Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-10-06
Percy Bell Issues an
Address to the People
no THE PEOPLE on MISSISSIPPI:

/ through the press that l would be a
candidate for Governor of Mississippi
subject to the 1923 Democratic pri-
maries. Since that time | nave been
over the greater part of the State
and have made number of public
addresses in which | have advocated
| purity and cleanliness of public and
private life, a rigid enforcement Of
law, suppression of crime, co-opera-
ton of our people to the end that
wealth may be increased and taxa
ton decreased, the proper sup
! port Of educational and eleemosynary
institutions, and have discussed with
our people some Of the problems of
the State.
| am adopting this method of again
bringing my candidacy to the atten-
ton of all OF our people and of urg-
ing upon them the necessity of exam
lining before 1923, most carefully the
records and qualifications of candi-
dates for public office. The Cover
norship is an office of greatest i'm
portance in filling which no mistake
should be made. The possibility of
making a mistake will be largely oh
waited by correctly ascertaining the
records and qualifications of all of
the candidates.
/ hui Iox
and business man. have some small
farming interests, while my practice,
which is private and not corporate,
requires me to deal with the business
problems of my clients. Before be
coming "a lawyer, | was school
teacher and superintendent of educa-
ton of my home county. 1 have
/ since served in both houses of the
Mississippi Legislature, and have
! been Chancellor of my district. In
my practice as well as in the filling
of public office, have endeavored
faithfully and conscientiously. to dis
charge my duties to my clients and
the public, and / cheerfully refer the
| public to any lawyer of the State OF
to any citizen of my home county, as
to my standing and reliability as a
lawyer and man. AS many problems
confronting a Governor are legal and
all of them require judicial considers
tion and sound reasoning, my train
ing and experience in all three
branches of the State government
should be valuable.
My principal aim and desire in
seeking the Governorship is to rem
der a service to the State, and, if
elected, | shall devote all of my en-
ergy to that end, endeavoring to bring
about those beneficial changes which
believe all of us are convinced
should be made. If elected, 1 pledge
myself to give the State a clean
business administration, free from
graft, scandal, or corruption, or the
suspicion of them; to see that all,
rich or poor, capital or labor, adher-
ent or spponent, have square deal;
that the business of the State is con-
Quoted with the same care, economy
and efficiency which good business
man gives to his own affairs, super
vising and visiting personally its va
ried institutions; to guard the repu-
tation of the State for purity of ad-
ministration and fairness of dealing
as ejealously as one guards his own
good name. l shall endeavor to aid
in reducing the burden of taxation
both by increasing the revenue of the
State, and by aiding its development
Our taxation system is sadly in need
Of revision, while great potentialities
of wealth are lying undeveloped
The vast cut-over areas of South
Mississippi, at present of small value
and yielding little revenue, present
great opportunity for development
The present rate Of cutting timber is
rapidly increasing these areas, and
will practically exhaust our timber In
few years.
Fruit and truck raising on those
lands adapted thereto and reforesta
ton of those adapted best to tree
growth, will addS much to the wealth
of Mississippi, and furnish remuner
alive employment for her people.
With proper encouragement and di
versification, with the development o
our resources and cooperative mark
citing, our people can become wealth
Ter and better able to meet the fl
nancial burden created by our vari
GUS educational and charitable insti
tutions Our revenues should be ad
ministered wisely and economical,
by the elimination of useless offices