Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-01-19
EDUCATION OF HOME PEOPLE
AND STIMULATING THEM TO
BETTER EFFORTS.
ADVERTISING STATE WARES
These Are Principal Purposes Of Bio
Event In GuIfport and Hearty
Cooperation to Garry Out
Plans Being Manifested.

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ton the purposes for which 1t is to b
held. Aside from the fact that W
are celebrating the completion Of a
hundred years Of statehood and tina
loyal citizens are proud of the recor
MADE there are two important Dull
poses OF the Exposition.
one Is to educate u home peopl
oy giving to them an example tina
Will stimulate them to an effort to d,
as well or better than the object tina
Is before them. There Is q remarkable
opportunity for effective work alon,
this line that is being kept strictly il
mind by the management. The loca
ton on the Gulf Coast is especially at
tractive to the people of the state ant
Will draw as many or more than any
other point.
Next Is the wonderful possibility Of
showing to the outside world Just
what we can offer the man who is
willing to invest his money to aid in
developing our resources or Is seek.
ing a home for himself and family
me county and state fairs to a Ger.
Tain extent take care Of the first rea-
sonable advance, but the latter will
necessarily fall upon the Exposition
and the communities that cooperate
In making 1t.
There is a great need for more good
white people to give help in making
our millions OF acres of waste lands
produce something that the world
needs and increase revenues for the
purpose Of building and maintaining
roads, churches, schools and other
modern necessities. The c%onveniences
cannot be maintained without a citi-
zenship to support them.
There is even a greater demand for
a market for u products that ara as
good as can be found anywhere
and would be profitable II a fair
price could be realized by the farm
ers. This market must be created
largely without the state and II WIS.,
ltors from other sections can be
brought here by the thousands and
hundreds Of thousands, why should
not they be made to know how good
our stuff Is and thus stimulate q de-
mand?
1t Is with the outside people that
we have the greatest opportunity. |
What porspect have we for showing q
large number at the Exposition At
present, between January list and
April LIST each year, there are within
a hundred and thirty-seven miles
along the Gulf Coast, including Mo-
bile and New Orleans, SOC, 900 visitors.
With a sensible campaign Of publicity
Will be lnaugurated, a large per
of these visitors can be brought
TO the Mississippi Coast for a few
lays. Here they will see what we are
showing in the way Of products that
hey should use.
On four days each week special
rains bring people from Mobile and
Orleans to any part of the Mis-
'lssippt coast for a fare of $1.0O for
he round trip. This rate applies all
through the summer. With perma-
lent exhibits installed in the principal
buildings and kept open to the public,
nese people can be shown at any
line our products and taught that
hey should use them. T,
The Exposition management will co.
perate to the fullest extent with both {
Jew Orleans and Mobile In getting {
acre visitors and also to develop the I
Mississippi coast to the point where {
1any times the people will come to :
nJoy Its advantages as at present. If /
hese visitors are for only a few days, f.
he chance is presented to impress
hem with our productions and the 4
ecessity Of using them. :
Other states nave done this and
'hy not Mississippi? We will never h
ave a market until we create it and 9
lie sooner a start Is made in that d. :
9ction the better. TIE. times as many {
from a distance can be shown e
n exhibit on the coast as at any other :
pint in the state. For that reason,
lie location for the Centennial Expo-
ton and the other events that are to Z
'llow is an ideal one. y