The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-05-28
BY H. E. BLAKEsLEE. Jackson

Section % in Machinery Hall at the
Saint Louis Fair should be of especial
interest to Mississippians At this
point viii be displayed an exhibit
from the States greatest machinery
manufacturing plant, the w. T.
Adams Machine Co., of Corinth. 1t
is said to be the most complete ex-
hibit of engines, boilers, saw mill
and ginning machinery ever put be-
fore the public by a Southern manu-
facturer Mr.. Adams went to Corinth
twenty-five years ago with but little
money and established the nucleus of
the enormous plant which he now
owns and operates. This company
will soon celebrate its 25th anniver-
sary. Possesse with an unusual
amount of energy, enterprise and
| faith in the South, he began work,
and has lived to see his the largest
and most successful machinery manu-
featuring business in the South, and
he is still comparatively young man.
| Several hundred artisans are en-
ployed at good wages and the benefit
| to Corinth and the surrounding coun-
| try is hard to compute. 1t has proven
| a stimulus to others to enter the man
u9acturing business there, and now
Corinth has larger interest of this
kind than any other town in the
State. A cordial invitation is extend
ed every Mississippian who attends
the Fair to call at Section % and in
spect this exhibit And, at the same
time, think of this as an example Of
what push and brains will do for a
man in our beloved State. At no
place in the Union is there such a
premium on these sterling qualities.
The American Cotton Manufactur-
ers' Association, which was in annual
session recently, developed some in
teresting figures with regard to the
production and manufacture of cotton
In the South. In 1890 the South had
1,700, 900 spindles in operation. This
number had increased to 100000 in
1900, and 100000 in 1904. The in
creased production to meet the in
creased consumption is bound to come
in the South. So long as there is no
more cotton manufactured in the South
than is raised in this section of the
country there Is no fear of overriding
the thing. All of our cotton is manu-
featured and there Is every reason why
the South should do the manufactur-
ing Statistics prove that by far the
largest per cent of increase anywhere
In the world is in the South. During
the past ten years the increase here
| has been 228 per cent, against only 40
per cent for the whole United States,
and IA per cent for the balance of
the world There are about 110,000,000
spindles in the world, and threefourths
of the cotton used by them comes from
the South. Despite the efforts made
by other countries to raise cotton their
efforts have been failure.
A. F. GardnerS of Yazoo City, will
enter the field as a producer of figs.
He has recently purchased forty acres
of land near Biloxi, which will be
used exclusively in the culture of
figs and pecans. His experiment will
be watched with interest. The Yazoo
| Sentinel has the following anent the
! project: "Mr. Gardner says that he
| has recently purchased five thousand
trees from the Cassell Nursery, at Can
ton, which he expects to transplant
to his Biloxi farm some time in Jan
uary. These trees are already one
year old and will begin bearing the
second year after planting The yield
will at first be small, but the aver
age for the sixth year is IS pounds
to the tree, and the orchard will grow
better as it grows older. The fruit
sells at from to 6 cents per pound,
and the canneries cannot supply the
demand for it,
There has been proven to be good
quality of building stone in the State.
Here is an opportunity for men with
money and looking for good invest.
ment to develop an industry that
would be worth much to the whole
people, as we'll as make paying in
vestment. Stone is beng used more
each year in the construction of build
ilgs, and Mississippi might as we'll
furnish her part of it as not.
movement of this kind has been put
on foot at two points in the State,
and it is to be hoped that the pro-
moters will push ahead until Indiana
will not furnish the stone for Missis-
sippi buildings, at least. Let's de-
pend more and more upon our own
| resources.
The Mississippi and West Alabama
Fair Association, domiciled at Column
bus, is making active preparations for
grand event in the early part of
October. Every effort will be made
to make this the most successful
meeting of the association in its sew
eral years of existence. The result
of county fairs does not all come in
dividends to stockholders, by any
means. They stimulate farmers and
stockraisers, as we'll as all business
people to greater effort to excel in
his or her line. 1t will bring about
changes for the better in every way
by direct competition. Every county
In the State should have fair OF
greater or less proportions.
M. V. Richards, land and indus
trial agent of the Southern Railway,
made a tour of the State not long
since, and threw several handsome
bouquets to the people for the evil
dence of industrial advancement
shown on almost every hand. Mr..
Richards was especially compliment
airy to the Delta, and the magnificent
Q1dLLdlIOuS OSCl 1ACIC 10 5OAAC
significance to his remarks, from the
fact that it is persistently rumored
that the Southern has an eye on the
business over there and will begin to
extend its lines to cover more of the
Delta.
The Ripley Sentinel has taken up
the agitation of business league for
"a. 1a&x he a
better one, and the Sentinel deserves
the encouragement of every loyal citi-
zen in the good work undertaken.
The editors, bless them. spent about
ten days at the fair in st. Louis re-
Gently and were accorded all courtesies
by the management of that colossal
show. They deserve recognition for
services rendered in advertising the
event and helping to make it sue
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