Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-08-08
KENTUCKY AND ST. LOUIS.
Touring Blue Grass Editors Enter
tanned by St. Louis Worlds
Fair People.
An UNANIMOUS PlEpse OF suppoar.
tsge. ss Fev~ss Park. as Gs~.ss OF
the Exe~sttve Cssatttee. ssa
Thes isasises IN . Happy E.-
change 81 kfsaiy s~ast.ess.

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ST. Louis. Aug. THE Kentucky
Editorial association exeursiouists. en-
route to Salt Lake City. reached ST.
Louis at daylight Saturday morning.
were met at the Union station by a
reception committee from the press
bureau of the Louisiana Purchase ex-
position and escorted to Forest Park
cottage in special cars over the Trans
IL Co.'S lines. where they were the
guests of the executive committee of
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Co. at n delightful breakfast, no BE-
ing in the PARTY.
NJ the breakfast Mr.. T. W Brown.
managing editor OF the Louisville
Times and president Of the assoeia-
ton introduced Gov. Francis. who
spoke happily of the Exposition of
1876 and the interest kentuckiaus. by
reason of their prominent part in the
Purchase. should feel in its success
Gov Fra.~i. speaks
We ars here TO welcome your aSs0-
ciation.@ said Gov. Francis I'VE arr
glad OF this opportunity To extend to
you a hand~Lake on your way to the
west lou eau saw to your neighborS
at home that the kentuekians in Mis-
souri, look back with pride to the land
of blus grass. ard always are happy
to extend their hands in welcome To
their old friends. We should b. eloSs
friends. we Mis~ourians and kentuek-
ianS. in the celebration of the I0uiSi-
ana Purchase, for il was that unrest
on the part of the people of your
state to get control of the vast terri
tory west o. the Mississippi that
aroused in the minds of jefferson and
his associates the importance Of that
big land sale We are preparing 10
f;tiagly celebrate the sequisition OF
the Louisiana Purchase in 1906 Ken
tueky haS not yet made an approPria-
tiou for rrprsseutation at thu Worlds
fair We must have Your support. To-
you are th.- i--aslers of thought and az
tiou within yOur commonwealth We
know that with your enthusiastic as
siStanc. II viii 90 through. We arr
glad TO have yoa with Us this morn
ing
Br~~kt.rtdx~ Js.es Followed
At the conclusion of Gov Francis
remarks be ~aS heartily eh~ered. and
President Erowu introduced Mr..
Brevkenriis~ Jones. president OF the
Sc Louis Kentucky sosiety. who vel
coined the editcrs to the city in a very
timely talk
\ fitting response was made by
Judge John = Kelly. Of the Barsis
town tky-i Record JusIse Kelly a.
sur~d Gov Francis and his associates
Of the Laui>.s m PHrchas.- Exposition
Co that -he kentacky editors. and IN
fact all the people of Kentneky. we're
with them heart and soul in the erle-
bratiOn Of the Louisiana Purchase.
and tf there's anything else YOU want
to bay said the iudgr- we're in
-ith you TO the end In closing he
extended -h> heartfelt thanks Of the
editors aud their wives and daughters
for the courtesy shown them by the
exposition management
h~atu~ky Pledge.
Sentiment Is a good thing said
President Brown. and We have now
indulsed in it freely on this occasion
think the right thing for the Ken
tucky editors to do i 10 get down To
hard pan. right here and now. and
plesise tsov- Francis and his associates
that the Kentueky people will make
an appropriation for representation
at the Worid'S fair large enough 81
that no Keutuekian who visits youF
monster exposition will be ashamed
To boast 10 the people from all over
the world that he i from Kentucky.
let us then by standing vote tall
stood Ipl pledge to Gov. Francis and
this COMMITTEES that We will exert ev-
cry influence AZ our command 70 Sc
cure an appropriation from the next
general 49, n,hiy TO the end that
keutueSy may b. ereslitahly repre-
sented At ,he grsat fair
t.ssd-By 10 81 Louis
The plssige made. the applause
over. the party. after shaking hands
with ssOv- Francis and Mr. Jones
uaek through the Worlds fair
z indeII railway PAVILION on
- OF the park and board
Nars for Union station.
time to take the
= Colorado train
hem plenty of
md literature
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