The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-20
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The Newspaper men are taking ad-
vantage Of the good times and num-
Der have issued attractive editions for
Christmas, The GreenviNs Times gets
out 80 page paper with several hun
dred illustrations Of industrial scenes
in Washington county that is one Of
the handsomest ever issued in the
south. Il win be worth thousands OF
dollars to Greenville and the surround
ing section Of country. The Eupora
Progress issues an excellent trade edi-
ton with colored cover that reflects
crdit upon the editor as well a. the
town it represents. The Greenwood
Enterprise, Marks Review, Yazoo SEN
tinel and others sent out big editions
filed with good advertising and read.
ing matter for holiday shoppers. The
newspapers Of the state are rejecting
the prosperous times being experienced
and we'll they should for there is no
more important factor for good times
than honest and conscientious work
by live and wide awake newspa.
per. AA.a;iesgv
Some weeks since the writer calico
through the daily press for infarma-
ton concerning peat Dogs in the state,
the same being asked for by Mass
achusetts concern for some purpose
unknown. Up to the present time
more than a dozen such bogs have
been reported varying in size from a
few acres up to two hundred. The
greater number are in the eastern
central part Of the state, but some
are reported from both the northern
and southern counies. A record of
this information has been recored in
book kept for that and similar pur-
poses and will no doubt be found of
value in the future if not right now
Peat is valuable for certain purposes
and Mississippi is well supplied with
it.
100000 pounds Of beef has been cor
tracted for by the trustees of the in
sane asylum at Jackson for the en-
suing year. This enormous contract
amounts to 55~ pounds per day. Ar.
mour and Company land the prize as
they did last year. 1t is to be regret
ted, that it was not possible to get this
meat in the state and thereby encour-
az home people to raise more stock.
Even if it were necessary to pay
little more per pound, the difference
would have been made. up in having
the money left at home. When such
industries are properly encouraged by
our own officials there will be a great
err interest taken by those who are In
clined to raise stock.
W. B. Finney of Madison county,
formerly citizen of Valparaiso, Ind,
and who. moved to Mississippi four
years ago, has made an excellent rec
ord for raising cotton the present year
He sold bale in Canton few days
ago that weighed 655 pounds at 20
cents per pound and was raised Oh
one and quarter acres of land. It
was a good, long staple and the seed
readily brought so cents per bushel
The bale Of cotton and seed Melted
Mr.. Finney $1,000. He has a model
farm and a whole lot more good citi-
zens Like him would be highly accept
able. ess-~e
Our friends Brown Of the Guntown
Hot Times, Anderson Of the Ripley
Sentinel, Newman Of the Baldwin
Home Journal and Boone of the Boone
vile Plaindealer are still hunting un-
ceasingly for products with which to
eclipse each other Pity but what
we could get more rows like this.
mississippi has twenty million acres
of land that needs labor to make it
produce something Of value. We need
good white people from the densely
populatedstates near US and need them
badly.
The Mississippi conference of the
Methodist church was opened at Lau.
rel.
The annual report Of Admiral En-
dicott Of the Bureaus Of Yards and
Docks contained an estimate of 1885,
300 for improvements at the New Or
leans naval station.
A conference was held al New York