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theA afor(Tedtoe.canhi*u lo iam and lt;wt-DurMm-pulmatle— ouri.Interesting Notes From South-East Mississippi.tirw-i *r.railed.mi-oratd : to led, the eensel-alloseUr til y ‘ atex^1-ppithein-tnthe’heuploralillaw*odas- toDg□dimtberaderiwCl-€•11IQatidArorsTA, Jan. 20, 1887. Editor Ci.ariox: The nearest point on the Gulf and Ship Island Road to Augusta will be Euon. which i* ju*t twelve miles from hero. I can't -ay yet whether this country is on a boom or not. A great many argue that it is, and Rome believe verystrongly the opposite. I believe, c»n-didly, that the railroad- will ruin the country a- a stock country, but of course it will be built up in auother war. The lumber will be brought more extensively into market, and tho-e of our fellow-citixen* who have been far-seeing and fortunate enough lo invest extensively in well timbered land* will be sure to reap a good harvest. The larger part of the land- in thi- and adjoining counties are owned by large syndicates, who are not domiciled here with OS. I have talked with a number of the representative* of ihlt;.se syndicate*, and they all * »y that they intend moving theif mill* down, in the near future. 1 -aw a letter, only a few days since, from a very exten-i ve lumber manufacturing company, now doing business in Chicago, who are contemplating a move down South, and who own no lands here, and are now proa-petting in this part of the State for a suitable location for their Urge mills. Here i* an opportunity for some of our large land owners to sell out their land- on a somewhat extensive scale. They wanted a location where they cou.d cut one hundred thousand feet per day for ten years. They w 11 be prepared to haul their logs for eight and ten miles if th-y can get their timber in a body of that Biz*.I look for a complete revolution in this country in a lew years, especially, if the Gulf and Ship I-land Rsilrrad and the .Mobile and harthw«*stern are built. There | has been Considerable immigration into this country in the last three years, but me new population has been principally in the small towns, and not much of a substantial nature in the country.We, in this portion of the Stale, have every confidence that the Gulf and Ship Island road will be built, and it will certainly be a great advantage to ibi* part of our Slate, and the trade and * capital that now goes out of our Stale, lo a considerable exu-ut, will be kept in it and go to building up a “Coast City’’ for our own State. It will not only be the cause of the building up of the counties through which it runs and iocreaae the value of real estate, but will bring untold wealth and capital from other of oar si-ter States.We have a flourishing school here, and a very fine school at Hattiesburg in this county, and altogether, we are looking“P-There is one thing that I notice in our country that is a great drawback to all countries, and that is the extravagance of the people. This, most unfortunately, is an accompaniment of all railroads, tod is a great cause of financial embarrassment and ruin.We have had some very severe weather here; several hard freezes—two good snows. I have fears that a majority of our oats are killed, which will entail verv heavy loss upon our farmers, and they are very little able to bear it after mo many isfortnoes.The log men are in very straightened circumstances, aa they have all their money SnvMed in the timbers, and have not been able to final any to the mills. They would be in eliii worse straits if they were not able to get some advances on their timbers.The stock men here are very much discouraged on account of the continued low pnoe of cattle. Very liuie cattle wen, •old out last summer, and the price keeps about the same for the last eight months.The poor fanner has a great many com* plaints to make, but has some things left to ooonola him. All who had any hogsTMaiandtraLLiki idui of t I voi and Ex-of g Diai pap« Our Jani**8edilidemSeriSi bri«Clder i affor of e^ exectnryI *|Tobicord(near
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The Clarion
Jackson, Mississippi, US
Wed, Jan 26, 1887
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