The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-06-01

One hour a day withdrawn from
frivolous pursuits, and ~prOtitably en-
ployed, would enable any mar OF ordi-
nary capacity To master a complete
science. One hour a day would make
an igornant man a well Informed man
in ten years. One hour a day would
earn enough to pay for two daily and
two weekly papers two leading maya
zines and a dozen good books. In an
hour a day a boy or girl could read
twenty pages thoughtfully-over sew
en- thousand pages or eighteen large
vulumeS in a year. An hour a day
might make all the difference between
bare existence and useful, happy liv-
ing. An hour day might make-nay,
has made on unknown man a famous
one. a useless one a benefactOr to his
race. Consider, then, the mighty pos
Sibilities of two. four, yes, six hours
Il day that are, on the average, thr> wn
away by some of u young men and
women in their desire for fun and d.
version.
In no activity has there been more
| progress during the last twenty years
than that of the country newspaper.
| There are now hundreds of country
| papers which in editorial ability, me-
| chanical ap pearance, and all that con-
tributes to inspire respect and COM
mand attention are fully abreast or
their metropolitan contemporaries, In
moral tone, and often in editorials
they SurpaSS most OF the great dailieS.
In times past the country editor Was
| quite generally regarded with a half
plying contempt as a good natured
| but chicken-hearted chrOnicler Of In.
consequential locals. All OF this has
changed. Country newspapers, as a
class, WELD the mightieSt influence in
the nation. The editors are men OF
| character and enterprise, doing more
for the community for less money
than any other body of workers.
Country life has its drawbacks, but
it has its great advantages which ov-
ercome them. True, those who live
In the country "Rubes" and Far
mers''and '~'hayseeds" to the cigar
cite smokers in town, but the boast
OF the business men in the world today
is that they were born On a farm.
Take away the surrounding evils that
beset the young men or women on the
threshold of life's journey in the city,
and substitute the helpful influence
of nature, and you fortify them for
the sterner walks in life. The few
things which they do not know abUut
table etiquette and when it is proper
to leave two visiting cards and when
but one, they will catch onto much
quicker than city boys and girls will
learn to properly stroke the furnace
or make good bread. No boy OF girl
need be ashamed OF living on the farm,
for II they have taken advantage OF
what it has offered they are well for
titled for after life. {
The worlds greatest men grew up
ward from the lower classes, while
the w rld'S meanest men grew down
ward from the upper class.
Slander is a blighting sirocco-the
base, foul, clOven footed slanderer like
the loathsome worm leaves apalh COW
cred with slime. How truthful 1t has
been said: Living, he is q travelling
pest and worse, dying impenitent, his
soul too deeply stained for hell"
How often do we hear the slanderer's
tongue warbling his song OF digrace
on our streets.
The weed harvest is ready. Gather
it. II you value the economy OF saw
ing time never let the weeds ripen
their seed to grow an additional har-
vest next year. j