The leader., 1905-06-03

remarks an exchange, makes q bet
ter fight in the battles of life than the
pampered. high-collared, creased-trou-
sered youth of our cities, whose
clothes have always been brushed
with a whlsk broom instead of shin
gle. Let the town boy out of job
try it a year on the farm. Flowing
behind mule will take the kinks out
of his throat and the weakness out of
his lungs, and will give him an appe-
| tite, an honest living and sight of
heaven.
I'VE can't help loving the natural
boy: one-gallused and barefooted,
wading the creek with a hat half
brimless and patches on his pants.
His eyes are always clear and they
look straight to the front The boy
who enjoys these high privileges has
no conception of how blest he is above
| his brother in town; but he will know
| it some day when his maturer years
viii find their happiest reflection in
these days, that shed glow out of
| the morning for all the after time.
| The city boy has no storehouse to
draw upon, and in that he is to be
commiserated."
A. M. Gaillard of near Ripley recent
ly produced samples of wool 1S inches
| long. which was cut from sheep raised
| in the hills around his home. He
sheared 3-4 pounds from this partic-
ular sheep and there were others that
| came close to this mark. 1t is an
undenied fact that the raising of sheep
would be an especially profitable
business if the miserable hound and
cur dogs that infest almost every
neighborhood could be gotten rid of
While it would require considerable
courage on the part of tue legis 'ature
to do so, law should be passed tax
ing dogs, so that the larger portion of
| them could be gotten rid Of Sheep
raising should be largely increased
business during the next few years.
Six hundred dollars was paid straw
berry pickers at Water Valley Satur-
! day, May 49, One lady made $3.50 in
seven hours, and others nearly SO
muca. The small fruit business is
worth something to more than those
who raise it. 1t must be gathered,
boxed and shipped, furnishing employ
ment for large number of persons.
Raise more fruit and vegetables.
Lumberton is happy over the find
| ing of pure artesian water at depth
of $50 feet 1t will prove great
blessing to the citizens of that pro-
gressive community and greatly help
| the work of building city which is
being pushed with much energy.
Lumberton is growing fast and is en-
titled to all of the good things that
are going. May success continue to
crown the efforts of its good people
A friend from Swan Lake calls the
attention of the writer to the fact that
Hannibal Bly,, Mississippi bred
horse, recently won race at that
aristocratic track in New York, Bel
mont Park. Hannibal BLY, is pro-
duct of the Bungalow Farm, near Gulf
port, on the G. & S. l. railroad. This
| is an unusually well equipped farm
for raising all kinds of blooded stock
and is profitable investment to the
owner, who lives in New Orleans.
/ While there are a few farms in the
State that make speciality of b'ood-
ed stock. there are entirely too few,
| and this is branch that bids fair
to receive more attention in the fJ-
| ture.
Yazoo City has purchased street ma
chine and several hundred tons of
| gravel and will make an attempt to
have good streets in future. There is
no investment quite so good as money
spent on streets and roads. Money
could not possibly be spent in bet
| ter cause.
The Mississippi Poultry and Pet
Stock Association will hold its regular
annual meeting at Aberdeen from the
| 26th to 30th of December. so as not
! to conflict with dates for other meet
| ings of similar nature. This asso-
citation has become very strong and
a great deal of interest is being taken
by people from all over the State. as
well as other States A good work
is being accomplished by giving a
stimulus to the poultry business, even
if the promoters do not reap hand
some dividends.
West Pascagoula is doing great
4 deal of work in the way of furnishing
creosoted piling for the Panama ca
nal. Another large contract was. Sc
cured few days since. The canal will
/ be worth millions of dollars to Missis-
sippi and Mississippians The CON
Etracts being let at present are only
preliminary to what will come later,
Newton is strictly in the trucking
business at present, the first ship
4 ments being made by the league
4 formed last fall and winter. The crop
4 is said to be good, and 1t is to be
Il hoped that the first effort made by
that enterprising community will
/ prove successful.
l The Kinds County Gazette, just
Einishing it's sixty-frst year of useful
ness, celebrated the occasion by get
i ting out a splendid sixteen page edi-
ton. The Gazette is one of the old
est, if not the oldest paper in the
State, but is still as sprightly and
youthful as any OF them.
The progressive citizens of Wesson
i are presenting petitions to the city
council asking for the erection of a
building suitable for the use OF mu-
Enicipal officers and other local organ
izations. WessOn is partaking of the
| prevalent prosperity and such build
ing is badly needed
I Parties who have been successful
in raising crops, stock Or in other
ways, are especially urged to send the
writer a statement for publication. By
this means this department can be
j made of great benefit to the whole
people of the State. The experience
of one man is worth the theories of a
dozen Tell what was accomplished
and how it was done Make it as
brief as possible SO as not to lose the
force Of the article. It is to be hoped
that quite a large number will take
advantage of this invitation and add
their mite to the movement for a
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