The Grenada sentinel., 1899-09-23
LEI's sAWAkEFROM OUR LErHAKGY

LEI'k AWAKE FROM OUR LErHAKGY.
"There is tide in the affairs Of
men. which, il taken at its food, leads
on to fortune" and the same Is true Of
towns and cities. Just now Grenada
stands upon the threshold Of splendid
opportunities which should not be neg
lected. To again quote from one Of
Americas greatest poets:
DO not delay;
Do not delay; the golden moments fly"
Again, Lowell, in his smooth and
rythmetic verse, says:
"The busy world shoves angrily aside
The man who stands with arms akfmboo set,
Until occasion tells him what to do;
And he who waits to have his task marked
out,
Shall die and leave his errand unfulflled."
This too, applies to every civic body,
villages, cities and communities. and
it is high tine that Grenada took cog
nizance of the fact.
Surrounded by soil which needs
only to be tickled lightly by the man
with the hoe to yield literally of its
abupdance, inhabited by people Sec
oud TO none in ,he word in point Of IN
telligence, morality, liberal views and
unceasing industry, and situated In
this Southern half-paradise where d
little Of this worlds goods goes further
than anywhere else in civilized lands,
Grenada should not sleep like num-
my in its musty cerements, content to
let the wind blow where it listeth, but
should rouse to action, grasp the helm
OF the ship of progress with steady
hand and steer the golden argosy into
the rock. .bottomed harhors Of lasting
prosperity. In plainer words such as
are used in the energetic language OF
the day ''We should get a hump on
ourselves"
The people of Grenada have always
shown commendable and liberal pub
lie spirit, but they have SO often drop
ped their seed upon the barren rocks,
where it has brought forth no fruit,
that they have become disappointed,
and they are not to be blamed for look
ing askance upon any project which
calls for money to bring about its full>
fllment. But there is fertile soil.
There is corn in Egypt yet. The world
do move, and there should be desire
to keep up with the procession.
This summer new railroad has been
projected, for which purpose the citi-
zens have contributed literally, but in
a way that if the road does not come
they will have nothing to pay. The
concensus of opinion is that the road
will be built, and that operations will
be speedily commenced. This will
open up a new era in our life as a city
and we should be ready to take hold
of the possibilities thus offered.
One thing that should be done at
once is to organize young mems busi'
ness league. Look to the young men
every time for advancement and push
and vim and new ideas. They see the
world, not through glass darkly, but
through the rose.tinted glasses Of
youth and hope. They have none Of
the old-time ideas and prejudices in
their hearts, no old cankering sores of
petty local strifes and disagreements.
They can all pull together in the same
collar and not run afoul the rocks Of
old-time enmeties. They can plan and
execute for the common good, and the
time has arrived for them to step tt
the front and take up the old man.
burden" Cur 'daddies" have the
dollars but the boys can give them
few valuable pointers Oh how to pu
them to the best use.
Therefore, be it resolved, that tn
"Young Mems Business League" b
organized as soon as possible. Their
is work in the vineyard and the Labor
ers are few. Those few should get
work, and more, that is just what the
propose to do.
Something that now cries out for al
, tention, and which means much II
Grenada, is the dredging OF the Yalt
, busha river in order to make navigt
+ tion possible between Greenwood an
o Grenada nine months in the yea
t Now, don't say it is impossible and in
practicable, because there is whe
d you are gravely mistaken. The pls
- il possible and feasible, and five thou
a and dollars now lis in the vaults
n the governments treasures set ASH
g and sanctitied for that purpose. b
this is not enough. Government eng
neers say that the river can be clear
out and made navigable with an
penditure of ten thousand dollars. A
y little energetic work will get th
IS appropriation.