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

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three concerts to be given at the Audi
forum on April 25, 20 and 81, the pro-
ceeds to go to the Forrest Monument
fund. An additional feature of the
concerts will be a quartette of solo
artists and the Mozart Society of $50
voices, with full orchestral accompani-
ment. A complete change of
will be given each evening. Season
tickets, emitting purchaser to the best
seat in the house, will be sold for So. 90.
The same class seat for each concert
will be sold for SIS so. Good seats can
be had for rs cents and S1.OO. Orders
for seats must be addressed to b. NJ.
Stainback, Auditorium, with a certi-
lied check, express or postohice order.
The building committee will. in a
Few days, let the contract for the new
building at the Baptist Orphanage,
jackson, which is to be built according
to the plans of A. j. Bryan & Co., archi-
tects. The building is to cost $40, 600
n accommodate, when finished, one
hundred children. The ~orphanaCe is
beautifully located northwest of Jack
son, and the devoted Christian people
who are in charge of the blessed work
have accomplished marvellous things
considering the limited means at their
command. 1t is only a few years since
this work was started by DR.. Foster
and his wife lin deed and truth a help
mate) in a little rented cottage in West
Jackson with three or four orphan chill
dren. Now he and his splendid corps
Of assistants are caring for half a hun
dred at the beautiful place thew own,
and when this new building is ready
there will be fifty more awaiting its
kindly shelter.
There has been much necessar and
unjust criticism of the capitol comNSs-
sioners because of their declining to fix
June the Sd as the date for LAYING the
cornerstone. This writer has been an
ardent and persistent advocate of this
date, but we have been convinced for
some time that the foundation work
would not be sufficiently advanced for
laying the stone June Sd in such a wav
as to make the occasion enjoyable to
visitors. The foundation walls should
be sufficiently advanced to indicate
the ground plan, and the ground should
be cleaned of the great piles of rubbish
that cannot we'll be moved before the
favorite date. When the commissioners
get ready, let them name the date. and
let everybody fall into line and make it
an occasion of which every Mississipian
will be proud.
If we may judge by the exchanges,
and by the happy smiles on anticipa-
ton now Frightening the faces of the
dear old veterans, every man in Missis-
sippl who "once proudly wore the gray,
will be in Memphis at the reunion. It
is an assured fact, we believe. that this
gathering of the clans in Tennessee's
great city will be THE reunion of Con.
federate soldiers, and we hope that
every day and hour of the time thus
spent together may dwell in memory
for each and all, as days and hours
brim full-aye, overlooking with hap
piness, content and sweet friendships
strengthened and renewed. Memphis
will do herself proud" of course. on
this occasion. And she ought, for never
again will she entertain so grand an
army as our Veterans will make.
The senior class of Millsaps College,
under direction of DIR. Muckenfuss. will,
spend this week in Il geological tour
along the G. & s. l. r. r. The students
will nave a camping outfit, the railroad
gives transportation, and no finer
than DR.. Muckenfuss-a man
truly in love with his work and rarele
fitted for it-could be had by any
senior class" in the State. The partv
will study the various soils, the under.
ground formation, the origin of gravel
beds, etc, while their work along the
gulf coast will be of inestimable yalue
to them. Practical study is worth ten
times as much, in this progressive age.
as theoretical instruction, however fine.
could ever hope to be.
Quite a number of Mississippi cities
have been invited to participate in thu
Si"hN oPhih6 PdRSdhO w winch New |
Orleans hopes to eclipse all former
efforts in the line of entertainment.
These cities are invited to participate
in the Floral Parade by sending to
New Orleans, ready decorated with
flowers, a vehicle of some sort, and the
most beautiful girls in the city to ride
threin, and to serve as maids of honor
to the Queen of the Festival.
The prize in this unique contest is to
be a trip to the Pan-American EXPOSE.
ton at Buffalo, in company with the
Queen and her chaperone.
Ripley, which has always been a
model Mississippi town, has recently
adopted a curfew ordinance, which APP
plies to old and young alike.
The Manufacturers Record (Balti.
more) takes occasion to note that
mississippi has within the past few
years been changed in more WAYS than
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