The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-07-23

South MISSISSIPPI AH6 EluhDAu9
Lumber Company, OF Virgins, has In
stalled a plant that makes tar, fur
pentite, wood alcohol, creosote and
charcoal from the waste slabs that
come from the mill. The plant has
only been in operation short time,
but a gentleman connected with the
mill told the writer last week that Il
was proving great success. The
large mills can make steam with the
planer chips and sawdust, leaving the
slabs for being utilized as stated
above. Instead of being burned as
waste material they will now enter
into the regular product Of the mill.
The stumps will soon be used for the
same purpose. They are very rich in
the products mentioned above, and
experiments are being made with
pullers for getting them out Of the
ground economically. When the
stump and every bit of the tree is
made Of value and easily brought into
a merchantable state, but little Of the
giants will be wasted. Great is the
age Of invention and the resourceful
ness Of man.
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The cotton pickers," the three
times prize winning crew of Elks from
Greenville, are in Cincinnati this
week attending the regular meeting
of the order, and they hope to capture
the prize again At Milwaukee, in
1901, they captured first prize for
UNIQUE display in the grand parade.
At Salt Lake City, in 1902, they were
successful in getting second place,
and at Baltimore last year they were
again the victors for first place. Their
display this year will be better than
ever, and they are reasonably sure Of
coming off with the laurels again
They not only have a good time on
these trips, but never let an opportu-
nifty pass to do something for Missis-
sippi. This year they will distribute
advertising matter furnished by the
Greater Mississippi Association, and
every one of them will display Mis-
] sissippi button on his coat, as well
as talk for the State. They are
hustlers, and pity tbs that Mississippi
has not more just like them. Every
Mississippian is wishing them success
in the contest at Cincinnati this week.
McComb City is making great prep
aration for the fair this fall, and it
is estimated that fully 10000 people
from distance will be in attendance.
Prizes large enough to stimulate in
terest have been put up, and some
excellent stuff will be in competition.
The fair will bring hundreds of people
| to McComb who would not come there
otherwise, and will, of course, make
| purchases, large or small, while in
town Then, too. it may get them
in the habit of going there to trade,
and that is one of the objects of the
fair, outside the stimulation of re-
newed efforts to produce more and
better crops, live stock, etc. McComb
is making wise investment which,
while the results may not be striking
| ly apparent at once, will come in good
time.
The office of public roads inquiries
at Washington discloses q plan for i'm
proved roads that might be used to an
advantage in Mississippi The bulle-
tin states that clay and sand mixed
make a fairly hard roadbed that will
not get muddy in wet weather. Sew
eral counties in the State have both
these elements, and with little mix
ing better roads would no doubt re
suit. The sand and clay may not be
right together, but with little work
they can be gotten to the right place.
The Oxford Globe sees in this plan
the remedy for road problems in La
fayette county, and like conditions
prevail in manv others. A simple and
inexpensive solution of the question
may yet be hit upon, and so long as,
the matter is kept agitated, so long
win experiments be made looking to
that end.
And Mississippi is. now actually en-,
gagged in sending fine sheep to Illinois
farmers, who recognize the excellence
Of animals bred in this State. Col
W. B. Montgomery, Of StarkviIle, is
the man who raised and shipped them.
The price realized was highly salts
! factory Then. too, there are some
weakened, namby-pamby individuals
who can't see anything good in Mis-
sissippi All such fellows ought to be
| shipped out West at once and be
kicked to death by grasshoppers.
Push Mississippi on any and all
occasions.
Crops in the State are reported very
fine at the present, with the exception
! of a few sections where too much
rain has interfered to some extent
Prospects taken on a whole, however
| point to an abnormal Yield, and the
| likelihood of a good price for cotton
continues. Times are good in the old
State yet, and there will likely e
something better still.
Hattiesburg is having telephone
troubles, the present company doing
/ business there not giving satisfaction.
A move is on foot to put in an indie
pendent plant for the purpose of Sc
curing better service. The people
down at Hattiesburg are wideawake,
and il they have not the best already.
they will arrange for it s as soon as
possible.
Canton is considering the advisable
ity Of putting in a complete system Of
sewers. The growing Importance OF
that place demands for its citizens
the best that there is for them.
/ Tate county IS trying the contract
system of working the public roads,
| with the view Of lettering conditions.
The results are said to be satisfac-
tory by the Senatobia Democrat. The
experience Of Tate will be watched
with critical eye by other counties
that contemplate . change Of some
kind to secure better roads
Mrs. M 9. Ray, Of Aberdeen, raises
tomatoes that measure five inches in
circumference Aberdeen ought to