The Tupelo journal., 1907-06-07

FlgLl dW az anu uue survey lot dnOtner
has been made. No city in the State
has made more progress than Hatties-
burg, ana so soon as the surrounding
territory is peopled and the lands made
to produce of the worlds needs, there
is eason to believe that it will grow
even faster still. That section Of the
State is especially adapted to trucking
as well as the production of all crops,
and all that is needed to make it bios
som as a rose is thousands of good
white people to bring the land into cul-
tivation.
DR.. E. E. Turner of Washington coun-
ty has an article in a recent issue of the
Leland Enterprise anent the working
of public roads hat was especially able
and to the point. The strongest feat
ures of DR.. Turner's article was. upon
the supervision of the roads and in get
ting a man without strings tied to him
to see that the work is done according
to contract or as the law directs. Work
ing by contract will not be satisfactory
at all if some man is selected commits
sioner who will not see that each con-
tractor is made to do his whole duty
and bring his section of road up to the
standard required. Think about this,
talk about it and then act.
McComb City is fighting any feeling
that might be akin to the blues on &C
count of ~unfavorable crop conditions,
and announces that buildings to the
amount of 300, 900 are to be commenced
during the present month. 1t looks
pretty good to see patriotic citizens
pushing all the time, and more especial
ly in the face of circumstances that
might discourage those who are in
clined to be timid. McComb is a good
city and affords the market for an i'm
mense amount of farm and garden
products. the bigger it grows, the bet
ter for the farmers in Pike county, and
it still grows.
A trucking company with a capital
stock of 800, 900 is t be organized at
Hattiesburg for che purpose of working
cut-over pine lands and doing a general
trucking and fruit business. The rail-
roads are said to have offered co-opera-
ton and the success of the project
should be assured. The lands in ques-
ton have already been proven adapted
to this class of farming, and in a few
mor years South Mississippi should
be shipping hundreds of cars of truck
per day. 1t means a great deal for the
State to see this vast area of land
brought into cultivation.
The hustling people of Yazoo county
will not be content with holding an or
binary county fair this fall, but propose
to hold the biggest and best county
fair in the State. They have commit
tees at work constantly, and the pros
poets are growing brighter day by day.
D.. Wollerstein, the popular manager,
is working overtime to get everything
in readiness for the event, and is well
pleased with the success attained.
1t should be a source of qualification
to Mississippians to know that the
States credit is excellent and 3 1-2 per
cen bonds sell at par, although the
money market is pretty tight just at
this time. There may be some differ
ence of opinion as to the reputation OF
some sixty years ago, but all are agreed
that the credit is good at this time.
A great howl is going from those who
have held the whip hand for years and
amassed immense fortunes at the ex
pense of the general public and the
bugaboo of hard times and financial
panics threatened have been worked
overtime. 1t is amusing to see the an
tics being cut by the people who are in
a condition to tide over just such times
as threatened, but are fearful of their
graft being cut off or lessened.
The Importance of one of the new
lumber plants being erected at Charles.
ton is shown when the statement is
made that $50 cottages for white work.
men alone are being built. Many OF
them are neat homes, and all are sup.
piled with electric lights and water.
T. E. Henry of Corinth is marketing
the second crop of strawberries for the
season. The first crop was not very
good but the prospects for the second
are said to be much better. Here i:
another evidence of what is in store fol-
those who make mississippi their home.
Impress 1t upon u young people
that Mississippi is the best State in the
Union and offers more to the man OF
woman who is willing to work. Fol
too many years have we furnished Of
u brain and Drawn for the peopline
of the States further west. Keep oul
young people in Mississippi and helT
them to reap the benefits of living il
our great commonwealth.
Write your experience in farming OF
stock raising for this department
Others would like to learn of YOU
success.
We need better roads in Mississippi
not so much for automobiles, but fol-
the plain, every day farm wagon haul
ing produce to market and bringing