The Starkville news., 1909-10-29
Mississippi
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Lexington taSI week, bringing tnelr 1ain-
lilies and loads of exhibits that would do
credit to the State Fair at jackson. As
is widely known, Holmes county took the
lead in the introduction of corn clubs,
and has maintained her place in the
front ever since. She lived up to her
reputation, and the exhibits excited
words of praise from the experts who
come for the occasion. 1t was supposed
to be Corn Club day, but as the day
wore on it assumed the look of county
fair.
Friday was corn club day for the
Yazoo county boys. There were 161 boys
in the original entry but several failed
to report. Commissioner II. E. Blakes-
lee and County Superintendent w. w.
Lockhard addressed the boys and reor-
ganized them for next year Forty
four entered for next year, but from the
interest that has been aroused there
probably will be 800 in the contest for
next year. Prof. J. R Ricks came down
from the A. & M. college to judge the
corn for the boys.
The first cotton ship of the season
cleared from Gulfport last Monday. This
will be followed by fleet of ten other
ships very soon. 1t is estimated that
this port will ship more cotton this sea-
son that the port of Mobile. Heretofore
the state of Mississippi has sent her
cotton to the neighboring states, Louisi-
ana and Alabama, to build up the ports
of New Orleans and Mobile, but now
with her own superb port she is turning
over new leaf and will ship her cotton
through her own port.
That the cotton crop is very short
around Lexington is shown by the com
press figures The receipts this year up
to the present time are 2,s35 bales as
against 1888 bales to this date last year.
These figures would indicate that Lexing-
ton will get but little over 10000 bales,
when 10000 bales are usually received
annually.
The Piney Woods Normal and Indus
trial Institute at Braxton opened its
doors to the public on last Thursday
morning. In every sort of vehicle, afoot
and horseback, negroes from every di-
rection began to arrive with the dawn or
day, and by 10 o'clock the campus pre-
sented a picturesque throng in varie-
gated colors such as is characteristic Of
the Southern negro.
Owing to the high price of flour num-
Der of farmers in the Wesson community
are going to plant a few acres in wheat
this year and try to make their own
flour. They are sure that some energetic
men will put in flour mill if sufficient
wheat is planted.
The regular September term of the
chancery court of Marion county was
pretermitted by Chancellor Wood, acting
upon the petition signed by the local bar
at that time, and special term of that
court is called to convene in Columbia
the second Monday in November.
The Mobile, jackson & Kansas City
road contemplates the building of an ex-
tension of it's line from Ellisville to
Collins, a distance of about eighteen
miles, passing through very fertile sec
tion of Jones and Covington counties.
Four thousand or more paid admissions
into the grounds of the Mississippi and
West Alabama Fair association at Co
lumbus, is the record for the closing day
of the most successful ninth annual fair
in the history of the organization.
Congressman Ben G. Humphreys, act
ing on the request of the board of super
visors of Washington county, has Sc
cured road expert from the office of
public roads of the department of agri-
culture, Washington, to confer with
County Road Commissioner c. r. Cock
and the public generally as to the best
methods of building roads in the Delta.
T. E. Bailey, of Walnut, takes the
blue ribbon on long staple cotton this
season. On IS acres planted in Allen
Hybrid cotton he has gathered fifty
bales, weighing 500 pounds each, at 25c
per pound, making a total of $6,250 or
$125 per bale This cotton will measure
1 SIS inches. This estimate does not in
clude the seed, which will sell for fancy
price.
Between 800 and 500 acres of wheat
will be planted in Monroe county. Near
iy every member of the Farmers Union,
which is very strong in the county, is
going to give this new industry trial.
If they are successful they expect to
double the acreage next year and re-
duce cotton growing as much as possi-
ble
County Commissioner of Agriculture
l.. A. Markham has arranged for series
of three farmers Institutes for Washing
ton county. A number of subjects will
be discussed and all of them of vital
concern to the planters of the Delta.
The sale of bonds to secure money for
the cutting of canal along the Yalo-
bousha river, in Calhoun county, has
been advertised by the commissioners of
the Yalobusha Swamp Land district No.
1. With this canal, it is expected to
reclaim $4,000 acres of land, at cost
of about $4,000.
The Confederate Veterans and Maben
chapter of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy gave public entertainment
at Maben, the occasion being in conn
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