The Grenada sentinel., 1905-10-28


est number of attempts of others to get
something for nothing. The writer's
experience of twelve years in the news
paper business leads him to believe
that the newspaper man has his full
share OF such troubles. Sometimes he
will turn the trick and refuse to be
worked, as the following from one of the
best papers in the State will go to
prove:
The -- has a long letter from
BENZ. II. Sanborn q Co., enclosing a
bunch of papers with long articles de-
Tending the arithmetic published by
the company, which has been the sub
lect of much controversy during the
past few months. The firm says, We
hope you will publish the matter sent
you, purely as news The matter has
absolutely no news value, and is a
bald-headed advertisement, pure and
simple. Our rates for such matter are
10 cents per line, and we will be pleased
to give SanbOrn & Co., a hearing on
this basis"
If all of the newspaper men would
turn down all propositions from graf
tiers on their space and stock in trade
as this paper does, there would be
little of such offered in the future. A
newspaper is entitled to pay for the use
of its space. 1t is the owners stock in
trade as much rs the groceries on the
grocer's shelves.
A great deal is being said about the
failure of Mississippi to take hold of the
cotton manufacturing business. Many
reasons are advanced to show why our
State is so slow to build and operate
mills, There is one excellent reason
that seems to be sufficient in itself and
that Is, there are SO many other lines of
manufacturing that pay much larger
profits. The profits on cotton manu-
featuring are necessarily small and
with the cOarser grade of goods manu-
factured in Mississippi, it is difficult
matter to pay dividend on the stock
at all. There will likely be change
in this condition ere long. 1t is senSi-
Die suppOsitiOn that the mills will event
Nally come to the South where the cot |
ton is raised and the manufactured |
article used. When this is done the |
finer grades will be woven and the !
profits made correspondingly larger. |
The South should manufacture the cot |
ton 1t raises, but to do this successfully |
1T will be necessary to manufacture |
everything made from the staple.
This day will come in the near fu-
turc.
Frost has appeared in the greater
portion of Mississippi and the mOsqui-
to quarantineS are being raised. Only
a small portion of the State became af-
fected, due to the excellent work of the
health authorities, but every section
was more or less hindered by the quar-
antines. The death rate in the State
has been smaller than if it had been
any other disease, and after all there
is not SO much to be dreaded from the
fever itself, not nearly so mucl. as from
the tie-up of business. However. we
are promised that this will be the last
time we shall be blighted by yellow
jack. that Uncle Sam will see that it
is kept away from our shores and that
means that we will not have to fight
with Quarantines again in the future
Let us sincerely hope that this prom
Use will be made good and at the same
time begin a more active campaign to
keep things moving lively and over
come the influence of the trouble just
past. This is the greatest country
In the world: and it depends upon the
actions of Our home people as to wheth-
er We will develop as we should.
A Laurel newspaper..has inaugurated
unique and commendable scheme to
promote interest in intensive farming
and getting good results for the money
and labor expended. The publication
will give handsome prizes for the best
of everything offered. A kind of con-
tinual fair will run so to speak. 1t is {
noted that stalk of sugar cane feet [
and two inches long has been received, {
a sweet potato eighteen inches long, a
stalk of cane weighing s ID pounds s
and many other products we'll worth /
looking at. The idea is undoubtedly a II
good one. The home-seeker can step
into the Office and get fair idea of J
what the soil will produce without be-
ing compelled to take the word of the
real estate man or make extended visits ,
of inspection. The writer hopes to see I
the Laurel example copied extensively .
throughout the State. {
The little city of Brushy in Jackson a
county, on the line of the M. j. & a
K. c.. is looking up considerably and
promises that in a short time it will
not be necessary to locate it by giving
county and railroad when mentioning !
II. DfuSu! Is experiencing d HedlUny /
growth that is beginning to assume pro- q
portions akin to boom. Three large !
companies are being organized at :
Brushy at present and others in forma.
tion. The Climax Turpentine Com
pany is the most important. The
Brushy Commercial Company and the a
Jackson County Bank are also healthy $
institutions and will be doing business 7
in a very short time. May Brushy 7
realize in conformity with it's most en- \
tEuSiaStic citizens. v
l. E. Bass of Lumberton has several
thousand grated pecan trees that are s
growing and doing finely The old
process required fifteen years before il
the tree began bearing, but by the c
grating process the tree is made to i
bear in three or four years, Mississippi s
Is one of the five states in the Union a
that is absolutely free from grating" c
among officials, but there is another r.
kind of grating going on that means a
steady stream Of dollars in the near