Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-02-24

A DfleI statement or what inc
Greater Mississippi Association is do
ing and has done since its organization
eight months since might not be amiss.
As many will likely remember, this or
ganization was perfected on the 3rd
day of last une, with the purpose
of doing everything possible toward
advancing Mississippi along agricul-
tural, commercial and industrial lines.
The work as outlined was at once be-
gun and it is for those who read to
say whether it has in any sense fulfill
ed the obligation. Here are some OF
the things actually accomplished.
Two thousand Greater Mississippi
buttons were brought and distributed
among citizens of the state who at
tended the Fair last year and were not
ashamed for the world to know that
they were Mississippians.
A great many thousand bulletins
on agriculture, trucking, health, ETC.,
have been issued and distributed
broadcast throughout the country.
These bulletins have undoubtedly ac-
complished great good, many of them
coming as revelations to the people
outside our own state as to health,
conditions and other important mat
ters.
Sixty-fve thousand acres of land
has been sold directly through the ad-
vertising of the organization. Posi-
bly, much more, indirectly. Several
bodies of this land is being cut up
into small tracts and colonized by
thrifty and good citizens who will
work it themselves.
Advertisements have been inserted
one time telling Of the wonderful ad-
vantages of Mississippi, in papers of
the north and west with a combined
circulation Of over five million copies.
Estimating that as many as five peo-
pie read each copy of a paper pub
Iished, twenty-five million people have
then heard of the good things In Mis-
sissippi.
Special articles on the possibilities
of agriculture and manufacturing in
Mississippi, and other subjects of a
pertinent nature, have been prepared
by the secretary and published in
prominent papers in Memphis, New
Orleans, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Balti-
more, Duluth, New York and Boston.
Descriptive articles will appear in a
number of such papers during this
year and should prove of great bene-
fit teefhe state at large.
Aid has been rendered number of
publications for exploiting the advan-
tages of Mississippi, one of such be-
ing the Mississippi Hand book, which
is just out and equal to anything of
the character ever published by any
state.
Preliminary work for a campaign
of greater energy has been done and
will be put into execution during the
present year. The Association is al
ways alert to the best interests of
Mississippi and the cooperation of
every citizen who has the welfare Of
his country at heart is urged to aid
in the undertaking
Several hundred the best citi-
zens of the state have invested a dol
lar in membership card and thereby
helped furnish the sinews by which
the war of progress has been kept up.
All are cordially invited to join in this
work and lend every aid possible.
A friend from Copiah county sends
the writer clipping from Philadel-
phia agricultural paper warning the
farmers to let ginseng alone. The
writer goes on to state that those who
are selling the seed and young roots at
a fancy price are the only ones making
money out of it and that the farmer
should be slow in experimenting with
something unknown to the detriment
of tried money crop. While the
Pennsylvania man may be right so far
as his section of the country is con=
cerned as to it being an experiment,
that would hardly apply to the north
ern section of Mississippi, for the
plant grows wild up there and has
been gathered and sold for a great
many years. Then too, it has not been
advocated that any known money
crop should be neglected in expert
menting with this new one, but that
small beds be planted to test the adap-
liability Of the soil and climatic con-
ditions to its successful cultivation.
Plant just as much corn, cotton and
truck as heretofore, but give this a
trial to ascertain what could be done
with it on larger scale. Many peo-
pie are raising it with profit and why
not do it right here in Missssppi where
the plant grows wild and is gathered
and marketed with profit.
The recent heavy rains have proven
a blessing to one particular commune
ty of interests in the state. The tim
ber men are taking advantage of the
rising streams to run out large guam
titles of logs that have been tied up
during several months of drouth. Mil
lions of feet are now on the way to the
mills. This means of transportation
is the cheapest in the world and it is
strange that more of our sawmill men
do not take advantage of it.
There is a movement on foot to or
ganize company along with the in
dependent oil mills of the state for
erecting a 100000 refinery at some
central point, probably jackson, where
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