The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13

erything that is going, and they gen.
orally get it.
Robt. F. Caffey. of Winona, killed
an eleven-months-old pig that weighed
$40 pounds. J. N. Smith, of Gloster,
killed one not fourteen months old
that weighed 600 pounds. Hogs are
good property and they can be raised
in Mississippi as we'll as anywhere
under the sun.
A gentleman calls the attention of
the writer to the fact that the life in
surance company which he represents
is investing it's capital in Mississippi,
and it has since TRANSFERRED that some
of the others are in possession OF
mississippi bonds. All well and
good. Let us hope that some II OF
them will see fit to build a good office
structure or two in the State. They
are doing this in the larger cities of
the North and East n we would like
to see the money we pay IN invested
here closer to home, especially SO
when the rate of interest is sc much
more here than in the big financial
centers. After an investigation of the
comparative amounts invested in MIS-
sisssippi by the insurance companies
with the two and a half million dol
lars paid them each year, something
more will be said on this subject.
The Jackson House, at West Point,
| sets the pace in supplanting negro
walters with German girls brought
down from the cities up East. The
innovation is apparently working
we'll. as the help is much more de-
sirable and reliable than negro wait
ers. A number of families in West
Point have white help and are pleased
with the new regime.
The address of Capt. w. H. Hardy,
of Hattiesburg, at the Corn and Cot
ton Carnival, on South Mississippi"
was hugely enjoyed by his hearers,
and it was unanimously voted n of
the best eXpositions of the wonderful
resources and great future OF that
! favored section ever heard. The G. &
| S. |. railroad could not get better mat
ter to advertise the country contig-
uous to it's route, and it would I'M
doubtedly be a good idea to have it
printed in pamphlet form for general
distribution.
The weather during Christmas was
balmy and pleasant, quite a contrast
to the brand being served to our
friends in the North and West. Pity
it's that large numbers of them could
not have been with us in its enjoy
ment.
Ripley is contemplating the build
ing of a canning factory. The coun-
try adjacent to that town would make
a fine trucking community and with
the railroad facilities which it will
soon have there seems to be every rea-
son why such an enterprise would be
a success. Ship truck North while
the market is good and have the can
ming factory to work the surplus and
take care of the crop in the event the
market went to pieces. We expect to
see quite a number of canneries To-
catd in the State this year.
Armour & Company, the Chicago
,oaI-o11 Will 1ooo}n n hin branob hn,1cQ
at Greenwood as soon as the two
story building for their use can be
constructed. 1t will be made the dis
tributing point for a large territory
of rich country and will be worth a
great deal to Greenwood.
A gentleman who has been in Mis-
sissippi only two years, and who
came from the cold regions mentioned
above, has this to say in behalf Of Jul
climate:
For several weeks the North has
been the scene of snow, ice and win
ter desolation. The inhabitants of
every State north of the Ohio river
nave DO6QA liz lOul ~ v hlOAthp
fight against inclement weather,
which comes annually with the GER
tainty of taxes. Here in Mississippi
no snow has fallen, no ice has formed
and no wintry winds have tormented
those whose calling necessitates ex-
posture to the weather. The North has
already had this year much more of
severe weather than the people of
Jones county will see all winter. The
difference in comfort between a resi-
dence in this favored section and one
in the icy North is so great that it
must be experienced to be realized.
+ = u Mississippi should place in
their hands the truth about this
States Incompatible climate and the
opportunities offered newcomers In
every line of industry"
The advantages of Mississippi
should be properly exploited before
the world, as the gentleman says, and
the benefits would be great.
Magnolia is awakening to the i'm.
portance of municipal improvements,
and is at present engaged in building
a complete system of water works.
The city is already supplied with cleo
trio lights, and soon will be clamor-
ing for sewerage and other improve
ments.
A number of mining concerns from