The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-09
MISSISSIPPI NEWS
CULLINGS CLIPPED FROM
OVER the STATE.
GOV. vARDAMAN's ADDRESS
Before Farmers Union Was Favor
ably Received.

WAS u surprise Ill CHat III TcSullcu lii
the election Of Senator G. r. High
tower, of Lafayette, and the Thirty
second district, to the Office to sue
coed j. NJ. Bass. This means, if Mr..
Highower should accept the honor
conferred upon him, vacant seat III
the senate, which will have to be
filled shortly, though Mr.. Hightower
had not positively intimated his az
ceptance of the presidency, though il
is presumed he will.
The officers elected are: Presi-
dent, G. r. Hightower, of Pamela /;
Vice President, T. R. Palmer, If
Greenwood Springs; Secretary-Treas-
urer, g. w. Russell, Of Hazlehurst;
Chaplain, R. A. N. Wilson, of PIANO.
la; Doorkeeper, w. A. Haynes, Of
Rankin; Conductor, T. S. Rhodes, Of
Prentiss; Lecturer, H. w. Bradshaw,
of Mosely.
The candidates for president, in adj
dition, to Mr.. Hightower, were Pres
ident J. M. Mass, of Hazlehurst; r.
P. Walker, of Lauderdale; M. A.
Brown, Of Yazoo; H. w. Bradshaw
and w. H. Kolb. The members are
still discussing the able speech le-
livered by Governor Vardaman at the
open session.
In the course Of his address before
the State Convention Of the Farmers
Union Governor Vardaman gave ut
terance to thoughts and expressions
that, while not directly so stated,
might almost be considered as an
advance tip or forecast in part III
regard to certain recommendations
that may be found in his message
when it is read in the two houses Of
the Legislature next week. He would
not state directly that he would re,-
ommend as an advance step in the
fiscal policy Of the state the issuance
of low interest-bearing and longtime
bonds for the purpose Of helping in
the Perfecting of the roads system Of
the state and the better provision for
the rural schools, both as to equip
ment and length of term, but asserted
his firm conviction as to the necessi-
ty for such step in positive and
direct terms. He was not, he declar-
ed, there for the purpose of divulg-
ing in any way his message or any
of its contents, but he did not mind
laying his convictions on these i'm
portant, and to his mind most press
ing, needs of the wage-earning ana
wealth-producing masses of the state
before that assembly. He believed
such an issue the quickest and the
most economical way of securing the
revenue to bring about such results
as will build up the rural districts
and keep them on a parity with the
urban. 1t would pay the state of
Mississippi to float $5,000,OO0 in
bonds, if necessary at low rate of
interest, say not more than 3 -
per cent. to ran for fifty years, SO
firm is his faith in the future of The
state and the advancement Of its geu-
e,al conditions if such policy were
adopted, and to his mind the Legs
lature that meets next week could
take no better or su .cf step than give
serious thought alorg that same lin".
The road. the everyday dirt roads o1e
the state, over which the products Of
the soil reach the point to export to
the market points abroad, should be
the backbone and strengthening Of
the commonwealth, for as the roads
are, SO will sthe progress be; they
are the regulators Of freight and the
creators OF markets, and once estab-
lished they save to the producers
many times their value and cost.
Another reform that is needed, and
badly needed, is in the matter Of ru-
raj schools, and the people need ed
ucation along that line also, and the
Governor hoped that the Farmers ;
Union would watch the representa-
tives in the Legislature and keep af-
ter them until the average rural
school is maintained on parity with
the best Of the urban schools, and he
hoped that the men present, when
they return to their homes, would
treat their direct representatives in
the Legislature to good course Of
moral massage, and that the move
ment, the practical campaign of prac
tical education will be maintained
until all these reforms are attained.
Another change that he would ad-
vocate would be the repeal of section
206 Of the Constitution, a question
which, Of course, would have to be
submitted to the people by the Leg
islature who should have the last and
deciding vote on the subject. That
section specifies the manner in which
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