The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-06-11
Model Mississippi


future.
We have the country and we have the people More
than they are getting together for GOOD
What Mississippi is doing today is an inspiration to
her children--an inspiration to the world
We all know what she has done-lets think Of what
she is doing NOW
Mississippi today has the largest grain crop ever
planted in her history Wheat fields are waving to the
gentle touch of Mississippi breezes-ready for the
swish Othe cradle the rapid rattle of the modern bnuer
Mississippi biscuit is bringing home the dough"
Great fields of oats corn hay peas and other prosper
ity tckers in easy rhythm over the rich hills and
valleys of Mississippi
In the prairie lands Of Mississippi the farmers are
cutng curing and shipping thousands of tons of alfalfa
many carloads of going foreign countries Money is
in the making
Creameries are being established all over the state
The Of West shipped carload of butter north last
week and other towns like Macon ship and butter
every day Thank somebody for waking up the people
Carloads Of produce 60 north-likewise strawberries
and vegetables Thank somebody again that money comes
in instead of going OUT
Millions of feet Of fine lumber await the big orders
from the burned cities of Europe Cotton will come into
its ownfeedstufs will be needed Are we all ready to
help supply the needs Of the world?
BlOOded cattle, hogs and horses are making their
prosperous way into state. Our cattle win worlds
highest prizes and stock bringing the best prices
in the markets of America
Cotton mills and other manufactures are looming
large on the horizon Of industrial achievement
Boat building on the southern coast increases our
trade with the rich countries of South America and the
Panama Canal makes Mississippi leading export state Of
the Union
Good roads rapidly pushing along the main high
ways of Mississippi progress andgoOd canals taking the
back waters from the best crops known to the younger
generation Terraced lands--loaded Orchards-prolifc
gardensgOOd rairOads-goOd communication and better
homes makes Mississippi mean much to Mssissippans.
The tomato cIubs--the general canning clubs--the
corn clubs and the pig clubs all great beginnings fOr
future prosperity.
To much of the agricultural development and direct
dversfcaton of Mississippi to the Grown in and
Made in Mississippi slogans Thanks to them for their
harmony and enthusiastic logic
Mississippi is famous for 100 FIRST THINGS" that
will live always American history What she has done
for the world cannot be estimated
Her men and women have competed with the nation
in scholarship and declared the vicorsher teachers have
made the nation sit up and take nOtice-her preachers
have gone into all the world and souls for Christ
her doctors have helped the sick in every land and few
of them MADE Memphis the BEST surgical city in the
South
Rockefeller has declared his intention of making a
model school in Mississippi for the educators of the world
to LEARN modern ways of teaching.
The great l. l. & c. Pageant at Columbus is the most
unique advertisement for Mississippi put the
screen Our state will profit by it for unlimited years
Clean up contests have made Mississippi absorb civic
pride and todaywe have some of the cleanest cities
in America Clubs doing great work in every county
in the state
The number of autos runs nearly to 10000 and even
the satisfied farmer giving up his buggy and wagon and
Ford-ing the creeks and sandbeds of Mississippi.
Hundreds Of other things make proud of Mississippi
We want to see her grow-tO pTOspertO WIN. Our am
bOn is to print paper in Mississippi and for Mississippi
Ito BOOST Mssissipp-tO boost LIFE in the LIVING
to get together for gOOdO help the people HUM into that
happiness Of community cooperation and TO eternally
keep on keeping on
Let Mississippi SMILE. The sunshine is ready--are