Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 293, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1919 — Farms Are Electrified. [ARTICLE]

Farms Are Electrified.

An innovation in Mississippi farm life is occurring in Pike county in the way of lighting farm bouses and build* ings by electricity. Several farmers from other parts of the country have purchased farms and moved to Pike county during the past few weeks. These people are now contracting with the city of West Point for electricity on a 20-mile circuit running east and north, and after this circuit is erected they will have city advantages. This is truly an innovation for Mississippi, if not for the south, to have an entire farming section electrically lighted and entirely linked with macadam roads. ’ <;