The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-01-19

Grenada is the prettiest dimple on Mississippis cheek.
Lawson is as full of wind as a rising balloon. He must
stage everything he does. He has made a pretty good size ass
Of himself in his leak" story.
The boil weevil. which came from Mexico, is giving the
cotton farmer more trouble than the Mexican question is now
giving the general government. Can any good come out of
Mexico?
The matter of calling a special session of the legislature
seems to be in allegiance. There are a few members of the law
making body who would no doubt be mighty glad to be called
to jackson in order to get the SIS per day. This is no year for
Legislative sessions.
The European beligerents might be willing to sit down
around a peace table if they could Just decide who started the
war. They both realize that whomsoever the sober, seasoned
thought OF the world fixes the responsibility on, will carry the
brand Of Cain for generations.
The Clarksdale Challenge endeavors to be facetious in
dealing with the supposed ambitions of Ross Collins for the gov
ernorship. While The Sentinel holds no brief for Mr.. Collins.
it will Just state in passing that the Challenge can do the politi-
cal fortunes Of any one no good or any harm.
~ The ancient god, Menus, who complained to Jupiter be-
cause he did not make a window in mans heart whereby his
thoughts and inner life could at once be discerned without wait
ing to learn from months and years of observation, certainly
had in mind some of the needs of the present day.
The women sufragsts who are trying to harass President
Wilson by stationing themselves as sentntls at the gates of
entrance to the White House yards deserve little consideration
as women. Their foolish efforts show that they have a very
limited knowledge of the character of the PreNdent.
1t is said that the Egyptian pink cotton boil worm is present
in Mexico and that the federal government is keeping a close
watch on cotton seed shipped from Mexico into Texas, and has
suggested the advisability of the Mexican seed bling crushed
by the mills at the earliest moment. Let us have r more Mexi-
can pests.
A Missouri young lady who was engaged in the stock bust
ness wrote to a Journal for advice as to how to keep her "calves
from freezing to which one correspondent replied, make
the dress longer while another answered. "be more temperate
in raising" Evidence is wanting as to which ones advice she
acted on.
The Louisville Journal spends some of its valuable space in
a recent issue in a laudable effort to let the general public know
that it has a citizen by the name of A. Y. Woodward that it
thinks could at least slide around in the Governors chair.
This is no time to think of babies in connection with the next
race for Governor.
If the sweetest and most sainted of heaven were called
Ia conference to discuss the ACCESSIBILITY of a change in the path
of one Of the heavenly planets, and Mississippis Junior United
States Senator knew it. he would, if possible, approach the
celestial company and offer his opinion about the wisdom Of
what was under discussion.
The Sentinels editorial statements are usually based upon
what the Editor knows or upon what is regarded as reliable in
formation; with this premise we desire to say that those who
think Hon. T. U. Sisson is giving no serious consideration to the
race for the United States Senate against Vardaman next year,
have another think coming. If Sisson should get into the race
what he would do to the Junior Senator in the Fourth congress
sional district would be a plenty.
The grace with which our good friend. Law
renee. plays the soft, soft pedal in handling names for
the highway forces US to the conclusion that with
competent training he might get into the movie game.
The above from the Winona Times might mean that we
sometimes get in the region of that crafty class which practice
diplomacy. If preferring to make even a bad connection palat-
able, then we enter no demurrer.
SOME DATA AS TO THE LONG AGO.
In 1900 there were in Mississippi 5,179 white inhabitants.
, ,489 slaves and 1872 free negroes; in 1910 there were 23 ,O24
whites, 17,OS8 slaves and 2O free negroes; 1920 there were
42,l76 whites, 32,S14 slaves and 458 free negroes, while in
1850, ten years before the Civil War, there were 295, 718