The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1922-03-17
TO TAKE STUMP WITH HIS
GOSPEL OF SERVICE

INF. InomaS Sa"S. 1t is draining OuT
territory of its longest-established
families. 1t is breaking home ties for
some of u oldest residents. And a
steady increase in forfeitures- will
turn the Grenada banking system into
u farming institution"
Mr.. Thomas gospel on his speaking
campaign is set forth on tne poster
advertising the proposed contests.
FARMERS, stop going to the Delta" it
says. This county is good enough
II you will but take advantage of the
opportunity offered by its soil. Catch
the vision. Making the best of what
you have is the first rule for getting
ahead"
The latest campaign Of hi, TN teea
banks, which Mr.. Thomas VIII explain
to the farmers, include the counties
Of Cho>taw. Webster. Yalobusha,
Tallahatchie, Attala, Oktibbeha, Chick
asaw, Winston and Calhoun. \ series
Of contests in each county viii last
until November. 1922. and the total
expense to the banks is expected to
be in the ncighborhOod Of $4,000.
Not many of u city banking Insti-
buttons give away their money at
that rate.
Prize Even for Church Attendance.
Under the direction Of the county
agent of the nine counties above
named, the Grenada banking system
VIII give away prizes as follows for
various farm enterprises: Hogs.
prizes Of $40. So and $3.50 for the
best pure-bred SON and litter; cotton.
prizes of SIS, $40 and 50 for the
greatest net profit per acre. not more
than SIX acres to the mule; corn,
prizes of SIS, $40 and IS for the
greatest net profit per acre; oats and
lespedeZa, prizes of SIS, $40 and So
for the best four acres; poultry,
prizes of $40. $3.50 and So for the
best net profit per hen; dairy, prizes
of SIS. SO and So for the best net
profit per cow; bees, prizes of $3.50,
IS and $3.50 for the maximum comb
honey production per stand.
Aside from these more or less usual
prizes to be awarded in each of the
nine counties, the Grenada banking !
system is going into the community ;
organization problem by offering a | s
$40 kitchen cabinet for the best kept "
the contest to be confined to S
the farm wives; a prize of 500 for t
the largest attendance at a rural
not less than two meetings
a month for twelve months, to be =
not less than two miles from :
q railway station; 500 to the county r
Of the nine competing Grenada +
County ~eXcepted) winning the larg- 4
number of prizes at the 1922 +
Fair; $50 for the most net =
profit derived from any one of fifteen :
arms competing; a free trip to the .
State Fair at jackson for the best y
)oys' community club leader; a .
.6-by-16 army ten and equipment, v
.onsiSting of cots and kitchen utensils n
or ten or twelve boys. for the boys -
club doing the best all
round work in 1922. h
The Soul of His Organization. =,
This $4,000 campaign is just one
+ several efforts that the Grenada a
anking system has attempted-but tt
I talking of the Grenada banking to
ystem We must not get to far away tn
Mr.. Thomas, for he is the heart A
nd soul of the organization. ca
The thing that puts Mr.. Thomas ca
in sympathy with the hopes lie,
T the northern Mississippi people is ia
le fact that he is one of them, a ra
alive of Grenada County, where he eli
as lived all his life. He is largely W;
self-made man, as he was born in of
oderate circumstances on a farm Be
ght miles west of Grenada and has mi
.ver had more than eighteen months SD,
school. Despite these handicaps, on
is a polished gentleman in the tut
st sense of the term and he has a tn,
.ppy faculty of self-eXpreSsiOn that ito
axes his writings of literary value sid
we'll as practical. What his speech
Will be, of course, remains to be
severed. che
Mr.. Thomas father served in the ta;
nfederate army in the Civil War hos
d was wounded in battle. After ST.
? war he went into the mercantile cuI
j. T. (the T stands for red
lbert. but the J is a mystery got GRO
first touch of finance at the age to
10 when he received a few cents har
knocking cotton stalks on the CON
m of an uncle, and he was 10 and tior
| of farm experience when the r
nily moved into Grenada. Le
49,; 80 abonnor,l oIorL Of Cronoda and
-. 80 .1 - 800 L. uuor 800 pub
n.y. "u "a 60 of
ponp H. su"Jad 80 10 nros; give
,n- Etc., 49, doo+b of ia frS+ pub
na - 1ooe and boz bold +bo thOl
&c ever since. IN.
Selve Branch Banks Developed. IAN
the Grenada Bank has oio'
outed new banks all over that part are
Mississippi. Branch banks have SUN
n established as follows: Bank of ..
BORA, 1898; Bank of Alderman, have
9; Bank of Louisville, 1903; Bank haps
Belzoni, 1904 Bank Of MoOrhead, peol
4; Bank of McCool, 1905; Cal tory
County Bank at Calhoun City, the
s., Bank of Woodland, Bank of is Il
Bank OF Oakland, Bank banl
Nardaman at Timberville, Miss, fort:
Bank of Charleston. all establish amO
N 1906. Goo,
lr. Thomas has succeeded in work NJ
up a real family spirit among the diret
nch managers and other emploves New
lis banks. An annual social and a me
meeting of the officers is tenn
l.. Usually the place selected is iatio