The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-04-22

UUU,OOU ana the corn crop Delng worth
$40, 000, 900, it looks as If our State
stood pretty well up on the two prin-,
cipal crops Of the South.
vaiden's handsome new courthouse
will be formally dedicated on May
Q. An elaborate program is being
prepared and some of the leading ora.
tors of the State will make speeches.
1t is a substantial and commodious
building and the people of that thriv-
ing burg have a just cause to be hap.
by over its completion and occu-
pancy.
Work is under way on fourteen
miles of the Mississippi Central rail.
road from Brookhaven east. The road
of that section of the State and will
open UP a splendid trucking and fruit
growing country after the timber is
cleared away.
Jackson's two million dollar manu-
featuring concern and railroad are as
sured facts. The ground for plant
and terminal facilities, as well as inn
mense bodies of timber up Pearl river,
have been bought and paid for 1t
promises to be the largest numbering
concern in the State.
r. H. Parker, Of near Waynesboro,
is the right kind of farmer. He is
successful and prosperous and owns
one of the best farms in that section.
Mr.. Parker always raises all the meat
needed on his farll and never sells
less than from 1000 to 5000 pounds
each year. He keeps bees and gets
more honey than his family can USE
Good stock only will be allowed to re.
500 acres.
President Roosevelt should feel
more kindly toward Mississippi since
the outcome of the Memphis News
Scimitars contest for the largest fam
lily of living descendants of one per-
son. Mrs. Mary Buck, of near New
Albany, was the winner of the first
prize, successfully showing that she
had 154 living descendants. The next
prize was awarded to some one in
Tennessee, with 104 living. There
were a number in Mississippi with
more than this, but according to the
terms of the contest only. one prize
could go to each of the States of Mis-
sissippi, Tennessee and Arkansas.
Mrs. Black is SO years of age and hale
and hearty. Her large family of de-
scendants number many of the best
people in the State. In the face of
such convincing argument as this it
seems impossible for other sections of
the country to claim that Mississippi
is an unhealthy State.
Greenville has decided to erect
stately monument to the memory OF
those brave fellows who went in 81
and struggled back home in IS, after
having given to the world the great
est exhibition of courage and fortitude
ever seen. 1t is well that the present
generation still continues to revere
the memory of those brave and heroic
deeds of their fathers and are willing
to spend reasonable amounts to let
The example of Greenville should be
followed by every county town in the
State of Mississippi
The Armour Packing Company will
erect depot and warehouse in Jack.
son to cost $4,000 1t will be three
stories high and fitted with all mod.
ern conveniences for handling refrig,
Grated meats and products. The Ar.
mour Company is approaching the i'm
portance of trade relations with Mis-
sissippi and will arrange in time to
get in on the ground floor.
Reports from the cotton section OF
the State go to show that the work of
preparing ground and planting is two
weeks behind and that it is believed
that this will help the campaign for
reduction very materially. Corn is
doing finely and the truckers are in
good condition.
Mississippians are feasting on rad
ishes, lettuce, strawberries, new pota-
toes and other table delicacies. Up
about Chicago and Milwaukee they
are now looking for enough warm
weather to plant the spring vegeta-
bles. Who wouldn't want to live in
Mississippi anyway?
The action of Mississippi farmers in
forming an association to handle the
cotton crop and care for the surplus
will be the entering wedge that will
put thousands of spectators out of
business who have amassed immense
fortunes manipulating the price,
These fellows never saw a bale of spot
cotton, likely, but they have managed
to control the price and prevent the
producer from getting what it was
worth. The movement is gaining
friends every day and, being a worthy
cause, should be encouraged and main
tanned at all hazards.
Crystal Springs is agitating the
question of building syrup canning
factory to handle the moIasses that
can easily be raised there It will
prove a great thing for that already
excellent trucking and fruit raising
point. When a market is afforded for
the syrup there will be no need to
plant any of the land in cotton.
Notice has been issued by the SUI
pervisors Of Jones county that $4,000
worth of bonds would be sold to build
a courthouse at EIlisville. This is
only in keeping with the general order
Of things in Mississippi at present.
Courthouses to cost from $4,000 to
$4,000 are becoming the rule instead
Of an exception.
Shubuta reports the location of a
large cross-arm plant and a lumber
mill with 10000 feet per day capacity.
These two enterprises will mean a
great deal to that town and the sur
rounding country. It is located in the
heart Of the yellow pine belt and is
surrounded BY fine lands for trucking
when denuded of timber. It prom
ises to show healthy growth during
the present year.
Hattiesburg Is preparing to enlarge
the city limits to three times what It
is at present. The city Is growing
fast and more territory will eventually
be taken in from time to time, as the
population increases. The population
is something like 10000 at present
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