The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-02
AFEW FACTS CONCERNING THEFA|R
Mississippi Makes Very Poor Showing, Considering
the Amount Of Money Appropriated

The editor Of The News returned
last week from a few days. visit al
the st. Louis fair, having made the
trip with the Mississippi Press associ
alton. A number of our readers have
requested us to tell them something OF
our trip, what we saw, etc +, but we
hardly know where to begin. The
fair is one of the greatest shows the
world ever knew, and one can hardly
be satisfied with mere pen picture
every one who possibly can should Wis
1t it, for no one is capable of telling
of the many wonderful, bewildering
sights. We arrived in st Louis
Wednesday at evening s O'Clock, and
caught Laclede Avenue car on Mar
ket street, which carried US to the In
side Inn entrance, distance of about
eight miles from the city proper. We
registered, and was then informed by
Fred M. O. Choate, an obliging men,
Der of President Francis staff, that
reception of the press gang was in
progress at festival hall, and the
Mississippi delegation was cordially
invited to attend. Led by Mr.. Choate,
we wended our way through the beau
tiful grounds, and up by the lovely
cascades to the building where the
worlds press parliament was in ses-
sion. Here we were seated to a ban.
quet, and then returned to the Inside
Inn. The next morning Thursday
we were led by Hon. r. II. Henry to
Beauvoir, AN e-x-a-c-t repro.
d-u.o-t-i-o-n of the home of Jefferson
Dayis,'' so declared ''Uncle'' Hiram.
We found Mr.. Henry and family
very comfortably situated, keeping
house. There was not room for Mrs
Walton, the hostess, SO she was not
present. Mr.. Henry made a speech
welcoming the people of Mississippi
and of the world 10 Beauvoir, and
was replied to by Hon. J. G Mcclure
secretary of the press association
After examining the historic old
home, and the antiquated furniture,
the pen pushers hastened to the agri-
cultural building, anxious to view
Mississippi's exhibits there. To
show our readers the sentiment among
the editors after visiting these exhib-
its, we append the following com
ment from one of our exchanges
whose editor was there:
Utica Herald: The most impres,
sive thing to US was the poor showing
made by our own beloved Mississippi.
Her exhibits are pretty good what
there is of them; there's a good deal
of them, too. such as they are.
Really, Mississippi's exhibits look
like thirty live cents compared to the
others. Leaving out mines and met
ais, Mississippi is almost unlimited in
resources, but to an outsider, little or
no impression can be formed of her
boundless opportunities and the un
paralelled variety of her productive
ness. Her exhibit in the, forestry and
game department. was very good. AS
whole, though, disappointment was
plainly marked on the countenance of
every Mississippian we saw while
there
Following are few brief facts con.
corning the great fair that will pos
sibly be of interest to our readers:
The fair opened April 80, and will
close December /.
Grounds cover 1 ,240 acres.
Cheese weighing two TONS
For athletic events, $50, 600.
Exposition costs $50, 1000, 900.
Forty-four states participate.
Rose garden ten acres in area
Automobile speeding contests.
Giant bird cage, 800 feet long.
Special pavilion for sculpture.
Indian exhibit, covers 40 acres.
Art pottery works in operation.
Giant locomotive at full speed.
Natural garden of wild flowers.
Fifty foreign countries exhibit.
Model schools for blind and deaf.
Regular hat factory in operation.
Statue of John Stewart in butter.
Special corn exhibit, cost $50, 1000.
Louisiana history told in flowers.
Pavilion built entirely of peanuts.
Ice plant BOG tons daily capacity.
Hank Monks famous stage coach.
Mining Gulch-12 acres in extent
Queen Victoria,s Jubilee presents.
-Four acres of growing fresh fruits.
Decorative sculpture, cost $500, 900.
Philippine exhibits, cost ST. 200, 900.
The widest boiler plate ever rolled.
Pure food exhibit covers two acres.
A typical Pennsylvania coal breaker.
Turquoise mine in actual operation.
Iron statue of Vulcan, so feet high.
Outside live game exhibits, 10 acres.
Placer gold mine in Mining Gulch.
Locomotive tests throughout season.
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