The Tupelo journal., 1905-12-22
BY H. E. BLAKEsLEE, Jackson.

Within a few days the special session
of the Legislature will convene for the
purpose Of attending to the business
assigned them. This body is composed
of good men who will do what they be.
lieye to be right as far as is in their
power. There is a great deal of very
important matter to come before them
at this session and much time will be
required to handle the business in an
intelligent and safe manner. The State
has much at stake just at this time.
Our people are experiencing an unusual
period of prosperity, which in reality is
Just the beginning, unless some untoward
action delays the development taking
place. Many schemes and pet measures
to lie undisturbed for all time to come,
but there are sure to be a number OF
radical changes in u laws. Let us
sincerely hope that they will be for the
best. The writer is more interested in
laws that will assist industrial develop
ment than any other, believing that
from this source is to come our greatest
benefits in the future. This matter has
been totally neglected in the past, and
as a consequence Mississippi is far be-
hind her sister States in the manufact-
ure of our crude material. 1t may be
that the experience of the past three or
four years has thrown a light upon the
subject that will influence the law-mak-
ing body to recognize the need of some
aid or assistance in the way of ndus-
trial activity. 1t is to be hoped that
this is true. The results shown by in
dustrial departments of the railroads,
the Greater Mississippi Business League,
the local organizations of a like nature,
and the far-reaching effect of the Mis-
sissippi Industrial Exposition, should in
fluence those in power to encourage In a
substantial manner the furtherance of
the work. The exposition recently held
will be worth hundreds of thousands of
dollars to the State. Not only in bring
ing to the attention of good people from
other States what we can do, but In
stimulating effort among our home peo-
pie to attain a greater efficiency. The
individual effort of enterprising citizens
has shown wonderful results, and there
is every reason to believe that some
thing should be done by the great State
to further the ends being striven for.
Let us hope that the legislators will
heed the necessity for some action along
this lire and give substantial assistance
in the great work undertaken by indi-
viduals.
Last spring the Lincoln County Cot
ton Association offered a prize of $50
for the largest yield of corn per acre.
The prize was won by w. A. Smith
with a yield OF "a bushels per acre. This
is how he prepared the ground and cul-
tivated the crop;
Land bedded five burrows to the row.
Fertilized with fifty bushels of cotton
seed in water furrow. Narrowed of
with s~pike-toothed harrow, planted May
20. Rows three feet, nine inches apart,
corn thinned to about twenty inches In
drill.
Cultivation: First-Barred off with
scraper, chopped out and thinned, June
5th to 10th; 300 pounds of cotton seed
meal applied 20 one side of row., plowed
with six-inch half shovel. Middles har-
rowed with Columbia harrow, burrows
with Uric turning pillow, 300 pounds OF
meal on opposite side of row and mid
dies run out with eight inch lister, after
wards narrowed twice to the row with
Columbia harrow. Yield, "A bushels to
acre.
This is a good yield of corn to the
acre and is convincing evidence of what
our lands will do if properly cultivated.
J. F. Powell, of Yazoo City, bought of
NJ. NJ. Rogers a few days since a bale of
cotton for which he paid $112.30. The
bale weighed 66i pounds and brought II
cents. John Cochran, of the same coun-
ty, sold a bale that Melted SIG. Both
were without the seed.
Hon. L. Marks, who OWNS the land sur
rounding the town of Marks, in Quitman
county. is organizing a stock company
for the purpose of developing the place.
He proposes to sell the land adjacent to
the town for a reasonable sum and aid
in every way the building of a good
citv. Marks is in an unusually rich
section of the country, and should be a
thriving place of several thousand peo-
pie.
Next Monday is Christmas. Celebrate
the event by doing good to others, re-
member the poor and distressed and try
to add a little sunshine to the darkened
| IOIltS VI lii thlo luiotNs ~ ~
the Jug and wild c~arousal that is en-
tirelv too common on such occasions.
1t was never intended that civilized and
respectable people should celebrate this
very solmn event in any such manner.
Remember that it is the birth OF Christ
that is being celebrated, and forget not
the spirit in which the event should be
remembered.
w. NJ. McMillin, of near New AL
bany, raised a turnip that weighed eight
and a quarter pounds and was twenty
four inches in circumference. The crop
in that section was unusually good this
season and tits a pity that none of it
was shown the $4,000 people who at
tended the State Fair at jackson.
Jones county supervisors have ar
ranged to have the principal roads of
the county turnpiked. So soon as the
first lot of roads selected are gotten in
condition, others will receive attention,
until the county is supplied with a COM
plete system of good roads. This work
will necessarily be expensive, but it will
prove a paying investment. Money Ju-
diciously spent on good roads is the best
invested money in the world. Prosperi-
ty will surely follow such improvements
wherever they may be. A number of
counties in the south end of the State
are studying the road question and in
| the next few years a great change for
the better will be seen.
w. L. Ray, of Malmaison, the historic
| old home of Greenwood Lefore, in Le-
fore county, recently carried to Green