The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-03
Why Am Proud To Be A Mississippion

Our good friend, Sid R. Harris editor and publisher
Of the Houston TmesP Post and the president of the
Mississippi Press Association the guest editorial writer
for the Helping Build Mississippi monthly publication in
July.
vice by the Mississippi Power and Light Company. In it
is recorded every issue the march of progress of
industrial business, educational 1t highly informative
and insprational.
Sid wrote very interesting and revealing article on
the subject why Am Proud To Be Mississppian." We
think you'll enjoy 1t too, reprne it herewith:
Once Mississippian, always Mississppan There's
something about Mssissippian that, to u.s. literally
dates hospitality, sincerity integrity and oyalty-a
Never have we known native of this state who
not proud of the fact that he is Mssissippian.
Come to think of it, maybe the redskn who called the
mighty river The Mississippi knew what he talking
Mississippi" history teaches us-is the Indian word
for Father of Waters
And during these turbulent times when there are forces
like to think that perhaps Mississippi might well be
referred to as 1.-The father of the other states"
Understand, we might have to label some of "47
children stepchldren, for certainly they have
dered from the path set forth by the fathers
But and keep up the fight to try and point
the way that leads back homeback to system of free
enterprise, wherein the dignity of the individual the
certain naenable rights preserved by constitution for
Hhe states are not tempered with altered.
Proud to be Missssippan?
a. We could go on forever emulatng the unlimited advan
tages and opportunities of beloved state Misssspps
industrial growth is phenomenal under the most favorable
poraon laws liberal those of any state in the Union
tax exemptions are exceedingly favorable toward new in
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are exempted up to S5,00O.OO
OUR STATE A LEADER
Mississippi offers the most delightful climate of any
state OF the UnonMsisspp has of the largest and
most attractive educational systems of State
has the largest percentage birth rate and
the lowest death rate of any of the Southern staes-Ms
sisspps number of cattle than any other South
ern state except Texas and Oklahoma ma
arla control program has been the Fed
era government model for other statesthe IT. s Field
Trials Association for bird dogs Holly Springs is the old
est club of its kind in the United leads
Wothrds OF the states in the number of milk cows and
neers on the farmsMssssippi ranks ninth among all
4produclng statesMisssspp is the leading tung oil pro-
ducing sateMssisspp highways admittedly the peer
condition sound and thanks to number of efficient adj
minstraons, this states bonds always in demand
Yes, we are proud to be Mssissppian Ours is great
Aerritage ~ " e
But already pointed out we must be vyilant We
must be alert lest forces succeed in their
to overnight convert commonwealth into slave
state ~ ~ Si"'e
me beautiful Magnolia, you know is our State flower
purity shines forth just long as the human hand
does not touch it. Even the touch of finger causes ho
wound e '"uSeS piack
Like the purity that is personfed in the Magnolia ,ve
are Justly proud of the fact that Mississippi esncal IN
years has sought to keep its record spotess and
our leaders have had the intestinal fortitue TO sna loud
ana strong and to exert every effort to make certain
heritage of certain constitution guaranteed rights shall
aSt De tempered with e ~
The eyes of the nation are on Mississ;nn,
NO other state in the union can match the s+r;dos ~
A"'e made IN industry and agriculture, "
oue Wnie we proud of our state from +hs s;s -