The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-08-31
A Good Point Well Taken.

Good Point Well Taken.
colonel Power, In his weekly notes
on current topics, discusses many
things of interest in his own inimita-
Bile and charming style, and in his last
contribution quotes from private let.
ter he received from a well-known
gentleman who claimed that much OF
the lynching spirit has been given
birth by the feeling among the people
that there Is more or less trickery in
the courts. That citizen has struck at
the very base of the evil. If the pub
lie had more assurance that a mur-
derer when taken before the courts
would get his just deserts, there would
be no great rush to the jail and the
nearest limb. Only yesterday we gave
brief notice of the escape Of life
convict from the penitentiary. The
fellow was sent up for killing another
negro because he wanted to get in the
penitentiary rather than remain an
other year on the county road. In
consciously 1t has gone out among the
ignorant negroes that It Is next to i'm
possible in this State to hang a man
for murder, and he took his chances
and has now his freedom-as he cal
culated. Had that negro killed a
white man he doubtless would have
been lynched on the spot. We do not
charge the courts with anything wrong
that can be properly defined, but we
see today murder committed that
every one says Is an ugly case. When
the curtain lifts some months hence
we see the killer walking about free
man. That sows more of the seed that
produces a crop of lynching, and unless
some speedy way Is found to remedy
this great wrong to law and society it
will lead to four lynchings to every
court trial.-Meridian Star.
The Greenville Times Is preparing,
on an extensive scale, to issue a sou.
venir trade edition on October
LIST. 1t Is to be In magazine form, 40
pages, 14x1S inches. on heavy book
paper. Besides matter of historic in
terest, 1t will contain full descriptions
of Greenville's agricultural, manufac
turning and commercial resources. Th
sections great advantages for truck
farming, fruit growing and stock rails.
ing will be demonstrated, and its &C
cessibility will be one Of the big argu.
ments to bring manufacturing firms
there to locate. The Times, true to its
duty to Washington county, will not
confine its write-up to Greenville, but
will give all the small towns and vii
lagos a fair showing. We wish the
trade edition full measure of success
The progressive colored people OF
the State have recently held two fine
meetings that must be of great benefit
to them as a race, and especially tC
those in attendance. One was the
meeting in Brandon of the Association
of Colored School Teachers (and II
was fine meeting), and the other was
the Grand Lodge |. o. o. F., which me-
in Meridian last week, with about
two hundred and fifty delegates pres
ent.
The Picayune correspondent a.
Scranton reports that 161 5S4, 53t
superficial feet of timber, valued a
s2,015, 900, was shipped from Pas
cogoula during the year ending
June 80, 1901. The value Of miscel
laneous exports amounted to s614, 900
other shipments, of which no statistic:
were kept, would swell the total fully
25 per cent.
With last weeks issue the Green
vile Times entered upon it's thirty
fifth year, in full strength and vigor
and with every prospect of long anC
increasingly and and useful life before
it, May every year add fresh leaves t.
it's laurel crown and golden shekels tt
its purse.
His friends throughout the State re
gret to hear of the heavey cross tha
has fallen upon that good man, uprigh
officer, DR.. r. R. Applewhite, sheriff o
Lincoln county, in the stroke of par
alysis that holds him prisoner to what
we fear, will prove his death-bed Thu
another life that has been blessing t.
the State wherein 1t was spent is draw
ing to a close, and Lincoln county will
have real cause for mourning wher
this noble son passes from earthl.
scenes forever.
Meridian's demand for pure milk Il
only just, and every city in the Stat
, should follow her example and com
bine to secure protection from adul
, terants. We believe that most of Jack
, sons dairymen, Gas men and as dairy
! men), are as honest and fair as an.
| class of men can be. But few town
; can say as much in this day of preserv
} alines, colorines, and other foreigl
, matter used TO increase the attractive
/ ness and the keeping" qualities Of tn
/ milk and butter. Pure food laws
are mighty good laws to have AMI L