The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-10

1t was the privilege of this writer to
conduct the ceremonies of laying the
cornerstone of the new courthouse of
Tallahatchie county on the 25th of De-
tober, and he will not soon forget the
courtesies Of which he was the recipi-
ent. The great |. c. railroad recog-
nized the occasion by stopping the
Chicago Express for us at Oakland; Hon.
James Moone. one of Ialobushia's repre-
sentatiyes, met Is at the depot and cared
for us at his hospitable home; and next
morning we enjoyed a ten-mile drive
with him to Charleston. Several hun
dred persons had assembled to witness
the exercises, which were drawing to a
close when the rain interfered, SO that
several short addresses arranged for
could not be delivered. On the plat
form was the venerable Judge J.. S.
Bailey, who who initiated in the
officiating lodge, George Washington,
No. 1877, forty-nine years ago. OF the
charter members he is the sole sur
vivor. Although more than four-score
years he pulled the press On the copy
of the Democrat-Herald that morning
that was deposited in the cornerstone.
Judge Bailey came to Tallahatchie in
1912, and was the first man to pillow a
furrow in the county. He represented
the county in the legislature in 1916.
We had the pleasure of meeting Editor
Dudley, editor of the Herald and a
member of the house, and many others
whose names have been familiar TO us
for many years.
Tallahatchie county is one Of the
best of the seventy-five counties in the
State. and none are more law-abiding,
patriotic, intelligent and hospitable.
Lieutenant Hobson will be the guest
of the Vicksburg Fair Association this
month.
Buffalo Bill honored Natchez and
Vicksburg with his Wild West show.
When he was making out his list of
visitations last spring, Jackson had
some reputation as a ''health resort
yellow fever, smallpox, etc.-but the
city is all right this fall, and had Col.
Cody taken in Jackson he would also
have taken in several thousand dollars.
1t is the best and the biggest show that
travels. When the Mississippi Press
Association visited the Worlds Fair,
Col. Cody, reserved his best seats for
our party of nearly two hundred. Dur
ing the performance one of the horses
was SO specially -unmanageable and
vicious, the colonel announced to his
great audience that he had named him
THE Mississippi Press"
Under the new charter fee bill, the
secretary of State has paid upward OF
six thousond dollars into the treasury
since March 9th, the date, of approval.
The receipts will easily reach ten thou
sand dollars for the first year.
Bargain Day in Jackson vas quite
success. A train of nine coaches car
ried about three hundred persons from
stations on the Gulf G. Ship Island rail
road. But the visitors had only a few
hours to do their shopping.
We heartily concur in the genera
regret expressed at the departure o
Mr.. E. B. Tabor, publisher Of the Bran
don News, from Mississippi. He hai
disposed of all his interests in Brandon
and returns to Iowa to resume tn,
printing business. The News is one o
the best weekly papers in the South
west, and that Office has turned on
some artistic printing that would b
creditable to any establishment in tn
country. The new proprietor of tn
News, Mr.. Wayne May, has had cor
siderable experience in journalism. an
having been vsared in Brandon, vii! b
'.at home" in the business.