The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-04-15
GRENADA.
IFoR THE sENTINEL.1

ltOh THE SENIINELsI
Grenada, Grenada, l rejoice thy praises to
sing;
May these echoes be reverberated on the
mornings wing.
No words of adulation can over-estimate the
But il you doubt what I say come and look
it in the face"
Our great artesian wells are the pride of our
So # seeking the fountain of youth" in
Grenada plant your steeple. :,
The people here are social, hospitable and
kind
More so, l think, than any you will find.
For manufacturing enterprises Grenada is
the place;
1t offers rare inducements and can furnish a
little space,
Anybody coming here with plenty of money
to turn loose.
Can very quickly double it, If he doesn't act
the goose.
We have oil mills. congresses and things
But there is always room for just us many
What we want very much now is a canning
And think the individual or stock company
would ind this place satisfactory.
But there is even something else we want
And that is a steam laundry to save our
Competent washer women, in Grenada, are a
This twentieth century for such, is entirely
too fast.
For educational advantages, Grenada Is
uneXcelled,
Thus preparing the Juveniles to do their
We have a college of which any city might
well boast,
So this is to the Grenada College" a ~rousing
cheer and toast.
Our graded public school is one Of the best
in any land;.
Every teacher thoroughly cOnpeCenI, anu III
unity they stand.
We have here, too, a very flourishing bust
ness college,
Where young ladies and gentlemen acquire
a great deal of knowledge.
Our churches, hotels and court house would
do credit to a city;
will not discuss the new jail-that we have
one is a pity.
The Orick, stave and tie plants are all essen
tial factors
In furnishing plenty Of material to the va
riOus contractors.
Grenada Bank Club Rooms rival in grandeur
the palace of a king,
One rug alone costing many units of the
essential thing;
And everything it contains costs as this rug
in proportion,
For the Grenada Bank can accomplish any
thing, whenever it takes II notion.
The new Masonic Temple is an all-aspiring
structure, -,
And in their membership, l dare say. will
never permit a rupture.
Our opera house, while not strictly "up-to-
date"
Furnishes as good shows as any in the state.
The handsome Presbyterian church is now
about complete;
In furnishings. fixtures and latest style
equipments. it is replete.
Thus the unflagging zeal and energies OF the
ladies finds fruitiOn
In Il church that would satisfy the member
ship Of any place in the nation.
But there is one thing of which Grenada is
not proud,
Ana that is our +. c. waiting room which
DER us casts u cloud;
But hope in the near future a better one to
secure.
VIII tell you about it later, when the plans
are more mature.
Grenada is on a boom, and a great big one al
that; -,
When we get our concrete walks we will
have things down pat"
New buildings going up, and daily contracts
let out,
These people have the fever" and KIN Ow cX-
actly what they're about.
So come on to Grenada, ''ye people," one anC
all,
And be ready for IA thriving business before
next fall.
For Grenada is indeed the garden spot ofthe
land;
She accOmplishes what she undertakes, OF
else she raises sand.