The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1884-07-19
GRENADA, MISS, SATURDAY, JULY I9, 1884
There were but few ladies and

ly. owned and edited by Mr.. J. w. Bu~
chanan, whose business capacity and edi>
torial ability has enabled him to acquire
a large circulation in adjoining counties.
The moral tone of the place is excep-
tionally good, and but few arrests are
made in the city limits.
Grenada is the county seat of Grenada
county, Miss. This county is Of an un>
usual, singular shape, the south boun-
Diary line being an exact straight line
and only 36 miles long, while the north
en- line is perfect zigzag, making the
county only nine miles wide in some
places and fifteen miles wide at the wid-
est point. Tbas sYalobusha River passes
almost centrally through it, making a
great deal Of very fine bottom lands.
which range from $40 to $15 dollars per
acre. The greater portion Of the wes-
tern part Of the county is bottom lands
and constitutes a fine country. 1t is
very well settled up out there, with
large and prosperous farmers, whose
crop consists of corn, cotton, oats, some
grasses good fruit and fine vegetables
for home use. The eastern portion con-
tains some exceedingly fine bottom
lands on the Yalobusha River and sever-
al small creeks tributary thereto.
Mr.. A. G. Lee, near the line, has fine
place, most of which is bottom lands
worth $40 per acre, and yields bale o.
cotton to the acre. He makes good crops
of cotton, corn, oats and wheat, and is
now devoting some attention to cane
growing. He has also small start in fine
grapes. wild goose plums, almond trees
and other fruit, He has one peach tree
measuring forty feeJ from tip of limb to
tip Of limb on opposite side and about
thirty-fve feet high, which is over>bur,
dened with fruit. He also has some
good stock and devotes some attention to
Improving his horses and cattle. A short
distance from Mr.. Lee, Hon. Robert Pro-
vine has some fine Durham stock, which
he is increasing very fast. The growing
feeling in the South for blooded cattle,
led the Picayune scribe to investigate
the question in Grenada county
&c. Longstreet, prominent young
lawyer at Grenada, is the pioneer in this
section in fine stock. He has number
of registered Berkshire hogs, Jersey reds,
Poland chinas, and has sold off several
lots of each of these to farmers who
wished to try them. He has six mares
which he keeps for raising colts. He and
Mr.. Calm have nine Jersey cows,and four
registered short horn and fifteen or twen-
ty highly graded cattle-all of which are
rapidly increasing. DIR. r. l.. Jones, one
of the largest planters in the county, has
already good start in fine stock, includ-
ing a fine jack with a number of mares
for raising horses and mules. He has
just added fine Holstein bull to these
Mr.. M. G. Dubard has five Jersey cows
Capt. John Powell has three Jersey cows
j. Lane Leigh has fine Durham bull
and fine jack, with number of breed
ing mares. Col. Lefore, of the western
lpart of the county, is doing good deal
lin the same way. DR.. VIM. McSwine, OF
tiardy Station has fine lot of Jersey
and Durham cattle. Mr.. Bernon Willis
near Graysport, has some young Jersey
and Durham cattle. He has some i'm
proved farming machinery. This will b.
enough to show general tendency tt
improve stock In this section.
Near Graysport, which is IA miles eas
of Grenada, rice and tobacco can b.
grown to advantage--so far only for HON,
use. There are considerable grasses, or
, chard and clover, grown in and arount
Graysport. Graysport is an old,unknowI
town, with three good merchants: w
Parker, ] Walters & Son and Fl Trussel
& Son. The place ships about 1000 bale
,, of cotton and does q good business, tn
, section being well settled and of fin
farming country. Drs. L M Mays ant
W Z Tilgman are the physicians of tn
section. There is but one church build
ing there, which is used by all the de
nominations. In 1871 railroad beinj
constructed from Grenada to Okolona
100 miles, was built to Graysport, but
becoming embarrassed, work was sus
pended. 1t penetrates fine section ant
would become a rich feeder to the |. {
Railroad, which will doubtless eventual,
complete IL.
Hardy Station, short distance abov
Grenada, has FIVE or six good stores ant
is doing well; 1t is in this county.
Elliott, Station, eight miles south 0
Grenada, also in the country, does fin
business, having a fine county all aroun'
it. Messrs. Austin, Jones and Caffes ar
the merchants there. Altogether tn
county is in fine condition, most every
thing being raised at home, corn an,
meat, with some rice, -four and molasses
4 The public school interest is in flour
ishing condition. From Prof J. J.Gage
Jr., Superintendent of Public Schools, i
is learned there were sixty schools in tn,
county for term of four months, witt
seven months in the city OF Grenada
The school houses are generally ver.
comfortable and neat, with average goo'
attendance. The county is entirely ou
of debt and had money enough on hant
to pay for the new court house, whicl
wifi cost $4,000. Everything considered
there are but few sections which offe
superior advantages for those seeking
new homes.
Children will refuse bad tasting cougl
medicine, but they will all be willing t,
take DR. Jackson's Syrup of Lungwor
and Wild Cherry whenever offered: It'll
as pleasant as Maple Syrup, and viii
reach a had cough and cure the WhOOp