The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-07


this he has only pity for the young
man who goes behind the counter ev-
cry week day in. the year oa a salary
Of from SO to $50 per week, and at the
end OF ten or fifteen wears finSis he
has aceumulateI nothing. except per-
haps a small cottage home which IN
many eases is the result of hard work
and the most economic efforts Of the
good wife. / now have in mind two
Young men, both boys upon the farm,
who attended the same school and had
about equal advantages. One went TO
u nearby town and entered the service
of mercantile firm The other re-
NAMED on the fann Today both of
them have gray hair. The clerk IS
still behind the counter with trembling
hands measuring off goods and tying up
packages, while he who remained on the
farm has every convenience OF our mod
has money in the banks, runs his own
automobile. and IS now at sixty a pict-
ure of health. As to the professions
we must have lawyers doctors, preach
ers ana teachers. but they are all de
pendent on the farmer, and their sue
cess and their Opportunities in Miss
issippi'' are contingent upon the devei-
opment of a large acreage of land IN
Mississippi
If l could reach the young ladies OF
Mississippi 7 wonld urge that if. a
young man should offer his hand in mar
riage, that before giving an affirma-
tive answer she should require
solemn promise from him that wether
a preacher or teacher, a pill peddler or
an expounder of Blackstone, he should
purchase 10 or. 80 or l60 acres of the
more than fifteen million acres of cul-
tivateble lands in Mississippi, and be
come, to a limited extent at least, a
producer. One more suggestion as to
why | think the Opportunities IN
mississippi are iniftmerable. capital
lsts,-aatlA manutae tuEe Fs--.ffom the laEg.
centers of tlade are inquiring about
New Orleans. New and modern blocks
are springing up in the business part
of the city. New smoke stacks are to
been in every direction. Swamps are
being drained and residences ore going
up in localities where even two years
ago it would have been considered i'm
possibi It now has population Of
100000 and is destined to have million
When the Panama canal is constructed
it will be the gateway through which
traffic of the Mississippi Valley will
pass to the markets of the Orient. 1t
has in the Mississippi river splendid
water connections with the sea 1t win
be the trade center and Southern termi-
nal of the deep water traffic. It has
unsurpassed railroad facilities. IT is on
~ 200 miles south of the central por-
ton OF Mississippi. and this marvel
lous development. that Is coming TO New
Orleans will enhance the value of ey-
cry acre Of land, stimulate every branch
of trade, increase the population Of ev-
cry town and city in Mississippi. and
contribute not a little to new and in
Vulnerable Opportunities in Mississ-
ippi'' Ia view of all this. let nae urge
every young man and every woman who
has saved money enough to make i
small payment on a SMALL piece OF Miss
issippi land. to do so an once
Thirty years ago, within mile of
where the writer now sits, Iowo lanls
could be bought for - to $40 per acre;
today it is from 500 to $3.50 per aera,
That was an Opportunity" and those
who improved it We're wise Similar
conditions now obtain in Mississippi
and the writer would be glad to know
that Mississippians IN large numbers
were purchasing and developing lands
adjacent to the Illinois Central and the
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroads.
Your state University, \. & NJ, Mil
saps and other colleges and seminaries
are all offering educational "Opportu-
mites in Mississippi worthy of your
sympthv aHI support. Indeed, from
every point of view we must on care
full Investigation conclude that Mississ-
ippi in its Golden Opportunities
compares favorably with any state
North or South. East or West.