The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-07-18
An Auspicious Prospective.

suspicious prospective. for Missis-
sippi. whose wealth of soil, re-
source and development is just
now attracting the brain, Drawn
and capital of homeseekers every
where. 1t is refreshing 10 read
articles that are broad enough TO
comprehend promising conditions
and that give credit 10 the agencies
that have brought them about re-
gardless of their being corpora
tons, monopolies or individuals.
The great work that the railroads
are doing for Mississippi in the
way of industrial and agricultural
development is growing more APP
parent with the increase of rail
road mileage in the State. Every
one will soon point with pride to
the magnificent factories. saw
mills, horticultural and agricultu-
raj industries that are springing
up along their lines. 1t behooves
local and individual energy to
cooperate with them and acceler-
ate Mississippi to the front:
For several years it has been
epeatedly pointed out IN the Plea
yune that the west had had its in
ming in the matter of homeseekers
and that inevitably the time was
near when people who wanted
lands and homes must turn 10 the
south. 1t has been also frequent
~ stated in these dispatches that
the railroads had had much to do
with the upbuilding of the west,
and that the time was near when
the great railroads of the south
must of necessity help TO build up
the south and thereby make more
business for themselves. The time
has arrived, and with the building
OF the isthmian canal the south Is
destined within a very few years
TO be the most active, prosperous
section of this great nation. The
activity j. already in evidence.
The Southern Field says that 1.-THE
attention of the northern people is
toward the south. They are look
that way to purchase farms, tim Der
lands, mineral lands, etc. Those
localities having active and pro-
gressive real estate men are loca-
ting new settlers. Every new
conner adds 10 the progress of the
community and also indirectly
augments the value of surrounding
property. Now settlers are wanted
in the south, and well directed,
persistent effort will get them
The real estate man Is the person
TO look after this business. n
spasmodic experimental effort will
not succeed. Like any other
business, the real estate business
must be carried on along intelli-
gent, progressive lines. Adjacent
10 every town in the south there
are farms, as well as large unim-
proved areas, for sale"
The Illinois Central Railroad
has been for a mum Der of years the
most potential industrial friend
that Mississippi has had. That
great system has developed the
Yazoo and Mississippi delta, trans
forming it from a wilderness to
beautiful farms and prosperous
towns. Its double track from
Chicago 10 New Orleans, the great
city of south, will be completed
wlIhin about year and, this of
itself will be great thing for Mis-
sIssIppi. When the great Southern
Railway system took over the
Mobile * Ohio system in the
eastern part OF Mississippi the
statement was made in the Plea
yune that that magnificent system
would do Tor the eastern part OF
Mississippi what the Illinois Cen
trail had done for the western part;
that there would he generous
rivalry between these two gigantic
highways of iron in the matter Of
encouraging dIversltication and
industrial progress. and that the
people would be the beneficiaries
of an era of prosperity hitherto
unknown. The Memphis. Kansas
City d Birmingham. another first
class road, is developing the splen-
did territory between those towns
and affords great convenience to
the people of northeast Mississip-
pi.
The Gulf q Ship Island Rail
road penetrates from north to
south a matchless pinery. and has
built up innumerable saw mills.
splendid fiourishing towns, some
cotton mills, and is helping the
Queen x Crescent and Louisville
x Nashville to do for the pine sec
ton of Mississippi what the IL
linois Central has done for the
delta. The Gulf q Ship Island