Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-08-31

Yazoo City is preparing for whole
week of festivities beginning Monday,
October 8th. Under the auspices of the
Business League $4,000 has been
raised by popular subscription to prop
erly finance the enterprise. Prepara-
tions are well under way and the event
promises to be one Of the most pop
ular in the State this fall. Splendid
premiums will be given for agricul-
tural, horticultural, live stock and
other exhibits, and the display to be
made will no doubt open the eyes Of
the thousands who will attend as to
what can be accomplished in that uni
versslly rich section of the country
The candidates for state Office will be
given an inning and this feature vii,
ce provided for the entertainment OF
ahe crowd and reduced rates on the
railroads will be featured to bring
people to Yazoo City. Brookhaven will
hold a three days carnival about the
same time and premiums for products
will be literally given. The Progress
sive Union is behind the move and will
push it to a successful termination.
Senat0bia and other towns are con-
templa ting something of the kind and
will likely announce dates soon. The
writer hopes to see each of these
events prove the foundation for regu-
lar county fairs, his views as to the
,ercftS to be derived being too we'll
known to require repeating here.
A s.rong point in favor of the cul-
iyat;on of vegetables for the markct
found in the fact that it is diver
:lfcation of crops and necessarily ro-
ation. With the diversifcation it af-
erds the farmer is not likely to make
complete failure. One of the largest
fuckers in the State in writing the
department. a few days since has this
0 say:
owe are pleased to state that the
'egetable season, as whole, wound
y very satisfactorily, and we hope
be able to continue Just now mosi
f our people, ourselves included, are
ceiling little blue over the severe
lecline in the price Of cotton and the
,oss from excessive heat and drouth Ill
he cotton fields, and regard ourselves
IS fortunate that we are not depend
mt exclusively upon cotton, although
ye still regard the staple as the most
important crop that can be grown"
The August number of "Dixie-
and" published at Dallas, Tex,
.hould be Of especial interest to Mis-
issippians, more especially those on
he coast. 1t illustrates one of our
eat watering places and contains ar
xcelleac article from the pen of DIR
[. N. Folkes of Biloxi, descriptive OF
se typography, climate and beauty of
I our Gulf coast as a health resort.
&c communication is in thes hape OF
lester % DR.. Jas. K Crook of New
ok, and no man in the State is more
I2lpetant to give accurate informa
n concerning our advantages than
.. Folkes. He has been engaged for
number Of years in giving publicity
the many advantages of Mississippi
la mere especially combating the
rrcaecus impression that We are
courged with malarial poisons and
aat the death rate here is something
aarfal. DR.. Folkes is deserving the
snnacndation and good will of all for
5e excellent work he has been and is
i6iag.
Active work has been commenced
the Z. S. Government at the port
{ Psscagoula to dredge the channei
a depth of % feet for which an ap-
ropriation of half million dollars is
.vailable 1t is promised that more
money will be given and the depth in
reased to % feet in the future. Mis-
issippi is indeed fortunate in the at
antion being paid her sea ports by the
: S. Government, and when the great
anama canal is completed our State
yill be in a position to reap largely
the benefits. 1t is expected that the
commerce carrying lines Of railroad
will soon begin to defect from the At
9ntic ports towards those of tho Gulf,
ocd evidence of such being already at
rand. Then it will be that great cities
lad ports will spring up along our
coast line. There are good times in
store for our people in the near fu-
ture.
Senatobia Is not to fall behind in
ne progressive procession and is
talking of trade week to be held
his fall with special prices and
other inducements to be offered for
trade with amusements of a high
Grade to entertain the visitors. This
plan is being acted upen by a 1um-
Der of our active trade centers and
good results are expected
A party Of wealthy Chicago peo-
pie are investigating the feasibility of
planting large pecan orchard at
some point in the State, prefering
this to others. If they locate several
thousands acres will be planted and
crops grown between the trees or
other fruit plauted alternately untiI