Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-03-12

There Is in the state one Iaclory
that is a red hot proposition, The
Red Snapper Co.. Of Centerville, is
referred to. 1t manufactures a brand
of pepper sauce which has been
named the RED snapper" and com.
mands a good sale wherever intro
duced. The company has been doing
business for some time and enjoys an
extensive trade.
Why not organize n league all over
the State with the motto: Push Mis-
sisslppi?' There's something to it.
That the state Ia awakening to the
enormity Of her wonderful resources,
only the most ignorant "a fail TO see.
Within the last decade remarkable adj
vances have been made in an indus
trial way. Our people are no longer
sitting idle, waiting for Northern cap
ital to come in and pick up the golden
plums lying scattered from one end OF
the State TO the other. Instead, they
have partially awakened to the posi-
bilities and opportunities before them,
and now the busy hum of machinery is
heard on all sides. Cotton, our great
staple. is gathered from the fields one
day and SEN the next in textile form
to the markets of the world. Our peo-
pie are alive at last to the %possibili.
ties before them and are achieving for
themselves the long delayed tribute
which the world 10Y voluntarily ac-
knowledges as their birthright, With
such a country, such a people must
keep in the forefront in the grand
march OF commercial progress and ex-
pansion. This generation must set
the pace for the next by such wise
steps that will bring into full deyel-
opment the rich capacities of soil and
the grand powers of brain and Drawn
which the unerring wisdom Of the
great ruler OF human destinies has
brought together In this favored land.
This can be accomplished largely by
the judicious use OF our own means
and the talents accorded us. The great
work is in progress and the man who
won't see it that way is blind from
choice.
The canal system Of reclaiming
swamp lands has been put in success
full operation in some Of the counties
where there we're bottom lands with
favorable conditions, The plan is to
issue bonds and have the canal cut;
then to assess each acre thus benefited
so much per year until the bonds and
interest are paid. Land that was
worth less than $1.00 per acre before
WIS made to bring from SIS to $40
when sold. 1t might be well for peo-
pie with this kind of land TO inyesti.
gate the feasibility of having it
drained. Information on the subject
can be secured by writing G. W. Long.
chancery clerk OF Lee county, at Tu'
pelo. enclosing stamp for reply. There
are other counties which have adopted
this plan, but the above address Is
given because the writer is acquainted
with the success Of the venture in Lee
county.
Samples of cucumber pickles which
will be in our exhibit at the fair com.
pare favorably with those produced
by any section. Some lands within
the State are especially adapted to the
culture OF such vegetables, and If com.
munities would only form small com
panies to put up these articles they
would be assured a ready market for
the product, The company that could
supply twenty per cent of the trade OF
Mississippi alone would have a big
business and furnish a market for all
cucumbers and other picking vegeta.
bles that could be raised for miles
around. Could our people only be
made to see the advantages following
such a course, the State would be more
prosperous than ever.
The city Of Tupe,o has a municipal
park in the way Of a body OF A acres
of pure artesian water. It is stocked
with game FISH and affords fine sport
for those who enjoy angling for the
game Dream and elusive trout. A Zee
is charged for fl li"g in the park and
a keeper is always on hand to collect
the fee and look after the comfort of
his customers. Quite a handsome sum
Is paid in each year for fishing privi'
leges and It has proven a great sue
cess.
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come educated along this line and in
the near future wake up to the impor.
lance of properly advertising to the
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