The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-06-11

the old building with the result that
in number of departments there
were now some very embarrassing
things to the management as to ar
| rangement. He said that he did not
| believe that annexes could be added
to the present public school building
and that to attempt it would be a
waste of money on something that
could not be used, therefore, he said
he wanted to urge the issuance of the
school bonds.
Rev. Mr.. Stanley was next intro
duced. Mr.. Stanley said that while
| he had been a resident of Grenada
for hardly a year, he felt that when
called upon he should always say how
| he stood on one of the most import
| ant questions, to his mind, that would
be presented to the electorate of the
| town for long time. He said he
| was here not only as a minister but
as a citizen and expected to bear his
part in the burdens Of the community.
He stated that he had visited the pub
/, lie school a number Of times and had
several months ago joined the other
ministers of the town in a published
statement urging a new building. He
said that the Importance of the new
building grew on him with the pass
| ing days. He said that he was not
here to take issue with anybody, but
that he was there to raise his voice
for childhood, thing he thought ev-
cry citizen should always do but more
especially minister Of the gospel.
| He referred to the mother who would
sacrifice her child in the river Ganges
and how it was necessary to have
some one save the little one from the
acts Of its own mother, thing she
was wont to do because of the lack
Of the proper knowledge. He insisted
| that if Grenada fathers would put
themselves to the trouble to think
| about the matter that there would be
an overwhelming vote for the bonds.
The next speaker presented was
Mr.. Cowles Horton who held the close
attention of crowded house for
thirty minutes Mr. Horton said that
the meeting was meeting Of friends,
citizens of the same town. That the
people had come together as one big
family to think about a matter that
concerned every citizen whether he
had children or not. He said that he
felt that vast majority of those op-
posing the bond issue for the school
were doing so from mistaken Judg-
ment. He said that up until recently
he thought the bond issue unwise and
that possibly the situation could be
remedied with annexes, but he said
that he was now convinced that the
annexes would not do and that the
only thing to do was to vote the
bonds, sell them at the opportune
time, not be too hasty about it, and
erect the building as had been sug-
gested by the board of trustees. Mr..
Horton quoted from the speech of
Senator Spencer of Missouri, deliver
ed only recently in the United States
Senate, in which he showed how poor
ly the public school interests of the
country had been and was being cared
for, while money was lavishly spent
for other things He gave the figures
f,om Mr. Spencer's speech showing
how many children in New York City
alone were denied last year school op-
portunities simply because of made
ouate provision to run the schools.
MIR. Horton said that the trustees
of the city schools said the proposed
bond issue absolutely necessary; he
said that the Parent Teachers As
sociation, made up of women, SAID
the new building was necessary; he
said that the women of Grenada out
side of the Parent Teachers Asso-
citation, endorsed and urged the bond
issue and that the Ministers of Gre
NADIA had given the matter their en-
dorsement in a published statement
and in their pulpits, hence he said
that he felt that he was IN mighty
good company in advocating the bond
issue when he was with the teachers,
the ladies of Grenada and the min
isters of the gospel. He said that
the fellow who took the other side
of the proposition was going to have
to do some mighty tall explaining
at no distant day in the future.
Mr.. Horton then took up the mat
ter of sscost" which he said was be-
ing harped on so very much by. those
opposed to the bonds. He showed
how these same people who were loud
in proclaiming against spending mon
ey for the children of Grenada were,
many of them, not only free spenders,
but extravagnt when it came to other
things. He said that he thought 1t
passing strange that these same peo-
nle were active for road bonds, that
now many of them were talking paw
ing the streets so as to make auto
mobile riding pleasant instead OF in
yesting money in school property to
better equip the boys and the girls
IF Grenada. Most of those, Mr.. Hor-