The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-06-13
Although iahoring Under the most


several weeks, continuous rains, rum
ing the crops, cool weather retardings
plant growth etc.; the good people Oh
Mississippi have retained a reasona-
bly cheerful view of the situation and
lived continually iii the hope that
the clouds would cluear the next day
and all would be well: Some eontin-
ued to work portion of the TIME
despite the weather, and gave forth
few words Of complaint. And rlght
here. occasion is taken to remark that
our people are not given to complain
ing to any extent, but generally have
cheerful faces and make the best OF
things. Optimism prevails throughout
the state and kickers and chrome
kickers are becoming few and faf
between. 1t is generally conceded that
man gets out Of life what he needs
and is entitled to, and that there Is
little use to complain OF that over
which he has no control. Several have
brought forward the fact that equal
" as bad or worse conditions prevail
ed at times in the past and that the
country lived and prospered IN spite
of these drawbacks, and IT it has
done so once it is possible again.
The Clarksdale Register notes that
a cabbage raised by the Aston Land
Company, of Coahoma county that
was three feet and six inches IN diam
eter and would make fair load 1or
an ordinary one-horse wagon. 1t was
sent to the reunion at Richmond to
show the assembled thousands there
what Mississippi could do in the veg
etable line while not half trying. The
fact is fast coming to the front that
tbe Delta can raise anything produc,'
ed at other points in the State, straw
berries and truck of every charac-
ter, hay crops of all kinds and meat
at less than three cents per pound.
Diversifcation is doing a great deal
for that rich section OF our great
state and in the very near future we
may expect to see it coming into lts
own as one of the most desirable
places in which to make home that
is to be found anywhere in the whole
Union.
This is the year when the seven-
year locusts come from their long pc
riod OF confinement in mother earth
Prof. Herrick Of the A. & M. Col
lege says that there is no need Tor
alarm at their presence and that they
will soon go away after laying eggs
which make small larvae that then
goes into the ground to appear IN
thirteen years and so on. Mississippi
has never suffered from invaslons OF
vast hordes Of locusts as have some
of the Western States and there IS
no need for alarm at this time.
Jack Cox, a farmer living near
County Line, Copiah county, is not
troubled by the scarcity of cotton
seed as far as one fve-acre field IS
concerned. He has a good stand that
came from the stubble left over from
the. crop of last year. This is uncom-
mon but not entirely unknown, be-
ing one of the results OF an exceed
ingly mild winter.
Bolivar county reports to the Com
missioner Of Agriculture and Com
merce that 291, ,464 pounds of meat
was Killed last winter, which IS not
such bad showing for county
where little attention has been paid
TO hogs in the past. 1t is safe to say
that it will only be two or three years
until twice that amount will be re-
ported. Prof. Cox is demonstrating
at the Stoneville Experiment Station
that meat can be produced for three
cents per pound, and this fact should
induce the Delta people to give this
important mrtter increased. attention
in the future. Lafayette reports l.
3O,315 pounds killed, which is an
excellent showing for that good coun-
ty in the hill section Of the state.
A vessel was recently loaded in the
Pascagoula harbor that had a capac.
ity Of 100000 superficial feet OF
lumber. This was an enormous cargo
when viewed from all directions.
Counting 10000 feet as car load
this vessel carried as much as 20a
cars could haul Estimating an ordi-
nary freight train at twenty loaded
cars, this was fourteen such trains
and three cars to spare. If the length
of a car together with the coupling
is 8 feet, it would take train 1O,l8S
feet long, or almost two miles. Take
it all in all, that was pretty fair
Load Of lumber.
A custom not heretofore in general
use, the celebration of July 4th, in
Mississippi, will be taken up pretty
generally this year. A number OF
towns and communities are now ar
ranging for celebrations for that day
and it is likely that at least twenty
places will celebrate this year.
The presidential policy of aiding the
National Guard Of the various states
was announced.
The Retail Grocens' Association OF
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