Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1917 — Buys Plantation of 710 Acres in Mississippi. [ARTICLE]

Buys Plantation of 710 Acres in Mississippi.

Leslie Clark, one of the publishers of The Republican, has closed the contract for the purchase of the Jackson plantation of 710 acres in Mississippi. This plantation is located three miles from Gloster, in Amite county, Miss. .It is one of the finest kept places in that section and is at present occupied by the owner and is in operation. The property consists of 500 acres of cleared land and 210 acres of fine timber. The improvements consist of a large eleven-room residehoe, blacksmith shop, four barns, store building, a grist mill which is in operation, six tenant houses, five wells, agricultural implements, 40 pecan trees and other fruit trees, with a fine running stream which is fed by-springe,-and- seven miles of fencing- . , As soon as possession can be secured, Mr. and 1 Mrs. Will Porter, of Hammond, and their son, Harve J. Robinson, and family, of Rensselaer, will move to the south and occupy the plantation as tenants, and will be expected to entertain their northern friends when visiting that country. The owner for the present will have to be content to take a vacation each winter on the plantation. . Mr. Clark is putting in on the deal his 160 acres of land in Walker township and his 17 acre farm adjoining Rensselaer. Several others from here are negotiating for farms in that section and several from this vicinity are intending to take the trip south to gee these lands.