The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-07-29
BY H. E. BLAKESLEE, Jackson.

Nothing can take the place in the
| home of the country weekly. The fol-
lowing on the subject Is from one OF
our valued exchanges:
Those who have any apprehension
| that the city daily will invade the
field of the country weekly to such an
| extent that the latter will suffer there
by, are bothering about a bridge that
will never have to be crossed. The city
| daily ought to be in every home, but
lay it alongside the country weekly,
| and notice what choice the reader
makes of the two. The doings of his
home town. whether he be resident
thereof or removed, are of vastly more
interest to him thar national politics
or the exposure of public graft.
Let the eoitor of the country week
ly miss n of his subscribers for one
week, and he hears of his oversight.
For one issue they have been deprived
of gratifying their desire to know what
is doing in the town, which through
years of association has become a
part of them. The country weekly ap-
peals to the heart. It's diction may be
impure and it's articles sound queer to
the outsider, but to the one who val
ues it enough to be its subscriber, its
every paragraph is pure gold.
sit is all very well, after every word
of the country weekly has been close
ly scanned, to casually pick up the
city daily to find out about the Pana-
ma canal or what the latest scandal In
Washington may be. But first or all
we are interested in those people
whom we know from personal asso-
| citation, and we want to know about
those more vital affairs that are going
on about us. The city daily may lie
on the doorstep until father comes
home from down town. but by thai
time mother and the rest of the fam
lily have all read the country weekly
over each others shoulders.
"In this day and age every family
| a afford and ought to take both, but
if there is a choice to De made between
! the two. the subscription should go to
the editor who keeps tab on the events
in ones home town."
The Gulfport and Crystal Springs
chautauouas have been held, and both
were The next to open up
is at Gloster, Amite county, under the
! cognomen of the "Whitworth chau-
tauuua." 1t will begin July 80 and
| COIIluu6 HllSCA uOJO' LIS
ter of amusement and recreation Is
gaining strength in Mississippi, and
it is confidently expected hat a meet
ing will be held in North Mississippi
somewhere next season. 1t not only
furnishes recreation. but instruction
as well. The very best platform ora
tors and scientists are engaged, and
give the people something to think
about as we'll as amuse. The writer is
pleased at the sentiment prevailing
among our people for a high grade or
amusement. and hopes to e 1t fur
Their crystalize as the years go by.
Two of the largest hotels in Jack
| son are en1arging, about $50 rooms be-
| ing added to the two. Two smaller
hotels are being erected, one with 81
rooms and the other with ga. After
these improvements are completed the
CAPITAL City will be in condition to
care for the travelling public hand
somely. There has been a demand for
more hotel room in Jackson for years,
but it seems that all deficiencies will
soon be supplied.
Laurel is advertising for plans by
which to construct a $40, 000. school
building. The rapid growth of that
| CITY necessitates the constant adding
of facilities to care for the people.
The Figure Fiend" Of the city talks
fuently of the 5000 inhabitants
claimed. and those who know believe
that a census would locate that num-
Der in Laurel.
Isham Evans and other energetic
West Pointers have established a cold
storage plant in that city, and will be-
gin business right way. The advan-
tages of such a concern in any city
are too numerous to mention, and now
that the ice has been broken in Mis-
sissippi. as it were. we, expect to see
other places following the example OF
West Point. The produce business
positively demands such a concern TO
insure its handling to the best advan-
tage. Build mor of them.
The large number Of murders in
Mississippi during the past month
calls to the attention of our best peo-
pie the admonition "enforce the law"
If it were not for the fact that shrewd
lawyers can so often clear a man or
this awful charge if he has the money
Il employ Lnems Ln6I0 WOulu uOI w
half the killings in the State. Then.
too this ~infraction is induced by 9TH
ers of less Importance. The way TO
break it up is to enforce the law rig
idly and without favor.
A gentleman Who is in a position to
know, told the writer a few days since
that Mississippi bought last yea eight
million dollars worth of mules, and
that of this amount Washington coun-
ty alone bought a million and a half.
Every mule used here should be raised
in the State and there is no plausible
excuse to offer for not doing so.
Meridian is busi]y engaged in spend
irg $40, 900 paving the PRINCIPAL streets
of the city. Meridian is nothing if not
progressive. and we confidently ex-
pect that city to easily show 50 600 In
habitants when the census is made IN
1910. Her people are made OF the
stuff that will accomplish something.
ever in the face of obstacles.
Affnr a delav Of some time the cleo