The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-03

the other side of the basin, thereby
doubling the present capacity for
handling freight. About half a mil
lion dollars will be expended in these
improvements. Others of equal m
portance will be made from time to
time until this port will be equal to
if not better than any in Southern
waters.
Gulfport was first opened to COM
| merce in January, 1902, the export OF
lumber for that year being 19,035, 252
feet. beard measure. The next year
showed a most remarkable increase,
the amount being 105, S49,252. Last
year. 1904, came up with the splendid
record of 245,213,S29 feet loaded into
bottoms for export. Besides the eX'
port lumber trade, there has sprung
up a thriving business in naval stores
that is increasing rapidly and prom
Uses not to be one of the least OF Gulf
ports items of commerce. During the
last six months of 1904 1922 07 barrels
of pitch and 1868 $50 gallons of turpen-
tine were sent abroad. A mammoth
naval stores concern has been organ
lied and it is confidently expected thar
an increase of several hundred pc"
cent will be experienced during the
present year. The port is not without
a satisfactory list Of imports also, dur
ing the latter part of the year recei;-
ing 6,1O0 tons of iron pyrites ard 5000
tons of acid phosphate. The new year
has opened up under bright prospects,
January showing the clearance OF a
net tonnage of 22,473, carrying 49,
473 900 feet. board measure. lndica-
+;o,c n - thot tho nrncnnf ular will nY-
coed last year by a larger nar cent
than 1904 did 1903. A phenomenal
increase in business making dock
room insufficient, necessitates tie
building of the second pier. When
iris is completed vessels viii be ena-
bled to come in and discharge their
loads and take on an outgoing cargo
without having to wait in the channel
for their turn, as is frequently the
case at present.
The city of Gulfport is experiencing
a growth in proportion to that Oh the
FORT. A recent census gives il a pop
ulatiOn of 5000 souls inside the cor
porate limits. A large suburban pep
ulation resides outside and the figures
are placed in the neighborhood of
1900 as the grand total. Stately
blocks of substantial brick and stone
buildings are going up, replacing the
pioneer shacks that have served their
days CT usefulness. A magnificent no
tel with several hundred rooms affords
comfortable quarters for the travelling
public and the hundreds of Northern
visitors who spend the winters enjoy
ing a mild and SalubriouS climate.
The commodiOus pavilion at he end
of the pier, connected with the shore
by broad board walks and an electric
car line, offers a pleasant and UNIQUE
place for spending a few hours each
day. A C~hatauqua will be held there
during the first days of July and large
numbers of people will take advantage
of the opportunity to visit the coast
and hear the celebrities engaged for
the occasion. A lumber OF large
manufacturing plants are already in
operation and a number being built at
present. A liberal policy toward en-.
terprises of every nature is pursued
and every encouragement given them.
The mercantile establishments will
compare favorably with those of much
larger cities. A great many substan-
tial homes have been built and the cit
lzenship is of the best.
The building of the great Panama
canal will turn the attention of the
! world to our gulf coast, and it is con-
fidently expected that two or more
great cities of maritime trade will be
built on Mississippi soil. Gulfport is
destined to be one of these, and with
the start it already has, will not be
slow in asserting itself. Great is
Gulfport and greater still the magni6-
cent future that is before it.
Waynesboro growers are experience
ing great results from Elberta peach
es. The dealers call for more like the
last sent and the demand is excellent.
A great many more trees are being
planted from year to year and
Waynesboro promises to go up head
in the peach business. Trucking is
also becoming an important industry
and the growers are obtaining results
that are very satisfactory.
Marx Schaefer, of Yazoo City, is an
educated farmer and works upon the
plan "of something to sell every day
in the year" While he makes cotton
his principal money crop, it is IN real
ity a money crop from the faoN that
almost everything needed to rn@ the
farm is raised thereon. A few days
since he brought to Yazoo CITY go
bushels of yellow yam potatoes and
carried home with him 60 good dol
lars. His land will raise from 200 to
$50 bushels of potatoes to the acre
and he finds the crop a very profitable
one. Mr.. Schaefer is diversifying
along the right lines and his success
is the pride of his neighbors.
A great many people from the North
are now in the State seeking homes
and investments. They come on low
rates offered by the roads and are al
lowed a stay of something like twenty
or thirty days. If they are good citi-
ems we need them and every man
should extend them a hearty welcome.
A Calhoun county citizen brought
to Water Valley a few days since thir-
teen hundred dozen eggs gathered up
in his community of the Free State"
Then, too, when you think of the mis-
cradle weather and the trying circum-
stances under which the Calhoun hens
labored to produce this prodigous
quantity of fruit. 1t is now proven
that the hen is mightier than the
sword, in Calhoun county at least.
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Newton sets the pace on payment
of taxes. In that enterprising little
city only one piece of real estate was
delinquent and the tax collector
thought it too small to advertise, and
it is supposed that he paid it himself