The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-06

LIE cane CIOp VI MlSSiSolPpl LILLE
year is said to be the finest in years
and the amount OF molasses made will
be enormous. This is fast growing
industry that is proving very prof1ta-
BILE. The establishment of canneries
to put up the molasses will still en-
large the field and make the business
even more profitable. It is claimed
that cane will make on average
ground 100 gallons per acre for every
foot in height that 1t will mature. In
South Mississippi the cane natures
to 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. 2S9
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, 1,245 tons; American
schooners, Anna M. Stammer, 315
tons; John w. Dana. Ats tons; Susie
To TIL
Ter, 176 tons; Olga, 292 tons; Laguna.
1928 tons; Chauncey E. Burke, 1853
tons: Ira B. Ellams, 264 tons; Millie
Williams, II tons, and Andrew Adams,
TIP tons.
A young man in Wesson this year
presents a remarkable experience.
He was 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 1t 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 large section
of lots for the purpose of furnishing
homes for those who desire to come
to town. There is 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 see it cut
out and pasted in every scrap book in
the State: Throwing cold water on
your neighbours enterprise is like get
ting rid of your corn by cutting off
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. E. Ainsworth, of Halle
hurst, has a very fine COW and decided
to keep account of the milk and but
ter sold for year to satisfy desire
to know what the actual amount would
be- The time covered in this sum-
mary was from August 1, 1904. to
August 81, 1905, one month more than
a year, and the amount sold was
sS975. Besides the amount sold, the
family Of eight and cook were we'll
supplied. There is money in good
stock. and for that reason only the
best should be bred.
1t is refreshing to note that num-
Der of the prominent planters of
Lowndes county went before the
Board of Supervisors and asked for
for the purpose of raising
money to improve the roads. The
sentiment for better roads in the
State is slowly but surely crystalizing,
and before many years the county
without some system for their better
ment will be an exception instead of
a rule Help to form sentiment of
this kind.
A $4,000 stock company, with Ex-
Gov. Longino at the head of affairs,
has been organized to bore for oil at
Magee, in Simpson county. An ex-
pert has been employed and work will
begin at an early day. Surface indi-
cations are claimed to be excellent,
sample of the oil obtained being ex-
hibited in Jackson recently 1t may
be that Mississippi does contain un-
told riches under the surface where
man has not yet dared to investigate.
The Greenville Business League is
doing considerable figuring on a plan
to increase her population to $4,000
by the time Uncle Sam enumerates
his children in 1910. That Greenvile
is a corker and deserves
the hearty support of every citizen of
the town.
The Newton Industrial League is
along original lines and bids
fair to be a great success. At the
first Of the year $575 was raised by
ranging from 500 down
to $25. Then there are so members
who pay so cents per month to help
along the good work. This plan
seems to be an equitable one The
business men who are able to pay
more contribute to the general fund,
then the others of less means. clerks,
etc., pay so cents per month. The
plan is worthy of investigation by 4
towns contemplating the organization
Of business associations.
A company has been organized in
Pike county with suficient capital to
conduct a model farm along scien-
tific principles. G. H. Afford, former