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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-09-19
Our City Schools.

While this paper has always been a
warm friends to the schools Of our
town it. intends to take Il deeper in
terest in them during the ensuing
year. We believe it is the duty of
every citizen to take a live interest in
our schools. During the years that
are past scores Of diplomas have been
handed cut as class after class of our
young people have stepped out of
school life into life'S school. Would
that we could, in this issue OF our
paper place before It's readers the
familiar face Of each and every enc,
but such is among the impoSSibilitieS.
for Grim Death, on his white horse,
has thinned the ranks and as Death
loves a shining mark" manv OF the
most promising fell before reaching
the MONDAY of life, but we can as
siSt in keeping green their memories.
Our school home. What words fall
upon the ear with SO much music in
their cadence as those which recall
the scenes Of school days now mum
bered with the memories of the past?
Intervening years have not dimmeu
the vivid %colorings with which mem
DRY has adorned those joyous days.
While we all graduate in much tie
same manner how different has the
wheel OF fortune turned. Some with
plaintive tongues have had to walk in
lowly wales of l'fe'S weary way, others
in loftier hymns, have sang of nothing
but joy, as they have trodden the
mountain top, but no matter how
near tie summit or base Of the noun
tain OF fame, you meet with a graduate
from cur schools, you meet with one
who is a credit to society. LAS the
tWig is bent SO is the tree inclined"
and habits were formed under the
moulding power Of a moral atmos-
phere which seemed to permeate tic
schools Of our little city which STAYS
by n through life. Our school life
is indeed the golden link that binds
youth to @ge, and he is still but a
child, however time may have fur
rOwed his cheek or silvered his brow
who can yet recall, with a Softened
heart, the happy school days passed in
his city.
Among the many able heads of our
chOolS, we think none excel Prof.
iall. He is a scholarly man and has
the requisites of an A l Superin.
and we look for fine results
rom the work Of the session Soun to
egin.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-09-19

ock-ribbed-republican Maine came
neal getting into the Democratic
column in the state election held
Monday The state has heretofore
gone Republican by about 25OOO
majority. This time the Democrats
cut the majority to barely 1000. At
she same ratio of increase throughout
he country Bryan will be elected by an
electoral vote of , to l..
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-09-19
Roosevelt Sees Taft's Weakness

President RoOsevelt'S letter to bis
Montana friend in which he seeks to
furnish a prop for the waning can
didacy of Taft reminds us of the sad
lines one friend sometimes pens to
another about one that has ceased to
live. Mr.. Roosevelt certainly regards
Taft'S candidacy for the presidency
in desperate straits or he would never
have written the belahored article in
which he attempts to brace the weak
points in Taft'S public career. The
letter indicates weakness and fright.
From the Republican standpoint, it
was a mistake, perhaps the worst
political blunder Roosevelt ever
made. 1t shows that be realizes
Bryan'S power and that bis views. |
as are his public and private character.
are an open book before the people.
Taft is unknown except as an ap-
pendage to the Roosevelt kite. He is
the lunar That has nothing special
in him, but whatever ligh5 he has re-
Elected has been gathered from an
other source. Mr.. Roosevelt, too, is
Uf the fact that the same
Republicans who blocked so many of
the reform measures which he speci.
ally urged upon congress-, were in
the saddle at the Republican con-
vention at Chicago when it came to
adopting a platform. lie further
knows that the platform of principles
which his party is making this fight
On, by no means meets his endorse
ment, hence he sees that it is neceS-
'ary to amplify candidate Taft-make
him seem to standYor better things
Than his party.
We believe the Roosevelt letter will
10 Taft'S cause injury before the
They will naturally be sus-
'icious Of a candidate for the presi-
lency that must have such a letter of
recommendation. The people will
Ogically conclude that if the measures
which made Roosevelt most popu-
are for the best and lasting well
are Of the country, that they had
est take the man, to carry out those
leasureS, that first originated them,
hitch IS Bryan, rather than one who
as shown no capacity as a pioneer in
ate craft and whose probable &C
on, if called to the chief majistracy
the nation, is somewhat enigmati-
upon questions where organized
ealth is pitted against the masses.
Bryan stands with the people. Who
knows where Taft stands?
oosevelt sees Taft's weakness.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-09-19
Night Riding Business OvertaIked

We believe that all this talk
about might riders" in Mississippi
gr0wS out of the brain Of those who
delight in the sensational and exclt-
zng. We know Of two cases in this
immediate section where it was said
ne glnnerS got the mo ginningn
warming that there is not a word of
Inth in. Some would seek to lay
IRE responsibility for the alleged
aight riders. at the door of the
4sarmers Union. The Union is COM
Ased OF some of the best men in The
country and we know that they
V'eold not c%ountenance any such &C.
ssen. They are peaceful, la~wabiding
citizens, men that are seeking to get
nDelr legitimate rights through the
REoper channels and they are going
DVery nearly do it.
These alleged gin notices have been
aappening year after year and what
aver is done along that line, is the
work Of some idle and devilish in.
in the community. There
caenS to be a few of that class every
Saaere and they enjoy the novelty of
sase excitement and having themselves
about. The matter will
aRe0nt to little if it is not actually
into realities. It is already
Her.talked.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-09-19

That MAJ that gets it into his
dead that lac is the center around
which most people must revolye,
generally finds Seare n to '~'reyolve"
but there is a day in which such men
are usually awakened, like RIP Van
Wrinkle, from their S'umberS, when
hey find 'somethinG has happened"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-09-19

)lD you ever sit around outside
your house on a Sunday after
noon, or of an evening, maybe,
and watch the paint, and see it
go, when it ought to be holding
on tight?
Some paints are SO poor that you can almost
see them as they dry out, and crumble. and
powder, and blow away.
Why do they do this? Why does this happen?
Something the matter with the materials-too
much lead, maybe, or poor oil, or not
scientifically ground and mixed-might have
been good materials but not balanced riqht
for wear.
AT this store we make it our business to KNOW what
paint Will r-b because it pays us to handle the kind
that pays you. And that's why we handle DUN
CITY HORSE SHOE BRAND HOUSE PAINT
made of pure lead and zinc and aged linseed oil, the
necessary drier and coloring matter-and nothing
else. Every atom of every gallon of it is good paint.
Paint that is balanced for longest wear, for finest looks
and to spread over the largest surface to the gallon.
So much for the outside of the house, but don't forget there's a
HORSE SHOE BRAND PAINT for every use-one for kitchen
floors and steps-one for borders around ugs-one for screens
one tor bugg'es' another for wagons, and one for practically every
other purpose.
The best pace'in this town to buy paint is the place where they know
most about paint and AN help you and advise you what particular
paint to use for the purpose, how to get the surface ready, how to
put it on, and all that; things you naturally want to know to get the
best results. So if you want the best paint and the best paint service
land you do, il you come here,) come here.
HdW Co., Agts
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-09-19

IL goa are not Interested at least as
much as d dollar in Bryan's election,
shen your loyalty is worth little.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-09-19

Don't talk about how glad you
you'd be to see BRYAN elected unless
you are willing to put up a dollar.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-09-19

y snip SU,ueIimaS gives the Other
'ellow 1ae long end of the rope.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-09-19

Hare you d dollar that says you
Tacc' Sryau Elected?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-09-19
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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-09-19
Time is a great leveIer.

Maty rules do not work both ways.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-09-19

History records 40 failures Of sue
CESS.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-08-08
THE PALISADES.
Their Counterpart Cannot Be Founc
In All the World.


In All the World.
The edge of the world, if such thing
may lie, lies hardly a rifle shot away
from one Of the centers Of the world
itself-the city of New York.
The Palisades, those mighty walls
whereOn the annals Of the centuries
are graved-what an edge of the world
their lip presents to him who comes,
perhaps at night, to their rough hewn
eleyationl In no other place other than
this near proximity to man and one Of
his greatest cities could Il physical fea-
ture so profoundly vast and impressive
be so hidden from the world. Their
counterpart cannot be found in all the
world, and yet the Palisades are almost
unexpected and unknown to the globe
circling, sight hunting public that year
~ traVerses the continents or seas to
gaze at things less wonderful in some
distant field of natures marvellous
achievements, for little does any one
know Of these titanic walls who has
merely seen them from the Hudson.
Were they somewhere off in a land
comparatively inaccessible, reached by
transcontinental thread Of steel, the
guidebOoks would be rich in their pic
tured grandeur and man would rove
far to explore them.-Philip Verrill
Mighels in Harper's Magazine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-08-08
A DESERT PERIL.
The Deadly Clear Water Of the Death
Valley Pools.

The Deadly Clear Water Of the Death
Valley Pools.
cone Of the chief dangers to travel
ers in crossing such dreary and arid
wastes as the far famed Death valley
arises from ignorance as to the char
acter of the infrequent pools of water
along the route" said mining engi-
ner of Denver.
"The tenderfoot, growing faint I'M
der blazing sun, will want to quench
his intolerable thirst when he comes
to a shallow hole wlsese water, clear
as crystal seems absolutely Aurc. lie
can with difficulty be restrained from
drinking it by some experienced COM
panion, who knows that one draft
will probably cause serious If not
fatal Illness This water, for all its
seeming purity and clearness, Is loaded
with arsenic, and many a man has lost
his life by It's use.
Curiously enough the only water in
the desert that is safe to drink is foul
looking and Inhabited by bugs and
snakes. When you come to muddy
pool on the surface of which insects
are disportlng themselves, however re-
DulSive it may be, both to the eye and
palate, you may drink 1t with i'm
punity. despite its looks as a man will
who is crazy with thirst produced by
the burning sands and merciless sun"
Baltimore American.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-08-08
TIE GREATEST OF THESE.

What, in your opinion, is the great
est force in human life?
What is 1t, more than all else, makes
some men succeed and others fail?
Three answers, at least, have been
given:
First.-You are what you are because
Of your parentage. You are the sum
of your ancestors. If you have failed
it is because some Of your forbears
stumbled You inherit wrong tend
encies."
An eminent Dutch scientist, with the
help of more than 1900 physicians, has
been making a study Of heredity. His
report, just published, shows that
while some mental and physical quail.
ties are nherited-generally from the
father-there is little, If any, transmits.
sion of nervous and other troubles
and moral tendencies are not communi
Gated at all
. Another answer, aside from heredity.
Is this:
SecOnd.-You are what you are be.
cause Of the place in which you are
born, the people with whom you lived
You have been nodded and fashioned
by your early environment.
There is a lot of truth in the power
Of environment to make or mar men
but it is not the whole truth. There is
another great force. 1t is
Thlrd.-Personal endeayOr. That is
to say there Is within you a mysteri.
ous dominant force that is able tc
overcome both heredity and environ.
ment. You can be what you want to
be and do what you want to do de.
spite them. 1t is therefore the great
est power Of all, this force that over
comes.
To excuse oneself by saying one is
completely handicapped by heredity OF
by circumstances is self delusion.
Long before scientists talked learned
ly about Incredibly" as if it were q
sort of ukase issued 10y nature which
one could neither understand or with
stand, William Shakespeare looked
into the soul Of man and said:
"1n the bright lexicon of youth there
is no such word as fail"
And the keynote of the New Tesla.
ment is this word. "Overcome~
You are master of your soul-cap.
tain on the deck Of your destiny.
Every man is able to control his own
thoughts, his own purposes, his own
ideals. If so, he can control his OVID
conduct. And conduct makes charac-
ter. And character makes destiny.
Nine-tenths Of mems failures-note
the fact-are MORAL failures.
1t costs effort to make character.
1t is easy to go to the devil
II you 60 down the toboggan slide.
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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-08-08
HE DIED POOR

We want TO hear less of the man who
began poor and amassed wealth and more
of the man who lived unsullied and died
poor.-A Modern Writer.
The words are fifty spoken.
Therefore this brief sketch of man
who lived upright and died poor
He was just an average man of clean
life, fair abilities, industrious and hon
est. He worked hard was economical
and seldom complained. He did moi
want to get rich quick. He only ask
ed a living, worthily earned, a roof
tree and a bit of garden, bread and
butter for wife and babies, an Occa
sional holiday and few luxurles.
This man was not close listed. He
had generous impulses. Out of bis
modest earnings he gave to his church
and to help his fellows. He wore Q
smiling face. He was good neigh
Dor. He paid his debts. He loved his
wife and children. He spent his even
ings at home. He envied no man.
In all his life this man never earned
more than $1,000 In single year. Blu
he saved enough TO buy little home
He kept his boy and girl in the higf
school until they were graduated. And
besides, there were few dollars in the
bank for a rainy day.
This man laughed often and loved
much. His joys and sorrows were the
Joys and sorrows of the common lot
Men said of him, living. He's al
right" When he died they said, "HC
was fine man and a good citizen"
That's all.
Excepting this: The life of this man
whose short and simple annals We
have told. is a typical life. 1t is the
life of the average good citizen.
And it is easy to see why we do no
hear very much about him.
The newspapers and magazines are
full Of success stories" concerning
rich men because these men are the
exception and not the rule. There /!
no story material in the career OF thu
common man who lives a decent life
and dies poor
Nevertheless
Such men are the salt of the earth!
Let no man fancy he is a failure Il
he has lived in all good conscience be
fore men and>will die a poor man. Be
cause
That kind of success which has beer
made by the use of ignoble means Il
nothing more than successful failure
And by such methods many rich mel
have made their money.
You could have no better epitapl
upon your tombstone than this.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-08-08
VIOLETS FOR MOTHER.

She bravely walked into high toned
florist shop, a mite Of girl, nine
years old.
An old shawl covered her head,
clinched I'm her hand under her tiny
chin. Underneath the garments were
sadly frayed, though scrupulously
clean. Her stockings were well darn
ed and the shoes pitifully worn.
The young proprietor was engaged
in selecting 4 dozen American Beauties
for q young society girl. 1t was some
time before he noted the wistful eyed
baby.
81 want some violets to take to my
mamma" said the little one, holding
out ten cent piece.
"Why." said the proprietor, smiling
gravely; 81 think some cheaper flow
ers would do, my little girl"
no, SIR" came from the tot "a
want violets. My mamma IS sick, and
my papas dead. Mamma, she gets
winter and whittier every day. She just
coughs awful. This morning she felt
so weak and bad | just thought shed
die. But she said II she could only
live till real warm weather comes
again and she could smell violets once
more she just knew. she'd get better
an | had this dime, so T.
But the florist was fumbling before
glass case marked "NiOlets, $3.50
per dozen" There was an ache IN
his throat aud a mist in his eyes. And
finally a big tear was released from
its home and glided down his cheek.
In a minute he had big bunch of
the violets-dozens of them-wrapped
ND. lie grayely took the child's 10
cents and gave her the bunch of pre-
cious flowers. He held the door upon
and CALAMITY bowed the little thing
out as CALAMITY as ne would have dis
missed his richest customer
He took the bit Of silver and looked
at it. the same sort Of ache as before
bothering his throat Then he care
fully wrapped it up and put it In his
purse.
Dying for breath Of the good old
summer time and a breath Of violets"'
That is all there is to the true story.
And yet it is not ALL
That 10 centsi
WHY. WITH THAT DIME ONE
COULD BUY \ SINNERS RAN
SOM AT THE GATES OF PARA
Disc.
And who shall say but that the
good Gods recording angel smiled to
himself as he wrote the name of that
young florist, like once he wrote the
name Of Ben Abou above all the rest.
that day?
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-08-08
THE CITY BOY.

Go over the list Of men in the city
who have done things. Nine-tenths OF
them were reared in the country.
Why Is this SO?
Because q boy needs wide spaces In
which to grow. He needs elbow room
The boyish swath is wide one. lie
must be noisy. He must bubble over
Just as G. teakettle must. In the city
he is cribbed, cabined. confined. lie
has little chance to let himself out. lie
lacks the free play Of his nature.
Poor city boy!
For him there are no wide echolng
fields or shady woods where wander
lust may lead him. For him no vent
of blood that runs riot In his veins
For him no company and touch OF
sympathetic nature.
Poor city boy!
They say he Is awkward, rude, de
structive. What wonder? The wonder
Is that he does not explode. He is all
boy; that's why he is worth raising.
He spells Force, And he IS scOlde0
and blamed for being what he IS
Mothers fear he will spoil the furni-
ture If he stays in the house. Give the
lad some money and let him go out on
to the streets-streets that Oftentlmes
are the very gates of hell.
An unspoiled boy-in city or in coun-
try-is about the finest thing on two
legs.
The normal boy-under his vests
affectionate. His HEARTH you know
how to find it's larger than his head.
He Is naturally honest. He Is also
frank. And, above all else, the real
boy stands four square, everywhere
and always, for fair play. He believes
In the square deal Later on he may
lose some Of these qualities. Cheated.
he may grow dishonest. Disappointed
he may lose his frankness. Disillu-
stoned, he may quit wearing his heart
Oh his sleeve. But as a bOy-he is sim
ply admirablel
Give the city or town boy his
chance.
=
possible There is where he naturally
belongs. Let him build his shop in the
back yard or In the basement. Give
him, If possible, a room Of his own
And don't be stingy about the furnish
ings. Put some refnements about him
OF course his room Will often be
topsy turvy. Let it. He is not young
gentleman. He is Boy. And God bless
him! Let him bring his chums home
with him. Let them romp and raise
Cain" Give him vent.
Give the city boy chance, you pub
tic officials. Give him Fairgrounds and
room for his calliope voice. Multiply
the parks. Ventilate his schoolroom
And when he goes wrong provide
juvenile court and proper guardians.
The country reared boy has beater
the city reared boy because the forner
has had the better chance.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-08-08
Notice to Contractors.

The Board of Supervisors of Acco-
mac County, Va, invite sealed pro-
posals for the erection and compile
ton of a new jaih according to plans
and specifications prepared by Archi
tects Frank p. Milburn & Co., Wash
ington, DC. Plans and specifications
are now on file with the County Clerk
at Accomac, Va, and at the archi-
teets' office. All bids to be filed with
the County Clerk on or before 10
o'clock noon Goth day of August, 1908.
Each bidder shall file with his bid
certified check for $500 made payable
to w. l.. Mock, Chairman Board of
Supervisors, as evidence of good faith
OH his part that if his bid is accepted
he will enter into contract at once
and give an acceptable bond for the
sum of 80 per cent. of the contract
price for the faithful performance of
the contract. The Supervisors re-
serve the right to reject any and all
bids.
w. /. MOCK,
Chairman County Supervisors,
Accomac, Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-08-08

You dig for worms in the back yard as
you did when you wore knee brooches.
If you are a city man you take the
car as far as 1t goes and walk the rest
of the way. Walk is scarcely the
word. You SLOUGH over the countryside.
Arrived ut the stream, you select a
log or rock whence to dangle your
simple enticements. You discover the
fish are not In biting mood. You do
not care. BY degrees your pole droops
into the water You have forgotten
what you came for.
Well, the fact is you are not partic-
ularly concerned as to the catch. You
lust wanted Ito go fishin'," that was
all. And when you go home empty
handed, If the boy jibes at you and
your "fsherman's luck" why. you are
content You have had your "fun."
Is it not so?
You wanted to get away from every
body. You wanted to loaf and invite
your soul. You were tired of the buzz
Of business and the clash of civilized
things. You heard the call Of the wild.
And nobody saw you and nobody
bothered you as you nodded and
dreamed over your fish pole. And you
dreamed of a little mite of boy who
fished with hickory switch and a pin
hook long, long ago. And you dreamed
but it's nobody business what you
dreamed. Whatever your visions of
the olden, golden days-they were
worth while.
1t was nature calling TO you and say
ing to you what science in these last
days is saying to all humans: IRE
lax. Relax The bow that Is always
bent will sometime lose its spring"
When you plod back home the string
of fish may be lacking Save It may be
you can buy some from a boy, but
you have obeyed the primal impulse
that came to you. And Mother Nature
has rocked you in her cradle and
crOoned her soothing lullabies.
The cure for that tired feeling is to
Go fiShin'.