The Kemper herald., 1908-05-28

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Mississippians as rule are God
fearing and law-abiding. They do
not willfully infract the laws OF the
land and will not do it unless mis-
led by shrewd and Inscriptions par
ties. They love their homes and are
obedient to command of constituted
authority. 1t must ever remain
thus. The few disorders Of recent
years are but isolated instances and
should not be confounded with such
afafirs as noted in Kentucky, Hi
nois and other states. The rural
home is the hope of our state, and
any movement that will jeopardize
it's safety must be nipped in the bud.
1t is duty that every citizen owes
to his home, his family, his govern
ment and his God. Make Mississippi
the banner state for law and order
in the Union; where the humble home
of the man with forty acres Is as
safe as the millionaire in the city;
where the rural school fits the young
for the battles of life and church ia
cilities are accorded all.
The writer is not unnecessarily
alarmed at the prospects for lawless-
ness ana would not convey any such
impression. Our good state has been
exceptionally free from such in the
past, and this is written for the pur-
pose of emphasizing the Importance
of having it continue so. A word
now may be worth whole book at
some time in the future. The per-
petuity of our record for law and
order must be provided for, and the
God-fearing and home-loving people
of Mississippi will see that it is
done.
While the strenuous call is being
made for reduction in the cotton
acreage to prevent big crop and a
low price next fall, and the farmers
are being urged to plant more large
ly of the necessities that can be rais-
ed at home, it is pleasant to learn
Just what some people are actually
doing with other crops besides cot
ton and corn. Onr Mississippi lands
are capable of producing most liber-
ally of almost any crop grown In this
country, and the following from the
Laurel Chronicle is worthy Of repro
duction as an actual experience in the
piney woods:
~. M. Lindsey, live truck grow
er near Laurel, has done what many
another truck Grower can do, if he
will. Last week Mr.. Lindsey shipped
car load of lettuce and this week
he sent forward 427 bushels of select,
picked Irish potatoes, the product Of
three and one-half acres. These ship
| ments were to Cleveland, Ohio. Dur
ing this season, Mr.. Lindsey will ship
five more cars of potatoes and five
cars of other truck. Here is field
of activity and money making. Five
hundred more progressive truck grow
ers like J. NJ. Lindsey, located on and
intelligently tilling the lands con-
tiguous to Laurel, would make this
section blossom as the rose and our
fast growing city hum with business
activity. Jones county soil caanot
be excelled for fertility"
What Editor Noble says with re-
gard to the possibilities of the soil
in Jones county is applicable to the
larger part of the state. 1t can be
done and should be done, but VINO
will do itf South Mississippi needs
more than one hundred thousand
good white farmers to take her lands
and make them produce of the
worlds needs. We don't want unde-
sirable immigration and the next best
| thing is to stop emigration. If South
Mississippi had the one-hundred-
thousand white families that have
gone from Mississippi to Texas in
the past twenty years, there would be
a different tale to tell. How are we
to stop it By encouraging agricul-
ture, horticulture and stock raising
in our own state. Enterprising peo-
pie go where they are offered the
best opportunity Of doing well. Mis-
sissippi has paid too little attention
to her agricultural people in the past.
The last legislature made begin
ming that must be followed up ener-
getically. The corn clubs, agricul-
tural high schools, county depart
ments of agriculture, fairs and asso-
Citations will tend to keep our people
at home. The writer believes that a
well conducted fair in each Of the
counties of the state with a big state
fair to bring the season to close
would be worth millions of dollars
to the state annually. The states
that have drawn upon us for thous-
ands of our best people had these.
Make agricultural pursuits attrac-
tive and it will tend to keep Missis-
sippians in Mississippi, setting the
immigration problem.