The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1888-04-14

same Good Openings for Northern
Capital.

Grenada is town where the stranger
feels at home. The people grasp him by
the hand and give him a hearty welcome.
They have enough Of the hospitality and
iriendliness of the "old South" to make
their town "haven of rest" to the
visitor, and enough Of the energy and
,seo ahead-itiveness' Of the "new South"
10 make it one Of the liveliest and most
progressive places in all mississippi.
Grenada Is the principal town in the
county Of the same name. This county
stands third in territory of the eighty
seven counties of the State and can boast
of some of the best farms and most intel.
licent farmers in Mississippi. It is al
most exclusively an agricultural county,
as seven out of ten OF Its white people
are farmers, and even greater proper
tion of the blacks. The soil is good up
land, interspersed with fertile loan and
CLAW lands and productive creek bottoms.
Cotton and corn have heretofore been
the principal crops, and the average
annual production is one-half bale OF the
former and forty to fifty bushels Of the
latter for each acre under cultivation.
Oats sweet and Irish potatoes, vegeta-
bles and fruits are cultivated with
success. There is nothing necessary
for the sustenance of man or the gratifi-
cation of his appetite that the soil Of this
portion of Mississippi will not produce.
On either side of the Yallobusha River,
which flows by the town and extending
100 miles northward, are virgin forests
which have never been touched by the
woodman's ak. An actual count OF trees
on six acres OF these forests show 3O4
that could be sawn into lumber (such as
ash, hickory, birch, maple, poplar, white
oak and red gum, averaging from forty
TO fiity feet in length, and from twenty
TO fory inches in diameter. There is
plenty of water that could be utilized in
floating this timber down to Grenada,
and it IS a matter of surprise that there
s not here single saw mill. There is
m excellent opening for such an enter
prise, and the lands and timber can be
purchased for a mere "song."
Grenada is on the main line OF the Ia
nous Illinois Central Railroad, which is
the great direct route from Chicago to
New Orleans, and is connected with
Memphis by the Mississippi & Tennessee
branch of the same road. The just and
liberal policy Of this corporation gives to
Grenada every facility Of transportation.
1t is hardly necessary to say that Gre
NADIA is most inviting field for the es-
Enlistment OF factory for the manufac-
ture of cotton goods. The cotton is right
at hand, fuel abounds, and labor is
cheap. From other enterprises hand
some profit would be realized--such as
fruit and vegetable canning establish
ments, foundry and machine shops, hub,
spoke and handle factories, and others
Of that character. The people of the
community stand ready to aid any such
enterprises.
1t is worthy of mention that Grenada's
business is conducted by men who are
in the prime of life. In no town have l
noticed so great a proportion OF the posi-.
tons of honor and responsibility filled
by young men. The Mayor is a young
man, as are the county officials and
bankers and many OF the lawyers and
merchants.
Grenada is we'll supplied with schools
and churches. All denominations have
good church buildings, which, are well
attended and literally sustained. There
are several excellent schools, both public
and private, where the white children
are thoroughly instructed. The colored
people have also an excellent school.
The town has suffered from fire and
/ pestilence, but has come through the or
deal with increased vigor and new ener-
gy. The great yellow fever epidemic of
1878 gave her notoriety all over the
country. 1t was imported from New
Orleans, and obtained foothold before
its nature was even suspected. 1t cannot
originate here, and with the present
quarantine regulations and improved
sanitary conditions there is no reason to
anticipate its recurrence. There is no
healthier place than the Grenada of to-
day, in evidence of which fact it may be
stated that in female college located
here, with an average attendance OF 100
pupils, there was not single case OF
sickness during the past year, and no
death since the opening Of the institution
five years ago,
In 1884 n early all of the business por-
ton Of Grenada was destroyed by fire,
but the burnt buildings were immediate
ly replaced by substantial brick blocks
which give to the town an appearance OF
brightness and solidity seldom seen in
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