The Greenville times., 1900-08-25
A STREET FAIR FOR JACK
SON.
Merchants Association Should
Take the Matter in
Hand.
Would Draw Immense Crowds From
all Portions of the State and
Much Business for our
Merchants.

i 1t is the earnest hope of large mum
Der of citizens in Jackson that thu
I Merchants Association will take VI
the matter of holding street fair il
Jackson this fall and commence max
t ing the proper preparations and ar
, rangements for the event.
I The city papers have hitherto point
ed out the great trade advantages tha
accrue to city from such enterprise
l and the Association, as progressiv,
+ organization. cannot afford to miss tn,
, golden opportunity. Street fairs are 1
new thing in Mississippi and the frs
affair will naturally draw an immens,
number of people.
The fair should not be representative
only of Jackson but the entire state as
, well. Jackson is the capitol apd y rep
resentative gathering can be gotten
together. The street fair should have
an exhibit from every county in the
state and prizes given for the best
county exhibits. This would excite a
lively competition. With the proper ef-
fort it is possible to secure exhibits
from the seventy-fve counties and
such display would be worth going
far to see. 1t would attract verita-
BILE multitude of people.
Let the street fair movement be
taken up. 1t can be made steet fair
and state fair combined. A program
of races and other attractions at the
fair grounds will attract many people
who would not come to see the other
features. -Clarion-Ledger.
We print the above to show our
merchants what is being done in
other cities with a view to secur-
ing fall trade. Hardly day pass
es but that we pick up a paper
which tells of some city or town
preparing to give fall celebra-
tion.
A few weeks ago such q move
was started here. A program was
arranged, committee appointed to
visit the merchants and discuss
the matter with them. As far as
we know, that committee still
stands but as to what they have
done we cannot say as they have
made no report.
AS president of the Association
we have urged upon each member
of the committee the necessity OF
taking up the work at once SO as
to give plenty OF time for adver-
tising the carnival and for ar
the different features of
the program to insure its success.
Mr.. Shannahan, a member of
the committee, and ourself started
out one afternoon, two or three
weeks ago, and raised about $4O0
for the celebration. This, we
think, is all that has been done.
With the proper effort on the
part of the committee, we believe
the ammount necessary to secure
the prizes and program can be
raised. Every merchant is in
terested in doing business which
means bringing people to Green
vile, and not to other markets to
spend their dollars. They will
contribute when shown that the
Investment Of twenty-five or fifty
dollars in the fund means three or
four hundred dollars new trade.
No city in the state has any
brighter outlook for fall trade
than Greenville. Good crops are
on all sides.
To give this celebration during
The last of October will not be too
late and the committee should take
up the work at once and push it
through. Our merchants individ-
1ally or collectively, should urge
it. Another suggestion we will
make here and that is, that meet
ng of our merchants, bankers.
cotton buyers, oil mill, compress
md newspaper men be neld some
line soon to discuss different plans ,
md means to encourage and draw
,rade and cotton to Greenville,
which has been going to Clarks-
iale, Memphis and other cities.
We want 1t and we believe that if
We make long pull, steady pull
md a pull altogether we can get it.
Don't be surprised when you
zee next weeks TINES. Give us
your support and we will give you
Al ~