The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-13
At the Mississippi Industrial Expos

ton In November. arrangements are
being perfected to show the famous
cotton picking machine at work. This
machine was shown last fall at one
point in the State and one in Alabama.
1t has been greatly improved and this
fall will see as neal a perfect cotton pick
er as it is thought possible to produce.
A large steam blowing machine will
also be in operation at the fair. 1t
will be propelled by an engine and will
do the work of a dozen horse plows.
| Many other concerns are arranging for
for space and the exposition promises
to be worth coming many miles to see.
1t is an institution that will do the
whole State ~incalculable good and its
perpetuity should be assured by a liberal
attendance.
Meridian has invoked the aid of the
State in assisting to Gust the water
company that is preventing the build
ing a of municipal plant that was voted
for by the citizens by an overwhelming
majority some time since. The present
plant is inefficient and the old company
will not make it better. 1t is to be
hoped that the enterprising citizens OF
that city will succeed in removing the
obstacles to building an up-to-date
water system in thorough keeping with
the Importance and growing demand OF
the town. There is nothing so much
needed as good water, and any place to
prosper accordingly must have it at
any cost. The contest between Me-
ridian and the water company will be
watched with interest by the whole
State.
The Pike County Fair will be held at
McComb City next week and a success
full meeting is confidently expected.
Great preparations have been made for
the fair and the good people of that
section propose to show to the world
that a siege of mosquito quarantine
cannot hinder the progress of their
county. On the It'll Hon. Harvie Jor-
dan of the Southern Cotton Association
will be present and deliver an'address.
The racing promised is good and the
event will no doubt be well worth GO
ing many miles to attend. Pike county
is all right for sure.
! Jackson has organized a poultry asso-
| citation for the stated purpose of en-
couraging the breeding of fine fowls
and stimulating the industry in a gen.
| eral way. There is undoubtedly money
in the raising of chickens, eggs, ETC., if
the people only knew how to get it out
of them, and such organizations as the
one mentioned will GO a long way to-
ward the solving of this problem.
The cotton and seed crop of Missis-
sippi this year will bring the farmers
a gross sum of something like>S100, 000,-
900. The orn crop is reported as espe-
cially good, the cane crop is excellent,
and many others in proportion. Cot
ton will bring eleven cents or more;
/ there is an abundance of meat and other
foodstuffs, and why should we have
cause to complain, even ii h cotton
crop is short. A short crop will bring
more money than a1arge one. Let us
all be contented and happy.
Following the lead of the Jones coun-
ty supervisors, Pearl River county will
increase the assessment of pine lands
to $40 per acre, about rs per cent OF
what it is actually worth. Large bodies
of this land is held by non~-residents
who are sitting still and waiting for it
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They are paying little to help in the
work of development that makes their
land worth more money. The delta Sec
ton is also largely held by non-resi-
dents and thousands of acres are as
sessed at SIPS that are worth from So
to $50.
Water Valley is doing some building
and but little being said about it. A
list published in one of the local papers
last week footed up a total of 1927 $50
worth of new buildings under course of
construction. That does not look like
the mosquito quarantine had knocked
them out to any appreciate extent.
Water Valley is a good town and will
continue to prosper. Let the good work
continue.
1t is a fact to be regretted that SO
much liquidation of spot cotton took
place about Oct. l. The price was
forced below 10 cents again, which
should never have been allowed. The
farmers must stand closer behind the
officers of the cotton association if they
would accomplish what was intended.
Otherwise its efforts will be without
results.
The Jones County Fair was held last
week and proved a success from every
standpoint, although the attendance
from a distance was Necessarily limited
by the mosquito quarantine so general
in force throughout the State. The
fair will be held again next year.
Bohemian oyster openers from Balti-
more are arriving in large numbers to
help with the season now on down on
the coast. The oyster industry is be-
coming one of great Importance in
Mississippi and it is necessary to import
the labor to handle them every year.
Attorneys for the Yazoo and Missis-
sippi Valley Railroad Company have
filed with the Secretary of State a
statement showing the route of the pro-
posed "Silver Creek extension" so far
as the same has been located. They
say: Beginning at a point OF the va
zoo and Mississippi Valley, at or near
the town of Silver Creek, Yazoo coun-
ty, thence running in a southwesterly
direction, following the general course
of Silver Creek" and crossing Big
Suniower river at Holly Bluff. about
three-fourths of a mile west of Camp
bellsville,n all in Yazoo county, and
will hit the main line Fat Valley Park,
! or some other station in that territory
The State Railroad Commission has
adopted the following order:
ssIn the Matter of Floating Cotton
Complaint having been made of dis.