The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-11-16
Excursionists Booming Business
and Worlds Fair Spend Day
in Mississippi.
WAS A GOOD ADVERTISEMENT.
SoutherncrS Have Shown Great
Hospitality to Their Guests
Mississippi Exhibit
Assured.
BY 4 srAFr coREsPoNpENr.

ID y IA tSANLSI h
Holly Springs. Miss, Nov. 15-What has
been the most enjoyable. as well as the
most successful. day spent by the excur-
sion party Of st. Louis merchants and man
ufacturers In the South has lust been closed
with a reception at Holly Springs, Miss.
It is now an assured fact that the state
Of Mississippi will exhibit richly at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition. All local
business leagues have exerted themselves to
excel one another In hospitality, while the
members wives and daughters have show
cred roses and chrysanthemums upon their
guests.
To-day has been a frolic among cotton
plantations and groves hung with Southern
gray moss. Charles Lemp has run the spe-
cial engine at sixty miles an hour. while a
number Of business men have stood on the
roofs OF the cars 20 throw Worlds Fair
souvenir buttons at people along the route.
An amateur chorus has been organized,
with Private John NJ. Allen as leader, and
the excursionists have presented Manager
H. S. futile with a diamond stud 70 show
their appreciation Of his services.
At jackson, the capital of Mississippi,
Governor A. II. Longino assured the 50.
Louisans of his support towards obtaining
q liberal appropriation for a Mississippi eN-
hibit at thu Worlds Fair. The same declar-
alton has been secured from Speaker Rus
sell of the House of Representatives After
being entertained at the Columbia club,
where Robert Kerns spoke for the Fair and
was warmly applauded. the St. Louis party
visited the new $4,000 Capitol building. a
new hotel and opera-house and the fertih-
ger factory. which have been erected re-
Gently at 4 cost each of slc0.No.
A cakewalk had been arranged az Pickens.
Miss. A huge a compounded and baked
by Mrs. L. T.. Hoover. Mrs. <. W. Burton
and Miss M0llie a. Clark, was presented
with floral offerings to the st. Louisans.
In the opera-house at Winona, Miss,
Major James Mclean welcomed the eXcur-
sionists and babe them GodSpeed on their
triumphant procession through the State.
Flowers were presented by a committee Of
three ladies, Mrs. .. L. wilkins, Miss VII
kins and Mrs. J. 7. Clarke. at DuckhilL. At
the Grenada Female Institute 200 yOung
women, in caps and gowns. welcomed those
of the ST. Louisans who deserted business
for social pleasures, and a similar party
was entertained at the home Of Colonel II.
". Durant in Coffeyyiile, Miss.
Even greater enthusiasm was displayed at
Water Valley. where Seymuur's Band and
the younger members of the visiting party
were enlisted among the performers at a
street fair. But these very diversions go to
further the business success Of the trip.
1t has been the pu pose Of the excursion
.sts TO bring st. Louis before the people OF
the tributary States, believing that this is
always an advertisement.
The homeward journey has been begun.
but memories mutually happy remain. The
excursion has been IN Mississippi all day.
visiting Jackson. Canton. Pickens. Good
man. Durant. Walden, Winoua, DucKhill.
Grenada, Cofeyvile. Water Valley and
Holly Springs.
ALBERT B. CHANDLER.