The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-01-14

Hauenstein, made to the Hattiesburg
Commercial Club Tuesday night, at
its annual meeting. extracts from which
appeared In The News yesterday, COM
plete, is as follows:
In reviewing our years work 1914)
the first item we find was the assist
ance given In securing for Hattiesburg
an appropriation from the state legis-
lature to build for the Normal Col
lege q. new dormatory at a cost of
$4,000. The Legislature was disposed
to make no appropriation for new
buildings for any of the state insti-
buttons. We were advised that unless
something was done we would only
get for the Normal an appropriation
for two years maintenance. A special
meeting Of the club was called and
the secretary instructed to invite the
| legislators, through our senator and
representatives to visit the Normal,
all of the expense to be borne by the
club. The legislators accepted the in
vitation; a committee went to Jack
son and escorted the legislators to
Hattiesburg, and you are all acquaint
ed with the reception we gave them
We were told this trip was pronounced
the best in the history of the legisla-
tors and it was conceded by everyone,
that had We not brought them here
and waited on them, and pledged them
to give us a new dormatory the Nor
NAL would not have received the ap
preparation, and Hattiesburg would not
have had an $4,000 building built dur
ing the year 1914.
During the sitting of the legislature,
several bills were introduced that were
hazardous to this section, three of
which we bitterly protested against
and delegates sent to use their in
1Eence to have them withdrawn; the
Potter Liability bill; the Two Cent
Passenger Fare Bill; the Baily Land
Bill, being the bills referred to.
We maintained during the first quar-
ter of the year farme demonstrators,
the same demonstration the club sup
ported during the year 1918, and, we
believe that the work done by this de-
monstrator was of great good to this
| county. During the spring we were
advised that the government and state
aOrta,yItnrict tn0afhnr. NIT ha 7
c. Farm Extension department would
| make two weeks campaign in the
state in the interest of diversified
| farming and better stock raising. The
trip as originally planned by this party
was to take the counties near the Mis-
slssippi river. We took the matter up
sentative to the first meeting called
to map out this trip, which was held
at Brookhaven, Miss, and our repre-
sentative, Mr.. T. c. Hannah, was re-
sponsible for having this campaign
brought to South Mississippi. We con
slider this one of the best campaigns
ITNCi PuiiON Ou anu Oat 6OOu hdb %
suited from It, This campaign was
the beginning of the movement that
is now growing SO popular in our state
viz: Grown In Mississippi" There
were more than 1000 valuable pieces
Of farm literature distributed over
this county free OF cost on this trip
~ MAS tho h>ufnutn~ ~ th> ,,,owan. ON,
to rid this county of the cattle tick
and some months later when an cleo
ton was called. we brought the i'm
portance of the election to our voters
and the election was carried to rid the
county Of the tick. The county il
now building more than 90 dippint
vats and It Is very important tina
during this year. (1s1s) we lend oui
inAuenss to rid the county of thu
tick In one year. as it can be done.
| We made . second campaign Of thu
county in the fall. In the interest d
diversihsd farming. On this campaign
We had the assistance of the EEtsn
sion Department Of the A. 4 n. Col
lege and some of the best speaker
to DO had canvassed the county. Thii
was followed UP Q short time ago b.
having the heads Of the Boys Corr
Club work visit us and we visited the
county schools together with county
superintendent of education and start
ed the club work for this county, tbs
same to be under the charge Of the
County A. Fl. 8. Forrest county ranks
third In the state in consolidated
school work and the county has Is
wagons, carrying children to and from
the schools. We believe the organiza
ton of this club work will be of greai
good to this county.
| We assisted in securing the mex
state mapfiuQ 0f tho MadicaI A caocia