The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-12
HOME SEEKERS EDITION.

The NEWS has had in preparation l
for the past six months a SPEVIAL {
HOMESEEKER'S EDITION and has
collected some very valuable material
regarding South Mississippi.
The usal special is entirely too
local in character and distribution 1t /,
is our purpose to handle this edition
along entirely different lines.
There exists in South Mississippi to.
day a condition that is to be consid. .
cred seriously, question of para
mount Importance to every railroad .
and business man.
Should every stick of timber in Mis- |
sissippi be cut in the next five years
where would the railroads, mills and
business men generally be? The tim
Der interests are rapidly gong-in the
course of the next five years scores
Of mills will be compelled to go out of
business. The only way to meet and
overcome this certain decrease in one
direction is to create business in an
other.
Inc way for us to overcome this
condition is to develop the agricultu-
al and industrial resources of the
state, we must have more farmers
and there's no reason why we should
not-the cut-over lands of South Mis-
slsslppi today present to the home
seeker and farmer the greatest values
in the entire country. We must get
energetic, thrifty farmers from the
North, South, East and West to come
down here and investigate, and finally.
settle.
But, before We can do this, we must
overcome certain prejudices and ig-
lorances of this country that exists
II the mind of the average citizen
outside Mississippi. The average man ,
broad believes Mississippi to be '
Wampy and unhealthy-we propose y
o prove it the healthest state in the q,
mon. The average man thinks that :,
he sole crop is cotton we will show ;,
y photos and articles by leading ag- ;,
lcultural authorities that corn, cane.
egetables, fruit Gncluding grapes and
ranges), tobacco, pecans and various
Their crops can be produced at low
cost and greater profit than in any
CT1tn-NAJifh
We will feature cane strongly. The
apartment of Agriculture at Wash
gton reports that more and better
me can be grown here than in Louis
ma. Ribbon cane syrup and our
othsome vans could be made TO
ED annually hundreds of thousands
dollars from lands now grown I'D pr
scrub oak and pine. Thousands Of al
e most energetic and intelligent ag- st
,ultualists are going to the irrigat- &C
sections, paying from $50 to $3.50 sa
+ acre for lands that are not adapt eli
to raising half as many products as We
South Mississippi Pine Lands that liz
n be had at prices ranging from So W
$40 per acre. M
This edition of the News will be so m;
nprehensive that it will tell the
neseeker everything that he may trs
'ire to know. There will be sta wi
lcs relative to rainfall, temperature thu
health. The social, educational fai
religious advantages will be fur an
he'd in detail. The different towns of
cities in South Mississippi will CIR
given special mention as we wish in
make this edition a text book, not are
one locality but for South Missis- an
1i. oo,
he character of the SOIL cost Of
airing, cost of cultivation as COM moi
ed to the heavier soils of other fou
.es, the varied character of its pro- raj
is and the amount possible to pro- goo
e, will be set forth in a convincing goo
lner. GOO
II of these things and more, prop TO
presented to the farmer who is a
satisfied with his present condi- er
in other states cannot fail to the
lse in them a strong desire to in: wa!
igate and with proper cooperation shll
ought to be able to bring hundreds ina
antilles here during the next year. VIII
e will have advertised in this edi- eau
thousands of acres of cut-over 10"
S, first cost cost of clearing cen
adaptability of each section, com
If method of distribution is one NOR
ness men will heartily endorse. A nous
sentative of the News will make user
extensive trip through Northern DER.
anna, Georgia, Carolinas and Ten
9e. visiting the county and district IN
whore the papers will be handed BEl
rmers. He will also visit western
York and PENNSYLVANIA and en-
or to interest the overcrowded
growers of that section. He
thoroughly canvass the truckers
isconsin and Michigan. He will
back through Western Kentucky Inc