The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1904-03-16
INDUSTRIAL IMPETUS
GROWS MORE ANIMATED
Greatest Era Of Development in the
History Of Mississippi.

Along the line OF the new Belzoni
branch. real estate has advanced all the
way from twenty to fifty per cent during
the past year. Adjacent TO the route Of
the Y. D. aud ltta Bena extension, values
have been increased with equal rapdity.
Through the central portion Of the State
like progress is being made. A new
road il being built from Newton north,
midway between the lines Of the Mobile
& Ohio aud the Illinois Central. An.
other road is starting from Grenada to
/ Meridian, and the dispatches Of Tuesday
aver that a new road is soon to be built
from Birmingham through the central
part Of the State to Canton The survey
has been made for the purposed road
north from ludianoa to the Mississippi
river and the Southern railway contem-
plates the extension of its road from
Greenwood to Memphis.
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Every factory in the State is running
on full time. Labor troubles have never
bothered the industrial conditions OF the
South. There has not been strike of
any kind in Mississippi in many months,
aud there is no probability of interfer-
ence of this sort for many years to
come. This is proving potent factor in
the location Of capital, and this fact can
not be too forcbly impressed upon the
minds of the manufacturers of the North
who have suffered severely from this
cause for the past several years.
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With few exceptions, all of the towns
aud cities of the State Of any consider
able size have business leagues or boards
of trade, and these organizations are
welding potent influence for the adj
vancement of their several communities.
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The Hazlehurst Courier announces
that work is soon to begin on an electric
railway to connect that town with Crystal
| Springs aud Wesson The promoters are
Northern men with unlimited means
aud there is little doubt that the road
will prove a success.
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The report just made by Insurance
Commissioner Cole shows net increase
in premiums paid in Mississippi during
the past year of more than quarter of a
million dollars. This includes life in-
surance only. A statement of the fire
insurance business will be made In few
weeks and is expected to show a per
centage of increase equally as large.
Columbus has organized a stock COM
pany with a capital stock of $500 to
erect a new theatre building Lexington
is negotiating for a $40, 900 clay manu-
featuring plant. Plans are on foot at
Natchez to establish business college
with capital stock of $40 900. A new
bank has been organized at Utica with
capital stock of $4,000.
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The citizens of Charleston have raised
5000 of the $1,000 bonus required
10 secure the building of railroad from
that place to Oakland. Citizens of Leake
county have placed plans on foot to Sc
cure the building of branch road from
Sails to Carthage, which will open up
what is claimed to be valuable coal
fields
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Work is progressing steadily ON the
new Mobile, Jackson x Kansas City
road northward from Newton to Memphis
aud over one thousand men aud teams
are now employed in the various con-
sluction camps.
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Lexington is after a new $4,000
school building, Laurel has voted S2o,
600 issue of bonds for sewerage purposes
and Lee county will sell $4,000 issue
of bonds this week to build new court
house.