The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1910-08-05
IMMIGRATION
MOVEMENT.
Mississippi Land Development
Associatlon's Work.
Two Experiment Farms For
Each County.
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Exhibits For The Ohio Valley
Exposition Wanted.

The Mississippi Land Development
Association, which was the outcome of
the successful Statewide Immigration
Convention held in Jackson last month,
has gone actively to work with definite
plans and purposes.
The officers. elected at the June con-
vention. are as follows:
President-P. III. Saunders, Laurel.
Vice-President-C. r. Brynes, Nat
chez.
Secretary and General Manager
L. e. Davis, Natchez.
Tresurer-Oscar Newton, Jr., jack
son.
The Executive Committee, composed
of one member from each Congressional
District in the State, is as follows:
First District-D. A. Saunders, Stark
Vile.
Second District. C. Kyle, Sardis.
Third District-W. A. Everman,
Greenville.
Fourth District--Henry Hart, VIM
ona.
Fifth District-W r. Gray, Meridian.
Sixth District-H. A. Camp, Hattis-
burg.
Seventh District. L. hampton,
Magnolia.
Fight District-P. S. Hennessy, Wick
burg.
'he officers of the Executive Commit
tee held meeting in Jackson on July
7, nd formulated plans for work. The
first of these consists in the appoint
ment in each county of the Slate Di-
rector. These Directors will be named
| within each Congressional District by
the member of the Executive Commit
tee residing in the district. Each Di-
| rector will. in his county solicit, mem
| bers for the organization, and assist in
all other work within his county. The
n.m bership fee is 81. per annum, or
s. for life membership.
Another plan OF the ASSOCIATION
Which was outlined at the meeting in
Jackson was to secure in each county
two forty-acre tracts of land, these to
| be sold at low prices and on long time
payments. These tracts are to be Of
fered- to expert young farmers from de
sirable sections of the country, that
they may experiment in diversified farm
ling. In connection with this feature.
President Saunders will visit the
Western and Northern agricultural
schools to secure such young men. Ii
this plan can be worked out, each coun-
ty will have two practical demonstra-
tion or experiment farms in the hands
of people who will become active advo-
Gates aud helpers in bringing people
from their sections to settle in the
State. The County Directors are asked
to cooperate in this work by securing
favorable tracts and easy terms of pay
ment.
Parties having large tracts of land to
nut on the market for actual home
seekers are invited to cooperate in this
plan for securing the right kind of set
lers It may be necessary In some In
stances to have tracts with some inn
provements already, such as houses and
barns. A successful effort at cultivat-
ing tract of forty acres by immigrant
is worth more in securing others than
any advertisement to be had otherwise.
The association also desires to coop
crate with Capt. j. F. Merry, Immigra-
.tion Agent for the I. G. r. r., who
wants all kinds of products for . Mis-
sissippi exhibit at the Ohio Valley Ex-
position. All exhibits for this purpose
must reach Memphis not later than .Au- 4
gust To- The Illinois Central 'Railroad
will furnish transportation free to such
exhibits as may be may be offered. L.
e. Davis, Secretary of the association,
willIfurnish baggage car tags for such
produts, and will be glad to give full
information.
The mem bership in this neV organ
sization, which promises so much for
the State, is increasing daily. There
is not q community In the State that
wlll mot be directly helped by this great
movement to settle up by intelligent
and lenergetic farmers the now idle
lands Of the State. It is believed that
the membership will soon reach $4,000,