The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-06-09
Boost Mississippi-Privute Allen Did

Every man should be a booster of his native city 0
community and of his native state-or OF the place ne hVes
For those of us who think we are great boosters o
Mississippi we recommend a speech by the late Congressman
humorist, Private John M. Allen, of Mississippi, who 81
for many years in Washington representing Tupelo and tn
northern section of the state. We got this from Or. W. l
Mccain, genial head of our Archives Department at JACK
son and think it's worth reading.
If YOU think YOU'RE a Mississippi booster you "ain'
heard nothing yet until you read this dissertation.
Speaking, on ''rhe Tupelo Fish Hatchery" " 1p,rIys e
Allen whose jokes are still today recounted and retold y
khe halls of Congress, had this to say:
AS this fish hatchery is to be established at Tupelo,
and find among some people in this country 40 even
formation to others, and some gentlemen who have I'VE
have have not 'sno on1y ees spo t. 7 fSDsla but I s fSiss to / s oasss s1
Tupelo.
Tupe dne or ma aadia aee from 9mi 4msaasan Columbus sdi,i1IS 'G sailed into @
s spaaSwn . ss @ori IN like Ike t this, snas 5 Sa ad-T 70 have erf msas
sSmsw5e5 r, near its G insisn ss ssaa; E pla @vt rs T nss Sa. 4 tHe
story Of 9 trek to Tupelo PONCE de Icons quest 9, yo was mot not,
f ss l fspe1o' w The Freneh IL under q Z B SiaSaihn land pArtasuet-
ts1e with now their Ell ,s slG0s 9 Pepd snS ar ssf5sa a tns sil and 0i T baSlee
yaTds, their the Ip t 1ons ssres spurs of' r we5D9ns T sn Ens sPanisfs ehe
spanish an CO Contentious ut and contests were for the ownership
sion aq he RAILROADS. Hs sss x ssss' ali af' st IF 9ns t to Psssh Tapel e4R lam
s sSIa ref Ss a. iG let "4 ths w sesessioa s tsses f aspart th le 1nion
T ,ns o.. The ;, s sE%iss Of the Tirg Union s wsr so dse ess4r asaanss
were thrown il Their way e Bull Run man and s they , we5s
who landed at PittSburg Landing, on m tennessee River,
and began his operations against Tupelo General Albert
sat Shiloh, and for most of the first day we had a really
good time with them, but for General Johnstons beng
KILLED and me being scattered on the evening OF that Gay,
there is no knowing what might have happened or now
the history OF this country might have been changed.
President Davis ordered General Beauregard to fall back
fallen seems to have broken the spirit of the Confeder-
acy, and we never did much good after that CATER the
war the railroads made a great rush for Tupelo. During
last wear, I find, about 100000 tons of freight passed
through Tupelo)
= Come visit with me in Tupelo. Come and go with
me on College Hill some evening and see one OF or
Tupelo sunsets. Come and see one of our Southern Sill
very Tupelo moons. I think Tupelo is the only place
in the South where we have the same beautiful. moons
the corporate limits Of our town we can ACCOMMODATE a
population larger than that of the city OF London -.
Our lands about Tupelo have been valuable, % agricu-
tural purposes that we have not yielded them up OF
building a city as rapidly as we should have done.
7 a Mr.. Chairman, that while there are
larger nlaces than Tupelo. I do not think that there IS
m other place exactly like it. Tupeo is very y.
if not exactly in, the center of the world. Inc norizon
seems about the same distance in every olrecuon.
This. Mr.. Chairman, is a proposition to estapnsn
q fiSh hatchery at Tupelo. We have the ideal place Ior
a fish hatchery at Tupelo. Why, sir. fish will travei
land for miles to get into the water w nave Y
Tt,pelo. Thousands and millions OF unborn rln az
rIaworinp to this Congress to-day for an opportunity
tn be Matched at Tupelo.
What every town in Mississippi needs is a Privat
John M. Allen or two. 44 u alAAA
Boost Mississippi.