The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-06-22
MISSISSIPPI DE-
VELOPMENT BOARD
Organized to Assist States De.
velopment in Agricultural
and Other Lines.

Mr.. S. e. Moreton of Brookhaven
was elected member of the Board of
Directors of the Mississippi Develop
ment Board at it's recent organiza-
tion in Hattiesburg. other members
are:-
R. Batson, Hillsdale; L. N. Dantz-
Ter, Gulfport; Lamar bennington,
Hattiesburg; A. G. T. Moore, New
Orleans; S. M. Jones, Laurel; Wal
lace D. Rogers, Laurel; L. Rothen-
berg, Meridian c. S. Ucker, Balti-
more; H. S. Weston. Logtown: T. ].
Wills, Hattiesburg; H. L. White, Co
lumbia; F. G. Wisner, Laurel; How
ard S. Williams, Hattiesburg.
H. S. Weston of Logtown was e.
leeted president.
While the development of the back
country of Mississippi is the prime
object of this board, the opportuni-
ty for service by this organization is
considerably wider than that, for it
will serve, according to its charter,
as background, also, for efforts of
the various chambers of commerce
for the development of communities
and the state itself.
The charter states:-
"The general Offices shall be at
Hattiesburg. The directors shall
have power to open branch offices in
other sections of the state, where and
when deemed opportune or advisable
to the end that the progress and de-
velopment the of state shall be IA
cilitated.
"The period of existence shall be
fifty years.
"The purposes and objects for
which the Mississippi Development
Board is created are:-
"To assist in the strengthening of
existing chambers of commerce,
boards of trade, and other CONNER
cial organizations, county farm bu-
reaus, livestock and agricultural So
cieties, and to assist in the formation
of such named bodies wherever
deemed advisable; to promote better
facilities for public education and to
improve public health conditions; to
aid and assist in bringing about bet
ter agricultural, livestock and horti-
cultural conditions; to advocate a
permanent system of hard surfaced
roads and the development of in
dustries; to utilize the states natur-
al resources; to stimulate the recla-
nation of overf1owed and waste
lands; to arouse in the people of
Mississippi a larger sense and fuller
appreciation of the possibilities in
the development of the state and to
advertise Mississippi's opportunities;
to cooperate with all departments;
of the state government, State ag-
ricultural colleges, experiment sta
tions and county agricultural high
schools in the development of Mis-
sissippi's resources; to cooperate
with all town, city, county and state
officials and members of the legisla-
ture to the end that Mississippi may
progress"
A great aid has been the prelimi-
nary educational work which has
been carried on for the past year by
the Southern Settlement and Devel-
opment organization of Baltimore,
which has had Mr.. Richardson as an
agent in the field for more than a
year, in closest touch with all of the
Mississippi business, interests, needs,
lacks and opportunities.
The completion of the organiza-
tion of the Mississippi Development
Board is the fruition of this prelimi-
nary work. The newly organized
board will become an affiliated part
of this great south-wide movement
working with similar organizations
in other states, and the parent body
at Baltimore, which, during the past
eight years has become known as
"the clearing house of the South, 4"
looking toward the settlement of it's
idle lands and the development of it's
commerce and industry.