Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-03-24
FOR GREATER MISSISSIPPI
Items of Industrial Interest Gleane From All Over the State
Notes and Comments
BY H. 2. BLAKEsLEE.

$40 to S25 per dozen and allows the
propagator a handsome margin OF
profit. The greater portion of the OUT
put is shipped to the Northern mar
kets for consumption. The business Is
likely to largely increase within the
next few years and We expect to see
Mississippi furnishing soup for large
portion of the world ere long. Just
such men as the promoters of this
scheme are to be heralded as philan-
thropists and worth something to their
country. The man who makes two
blades of grass grow where only one
grew before and develops resources
supposed to be without worth, Is the
man that should receive encourage
ment during life and marble monu-
ment when he dies.
A distinctive feature of the Missis-
sippi exhibit at the Worlds Fair will
be an enormous tarpon caught off the
coast of Biloxi This monster fish is
seven feet and two inches in length.
1t was caught by Mr.. A. 0. Bourbon
some time ago and preserved by a
noted taxidermist 1t took Mr.. Bour-
don just two hours to land this gamey
denizen of the deep. He was hooked
near the shore and pulled the boat,
which was occupied by two men, two
or three miles to sea and back again
t. the spot where first encountered,
before giving up the struggle. This
is a big fish of the kind for any wa
ter and will prove a great attraction
to visitors to the State exhibit.
A large Chicago lumber concern that
owns thousands upon thousands OF
acres of land in Sharkey and Wash
ington counties has decided to place
its holdings on the market at terms
to suit the purchaser. This will at
ford ample opportunities for many
families desiring to own homes to Sc
cure them. A State of home-owners
is far more to be desired than one OF
renters and share-workerS.
Trucking is increasing in the State.
1t is estimated that two thousand cars
will be required to carry the crop to
the Northern markets. This is an in
crease of 33 per cent over last year.
A syndicate of home people has
bought the Southern Cotton Down Co.,
at Columbus. and will enlarge the
plant. 1t will prove success under
the new management, without doubt.
Houston is taking on new life since
tho railroads have commenced TO
come her way. A move is on foot now
to build an oil mill, ice plant and elec-
trse~;lg}hss plant.
The advent of the M. j. & K. G.
railroad at New Albany has stimulated
that town to much industrial advance
ment. Among the many good things
being built there is an up-to-date com
press with the latest machinery and
brick buildings built according to un-
derwriter rules.
AS an evidence of the attention be-
ing attracted by the resources OF our
State, attention is called to the enor'
nous amount of foreign capital be-
ing invested at the present time. Peo-
pie from a distance, with money, seek
ing profitable investment, are turning
their heads towards Mississippi.
There is a move to run railroad
from Aberdeen to Columbus and it is
bein encouraged by the people OF Co
lumbus. A competitive line Is wanted
into that town, which has only one
road. since the consolidation of the
Southern and the Mobile e Ohio
Speak good word fer Mississippi
or keep the hole in yClr face shut
| There are plenty to krsock and you
would look SO much better on the other
side of the fence.
Push Mississippi" snd your reward
will be great in the hereafter that
will surely come to Eli alike.