The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-04-05
FROM TORRANCE.
EDITOR SENTINEL:

EDITOR SENTINEL:
This community is law-abiding, the
people perfectly gentle, nothing des-
perate connected with any Of us. We
pay taxes, both state and county, with
neatness and dispatch, like gentle
men. Not man among US who has
stolen anything larger than a saw mill.
ver-notwithstanding there
are certain periods Of mans life
when he is allowed the exquisite
pleasure OF doing little kicking.
The time has come when we are 60
ing to get up the highest kick that
has been heard Of since 1875, when
the Carpet-baggers were kicked out Of
the state. Our kick is going to be on
the condition of certain road in beat
A, known as the Beaver dam road, be-
tween Torrance and Grenada. The
reason 1t is known by this name is be-
cause the beavers built a dam there
about forty years ago and 1t is still
holding all the water which comes
down on it. One would naturally
suppose from the amount OF water
still on this road that all the beavers
in the state had moved their washing
to this place and intended to remain
Indefinitely. This road is q very i'm
portant one to the people Of Torrance
and vicinity, for in order for us to get
to Grenada we are compelled either to
travel this or to go around by Mr..
Rubc Dement'S and get on the she'll
road, the one recently built by our
county. The worst part Of this road
is between Bob Dudley's and the rail-
road crossing, and is simply awful. As
an old negro short time ago said to
: another, "Brer Jim does you 'spOsen
dem supervisors knows anything bout
dis road? Why yes, man, didn' l
hear Mr.. Baker and Mr.. Tatum talk
in bout dis very road short time
ago. Mr.. Baker said dey ought ter
put one OBJ dem Platoon bridges over
it, and Mr.. Tatum said he thought 1T
+ would be de best to put tunnel under
it, and dat would dream it and make
it dry" rTis said that negro from
Calhoun county on the way to Gre
NADIA was riding ree-year-0ld colt,
and when he got to this piece of road
actually went into camp as he said, to
wait until his colt growed big enough
to pull through that mud and water.
& we'll remember when this road was
3 kelaid off, twas of very decent
+ v |th. AS the land is very rich, 1t
has grown to be in some places nIty
yards wide and it is still growing. 1t
grows always in northerly direction
and at the speed it has made In the
last few years, it is only a question OF
time when it will run just a little
GOuth of Col. Barksdale s dwelling, and
ffS western terminus will be CaScilla.
a drouth as a general thing is always
disastrous to country but it is the
only thing which makes this roac
passable.
Zone trouble this road has to con
tend with is the immense amount o
water dumped on it by the creek run
Ming from Hardy. That is a strang'
and also very sympathetic stream
When it hears Of any other stream
eetting on rampage (no matter hov
distant) it does the same thing, ever
il it hasn't rained anywhere near l
for two months. 'Tis said that i
commences to rise as soon as 1t be
arins to thunder. think the bes
way for tie county would be to d
away with this road, put a little ex
ira work on those mud holes, and con
vert it into a fish pond, and have tn
q. S. government to stock it wit
game fish, such as alligators and ca
fish, and In course Of time, it nigh
be "a thing OF beauty and JOY fol