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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-18

The De nocratic primary for the
nomination CT city officers was held in
Grenada last Monday, Feb. IA. There
was a noticeable lack OF the usual ante
election discussion and maneuvering.
The public manifested most remark
able Indifference, but notwithstanding
this seeming want Of interest big
vote was cast On election day. OF the
three hundred and twenty qualified Ell
.ectors ipAthe city, two hundred and
eiglffy<,Sffes a choice at the pri-
mary. TaS result Of the primary is a
spleadid endorsement of Mayor Tatum.
Mr.. Tatum was xgpossd by W. S. P.
Doty, his immedAz 1edecessor. Mr.
Doty is one cf Greffada's best and most
useful citizens but a',majority of the
voters evidently Thought that Mayor
Tatum should be given another trial
City Marshal Hall wasN opposed by
two good men, w. C. Richardson and
w. A. Mcleod, but he defeated both
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-18
s1CIT|zEN" ACCEPTS
CHALLENGE
Ind Suggests That Supt.
L0zUry Publish the Fig
ures for Sir Months
Period.

Editor Sentinel:
''Supt. Lowry" seeks to ridicule the
figures given in my former article but
fails to point out where they are wrong
in any particular, presumably from the
fact that he knows they are correct.
However his suggestion that he get
together the figures showing the exact
cost per K w hour of current and cost
1900 gallons of water pumped, showing
these costs in detail, under heads Of
fuel, labor, salaries, supplies, ETC., IS
good one and would tend to show
whether the plant was tbeing operated
in an economical manner or not and l
would suggest that he publish in the
next issue of this paper list of these
figures as | know of number OF peo-
pie who are anxious to get this very IN
formation.
This information to be OF value
should cover period of at least six
months.
CITIZEN
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-18

Why is it that nearly everybody who
attends church likes to sit in the end
of seat and hold onto it like grim
death, and every aperson who gets a
bench in that pew must stumble over
them. Well we confess we do that
sort of thing. 1t is to get out quick
ly in case of fire, we sinners are strong
ly reminded of flames and birthstone
that is pursuing US, and we can't ex-
actly tell when it is going to come. We
want to be in a position to make
quick getaway. Brandon News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-18
S. I, TATUM REELECTED MAYOR
b1 seven Votes

Hall Defeated Two Opponents for Marshal. Moss
Elected Treasurer The Election Unusually Oriet.
Jones and James in Second Primary for Recorder.
The COunCilmen and Vote In Detail
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Pass 1t on

A man who makes money in COM
manity has duty to perform to that
community. 1t may be that he has
made his money by a superior business
ability, and that he would have done
as we'll anywhere. That does not alter
the case If his gifts are great, his
responsibility is equally as great. No
man was placed on earth for the sole
purpose of making money, and the man
who has this as his ideal had better
never have been born. 1t is not an act
of charity, but the performance of a
simple duty for man who has made
money to pass little of it along- for
the benefit of the community, even
though he never expects to see a dollar
of his contribution again. Brandon
News.
We will keep on hand at all times a
full stock of lime and cement which
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-18

the old council in a body would have
been entirely acceptable to the COM
munity.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-18

w. S. P. DoTY.
DEFEATED CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR
Barnett's 4-wheel cotton chopper
makes hoeing an easy job. See Cd an
write him,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-18

We will keep on hand at all times a
full stock of lime and cement which
will be sold at proper prices.
ROANE & co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-09
Worse and Worse.

HTIPPING gets worse and worse on
the other side" said Senator De-
pew in recent interview.
"A New Mexican told me that at the
Savoy in London he went to have a wash
before luncheon, but saw a placard on
the mirror saying:
Please tip the basin after using
This made the man so angry that he
rushed from the Mushroom, muttering:
NO. I'll go dirty first
THE New Mexican added that after
he got his lunch he tipped the waiter, the
walters two helpers, the man who gave
him his hat and gloves and the man who
whistled for a taxi The vehicle rolled
out into the Strand. and our friend
leaned back with a sigh of relief when
he was aware of. q boy in buttons run
ming along beside the window.
We'll. what do you want said the
New Mexican, sayagely.
"A few coppers, sir-accordin' to the
usual custom. sir. the boy painted.
why, what did you do? snarled the
New Mexican.
IF you please. sir. said the boy, I
saw you get into the cab
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ent. From the day he went forth on MS
first campaign to the day OF his death lie
was a human wreck, weak in body, shat-
tered in limb and rarely, IL ever. free for
tWenty-four hours from eXcruclating
pain Only his marvellous will power kept
him from being crushed by his physical
ills OF all the great Americans he was
the most pugna cious and the most tena-
cious, the most violent and the most ten
der. the NEST generous and the most
ungenerous. Although swayed much by
his hatreds and prone TO fits of furious
anger he never was more prudent and
never acted with better judgment than
when enraged. He was a man of strife,
q man of turmoil. He had little culture.
but dazzling merits. AS soldier he
will rank with the great captains of his
tory His wonderful successes were
achieved with raw militiamen, and what
is more astounding is that fact that he
was without military education Without
ever having been even captain, lieu
tenant or a corporal. he became a major
general. But then he had that rarest OF
sifts-genius He gambled and he drank
He raced borses and kept game cocks.
but he never was known to use a harsh
word or q profane expression in the
presence of woman or child, and his
private life was without stain.
II was rude mold in which Andrew
Jackson was fashioned. His father. a
poor Irish farmer. scraped out living as
best he could from a few rented acres
in Carrickfergus. His mother was q
weaver. With their two sons, Hugh and
Robert. the husband and wife came to
America in 1865 and settled in the north
western corner of South Carolina. There
they cleared a field, built a log cabin and
raised a crop. Then the father died. The
widow never returned to the cs|0in. From
the grave in which her husband was laid
she went with her two little boys to the
home of a relative a few dozen yards
across the line in North Carolina, and
there, . few nights after the funeral.
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sessions. willing to face starvation
rather than stay in that charnel house.
But many of them did not go far before
the dreaded "spirit"-as they call the
cholera-caught them. They died by
the roadside. and. as there were none
to bury them. their bodies were left
lying in the bitches. The plight of the
children is worst Of all. Many of them.
left without parents. literally starve
on their way to a neighboring village.
whence they are chased because they
bring the spirit" with them. The
provinces around the Don coal district
have caught the cholera from the
miners and the mines. which. few
weeks ago were f1ourishipg industrial
centers. are now ruined for years to
come.
In Odessa and around il the plague has
added its horrors 90 the cholera. The
plague, however. is less dreadful Fifty
per cent of the cholera patients die, while
the plague claims from - to 30 per cent.
In the infected districts people are afraid
to talk to strangers or send their chill
dren to school. In the villages 1t Is
fatal thing for a Traveller to drink from
the village we'll. He is sure to be stoned
to death, on the charge of bringing in
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will show. 1t was certainly an lSno-
rant person who not long ago addressed
a letter to "Hishonora bleness the Presl-
dent" leaving it to the superior WISDOM
of the postmaster to guess whether the
letter was a petition to the President or
the United States for a position or an
appeal to the president of glue trust
for a job as laborer.
Ignorance or childlike belief in
the supernatural powers of the postal OF
ficials also inspired the following effusive,
though vague, inscription on a rather
dirty envelope dropped in the main
Office.
ITO my cousin. Martha Small. who
lives In Organ and who was goin TO
move to Montannel.'
Another missive with a nomadic address
was odorous with mystery was
directed: .
Samuel Kramer. Milwaukee. Wis. III
not. try Columbus. o.. or maybe Dallas,
Tex, or perhaps. Bangor Me"
A piece of handiwork WORTHY, OF the
immortal Handy Andy is exhibited by
letter which. besides the stamp, bore
only on It's face this writing:
.'If not delivered in ten days. Post
master will please open and return as
per address inside. Stamp inclosed.'
< sk
But ii Us not the careless and ignorant
alone who clog up the postal machinery
times to an inclination to use words OF
lurid tinge and emphatic meaning. Their
correspondence. Of which the foregoing
are only a few samples. from an outside
view is easily disposed Of by being thrown
aside in the hurry of making up mail,
and afterward bundled Off to the postal
morgue. unless there is some Identified
.tion mark whereby it may be returned to
the writer.
There is a vast and growing army OF
cranks who seem to live only for the pur-
pose of using the mails in their own Pc
culiar idiotic way. In the operati tons of
some OF these there is a studied fiendish-
ness that would suggest a gigantic con-
spiracy to drive postal clerks to an in
sane asylum or the clammy tomb. Wash
ington has some shining lights in the
crank line
In the first place there is the puzzle
crank. who imaginos that two-cent
stamp gives him the privilege Of display
ing. at the expense of the postal officials.
his marvellous powers an enigma
maker. This is fair sample of his work
IF. tcolor) II. (Second President)
Seventh President.
'lO-S-C."
The envelope ought to have gone into
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blessed the Neva. after which the people
thought its water quite safe to drink
Cholera. therefore. has two great friends
lack of sanitation and the extreme
ignorance of the people. who absolutely
refuse to be treated by doctors or by
competent nurses.
The remedies some Of the peasants use
are enough to kill healthy people. let
alone cholera patients. Their idea is
that cholera. being spirit. needs a
stronger spirit to kill it: SO that many
take double doses of vodka, which is no.
toriously bad to drink when cholera is
about. being fatal to persons only slight
ly III. A hundred years ago the priests
used to give patients a mixture of
ipecacuanha. followed by an ounce Of
EPSON salts. Recently the writer came
upon an old paper issued by a bishop in
Lithuania in I'LL. when cholera ragged
there, and in II these two medicines are
warmly recommended, with weak tea
and cruel diet Then the room in
which a patient lay was disinfected by
burning a mixture of turpentine. juniper
berries. sulphur. sage, onion. absinthe,
garlic and dried lilac flowers. Nurses
kept juniper berries or horseradsh in
their mouths and held their breath when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-09
A Lesson for All.

ItDUT don't judge a man by appear.
- ances.'' said Mayor G. s. Mar
shall, at a banquet in Columbus.
jackson Wentworth, after an absence
of thirty years. returned 10 the home OF
his youth. Jackson had slight afrec
ton of the skin which made his nose
very red Hence. when he called at the
parsonage the old minister remarked:
jackson. Jackson, my man. TN,
afraid you've become a hard drinker'
90 Don't judge by appearances. Dr
Steenthly.' said Jackson Wentworth. y
hardly average two glasses of beer a
week.
We'll, then, said the minister. in q
soothing voice, i guess your face. Jack-
son. is like my gas meter II register.
more than il consumes"
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HN22EW MGK5OW.

Andrew Jackson was born. He lived and
died believing he was born in South
Carolina, but to North Carolina belongs
the honor. What early education he re-
master of the frontier settlements i'm
parted. He never was much of q lover
of books. and although he wrote strongly
and we'll his spelling was away below
par.
He was thirteen when Tarleton sur
prised a detachment of the frontier
militia. killing more than 100 men and
wounding 80 Some of the wounded were
cared for by Mrs. Jackson. The story of
that massacre. as they got it from the
wounded men. fred the hearts of the
Jackson boys Hugh. the eldest, enlisted
in the company of Col Davie, and died
of exhaustion after the battle of Stono
Robert and Andrew were at the battle of
Hanging Rock, where Sumter, after win
ming gallant victory, lost IT through his
men drinking too much OF the rum cap
tured in the British camp. Then for a
few months the Two boys were engaged
in that wretched partisan warfare that
spread desolation through the south ::
when wing and tory neighbors fought like
wolves. Through overconfidence the band
of which the boys were members was
surprised by a British force and the two
lads were made prisoners. A British OFF,
Ger ordered Andrew to clean his boots.
and when the boy refused the officer
struck at him with his sword. To pro-
tect his head the boy threw up his left
arm. The sword cut his head and arm.
and he carried the scars to his grave
Next the officer ordered Robert Jackson
TO clean the boots. He, too. refused
Again The sword was used and the elder
brother was felled. bleeding, senseless. To
Camden. forty miles distant, the two
wounded boys were taken. How brutal
their captorS were may be imagined from
the fact that in the long journey no food
was allowed to the brothers. and when
streams were forded they were not per-
mitted to drink. although they were in
a fever from their wounds. In Camden
they were put into a wretched, filthy
hole with $50 other unfortunates. Soon
smallpox developed and both boys con-
tracted the disease. Dead and dying
were left together. Out of this horror
Mrs. Jackson took them when an ex-
change of prisoners was arranged, and
started home. She had only one horse.
On this Robert was lifted The mother
held him secure. while Andrew walked
alongside bareheaded, barefooted and half
dead. Through storm and sunshine they
erept along. Two days after reaching home
Robert died. Andrew was an invalid
for months. Then the mother died and
Andrew Jackson, less than fifteen years
old, was alone in the world. No Won
der he hated the English. The bitter
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ton. Jackson's second. was to give the
order to fire. When the men took posi-
ton Overton called: Are You ready:'
II am ready replied Dickinson.
Ready" said Jackson.
'Fire! shouted Overton.
Dickinson raised his pistol quickly and
fired. Jackson stood unmoved. Slowly
Jackson raised his pistol. Dickinson
and then crying. MY God. have l missed
him." Went pale all of sudden and
stepped back pace or two.
Back to the mark. yelled Overton.
Dickinson with downcast eyes stepped
forward. Jackson took deliberate aim
and pulled the trigger. but something
was wrong. The trigger had stopped at
half cock Slowly and carefully he re-
adjusted the trigger. Then he took aim
again. Then he fired. Dickinson reeled
and fell MORALLY wounded.
Jackson walked a hundred yards OF.
where Overton soon joined him. They
walked about for a minute or two and
then Overton, in looking down. saw that
sons bullet had broken two ribs and rip
ped along the breast bone, but the man
of iron had concealed the fact that he
had been hit. He was taken to house
nearby and the wound dressed, but he in
sisted that Dickinson should not know
he was wounded.
Dickinson bled to death. Jackson was
unable to be out for month.
4
Seven years later when the war Of 1912
was at its height. came the duel with the
Bentons. Jackson had been drawn into
a quarrel with Jesse Benton. brother OF
Thomas H. Benton. The quarrel was al
together absurd for Thomas Benton and
Jackson were warm friends. but med
dlers infiamed the minds Of the men I'M
til Jackson announced he would horse
whip Thomas Benton on sight.
They met near the City Hotel in Nash
willie Jackson had a whip in his hand.
AS Jackson approached Benton reached
in his breast pocket for pistol. Jack
son was quicker. and before Benton could
draw Jackson had a pistol at his breast
Benton stepped back and fell down the
cellar steps of the hotel. This was ludi-
crous, but as Jackson was turning away
Disguised Jesse Benton blazed at him
from behind. His pistol had charge
of two bullets and a large slug The
slug shattered Jackson's left shoulder
One Of the balls ripped his arm open:
The other ball entered the left side and
pierced the lung.
While he was in bed suffering from
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its approaches His force from Mobile
arrived and he had 5000 men. Nearly
as many more were en- route from Ten
nessee. but when they were to arrive he
was to find that few of them were armed
and New Orleans had little with which
TO equip them.
Fifty British ships arrived at the en-
trance to Lake Borgue early in December
Jackson had been none too soon. With
rare skill the British managed to mask
their operations. land large body Of
troops and get within eight miles of New
Orleans before their movements were
discovered. Word reached Jackson on
the afternoon Of December 23 of the dis
covery Of the enemy. That night he
struck. Down the Mississippi went lit
tie gunboat. the Carolina, and over the
swamps and fields went a picked body or
LouSanans and Tennesseans. The Brit
ish were to be treated to new style or
warfare something the Americans had
learned from the Indians-a night attack.
1t was the advance guard of the British
that Jackson attacked. The guns OF the
Carolina were to give the signal. The
Carolina opened too early TO make the at
tack wholly successful. and the night was
too dark for the opposing forces TO dis
tinguish friend from foe. but the sudden
ness of the attack, the spirit of the
Americans and the injury inflicted led
the British to draw back and hesitate be-
fore making any further forward move
ment.
1t was little more than skirmish. but
il produced delay, and time was every
thing to Jackson. for he had only 5000
men to oppose the great force OF the en-
envy Delay made il possible for him to
throw up breastworks. to deepen and
widen the Rodriguez canal and to place
a barrier between him and the British
that was to prove their ruin.
The British, cautious from their pre-
vious experience. took advantage of the
darkness of night to establish batteries,
intending to shell. the Americans, and un-
der cover of the artillery fire rush the
infantry and rout the defenders from be-
hind their breaEtworks. Big guns had
been brought up from the ships. Jackson.
too, established batteries. In the duel be-
tween the big guns the British made a
frontal attack. Alas. for the trained vet
Grams of Britain's great and victorious
army They could not Withstand the fire
of the American sharpshooters. and had
to retire. And when the smoke raised.
after the big guns of the batteries ceased
firing, it was discovered that every Brit
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these fearful wounds news came OF the
Fort Mimms massacre. where 400 men.
women and children were butchered by
the Creeks. No one supposed Jackson
would be able to rise from his bed to
lead the Tennessee militia that were
hastily called to avenge the ira gedy, but
he did. He had to be lifted on horse.
His left arm was in sling. Never again
could he bear the weight of so much as
an epaulet on his left shoulder. He not
only was crippled for life, but any I'M
guarded movement was agonizing. Riding
horseback II was necessary for him TO
have sort of cradle rugged in front of
him on which to lean. The wound in the
lung never healed.
For the remainder of his life he could
not sit in chair for five minutes with
out support Usually he sat astraddle,
so he could put his arms over the back.
stricken man go to lead campaign. He
was more fitted for a hospital than the
field yet so remarkable was his will that
at times he disregarded his injuries and
tore around as if he were in his full
strength. But the reaction would be
fearful
II ever a man showed magnificent cour-
age and ability surely Jackson did in
that campaign. His supplies went astray
and his men were left starving. They
mutinied He cajoled and threatened.
Company after company tried to desert.
With such as remained faithful he drove
the rebellious back. But the men be-
came so weak at last that he could go
no further Mutiny spread until it
seemed the expedition would end in dis
aster. but Jackson never relaxed. He
held that starving horde together until
at last supplies and reinforcemeRts ar
rived Then in series of brilliant
moves. eliminating in the battle of
Horseshoe Bend. he crushed the Creeks
and ended the Indian war Next he
drove the British out of Mobile and came
within an ace of penning up a British
fleet in Pensacola. He figured correctly
that the next move of the British would
be against New Orleans. That city prac-
tically was without defense. great
British fleet had assembled at Jamaica
preparatory to a descent upon the Mis-
sissippi.
On the LIST of December. 1914. accom-
panied only by his staff. he arrived in
New Orleans from Mobile. Within
few days he had drawn plans for the de-
tense of the city and had inspected all
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for all ills-the delegation of a general.
The general goes to a village with a de-
tachment of Cossacks. forces medicine
down peoples threats at the bayonet's
point and sets soldiers to guard the hos
pitfalls. Needless to say. the remedy lies
deeper than this. Once the epidemic dies
down. owing to heavy frosts or lack OF
victims. the general goes back TO st.
Petersburg and gets a decoration for his
trouble. while the same system OF Nth.
superstitious ignorance and misery reigns
i'm the village, ready to welcome the
cholera again next spring.
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