The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-15

States of Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Ohio and others that are tributary
TO the great Father of Waters" For
thousands of years the soil from those
States has been washing down and
being deposited in the delta. Today
The delta rivals them all In magnif-
cent richness and wonderful pro-
ductiveness. The Yazoo-M Mississippi
delta section, sixty miles wide by |
nearly two hundred long, is lower
than the river proper, and the soil |
from these States has been deposited
during every overflow until it is many |
feet in thickness all over the low |
ground. A splendid system OF levees |
has fought back the waters, and this |
country is now the richest in the
World, not being equaled by the ia
NOUS valley of the Nile. Within a
very few years every acre Of it Will
be made to produce Of the world s
needs. Then it will be worth 500
per acre or more. There is no bet
Some time in the early spring OF
this year a company was organized
for the purpose of developing what
seemed to be promising oil field
near the hustIing city of Laurel, IN
Jones county. Work was begun and
kept up for some time without re-
suits that were at all satisfactory.
The machinery seemed inadequate
for the purpose and the well was
finally abandoned. Not at all daunted
by the i'll luck encountered, the hust-
lers of said city have again com
menced work with a new contractor
and better tools, and will dig down
into the bowels of mother earth and
find what is in store for them. Good
for Laurel Her people do not know
the word fail.
The shipments of lumber through
he port of Gulfport for the first eight
months of this year was 175,000,00o
feet. an increase over the same period
of time for last year of over 100000
600 feet This goes to prove the H.
creasing importance OF our seaport
and that it is destined to be one or
the greatest of the whole line OF
Uncle Sans waterfront 1t is also
noted that the iron pipe for work on
the Panama canal will be shipped via
Gulfport. in preference to New Or
leans or any of the other ports. rms
is another feather in the cap OF that
nustline CITY and is source OF great
satisfaction to Capt. Jones, the power
behind the throne down there Inc
success of Gulfport is the pleasure
of all loyal and true Mississipplans.
Enforce the law Nothing will be
a greater help toward making our
State prosperous and happy There
is MONTY Of law on the statute books
# it was only strictly enforced. Some
very undesirable advertising mas
been given the State recently on ac
count of non-enforcement of the laws
Our people are naturally law-abidlhs
and peaceable, but at times ana IL
some sections where officers DO no'
do their duty, there is trouble tha'
could have been prevented by bet
for enforcement of the statutes. Il
is the duty of every man to aid II
keeping down lawlessness, and all are
corresuondingly benefited by strlc
emf .ment of law. Mississippi II
Inc worse than many other states ant
far ahead of some, but these words
of warming are thrown out to keep tn
peoples minds on the fact that I'M
law must and will be strictly en-
forced.
good acre of ginseng is wortl
$40 900. 1t grows wild in North MIS-
sissippi and could be cultivated VIII
proft. Although 1t takes ten year,
to bring in piece of ground, 1t coul'
he cultivated as a side line alonl
with other crops. A man with al
, acre of ginseng would be as well OF
as if he had life insurance policy
for 10000. and it would be ten-yea
policv only. What better legacy coul
a farmer leave his children? Then,
he lived longer than the ten years, n
could collect the face OF the pollc
/, himself. There is something in tn
, culture of ginseng for the people Q
Mississippi, and some one will get
out after awhile.
!, A Yazoo City commercial establish
, ment received an order last wee
from a man in Indiana for som
goods. The fame of Ya2oo certain
, extends beyond the confines OF MI
sissippi.
!, large batch CT Italian laborer
: lave been carried to Newton FOR us
= IN grading the NJ. j. & X. c. railroad
, They are taking the place OF negr
Labor. which is very hard to get, an
the outcome of the experiment WI
= Ihe watched with great interest D
- all who are interested in the laot
. question. Some kind Of labor is ne
,. essary to take the place OF negroe
= who are getting to be so uncertai
and worthless that they can't be d.
;. nended upon at all. The Italian labo
. ers carried into the delta for raisin
cotton seem to be doing very we'll.
\ After a season of depression II
g sawmills in South Mississippi ha'
= beeun business again. The mark