The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-12-12
SUGGESTS REFERENDUM
ON FAIR GROUNDS
IL in Favor Of Fair and a Contribu-
tor to Fund Yet Wants Crenada
to Think About Providing for
School and Buildings.

CuICOI 0eNCluels-
/ understand that the Board of
Trustees of the city schools, of which
you are a member, have filed notice
on the officers Of the fair grounds
property that the schools Of the town
are, by virtue of the deed to the fair
grounds, the owners Of the property.
/ am also advised that the deed to the
property provides that any citizen of
the town may set up the claims of
the school for the fair grounds,
should there not be held fair there
for three Continuous" years, or, if
the property be not used for general
countys or public purposes in a way
| and manner to prevent the reversion
to the schools, am unable; but am
free to say that appearances and the
record of the past three years or
more go to sustain the claim of the
School Trustees. But be that as it
may, ! can hardly believe that the
Trustees would want to act arbitrari-
ly or that they would knowingly take
any step that would be a stumbling
block in anything that so many of
our leading citizens seem to want to
bring to pass.
l am a contributor to the sub
scription got up to revive the fair.
gave my money in good faith and
believe that the fair will serve the
town and the county well. Still I
do not think the School Trustees
should be criticised for the step they
have taken. Charged as they are
with looking after the interests of
the schools-and when we speak of
the interests of the schools we speak
of the interests and the welfare of
the children of the town-something
near and dear to the hearts of all
of us-I take it that the Trustees
felt that they would be unfaithful to
the sacred trust committed to them
if they did not, in view of the deed,
make a claim for the fair grounds.
/ understand that the Trustees as
sert that the white school building is
so crowded in some departments that
another annex, or perhaps another
building, will have to be asked with
in the next year, possibly. l
also hear that the negro school build
ing is even worse crowed and it is
a matter of common knowledge that
that building is in bad state of re-
pair. These fhings confronting the
Trustees, it is little wonder that they
did not overlook setting up a claim
for the fair grounds. But we ought
to have the fair The contributors
to the fund to revive the fair live in
Grenada. These same people will
have to ''go down into their jeans"
to build more school buildings, too.
For my part, am ready to do both,
but are majority of our citizens will
ling to do both? / believe they are,
hence l am asking space for this let
ter to make this suggestion or propo-
sition.
Let the citizenship of Grenada vote
on the matter. Let is be submitted
to them in such manner as will
show that they are either in favor
of both and will vote additional
school tax, or that they are opposed
to one or the other. l say, l be-
lieve they will vote to have the fair
and at the same time they will vote
approval of an additional tax or more
bonds for additional school buildings.
l do not see how vote on the mat
ter would affect any legal rights in
any way, and do not see how either
fair enthusiasts or the School Trust
ees could object. Let the majority
rule.
/ believe that the time is ripe for
a fair. Conditions all round are fav-
orable and l would hate very much
to see anything happen that would
prevent the fair, but by this l do not
mean to have it understood that l
underrate the Importance of our
schools or that l fail to appreciate
the position of the Trustees. What
says the public to my proposition?
CITIZEN AND FAIR FUND
CONTRIBUTOR.