The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-26

The Department Of Agriculture will
issue next week comprehensive bull
letin dealing with the road Of Mis-
sisslppl, and it is especially desired
that every citizen Of the state inter-
ested IN the improvement Of road con
ditions have one. Forward your
name, also the names Of neighbors
who would likely appreciate this pub
LEGATION, and they will be sent on
October 1st This bulletin gives re.
liable data as to what each county
in the state is doing toward building
and maintaining roads, the cost of
same and the success attained. Also.
several suggestions as to economical
road building. Making roads with a
thlrty-horse power steam traction en-
| CINE in Kinds county is described and
! illustrated. The demonstration Of
woodworking machinery to be made
at the State Fair this fall is describ
ed and profusely illustrated Send
your name and address Immediately
| for a copy of this bulletin and do not
forget the neighbor who is interested
or should be.
Reasonably good telephone service
at living rates still attracts the at
tention Of the people to more or
less degree. There is nothing Of real
ly more Importance in Mississippi
just now. Attorney General fetch
err is making a careful study Of the
law with reference to the raise in
rates recently announced which were
not authorized by the railroad COM
mission, and is being fought for in
the Federal court, also as to the au-
thority of cutting out free county
communication to subscribers. The
people can rest assured that this Of
fetal will do everything possible to
protect their interests and if the laws
are not sufficient at present, the legis-
lature to convene in January should
see that they are made so. Telephone
service is necessity, and the monop-
ly secured by one company doing
business in the state demands strict
supervision to insure justice to its
thousands Of patrons VINO have no re-
course but to use its service.
While the weather for the past few
weeks could not be said to have been
exactly what cotton needed to in
crease the yild, it has been fairly
good and the prospects for fine har-
vest in Mississippi are good. The
price has opened at very nice fig
ure and should go soon to the upset
fixed by the Farmers Union and the
Cotton Association Of fifteen cents.
The report from Texas that only
three million bales will be gathered
IN that great state insures short
crop for the South even if the figure
should prove to be half million high
er. There is every reason to believe
that the fixed price for the staple is
none too high. With the prospect as
at present with the assurance Of a
good price, times will be f1ourishinc
IN Mississippi in a few weeks. The
crop together with the seed will bring
our people approximately 100000
600, which amount put into the chan
nels of trade will make things lively
Mississippi is still all right, knockers
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Hon. j. Lee Bates announces for
Mayor of Yazoo City upon the plat
form of enforcing the law. This is
undoubtedly the best platform that
any man could stand upon. The de-
velopment of "Greater Mississip-
pl' depends more upon this one
thing than any half dozen Others
There may be Of course other candi-
dates for this position in Yazoo City
that stand on this important subject
as does Mr.. Bates and no intention of
meddling in local affairs up there is
at all entertained but occasion is TAX
en- to endorse the stand taken by this
candidate and hold his example up
to the people of our whole country
as worthy of emulation.
1 Commissioner Hudson of Georgia
estimates that the crop in that state
has been cut off fully one-fourth in
the past three weeks and that a mi
lion and a half yield will be the max
imum. With the cotton estimate from
Texas, the largest producer, Georgia
| sometimes the second largest it would
seem that the crop this season will
| be pretty short. Mississippi has been
damaged some, but not in proportion
| to the estimate from these states
/ What we do gather ought to, and will
undoubtedly bring the upset price OF
fifteen cents or near to it.
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