Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1923-03-22
VOLUME 7
BOOST STONE COUNTY
SPIRIT AT BANQUET
Thirty Attend Feast At Miller
Hotel Last Friday
Evening

lii ~ OuolIlCoo dlIO p1O
sional men and few farmers
CT Stone County braved the dis
agreeable weather of last Fri
Cay night and gathered about
long tables, laden with a sum-
ptuous dinner at the Miller Ho-
tel. Over twenty-five farmers
had been extended invitations
to be the guests of the business
men of Virgins at the banquet,
and while twenty-one signified
their intention of attending,
only a small number of the
"tillers of the soil' were pres
ent, but it was evident that
these few were pleased with the
evening.
A program had been arranged
for the occasion, several five
minute talks on various SUBJ
jects having been assigned, but
owing to the presence of so
small a number of guests, the
program was dispensed with.
After thanks had been returned
by Rev. H. D. Wilson, the
thirty-odd present were seated
and passed through the very
pleasant pastime of making
away" with the splendid din
ner which had been prepared
with great care by the hotel
management. Smokes were
then passed around and the
POSTMASTER, Mayor Clendenin,
after stating briefly that the
occasion was intended to be one
of good fellowship between the
farmers and the townsmen, and
for the purpose of creating a
closer feeling between the two,
explained that it would be i'm
possible for him to remain away
from his duties at the railroad
station longer, and asked E. M.
Graham to take his place.
eve all know Stone County is
the best county in the state and
that Wiggins .is the best town
in the state," Mr.. Graham be-
gan, and then told of some of
the good things we could lay
claim to.
w. G.. Batson, who was intro
duced as the next Senator from
this district, responded by say
ing that he had been assigned
very disagreeable subject, "The
Knocker." He too, said many
good things of Stone County and
it's people. "But we need a
boosting spirit-a anti-knocking
spirit. There are two or three
ways to deal with the knocker.
Go swatting on open season,
ignore them and ourselves to
adopt the optimistic side," he
said. He told a joke to illustrate
the knocker and his words were
we'll received.
"We have with us this even
ing the man with the sour goods
and sweet disposition" announc-
ed the postmaster, in introduce
ing w. T. Guild, manager of the
American Pickle & Canning
Company.
eve need boosting, pushing
and to aid the resources we
have" said Mr.. Guild. "Co-
operation and determination can
put things over. l have lived
here a good many years and |
think really more of Stone Coun-
ty than you may imagine. And
I'm interested in the progress
of this community. We need
gravel roads throughout the
county, and each town should be
a marketing center. Industries
should be all along the railroad.
In fact, this community could
be made a place that the people
of the South would talk about,
If we will but put OUR shoulders
to the wheel and do our bit, and
not keep our ideas to ourselves,
put them into effect and
AXE practice of saying some
thing good about the county and
it's people whenever we are out
side it's bounds, we would make
more rrogress," Mr.. Guild con-
cluded.
M. E. Cooper, of the Bank of
Virgins, responded with the
statement that his concern had
tried to take care of the coun-
tvs interest all they could; that
he believed meetings of this kind
should be held mere frequently
and felt that the spirit of CO.
operation between the towns and
r,1ral communities should be