The leader., 1904-04-30
FOR GREATER MISSISSIPPI
Items of Industrial Interest Gleane1 From All Over the State
Notes and Comments
BY Il. E. BLAKEsLEE.

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after long time and much money
spent in experimenting, it has at last
produced a fine grade of writing pa
per from cotton stalks. A factory
for making the paper has been estab-
lished and the work is now beyond
the experimental stage. 1t is an
nounced that lower grades can also be
manufactured from the stalks and ere
long it is promised that a large per-
centage of the paper. used in the
United States will be made from cot
ton stalks. And, again, it has been
proven that an article which has al
ways been considered of no account
will be used in the future and net the
owners nice profit.
Only few years ago 1t was that the
lint was all that was salable of the
cotton crop of the South. Since that
time the seed have proven one of the
most valuable portions of the crop and
now it is announced that paper is
being successfully manufactured from
the stalk. This leaves only the burs
unused. 1t is now in line for some
man to find a use for them and there
will be nothing wasted.
There is an opening in almost every
county in the State for handle fac
tory, to use the small hickory and
ash. These factories cost but little to
install and use timber that could
hardly be utilized for any other pur-
pose Small timber is the best for
handles, being tougher and more dura-
BILE, and that of quick growth is far
superior to old timber of slow growth.
There is a supply sufficient to run fac
tories as mentioned for years and
years. The timber in question is be-
ing cut from land to clear it and is
generally almost total loss. Every
county town ought to have a handle
factory to work it up, thereby bene-
fitting the town and the farmers who
have the timber.
Maben has organized a stock COM
pany with a capital of $150,000 for
the purpose of building an oil mill
and fertilizer factory. This looks pref
ty good for Maben. Although it is
comparatively small town, there are
some big people in it. Oil mills bene-
fit not only the stockholders, but the
surrounding country as well. Many
poor spot of land adjacent to mills
has been made rich in the past few
years by feeding stock on it. Then,
too, the farmer saves transportation
on his seed to the mill and buys his
hulls and meal for a price less the
transportation. 1t always was the
height of folly for our people to send
their seed to the cities to be crushed
I and then have the meal and hulls
shipped back to them for use in feed
ing and fertilizer. Keep it all at home
is the proper thing to do.
The village of Blue Mountain, up
in the yellow pine region of North
Mississippi, is experiencing a period
of great prosperity. 1t is situated in
a most picturesque spot and surround
ed by a good country. The Blue
Mountain Female College for girls is
one of the largest private institutions
in the South. A commodious brick
building for a private school for young
men is being erected and will open its
doors next fall. The town is bounti-
fully supplied with pure water from
numerous springs that flow from the
mountain side, the merchants are up
to-date in every respect and the peo-
pie of the community as good as the
State affords.
Work of surveying the interurban
electric line from Greenwood to Black
Hawk, in Carroll county, will be begun
right away. The stock company for
the purpose of building the line has
been regularly organized and the first
assessment paid in. The route to be
traversed is almost level and little or
no grading will be necessary. The road
is designed to carry freight as well
as passengers, and will, no doubt,
prove a paying investment to the
stockholders as we'll as a great boon to
Greenwood.
If one firm in Jackson paid $4,000
in two months to Tennessee firm for
dressed poultry, why don't some man
near Jackson put in poultry farm
and dress them for market? If the
man in Tennessee can raise them at
profit and ship to Jackson, how we'll
ought the Jackson man to do without
having to pay transportation charges?
uOA MAoSA0OAppA OAA 0AA ONO~~oAOA~o'
1t is a duty you, owe yourself as citi-
zen of our grand old State. Your OBJ
legation is not all to yourself, but to
your fellow man as WELL A word of
praise spoken at the right time and
in the proper manner may be worth
untold amounts to the community in
which you live.
The hustling little city of Osyka, in
the southern end of the State, held in
election for waterworks recently and
voted them by a majority of over six
for to one against. The spirit of pro-
gress has permeated the entire State
! and news of good work comes from
every hamlet.
Opportunities in Mississippi are only
limited by the capacity of the people
to take advantage of them. There is
something here for all that go out at
ter it in the proper manner.
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Almost every town in the State has
enough idle capital to start a dozen
manufacturing plants Idle capital is
worth nothing to any one, unless it
be satisfaction to the owner to know
that he has it.
Preparations are being made to
build three more skyscrapers in Jack
son during the summer. Two of them
will be department stores and the
third bank building. Two five-story
buildings are now in course of con-
struction and, with three for sure, and
possibly four more, the Capital City
| will be moving about right.
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If you have faith in your home State
and community, take advantage of
every opportunity to let others know
about it.
This is the time to do something for
the State of Mississippi. An oppor-
tunity is afforded by the st. Louis fair
| that may not come again in lifetime.
Our State has a very creditable ex-