The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1871-10-14

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II This eoubiy vs. bal he pleh'
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~ Hunter and cupt J G. llarh
'on 90 or tdp up anl meet during
our siay IN A. Louie NJ W y.
Miller and Die lifely bride, Col q.
" Over aid bis ostimahle lady ae.
compauicd Wy their charming
daughters. Miises Julia and Lillian
Hudson, al stopping NJ The South
ern Hotel, also Col. O. H. Hunt,
Mr.. Cicero Walton and Judge L.
Ozannc, all representative Of Pano.
Ia county, aud ! am certain taking
It asa patty with ourselves thrown
in that We had q very good repro
pcntation of The county.
The Fair was a grand success aud
We cannot attempt TO enter into q
DESCRIPTION, that would contain a vel.
ump and then not be complete II
is worthy Of II visit to see the thou
sand aud one different articles on
exhibition, the fine stock, machinery
aud in fact everything conceivable
in the line of entries at a fair Of the
magnitude Of this one which in
CLUBS almost everything. On Thurs
day there was a hundred thousand
people on the grounds, while Tiers
was from twenty-five to fifty thou
sand on each of the other days.
The premiums on cotton from this
State we're awarded to W. Il. Me
Shan, of Lee county, sweepstakes
for the best bale Of cotton In the
Union, with a premium q = ihou.
sand dollars, aud he was also awaNl-
cd the first aud third premiums
from the State of Mississippi of Eve
hundred dollars for one and two
hundred for the third. Col. r. +,
McGehee Of this county received
tho premium of two hundred and
fifty dollars for the second best bale
from the State there being only three
premiums offered to each State.
1t is n little remarkable that the
premiums were awarded at the Fair
OF 1870 to these Same gentlemen
from this State in the same order,
This Is quite crcditablo to our
State and still moro 40 to tho coun>
ties OF Lee and Pamela, for having
twice carried of the honors over n
competition with every other cotton
growing State and all the other
counties Of this State, in a contest,
where there were hundreds of bales
from the entire South and at the
greatest Fair in the Union and in
fact in the world, because it is sue
ccssfully claimed that the last Fair
was tho the finest and most largely
attended of any ever held in the
world. st. Louis mer chants have
shown their good sens 9 in fostering
this institution because it is an annu.
al sponge that gathers several mill
lions Of dollars into the hands of it!
citizens and enables them to build
magnificent trade palaces and resi-
dences and to encourage all kind o
industries with the strong none,
hand To appreciate tho grandu'
of one of these annual Fairs it mus
be attended, because the pen Of mar
is incapable of.giving the slightest
idea of its immense proportions Il
every respect
The bridge across the Mississfp
pi River is slowly approaching com
pletion and is is thought it will b
completed at a final cost Of scvc
million Of dollars, in a year.
The great benefit to q town
> city of a Fair may be thus seen an
appreciated and it is the duty of Il
citizens Of Sardis and the county
: render our Fair MS attractive a
/ possible and to draw US much mon
ey into the county as possible,
d encourage visitors tol come and al
t prcciatc the advantages OF our sc
ton.