The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-12-15

Those seeking to impress on the incoming Legislature the advisa-
Jackson for the purposes of a Historical building are prompted by al
sentiment that is enshrined in much beauty and pathos. IL pas.
always appeals with sacredness to those who revere tatherhood and
motherhood and the others who have gone on before. And were
the people situated to yield to the woolngs OF THIS sentiment, there
are many humble homes and residences, some away back in the IN
terror, that would be wrung from what VIC may term the ruthless
hand of the devastator and preserved because our chhlolsn voices
first RANG forth in the rooms and because the blessed faces OF fathers
and mothers, sisters and brothers, first mrrored themselves IN our
lives in those hallowed precincts. The old farm. winch mas passed
into other hands, is embellshed in our memories with associations
in obedience to sentiment, these places Would be ours; n ellie
flowers and all that is beauty and grandeur in nature would be made
to blossom there. But in obedience to the decree of Time they
must go; they must find their way into the misty past togetnSr WITH
the dear ones who we're once the controlling forces there. The du-
ties and the problems of today emphasize the lesson that this is a
wise decree of Providence. Realizing. this, we can o lend " ana to
rehabIitate the old capitol. 1t is claimed now that "architects of
for convocations as well as repositories. what these "architects OF
renute" a NAV be correct, but if we remember Alright, the services
Of go EQUALLY as Competent architects were invoked a dozen years ago
and thew pronounced the old building unsafe and that IT W well
nigh impossible to make it safe. 1t was oesfeo eneh t0 get d" ap-
No, there are too many other demands now upon a
depleted treasury to draw upon 1t TOR sentmensai reasons.
ers, so that they may not be forced to associate with OLD ana haro-
ened criminals, or some school for care and reform treatment. ma
IJndoubteedlv the sick and the afflicted teach the lesson that we must
spend more money to prevent dli e ss ana % % nt1ng ou 20 he O eo"nn o.
the Normal school at Hattiesburg must make a ora1t On me ave
finances to put its machinery in operation. YET, IN nc .i "a o. ."t the
money to come from?" We can see little reason to believe that the
demand for educational purposes will be any less urgent, ao II Is
but in keeping with the history of private business concerns to ex-
pect that legitimate and necessary running expenses Will shenuy
increase, with necessarily enlarged duties.
the new capitol, for the Department of Archives and History GU,
plan would be to purchase a lot near or adjacent to the new caplto
and erect thereon a special building o. Ia purpose. III oo'
be done at a cost of $4,000. -,
We regret not to be in harmony with the good ladies OF Jack
son who are behind this movement and who are sending out peu
tons to the various members of the legislature. But 1t is time ina
sound business principles were applied to the management OF .M
to do with the old capitol and grounds is to place them on the mar
ket and sell them and apply the proceeds to other urgent demands