The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-23

Memphis, that big half sister of cur
Mississippi towns, has done herself
proud" by inviting Admirable" Schley
las an admirer calls him) to visit his
most loyal friends, the people of the
section of which Memphis is the cen
ter. Mississippi takes great pride in
Memphis because it is so close to us
and because its greatness has been so
materially helped by the splendid citi-
zenship that came to it-a gift--from
Mississippi. In all her interests VIC
share, and in great enterprises usually
assist. But nothing that this splendid
young city by the Great River has ever
done Except her kindly treatment of
our now lettering army of veterans)
has so pleased Mississippi as has her
cordial admiration and kindly courtesy
toward the great man of the navy,
the hero of our fight with Spain. Ad-
miral Schley. And when, in accepting
the invitation, he said that he would
come to Memphis if he had to come
on all fours, he proved that he can
be a very gallant old sea dog if he
choose.
1t would be a great honor to Mis-
sissippi if this man who is the beloved
of the people-the true. good people
of the land-would come to us, for a
few hours, even. But in the event
that he could not, Memphis will need
to open wide her doors that face to-
ward Mississippi-for we will send a
great and admiring delegation to help
her in an undertaking so worthy of her
and Of tho Southland she represents.
The annual flower shows which
were given during the past fortnight
at Hazlehurst and Crystal Springs
were events of much more than ordi-
nary interest. These two towns, To-
Gated in the very midst Of the most
successful truck garden" section,
perhaps, in the South, fully met the
ceeded the hopes Of their friends.
Grander displays of chrysanthemums
are rarely seen, even in the houses Of
the great specialists, and the ladies
who have done all this deserve all the
praise we can give them. A few of
the ladies of Crystal Springs, Halle
hurst and Bonneville were pioneers
in this beautiful work, and fought
bravely against heavy odds and heav-
Ter criticisms to introduce fine speci-
mems Of this favorite of the "flowery
kingdom into our own State. 1t
was a hard fight, though a short one,
and o hundreds of our people are
reaping substantial profit Tin addi-
ton to the p%leasure) from the sale
of chrysanthemums in the markets of
Chicago, st. Louis, etc.
The time-that good and happy
time--is fast drawing near when Mis-
sissippi will ship Chicago's flowers to
her (as she should have done always
instead of ordering them, at ruinous
rates, from the Windy City" for the
Sunny South"
If the chief magistrate of the great
nation-the host of seal-brown guests
and the mighty hunter of big game
will turn over the official pie knife tc
some of his subordinates for a while
and come down to Mississippi we prom
Use him a good time in general and
a bar hunt in particular. The last
issue Of the C%larksdale Banner telli
of a hunting party that went to Sun
flower and killed six bear and two
deer" and neither the hunters nor the
reporters considered 1t worth more
than a three-line local. So, while the
Hon. Theodore might not (as is his
WON'T see his achievements pictured
in all the magazines, "Old Miss
could furnish him a brace Of bar
and "coons" (of both the varieties in
digenous to the South) enough to sat
isfy him and all his friends whose
tastes lie that way.