The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-31

money NTH which 70 pay the teach,
etoy moro people "a usa the roads ana
more money left to- Spend AZ home.
kbo6t vde most iiBeI6bS thing NY
eedCe4 w0Nresthefe safe n0vchtldrsn.
and about-the most expensive thin0,
tsia road through an uninhabited SEQ
xfo,, 500 q siis Nss}t IN ss24t 9sa .ssl
we have never tried to bring new
people intos the state We have never
made any effort to tell other people
Of what We have IN Mississippi How
ala -pAo@les learn 81 Callf0rhfA's cif
matefo 6Cmebody Id California told
them; and they believed IT.
There are hundreds and thousands
Of people good people who would
giAdlyt come co. mississippi II they
knew.about Mississippi-an we must
tell them. But before We tell them
We must believe In our state our.
selves; We must know. our state. We
musaaeiv0s her the same loyal support
that-wes give our ball .teams---we must
think Mississippi, believe In Missis.
sippi first and aiways-then we can
qualify 10 tell others about Missis.
sippi. III ~ y ~ sesrs
IN spite Of the development IN
dairying in Mississippi in the past 10
years, We have people In the state
who will tell us that dairying cannot
be followed prOfitably in Mississippi.
During recent heavy snow storm
In Wisconsin the railroads up there
found It necessary to use snow plows
to clear the tracks, and In many In
stances the snow plows themselves
became snowbound. On one Of these
occasions the conductor was sitting
on the roof OF the pillow and noticed
farmer on snow shoes sticking .
long pole into the snow
How deep Is it," asked the COZ
ductor. M@g s &ft'f ~
"Damfino." replied the farmer, Il
amt measuring; I'm trying to find
my barn" Nsf
/ want to say that II man in Wis
consiny where Il Is necessary to probe
for his barn, where 1t Is necessary to
steam heat the dairy barn for six
months IN the year and feed the stock
every mouthful they eat for eight
and nine months In the year; where
II 10 necessary to run rail from the
house to the barn 30 that human be-
ings can find their way to and fro
should a blizzard blow up-T repeat,
II . man can make q success dairy
ing under those conditions, and thou
sands do, Mississippi's climate, her
native grasses and her other natural,
advantages offer ten times better %.
portunides for successful dairying.
Our primary need 10 not laws, nor
II II the selection Of any given man
or group ofsMen to offfce--it Is man
power. And to get the men to fur
nish the rn6hpower We must unite In
an unselfishrand -leterminedf effort to
tell the story Of Mississippi truthfuily
and simply TO the men wc want to
come and aid ms IN the development,
Of our state.
would like to tell you briefly Of
the effort that IL being made by the
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
toward that end. We have sponsored
the organization OF the Alabama-Mis-
sissippi Improvement Association for
tho purpose Of developing the cut
over and other surplus lands In the
territory served by this road.
+, In this organization We are band
ing together the business and conn
munity interests IN the territory, to-
Eether with the Railroad. IN one body
With but . single purpose. We DO
not conflict with any local agency
working on Z larger scope. On the
other hand, We wish to at4 them, ana
WILL. ta ~ -. 'tl,
The big sawmills and other own
ers.. holding thousands Of acres OF
cut.ever lands which are standing
idle, are anxious to see them devel-
oped. They list their land with the
Association for sale. In doing so they
agree to give the purchaser OF the
land five years. exemption from pay
ments on it, interest on the deferred
payments and taxes. provided he in
turn pays cash for such improve
ments. as for instance residence, .
harm. a we'll and such fencing as ne
might select to put on the property
from fabricated Improvements on file
with the Association. The land owner
agrees to sell these improvements to
him At cost. Houses will range IN
cost from $500 up, and barns from
Under this plan you will readily
see that prospective purchaser can
select such improvements az no
knows he can pay for These he pays
cash for and the landowner puts them
81 the land for him at cost, the pur-
chase price OF the improvements serv.
ING as a cash payment on the entire
property. The purchaser then mas
i've wears without worry except as 70
! living for himself and his family.
After he has invested his cash IN
tha improvements. II 1t Is necessary.
the n M. & NJ win lend him sufn-
Gent funds with which to purchase
five good milk cows and . pair no. On
chase a number OF registered males
for the free use Of the newcomers 70
ia a. building up and Improving
their herd.
We propose not only to bring new
~.n,,la IN ,ovr territory, but to make
thnse new people satisfied. We e.:
pect to Mvs with them and to s,.: a,a
them in overcoming every conc eha.m
that might tend to discourage them.
We propose to make our newcomers
sssI % much ct homo and 20 wcaI