The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-03-11

cotton mill in the State. Meridian
has had several years experience in
cotton manufacturing and certainly
finds it profitable, or such a large
| company could not be organized to
put in another mill. 1t is undoubtedly
| the Yankee town of the State, and al
ways goes after the good things that
are to be had.
New Albany again the or
ganization of another industry to be
added to the long list now in opera.
has been arranged for and will be
built at an early date.
Jackson announces that nearly a
million dollars worth of manufacturing
plants will be built during the present
year, several of them having already
been arranged for. The Capital City
is doing things these days, and the
people of the State are becoming
proud of it.
Have you done anything for Missis-
sippi today? If not, do it before go
ing to bed. Help yourself as well as
others.
The Metropolitan Investment Com
pany, with headquarters at Charleston,
S.. c., reports ten times as many in
quiries for Southern investments as
at this time last year. The attention
of the world is being attracted to the
South, and we may confidently expect
to see in the future a greater OF
prosperity than ever before. When
the world knows that investments
here will pay largely increased divi-
dendS over those in other sections OF
the country, it is but natural that
moneyed men will seek them. When
, it is generally known that farming
pays better here than in any other
section of the country, farmers will
buy our lands and locate on them.
When it is told abroad that stock
raising will pay better here than
where the winters are longer and more
severe, then will the sensible stock
man seek u ranges for his future
operations. There is an unusually
bright future before the State, and it
is the duty of every loyal citizen to
help spread the desired information.
In the event of the building Of a
modern refinery by the Independent
I oil mills of the State, and there is a
strong probability that such action
will be taken, it is also proposed to
run in connection with the plant a
soap factory and other by-product
plants. 1t is asserted by those in a
position to know, that such a move
would be necessary to make the
project a paying one and compete
with Standard Oil in handling seed
products. Should this be done, it
would be the proper thing for Missis.
| sippians to use the articles man
featured by the big plant, and thereby
prove to the world that they are OPP
| posed to the gigantic trusts and COM
bines that they have been resOluting
and voting against for the past twenty
years. This would be q Mississippi
institution for the consumption OF
Mississippi products and manufacture
ing Mississippi necessities; then every
true Missisippian should Loyalty stand
behind the institution by giving it his
undivided support. The committee ap-
pointed to prepare the plan and ar
range for putting it on a permanent
footing will report in a few days, and
in the meantime make up your mind
that if it is put in operation that you
will stand behind it and aid in every
way the success it so richly deserves.
1t is now stated that Capt. Jones,
of the Gulf and Ship Island railroad,
has become interested in the proposed
electric line from Gulfport to Biloxi.
If this is true, the road will be built.
= So
One thing was clearly demonstrated
by the recent horrible affair in Jack
son, and the attendant excitement
that followed. Negro labor was much
more plentiful for a time following
the outrage and the talk of again
enforcing the VACANCY law in a string.
ent manner. Many idle negroes, who
under ordinary circumstances scorn
the proposition to work, were hustling
for jobs so that something could he
shown as a can of support if taken
in tow by the officers. This &C.
centuated the fact that it would be
well to always enforce the vagrancy
law. In all likelihood, had it been
enforced for some time prior to the
horrible happening referred to, it
would not have occurred. The parties
guilty of such deeds are in nine cases
out of ten worthless, gambling and
pilfering for a support.
A conference has been held between
officials of the Mississippi Central
railway and citizens of Brookhaven
with the view of constructing the road
to that point. The road now runs
from Hattiesburg to Silver Creek, and
will, no doubt, be extended to some
point on the Illinois Central-likely
Brookhaven. 1t traverses a good
country and should prove a paying
investment to the owners.
Indeed, No!
"What, you refuse me?"