Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-11-01

are correspondingly happy and con
tented. There will be few to leavI
this fall in quest of riches in othe
countries of promise. Mississippi i
as good as the best, the only troubl
being in the fact that we have no
known it all along. Little if any eff
fort has been made to develop our re
sources until within the past few
few years and things have rocket
along in a happy-go-lucky way. Blu
the change desired is taking place an
better times are upon us, even at thu
present moment. Then let's keep vi
the lick and guarantee a continuanc,
Of prosperous times. The farmers ar,
organizing and making an earnest eff
fort to improve their condition, ant
upon their prosperity depends thu
prosperity of the whole state. 1t i
the duty of every person, makes III
difference in what line of business, I;
assist in this work, a business obi
cation as well.
In looking around for this satisfac
tory improvement and the cause, ther,
are many things to take into cons d
Grafton, but the writer believes tina
one of the greatest factors has beer
the rejuvenated fair spirit, the build
ing Of county fairs and the state fail
it is a fact that cannot be contradic
ed that communities sustaining a livt
fair are doing better than those tina
have nothing Of the kind. 1t bring,
the people together once year in fra
ternal meeting, they see what thel
neighbor has accomplished and aftel
| hearing how it was done are encour
aged to make the effort themselves
Mississippi has furnished multiplied
thousands of the best people on earth
to make the Empire state of Texas
what she is to day to the detrimen
of our own. Texas has fifty county
fairs and the great Texas State Fail
at Dallas, more than twenty years ole
and the largest in the South. Tat
Texas legislature makes liberal APP.
preparations to the support of this
fair, as to the legislatures of nearly
every Southern state, and find it the
best investment that can possibly be
made. The people demand an outing
at least once each year and the fair is
both entertaining and highly instruc-
tive.
Mississippi is awakening to the i'm
portance of fairs and more are being
held this year than ever before in the
history of the state The first at va
zoo City was held last week and was
a magnificent success. The people
of that splendid county took the great
est interest and the exhibits were up
to a high standard. 1t will be worth
untold thousands of dollars to the
people in the end. Copiah county, the
banner trucking county Of the state,
held her first regular fair the week be
fore and at its close regular love
feast was held. Planters, stockmen,
bankers, merchants and all expressed
themselves as delighted with the ini-
tial attempt and pledged their undi-
vided support to its permanency. The
reports from every point have been Of
a similar nature.
The writer hopes to assist in the OF
ganization Of at least half a dozen
new ones for next fall. Greenville,
Hattiesburg, Greenwood, Kosciusko,
Meridian and a dozen other points
are agitating the subject and it is to
be sincerely hoped that tangible re-
suits will follow the investigation.
The great State Fair begins next
Tuesday at Jackson and lasts until
Saturday the 10Th. Everything is In
readiness and the event promises 20
be much better than ever before. The
railroads have all granted rate OF
one-fare for the round trip plus %
cents, and an attendance of near 100,
900 is expected. Let the man who does
not believe in fairs come for one OF
two days, study carefully the interes.
shown and the instruction received,
investigate for himself and then pass
upon the possible benefits to a great
commonwealth like Mississippi of a
good state fair.