The Neshoba Democrat., 1922-11-23
IN INTERESTING COLUMN
Officer IN UNITED STATES NAVY 10 CON-
tribute ARTICLES TO KEsHOBa DEMOCRAT
on the WORK OF the NAVY AND HIS TRAVELS


Last June the Editor OF the Ne.
shoba Democrat delivered an ad-
dress at the State A. & M. College.
This address was printed In full and
run in the Alumnus, the publication
OF the A. & M. Alnmni Associa ton,
ana sent out to all OF the Colleges
graduates. Several replies have been
received from readers OF this address
among which was G.. s. Brandt, an
officer In the Navy, and graduate
ofA. & M OF the class of 1908. In the
main this letter dealt with our
States problems and how the Miss
issippi A. & M. Alumni Association
might help to solve them. A part of
the letter follows:
U. s. 3. New Orleans,
Co Postmaster
San Francisco Cal.
Mr.. Clayton Rand,
Philadelphia. Mississippi.
My Dear Randi
With growing interest, read your
splendid oratIon. Dreaming and
Building for Misslssippi'', published
IN the Almnus for June. 1t sounded
the elearest note OF hope for the old
stale that have heard In u long
time How welcome 1t was after
the sad news that has been publish
edl When saw In the heading that
u gentleman connected with the
press was speaking, / was greatly
blessed because i know that you
who guide the press have UNIQUE
advantage In collecting facts and
receiving correct impressions OF
things as they are. Also you acquire
q certain facility Of expression for
tFassmitaing your Impressions to
Others. Incidently, the newspaper
men OF the state deserve more credit
for the work they are doing than is
ordinary given them. In Mississip-
pr the journalistic field 10 one OF
hard work and little remuneration.
But we see editors toiling and fight
Ing like the good soldiers, they are
to have the old rags OF freedom come
out on time. 1t takes an enthusiast
to keep up the fight against the odds
But the tight Is worth while and the
work is good and will bear fruit just
az long rs the press keeps the lamp
lof hope so shining before men that
they may zee the vision OF d glorious
future.
| You are correct when you say that
public men have been asking the
question. "What is the matter with
Mississippi?" have seen this ques-
tion In Metropolitan papers and in
magazines. some OF the things pub
lished are not complimentary, but
on the contrary. decidedly unfavor-
able In tone. It does no good to close
our eyes to thefacts. They should
be faced calmly. he time has come
for all men (and W omen, too) who
have the interest and welfare OF the
state at heart to exert their combin.
ed force to further that interest and
welfare, recognizing that a true real
ization Of our faults and shortcom-
ings 10 half the battle In relnedying
theu."
Al q result Of this letter, only a
part OF which 10 reproduced above.
Iyour editor and Mr. Brandt have
carried On some correspondence, and
We have asked him to contribute for
our pupers ut DeKalb. Tunica and
Philadelphia a series Of articles ON
whnt he sees In his wanderings With
the Navy, and what he thinks about
the Navy Itself. We know all too
little about our Government and its
many departments. Ensign Brandt
has agreed to iEake the attempt. He
wields u fluent pen. and the first ar.
ticle. on ''0ur Navy. Ii as interest
Hing as II II educational. Don't mlss
next weeks Neshoba Democrat. We
shall run the column for sometime,
almost weekly. but get the first In
stailment.