New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-08

as the best IN Mississippi: 81 IS said 10 possess
sge system In the character Of tie soil and the
fact that the land fails away 70 the rive, river PRO pro
ter ternperature IS % degrees; the maximum sum
hundred f.ef- irstlres bearabe DAYS and very
pleasant nights IN the latter season. Like al the
ceednglv hea INIT claims The smallest graveyard
Of any town of its size in the world.
MANUFACTURES.
Columbia has "a 60 ton cottonseed oil MILL
e0.o0ooo and "a 100000 FOOT 81 wnnili, two planning
mills. large turpeutne plant, 35o-bale DAY
cotton compress. "a 7-ton ice factory, a telephone
company, "A wagon works and a WOODWORKING
establishment
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS
Columbia's stores are particularly large. mainly
OF brick and well stocked Two Of its general
carry stocks Of s5oGoo each for instance two
Of $500 each, and i've Of them stocks ranging i1
sg7 - go on, sgc and n has two good drug
stores and several establishments OF various kinds
OF lesser Importance.
BANKING FACILITIES.
Its banking facilities are unusually good for
small town The Columbia State Bank has a
paid in capital OF $4,000 and deposits Of $4,000.
although only two years old, while the month-old
Pearl River Bank las paid in capital Of $4,000
and deposits OF $4,000.
MUNICIPAL CREDIT AND TAXATION.
Columbias ratio Of taxation is only Il mills
on an appraised valuation of $4,000 says Mayor
Marlborough. And she has no bonded Indebtedness.
The town boasts very aggressive, though just
organized Board OF TRACE that may be trusted s TO
Gulf and ship Island Railroad. has taken on a
fosT S5 ltf d GG wa Ts.P'e INTO It's 0o'
City lots IN the towns business centre S'Hl L,
feet sell for $780, IN the residence section one can
buy a half acre for SEQ 10 $500, according TO
CoLUMBIA's LEADERS.
It is dificult TO name. without making invidious
distinctions. Counbias enterprising citizens.
for its business and professional men seem 10 do
Br. 7. b. Ford and DR., z. s. Goss ana Messrs. w;
+. Hampton. II. a. Barnes, J. Z. Bennett and
spresdent Board Of Trade. H. a; Bah. 2. w, Hol-
lo%ay f. r. haGkin y \ ! 5ia1n0Tn po5t mas Ter
COLUMBIAs NEEDS.
Columbia needs a cotton mili-she gets 1900
bales OF cotton season; cannery. for fruits and
vegetables; q furniture factory-hard wood is be-
ing carried away down the Pearl River by barge
loads; an electric hght plant; a large saw ana ~
uncut pine anywhere; agricultural implement
tension of the Gulf and ship Island Railroad TO
silver Greek and Mendenhan Gor which work con
with interior markets, its business prospects are
Gulfport and via Pearl River, which as naH-
gable eight months out OF the year
LAND VALUES.
The land about Columbia is very fertile and
easily worked. the ''cut-overs" producing bale of
cotton TO the acre. forty bushels OF corn, supe-
rior quality OF sugar flour hundred gallons OF
syrup the acre. and sweet potatoes. fruits (espe-
cialy peaches, melons and strawberries) and Nege-
tables thrive luXuriantly. This land can be had at
s. to SIS an acre. while the tinbered land costs from
50 SIS acre. according to location and charac-
ter As a grazing country IL is unsurpassed Tor
eight months OF the year, but as there have been
raised on seven acres thirty tons Of hay ton
Pearl River Il doesn't cost much TO keep the
cattle sheep in the winter season Labor can
De had IN sufficenCy at 81 to 81 %.
What Columbia wants most OF all tand what II
will paw most get) is about thousand raTni-
lies though ii has room for ten thousand, OF ex-
pert truck farmers and fruit growers il viii make
The easiest kind OF for these As regards the
question of living, this town viii compare favor
ABLY with any Of the towns mentioned.
Columbia is the paradise OF the hunter and the
fisherman Clear spring fed lakes around the town
abound with salmon trout and black bass, while
the white perch be caught by the bushel; deer,
turkey and small game are very plentiful IN the
surrounding country.