The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-10-07
By II. E. BLAKEsLEE, Jackson.

year is said to be the finest in years
and the amount of molasses made will
be enormous. This is a fast growing
industry that is proving very prohta'
BILE. The establishment Of canneries
to put up the molasses will still en-
large the field and make the business
even more profitable. 1t is claimed
that cane will make on average
ground 100 gallons per acre for every
foot In height that it will mature. In
South Mississippi the cane natures
to a height of from five to seven feet,
so if the proposition as to yield holds
good there is nothing that will pay
the farmer better. A ready market is
found at from 40 to so cents whole
sale for the product.
The following vessels were report
ed as loading at the port of Pasca-
goula last week, and the number goes
to show the increasing Importance OF
that excellent harbor: British schoon-
er. King of Avon, AIT tons; British
schooner, Florence R. HewsOn; .289
tons; British bark, Harboe, 354 tons;
British schooner. Severn. 446 tons;
British schooner, Helen E. Kennedy,
294 tons; British brig. Havilah, 461
| tons; American bark, Charles G. Rice,
679 tons; Norwegian schooner, La
guna, All tons; Norwegian schooner,
Mexico. ATS tons; Norwegian ship,
Auckland, 1926 tons; American
schconers, Anna NJ. Stammer; 315
tons; John w. Dana. Ats tons; Susie
B. Dantzler, 173 tons; Nan NJ. Dantz-
Ter, 176 tons; Olga, 292 tons; Laguna,
328 tons: Chauncey E. Burke, 1853
tons; Ira B. Ellams, 264 tons; Miflie
Williams, II tons. and Andrew Adams,
712 tons.
A. voung man in Wesson this year
presents a remarkable experience.
He vas attending school and worked
his cotton patch before and after
school hours. Tab was kept on the
number of hours put on the cotton
and it amounted to just sixteen days,
and he will easily gather three regu-
lation bales of cotton. There is no
country on earth that yields more for
a little honest labor than Mississippi,
and consolation is found in the fact
that knowledge concerning it Is be-
coming general.
Starkville is promising to show her
sister towns in the State what real
hustling is and that right away. New
buildings are going up rapidly, large
subdivisions of suburban property are
being plated and a local company
will buy and build on a large section
of lots for the purpose of furnishing
homes for those who desire to come
to town. There is a whole lot of life
in that section Of the State yet.
Here is a gospel truth uttered by
one of our brightest exchanges, and
the writer would be glad to sec it cut
out and pasted in every scrap book il
the State: Throwing cold water or
your neighbours enterprise is like get
ting rid of your corn by cutting of
the toe. You may injure him tenn
porarily, but in the end must suffer
from your own work. Every enter
prising citizen helps every one else
in the community in which he lives
Mrs. A. r. Ainsworth, of Halle
hurst. has a very fine COW and decided
to keep account of the milk n but
ter sold for a year to satisfy a desire
to know what the actual amount would
be. The time covered In this sum
mary was from August 1, 1894. tc
August 81, 1905. one month more thar
a year, and the amount sold was
SS9.75. Besides the amount sold, the
family of eight and a cook were wei
supplied. There is money in gooC
stock, and for that reason only the
best should be bred.
1t is refreshing to note that a mum
Der of the prominent planters o
Lowndes county went before thu
Board of Supervisors and asked for
special tax to be placed on theiI
property for the purpose Of raising
none to improve the roads Th'
sentiment for better roads in tn
State is slowly but surely crystalfzing
and before many years the count,
without some system for their better
ment will be. an exception instead 0
a rule. Help to form sentiment o
this kind.
A $50 600 stock company, with Elk
: Gov. Longino at the head of affairs
!, has been organized to bore for oil a
Magee, In Simpson county. An e,
( pert has been employed and work WI
begin at an early day. Surface ind
/, cations are claimed to be excellent
; sample of the oil obtained being e1
, hibited in Jackson recently. 1t ma
be that Mississippi does contain uI
told riches under the surface wher
r man has not yet dared to investigate
q
The Greenville Business League !
/, doing considerable figuring on a pla
to Increase her population to $500
, by the time Uncle Sam enumerate
? his children in 1910. That Greeny1ll
r organization Is a corker and deserve
3 the hearty support of every citizen
the town.
The Newton Industrial League
organized along original lines and bid
( fair to be a great success. At tn
first of the year $575 was raised b
subscriptions, ranging from 500 dow
e to s25. Then there are 60 memDeI
who pay so cents per month to nel
v along the good work. This pla
seems to be an equitable one. III
business men who are able TO pa
more contribute to the general fun'
9 then the others of less means, clerk