Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-09-14
NEWS ITEMS
FROM JACKSON
cArITAL CITY MENTION IN
BRIEF REVIEW.
CLEANED THROUGH THE We K

Many Prisoners Now at the Peniten-
tiary-Charters for Interpretations
Filed Industrial Exposition Other
items of Interest.
A matter that is worthy of atten-
ton and investigation at the hands
of the cotton raisers of Mississippi
Just now, is the combating of evil ef-
feet of the boil weevil which Is sure
TO be with us in short while. Ou1
people are confronting a condition.
right now and not theory. The wee
vii in its eastward migratory move
ment will reach the southwestern cor
ner of the state next year and grad
ually extend to other sections. The
stopping of this movement has been
given up as an impossible task and
the energies of those to whom the
work of prevention is entrusted has
been centralized upon campaign OF
education 10 prepare our people to
combat the effect as far as possible.
This is being done by systematic pre-
paration of the soil and cultivation of
the crop as we'll as py the breeding
and propagation of plant that will
best resist the invasion of the pest.
Approaching the fact that there was
a fertile field for edu eational work
among the people Of state and
that the best time to d .yin such a
campaign was before the wcevil reach
ed here, the writer spent several days
recently in Washington III conference
with the agricultural department and
the heads Of its various branches, in
the effort to impress upon them the
Importance of such work at this par
ticular time and enlisting the active
aid and cooperation Of those in au-
thority in the movement. 1t is graf
flying to report that the greatest IN
terest was manifested by all those
seen and that without exception the
assistance asked for was readily prom
iSed. Several of the heads Of bureaus
expressed themselves. as anxious b
visit this section and see for them
selves the situation Just as it exists
and arrangements will be made to hold
trvo 90 4broa oo,fra1 ,,,aafipoc ny boro
the people can eongregate and spend
a day with these gentlemen. It is
hoped that Secretary Wilson can be
induced to make at least one appoint
ment in the state, and should he do so
there is little doubt but that the larg-
est hall to be found would be packed
with those interested i'll our principal
crop and the threatened invasion Of
the weevil. A Announcements concern
ing these times and places will be
made just so soon as all arrangements
can be perfected, which should not
be more than two weeks at the latest.
The program roughly outlined is to
follow up this Introductory work by
the higher officials Of the United
States Department Of Agriculture
with a more extended campaign by
competent men III every country com
munity and more especially in the
sections where the weevil is most like
ly to first appear. The Department
has one man engaged in this work at
present, Mr. W. NJ. Bamberg. who is
thoroughly competent and efficient and
Is doing great good, but the calls for
him are so numerous that it is impossi-
BILE to comply with ALL 1t is expected
that after the visit of the distinguish
ed gentlemen who head the branches
Of our United States Department to
have more men assigned to this i'm
portant work. Ia tie meantime, and
pending definite announcements, let
our people begin to work up interest
IN these meetings and sec that full
turn out of representative farmers Is
had to each and every meeting. We
must intelligently prepare for the com
ing of the wccvil aud acquaint our
selves with the weapons best suited
for defense. Experience has taught
our neighbors in the infected districts
much along this line, and the opportu-
nifty is presented our people to profit
by what they have learned at great
cost before the pest arrives in our
state.
Silver Greek a; the junction of the
G. & S, |. and the Mississippi Central
Is showing wonderful amount Of
prosperity. The two new roads and an
excellent farming country surround
ing it assures the building of an i'm
portant trade and commercial center.
The citlzens are wide awake to the
possibilities and are going after all