The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-11-28
MISSISSIPPI
Calls to Your Good Judgment.

Grenada, Mississippi, is a very at
tractive, progressive city of 4,5OO
population, having enterprise as
well as capital. 1t will a safe as
sertion to make that there is hardly
a city of similar size in the United
States where the essentials of mod
ern civilization will be found equal
iug those in Grenada. While nearly
every town or city of any preten-
sions have schools, churches, banks,
, commercial and industrial institu-
| tons and various other concomi-
tants of modern life, they are usu-
ally mediocre, but such is not the
case here. Grenada wants, and in
, tends to have, her institutions of the
, above mentioned character to be
| just a little better than her neigh
bors and conducted upon a high
standard of excellence. In these
matters Grenada excells. To those
who are asking about Southern
| towns with a view of making a home
the writer will say that no one could
| by any possibility make a mistake by
locating in Grenada. The appear
| ance of it, usually reflects the char
acter of it's population. and if that
is any criterion, Grenada must be a
mighty nice place and populated by
a cultured and intelligent set of peo-
pie. Grenada's structures, whether
used for commercial or residential
purposes, are ornate, costly and sub
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| adapted to the purposes for which
they are used. You may have a
town filled with palaces and if the
people who occupy them are not
normal. intelligent and socially in
clined, it is not a pleasant Or desira-
Bile place to live. Grenada possesses
a highly moral population. The peo-
pie are cultured, intelligent and very
sociable, and the stranger coming
here can be assured of a hearty well
come for himself and family.
Why Grenada Prospers.
In the first place it is perfectly
| natural that any community posses
sing a contiguous country of rich
, soil and high agricultural develop
ment should be wealthy and prosper
Gus, and such is the case with Gre
NADIA. Her lands are rich, high and
well-drained and under intelligent
,, effort. attain high acre production.
Cotton has always been King"
around here, and very likely always
will be, but the farmers are coming
to realize hat all cotton is not good
farming and they are diversifying,
which is producing WONDERFUL re-
suits in its effects upon the town by
the creation of more wealth, and
when a crop failure comes, the farm
err is independent, because his 9th
err productions sustain him. That
system also sustains the town.
But the farming interests are not
all that Grenada has by any means.
She has a not incOnsiderable indus
trial development for a small place.
Public Utilities.
One of the specific reasons why
the public health of Grenada is SO
good and the death rate so low is
the good fortune of having water
of exceptional purity and high gem
eral excellence. In fact. there are
several springs in this vicinity that
have attained quite a reputation for
possessing high medical qualities. A
feature of this water is that it is
so fine for industrial purposes, as
it does not scale or permit any boil
err accretions whatever. Water
mains go to all portions OF the town
and practically every house. nc mat
ter how humble has IFS hydrant.
Another reason contributing to-
wards the general health of the com
munity is its perfect sewage system.
both storm and sanitary. in practi-
cally every street throughout the
iowa. There are twelve miles Of it
and eighteen miles of the large wat
er mains.
A splendidly equipped electric
light plant, like the water system,
municipality owned, is n of the
public utilities of which the citizens
of Grenada are justly proud. A fine
quality Of service is furnished at
most reasonable rates.