The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-12-16

event last year, it was a grand success
from every standpoint. With littl
more than a month in which to max
ene preparation, quarantine restriction
interfering until the middle of October
the exhibits were from a much large
territory than last year and Represented
a greater range of interests. Agricul
'urai and horticultural productions o
curse were In the ascendancy, but thu
neiu OF Mississippi possibilities wa:
pretty well covered and the visitors
given an idea of what the State can do.
Ihe old capitol building was devoted
10 exhibits of this character and every
room was filed to ver6owing. Alarge
tent accommodated the chickens, ducks,
turkeys, geese, etc., % than four
hundred birds being on exhibition and
from the best pens in the State. An
other tent accommodated the dogs,
winch were on hand in large numbers
and attracted more than ordinary at
IGNITION. An immense tent was required
to shelter the porkers that were placed
Tor show and sale. A long row of stalls
were filled with the finest stock that
the State possessed and just as good as
could be produced anywhere. A row of
booths 400 feet long were occupied by
commercial exhibits of firms from Jack
son. Hattiesburg, New Orleans, st.
Louis and elsewhere. The grounds
were filled with machinery exhibits,
concessions and everything that goes
to make up a successful State fair. A
large carnival company with twenty
attractions furnished amusement, which
together with the two bands and couple
OF steam caliopes made times lively
every minute. The race track was
placed in excellent condition and q grand
stand with a seating capacity of 1000
people erected together with sixty stalls
for the racers. This part of the ex-
position was a losing card, although
splendid racing for handsome purses
were provided. The receipts did not
pay the purses, let alone the several
thousand dollars expended in building
the track and stand. More than &c.
600 people passed through the gates at
the exposition grounds and several
thousand attended the races who did
enter the main grounds. While
there may have been some little de-
that waS lacking in an instance or
two, the fair was a grand success from
every standpoint, and those attending
expressed themselves as delighted. 1t
was a revelation to thousands from our
State who did o realize the won
derful resources possessed, and will be
worth hundreds of thousands of dollars
alone right here at home, to say moth
ing of the train loads of Northern visi-
,ors who viewed the splendid display.
While the receipts did not quite come
Up to the expenditures, the stockhold-
RS will begin at once the work for a
arger and better fair for next year, in
'ase the State does not take up the pro-
ect and push 1t along as some of those
n authority express themselves as
avOrlng. There is no doubt of the
value of such an institution to
he State in general, and it will be made
permanent exposition.
The fifth annual exhibit by the Mis-
Poultry and Pet Stock Associa-
will be held at Aberdeen from the {
9Th to the 30th of this month. This f,
r~ganization is in excellent condition :
growing every year.. The exhibits ,
re excellent, more than a thousand !
irds being expected at the coming
leeting. About fifty of the best breed
RS of the State are interested and will
edouble their efforts to bring in all t
no are in the pOu4 :ry business. V
Begin right now to prepare for the 7
Fair next year. Don't be cha ;
rined by the fact that other sections =
re represented and that yours is with +
ut a showing. The cost is very slight n
nd the benefits great. Try it one time =
you will miss again. h
One of the Yazeo City papers thinks
the writer is not posted as to
le fact of Yazoo having a splendid &
Urn mill. The suggestion was brought u
1t by u recent notice in this depart -
ent OF a large sale of long staple cot "
n at YazoO City and the remark that r
aZOo should have a mill to manufac- ..
re this excellent staple into articles ..
ady for use. Yazoo has a large mill a.
at spins yarn and sells to other con- "
rms to be manufactured into the ~
lished article. These articles 90 as -
gh as 5000 per pound as demonstrated v.
the Cotton Associations exhibit at VI
e State Fair. The writer appreciates
e fact that YaZOO is in the finest long
APPLE section of the South and would WI
re to see a mill built there that would an
AXE this lace and other high priced W
DDS, increasing the price received by tn
r home people from possibly 25 cents tr,
pound TO 800 and $500 per pound. frl
WI
One thousand bales of Monroe county fr'
ton c~Onsecutively listed by Mr.. S. A.
Ilton a few weeks since proved that
Iy 80 weighed under 500 pounds. There sh
r 2I3 bales weighing over 600 tn
unds and less than 100, and six bales to
ighing over 700 pounds. That is a on
stty good average for the prairie sec an
n and one hat goes to show that Mis- mi
sippi will raise more 500-pound bales siI
ia we are credited with. ris
Vest Point is again agitating the
,stion of locating a fertilizer factory Ut
hat progressive little city. 1t is to pr
hoped that the good business men sal
| not allow the proposition to go by. Maa
~ have the crude material and a sls
endid market for the product. Every oe
ton of the State should manufacture
as much fertilizer as is used.
Ja'
Tewton is building a $4,000 hotel 20 ~
,p with the many other improve 95.:ll
rs under way. 1t is one of the most Uue