Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 1:29 pm Post subject: Some Highlights About Mississippi
And now. . .a few words about Mississippi !
The Mississippi Gulf Coast, from Biloxi to Henderson Point, is the largest and longest man-made beach in the world.
National Geographic is printed by the Ringier-America company in Corinth, MS.
The world's only cactus plantation is located in Edwards with more than 3,000 varieties of cacti.
Mississippi has more tree farms than any other state.
Mississippi has more churches per capita than any other state.
Norris Bookbinding Company in Greenwood is the largest Bible rebinding plant in the nation.
The cleaning product Pine-Sol was developed by H.A. Cole in Jackson, MS.
Pine-Sol is manufactured only in Pearl, MS.
Dr. Tichenor created Dr. Tichenor's Antiseptic in Liberty, MS (not in South Louisiana as commonly believed).
Four cities in the world have been sanctioned by the International Theatre/Dance Committee to host the International Ballet Competition: Moscow, Russia; Varna, Bulgaria; Helsinki, Finland; and Jackson, Mississippi.
David Harrison of Columbus owns the patent on the "Soft Toilet Seat." Over one million are sold every year.
The first football player on a Wheaties box was Walter Payton of Columbia.
The Teddy Bear's name originated after a bear hunt in Mississippi with President Theodore Roosevelt. President Roosevelt refused to shoot an exhausted and possibly lame bear. News of this spread across the country, and a New York merchant capitalized on this publicity by creating a stuffed bear called "Teddy's Bear."
H. T. Merrill of Iuka flew the first round-trip transoceanic flight in 1928. The flight to England was made in a plane loaded with ping-pong balls.
The birthplace of Elvis in Tupelo includes: a museum, a chapel, and the two-room house in which Elvis was born.
The world's oldest Holiday Inn is in Clarksdale.
Blazon-Flexible Flyer, Inc., in West Point, manufactures the best snow sled in the country, the Flexible Flyer.
Greenwood is the home of Cotton Row, which is the second largest cotton exchange in the nation and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Emil and Kelly Mitchell, the King and Queen of Gypsies, are buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Meridian. Since 1915, people from all over the world have left gifts of fruit and juice at their gravesites.
The 4-H Club began in Holmes County in 1907.
The Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg is the largest research, testing, and development facility of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
On April 25, 1866, women in Columbus decorated the graves of Confederate and Union soldiers in Friendship Cemetery. This gesture became known as Decoration Day, the beginning of what we observe as Memorial Day.
Shoes were first sold as pairs in 1884 at Phil Gilbert's Shoe Parlor in Vicksburg.
Inventor James D. Byrd of Clinton holds seven patents and developed the plastic used as a heat shield by NASA.
Mississippi University for Women in Columbus was the first state college for women in the country, established in 1884.
Every commercial airliner has at least one hydraulic component manufactured by Vickers in Jackson.
The McCoy Federal Building in Jackson is the first federal building in the United States named for a Black man. Dr. A. H. McCoy was a dentist and business leader.
Hat Maker John B. Stetson learned and practiced hat making in Dunn's Falls, MS.
The oldest field game in America is Stickball, played by the Choctaw Indians of Mississippi. Demonstrations can be seen every July at the Choctaw Indian Fair in Philadelphia, MS.
Alcorn State University in Lorman is the oldest black land grant college in the world.
The International Checkers Hall of Fame is in Petal.
Natchez was settled by the French in 1716 and is the oldest permanent settlement on the Mississippi River. Natchez once had 500 millionaires, more than any other city except New York City. Natchez now has more than 500 buildings that are on the National Register of Historic Places.
Captain Issac Ross of Lorman freed his slaves in 1834 and arranged for their passage to the west coast of Africa. They founded the country of Liberia.
Oliver Pollock was the largest individual financial contributor to the American Revolution. He invented the dollar sign ($). He is buried near Pinckneyville.
Resin Bowie, the inventor of the Bowie Knife, is buried in Port Gibson, MS.
Liberty was the first town in the country to erect a Confederate monument, in 1871.
The Pass Christian Yacht Club is the second oldest yacht club in North America, founded in 1849.
The Mississippi Legislature passed one of the first laws in 1839 to protect the property rights of married women.
The Natchez Trace Parkway, named an "All American Road" by the federal government, extends from Natchez to just south of Nashville, Tennessee. The Trace began as an Indian trail more than 8,000 years ago.
The Mississippi Delta is the birthplace of the Blues, which proceeded the birth of Jazz, the only other original American art form.
The Vicksburg National Cemetery is the second-largest national cemetery in the country. Arlington National Cemetery is the largest.
D'Lo was featured in Life Magazine for sending proportionally more men to serve in World War II than any other town of its size; 38 percent of the men who lived in D'Lo served.
In 1894, Coca-Cola was first bottled by Joseph A. Biedenharn in Vicksburg.
Mississippi was the first state to outlaw imprisonment of debtors. (Praise the Lord!)
Belzoni is the Catfish Capital of the World. Approximately 70 percent of the nation's farm-raised catfish comes from Mississippi.
The company that makes "Icee" drinks is owned by Fred Montalvo from Edwards.
Peavey Electronics, in Meridian, is the world's largest manufacturer of musical amplification equipment.
Proportionally more Mississippians were killed during the Civil War than from any other Confederate state.
Serving during Reconstruction, Hiram Revels was the first Black U.S. Senator.
The first Parents-Teachers Association was founded in Crystal Springs, MS.
Babe Ruth's last home run was hit off a Mississippian, Guy Bush of Tupelo.
To copy a line from the well-respected Fox News, for a "Fair And Balanced" view of Mississippi, the following facts are submitted for your consideration.
3rd lowest average teacher salary of all states.
2nd highest infant mortality rate of all states.
3rd lowest number of doctor's per population of all states.
5th lowest of all states for percentage of the population with a bachelor's degree or higher.
4th highest unemployment rate of all states.
4th highest level of all states for traffic fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles.
and a honorific 1st Place for the highest percentage of the population living below the poverty line.
All the above courtesy of U.S. Census Bureau (gotta love their website motto: "Helping you to make informed decisions")
Let me qualify my comments by saying that I've travelled Mississippi extensively and found it a geographically gorgeous area with many fine people... but it certainly does seem to have more than it's share of problems.
Thats easy to figure,,not many doctors cause people are healthy,,
lots of traffic fatalities cause they got shine there that you CAN drink.,
lots of folks don't work cause they don't have to,,they are Demo liberals on the dole.
Teachers work cheap cause the kids are intelligent and easy to teach.
I have seen lots of folks with Bachelors degrees and higher digging ditches,,a lot of folks are just educated beyond their intelligence.
I also know a lot of people that live below the poverty line and stay out of the fast lane because they are happy just the way they are and raise good kids with love instead of delinquents by substituting cars and vidio games for a parent at home with his family instead of gridlock for 8 hrs a day after working 12 in a cubicle.
Hahahahaha...I can't recall rationalization ever being taken to such extremes before. I do realize, however, that reality can sometimes be a bitter pill to take. You forgot one though, 2nd highest infant mortality rate. How to rationalize that one?
Plus 2 more:
#1 State Ranked by Percent of Population 25 and Over Without a High School Diploma
One of the most active states for the Ku Klux Klan (even thought it's 2004).
I think that the Knights Of the Clan are a fair org. and thought that you would too.
Due to the fact that they are also into human rights and the protection of women again abuse, or didn't you know that??
Pobly not as you most likely just read LIBERAL NEWS and pay no attn. to what is actually going on around you...
I wish they would find that IGNORE button so I wouldn't have to read your idiotic shit. It is just a waste of time.
The only freaking problem we have here is crap headed Yankees coming down here trying to impose their screwed up way of life on something we like as is & a paper tiger in Thailand who hasn't a clue to what he is talking about that got his ego slapped out of him, While i have never denigrated Thailand, Why does such an imbecile attempt to put down a state because he doesn't like one individual that thinks he's an idiot & rightly so since he only has derision & abusive comments on another's posts while offering nothing of substance of his own, Really makes you wonder just why such childish antics are allowed.
How right you are MAG, and it is really up front that he knows nothing about the clan,, and if ever it is heard that a fella is abusing his wife, most generally some of the knights will pay the man a visit and have a little talk with him about his bad habits and generally he see the error of his ways. The clan is a very friendly neighborhood improvement oriented org.
Mag, fascinating that you do not see underpaid teachers as a problem? or a high rate of babies dying as a problem? or understaffing of doctors as a problem? or an
under-educated population as a problem? or highway carnage as a problem? or unemployment as a problem? or even poverty as a problem?
What is the basis for your preposterous claim that my "ego has been slapped"?
As I clearly defined in my post, I was not attempting to denigrate the state of Mississippi...only pointing out that it has plethora of problems and is not perhaps the idyllic, progressive wonderland that you protrayed. Remember, "Fair and balanced."
Kevin, it's interesting to note your defense of the Klan even though it's principles clearly contradict your own, barring your membership. Does your Thai wife support these Klan views?
Southern White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan:
LET OUR SLOGAN BE - WHITES SHOULD MATE ONLY WITH WHITES FOR THE PRESERVATION AND EXPANSION OF NATURE'S FINEST - THE WHITE PEOPLE.
Membership Ineligibility:
Any applicant that has a non-white spouse and/or dependent shall not be considered for membership.
Imperial Klans of America:
Membership Requirements
I believe in the segregation of the races and I have never engaged in an inter-racial relationship.
The Ku Klux Klan LLC
Membership Requirements
You must not be married to or date people of other races, nor have mixed race dependants, this includes adopted children.
Don't want to hear anything more about any clan and please stop all personal attacks and insults _________________ Asia Expats Forum Expat Friends Dating
been to miss. along the gulf coast and it's quite beautiful with some very friendly people. not surprised that kevin defends the kkk as he seems to lack the ability to analyze anything. these right wing reactionaries are so easily manipulated that their moronic opinions are totally without merit. some media outlet told them what to think and they parrot those thoughts. when i asked what liberal values he [kevin] objects to, he never responded. he just knows he has "no use for liberals". that's the extent of his intellect and eloquence. sad to say that too many americans share his limitations, that's why the clan still exists and a coward lives in the white house. this is why america will never win the war against terrorism because it's the biggest terroist nation on the planet. sleep tight. jocko
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 11:17 am Post subject: Another First
Hate to see threads lie around unused......
IDIOT SIGHTING: When my husband and I arrived at an automobile dealership to pick up our car, we were told the keys had been locked in it. We went to the service department and found a mechanic working feverishly to unlock the driver's side door. As I watched from the passenger side, I instinctively tried the door handle and discovered that it was unlocked. "Hey," I announced to the technician, "it's open!" To which he replied, "I know - I already got that side." This was at the Ford dealership in Canton, Mississippi!
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And now. . .a few words about Mississippi !
The only freaking problem we have here is crap headed Yankees coming down here trying to impose their screwed up way of life on something we like as is & a paper tiger in Thailand who hasn't a clue to what he is talking about that got his ego slapped out of him, While i have never denigrated Thailand, Why does such an imbecile attempt to put down a state because he doesn't like one individual that thinks he's an idiot & rightly so since he only has derision & abusive comments on another's posts while offering nothing of substance of his own, Really makes you wonder just why such childish antics are allowed. 
