Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-18

early in the season and command
fancy prices; little later the central
sections come in and just after that
the northern portion of the State BY
this means continual supply is pro-
duced. Two direct lines of railroad
TO the Northern markets, with the very
best of service, insures prompt trans
portation and good prices. The thou
sands of acres Of land in the State
heretofore thought to be too poor for
cultivation are proving the best for
trucking, and are becoming to be
worth good sums per acre. When the
larger part of this land is brought into
use the income from truck will exceed
that for cotton in the State. And 1t
begins to look as if this state of
affairs Is not far in the future.
A negro preacher in North Missis-
slppi made last season twenty heavy
bales Of cotton, 500 bushels of corn,
900 bundles of fodder, 1,100 pounds
of meat, plenty of peas, potatoes and
other truck. Three good COWS assisted
largely in supplying the family with
food The only help this negro had
was his team of two mules and four
little children Besides the farm work
done, four churches were served regu-
larly, There is no section under the
sun that will give a greater result for
a mans labor Our seasons are pleas
ant and the work necessary for such
results much lighter than that re-
quired in making less in other coun
tries. This is the accepted time to
come to Mississippi and get piece Of
ground before the price, which is fast
going up, gets beyond the reach of
men in only ordinary circumstances.
Gufport will build a large coffin
factory, the ground having been do
mated and the contract for building
let. Such an enterprise will un-
doubtedly succeed, there being nothing
of the kind in South Mississippi.
While Mississippi is unusually healthy,
a few people die from natural causes,
and the collins for burial should be
made at home.
Parties owning land along Hayes
creek, in Montgomery county, are ar
ranging to have canal cut to facili-
tate draining the land adjacent
thereto, bringing it under cultivation.
1t is very rich and well worth the ex-
pense of drainage. A great deal of
swamp land in Lee county has been
drained by canals and made to grow
crops. Bonds are issued and sold,
and the work done by contract. A
small sum Is assessed upon each acre
benefited each year until the bonds
and interest are paid The Hays creek
people will no doubt find that the
scheme will work satisfactory and
prove a splendid investment.
The buying of large tracts of land
in the State by Northern capitalists
and peoping with thrifty farmers is
a good thing, only the handsome profit
made by these spectators should be
kept at home. The small farmers
coming to our section will make
State of homeowners and
A real estate firm in the State has
notified the writer that it is buying
large numbers of extra copies each
week of the local paper containing
this department and sending them to
parties in the North and West, with
the view of inducing them to locate
in Mississippi. While the matter pub
lished under this head is intended to
our own people to renewed
efforts and to get all that there is for
them in our favored section, it might
possibly do good away from home.
Tho statements published from week
to week with regard to accomplish
ments of farmers and truckers, to-
gether with their names and addresses,
would no doubt appeal to the prospect
i've homeseeker, If the experiment
proves a profitable one, the writer
hopes that others will do likewise
His ambition is to see our great State
into its own, and there is no
doubt about there being a need of
more good people to help in bringing
about this state OF affairs,
Indianola refuses to stand still, and
comes to the front again with the an.
that large water mains
are being put in and a perfect system
of fire protection installed. The city
has fine artesian water, and the i'm
mentioned will place it
with the leaders as strictly up-to-date
in every respect A 100000 hotel is
being built to take the place of a
one burned not long since,
and several splendid business build
ings also. Lying in the center of a
rich and prosperous sec
ton we expect to hear many more
good things Of lndianola in the next
few years.
DR.. L. F. Downing, of Monroe
with three hands employed as
help, last season made SO bales Of cot
ton, 400 bushels Of corn and $50
bushels of potatoes. Besides these
there was a sufficient quantity of other
farm products raised to sup
ply the household and barn. How
many of your friends who have gone to
Texas can produce better record?
There is no country that can excel
Mississippi in giving up comfortable
living with so little labor, The ex
perience Of hundreds with their names
and addresses have been given in
proof Of this statement during the past
year
If fertilizers pay the farmer who
uses them, then why recommend that
less be used on cotton this year?
Plant less acreage of cotton and use
fertilizers as usual. The surplus
acreage can be run in something else
that will pay as well or better than
cotton, even if the price was fair
Make your cotton land produce bale
to the acre if possible, then the surplus
crop raised on the acreage taken out
Of cotton will leave you richer in the
fall.
Two of the largest oysters operators
Of the Baltimore field have purchased
4 factory at Pascagoula and will en-
large it to a capacity above anything
on the coast at present This is in
of the fact that the Baltimore
oyster industry is declining, while
that of Mississippi is increasing.
There is an increasing demand for our
oysters by connisseurs who declare
them the best to be found in the
United States 1t Is safe to predict
that within a few years our State will