The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-18

accepted time to eome aud take ad.
vantage of these openings.
Intelligence comes from Washing.
ton to the effect that the new battle,
ship, Mississippi, is about one.fourth
finished. This new man.of.war will
cost in the n]elghborhood Of eight mil.
Hon dollars, and will be something
akin to the Oregon, which took a lead
Ing part in the great battle with
Ceryera's Spanish fleet just outside
the harbor Of Santiago. While it will
be some time yet before it is com.
pleted, the people of Mississippi might
begin the movement to present an
appropriate silver service, library or
something else useful, as is custom
airy. The best way to do this would be
by an appropriation by the legislature,
as in this case all would bear a part
Of the expense, instead OF a few, II
1t were raised by popular subscription.
Begin to think about it,
Mississippi people should get top
notch prices for their fruit this sea.
son, II the report that q large amount
Of damage was dore the fruit in other
sections by tho extremely cold
weather of some days since.
A contractor has just finished eight.
cen e buildings in %Senatobia, the
larger portion of which were resi-,
dences. 1t looks as IL Senatobia was
experiencing a considerable wave Of
prosperity, although not so very much
is being said about 1t.
In harmony with the writer's fire.
quent admonitions to be optimistic on
all occasions, is the following from
a publication called physical Cul.
ture,' and devoted to ~eIeyating the
race:
Hang these words on your bed.
post or tack them into your brain:
From now on am going to change
my entire life and my style of think.
ing. | will endeayor in the hereafter
to be generous in my views toward
others, broad-minded, large-spirited
and kind, thinking we'll of everybody,
mean to nobody, and overlooking the
little faults, believing that there are
other qualities in the man that over,
Whelms the deficiency. There Is SO
much bad in the best Of US, and so
much good in the worst of us, that we
should be charitable to the rest of us.
| shall see the bright side of every.
thing. l shall talk like an optimist,
laugh like an optimist, move about
like an optimist, conscious of the fact
that shall radiate sunshine and make
everyone around me happy"
Track laying on the M, J. & X. G.
railroad has been resumed since the
bad weather of February, and is now
down to Dewey, south of Houston. 1t
is not thought that trains will he run
through from Mobile to Middleton be-
fore September or October.
Greenville will keep clean, IL pos
sible, and in pursuance of this deter.
mination the second steam laundry is
under construction. That splendid
delta city will make an aggressive
campaign this year for factories, and
to eclipse the excellent record
last year. .
Dewey, one of the new towns on
the NJ, J. & X. G. railway, and located
in Chickasaw county, is beginning to
show a great growth, even before the
of the new road was laid.
Great progress Is reported in build
ing residences and stores. The eau.
c~assian, by G. A. Robertson, has be-
gun publication, and proposes to let
the world know Of Dewey. All de.
nominations are preparing to build
churches, and school buildings, will
be erected at once. It Is in a good
of country, and will, no doubt,
ere long be one of the best business
on the NJ, J. & X. c.
The Columbus Progressive Union,
N industrial organization that brought
the city something like 500, 900
worth of factories last year, Is to be
and an effort made to do
as much during the present
'ear. Columbus made an excellent
'ecord last year and is becoming one
II the most prominent manufacturing
titles Of the State. There is still plenty
# work for an active industrial or.
ANIMATION to do, and the city should
lot let the Progressive Union die by
my means.
West Point is happy in the contem.
of two new railroads. One 10
he Pensacola road for which several
harters have been granted, and more
han n turned down, and the other
3 an extension Of the Illinois Central
rom that point to the coal fields OF
alabama. Either Of them would prove
valuable acquisition to that progress.
i've city on the prairies OF East
Mississippi. 1t Is to be hoped that
9th will be built.
The ice, snow and accumulated
'ater on the headwaters of the
Mississippi river will 0 o test the
trength of our splendid system Of
wees. Those in position to know,
zpress perfect confidence In their
bility to withstand any water that
Jay come against them. For a mum.
er Of years the work Of ~perfecting
nd strengthening the system has
carried on without cessation,
nd IT is now believed that they are
5 nearly perfect as 1t IL possible to =
lake them.