The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-08

The Worlds Fair jury Of awards
has awarded 10 the State Of Missls.
siDpi the grand prize on her cotton eX
Elbit. Mississippi Is the only state
receiving such recognition a. the
bands Of he jury, and the honor Ia
one that the State may vel feel
proud Of. as the competition was pref.
~ lively. Hon Charles Scott. Of Rose.
dale. Bolivar county, received p gold
medal on his individual cotton OK
EiBit. and VIM. Robb, Of Edwards,
Kinds county, received n silver medal
on hig exhibit Of long staple cotton.
Mi-aif ippTs cotton exhibit, from
King Cotton down 10 the private
exhibits, has attracted a great deal oT
attention, moro, perhaps, than has the
exhibit of any other one farm prod,
uct, and this gives the State = great
and lasting advertisement in those
sections Of the country where II ia
most needed and where calculated 10
do the most good. While our exhibit
may Lot be just what it ought To be,
Al the same time IL is very creditable
and ls dpiDg a world u good.
N. " Margdon, Of Philadelphia.
some weeks ago had a lot OF cotton
stalks shIrped 10 him FOR the purpose
of making IA analysis and ascertain,
ing what was contained in them that
could be made OF service 20 man. The
result Of his investigation was very
satisfactory and the stalk is an
nouncpd to contain from s. 10 81
worth Of sugar TO the ton, 10 make
hnr paper. which Is superior to ihni
made Of wood pulp. two elements re-
Fcmbiiug cplmloid, smokelcss pp~d2,
composition. alcohol and q valuable
fertilizer. He made propositions Tor
Tie construction Of q plant in Texas
fer the utilizing Of tbs heretofore
waste product, and It is very likely
that ere long the stalk Of cotton viii
class alongside tho lint and seed IN
valuable products. Not many years
since the seed was thought to he
worth hut little, and sold for I'VE
cents pet bushel Now they are one
Of the greatest profit producing toa.
turns Of the cotton crop, and are much
sought after at % and 50 cents per
bushei.
The Southern Railway is invading
the rich delta country right along
now. The road to run from Eliza
beth. in Washington county, to
Kuhns. In Bolivar county, thence
southwark via Perry 20 Campbells'
vine, in YazoO county, has been prop
crIy incorporated and will very
likely be built at an early date. There
rs Il strong probability that this line
viii be extended To jackson before
many moons. Then, too, the South
ern has surveyed a line from ShuGua'
lEkt III AZ lNtll't NthllNE W. i%H'h
burg, in Lcako county. While 1t Is
not certain that this road viii be
built, it would tap a section Of coun.
try rich in resources and without =
road Of any description, should this
line he built It would, in the end,
come on by Carthage down to Jack.
son. also. The Southern has IFS best
eye ON Mississippi and will make an
effort to divide business with the
Illinois Central, which at present COW
crs the State pretty thoroughly.
Ben Yancy. of Tippah county,
raised a sweet potato which meas
urcd q inches in length and 10 inches
in circumference. Shat "a a pretty
good potato and confirms the conten.
ton that the red hills Of North Mis-.
sissippi should be utilized for the
trucking industry, The lands are
, cheap up there aud produce abund
antly Of all vegetable crops, All that
Is needed to make them Of the most
/ valuable in the state is for the people
to Inauguratc the trucking industry,
The credit Of the State of Missis
sippi is equal to that Of New Sorf
city. as proven by the recent bond
deal. While there may have been
little underhand work for political re
yenge done that retarded the closing
Of the deal for some time, the money
has been received and our State
takes its stand alongside anything ex
CCpt Uncle Sam with his long time
bonds, This is very gratifying to al
concerned.
Some Of the Clay county farmer,
tried wheat crops this year and fount
that it yielded well They will have
biscuit made In Mississippi and will
little care II wheat Is away above Tho
dollar mark. While it is not always
a safe crop. almost every farmer II
the hill sections of the State coult
raise enough wheat to make his broat
anyway
Parties who have Clays that the,
believe to be OF value should arrange
to have specimens Of the same at tn,
Corn and Cotton Carnival. People
from every section Of the Unitot
States will be here, and some nigh
,ecome interested in developing some
OF the property There are clays wei
adapted to making semi.porcelair
goods and only need the exploiting t
bring them into general notice.
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