The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-29
PRESS RESOLUTIONS.

The following resolutions among
others, were adopted by the Press
Association at its recent session:
The following resolutions were re-
ported by Mr.. Z. S. Wilson, from the
Committee on Resolutions and adop-
ted:
Whereas, DR.. w. L. Spillmanh as
been designated by the Commissioner,
with the approval Of the board,a agent
to prepare an exhibit of the soils, s,marls,
sands, fossils, etc., of Mississippi, for
the New Orleans Exposition,the mem
bers of the Press Association are re-
quested to urge upon their readers
the necessity and propriety of sending
to said agent at the Agricultural and
Mechanical College, freight prepaid,
all specimens OF such exhibits as may
be deemed worthy of notice, and that
the Sheriffs Of the various counties of
the State be requested to ship to said
agent at said college freight prepaid,
specimens of what they consider the
average soil Of their respective coun-
ties.
Whereas, The Worlds Industrial
and Cotton Centennial Exposition, at
New Orleans, promises to be the larg-
est and most successful affair of the
kind ever held in this country, or per-
haps in the world; and
Whereas, This Exposition is an
occasion of great Importance to the
State of Mississippi, offering as it does
a magnificent opportunity to advertise
its unbounded resources, its great
possibilities and its encouraging pro.
gress in industrial development;
therefore
Resolved, That the newspapers oI
the State be earnestly requested tc
exert their influence in their respect,
i've towns and counties to induce the
boards of selectmen and supervisors
to make appropriation for local ex
hibits in the Mississippi Department
as authorized by act of Legislature
creating the Exposition Bureau,to be
placed to the credit in said depart
ment of the respective towns an(
counties.
Resolved further, That we pledge
our best efforts in bringing the i'm
portahce Of this Exposition promptly
to the notice of our readers, and il
urging them to cooperate in this be-
half with the State Commissioner, ,anG
render him all possible aid in his eff
forts to make the Mississippi exhibit
worthy of the occasion and creditablt
to our soil, climate and the people
God has blessed with SO Crane an in
| heritance.
Resolved, That the newspapers o
the State be requested topublish these
resolutions prominent in their coluln'
and to reinforce them with editoria
comments.
The following resolutions, adopted
at a joint meeting of the Exposition
Bureau and the Executive Committed
| of the State Horticultural Society
were indorsed by the Press Conven
ton:
Whereas, 1t is necessary to harmo
nize all of our material interests,to the
end that we may make a grand dis
play at the New Orleans Exposition
therefore be it
Resolved, That the State press be
requested to aid us in bringing out Z
full representation of our horticultu
rists to the meeting of the society a
the Agricultural College on the lStl
| of June, when all details will be ar
ranged for the exhibit at New Orl
cans.
Resolved, That the horticulturist,
in all parts of the State be requested
to correspond with Prof. J. J. Col
mant, of the Agricultural College
and DIR. H, Il. Mckay, Of Madison
Station Mississippi, in regard to pre-
pairing samples for exhibition at New
Orleans.
BY J. d. Burke:
The Press Association of the State
of Mississippi, fully appreciating the
inestimable benefits that may be con
fidently expected from judiciou,
exhibit in the Cotton Centennial Ex
position, to be opened in the city o
New Orleans, in December, 1884
and believing also that carefully pre-