Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-01-14

West folks are con-
y sideiing Mississippi
- and other Southern
GS%SfS States with a view
Of joining you In all manner Of enter
prlses calculated to develop this rich
section OF our grand country" said q
gentleman the other day, causually
met up with by q representative OF
this earnest advocate of Industrial and
commercial advancement. Then he
continued ;
"I have been travelling over your
grand old state for three weeks, osten-
sibly to enjoy q vacation, and Incl
IDENTIFY to pick out q location for an
enterprise with which I am connected
10 the northeast and to which we are
compelled to ship our raw material
from the South.
"The manifest opportunities for a
wonderful and immediate develop
ment Of the South in every way lie GER
tainly knocking at the door Of every
community where q welcome is offer
ed to those seeking to join In the
noble work.
"But I'm surprised at the Indifference
shown by some localities to such pros
poets. In many places the fever Is
fairly on and modern developments in
towns that have been at q standstill
for nearly half . century, are mani
tested in everything, but in other
places the people appear content to
quietly let time drift along, to remain
in the time hOnored though well worn
ruts, which have been largely respon-
sible for the slow progress the South
has made in the past forty years, in
comparison with the rapid growth of
many other sections of q grand
and powerful country.
"There are, however, q number Of
towns in Mississippi into which a
stranger can scarcely alight from a
train without he is met by q commit
tee Of prominent citizens, anxious to
ascertain the object of his mission,
and IL he d~iscloses the secret that he
is on a prospecting tour, he's gone.
He is escorted to the hotel by the COM
mittee and entertained with as much
royal acclaim as il he were a visiting
potentate from Europe or a special
agent sent out by the President from
Washington, in search Of some one to
accept an official Federal recognition,
"In one town l recently visited ]
was 80 much impressed by the unity Of
its people, the activity Of it's business
men and the public spirit of its CAPT
talists, the industries already in sue
cessful operation, and the modern
buildings going up ell over the place,
that I fingered there for four days
while one day suficed for my purpose
In any other town I had visited.
was beseiged by prominent men, anx'
ious to know Of what I vas In search
Just before taking my departure,
was urged to say what I thought o.
the town. replied that it had inter
terested me sufficiently to hold nj
there four times al long as any otheI
place I had visited on this trip, anC
then they fairly grew frantic in thei
efforts to interest me 60 remain still
longer, or to promise that I would re
turn again In the near future, to learl
more OF the inducements their partic
ular city had to offer. One gentle
man, who was the president Of one o
} the national banks Of the place, sal
to me, as we stood on the depot plat
form, and he held my hand:
} 'If you want to come and join Z
, in building up our young city, q
: down when you get home, write OF
what you want us to do, send It to m'
/ and by return mail I win send you
p written guarantee that it shall b
forthcoming
4 "That town has q future, and pee
: pie who locate there and invest the
capital win not lose 1t. They ms
q plunge 3 little in making public In
provements, for these must come, en-
taxes may run up, Lut the certain n
turns viii make them seem insight
q cant.
ga good many such places through
out the South are %springing forwar
and some Of the busiest cities In Il
y country must soon be those lOCat'
: on the sunny side Of the Mason 81
n Dixon line.
Il "We are coming South with o.
10 business, and the more enterpri
;, shown IN the city IN which we deci'
I. to locate, the better We shall be plea
ID ed, and the greater win be the enOI
put forth BY rs TO become permane
k factors In the advancement"
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when you take Groves Tasteless Oh
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