The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-18


in the mind of the average citizen
outside Mississippi. The average man
abroad believes Mississippi to be
swampy and unhealthy-we propose
to prove it the healthiest state in the
! Union. The average nan thinks that
the sole crop is cotton, we will show
by photos and articles by leading ag.
ricultural authorities that corn, cane,
vegetables fruit (including grapes and
oranges), tobacco, pecans and various
other crops can be produced at low
er cost and greater profit than in any
other state-with no exceptions.
We will feature cane strongly. The
| Department of Agriculture at Wash
ington reports that more and better
cane can be grown here than in Louis
lana. Ribbon cane syrup and our
| toothsome vans could be made to
yield annually hundreds of thousands
of dollars from lands now grown up
in scrub oak and pine. Thousands of
the most energetic and intelligent az
riculturists are going to the irrigat-
ed sections, paying from $50 to $3.50
per acre for lands that are not adapt
ed to raising half as many products as
our South Mississippi Pine Lands that
can be had at prices ranging from s.
to 500 per acre.
This edition of the News will be so
comprehensive that it will tell the
homeseeker everything that he may
desire to know. There will be sta
tistics relative to rainfall, temperature
and health. The social educational
and religious advantages will be fur
nished in detail. The different towns
and cities in South Mississippi will
be given special mention as we wish
to make this edition a text book, not
,or one locality but for South Missis-
sippi.
The character of the soil, cost of
clearing, cost of cultivation as COM
Jared to the heavier soils of other
states, the varied character of its pro-
Iucts and the amount possible to pro-
luce, will be set forth in a convincing
manner.
All of these things and more, prop
rly presented to the farmer who is
ot satisfied with his present condi-
ion in other states cannot fail to
rouse in them a strong desire to in
estigate and with proper cooperation
re ought to be able to bring hundreds
f families here during the next year.
We will have advertised in this edi-
ion thousands of acres of cut-over
ends, first cost, cost of clearing
nd adaptability of each section.
Our method of distribution is one
usiness men will heartily endorse. A
of the News will make
n extensive trip through Northern
labama, Georgia, Carolinas and Ten
essee, visiting the county and district Z
lirs, where the papers vii be handed
} farmers. He will also visit western c
ew York and Pennsylvania and en- q
9avor to interest the overcrowded [
'ape-growers of that section. He
i'll thoroughly canvass the truckers
Wisconsin and Michigan. He will "
me back through Western Kentucky v
Id Tennessee and cover the tobacco .
rritory where the planters are dis II
tisfied {
Commanding the most enviable po- :,
ton on the map of the United :.
ates, relative to the Panama Canal,
'uth Mississippi products of every !
aracter will always be worth the
arket price elsewhere plus The
eight to the shipping point. -
The meeting of the Commercial Club ;,
The meeting of the CommercialCluh >,
the Auditorium tonight, promises h.
be very interesting for several rea. ..
MS. One is that the club has lots ~
work to do and the members are
ting much interest and there is @;
ling that there are good opportuni. Fl
s to occamplish something for Hat
sburg. The rate question is one p,
1t will not down, but inasmuch as n
improvement of Leaf river seems v
ured now, there is a feeling on the de
t of some of the members that we W
get the rates we want the quick hi
by getting the river improved.
viewer that may be, there is still III
essity of keeping up the work of nj,
tecting Hattiesburg in every way II,
sible in the matter of rail rates In