The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-09

May 10, 1904, to August l, 1905, took
from six acres of land S68l.03 worth OF
produce. Mr.. Harrington was editor
and publisher of the Piney Woods
Farmer, which is now defunct. lie
cites the facts given to show that he is
q fairly successful farmer if he did run
an agricultural paper, which cannot be
said of mAny who sit in the 'Steenth
story of q building and hand out advice
nv the cord to farmers in general. Mr..
Harrington will hereafter edit q page
in the Laurel Ledger, devoted eXclu-
sively to ag~ricultEr re.
The Mississippi Division of the South
crn Cotton Association has asked for a
contribution of 3 ceuts per bale on all
cotton ginned in the State to assist In
d~efraying expenses of the organization.
The GOOD work being accomplished JUS
titles every man who raises cotton In
paving the small amount asked for.
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Louisville continues to improve, and
promises to be the" city on tho NJ, j..
and X. G. While tie title will no
doubt be a hOtly contested ont, Louis
vile will be a good city anyway. 1t Is
in a fine country, and with the present
signs will continue to grow and prosper.
The Laurel Truckers Association
| will meet the first Saturday in Septem-
Der for the purpose of electing officers
and mapping out a campaign for the
coming year. The gentlemen who
compose this body are not at all dis
couraged by the bad trucking year just
past. but will get in shape to do better
during the year to come.
The farmers of Jones county, near
Laurel, will plant a stipulated acreage
of wheat next spring-enough to war
rant the building of a mill to grind 1t
and the securing of machinery TO do the
threshing. The experience OF these
men will be watched with interest by
the whole State.
Greenville shows up with the splen-
did record of S301 900 worth of build
ingS going up at the present time, and
that, too, in the face of the mosquito
quarantine that has paralyzed the busi-
ness of the State. The improvements
are all of a substantial nature, many
large brick structures being emu
merated. Greenville is growing fast.
The mosquito quarantine las not af'
fected the building operations in Jack
son. Work goes right on as II nothing
had happened. More than two million
dollars worth of improvements are un
der way at the present, and more being
gotten on foot. More than half a mil
lion dollars worth of buildings are un'
der construction on Capitol street be
tween the depot and the old Capitol, tc
say nothing of other parts OF the city
To the long list of valuable minera
waters that abound in he State has
been added a very valuable well at by
halia. The only trouble with our wa
ters is that they are not properly eX
plotted and their mineral qualities al
vertised to the world.
There are opportunities for every
man in Mississippi who will work ant
take advantage of what Is here for him
Drones will of course find nothing, fol
they don't want to find it.
Among the several new counties pro
posed is one to be carved from Wllkln
son, Amite and Franklin. Gloster L
the proposed county site.
Sunhower county made u highly sat
isfactory increase in her personal as
seSsment rolls, and when the ~lndlanla'
roll is added this amount wit be IN
creased something like Sl00,Oo0. Lands
in that section are rapidly lncreas sing IL
value, aud when the assessment Is mad
next year the increase promises to b'
more wonderful still.
Are vou taking advantage of ever.
!. opportunity to speak a good wore 10
Mississippi? If not. you should be, ant
if opportunities do not present them
selves with sufficient frequence, MAKE
them.
Through the efforts of G.. T. Heard
: of Brooksville. that e~nterprising place
: will have uniform concrete sidewalks
r The investment will prove a good one
i. Money properly spent on sidewalks
, streets and good roads IS always none,
1 well spent.
Miss Blanche McManus, a native O
Woodville. has achieved fame as a
artist. She was first brought int
v prominence by the splendid decoration
of the Illinois building at the ST. Loui
r Fair. She studied in New York an
now makes her home in London, wher
E she is winning fresh laurels. Missis
: sippians are the cream OF the cart
wherever found.
Six new congresses have been bull
, in the State during the present yea
{ and will be in operation by the tim
5 cotton begins moving.
Don't forget that Mississippi Is To
greatest State in the Union.
Q Philadelphia viii give a big barbecu
and picnic when the last spike is drive
: in the NJ, J. and K. C. railroad in cele
E bration of the event. Pron.iner
. speakers will be on hand and the occs
+ sion made a gala event.
Bonneville has recorded q p~rogressls
D action in ssuing 10000 in bonds fc