The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1883-05-26
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IN ana hDout VtsAaVat MlsS'
WHAT THE CITY HAS AND NhE's'
.a,.ceut Country Does and
what inc Can Produce.
nprioa Of several weeks
There was ~. fauor sconroa when
during wv 80 Grenada. Miss, was spoken
the name y, in the North. The fever had
everywhei aar.nce at one or two points
made iss a,h "pp hut Grenada had not given
in tns ooL "h, when railroad passengers sud-
athO a,a ntsd the seeds Of the a~ful scourge
deny 80 Two weeks it was declared epi.
lnsiae y. vi in n month death was claiming
dsnic, an Nv thirty victims per dpy. II car
as hign :. real,zed at the North what
scar0oiG ;;re Grenada passed through in that
towns 'lAs Every sort of enterprise
long Sul Saaaulv STONED, all business places
Mas s,d and those who could get away de-
cOsed sed the neighborhood for months.
ssT'sa assr s 10 this dark period that may al.
| re.oi - Grenada's lasting gratitude tc
50 re,o, noon,e i, of the north for the fnancia
the psoP'r Paroa at the time, and to the fac
sia ah ren nrenautions have been taken as
tina, uohobly SUN prevent another such calami
WIZ psoui prhsrs Is GOOD surface drainage in the
y. and during the hot season its streets
loII, nos nos are kept clean of everything of
anu
ien''' n,p ppvo1UrIoN.
.;,oa for A. time the paradise
Mississippi was 'ot IL Tn"sa r,ms nho I contured
Of the carpet'ohssei 10, out of State
Grenada were lho "U ,Uare ,hev elected to
prison. No sooner wele my nra deceived
power by the 'gnos"n' snstem of rohs
bakcs than they ocs"n a,,0rs b,s scarcely vet
berry which the 'aApny1 pi".a1a had her noliti-
recovered from. urenau" .''',;a, There came
cal riots and her re.o.u O;''ss,n, an of tho town
aperlod wheh ,no . shaw show whatever in poll
and county h"u 49, Nv ,no,sand nlantation
tics. Three or iouf 'non .sa Nv wb;tn vii,
negroes, led am enS'd .,, m"rched in n solid
mans liV% 'no 'a nolls ,t every election, drums
body to the po.ls u. 'a1 ani sverv man armed
beating nags hyine' NJ man outside of a
and ready 10 smuus ,,iowd to vote. If he
carpel-oasset aab The polling place he
attempted ", " ie" .ananr Of hacks and de,
found sola W, AZ ~ Kim bodily injury Ne,
term'ha'ion ". has;toncv in raiding stores
s ."nolv;nc the torch. If any effort was
made to bring them to justice the carpet.
haogers were at hand to to prevent. IL was
a reign of terror throughout the whoie
state ..-.. -,
Then came the revolution. In one day
and at one election, every carpetoas riu'
den state in the South rose up and assert
sS ia rights. On that day there were ovel
90O0 ormed negroes in Grenada, ane
mans we're being madet to barn the town
Th,v closed about the polls in solid pody
declaring that no white man should vote
and il was a negro who fred the frst sno
wh;ch thought on the conflict Imam hou1
it was all over A hundred white mel
had cleared the town of 5000 blacks, ant
tho sbogper was hunting for ~ safe
sr ,onaIity
Thns sit NAV be said that Gren IN has
ooly Inl seven or eight years to which II
sro,v .nl ;mnrovc, Previous to the wal
i was a village. During tn" war it wa
s,aynant Far the next ten years it wa
m,Ia h.na. If white robbers and ignoran
Macks
o,, -, ,uppoyEp, ...
ho" Il 'iA3 w. e .,
In the few years spoken VI 'n0 s,,,, Wv. :.
has grown from village w oh., ha.,
young city. The sWall frame stores nav
given way to solid \bflGK structu.o9, am, "n,
wherever one is burned out or lolh aom wv,
~ p'ags q, Is 'akeistts'} hns NOT onlv dou
hel G hnt m tbe m lsts comers are thrifty
well,tnNIo class who desire to see growtl
ana innrovnments During q two days
Star ~ in Erara1o T did not see one empty
bonsa y ~ q single sign of ''for sale' on ;
buldinr 0 n
Tho 'nlace 10 pleasantly situated OF
bioh md roll;nc Ground. atfording excel
lent drainage and fine views from many
points and The country about is well till
ed and could he made to yield immense
rrons ' o'N'' ~ w ",'''''''r ~
II tho oortor nj fhe citv is the publ,
souareNoa o chsracteristic OF Southern
towns This s1u.xe is the market ane
tradinc-nlacs EyeSN team and mule ant
horss IL hora node fiat and from thu
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