The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04
No. 10.

make the best citizens, inside or
outside of a town. AS to the
best methods of accomplishing
these things, l am free to say |
do not know. but it can be done
and l think it is the first and
most important thing to be done
to help build up our town, for
this building will be on a solid
and lasting basis. l, for one,
do not care to see any other
kind IF building, because it is
the only kind that will be of
any duration or that will be de-
sirable.
We want people to come here
to live, but we ought to be care
full about the class that come,
and before any citizen of Tupelo
ever encourages a person to To-
cate here, he ought to know that
he is a man able to do something
for the town, instead Of drifter
on the face of the earth, roam
ing around to see where he can
get a living and nothing in return.
Now | do not want to be un-
derstood as advocating that we
want only rich people to come
here to live: that is not what |
mean, but what mean is that
we should only encourage settle
ment among us of people who
come here with the determination
to do their part towards up build
ing the town and the surrounding
country, and people who have
some honest and useful trade,
profession or calling, who come
with desire and intention of
making useful citizens. We do
not need any adventurers.
One way to get the above re-
suit, is by some judicious, but
truthful advertising. In fact |
think that an advertisement
which is untrue, or has the SEM
blance of falsehood, instead of
being helpful, is injurious to the
community, because it brings set
tiers, who are shortly disgruntled
and instead of making useful and
permanent citizens, go out
from you as permanent libellers
and slanderers. | think how. ever,
that more than advertising, and
what | mean by advertising, is
circulars, newspaper advertise
ment, etc., that a shoulder to
shoulder. up hill pull and push
combined, on the part of each
andall the citizens, a Willingness
on the part of each individual to
do all he can, either by giving
his time, or what money he can
spare, to helpinstead OF spending
his time watching to see what the
very stingiest skin flint in town
will do, and then trying to do
no more himself. is the greatest
help and advertisement we can
have. You can not keep a man
down, nor a family, nor a COM
munity where this kind of effort
is being made by them.
Another good advertisement
for your community, is for it to
be known far and wide as a relig-
Gus, moral and law abiding place
one where the-law is administer
ed with equal and firm hand to
each and everyone of it's citizens
and one where it it is
known that the citizens are
back of the officers in the strict
performance of their duty, and
official obligation. 1t will help
the reputation and growth and
desirability as a living place Of
any community, for it to be gem
orally known that it has good Of
ficers and the good people are
back of them in the strict per-
torrance of their official duties.
We have good officers now but
they can't do much unless we
help them. And when the sur
rounding country is so develop
ed as above set forth, it will dou-
BILE the trade of Tupelo, and add
to this the vast number OF people
who will come here to locate II
the otherconditions suggested by
me are carried out, to live because
| lis a oodhome town, good to live
| in, good to raise their family up
lin the right way, free from pet
Ity strife and crime breeding es-
/ Establishments, we will again have
added largely to our popula-
ton and improvements, and you
| will see people hunting us up
and taking notice without much
advertisement on our part.
/ We need more supply stores,
who will sell on credit and thus
] draw trade from distance; the
wholesale people must go out OF
the retail business, and retailers,
not only in Tupelo. but in the sur
rounding country, ought to buy
! from the wholesaler everything
| they possibly can. We ought to
i feel like we are in partnership.
one with the other for the up
building of the town along all
! lines that will help and at the
same time, remember that the
-|whole town must be in partner