Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-06-14

would be means Of putting up the
excellent syrup 50 abnudantly produced
all over the State without processing it
until you would hardly recognize in it
the oid-fashioned molasses made on the
common sorghum PAN The following
has been offered by a reliable gentleman
as . safe and effective me.ns Of hand
ling the syrup, he stating that there Is
now IN hrs possession molasses three
years old that has not fermented in the
least That it Is just a good as when
1t comes from the evaporator. Have
bottles for holding the syrup, preferably
of quart size, ready when the crushing
season begins. Place them in a re-
eeptacle of water close beside the evap-
orator and keep the water at boiling
heat. When the molasses comes from
the pan and while boiling hot, pour into
the hot bottle, push corks below top
of bottle little way and seal with wax
This il all there Is to it. Now if there
are others who see this article and have
tried it with or without success, let me
hear from You. IL not, it is especially
desired that it be given trial at sew
eral places in the State this summer
when the crushing season begins. Ii
You Will try IT with a dozen or more
bottles of syrup, let the writer know at
once, and he will keep in touch with you
and gladly report the success attained.
Would like to have two or three in the
southern part of the State with sugar
cane and the same number in the north
ern part with sorghum cane. IL the crop
can be preserved for summer use with
out losing its delicious flavor or going
through with a fermenting process the
syrup crop of the State could be made
TO bring millions Of dollars. No syrup
in the world compares with the cane
syrup made from Louisiana cane on a
common sorghum pan, and not far be-
hind Is the molasses made from sor-
ghum cane The man who will furnish
a means of keeping it for summer use
will have done a great service to the
people Of the State. II you are at all
interested please let il he known, 50
that your cooperation can be depended
upon Every assistance possible will be
given by this department and general
publicity guaranteed should the means
be found. IL is n subject worthy of at
tention at the hands OF our people.
On the 1st instant the writer's aged
mother passed away at his home in
Jackson The remains were carried to
the old home at New Albany for inter
ment. Many who read this notice will
understand, having experienced the ire
parable loss of the one who brought
them into the world, tenderiy cared for
the infant, counseled and guided the
youth and blessed the man. After ~
years of joys, sorrows. anticipations and
disappointments, this is the end of the
present and the beginning of a brighter
existence. Friends in Jackson and New
Albany were attentive and sympathetic.
The language with this word omitted
would leave the world a blank. The
good, old before the-war black nanny,
God bless her, was faithful to the end,
and in this connection it Is said to con-
template that in few more years these
good old negroes will all have passed
from the scene of action and the new
crop is not capacitated to take their
places. Our Southerners know how to
appreciate these old mammies and will
miss them in the future.
Within the past ten days the writer
hae travelled over a large portion of the
State north of the A. i V. railroad, and
was very much gratified to find the crops
up there in a splendid condition. Both
cotton and corn were clean and healthy,
cotton rather small for the time of year,
but growing nicely. Rains had fallen
almost over the entire district, and
while it was somewhat heavy in spots,
generally proved to be excellent sea-
sons. The oat crop was being harvested
and yielding about as usual. Other
crops were in a condition equally as
favorable. Prospects are fiattering, and
with an ordinary June the yield prom
ises to be above the average. A fair
price for cotton this fall will insure
the period of prosperity being expert
enced by the State for another year.
A greater diyersification of interests will
require less to be bought from the out
side and leave greater portion of the
money at home. Mississippi is doing
splendidly and our people have a great
deal to be thankful for. No State in
the Union offers more for the expendi-
ture of q moderate amount of energy
and fair management. Impress this fact
upon the young men and induce them
to stay with us.
The matter of increasing the land
assessments in South Mississippi is at
tracing considerable attention. I'm
mense quantities of this land is held by
foreign investors, who are paying taxes
on it at less than one-fourth of what
1t is actually worth. and the citizens
who are paying on theirs at something
near its value and furnishing the sinews
for appreciation in value for all of IT
are getting tired of bearing the whole
burden The new assessment will he far
above that of four years ago, likely
more than twice as much. Such action
on the part of our assessors would like
" compel the holders TO develop their
lands or sell to some one who would
The outcome OF the agitation will be
watched with interest
Greenville has recently taken a de-
cided step forward, and one that will
prove an investment without compare.
Twenty miles of granolithie pavement
has Just been completed, and It can he
truthfully said that Greenville is the
best paved city of its size in the State.
This pavement was secured at remark
ably low prices, being contracted for in
such large quantities, and at the same
time it possesses that advantage of per-
feet uniformity, which could not be
secured by individual contract by each
property owner. Good streets and good
roads are the greatest boons TO a COM
munity, and those with the best of
these can be safely counted as the most
prosperous. Better roads should be the
slogan of all enthusiastic citizens Of our
State, and the campaign kept alive
until they are secured.
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Writers with experience have given
considerable attention to the grassing of
cotton with geese in the Gazette at
Etarkville and the Southern Planter at
Richmond. These gentlemen claim that
flock Of geese will hoe almost as much
cotton, or keep the grass down, as one
fourth the number Of hoe hands. 1t is
likely that q number will be induced
by the publicity given the scheme to
give It . trial, and in this event the
resalt would make good reading for this
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