The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
By H. E. BLAKEsLEE, Jackson.

I The contract has been let for
ten miles of new railroad, to run
from Elizabeth, in Washington
county. to Helm, in Bolivar com
ty 1t is being built by the
Cbicago-Mississippi Lumber Company,
and will be standard gauge. The pre-
diction is that this road will be ex-
tended oon after completion to some
important town and become a part OF
the Y. & M. VS. elaborate net work
of roads through the delta country.
That Is a wonderful section of coun-
try; it's value will hardly be realized
for years to come. The work of max
ing all of it accessible to railroads is
being pushed, and ere long no part OF
it will be without this great convent
ence and necessity. A small section, On
account of its marvellous richness, is
capable of supporting a road,
they are being built all the time.
One Of our State papers puts it in
this way: mississippi is pre-emi-
rently an agricultural State, bounti-
fully provided with natural
and greatly blessed by advantages
that no other State in the Union has.
II is inhabited by thrifty, law-abiding,
liberty loving people, happy and pros
porous, and glad to be known as Mis-
slssippians wherever they may chance
to go. All in all, Mississippi is the
best of the group-the fairest of the
"irginS-the uncrowned queen of the
sisternood. Let Us join hands in her
development n oon she will wear
the crown"
The Fayette Chronicle has just is
sued M of the handsomest and most
complete special editions ever gotten
out in the State. 1t is elegantly print
ed. substantially bound, profusely H.
Illustrated with cuts of leading citizens
and places of interest, and is filed
with choice reading matter descrip-
tive of Fayette and Jefferson county.
, Such a publication is calculated to be
of inestimable benefit to the section
of country handled, and will, no doubt,
prove so in this case. When more Of
our towns decide to lift the bushcl
from their lights and let them shine,
it will mean a new era for the great
State of Mississippi.
y .
1t is refreshing to note what has
been done in Mississippi during the
present year, and the prospects for
the coming one. The accomplishment
has been great, indeed, and not for
long will the grand old State be char
acterized as behind the times" The
spirit of prOgressiveness now pervsG-
ing the people will make it in a few
years the greatest in the South. Oar
go after that which is good, and shun
the evil. And in going after good
things they are doing it with a vim
and persistence that commands the
admiration of all. They are not wait
ing for something to turn up, but are
making turn-ups every opportunity.
Continue to Push Mississippi"
Yocona Mills, at Water Valley, re-
Gently shipped $50 bales of Irvine to
a Northern firm. This order was re-
ceived after coming in competition
with the large manufacturers of the
East. and is quite a victory for the
Mississippi institution. We ought to
manufacture every pound of cotton
raised in the State. and the day is not
far distant when this will be done.
Then there will be a Greater Missis-
sippi."
tories for building wagons in Missls-
sippi. While there are a few small
ones, every wagon used in the State
should be made here. There is tim
her in abundance, labor IS low enough
and the demand good. The PROPOSE
tion to establish a large one at Jack
son should be encouraged by every
loyal citizen of the commonwealth.
Make what we use and pay tribute to
no one.
Capitalists are arranging to build a
road from Friars Point, or the river, to
C%larkSdale, and the Clarksdale people
are very enthusiastic over the pros
pect. While not very lengthy, the road
would traverse a phenomenally rich
country and would, no doubt, prove a
paying investment for the parties who
propose building it.
Belzoni is putting in a bottlins
works and talking about a county fair
for next ear. Push the fair PROPOSE
ton, makes no difference whether the
dividend comes the first year OF not.
it will continue to come in many years
after the seed are sown.
Hazlehurst will plant more truck
next year. The experiment there has
proven entirely successful, and will
be made a large part of the crop for
next season. Mississippi is a splen-
aid trucking State.
Begin now to save the best OF your
farm products for exhibition at the
cotton and corn carnival, to be held
In Jackson on the second week in De
cember. Mississippi will show her