The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1911-10-27
outf COAST LIZ! a. -
VISITORS WILL yfsD MUCH TO sE'
TEnTAfr AND INSTRUCT.


seen in South Mississippi
ouIfport, Mi..-Ths mississippi and
guif Coast Exposition Company wiz
give its second annual fair November
70 II Inclusive, and it is expected that u
will transcend last yesr's fair in every
way. Better and larger exhibits are
expected; fner and faster race horses;
better shows and attractions OF all KINDS
will 90 to make II an Improvement over
the first attempt of the company. IL
is only natural that the officers ana
directors Of the company should ehpec'
10 have a better fair this year, because
they have been able to profit by the ex |
perIence Of their first year in the heid,
and that they have done so Is being
amply proven by the manner IN when
they have taken hold OF affairs. Sec
retary J. Is. Howie is busy signing up
splendid attractions and equally busy
arranging for elaborate and representa-
tive exhibits.
II will be tr-county fair this year,
IL.
three Mississippi coast counties, figuring
in. The first meant new era in IN
dustrial, commercial and agricultural AZ
| fairs in South Mississippi. This years
| exposition marks an expanson of this
great agency for advertising the value
! of South Mississippi's cut-over lands for
farms, her harbor sites for commercial
| purposes. and her cleared tracts near
thriving towns for manufacturing indus.
tries.
A fair like this means the aggregation
of tangible evidence of what South Mis-
sissippj il doing commercially, indus,
triallv and agriculturally. This evidence
will be massed at central point SO that
by trip to Gulfport one may see for
himself what the whole coast is doing.
There ia no lack of interest in the coast.
This was proven last wear by the fact
that o5 600 people visited the fair, and
more are expected this year, because the
ewes of the state are focused on South
Mississippi. the newest and one of the
richest sections of the state, whose de-
yelopment. though slow in coming, has
of late years been sure, because of its
> matchless natural resources, which
were bound to attract capital and cause
r prosperity sooner or later.
immigrants have been eagerly sought
in recent years by South Mississippi
1 Many have come; more are needed. Th,
I people of the coast are conscious Of th'
value of the cut-over lands, but the maj
from afar, whether North Mississippi
!. some Southern State, or the North o
: the Northwest, will learn more Of tn
wonderful Eden of this part of tn
South by a visit to the tri-county fai
: nt Gufport than he could in years fror
advertisements, prospectuses and cats
II logacs.
The exposition company has fort
|, acres Of cleared and improved land onl
short distance from the business Sc
tion of Gulfport. 1t is adjacent to Il
( Louisville and Nashville right OF wa
y and can be seen from all passing train
q 1t is on the Eleventh street trolley liz
4 and is conveniently reached from an
4 part of the city. Only a little moi
4 than a year ago, this was virgin wood
y but the enterprise and industry OF u
= men who comprise the fair company
4 directorate and stockholders got to wol
u without any delay as soon as 1t VI
- decided to have fair, and now tn
y have the handsomest grounds and bull
4 ings to be seen anywhere in South M.
ID sissppi. The buildings are all mode
u and up-to-date. There is fine graz
a stand with restaurant underneath: the