The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-25

cbinf concern llaQ she ullcClcu III
attention more to the materlal affairs
of life who knows what would nave
heen While she has no great factorles'
and no millionaires, she has what IS lar
better. a happy and hoE:e-lovlng peo-
nIc Grenada has grown step Oy step,
rntil TODAY she has a population OF
over i ,OOO people. In her m'uou 10
Grenada College, a school 1or young
ladies' and girls owned and conIroileu
nv the Methodists OF Nortn M'H-
Sissippi. 1t is second to no lnstitu-
t;on of its kind In the state. III mas
Stronu faculty. The school is DONG
groat work. and is of incalcuIapie
worth. not only to Grenada ou.' 10 tt,c
state. The public schools OF Gfenaaa
Years ago took high rank among the
educators of the state, ana IIlt SIaiiu.
ard continues to be maintained WIN
the College sor the young ladleS, anu
rho nuh)ic school fOl the boys, GreAa-
da offers especial advantages to tamil
lies having children to educate
Geprauhically, Grenada is ideally
situated for great business center:
She is midway between Memphis anu
Taceson. is in reach Of, but does not
tonch the delta, and is favored with
natural conditions that premise much
for the future. Her merchants are OF
safe foOtinr. and reference 10 the
ronorts of commercial agencies VII! re-
, vaaI fne fact hat they are better lateo
han those rC many tOWus oIlat laih
nulh about their greatness,
Grenada stands at the head of lh'
!iet vhep il comes to banks. lheft
: are few towns. or cities even tWeht
! times larger than Grenada, lhat nav
= located within their midst bank INA
: can tD,lay show over one million doI
- lars r. depcsitS. Grenada has Such
. bank. Resides ttjS. She has anothe
I nr,roercuS bank. and new ore (ua
g has iust recently been organized. .WhlcI
!, win he corducted hy gCCd men al
x WI no doubt meet with a tuu eta>
, lf-c ct SuCceSS.
: The two c1tton oil plants, ors own
- cd hv home capital, have week!
nav ron daring the cotton season ,
over Two Thousand dollars r"f Weeh
: The Grenaaa-cCmpresS operates apo"
' tpn months in the year alC IS one
:, the city'S most important enterprises
y \ wholesale grocers' concern, organ
= i7pd here about six months ago, IS d(
, inp very prosperous ard SatiNfactor
- business and is now having erected
- large and handsome office ana ware
- room convenient to the depot,
y TIE town has splendid and we
\ well managed system Of water Wolt
=" ana electric lights. The water III
haol pronounced by experts to conla'
. larnelv the same constituents the Naj
= l,ol,o waters do. Several miles Of oeai
: tifl granolithic sidewalks have a
? rosdv beer built and mulc is in pr
cess Of construction.
- The town is 4 great market. A>
- n,ace 10 buv goods, tlenaGa l> ohe
:. cqued. For health it has record tha
> ,rany health resorts would D" glai
r.,a,r If TnduUh'od!Y, Grenada
" m attractive town. has many hcaut
-. f,.l homes. a splendid !Hrure. and as
=, residence town ENuiL~l"E c'n :
.r ,1ritten over her duore in bi- letter
y y (Bv ". I. Hamilton, C2rr"atal
Miss
-e. The town Of Grauada received j
q, name in 1896. when jhe rival towns
'F''u TuIiahoma and I'ittoh1r- Were Pu
j! ii-ly married by Rev. Lucas, a Meth
- d,>t preacher Of rha' day. The "
~ .r..vn, were organized hy rival factIoi
~ wh,. we're led by Erankim f PiuTm
a. and Hiram G.. RWiue!is VIII" were
"a ,,o3. i, nnIi1ics The feeling betWe'
-: these men was very t"|''r anu -
40 cit;zeuS Of the D"nS part""N "i ~
ii0 bitterness. 1t has hren tn'd emo -
~ fact IN I after warrlr1 't'tN"'n tHP'
| solves for long time 1t HaN agreed
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