The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-24
.UOtf COAST FAIR
T A REVELATION
VISITORS WILL FIND MUCH TO I'm.
TERRAIN AND INSTRUCT.
Association Has the Handsomest
Grounds and Buildings to b
Seen in South Mpxissiyyi

give its second annual fair November =
to II inclusive, and it 10 expected that II
will transcend last yeer's fair in every
way. Better and larger exhibits are
finer and faster race horses;
better shows and attractions Of all kinds
will go to make it an improvement over
the first attempt Of the company. IL
is only natural that the officers and
directors of the company should expect
to have a better fair this year, because
they have been able to profit by the ex'
perience of their first year in the field,
and that they have done 80 ia being
amply proven by the manner in which
they have taken hold OF affairs. Sec
rotary j. B. HOWE is busy signing up
splendid attractions and equally busy
arranging for elaborate and representa-
tive exhibits.
1t will be tri-county fair this year,
Harrison, Jackson and Hancock, the
three Mississippi coast counties, hgurlng
in The first meant a new era in In
dustrial, commercial and agricultural al
fairs in South Mississippi. This years
exposition marks an expansion 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-
sissippi is doing commercially, indus
tTially and agriculturally. This evidence
will be massed at a central point 90 that
by a trip to Gulfport one may see for
himself what the whole coast Is doing
There is no lack of interest in the coast.
This was proven last year by the facs
that $4,000 people visited the fair, and
more are expected this year, because the
eyes of the state are focused on South
Mississippi, the newest and one OF the
richest sections of the state, whose de-
velopment, though slow in coming, has
of late years been sure, because OF its
matchless natural resources, which
were bound to attract capital and cause
prosperity sooner or later.
Immigrants have been eagerly sought
in recent years by South Mississippi.
Many have come; more are needed. The
? people of the coast are conscious OF the
valle of the cut-over lands, but the man
t from afar, whether North Miss ssippl,
;. some Southern State, or the North OF
p the Northwest, will learn more of the
wonderful Eden of this part Of the
South by visit to the tri-eounty fail
at Gulfport than he could in years from
advertisements, prospectusss and cata
8 legues-
= The exposition company has fort!
y acres Of cleared and improved land onl.
q short distance from the business sec
. ton Of Gulfpsrt. 1t is adjacent 70 tn
y Louisville and Nashvills right Of IA,
and can be seen from all passing trains
II 10 on the Eleventh street trolley lin
II and is conveniently reached from an,
10 part Of the city. Only little NOR
r than a year ago, this was virgin woods
q but the enterprise and industry OF tn
men who comprise the fair company
directorate and stockholders got to wof
II without any delay as soon as it wa
l. decided to have fair, and now the
S, have the handsomest grounds and bullC
s, ings to be seen anywhere in South Nil
sissippi. The buildings are all moder
and up-to-date. There is ine gran
stand with restaurant underneath; theT
is a half-mle oval track; athletic held
"Gladway,' which is a. quarter OF
"a, mile of fun; and very fine driveway
+ Plans have been adopted for ne
Woman's Building and it will be read
for this years fair. 1t is to be III
usually handsome and will afford plent
er Of room for the domestic science, scho'
is work, and other exhibits in which Il
&c ladies are interested.
No expense is being spared to mai
"a the fair entertaining for the visito
lt- When he has revelled in the bounti'
ID of nature, which the richly endowe
surrounding country has sent in, he sha
O. not lack for pleasure.
nc The exposition company is capits
lied at $4,000. The officers are w.
Bouslog, president; C. j. Barrow, vic
president; George P. Hewes, vice-pre'
or dent; j. b. HOWE, secretary, treasur
-y and manager. Directors: ". Ii. Bouslc
We C. j. Barrow, George P. Hewes, j.
Or HOWE, R. L. Simpson, j. II. Lang,
-. B. Chinn, j. A. Latimer, P. b. Fl
"a syth, Rucks Yerger, w. II. Favourt
GU W. j. Quarles, j. II. Dorset, R.
ne Wylie and w. o. Alexander. EXecuti
RS committee: w. H. Bouslog, C. J. b
dy row, George P. Hewes, J. b. HOWE,
Ia L iSmpson, j. H. Lang and j. B. Chin
'a The opening day of the fair will
Coast Jubilee Day. There will be th'
sands OF visitors present for this d
" and everything at the fair grounds
o be in readiness There will be mi
nificent flower parade, with at least fiji
decorated automobiles in line, as well
. handsome floats and a display OF
best live stock of the coast.
~ Other important days will be the
and nth. On the sth there will bt
- track and field meet under the direct
n of Maui nrlaaua :