The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1882-08-19

YALoBUsHA County, August l6, 1882.

YALoBUsHA County, August l6, 1882.
ED. SENTINEL 1t
Since our last article, nothing has oc-
Cured to vary the monotony Of exis-
tence around our little village, and real
ly, was it not for an occasional fist-fgnt
or barbecue, all would move gently, Sc
renely along as il there was only one
side OF life-"the sunny side"
Crops are looking unusually vell-the
corn crop being already matured and
cotton continungto to grow majestically
tall, with long, waving branches hanging
low with the weight of innumerable
bolls-"precious bolls"--causing many
poor farmers lips to open wide as smiles
OF graphic sweetness play over his
brawny countenance-at the bright,
promising prospects ahead. Worms are
reported to be below us, but we hardly
expect any trouble in our immediate
neighborhood from any such cause, and
look for an immense yield Of other crops
beside cotton. Indeed. this has been
remarkable year, We have been blessed
with refreshing showers whenever need
ed, and he who calls himself farmer,and
makes no crop this year, is unworthy the
name. All are highly elated at the re-
suit OF our work, and already anticipate
the pleasure of having our names erased
from your roll of "delinquents," and an
other years perusal of your valuable and
newsy paper without being forced to
part with few "old pins" (all we have)
in default.
The mass meeting of citizens, irrespec-
tive of race and color, held in the City
Hall OF Coffeevlle on last Saturday, was
q complete success. The conduct of Mr..
Money, as our representative in Con-
gress, was commented upon extensively
and triumphantly endorsed. We antic-
ipated lively time several days before
hand, but as Mr.. White kindly with
drew from the race, at the same time
inviting his many warm friends to fol-
low him with money armour girded
tightly on" our delegates to the Con-
gressional Convention, at Macon,in Sep
tember, were instructed to vote for
Money first, last and all the time, after
which the meeting adjourned sine die. |
And doubtless there was not one single
man who left the hall who didn't feel
within him the great but strange convic-
ton that Money, at the next Congress
sional election, will be elected over any
opponent foolish enough to array him
self against him with such an overwhelm-
ing majority as was never dreamed OF
before.
His past deeds and actions are before
us,and as we gaze upon them written in |
letters of gold upon the monument of the |
past, see the benefits we have experience
ed through him, why should any ever
think of filling his place with an untried, |
inexperienced man. QW bono? We are
glad to see our best and most influential
citizens manifesting some deep interest
in the future welfare 0f the State and
country, and only hope that their zeal
may be doubly increased, and they may
be more on the gtt gite as election day
approaches; for who knows, but what
other candidates may come before us ere
that day, and they should be ever ON the
alert-work with energy and unfinch-
ingly-as they never worked before if
they expect success to crown their ef-
forts.
In arecent issue of your paper,we saw
a "little article closed down on physi- |
clans" and We suppose by that was
meant, that all physicians who had not
been actually engaged in the practice for
five years and procured license before
that day would not be permitted to prac-
tlce longer without going to the expense
OF undergoing very rigid examation at
Jackson which would cost them at the
lowest calculation seventy-fve or one
hundred dollars. Now, Mr.. Editor, it is
not our intention to heap abusive cpl
thets upon the heads Of our last legisla-
ture who assembled in our legislative
halls for the purpose OF enacting such
laws as would benefit the people zen
massc,' but to ask in all sincerity |
where is the justice in any such act?
Does it protect the doctor? Does it pro-
tect the people? am forced to make
the assertion that it does neither. To il !
lustrate this grave yard fact, we know ig-.l
norant men who have never attended |
a course Of medical lectures and who
know absolutely nothing about medi-
cine, who have been abe to procure a !
license to the injury Of the profession as
well as the people. They have carrieda |
power of pill boxes for five years, and are
thereby entitled toa license On the 9TH
er hand we know several excellent ply
ticians who have practced for fifteen or
twenty years, regular graduates Of first
class colleges, intelligent, heightened gen
t,emen, who were refused license SIM
lIy because they were prevented from
doing 50 by sickness or distance Ii
Knowledge and understanding
of ''the scienceo is the sine non 0ua pre-