The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-07-15

people or IullahOma found this out
and loaned him money to raise the
mortgage on condition that he would
move his paper to their town. This
he did very much to the chagrin of
the people of Pittsburg. Tullahoma
afterwards secured the post office,
which gave her still greater advan-
tage over her rival. Pittsburg finally
got the post Office back, but failed In
her efforts to get the newspaper.
Jerry Davis published a paper in
Grenada in the latter 30's.
Tuesday, May 7, 1885, was a mem
orable day in the history of Tullaho-
ma. On that day Levin Lake landed
at the town with two keel boats,
belonging to William and Henry Lake
and loaded with -four and bacon,
plain furniture, a small quantity OF
whisky and many other things want
ed by the early settlers. The peo-
pie OF the town we're SO jubilant over
the arrival of these boats that they
heralded their approach by firing off
powder deposited in logs and stumps.
At that time there were only seven
or eight families in the town, several
saloons, n lawyer, A. G. Baine and
two physicians, Drs. Howell and Ed
mundS. There was no church then
but one small school in the town Of
Pittsburg.
In the fall of 1888, Hiram G.. Run
nels was elected governor of MiSSisSip-
pi as the Democratic nominee
and inaugurated i'm the follow
ing January. He was a native
OF North Carolina, but had lived
in Mississippi from his childhood. He
was raised in Lawrence county and
was educated in an old field school,
and by energy and natural ability rose
to leadership in the State. At the
same election at which RunnelS was
chosen governor, his rival, Franklin E.
Plummer, was elected to congress.
In the political campaign of 1885
Gov. RunnelS, who was a warm sup
porter of Andrew Jackson, was nomi-
mated for reelection by his party.
Plummer at nee concentrated his en-
ergy and rugged eloquence against
him, and during the contest, which
was a very heated one, the little towns
OF PittSburg and Tullahoma were in
constant turmoil. The inhabitants of
each town shared the bitter feelings
and p~rejudiceS Of their respective
leaders and INDUCED in spirited de-
nunciationS of their rivals. On the
occasion OF a joint debate between
Rlinnels and Plummer partisan feel
ing ran SO high that ~bIoodshed was
narrowly averted. Gov. Runnels was
defeated by Charles Lynch, the Wing
candidate
In July, 1886, commissioners were
appointed from the two rival towns
for the purpose of bringing about a
reconciliation and an ultimate union.
The reconciliation was effected and
the consolidation took place. Each
of the rival towns agreed to give up
its name and Grenada was agreed up
on as the name for the town formed
by their union. July 4, 1886, was fix
ed as the date for the consummation of
this union. On that day the people
of the two towns met at a big barbe-
cue at a spring in the eastern part of
Tullahoma. There was at first some |
opposition to the choice of this place
as the scene of the reconciliation
by PittSburg citizens, but as there
was no water convenient on the line
between the two towns, they yielded
the point and agreed to enter the
limits of Tullahoma, and the people
of the two towns gathered at the date
and place which had been agreed on.
A Protestant Methodist preacher,
named Lucas, performed the marriage
ceremony Of the two towns, and at
the conclusion of this unique ceremo-
ny, there was a great handshaking
and a general reconciliation. This, |
however, was one of the cases in !
which the course Of love did not run
Smoothe. The old spirit of rivalry
was renewed before the honeymoon
had passed. Pittsburg broke up the
union and settled back on her old
name, while her rival retained the
name OF Grenada. The opposition
was intense and the citizens of Pitts
burg were making arrangements to
have their town incorporated with its
old limits leaving out Grenada. The
citizens of Grenada found this out and,
without letting the people of the RI
val town know their intentions, sent
a committee to Jackson, where the
legislature was in session. and had an
act passed Incorporating their town,
with it's old limits, leaving out Pitts
burg. The success of this scheme
caused the people of Pittsburg to lose
hope of securing a separate charter of
incorporation for their town because
of its proximity to Grenada, and they
sued for peace. They petitioned Gre
NADIA TO extend her corporate limits
and take in their town, which she did,
and there was a harmonious adjust
ment of all factional differences.
FRO BE Continued