The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-06-03

1919 49,
ter fight in the battles Of life than the
pampered, high-collared, c~reased-trou-
| sered youth of our cities, whose
| clothes have always been brushed
with a whisk broom instead of a shin
| gle. Let the town boy out of a job
try it a year on the farm. Flowing
| behind a mule will take the kinks out
of his throat and the weakness out of
| his lungs, and will give him an appe-
tite, an honest living and a sight Of
heaven.
"We can't help loving the natural
| boy: one-gallused and b~arefooted,
wadfng the creek with a hat half
| brimless and patches on his pants.
His eyes are always clear and they
look straight to the front. The boy
| who enjoys these high privileges has
no conception of how blest he is above
his brother in town; but he Will know
it some day when his maturer years
will find their h%appiest reflection In
| these days, that shed a glow out OF
| the morning for all the after m
| The city boy has no s~torehouse 10
| draw upon, and in that he is to be
| commiserated."
A. M. Gaillard of near Ripley recent
| " produced samples of wool IL inches
| long. which was cut from sheep raised
in the hills around his home. he
| sheared 5 ga pounds from this partlc-
| Nlar sheep and there were others that
| came close to this mark. 1t is an
undenied fact that the raising OF sheep
would be an especially profitable
business if the miserable hound n
| cur dogs that infest almost every
| neighborhood could be gotten rid or.
| While it would require considerable
| courage ON the part of the legislature
to do so, O. law should be passed tax
| ing dogs, so hat the larger portion OF
| them could be gotten rid of. Sheep
raising should be a largely increased
business during the next few years.
Six hundred dollars was paid straw
berry pickers at Water Valley Satur-
| day, May IS. One lady made $3.50 in
seven hours. and others nearly so
much. The small fruit business is
worth something to more than those
who raise it. 1t must be gathered,
boxed and shipped, furnishing employ
ment for a large number of persons.
Raise more fruit and vegetables.
Lumberton is happy owe the find
| ing of pure artesian water at a depth
of $50 feet. 1t will prove a great
blessing to the citizens of that pro-
gressive community and greatly help
the work Of building a city which is
being pushed with much energy.
Lumberton is growing fast and is en-
titled to all of the good things that
are going. May success continue TO
crowr the efforts of its good people.
A friend from Swan Lake calls the
attention of the wEier to the fact b a
Hannibal BLY,, @ Mississippi bred
horse, recently won a race at that
%aristocratic track in New York, Bel
mont Park. Hannibal BLY, is a pro-
duct of the Bungalow Farm, near Gulf
| port. on the G.. & S. l. railroad. This
is an unusually well equipped farm
for raising all kinds of blooded stock
and Is a profitable investment to the
owner, who lives in New Orleans.
While there are a few farms in the
| State that make a speciality Of blood
| ed stock. there are entirely too few,
and this is a branch that bids fair
to receive more attention in the fr-
ture.
Yazoo City has purchased a street ma
chine and several hundred tons of
gravel and will make an attempt to
| have good streets in future. There Is
no investment quite so good as money
| spent on streets and roads Money
could % possibly be spent in a bet
ter cause.
The Mississippi Poultry and Pet
| Stock Association will hold its regular
| annual meeting at Aberdeen from the
| 26th to Goth of December, sc as not
| to conflict with dates for other meet
| ings of a. similar nature. This assO-
| citation has become very strong and
a great deal of interest is being taken
| by people from all over the State. as
well as other States. A good work
| is being accomplished by giving a
| stimulus to the poultry business, even
If the promoters do not reap hand
some dividends.
West Pascagoula is doing a great
deal of work in the way of furnishing
c~reosoted piling for the Panama ca
nal. Another large contract vas Sc
cured a few days since. The canal will
be worth millions of dollars to Missis-
sippi and Mississippians. The con-
/ tracts being let at present are only
| preliminary to what will come later.
y y .
Newton is strictly in the trucking
business at present, the first ship
merits being made by the league
formed last fall and winter. The crop
is said to be good, and it is to be
hoped that the first effort made by
that enterprising community will
prove successful.
The Hfnds County Gazette, just
finishing its sixty-irst year of useful
ness, celebrated the occasion by get
ting out a splendid sixteen-page edi-
| ton. The Gazette is one of the old
| est, if not the Oldest paper in the
State, but is still as Sprightly and
youthful as any of them.
&
The progressive citizens of Wesson
are presenting petitions to the city
council asking for the erection of q
building suitable for the use of mu-