The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-06-15
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS

By J. L. POWER.
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through the 10th OF June. The pro-
gram Is as follows: Sunday, June 16, |
II a. M, sermon by Rev. B. d. Gray, D.
D., Georgetown, Ky; $3.50 p. m. ser.
mon before the Y. M. c. A., by Rev.
DR.. Gray. Monday, June II, Military
Day, II a. m, junior addresses; $3.50 D. !
M. sham battle and dress parade; $3.50
p. m, alumni exercises, orator, DR.. R.
Il. White, Little Rock, Ark; essayist, |
w. H. Kier, Esq, Corintn, Miss. Tues |
day, June 1S, Industrial Day, II a. M,
graduating exercises; p. m, exhibit
tion shop practice; p. M, textile ex-
hibit; $3.50 p. m, junior debate for
alumni medal. Wednesday, June 10.
commencement Day, IL a. m, annual
address, Hon. d. A. Tompkins, Char
lotte, N. c. Delivery of medals and
diplomas. In addition to the above,
the Textile School will be in opera
ton, and this in itself is worth
trip to the college which furnishes the
steady, clear-eyed, clear-brained, man
ly fellows who are inaugurating new
and mechanical life. There is an
other feature of the work to which we
hope every visitor will pay special at
tention. This is the system of digging
for gold, as we are beginning to dig
in Mississippi. There is no need for
our boys to go to the Klondike with
all the horrors and heart-breaks that
are gathered en- route to these far
lands, when they can count on such
safe and sure returns from "old field"
and new ground" alike, if they will
| only learn how and when to do the
digging. The careful teaching and the
| splendid work of the agricultural de-
partment is beginning to bear fruit in
| all parts of the State, where the col
lege boys are. literally sowing the
seed of the great and good time COM
ing. 1t is. perhaps, (in comparison
with many of greater import) an un.
| important achievement, but l can not
| refrain from favorable comment upon
the result of the horticultural work
last year. 1t seemed that the elements
we're leagued against the young gar
dners, since severe storms carried de-
struction to many of their plants, but
despite all this Prof. Mckay made a
shipment of plants last spring to one
of the ladies interested in beautifying
Greenwood cemetery at Jackson, and
there has never been seen. in the
capital city, from greenhouses any
where { so said scores of connoisseurs)
plants of such excellent growth, such
luxuriant foliage and later such superb
coloring, as these showed. Many Of
these plants were ANIMALS, and many
too fragile to endure winter out of
doors. But hundreds of them sur
vived and this spring the borders and
beds and hedges which make the ceme-
: terry so attractive, are from these
A. and NJ. College flowers. Their flow
ers and vegetables are grown largely
from Mississippi seed. They are per
fectly acclimated and are accustomed
to our soil and seasons. They are
packed beautifully and reach any part
of the State in perfect condition. They
! are cheaper than we can buy them else
where. Then why do our people moi
rally to this department, and so gener
= ously support it that Prof. Mckay car
send out men each year, thoroughly
! competent to establish branch gardens
4 throughout the State, and supply theil
E immediate neighborhoods with the
, best young plants for kitchen and flow
:, er gardens. The writer (from long ex
t perience in seeing small fortunes sen
e from Mississippi-the home of flowers
9 to Chicago, and other northern
z points, for cut flowers and plants) ha
d earnestly advocated the beautiful
t work of the florist as a calling pecu
o liarly suited to some Of our men ant
= women.
Jackson has made preparation TO
the coming of the Good Roads CONVEX
,.on and all is ready for the vast cor
course of men who are interested i
:. this great undertaking, and who ar
;, proving this interest in practical way'
1t would have been difficult to hav
y = arranged a more interesting program
than lat which guides the delibers
LIONS of the convention, and which l
appended: Chairman, c. M. william
s. son, calls the convention to order
Ie 10 a. m, June IA, after which addresse
S, will be made by Mayor Hemingwa!
le Hon. w. w. Stone of Greenville, Co
n Longino and President Moore OF tn
n, G. R. Association. At p. m. carriage
Of leave the State house for the scene
ID work on the sample road. At nigi
le Chancellor Fulton of the Unitersity d
r. livers an address. Secretary Richar
a son of the N. G. r. Association, Hol
lg John Sharpe Williams, Stuyvesal
er Fish, of the Illinois Central, and kol
.n John A. Redhead are all on the pr
ID gram. and a least of practical ell
quenes is to be enjoyed.