The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-04-16

/ TNote-Address all communications
intended for this department. to the
/ writer at Jackson. Would be pleased
! to hear freely and often from any who
are interested in the development OF
our State with suggestions or items OF
/ worth.
The scarcity of labor in this section
is becoming a subject worthy OF
Thoughtful consideration by the peo-
! pie. Something must be done to re-
/ lieve the situation. With the greatest
Of difficulty have the farmers Of the
delta secured good hands for the
tilling of their lands this year.
Some movement is necessary to in
duce the right kind of people to come
and locate with us. There are thou
sands of unemployed in the North and
East that might be utilized here to
an advantage. A great many of the
States have bureau for this purpose
alone, and the results have been
highly satisfactory. An effort was
made by the legislative body just ad-
journed to create such commission,
but lack of interest and realization
of the advantages to accrue let it die
in committee room.
Work of surveying an interurban
electric line to run from Jackson to
Ficksburg is under way, and the pro-
rioters announce that work will begin
as soon as the survey can be COM
pleted, right Of way secured AMI the
contracts let The distance Is about
forty miles and the intervening terri
tory thickly settled by thrifty and
prosperous people. 1t seems reasona-
bly, sure that this line will be built,
the pioneer of interurban roads in
Mississippi. The writer predicts that
in very few years there will be
in operation many miles of such lines
connecting neighboring towns and
communities. These lines will not
only carry passengers, but freight as
WELL and the people will have
cheaper and more expeditions way of
communicating with each other and
the handling of crops, etc. The III
crease in population demands such a
system and will justify the erection
and operation of roads of this char
acter.
Here is suggestion for the various
counties to distribute matter descrip-
tive of their soil, water, timber, etc,
that might be worth investigating, to
say the least of it, To stimulate a
better class of immigration it Is neces.
sary to place in the hands of the peo-
pie desired something that will tell
them of the proposed country FOR their |
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for the various counties of the State |
to get little booklets, leaflets or fold |
ers, with all the matter contained |
therein that would likely interest the |
intended settler and furnish to the |
commissioners in charge of the Mis-
sissippi exhibits at the fair this year
for distribution? In this way a large
number of people could be reached,
and that at a very small cost. Our
exhibit will, no doubt, attract great
deal Of attention, and when a party
became interested hand him a booklet
the information that he
desired. We believe this to be a good
scheme and hope to see the news
papers take the matter up and place
it before the people of their respective
counties.
There are several towns but a few
miles north Of Jackson that have gone
largely into the fruit and produce
business and are having the greatest
Of success. Madison and Ridgeland
are the principal shipping points. and
the crop for this year is said to be
exceptionally good, with the excep-
ton of Strawberries, which were dam
aged some by the cold weather of
some days since Hon. ]. B. Yellowly.
Of Ridgeland, was in Jackson last
week and stated that his peach crop
would be splendid If no untoward
accident came to destroy it later. He