Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-02
TO ADVERTISE THIS SECTION.

The management of tho Southern
Inter State Immigration Bureau,
which is an organization gotten up
under the sanction of the several
state governments, the plans ar
ranged by duly appointed delegates
by lhe several Southern governors,
have written to the publisher OF this
paper requesting that be take IN
hand the collection OF means suffi>
cient to secure products from this
county to be placed on exhibition ut
the headquarters of the Bureau for
the purpose Of showing the resources
OF our coanty and state There is
no cost to US except the collecting
of exhibits and paving the freight
aa same TO the city Of Raleigh, N.
G.
We will place the subscription list
in the hands of a proper person who
viii call upon our people at once;
and we will be glad to receive the
funds, as has been requested Of us,
and to purchase The products of our
county, pack the same in such shape
as is necessary for safe shipment,
and forward same at the very earli-
est m omcnt possible.
This is q chanc, to advertise our
section at a very small cost. There
will be thousands of people visiting
the headquarters of this official
Southern Bureau, and no state, Sec
ton or county should fail to he rep
resented. We are not called upon
to spend single dollar for the
placing and arranging OF an exhibit.
All this oxpense IS provided for al
ready We only have TO collect
such exhibits as we think will al
tract people and money to our sec-
ton, scnd it to the headquarters,
and they will there be exhibited
, free OF cost to MS, Those of our
readers who have any extra good
specimens of hickory, maple, gum.
walnut, oak, poplar or beech woods,
six inches wide, two feet long or
larger, of any and all varieties; bull
ding stone in rough or dressed shape
weighing from FIVE to thirty pounds
each; minerals of all kinds, precious
stones, Indian relics, shells, stuffed
birds or animals. or skins of animals;
varieties of wines, hrandies, dried
iruits, medicinal herbs roots or
plants; and in fact anything that is
| produced or found in our county,
| will confer a great favor on the peo-
| pie, and aid in developing the re-
sources of this section, if they will
contribute such articles to this cause.
/ These exhibits will not only be
! on exhibition at the Southern Inter
! State Immigration headquarters, but
they will be placed on exhibition at
i,he Southern Interstate Exposition
which will open in the city of Raj
eigh, N. c., on tho lst of October,
| 1891, and close on the Is. of Decem
her. Such things as can he pre-
served will he placed on exhibition
al the Chicago Exposition in 1898.
A i articles will he properly labeled
stating that they are from our coun-
".
We repeat this is an excellent
way by which we can exhibit tho
products OF our soil, mines and for
ost, and with comparatively small
cost 10 any one. We therefore urge
upon our people to take enough in
forest in the matter to at least cons
tribute the means necessary to pay
| for collecting the exhibits and pay
ing the freight on same. The cost
to each individual viii be very
small. and we will collect and for
ward the articles as requested by
General Manager F. B. Chiffon.
Don't fail to contribute when called
| upon. n ~