Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1923-06-14
r. N. Davis For
Representative
Responds To Solicitation of
Many Citizens of the
County.

lie Enterprise Is duC1lOi lLSu
to announce Rev. r. N. Davis of
Perkinston as a candidate for
Representative from Stone
County. He has issued the fol-
lowing:
''In response to the solicitation
of many citizens of this county,
and desiring to be of further
service to the people it has been
my privilege to serve in many
ways, for years, | am offering
myself as a candidate for Rep
resentative subject to the act
ion of the Democratic primar-
les of 1923.
II am not unmindful of the
TACT that | have no official record
on which to base any claim for.
your vote, but l do have a hum
bic pride in many years of pub
lie service which have afforded
excellent opportunity for a care
full study of our economic and
social life, and the institutions,
laws, and customs so necessary
for our financial, educational,
and moral development.
"The real business of our
legislature is to handle needs
which grow out of our home
life, to meet courageously, fear
lessly and wisely the changing
demands of our schools, to safe
ly guard and promote our finan-
clal interest, and to see that
there are special privileges to
none, and fairness and justice
to all. l have had ample oppor-
tunity to study the needs, and
know the problems of our social
life. I have always given of my
time, money influence for the
support of our educational in
stitutions. I am deeply con-
cerned about the crying need
for more people, better markets,
more industries, and greater
production to solve our fnan-
cial difficulties. The Golden
Rule-a fair show and a square
deal to all-has been the guild
ing principle of my life. There
fore, modestly claim ability to
cast a careful, safe, intelligent
vote in the legislature.
81 promise that if elected I
will do everything possible to
reduce the burden of taxation,
without unwisely restricting eX-
penditures to the detriment of
education, health, and prosperi-
ty of the people. | believe that
the best solution of the problem
of high taxes is to increase the
income of the tax payers and
the value of our taxable proper
ty by developing our industrial
possibilities and resources. We
need more appropriations for
advertising and marketing our
farm products, and to encour-
age the establishment of indus
tries throughout the state.
81 shall encourage judicial
expenditures for the public
health and sanitation, and good
public highways. | believe the
newly enfranchized women OF
the state should have represen-
tation on committees, Boards
of Trustees of our state institu-
tions, and l shall advocate a CEN
trail purchasing agency to pur-
chase all the supplies for the
state and thus prevent waste.
and effect economy.
81 shall favor safe and sane
legislation for the welfare ofour
people, but ! am opposed to a
multiplicity of laws to clog our
statute books and to embarrass
and make difficult the conduct
of business. | shall vigorously
oppose the issuance of bonds for
current expenses.
81 solicit the support of every
man and woman in Stone Coun-
ty who stand for the principles
] advocate, and who believe that
| possess the moral courage, ex-
perience, tact, and intelligence
to make you a representative of
which you will be proud.
Most respectfully,