The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-09

No one knows better than the
writer of this column how many and
how persistent are the demands for
exchange" made upon the various ex-
cellent ~ewspaper in the State. We
know, because whenever we nave
welded the editorial pen or sub-edlto-
rial pencil those in authority have
seer fit to throw in" on our desks
the Exchange lists'-as lagniappe.
And we have said that we would never
any more ask the too generous and
much-abused State papers to
with anything. Today, however, we
are going to break our rule partially
by asking a number of these excellent
Journals to exchange this time, not
with any other publication, but for
the honest appreciation and real
gratitude of GOO pretty girls! Think
Of it, oh, We editors, and congratulate
yourselves that SO great reward lies
close at hand and at so small a cost.
The reading rooms of the industrial
college at Columbus should be sup
piled with every paper published in
the State. These 600 girls would be
happy to gather and read the news
as they have been accustomed to do.
at their homes, but there are no funds
available for subscription to these pa
pers, the sum of which would be CON
siderable. However, it would cost so
: little to each paper to send to eacn
a IT. pLzAz ~ oANxr nf tic ntth.
, LEGATION. Compared with the pleasure it
q would give the boys and girls of that
county, and the incalculable good that
-, would result from keeping these
1 young people in touch with the public
D affairs of their counties and familiar
with all that is being done at home,
the cost would be too small to reckon.
The time and the money spent in
teaching our boys and girls that there
r is much to love at home, and that they
n should love it, is well spent.
The girls at the industrial college
Il receive land it is perhaps the same
o at vhe University and the A. & M
IS College, complimentary the Vicks
burg Daily American, the Daily Dem
ocrat, Meridian Daily News, Clarion
Ledger (weekly), Okolona Messenger
q West Point Leader, Greenwood Com
d nonwealth, Clarksdale Challenge
Aberdeen Examiner, Aberdeen Week
ly and P%ascagoula Democrat-Sta
io These papers are eagerly read by tn
Is girls and teachers, and those who's
70 counties are represented On the read
ing table are the envied of all les
fortunate. Let us bestir ourselve
is and see if We can't keep our recor,
ly of events before these young men an
or women, who will in a little while forr
so large a part of our citizenship.
1t is a rare thing, even in this er
u; of thriving business and progressiv
towns, to hear of an old town takin
on new life. But we hear and see an
n know this of that erstwhile center c
o. social life during the happy Ian
IN syne' before the war, Fayette. FC
W many years after the bitter confit
ended this town seemed doomed t
re suffer the fate of those things an
20. places that had made the old life S
beautiful-oblivion. Even the raj
VI roads seemed to conspire against i
IN But a few years ago, thanks to the il
nd fusion afresh of energy, enthusiasts
~ and intelligence (and it was not ii
ported, either, but the genuine natl,
lh and home-raised product), the tow
he tnply a nnw lanca On Hfa and lie No
of growing and improving in a mann
to delight its heaviest property ow
ers. Compress, oil mills, electr
'rn lights, a fine new courthouse, a sple
l. did high school and some of the han
soonest homes in the State are amo
the things to rejoice over. And la
week the local bank bought, at pa
OF the entire issue of bonds ordered f
ar lie purpose of building water worl
in Our towns do not need so much of t
foreign capital" they are always ca
ing for, if their own citizens will on
ave prove their faith in the future as t
ern citizens of Fayette are doing.
Lee county might with excelle
ere reason advertise as a health reso
Iese and use some Of it's long-lived CT
arm zens as proof of its claims. One
these aged ones is Mr.. P. Gates
III Fulton, who, despite the ninety-t'
lis years that lie behind him, continr
inc an active and alert man of affai
ion He makes the trip from Fulton
Tupelo (twenty miles) and retu
aye several times each month, and
all ways on horseback. In the sunni
mt it was his custom to start on
twenty-mile journey home at 5 p.
SO as to nave his ride in the cool
and the evening. He is an ardent Der
A crat. and the Tupelo Journal says
has voted for Andrew Jackson a
TIRE every Democratic nominee since. ]
, il cept that he is deaf, he is in full
joyment of u%nimpaired faculties.
The State Board of Education h