The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-18
A member of the last legislature

h4 IL CARiOfLiuE
of Mississippi syrup and the publicity
given it had damaged the trade on glu-
cose compounds many times that
amount. Good! That is a compliment
highly appreciated. Tire work has just
begun. The people win be further edu-
Gated regarding the use of compounds
and made to know that right here in
Mississippi we produce the best syrup
in the world and that it can be put up
Tor the general market absolutely pure
and without c~ompounding. We must
create a market for every gallon Of
syrup that our state can produce ut a
fair price. F~orty-ive thousand gallons
was put up last year and all sold; 150,.
900 gallons will be put up this year and
1t is the purpose of this department to
cooperate with the producer and as
sist IN creating a demand that will take
every gallon at fair prices. This is one
of the things the department is doing
that is of benefit to the people Of the
State, and there are others.
Despite the loud and long protesta-
tions that anti-coropration sentiment
would prevent the further building of
railroads throughout the country, it
would seem that Mississippi is still
building lines and doing business at the
same old stand. The newest road that
seems assured is known as the Memphis
and Pensacola, entering the state near
Columbus and running in a northwestern
ly direction to Memphis. Columbus re-
Gently voted $4,000 in bonds for right
of way and terminal facilities and Ok
olona is billed to vote on $4,000 for
the same purpose the last Of the month.
This line viii pass through a heavily
timbered section of country susceptible
to agricultural development after the
timber has been removed.
A stalk of cotton was grown on the
farm of j. W. liner i'll Pontotoc coun-
ty that contained 200 we'll developed
bolls, ninety of which would no doubt
weigh a pound. Pretty good cotton, in
deed. An acre of cotton like this,
checked three feet each way with one
stalk to the hill, would contain 1900
stalks. Counting 200 bolls to the stalk
it would give a grand total of 100000
bolls. Then if 100 bolls would weigh a
pound we would have $500 pounds of
seed cotton or six and over bales. The
possibilities are much greater generally
than the realization, but they are there
Just the anne. Work less land and raise
more cotton.
A company for the manufacture of
boxes, crates, etc, TO. the use of fruit
and truck shippers, is being organized
at Centreville and the charter will be
published in a short time. This is a
correct move on the part of the enter
prising citizens of that community. Cen
treville is fast becoming a trucking
center, and there is every reason why
the crates for handling it should be
made at home. This spirit of doing
things ourselves and not dividing prof
its with outsiders is fast growing in
Mississippi and means a great deal in
the way of future prosperity.
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W. Y. Huff of Giano, Simpson county.
writes that the Simpson County Lumber
Company has donated three large trees
on it's lands, two pine and one poplar,
for the purpose of assisting the work of
improving the roads so that a large trac.
tion engine used by the company for
hauling logs can be run over the roads
successfully. This is a eommendable
move on the part of this concern and is
worthy of emulation by others. The
traction engines with their broad tires
and great weight should tend to i'm
prove the roads, acting much in the ca
pacity of a roller, and the fact that the
bridges are made better by the company
is worth something in itself.
The demonstration of burning buck
shot land for road building in Washing
ton county will no doubt prove of value
to the people of that section. The buck
shot road is a hard proposition to ham
ule, but it has been demonstrated time
and again that burning solves the prob
lem effectually. 1t is rather expensive,
costing from $3.50 to $4,000 per mile,
as determined by local conditions, but
the burned road is fixed for a long time
to come if given ordinary attention.
The fairs are reporting good attend.
ance this year and increased interest.
This is gratifying indeed. Mississippi
should prove the banner fair state, and
with the interest being shown, will I'm
doubtedly take that place in a very few
years more. They are the best invest
ment a community can make in more
ways than one.
If you have something good, write the
editor of this department about it. 70,
have no right to keep it all to yourself
Good reports come from the canning
factory built at Kosciusko this year
and it is sincerely hoped that the pre-
ject viii prove a successful one. Can
ming factories have not proven a COCO
thing here in the past, but there may
be better times ahead for them.