Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-03-16

been made Improbable through the
a~malgamation OF Industries commonly
known as trusts. Here he can utilize
his capital and executive experience
10 best advantage. II is about the
only vocation in which one can start
without years of apprenticeship or
spending a number of years in study.
II Is n Of the few remaining indus
tries not overcrowded which a man
OF moderate means can get into and
feel sure Of a profitable success.
Mississippi offers the greatest induce
ments at present to the man with
limited means who desires to begin
farming. Lands are still very low in
price considering their real worth.
and the necessary number Of acres
can be secured on advantageous
terms. Dur people are hospitable.
Kind and ever ready to help the novice
in every way possible. All conditions
are favorable. and we hope to see
sewers thousand families of good peo-
pie added to our citizenship during
the present year. Do something to
help get them here.
Houston has voted ten to one TO
have waterworks. and the proposed
plant will be pushed through to COM
pletion. The Aberdeen vote on sewer.
age was even greater thar this. These
towns are both doing splendidly
and are among the leaders as g
sive and lively places.
Michigan prospectors are well
pleased with the lands near Pasca.
soula n will locate a colony of con.
siderable numbers on some recent
purchases. The ~colonists will engage
IN fruit raising and trucking. They
are an energetic and economical peo.
pie and will make good citizens. We
need Just as many people Of this kind
as We can get.
New Albany n Ripley are both
TO build canning factories. and expect
TO have them in operation for the
coming season. While the factories
IN both Instances will be of moderate
size. they will De worth thousands oil
dollars TO the people of the
ing country in aiding to furnish a
market Tor all the products that can
be raised. The canning of sweet no
tatoes is becoming an important in
dustry. and the section in which these
towns are situated will prove the very
nome OF the sweet potato. Other
vegetables will be used and the
trucking Industry will. before long.
be an important n in North Missis-
sippi.
The writer has been in communica.
ton with an agency that proposes to
furnish any quantity of Italian labor
to farmers who desire them. While
II is still a matter of conjecture as to
the success of this labor. some of
those who have tried them find il sat.
isfactory. Parties desiring Italians
will he furnished with the address OF
this agency upon application. and as
sistance given in every way possible.
The Mississippi Pearl Button Com
pany has just been chartered at Jack.
son with a capital stock of 500 o
The object of the concern is to make
pearl buttons from the mussel shells
found in great quantities in Pearl
river and other streams contiguous 10
Jackson. This enterprise will be
worth much TO the city and surround.
ing country. affording. as II does. a
~ hh1 GAINAA6 Which nGIDIO-
fore have had no value. This is the
second factory of this character TO be
put in operation in the State. one hay-
ing been established at Aberdeen
something over a year ago. This is
the kind Of factories We medicines
that will give employment to labor.
n at the same time make an article
or staple value from material that has
been considered nf M value
II. b. Ford. of %Centreville. killed a
hog recently that Melted him 400
pounds; was raised in a small lot. fat
tened on Stop and refuse from the
kitchen, n did not know the taste
or corn. Mr.. Ford raised about l OOn
pounds OF meat and the cost was not
appreciable. He knew that i. was
good n wholesome. something YOU
cannot know il it is %butchered in the
northwest. Then. the question
arises. why does not every farmer
raise his meat and get rid of the big
yellow cars" as far as Mississimi Is
concerned! 1t could easily be done.
n is done. by a large number OF our
pest n most successful citizens.
rue uutiook Ior a good year is es-
pecially propitious. and a writer In
n OF he bright country weeklies
says this OF the prospect:
The farmers Of the South are in
better condition this spring than they
have been since the war. and there
v has e g a time when his posi-.
bilities were greater. All that seems
TO US to be necessary to stay in good
shape. Is to provide in the present
crop for plenty of corn, potatoes. mo-
lasses. and then look well after his
hogs. and then all the cotton he can
grow. The cotton growers organiza-
ton has. and will. help some, but we
cannot think. from all reports that we
have read. that this organization will
be universal. OF even hardly general.
hence you cannot AFFORD to plant your
whole crop TO cotton for fear hat so
many more will do likewise that the
price will be forced below the profit
line. The Eastern war will keep the
price OF grain high for some time to
come. so it will be to your interest
to be sure and fill your crib with corn
n fatten your own meat so that you
VIII be safe whether you get seven or
ten ents per pound for the cotton.
There is an opening in Mississippi
for every man who is willing and
nxiou to I'LL such an opening and
earn a nice livelihood. This is the
accepted time to come and take ad.
vantage of these openings.
Intelligence comes from Washing.
ton to the effect that the new battle.
ship. Mississippi. is about ~one-fourth
nnished- This new man-of-war will
cost in the neighborhood OF eight mil.
lion dollars. and will be something
akin to the Oregon. which took a lead.
Ing part in the great battle with
Cervera's Spanish feet just outside
the haroor OF Santiago. While it will
be some time yet before il is com
pleted, the people of Mississippi might
begin h movement to present an
appropriate silver service, library or
something else useful, as is custom.