The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-22

Plans for the annual meeting Of the
Mississippi Industrial Exposition are be.
ring compacted, . and the active work Of
preparation is under way. The Legis.
lature leased the old Capitol and grounds
for this purpose, and the promoters pro-
pose to make the fair larger and much
better than ever before. Several new
buildings for various purposes will be
provided, and the interest is increasing
from year to year, requiring larger QUAR-
tiers for exhibits. The attendance is
taken as an evidence that this enter
prise is appreciated by the people of the
State. In 1904 5000 people paid ad.
mission at the gate, while last year the
fall the promoters confidently expect
more than $4,000, and likely 10000 will
attend. In a register kept last fall
nearly every county in the State was
represented by visitors, and more than
half the States in the Union. The great
good to be effected by county and State
fairs cannot be grasped in an instant,
nor does it all come in the year in which
the fair is held. Results can be traced
for years afterwards. They are undoubt.
eddy the greatest educators of the pres
ent time, and every county in Missis-
sippi should hold a fair annually. The
promoters will likely not realize on the
money invested in the way of direct
dividends, but the dividends will come
to every. man, woman and child alike In
increased prosperity, better yield Of
crops, improved stock, economical han.
dling>of products and In q thousand 9TH
er ways. The writer hopes to see .
number of fairs organized next year and
made permanent institutions in the sew
eral counties now without them.
Several years ago q minister died Ii
North Mississippi, leaving a large family
in an almost helpless condition. Two Of
the girls were cared for by the Metho.
dist Orphanage at Water Valley, nov
Jackson, and given a fair education.
They were also trained in the pursuits
necessary in the battle of lifes
They were given Q start lin life under
Christian influences, and it has just been
announced that Minnie and Matte Koon
have become associated in the publica-
ton of the Dawn of Light at Walnut
Grove, with Brother G.. S. Ellis. They
will also learn the business in every
phase, conduct q woman's department,
set type, write locals and editorial. 4
useful career is opening to these deserv-
ing young ladies. This Is not an isolat.
ed instance of the good done by the or.
phanages of great old Mississippi. It is
being done every day. May they con-
tinue to prosper.
The Neshoba Fair will be held at the
grounds near Philadelphia this year from
August 14th to 18th, inclusive. An ss-
pecially interesting program has been ar
ranged for this year, and the best at.
tendance in the history of the fair is ex-
pected. 1t was organized in 1891, and
has proven of great value to the people
of that section. In the announcement
for this year the following great truth
appears:
Come to the fair, and you will have
a nicer garden, your watermelons will
grow larger, your cows will give more
milk, you'll raise better stock, bigger
hogs on less feed, more cotton on the
same ground with less work, know more
and feel better than you ever did before
in your life"
These are a few of the things that q
well regulated fair will do for a COM
munity, and the wonder is that every
The writer notes with satisfaction a
tendency on the part of the best news
papers of the State to deprecate the in
creasing tendency to infract the laws,
notably in the increasing number Of
murders committed. A number have pub
lished articles recently headed, Life Is
Too Cheap in Mississippi" and similar
wording, that were ably written, and
forcibly brought out the demand for 4
sentiment for a ~stricter enforcement OF
existing laws. The newspapers are the
most powerful factors in producing a
sentiment for law and order, and in keep
ing with their companionship of every.
thing that is for the best in u State,
it is gratifying to note that their efforts
will be to bring about a more efficient
enforcement of our laws. May they
keep up the good fight until our great
State will take its place at the head OF
all as the most ~law-abiding and God
fearing in the Union.
The Circuit Clerk of Tippah county,
in making his rounds with the registra-
ton books, reported that he registered
at Geno's Mill a man who qualified to
his age as 1O4 years. The gentleman. in
question was Mike Cox, a typical son Of
the Emerald Isle, and a fine specimen of
humanity. He has been a citizen of Tip
pah for a long time, and is n of the
best citizens of that section. Rev. H.
H. Freeman, of Dumas, registered as 80
years of age, and is in the full posses
sion of all faculties and likely to be with
us a goodly number of years yet. Con-
sidering the twins and fat boys reported
from Tippah last week, and these. old
residents this week, that section should
appeal to all as being especially healthy
and a desirable place for residence.
Poplarville is engaged in building .
large college for the higher education
of the youth of that section. Ground
has been purchased and plans are Being
made for a main building, to cost not
less than 5000 The cause of edu.
cation is being looked after properly by
our brethren Of the pine woods.
Friars Point is no longer in darkness,
the electric lights having been turned on
some days since. The new plant is q
municipal one, and the best that money
could buy. With a safe and conserve
tive management, the plant should pay
for itself in a few years without costing