The new South-news., 1908-05-16

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For nigh on to one hundred yean
the people Of Nissizsip9i have wrss-
tied with him.
This wrestling is the farmess'
eternal problem. How 70 make two
grains of corn grow where only one
vas wont to grow hsfore, and thus
to get the best Of Nanitou = bounty,
is the question that concerns hin a.
ways =
Last year Mississippi gathersd ap-
proximately forty million .bushp1s Of
corn from Nondamin - NJ
grain Of corn is =
only one grain coul
to each ear last Sc
would have been 13ur
thousand bushels. If b. III can
be increased this season only one
bushel per acre it will mean two mil
lion more bushels two thousand Ave
hundred ear loads making train
twenty miles long and worth . mil
lion and a half dollars.
This great corn movement in Mis-
sissippi portends great things. A bush
el Of corn may appear as small mat
ter, but in the aggregate it is one OF
the greatest Importance. Is not the
prize worth striving fort Mont as
suredly it is.
The State Teachers Association
met in Jackson two weeks since and
was well attended. The interest man
ifested was intense, going to show
that the teachers of Mississippi ara
in the. work for something more than
the meager salaries received. 1t was
an intelligent body Of men and la
dies, which fact was frequently com
mented upon by those not menbers
of the association. The officers had
spared no energy or pains to make
the meeting beneficial to this great
army of workers which plays such an
important part in the destiny Of our
state. From the time the gavel first
fell until the last official act had been
recorded, the attendance was all that
could be desired and = commendable
desire evidenced to gather everything
that would improve the efficiency Of
the work.
This bodies well for the future Of
our commonwealth. The teacher occu-
pies a most important position in the
training of the children of today, who
will be the men and women Of tomor-
row. In their hands lies more largely
the destiny Of the country than any
other. The standard il being contin-
ually raised. Mississippi's public
school system is already. th1n
for other states, and
! ID year ~ xeAr.
! spnnt and with b
| ton OF tne tux-pxy
An effort is being made to ~
an industry in Mississippi that pro
, ises to become Of the greatest impoll(
tance, The rivers and lakes Of the
state abound in mussel shells that
have a value il handled properly.
Some days since party of Ohio
, gentlemen came to Greenwood with a
, steam launch Of large size and the
: outfit necessary for fishing the shells.
A report by the secretary Of the Bus
mess League goes to show that these
!, shells are in the greatest abundance
in the waters Of Yaxoo river and the
{ frst efforts to gather them was re-
markably successful. One fault with
the Mississippi she'll for the manu-
4 ture of buttons is, that they are tint
!, ed with pink, but while this makes
them undesirable for buttons, it at
/. the same time makes them more val
n liable for other purposes. The writer
4 is acquainted with this business a.
- conducted at Black Rock, Arkansas
10 and has a number Of times during
the past six years called the atten'
ton Of our people to the possibilities
- Of the enterprise. Something alona
y :, this line was. attempted at Aberdeen
- some time ago, but nothing has beer
:. heard Of the effort lately. There i
:. no doubt but that the great quaint
~ ty Of shells in our state can be usee
=" to advantage if the proper means u
adopted for handling thazAna
a" Brookhavsn announces the .
'e ing Of plant capitalized At
900 for the purpose Of wa4ding AZ
n marketing the excellent gravel foun'
n in that section Of the state. The ot
ia gravel beds belonging to the I. =
railroad and 100 acres additional vi
OF be used for supply. With Z procss
he for washing gravel it i equal