The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05

recently delivered an address Al
Mozingo's Mill and touched upon the
subject OF road improvement in the
following strong and sensible man
/ ner:
Nov, you well know our public
road system could be improved by
the contract system, and by the ap-
plying OF the labor of county convicts
to them, but when we come to look
into this we find that there would
not be sufficient funds from the per
capita tax of those subject to road
duty to pay for this work, so I would
suggest as a remedy to supply the
deficiency that we levy a one-mill
tax on real estate placing a part of
the burden of maintaining the pub
lie roads on the nonresident land
holders, and I favor the establishment
OF state road commission and the
issuance Of bonds by the state to
build state highways along the
township and range lines, these roads
to be graded, twenty feet wide and
straight. Now of course this looks
like a big thing, and really it is n
big thing, but it can be done and
eventually will be done, and the
sooner it is done the better for our
country. When once these roads are
built, farming industries will multi
ply by leaps and bounds, and after
all is said and done, it seems to be !
fact that won't down. That the soil
is about the only thing that is to re-
main with US that can be turned over
from year to year to yield a revenue
so 1t seems that it is to the farm and
the farmer that we must look for the
maintenance and increase of our COM
mercial prosperity, and the farmer
can never attain his full measure Of
prosperity until the roads of the
county have been put in first class
condition and made as nearly straight
as it is possible to make them.'
The great Mississippi cotton crop
is moving. The first bale this year
was raised by J. c. Lindsey of Hol-
mes county and sold upon the streets
of Lexington in August for Is IL
cents per pound. 1t was Immediately
expressed to Memphis and there
placed upon sale to the highest bid
der as per the usual custom and
brought 40 cents per pound. The
producer received barrel of -four
as a premium besides the purchase
price named. Other bales followed
in quick succession. until half the
counties had gone through with at
tendant first bale excitement. The
crop is not good as a general thing,
either in Mississippi or the south, and
there is no reason why single bale
of middling should sell for less than
IL cents. The spectators may ham,
mer it below that figure but it is we'll
worth IL cents in the face of present
indications of yield
The last Of the great political bat
tie has gone by and the people Of
Mississippi can now turn their atten-
ton to other matters. In the last
few months nothing else could be
talked of, but the lull now follows
the storm. How about that plan of
lettering road conditions in your
county9 Why not take the matter
up again and get the people inter-
ested and try to work out an econom-
ical and effective solution of the prob
lem9 Begin today taking up COM
petitive corn growing contest among
the school children Of the county for
next year. Arrange for cooperation
in the placing of cane syrup on the
market and a dozen other things that
are sadly needed in our great state.
Think about these suggestions and
after elaboration, don It fail to take
action of some kind.
The Crystal Springs Meteor gives
the following as general summary
Of the trucking business Of that point
for the present season as compared
with the business for last year:
"The movement last year totaled
725. cars this year the total runs up
to BIG cars-a gain of 81 cars over
last year. The tomato movement last
year footed up 426,479 crates, this
year the movement foots up 432, 476
crates-a gain Of 5,996 crates, or six
cars over last year. During the
month of June, 1906, SO cars were
forwarded; June, 1907, 453 vars were
forwarded and from this fact we in
fer that cars gained this yea are to
be credited to the phenomenal cab
bage crop. At an early date we will
attempt to approximate the value Of
the shipments to the community, hav-
ing an accurate package data to base