The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-22

Governor a few days since and with a
capital Of $7,500,000, is attracting
much attention in South Mississippi.
This is the road which will be built
by the Goodyear Syndicate which has
been buying up the saw mills and pine
time lands in south Mississippi.
Something like so miles Of the road
is running, 60 miles being constructed
and the survey Of the balance to Jack
son being made. 1t is stated that
trains will be running into Jackson
before the next twelve months. Hum
dreds of men and teams are at work
in Louisiana and now that it is char
tered in Mississippi, the scene Of ac-
tivity will be transferred to this
state. 1t will come up the Pearl river
and open a section Of country hereto
fore without rail facilities.
The Mississippi Central railroad is
arranging to float $5,O00,000 in bonds
for the purpose of extending the line
to the port Of %Pascagoula from Hat
tiesburg, the present terminus. The
claim is made that this new line will
open the Port Of Pascagoula to the
world, that it will place on the market
n Of the finest tracts of virgin pine
timber that has been left standing in
the South, that it will give a new
route to Panama and South America
and that it will open up a part of
Mississippi hitherto little occupied by
settlers. The line will undoubtedly
be a great help in the development Of
that section of the state.
The state legislature Of Kansas ap-
p~ropriated $780, 600 to build an OF! re-
fnery to fight the oil trust. None OF
the money has been spent, the plant
being erected and put in successful
operation without the use Of the mon
ey appropriated and is now making
the state a profit besides knocking out
the trust and affording a market for
the producers oil. Kansas is vertically
a trust buster and it might be we'll
for Mississippi to begin a hunt for a
busting opportunity. When the whole
people Of a community get interested
and enthused in behalf or a project.
it is mighty apt to go through with
out a hitch.
Prominent Memphis capitalists who
own the street car and lighting
plants in Jackson have recent made
large purchases of real estate and will
build several miles more of street car
lines. A new power house to cost in
the n~eighborhood of 100000 will be
constructed and the old power plant
used for lighting exclusively. 1t is
said that the company will expend
something like $250,000 in improving
its plant. The present growth of the
Capital City demands increased faci-
lities for transportation and much
new territory will be sopened up by
the new lines.
The Red Snapper Sauce Co., at
Centreville has been incorporated
with a capital stock Of $4,000. The
concern has~been doing a splendid
business for a number Of years and
the incorporation with additional
capital is for the purpose of enlarg-
ing the business and working a more
extensive territory. A large brick
building will be erected and other i'm
provements made. This goes to prove
that large business concerns a be
built up from very small beginnings
if properly managed.
Indianola is agitating the question
of paving some of the principal
of hat city. While this IS
a nervy proposition for a town the
size of Indianola, it would in all prob
ability prove a blessing, and it is no.
tociable that the towns that do such
things are the ones that show the most
remarkable growth. Indianola is dead
game and if she decides to pave
it will be done right.
A Wayne county man has raised a
that measures eleven feet and
over in circumference. He planted
the seed to grow cabbage but was very
well pleased with the brand Of a col
lard that came up. Wayne is alright
in the line of trucking and the people
down there are beginning to appre-
ciate the Importance and profit in the
business.
D. A. Sledge of Indianola, has been
experimenting with Alfalfa hay and
pronounces it all right for the Delta.
He recently had on exhibition a sam
pie four feet high and of the best
Alfalfa is undoubtedly a
crop all over the state and the
Delta can grow it proftably as well
as corn and cotton.
Walden is investigating the cost OF
a water and light plant and if the
price is not too high will likely float
bonds and have the conveniences fur
by the municipality.
That the sheep industry is not en-
tireIv forgotten in Mississippi, we note