The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1916-01-28
THE MISSISSIPPI MAGAZINE

To print all the kind letters and press notices con
corning Mississippi Magazine would fill whole page of
the paper but space fObids right now Nevertheless we
THANK SINCERELY AND EARNESTLY all of you who
have so kindly approved our great ambition by letter
press phone and personally All of them make the editor
happy with that keep keeping aspiration to HELP
GOOD OLD MISSISSIPPI BECOME THE BEST STATE IN
THE UNION
The time has come to put MISSISSIPPI on the merry
60 round of progress and believe good magazine with
pictures and articles boosting the industry education and
every laudabe activity Of the state would ns the spirit
of cooperation in all the people We believe tile snbscrip
ton list would be large enough to print large size mag
azne of the best kind and sure that Ole Miss has
writer's fully capable tell the world that our state is
really and truly humming part of the great universe
The world MUST know about state-we the peo
pie of Mississippi must get capal-we must blot out
obnoxious laws and make ones that will bring manu-
featuring companies to our towns and ces-we must de-
veop millions of rich sleeping by the waysde
WE MUST GET TOGETHER People outside ab our Mag
nOla state with the awful phrase NOBODY HOME" d
NOW is the time to STOP IT. WILL YOU HELP M[SSIC-
SIPPI BYBOOSTINGE EVERY TIME YOU GET A CHANCE?
Make the chance-in etters-n general cOnversaton-in
letters your county paper. MAKE MISSISSIPPI SMILE
The general tone of the many letters about the maga
zine run like this IF you decide publish literary
magazine for Mississippi please put my down as one
of the first subscribers The Mississippi Magazns vii
be success matter where is published 81 want
to be the FIRST subscriber 1t is very gratifying to re-
ceve all these goods words of approval and now that the
has been made a certainty will make it CO.
for the benefit of all the Mississippi people.
Just where the Magazine will be published we cannot
say Several places offering inducements that are
above expectation But will say thism lch will
be published in PRO 5RESSIVE TOWN and the staff will
be composed Of PROGRESSIVE and COMPETENT men
and women Nothing will be printed except that which is
in he
sssppans. Mississippi Needs the dough she must make
the rise orderly and nicely the does in the
MUST cut out the lOaing profession OF her
progressive biscuit is cook Dun in Bradsree forever
and forever Mississippi quit casting the bread that
comes back sOur-she make the staff of life bloom
the progressive flower of get busyness and achievement
Will The Hummer fail to hum? NO-NO a thousand
times MOI Whatever happens The Hummer will CON-
TINUE on and on. 1t is now FIXTURE in the county
and the present three boys who it will continue to run
it indefinitely The Hummer is striving to help Chicka-
build up along agricultural and educational lines for
we take great pleasure in HELPING people the best
we thru the columns of the paper Words Ocommen-
daon keep on coming us about The Hummer and it all
goes make strive harder please happy and
large number of subscribers BOOST and help the other
fellow is our motto always
Again the magazine will be published Business
men of Mississippi assure that it will be a SUCCESS
From The Kosciusko Herald
Rad H. Reed editor of The Houston Hummer wants to
establish Mississippi Magazine This state should sup
port magazine of this boosting kind and Mr. Reed is pc
cuiarEy fitted to steer such publication He is very
talented young man, and being shutin should receive
the hearty support and cooperation of both press and pub
lie in his laudable ambition
From The YazOo Sentinel
Mr. Rad Hauill Reed the brilliant young editor Of
The Houston Hummer is advocating Mississippi Maga-i
"A.
further development of all the interests Of the state 1t is
hoped that the suggestion will meet with substantial en-
cOuragement and that Mr. Reed, of the brilliant
young editors in the state will head the enterprise