The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-11
Where Cotton is King.


Worlds Fair more than 20 times
the amount she did on the exhibit
at the Columbian Exposition at
Chicago. For that fair So, 500
was appropriated by the State.
For the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position $4,000 has already been
appropriated by the legislature and
when that body again convenes in
January, 1904, it is expected that
this sum will be largely augmented.
A splendid site was early allotted
to the State on which will be built
a pavilion, to be used as head.
quarters for visitors from Missis-
sippi and for their friends. The
, site is level tract on the State
plateau, east of the Iowa building
and south of New Jersey.
R. H. Henry, the Executive
Commissioner, has visited every
county in the State delivering ad-
dresses, working up interest and
securing featrues for the State ex-
hibit.
Mississippians assert that their
State has never been properly rep.
resented at previous great expo
sitions, and they have determined
to demonstrate at St. Louis in 1904
that the rich soil Of Mississippi in
the production of diversified crops
cannot be excelled anywhere and
that the State produces anything
and everything that can be pro-
duced in any State in the Union.
In the Palace of Agriculture
Mississippi will make great
cotton exhibit. In the production
of this commodity Mississippi
claims to lead the world and every
phase of the cotton industry will
come III for treatment. Cotton
will be shown growing in the
fields. How it Is picked, trans
ported, carried through the cotton
gins, baled and made into cloth
will be shown in interesting detail.
How cotton seed oil is extracted
and the various articles made from
this product will also interest the
visitor
While cotton is king in Mis-
sissippi, other crops are by no
means neglected. Total crop fail
ures, which have occurred in less
favored States, are unknown there.
Hay and grasses grow spontaneous
ly. Besides these products, the ex-
hibit in the agricultural depart
ment will embrace wheat, oats, rice,
barley, peas, pumpkins, sugar
cane, tobacco, clover, millet, maize,
with other important products of
the farm.
Fruit farms and market gardens
thrive in Mississippi, and yield
bountiful crops all the year round.
There is never a month that some
valued crop may not be harvested.
This will be demonstrated by the
large exhibit IN the Palace of Hor-
ticulture, where will be shown
peaches, apples, plums, pears,
grapes, cherries, berries, ounces,
figs, tomatoes, beans, vegetables,
turnips, radishes, and
other fruits and vegetables.
Strawberries yield abundantly
on the hills and rolling lands of
Eastern Mississippi, and from
Meridian north to Corinth. along
the line of the Mobile e OhiO |
the lucious fruit is grown
with much profit. Excellent trans
portation facilities permit the ber-
ries to quickly reach the northern
market, and sell at the high prices
that prevail early in the season.
Mississippi women, who are
aking an enthusiastic part in their
State exhibit, will make a telling
display in the art department and
n the building set aside for wom-
ms work.
For the State building, Missis-
ippi will produce "Beauvoir,"
he home of Jefferson Davis. The
historic mansion will be faithful
reproduced, and will contain
nany old works of art and historic
elios.