The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-07-01

ly taken up the contention OF this writ
er with reference to the assessment ON
lands held by foreigners in Mississippi.
This paper says that t%wo-thirds of the
land in Pearl River county is owned by
outsiders and that it is assessed at
less than o~ne-fourth what it is worth.
What is here stated as to facts as to
Pearl River, is also true of almost every
county in the State. Immense tracts
of lands are being held by outsiders
for an increase in price, which is COM
ing fast, it is assessed at only a small
per eel of what it is worth and there
by pays but little of the amount nee
essary to bring about the increase.
All lands should be assessed at some
thing like their value and the foreign
holder has nc right to complain at pay
ing his share of tax to be used in max
ing his property more valuable. 1t Is
within the power of the assessors and
supervisors to remedy this evil and it
certainly should be done.
The writer's contention fO= the pat
ronage of home industries, everything
else being equal, is too we'll known to
the readers of this department. In the
recent adoption of school books for the
use in the State for the coming five
years the only publication offered by a.
Mississippi concern was a set of copy
books. These books were prepared by
a lady who ranks as one OF the leading
educators of the South, they were got
ten up 10 excellent shape and were
offered as low as any first-class copy
book. A very strong point in favor OF
this home book was that the text Of
copy was historical facts concerning
Mississippi. 1t lot only taught the
child to correctly form letters and words,
but impressed upon the mind pertinent
facts concerning the State. While the
right of the Commission to adopt any
book it pleases is not questioned, it
does seem that the Mississippi book
should have beer given the preference
over one published in Chicago. So
long as we fail to encourage u South
ern people to furnish matter Of this
character, SO long will they fail to do
so. A start should be made in this di-
rection so that we can in the future u
loose from the domination of Bostlng
and the East when is comes to books
for the use of our children.
Wesson estimates that it pays the ne
gro washwomen O,OO0 per year for a
very poor service. The proposition is,
to take a portion of this sum and eStab-
fish a laundry hat will make a spe-
cialty of the family wash. The scheme
has been tried in one or two Mississippi
towns with splendid success and WeS-
son will likely put the project into ex-
ecution. If such laundrieS are gen.
orally successful it means that one
means of support for the negro women.
has gone.
Don't forget to write some friend in
a distant state of the advantages OF
living in Mississippi. Send for some OF
the Greater Mississippi bulletins and
mail him one of them. a little work
of this kind by a number of our cit
liens will soon begin to show highly
satisfactory results in the way OF secur-
ing desirable citizens to take up the
waste lands and make u grand Old
State blossom like a rose. Try this
scheme and see what the result Will be.
The weather has been fine during the
past few weeks and crop conditions
have improved wonderfully. The far
mers have had an opportunity OF pull
ing their crops out of the grass and
the outlook is much brighter h
some weeks since. With fair condl-
tions from now on Mississippi will make
an ordinary crop.
The little city of MontroSe, in Jasper
county, is a real good one. Although
very young in years, it has already in
stalled a system of electric lights, and
will SOon put in waterworks. The cltI-
zens are prosperous and happy, believ-
ING in the future of their town and
spending their money to back such q
belief.
Rnleville. in the Delta, is fast forg-
inc to the front, and the newest thing
announced is an electric light plant.
Work on it will begin right away, and
ere long the citizens of that progressive
place will have the pleasure of turning
buttons instead of striking matches.
Ripley has adopted the separate
school district plan and will use every
effort to build q good high school for
hat community. A large and commo-
dious building has been provided, and
the people should feel very much graft
filed at the improvement in educational
conditions.
Another system of making paper
from bagasse has been devised, and the
inventor thinks he has surely struck it
at last. Who can say that our Missis-
sippi cane will not only furnish sugar
and molasses to sweeten the world, but
will also furnish the white paper on
which to record the happenings there
OF? There are great things in store
for us.
Union and a number Of other coun-
ties in that section of the State report
a splendid fruit crop. A. canning fac
tory is being built at New Albany and
a market viii be furnished for all fruit
and vegetables that can be produced.
The people up there have always raised
plenty of fruit for home consumption
and some to spare. and are now arrang-