The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-16

clal PROVISION lOE the eAeLupllOA Vi
factories that turn out the finished
product to be built before the 1st day
Of January, 1910. This provides that
all plants below enumerated be OK
empt: Factories for working cotton,
jute, ramie. wool, silk, furs, minerals
and in making cements, cement plas-
ter or lime, or metals, factories for
manufacturing agricultural imple-
ments, machinery, implements or
articles of use in finished state and
ready for consumers use without ad-
ditional process of labor; factories Sor
making wagons, carriages, buggies,
clothing or shoes complete; factories"
for making barrels or boxes COM
plete, whether coopered or loose, ready
for transportation, and creameries.
The provision of the law is very lib
eral toward manufactures, and we
expect to see great activity in this
line during the next few years. Mu-
inequalities are also empowered to re-
lease plants enumerated above for q
term Of ten years if SO desired
The writer has heard of the plant
ramie for some years, but had little
conception Of what it was, where it
grew and for what it could be used.
Last week travelling salesman was
in jackson with samples of a very
fine underwear. 1t was lovely piece
of goods, fine texture and soft as silk.
He explained that it was made from
the ramie plant, that grew wild all
over the State of Mississippi, but his
particular garments were manufac-
tured from plants grown in India and
carried to Sweden to be prepared and
woven into cloth. He asked for suit
of underwear made from this material
the sum of $3.50. Who would have
thought that despised weed would
produce a fibre SO valuable? The
fibre from the ramie plant is as long
as the plant is high, and, when prop
erly prepared, is eight and a-half
times as strong as cotton and seven
times as strong as silk. When woven
into a mesh suitable for underwear
it is soft and fine, and above all, ex-
tremely durable. 1t is used for mum.
Der of purposes, and the lasting quail
ties make it desirable, as we'll as the
sanitary qualities it. is said to possess.
This weed grows wild in the State
and is very prolific, on good land at
tanning a height of several feet. That
L
believe. If India can cultivate it, send
to Sweden and have it woven into
cloth and then to the United States
and made into wearing apparel and
used, why not do the whole thing
here?
List of charters recorded during the
past week:
| % NJ
tai, $4,000; general banking.
Virgins Canning Co., Virgins
Capital, $4,000; cannery.
Robinsonville Brick, Tile and Light
ing Co., Robinsonville-Capital, $10,-
600; build brick and tile factory and
electric light plant,
Memphis, Indianola & Gulf Ry., In
dianola-Capital, $7,000000; to build
railroad from Memphis to Jackson via
Indianola.
Lawrence Norman and Industrial
High School, Monticello-No capital;
educational.
Bostic Lumber Co., Sandersville,
and operate saw mills, planning mills,
etc.
Goodman Fruit and Vegetable Co.,
CdP1tdAs W plOAAOIC
and encourage the raising of fruit and
vegetables.
Peoples Drug Store, Braxton-Capi-
tai, $4,000; retail drug business.
Some interest has been shown in
the suggestion made last week for the
different counties to prepare PAM
phlets descriptive of the land, health
and other matters of interest for dis
tribution by the Mississippi depart
ment at the fair. Such would cost
but little and might be the result of
much good to the State. We need
good people to come here and develop
our resources and to get them inter
ested, we must put these facts before
them in the very best light possible.
The occasion offers an opportunity
for US to get before thousands at
cost that is hardly worth considering
and it is to be hoped that several
counties will take advantage of the
opportunity.
An appropriation was made by the
last legislature of $4,000 and given
to the A. & M. College for use in fight
ing the boil weevil. The weevil has
greatly damaged the cotton crop in
Texas during the past few years, and
if there was probability of being
able to check the ravages of the pestif-
erous little fiend, this would Nave
been all right, but as the weevil is
distributed by bug that flies as well
as walks, it would. have seemed just
as sensible to try to check the i'm
portation of the house flies or June
bugs.
Il When you write your friends in
other States do not forget to mention
the advantages of Mississippi and the
wonderful development now being
made. Twill not cost you anything
and might bring another good family
to our midst. Never let the opportun-
) ity pass to say good word for your
town and community.
Up in Kentucky there is factory
that makes furniture from hickory
poles and sells it for fancy price to
wealthy people desiring a rustic effect.
Why could not some man do the SAME
lin Mississippi? There are enough
hickory poles in the State to run a
ldozen factories of this kind for a
hundred years What is needed are
men who will take advantage Of Just
such opportunities and make them
/ successes.
I Write and tell some friend in an
other State how well Mississippi is
doing before you. lay down to sleep
4 tonight. 1t will do good.
The truck growers of Goodman
have organized an association for the
purpose of promoting and encourag-
ing the growing of fruits and vege-
tables. Regular meetings will be held
and experiences exchanged and a reg
ular program given This is an idea
that other trucking communities
might take advantage of to their
lproft In organization there is
lstranpth