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The Grenada sentinel., 1921-09-16

quires is plenty of water every day
to make it produce luXurianuy. 1:
seems a pity when one sees the miles
upon miles of desert-Eke plains
where miserably scrawny cattle exc
out a bare existence on s,raggly
mesquite and thorny cactus, 20 think
that water is the only thing needed
TO make fertile garden OF II oil
However, water has to be brought
too great a distance to make irriga-
ton profitable here. The rainy season
comes during July and August each
year and they have had an unusually
wet one this summer.
We often have showers and some
times very heavy rains during which
the water rushes down in torrents
from the mountains. The sandy,
gravelly soil soon absorbs it, however
and mud is practically & thing IN
known here.
Speaking of the mountains, they
are constant source OF Inspiration
to me. | have only to gaze al them
far away against the distant horizon.
rearing their lofty peaks away from
the sOrdid things of earth and ever
upward toward heavens blue, 20 be
reminded of the highest and sublimest
things of life. Somehow, as they
stand there in their silent majesty, as
they have stood for countless ages.
calm and undisturbcd in their mighty
strength and grandeur, | an always
reminded of the words Of the Master
Before Abraham was, ! am"
We have some gloriously beautiful
sunsets here-nO more lovely than
have sometimes seen at home, but
more frequent. (They say the SUM-
rise is even more beautiful than the
sunset, but | must confess | have not
yet seen one Of those). Whenever it
is somewhat cloudy, as it has beer al
most every day during my sojourn,
words fail utterly to describe the SUM-
set hour. The mountains become deep
purple as the sun sinks behind them !;
the heavier clouds become a smoky
blue edged with gold; the lighter are
dyed a deep rose-pink, while, in the
east, long, fan-shaped rays Of Light
reach from horizon to zenith. The
whole sky is one gorgeous array of
colors, blended by the Great Artist,
and the scene is one to be gazed upon
in silence and reverence.
l have thoroughly enjoyed every
minute of my visit here. The change
has been so completely different from
any / have ever experienced before,
and Grace and Ivy have been so
sweet and kind and hospitable to me
and I have learned to love little Wini-
fred so dearly that / shall be sorry
when the time comes to leave. But
school duties will soon be claiming
my attention once more and l shall
shortly have to turn my face home
ward.
Much love from all to all.
Your loving niece,
Jessie Van Osdell.
The Grenada sentinel., 1921-09-16
LARGEST ENROLL
MEkT IN HISTORY
Grenada City Schools Open This
Week. Reception by Parent-Teach-
er Association Tuesday.

The Public School of Grenada
opened this week with program
somewhat out of the ordinary. On
Sunday night an educational sermon
was preached at the Methodist
church by DR.. Melvin, Of Memphis,
to an audience composed Of the con-
gregations of all the churches in
town. Monday and Tuesday were
taken up in classification of pupils
at the public school. At a. o'clock
Tuesday afternoon Get Together"
meeting was held ne school, and
following most address by Rev.
r. A. N. Wilson = Batesville, the
Parent-Teacher ] S :iation held a
reception of pat e and teachers at
which function g lous refreshments
were served. - was most en-
tertaining even it brought togeth-
er large au s ce of patrons and
friends of tt : chool. Wednesday
morning follC ; Z practical talks by
the Mayor OF Z City. Mr. Doty, and
the President y the Board of Trus-
tees, Mr.. j. B. Perry, and Rev. J. E.
Stephens, of Grenada College, the
pupils proceeded to the routine work
of the day. The attendance of the
first day was the largest in the history
of the school, over 500 beino regis
tered. One of the interesting ad-
Juncts of the school is the group of
SO pupils coming from Tie Plant
in their commOdiOus and beautiful
truck
The Grenada sentinel., 1921-09-16
A. & M. COLLEGE SESSION
TO OPEN OCTOBER Is

Agricultural College, Miss, Sept.
Discussing the all-impOrtant and
interesting question quite forcibly
presented, as to when Mississippi Ag
ricultural and Mechanical College will
| be ready TO open up for its regular
function this fall, DR.. d. c. Hull,
President of the College, sets forth
the following statement Of the sltua-
ton, and fOrecasting probable four
weeks delay:
Owing to unavoidable delays in
getting delivery of certain items of
building material, the repairs pro
gram on the dormitories, hospital and
other buildings is not finished, and it
| has become necessary, after very
careful consideration of the matter,
to advise the Board of Trustees to
authorize a pOstponement OF the op-
ening date to October IL.
"At present this seems as early a
time at which it is possible, in order
to get the building ready. If by any
chance, more rapid progress should
be made than now seems possible,
the opening of the session may occur
a week earlier than October 18. In
that case notice will be issued through
the press, and by circular to all
students, not later than October l.
Unless unforeseen circumstances
warrants change to an earlier date.
the opening will occur on Tuesday,
October 18.
GAS to the time lost by postpone
ment, this will be made up in all
probability as follows: (D By short
ening the Christmas vacation; (2)
by running a week later in the spring;
60 by shortening the length of each
semester by one week. This plan
would make the working time of the
next session the same as heretofore,
as it has been planned to make the
approaching session somewhat longer.
''The State Bond and Commission
and it's officers and agents have been
every effort possible to have
the buildings ready on time. I'm
avoidable delays in getting building
materials, as stated, have greatly
hindered the progress of the work."
This formal official announcement
has been made necessary by the daily
volume Of inquiry which reaches
President Hull and members of the
College faculty, and coming as it
does, from the executive head of the
may be taken as authori-
tative and conclusive. Incidently,
this temporary backset is regarded as
a really greater, better,
more potential and useful Mississippi
A Agricultural and Mechanical College:
an institution which is expected to
measure up as an investment for the
future, even greater than it has done
in its comparatively brief past.
The Grenada sentinel., 1921-09-16
GRENADA COLLEGE
OPENING EXERCISES
Rev. T. M. Brownlee Talks to Stu
dent Body. Rev. Broyles Presents
Clarksdale's Contribution.

Grenada College opened Tor the
session of 1922 on Wednesday
morning, September 14th, at ten
o'clock. The opening exercises were
attended by large number Of out
of town visitors as well as Grenad-
ians. DR.. J. R. Countiss, President of
the College, made few Introductory
remarks after which Rev. T. NJ.
Brownlee delivered a timely and
forceful address to the college girls.
He spoke of the college life Of the
girls and dwelt upon the opportuni-
ties that awaited the educated young
ladies of this day. Mr.. Brownlee,
who is now pastor of the Methodist
church at Starkville, was COmmis-
sioner of Grenada College for sever
al years, makinp his home on the col
lege campus during that time and
left for Starkville in the summer of
1920. He was given close attention
by the young ladies during MS talk
and his remarks were well received
by them. Rev. E. N. Broyles, pastor
of the Methodist church at Clarks-
dale, then in very beautiful manner,
made the presentation 10 Grenada
College of Clarksdale's tributiOn
of $4,000. to the loan fund for
needy girls. Mr.. Broyles was direc-
tor in his district for the Educational
Movement and aided greatly in the
of this 1ovenent.
The enrolment on the opening day
was around 200 and the college au-
thocities are expecting the attendance
this session to equal or exceed that
of last year. There are numbers OF
students yet to arrive and the faculty
is yet not all present. Wednesday
afternoon was devoted 20 the work
of aesi~ninr I'D classifying students
,iassworn was begun thursday
.orning. The prospects 1or goo
session are very bright.
The Grenada sentinel., 1921-09-16

board of selectmen was held August
I9, 1886. Some of the early mayors
were C. P. Stratton, R. O. Mclean
and J. C. Grey.
THE first newspaper published in
Grenada was the Grenada Bulletin.
la weekly paper edited by John
Hamilton. Another early paper was
the Grenada Weekly Register edited
by F. A. Tyler, 1S49.
THE first stage coach to pass
through Grenada reached here in Jan
uary, 1888, just twenty-five years
and three months before the first
lrailroad was completed. The stage
line ran from jackson to Memphis,
and the railroad from Memphis to
New Orleans.
A meeting of the Masons Of Gre
lnada County (then YalObusha COun-
ity), and of the adjoining counties
was called to be held ct Grenada,
May 5, 1886, for the purpose of peti-
!tiOning the grand lodge of the State
of Mississippi for a dispensation au-
|thoriZing the establishing of a lodge
lin Grenada. This was probably the
first Masonic organization = this
part of the State.
Good schools have fiourished in
Grenada continuously from its first
settlement and the Christian churches
have always had good membership.
In 1888 William Duncan conducted
the first girls high school. In the
same year G. D. Mitchell established
a boys high school. In 184S Rev.
Joseph Travis, A. NJ, conducted the
Grenada Male High School. There
was another school called The Young
Ladies Institute conducted by VIII
liam E. Holly. The Grenada Col
lege' was established 1851 and the
next year as The Yalobusha Baptist
Female Institute, it issued it's first
annual catalogue. It's president was
w. S. Webb, A. NJ. The Methodist
church was the first church erected
here. The Presbyterian, built 1882
was the second and the Baptist was
the third.
Grenada has been visited many
times by disastrous fires. Two of the
most destructive were those of 1841
and 1855. The first destroyed the
postoffice and many other buildings
Oh Cne SOuCn SLQe Oh Cne SQUARE. ne
other destroyed all the stores except
two.
Grenada was visited by terrible
tornado Thursday, Nav Z, 1916.
Heavy rains began early in the morn
ing. By ten o'clock the clouds were
and the sun burst forth in
full splendor. But soon clouds again
formed until about 2:30 p. m, the
heavens became so densely dark that
small article was scarcely preceptible
at a short distance A heavy wind
arose and about three o'clock dread
full cloud of smoke, dust and rent
timber betokened the approach of a
most awful tornado. The tornado
entered Grenada from the west and
swept on through the southern. part
If town, destroying everything in its
path. Twenty-one people were killed
md sixty wounded. Among the killed
vas Mrs. Franklin E. Plummer,
eacher of the female school and wife |
# the founder of Pittsburg. Sever
i buildings were completely destroy.
ID and many others were damaged"
The Grenada sentinel., 1921-09-16

Mrs. w. R. Todd and her little
daughter, Rachel, left Tuesday to Wis
it Mrs. Todd's oldest daughter, Miss
Katherine, who is in a Memphis hos
pital.
Miss Estelle Rippy, who has just
returned from a visit to friends in
Como, Memphis, and Earle, Arkansas,
left Tuesday for Greenwood, where
she will teach this coming session.
The Grenada sentinel., 1921-09-16
TRUSTEES SUBMIT
SCHOOL BUDGET
Give estimate of Amount Needed to
Operate City Schools For
Present Session.

The following estimate and budget
Of funds needed to defray the ex-
penses of the Grenada City Schools
for the session of 1922, which was
submitted by the Board of Trustees
to the Mayor and Board of Alder
men at its September meeting, is
published at the request of that body
for the purpose of informing the tax
payers how and for what the school
money is expended:
Co loriac- White.
The Grenada sentinel., 1921-09-16
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

Sunday morning the pastor, Rev
w. E. Farr, will preach on Luke 2:7
The text for the evening service will
be taken from Matthew 1922. Ev-
erybody is cordially invited.
The Grenada sentinel., 1921-09-16

As a matter Of comparison, the
Sentinel gives the following figures
from its files to show what has been
expended for the City Schools dur
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-15
NOW 1T IS BOSSES TURN.

Henry Ford having practically retired poor Dob
bin from the scene Of action by. his production Of
Eliza beths. Is predicting that Bessie will
follow. II is progressive age you know; inventive
genius seems TO know bounds No sooner has
someone invented an electric mixer than along
comes another. and would take away the thing 70
be MIXED.
The fact that Bessie has been the honored foster
mother OF the human for countless ages, is
given all the reason why she should be
Heved OF her arduOus duties and given a chance TO
rest for "an two" Ford proposes to make
this possible. He declares that his laboratories have
demonstrated that better milk can be made from
the same ingredients by machinery than Bessie
produce BY her tine-honored but now obsolete
methods.
SO it IL only question OF time when the song Of
the mikmaid will longer be heard in the land
and Bessie may the prairies at will with
thought Of milking time. Instead of tripping light
ly down the lane with a sunbonnet on her arm and
shining pail in her hand, chanting the lifting
melodies OF other days. the milkmaid will simply
turn faucet and the foaming tactical fluid will pour
forth to satisfy the need Of the human race for
lures first and best food.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-15
BETTER POSTAL SERVICE.

Postmaster Cen. VIII Hays proposes to humanize
the mail service:
"Thc post office department has been for
years so far as the human element is concerned,
PRINCIPLES that went out of style long ago"
Hays says that he wants the personnel Of the post
Office department to feel that their services
something more than to be paid for and then for
gotten. says the post office business is the biggest
business Uncle sam conducts He wants each man
Of 100000 a work in the department to feel
that me is actually FARMER in the great enterprise,
and hopes to make every enthusiastic aid.
In short, he wants 10 "get close to the people"
and to give service through the elimination of ar
haic ard uninteligent methods this way:
Il want to get everybody interested. Wake up
the service. Make friends all around. Get big
service partnership going. Then what will
happen The mail man, instead Of chuclling
letter ON your doorstep. will naturally and will
ngy and carefully put it in your letter box
Patrons of the United States post Office want good
postal IL The big postmaster give it
20 them-they will be truly grateful, surely.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-15
JUST FOLKS
BY EDGAR a. GUEST
UNTIL SHE DIED.

UNTIL SHE DIED.
Until she died we never kanw
The beauty OF our faith In God.
Wed seen the summer roses nod
And wither as the tempests blew.
Through many spring we'd lived
TO see
The buds returning to the tree.
We had not felt the touch Of woe.
What cares had come, had lightly
flown,
Our burdens we had borne alone
The need Of God we did not know,
It seemed sufficient through the
days
To think and act in worldly ways.
And then she closed her eyes in
sleep.
She left US for a little while,
No more our lives would know
her smile.
And oh, the hurt Of it went deep!
It seemed to Us that we must fall
Before the anguish Of It all.
Our faith, which had not known the
test,
Then blossomed with its comfort
sweet.
Promised that some day we
should meet
And whispered 10 US: HE knows
best"
And when our bitter tears were
dried,
we found our faith vas glorifed.
Copyright. 1920
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-15
MARCH IS. 1921
JAIL AS A PLACE TO THINK.

Man, indeed frequently gets the most out Of lBe
while nursing his hardships. AS WIN Carlton
sald
-If you want to teach a man to appreciate
heaven wei,
Just before you toss him in give him 10 min
utes IN hell"
If and could only from outside
prison bars what they are sometimes given to see
from the inside it would clarity their vision might
sly. and crime might well-nigh become thing Of
The past.
A moment OF anger; fit Of Jealousy; passion
for revenge; the flash OF pistol. then prison bars
And with the prison bars, time think time to
can the days Of innocence before the glare of the
bright lights dazzed the vision and the hectic night
life scared the moral sense; time think of the
simple life lived back in the old home where the
homely virtues satisfied and contentment reigned.
Yes, time TO think Of these and a thousand other
things that pass in review behind prison bars things
that have been driven out Of mind in the convivial
grill room when serious thought dared to intrude.
Time to weigh values and see with the horror Of
DESPAIR how the aeeting joys whose pursuit has
Of sight when compared with the solid virtues they
have ignored their mad chase for exciting pleas
The solitude Of a cell brings men and women face
10 with the tragedy of wasted opportunity and
caused the things they have left behind to assume
astounding proportions. Liberty sweet;
virtue was never so beautiful; sef-control
admirable; honor never glorious, when
viewed from behind the bars Of a prison cell.
Anyhow that is the vision of men who have served
time and know. Visit a penitentiary sometime and
if the warden viii let you, talk with the prisoners
IL win open your eyes.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-15
EQUAL RIGHTS IN SMOKING.

That old question is up again; the equal
rights of woman with man, to dc whatever he does
and this time they have it in the courts-intro-
duced by the man. He wants know if a woman
has a right to smoke in public? In his petition FOX
divorce. John Park of Houston Texas, himself
smoker, alleges that his wife has caused him great
mental anguish by persisting in smoking pres
Of friends
How about it? What legitimate pursuit has man
that is denied woman? If it is legitimate for a man
to make the air around him blue with the smoke
OF his cigar cigaret why should the same right
be denied a woman?
Equal rights for all; special privileges for none,
is Of the very foundation of our govern
ment We know of no other privilege more unver-
sally enjoyed by man than that of smoking when
ever and wherever he likes. If it is good for him,
why not for his wife?
We are not discussing the merits of the case in
point; not debating the question as to whether
either men or women should smoke simply
asking: Has she the right? If not why not?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-15
CUTTING RAILROAD WAGES.

The world was never filled with John the Bap-
fists as it is today every little movement has its
corps Of EropaEandlsts, press agents men who come
before and prepare the way How this thing and that
is going TO anect the popular mind and how the
public is going to receive that thing this is the
sort of divinat.on that made Bernstein Won
Poppen and DR. Albert famous.
The Pennsylvania railroads order TO cut wages.
followed by a similar announcement by the New
York Central. IS regarded 10y some government Off
Gals in touch with the situation as intended mostly
for psycholosical effect on employees the public.
Buried rather iuconspicuousy IN the resolution OF
the Penrsylvauias board ordering the cut WIS this
significant sentence:
"AIl procedure in enecting such readjustment
of salaries and wages shall be taken in order
ly manner and IN strict accord with the trans
portation acr''
Even The basis upon which reductions are ordered
is taken almost bodily from the transportation
Those are the provisions that the factors to be
sidered include wages paid similar in other
Industries cost OF living hazards OF employment
deeree of resronsblity skill required etc Earnings
o. the railroads not Part Of this basis for
adjustment
"In strict accord with the transportation act
may Doe Interpreted as meaning through conferences
vith tho men, conferences with the rail labor board
and exhaustive hearings involving much testimony
and many weeks Of time. The rail labor board has
very distinctly held that any railroad which accepted
the decision last July granting the rate increase
cannot now undertake 10 cut wages 10 meet a tenn
porary slump n business.
The fact s that the railway executives themselves
not harmony methods OF procedure. A
majority 81 their labor committee Is understood 10
have been enphaIcaIly opposed to the attitude and
methods pursued by Prest W. W Atterbury IN
launehing the campaign FOR reduced wages rail
employees The Morgan financial influences back Of
Atterbury. however. finally swung opponents
into line Of passive agreement TO let him try his
land.
The railway executives a few days ago dissolved
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-15
ARE YOU AT FAULTp

Thousands of human beings are killed MAIN
ed, by automobiles every year. The number of acct
dents constantly grows. due OF two reasons: the
increase in population and the increase in use of the
automobile. But the number need not increase, If
there is a decrease in carelessness
Most pedestrians will jump at the conclusion that
the careleness referred to is that on the part Of
the driver. However,
Police Commissioner Enright of New York says
that his records show that percent Of the auto
mobile accidents the fault of pedestrians failing
to cross at corners. running past the traffic officer,
jay-walking running ahead of approaching automo-
biles
If the pedestrian is rs percent responsible, and
the driver but % percent responsible for the
toll, who, pray you. should do more to make his
life safer the streets.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-15
ON WINDOW WASHERS.

While I believe it is the accepted
theory to look down upon the win
dow washer, I fail to find any justi-
fication for this attitude. As I see it
he is in an infinitely better position
to look down upon US We should
look up TO the window-washer-
Invariably we do.
We should regard him with pecu-
liar interest, for who sees so much
Of the worlds work and from such
unusually accurate viewpoints as the
dow-washer? We may look out
of our Offices at him, but he can
look in at us and undoubtedly can
from his superior vantage point
Judge us more accurately than we
can judge ourselves. He is the only
modern spectator who not only sees
everything from the inside out, but
from the outside in.
There is also a scope and a free
dom enjoyed by the windOw-washer
that few Of US know. If we should
tire Of our jobs-and we usually do
and wish to quit, it is more or
less Of tedious and painful process.
We must tell our boss. we must
gather up our belongings, clean out
our desks, and get our wages to date
from the cashier.
But suppose the window washer
is tired of his job and wants to quit.
Suppose he gets tired Of it all say,
while bathing the outside Of a win
dow on the 18th floors he forced
to clean up all these trifling, weari-
some details? Not much. All he
need do is unlock his belt and let
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-15
More Truth
Than Poetry
By JAMES ]. MONTAGUE
Old AND NEW.

Old AND NEW.
In congress today, points of honor
are decided by bets instead of by
pistols.
Some forty or fifty years back,
Whenever a statesman was stirred
To answer a colleagues attack
With shorter and uglier word.
Each went TO a gun store and had
himself heeled'
Enlisted a friend for a second,
And the man who was able to walk
off the field
The better debater was reckoned.
There is force and directness in lead;
It's logic can not be withstOod;
When one of the parties is dead,
a quarrel is settled for good.
We might have continued the duel
ling fad
As means to promote legislation.
Except for the baleful effect that 1t
had
In reducing our representation.
But fighting today isn't done,
We have learned to exert sef-con-
troll,
The statesman who reached for his
gun
Now reaches, instead, for his roll.
II a congressman says that another
one lies,
In his face the long-green win be
shaken
While the party of questioned vera
city cries:
ell bet YOU a thou you're mis-
taken,"
Debate has been shorn Of romance'
For we who sit by and look on
Are sure that there isn't a chance
For pistols and coffee at dawn.
But though we still thrill as we read
OF the days
When the gun was an honor-as-
suager,
We are bound 70 admit. in a great
many ways.
It's wiser 90 fight with a wager.
Copyright, 1920