The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-07-22
CHAPTER III
IN THE THIRT1Es.

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encies In these rival towns by their fl
nal consolidation, there began a rapid
growth and development, and Grena-
ola became an important commercial
and residence point.
After the consolidation the post Of
flee of Grenada, was placed on the
! line that had divided the two towns,
and at a later day the business in
terets concentrated in the eastern
part, formerly Tullahoma, while the
western part, formally Pittsburg, be-
came the resident part OF the town.
The first election Of officers for the
corporation of Grenada resulted as fol-
lows: for justice of the peace, j. W.
Phillips; for selectmen, j. T. (Talbert,
n. Howard, r. Coffman, j. Bullock;
for town constable, G. Phillips.
The Grenada Bulletin was a five
column four page sheet. 1t had for
it's motto: mo great mans para
site--no party'S tool" The editor
declared that he would have as little
to do with politics as possible, how
ever, he would express his ideas on
political subjects. He also said:
Whatever sentiments we do express
shall be emphatically our own. Nor
shall we receive with fear and tremb-
ling from any nan or set of men, our
orders to praise o r cenSure a measure
merely because it has had its origin
with a particularIparty. La short, we
are determined that our paper shall
be what its motto declares it to be-"
A copy Of the Grenada Bulletin,
published in 1886 has been preserved
as an heir loom in the family of Capt.
III. Balfour, OF Abbeville, Miss. In
this issue the details of a bridge COM
pany, a charter of which was given by
the Board of Police of the county of
Yalobusha, on the Goth day of April,
1886" takes up considerable space.
1t was for the erection of a toll bridge
on YalobuSha river at the western
end of the town of Grenada" to be
called the Citizens bridge of Yalo-
buSha, " and to continue for the term
of 80 years. The stockholders men
toned were: James Sims; G. r. Nor
riS, Ralph COffman, Nathan Howard,
j. t. Talbert, and Allen Gillespie, all
honored names of Grenada. In the
same issue of the Bulletin. are the an
~nouncements of Sam Trimble and A.
C. Banie for district attorney. There
! are also notices, headed Committed, -
of run away negroes, who had been
taken up, and the owners were re-
queSted to comply with the law and
take them out of Jail.
In the paper mentioned under the
heading, Masonic" is to be found a
notice requesting the members of the
fraternity, residing in Yalobusha and
the adjoining counties, to meet on
Friday, at ! O'Clock p. M, in the west
end of the town OF Grenada, at the
house formerly occupied by Major G.
III. Guy, preparatory to p~etitioning
the Grand Lodge of the State of Mis-
siSsippi for a diSpenSation authorizing
the establishing a lodge in the town
of Grenada"
Rus Carl, who first saw the light
on July 26, 1888, was the first white
boy born in Grenada, He was a son
Of Jonathan Carl, and has resided here
all of his life except four years during
the war when he served as a confeder-
ate soldier.
In the early days trade was carried
on with the outside world by means
of keel boats, which carried cotton to
New Orleans and other points and
brought back dry goods, sugar, coffee,
potatoes, etc. Warehouses were built
along the river front for storing cot
ton, which was brought overland in
wagons for 60 miles in all directions.
Jonathan Carl had a horse mill for
grinding corn. He also had the first
lathe in this section and mill and gin
machinery were brought to him for
many miles. He was also q manufac-
turer of wagons, tread wheel gins,
spinning wheels and looms. Mr.. Carl
also established the first steam saw
mill in Grenada. 1t was at the foot
of Line street, on the river, and was
put i'm operation.
The first carding factory was eStab-
liShed in the early fOrtieS. 1t was on
the lot where &C. Penn & Sons stable
Tow stands. 1t carded wool for the peo-
! pie, taking toll from same. 1t was
owned by Matthew Robinson, who
went to the Mexican war and was
killed.
In that day nearly all the clothing
the people wore was made from cloth
woven at home on old fashioned hand
looms. The thread for some was spun
from wool rolls made at the carding
factory or from cotton carded at home
by hand. The spinning was done on
spinning wheels and spinning jennies.
In the early history of the county,
there were no grist mills except hand
mills and horse mills on the planta-
tionS. The first steam griSt mill was
built at Grenada ia or about 1858 by
G.. w. Ragsdale, father OF Mrs. j.. C. !
LQngstreet.
In the early thirties Line street-be-
tween the two towns was used as a
race track, when horse racing was
INDUCED in a great deal even on the
Sabbath. During a race one Sunday
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