardwood timber, cooper.
age ut Augusta, cotton mill ut Helena,
brick works at Jonesboro.
Florida-Forty ton cotton oil mill at
Tallahassee, ginnery 10 handle sen
island cotton and corn mill at Lake City,
shirt factory mt Tampa.
OVERWHELMINGLY and cotton mill at
West Point; ice factory 50.ton capacity
at Atlanta; -four mills at Greenbush,
Kensington and Lafayette; cotton mills
Mt LAGrange, Warrenton, Coyington;
cannery ut Augusta; ginnery aud shoe
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Griswoldyille.
Kentucky-Flour mill ut Munford.
Vile; handle and spoke factory at Kent:
foundry at Somerset; brewery at Padu.
cab.
North Carolinn-Fl0ur mills No Ad.
vance and Leicester; cotton mill at Hen.
ny; furniture factory at Salisbury; We.
neer factory at Sanford.
South Carolina 80 Paste and photo.
graphic supply factory ut Columbia,
lumber mill at Ma8,leville, ginnery at
Jonesyille, cotton mill at st. Matthew'S
Tennossee--Cotton mill ut Chatta.
nooga, iron furnace Mt lockwood.
Texas-Cotton compress at Smithville,
cotton oil mills at Yorktown Bronham,
and Gainesville.
Virginia - Flour mills at brakes
Branch and Middletown, frank factory
at Manchester, spoke factory at Alexan.
dria.