The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-01-04

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ces many a boy is driven to eventual
degradation.
Mr.. Mathis deplored the raising of
cotton as the sole money crop and
urged diversincation. He discussed
deterioration of cotton land and clear
ing Of new land.
Make money" as a motto should
not dominate the recollection that
we should be "our brothers keep
err; the relation of man to man, and
the standard of right taught to BOYS
in the home are the most important
things.
The speaker discussed at length
the relation of the farmers and mer-
chants stating that when the farmer
gets better crops and prices, the mer-
chant will get better trade, and that
business men of Brookhaven had
pledged at meeting of the Kiwanis
Club, $3.50 for providing an auto
mobile for the Bureau. Our mer-
chants are co-workers and helpers.
Truck has succeeded in other
places. 1t should succeed here. The
speaker had had "a years experience
in the trucking industry, and from
1909 to 1915 had sold over $1,000
600 of farm products as r. e. Rea,
Wesson banker, could testify. His
books as agent of the Farm Bureau
were open at all times.
Cottonseed had been sold for farm
ers to the value of $4,000 this sea-
son.
Mr.. Mathis said that the union of
farmers in the Bureau and their
sticking to it, should result in the
upbuilding of Lincoln county-good
farm homes, boys satisfied on the
farms, merchants satisfied in their
stores.
Brookhaven is the most progress
i've town the speaker had lived in.
After giving some information re-
quested for the planting of toma-
toes, Mr.. Mathis stated that he would
be at the office of the bureau above
KEGS seedhouse where he would an
swer queries in regard to the bureau
or it's work.
Mr.. John May, secretary of the
Farm Bureau reported that 12O mem
bers had paid the $40 fee. 200 hav-
ing signed.
Mr.. Jacks quoted United we
stick, divided we're stuck" as a suit
able motto for the farmers. The
bureau had demonstrated locally and
nationally that there is something
In it. Every farming law Congress
had passed was passed under the
pressure of the Farm Bureau, which
maintains an agent in Washington.
He referred to the farmers bloc"
in Congress and stated that if there
wasn't farmers bloc in the Legis-
lature now meeting some representa-
tives and senators will be blocked.
The Bureau wants better homes,
roads, and schools. A genuine Farm
Bureau man wouldn't make white
lightning or teach his boy to make it.
There is no market here except for
cotton.
Business men can join the Bu-
reau as honorary members if they
want to put $40 into good cause.
Mr.. Jacks then called upon Hon
Hugh V. Wall, former district attor-
ney, for a speech.
Appeal to Pay Taxes by Mr.. Wall.
Mr.. Wall stated that he had writ
ten the charter for and Joined the bu-
reau as an honorary member to
help it to get started. UNLESS you
join and stick, you'll be in as bad
condition a thousand years from
now as you are at present" he said;
everybody else is organized. Every
big organization has a purchasing
agent and sales agent. An agent
can't live unless he's paid. You'll
probably get your $40 back in value
the first year.
Mississippi is being robbed by be-
ing Disseminated against in freight
rates. Memphis and New Orleans
get what they want. This is be-
cause Mississippi has lacked CO Op-
erative organizations. Mr.. Wall gave
the attorney-general of Mississippi
as authority for this information.
"All the farmers have gotten from
Congress is few headlines" said
Mr.. Wall. Your influence will be
felt when you stay together.
The farmers business is run like
no other. Somebody else fixes your
price. AS long as somebody else fix
es it, you'll be a pauper.
Mr.. Wall urged every man to pay
his taxes before February 1, and to
pay his wife's poll tax. ''It is your
votes that will count-don't be de-
linquent. If you are. 2 years from
now you can't say who'll be COVER
nor-who1l be legislators. The poll
tax stays in the county to help the
Public Schools. 1t is essential for
the people to pay the poll tax, to rule
the country. Every one should regis
ter, go to vote on election day and
vote as he or she pleases.
With a New Years wish, Mr..
Wall closed his speech.
Judge Miller remarked that he
himself was a member of the Farm
Bureau an active, not an honorary
member.
The business of the court then be-