The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-10-07
'SIRON6 CAMPAIGN
FOR MISSISSIPPI.
Development Associates DiSsemln-
oteS information

"D0A8 VI duvOA using oAO ~
sources Of the State, and is sending
literature With this object in view
to men aud points beyond the bor-
dsrs Of Mississippi, where the adj
vertising will do good. To better
obtain and disseminate information,
the Secretary of the Association, L.
E. Davis, of Natchez, Miss, has
addressed a circular letter to boards
of supervisors, mayors, boards of
aldermen and commercial bodies,
requesting them to furnish such
information as they may have of
their respective sections, which the
association will mail free of cost,
having established a complete mail
ing bureau for that purpose. ALI
matter giving a description of the
locality, or any inducements which
tho residents of any town or county
may DO willing to give to new set
tiers or now enterprises will be
~cheerfully received and mailed to
hundreds and thousands of men
throughout the whole country whose
eyes are turned now on the lands Of
the South.
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All railroads entering the State
have been requested to furnish tho
secretary their homeseekers' rates
to points in Mississippi.
The Land Development Associa-
ton is growing, and is becoming
daily better and better known, and
the facts gained by it for the con-
%sideration of the public are receiv-
ing careful attention. It asks the
earnest cooperation of all patriotic
Aississippians in its efforts 70 tell
tho world al about this great State
and to dispel many of the wrong
impressions which still prevail in
some sections against US. As an
example Of. misstatements, it cites
the general idea current abroad that
the Mississippi climate is uncomfort-
able and that rainfall is abnormal.
A careful examination of the official
records of tho temperature and
rainfall by the Chronological ser
vice of the weather bureau of the
department of agriculture, shows
the mean annual temperature to be
"a degrees Fahrenheit, while the
annual rainfall is not quite So
inches. This bit Of information is
of the utmost value, coming as it
does from official sources and made
up from the records kept by the
United States Government for a
period Of more than ten years. Infor-
nation on other things of interest
to the prospective settler, such as
the nature and the variety of oul
soils, the things for which the diff
ferent soils are suitable, ETC., will
be forwarded from time to time, al
fast as it can be compiled or as fast
~ received from individuals OF
bodies who have been requested tx
furnish the information to the secre.
tary.
Efforts have been made by the
secretary to obtain data in the line
of vital statistics in the State fol-
the purpose of showing the worle
that the rate of mortality in Mis-
sissippi will compare more thar
favorably with than in the bleak
North. It is to be regretted thai
such statistics cannot be had from
offcial sources in the rural districts
Such as have been received from
many parts of the State certainly
speak we'll for tho salubrity of the
iclimate and the general health con.
ditions.
Tho proceedings of the conven-
ton held by the Mississippi Lane
Development Association in jackson
last June. together with a number
.4of tho speeches delivered on thai
occasion. will soon be ready for dis.
tribution. Copies will be furnish.
cd on application in any number
Only ono condition is attached-givt
it or mail the copies to parties wht
know nothing of the great State O
Mississippi and who are willing t.
learn something of the boundless
resources of this gem of the South
In this connection it is properto ado
that the exhibit from this State a
the Ohio Valley Exposition is doins
Z world of good. All communica
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