The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-03

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Speaking Of the growing Of Alfalfa
IN the prairies Of East Mississippi, an
Aberdeen paper says: "Alfalfa, the
most valuable of forage plants, prom
lses 20 be a great success In our prai-
RE lands, giving US a new and great
market staple. Among those who have
line stands are Wheeler Watson, DR..
". IL. Henderson, w. S. Lenoir, DIR.
J. G. Catchings, DR.. w. w. Watkins
and many others, including Joe Hall
and Arthur Walker, colored. DR.. Wat
klns last week made a large sale sf
fodder to clear his barns for the A.
falfa product of thirty sores, from
which he hopes to cut 80 TONS" So
Il would seem that the growing Of Al
falfa in the particular section men
toned has long since passed the ex-
perlmental stage, and is now one of
the staple crops. The gold medal Al
falfa was grown near West Point and
won IN competition at the Fair over
mountains of it from all sections of
The United States. Investigate Al
falfa.
Emphasizing the advice to buy your
goods from those who are always will
ing to help you in time Of trouble and
adversely, the writer submits the fol-
lowing: Recently a congregation in
a little Kansas town built a new
church. To pay for it they were oblig-
ed to call on the merchants Of the COM
munity for donations to help pay for
it. The merchants responded liberal
ly and $500 was soon raised from this
source. The last asked to subscribe
was, John Smith, a jeweler. HI will
give $50 if you will allow me to add
something to the subscription list he
said. The permission was given and
he wrote at the foot of the list:
John Smith, Jeweler. $3.50. $4,000
Scar, Roebuck & Co.. 00.00
Montgomery, Ward & Co. 00OQ
There is great number Of schemes
being tried to bring old and out Of
date manufacturing plants to Missis-
sippi towns that are organizing bus
mess leagues and development asso-
Citations. The promoters want the peo-
pie to put up the money to buy these
old plants and furnish the promoter
with a job of managing it, or misman-
aging as the case is frequently. Our
people are fast learning, however, that
it IS the best to get the best at the
beginning and steer clear Of all sec
ond-hand propositions. The shrewd
schemer will find Jordan hard road
to travel IN this state from now on.
Our people are fast becoming wise to
the tricks that at one time might have
caught .some of them.
The suspicious case has again ar
rived and the sooner our people get
themselves hardened to pay no atten-
ton to such reports the better. A
few cases of a mild fever cost the
South millions of dollars last year and
the death rate was less than for la
grippe, pneumonia or any other dis
ease. Then why become panicky if a
case of fever is announced Keep of
the mosquito and prevent the disease
or have it and become immune. The
death rate was not over four per cent
in Mississippi and bad colds are
worse. We might as we'll make up our
minds to treat the matter in sensi-
BILE manner and right now is the time
to make beginning.
It is noticeable fact that the Mis-
sissippi farmers are beginning to real
lie the new condition that is making
corn as steady an article Of produc-
ton as cotton. While there may pos
sibly be sections Of the state that can
raise cotton more proftably, the 1arg-
er part of the country is different.
Corn is staple and brings good prices
all the year round. IF the delta can
raise cotton to better advantage
than corn, and it is said that it can,
then let the other sections of the state
raise the corn for all and cut out the
large amounts shipped here every year
from other sections Of the country.
Raise what is used in Mississippi in
Mississippi.
God bless the good people of Missis-
sippi Many and liberal have been the
responses to the call for help by the
stricken people Of San Francisco and
the Pacific Coast. This is time when
the better elements of mans nature
is brought to the front and our people
were not found lacking. They have
not forgotten the liberality displayed
toward them in the dark days of 1878
when the yellow fever was devastating
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