The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13

JdChSUu Guilty was IAN
grand prize at the Corn and Cotton
Carnival for the best and most COM
plete county exhibit, and we'll was the
honor deserved. The old secretary or
States office was transformed n a
veritable dream of semi-tropical fruits
and products. The various articles
were artistically displayed and the eff
feet was most pleasing throughout.
No doubt a great many citizens of that
county would have been surprised at
the excellent showing made n won
dered if it could all have come from
home. Mr.. Frank II. Lewis and Hon.
M. II. Dees. of the ~Pascagoula Com
mercial Club. were the active spirits
in the exhibit, and they did them
selves proud. In the exhibit of cane
and cane syrup they produced a fine
variety, some of the stalks being sew
en- or eight feet in height, and the
syrup was clear and delicious. This
crop is fast becoming a leading factor
in that section and canneries are be-
ing built to keep the syrup sweet and
good during hot weather. The larg-
est turnips at the Carnival were in
this exhibit the last two days, not be-
ing awarded the prize because the
large ones were not there when the
judges investigated. There were a
number that one would make a meal
for a good sized family. New rad
ishes were shown in profusion and the
statement made that shipments were
every day. AS good corn as could be
produced in the United States was
shown, grown or sandy land with a
little commercial fertilizer and with
a yield highly satisfactory. Rice was
another part of this exhibit that at
tracted attention, and of the best
quality. The principal part of the ex-
hibit, however, was in the line of
fruits, such as oranges, grape fruit,
lemons, grapes, figs, pecans, cumquats,
persimmons and others too numerous
to mention. There were fine native
oranges and a quantity of the ceie-
brated Satsuma oranges that are
hardy and not damaged by the cold
weather. This variety is being grown
extensively and is proving highly sat
isfactory. Many large groves are
coming into bearing and thousands of
trees being planted every year. 1t is
undoubtedly the orange for successful
growth in South Mississippi. Grape
fruit is another fruit that is being
largely grown and with much success.
1t very much resembles a large orange
and is closely akin to that family.
Figs are important in the crops grown
and those displayed were exceedingly
fine. Fig orchards pay well and the
demand is unlimited. japanese per-
simmons are beginning to play an i'm
portant part in the commerce of that
section. They are many times larger
than the wild variety and possess a
distinctive flavor that is very pleas
ant. The cumquat is a small orange
or lemon being a cross between these
two fruits. 1t very much resembles
an orange on the surface, but the
meat is more like a lemon. They are
eaten without taking off the rind, hay
ing a splendid flavor. This is the
home of the paper she'll pecan, and
those shown were immense in size and
quality. The pecan orchards are be-
ing extended from year to year and
ere long this will be one of the very
best producers of pecans in the world.
The trees are hardy and of fairly
quick growth, beginning to bear at
five years old and coming into full
producing season at about ten or
twelve. The display of native timber,
polished to show the grain. vas a dis
tinctive feature of the Jackson county
exhibit and was the means of at
tracing a great deal of attention and
favorable comment. Much care had
been shown in preparing this exhibit
and it made a grand showing for that
county. Fresh snap beans were an at
tractive feature also, and went to
show that the garden could be made
to produce twelve months in the year
in that favored section. A large num-
Der of small bottles of matchless cane
syrup were distributed among the
thousands of visitors who saw the ex-
hibit. The people of Jackson county
are to be given great credit for the
enterprise shown in making this mag
nifcent display of what could be &C
complished on their soil, and there
will no doubt be a handsome return
for the time and money expended. All
who saw it were loud in their praise,
and it should be the means of adding
many good people to those already
there.
Capt. J. J. White, president of the
Greater Mississippi Association, and
one of the foremost citizens of the
State, has organized the J. j. White
Lumber Company, at McComb City,
with one million dollars capital. 1t
will be the largest lumber concern in
the State. Capt. White is one of Mis-
sissippi's pioneer lumbermen, and no
man has done more for the industrial,
agricultural and commercial upbuild-
ing of the State than he has. The
Liberty-W railroad is his recent
work. and many other acts could be
enumerated to show that his heart is
with Mississippi. With the immense
amount of capital behind him he has
been able to show much in the way OF
actual accomplishments. Long may
he live and prosper.
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