Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-10-04
LEAKEsVILLE, MISS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 1912


ing in this great inland paradise. Hts
general text as he stated in the be-
ginning was What nature has made
possible is the measure OF Mans op-
portunities
H. F. A item of Little Rock, spoke
on the subject "The Arkansas River"
Mr.. Auten declared that the business
men of Little Rock alone pay out
millions of dollars annually which
would be saved if the cheaper rates
of water transportation We're in ef-
feet
'At present" he said, 'the freight is
$125 a ton to haul coal from the Ark
ansas fields to Little Rock, while up
in Illinois coal is hauled the same dis
tance for so cents ton. See the
difference? With deep channel III
the river the same product can be
hauled to Little Rock for 15 cents per
tom
In mentioning the increasing use OF
cement for building purposes Mr..
Auten declared Arkansas has more Of
the material from which cement Is
made than any other state. He as.
serted that in ten years the cement
trust would make the steel trust
seem like pigmy alongside it.
ELECT men who will work for the
peoples interest" he demanded, "an1
work for the deep waterway project,
which is all that iC needed in this Sec
tion to give our people commercial
supremacy
Among others who delivered 40
dresses were George H. Maxwell of
New Orleans, executive director of
the National Reclamation Association
and former Congressman Edgar C.
Ellis of Kansas City.
John Maynard Harlan OF Chicago
and former Congressman J. Adam
Bede of Minnesota appeared before
the convention as representatives OF
President Taft.
What is needed at the outset is a
dream" Mr.. Harlan said. you have
got to employ expert dreamers, and
the dreams should be evolved by a
commission. Every interest affected
in general should be represented on
this commission. The work is going
to be done by some one. If 1 were
a citizen of Arkansas could not be
prevailed upon to turn over to the ma
tional government the entire respon-
sibility and my share of the work.
Il would like to see some definite
program arranged at this convention.
I would suggest that committee he
appointed to memorable congress and
arrange some sort of program. This
question is not in politics; it is so big
it cannot get into politics; and poll.
tics may be kept out by holding it on
a broad patriotic basis for the good
of the whole people,
William K. Kavanaugh of St. Louis
was reelected president of the asso.
citation and most of the other officers
were reelected The other officers
named are as follows:
First vice president-Col. E. S. Con-
way, Chicago.
Second vice president Sidney NJ.
Neely, Memphis.
Third vice president-Crawford IL.
Ellis, New Orleans.
Fourth vice president-Chas. Scott,
Rosedale, Miss.
Fifth vice president-Col. F. B. T.
Hollenberg, Little Rock.
Edwin S. Monroe, Joliet,
Ill.
Secretary Thomas H. Lovelace, st.
Louis.
Honorary secretary-William r.
Saunders, st. Louis.
Judge w. M. Kavanaugh of Little
Rock was named as a member of the
board of governors and Judge Kav.
anaugh and II. f. Auten of Little Rock
were placed upon the executive COM
mittee.
Peoria, H., was selected as the next
meeting place. New Orleans and Mo-
bile were seeking the next convention
but the Illinois city won because OF
it's geographical location.
The closing feature of the CONVEX
ton was an old fashioned Southern
barbecue given by the citizens of Lit
tie Rock for the entertainment of the
visitors.
Better Railway Service for Helena.
Helena.-The installation of the new