The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
II was the writer's r~.:easure 70 spent

ing an extended tour of the cotton pro.
dueing section of the United States for
the purpose of meeting the producers,
learning conditions under which cotton
is made, consulting as to plans for>im-
provemcnt in handling, etc. 1t is graft
flying to know that so large a body of
representative men were induced to come
here, get down between the rows, meet
our people in a conference for the better
ment of conditions on borh sides and
suggest reforms that, if adopted, would
be worth many dollars to us as produc-
ers. To Mr.. NJ. V. Richards, land and
industrial agent of the Southern rail-
way, is due the credit for this vista
ton, it being re result of a campaign
IN his part extending over many years.
H first induced a half dozen to come,
then a somewhat larger number, with
the result that the present body in
cluded nearly n hundred from almost
every country spinning American cotton.
The Atlanta conference developed the
fact that the spinners are just as anxious
to get rid of the present method of buy
ing cotton through brokers as are the
producers to sell in that way, but they
are not willing to make any change
until they have positive assurance that
the new method will guarantee to them
the cotton as needed at an equitable
price. In conversation with the leaders
of the movement it developed that they
commend the plan of the Farmers Union
and Cotton Association to build ware
houses and handle through a central
clearing house, but do not endorse the
arbitrary fixing of a price on the staple.
Inere can be little doubt of the good
that will come from this meeting and
tour, and it is to be hoped that next
year even a larger number of spinners
will come to spend u few weeks with us.
BY far one Of the best and most in
structive exhibits at the State Fair
will be made by the great Agricultural
and Mechanical College. The regular
exhibit of handiwork from the various
departments will be supplemented this
year with a display of stock that cannot
be eXcelled anywhere. 1t will include
horses, cattle and hogs of the following
breeds: Haekneys, thoroughbreds, stand
ard breds, Clydesdales, short horns, Here
fords, Aberdeen Anguses, Berkshires,
Yorkshires, etc. This splendid exhibit,
coming as it does from this State edu-
cational school, will no doubt attract a
large amount of attention from the
thousands of visitors who will attend
the fair. 1t will be especially featured
and will make friends for the college
among q great many people who do not
have the opportunity of seeing the good
that is being done by Prof. Hardy and
his excellent corps of assistants.
It was the writer's pleasure to spend
a day recently on the Delta Experiment
Station at Stoneville, Washington oun
ty. Director Fox has everything in
splendid shape and his forthcoming bull
letin will contain much information of
an especially profitable nature to the
planters of the Delta. From the expert
ence already had it is evident that this
station should and will be worth thou
sands of dollars to that section of our
State.
Inc b~loodhounds belonging to W. c.
Taylor of Greenwood recently made a
splendid catch of criminals near Good
man. Although the trail was some
thing like twenty-four hours old when
the dogs were put on it, they carried It
in a splendid manner and landed their
man in Jail. B~loodhounds should be
kept in every county in the State, rs
much as a prevention of crime as for the
detection of it after committal.
There is considerable uneasiness in
actually found a Judgment in Mississippi,
but many believe that it will not prove
disastrous at all, forcing better cultural
methods and a more general diversified
eAOA vi IHN Nopo' "a any iotO ~ 10
-ere, and the people of the State are ex-
pected to handle it in an intelligent
manner.
Burns Best Poem.
1t is said that a boy was once asked
in the poets presence which of Burns
works he liked best. After taking
thought with himself for a little he de-
clarcd that he liked "The Cotter's Sat
urday Night" by far the best, sal
though" he added, it made me greet
(cry) when my father babe me read it
to my mither."
This statement seemed to impress
Burns, for presently he said to the lad,
"Wecl, my Gallant boy, it made me
greet, too, more than once when l was
writing it by my fathers fireside."
There is an old superstition that it
brings good luck to find a four-leafed
clover. The superstition is founded,
first, on the rarity of the specimen; but
chiefly on the fact that the four leaves
are arranged in the form of a cross.