The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-29

sissippi cattle:
IS. w. Curruthers, a well known
farmer and feeder of Clay county,
Miss, had in two loads of good grade
dehorned Durham steers today. 25
head averaging 1865 pounds. and top
ping the Southern cattle market at IS
per cwt., being purchased by Nelson,
Morris & Co. They were Mississippi
bred, raised and fed, three rear olds,
n had been run on grass until a lit
tie less than six months ago, when
they were placed on a ration Of cotton
seed meal and hulls and corn meal,
and their condition today showed that
Mr.. Carruthers got good returns for
his feed and labor.
u. ". Walker, Of the same place,
also had a load of graded red polled
steers on the market, % head averag-
ing 1,016 pounds, and selling to the
st. Louis Dressed Beef Co., at $500
per cwt. They had been fed about
three and one-half months, and were
fed the same as the Carruthers cat
tie"
The above is conclusive evidence
that no State furnishes greater ad-
vantages than Mississippi for raising
cattle. The sale of beeves for three
years Of age averaging fourteen hun
dred pounds at six cents per pound
gross gives a fine profit to the farmer.
SS4 per head is a fine price for three
year DC steers and nc State offers the
same advantages to raise them as
cheaply as Mississippi. We can have
grasses throughout the entire year IL
the effort is made, and when the fat
toning season arrives, our cotton seed
hI711G and ronoI r,a1-Co tL1 lC-+ o,I
cheapest ration. More attention
should be given this branch of stock
raising and the success recorded by
Mr.. Carruthers Will go farther to call
attention to it than anything else that
could be done.
The suspense attendant uDOn the
announcing Of a commission to select
school books for the State for the
next five years has been relieved.
I Eight good men have been appointed
and the gigantic task before them be-
gun. Let every man in the State aid
to get through with this piece of bust
ness without the scandals which so
frequently ensue. 1t is a sacred duty
they have to perform. Money will
flow as free as water and every sub
terfuSe taken advantage Of. Hold up
the hands of the commission and help
them perform the important duty de-
volving upon them. 1t is a pity that
Mississippi has not a book establish
nent of her own, SO that the million
or more dollars hat will be expended
in the neXt five years could be kept at
home. Then, too, the subject matter
and historical chronicling of events
would be much satisfactory. AT
present, We are compelled to accept
the version given events by our breth-
rem OF the North who can't see thinga
just as We do. Cur children should
be taught to reverence the position
and actions Of their fathers in the
times Of trouble past, and not be told
that they were traitors or rebels
against the authority Of a just gov
ernment.
Gulfport will construct a complete
sewerage system, the plans being
adopted several days since. Bids fo7
construction vii, be opened in a short
time and the work gotten under way.
While GulfpOrt did not find a sewerage
system 4 necessity for health, the con-
ditiOns there being very favorable al
ready, the city is determined to have
all ~up-to-date cOnyeniences, hence the
decision to build sewerage.
Lafayette county proposes a good
work in the leyeeing Of YOc0na river
bottom, n also in constructing a
good road across this as we'll as sew.
eral other streams. There is no in.
y~estnlent that will pay larger divi
dendS than those used in the c0nstruc
ton OF better roads, Bad roads OF
80 - IL -.
back that Mississippi has at present
People coming here seeking locations
are frequently scared away by the
lack of such necessities, going where
more is offered in the way Of modern
c"onveniences and Improvements. We
reed better roads and the county tina
leads in their construction will LEAD
in everything else.
The drillers for oil at Laurel have
found Instructions at a depth Of some
thing like 900 feet, and will have tt
take a new tack to complete the we'll
! Plans have already been mad for go
ing deeper and the plucky compan,
will settle the question as to what il
-. beneath the surface in the good oil
- county Of Jones.
- twenty-five thousand dollars ha
been subscribed to the capita
stock Of a pants and overall
factory to be located at Pontotoc
Local capital alone is in the deal an
- work on building will commence short
= ly. POntotoc is the fourth town i
> Mississippi to go into the manufacture
of pants. Corinth has four factories
, Aberdeen and New Albany one each
:, All are paying investments and hav
:; been so from the first. Many NOR
, such factories will likely he built il
the near future.
Sane or Insane.
as there any sure test by which
~ tell the ane from the insane?' il
O quired a student Of the famous Frenc
h alienist, EsquirOl. please dine wit
r me tomorrow at s O'clock" was tn