The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1905-12-15

event last year. 1t was grand success
tsSsra every standpoint. With little
inorc than a month in which To make
The preparation. quarantine restrictions
| interfering until the middle Of October.
the exhibits were from a much larger
territory than last year and represented
a greater range Of interests. Agricul-
tural and horticultural productions of
course were in the ascendancy. but the
| field of Mississippi possibilities was
/ pretty well covered and the visitors
| given an idea of what the State can do.
The Old capitol building was devoted
TO exhibits of This character and every
room ives nllcd 10 Overlooking. y large
| tent accommodated the chickens ducks,
| turkeys, geese. etc, more Than Tour
/ hundred birds being on exhibition and
from the best pens IN the State. An
/ other tent accommodated the dogs.
! which were on hand Ia large numbers
and attracted more than ordinary at-
| teution. An immense tent was required
| TO shelter the t>oriers that were placed
Cor show and sale. \ long row of stalls
were filled with the finest stock that
the state possessed and just a good as
could bc produced anywhere. \ row of
! booths 100 feet long were occupied 10y
commercial exhibits OF firms from Jack
,Jn, Hatticsburg, New Orleans, st.
| Louis and elsewhere. The grounds
we're filed with machinery exhibits.
! concessions and everything that goes
/ - make up successful State fair. 4
! 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 a grand
stand with 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 Sc,
| 600 people passed through the gates at
| the exposition grounds and several
| thousand attended the races who did
not enter the main grounds. While
there may have been some little de-
| that was lacking in an Instance or
| two, the fair was grand success from
| every standpoint, and those attending
| expressed themselves a. delighted. 1t
was revelation To thousands from our
| own State who did not 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-
tors who viewed the splendid display.
| While the receipts did not quite come
| up To the expenditures. the stOckhOld-
! erS viii begin at once the work for u
1 larger and better fair for next year. in
| case the State does not take up the pro-
| Icct and push il along rs some of those
IN authority express themselves "a
favoring. There j. no doubt of the
great value of such an institution to
1 he,
Il permanent exposition.
The fifth annual exhibit 10y the Mis-
| -ippi Poultry and Pet Stock Associa-
ton Will be held at Aberdeen from the
| 16th to the Both OF this month. This
| organization j. in excellent condition
and growing every year. The exhibits
are excellent. more than a thousand
birds being expected at the coming
meeting. About fifty OF the best breed
/ cr> of the State are interested and will
redouble their Efforts to bring i'm all
who are in the poultry business.
Begin right now to prepare for the
State Fair next year. Don't be cha
| grined by the fact that other sections
are represented and that yours j. with
out a showing. The cost i very slight
and the benefits great. Try it one time
and you will never miss again.
One of the Yazeo City papers thinks
/ probably the writer i not posted As to
the fact of NazOo having splendid
| yarn mill. The suggestion was brought
out 10y a recent notice in this depart
ment of large sale of long staple cot
ton at Tazoo city and the remark that
| NaZoo should have a mill to manufac-
ture this excellent staple into articles
ready for use. Nazoo has Il large mill
! that spins yarn and sells To other con
Germs To bc manufactured into the
| finished article These articles 90 as
| high as $500 per pound as demonstrated
| 10y the Cotton Associations exhibit at
| the State Fair. The writer appreciates
he fact that Nazoo i in the finest long
staple section of the South and would
| like TO see mill built there that would
make this lace and other high priced
| goods. increasing the price received 10y
| our home people from possibly - cents
q pound to sl0o and $500 per pound.
One thousand bales of Monroe county
cotton consecutively listed by Mr.. >. 4.
Dalton a few weeks since proved that
only 90 weighed under 500 pounds. There
were 2l3 bales weighing over 800
pounds and less than 700. and six bales
weighing over 200 pounds. That is a
pretty good average for the prairie sec
ton end one that goes To show that Mis-
>is>ippi Will raise more jO0-pound bales
than we are credited with.
West Point j. again agitating the
question of locating a fertilizer factory
in that progressive little city. Ii i TO
be hoped that the good business men
Will not allow the proposition to- go by.
They have the crude material and
splendid market for the product. Every
section of the State should manufacture
at least, as much fertilizer Is is used.
Newton Is building $4,000 hotel
along with the many other improve
ments under way. LII i one of the most
prosperous and fast growing towns in
the State, and will be heard from often
in the future.
a recent report OF the Agricultural
department credits our great State
with an average yield of hay of one and
three-fourths tons per acre while the
average for the United States is only
one and one-half The \ ber,laen FL.