The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-20

no reason in the world why the farmers
of your State should not raise their own
horses, mules, cattle and hogs, the same
as we do in Illinois and Iowa. l conf
IDENTIFY believe our trip through your
State during the month of October will
result in great practical good. Yours
truly,
j. F. MERRY, G. I. A.
This letter contains pleasing informa-
ton. While the methods employed and
advocated by Prof. Holden might not ex.
actly be what would be required in this
section, he is undoubtedly in a position to
give valuable information. The Missis'
sippi Division of the Southern Cotton AS
ISOLATION will furnish one or more able
men to talk on Investigation, and the
A. g. NJ. College, with its excellent corps
of speakers, will be prepared to give in
struction on various important subjects.
This special will be an innovation in the
South, and is capacitated to do great
good if the people will show an interest
and come to meet the train at it's sew
eraI stops. That this interest is being
awakened is proven by the inquiries that
ItdCH GHiS OllCc COuCt ilHS IL udtC ~
will be at various stations along the
routes named. The schedule has not
been announced as yet, but all will be
furnished with this information as soon
as it is possible to do so. Begin right
now to make your arrangements to meet
this train at your nearest railroad sta
ton and profit by what is offered.
A lack of respect for the Christian re.
ligion is to be deprecated above all
things, and the following sermon read a
young man by one of our bright South
Mississippi papers is worthy a wide cir.
culation:
"We heard one of u young men max
ing sport of religion in front of u of
fee the other day. His mustache had
just begun to sprout, and Judging from
his talk his mental faculties were not SO
well developed as his mustache. During
our brief stay upon earth we nave seen
many Just such young men cold in death
We have seen the atheist at rest in his
casket, but before being consigned to
their last resting place they nave all
been carried through the doors of a
church and had prayers said over them
Ills yOuuS HAL COull SCOit dt lcllSlOH
in his strength and beauty of health,
but if the dark angel should hover over
him he would instinctively regret what
he had said and look into the future
with fear and trembling. When one
stands before the open door of eternity
his desire to scoff 1T religion quickly
vanishes. We admit that there are bad
men in the church, but even these black
sheep in the flock might be blacker il
they were outside. No young man, OF
old one, either, should condemn the noble
efforts of the army of Christian men
and women being made towards the bet
terment of conditions in general. And
whether we attend church or not, few OF
us would desire to live in a community
where there was no church or influence OF
Christian people to be felt. Young man!
in the future, if you must scott at relig,
ion, please get a little further from our
office if you do not want to see your
name in print"
To disprove the impression that truck
ing is not profitable in the Northern end
of the State, the following from a Ten.
nessee paper is offered:
ga Humboldt correspondent of a Nash
vile paper offers this concerning the old
cabbage crop of his section: Although
the prices received for strawberries in the
Humboldt territory this season were not
quite so good as they should have been
to make the business especially profit
able, the unusually high price of cabbage
is more than making up for the shortage
in the other crop. AS an example of
what the. growers are making off their
cabbage crop, your correspondent had a
talk with J. B. Darety, an IL prto-date
grower living here. Mr.. Darety' stated
that he had only a little over three acres
in cabbage, that would make something
like 600 crates, After paying for the
marketing of his crop and the boxes in
which they were. shipped, Mr.. Darety
said that he would clear a little over
S1.00 per crate. This makes about 5000
for the crop, or nearly 5000 per acre.
Many Others have larger crops, and all
are receiving the same prices"
If this can be done, and it is being
done in Tennessee, there is absolutely nc
reason why the industry should not be
conducted proftably throughout North
Mississippi. 1t might not be well to try
every article in the trucking line, but
cabbage can be grown profitably and fol.
lowed by a corn crop larger than if the
ground had not been already planted in
cabbage. Some of the other plants
might be handled Just as well, and there
should be an effort made along this line,
and let it be seen just what can be done
and with what success.
Mr.. B. II. Mathews, of Hemingway
Holmes county, planted a lemon seed in a
hot house, and the first result of his care
was a. monster lemon that measured five
and one-half inches long, twelve inches
in circumference and weighed seventeen
ounces. This monster fruit was as large
as half a dozen ordinary lemons, and
goes to prove what Mississippi car dc
when the trial is half made. We need
people like Mr.. Mathews to exemplify to
our people what can be lone in our great
State with a little effort.
w. T. Quinn, editor of the Neshoba
Democrat, the following limo
walton in his section: son a trip up the
road a few days since we fell in with oul
friend, F. M. Estis, of Newspaper, who
is branching out in a new line of indus.
try for this section. He has put in q
small canning factory and nursery. His
fruit and tomatoes compare favorably
with those shipped in here. In fact, in
a test, his peaches were pronounced bet.
ter than the California fruit on this mar
ket. He has a number of trees ready fol-
transplanting this season."
That the railroads will bear their por.
ton of the expense of development, as
well as participate in the general pros