The Grenada sentinel., 1893-08-26

EDITORS SENT1NEL:-Feeling that
must somewhat revive myself from the
summer lethargy, and mental inactivi-
ty which we all drift into at this season
Of the year, thought I would again
chronicle you few items from our
quiet, though business-like and thrifty
little town.
We are pleased to say that we will
soon have the pleasure Of calling two
Of your ccuntymen, who will engage in
the mercantile business here, citizens
Of our town. These are Messrs S. r..
Tatum and F. J. Curry who bring their
respective families here to obtain the
advantages of our school. This is only
another evidence of something shat
has impregnated the mind of your COR
respondent for quite a while: That in
less than a quarter Of a century, all of
the best citizenship which now reside
in the country, will be located in tn G
towns and villages. The tide is that
way, and it is only in obedience to the
laws Of progress, both social and edu-
cational. It would add greatly to the
comfort and happiness Of country fam
lilies, to the education of their children
and their sons and daughters could
better learn how to meet the demands
of the social world. We cannot live to
ourselves. The social qualities must
be looked after as we'll as the physical
and mental.
was very favorably impressed with
the good sense and timely article,
which denominated versus ''stump-
sucking oratory," that appeared in the
last issue Of the SENTINEL. l recog-
nized the article us being from the pen
of that trenchant and able writer, the
senior-Col. J. J. Williams. 1t is just
as he stated it. When q young man
cvinces any exceptional merit what
ever, as an orator, or logician, he
is crowded into the law or invited ilto
the ministry. No other profession Or
occupation can hold him. The tenden-
cy has been so much in this direction
that many have allowed themselves to
believe, that these are the only two pro-
fessions in which it is necessary to be
thoroughly educated; and especially is
it urged in regard to the farmer (by
themselves too) that he doesn't need an
education, when in TACT he Should be
Just as, we'll educated as a lawyer.
school teacher or any other profess
sional man. And to the ignorance of {,
great body of the farming fraternity
can be largely attributed the depres
sion that exists in agriculture to-day.
And Congress is together and still
they are not together. The politicians
. on the silver question, are largely ir
the predicamcnt of the man who pur
pOsely ran a bear up a very rare and
desirable forest tree. After the bear
had gone up the tree, the man had {
. very fine blooded SOW with seme pigs
, to come and make her bed near the
root of the tree. He had 10 gun with
which to kill the bear. He didn'
want to leave him to come down be
cause he was fearful he would destroy
his hogs, and he didn't want to leave
, him up the tree, lest by gnawing tn
, limbs and biting of the the top bud
which were very pleasant to the bears
taste, he would kill the tree, neither
did the man desire to climb. tho tree t
a pull the bear out, because he wOult
break off 50 many of the limbs which
he had so tcnderly cared for. So wha
i. was he to do? The best thing, in IN.
: opinion for Congress to do, is to adjourn
and come home. and leave tho matter
if possible, to Grover and Carlisle. Th
Judgment of two good men had mucl
better prevail than that Of a multitude
of babblers.
Our town has had quite n number 0
visitors this summer. Amongst thos
here now are the bright, joyful and at
b tractive Miss Julia Jones, of Cockrun
Miss, the guest Of Mrs. 0. +. Law
y renee: the stylish and accomplished
Mrs. Mary Bloodwoyth, Of Beulal1
, Miss. visiting her mother, that goot
christian woman, Mrs. S. J. Elicit; ais
Prof. A. H. Elicit and his lovely wifi
i and their little daughter, Eva Rivers
h Prof. Elicit was raised near here AM
!. is at home in Cascilla where everybod
are his friends. He has q mind wei
t stored with useful facts, full OF botl
!. ancient and mordern. history and pier
/. tv of scientific knowledge remarkabl
for one no more advanced inyears tha
he.
Rev. J. d. Rice is conducting a prt
8 tracted meeting here now, and
preaching with his usual earnestness
He presents new thoughts in ever
4 sermon, and clothes them in appropr
9 ate and forcible language. He present
- ed some startling statistics in his sci
mon, sunday,:which ough hit to put ever
;, patriotic citizen to serious thinking
\ he said there had been 20,557. murder
IN tie United States during the las
four years. 8,70l last year, and II
o legal executs0ns, and 263 by mob.
! England he showed that there was or
>, murder to every ten thousand death
q while in our land of liberty, OF ire
Q speech and free thought, there WI
|. twenty.one murders to every ten tho'
>, sand deaths. There must be somethin
Il grossly wrong with our courts-poll
zion exists somewhere. Is 1t possibl
that we show too much clemency
violutors Of law?
Tho Cascilla Hiph School opens