Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-11-15

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display made and attendanr<. Coassl-
erabie dif6eultles we're eprountered this
season On account Of the storm . fev
weeks sinre, vhi<h DESTROYED . pnrsSsn
OF the articles being prepared. scsahly
the splendid tispiays k<r-scfere rad.
FROM south Mississippi, but il was very
cretitable indeed to our great STATE. AMI
every man. woman and child that at
tended went away better satisfied with
Mississippi and her incomparabl- re-
sourr~s> More interest was displayed
by the Northern section Of the State than
HERETOFORE TiPpsh county. right up
against the Tennessee line. sending down
some IS good stuff ne could BE- produced
anywhere. and Tishominxo. in the ex-
IRENE northeast corner, showing up souis-
thing Of the wonderful possibilities Of
that section in the way Of minerals,
elays, etc A large auditorium building
and several smaller ones had been pro-
visied and were used in addition to the
Odd Capitol Next year an immense fair
building will be erected and the Old Cap
itol left out entirely. Then the State
Fair will be on a substantial and safe
hasFs and . permanent institution for
-o"1 Tho>e Who have attended the fair
this year are its b~st advocates. The
man who has never he>u TO one does
not begin to aPpreciste the rool that =
done The result Of a wears work y
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and enthusiasm aroused in sthsrs 10 try
TO do a little bat better n<xt time IN
Increase IN number OF county fairs au-
xurs vel for the State FAIR Ws>r =
Community first -ets the community
splrit- it means that in n short while
they vii get the State spsrit a. well
Al szsch institutions have fog their 0b-
l>rt the sane thing. the a~Ereru-snr q
eoBiitSsns throughout the territory COW
er~L The competitive spirit ezro'Ira--e,t
bv fairs viii bs the cause Of vast i'm
pruveuen- throuxhsgr The STATE. and Of
course the b~trrrm<nt OF cnnsilt1o1s IN
general Help 20 push ths fairs
The writer has inuumerable tiue- and
upsa every seras5oa where opporruai.y
Pre->nret- Urged upsa cur people % stAy
N Ni>-s-<ippt. eoutensling that Il Of0~i
mere % the zxn seeking 4 hons than
anv State N the UnsonL The following
letter. received from one who left here
MANY years sro. i reprod1re1 In SUP
pert af that cunfenricns
4 nst5ee in one Of yu,r articles writ
ten sSn> time a<o that yca 2asi<s the
young a~n 70 ssay ar hsuse AMI iupsove
the opportunities that their own eoun-
try a50rsss. instead Of going TO some new
country .s b1ild up uaze and. as some
tkink. \ fortune I think this good al
vSee. and Il Should be hessied BY every
younx nlan Who has roaming and for
tune ~-hunriny m his head | LETT the
grand cd State Of Mississippi eighteen
wears ago to fnd the laad that nOwe'i
with milk and honey. bat I have failed
10 knd ir - far Most Of the tine since
lefr Misstssippi I have lived in the In
dian Territory. where nacst Of the East
ern people thsg-ht that money could be
parked NJ. I have found that this eoun-
trv does not offer better opportunities
than 10 many Of the older States There
are hundreds Of men who came here
usany wears asO while they were young.
that are no better of than the day they
IansE-d here Many of these are MIsAs-
sippians who left good homes. thinking
that they woud IN few years aecrm1-
ate n fortune and 20 back home Not
oat cut OF enc hunfret have ever sur-
e-ssied IN making n fortune Not many
of ,hem ever - haeS home, because thew
ar not able 10 do 80 Ny advice would
be- sYo1nr man st5rk TO your home
a- L / far better than roaming hunting
for fortunes
The foIioxinS true atteranr> Il frori .
Georgia paper
-n.rs< a tsxn make a paper er q papsr
a rowns Ths making = MT a one setssi
affair Eaeh - rec~=<ary 70 tae osher-
A god pap<r cxnnct he pEs4fshed IN n
town whi<h dos zot support It unless u
can got q portion Of its support fron
OUTSIDE territory. but snv eaurmunisy
can count on having It's ssiItor give the
bs~s pap~r that the support Il ar'rts
will permit His pride viii grEnrantee
this A good paper = the best pos-lnae
afverti<ement Of a town IL = taken
for granted thar il could not BE- good IL
the people of its town were not pro-
rresSive Thus il comes about that \
town that literally szpprrts its paper IN
turn i pushed forward BY IL
AT the Mount Olive Fair q large mum
b<r OF excellent stock were shown. bat
the rzules exhibited by j. j. Ware. OF
Low. attracted possibly more attention
than any single exhibit Mr. Ware u .
a successful mule raiser a. his stock
proxed. and il also strengthened the
contention that Mississippi and the Ptney
woods can raise As good males as any
section of our United States
Newton will socn have a large milling
in transit lumber manufacturing con
ceru that Will No doubt prove n sue
eessful business venture Situated as
IL Is. az the Junction of two railroads
that traverse immense lumber districts.
there Is every reason to believe that IL
viii prove OF profit to the promoters and
the enterpxising city OF Newton A
Iarre number OF skilled employees viii be
used as well as less important labor
Newton is still pushing and results are
sure to follow
The Department Of Agriculture and
Commerce was represented At the fan
East week by q booth in charge Of d. q.
Haley. clerk to the commissioner
display of syrup and other Mississippi
uroducts was made and . register for VS.
itors kent which showed that several
thousand people stopped to write then
names and addresses during the SIX days
of the fair
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