The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-03-25
Does the Figure Fit Aberdeen?

The property owners OF a towr
reckon we'll when they found estate
values in enterprises that attrac
business. Business draws popula
ton, and population makes cities
Like great trees, cities must have
feeders that reach out in every di-
rection and appropriate the ele-
ments that contribute to growth
Also, like trees, they must have the
| life to send out these feeders and
gather the material necessary for
their existence and growth. Dead
trees do not take from the soil that
which makes their live neighbors
| flourish. No matter how fertile
the ground, If the tree is dead it
will not grow. Cities. also, must
have life to send out feeders and
draw to them the trade, factories,
and enterprises necessary to their
growth. Dead cities do not reap
from environment. the riches of
trade, and other elements that
would bless them with life. No
matter how rich the field of trade
or enterprise, they. like dead trees,
do not reach out, and do not grow.
Their live neighbors flourish with
equal or less advantageous environ
ments, but dead trees and dead
towns stand gloomful monuments
to decay.
Shall we preach their funeral?
No. Rather would we preach the
doctrine of resurrection and of life
especially in the case of the dead
towns.
The simile has been drawn in
this article to invite our business
people to ponder if the figure fits
US?
Here is our BEAUTIFUL home town,
A berdeen, EN- braced by one of the |
richest trade districts of the State;
blessed by advantages of climate,
water, health; golden field for
the establishment of factories; a
site upon which a great city might
be builded, inert and ignoring the
almost thrust upon it opportunity
to become metropolis. Like the
dead tree, it sends no feeders to
gather life, nourishment. or growth.
No trolley lines reach out from 1t
to reap the treasure of trade that
it; no organized effort to
make evident to capital that here
lies a rich field for investment. |
All is quiet along the Tombigbee.
and Aberdeen appears satisfied in
its restful sleep. Not so. The spir-
it of enterprise is strong in our peo-
pie. They bide the opportunity,
and will improve it, when the plan
is certain.
Here is the plan build troll
ley lines. Begin with one, and
them until they ramify |
every section that would center
and business here.
There are traction companies that
seek investment in building such
lines where the conditions are at
tractive. Why not invite investment |
Of some of some of this capital to
develop our county. and to build |
q greater Aberdeen? Other towns
are doing it. why not we?
The Weekly believes that the
people of Aberdeen, Wren, Smith
vile and all living along route |
that would start here. and pass
through those towns, thence traverse |
Bull Mountain Valley, DETECTING |
up "Jims Greek in Itawam ba coun-
" should get together on this prop- |
and take definite steps to |
have the line built. Nothing
would add more to the growth and |
business of Aberdeen, nor prove of
greater value to the towns and ter
itory through which the line would
pass.
Let our business people get to-
gether and discuss the suggestion.
Other towns are adopting it-whJ
not we?