The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-03-29
FROM SUNNY SOUTH
TO wINTRY NORTH.
Wen. the Following Letter Written BY One q
Little School Missss.

EDrroR or THE TIMES:
The children OF our schools have
been much interested in correspond
iny with children in schools In various
portions Of the United States, ana Inc
exercise has been most beneficial.
They have received letters rom
Massschnsetts, New York, Colorado,
Illinois. Missouri and Kentucky.
Quite d number we're received from
the Marquette Training School ~
Northern Michigan, and the various
grammar grades have used part OF the
time devoted to geography to study
ing and comparing Michigan and mis-
slssippI. In today's mail they seno
letters and box containing samples
Of cotton products to their little frlendss
on Lake Superior.
/ send herewith one OF the letters
which think very fully answers the
questions propounded BY the letter
writer's from Marquette,
Very truly,
e. e. BASS,
supt. City Schools.
GREENv1LLE, MISS, ,M'cb 12,lsO2.
Ethel Swanson,
Marquette, Mich,
Dear Frienc:-In answer to your let
tar which we received yesterday
write 10 describe our country.
we have a nice climate. We have
| winter which 10 sometimes very cOiu
There has been snow here three time
Everything down here is budding
Everybody is planting MOVERS ana ga'
dens. :, ,aad \,
raise bale of cotton. The costol
looks beautiful when the whole mel,
ia white. Cotton grows on q slisl'
about Eve feet high and In very fertii
land about ten feet. 1t grows In Dolls
When Il 4 matured the bolls burs
and expose the cotton to the sun. ~
then nic,xed and taken to the gin an
Z There separated from the seed "A
the pin It is put into q large gin or nj
chine and the seed go out one wa
while the cotton Is taken another wal
The cotton seed are then taken to IN
o;lI There the seed are take
Through another machine 10 which 2
: ~ the lint Is taken of. or this III
fall and many other useful things az
made. The hull is then removed az
Inc kernel ground. The ground ke
, n..ls are put into large yats and 1oiie'
8 / Ont AZ this the oil Is pressed ana sci
!. ~ fnraicn markets TO be made IN
what i called 'olive oil, oleomarga
inc cotoiine and vaseline. In
3 pressed pulp is made into cake WHY VIII
y after being ground is USED ior leIs'il
!. ing. The hull too 10 usea, soMe
food for cattle The remainder oI y
I hull and The boil are used lor MAXI
washing preparations, sucn a. ~
dust sap0llo etc. Cotton Is raiseu ~
outside our city limits.
The white aud cOlored schools =
senarate. There are three Will
% SCHOOLS and three cOlored. | attel
10 school No. /. Tue builing Is a lar
e two storv brick building with 2 lar
8 nlav Ground covering about an acl
y Ifrhis ground is bordered BY sna
az trees. Our grades are divided y
le twn divisions the A. and b. class
4 T,hare Are twenty-five children IN 9
3 class we have small libraries q
~ te;nino hooks OF reference in ca
ee nom and in our school library abb
.ir liftsen hundred books. WOrksof g
Al 81. fiction, history, biography E
4. We take drawing every Tuesaay
~ Thursday and singing. every Weun
We davs we have u great many plctu
as- in our room. There are boxes ana =
If ilowers growing 10 all Of our room
T'he Mississippi river has ne
overfIowed here, but i've years age
=, ovsrfoWed above and below here.
-. - water WAS kept out & the greater
y. fion Of the town BY protection lev
- - leveas are about sixty feet 81