The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1904-09-03
TIER FROM WORLDS
FAIR COMMISSIONER

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y, tienry--Now Is the Time to vIs-
the Big Fsir Before the Exhibits
.ex,n TO Dcteriorate Beanvoir and
4 ReIicsr-The Lie That Gen. Davis
Vore a woman's Dress w hen Cap
|,red Nailed by Yankee.
|tbe Sea Coast Echo:
M term for which Congress author
4 the holding Of the Worlds Fair is
se than half over, but q little more
n three months remaining in which 10
the greatest exposition ever given,
he gates will close for ths last time
kember |.
IN Exposition is now In Tho zenith OF
ErIory, beaaty and spicndor. There
be no further improvement. Indeed
4 better now than II can be at any
4 in the future, for from now on the
Hbits must, in the very nature Of
hrs. become "shop worn", accumu-
hr dust and dirt till the close, TO say
hing Of the ravages by vardals and
kenir fiends, who look upon every
\ displayed at a Worlds Fair as
mon property, or as Gov. Lowry used
ay about umbrellas, "no property at
These fiends regard nothing as
<ed, and Beauvoir and the Missis-
= exhibits have felt the effects Of their
tging.
would advise all contemplating a
to the Fair to come on at once,
the weather is good, business at
hide and the exhibits at their best.
h now on all installations must de-
rate from day to day. All are in
to call first at the Mississippi
ding and get q card directing them
be States exhibits and places of
best interest, after looking through
BID home, which was built for their
sure and comfort.
eny Mississippi people are visiting
Fair, the number for the past week
"a greater than heretofore, and a
y increase is expected the balance
is month and the first weeks OF Sep
er. They come from all parts of
State, not only from the railroad
ID, but from the interior, Neshoba,
ton and other interior counties hay
eent large numbers.
y forty Knights Templars, en- route
N Francisco, were the largest body
u at Beauyoir since the opening OF
Fair, until today, when forty-fiye
ns came in u body from New AL
Miss. They called in a body at
Mississippi Building, where they
given an informal reception. They
headed by such well-known citi-
as Leroy Kennedy, w. D. Bias, w.
dell, John B. Wilson, D. H. Hall,
Swain and Walker Rodgers. They
in their own chartered cars, which
peen supplied with the good things
X \, and will remain a week or more,
B all there is to be seen of the
rs Fair. The party is made up of
ladies and gentlemen, and mer-
rowd never "hit the Pike.
luvoir had notable visitor today
person. OF j. w. Brown, of Indi-
Miss, the first person born in the
Pal building, in 1866, soon after the
*|ng had been completed as a
zer home by his father, the late
Brown, Of Madison County, Miss.
'rown looked through all the rooms
building, and pronounced them
duplicates Of the original, which
Fected in 1853 1854. The residence
esigned by Mrs. Brown, who drew
plans and specifications. There
large grounds Of several hundred
Of beautiful trees, large orchards
p immense pecan grove, The
ps we're wealthy and occupied the
only in summer, here they had
boats, bathhouses and all the
6 known to rich Southern plant
MI Brown says, at the close of the
war the property was sold to Mrs.
a. Dorsey, the authoress, and
per passed into the hands OF Jeffer-
avlS' and was occupied by him tlll
hth.
leads to reference to the suit of
obtained from the Confederate
IN at Richmond by the UNDER
winch was worn by Mr.. Davis at
Pc OF his capture by Gen. Wilson.
close OF the war; This may be
Y exhibition in an ebony case at
Or' Where it was placed, by per-
! ot Mrs. Davis, to disprove the
00a SO often circulated by sthe
''n press that Mr.. Davis was cap
u awoman's dress. The suit is of
ae'a'e gray and is in good state
'0iVaaon, considering that il is
VV years old. It consists of
Y. vest and Prince Albert coat. All
iolers take off their hats as they
poa this sacred relic, and pause
"a me inscriptions and identifica-
ine following letter from James
.sr' a Federal soldier of Gen.
y stan, who took part in the
s0i the grand old man, written to
sus Of Portland, Me-, is posted
'uOusly on the case, and should
.I.'Es ulo llp thak L