Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-02-01

New Orleans, held almost twenty years
ago, or catalogue of the exhibits, and
will mail either or both to the editor
of this department, the greatest care
will be taken of the pamphlets during
their use and they will be promptly
returned and expense of carriage paid.
1t is our desire to reprint certain ex-
tracts from these two pamphlets,
which, If memory serves Alright, would
be Of great interest to our people at
this time. Few even among our most
loyal and best-informed citizens real
ize the States possibilities; indeed,
few have any conception of the extent
Of the exhibit made a score of years
ago at this Southern Exposition. De-
spite the fact that we had few fac
tories, that the lumber industry
(along with others of present i'm
portance) was in its infancy, that
railroads then ran only straight up
and down and across the State, we
made at New Orleans display that
amazed strangers and was a revela-
tion to our home people. Even such
Mississippians as the beloved Wal
thall remarked, upon seeing his States
display: "Well, l was always proud
of the old State, but never knew why
until l studied its resources in this
building" The writer has heard it
told by one who stood by him as he
wrote, in his delicate, almost effemi-
nate handwriting, his name in the
register, that Mr.. Jefferson Davis, the
honored President of the Confederacy
the beloved chieftain of the Lost
Cause, said: "The name of every Mis-
sissippian should be on this book, for
the exhibit is revelation to all Of
us, and l congratulate you (the Com
and the State" If there
was cause for pride then, when the
State was making her first struggles
to throw off the burden of the wars
accumulated misery, and had taken
but few feeble steps along the road
Of Progress, how much more reason
is there today, when she stands forth
free, strong and full of hope in a glo-
rious future and joy in the achieve
ments of the past quarter of a
century, for every citizen of the State
to rejoice in his birthright, and to use
all possible means to show to the
world the possibilities that lie within
us, as well as the things we have al
ready done. There is scarcely a doubt
as to the Legislatures action in this
matter. 1t has the welfare Of its State
too close at heart to refuse to demon
5trate its achievements to the millions
who will gather at st. Louis to see
what the South is doing. But we
must get good men to carry out the
work, and every man and woman in
should be self-appointed
of one to make the State
exhibit a great and a grand and a
worthy success.
A great many of our people who
have reveled in the prosperity of the
army post that was to be established
n their town." along with its gay
Of flags and bunting and
BRASS buttons galore, will read with
'egret the following extract from a
etter written by Senator MeLauYin
% a friend in Meridian:
81 do not believe the army post
will be established in the State of Mis-
Iissippi. If they should establish one
think it will be at Meridian. do
lot think much good will come to the
,ity in the way of trade by the es-
.ablishing Of an army post there. All
he supplies for the soldiers are sent
% them under contract and there is
very little money that they would
ipend there, scarcely"
Upon sober second thought, most
people will agree with our distin-
suished Senator, some will even go
,eyond him and say that it is their be-
ief that an army post, with the
myriad evils that seem to follow in
in their track, would work
great injury to any of the small
titles in Mississippi, should one by
hance be located there. Some of
hese towns have enough men with
die brains already; they need no i'm
Iortations.
1t is more than refreshing, it Is de-
ightful, among so many croakers, to
nd occasionally a man who sees only
he bright side of life, and who ac-
living in a county where
rops are good and where money is
1ade instead of lost by the majority
( farmers. Such man is that able
sgislator and successful planter, Hon.
Hiram McGehee Of Franklin coun-
Y, now in the Senate. Mr.. McGehee
ives the good news that the banks of
ummit, McComb and Magnolia paid
ut to the farmers of his district over
nd above all accounts more than one
lillion dollars last year. If his own
experience has been duplicated by |
lany Of his neighbors we can readily
how this state of things
anne about. Senator McGehee killed
meat hogs for his planta-
on, made 800 gallons of Louisiana
ane syrup from his own cane and
lade up for his neighbors 1000 gal
'ns, Of which his toll was 500 gallons.
lie also raised sufficient corn to run
is entire plantation through the year,
lade plenty of high-grade rice for the
OF bis family ana sold
nough syrup to pay for all the sugar
= 7eiiee he viii use during the year.