The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-13
PROGRESSIVE CITY
OF GREENWOOD
Advantages of The Place as Set Forth
by the Southern Field.
A BRIGHT FUTURE PREDICTED
Wealth of Timber and a Rich and Pro,
ductive Soil, With Ample Trans
p0rtation Facilities.


The Southern Field, a monthly Jour-
nal issued by the Land AMI Industrial
Department of the Southern Railway,
and circulated extensively throughout
the North and East, devotes its entire
August issue to a discussion of the
resources and advantages of the State
of Mississippi. Greenwood comes in
for a goodly share of this valuable pub
LEFTY, as the following reproduction
from that publication will demonstrate:
a visitor to Greenwood, Miss, will
at once recognize the beauty, prosperity
and enterprise Of the place and it will
not take much investigation to convince
him that it has striking advantages for
future growth. Greenwood is one Of
the best towns of the State. 1t is loca-
ted on the YaZoo River, in the famous
Delta country, and is surrounded by
timber and farm wealth to an unusual
degree. 1t is tn county seat Of Le-
fore County. The people, firmly beliey-
ing in the great natural advantages
they possess for city building, and am
bilious as to the future, hold that Green
wood is to become one of the largest
cities in Mississippi. At present there
is a population of 5000 ard the growth
is steady. Greenwood has heretofore
been mainly built from the trade Of suE,
rounding plantations. The lands are
, as good as are to be found in any of the
Delta country, yielding the largest
crops of cotton, corn and other products.
There are numerous large plantations
which are making their owners richer
every year, and these arc being steadily
added to by bringing into cultivation
!: the unimproyed lands, Not only is the
number Of large plantations growing
! hut tho farmers able to cultivate small
! and moderate sized tracts arc aoeklng
] homes in the vicinity. There Is a very
large area OF still uncultivatcd lands
/ in Leflore County and in adjoining counv
/: tics tributary, at least In part, to Green
; wood still to be turned into farms and
! plantations. Greenwood this last sea
J son, handled about $4,000 bales of cot
! ton. A large quantity of corr was also
: wide variety of crops. Lands under
! cultivation are held at gaoH prices but
! fat below less productive lands in the
I Northern States, while woodlands,
J which will make just as fine farms and
! plantations, giving just as large yield9
I Of crops, are to be had at the most
4 reasonable figures. A wealth of timber
: is to be found within easy distance pI
( Greenwood, consisting Of magnificent
{ growths Of white and rcd oak, cypress,
) red and Tupelo gum, hickory, elm, ash,
poplar and other woods. Timber lands
. range from $40 to S25 per acre. All
( these timber lands, when cleared, will
make the finest of farming lands, lands
!. which will yield q bale q a4Fson rG THO
. aetc without fertilizer; which are Sc
|. rich that the SANG crops may be grown
. season after season for The next genera.
I siQA without pereoptthly impairing thoil
I fertility and which, when improved
! will be worth from $25 to $50 IN acre
: Greenwood is the center of a very
: large trade. 1t is the market town fol
!: a region extending from 20 to 30 miles
. away and In turn supplies the farmers
I and farm hands with merchandise. II
. has good railroad facilities and The
: Yazoo River is navigable. Many Of tht
{ large planters of the SURROUNDING eoun
. try make q%Ecepwoad their home, TIT
! merchants and manufacturers are pros
I porous and the people, rs a whole, arr
Z in tho most satisfactory financial con
dition, Much OF this Is no doubt due t.
the fact that labor in this country il
. we'll paid. Banking facilities are ex
. c~ellent. There are now four bank
Z with q combined capital OF abouF atoo,
: 600 and deposits aggregatins $i,5oO,oo(
J 40 prosperous is the place that thoro /
& a surplus of money for Investment
= Much Of 1t Is going into farm and timbe
- lands and some of it in local improve
ments and industries.
Greenwood has made a good star
toward the establishment of manufac
q tories. The sawmills Of the city an
vicinity annually cut a large amount {
timber, which is shipped to markets a
over Inc country. The factories al
cotton congresses, oil mills, brick plant
III a fine furniture factory recently cstal
Iisbed and which already has prove
d a great success, machine shop and foui
dry, heading and barrel factory, ct
The furniture factory is making a i#rl
use of the gum which is found in tn
vicinity and has demonstrated nat IL
especially fine wood for furniture ma
- ing. A great many classes OF industri'
would do well here. The people b
lieyc in manufactures and arc ready
G invest capital in industrial enterprls
/. which desire to locate in Greenwo'
=, and which win come there under go
III auspIccs. A chair factory is one OF d
institutions which is greatly desired.
Since July 1908, about 1850 new hous
have been erected in Greenwood, at