The new South-news., 1908-03-14

kcts for damage bv v.,,he. o..
people have attached f,r ~, ,,,.i.
Importance 10 ,hc pr,,,,,,,. ~ ,..,r
cotton. believing "a. .,,. "a ....
ment was good enough for II srt,he
consequence has heen. ,b,t go. A. M
loses from ten 10 thirty ,,r c.rs I,
damage Of .hi. character rb,se n.
well a, number Of other m,,tcr. Ia
the greatest aon,rn, ar, hnf,., .h,
bodies for ,inal action and /, 3. a. ho
sincerely hoped tha, she nerhsr. vii
stay until they have b.en ;r,,nl.srl
ly.aciei unon
Statistics rcceatlv campilcl In
Washington GO 10 show that Nissi..
sippi pays larger dividend on farm
Investments than any ether state Ia
tie south. yet hundreds cf thon.and.
Of our citizens have crnr ia o,ber
states within .he past dfte.n a. tnen.
~ years seeking lacatiors for homes
While il has been iarg,lY onr avn
fault. it Is q fact that Mixsfssipn, of.
fcrs more 10 The man Seckinrr +, ho,oe
than any state la the l-nisn Stay in
Mississippi
piversifcation Dav - That -
what President II,uhtoaer Of the I'm.
ion has asked ri Of ,hs locals IN
the state TO observe an saturday.
March 3lst. In narsor,l latte, a.
the writer ne saws that he has asked
the lrnieo Advocate s,,a all ,.;.,1i,
papers to mako the announcement, ,,,
urges upon all to i,in aud nsk. ,he
occasion ono Ia be reuen,h.,,oa Ana
the idea is unJouh.edlv an oxcellont
ono Snnnoss ,ba, ono hale =, ,A,,
20 900 membe,s ~ tina r-,;o, 4, NJ
s,ss,nn; ana 10, ,ho,sa,l ,,ho ar,
no, membe,s roo, On ia, IA, ans
carefully disenss aud consider ,bn al
yantayes of a;v.rs;ac.,;on wo,,la 1,
not be the creates, ,ar,,o,s, ;,.,;-
,ute aver heiJ IN ,ho ff,;,.1 State
II woulJ than ,o,,s a., !, .,l -. :,
A half-hearted way either /, i s,s'
gested that dinner be prepared and
served in picnic style. and all. be
they members of the Union or not,
be invited and urged to attend. The
discussion of every question pertain
ing to dlversiIication farming is sug-
gested, and it IT expected that all who
so desire give their views and the re-
suit OF past experience. The crops
best suited to the soil of communities
where the meetings are being held.
fertilizers, rotation, live stock. roads,
marketing and holding for miui-
mum price as well as dozens OF other
matters OF Importance to our people.
rms is a capital idea and President
Hightower Is to be congratulated
upon ms foresight. Our people IN
mississippi do TOO iiitle fthis KIND
Oh WORK. ihey get together too little
lor the exchange ol experiences and
connsei WIN each oihcr as mas been
said dozens OF times IN tnis depart
ment. II is to be hoped that the To-
cal lnlqn III orcr the state wi, 49, ..
- this suggestion kindly ana vcs,n
preparations right no. 10 mokr ssDi.
versifcation Day. the creotes, os IT.
kind ever seen in The country. I, can
be done if the msmbers will make nm
effort. OF course local sneakers viii
be relied upon principaIly. there be-
ing only few Of the lecturers 70 |
divide between the 800 local. but
this need not deter one whit from
the profitable carving ont of tho
plan.
II is also sugce,.cd in the ncrxonal
letter referred to, that particular
stress be laid upon the evils growing
out Of the prevalent credit system in
our state. That the members be arg
ed to do all in their power to dicour-
age the system wherever possible, and