The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-27

ing At out into streets and lots, stat
ing that city would grow up there
he spoke prophetically. He was q
Methodist preacher who carried the
Gospel to the frontier, and he was
evidently a man of strong intellect
and fine business Judgment He died
I'M 1919, but his land was surveyed
into lots In 1924, and dn 1895 the town
was Incorporated under the name of
1.-THE President and Selectmen of the
town of vicksburg," ana was known
as such urIil 1886 when the name
was changed to THE Mayor and Al
derman Of the city of Vicksburg'
which it still remains.
In ten years it had grown to be
a thriving business place OF some
5000 inhabitants. It's growth was
steady until the civil war broke out.
It's location being ON the Father of
waters, just below where the Yazoo
empties into into that great, rest
less stream, the Federals were quick
to see its stragetic value and deter
mined to make an efforts necessary
ito capture it which was done by the
overwhelming forces that an enemy
supplied with the two great essen
tials in war, men and money, could
bring to bear ON as brave defenders
&c tho ruoySId hoO oxcu. Ixy,rsurn Tho
seige was long and bloody one,
and while the Confederate forces
were compelled to surrender, the
1922 graves in the National Ce-
metery upon which nearly 100000
has been expended in monuments,
markers and drives attest the valor
and workmanship of Southern soldi-
ers. It's location as a business site
is as excellent from commercial
point of view, as it's value was
great in times of war and the steps
of it's enterprising citizens i'm placing
it's many advantages before the i'm
weston and home seeker will doubtless
build it up until it ranks among the
largest cities of the South.
Historic Vicksburg, from whose hun
dred hills can be seen the broad ex-
panse of fertile Louisiana lands
across the river, whose bountiful
crops add each year to the Hill City's
commercial prosperity, is the most
picturesque and beautiful city on the
banks of the Mississippi from it's
source in Itasca Lake to it's mouth,
where it's scarcely moving yellow
waters mingle with the blue of the
Mcxic Gulf. With two splendid rail-
road systems-the A. & v. railroad
bringing in the products of Eastern
factories and mines and from the
West, the grain and live stock, and
the Y. & M. ", whose Northern
branches reach throughout the great
North and West and bring in from
the South the sugar and fruits, give
splendid facilities for fast freight
ger accommodations. Her freight
rates are low because the river holds
the railroads in check and every bus
mess man knows that city is bless
ed when it enjoys the competition ON
transportation that the water route
always give to that of rail. A great
volume of business comes from the
beautiful Yazoo river country, that
extends considerable distance UP the
country, through other streams that
flow into that river.
Vicksburg's cotton trade is of in
mense proportions and it is clearly
to- be seen why it is so, for it's whole
sale and jobbing houses enjoy AN anr
nual trade of over SO 1000, 900 because
they know the merchants and planters
wants and keeps the merchandise
required, and when the f1eecy staple
is ready for the market no city mas
buyers who pay better prices for
cotton, with the result that it comes
there from Arkansas, Louisiana and
Mississippi in large quantities. AS
long staple cotton market, Vicks-
burg enjoys the distinction of hand
ling more than any other place now
generally recognized, even by would
be competitors.
I'M 1908 Vicksburg's cotton seed pro-
ducts, represented $1,000,O0O of bust
ness.
Her hardwood lumber business, and
wood working plants, including furni-
ture. sash, door, box and veneer fac
tories give employment to large
number of operatives and the bust
ness pulse is stimulated, as it always
is, when the money is paid out at
home ito turn the raw material into
finished articles.
Manufacturers would do well to in
xyxassfi gate Vicksbllrg'S TRANSFORMATION