The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-04-08
Tishcninso q County Of Re-
sources, a County OF Wealth.

sources, a County OF Wealth.
Lying dormant within the con.
fines of TishomIngo County are vast
resources many known to yon,
many known to me and many known
10 Others within the county; bot
unheard ofand unknown to the com
.icrcial world outside. Ouce the
great oil fields of Texas, Oklahoma
md Louisiana were just as dead
md undeveloped as Tishomingo s
recoUrces are today; but when the
attention OF the commercial world
was called to them look what hap
pened. and what is still happening ;
they promptly and gladly furnished
the MONEY, the machinery and the
brains to develop these sections and
all the products in them to the
present high state, and the world
now knows of the vast resources of
these three states.
Not over one-tenth OF the re-
sources of Tishomingo county are
being utilized at all, and none of
them to the fullest extent think
then what could happen and would
happen if the commerciald world
was thoroughly and forcefully in
formed of each of the products
within this coanty and now await
ing development among them
are the finest road building mate
rial known, gravel and ebert, mex
haustible quantities, the finest
paint, clays chalks, building stone,
water power, all kinds of soil, rich
and poor and thus adapted
to the successful growing of any
kind of plant or product that will
grow in this latitude; every oil and
petroleum indication known to other
now successful fields, the finest Min.
eral Waters, the finest and healthi-
est men, women and children to be
found anywhere but yet we are
Just drifting, and WHY -? Let
that word sink in j1st minute
then answer in your own way, be
honest with yourself and stick to
the facts in the case and your an
swer will be right. Why should
we wait for the next generation to
place these resources before the
world, when we can do so here and
now You are and should be in
terested in any move that will help
in bringing your home county to
the front, and this can be done best
by YOU and every other good citizen
in the county, who really has the
interest of Tishomingo county at
heart, to join hands and tell to the
world the opportunities we have to
offer here. This joint body of citi-
k'ns would he called the CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE OF TISHOMIN-
GO COUNTY and would take the
lead of every move that will bring
the county out of its long slumber
and into prominence with the fore
most counties of the state. You
will help, OF course; you cannot af-
lord to be Stacker, when the inter
EST of your county is at stake; you
naturally want to boost it anyway,
so you are going to have an oppor-
tunity soon.
Hon. Geo. R. James, of Mem
his, one of the best known speak
ers and organizers of this section,
has kindly accepted an invita-
ion to come to Iuka aad make
a speech during the week of April
18th definite date will be set later)
on the subject, How to bring about
The development of the resources of
rishomingo county through the CO.
operation of real live Chamber of
Commerce" Mr.. James is presi-
dent of the James & Graham Wagon
Co., The VIM. r. Moore Dry Goods
Co., and generally considered by all
rs one of the safest business men
anywhere in this section of the
country. Come out and hear him,
you will never regret it if you do.
Geo. l.. McMasters.
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