Macon beacon., 1905-12-23

ol HOOu men WHO Will DO what they De-
lieve TO be right as far as is in their
power. There is great deal of very
important matter to come before them
at this session and much time win be
required to handle the business in an
intelligent and safe manner. The State
has much at stake just at this time.
Our people are experiencing an unusual
period OF prosperity, which in reality is
Just the beginning, unless some untoward
action delays the development taking
place. Many schemes and pet measures
will no doubt find a resting place, there
TO lie undisturbed for all time TO come,
but there are sure to be number OF
radical changes in our laws. Let us
sincerely hope that they will be for the
best. The writer is more interested in
laws that will assist industrial develop |
ment than any other, believing that |
from this source is to come our greatest |
benefits in the future. This matter has |
been totally neglected in the past, and |
AS a consequence Mississippi is far be
hind her sister States in the manufact
ure OF our crude material. Ii may be |
that the experience of the past three or
four years has thrown light upon the |
subject that will influence the law-mak |
ing body to recognize the need Of some
aid or assistance in the way of indus
trial activity. 1t is to be hoped that
this is true. The results shown by in |
dustrial departments OF the railroads,
the Greater Mississippi Business League,
the local organizations of a like nature,
and the far-reaching effect Of, the Mis-
sissippi Industrial Exposition, should in
llucncc those in power to encourage in n
substantial manner the furtherance of
the work. The exposition recently held |
will be worth hundreds OF thousands of |
dollars to the State. Not only in bring. |
ing to the attention Of good people from |
other States what we can do, but in |
stimulating effort among our home peo-
pie to attain a greater efficiency. The |
individual effort of enterprising citizens |
has shown wonderful results, and there |
is every reason TO believe that some |
thing should be done by the great State
to further the ends being striven for |
Let us hope that the legislators will
heed the necessity for some action along
this line and give substantial assistance
in the great work undertaken by indi-
viduals.
Last spring the Lincoln County Cot |
ton Association offered prize of $50 |
fer the largest yield of corn per acre.
The prize was won by w. A. Smith |
with yield of n bushels per acre. This
is how he prepared the ground and cul-
tivated the crop:
Land bedded fve burrows TO the row.
Fertilized with fifty bushels of cotton
seed in water furrow. Narrowed off |
with spike -toothcd harrow, planted May
90. Rows three feet, nine inches apart,
corn thinned to about twenty inches in
drill.
Cultivation: First Barred off with |
scrapcr, chopped out and thinned, June
5th to 10th; 300 pounds of cotton seed
meal applied 20 one side of row, plowed
with six inch half shovel. Middles har-
rowcd with Columbia harrow, burrows
with Uric turning plow, 800 pounds of
meal on opposite side of row and mid
dies run out with eightin lister, after
wards narrowed twice to the row with
Columbia harrow. Yield, "a bushels to
acre.
This is good yield of corn to the
acre and is convincing evidence Of what |
our lands will do if properly cultivated.
J. +. Powell, of Yazoo City, bought Of
NJ. NJ. Rogers a few days since n bale OF
cotton for which he paid $l12.30. The |
bale weighed 661 pounds and brought II
cents. John Cochran of the same coun-
tv, sold bale that netted SIG Both
were without the seed.
Hon. L. Marks, who owns the land sur
rounding the town of Marks, in Qultman |
county, is organizing stock company |
for the purpose of developing the place,
He proposes to sell the land adjacent to |
the town for reasonable sum and aid |
in every way the building of a good
city. Marks is in an unusually rich
section of the country, and should be
thriving place of several thousand peo-
pie.
Next Monday is Christmas. Celebrate /
the event by doing good to Others, re-
member the poor and distressed and try |
to add a little sunshine to the darkened |
homes of the unfortunate. Leave of
the Jug and wild carousal that is en-
tirely too common on such occasions.
1t was never intended that civilized and |
respectable people should celebrate this
very somn event in any such manner.
Remember that it is the birth of Christ |
that is being celebrated, and forget not
the spirit in which the event should be
remembered.
w. NJ. McMillin, of near New Al
bany, raised turnip that weighed eight
and quarter pounds and was twenty
four inches in circumference. The crop
in that section was unusually good this
season and It's pity that none OF it
was shown the $4,000 people who at
tended the State Fair at Jackson.
Jones county supervisors have ar
ranged to have the principal roads of
the county turnpiked. So soon as the
first lot Of roads selected are gotten in
condition, OlUeIS Will ltcelNc dIlcHtluhj
until the county is supplied with com
pletc system of good roads. This work
will necessarily be expensive, but it will
prove "A paying investment. Money iu-
1iciously spent on good roads is the best
invested money in the world, Prospcri-
ty will surely follow such improvements
wherever they may be. A number of
counties in the south end of the State
are studying the road question and in
the next few years u great change for
the better will be seen.
w. L. Ray, of Malmaison, the historic
old home of Greenwood Lellore in Le-
fore county, recently carried to Green
wood twig from an apple tree with
four fully matwed apples clinging there
to. This cluster of fruit was from the
second crop the tree from which it was
taken having already matlrcd one good
crop. 1t seems that there is no limit to
the resomcefuncss OF our great State.
In many sections two and three crops Of
vegetables and farm products are being
harvested from the land, and now comes
the rich Delta county of Lellore with
two crops Of apples from one tree. Truly
great is Mississippi. !