New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-08

Importance OF manufactures. volume OF trade and
in its modes Of conducting businessmen it would
seem though some magician lad waved his
wand over il; for it would appear almost impossible
that in short n time such startling change
could be effected by mere human agencies.
laurel now covers an area OF two and thirteen
sl1leenths square miles. has between 1000 and S000
inhapitonts-2oCo OF whom are Northern and 1850
Southern whites, and 200 negroes-aHd is en-
North Eastern 20. and C"5 the Nobiie Ja sE1
= son ana kansas city and Ghe one which connects
Gulf and Ship Island. These radiate in Ave drec-
Of Mo6 P a7 Of SS9 Of 81 4 gacso5 Td
- OF GulfpOrt thus giving ample facilities for
re1icn rig me markets Of tn world
Few scattered rude franz buildings OF I'VE years
a., " mas four solid blocks Of handsome and
SP@GioG t s{oSes Constructed Of Brick and stone
IRE limit within which frame buildings can he
erected And its churches ana school esjidces and
Importance OF what aursI il f, axYs is1y ana I
ana at no distant day. eitheT-a city OF consequence
$4,000 and despite the fact that 80 much Pss
been done in the way OF grading streets Installing
sewerage and water systems. its bonded indebted
TAX ratio of Il mills is not high. considering the
n new tOIy, h anu lns very eoiisder;l6e work
expense TO the (Of adopting city maps would
comprised liberal and enterprisng ciIizsns
instead OF waiting for the town to open and grade
people have docking 10 the benefits that would ac-
SUCH { improvements gone ahead and done all these
thlngs ar their own expense,
cIimate-the minimum temperature in winter Is
LOU ds ~ degrees and the maximum in summer g
IesTers-tnOugh the latter IS tempered by Gulf
0reezes, so that the days not unpIeasantlv not
supply good water abundartlv Neceszarisa ~ Tifs
are ems ap-the prices for those having 20 b. bought
costs nOthing-the MILF are glad 10 give III away.
ana ana fruits yegeta5es eggs ard chickens and such
are FOR three room aborers cottages 81 to S.. for
to location. style and appointrlents Wages conI-
pare Iavoraoly with those given elsewhere for this
The schools comprise four buildings Gor the
" LIesl erected at costs respectively of 5000 SOD
system that ranks OF the best in the State:
ent buildings rented for accommodation Of the
in II CtGren, some four hundred who receive
whites ~ - al'0'uel tIe
The moral tone OF Laurel is decidedly above the
average. there being no saloons nor bIird tf-a-
and all the religious denominations being 4trOngIv
represented and having handsome church edihces.
The Young Mems Christian Association here is said
10 nave the largest membership OF any town OF its
SIZE IN me United States 1t owns handsome
story brick building. although il has only entered
There ara two fourishfng newspapers s-The
Laurel Chronicle and The Laurel Ledger"
Socially, Laurel is delightful its cultivated pe0ple
among which the Tadiss vIsicI 81, socIIis,
stand Dre-eminent, while all the secret organize
ions 2G have ave unusually us long membership rolls.
prtses the principal business men Of Laurel and
which IS not always the case-dOes things,
tory. which IS keenly alive 10 I.aureIs best in
terests ana IS decidedly aggressive in pushing
them.
MANUFACTURES
Laurel has two very large sawmills; one cotton
mill Q0loO sptndles): oil and fertilizer factory
capacity. sixty tons cotton seed daily and ten
thousand tons OF fertilizer annually: one wagon
works, one brick and tile works. turning out nine
million brick per annUm: two iron fOundries the
larger handling eight thousand pounds OF metal
monthly, one ice factory. fifteen daily: three
large machine shops one box factory one wood
turning establishment. one bottlng works and one
cotton compress.
II is not possible 70 give adequate description. IN
severalty. or the abOve-Lhat OF the big sawniIl
plants alone would easily and interestingly I'LL two