The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

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%vicksburg and Jackson played the
,.rt of host to this fine body Of pro-
r,ocsive men and women, and, If we
s"ov Judge by the many kind things
aid by the visitors, they played 1t
coll Our vast lumber possibilities
,mnressed them more, perhaps, than
.rv other of our numerous
mne,rs was a lumber State a little
chile ago. and where the dairy herds
now craze the stately forest stood so
rocently that even the young editors
.omember them. Many of MISSISSIPPI
MIC gold mines lie in her forests and
the "prospectors" are rapidly locating
,bem, One of the Badger" editors
smoke a word Of warning along this
line by the way. He urged, with good
reasons. that now while there is yet
time legislative action should be taken
nv our people looking to the regula-
,ion of timber cutting and to the pres
~eryation of the forests. If the cut
fling of trees of certain varieties ami
of certain ages is prohibited-if it is
required of those cutting to plant
Young trees in place Of the old, etc.
coming generations will bless the fore.
sight and forethought that preserves
the forests (and with them so many
attendant blessings) to the State. Our
Wisconsin visitors were in charge Of
xr-:sni,Dya efanob frtapd Cont IL
Merry of Dubuque, Ia, who has, per-
haps, done more to put Mississippi's
resources and possibilities before
would-be investors than any other
man. While serving well the great /.
C. R. R., of which he is an official, he
has served Mississippi better, and has
forged links of friendly intercourse
and trade relations that time will on
tinue to strengthen. When the genial
captain brought his first 'dairymen"
to Mississippi more than fifteen years
ago he had to use much urging and
offer great inducements in addition
to the trip itself to persuade some Of
them to come. A few had to be told
where Mississippi was, and a few 9TH
ers demanded r%ock-bound contracts
that no cannon or small arms should
be aimed at them as they passed
through Vicksburg or "Copiah." Now
Mississippi is known to all the people
of the great Northwest as a veritable
garden of Eden, toward which all
wish to come. And much Of this
very much of it's due to the Illinois
Central, or to Capt. Merry.
"Straws show which way the wind
blows" hence we may judge by the
following, scattered through last
weeks issue of the Aberdeen Exam
country have easy times ahead, thanks
to their foresight in raising fine hay:
"Mr. Alfred L. Bowen, one of oul
enterprising farmers, has housed this
season over sixty tons of the finest
peayine hay, a stock feed equal tC
corn. He is also saving a large guam
tity Of hay from native grasses.
"Mr. C. c. McCandlass has over t
thousand bales Of fine hay In stor'
al the compress warehouse at the NJ
so. depot, and is daily adding to thu
accumulation.
1T is a pleasant thing to look upor
the baled hay from the farm of Mr.
0. S. Anderson that he is piling VI
In the warehouse at the old spoke fac
tory. He had 1000 bales in store wheI
We were up there Wednesday, and tn
wagons were still hauling. In an
other part of the warehouse are 60
bales, part Of the crop Of his nephew
who is still making hay. We under
stand that Mr.. Anderson holds his ha,
crop at $1,000 per ton, and bette
cured hay is seldom seen. He expect
TO NIL that large warehouse with BALE
hay"
Judging by the following, the dc
mand will equal the supply, good a
that is:
Agent Godfrey of the M. & o. r
H. received an order Tuesday for tn
purchase of twenty carloads of hay"
In speaking of the Thanksgivin
proclamation, the Hattiesburg Pros
ress urges the Governor to make
long and loud" 1t adds: "If eve
there was a time that we should b
thankful for the many good thing
We have been blessed with, since tn
hrst of January, that time has com
Our crops have been good, our healt
me, and prosperity increasing ever
Jay" Among other things for whic
we should give thanks, the Progress
ehumerates the enormous lumber on
put in South Mississippi, railroa
construction, new saw mills and ampl
BUSINESS to keep new and old rul
nlng; the cotton yield, which is bette
than we dared hope a few months age
,ne line sugar cant crop, which is g
,ng to furnish ample supplies of m,
iasses for the thrifty farmers in lowe
mississippi, and many other blessing
We noted in these columns recent
mat one Of our circuit judges ha
sven his jury some very particuls