The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-15
BY II. E. BLAKEsLEE, Jackson.


greatest expectations of the pro.
motors. The old capitol building.
where the fair will be held. is certain
to prove too small and the manage.
nent is now arranging for the rent
OF number Of large tents to accom-.
modate the exhibits already promised
and being gotten together. An OBJ
portunity will be given every man in
Mississippi to visit jackson during |
this event and see what the people in |
other portions of the State are doing |
and how they are doing it. This is |
good school, and the man who would |
Keep abreast of the times should be. |
gin now to make arrangements to
attend. Too few of our people know
what is being done by their neighbors.
A meeting where experiences can be
exchanged and suggestions made
ought to be worth great deal. The
Test speakers on subjects pertaining
to farming and stock raising will be
on hand and address those who are
Interested Improved machinery will
be on exhibition and its operation
demonstrated. Fertilizer manufacture.
ers will show just what their wares
contain and to what purposes 1t is
especially adapted. Successful truck
Iaisers will tell how they raise such
splendid crops and give pointers for
those who would likely give the bust
ness trial. The carnival will be
to the farmer what the institute is
to the teacher, and no one who can
POSSIBLY attend should miss it. The
railroads will give rate of one fare
plus % cents for the round trip, and
to those living within 100 miles of
Jackson special trains will be run at
q lower rate than this Some OF the
Pike attractions at the fair In st.
| Louis are being arranged for and there
| will be plenty to amuse those looking
| for amusement. The old race track
| back of the old capitol is being put
| in condition and there will be some
| racing for those who enjoy that ex-
| hilarating sport. Every effort for the
comfort of visitors will be made, and
when the gates close on the last day
| II is desired that the people OF Mis-
sissipp will know each other better,
as well as our boundless resources and
| advantages brought before good peo-
Pie seeking homes
Farming is a highly respectable &C.
crpation. While II is probable thaI
q large number of the college youths
NAV think different when they emerge
with their sheep skins, but the facts are
there lust the same. In this latter day
the professional man, when he has at
tanned something of competency ana
dc sires to rest up a spell from the
arduous duties and strenuous Ire OF
the city, buys a farm and settles DOWN
to true living. The multi-mllllonalrea
nj the East nearly all own FARMS ana
spend portion Of the year thereon
Men who make the most brilliant rec
ords in life are, with few exceptions
reared on the farm, the early tralh
ING especially fitting them for the eX'
| setting conditions of successlul ca
roer The advice is often given stick
To the farm" and it was never more
ouportune than at the present Tune
Tho wealth of Mississippi is today on
the farm and will be more largely
so in the future Our lands are DecoH
inc more valuable every day and thlF
j., only the beginning of what Is II
store for the future. So, stick te
the farm"
The first lot of 500 bales of State
cotton was sold by Gov. Vardamaf
10 a Clarkdale firm for ! cents pei
mound. 1t classed strict mldolins
and the bales averaged 500 POUNDS
each. The snug sum of SzHoVo Wa'
added to the States finances MIS-
s;ssippi has solved the CONVEX ques
+,on IN the entire satisfaction OF tn
people,
Fall River manufacturers OF co''o'
goods insist that they cannot maN'
uoney under present conditions De
cause Southern manufacturers uhee'
coll them. That is the hnest arEu
want in the world in favor OF thes
same Fall River manufacturers NOV
,np their mills to the South, wher
the crude material is raised ana IN
manufactured article used. rms
ono Of the most sensible conclusion
arrived at lately by the Eastern man
rfacturers. It means the Degih'!h
If the end of having our cotto
cbipned TO New England and the
shinninc the cloth back here FOR COZ
euuntion Raise the cotton, MANI
facture the goods and wear '"e'
here.
lands in Illinois that are wort
s15O ner acre bring only - OF
rent Lands in Mississippi that ar
worth $40 per acre bring 30 OF
rsnt What more argument is hece'
cow N show the Illinois man That n
had better sell his land up there
once and come where the lnVeslmei
viii bring so much larger returns
There is no such investment an
wbere as Mississippi lands at IN
nresent low prices. They VIII
! worth double in less than four year
If present indications count for an
, ching in making a prediction.
|
More attention is being at'rac'e
10 the splendid and cheap laY Is
/, Mississippi than ever before. II