The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-04-22

supp
t 1t is no doubt strange to you, that 70,
who are so vitality interested in the pro
per management of the road have so it'll
agency or knowledge Of the policy adopt
ed by the various Boards of Directors fo
its management 1t is strange indeed
that you who have paid out your money
or have obtained your stock by th,
"sweat of you brow should know SC
: little of your interest. One thing is Ger
tain, you have paid out your money il
vain you have performed your labor il
vain your stock is worthless, and all
your hopes are blasted. You fondly an
ticipated that your stock, ere this, would
be valuable; but in this you are deceiv.
ed. For all this there must have been
some cause. Have you been idly looking
on, or have you investigated your inter
est in the road? Have you agreed upon
any general plan upon which, by union
of interest and combination of effort,
you can enhance the value of yonr stock ?
you have not, it is high time you should
take some action. While it is true that
You are the real owners of the road and
have right to control its policy, still
you remain inactive and look on as if YOU
were disinterested. This is for want of
action on your part. True ii is, on the
eve of your annual elections you feel an
interest; but your votes are simply east
for some candidate already selected, and
you can simply boast of being the tool of
some party, organized, not by you, but
simply fitted up for your support. The
road is yours, but what do you know of
It's management Nothing. DO the com
pany keep you advised of what they are
doing No; you are left to find out the
best way You can. How many reports,
bylaws, or other public documents have
been forwarded to your post-oilice what
pains have the company taken to keep
you enlightened : How many of Won
who have paid out your money, have
been offered the offices connected with
the road p! Look up and down the line
and see who are growing "fat" from
your labor, and see if they are of you.-
| ask you, who should hold the Offices on
the road, those who own no stock, or
those who have built the road pro
pose we have convention of the stock
holders living and resident in this State,
vat 0hsloaay on the liss lMNeisasv NJ I.a.4s--
then and there to take some steps to assert
our rights, to which meeting we invite all
stockholders in the road, more particular
ly those who have paid out their money
or have contributed their labor for stock.
You are interested-will you assert Your
rights, is the question will YOU suffer
the offices and control of the road to be
in the hands of those who, perhaps, have
no interest in the stock; or if they hold |
stock, have been active in crying it down
that they might buy few shares-that
they might say we are Stockholders
The rule--the golden rule-for YOU is
this: set the great seal of your condem- |
nation on any man being director, agent
or officer of any description, in the road,
unless he be bona-fdc stakeholder,
always preferring those who paid for their
stock at par, if to be had next, those
who have bought it at the highest price.
1t is your duty to employ officers on the
road that will properly manage it. Meet
and recommend men of your choice. If
there is any part of honor OF profit in the
road, surely it belongs to you who have
lost your labor in its construction. Let
us meet and, in general council, we will
be mighty. We have already seen
enough to disgust us with the policy of
the company. We can have change
if we will but exercise little energy
Okolona is the place, and theifrst Mod
day in June the day. Let all attend;
let no stakeholder read Thu end throw it
idly by. Come, let us assert ofr rights
and we will prevail. Let no stockholder
say, | am too old-stock is worthless
cannot go to Okolona. True it is, yonl
may be old, but have you no bright eyed
boy, who has toiIed by your side in build
ing this great road Should he not en-
Joy season of rest, part of profit -
Come one, come all, we will try and make
room for your accommodation.
A STOCK HOLDER.
~ The debt of 100000, due the
State by the Mobile and Ohio Railroad,
las been extended by the Governor, in