The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-02
Reunion of rorr..~. Cavalry.

The survivors OF FORESTS Cavsiry
will have a great reunion on june Q, 10,
II and IL. Rev. DIR. d. G. Kelley, OF
Nashville, who was colonel of Forests
old regiment, will be on hand and give
general direction to the program. On
Saturday evening, the 9th, there will
be memorial services in special honor
of Ex-Governor Stone. Sunday will be
occupied in appropriate religious exer-
cises at Corinth or Baldwin. From
Baldwin all will proceed to the battle
field, Brice's Cross Roads. five or six
miles west of Baldwin,; on Tuesday
morning will proceed to Tupelo, and
visit Harrisburg battlefield, ten miles
west; memorial exercises in Tupe'o
that night.
Tougaloo University.
This splendid school for colored
youth, located seven miles north OF
Jackson, on the 1. c. RAILROAD, closed
one Of its most successful sessions on
Thursday, the oath. There were four
graduates, to whom President Wood
worth made a very appropriate address.
The annual address was delivered by
Rev. Cornelius H. Patton, D. D., OF st.
Louis, his subject being wealth" N
it wa among the very best delivered on
that platform during the thirty years
of its history. Congratulatory and
complimentary remarks were made by
Governor Longino, Secretary Of State
Power, Col. c. E. Hooker, Col. r.. d.
Henry, Revs. Hutton and McCue. At
ter elegant refreshments, the visitors
inspected the industrial departments.
} The university farm embraces one
thousand acres. Much attention 10
given to fine cattle, and . creamery
will be one of its industries hereafter.
The school buildings are numerous and
handsome, and plans for others are
being considered.
s 1t devolved upon this writer, one aft
S ernoon last week, to place upon the q.
& C. train for Chattanooga a little girl
r of seven years, which had been com
v United to our care to be forwarded te
4 an orphanage in that city. She wa
v nicely equipped for the journey, and 6
card suspended from her neck confdet
little Maud" to the tender care OF TIL
conductors and agents of the Southern
! Express, who accepted the ~responsibil
ity of seeing her safely to the end o
her journey. But when the passenger
on that Pullman caught on to the statu
y of the little traveller, who was sobbinI
because of separation from her tempe
u, rary home in jackson, they were a.
al ready to do for her as if she was thei
&c best beloved. Railroad Commission
John McInnis placed her tenderly o
10 the seat beside him, and his kind hear
~ was expressed in moistened eyes.
n Belhaven College.
at The closing exercises of Behave
College will AXE place Sunday, June
is to Tuesday, 5. Sermon by Rev. DR.. v
of B. Murrah; senior debate Monday,
al a .m.; alumna meeting A pm; annu'
at concert, 8 pm; class day exercis'
do Tuesday morning, when the annu
ais address will be delivered by Rev. Ric
ne ard Wilkinson, of Aberdeen. Art r
ception in the afternoon.
The Holly Springs Pythians show
-. their appreciation Of the grand lodl
in electing their townsnan, Morn
~ Blumenthal, grand chancellor, by te
dering him a royal banquet, at wifi
there was a feast of reason and a fc
of soul. The honor and the comp
ment were richly deserved.
An esteemed exchange is nab
account for the Sudden change
front" OF "our senators".who advocat
the passage of a uniform school DO
law, and voted against 1t on the hon
stretch. He will have opportunity
explaining in the next canvass.
MIA The State Sunday School Convent
IN will hold it's annual session in Jacks
on June 20, 81 and %. An INTEREST,"
rth program has been prepared. The ri
!, a roads will give the usual special rat
The president of the convention
ter Rowan Thayer, Greenwood; c.
ing Mills, Columbus, secretary.
fifth -
Hit The Vicksburg Herald chronicle
age revival in Capitula Masonry in Vic
tier burg; which is the case at all pla
visited by Grand Lecturer j. L.. Spin
,rth and his amiable assistant, s. l.. 81
un- mon, who is certainly a wise mar
Masonry.
ZION Growing Greenwood.
ippi Plans have been adopted for an
ssee to-date school building to cost SIC.
dia- Industries of various kinds, hands'
las stores, elegant residences and CO
churches nave been established
'ndi- erected within the last few years.
is population in 1890 was 1000; in 100
chu- is 5000; in 1905 it will be fully 5000
ssis- -
nav The con~stitutionality of the cleo
judiciary amendments was fully arg
shin before the Supreme Court on Mon
pan- and Tuesday last, Attorney-Gen