The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27

ih uulLport, on The evening of 18th
In honor of the first foreign cargo t,
land on the shores of Mississippi, +
was a ship load of pyrites consigue;
10 the Gulfport Cotton Oil, Fertilizel
and Manufacturing Company, and was
brought over by the Italian STEAMSHIP
EioVan Maria DAB, C. Carbone, mas
ter. The event was a pleasant one
and reflects the pride taken in mat
ters Mississippian by Capt. Jones. Hi,
read, the Gulf & Ship Island, Is
strictly a Mississippi institution. and
the people of the State rejoice with
MIN IN the great work being accom-,
pislhed by his energy, brains and can
ital.
New Albany and the surrounding
country has taken the right track in
organizing a trucking association,
and Will next year enter the business
along approved plans. J. C, Robbins
Is president and J. w. Cakes secre.
tary. The best and most progressive
farmers in the neighborhood are in
the movement and success is assured.
A large portion of the land in that
section of the country is especially
adapted to trucking, and, while it has
been very low in price heretofore,
VIII be greatly enhanced by this new
move. Other communities in the vi.
entity of New Albany should Join in
with the association already organ.
lied and have their truck handled
through it. 1t is a good thing.
A Laurel trucker, J. M. Lindsey, has
furnished the larest watermelon ever
seen in Cincinnati, The monster mol.
measured q inches long, IA inches
i'll diameter and weighed IS IL pounds.
Mr.. Lindsey had recently sent one Of
the same variety weighing 80 pounds
Judge Parker, presidential nom,
nee Of the Democratic party. Now,
who is there to say that Mississippi
Is not the greatest State in the Union?
The first bale of Mississippi cotton
was marketed last week. 1t was rails,
ed by a farmer living near China
Grove, in Pike county, and was Sold
at Columbia and broubht II 10 cents
per pound with a barrel of patent -four
in as a premium. Pike coun.
~ also furnished the second bale,
which was marketed at Magnolia.
The crop is opening nicely and pick
ng operations will begin lively now
n a short time.
Southern farm lands are a long
Ways better investment from a rem
al standpoint than those in the
North. For instance, in Illinois, lands
hat bring from 500 to $3.50 per acre
ent for 81 and So; in Iowa, lands that
eadily bring from $50 to SIS per acre,
ent for 81. In Mississippi, lands that
re worth from $50 to $40 per acre,
re in demand at So per acre, and,
n many instances, as high as 81. Last
ear lands rented on the share sys-
en- brought the owner as high as SIS
r 500 per acre rent. So, looking at
from this standpoint, every adj
antage is in favor of the lands OF
Mississippi over those of the North.
The towns and cities of Mississippi
re increasing in population at a rapid
ate with the introduction of new
Industries, etc. Every branch of bust
ess Is prosperous, and hence there
an increased demand for every kind
{ garden truck and fruits grown upon
lie farm. Under such conditions
1ere can be but one result; Missis.
ippi farm lands must and will ad-
in value largely in the next
w years.
Bulletin No. 3 of the Greater Mis-. !
ssipi Association will be out short /,
: Several subjects will be handled .
riefy. A large number will be dis. :
ibuted throughout the whole United .
Iates, and should be the result OF :
attracting attention to the State
Id its matchless resources. Send
II a few Of them and mail to friend5
other States. ,
Senatobia Is arranging to start a :
cam laundry. The stock has been q
described and organization will be q
fected soon. 1t will make a spe- 1
of the family wash, as well as {
goods. The necessity Of 6
cam laundries is becoming greater
om year to year. Negro women who
I'VE been doing the washing in the
st are becoming too heightened to g
such work and other arrangements L
ust be made II
As an evidence that Mississippi =
II make a bumper corn crop this
al with a considerable amount to
are, we note that West Point IS
ling to organize a company for the
rpose of erecting an elevator to
Id the crop on cars for shipment.
ch a plant would shell the corn
fore loading or would chop it up,
b and al, IL necessary. It now
ks like Mississippi would supply
me of her neighbor States with a
nsiderable amount Of feed stuffs
other year.
ralIanatchie's capitol, In the hills,
arleston. reports a steady and sub
initial growth. While the railroad
there has not as yet been built,
, people are still hustling and hope
unrI, booin ahortly