Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1901-03-01
TURN on THE LIGHT.
LET The WORLD KNOW THAT YOUR
Town IS ALIVE AND WORKING.

Place Ina which To settle.
The board Of trade of a thriving New
Jersey town recently asked tie COM
mon council TO appropriate $500 for
the purpose OF advertising the adyan-
taeps Of Tie town for those seeking
homes and sites for manufacturing en-
tcrprisrs. Under a New Jersey state
law local authorities can tax property
onc-half Of per cent for such pur-
poses. There is 10 reason why adver-
Using would not pay town as well as
It pays individuals when it is done
wisely.
Many entcIprisinG towns in the west
and south find IT profitable to throw the
light Of publicity on their communities
by advertising their advantages in va
rious ways. favorite method beins
write ups in metropolitan newspapers.
Not long ago the board Of trade of Wes-
sou. Miss, called attention 70 its at
fractions by inserting an illustrated
write UP in one Of the most widely cir
culated daily newspapers Of the south.
Here is what they say Of their town;
Wusson is thriving commercial ana
manufacturing town Of 1000 inhabit-
ants. situated on the Illinois Central
railroad, l3S miles from New Orleans,
IN the midst of a line agricultural aud
wei tlmherca country. The town Is
located ia the high red hills which
form ihc watershed between the Mis-
siss,ppi river On the left and Pearl riv-
or on the right. thus making the drain
age perfect aud forming a natural san
uarium 500 feet above the level of the
sea. The climate is very equable, the
thermometer never rising above % de
greps in summer ana not often below
the freezing point in winter. All around
WosSon are large areas of lands which
can be bought ut prices ranging from
$50 to 500 per acre for unimproyed
and So TO SO for improved and which
respond generously 10 the call of the
worker ON the adjacent streams are
immense bodies of timber suitable for
the manufacture Of wagons. buggies.
furniture and everything which calls
for the use of hard and soft wood.
Good openings exist here for the es-
adjustment OF a pants and shirt facto-
ry, rs labor is abundant and cheap,
aud material Is manufactured on the
spot, saving freight and other expenses.
There is also a fine opening for an oil
I mill. ice factory, furniture and wagon
factory and many other enterprises
which. when developed, would return
handsome profits,
Ia this genial and kindly climate one
/ can work out OF doors the year round,
so different from the regions north Of
us, where the inhabitants have to hi
4 bernate for half the year. Even at this
/ season roses are blooming in the yards.
and the trees in the forest are green.
/ NeSson is the seat of the far famed
/ Mississippi mills, one of the largest
/ cotton aud wool manufacturing insti-
1 tutions in the south, consuming 5000
/ bales Of cotton and 100000 pounds Of
/ wool annually, making this one of the
1 Queer in the country. The business
/ houses are large and ample. the trade
/ embracing several counties, and. like
/ the Unsuitable Oliver Twist. are reach
/ Ing out for more
WeSson has seven churches. includ.
ing Methodist, Episcopal, Baptist,
Presbyterian ana Catholic. The Sun
4 day schools are large and well attend
ed. and each church has auxiliary
! branches for all departments of Chris.
tjan work. Wesson can boast of one
! of the best educational institutions in
its public free school anywhere to be
found outside of colleges and universe.
| ties. The institute has a faculty of II
| teachers, with an enrolment of Coz
! pupils. All branches are taught, in.
GLIDING music. art, elocution, etc. The
school session covers nine months in
the year without expense to the pa
irons except for books and stationery
Pupils who graduate here are well
equipped with good business educa
ton or prepared to enter the sophomore
/ VI. l
school building IS two story brick
costing S2o,odD situated in Il beautiful
| grove of four acres. the water supply
being from spring near by, furnish
Ing thousands of gallons of pure, free
stone water daily.
Dairy business pays here There is Q
large and increasing demand for suct
products Grazing is excellent. Two
or three crops of forage can be raised
upon the same ground during the year
and nj this date-Dec. 3-cattle lin,
good grazing in the fields and wood,
and are fat and in good marketable
condition
Owing to the high altitude and pur,
water the health of the community /.
excellent, Not Single case of con
sumption exists here and Infection.
Diseases never obtain foothoId
The town is lighted by electricity
with possibility of waterworks. Bank
ing facilities ample.
Those desiring to avail themselves
OF the many advantages enumerated
above would do well to pay Wesson q
visit, Letters of Inquiry will be cheer
fully answered when addressed to tn,
board of trade, Wesson. Miss.
Headache often results from a disol.
dered condition of the stomach and con.
stipahon Of the bowels. A dose or two
Of Chamberlain. S Stomach and T.;var