The leader., 1904-10-08

The Worlds Fair jury Of awards
has awarded to the State of Missis-
sippi the grand prize on her cotton ex-
hibit Mississippi is the only State
receiving such recognition at the
hands of the jury, and the honor Ii
one that the State may well feel
proud of, as the. competition was pref
ty lively. Hon. Charles Scott, Of Rose.
dale, Bolivar county, received gold
medal on his individual cotton ex.
hibit. and VIM. RohS. Of Edwards,
Kinds county, receivOA a silver medal
on his exhibit of long staple cotton.
Mississippis cotton exhibit, from
King Cotton" down to the private
exhibits, has attracted great deal Of
attention, more, perhaps than has the
exhibit of any other one farm prod
uct, and this gives the State a great
and lasting advertisement in those
sections of the country where it is
most needed and where calculated to
do the most good. While our exhibit
may lot be just what 1t ought to be.
at the same time 1t is very creditable
and is doing world Of good.
M. w. Marsden, of Philadelphia,
some weeks ago had a lot of cotton
stalks shipped to him for the purpose
of making an analysis and ascertain
ing what was contained in them that
could be made of service to man. The
result Of his investigation was very
satisfactory and the stalk is an.
nounced to contain from 50 to 81
worth Of sugar to the ton, to make
fine paper, which is superior to that
made of wood pulp, two elements re.
sembling celluloid, smokeless powder
composition, alcohol and valuable
fertilizer He made propositions for
the construction of a plant In Texas
fer the utilizing of this heretofore
waste product, and it is very likely
that ere long the stalk of cotton, will
class alongside the lint and seed i'll
valuable products. Not many years
since the seed was thought to be
worth but little, and sold for FIVE
cents per bushel. Now they are one
of the greatest profit producing fea-
lures of the cotton crop, and are much
sought after at % and 80 cents per
bushel
The Southern Railway is invading
the rich delta country right along
now. The road to run from Eliza.
! beth, in Washington county, to
Kuhns, in Bolivar county, thence
southwark via Perry to Campbells-
vile, in Yazoo county, has been prop
erly incorporated and will very
| likely be built at an early date. There
is a strong probability that this line
will be extended to Jackson before
many moons. Then, too, the South
ern has surveyed line from ShuQua-
lax, in Noxubeo county, to Edin-
burg, in Leake county. While it is
not certain that this road will be
built, it would tap section of coun-
try rich in resources and without n
road of any description. Should this
| line be built it would, in the end,
como on by Carthage down to Jack
sen, also. The Southern has its best
eye on Mississippi and will make an
effort to divide business with the
Illinois Central, which at present COW
ers the State pretty thoroughly !.
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Ben Yancy, Of Tippah county,
raised a sweet potato which meas
ured q inches in length and 10 inches
in circumference. that was a pretty
good potato and confirms the conten-
ton that the red hills of North Mis-
sissippi should be utilized for the
trucking industry. The lands are
cheap up there and produce abund-
antly Of all vegetable crops. All that
is needed to make them of the most
valuable in the State is for the people
to inaugurate the trucking industry
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The credit of the State Of Missis-
sippi is equal to that Of New York
city, as proven by the recent bond
deal. While there may have been a
little underhand work for political re-
yenge done that retarded the closing
of the deal for some time, the money
has been received and our State
takes its stand alongside anything ex-
cept Uncle Sam with his long time
bonds. This is very gratifying to all
concerned.
Some Of the Clay county farmers
tried wheat crops this year and found
that it yielded we'll They will have
biscuit made in Mississippi and with
little care if wheat is away above the
dollar mark. While it is not always
safe crop. almost every farmer in
the hill sections of the State could
raise enough wheat to make his bread
anyway.
/ Parties who have clays that they
/ believe to be of value should arrange
to have specimens of the same at the
Corn and Cotton Carnival. People
from every section OF the United
States viii be here. and some might
secome interested in developing some
, 81 the property. There are clays well
adapted to making semi-porcelain
goods and only need the exploiting to
bring them into general notice.
Push Mississippi" and after q
short time 1t will push you.
Mississippi is SIRE Of a bumper corn
crop, and there will be plenty Of hog
and hominy in the land this fall.
Good hay crops have been harvested
in the greater portion Of the State
and there is an abundance Of feed
stun. Although the cotton crop may
be short Is or 20 per cent, there is
whole lot ID be thankful for.
Holly Springs is organizing stock