The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-04-12
EXPOSITION ITEMS.

This column will henceforth be de-
voted to the interests Oh Mississippi's
exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position, and through it We hope, in
our limited way, to serve the State in
this grand work. Any of our readers
who have good ideas or any who
know of worthy exhibits are cordially
invited to communicate them TO the
editor and such as are available will
be used in this department and thus
brought to the attention Of the bureau,
as well as to the public.
IT is a fact that most Of us wait un-
til too late to get enthusiastic over
such work as the preparation OF an
exhibit, thereby rendering our inter-
est useless. as far as practical results
go. We must begin now-today-tO
think over this great opportunity and
to plan for our share in its success.
Should we allow ourselves to be care
less about the matter now, waiting for
| the press reports of what our neigh
boring States are doing to interest and
enthuse US, it will be too late, and We
will pay the penalty for having to
stand by in abashed silence and hear
the world praise our neighbor for ex-
hibiting products or manufactures
much inferior to those we could have
exhibited if We had only started out
in time. 1t is to be hoped that our
manufacturing interests will realize
the advantage that will accrue to them
from a proper advertisement of their
enterprises, thereby giving to the
world excellent proof of the fact hat
We are in the race for Progress. And
W.. Ao1f~,-o tLa- r,,E4 80 +ha-. v~g1n 10
gin early enough 10 make suitable eX-
hibits. But it is chiefly to the men
and women who are the backbone of
the State-the' agriculturists-that We
would address this plea, begging each
one to put MS or her shoulder to the
wheel and push it on to success. This
way, and this alone, lies success. For
instance, If a farmer, nc matter how
few his acres, has a reputation for
some specially, let him begin with this
early season to prepare to exhibit tho
finest possible specimens of his spe-
cialty. There may be some man in
your neighbprhood whose corr is the
envy of the planters around him.
This being the case. for the neiEhbor-
hoods sake urge him to do his level
best to make a fitting exhibit of his
corn. Some other planter may cult
waite cotton-or certain kinds of cot
ton-with great success, then all
should help him make an "A No. /"
crop of cotton for our exhibit at St.
Louis. Some others, perhaps you or
yours. may find success in grains or
grasses. fruits, melons or vegetables.
That worthy proof of your success
along your chosen line may be made
before the world, you should at once
begin to plan for it. A fortune lies
in wait for the man or who
can teach new and valuable lessons
to bee keepers and thus increase and
improve the honey for which there is
such great demand-a demand far be-
yond the supply. Why may not some
brave, bright woman Of our State do
this? At least, she could try.
But there are too many departments
in which good work should begin for
us to mention all of them. We can
only urge upon our people the i'm
poTtance of prompt measures in what
ever they mean to undertake. 1t will
take the year that inteTYenes between
the present time and the exposition
for our great educational institutions
to prepare displays that will be a
creditable presentation of what they
have done, and they should bend their
best energies to the proper accomplish
ment of this work, The world has
heard much of Mississippi's generosity
to her schools. Now let us prove our
: selves worthy of what has been done
l tor us. Indeed, there is but one way
-, for us to make every dollar of the
: $4,000 appropriation show for its full
l value. and that is by joining hani:
and hearts in the great work and push
+ ing it forward with our united strength
; May we all do this, and do 1t heartily
Magnificent promises are always to n
b Su,pected-Iheodore P2rGsz.