The new South-news., 1908-08-01


BOARD 70 cone The boards shoril
assc their travelling expense paid tor
the trip by the county n necessary
TO get them TO this me~tinE. II
would be money well spent. The ex-
pstsence OF each county IN the state
aioux the lines q road building.
handling pxa,.rrs pensions. schools.
o1rts. and dozens os other matters
that have TO BE- attended to, could
ps given and otl.ers .~oht by their
so<c~ss. !, can. and Should. be mad.
-hs most important orHanisat tion In
the state Every board ia urrec 10
take thrs matter up in the regular
seasiops and discuss Il fully aud
freely. and then arrange To- have at
lcsst one member present II IL is
not possible for all TO attend. Let us
hope that At least 2so OF the Sse SUI
vervisors will answer 70 the roll OF
counties whom II Is called on the
morning OF October 2sth. next.
That We viii have large number
OF agricultural high schools eStab-
lishcd by the time the legislature
ccnv-nes again. there can bc no
doubt That these schools will be
cond ucted properly. goes without
saying. The people are Intensely In
tercstrd and are determined that
they shall be agricultural schools In
every sense OF the word. Up TO the
time this rs written. July 18th. eight
have been definitely located and a
number of ctheEs are almost ready
for the announcement. A letter just
received at the Department OF Agri-
culture from senator Simmons OF
Smith says that ono has Just been
located at Bezer In his county and
that he is $50 happy" lie has some
thing to be happy about These
schools definitely located at this
time are as follows:
No. sbee. .. Mashnlaviile.
pike. . D.. Walker 'sRridxe.
Pearl River. " . Poplarville.
Chickasaw. .. Bcuna Vista.
Jasper. ... ..... Bay springs.
Tishimingo. ...... .... luka.
smith, ...... s.s....s heSef.
newton. ....... Decatur.
More than thirty other counties
are agitating the question and IL Is
reasonable TO expect that dozen
vSll decide To have the school. II is
also possible that some that have or
Will be located. will not be built
l. A.. A.
LOOKS as If something like twenty
would be ready for the appropriation
when the legislature meets in Jan
uary 1910. This Will be far ahead
OF any other state in the south aud
II means that In the future Missis
sirpi will pay more attention &c
the development OF her agricultural
resources than any OF them. Thi'
Is we'll ours always has been al
agricultural state aud always viii
be- This Is the beginning of proc
teal agricultural education for tn
young men who VIII make the stat
Treat aud an era of agriculture
prosperity.
| ~ - tfhA'N roi VI IfRIiV' 'Ft''.
has already shipped c.oo0 pounds o
honey this season and viii approx
mately have $500 more pounds q
90 He Is one CT the largest be.
keepers In the state. The Depart
meut OF Agriculture Is already II
Possession OF the names of mor'
than 100 bee keepers In the stat
- att
inr. An ehort will pr made 10 or
sanize an association OF bee keeper
Oh November End, which will Re dur
ing the state Fair. allowing tho.
who attend to ge. advantage OF tn
half rate made by the railroads 70
the benefit OF the Fair. Replies re
ceived from large number OF rhos
written on the subject indicate tha
an interest can be worked up AN
thai such an ORGANIZATION can b
effected. II is proposed to have
program that viii he instructive an
entertaining. The exhibit OF hone
at the Fair this fall will be muc
, fore. Several special premiums wi
be announced In snort whlle an
other inducements offered
The road Improvement questlo
Was given decided boost by the 81
: pervkors iu their recent meeting a
> Jackson. The proposition for stat
aid was made in the last legisjativ
/ session In a bill introduced by Nj
> Johnston, OF Coahoma. but II wa
= not acted upon favorabIy. A res<
= lution introduced in the mectin
= and unanimously passed. memoria
. ized the Legislature TO appropria'
: $500 10 be supplemented by th
: counties and used In constrpctin
y an object lesson road" for the pni
I pose of educating the people as
p the benefits OF good roads and III
. methods 10 be employed Ia the
construction. This proposition Is =.
G excellent one and IL deserving OF n