Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-04
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| been taken IN May and June.
The statement was also made that
contract had been made by the Red
Snapper Sauce Company Of Centreville
with r. A. Boiling to grow 1870 acres
this year in pepper, tomatoes and
onions.
These two items say great deal for
Centreville and the adjacent territory in
Wilkinson and Amite counties With
cash markets for 50 much stuff a. home
and fast increasing shipping trade, di.
versifcation will soon be the rule there.
1t means a prosperous and happy com.
munity with conditions such that cotton
can be easily held for any price that
the supply warrants. ~ is becoming
more common in Mississippi year by
year and presages great good for tho
State in the future.
The Yazoo Herald report, number
of satisfactory yields OF cane syrup for
Iazoo county. r. c. Langford made 800
gallons; NJ, ]. Miner, 2S2 gallons; Alb.
ner Brown, 200 gallons; p. p. Curran,
100 gallons; X. S. Brown, 50 gallons,
and j. W. Castles, so gallons. The
statement is made that Mr.. Miner got
his 2S2 gallons from two.thirds of an
acre, or at a rate of 376 gallons per
acre. The others did almost as well.
The syrup crop is one of the best to
be grown in the State, and experience
Is convincing many of this fact year by
year. The campaign being made for
proper handling by the Department of
Agriculture and Commerce is producing
satisfactory results, and it is safe to
say that in n few more years the syrup
crop of Mississippi will be one of the
most important and profitable grown.
Congressman Adam Byrd has again
introduced bill in Congress seeking
additional appropriations for extending
the field for American cotton and cot.
ton manufactured goods in foreign coun.
tries. Our energetic representative de.
serves the commentator Of Mssis-
sippians, as well as all who live in the
great cotton belt OF the United States.
Money is lavishly expended in creating
I-arkets for other goods, and why not
for cottonG With created market for
every bale, the South is able to produce
there will be no necessity for calling
conferences to consider a reduction in
acreage, but every planter will be urged
to raise all the staple possible. Con-
gresham Byrd is doing good service
for the agricultural people of Missis-
sippi.
The teachers of Northeast Mississippi
met at Tupelo just before the holi-
| days and organized Scheolmasters'
| c'uk tbe rarrlec 4f ~ li,A rlAr nizsts.l
| IS to meet at stated intervals ..SJ con.
slider matters pertaining to the educa-
tional interests of that section. The
proposition is a good one and the re-
suits should be satisfactory. 1t is graft.
flying to see this interest taken by the
teachers who necessarily pay their own
expenses while attending the meetings.
An exchange of experiences is bound to
he worth a great deal to parties smi.
larly interested Mississippi needs many
more such organizations among her peo-
pie in all lines.
The man who accomplishes something
must necessarily do it against opposi.
tion from some source. The fact that
he is doing something induces some peo.
pie to knock on account of jealousy or
plain meanness. The best Endorsement
is often the opposition of class of
individuals.
The Lawrence County Press reports
that Mr. b. +. Polk made and sold
from II patch of cane syrup to the
amount of $500, besides forty gallons
that was not fit to use. The land meas.
ured s0x121 feet Besides, he banked
for planting between 1900 and 1000
stalks. How is this for yield of syrup
from Il small patch of caneH
The Mississippi legislature convencs in
regular session next Tuesday. The body
is composed almost of new men, but
of safe and sane citizens, and the feai
that strenuous and hurtful legislation
will pass is without foundation. This
prediction is made that the present body
! will show up well in comparison with
those OF former years.
The immigration to other States was
smaller this year than ever before, and
it is the duty of good citizens to sea
that it grows beautifully less from year
to year. We need our people right here
in Mississippi, and offer as much or
more to homeseekers than any State in
the Union.
4. d. Lowe, of Tallahatchie county,
recently killed five 11-plonths-old pigs
that dressed twelve hundred pounds of
meat II is safe to say that this meat
lid not cost MIR, Lowe over two or three
cents per pound, yet Mississippi is not
a hog State.
Tho Christmas holidays were fittingly
Observed in almost all Mississippi com.
4 h 5nties. There was less drunkenness
and isSdyism than ever before. Let's
make It be'tcr next year than ever.
II y
Let's double the number of fairs, colt
shows, corn clubs, home culture clubs,
etc, next year. II would mean a great
deal to the future prosperity of our
State in more ways thnn one.
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