The Port Gibson reveille., 1904-09-29
Bx 4. z. BLAKEsLER. IarK.on

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President J.. C. Hardy Of the A.
and M. College gives some very inter.
esting statistics as to the productive
capacity Of the white and black coun.
ties, showing that where the negro
population is larger than the white
less cotton is produced per acre, even
though the lands in the black counties
are more fertile and valuable. For
instance: Lowndes county 21,972
blacks to 7,121 whites while Jones
has 1886 whites to 4,67O blacks, yet
it requires 3.15 acres Of Lowndes
county land to make bale of cotton,
while IN Jones it takes LOS acres to
make bale. The lands in Lowndes ere
assessed at $9.83 per acre while those
in Jones are assessed at $2.S5. Nox-
ubee county with more than Ave
blacks to enc white, having 25,146
blacks, 4,699 whites, requires $50
acres to make a bale of cotton, al
though Union with three whites to
one black, having 1880 whites and
.142 blacks, requires only 2.56 acres
to make a bale. The farm lands Of
Noxubee are assessed at SIP per
acre and those of Union at $4.81.
Kinds county with three negroes to
one white man, having 35,521 blacks
to 13,037 whites, requires $50 acres
to make a bale, although Perry coun-
ty with more than two whites to one
negro requires only LOG acres to raise
bale. The farm lands of Kinds are
valued at three times what are those
Of Perry. The difference in production
must be due to intelligent cultivation
at the same ratio is good in all other
counties where the comparison was
made.
Let every dissatisfied, disgruntled,
sour and dyspeptic citizen read what
one man made off half an acre of rad
ishes, and either get his face straight
or get off the face Of the earth. There
is nothing at allwrongwith Mississippi
except that so many Of her people re-
fuse to accept what we have and 60
after it in the right way. Here is a
poor hill section Of the state that a
few years since was looked upon as
worthless except to hold the world |
together, bringing the owners over
800 per acre clear profit. There is
no danger of overstocking the market. |
The demand is always good for all |
kinds Of vegetables and canning fac
tories are being established to work
up that which is not so desirable to
ship. Any man who has spoken dis
paragingly of the state in the past
should get right down on his knees
and beg forgiveness and then get up
and go to work along better lines.
A northern man, J.. j. Wilson, Of
Pittsburg, Pa, has made an invest
ment Of $4,000 near Pelahatchie and
has organized an association to pro-
mote education and the production
Of fruits and vegetables. Mr.. Wilson
has great faith in the future of the
south and will leave his large inter
ests in the north with his partners
and come south to make his future
home. The association begins with
about fifty members and about 400
acres will be planted the first year.
They will no doubt be successful in
the object undertaken 1t is to be
that our people do not take
lp these advanced methods of growing
fruits and vegetables and not wal;
for outsiders to come in and reap the
cream Of the profit before they fall
nto line. They will fall in after they
zee what the other fellow is doing,
1ut why not take the initiative7
The country around West Point
las a surplus of corn and there is
/ perplexing question as to how it can
,e handled with profit. The building
# an elevator is being agitated and
will likely be done right
way. 1t looks pretty good for Mis-
issippi to furnish neighboring states
With corn, but why mott We are not
led to cotton as the one crop. This
5 a good corn and grain country and Z
me of the objects Of the Corn and
lotion Carnival to be held in Jack
on in December is to prove to the 9
utside world, this fact. Q
The Magnolia Electric Railway has '
'een chartered for the purpose Of
Iuilding line from Magnolia to Sum-
ait, taking in the intermediate towns
{ Fernwood, Whitetown and Ne b
,omb City. The route would only be 2
few miles in length and would con- a
ect several towns with a combined I
population of twelve or thirteen thou c
and. The capital stock is $780, 900 ]
nd tho incornorators we'll known eap- :,