The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-03

PiNe. Inc caDDage were grown on
land from which a crop Of tomatoes had
been taken in May and June.
Ihe statement was also made that q
contract had been made by the Red
Snapper Sauce Company of Centreville
with K. A. Boiling to grow 100 acres
tins year in pepper, tomatoes and
onions.
These two items say a great deal for
Centreville and the adjacent territory in
Wilkinson and Amite counties. With
cash markets for so much stuff at home
ana a fast increasing shipping trade, di-
versiiication will soon be the rule there.
IL means a prosperous and happy COM
munity with conditions such that cotton
can be easily held for any price that
the supply warrants. Such is becoming
more common in Mississippi year by
year and presages great good for the
State in the future.
The Yazoo Herald reports a number
OF satisfactory yields of cane syrup for
lazoo county. R. c.. Langford made 800
gallons; NJ. j. Miner, 2s2 gallons; Alb
ner Brown, 200 gallons; p. p. Curran,
100 gallons; R. S. Brown, so 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 a few more years the syrup
crop of Mississippi will be one of the
most important and profitable grown.
Congressman Adam Byrd has again
introduced a 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 Missis-
sippians, as well as all who live in the
great cotton belt of the United States.
Money is lavishly expended in creating
markets for other goods, and why not
for cotton? With a 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 a Schoolmasters'
Club, the purpose of which organization
is to meet at stated intervals and con-
slider matters pertaining to the educa-
ti~nal 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
be worth a great deal to parties SINH
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-
ton from some source. The fact that
he is doing something induces some PEG.
plain meanness. The best Endorsement
is often the opposition of a class of
individuals.
The Lawrence County Press reports
that Mr.. B. +. Polk made and sold
from a patch of cane syrup to the
amount of 5000, besides forty gallons
that was not fit to use. The land meas
ured S9x121 feet. Besides, he banked
for planting between 1900 and 1000
stalks. How is this for a yield of syrup
from a small patch of cane?
The Mississippi legislature convenes in
regular session next Tuesday. The body
is composed almost of new men, but
of safe and sane citizens, and the fear
that strenuous and hurtful legislation
will pass is without foundation. The
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 see
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.
e. D. Lowe, of Tallahatchie county,
recently killed five 11-months-old pigs
that dressed twelve hundred pounds of
meat. 1t is safe to say that this meat
did not cost Mr.. Lowe over two or three
cents per pound, yet Mississippi is not
a hog State.
The Christmas holidays were fittingly
observed in almost all Mississippi com.
munities. There was less drunkenness
and rowdyism thar ever before. Let's