The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-05-07

Municipal ownership of utilities hal
proven winner in every instance
where ordinary business sense nat
been exercised in the management Of
the same. Municipal plants kept ceal
of political influences are great boor
to any town or city.
NJ. A. Dees, of Moss Point, raised
over 600 bushels of yellow yam pota
toes on an acre of ground; over $500
worth of truck to the acre. Why want
to leave Mississippi to farm, truck or
manufacture? There's no State in the
Union that can turn her down.
Pecan-growing is attracting more at
tention at the hands of our citizens
yearly and promises to be a principal
industry before many years roll by.
The Mississippi exhibit at the Fair
will show as fine pecans as the world
produces.
Greenwood is now making an effort
to secure the location of large chair
factory that will cost a great many
thousand dollars and employ several
hundred hands. That city usually gets
what she goes after, and it is likely
that in few days announcement can
be officially made that the factory will
be located there.
A thousand pound lump of rosin will
be one of the attractions with the Mis-
sissippi exhibit at Saint Louis. Enough
to last the ordinary country fiddler for
a spell.
If every Mississippian who visits the
fair in Saint Louis this year would
wear a badge to let those who saw him
know that he was from Mississippi and
was proud Of It, the impression would
be good. These badges would cost
about two or three cents each. Why
not start the ball to rolling?
A severe storm blew the top off
G"eenwoods new furniture factory and
O. herwise damaged the building In a |
fcw days the damage was repaired and |
6Gsiness resumed as usual. That's |
the Greenwood way of doing things.
The hustling little city of Como, in |
Pamela county, has decided that it don't |
pay to sit still and wait for something !
10 turn UP. They are preparing to |
build cotton mill and confidently eX-
Dect to see the enterprise carried to a
termination soon. Como's
citizens are built of the right stuff
md will no doubt make the mill go.
The Panama canal has been formally
transferred to Uncle Sam and we may
ook for active operations to begin down
here ere long. While there were a
great number who favored the Nicara-
yua route, all should get together now
nd make pull for the completion and
success of the one selected. 1t is too
ate to raise kick now.
The Llberty-Whlte railroad that Will |
I'm from MoComb City to Liberty in
county, is in operation for
Eighteen miles. 1t is stated that the
DAD will be completed and trains run
ling to Liberty by July l. Several
lew engines and other equipment have
een received and the road is dong a
God passenger and freight business as
now stands. Work will be pushed
yithout interruption until completed.
The people of Mississippi are open
earted, generous, companionable and
$ true as steel in the hour of trouble.
Paris green has been found to be
ertain death to the boil weevil by the
commissioner. Too bad that
MS prospective excuse for liberal ap-
ropriations and fat jobs should be
ipped in the bud as it were. 1t will
kelly take expert advice to show the
lrmers how to mix the poison as long
5 the money lasts.
Mississippi offers great inducements I
} people desiring to own homes and
e their own masters. There are no :
asst estates here, but there is land
# every man who wants it