The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14

MISSISSIPPI mas demonstrated time
and again that it is the best State in
the Union for general Investigation OF
! crops and that cotton is not the only
one that can be grown with profit. The
Hot Times, at Guntown, last week re-
corded the fact that j. S. Flanagan had
brought to that Office four ears of corn
that weighed six pounds, the largest
weighing one and t~hree-quarter pounds
and measuring eleven and one-quarter
inches in length. Mr.. Bib of Sun
flower county brought to the Enter
prise Office at Indianola ar ear that
weighed, alter being stripped OF shuck
and silks, one and one-half pounds. 1t
was thoroughly matured and did not
show a faulty grain. This is a good
showing for the corr crop of u State,
and it is to be hoped that some OF this
corn will be sent to the exposition to let
the thousands from other States who
will visit US during that time see what
we can do in the way of corn.
The King Cotton Plow Co. has been
organized at Clarksdale with a capital
of $4,000 for the purpose of manufac-
turing plows and general farm imple-
ments. And why not? We produce
the greater portion of the raw material
necessary and have the market for the
finished article: then why not make
them here and keep the money at
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enterprise should be a great success.
The county candidates, probably en-
couraged by the advent of SO many
State candidates entering the field Sc
early, are beginning to announce in
considerable numbers. Som of the pa
pers have more announcements now
than they did in March four years ago.
With general prosperity it seems that
the desire to run for Office increases in
stead of diminishing. 1t is one of our
great privileges, though, and no man
will dare try curtail it.
John Schmidt of Egypt, Monroe coun-
ty, writes interestingly to the Gazette
concerning his experience in the prai-
ries of that section. He came here a
year ago and brought with him forty
Aberdeen-Angus heifers and go head OF
good sheep. He is delighted with the
country and expects to induce a num-
Der of his old neighbors TO come down
and enjoy the many advantages and
pleasures of living in Mississippi.
A party of wealthy Chicago people
are Investigating the feasibility OF
planting a large pecan orchard at some
point in the State, preferring this to
others. If they locate several thousand
acres will be planted and crops grown
between the trees or other fruit planted
alternately until the pecans begin to
bear. There are a number OF especially
large orchards in the State now and
more are being planted from year to
year.
West Point will join the procession
by erecting a handsome monument to
the memory of her Confederate dead,
the design having been selected and
the contract let. This is a fitting
memorial to the memory of our heroes
who passed away in that memorable
struggle, andi is the hope of the writer
to live to see every courtyard in the
State so marked.
Silver Creek, at the junction of the
Gulf and Ship Island and the Missis-
sippi Central, is showing a wonderful
amount of prosperity. The two new
roads and an excellent farming coun-
try surrounding it assures the building
of an important trade and commercial
center. The citizens are wide awake
to the possibilities and are going after
all that is coming to them.
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Several of the State papers have
commented on the article in this de-
partment some weeks since in which it
was urged that only the very ablest,
safest and best men in every way be
elected to the legislature and as super
visors next year. These are most i'm
portant departments of government
and demand the best of material in
their makeup. Look to it that the best
material available is selected to fill
these places.
Preparations for the Mississippi In
dustrial Exposition to be held in Jack
son from Nov. 5 to 10, inclusive, are
well under way, and everything will be
in readiness when the gates are thrown
open. The fair promises to be larger
and better than ever before. 1t is ex-
pected that 10000 or $4,000 visitors
will b. present this year.
The Lambert Mirror continues to
publish a list of what the town has,
with a supplemental list of what is
needed. This is a good plan. The man
seeking a location can, by glancing at
the local paper, tell just what. is al
ready there and what is needed.
Hattiesburg is to have another big
foundry and machine plant in which
800, 900 will be invested. Both home
and foreign capital is interested in the
enterprise, which will be one OF the
largest in the State.
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