Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1917 — Lives In the Sunny South. [ARTICLE]

Lives In the Sunny South.

Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Watson, son and daughter, of Pachuta, Miss., are here for a visit with relatives. Mrs. Watson is a daughter of Mrs. Moses Alter. Mr. Watson was for a number of years one of Rensselaer’s active young business men. He took a very active part in politics and during President Harrison’s administration he was offered a position in the pension department. He accepted this offer and for twenty years was in the employ of the government. He resigned this position a few years ago and bought a section of land near Puchuta, Miss. He is well pleased with his southern home and is able to raise each year crops very similar to those raised here, in addition he can raise cotton, which is very often a most valuable crop. A bale of cotton can be raised on an acre of ground. The cotton is worth about twenty-five cents a pound. . , The Watsons made the tnp here in their automobile. They came along leisurely and were a week on the road. They expect to start back Friday. They will stop for a while to visit Mr. Watson’s old friend, Thomas'Farden, who is now at West Lebanon, Ind. Saturday and Sunday will be spent in Lebanon and a reunion of the Watson relatives will be held there.' - • ... Mr. Watson is greatly pleased with his farm in Mississippi and says that there are a large number of northern farmers in that part of his state who are very prosperous.