Conner served from 1932 to 1936.
Link to the catalog1932: Martin S. Conner becomes Mississippi’s forty-fourth governor
Governor Martin S. Conner
1932: Office of Supervisor of Oil and Gas Conservation established
Assisted by a three-man Oil and Gas Board, the office issued drilling permits and adopted regulations for the oil business in the state.
1932: Natchez Garden Club holds first Natchez Pilgrimage
Scene at Dunleith during early Natchez Pilgrimage
More images available online in the Howard Pritchartt Jr. Lantern Slide collection.
Link to the catalogMay 1, 1932: State sales tax of 2% goes into effect on retail goods
Storefronts in downtown Jackson in the 1930s
When Governor Conner took office, Mississippi had a roughly $13 million deficit. Conner proposed a sales tax to replenish the state treasury, and by the time he left office in 1936 there was a surplus of more than $3 million.
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