The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21
A COLORADO
SPRINGS letter
Former Grenadian Tells Why the
West Grows - Everybody
Out There Boosts

Coo. Springs. Col , Nov. Is, 1908.
Editor Sentine.: You have often
heard it said, Knock and the world
knocks with you; BOOST and you boost
alone" Not SO in this great western
country, especially Colorado Sprint
Colorado. When 3. stranger enters
Colorado Springs everyone speaks a
gncd word for the city-they tell you
it. is the greatest place in the country
and they say everything they can
think OF to make you like the place.
You pass ON, you talk with another
citizen, he tells YOU the same thing.
In few weeks, perhaps, you meet a
new conner yourself. He asks you
what kind of city you have and be-
fore you know it yol are telling him
in a manner just what was told you a
few weeks prior, SD in fact the saying
here is, Boost and the world boost
with yol, knock and you knock alone".
The trouble to-day with many
towns in dear old Mississippi is that a
large proportion Of your citizenship is
composed of the ''knOcker" he who
can do more to destroy a town in a
day than a dozen boosters" could do
to build it up in a year; he is a dis
grace to your proud citizeney and
should be hanished from all decent
society. A booster" in a town like
yours feels sadly aloce when he tries
to say something to do good for bis
town when ''knocker" butts in"
and conlradictS every argument he
has made
You MiSsiSSippianS who have not
been West cannot realize what
glorious chance you have to make a
great town or city out of that in
which you Call home. There is alb
solutely roth:ng to Colorado Springs
except climate, yet by boosting"
day in and day out and by the proper
use of printers ink the citizens Of the
city have made in one Of the Vest
known cities in America. V,sitdk
are here daily from all parts Of the
United States. and many Of them
locate and 20 into business. almost al
ways through the influence Of the
booster. Co orado Springs could
very aptly be termed The City of
RoosterS''. l
If every newspaper in Mississippi
would in every Issue write something
to build up their town they would
SUon see the < nd it was doing, others
would join you and in the course Of a
few years you wound Tee more pros
porous state, you would see new in.
terpriSeS Springing up, you would see
new faces among your population.
You have in Mississippi great
climate. you have a fine agricultural
country, and you have soil second to
none in the world except possibly in
Egypt, you can raise nything eatabte,
aud it can be truthfully said th:t the
South is the oi II ,ar5 of tile nation
where d man Can raise everything he
eats, he can absolutely live at home''.
These facts and many others should
be extensively advertised in the North
and East-it would be lnot ey we'll
Sent
Wake up. We ciLiZeDS OF NJ s>issippi
tOWilS, UrknulZe OuSlHe>S league,
with progressive secretary, collect
funds and advertise the many wonder
full resources Of your town, county
and state Move forward as other
states in the nation are doing and you
will soon SEE a new and more pro.
gresSive Mississippi.
Aud you. Mr. knocker, either get
in ii t habit of boosting or move out
OF the town 81 your room can b. filled
by more desllab BILE citizen.
e.. b. Farmer