The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-08-26

Entered at the Post Office at Grenada, Miss, a. second class mail matter
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF GRENADA COUNTY
vARpAMAN PAPER AGAIN sNEERs AT MISS KEARNEY.
Sister Bell Kearney says Vardaman and Russell both be
long to the Methodist church but that don't mean anytnine.
Whether she means to speak1ightly of the Methodist cnurcn OF
ally leads us to ask: What church does Miss kearney belong TO
anyhow? Perhaps the editor of the Grenada oehtihe d Nv
us the dope on the question"
The above is clipped from the editorial columns Of the Rip,
NEWSPAPERS na1er in M Mss they are few, very few, almost
as scarce as hens teeth-are about the only taua-nn 0te S Sn II
is readily understood by those who know that womanhood mas
no patience with those who bark at the heels OF the auihorn and
who direct affairs when the flag of our country Is assaneo am9
when the Nation is at war with any foe. Women repuKe eNt
Stephens put it, the man who is constantly kicking out OF tine
traces and raising a rough house gets less t t%a pma o ~ote y~s at I
the primary next August, is no doubt the main cause aG OF h ane
jibes at Sister Bell Kearney," as the Ripley sSs Sentinel NJ insts a%O at d tSe
correct way, Belle, did the Ripley Sentinel have in mind WEB.
y With a d sar i mouth III Containing in a e elspper or ongue?".
" 1t seems to be almost an impossbiity for one who is blindly
rectly. We have never seen the words attributed to Miss
Kesrn fSs% on the WS Hsf1 ws a fs ad2ised t. Miss Hsef Kea rs W did Gip' say '' was
that ex-senator vardaman and Gov. Russell are re members tsn ? M; os
f Ksar msthG IN nsi Sao tSe words wor $" " good Standing" was exercising
that charity so common to womanhood. Cer1alnly we Ne IU III "b
nor do we believe that the editor Of the Ripley sntinel thinks
she did: The writer is a Methodist Mbf himself MS = AND tH w s h4 tPer w ar r
thousands of men of less prominence than either one OF I'll w W
and file of the Methodist church in Mississippi hold in higher
esteem than either of them. AS proof: Watch how the preach
ers vote, and what is said of the Methodist clergy can be ruin
fully stated of the Baptist, Episcopa!ians and Presbyterans OF
Mississippi, and by way of parenthesls, we VIII ADD 1of roIhe
,Andersons information, that the women ana preachers ne
mighty safe company to keep.
In.order to enlighten our Ripley namesake all we can, we
will say that we learn from a source which we regard as being
absolutely reliable that Miss Kearney did not utter the words
attributed to her while eX-GOv. BilbO was speaking.
The Young man reporting for the Commercial Appear te
happenings at the Patrons Union did not arrive IN time TO near
Miss Kearney'S speech nor in time to hear GOV. bllDoS HSI
speech. and as the Ex-Governor was beginning his second ao-
dress, he went to Miss Kearney for an outline of what had been
said and done when she quoted what BliDO Sdlu anu IheH,
no doubt smilingly, added the reference to the ex-senator and
Mr.. Russell. We are sure that the error in reporting MISS Rear
ney as having "chimed in with" was accidentally made by the
refined and cultured woman that she IS, was shocked TO see tnat
the words were attributed to her while somebody else was
speaking.
Now, we do not of our own knowledge know What church
does Miss Kearney belong to anyhow. 1t seems to us that 1t
would have been a mighty good time for the Ripley editor to
have found out when he was greeting Miss Kearney so cordially
CD after an address which she delivered at the Methodist
church in Ripley on a Sunday morning last fall. 6
But if Brother Anderson is really seriously concerned about
religious matters, and is in dead earnest about knowing MISS
Kearney's church affiliations, our suggestion is that ne write
Rev. |. |. Roberts, pastor of the Methodist church at Columbia,
Miss, and, as we understand, a former pastor OF Miss kearneyS S.
Write to this minister Bro. Anderson, it will not hurt you to have
a little correspondence<With a preacher.
But we beg to remind our Ripley friend that this S a land OF
religious liberty. Our fOrefathers came here and laid deep and
lasting the foundations of this government because they believed
in %worshiping God according to the dictates of their own con-
science. The question is not "What church does the candidate
belong to- but is his heart right with his God and his country
and can he be relied on as a private citizen.
The press of Mississippi, the men OF Mississippi. owe 1t to
their sweethearts to be fair to Miss Kearney, and outside of the
few who are tied to the fortunes of a drowning office seeker, |
they are being fair and we are sure Will continue to be talr
throughout this campaign. She has a moral and a legal right
to run for senator, and only the mentally blind will deny that
she is one of the most cultured and brilliant citizens of the State.
If this is not the dope" our Ripley friend wanted, we assume
that he will take the liberty of advising us.
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