East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1912-05-24
COOPERATE WITH THE BUSINESS LEAGUE.

D ECENlLY there organized the Progressive Bust
~ ness League which is composed of nearly hundred
the leading business who represent almost every walk
I'm te There merchants farmers doctors lawyers drug
gsts cattemen college men, Bankers artisans This
ganzaon starts for definite purpose comprehending in
its broades the general welfare development and
progress of community The spirit progress with u.s.
has been sleeping and is be hoped that this movement
VIII speedily bring the entire county to conciousness of the
possibilities that if will only go after them.
1t is not an item OF that the of Oktibbeha
county great any in the State but is fact that
we have been prone to go off into prodgatv when
good year and eed upon the husks when the lean one
Sorry efforts have been left for Providence to bless
instead of placing shoulders the Wheel and bv united
effort undertake to develop the vast wealth the county would
yield.
The time has never come when the farmer was ashamed
to buy his farm products from the markets OF the town. in
stead of selling them there and taking money home with
him. leaving in the bank The banker has never seemed
to realize that development will enable him to loan more
money less security because of the increased value of that
security. The educator realizes the penury with which
schools be carried on but he has done little 10 create
movement by which greater with less burden upon
the payer may the public schools upon an easy nan
ca basis and keep the children all over the county in school
nine months in the year.
There thousands Of of land in the county that
yield practically nothing to the owner yet these same lands
ought to be not only of independent living for
one but revenue to the state and county Many
land bought here where the purchaser calculates that
will yield him per cent upon the investment when as a
matter of fact these lands should yield from 40 to 100
per cent upon the investment.
There are hundreds of good citizens awaiting opporuni
ties of this sort but we have adopted any method bv
which people learn Of resources Exploitation is the
essential thing We will get enterprises established
among unless enerprsing There are thousands
OF dollars awaiting to be invested in this county if we will
only make known our natural resources.
is the purpose of the Progressive Business League to
do this and with the hearty cooperation of our citizenship
we assured that the verge of new era We
are going have closer neghbos better communities
schools and longer TERMS and and better churches We
ae going to have larger both for the individual and
the State with lighter burden of taxation to the individual
We going to point out the way by which the farmer can
sell his products the merchant and put his money in the
bank instead of buying from the merchant farm and garden
products shipped here from the foreign markets We are
going shorten distances by building good roads and there
by make the country folk and the folk close neghbors
1t is true these things can't be done in day. but the move
ment is and is not going stop The hearies Cooper
alton of every citizen is earnestly solicited for all our inter
ests largely IDENTICAL and that which helps one will help
ALL