The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-12-17

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g "razor-back" hog a few days sine
that tipped the beam at 1886 pound,
and rendered 166 pounds of lard. Tha
is a remarkable showing for the razol
back, and possibly there is more goo
in him than he is given credit for.
~Greenwood's death rate of only
little over eight to the thousand 70
the past five years is a splendid show
ing for that equally splendid city
The delta is showing a great advanc,
in healthfulness lately, and now com
pares favorably with any section O
the Union.
Protect your timber. Be slow to sci
unless you are made sure that II
will be worked into the finished ar
ticle right here In Mississippi. Toe
many large bodies of our splendid
timber lands are coming into the
hands of foreigners, who cut It into
rough lumber here and ship to other
places for manufacture. Right now
Is the time to stop this. Already too
much of 1t Is in alien hands. We are
glad to welcome any one who will
come and help us in the great work
of development, but we do not want
others to get the best crude material
we have and carry it away, thereby
losing to us the cost of TRANSPORTATION
and the price paid for skilled labor
IN It's manufacture. Hold your tim
Der lands until you know fully the
purpose of the intending purchaser.
Too much fine timber land in the
State worth $40 per acre. or more. is
on the assessment rolls at So per acre
This is not as it should be. Boards
OF supervisors ought to see that it is
assessed at something like what it
worth. By doing this, the owners
will be made to pay a little something
the cost of developing the country
and making their lands worth more
money. Otherwise they pay nothing
and reap the larger portion of the
benefits. This matter is well worthy
a careful investigation at the hands
Of u people, and it is to be hoped
that some action will be taken along
the lines suggested herein.
w. J. Quarles, of Long Beach, has
sugar cane that averages over nine
ieet of matured stalk. Off of one and
half acres he made over eight hun.
ired gallons of syrup. He only used
the land 800 pounds of acid phos.
1hate and cotton seed meal mixed.
This shows what can be done on Mis-
soil If only common sense
a little energy is displayed. There
S no place in the world where the
can get such liberal re-
urn for his labor. Write Mr.. Quarles
md prove the truthfulness of the as.
%ertions herein made.
Few people In Mississippi realize
he attention the State is attracting
and the demand for our cheap
ands by moneyed men seeking profit
Bile investments, as well as home
eekers from other States. Not a
week passes that announcement is not
that n large body of land has
cen sold to some Northern syndicate.
'nd right here the writer desires to
ound a note Of warning. Don't sell
our land to spectators who will not
gree to improve it and put it in cul-
walton. There are plenty of bona
de homeseekers who will buy 1t and
lake improvements. The syndicates
ometimes cut UP into small tracts
urge blocks and sell on installments
} homeseekers, but too often they
old merely for the increase in prices
hich goes on rapidly. Our county
alcials are dere1ict in their duty FIRE.
in allowing land belonging to
lch concerns to remain on the tax
oois at the figures for which it was
lrchased, and not what it would
ring on the market at present. Lands
'ptdiy advancing in price and hardly
xed at all offer tempting induce
ents to investors. Make such lands
ny a portion of the cost of develop.
ent by assessing them at something
se their real value. This Isl nothing =,
right and equitable, and the own.
$ should not object to such a course.
Write some friend outside of the {
ate of the wonderful resources of {
ississippi. Do this at least once a I
eek, and watch the result. t
The writer has received three CON-
within the last week
I'm parties inquiring for bodies OF
nd in Mississippi for the purpose OF @
colonies of farmers thereon. S
lere is a growing tendency in the O
DIVIDED sections of the North and S
lst to get out from the cities and t
IN small pieces of land and live f
ereon. Our State is securing many v
settlers in this manner II
-. Il
is plenty Of money in Missis- g
,pi to establish factories to use the a
ger part of u crude material, the v
ly item to be contended with being II
fact that our people are not edu- 81
ed to the importance and benefits
manufacturing. Then, too, so few
them have had experience along CT
line and they are wary of strang- pl
who come in and frequently pro- 81
ito wild schemes that are only in q
lded to get the money of those who N
'ome associated with them. Thor Sc
investigate every proposition
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