The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-06-08

George, Carrollton, Vice President;
Rowan Thayer, Greenwood, Secretary
and Treasurer; r. L. Wall, Greenwood.
Assistant Secretary; Mrs. Sadie Park.
er, Jackson, State Secretary; VIM. L.
Mcbride, Corinth, Superintendent
Home Department; L. A. Duncan,
Meridian, Superintendent Normal De-
partment; Mrs. J. l.. Gillespie, Green
wood, Superintendent Primary Depart
ment; ]. B. Streator, Black Hawk.
Member International Committee. The
Executive Committee is as follows:
J. 8. Rhea, Chairman, Wesson.
]. M. Cox, Batesville.
L. A. Duncan, Meridian.
l.. G. FAINT, Holly Springs.
s. ]. Owen, Batesville.
r. V. Pollard, Greenwood.
s. M. Shelton, vicksburg.
ID. E. Wilson, Nesbit.
]. T. Buck, Jackson, International
Vice President
Speaking Of prizes reminds us that
IAN old citizen" of Hazlehurst who
has evidently grown weary of
light CD bread with holes in it," has
offered valuable prize to the young
lady OF girl of Copiah County, who
makes and exhibits the best bread at
the Autumn Flower Show. There
should be something done to stimu-
late our girls interest in old fashioned
home made light bread. and bring
more of them up to lie pinnacle of ex.
cellence now occupied by very small
number. Among this small number,
however, we must include (and place
at the very top, the young deaf mute
girls who form the only practical
cooking class Cat the State Deaf and
Dumb Institute) of which we know.
II Copiah's "Old Citizen" will invite
these girls into the contest, they will
take every prize in sight. And they
make their bread from starting the
fire to slicing the snowy, fakey
squares.
The Dry Goodsman, one of the
leading periodicals devoted to mercan-
tile matters in this country, recently
offered a series of prizes for the best
suggestion for improving the paper
Answers came from all over the union,
and a Brandon man, A. M. Shields,
captured second prize. Mississippi is
all right. Her boys not only know
how to manage their own business, but
can give New Workers a few pointers
on improving theirs occasionally.
The corner stone of the new Odd
Fellows building was laid last week
by the members of Asylum Lodge,
No. So. A. F. G. A. NJ, at the request
of Wilkinson Lodge, No. 1O1, |. o. o.
F., at Woodville. Mr.. L. C. Schloss
served as Acting Grand Master and
with a full and splendid corps OF
Acting Grand Officers, the ceremony
was impressively carried out in the
presence of a large number of this
good old towns best people.
The Press visitors to Pass Christian
were impressed with the Improvements
in progress there. A new L. & n.
passenger depot, the L. & N. freight
depot in course of erection, the rae.
ing Company's Improvements, includ-
ing its shell road to the beach, and
several new stores make things look
bright for the place. Then the Mexi-
can Gulf hotel has certain plans on
xyh oh
Of residences going up will keep the
builders busy all summer. Let the
good work go on.
Meridian was recently treated to
free show, wherein a full blood Choc.
taw Indian, wrought up by the appli-
| cation of too much fire water" to his
interior, gave regular war dance with
variations in the vicinity of the Grand
Avenue hotel. He was finally given
an inside view of the paleface's jail
and liked it so well that he spent the
night there-upon invitation of the
officer who put an end to the per-
formance.
ine sedson ol cOmmencementS Il
full upon us. All of the graded schools
in the State finished their work last
week and most of the sessions wound
up in blaze of eloquence and oratory.
The private schools, colleges, semi
naries, academies, ETC., came on this
week, and by the middle of June all
the school boys and girls in the land
will have "closed the books over" and
entered upon their vacations. We
hope their holiday time Will be as
bright as the hopes which rise in these
young hearts.
The Braxton New Era now bright.
ems the desk where Mississippi mat.
ters gets itself in shape to go before
the world. and we give It the cordial
| welcome 1t deserves.