The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-04-09

termed drastic or strenuous by their
| phlegmatic neighbors Then, too, men
who make their life an effort in one
direction are generally called chimer
ical. The man who sees great and
wonderful changes for the good in a
direction that is beyond the short
sightedness of his less enthusiastic fel
low-men, is characterized as possess.
ing and riding a hobby. From just
such characters as are described
above, however, have come the results
that made our nation.
Woodville organizes broom fac
tory this week and great preparations
down in that section of the State
The broom corn will be grown at home
and the trust will be defed when the
price of corn is put beyond all rea-
son. Every section of Mississippi will
grow the best broom corn, and we
hope to see the day when all our
people will, at least, raise enough
corn to make brooms for home con-
sumption. 1t ought to be profitable
crop. At the prevailing prices for
broom corn, an acre of ordinary land
will easily produce one hundred dol
lars worth. The care of it is not so
complicated and irksome. Not nearly
so much so as cotton.
The industrial and immigration de-
partment of the Illinois Central rail.
way continues to get in its good work.
The colony of Chicago laborers to To-
cate at Wellman is the result of their
efforts. BY putting the advantages of
our State before the people of the
North and West in the proper light
this department has been largely in
strumental in developing and populat-
ing the territory contiguous to it's
lines. Much credit in a general way
is due the splendid organization main
tanned by this system and which has
done so much good work to help the
State, as we'll as in the interests of
the road.
The Yazoo Sentinel has figured out
that the cotton crop of Mississippi
last year was worth over 100000 900,
more than all the gold and silver
mined in the United States. Then
this does not take into consideration
the other crops that we're raised and
marketed. We have one of the best
States in the Union. and all that is
necessary to make it better is for
every man, woman and child in it to
talk and work for it.
The showing made during the last
month by capital placed in new banks
may be a good one from a bankers
standpoint, but from the general view
1t Is not so good The amount in.
vested in banks, if put in manufacture
ing enterprises. would likely have
made the investors as much or bigger
dividends. and would have been worth
many times more to the country in
What Mississippi needs
most is more manufactures and the
opening and development of her land
Ihere are resources here to keen nm
ten times, or more, the population
that we have.
Several towns in the State mako |
cloth from cotton, Water VALLEY and
West Point make thread to sew II IN. |
gether with, Aberdeen makes the but. |
tons and Corinth puts it together and |
sends it out to the world. This is /
not a bad showing for Mississinni
When we can make the crude ma.
Lerlal, manufacture it into goods
make the accessories and put them tn.
5ether ready for use, We have accom-.
pllshed something that Massachusetts
can't do. Great is Mississippi.
IL now transpires that the cold smell
d lew days since did not do anv.
ming like the damage which was at
lrst reported. While the young crons
we're undoubtedly set back some onIv
n rare case were they killed The
rult was large enough to withstand
pretty cold spell and weathered the
torn handsomely. The prospect for
fruit and vegetable crop is still eood
over TWO hundred thousand doIIarS
vas invested in banking institutiore
II the state last week. This Is a
'reat showing, and then, too, il must
'e considered that this is not an eys
epuohal week. Almost every wool
hoWs repetition of these figIroS
When Uncle Sam looks over tho ro
oiptS Oh the various postof1ices in his
oman again. he will find old Me
lsslppl 10 the front with tu,o 80 |