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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-04-15

President Hardings first message to Congress was delivered
last Tuesday. We feel that we know that we want to be fair
with our new President, but if he said anything in that message
worthy OF the great office which he holds, we failed to see it.
Presidents ought to speak with some authority. They ought
TO know enough about State-cTaft and the economy of our great
government to have something really concrete to tell. but Mr..
Harding did not tell it if he knew it, therefore we must assume
that he did not know it. Not even Presidents can give out that
which they have not.
he rambIed on finances; it was a case of now you see hin
ana now YOU don on the matter of rail roads; on the merchant
marine, he played the didapper. He was positive on the tariff :
he Is ObSessed with the Republican idea that the best way to
serve the American people is to tax heavily all goods that come
IN from foreign countries so that the countries from which the
goods come will buy just as little from us as possible and
thereby make our goods higher at home and cheaper abroad.
nat S Republican craftsmanship, par excellence. AS to for
elgh matters, he was vague except that he said in effect that be-
cause Woodrow Wilson helped draft the treaty of Versailles
and was the father OF the League of Nations, therefore they
must be thrown overheard.
The representatives of the big interests picked Harding be-
cause they thought they could use him and from all appear
ances, 1t must be admitted that they were wise in their iudg-
inent. We believe him to be a sincere, good man, but he is lack
ing IN those stalWart, rOckrbbed elements that made Jackson.
Grover Cleveland and Roosevelt great and that enabled Wood
row Wilson to meet the gravest problems any American states
man ever had to deal with.
Map out Your own way Mr.. Harding and fight for it..
TO 1t until h freezes over. In the last analysis, every
man that IS a man, must stand alone. Leaning on others means
the anHnllation OF the viriIe man. :
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-04-15
THE COAL

The Sentinel publishes this week an advertisement of the
.JAi-EM-BEE COAL CO., which is somewhat unique and in
which Mr.. J. NJ. Brown. the manager, lays actual facts and fig
ures before the public and invites their fair and honest criti-
cism. The editor has taken occasion to study these figures
which leads him to say: That, contrary to public opinion, as it
exists in nearly every community, the coal dealer is not a combi-
nation Barbary pirate, pick-pocket and highwaynan, ready to
substitute poor coal for the kind he advertises, and with a plat
form scale that is always busy biting off dishonest profits for its
in most cases, he is a pretty good fellow and aver
ages up with other merchants and business men handling other
lines of goods in the same community.
There are a good many things about the coal business the
public does not understand.
When one reads in the newspaper that coal is selling for
and such a price at the mines, the word coal" there used
means Mine Run. or coal Just as it comes from the ground.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-04-15
HE DOES NOT KNOW ALL THE FACTS.

The following newspaper clipping taken from the Syracuse
POST STANDARD was sent to us a few days ago by a friend il
Rockford, III.
The caption of the article was, "Where Newspapers arc not
read most: "
The Montreal newsprlnt conference received some inter
eSing figures upon the distribution Of dailv newsnaner circu.
Adtloh. ne state winch has the smallest number of newspaper
copies distributed IN proportion to its population is Mississippi
The District of Columbia has the most.
~. Inc number OF daIy newspapers printed in the State of
mississippi IS one tor SO Of the population. For Arkansas the
inquire IS "A for Alabama, II; for South Carolina, Is; for New
MeXlco, Is" upon the other end of the table appears the
DStrIct OF Columbia with a factor Of 10; Massachusetts 2:
RADIO, 3.
The figures will be found to correspond roughly with the
hgures tor Lteracy. Where the common schools are strongest.
ana there IS greatest intelligence and progress, the newspaper
circulation is the greatest"
1t VAL be observed that the figures show that Mississippi is
aU"eSr III II ISL OF printed newspapers to population, one tC
90 Il au'hoT OF the article did not know all the facts. His
HgUfes are no doubt correct when daily newspapers printed
within the state are conidered, but had he known that the daily
papers printed III Memphis, New Orleans and Mobile have per
maps a larger circulation within this state than the daily ma ners
publlshed IN Mississippi, he would have known that MiSsissip-
pl would at least rate with Alabama and Arkansas.
MISSISSIPPI is uniquely situated. Her best rail road system
runs north and south through the state and the trains on this
ran road traverse the entire length of the state in about eight
hours, thus putting the daily papers of Memphis and New Or
leans IN the heart of the state within a very few hours after
they are printed. Furthermore, Mississippi has no large cities
which are able to sustain daily papers to compete with the daily
papers of the cities named.
But there is one good lesson from the article quoted. and
that IS that the amount of newspaper reading is regarded as
one OF the very best tests of what people know and what they
lack of knowing. In other words, the unlettered, the unthink-
ing man, cares little about what his neighbors and those of 9TH
er states are doing, therefore he cares nothing about news
papers and does not subscribe for them for the reason that he
not care to read them.
The same test will apply to the county. The unthinking
who is satisfied to let the world wag as it will and takes
or no interest in church or school, usually does not take
his county paper. There are some tests which are almost in
fallible whereby the public learns to take the measure of some
wen if they do build a Chinese wall around themselves. /
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-04-15
WOLFE AND TATUM ITEMS.

Mrs. Ethel ThCmersor. Of Hardy
: spent Friday with Mrs. Rosa Thorn
ersOn.
Mrs. w. P. Cox is improving her
, premises with a new yard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Talbert visited Mrs.
jim ThomersOn Sunday. y
Miss Geneva Manuel and Mayford
Larse were pleasant visitors at Mrs.
S. P. Tribble's Sunday.
Miss Willie Duboise was visiting
relatives at Rosebloom last week.
Mr.. S. p. Tribble and family were
shopping in Grenada Saturday.
Miss Ruby Curry spent Sunday
with Miss Myrtle Turner.
Nj. J. l.. Curr.- made a business
trip to Grenada Saturday.
Misses Annie Belle. Mamie ana
Gladys T~ibbIe were pleasant callers
1T Mis- Nirgini: Rouns2villc's F~i3"y
afternoo,.
Mrs. Ann RounsaviIia IS on thc sick
list tlis week. We hope her a speed
recovery.
Master Graham wilson spec, the
weekend with Clifton Tribble.
Mr. anc Mrs. Eugane Cox .eft
for Memphis SUnoay a~ftarnoon,
where they vii. rake TIER future
home.
Mr.. Jesse Wl.itter v-ent 10 Grenada
Saturday.
Several from here attended preach
ing at StOnefieid Tabernaole Suncay
MIR. Hansley, of GrenaCa, passed
through our burg Sunday afternoon.
The Last of the Mohicans," Maui
rice Tourneur's special picture, which
comes to the Opera House today
(FridayS was one book selected /
from TO-, written by J. Fenimore
Cooper, for public school use. Tour
neur realized this when he decided
10 film it, because he knew that it
would appeal to every red-bloodedj
American
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-04-15

$ Mine Run is not suitable for domestic use because it contains
4OFs OF fine coal or Slack, as it is called. which must be screenn
ed out to prepare the coal for use in your heater. cook stove Or
CRATE. ms 4o% screened out and sold at a very low price, or
thrown away, very greatly increases the cost of the remaining
oo>f "hlch Is suitable for domestic use. So, you see, the coal
dealer pays a good deal more at the mines for the "prepared
sizes than you might think from prices you see mentioned in
the daily papers.
Then the coal dealer pays the railroad from s245 to 50. 80
per ton freight and war tax on every ton of coal received. and
oF the way, this freight and war tax now averages so cents per
ton higher than it did IL months ago.
when coal is loaded on the cars, having Just come out of the
ground II IS wet, but it is weighed then and there and the coal
dealer pays for both coal and water. By the time il gets to the
dealers yard. a few hundred miles from the mines, several hum
ofed pounds of water have dripped out and eyaporated oma
more pounds have rolled Oft the heavily loaded cars in transit
'o Say nothing OF that stolen from the cars) and a shorta e in
weight of from 500 to 1000 TBS per car goes TO increase ebe cost
OF the coal the dealer is able finally to deliver his customers.
AT the dealers yard, the coal must be unloaded at q cost Of
lc per ton and in this unloading a good deal more slack" il
produced by breakage. Since you do not want fine coal. but
rather nice, clean lump, it is loaded on to the wagons with forks
mot scoops-leavinga all, or very nearly all the fine coal on the
dealers hands, which ne must sell to steam plants, usually at
es IL cost 1t the mines, but on which he has paid the same
reight and war tax, the same labor cost of handling as on the
bright, clean coal delivered to you. A degradation" loss of
25c per ton results from this breakage, and from this method Of
only clean coal.
In men who drive the wagons and deliver the coal must be
paid a living wage, and this adds another 44c per ton to the cost
of the coal.
And here comes the most astonishing fact of all: In order
that the dealer may have on hand Just the kind of coal Won
want Just when you want it 365 days in the year, it is necessary
or him to carry a large stock, own or rent several thousand do
ars worth OF land and buildings. a side track which must b.
care for and pay a lot of hired help, own a bunch
horses and mules which must be fed and shod, keep wagons
nd harness in repair,-a b~ookkeeper and collector, stamps,
tatlonery, telephone, water, lights, taxes, insurance, interest on
apital invested-in short, the coal dealer must own and main
ain a complete "pant' for doing business and bear all the ex-
enses OF any other merchant, and some expenses which store
eepers' do not usually have to bear.
And, finally, reasonable comfort for the dealer and his fani.
is not too much to expect from the business and to this very
end is usually applied the few cents per ton net
which is possible to be made from an economically
anaged coal business in a small town.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-04-15

When Hon. Jas. Mcclure closed his eyes in death at his
home in Fayette, Miss, on Tuesday, there passed to the beyond
one of Missssippis best and most useful citizens.
For a long while he had had more or less to do with public
matters In the state and in every instance and on all occasions
had acquitted himself with credit and shown that he was not
only a man of remarkable vision but that. he was true to the
highest conceptions of duty and just in all things. He was per-
maps the most potential factor in Jefferson county, indeed in
that immediate section.
But it was not in public service that he rendered his greatest
service, but as a husband, father and friend. His home-life was
almost ideal. There was that spirit of cooperation and
thoughtfulness which can be had only in those homes where God
IS recognized and where the head of the home puts the sweet
est harmonles OF life above material. things. The writer esteem
ed him as a friend and shares with his excellent family genuine
over his death.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-04-15

Pay as you go, and less attention to fashion; more thinking
about what you are able to do and less about what somebody
else has bought, would be a mighty good business revival tonic.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-04-15

Inc New Orleans Daily States says that Mississippi is 50
olue over hnances that people find delight in bluing as a bev-
erage; From the information that comes to US, Mississipni is
not alone IN having a we'll developed case of the blues.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-04-15
VS.. WILLIAMS.

Under the caption, "The Deadly PARALLEL. the Clarion
Ledger OF last Sunday presented the attitude of Ex-senator
Vardaman as contrasted with that of Senator John Sharp vii.
hams toward the "German-American Citizens League. There
was a erman-American meeting in New York recently and
the ietters OF kilograms below were in response to invitations TO
attend the meeting. Just after the German-American meeting,
there was a great gathering of unhypenated Americans, those
VINO no. re 1naduterated in their loyalty and patriotism to the
ChNeo states, at which vigorous protest was made against
re Germ N american activities: The city of Philadelphia forbade
Inc 1erman-Amerlcan meeting, and then other cities followed.
General Ten iershlng made a stirring appeal in an address in New
1orK against German-Amercan activities and took occasion to
REMIND the people of the country of what our boys fought for
ana a. danger OF even giving an open ear to such undermining
agencies as German American Citizens League"
But to the ClarionLedger's article:
Inc newspapers OF the state are giving much space to the
rephes OF Senator John Sharp Williams and Ex-senator j. K.
Varoaman, to kilograms inviting them to attend a meeting of
the German-American Citizens League of New York. This
meeting was inspired by George Sylvester Viereck, who called
upon resident Harding to appoint at least one German to his
caohet' reminding nm of the fact that in the November cleo
ton Sx million Germans voted the Republican ticket.
II VIII DE noted that Ex-senator Vardaman wakes warm
over theSe claimed Outrages which as a matter of fact never
occurred, and 1t will also be remembered that when the Huns
We're numbering innocent French children and ~ravishing the
"omanhood OF Belgium. that it was absolutely impossible to
the Ex-senator. who at that time was one of the 'wilful few
serving In the Senate, to raise his voice against the outrages.
On the contrary, his entire official record shows his sympathy
for the hated Hun
with apologies to Senator Williams for publishing the
names together, the ClarionLedger reproduces below the two
letters:
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-04-15

Plenty of peas, potatoes, pumpkins and pies show that al
least one cotton farmer has acted wise.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-04-15
IHE GRENADA SENTINEL, GRENADA, MISSISSIPPI.

1t looks very much like that certain fire insurance comnan;es
are using the antitrust suit against them as a barage.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-04-15

1t is stated that the girls whom the New York minister ha
to dance in his church wore something more than one carmen
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-04-15

The longer the cotton rows of 1921, are, the longer will be
the faces of cotton farmers in 1922.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-04-15
THE Deadly Parallel"

Senator Williams Reply-"Yours of March - at
can Citizens League | do not know what a Ger
citizen is know what an American
citizen is and what a German subject is, but the dual
phrase must involve diSloyalty to one or other OF
these two governments and does not address itself
either to my understanding or to my patriotism
Ex-senator Fardamans Reply-"YOur telegram
inviting me to attend meeting in New York in support
OF the Brltten resolution demanding the withdrawal
OF French negro soldiers from occupied Rhineland
received. hope the meeting may create public Senti-
ment sufficiently strong to cause the removal of the
uncivilized soldiers from Rhineland. Outrages COM
mltted by them upon white women are a reproach
and a disgrace to the civilization of the world. |
regret that the time is too limited for me to reach
New York when | should gladly express my protest
against this iniQuity."
The Washington times., 1921-11-27

which at certain times becomes the seat
consequently. underyoes an increase in
temperature. and which by reason of
cause and effect relation produces the
spots; these Ire hot regions. of feeble
radiation, doubtless, but connected with
an increase OF heat In the star
Prom this point to the admission OF
corresponding variation of heat on earth
Is but a step. but Il was necessary to over
come an old idea fixed in the minds of
physicists, who lectured without respite
on what they called the solar constant. All
admitted that the heat sent by the sun on
mosphere was constant
Whence, therefore, came our spreads
OF temperature.
Actually II the curve of terrestrial, tenn
peratures is plotted II will be seen that the
periods OF high solar activity coincide with
high temperatures in many regions.
Il am fully aware OF the tact that the
phenomenon may be masked by coli arfs-
ing from evaporation but, in fact, TIE aver
age decrease OF temperature on this ac-
count Ia insignificant, and in the equatorial
zone. where the greatest amplitude pre-
wallis. the variation does not reach one
degree.
Il will 90 still further. I thought OF CON-
pairing solar curves with phenomena init!
mately connected with the climates, such
as the development Of certain plants, and
as early as 1901 showed that In France
the yield Of wheat, as also that OF the vine.
seemed subject to general fluctuations
based on variations OF solar activity One
can even drop certain local influences too
complex Tor, our science and take In the
whole world; in such case the curves
show 50 close 4 parallel that doubt can no
longer exist. check up the, Weld Of wheat
for the world during VI solar
activity and tell me IL conn.,. - --r,se does
not see more In these curves than a mere
coincidence.
From every quarter am informed that
the lake levels are receding. yet the cycle
has hardly started.
DO not make any mistake about the mean.
The Washington times., 1921-11-27

The vet periods, the records show,
Father Moreux declares, for the last CEN
fury were from 1906 to 1925: lS41 to 1855;
1870 to 1855, and 1901 to 1918; while the
dry periods we're 1925 to 1871; 1855 to
1870: 1885 TO 1901, and now 1918 to 1885.
He goes on to state that the records OF
the levels of the Swiss lakes bear out
similar periods for 1000 years back.
Referring to his theory OF sun heat
affecting the temperature Father Moreux
says:
ut had been admitted before my time
that sun spots were cold regions on the
surface of the star. a sure indication, II
was said, of decrepitude. tried to make
Il clear that the explanation should be
taken in the opposite sense II is the
higher cloudy and incandescent layer
The Washington times., 1921-11-27

Of the nineteenth century was a problem
unsolved by science. The phenomenon OF
sun spots, known even to the ancients, was
far from being constant and II was quickly
seen that in fact. the phenomenon was
subjected to a period Of slow fluctuations.
the cycle of which was OF about eleven
years.
During four and half years the num-
Der of sun spots grows. then the decrease
is spread over the following six and half
years, and the cycle recomfnences.
However, the general climatic condL
lions Of the temperate regions seem sub
ject to still another law; that relating to
the great Disturbances Of solar activity
which occur approximately every three
periods of eleven years.
"A Swiss scientist, Bruckner, had record
The Washington times., 1921-11-27

ing of these predictions or of my words.
IL is not a question Of a series of uninter-
rupted dry years. During the period we
will see great fluctuations, as irregular as
the curve of sam spots.
The prediction is for an aggregate. but
nobody at this time could undertake to
determine the exact aspect of q given year
| am ignorant whether 1928 viii be dry or
wet, but this is a matter of minor import
ance What is important is that at the
end Of 1885 the total rainfall for the pre-
ceding seventeen years will be lower than
that for the years Of the wet cycle extend
ing from 1901 to 1918.
I'm the same way we are going 10 have
hotter Summers and colder winters
II the solemn warnings OF science are
well based II would seem as II mankind
should give heed as old Pharoah did ana
DO whatever can be done TO conserve our
food supplies
The Washington times., 1921-11-27

Unfortunately, according to q statement
Of the Government Reclamation Service.
not more than per cent Of the total desert
area OF our West can be irrigated. The
requisite water is not obtainable-
II is water supply. not extent of terri
tory, that limits populations. because 1t
marks the limit of food production. India
and Gina are already so deaseiy peopied
that the limit in those countries has been
reaches. and even a slight shortage Of
vutnfau IN any year brings famine and
even starvation on Wholesale scale. I'm
der such circumstances the people die like
dies of hunger and diseases that follow In
it's traia.
Populations In other parts Of the world
are increasing with unprecedented rapid
ity: the world Is filling mp with people.
Two or three centuries from now the
United States will have ~ many. inhabit-
ants as its water supply can maintain.
In the meantime. with the rapid spread
Of deserts. e., non-producins areas-the
worlds capacity for food production Is
steadily diminishing.
Ia 1t surprising. then. that scientists
who have made a study Of the subject
should regard with anxiety the future out
hook OF mankind?
So tar as anybody can see, there must
come time in the not very distant future
when the people of the world will not have
enough water to 90 round. Famines. in
Consequence, will become chronic in many
countries and frequent in others. Popula-
lions, instead Of increasing, will diminish.
Migrations en- masse to the more fruitful
regions win not abate the seriousness Of
the general problem.
Water sets the limit Some day Its sup
ply win become the great anxiety OF the
human race Whole peoples will perish
for lack of it. dying of starvation.
indeed, II is hard to see how, eventually,
the human race is to escape complete ami.
hflation by hunger-the last survivors. per
haps. seeking refuge on q few scattered
GASES which stiil possess enough scanty
moisture to make possible the growing OF
hood.
IN giving the reasons for his prediction
that the world would suffer from 'scant
rainfAlls TIL 1884, Father Moreux said in
part:
"The systematic study of the sun, begun
some three centuries ago with the help of
the telescopeA> early established an ex-
tremely curious law, which until the end
The Washington times., 1921-11-27

survive FaPines
occar ooiy as .
result Of Sroasht.
It was drouxht that
caused the lean
years" OF Joseph's
time. Drought is
the cause Of the
present famines in
Russia and other
parts of the world.
The nrest desert
Is USUALLY an area
Of natural fertility
deprived Of produc-
tiyeness BY lack of
water. Turn the
water on and II
WIN quickly become
a garden-as iiius-
trated by the bloom.
ing and wonderful
Gases which recent
irrigation has ere
ated IN southern
California and other
80 ~An Woct
The Washington times., 1921-11-27

cner any explanation.
To-day I have not
only succeeded in
connecting this with
the activity Of the
sun. but I am able
70 extend the rule to
cover a number of
points scattere d
throughout the world
and which have been
able to furnish us
with observations
cCvering a long
period of years.
Seventeen years
of dry weather and
seventeen years OF
wet weather seems
10 be the general
, and periodic division
of climate for fifty
four stations in the
British Isles, In Bel
GUM, In Paris and
30 m bay, and for
thirty-four American
stations which were
subjected to our ex-
animation"