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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-01-03
WHAT GRENADA ESPECIALLY
NEEDS

Everybody throws bouquets at our
beautiful town. Everywhere one hears
it said that "it cannot be excelled
as a residence town." Grenada de-
serves all this. The harmonious
ningling and the %brotherly activity
of our citizenship is beautiful indeed.
We dwell together in a solace of that
which is best and enduring. There
is a redolence about what we strive /
fol in character building that the
world admires. These things are
good, There is nothing better. But
we are aGmoniShedthat wa must not
overlook our business opportunities
lest we be unable to maintain that
which is so charming and attractive
in our city.
We dare say that there will be no
controversy about the statement that
Grenada needs a mercantile firm that
will reach out for the trade that
needs to buy goods mere OF less on
time. Such q firm should be strong
financially, one able to advance the
farmers q few hundred dollars in cash
along through the ear. A business
of this sort would not only pay well
but it would serve well the town and
che entire trade territory. We have
built roads to bring the trade to
Grenada and now we should not neg
lect doing all we ear to draw people
from every point of the compass to
this place. There is 10 reason why
a strong firm here should not sell an
nually $250,00O worth of goods. We
have the capital. All that is needed
is the brains and the energy to or
ganize it.. We hazard the statement
that at least $4,000 of stock in such
an enterprise would be readily taken
By the farmers of the cou1ty. Indeed
we believe that the colored farmers
in and near Grenada would subscribe
for several thousand dollars in stock
in a business of this sort.
Other towns nearby US are doing
what We hereby suggest. Grenada
is a hundred times better situated for
q business of that sort than these
places. We cannot afford to sit with
{. folded hands and watch the circle of
!, our trade dwindle every year.
| Another matter: There is every
!, reason to believe that a modest san
itarium or hospital would be a paying
: enterprise in Grenada. There is a
building right in the BUSINESS district
, splendidly adapted for such an insti-
/. tuition. Certainly a sanitarium here
!. in competent hands would be of
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-01-03
DON'T FORGET THE NEWS
PAPERS

Well, in taking inventory Of all that
was done TO promote the war and to
encourage war activities, do no; for
get the newspapers. They did mUre
FREE work than any, other agency
or set of men in the land. Yet they
have >ausht - III n financial way.
"Of course they will publish it, yes
they must have something to fiji u3.'
Upon the came hypothesis the mer-
chant should give away his goods be
cause they are on his shelves and are
going to be carried out by some
body. Or, the lawyer must furnish ;
steaograher and paper, etc, bccsthit
he l-as a stenograDhcr hired and be
and she must be busy anyway
Space is a newspapers capital. }
belongs to the proprietor and ua
q~uestiorably he has the i%naiienaol'
right to say how that space shoui'
be filled. The press has given MOI,
FREE rides than all the railroad
in all the land.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-01-03
If HE PUT 1T DOWN, WHO PUT
1T UP?

Ever and anon we hear some mis-
guided son of Adam who gets most
of what he knows second hand and
who has not yet fully realized-there
are few, very few, of this kind
that there was some political grave
digging in Mississippi on the tweHtieth
day of August the year of our Lord,
1918, from which there will never
be any resurrection, that President
Wilson is responsible for the decline
in the price of cotton. If he Is re-
sr;onsible for the decline, then who
put it up? When Wilson became
President, cotton was selling for 10
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-01-03

great sevice to this immediate section
and would be a benediction to many
a poor man who must go to the city
for treatment.
Let our moneyed men think these
things over. We cannot travel along
in the same old path year after year.
We cannot afford to be in the atti-
tude of the man who undertook to
nut out his own tracks.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-01-03

by a refusal to support one item In
the budget.
AS the boys LAID back home and
their tongues are lOosened, they are
filing many complaints against he
Y. M. C. A.. Of course we are o
prepared to say whether the com
plaints are well founded or not, but
we do know that there has been a
sort of reckless abandon in many
things done by the Y. M. C. A. In
other words, we mean that the Y.
M. c. A. has spent money in many
instances as if it were milking the
treasury of the whole country. But
that is past. If a mistake has been
made it was made with the view OF
rendering the soldiers a service and
the responsibility for the mistake is
upon the higher-ups who planned
the matter.
But granting that our Impressions
are correct and that a mistake was
made, that should not hurt a good
cause to come after it. If a minister
proves to be unworthy, the church
is not closed. One erring brother or
| sister in a church >n no way lessons
the demands on the other members.
There was never a dollar spent
for the Red Cross that did not shine
IL eternity. Not a soldier comes
home who does net praise the Red
Cross. The women in this noble
work are angels of mercy and love
and the Red Cross is worthy of the
aoblest sacrifices of the people.
The call for Armenian and Syrian
relief is the call of the man who fell
among thieves. viii we pass by
on the other side" or will we 10 the
part of the good Samaritan? These
people have been murdered and plum
Gered by the bloody Turk. They
have been starved, their women
: have been outraged and their children
have been beaten with r'aay stripes
They have been forced to Leave
their homes and travel for miles
through barren wastes where there
was neither food nor water unit. tney
persisted and their bodies made foo,
for the fowls of the air. It IS true
that most of us have given this yeal
as never before but is it not alst
true that we have made money this
year as we never did before? What
is money if it is not for service? We
cannot take it out OF this world will
us and if we do not use it properly, i
may prove to be a possession tina
will keep IS out % the happ hone
where every normal heart learns t
lard. Let us do something for ths
Armenians and the Syriars.
When you turn a deaf ear to the
call for Armenian and Syrian relic
you turn a deaf ear to the call o.
mercy.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-01-03
THE


The gubernatorial handicap is
about ready for the hurrahs of those
in the grandstand. There han been
much grooming of a few. Some OF
those who think they are in the run
ming have almost been frothing for
a trot around the track for months.
But for the aversion of the public
to politics just now, there would no
doubt have already been some going
up and down the state telling the
people how to save it some months
ago.
The latest entry is Lieutenant OS-
car job. ston of Coahoma county.
Mr.. Johnston is just back from the
amy. He is one of those who did
not take advantage OF his legislative
position, which would have kept him
out Of the war, but resigned as q
an officer and went in as a private.
He joined the Tank service, perhaps
the most hazardous outside of the
aviation in the army. If Mississippi
is true to her past, she will rot
fail to think most seriously Of Mr..
Johnston's unselfshness ard patriot
ism in choosing her next chief exec
utive.
Mr.. Johnston has been a member
of the legislature for about twelve
years during which time he has
made an acquaintance throughout the
State that will prove a most valuable
asset to him in his candidacy for the
governorship. Without in anyway
diSparaging other members of the
!aW-making body, it can be stated
without the least violence to the
facts, that Oscar Johnston was re-
gaTded as one of the brainiest, most
ready and useful members of that
body. AS a debater, as one armed
with ready facts, as n who could
drive q point home with unerring
: accuracy, as one who could demol-
ish an adversary and yet have smiling.
Oscar Johnston has few equals. He
is open, candid and honest and can
be relied upon 70 stand hitched with
his friends.
With his asset as a legislator, az
Il iawmailer and as a dependable
friend, Oscar Johnston IS going tt
be an interesting and formidable fac
tor in the contest. >
The Sentinel has tied itself a
present TO nOboGy's kite in the rae
| for Governor. There are evera
mentioned that the editor has a kline
spot ii his heart Tor, besides, Their
are too many other matters pressin'
/ themacivc5 right now on the attention
of the public 10 think of gettin'
!, warmcl I'D owe" e political contest
IN thc meantime all the gentleme
, ba;3. |,a-rt:0ncC' y5ill 10 doubt b
5 buy, and like the old hen preparin
her nest, will be scratching the leave
togetheE.
: We hazard the prediction that son
of thee who have been "serioisl
cons;dering"' making the race, Wi
fall out before the word ego"
. said.
y Let us all hope that the campaig
/ will be tempered with a mildness On
i l. saaeress not shown in some of OF
. recent contests.
" -
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-01-03
THE SENTINEL'S CLUBBING
RATES

The war bureaus knocked out a
great many things for the newspapers
and clubbing lists" came near get
ting a knockout, too, however, resus-
citation is setting in in many things
and we are able to offer now the fol-
lowing and hope to enlarge u list
from time to time:
70 Sentinel and Weekly Commercial
Appeal, S1.75.
Sentinel and Progressive Farmer,
1925.
Sentire ell, Youths Companion ard
Today's Housewife, 1918.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-01-03
COTTON CINNED.

up to December 13, there had been
ginned in Grenada county SAB bales
of cotton against 4,419 for the same
period last yea These figures show
that the earnings of the farmers Of
Grenada county in cotton and cotton
seed to be slightly in excess of $780,
900 this year yer last year, or about
$50, a piece for every man, woman
and child inthe county.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-01-03

Mississippi's record for l%ynchings
in 1918 was bad. There we're only
two Other states with more. Our
people must get away from l%ynchings.
Only in the rarest instances is there
any excuse for them. They becloud
our moral standards and livery proper
ly aid in placing our people in q bad
light abroad.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-01-03

The output Of Grenada county in
cotton. cotton seed, corn, hay, peas
potatoes and stock for the year 1918
will total nearly $4,000, 600 or SOU
apiece for every man, oma n
child in the county. Ought not oar
farmers be satisfied?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-01-03

II you did not make a good reSo-
luton New Years day, you missed
an opportunity for doing good. You
NAV have made others from time to
time and broken them, but did you
ever stop to think where you would
have been had you not made these
GOOD resolutions?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-01-03

The wall of the Armenian women
and the cry of the Armenian chiid
will haunt you if you do not chip
in at least a little for these worthy
cauSeS.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-01-03

The Armenians and the Syrians
know nothing OF what you have Civ
en- in other war drives-they are
not asking anything now, but mercy
is asking for them, and it will not
do for you to act the part OF the rich
man no would not hear the call OF tic
beggar at his gate.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-01-03

Have you handed over that dol
lar for the Red Cross, if not, will you
rot do so this week?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-01-03

Morrison Thomas is at home on a
furlough, but hopes to get a final
discharge at an early day. Morrison
went out with the Grenada company
but like Donald Sharpe, could not
paes the physical test for overseas
service, and much to his disapHoint-
men5 was left on this side for service.
Pleasing Typography is the kind you
ge. from The Scntinei's job depart
ment-the best equipped in the nor
thern half OF Mississippi.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-01-03
We Are Truly Grateful
for the Year 1918
&M&8&

AS an American citizen, as a citizen of the State OF MISSISSIPPI
.ond NJ Grenada county and as Of the merchants OF IN 4" u
cronada we fee that we would be lacking IN something ole we HUI
n,hHc1v exnress our appreciation for the blessings of 1918 that come 10
or country and for the success that has come to our sololer III il
thu nrosneritv that pervades the whole land.
Oar soldiers went forth to battle. They showed tn same
not+1o even under more trying. circumstances than our fathers' we
SAY "under more trying circumstances" for the reason al IN oe@'h
dealino indictments of the war just ended make the ever@ IN lorher
wars look almost like pop guns O. tooth picks.
The BOYS who went forth from Grenada county IN this great
conflict have been wonderfully spared.
Our business has been the best in our history. FOL the greater
mart of the present fall, we have had all the trade we could walt j"
Our friends have been good to is; they have been good tx IS IN telhns
us about. the character of our goods and u efforts to deserve IN o.
fdence and the good will of the trade. We are indeed grateful O.
tho nersonal blessings that have come to US and for the luxury Of good
+binos that have come to our town and to our friends.
We want to start in the year 1919 with a renewed spirit. we
want to start forgetting any of the ills of the year 1913 and with u
confidently rely upon u friends. May the year 1919 be the best In
oil the history of all our friends and customers:
Respectfully,
THE LEADER.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-04-03
NOTICE OF OBJECTION

| To Whom it May Concern:
The engineer appointed by the
Board of Supervisors of Audubon
County, State of Iowa, to make sur.
vey and report of the road known as
the Audubon, Dedham and Coon
Rapids Highway, Section B, in lie.
roy township, Audubon County, Iowa
has made report and has recommend.
ed that the following change be
made in said road:
Beginning at point 21S feet east
of the N. w. corner of the east "
of the N. w. u Section IL, Township
80, North, Range 35 West in Audi.
bon county, Iowa. Thence run
southwesterly $40 feet to point
which is on the westerly side line OF
the east " of said N. w. n and 572
feet south of the N. w. corner of the
East " of said N. w. u. Thence
run south along the Westerly side
line Of the East " of said N. w. u
1T feet to point. Thence run
noreheasterly 726 feet to a point
which is 25S feet east of the westerly
side line of the East " of said N. w.
"a. Thence run northwesterly 102
feet to the place of beginning, ex-
cepting that portion which is now US
ed as a public highway and is al
ready a part of the Audubon, DIED.
ham and Coon Rapids Highway, Sec
ton B. The area required to be
purchased is fifty-four hundredths
(54-100 )acres.
On completion of the above high
way as described, the part of the old
highway not used will be abandoned.
The said Maggie Stearns, of Audi
bon county, Iowa, and the said vir-
gil Holmes, of Labetti county, Kans-
sas, and the said Menbah 1. Moon, of
Birmingham, Ala, and the said Hell
EN- Stearns Turner and Russell
Stearns. both of Audubon county,
Iowa. all of whom claim to be owners
of the above described property,
and A. A. Davis, whose land joins
said described property.
And the said Board of Supervisors
propose to establish said change as
above described, and all objections
to said change and all claims for
damages by reason of said change
must be filed in the office of the
county Auditor before the expiration
of ten days from the service of this
notice or the same will be waived.
You will further take notice that the
Board will on the 14th day of April,
1919, at 1000 o'clock a. m, at the
Auditors office in the court house at
Audubon. Iowa, or as soon thereafter
as possible, proceed to determine all
objections to said change and all
damages caused thereby and will, in
case such objections are overruled
and the damages awarded be not ex-
cessive, establish said change.
w. J. HAMILTON,
1926 County Auditor.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-04-03
PROMINENT IOWA AVIATOR
SPEAKS FOR THE I"

I found the Y canteens and clubs
mighty convenient and helpful insti-
tutions in France" said Captain
James Norman Hall of Colfax, prob
ably Iowa's best known avion, in
talking of his experiences.
Captain Hall was one OF the first
Americans in the great war. He
was tramping through Wales Just
for adventure when the war broke
out, and enlisted in Kitchener's ar
my Immediately. 1t is with this ex-
perience that his book, "Kitchener's
Mob" deals.
He enlisted in the aerial service
two years later and has had all the
thrills and adventures that any SOL
der could desire. Reports of his
death have been Forthcoming several
times, but invariably this young SOL
der of fortune has turned up serene
ly and safely.
"If one may judge by the use
which the men made Of the Y. M. c.
A. organizations, then there is no
question in my mind as to the use
fulness and excellent nature of the
work being done in France" says
SdptdlH nan.
81 used always to stop at the Y
hotel in Paris and all of their can
teens and clubs for officers and men
were always filled with soldiers
1.-THE concerts which they gave
were of the very finest kind, and l
frequently attended them when on
leave. The audiences were most
enthusiastic
81 want to speak particularly of
one bit of work being done in Paris
by a woman, Mrs. Lewis Chase.
She received permission from the or
ganization to rent a large homelike
apartment where she keeps open
house for enlisted men only. Every
night in the week, Sunday included,
she has a whole house full of boys
connected with the army organiza-
ton in the vicinity of Paris. Mrs.
Chase's job is mighty important
one in my opinion. This is only one
of the many fine things being done
by the Y all over France"
Little unpleasant incidents in
with the Y of which some
of the soldiers have been making
much ado are not at all typical. The
sad thing is that too many soldiers
are altogether too willing to enlarge
on such stories forgetting all of the
really fine things being done for
them by the Y. M. C. A"
while no organization is beyond
criticism, and the Y is no exception,
it appears to be the American custom
to criticise something. Personally
| think it a great pity that so many
should forget the innumerable splen-
did things the Y is doing and think
only of their mistakes, which are
very few it seems to me in compar-
ison with their really worth while
work"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-04-03
DAYLIGHT SAVING?

The change in time is a permanent
institution unless congress repeats
the law. The act provides that all
clocks must be set forward one hour
on the last Sunday in March and set
back one hour on the last Sunday
in each October. The law may have
been all right during the war, but
in the opinion of the majority of
the people it is far from being so
now, especially among the farmers
and ordinary class. But what does
this amount to when it comes to
benftting the eastern capitalists and
lectric light concerns? Just when
one can do without artificial light in
the morning along comes the order
to push the clock ahead and use the
juice for an extra hour. Why not
let this matter be put to a vote of
the people, who are most vitality con-
cerned or else make the law run
only from May LIST to September LIST.
1t should be repealed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-04-03
L. $. TAKES OVER GERMAN
VESSELS FOR TRANSPORTS

The steamer Cleveland, the first of
IL German vessels allotted to the u.
s., was put into commission recent
ly at Spithead, on the Thames river
it was announced by the navy de-
partment recently. Three more.
the Patricia. Kaiser and Augusta
Victoria will be commissioned later
it was said. The Cap Finisters has
arrived at Spithead. and the Prinz
Wilhelm. Zeppelin, Pretoria and Graf
Waldersee have lett Hamburg, the
announcement adds.
The vessels, which are of the pas
senger type, will be brought to this
country for conversion into troop
ships. However in order that the
trip may not be LOSE, all will be load
ed with troops to their present cca-
pacity on the way over
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-04-03
TREES AND RJRDS

Trees are vital factor in the
life of nations and the life of men
They are one of the greatest resour-
ces of our wealth, but they are more
than that. Without them most OF
our rivers would run dry. Without
them many of our fertile fields would
become arid wastes. Without them
much of the beauty and the charm of
life would disappear. 1t is hard to
think of a real home without trees.
He who plants tree today, under
whose shade men and women may
rest and children play hundred
years from now, is a benefactor of
mankind.
"You cannot think of trees with
out thinking also of birds. For it is
in the branches of the trees that
these little feathered friends of man
find their fairest homes. The birds
of the air have been always deep OBJ
jects of interest to mankind. Their
beauty has delighted the eye, their
songs have cheered the heart, of
countless generations of men. 1t is
only recently. however, that We have
come to know that they are an in
dispensible factor in the economy of
the fields. Without them the null
titudinous insects of summer time
would endanger every waving field
of grain.
1.-THE trees and the birds. Let us
teach our children in the schools to
plant the one and protect the other
and to love them both
In the above words Gov. Low
den has called attention of the peo-
pie of the state to Arbor and Birds
Days for this year. The phrases are
significant. There ought to be
general observance of the days in
this era of reconstruction
Ills.) Star.
Why would not this be a good plan
to carry out in all states in the
union?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-04-03
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

In the District Court of Audubon
County, Iowa, April Term, 1919.
c. M. w. Engelbert, Plaintiff, VS..
Franklin ID. Switzer and Florence
A. Switzer, husband and wife, de-
| PENDANTS.
To said Defendants:
You are hereby notified that
there is now on file in the office of
the clerk of the district court of the
State of Iowa, in and for Audubon
county, the petition of the plaintiff
aforesaid, claiming of you the sum Of
three thousand ($3,000.00) dollars
and interest thereon at seven percent
from June oath, 1918, to February 4,
1919, and at the rate of eight percent
from and after February 4, 1919, as
money justly due from you and each
of you, and claiming personal judy
ment against each of you therefor, on
your one certain promissory note dat
ed June "a, 1918, made, executed and
delivered to ne plaintiff. Also ask
ing judgment against each of you for
costs, including seventy-two ($72.0O)
dollars attorneys fees and four ($4)
dollars abstract fees, as provided in
said note and mortgage. Also claim
ing against each of you the foreclos-
ure of certain mortgage of even
date of said note, and securing the
same, on the northwest quarter of
the southwest quarter. section TWEEN
ty-four, township eighty-one. North
range thirty-six West of the Fifth p.
NJ, Audubon county, Iowa, which said
mortgage was filed for record June
|27, 1918, at eight o'clock a. m, and
recorded in Vol. 43. page 1853. in the
office of the County Recorder of Au-
dubon county. Iowa.
And unless you appear thereto and
defend on or before noon of the sec
ond day of the next April. 1919 term
of said district court, to be begun on
April 22nd, 1919, and held in the
court hodse in Audubon. in said Au-
dubon county, Iowa, on the 22nd day
of April, 1919, default will be entered
against you and judgment and de-
cree rendered thereon.
RING & HANN,
11-4t Attorneys for Plaintiff.