The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1910-12-09
YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EARLY BUY FROM MERCHANTS PCACOWA FEMY

ncafness ~ the npen ses NJ cumrnfcd
with other pofts. and later. M the
Fanama cansl "A HnIshed see tho
commerce ~ tho wnfa flowing
through ". and the Port NJ raseas
soula getting Its fuIi share. abd bc.
cause ~ lts advantages that will De a
biz share. see the rnlted States
governments, because ~ tlicse thlbqs,
and because the work here ia 90
permanent, constantly deepening the
channel 90 meet the demands of com.
tpefce uutil we havc 10 feet from Moss
Point out across Horn Island bar
BOOSTERS ARE BUSY.
! see the pascagoiIa Commercial
Club, with Its splendid membership
doing lts full duty In all the work
which lays before us. | see the
Knockers get ashamed OF themselves
and Join hands with the Boos tors. and
l see no contention In the ranks, ex.
cept that noble contention or rather
emulation OF who can best work and
best agree.
| am the son OF a farmer, and was
raised on farm. Some rs or 20 years
ago my father began to get tired OF
the extreme cold OF the Canadian
winters, like so many Others have
done 10 recent years, and be wrote to
the gentleman who was for many
years my boss afterwards, asking his
opinion about the chances for success
ful farming 10 the south. The reply
was, "If you care to come south /
will give you deed to 1000 acres OF
cut'over pine lands, aud then guar
antee you will starve to death on it.n
Nor was he alone 10 this opinion about
that time, as these lands we're gen.
orally not considered worth two
bits" an acre. In these days we have
found that these same lands are
capable OF producing 10 many cases
three or four times the: value per acre,
Of the wheat field OF the north and
northwest l hope therefore shall
prove better prophet, when | see 10
the near future the cut.over pine
lands OF Jackson county and OF Miss
issippi, being made to blossom as the
rose; when l see the cattle and sheen
and hogs on the hills and in the cane
breaks, rivalling 10 numbers the
buffalo on the plains In bygone days,
and when l see our farmers each
raising his own tbog and hominy,"
and the north and east and west pay
ing tribute to us in the future as we
have paid tribute to them In the
past.
| see my friend, Frank Lewis, con-
tinue to take the first prize at the
State fair for jackson county. | see
this exhibit get bigger and better
each year, and the people OF the
county taking more and more interest
In same, and then 10 1916 at the
Worlds Panama Exposition In New
Orleans, see him again win highest
honors for Jackson countyor the Port
OF Pascagoula.
FOR GOOD ROADS.
/ have always been believer In and
an advocate Of good roads. ! have
appeared before our own board of
supervisors more than once advocat.
Ing these, and by appointment from
them have been before the board OF
revenue commissioners OF Mobile
county, 10 the interest OF the road
between here and Mobile, only to Hnd
them more ready for II than We we're
Argument as to the advantages ol
good roads are unnecessary before
this audience. / see 10 the neal
future the work now being planned
BY our board Of supervisors and th'
municipalities OF PascagouIa ant
Moss Point, for a shell road from tn,
Beach to Moss Point carried out, ant
then even as a new piano 10 the parlol
calls for other pieces Of furniture II
match, until IL Is finely furnished.
see this road calling for others unit
Jackson county stands at the head o
the counties OF the state. / see bel
farmers, because Of these good roads
enabled to market their produc'
cheaper than others, and ! see 10 thi
another inducement for more farmer
TO come here.
/ wonder II anyone here thinks
arm too optimistic, that the picture Il
overdrawn. l wonder II there ar,
some little hammers at work. I won
der II some OF you have been saying +,
yourselves, 1.-THE timber will 5000 b
exhausted and then the end" II %
l believe you will change your min'
on this before the next speaker get
through, but want 10 conclusion &
impress this thought upon y0u--tha
whether things are TO be as l hsv
seen them, or not. depends upon you
Let no one think bis individual w0r
will not count, but let each one X
solve To do his full share. ! will cur
Tess to you, just between ourselves
that the men who listen TO lne tonigh
can make the future Of the Port 4
PascagouIa very different from whs
/ have pictured It; they can fold theI
hands aod see the procession 90 b!
nothing more need they do. On tn
other hand, they can work shoulds
u shoulder TO accomplish the thi0s
I have seen 10 my vision; aye, eve
. lccntInued on Fourth Psse.)