The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-10-12

e,er returns" Lucas Clam no trl
Of the leading men Of Tpp was d
one whom the people Of Maes a
nsn'ed to honor. He was born in
springs and educated a, IN Hc1
u%nlverslty' His father, Ju vIs 50
mar Ciapp' at one time re rSs Iei
.nis state in the Confederate cosnt
and while his worthy son oOAsre
to the State of his adoption vas 10y
preciated the high honors h aaa
upon him by the people of "e''oT
he always had a warm p)ao sul ,a
neart Tor his native State, ana
are many in the place of his as
them. 10y deat
The Dixie Press, an ipde,.au.
worker for the good of CLAW oa'l'
wonders If it is economy an, OOua'
prise for the people of that .u'a
ably productive county to spend ,nas
on railroad fare and hotel hin,
back and forth to the fall fairs in s os
counties 1t would be easy-and 'ns
ltely better for the county-if wv
Point had its own fair tbis FAN
that the money of the people coma
Kept at home. Then the races o1''
be run by their W horses ana
premiums be captured by their Cow
folks AS We have often said ho,,.
Mississippi will be far along nm .1
road to prosperity when every cn.s.
in the State has its own annual of,i.
or stock and agricultural exhibits
is good for people having eommo,
terests to get together at least oral
a year and compare notes and n,nl
ucts as well. And the fair" is Al
place for this.
Hattiesburg is doing some sool
work, along practice lines, in her N
fort to build a cotton factory
meeting was held September "a ,o
the purpose of starting the ball |
This was done, after an interestin
talk by Capt. Hardy, and $4,000 vo1
contributed on the spot. A commit
tee was appointed next day to canyasi
the town and solicit subscriptions and
If we may judge by our former kpovll
edge of the enterprising, straight!
forward people of Hattiesburg. they
will have that money when it is need.
ed SO quick that some of our slower
going, more conservative towns will
wonder If the committee had Aladdin.
lamp concealed In their pockets Will,
they made their round.
DR.. W. 7. Lowery raised more thai
$1,000 at a recent service in the Ban
fist church in Columbus for the MI;
sissippi College endowment fund. TIL
work of increasing the endowmen
was assigned DR.. Lowery. president 0
the college, by the last convention
He is making fine Roadway. The fun
was $1,000, and it is desired to il
creas it to $780, 900 at once. OF TIL
the American Baptist Education S.
ciety offers to contribute $1,000 pr
v~isionally. DR.. Lowery has alread
secured about $4,000, and it ought
be made easy by the great army
loyal Baptists in Mississippi for th
devoted pastor and educator Il
worthy o of a noble sire-to raj.
the $4,000 still needed to put this fl
old institution on a safe basis.
The United Daughters Of the Go
federacy, at their meeting in Mover
Der, will distribute in pamphlet for
a list Of the contributors to the j
ferson Davis Monument Associate
All, therefore, who have funds on hal
. Or who intend making contribute
to the monument fund should conn
nicate at once with Mississippi's me
Der Of the executive committee Jeh'
son Davis Monument Association, Nj
Mary Harrison, at Columbus, Miss
We have often heard it stated
n who knew that there were mum
Gus small amounts on deposit in
rious places of safekeeping throu6h'
the State which were originally {
, lected for the monument which
hoped to erect to MIR. Davis in a
, sissippi. These amounts, or some
them, have been forgotten and il 50
instances the depositors are dead,
it rests with the parties or the in
buttons having these funds in cha
to speak out and give the deVo
Daughters" a chance TO gather tn
in If possible.
l 1t is a splendid evidence OF
i progress that we can now hnd'
) many of our W stores, cotton go
~(domestics. etc. made in our O
mills, of our own cotton, by the Id
Of our own people. Surely we '
e find greater pleasure in wear
homemade" clothes than we Il
: ever gained from the finest pro1
. of Mississippi cotton, when woven
Eastern looms.
, Travellers along the line OF inc
& o. Railroad will miss the hotei
formerly stood at Artesla. 1t was
\ stroyed by fire last week, as was :
a the depot building. The old Art'
dining room was famous WneIe