The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-12-15

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"a The Corn and Cotton Carnival is on
at jackson this week. The display of
products is very creditable one in
deed when it is taken into eonsidera-
ton that only a few weeks was avail
able to prepare for it. It goes to show
what Mississippi can do, even if the
time was limited. Not an article on
exhibition was grown for show, what
was secured being picked up as found.
Plans for next year already being
made and the. fair will be held on
much larger scale and more widely
advertised. Begin right now to pre-
pare some article to be exhibited.
Make the exhibition more Of a sur
prise than ever, even to the people Of
our own state. A conference Of off
Gals representing all railroads that
enter the state together with business
interests from all over the state will
be called some time in February. Ev-
cry county will be especially urged to
become interested in the project and
help make the best and most complete
show Of products ever seen in the
south.
One Of the new life insurance COM
panies doing business in the state an
nounces that the money received from
policy holders in Mississippi will be
invested in the state. This sounds too
good to be true. Over two million
dollars is being paid old line compa-
MES every year and not dollar is be-
ing invested here. It is carried North
and used to build up that section to
the detriment Of this. Let us hope
that the people of Mississippi will in
the future refuse to patronize a COM
pany that does not invest it's surplus
received from the state in the state.
Investments here bring much larger
dividends than in the east and there
is every reason why we should get the
benefit of the money we pay for life
insurance and is to be invested some
where.
The Mississippi Poultry and Pet
Stock Association will hold it's regu-
lar annual meeting in Aberdeen on
January 9th. The officers are hard
at work and expect to have the best
show since the organization Of the as
ISOLATION. It was started some years
since In on a small scale and is grow
ing from year to year. A large num-
Der of fanciers of fancy poultry and
pet stock have become interested and
help every year to make the event one
Of Importance. 1t is gratifying to
see so much more interest taken in
such affairs than formerly. It means
that our people are awake to the ad-
vantages to be derived from such
meetings and will work to make them
a greater success each succeeding
year.
Clark county has voted overwhelm-
ingly to work the roads by contract
thereby hoping to improve their con-
dition. Yazoo county went on record
in the same manner some time since.
This goes to prove that the people Of
Mississippi are thoroughly disguised
with the present condition of public
roads throughout the state and are
anxious and will to make any change
that even promises a betterment of
conditions. Keep up the agitation for
better roads and something will come
Of it sooner or later.
Mathiston, junction point for the
Southern and M. j. & K. c., now in
course of construction, is still doing
something. The latest announcement
along industrial lines is, that land has
been bought and a sash, door and
blind factory will be built soon. The
town is admirably located for the sue
cess Of such an enterprise, the new
road opening up large section OF
finely timbered country, and there
seems to be every reason why the new
factory should prosper from the first
day Of operation.
The difficulty being experienced in
all portions Of the state in getting
negro women to do the family washing
as has been the custom in vogue for
so many years, is necessitating the
erection Of special laundries for that
purpose. Quite number have been
chartered in the past few weeks and
others are now being organized. That
is the way to meet problem, hit on
substitute and put in operation.