The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-04-20

to sit down and rest on its past record
is going to get behind the procession
and stay there.
Frequently we hear residents of this
town %descantiug on the ancient glories
of Grenada, 'before the war; ''before
the yellow feyer-Grenada was a fine
place then, but" we'll, what's the
matter with Grenada now? Nothing
in the world the matter, except the
public spirit of the place is not devel-
oping as it should be. To hear the peo-
pie OF a town talking about what the
place used 10 be-" is too much like
hearing the degenerate son of some
FIRST family" Boosting about what his
ancestors were, all the time he is try
ing to discount them. There never was
a town with better natural facilities
for growth and expansion than Grena-
da, and yet, it looks TO the SENTINEL
very much like many of our people
were stepped in a fatal ~lethargy from
which nothing can arouse them, and in
the meantime the golden opportunities
that the city should reap are being
garneted by neighboring towns. Dur
ing the present week we have heard
at least two good business men-meu
who would be counted a good citizen of
any community--express a determine
ton to 60 to other points. When oues-
TONED as to their they gave
the same reply, 20, there's not much
outlook in Grenada; we want TO 90 to
a town with a bright future before it,"
Any town that suffers itself TO get the
putation OF being a dead" town will |
be one in reality, and really de,
serves no better fate. We have the
finest climate in the world: the best
Agricultural territory; pure virgil soil,
will not, for sometime to come.
reed a touch OF artificial fertilizers:
that will produce anything that
AN be produced 10 the temperate ID
We have forests of fine hard woods
1t our very doors-wooded lands that in
.hese days OF building and demand for
lumber, would be veritable gold mine
I opened up and utilized. We have a
ioble river vending its way through
he heart OF the delta, flowing past our
and we demand OF it no tribute.
are on the finest trunk line in the
southwest, a line rnnning for nearly a
thousand miles through the finest ter
tory in America, begging us to utilize
ito send our produce; not simply a
ew bales OF cotton, but anything that
re have, chickens, turkeys, lambs,
ogs, cattle, horses, mules, vegetables,
iis,-anything which our soil will,
reduce, it says, Send by me and l will
nd you IA market; produce more and
will find you a better market" And
e simply stand, or prop ourselves /
gainst "a telephone pole. with our hands (
our pockets, grumble and complain :
the hard Tires, and say the country =
going to 'the demnition bow-wows."
ont, for heavens sake, lay the short.
'mings OF the people on the country!
here is nothing wrong with the u I
Y, we repeat emphatically, except IA {
of development.
Our country roads. instead of being !
ogs and sloughs for half the YEA L
lould, with all the unemployed labor
capital there is In the country. be 4
ade as firm and solid almost as con- t
'ete, so that farmers, who are at the d
ottom of all true prosperity, may be r
to reach our town, and will prefer
'ming here to going elsewhere.
here is such a thing as false economy. h
nd the community that starts out on |
line will find it sooner or later. a ,
ostly experiment. Altown that is con- \
.antly forging 10 tho front soop gets a !
anne for itself that invites immjpra. ,
on, and attracts skilled labor and The {
lvestment of capital. or course every
1ded investment and Improvement
dds an additional expense but II man (
ged judiciously, it most surely means
receipts and increased value of
roperty. {
There is a tide in the affairsn of {
as we'll as of men, that q,
AIKEN at the flood leads on to f~ortupe.ui.,
ut which, ii omitted, means igpomi- !
failure and defeat; IA hanging back
nd allowing the superb car of Prop- p.
to pass on INHALED. 1t seems To d,
5 that Grenada has reached that point )
D some extent, and we trust her bust. !
ess men will realize its significance. ;
You will waste time II you try to
ure Indigestion or dyspepsia by starry
1g yourself. That only makes it
,orse when you do eat heartily. You
ways need plenty of good food prop |
rly, digested. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure 7
the result of years of scientific .
esearch for something that would :
not only some elements of food
ut every kind. And it is the one
smedy that will do it. Semme's .
econd Glass Drug Store. /
Mrs. 7. W. Dye and her son, DIR. T. q
Dye, the former OF Durant. r
le latter of Steeu's Creek, paid IA
UGH anDreciated visit tn tho NJieeas