The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-11-17
By II. e. BLAKEsLEE. Jackson.

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 Tishomingo, in the ex-
treme northeast corner, showing up some
thing of the wonderful possibilities of
that section in the way of minerals,
clays, etc. A large auditorium building
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
itol left out entirely. Then the State
Fair will be on a substantial and safe
basis and a permanent institution for
good. Those who have 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 a years work is
here shown to all and inspiration given
and enthusiasm aroused in others to try
to do a little bit better next time. The
increase in number of county fairs au-
ours well for the State Fair. When a
community first gets the community
spirit, it means that in a short while
they will get the State spirit as well.
All such institutions have for their oh.
jcct the same thing. the betterment of
conditions throughout the territory COW
cred. The competitive spirit encouraged
by fairs will be the cause of vast i'm
provement throughout the State, and of
course the betterment of conditions in
general. Help to push the fairs.
~ Ioo SAhASo S'N
upon every occasion where opportunity
presented, urged upon II people to stay
in Mississippi, c%ontending that it offered
more to the man seeking a home than
n State in the Union. The following
letter, received from one who left here
many years ago, is reproduced in sup
port of that contention:
81 notice in one of your articles writ
ten some time ago that you advise the
young men to stay at home and improve
the opportunities that their own u
try affords, instead Of going 20 some new
country to build up a name and, as some
think, a fortune. / think this good a1-
vice, and it should be needed by every
Young man who has roaming and for
.tune-huntinG in his head. | left tie
grand cid State of Mississippi eighteen
years ago to find the land that flowed
with milk and honey, but I 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 years ago while they were young,
that are no better off than the day they
here. Many of these are Missis-
who left good homes, thinking
hat they would in a few years accumu-
late Il fortune and go back home. Not
out of one hundred have ever sue
,eeded in making a fortune. Not many
IF them ever 90 back home, because thew
ire not able to do so. My advice would
De: Young man, stick to your home,
Is it is far better than roaming hunting
or fortunes"
The following true utterance is from a
paper:
Does a town make a paper or a paper
. town? The making is not a one-sided
,ffair. Each is necessary to the other.
A good paper cannot be published in a
own which does not support it unless it
get a portion of its support from
outside territory, but any community S
IN count on having it's editor give the
paper that the support it affords
Will permit. His pride will guarantee 4,
his. A good paper is the best possible
advertisement of a town. 1t is taken !
or granted that it could not be good if I
he peODlc VI u tO"h WIZ INV PtO .
Thus it comes about that a
that literally supports its paper in ,
urn is pushed forward by it" i
At the Mount Olive Fair a large num- !
ter of excellent stock were shown, but :,
he mules exhibited by J.. j. Ware, of =
.ow, attracted possibly more attention +.
han any single exhibit. Mr.. Ware is a 1
successful mule raiser, as his stock
roved, and it also strengthened the
ontention that Mississippi and the piney
FOODS can raise as good mules as any =
ection of our United States. .
The Denny Tramroad, which is sched- :
led to eventually be a connecting link =
18th the M, J.. & X. c. and P~ascagoula 1
arbor, is being extended and is fast I
ecoming an important line in that Sec b
ON. A few more extensions will bring r
comfortably close to a connection a
18th the K. G. r
Press reports of damage to coast in :
,rests by the storm of some time since :.
being refuted day Try day. To tell :
le truth, our Mississippi coast exper- 7
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