The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-11-17

for help to pick the cotton crop anC
gather corn blown down by the storm
1t is freely predicted that a great deaI
of cotton will be turned under in the
spring on account of an insuficiency Of
labor to gather it. Then, in looking fol
the cause of this, it is well to take into
consideration several causes. We need
more than twice as much labor to OPP.
crate the factories and railroads as a few
years ago, the increase along these lines
being phenomenal. The increasing prev
Alence of intensified farming is calling
for more men to cultivate the same acre
age with a corresponding increase in pro-
duction and of course more men are
needed for harvesting. This is but the
beginning of an era that will demand in
creased labor and it behooves our people
to study well the necessities and pro-
vide for them. 1t is a well known fact
hat there are thousands of ~able-bodied
men in the State who are doing nothing
They lie around the cities and towns
idling away time and do not turn a hand
to work of any character. If the county
ard municipal officers of the State would
strictly enforce the vagrancy law on our
statute books, the %stringency in labor
conditions would be relieved for a time,
at least. Force the Migrants to 60 to
work or leave the State and thousands
IF fhorn would rn RI urOrt- Whi1a Gnnoa
would seek more congenial fields. We
would be rid of an element that carries
danger with it as we'll as be of assist
ance to those in need of men and willing
to pay handsomely for them. The Of
fcers could in a few days furnish a great
many thousand laborers il they would
but enforce the law. Then it is our
duty to elect only good, moral and fear
less men to enforce our laws and back
them up with a strong public sentiment
that will insure their enforcement. Our
own people are responsible for present
conditions and the promise is for much
worse, unless a change is made. Weak
and inefficient men, good fellows out of
a job, immoral wrecks and inebriates,
should not be selected to fill positions of
trust. The perpetuity of our State in
stitutions demand that we select good
men and back them up in the enforce
ment of the law. The present conditions
and impending trouble call for a careful
study of these matters by our people and
intelligent action.
If you can't say a good word for your
community, don't say anything. Just
before knocking slip off somewhere and
go to sleep, or better still, slip off to
some place where you can boost instead
of knock.
Speak well of the community in which
you live, or hunt n that is more con-
genial. If your town or neighbOrhood is
not what it should be, you are just as
much to blame as any other man. 1t is
Just what the citizens make it. One of
our bright exchanges has the following
to say along this line, and there is a
great deal of gospel truth in it, too:
"We still have II or two men in this
community who stand around on the
street corners and from morning until
complain about the town, their
neighbors, their taxes and the weather.
Such men are mighty common clay, and
it is fortunate, indeed, that we have so
few of them. They are of no use to
the community, their families or their
God. They seem to live, but no one can
how or why. Like mosquitoes and
flies, they are not fatal, but ~disagreeable
to have about. 1t is not necessary to
@Ia,r oD1n fnr fhnU roo |
we'll known already"
The tale of a watermelon coming from
Jones county is worthy of notice. On
II j. M. Lindsey, of Laurel,
picked an SO-pound melon from his vines.
It was shipped to P~oughkeepsie, N. Y,
by a young gentleman connected with
he M, j. & X. C. railroad, and arrived
here on the Goth. The melon was ex-
,iibted on the streets of Poughkeepsie
or a day or so and attracted a great
leal of attention on account of its enor-
nous size, being the largest ever shown
here. 1t was then placed on cold stort
lge until September 26, when it was
placed on exhibition at the Duchess coun-
New York; fair and was admired by
he thousands of visitors who were in at
enhance. 1t was again placed in coldl
forage, where it remained until October
4, when it was taken out and cut. The
melon was in good condition; barring
light damage from having lain on one
ide so long, and made several meals for
large family. This is an evidence OF !
he fact that Mississippi can grow mel
ms as large as the largest, and that they !
will keep just as well as those grown in
Their States.
Mount Olive held what was practically
Ter first annual fair a few days since |
nd the event was a pronounced success. ,
small fair was held last year on the !
treets and the stimulus from that in t
uced the people to form a permanent i
rganization, purchase land, erect build '
lgs and arrange for a fair every year.
he exhibits were frst-class and were :
by the thousands of people that a
ttended. The management is well sat- t
sled with the success so far attained, i
will redoublc their efforts to make g
be fair bigger and better next year. It