The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-03-30
FOR GREATER MISSISSIPPI


Under the caption Of Young MeI
Wanted" one Of the bright .iissis
sippi papers makes strong plea thai
should be read and digested by every
young man who is upon the threshold
of life.
every young man in
is wanted! Wanted from the street
corners, from the loafer' 5 rendezvous
from the idlers promenade; turn youl
sters into the highway of noble ain
and earnest work. There are, prizes
enough for every successful worker
crowns enough for every honorable
head that goes the smoke of confiic1
to victory.
There is in the young man an UP.
springing Of lofty sentiment which
contributes to his elevation, and
though there are obstacles to be sur
mounted and difficulties to be vanish
ed, yet with truth for his watch word,
leaning on his own noble purpose and
exertions, he may crown his brow with
honors. He may never wear the war;
riors crimson wreath, the poets chap
let of bays, or the statesmans laurels,
though no grand universal truth may
at his bidding be confessed to the
world, though it may never be his to
bring TO a successful issue great po-
llitical resolution-to be the founder
of republic whose name shall be dis
tinguished star in the constellation OF
nations. yea more, though his name
may never be heard beyond the limit
of his own neighborhood, yet his mis-
sion is none the less a high and holy
one.
sBut why do so few young men OF
early promise, whose wise hopes, pur-
poses and resolves were are radiant as
the colors of the rainbow, fail to dis
tinguish themselves? The answer is
obvious. They are not willing to de-
vote themselves to the toilsome cul-
ture which is the price Of success
Whatever aptitude for particular pur-
suits nature may donate to her favor
ite children, she conducts none but
the laborious and studious distinc-
ton.
The cotton mills in Mississippi are
seemingly especially prosperous at the
present time. They all report orders
ahead to keep them busy the greater
part Of the year. The Mccomb City
mill has an order for $4,000 worth of
goods to be rushed through to New
York for export. Other mills report
as large. or larger orders, one an or
der for China. 1t is gratifying to
note the success of Mississippi mills.
While these in other sections of the
country were shutting down or run
ming short time ON account of slack
business, the Mississippi mills were
running on full or forced time to keep
ahead. No new mills have been built
in the past two years but several have
increased their plants in that time to
handle the business available. 1t is
a sensible proposition to build cotton
mills where the raw material is pro-
duced and the manufactured article
used. The next few years will no
doubt show large increase in cotton
manufacturing in the South.
Laurel estimates that 100000 will
distribute in the section tributary to
that city in the next few weeks by
the trucking industry. 1t is difficult
matter to estimate correctly just how
much benefit this amount of money
will be to Laurel and the surrounding
country, coming as it does at time
when there is no other crop for mar
ket to bring money. After the truck
is off the land it will be planted in
corn, cotton, grain and other crops and
give up the usual yield. It is a great
country indeed that can raise two or
three profitable crops in a season and
the writer feels confident that If the
farmers of Illinois labored under such
favorable conditions their land instead
of being worth from 800 to 5000 per
acre, would readily bring $500. There
is no country like Mississippi and the
only unpleasant feature connected
with the whole business is, that we
had to import men to discover it.
A northern lumber concern has pur-
chased great many thousand acres
Of the timber land above Jackson on
Pearl river and propose locating an
immense wood working plant at Jack
son and building a railroad forty or
fifty miles long to bring the timber to
mill when the river can't be used more
This is one Of the virgin for
ests in the state and railroad
through it to Carthage or Edinburg
will prove great convenience to the
people of that section as well as a de-
veloper of other resources as well.
Work will likely commence on both
projects during the coming summer.
Great activity in real estate is be-
ino exnerienced at T,ouisviIIe and New