The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-09-16

THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF GRENADA COUNTY
SEEMS TO HAVE HAD US MUCH ON HIS MIND.
The editorial columns of the Ripley Sentinel of Septembe
8. would seem to indicate hat Editor Anderson had us on hi
mind when he was preparing his Editorial copy. He devote
a good deal Of space to us in three different editorials, whic
is what he asked us form our issue of August Goth in which W
were trying to accommodate him by answering his quer
pr%opounded to us about Miss Belle Kearney,s church affiliations
ms INQUIRY was made in a rather sneering manner. Mis-
kearney's candidacy is one of the many things that thwart tn
pathway OF Ex-senator Vardaman.
Under the caption, Lawrence Kicking, the RIPPLE!
Sentinel of last week reproduced the following from what h
the Canton Herald" however, absolute accuracy is hardly to
tlon is from the Madison County Herald and we assume that is
What the Ripley Editor intended to say. And by the way, the
Madison County Herald S a thoroughly dependable and Loyalty
The Grenada Sentinel seems worried over Gov. RUSSELL
lengthy stay on the Gulf Coast, and devotes considerable space
to an argument what it considers a violation of that article of
state shall be at the city of Jackson, and shall not be moved or
reloeated Without the assent of a majority of the electors Of the
Jealous of Gulfport, but on the contrary appear to take a
distance ndsenchantment' view of the Governors absence.
Following the above quotation. the Ripley Sentinel
After reading the above and thinking it all owe We are
i powerfully puzzled to know why friend Lawrence failed to
and went overseas and remained for months. And it will be
little Tom Marshall who had been elected by the American
people as vice president, whose duty it was to discharge the
to act. Yet Mr.. Wilson refused to allow Marshal to perform a
Single dutyy and Tlf for months the nation was without a president.
refused to allow members of the cabinet to meet and talk over
III pressing needs OF NE government.
1t may be said in defense Of Gov. Russell that he did not
Leave the state and 50 long as he was within the domain of
governor. jackson is no more the seat Of State Government
b rrn NO Tanpging Is Jes n 5f" 1i {. ehf n 3%, Pu goye r =" t1f
lmpeIIng force behind the little mind of that Teller Lawrence
The little mind of that Teller Lawrence". The political
aSsoGIates of our Ripley friend have always been those of very
little" minds, hence he should at least be an authority on men
OF that caIber He has d big mind. a great mind, a mind that
mas FURNISHED nm presumption enogh to twice run for Congress
ana twice get the very filling wanoped out of him. and the
WaIoplng was not twice done by the same man, ether.
President Wilson perhaps intended to consult the editor of
the Ripley Sentinel about his trip to Europe but in the hurry and
turmoil incident to those days, he no doubt overlooked it. He
Would. '0"' "~ ~ 10 We '""'A ne W "o"S"' ""' n
We do not remember, nor does anyone else, that he put
dent Marshall to prevent his doing what was right or what his
dent was in Europe, in spite OF the statement which must have
come TO our kIpIey brother IN d dream that Mr.. Wilson had
Wilson Violated a constitutional mandate in going to Europe,
none OF his critics have pointed it out, but if he did, that does n
not reIleve another official of his sworn obligations. We cited IS
Section lOl Of Mississippis constitution which forbids what Gov. +
RuSsel has been doing in playing Governor on the Mississippi e
what q }if,r Ripley 9dSfd nam G e sal . app pare r It : gIesfYIIy ssizss upon :;
WINSTON County Journal and makes the comment which fol-
If Miss Kearney does the nice and wise thing now, she will +
gracefully T make her encouragement withdrawing from the race.
County Journal"
The above from the Winston County Journal, very strong |
paper, will certainly shock the political sensibi- +
he says but having the nerve and frankness to say it."
We respectfully submit that there is not the least hint Of /
Journal says. Brother Hight was merely giving her what he no /
doubt thought to be good advice to "gracefully' withdraw after 4
Hubert Stephens announcement. X
. Our +h Ripley friend then jumps from one end of the State
20 the other in the following to the Sea Coast Beacon, we be- u
e n oniy newspaper supporting the ex-senator in that part
Coast Beacon of Pass Christian referred to our lady ]
,n ne1 snG r ai athc hearney. OF course it was a mere inadvert-
Ia sentinel That paper is liable to deliver a double column, 4
upon the head of our Pass Christian friend the awful
urse T of all shd the dead datl demons IONS of ancient mythology"
me above extracts from the Ripley Sentinel force Us to
onciude that we must have wounded Brother Anderson's =