New Britain herald., 1925-05-13
MID SOUTH HEARD FROM
 VIA MEMPHIS

MID SOUTH HEARD FROM
 VIA MEMPHIS
 The Prosperity Edition" - IA pages - of the Memphis Com merctal Appeal Is at hand. It is aptly termed An Encyclopedia of Mid-south Progress and Success"
 There Is no compendium of sec tIonal information comparable with such an edition of great sectional newspaper, especially if care Is eX- ercised to stick to facts and not deal in bombast and aggeration. It is emphasized on the editorial page that the management has been at great pains to keep 10 this high standard and believes that every statement in the paper Is substanti- ally correct. Those who know the Commercial Appeal - a conserva- tive small-type newspaper which makes no pretcnse al seasoning its intelligence with the salt Of fiction the statement will be taken al face value.
 It seems that inc old Memphis is no more. Tn no section Of the country has there been . greater transformation in the last decade. The city is the greatest inland cot ton market and the hardwood oen- ter of the country, but this was always so. The difference lies in the fact that the city now has so many high buildings it looks like d minia- ture New York -- why it Is necos- sary to build so high where there ] is so much land is a mystery,
 But other evidences Of prosperity are by no means lacking. The arts are being cultivated, too The Memphis Rluos' is not the only tune being played in town. At the ninnacIe Of it's art achievem Tt stands the municipal auditorium -- New Britain and Hartford take mo- tice - which seats 12,0oo people, The prime object in its construction was 10 provide cultural and any other kind of entertainment at 10" prices, TO matter how costly the cn- tertalnment. Everything is given in ,he auditorium from grand operas
 symphony concerts and arns- en- gagements. down to prize fights
 The population of Memphis is but q few thousand more than that of Hartford. The Connccticu caD'- "a, lacks much that Memphis "n- pears to foster The foregoing ls one important detail.
 The "Prospority Edition" is r..
 n,,te with pictures and d~scrtri'' matter relative to the entire mid. son.b. Photos Of Iarc4 power plants abound. incmImg Muscle shoa's- and when one inspccts these pie
 ta~rs one realizes the prize H"nT9 r,~I did not g.t for a song, 'o". o,l.r power lines are being pro- ,rctcd in Mississippi NC arc y" formed. TEo Lugc reservoir of Ay 5ro.powar is hioe exported '' o.H.~ states. w'ir% is 8 d'tf'r"0 sysprn than n Nam". no'"n''0' . ,r. mos, ..~u, 1yIro-pow'r s'a'' in New England. which doos no rar7,Ir rovor eNporatton- Fh2 sec i linn ot tn, "rrosp.m'y Ed'uon" d" s ,o,.d 10 Mississippi 1n's 'na' '.' s.a,es enormous pow'r ]eF'"p
 u,r. will ma6. l. tao mos nnpor
 t,n. state in ths soutM A.r"dH 'a O., Mississippi Q: the scnoo. books
 oe romance. and "helds Of sno"
 Qst..r has bovn changed 70 on" o ..r.... ....-~.7. 8rI cotton mlus.
 ,,.a.as-ap. of a.. h'allins Of fin Q Lamar Lie Insurance Co, at Jack son. Miss. was quite d surpr'Se a $ var. IS d shock - there isn't an
 Y HartforI any tailor or a" k nrg.r. This 4,Inc.ion canno .ro' study of rAe lhotosrara :" n such things don't lo And We n'" l. e,en hoard Of tho Lamar oonc'r
 before. But ttr Columbian Mutu'
 tower in Memphis, IS another id d surance building the ike Of whic Q is mol found n Hartford - an 1t this IS another insurance compan
 VIC didn't suspect existed,
 h When We reached'tho Arkansa section oe the Prosperity Ed'io1 l. us discovered that super-poa -- a.