The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-04-26
OF THE SOUTH
Only Good Land That Is Sold Cheap
Is Sold IN soutll---WiII Treble
in Value Later.


Since leaving Mississippi, nearly
six years ago. / have had the oppor-
tunity Of seeing a great deal of
country and Of meeting people
from every section of the Union
and from nearly every section OF
the world. / have seen the great
corn fields OF the Middle West, the
great wheat fields of the West, and
travelled across the wide plains
stretching from the rain belt to
the Rocky Mountains where thous-
ands of cattle roam. | have been
| in the fruit growing and irrigated
sections of the mountains, and
passed through the dry farming
sections Of which | had read So
much, but where | actually saw but
little farming.
After studying the situation care
fully, | am thoroughly convinced
that the Land Of Opportunities is
the South. All the choice land Of
the Middle West is worth from $50
to $3.50 per acre and in the irri.
gated and fruit sections still high
Ter. The only cheap land of real
value in the United States today il
IN the South. Commercial clubs.
real estate dealers and others have
boosted the West until all choice
land has scared too high and III
many places prices are now declin-
ing or on stand-stiII. The atten-l
tion of the North is turning to the
South, and you may rest assured,
as little as many of you think about
| it, you are letting your opportunity
to buy a good home at a small
price pass. The South is just now
recovering from the shock Of the
Civil War. the whole world has
confidence in her future and pros
perity is surely at her door.
Thousands of dollars are spent
annually by nearly every commune
ty in the West advertising their
particular section; but the best adj
yertisement of any section / have
ever seen is that of the Grenada,
Miss. Banks to help to buy land
near their respective locations on
such liberal terms. Commercial
clubs in all these towns ought to
place this advertisement widely in
Northern papers. They show the
financial ability of your banks and
country and the faith these men
have IN the country's future.
Allow me to prophesy little at
the risk of being criticized: a
generation from now cotton raising
will still be your Leading industry !,
for money crop. but not nearly SO
much as today. Your gullies will
mostly be a thing Of the past; your
rough lands will be in pasture, and
nice dairy cattle grazing there:
your smoother lands will be in
tensely farmed and producing twice
as much as now; rural school build
ings will be fewer but far superior
to what they are now, with graded
systems and two or more teachers
to school; the hum ana buzz Of
factories will be hearu in all your
central towns. because the raw
products will be manufactured at
home; not least of all there will be
your creameries which will be in
almost all your villages. Then
lyour choice land will be worth S1O0
per acre or even more.
i Don't take this for a mere
dream. If no wars or famines
come it is inevitable. for the
| Anglo-Saxon Of the South will rise
with the rest Of their race, and
these conditions are already being
REALIZED in most sections of the
agricultural world.
] w. M. JOHNSON.
| Aztec, New Mexico.