The commonwealth., 1905-07-07

has first-class band that gives two
free concerts week. one in each OF
two parks, and they are very enjoyable
occasions during the hot summer
months. Every progressive town
should furnish music and recreation
for the inhabitants who are not able
to get away to a summer resort. While
the scheme will require small out
lay of cash, it is money well spent,
| and once tried will be abandoned with
great reluctance.
The shipments Of truck from Crys-
tai Springs will be something like one
fourth snort of that of last season.
Six hundred cars have been forwarded
up to this time, against 9l5 on the
same date last year. However, the
crop is a little later. and the total diff.
ference will only amount to about one
fourth less. While not so profitable as
last year, the announcement is made
that the people of that thriving COM
munity have pocketed neat sums of
profit for the years work
The farmers institutes to be held
this summer are attracting great
deal of attention, and many Communi-
ties not heretofore interested will have
them this year. They are undoubtedly
of benefit to the farmers, and the fact
that more attention is being paid them
from year to year speaks well for the
intelligence and energy being dis
played by the agricultural classes OF
| Mississippi.
The truckers should not be, and are
not, discouraged by the unfavorabe
season for their business. Trucking
| is bound to have few setbacks, or
all would abandon cotton and go into
| the business. Those engaged in the
business for any length of time are
always prepared for the troubles that
come to this, the same as all pursuits.
| Be of good cheer and arrange to over.
come the difficulties next year.
Ripley and Aberdeen have recently
| organized business leagues to aid in
the work of development for their re-
| spective towns 1t was not many years
/ back that Mississippi towns did not
seem to care whether they grew and
/ flourished or not, but things are differ
ent at present. The town without a
! business organization is fast becoming
! an exception instead Of rule. Our
people are taking on more progressive
ideas and hustling for everything good
! in sight.
An exchange says; 'If you want to
get rich, come to Mississippi If you
! want to make living, come to Mis-
sissiDpi Mississippi is such a splen-
| did State that those who work are
I sure to succeed, and those who don't
work make a living in spite of them
! selves No one ever heard of a per-
son starving to death in Mississippi
| All of which is practically the truth,
and nothing but the truth,
y
The enforcement of law is for the
/ betterment of society, the protection
of life and property and perpetuation
of a republican form Of government.
/ 1t is the duty Of every citizen to aid
I the officers In enforcing the laws,
Soma infractions that are allowed to
go unpunished will be succeeded by
more serious ones. Aid the officers in
upholding the law and your duty as a
citizen will have been performed.
Special agents Of the United States
| government visited McComb City
/ few days since with the avowed pur-
pose of studying conditions down there
! and rendering aid in bettering agri.
! rhig f,antFfgnnnt
on the part of the government Is thank
fully received. There is an oppOrtu'
nifty to improve the conditions being
investigated, and it is to be hoped
that something tangible will result
The Chautauqua at Gulfport Is in
! full blast this week, and on the 18th
| the Crystal Springs Chautauqua will
| open and run untilN the 18Th Both
1 places have prepared excellent pro-
/ grams, and a few days can be spent
profitably at either or both
Yazoo City has prepared Plans and
arranged to build first-class opera
house to replace the one DESTROYED in
! the great fire Of last year. The pro-
/ iect of new hotel is sill being agt-
| tated and success viii ultimately
crown the efforts of her people,
q
Verona. in Lee county, reports the
organization Of q 0G0scompany for
4 the manufacture Of brick and tile.
/ Splendid clay abou1ds in that vicinity,
and the project should prove great
success.
While the cotton mills in Mississippi
have been doing nicely, not a new one
/ has been built in several years. Ma
con breaks the line in inactivity and
win soon begin the construction Of a
nil, to cost $4,000 It. is financed by
local people and will he placed in the
hands of experienced men as superin-
| tendents and managers.
The cornerstone of Greenwood's
magnificent new courthouse was laid
with appropriate ceremonies las:
Wednesday When completed it will
/ be ono of the best. if not the best,
county buildings in the State.
! More than dozen new free delivery
| routes have been established in the
! State during the present month, and
| inspections have been made Of half a
/ hundred more Mississippi Congress
men are active in giving to the peon'e
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