The Lexington advertiser., 1905-09-07
. MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
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| w nen the conditions and pricG Oi
the s0uth's staple product il good, the
entire Southland blossoms az roe,
and all are satisfied. On the other
| hand, when the yield Ii not here and
| the price Is rot in keeping with this
production. All entire nation feels the
| consequences: therefore, this being al-
| nltted as true. permits the statement
'hat all prosperity in the South depends s
| upon the prosperity of the cotton plant
erin other words, Cotton il King.
In the last -four yaars the country
banks have multiplied, and prospered as
never before in the history of the
South: and, why? Because their sup
port and customers. the farmers, are
| prosperous and able to pay their in.
tereat on loans. No institution in a
community reflects the financial con-
dltlon OF its people like the banks.
They cannot prosper unless the borrow
er IL able to meet his obligations
promptly Witness the many failures
in bad crop years and during panics.
Most OF our country banks are now
owned and controlled BY a local di-
rectorate who are either farmers, or
have been, or have theirevery interest
wrapped up in measures of vital interest
TO the farmers
THE salvation Of the South has been
and il now largely due to the good
sense and llberality OF these men Of
Judgment"
The following data covering period
OF seventeen years have been compiled
from the Weather Bureau records at
slNty-sIE observation stations in Miss
lssippi. They are issued to show the
conditions that have prevailed in the
State during September for the above
period OF years, but must not be con-
strued as forecast of weather for the
month:
Temperature lin degrees Mean or
normal temperature, 70: the warmest
month was that of 1900, with an aver
age OF 30; the coldest month was that
OF 1898, with an average of 20. Some
OF the highest temperatures recorded
We're as follows; I02 at Kosciusko and
l0l at Port Gibson, in 1900, and l0l at
fernando, kosciusko and Shelby in
1904. Some of the lowest temperatures
recorded We're as follows; u at Bates
vile and Ripley in 1899.
Frost average date of the first
killing frost in autumn over the north
ern half of the State is Oct. Slower the
southern half, exclusive of the cOun-
ties bordering on the gulf, Nov ), and
over the gulf counties Nov. y.
Precipitation-~Aycrage for the
month, 80 inches; average number of
days with .0l inch or more, ); the great
est average monthly precipitation was
6..D inches III 1898: the least average
monthly precipitation was 90 inch in
1897 Some of the greatest monthly
amounts of precipitation recorded were
as follows: 2l.16 inches at Corinth in
1880. No precipitation was reported at
a. ten stations in northern Mississippi
in September, 1897.
Clouds and Wcather-Average num-
Der Of clear days, -; partly cloudy days,
Z; cloudy days ).
The prevailing winds have been from
the southeast.
The Southern Cotton Association of
the First District of Yalobusha county
met at Cotfeeville last week. Quite
large c'Owd of interested farmers and
planters were present, and many fea-
lures touching the interest of the Or
ganizations We're discussed Much en-
thusiasm was displayed in the delbera-
tons, rounding out with the conservS.
tive limit OF 10 cents as the minimum
price per pound for lint cotton of the
growing crop and . cents per bushel
for seed. After much discussion the
rat AT thu frrns4-i,Tr
present conditions, was placed at - per
cent. compared With last years crop.
Perfect harmony prevailed throughout
the meeting.
Rev. Martin Ball, pastor of the Bap.
tist Church AT Nin0Ga. was struck by
lightning last week and seriously hurt.
The accident occurred in the country.
soms distance trom Hinona, where he
was holding a meeting.
: The Louisville AMI Nashville Railroad
Company reports TO the Mississippi
Railroad Commission that it has done
-Js.31O.Gj worth Of business in the
State. that operating expenses have
been Sl60.s01.52. aad that the net pro-
ceeds have been 235, 809.22.
The Tate County Teachers Institute
held a most succes Stnl session at Sena-
tobia. The institute was conducted by
Prof. w. \. Francis Of Nettleton. The
work was Interesting throughout the
session. The attendance showed that
the teachers of the county are fully
alive tn tho Guti4- ar,l ,,.s.,g,r, 81 -,