The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-25

pie of the colder States up North. A
great deal of land is being SOLD to
thrifty families that are seeking a
milder climate and away from the
crowded conditions Of many of the
Eastern States. There is ample room
here for several times the population
we now have, and good people are
wanted to help bring u State into
its own.
Pearl river, after a long season OF
low water, Is full to the banks and a
number Of small steamers are plying
It's bosom with the commodities need
ed by the people, carrying their pro-
ducts to market in return. Several
thousand dollars was appropriated by
congress to improve the stream be-
tween Jackson and Edinburg.
A satisfactory state of affairs exists
IN the State with regard to holding
the surplus crop of cotton until a bet
ter price can be had. 1t has been
only a short time that u farmers
were able to hold one-third of their
crop for any length of time, it being
necessary to sell Immediately uQon
gathering 20 pay off obligations in
Cured during the year 1t is diPer-
ent now, the people being in q con-
dition to carry a large part of the
crop until the price justifies selling.
Then why have we not solved the
problem of over-production and the at
tendant depression in price? Hold
what you have and raise less this
year. One-fifth being held and a re-
duction in acreage of any appreciabla
proportion would soon send the price
back to nine cents, despite the efforts
of Mr.. Bear" Theodore Price and
his numerous cohorts. The people Of
Mississippi are all right and the day
of having the price fixed on their
principal product by a few men in
the 'steenth story of a palatial office
building in New York is fast drawing
to a close.
The governor of North Carolina has
sent a special message to the lcgisla-
ture urging the establishment of an
industrial and immigration bureau.
The great work being accomplished by
the South Carolina bureau is largely
the cause of this action by the COVER
IOI VI LhS oIjOIAlhS NoIC IL -
of such a department would be hard
to compute in dollars and cents. Mis-
sissippi needs such a department bad:
ly.
After several years of anxiety uhd
suspense the contract has been let for
a splendid government building at BIZ
loxi. Work will begin shortly and
soon the beautiful city on the coast
can boast of being one of the places
recognized by its Uncle Samuel in n
substantial manner
Jackson has an innovation in the
construction of a row of apartment
houses. The Capitol City is fast TAX
ing on metropolitan airs.
The handsome new depot of stone
and pressed brick, built by the A. &
V. at Newton, has been completed and
occupied. That enterprising city is
entitled to the best Of everything and
its worth as a business point is fully
appreciated by the two railroad sys-
TENS that pass there.
Quitman. one of the liveliest little
cities of the State, is taking on city
airs fast. A project is now on foot
to build a telephone exchange so that
all parts Of town will be in hello"
distance of the other. The Cumber-
land is figuring OF supplying the
want.
ITco-o x,oor - x-0or tIn fnrnoor tour. |
ers higher and higher as the real
dominating force of our nation. Liv-
erpool plainly begins to fear him.
There is less of the hem and ha," less
derisive looks. less of skeptical shrugs
and ~incredulous raising of eyebrows
when the determination of the plant
err to hold his cotton is mentioned.
Prominent planters, even in the past.
have been known to hold their cotton
for a number of years. The South as
a section is infinitely better off than
ever before.
Tupelo is to have the second large
knitting mill. The money has been
raised and the project is now on the
side of a certainty. Tupelo is fast
becoming one of the foremost manu-
featuring cities of the State.
Silver Creek, in Simpson county,
continues to improve. A frst-class
hotel was opened there last week,
along with the many other improve
ments noted. 1t has recently been
placed in the town class by the gov.
ernor.
One of the wide-awake editors Of the
State says, regarding the necessity of
manufacturing and handling u
goods in the South:
Not until the South begins to man.
ufacture her own goods from the raw
material produced here will she real
ize the greatest amount of prosperity.
When a Cuban house ordering South
ern goods has to pass the orders
through New York and Boston be-
fore they reach the Southern mill,
only about two days distant from Ha-
vana, the result can easily be seen. !
There are a number Of cotton mills in
the South, but they do not bleach the
goods, as is done in the factories of
the North, where it is claimed by