The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-05-17
TO THE VOTERS OF RANKIN
COUNTY

From the fact that there will
be several gentlemen in the race
for the office of Representative,
knew that each of us would only
have Il few minutes in which to
place our claims before the people
at the different places we will get
to visit and make speeches this
summer. and for the reason that
| have been your Representative
for the past s years, | would like
TO present you this statement OF
facts in order TO give. you some idea
of what | have tried to do for the
people of my County and State,
also to give you my position ana
the principles for which | stand
today and if elected will continue
to fight for as long as it is my
privilege to represent you in the
Legislature of Mississippi.
| am in favor of cold storage
plant being erected on Rankin
County State Farm to be built with
brick and tile burnt by the State
convicts. These buildings could be
erected at small cost, and If proper
ly handled would create a market
for our farmers to sell their surplus
food products, and at the same
time would enable our people to
feed the inmates of the different
State Institutions at less than hall
what il now costs the tax payers.
| introduced bill like this in
the last session but il was de-
feated
was successful in getting
through the Legislature known as
Municipality Bill, giving the
farmers the right to sell all food
products properly screened and in
spected by the city inspector, Civ
ing them the right to cut up their
meats and sell for any amount or
price agreed to by the seller and
buyer without paying any privilege.
| also introduced bill to erect a
shoe factory or repair shop to
make and repair shoes for the in
mates of the different institutions
which would have meant great
saving to the tax payers, but this
bill failed to pass. | am also In
favor to erect Il cloth factory on
IL small scale on Rankin State
Farm to make cotton goods OF
all kinds to clothe the inmates OF
the different institutions; if elected,
| will try to get this bill passed.
This would save thousands of dol
lars to the tax payers.
| am also in favor of our State
printing our own school books from
the fact that we are today paying
thousands of dollars each year more
for the same school books than
any of the adjoining states, and
| am also in favor of enacting a
law TO compel all school teachers to
give at least s hours each day to
their school work, and make it
compulsory upon the trustees TO
have them sign a contract when
employed to this effect. | am in
favor of abolishing the following:
Pardoning Board, Plant Board,
Geological Survey, Feeble Minded
Institute, Reform School, Expert
ment Stations, and in fact, | am
in favor of lowering every expense
possible, and | wish some one would
show me where any of the above
has been worth one penny TO
Mississippi. l am also opposed to
making appropriations TO support
private hospitals; the last Legis.
lature made appropriations 10 %
such institutions. l voted for a
liberal appropriation for the Charity
hospitals located at Vicksburg. Jack
son, Laurel and Meridian.
would like 10 see the people
in North and South Mississippi
have State Charity Hospital, as
| think this would be nothing but
right. | advocate staying within
our income. | am opposed to bond
issues for current expenses, ana
ask that you investigate my record
along this line. | am anxious 10
make the common school and Agri-
cultural High Schools as good as
possible because 99R per cent or
our people attend these schools.
| am i'm favor of giving reason
able support to the higher colleges !;
the reason why | say reasonable,
only one-half of one per cent. OF
our people attend these schools.
| am opposed TO waste and ex-
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