Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-07-26

The matter Of handling the excellent
syrup crop Of the State TO the hest cd
vantage Is attracting a great deal Of at
tention- \ number Of gentlemen with
experience have contributed articles on
the means OF putting it up, and dozens
Of letters have been received from tho>e
who desire to assist in the movemsut to
place it on the market in a systematic
manner. Hotels and large consumers
throughout the country have expressed
desire TO secure the syrup for their Gus
toners. and if il is exactly right are will
ing TO pay a handsome price for il. The
following letter from W. p. Camp. Of the
Camp Agricultural Experiment Station.
sentinel Okla. j. q fair sample Of many
that have come to hand. and show some
thing Of the interest that Is being ere
ated:
Il notice in one of your articles that
you call attention to 4 method Of put
ting up syrup without the usual pro-
ees-ing- Such a syrup would md ready
sales here in Oklahoma I wilrgolun-
teer my services in helping to place it
properly on the Oklahoma market Most
Of the syrup that we get here is thick.
black sorghum or compound. containing
very small per cent Of pure syrup. 1t
- not an unusual thing to find a pint or
more Of thirk sediment. composed of
lime and dirt. in q bueket Of this syrup.
| have heard much complaint azains. the
syrups sold here. but il doesn't seem to
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that they are unable to do better. VERY
few people in Oklahoma have ever seen
any pure ribbon cane syrup. have been
living here and in Indian Territory for
nearly eighteen years. and have never
seen any pure ribbon cane syrup but
once. and that vas not pure in one sense
Of the word. for IL contained raarh dirt
and trash. II there i farm paper pub
lished At Jackson, would be pleased to
have a copy Of the same II read your
article in the Carroll News, . paper pub
li>hed at Walden, Mss Very truly
yours
Mis-is-ippisns. think what il would
BE 10 live in a country where they never
tasted OF the splendid syrup that We
make. This il missing one Of the pleas
ures Of life with n vengeance. Howeves,
Mr. Camps letter l. highly appreciated,
especially the kind offer contained there
in.
An industry that il unique, and one
that is proving sueces-ful in every vay.
has headquarters at Buckatunna. Miss,
and branches at Fruitaale and Fairhope
Ala IL Is the Southern Floral Nursery
Company. and is owned and operated BY
n number of the best citizens in that sec
tion of the State The eoneern is en-
gagged in the planting and propa cafion of
all kinds of towering plants, bulbs and
shrubs. and is working up business that
extends to a number of States besides
Mississippi and Alabama Quantities Of
these plants have always been imported
from Europe, and it IS the purpose of the
gentlemen engaged in this enterprise to
grow what we demand right here At
home. They have 50 far made . special
ty of cnn..As and roses, but are branch
ing out to cover the whole field in the
future. The product per acre often goes
to $1,000, and even more. Roses and
shrubbery will grow larger here in one
year than in two up North, which gives
a great advantage to the man with his
nursery down here. The quality is also
far superior TO the imported stock The
success Of those interested will bs the
pleasure of all our people. The day 10
fast coming when our beloved State viii
be one of the leaders in this line and AL
industries of kindred nature
The little city of Eupora. up in Web
ster county. l. experiencing n splendid
period of prosperity. The Progress, pub
lished at that place, came last week with
nearly two columns of items concerning
new enterprises. business and residence
buildings. etc A $1,000 gin company is
one OF the new enterprises, and the ma
chinery is already on the ground A
marble and stone establishment Is an
other An electric lighting plant by
W. T. Gwin 4 Son is on foot also
better school than ever. with a strong
faculty and improvements too numerous
to mention Four handsome new brick
store buildings are untler construction,
and others being planned, TO say moth
ing of the many residences that are go
ing up. This spirit OF enterprise i high
Iy gratifying to the people Of that com
munity in particular and the whole State
in general Eupora Is in a good section
of country, and the citizens are deter
mined that it shall be the center for
large trade territory. Instead Of losing
trade by the building of the new road
that runs near there, they will make
strong effort to extend the already large
and productive section from which TO
draw business.
The Laurel Ledger notes with pride .
revival Of the wool growing interests IN
Jones county. and recently published the
following:
For the past year or 50 the wool in
dustry around Laurel has revived won
derfulIy. Wool is seen on the streets
every few days now. Three fine loads
were in town Monday, weighing about
. 600 pounds. This will bring near
5000. A week or 50 ago one wagon came
in with about i.5o0 pounds. which, at the
price then prevailing, brought In the
neighborhood of s45o- This IS only a
few examples of the many to show that
the industry is coming to the front again.
That locks like business when the farm
ers ut this time of the year begin to add
from $500 to $500 to their bank ae-
counts from the sale of wool, which costa
90 little to produce
T. j. Decell, of Brookhayen, recently
sold . pair of home-raised mules for $500,
and thereby proved that good mules can
and are raised in Mississippi, and that
they bring as good price as those from
Kentucky or anywhere else Lincoln
county could raise 100000 worth OF
mules every year. and the cost would not
be one-fifth OF that amount, so those IN =
position to know "a. Nick LEWIS, on
the Fourth, won a cash prize at the
Bocue Chitto celebration with another
lincoln county mule which was only
thirteen months old and nearly large
enough to plow More attention should
be given this promising industry by the
people of cur State
Okslona is another Ncrth Nis<issiPpi
town that Is taking active steps toward
supplying places for rest and recreation
hefore land gets too high A public park