Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-29

unQSrHeaCn IeeL OIL tuOSe VIM 80
through life in poverty and want when
affiuence could be had by STOPPING
and picking it up. The possibilities
Of a section are likely to remain un-
known until some man who is consld-
cred strenuous or drastic comes along
and organizes a movement that grad
ually develops them. The possibii-
ties of Mississippi are as yet large
ly in the undeveloped state, and this
truth was forcibly impressed upon
the writer by a recent visit to the
trucking city of Crystal Springs. 1t
is a fact that the people of Crystal
Springs are developing their possibil-
ties to a great extent and reaping the
benefits thereof, but this fact more
forcibly illustrates the lack. of devel-
opments elsewhere. Crystal Springs
is located in section of coun-
try that would generally be termed
poor hill land, it is hilly in that part
Springs is located in section of coun-
Of the county and the land has little
Ioil, but while nature has been spar
Ing in distribution of a fertile soil,
,ther favorable conditions have been
given with lavish hand the people
have taken advantage of them in a
manner that makes it today one of the
ichest communities in the state of
Mississippi. A clay subsoil insures
the retention of fertilizers until taken
up by the plants and enormous guam
titles are being used every year with
excellent results. An opportunity
PRESENTED itself and was taken ad-
Fantage of by the citizens. On this
loads of tomatoes We're shipped from
Crystal Springs to Northern markets.
day In question, nearly thirty car
Think of this; thirty cars averaging
over 1000 crates to the. ear, 10000
crates netted the grower more than
81 per crate. More than $4,000 dis
tributed in that little city in one day.
This is only part Of the story.eThe
cabbage season is over, beans are gone
and the tomato season is at its mid
die, and by the time the last car is
loaded and sealed, something like l.
900 cars Of produce will have been
shipped from this station alone. Con-
biderably more than half a million
dollars brought into one community
In single season, and that is not the
end. After taking off the truck the
land is planted in corn and cotton,
producing something like fifty bush
els Of the former and bale to the
acre of the latter. Two crops every
season and both splendid money pro-
ducers. This is in reality developing
he resources of community. The
eight that met the eyes of novice
Ehere during the shipping season is an
Emazing one, and pleasant indeed to
the man who is interested in the mate
fial prosperity of this country. A
town and loading tracks teeming with
6nen, wagons and teams unloading
into refrigerator cars for the journey
TO less favored sections where vege-
tables are not yet in the bloom. For
hours at time the. string of wagons
reached almost to the incorporate linn
its of the town on several of the prin-
cipal street. Each man awaiting his
turn to unload. At the height of the
jam, about four o. clock in the after
noon, it was almost impossible to ira
verse the streets so thick were the
teams and vehicles, and the sidewalks
were equally as impossible. Business
houses were taxed to their utmost to
wait on the trade and street stands,
Of which there were a great number,
were as busy as could be. The peo-
pie, though hard-worked and contin-
ually rushed, were prosperous and
happy, seemingly contented with the
prosperity and plenty that prevailed
in great profusion. A drive over the
country revealed the fact that their
land was well cared for, being in
perfect state Of cultivation, their
homes were splendid and comfortable,
they drive the best Of stock and ride
IN the most modern vehicles made.
Churches, schools and like institutions
are numerous and every convenience
of life has been provided. 1t is a
community without a rival in the
State and is the result of the work
done years ago by few public spirit
ed citizens who grasped the great op-
portunities that lay in store for the
men who would 90 after them in the
proper manner. Dozens of other com
munities in Mississippi could be doing
just as well if the proper effort was
made. It cannot all be accomplished
In a year, neither can it be done in
two, but systematic effort with coun-
sci and instruction from competent
men will produce a revolution that
would be the greatest boon possible
One Of the Holly Springs papers
asks the question, "Are We Grow
ingf" and proceeds to answer it with
long list Of improvements being
made and others contemplated. Holly
Springs is doing well and the section
Of country surrounding it is equally
prosperous. The experiment station
located there two years since will
prove of great benefit to the farmers
Of that community and will be highly
priced by them in the future.
! One of the greatest missions that