The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-03-24


Miss. Here, through the hospitality
and generosity OF her people, the edl-
torial party was treated to a sumptuous
breakfast. II was served in the quaint
and old-fashioned court house. Though
a city of but $500 population, one-half
of which is made up OF negroes, a
snlendid meal was served to the party
ri four hundred. The breakfast would
ave done credit to a city many times
the size of Grenada. Grenada Is the
nome of Editor j. w. Buchanan, OF the
SENTINEL, and through him 1t has
beeu known tonthe members OF h as
ISOLATION as a town only. But after
the reception given the members ON
this occasion it will be remembered
for many good things besides editor
buchanan and his estimable and
charming wife. After partaking OF the
bouutifuI breakfast, which was served
bv a score or more OF Grenada's beauti-
FIJI Young ladies, the tourists were cou-
Quoted to the Baptist church, a large
and splepdid edifice, where addresses
of welcome we're given with a warmth
and cordiality that convinced all that
though uttered by the lips they came
from the heart. After the addresses q
visit was made to the Grenada Female
College. a splendid educational insti-
tuition that would be a credit TO any
state. city or town. The reception at
Grenada will long be remembered by
all participants.-St. Charles (lowa)
Citizen.
At Grenada, the next morning, a
smaller town showed what could be
done in the way of hospitality. Gree
NADIA is a place of about three thousand
inhabitants but when you come to
figure on anything which requires
money or public spirit you cannot com"
pare southern tOwrs with those OF
similar size in the north because you
have to count out the colored pOpula-
ton. Grenada only numbers about
eighteen hundred whites, and when
that number undertook the job Of
entertaining the five hundred hungry
people who composed our party they
had a big contract. They responded
helped extend a cordial welcome. The
court house was about the only build.
ing big enough to hold the crowd, and
there we were given breakfast. Our
friend J. W. Buchanan runs a paper In
thi- place and he is n OF the kind Of
people who publishes in his paper just
what he thinks. Occasionally an edi-
tor ge.s shot down south for doing
that, but as Buchanan has escaped SO
far we incline to the opinion that his
thoughts are pretty ear correct. and
his community is ready to back him up
If necessity requires. 1t is refreshing
once in awhile to see az editor with the
courage of his convictions, and pers
haps the world would be better ii there
we're more such. After spending a
pleasant forenoon at Grenada we once
more boarded the cars and after bid
ding u newly made friends adiev
were soon speeding swiftly towards
Jackson, the state capital, where our
next7stop was made.-Aberdeen (South
Dakota) Democrat.
Grenada Is a town of 5000. The GEN.
sus enumerator puts the figures at g..
GOO, but he counts Editor j. w. Buch-
anan OF the SENTINEL as only one,
when the latter's enterprise and brill
liancy and wit and popularity make
him equal TO 1000. A breakfast fit for
gods was spread for the party in the
court house, after which the crowd re-
paired to the First Baptist church,
whete Rev.. W. NJ. Mcintosh, presi-
dent of Grenada College, and Rev.
w. A. HAMLET, pastor Of the church,
delivered scholarly addresses OF well
come. Mr.. Mcintosh paid a tribute to
the potency of the northern press
when he attributed the defeat OF the
| Southern C~onfederacy in part to its op-
position. and declared that the south
was now glad to welcome the northern
editor because when war was on vol
wrote us down. and now we want you
to write us up" The college, oil mill
and cotton compress were all on the
schedule to be visited, but the lateness
of the hour made it necessary to fore
go that pleasure, and the party wal
soon on its way to the Mississippi CAPT.
tai, determined to always entertain &
kindly feeling for the warm-heartet
and hospitable Grenaoians.-Robinsor
(Ill). Constitution.
Our next stop after leaving Memphi
was at Grenada, Miss. We were awak
ened by the music OF a brass band, apt
after a hurried toilet, a delegation o
citizens escorted US to the court house
1t was easy to discover that an impor
tant case was on 10 the district cour
room, and we all fled in TO find break
fast ready for u entire party. Afte
doing justice to a s%umptuous meal w
we all repaired to The Baptist churcl
and listened to eloquent and patriotic
addresses by the president of the Gre
NADIA College, The Baptist minister, an
last but not least, Editor j. W. Buch.
anan, of that town. to whom was largel,
due the reception given the visitor,
Grenada is a prosperous place of abou
1900 and the people are as clever an
hospitable as in any place in the Who'll