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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-05-03
THE GRENADA SENTINEL

it's fortunes into the Confederacy. There is an almost sardonlc
fitness in the fact that the commander of the Merrinnac should
have his name given to a vessel whose business 1t is to sink sub
marines, for in the pioneering days of armored ships the MON.
and the Merrimac, were the prototypeSaand ancestors OF
vessels which prey upon merchant shipping and snlps OF war.
2 ThouSh it is more than half, q century ago, theHre aEe men
still liVing who fecAlla III. thrill Of apprehension Ehicn: wen.
over the nation, at the sight of the Merr1nac, crude.atenIlnies
and cruel in it's possibilities: To-day II woufu pc I&usn.
ed at as Darius Green's flying machine would De lausnTa a.
compared with the marvels OF areonauuc sclencE' NOSE
same men can recall with a keener zest that other thrill Oh nope
low which swept over the nation at the victory OF Ine .
the cheese box on a raft," which brought tne ra1n ressn al
of the Merrimac to a halt and compelled Captain a'.na
ture.. .:u.o u,os aunk NV another
sou+harner to prevent the escape of the Spanish neet n e
1aurels were added to the glory Of the Amrlcan navy. NG -; se
- mr. IF the Merrimac is to be linked WIN the v a" an
nther career of victory, this time over the rutnless y q.
horous Hun. The naming of the new destroyer aASeI Pa
was pecu]iarly felicitous and it is announced tna' o'"ei
cowthorn heroes will be honored in the same manner.
Oniv the other day in Baltimore, Secretary Danies tirie ~
on audience to enthusiasm by declaring that MS iast omclai a.
hafora coming TO the meeting was to sign the oocumenIs nant-
mo Tho latest destroyer after Gunners Mate Osmuno ihgian'
an AIahamian. who gave up his life in performing a oeeo oI uae
d;+;onoI " a Ior as Southern as it was American. IN II nna y
tha American navy the name of this humble sanor vii hve t H
s;doa tho GREAT admirals whose names adorn Inc Cru VI oS
a mer;can naval history. It was an act too just 10 o { ANU
and too noble to be sectlona" :. +hi. NOW, ue,dino
""N Hmor;cans everywhere will respond to this new welonns
&c no honds between the sections, for there have come rom Nv
~ nortion of the country any more wnole-hearteu uohr ~.
ro+;on IF natriotism than from the Soutn.-hahsas ivy
Journal.
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OUR NEXT JUNIOR SENATOR.

From every standpoint that can be taken by patrlouc amer
leans. Hon. Pat Harrison is 4 the logical choice Tor Unteo ota'es
Senator from Mississippi. a hr
That he is we'll qualified has been fully demopsrateo oy
his brilliant career as Congressman. He has shown the posses
of unusual force and character, and his loyalty IS O n III
impeachable type. To the fullest extent he has cameo the con
6dence of our great President. Mr.. Wilson mas learned 70
trust and rely upon the young Mississipplan whose lear Il 50
evidently enlisted in his countrys cause.
Pat Harrison is no poser.
He is a blunt, straight, outspoken Democrat, whose posl1on
on any question is never a matter of surmlse or DOUBT, Ior lie mas
the honesty of his convictions, and the fearlessness to oeftare
them on any and all occasions without equlvocauon OF sootef.
fuge. He does not say one thing and mean another. He Is not
a "word trickster," who can pretend to favor one course Wn1e
at the same time entertaining hopes of that cause failing. NO
indeed. !: m.+o
Pat Harrison would be in France right now, II his offer TO
serve had been accepted-or, in other words, II president VIII
son did not believe him to be more valuable TO MS country IN
the halls of Congress-for MI. Harrison put it right up to Where
he should serve. 49,
Mississippi is a great state. Mississippi is a loyal state
true to traditions of freedom, and ready to 40 nr part IN the
great world war for Liberty. IL.
Yet, for sometime past, Mississippi has found oniy a partal
expression of herlreal feelings voiced by the Senators VINO re-
present her in Washington. John Sharp Williams has done ms
part. He has upheld the hands of the President and has truly
represented the ideas and beliefs of his constituents. But, has
he not been alone in this work? Has his colleague helped him!
Has the other Senator for Mississippi stood with Wilson and
Williams, or has he flibustered, obstructed and camoufaged!
The records show whether or not he has had his heart, voice.,
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TELL H KAISER.

cerman wants to know what the United States is fight,
ing for. She thinks the sinking Of the neutral SHIPS "l'hou'
warning isn't enough to- bring US IN. '.-e -"f -
ALL RIGHT, LET'S TELL HER: e. -" .
r.-~ We're going to fight for outraged women.
We're going to fight for crucihed nuns: 4,o+ so,d;ers
We're going to fight for Hanelessly mutllated sololers:
We're going to fight for innocent thousands s're"h upo"
the bottom of the sea; a+~oaod dasecra+ed as
no nation in the previous history of the world has even oeen:
We're going to fight for France-that magnlnceht natlon
of beroes-bled white defending civilization against inc ro"e'
" were going to fight for England-who chose the path OF
honor, blacktinted with despair-when the little nauon she hao
sworn to defend was set upon as by a wild beast. =
We're going to fight for Italy-which took up the cause OF
right against the wrong-terribie though she knew the cost
must be. ! .un,os 81 bu-
man liberty which were laid down nineteen centuries ago by
the first great teacher and preacher OF human r'sh's-'ne NJ"
Every iota of the philosophy and creed Of HAIE ca and
RIO0Ds and.VIOLENCE and BESTIALITY and diabollc CKO-
and human HNsLAVEMEMT that marx every ~ 1 So $
BILE opposition to every thought, every word and deco Oh 'he
N an This / ISM is no fight + Democracy against A Art;as
It is not the battle of Man against Man.
1t is the struggle between Right and Wrong; between n
philosophy Of Jesus Christ and the Powers of Evil through the
earthly and ds Hs' ? gein of to- ssf aae:ht-hsht-Fight; side by b, side with
our fellows in the Cause of Humanity, until there is no vest,ge
loft in all this great earth, of the powers that-deIylng Uoo
and Man-precipitated this cataclysm OF Dlood ana years:
There is only one sentiment in the whole broad land To-Day;
and the man who does not recognize /! mus m mu5 Ja 70
deep down in the very bowels Of every man THAI VIZ We a " ".
GOING 70 FIGHT UNTIL NTH WE 1E,I HATE !. ' N FREE OF
THE HUN; LIBERATED BELGIUM; AVENGED 50 F a. ~
IS WITHIN HUMAN w THE COUNTLESS CHIMES "
GERMANY NY, BR0KEN N THE THS P HlkgEN as GHAF EFN Before
THE WIND; HUMBLED THE. EMPIRE " HEL Ler1 AN XED
EASE-GOD-RI THE EARTH OF THE KAISER AND
ALL HIS HE'LL BREED. -. - :,
If anyone asks you, tell them Thai Is whae - eC TM
to fight for-The Lumberman. Ee@e sat
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~r IS MORE sHI FPS THAT WE NEED JUST NOW"

The above caption is found in the Congressional ;a RECORD OF
If March 29. page 4635, and are the words of our JUNIOR Sen
otor in sneaking to a proposition in the Senate involving uni
versal military training. The full sentence used by the Senator
reads. 1T is more ships that we need just now, not more men.
Bv that utterance the Senator entered a plea OF quit oo ~
charge of party desertion and to dealing the farmers, especrany
the raisers of cotton, and agricuturahsts generally, a serious
blow when he joined with the Republicans to ae1eae sh en In'p p
Purchase bill urged by President Wilson on congress only d
few weeks after the European war started in 1914.
The Democratic Campaign Text Book issued In 1910 says
of that bill: ..
at was the craftsmanship Of the Wilson ad1a,n'strauon
that comps8hended ahe situation and, within q month ~ { TN
declarafomEo f war; proposed an emergency measure e meet
the pressing needs Of American business : : = NO patton ever
sustained Greater loss as the result of the defeat Of one meas
ure than dd the United States sustain as a result OF the oeIea'
of the EmeTsency Shippng Bill; and the record OF no party con.
tains a more shameful blot than that of the Republican party
which refused to allow the Senate Of the United States &c vo;e
IN a measure designed to extend the strong arm OF the people
government to assist the peoples commerce in the peoples IN
terest, and not in the interest of the favored few.
One of the final test votes on this bill came up IN Inc oeh-
ate February 1, 1915; our Junior Senator and SIX other Demo
Gratis voted with the solid Republican membership (feD. l
1879 There was just one single and lone exception to the
solid Republican lineup. The defeat of this bill, the nihoesT u
ering tactics that prevented it even coming to vote In Id"
of 1914, cost the farmers of the South $100,0OO,OOO
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and undoubted ability in line with those who are will

strength and undoubted ability in line with those who are will
ing to die for liberty. ~
The people are at last beginning to realize that America
in the most terrible war Of all history. There is only one way .y
and that, as William Jennings Bryan wei. expresses IL Is
straight through" If we would preserve our own cherished
freedom and bring freedom t6iDthGS We Anda Knight, and ngnh
to death. Germany will not quit until whipped ntesubmissaon
AND that great military nation is str8nger; today than when the
!a~'a W."
Under such circumstances can there be any question in the
mind of any patriot as to whom to support for the United o1a'es
Senate at the coming primaries <sc@ hs'sti.
Is it sensible to return q man who has Stalled to secure the
friendship and esteem of WoodrowCW Isoh? Is it not only the
part Of wisdom and safety to send in his place a man who has
the Presidents full confidence, and who is in favor of winning
the war in the only way possiblel2byibAcking up our soldiers
with all the equipment and material needed, and a heart over
flowing with a belief in the justice -four cause and its ultimate
victory? = ( II .e7N ~
The Dispatch calls on, all newspapers to come out openly
for Pat Harrison. He cannot win with a lukewarm support.
This is not the time for editorial camoufage. Either a paper is
for Woodrow Wilson and the men who will help him, or it is
not. There is no middle groundto be occupied safely.
Where are you in this fight, for America, freedom, for
world liberty ?-Rchton Dispatch. Sc a. Ien
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WHO MUST BEAR THE BLAME?

The sorrowful affair which occurred in Tippah county WIN
in five miles of the county site early this week wherein one Jaw
abiding. patriotic citizen of Tippah county lost ms lie II II
other was perhaps fatally wounded while the man VINO was
harboring the deserters had his body riddled with nuIeIs, an
Pike to capture some deserters shows that there e are = rev. Re TIM In
odium the word carries. Somebody is to blame for the acton
of these poor, misguided deserters. They would never na?s a oy
proud of the distinction a. of purveying the stock IN traoe Oh
such politicians made them believe they had a r,gns 10 ho % %aye
preached that this war sis a rich mans war" and who have tax.
ed loud and long Of the "pro6teer" and who have not only
Questioned the selective draft law but published lengthy articles
seeking to prove it's unconsttutionality, must carry the 6ioed OF
these good men of Tippah county as we'll as the blood OF the
harhorer of the rabbit hearted men who ran away from duty,
upon their heads. God pity the man who has not yet ieafh @a
that he al not live to himself but we seriously DOUBT tnat ne ne
will show compassion to the man who turns his back upon MS
country when another nation els stabbing" it lin the back.
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GREAT SALE OF HIGH
GRADE DAIRY CATTLE

Charles w. Ellis, DR., proprietor OF
"Maple Lawn Farm" CORTLAND, N.
Y, and breeder of high class, heavy
producing Holstein-Freisian stock
has located a Southern Office at West
Point, Miss, from which point he
will handle all of his extensive South
ern business.
Mr.. Ellis has bought a one half
interest in Battle Fort Stock Farm"
also a show farm in the edge of the
city where he will keep n of his
fine herd sires as we'll as some splen-
did Holstein. cows. 1t is his intention
to continue with his Holstein business
the raising and handling of pure-bred
Duroc-Jersey hogs.
In this connection he wishes to an
nounce an Auction Sale. OF. Holstein
Friesian cattle at West Point May
18th and 18th. This will include many
A. R. o. cows as we'll as several bulls
from heavy producing stock just the
kind to head a Southern herd. There
will be pure-bred stock of all ages as
well as some grade cows of a prac-
teal dairying class will certainly pay
anyone who is at all interested In
dairying to visit this sale.
West Point is easy of access, cars
will meet all trains and Mr.. Ellis says
this will be a semi-annual event and
will present to the dairymen of the
South an opportunity to buy better
stock than has ever been offered for
sale South of the Mason and Dixon
Line. Back of every sale will be Ell
lis standard for fair dealing.
Remember the dates May 18th and
10th also the fact that Mr.. Ellis
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ONE GERMAN FAILURE ADMITTED.

This extract from the Berlin Rundschau Is more interest,"
ING a a confession than accurate in conjecture:
Germany lost her last chance to keep the United States u wh@h
failed to preyent President Wilson's e elechon because OF MS anu-
German leanings. IL,
No doubt pacifsts and pro-Germans would nave mace ene
most of Mr.. Wilson'S defeat if it could have been brought ABOUT
in 1916, but, Germany's attitude remaining the same, the Onlt-
Cd States could not have been kept out of the war by any such
circumstance. In spite of the efforts of his managers to Guilt
vate the disaffected vote, Mr.. Hughes as President would have
been resolute in support of our rights. War would not nave oeen
FASTENED. but it could not have been delayed. ;,
The delayed fact is the admission that every agency ivan III
the reelection of a President who, while maintaining strict neu-
tralitv. had not failed to denounee the lawlessness Of the Prus-
d "a "a it rested chiefly uponthe ssfeat delusion that, partly
oy Ioistsn nortiv nv thE creed of our politicians for office,
h liz nd become in some degree a satrapy of the
Kaiser. A ,Esx = .u1o tho
United States. The world said SO at the tlme.-,New 1ork
World. 1888
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CONFERENCE COTTON MEN
IN MEMPHIS MAY 8.

go 80 40
The. United, States Food Admins
tration has called a Conference for
the states Of Arkansas, Mississippi,
Missouri and Tennessesppf ALL WHO
ARE INTERESTED IN THE COT
TON SEED INDUSTRY at Memphis,
Tennessess, Wednesday, May 9Th, at
the ,Chisca Hotel, beginning at 10 A.
M. - "'-4
.Df. &c. H. Denny, DR.. H. A. Nor
gan and Mt. Hugh Humphreys will
represent Mr.. Hoover at this Con-
ference.
A large representation is desired
of. COTTON GROWERS, ginners,
seed buyers, crushers, farm and com.
mercial organizations, bankers and
business. men and all others. interest
ed in any way in the cotton seed in
dustry.
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THE TATTNAL, DESTROYER.

At frequent intervals during the progress of the war prep
arations in this country there have been gratifying exhloltions
of the fraternity which exists between the once hostile sectlons
of the United States. Some splendid examples of the solidarity
the absolute oneness. of the nation were given in the naming OF
the training camps. In the South several camps were named
for gallant heroes of the North and in the North equally gal
liant heroes of the South were similarly honored. The Pennsyl..
yania legislature adjourned to pay tribute to the memory OF
Lee, and the Virginia legislature adjourned to pay tribute to the
memory of Abraham Lincoln. Other heart-waring displays Of
this wiping out of the Mason and Dixon line have. been given,
proving that the blue and the gray are melting andsfusing into
the indistinguishable olive drab,4covering~alike the sons and
grandsons. fighting shoulder to shoulder, Of the men who only
ffty years ago were fighting faoeEto face. - s
Along this same lire was the recent naming Of one of the
new submarine destroyers after Captain Tattnall, who COM
manded the historic Merrimac in its epochal combat with the
Monitor. Captain Tattnall had a gallant record of service in
the United States army before his state seeded and he followed
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ROAD TO HAPPINESS.

Be amiable, cheerful and good ma
tured and you are much more likely
to be happy. You will find this diff
cult, if not impossible, however, when
you are constantly troubled with con-
stipation. Take Chamberlain's Tab
let's and get rid of that and it will
be easy. These tablets not only move
the bowels, but improve the appetite
and strengthen the digestion For
sale by End Class and Corner Drug
Store.
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is permanently located at West Point
and his interests and yours are identi-
cal. =, ~ ..Lv 1O47
The Tomahawk., 1918-06-20
AooVelizing 10 the Indian
Appropriation Bill.

More than once members of
Congress have paused as they
thumbed over the Indian Appro'
priation bill and asked, by the
way, how much actual good do
these Indians get out of this thing?
What proportion goes TO: the sup
port and civilization of the In
dians and what proportion goes
for the support and stimulation of
employees9"
Congress suspects that the $12,-
900, 900 for the Ildian service is a
trife too much, considering what
the Indians are getting out of it.
That amount means $40 for every
Indian in the United States; but
for wards cared for in all respects
this average is raised to two or
three times this sum. For allot.
ted Indians the sum is reduced.
For Indian pupils in federal schools
the sum is multiplied five times.
Now this does not seem much
money to pay out to the people
who have been dispossessed of q
continent and no one begrudges
the $4,000, ,00O,-but the fact is
tho Indians do not get the full
benefit of the money appropriated
We talk of Hooverizing and we
practice it in our daily living.
When will Congress Hooverize
the Indian Appropriation bills
When will it do it 80 that it sus
poets the Indians get something
besides the double O in the
Hoover2
Meanwhile the service employee
with the ''missionery spirit IS
voluntarily doing, out of the
abundance of his or her heart,
much, if not most, of the rea
good that is accomplished. For
this they are not paid and can
never be paid. They have been
'.Hooverizing" human values for
years, and undertaking the burden
of saving from loss that which the
inefficient employee has neglected
and even injured. For beyond
the employee is the SYSTEM. :. The
system needs to be cleansed by a
potent Congressional scorbutic. 1t
needs new vision and a new plan
of actioE.-Ex. T.
The Tomahawk., 1918-06-20
You have my support and best
wishes, l am, ~
Sincerely yours,
F. II. Pequette.
Motice Of the Sixth Annual Session Of
the General Council Of Chippewa
Indians Of Minnesota. :.

Pursuant to provisions in the Con-
stitution of the General Council OF
Minnesota Chippewa Indians which
was adopted at CasS Lake, Minn., on
the 9Th day of May, 1913, and as a.
mended by the General Council at its
fourth annual session held at Bemidji
Mimi. July llth, 1916, the annual
meeting of said General Council OF
Chippewa Indians of Minnesota will
be held at Bemidji, Minn., beginning
the 9th, day of July: 1918.
Your attention is invited to Article
6 of the Constitution which reads as
follows: "The basis OF representation
to the Councils of this organization
shall be one delegate for each one
hundred members or fraction thereof,
of the White Earth and Red Lake
reservations, and reservations ceded
under the provisions OF the Act or
Congress of January fourteenth, eigh-
teen hundred and eighty-nine ~ U.
S. Stats. 642). Such delegates shall be
elected on the first tuesday IN June
of each year, ! !
Notices shall be posted and given by
the proper officers of said local councils
andNsaid notices shall be given and
posted in each and every settlement
and burg within said reservation or
ceded reservation for a period of not
less than twenty days, specifying the
time and place of the election of such
delegates.
Where there is no properly organized
local council it shall dcvOlve upon the
Executive Committee of the rescr2a-
tion to call a council for the purpose
of electing delegates.
In respect to Article referred to
above, delegates to the General Coun-
Gil must be selected on the first Tues
day in June, which will be June 4th,
1918.
Careful attention and good jude
ment must be exercised by each and
every Chippewa Indian interested, to
fully observe the above Article and
by so doing avoid any dispute that
may arise from irregular appointment
which in councils prior to the coming
council has 80 manifestly caused
considerable annoyance. -
Dated at Red Lake, Minnesota,
May l, 1913. -.
JOHN G.. MORRISON, JR.,
President of General Council of
Chippewa Indians of Minnesota,
The Tomahawk., 1918-06-20
From our Friends.
Chicago, ILL.,,
June 6, 1918.
Editor, ToMAHAwK,
White Earth, MINI
NV Co laborer of Indian

freedOm:-
Your kind favor of June 1st,
gladly received and appreciated.
How l wish I could be with the
elaboration and Council Fire" of
June 18th and 18th. This country
has chased the original people
from pillar to post and called US
as INDIANS, this name has made
US hated, looked upon and placed
us outside of human rights. The
truth of my statement comes true
as you mention German" when
we are fighting them. The rights
Of the Indian must be sustained.
The country has misunderstood US
and believe that the Indian Bureau
is treating US justly. We Indians
have been used and that is all. We
should have had our citizenship
and total freedom when we helped
to gain liberty for Uncle Sam.
What nation on American soil has
Il better right for citizenship and
freedom than the original Ameri-
cans2 1t is all wrong and that is
what we Indians are fighting
against, our cause is just as i'm
portant and vital as America fight
ing against Germany.
am asked what can we do to
give citizenship and total freedom
to the Indians? There is only one
answer, namely; abolish the In
dian Bureau.
You will notice that as you try
to gam your just claims, you will
have the Indian Bureau to con-
The Tomahawk., 1918-06-20
Then and After,

On March 25th, A. D., 1886,
thirty two years ago, was the date
set for the publication of THE
PRoGREss, Vol. 1, No. 1, the first
newspaper venture on the White
Earth Indian Reservation, Mime
sofa. The caption On the first
column was as follows: The Pro
GREss, Gus. H. Beaulieu, Publish
er; Theo. H. Beaulieu, Editor.
The type for the first page was
set up and the form ready for the
press; at this juncture the then In
dian agent and his force Of Indian
policemen invaded The PROGRESS
office and forcibly took possession
OF the plant, placed a guard over
the building and placed the key
thereof in his pocket. In The
ToxAHAwK issue of March IA, last,
we published correspondence which
transpired between the Indian
Office and the Indian agent and
concerning the seizure of The
PRoGREss printing plant.
As evidence of the motives and
purposes of the promoters of the
PRoGREss we herewith republish
the Salutatory of the paper, which
was in type and ready for the press