The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1922-06-22

tiOns which we, have assumed for
roads, schools and other worthy oh
jacts | 10 largely increase the out,
put from our farms All other brsi
ness of the stateis inseparnbly linked
with agriculture. II agriculture fails
ilil else falls. In an industrial way
agriculture Ii the one thing funtln-
mentnl.sts
For School Development.
'tAs no developments of the state
can b. forced above the average of
the people, nn,i, IT'S what we are and
| will be as Il people, l shall stand for
every agency functioning to nuke
stronger the vital resources of the
state. Great progress has been
made In our schools and our health
wark. but In these lines much is yet
| TO be done. Our schools should he
administered In the most economic
way; however nothing could be
more suicidal for the future develop
iheht ~ the.s than To deal in
apasIinonious way withour sehnols
and health work W. havejin Mis-
sissippi great natural resources; we
have ;,s potent blood as there IL in
the world; what we heed above all
other things Is to train this fine
blood for intelligent contact with
these splendid resources.
II promise the people Of Mississip
lpi, lfrlcted, that the moral and
legal power OF the office will he
used for maintenance of law and ord
Ter. Probably at the present time the
most menacing danger to the state
/ ia laxity In the performance Of the
duties OF citizenship and a seeming de-
termination Of a few OF the people In
an utter disregard oflaw to profit
by an outlaw traffic
"As onelooks into the future he can
see two Mississippis; one whose very
physical atmosphere Is reeking with
the smoke and fumes OF an ontlawed
Industry; one whose courts have
become spineless, and the adminis-
tration ~ Justice has become q joke;
| her young men are debauched and
physically and mentally Incapable
OF doing the work In this complex
10th century civilized life; one whose
daughters are unprotected and the
home life amounting to q nullity.
Or we can have In prospect a state
where its courts are respected and
feared: where It's young men, strong
In body. trained In mind and hand,
are capable of meeting the most
complex demands OF work that can
be imposed by the complex condi-
tions Of this complex age; where
young women, trained to meet the
highest Ideals Of our life, protected
and recognized rs the most vital
resources Of our state.
No Sympathy For Criminals
"Fhe time has come when the line
must be drawn. II elected, every
criminal will get his rights within
the htw. but want to give notice
now that the criminals OF the state
win have no sympathy or moral sup
port from the chief executive of the
state. / consider that they are
building up what decent people
should hate and are destroying that
which NIL good people would like to
see perpetuated. Ipromise the peo-
4 Pile OF Mississippi that II elected, fit
ness for office and not personal re-
lationship. will dominate the ap,
lpointments for offices; that shall
know no distinction OF sex or previ-
GUS political utilization; that |
shall do eyerytI thing | can to keep
politics out of our schools, and /
shall join hands with MIssissippl's
splendid womanhood In their pro-
gress for.better conditions for the
people.
" There are other vital questions
which viii be. later discussed. In
conclusions. urge those people who
believe In Il better state, one more
prosperous and happy, where good
win and cooperation are recogniz
ed, where every thing pure aud true
is desired, 70 join with me ii an pf-
-. : - ~. -
fort to make Mississippi what all
good people would like for It to be
a aprosperOus and happy state, made
possible by the cooperative effort
of the people.
II nln not insensible to the grave
responsibilities that l will assume,
II elected, but supported by those
who stand for the best AMI y firm
faith III the principles advocate
believe that some progress can he
made toward the relation Of those
things all good people wish achiev-
ed. soliciting the support OF all
those who feel Hs do on these vital