The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-02-16

this.
A real estate firm in the state has
notified the writer that it is buying
large numbers Of extra copies each
week of the local paper containing this
department and sending them to par
ties in the north and west with the
view of inducing hem to locate in
Mississippi. While the matter pub
lshed under this head is intended to
stimulate our own people to renewed
efforts and to get all that there is for
them in our favored section, it might
possibly do good away from home.
The statements published from week
to week with regard to accomplish
ments of farmers and truckers, to-
gether with their names and ad-
dresses, would no doubt appeal to the
prospective homeseeker. If the ex-
pertinent proves a profitable one, the
writer hopes that others will do like
wise. His ambition is to see our great
state come into its own and there is
no doubt about there being a need Of
more good people to help in bringing
about this state of affairs.
A negro preacher in north Missis-
sippi made last season 20 heavy bales
of cotton, 500 bushels of corn, 1000
bundles of fodder, 1,100 pounds of
meat, plenty of peas, potatoes and 9TH
er truck. Three good cows largely as
sisted in supplying the family with
food. The only help this negro had
was his team Of two mules and four
little children. Besides the farm work
done, four churches were served regu-
larly. There is no section under the
sun hat will give a greater result for
a mans labor. Our seasons are pleas
ant and the work necessary for such
results is much lighter than that re-
quired in making less in other coun-
tries. This is the accepted time to
come to Mississippi and get a piece of
ground before the price, which is fast
going up, gets beyond the reach of
men in only ordinary circumstances.
Cotton is surely advancing in price
and will likely reach the nine cent
mark soon. There is profit in the
business at that price. With cotton
at nine cents and corn at 40 cents per
bushel the south would continue pros
porous and happy. The acreage this
year will likely be some less than that
Of last, but not so much so as it is
estimated. Not nearly all of those
who are clamoring for a decrease OF
one fourth will live up to the agree
ment if the staple is. nine cents at
planting time. Had the seasons last
year been less favorable there would
not have been such a slump in the
price and no necessity of so much
meeting and resolu ing. The south is
prosperous and happy and the matters
of overproduction of any crop will
naturally adjust themselves in time.
Vegetables from the coast country
of Mississippi come onto the market
early in the eason and command fan
cy prices, a little later the central sec
lions come in and just after the
northern portion of the state. By
this means a continual supply is pro-
duced. Two direct lines Of railroad
to the northern markets with the very
best of service, insures prompt trans
portation and good prices. The thous-
ands of acres of land in the state here
tofore thought to be too poor for cul-
tivation are proving the best for
trucking and are becoming to be worth
good sums per acre. When the larger
part of this land is brought into use
the income from truck will exceed that
for cotton in the state. And it begins
to look as if this state of affairs was
not far in the future.
Parties owning land along Hayes
creek in Montgomery county are ar
ranging to have a canal cut to facili-
tate draining the land adjacent there
to and bringing it under cultivation.
1t is very rich and well worth the ex-
pense Of drainage. A great deal Of
swamp land in Lee county has been
drained by canals and made to grow
crops. Bonds are issued and sold and
the work done by contract
One Of our most forcible writers has
this to say of the successful southern
business man and there is lots of