The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-06-16
EEse END OF GRENADA COUNTY.

nral p6sources NJ our climate and soil
TO the seavcity at people Nvins among
us with community interests Ut stake.
We Htli say that tts nrst ren,edy
mus necessarily 10 y sapply of this deh,
cien0y. The question has often been asked,
how u this 10 he d9Dss We cann9t ~ this
by drawing recruits fran ouy neighbortng
towns, nor do We want to do this, not because
they ara not desirable In every respect, for
y tasee poyti0a were originally from the
country. hut We need them whevs they are.
Our towns ar6 not targs enough n0w, and
togGthar with onnfig0us territory, hays Fe-
sollrges that will justify an indeAnits en-
iarxaiDent ot thGm MI. And especially of Ore
sAd@. Bs,r county sits. which ~S wsHid IKE,
and eMJests W sec IN tks Hsas fwt~re-siasxe
enough TO put on city airs. Fhis dificuity
must, and will be met by immigration, flour
people are even half aiiSe to their psSsent VI
tai interests and the vast possibilities Of this
country. Here VIC have u rare combination
Of natural resources and climatic conditions,
seldom met with elsewhere. We have said
our faFlAs are TOO large, ranging from 400 to
$3.50 aarss In extent, and our people are wax
ing up to the fact that they cannot succeed
on 10 large a scale under existing conditions,
with th" cotton crop commanding so large n
share OF their time and attention. What
could be done here, even on large scale. by
diversified farming, with proper mana ge-
,nent and sufficient means, would Doubtless
meet the expectations Of the most exacting,
~ far as money IL concerned. but there are
other interests ut stake here that have o par
amount claim to that OF mere money getting,
and which, by the by, will not interfere in
this direction. Thee are. awe have already
stated, those Of an educational, social and
religious character. We cnnnot put too
much stress upon our necessity and our de-
sire for these bulwarxs of society. We do
not mean to say that we are entirely desti-
tue Of these privileges, but that they are To-
eated at inconvenient distances, while the
country would give ample support to many
communities, aud In rye congregations and
schools could be within call OF a church bell.
Now, we want It distinctly understood that
we need immigration. We cannot say how
much we want 1t, We have not eanvusSed
this question much. We have not been pre-
pared for It. The causes mentioned In our
last communication have eonspired hitherto
to create among our people a state of .'men-
tai unrest" that seemed TO blind them to the
wealth Of possibilities by which they are
surrounded. and they were "ever and anon"
looking to become pilgrims to some ''deal
land" where, under brighter suns and be-
side rippling streams, they could sit down
and "bountiful nature" would unbosom her
self TO their necessities ana to their wants,
without care and without effort upon their
part But, Mr.. Editor, there Is on record
hut one country Of this description; that Is,
"where the wicked cease from trou bling, and
the weary are at rest" and we do not know
thither this Il as good II starting point as we
could fnd. We need more people. We wish
to einpiiAsize this Necessity liz all OF It's nd
tageous relations to lis and to our chill
dren. We hope some good man, or woman,
will take this subject and amplify 1t. through
the medium Of our County Alliance organ,
In proportion to It's present Importance. We
nre not particular where these people come
from. A family from Maine or Massuchu-
setts will be as welcome among us us Il lumi-
Is from South Carolina or Florida. The
nearly II quarter Of II century. or course we
want good, intelligent people who are in
with our civil institutions and the
proprieties OF good citizenship. Permit Us to
nsk one question Just here: what has become
Of our "Immigration Association" and
what Ia 1t doing? They started well. The
appointment OF those committees was q step
IN the right direction; but. Mr.. Editor, let
us whisper IN your ear what we heard one of
those committeeman appointed from this
Beat t51 ray. He said In substance, ~ made
a careful and painstaking effort to obtain all
the facts. ETC., bearing upon my duty, and
went at the appointed time and to the ap-
pointed place where this report was to be
made. and after diligent inquiry found no
one to receive the same" Did our friend
naks II mistake In the appointed timee or
was the time Of the meeting of the AssOcia.
tion changed, and he failed to get notice of
the same? We will say In this connection
That we have lands for sale. These lands are
adapted to all farm purposes known to this
latitude, and they are cheap, ranging from
y 30 to ~ % per acre. Was It not the duty
committees to get the numbers, 10.
ration. character and price Of these lands,
with terms Of sale, etc.? Now. this would |
have been right. Those are good men on the
committee from this Beat We do not re-
member the names Of those composing the |
'ther committees, but we presume they are |
III good men. We have no time to lose on |
his immigration business We need people |
DeOple here, as we'll an all over the county |
" well rs In our towns. 1t IL high time the
'epOrts Of these committees were In. so that |
hey could be sent out by the immigration
AssOciaiiOn where they would do the most |
rood. People contemplating II change of
tome will be looking ont for all the infor.
nation they can got, and many will doubt
ess club together this summer and send one
" more of their number to look out locations
or them. Now, what Is our interest and
luty In the premises? Why, boom ourc0un.
y and our town. Hnrrah for Grenada and
irenaia county and all Of their institutions
hid interests. This boom onght to he started
low and he kept up all. summer. People
oming to this country will want the advan.
ages Of the fall season for sowing grasses,
rain, etc. Grenada has demonstrated her
eli to be the gamcst little town In Missis-
ippi, and we believe she viii do, as she has
one. her duty, but we want TO see the coun.
~ people take hold Of this mntter. II We
ucceed In getting the tide Of immigration
ct this way. we must meet these people and
ring them to the country and let them see
Dr themselves. We have nothing to be
q " natural m Things
4 Intelligent direction, while others are be.
inning 70 put on the appearance Of the SUBJ