The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1894-03-31
GRAYspoRT, Miss, March 2oNl

know what else to do, better than peti.
ton Congress when ia their extrava-
rnt appropriation mood, TO spend I
little money on storm pits al = life saw.
ing measure, and not so much on pen-
sions and wealthy widows Of distin-
guished heroes. F..5+ IT.
The ''best laid plans Of mice and mon
aft gang awa'." Last week the farm.
ers were ready and waiting TO put their
corn in the ground; day after day the
rains came, flooding the fields, cx-
penseS going on, teams must be fed,
tenants must eat and the farmer must
grin and endure it. There has been
but little corn planted In this vicinlty.
Some in the hills, and much 0f that
washed up and covered up with sand on
the creeks and branches. Our river at
this point is still over the bottom lands
and falling very slowly.
We must bide our time in patience
five can; the sun will shine as brightly
as ever after awhile, and the birds will
sing as sweetly as ever, and the earth
will not refuse to yield to industrious
honestlabo We have time enough yet
oplant all the crops necessary for the
support Of man and beast.
There is one good feature about this
long rest; VIC are not spending much
money, and the present crop will be
made on less expenditure than I have
known. Our merchants don't know
whether to feel good or blue over the
situation. They don't care to sell on
credit, for the experience of past
years have taught them lesson, and
there is no cash to buy with, 30 they
must look forward to Il better time in |
the harvest season, and whittle away
The summer in enforced idleness, or,
better still. ample opportunity will be |
given them to solve the great ques-
tons Of finance, tariff reform, the negro
problem, the Hawaiian entanglements,
0gether with the numerous other
vexed questions, political, social and
moral, that are now dgitating the pub
lie mind.
Has the world ever before reached
such sensational stage Of develop
nents as almost daily confront us.
Coxeys frantic efforts to reform the |
world, his ION to Washington !"
WIN his hundred thousand deluded
ollowers cannot but result in dis
graceful failure. The unsettled aud
constantly widening breach between
capitol and labor, the cry Of the
crank and fanatic for a general dis
srloution of the wealth Of the
country, the unemployed Thousands
aally clamoring for bread, the
lsrlkes for shorter time and higher
wages among the employed, with con-
sant recurring efforts TO attain some
sad legally or illegally, keeps society
y y a constant fomeut. They forget
snat many Of the millionaires Of to-day
|@ssan e LIE as poor as the poorest Of
Iem' II a man makes his millions by
aonest Labor and frugality he 10 as
much entitled to tho use and enjoy
asnt ,Vn OF 1t, as the man who makes his
IUllar per day, and neither Of them
mould be entitled to respect II II 10
". naae dishonesty. You can no more
distribute the millionaire's wealth
|n.I ~" Sau WIG Al&tA WuV uA0' VI
mases y x. the one dollar, whether honestly
W ssas Galsshonestly made. But we can and
Sushlt 70 prevent the dishonest methods
Y which it is made. Prevention 10 the
"uedy and not distribution.
me truth is, the mania for wealth
H.. sss become a raging passion, equally |
kSes'ructivc S's to morals and to happiness,
~. W. am not pessinist, and ! am
rlJua rb'1 to say this mania Is not universal, |
s,n. snlle there are ccntending forces
growing gro out Of our peculiar civiliza-
M son constantly at work ~ duplicity,
saSaallty and oppression On the one
ssGu: ,sn. genuine philanthropy and true
.s,,glon 81 is at work on the other hand, |
s4u ~ In the end the right will prevail.
n,l There has been quite an exodus from
~. w.. midst Of the colored people ia tho \
saa .ss lew months. Many families have
Evne 70 the bottoms, looking for better
nus ~ and better wages. Yet III look.
~ ~. over the farms I see but little land \
w. Na' Will produce q crop lying idle.
~ aFo planting only the best lands,