Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-03-16

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dences. Il looks as II Senatobia was
experiencing a considerable wave OF
prosperity. although not so very much
Is being said about il.
In harmony with the writer's FIRE
quent admonitions to be optimistic on
all occasions. is the following from
a publication called Physical Cul
ture." and devoted to e~levating the
race:
Hang these words on your bed.
post or tack them into your brain:
From now on | am going to change
my entire life and my style OF think
ing. | will endeaysr in the hereafter
to be generous in my views toward
others. broad-minded. large-spirited
n kind. thinking well Of everybody.
mean to nobody. and overlooking the
little faults. believing that there are
other qualities in the man that over
whelms the deficiency. There is 50
much bad In the best of us, and so
much good in the worst of us. that we
should be charitable TO the rest of us.
I shall see the bright side of every.
thing. | shall talk like an optimist.
laugh like an optimist, move about
like an optimist. conscious OF the fact
that | shall radiate sunshine and make
everyone around me happy"
G~reenville will keep clean. IL pos.
sible. and in pursuance OF this deter.
mination the second steam laundry is
under construction. That splendid
delta city will make an aggressive
campaign this year for factories. and
hopes to eclipse the excellent record
OF last year.
Dewey. n of the new towns on
the NJ. J. & X. G. railway. and located
in C~hickasaw county. is beginning to
show a great growth. wen before the
track of the new road was laid.
Great progress is reported in build.
ing residences n stores. The eau.
cassian. by c. A Robertson. has be
gun publication. m proposes to let
the world know Of Dewey. All de.
nominations are preparing TO build
churches. and school buildings. will
be erected at once. II Is in a good
section Of country. and will. no doubt,
ere long be one OF the best business
points on the NJ. J.. & X. c.
The Columbus Progressive Union,
an industrial organization that brought
to the city something like s7O0. 900
worth of factories last year. is TO he
revived and an effort made to do
equally as much during the present
year. Columbus made an excellent
record last yea and Is becoming one
of the most prominent manufacturing
cities Of the State. There is still plenty
of work for an active industrial or.
Sanization to do. and the city should
not let tho Progressive Union die by
any means.
West Point is happy in the contem.
plation OF two new railroads. One is
the Pensacola road for which several
charters have been granted. and more
h "a n turned down. and the other
is an extension of the Illinois Central
from that point to the coal fields of
Alabama. Either Of them would prove
a valuable acquisition To that progress
sive city on the p~rairies of East
Mississippi. 1t is to be hoped that
both will be built.
Buy your goods from home mer-
chants and p%atronize home people
every opportunity. They are the ones
who will help you in adversely and be
glad at your success. The Chicago
department store pays no taxes or in
any way helps to support Mississippi
or her institutions.
Royal Danish consul. T. Soigaard. of
New Orleans. is interesting himself
In the matter of immigrants from the
scandinavian countries into the South.
ern states. and in a recent letter to the
Louisiana State Board of Immigra- |
ton, has the following suggestions TO
a relative TO the introduction OF
the Danish plan Of fruit and vege-
table growing in this section:
Now that immigrants from North
ern Europe are beginning to settle in
the southern States. this consulate is
receiving an increased number OF in
quiries as to whether certain fruit
trees or vegetables, which are very
profitable in Scandinavian countries.
can be cultivated in the United States
As 1t is well nigh impossible TO an.
swer such questions satisfactorily.
and as this consulate. on the other
hand would not dc anything to turn |
such a valuable class of immigrants
away from the South. the idea has
suggested itself to me that your de.
partment might possibly, without any
disadvantage to itself. step in and
render good services in matters which
nave lately been the object of interest
here.
III you, at n of your experiment
stations. had employed a graduate of
the Royal Danish Agricultural Col.
lege at Copenhagen. who o be
competent to place the advantages of
the South comprehensiveIy before
prospective immigrants and others
there is no doubt that he would he
b TO do a good share of what
progressive public men of the South |
are now striving to accomplish. |
think that such a man should have
the opportunity to experiment with
iruit tress and vegetables from the
scandinavian countries, and to see
which would be adapted to culture in
the Southern States. Such experi-
ments would not interfere with his
other duties in the A. and NJ. College
experiment station. but. on the other
hand, | take it for granted that il
would be considered an advantage to
sucn d station TO have the best trees
n vegetables introduced from coun-
tries where horticultural industry has
reached such a high degree of de-
Veiopment, and to have this done nv
a well trained and competent person
who could be able also to fill a place
In the general work Of an experiment
station"
The Louisiana Board of Immigra.
tlon mas taken the matter up and will
act upon Mr.. Soigaard's suggestion
An enor will be made to comply with
the proposition to employ a man from
the Danish college and to prepare
matter In the Scandinavian language
for distribution.
The Scandinayians are the hest
class OF immigrants that are coming
% tne united States today, and it is
a pity that Mississippi is not in a
position to get some o. them.
colony h been started near prooL