The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-07-18
.CrowIey Of Kosciusko-
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N(OANAi~SN A4OAt P"S~ SHN'
crumbling of d~emocracies in Europe
The totalitarian governments have so
far run rough shod owe the demo
c~racies.
mere is much unrest and perhap
some hysteria in our own country
ulla a senatorial election approach
.ng there is no doubt but that thl
.44ucal time in our history polite
s-ould be set aside and the very bes
.nAn available TOR service in the senate
OF the United States should be electe,
Dy the men n women of our nation.
we should bend our every effort to
wards sending to Washington as oul
senator a man who, through proven
AFFINITY in the past, has demonstrated
lis capacity TO meet every emergency
which may arise.
We know that in Hugh White we
nave such a man. No man who ha
served the state of Mississippi as It's
governor has ever mad a better re
cord than his. His va an administra
lon of accomplishment. His was an
administration of progress. His was
an administration that recognized ana
met the needs of the people OF the
state Of Mississippi. His was an ad
ministration that lived within its bud
get and left a surplus Of two million
| live hundred thousand dollars at the
close of the fiscal year, following his
term Of office.
We are all proud of the ninety mil
lion dollar road program inaugural
ed during his administration ~ now
nearing completion, which gives Mis-
sissippi n of the very best highway
systems in America.
He perfected, broadened and put in.
to execution with the aid of an in
telligent n cooperative Legislature
the one thing in Mississippi which has
meant much to the small farmers and
the small home owners when there
was enacted as a law the homestead
exemption bill. This relieved the home
owners from the payment of a large
portion of State, County and municipal
taxes, and this without affecting the
successful operation of our govern
mental agencies. We all know that il
is upon the establishment and pre-
servation of our homes that the sec
urity of the American people must
depend.
His administration organized and
financed the present old age pension
setup, with aid of the federal govern
ment.
During his administration, the law
budgeting school funds was enacted
and the common school appropriations
increased to the highest figure in his
tory.
His administration paid off more
Mississippi bonds than all other ad-
ministratons in the states history.
When he took office, the bonded debt
was over forty million dollars. When
his last fiscal year closed, it had
been cut to thirty million-a reduc-
ton of twenty-five per cent, thus
taking off the backs of Mississippi
taxpayers heavy annual interest pay
ments.
He planned and with the aid of
others put into effect his program to
Balance Agriculture with Industry
which has already furnished steady
employment for more than 1000 Mis-
sissippians.
He is friendly to labor and his re-
cord with it is clean.
His record as governor towards the
men and women of all wars who serv-
ed their country in time of danger, is
clear, clean and above criticism. He
recognized and appreciated the SER
vices rendered by them.
His record as a business executive
is excellent. 1t was known n dem
onstrated in his private business.
1t was further reflected during his
term of Office as governor, and it
is emphatical by the surplus that was
in the treasury of the state when the
fiscal year just ended.
His record as a man and as a citi-
zen of the state is without reproach.
Upon such a record as this / de-
finitely am convinced that we, as a
people and rs a state need this man,
his experience, his judgment, and his
ability, to represent us in the state Of
the United States. I bespeak for him
your support, your influence, and your
vote in the primary election to be
held on August 81, 1910.