The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-16
BY II. E. BLAKEsLEE. Jackson.

The third annual meeting of the State
Fair was held in jackson last week and
was an unqualified success, both in the
display made and attendance. Consid-
cradle difficulties were encountered this
season on account of the storm a few
weeks since, which destroyed a portion
of the articles being prepared, notably
the splendid displays heretofore made
from South Mississippi, but it was very
creditable indeed to our great State, and
every man, woman and child that at
tended went away better satisfied with
Mississippi and her Incompatible re-
sources. More interest was displayed
by the Northern section of the State than
heretofore, Tippah county, right up
against the Tennessee line, sending down
some as good stuff as could be produced
anywhere, and T~ishomingo, in the ex-
IRENE northeast corner, showing up some
thing of the wonderful possibilities of
that section in the way of minerals,
clisS, ctS. "A hiSc auuiloiiuhh p1iioii'5
and several smaller ones had been pro-
vided and were used in addition to the
Old Capitol. Next year an immense fair
building will be erected and the Old Cap
itel left out entirely. Then the State
Fair will be on a substantial and safe
basis and u permanent institution for
good. Those who nave attended the fair
this year are its best advocates. The
man who has never been to one does
not begin to appreciate the good that Is
done. The result of Il years work Is
here shown to all and inspiration given
and enthusiasm aroused in Others to try
to do a little bit better e time. The
increase in number of county fairs au-
ours well for the State Fair. WAen Il
community first gets the community
spirit. it means that in a short while
they will get the State spirit rs well.
All such institutions have for their OBJ
iect the same thing, the betterment of
conditions throughout the territory COW
cred. The competitive spirit encouraged
bv fairs will be the cause of vast i'm
provement throughout the State, and OF
course the betterment of conditions III
general. Help to push the fairs.
The writer has innumerable times and
upon every occasion where opportunity
presented, urged upon our people to stay
in Mississippi, c%ontending that 1T offered
more to the man seeking a home tha
any State in the Union. The following
letter. received from n who left here
many years ago, Is reproduced IN sup
port of that contention:
Il notice in one of You articles wr1t-
ten some time g that you advise the
Young men to stay at home and improve
the opportunities that their own u
try affords. instead of going to some new
country to build up a name and, as some
think. a fortune. | think this good add
vice. and it should be needed by every
young man who has roaming n Tor
tune hunting in his head. | left the
grand old State of Mississippi eighteen
years ago to find the land that flowed
with milk and honey, but | have failed
to find it so far. Most of the time since
| left Mississippi have lived in the In
dian Territory. where most OF the East
ern people thought that money could be
picked up. | have found that this coun-
try does not offer better opportunities
than do many of the older States. There
are hundreds of men who came here
many wears ago while they were young,
that are no better off than the day taey
landed here. Many of these are Mi5slS-
sippians who left good homes, thinking
that they would in Il few years accumu-
late a fortune and go back home. Not
one out of one hundred have ever sue
ceeded in making a fortune. Not many
of them ever 90 back home, because they
are not able to do so. My advice would
be-: Young man, stick to your home,
as it is far better than roaming hunting
for fortunes"
The following true uttcrancc is from a
Georgia paper:
Does a town make a paper or a paper
a town? The making is not Il one-slded
affair. Each is necessary to the other.
A good paper cannot be published in a
town which does not support it unless 1T
can get a portion of its support from
outside territory, but any community
can count on having its editor give the
best paper that the support it affords
will permit. His pride will guarantee
this. A good paper is the best possible
advertisement of Il town. 1t Is taken
for granted that it could not be good if
the people of it's town were not pro-
eressive. Thus it comes about that a
town that literally Supports it's paper in
turn is pushed forward by it"
At the Mount Olive Fair a large mum
Der of excellent stock were shown, but
the mules exhibited by j. J.. Ware, of
Low, attracted possibly more attention
than any single exhibit. Mr.. Ware is a
a successful mule raiser, as his stock
proved, and it also strengthened the
contention that Mississippi and the piney
woods can raise as good mules as any
section of our United States.
Newton will soon nave a large milling
in transit" lumber manufacturing con-
Germ that will no doubt prove a sue
cessful business venture. Situated as
it is, at the junction of two railroads
that traverse immense lumber districts,
there is every reason to believe that it
will prove of profit to the promoters and