The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-06-10

The marvellous result of energy and
brains and the truly wonderful accom-
plishment of twelve months in the re-
building of Yazoo City is s~trikingly
shown in tho illustrated special issue
by the YaZoo Eentinel on the 25th.
Twenty scenes show the deaolation
that stared the citizens of that plucky
town in the face twelve months ago,
after the fire fiend had subsidized, be-
u there vas practically nothing
more to burn. The scenes of YaZoo
today, alongside those mentioned,
speak in no uncertain tones of what
has been accomplished. YaZoo City
holds a unique place in the history of
| Mississippi towns, and there is not
N to dispute the claim that she has
accomplished more in a year than any
other town ever did in the same length
OF time. The edition referred to is a
beauty and reflects the greatest of
credit upon the publisher, Frank Bird.
sail, and the compiler, Harry Lyons.
May they live long and prosper and
eve be subjected again to the fiery
ordeal OF May %, 1904.
One Of the Sunny Jim" exchanges
gets a lot of consolation over the re-
cent bad weather and retarding Of
planting operations from a comparison
with conditions in other years. The
people are practically out of debt and
independent. June will likely offer
weather favorable for farming opera
tions, and while the cotton crop is
necessarily reduced in acreage, other
crops will likely be increased, and the
country ONE out better in the end.
Blessed is he who gets consolation out
OF adversely and always finds a bright
side TO darkest pictures. Life is bet.
ter worth living from having known
him, and the reward due will surely be
reaped in the hereafter.
One of the bright Delta papers has
the following to say Of the increased
interest being shown that section by
h-omeseekerS:
mississippi is on the verge of one
of the greatest bOOmS that any State
has ever experienced. A few years
ago her virtues were practically IN
known abroad. Today she is the best
advertised State in the Union. Her
wonderful resources, her balmy
climate and her glorious possibilities
are being recognized, and every day
land seekers and prospective invest
ors are pouring into the State from the
North, East and West. 1t is the Delta
lands that attract the visitor most,
and those who live but a few years
longer will witness the passing of the
broad plantations into smaller farms,
where every foot is cultivated to the
highest degree. The timber lands will
be utilized, stock raising will be a
| feature and d~iversiication in farming
of every sort will be in vogue. Hardly
a week passes that there are not
strangers in our gates. Strangers with
i capital, with ambition, and with the
foresight to realize that the opportu-
mites are SO much greater here fcr
them than in their native States,
where farm lands are being held far
beyond their value and openings for
profitable investments are closed"
The hustling little town of Sidon, IN
Lefore county, has. opened a bank
with $4,000 capital. A handsome
brick building will be erected at an
early day for the institution. Many
improvements are noted, and it looks
as il Leflore will soon have a second
metropolis. The richness OF the coun-
try surrounding the place would sup
port a city of 5000 people, and it bids
fair to have them ere long.
$50
The little city of Poplarville is still
experiencing a period Of unparalleled
prosperity. A second bank is under
way, and when thrown open to the
public will make the banking capital
$175, 00C. An artesian we'll will fur
nish pure water, several business
buildings and numbers of dwellings
are being built, and the town is fast
becoming a city. There is nothing too
good for the piney woods people, and
they go after it.
In casting up accounts as to i'm.
provements now under way in Tupelo,
the local notes a $150,000 fertilizer
factory about completed, the largest
mercantile establishment in North
Mississippi ready for occupancy, a
mammoth wholesale house under con
struction, a splendid bank building
under way and dozens of residences
and cottages. Tupelo is still forging
to the front and holds its place with
the progressive and live cities in that
section of the State.
West Point rightfully appreciates
the Importance of securing new lines
OF railroad, and is making a strenuous
effort to land the Alabama, Pensacola
& Western, which proposes to build
through that section of the State.
The Delta is attracting more atten-
ton from investment seekers than
ever before, and large sums of money
are being spent for the rich land over
there. Some enormous sales have
been recorded during the past few
days.
It is respectfully suggested that the
space being used SO literally for po-
litical purposes be devoted to exploit
ing the advantages of the community
in which the papers are located for