The leader., 1905-05-06


schools is of the highest considera-
ton, and should receive our best
thought and first self-denial and ex-
penditure Of time and means.
Very few contests come up to the
State Board Of Education from dis
tricts where there is a comfortable and
well kept school house and where
school is maintained for a full session
with a good average attendance. The
of such neighborhoods take
an interest in their schools and re-
gard them as a medium for the edu-
cation Of their children and not mere
~ as furnishing an opportunity for
constant factional differences and
contests.
Surely, God gave us our children
that we should bring them up IN the
way that will enable them to give I'd
society their best possible service
and be the greatest honor to Him
1t is true that this holy work requires
the service, sacrifice and self-denial
Of the parents, but in doing it they
become truly ennobled. OF course, 1t
will cost effort and some means to
rear and properly train children, but
is there any other prize of life worth
as much as a child well prepared for
the duties and responsibilities of this
life and fitted for the life eternal?
Parents, let US consider the pre-
cious children that God has loaned to
us as our talents, and when He
comes again. let us, not like the siotL
full servant of old. bring them to Him
undeveloped, but give them back to
Him with all their powers for good
Infinitely multiplied"
Some newspaper in the State has Of
fered as a motto for the Cotton Plant
ers' Association the saying of Col.
10 Slack, '1engthen your corn rows
and shorten the store account" This
is a very good motto and one that has
been adopted, in part, by a large ma
pority of the farmers of the State.
There has been a shortening of store
accounts for some time, and the cred
it business has been reduced to a
minimum. With the adoption of the
first part, which is now being put in
force, better times than ever are
ahead for the good people of Missis-
sippi. The prosperous years just
past are likely to be. repeated with a
greater degree of prosperity.
Indianola is another town that has
achieved wonders during the past
year in rebuilding after series OF
destructive fires. After each confla-
grafton and the attendant large lose
of property the people have begun re
building before the ruins had ceased
to smoke, and the prediction is that
in short time Indianola will be
larger and much better than ever be
fore. Blessings frequently come il
disguise, and more especially when
backed up by a live and progressive
citizenship.
The State experiment farm at Holly
Springs is reported in good condition
for the first year, especially when the
nature of the land used is taken into
consideration. Manager Wilson has
demonstrated to the farmers of that
section something already of what
can be done with poor hill farm UNI
der the right management The sta
tion, will be worth thousands of dol,
lars to that section of the State and
Marshall county is to be congratu
allied upon securing its location.
The wonderful growth of Mississip
pi cities and towns in general is re.
fiected in the advancement of Gulf.
port. AS an Indication of what has
been accomplished there since 1900
the following figures showing the pos
tai receipts for each year is pretty
conclusive evidence that the growth
of that city ras been phenomenal:
Year end'g March 81, 1900 IS 2,56S.92
Year end'g March 81, 1891. 3,450.6S
Year end'g March 81, 1902. 4,599.80
Year end'g March 81, 1903. 8,118.64
Year end'g March 81, 1904. 1865. SO
Year end'g March 81, 1906. 17,407.27
This shows an increase of seven
fold in five years, which is indeed a
highly creditable showing for Missis-
sippi's greatest deep water port.
Captain Jones, of the Gulf G Ship
Island road strenuously denies the
connection with the lumber syndicate
attributed to him by the newspapers.
He asserts that he nor his road has
any connection whatever with the
Goodyear syndicate, or any other syn
dicate which may be attempting to
control the lumber output of Missis.
sippi. The manner in which Captain
Jones handles the subject carries con-
viction that he is in earnest about
what he says. It should be a source
of qualification to the friends of Cap
tain Jones, and they are legion, to
know that he is in no way connected
with the scheme proposed and being
put in operation. Nothing would
more seriously cripple the timber and
lumber business of the State than the
successful termination of this pro
ject.
Henry Bobbitt, of VeIma, Yallo.
Starkville recently voted to issue
5000 in bonds for the purpose of en-
larging and extending the water plant
to take in new territory which has
grown UP since the plant was IN
stalled. The vote stood exactly at
two-thirds of those qualified, hence
was not nearly unanimous. It is
gratifying to know, however, that
there were enough citizens who de
sired to see the improvements to put
them through.
busha county, sold home-raised colt
LAST week for SOM Then there are a