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At THE GRENADA SENTINEL j NUMBER 44 GRENADA, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY, APRIL U, 1918. VOL. LXV. SOLDIER BOYS WRITE LETTERS Franca and the Other from Camp Beaarcgard. Mention That' Only Men Who WgT Meas Should Be Sent to Washing One From Both Would Cooperate on ures ton. do The Sentinel, by permission of both the writer and the father of Gorpio nl J. B Horn, publishes the following letter which gives a pretty fair in dex of the way the bovsin the feel about the war and the actions of those who have "bucked' the game. The soldier boys everywhere are al mnct ~ nn it for those who were for the "war and against Germany from the beginning. Of course Tat Havri von appreciates what is raid about g0 he Camp Beauregard, La.. Headouarters First Mississippi F, A. April 8, 1918. Dear Father:- I I hope mamma is still getting along well. Things are all right down here. f We are getting more and more of the real military every day and -vt are getting anxious to be call ed where we can show the Germans y that we are still of the same flesh and blood that whipped the dickens out of the Mexicans and that never n failed to give a good account of j themselves in the Civil War. Our f hoys do not draw much bead on the fellow that pulls back in this fight. I have gotten to believe that if Ger- i many had not believed it could bully us, this war would not have come, but there were some people in this coun trv that lead Germany to believe that j wo would not fight. Of course we did not want to fight. I hope Missis- f sippi will send Pat Harrison to the Senate as part of this Nation's an swer to the Kaiser. The great body of the boys will vote for no man who bucks the Commander-inChief. I wish I could see you all tonight. Gre nada is the dearest spot in the world and there are no people better than those in our dear little city. We boys have just got to do our full duty be from Grenada. We keep &t Mr. J. H. Horn, Grenada. cause we are expecting to be told to hike it some where and 1 reckon the order will come soon. I hope that none oLus will do the Jonah act in crossing the ocean and thereby make it neces sary for us to be cast overboard and taken up with a whale. The U-boat does not scare us. I believe our big Uncle will get us over safe. Remem ber all my friends at home and all the boys join in sending love and best wishes to home ones. Yours affectionate son, J. B. HORN, Corporal. I ! j Somewhere in France. February 24th, 191^. Editoi Gazette: Will let you know that we are still "over here" and ir, the best „f health; nothing worry a - s we get our "chow" just as regularly as ? did when we were in the States and you know- when a fellow' gets his inside weather-boarding, there is nothing that makes him any more ready to get out next to his duty. I expect w-e boys don't think as_we should about the food proposition, as no doubt it has soared a little since we left. To-day was pay-day and everybody has a pocket full of these francs, which don't look so very much like money to a person that has always ^ been getting the good old genuine long green that we all dream of get ting again—some time. We have been having some of that j bad weather that is never had in the States; and I hope-you people will not have'for some time to come. Ev ery time you get out side your billet over here there is always about three or four inches of this nice thtn rntul that gives you a welcome and clings closer than' a brother. Yet we have had a few sunshiny days in the past month. . I see a Times-Picayune occasion ally, and notice that the different training camps are all right up to the minute in every- thing. I sometimes wish that I was back there in one of them; but then I would have to go over practically the same that we are getting over here, 1 ex pect is was best that 1 came when I did. to o we training I heard some of the boys here in the company say something about our Governor trying for one of the seats in Congress. What can the people ac cuse him of doing now so that he will get a majority of the votes? .Well. 1 don't much care who gets in or who gets out, just so they will back the President in this war business, for you know we are over here for some thing and that something has got to be accomplished. This leaves all the boys feeling- just th best ever and hoping to be back home just as soon as we are through over here, I am, Sincerely, JOHN G. GARDNER, Corporal Co. H, 9th U. S. Inf. A. E. F. The above appeared in The Mag nolia Gazette of last week. The sol dier boys whether "somewhere in France" or in the* cantonments, aL most all make the same plea as to senators and congressmen and that is that men be elected who, as this WOMEN LIBERTY * LOAN WORKERS Gather at Grenada to Confer Regard Bond Sale. ing The present generation has read much of and heard much said about the sacrifice and the devotion of the of the South to the cause of the Confederate soldier. It was the of the South that kept the Now women women war going for the four years. demonstration of what the comes a daughters of these noble women can do and fortunately these daughters hands reach across Mason and Dix on's line and grasp the hands of the 'good women who n blue. The daugh many where is the son who will not bare his body and risk his life to make g0 od the words of these daughters— he is not an American, he can not live in America. It was this senti men t that prompted the chairmen of the several different districts of this immediate section who have in charge the women's work in pushing the bond I sales, to meet here last Friday after noon t o go over their work and plan f or t h e pushing of the drive district chairmen present were: Mes dames Pointer of Como, Jno._E. An derson. Holly Springs, and Miss Jane y oung G f Grenada. Also the follow inff coun ty and city chairmen: Mes dames Jarrett. Sardis; Stevenson, n 0 Hy Springs; Damarche, Water Val j ey . ,j on es, Coffeeville; Boswell, Cof f eev ille; Virginia Price. Carrollton; Liddell an(1 Gee * also of Carrollton Rlld C. II. Calhoun of Grenada. These i a dies were entertained at a delight fu j i unc heon by district chairman, ^j ss Jane Young, of Grenada, "ho as charming as a hostess as she j s swee t and gracious about all other things. Mr. Henry Hart of Winona, f our fli district oft the men's work was prcse nt ami was in conference with tbese ] a dies. Most excellent reports daughters of th stood by the boys , ters of these two sections, if it is permissable to speak of two sections &t all, are now united in heart, aim and purpose and they say that Ger shall not pass and oh Those - , , • i were made \md there is little doubt that these ladies will carry their voxk way over the top. _ _ W.S.S. FARMER'S WIFE GIVES VIEWS. Route A, Grenada, Miss., April 8, 1918. Editor Sentinel: I remember reading a piece in your paper last fall that Mr. J. H. Penj wrote about the need of a creamery It seems as if there nev er was a more opportune time for that has the capital to in in Grenada. some one vest than this to build a creamery. In the present time of high cost of living and all the world looking to the farmers for a living, there ought to market for and a way to utilize every thing that can be raised on the farm. In the spring and summfer furnishing us with be a I when our cows are . ! lots of milk and butter is the time j that we can't get it to market for at the present high price of teed stuff we can't feed our cows to make the butter firm enough to send to raar We could send the cream and ket. jf we ba d a market at home for our C1 . eam , people could prepare better pastures, raise more feed and would kee n better cows. A good creamer \ in Grenada would put more money out j n Grenada county and surround* counties than any thing else, since we have the motor cars, people coU pi establish cream routes and send in the cream from each community every day. The farmers have turned tbei ,: attention more to raising corn, hay ca ttle and hogs, so that would ^ vork hand in hand with the dair> business for when we have plenty oi j-nilk we usually have fat hog'-. I*ui n ish us a market for our cream and j et tbe goo d laides of Grenada county s y low you how much they can help tbe preS ent crisis of w-ar and high pr } C es. Let us hear from some more expe rienced on tjiis subject. If tne above j s not worth publishing I t.nnk y OU would be helping the countr v people to mention this in your papei for j hear so ma ny ladies say "If I coU id just sell my milk and butter I could almost support the family. Tbat is tbe vvay to get a thing, is to talk a j Jou t it, and write about it. so p j ease help us in this, \ FARMER'S WlhE. -W.S.S. $5.00 HAT SALE MONDAY. Elsewhere in this issue appears the ad of Mrs. J. K. Shaw, who has recently come here from Hollv Springs to open a millinery shop in Z Heath Building on Main street, Si Shaw announces that she is go bnTto sell on Monday, April 15, any w b, her house for $5.0(1. She states that she is doing this for the reason that she is unacquainted in Canada amd feels that this is the best method she could employ to meet the method she c ^ d na e ^ pi a y nd Grenad a Thev have a beautiful place _ nd S eem to have a nice line of mil finery Go see Mrs. Shaw and get nne y. acquainted. young man says, will back up the President." Should the people of this country not open wide their ears as /to the requests of the soldier b$ ys ? Is there anything that will ap peal more to the hearts of the fath ers and the mothers who have boys in the army than the wishes of these boys? Somebody has said "woe te the one who crosses the wishes of the soldier boy on the battlefield." 1 people county. line of mil Go see Mrs. Shaw and get 44 in to is LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE STARTS WITH A RUSH HONS. OSCAR JOHNSTON AND HARRIS D'iCKSON MAKE ADDRESSES IN THE INTEREST OF REAL AMERICAN ISM. THRILLING INCIDENTS OF THE WAR TOLD BY MAN JUST FROM BATTLE LINES. RAIN PREVENTED MANY FROM THE COUN TRY ATTENDING April 6 1917, will be one of the great days in American history. The will youth for generations to come be told about what his fathers did on this memorable day. It will stand along beside the signing of the decla ration of Independence and Cornwal lis' surrender at Yorktown. The day was fittingly observed last Saturday, • its first anniversary, througout the country. The Government had seen! fit to start the sale of the third Lib-, erty Loan bonds on that day. Gre nada county measured well up to the standards of patriotism and to the records of the gallant fathers who L r given P Uoe toft. SfS7c.S5.tJ wouTfave £?<£& eest celebration the county ever knew but for the rain which lasted h.ne« uul v Naturally unnl past e t that plans 2SE in" d r Xand"that Pl Z fathers and the mothers, the sens V fthe rural r.-tv of the county could not be on hand The parade of the school chil had to be abandoned. With the of awarding the cake, voted to the vivacious and Estes Cal At 1 :3(J o'clock every m;? . ? house in town closed and remaine closed until 3 o clock. At - o c oc the opera house was very nearly nil ed, both galleries having about a they could accommodate. v - ,n stage was chairman H. J. Kay the various members of t e < om i tee whom he had named to carry tne message of the third Liberty loan the people, and Hon. sc ';?* ston of Coahoma couatj ' p *. one of the speaker s. . wr the meeting to order and stated ?eiy forcefully and very happily thei pin-1 pose of the meeting t strung araea to'Grenada do its whole duty^ards aiding tne government in a waj wh^h the ruth less and barbarous Hun 1had forced the United States, i • • • houn S P°^° 1(,r t f , it v . j s county, that element of h ^ an ^ rk , always on the .iob f°r any g ^ The heads of the seNeral ^ommittees were called °n Eoi Morrison was and then Hon. S. .v. . • presented who in a few well cho.e woros in which he pa ' • tribute to Hon -, 0s c C p a ^ nt h "? d " S o n e . . ? • a f ' ' m . e oi Mississippi s brainiest me , \ seated Hon. Oscai Johnston is a smooth and finished speakei and is on i n Vnincl He ject and his facts well m minfl, ne was equal to the occasion and t^the fi° ur aM '. i made an addr ' ered forty mmu ^ eh n the war skua nearly every phase of the: war situa th exception which was interesting Miss The contests for the girls were alike always noun of .Cascilla. the boys and pre termitted, still after the ram ceas- ed a goodlv number from near by came j n to take part in the ex ftnd to hear th e two distin fished gentelmen who had accepted invitations to make addresses. to on friend, as nearly every t,on and th t h is N a Uon had of ne cause which thisNation^aa HeVJuped all these things in such a way as to » to the loyalty of the people Necessarily he had to traverse mue grounc a. many of the audience hud h 1 - over several tunes be ^oi e, y et n e P ^ rented even these thir^ n ^ refreshing and lejuvenateti man' that carried his audience a o . Mr. \vm at every step. ^^ tively Johnston, ;' j • d his; young man. fhorough y - ■ con . reputation as a logician . • vine ing speaker. Tnhn ci 0 n About the time Mr. 3 °hm»^on concluded his speech, Ho11, . Dickson, who was late in reaching tn platform because of a delayed train, appeared in his soldier s uniform ana presented to the audi Mr. Dickson was at once ence by Mr. Johnston. was greeted with great applause an applause that always goes to the man with the khaki and especially to one who is so fresh from the battle lines in France as Mr. Dickson is. A• ■ ble was placed nearby him upon which was a German helmet, a French and British helmet. The German hel met was fuH of bullet holes and was about trimmed up to please the taste and the humor the of the audience ^j r _ Dickson was full of what had say — j n truth he had so much to say that it was really necessary him to debate as to what to give his au dience in the time he had to speak, j n the first place he sought to impress the thought that the boys "somewhere i n France" were happy and gay and that they felt equal to the task which they had undertaken. He said he was sure that there was never a finer, bet ter equipped and more physically fit body of men gotten together. He said the folks at home need ever fori ( doubt that they would add new glory to the American flag. He said that he had been with the "boys, he had . , . . ... eaten with them, had slept with them and been their companion for days and that he wanted to assure the mothers and the fathers that these boys were proud of the great duty committed to them, also, that these anxious mothers need not worry *bout the temptations and the mor ality of the army. He said that the government was overlooking nothing for the care and the comfort of the Soldiers. He said that the govern ment was overlooking nothing to Jgrnp* <fer like number of soldiers of any of the allies. He stated that hehad bec " on , a ' ransportth " so ' d ; e „ r ,t as they had gone over the ocean and that he had made it a point to watch the psychological effect on the boys when ttm ships nose began to plough into the U-boat zone but he said that this did not disturb them in the least, that they seemed to have every, con Jdence m their officers and believed that these men would see that they landed sate. >ert were far more conc erned about conditions in the danger zone than the soldier boys. He displayed the flag of the German Crown Prince which this pusillamimous buckra had to run away from at Verdun. This flag was black and had the cross bones and the skull and Mr. Dick son dramatically asked the audience about what should be done to a na tion that would unfurl such a flag, answer was enthusiastic and of £ OU1 . ge said "kill those who carry it." .^, at tb e war was a g) eat and j n t his respect alone was going to do America even of th# rich y 0Un jr man being called by the draft and the p00r fellow way down the gtreet — these said, met on the same terms in the army, they ate together and slept together and ,,j\vould come back home with a better de tandinp and a brotherly feel ^ with e - J h othei , the war was going to do another thing, in his judgment, and that was makp the denominationa i lines be churches less marked. He said ^ nQw tfce Catholic priest . Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian and Episcopalian ministers were wording , ai ld hand-in-hand. In this connection he referred to an inquiry he made of ^ CathoHc priest as to the unity of work among the representatives of the various denominations to which the repHed -phis is no time to hate each other for the love of God." He depicted many of the bru talities of the Germans and how they had seemed to forget every demand of civilization in their lust for blood. ^ paid a tri5ute to the soldiers from ani} every country fighting un ^ were ^ reat _ graild and glorious. He especially directed attention to the fact that England asked no glory her owr m<?n but that in every battle, that dear old country always ^ put the Canadians, the fcoteh the Wsh or the Australians G j- experience to draw from and a v,Uth P of wordsjj Portray what he s . ee " "ratoA. * ^ description and told his story with a richness of humor that showed ^ endc wed with great qualities of , mipd and soul . H is plea for the right , of the war an d the sound I ness of the position of President Wil | son C0U ld not have been more con vine ing. Notwithstanding, he said, j all that the soldier boys wanted to ! do am | would do, if properly equipped and sustained by the right spirit at homp> yet he emphasized that it took j money to feed and clothe these boys _^ d tbat tb e government must depend the peop i e f or the money to take t b e se boys. He said Liberty Bondg struck terror to the Kaiser and the father's plaudit and the moth to the boys in the He said that the offi He said that the all. he of the allies He had a store house He made no at He was vivid in ■ was er's prayer trenches. Those who failed to hear the two speakers missed an afternoon of rare entei-tainment as well as one of in struction. Chairman Ray was highly pleased with the' day and expressed gratifi cation for the hearty cooperation of one and all and stated after the meet ing that he felt that Grenada county would readily meet its allotment of bonds. ——W.S.S. NOTICE TO MERCHANTS. Flour requisition blanks can be had on short netice by either phoning or writing The Sentinel office. The proper form has been supplied by the State Federal Food Administrator and that official has enjoined all mer chants to sell only in accordance with specific orders. STATE COMMISSIONER WRITES TO FARMERS To the Farmers of Mississippi: Since our (ountry is at war, every man, woman and child composing this .great nation is in a sense a soldier. The farmers, together with the mem bers of their families and their hired help, constitute the food-producing di vision of the nation's army, which is second to none other in importance. Southern farmers are asked to pro duce enough food to supply t^e needs of the South and enough feed to take t care of the live stock. After this is done, they are advised to plant all of the cotton that they can properly cultivate. This advice comes from Secretary Houston of the U. S. De parment of Agriculture, who sees the agricultural situation of our whole country Let it not be said of the farmers of Mississippi that they failed to do their part in this great World struggle for the supremacy of right and jus Gce : I j j If you have not thought seriously about your part in this the greatest crisis in the history of the world, do so TODAY; and then act, ani mated by the same quality of patriot ism and unselfish devotion to our com mon country as animates those who the blood-soaked fields of heroic France are at this ver f hour facing with sublime courage and unyielding determination the fiercest and most savage onslaught that ever was made by human beings. Let us count it our privilege to do WHATEVER seems necessary to snatch victory from the barbarous Hun. on P. P. GARNER, Commissioner of Agr. and Com. -W.S.S. SENATOR PAT HARRISON. How does Senator Pat Harrison sound to you? Get ready to thus ad dress him. It was the editor's food fortune to be in the big political Pat Harrison meeting at Jackson, Monday. Great enthusiasm ivas demonstrated, and a good report from almost every county in the state was made. Central Campaign Committee was or ganized and a clean, aggressive, win ning fight is the slogan in every nook and corner of the great state, and from the outlook just now, it does not appear that many will not be found without the proper "wedding garment" on this great battle, in which our own "Pat" will, when the comes down in August, be ten A jury dered a seat in our National Legisla Three great, big cheers for Wilsonism, Patriotism, Flagism and More lat ture. Harrisonism in our state! D'Lo Herald. er. W.S.S, L. W. BLAYLOCK DIED. Mr. L. W. Blaylock, jBob) died at his home a few miles south of Gre nada Thursday, April 4, in the 73rd year of his age. having been born in Carroll county, Jan. 15, 1846. Mr. industrious, hard con Blaylock was an working farmer and enjoyed the fidence and the esteem of his neigh rors and friends, of citizenship according to best lights before him. He left a wife, one daughter, and three sons to mourn his death, to all of whom The Sent inel extends sincere sympathy. One of his sons, Elias, is away ar.d ha-, not been heard from in quite a long while. He met the duties -W.S.S. PIG PEN ORDINANCE. In discussing a proposed pig pen Mobile ordinance for Mobile, the Register cites the opinion of health officers on this question and makes the following comment: Objection to the proposed ordi nance to permit the keeping of hogs and pigs by city residents is rein forced by what the health authorities say on the subject, supposed to be very deeply informed upon sanitary matters am! must look to the experts for opinion and coun sel. The Register does not profess to pass upon the proposed ordinance but certainly has grent_ respect for the judgment of the profession. The citv health officers say that 'pig pens inside the city limits will be harm ful to the health of the people.' The president of the county board health says: 'My conviciton is that pig pens inside the city limits wd. ne a menace to the good health ol tne people.' It seems to us therelore, that Mr. Crawford, who is the com missioner in charge of sanitary avv enforcement, will, unless he knows better than the officials here quote , make it his business to see that noth mg is done that is harmful to the health of Mobile. It is his duty to that proposed ordinance does not U Laymen are not of see • * pass. . . Kg pens peraitted in a t ic y^pop^ ulated city mig « tbe bogs many times the worth of all the hog l P S The death of one person re UI Y*. • / L J:- Koine* allowed L Ul Siy7op P ^t P ed n are-;swo a uMbe a dm price paid for all the pork that ?ould be produced in the danger luuiu H nrivilege.' .if ii^ wLklv Aberdee y- _ j It/ * -. 1 . _ txi a Farmers and others chnnld distance from a drug sto keep in the a Tt mav LAKD'S SNOW LINIMENTL It may be needed at any time for cuts, wounds, sores, sprains orrheumatism. It is powerful healing and penetrating! remedy. Price 25s, 50c and » 1.00 per bottle. Sold by Second Class and Corner Drug Store. . ous beaureg: .1) BOyl'OME BACK o v ?® nt,n f/ : , ,, , , Ehe Hoys at Beauregard read with much astonishment the article emanating from the gallant seamen who are so valiantly checking lum ber cleaning dishes and peahng spuds in New Orleans. Surely they must have lots of time off duty, or else they could not have produced such a masterpiece o, invective The thought occurs to the Loys of Beauregard that the gallant sea men will surely be blown into the ocean (if they ever get aboard a ship) if such a draft is blowing on the sea as was blowing when they were blown into the service of th# United States. Explaining the impecunious condi tion existing among the "Boys" of Beauregard which resulted in their asking aid from their friends at home, it must be borne in mind that HON EST men always woo the fickle God dess of Chance (as exemplified by the spotted cubes) in vain. Speaking off-hand, and fearful of being * charged with incoherence, the Boys" of Beauregard say that men rush headlong, pellmell, forty miles per hour to beat Feb. 5th, and to be come gallant soldiers (or seamen, for that matter) surely must be fired with patriotism that would make Patrick Henry's zeal look the hole in some of those doughnuts the "Boys" of New Orleans are fabricating. The greatest warrior and hero of all time. Julius Caesar, only walked twelve miles to offer his services to his be loYed Rome; Whereas, the "Boys" of Beauregard know of men who hasten ed for a distance of 298 miles to lay their lives on the altar of freedom. Think what heroes such men be!!! Long after the lumber which they are checking is rotted, long af ter the spitoons which they clean have found their niches in the junk pile, long after the potatoes which they peel have passed thru Nature's alchemy laboratory and have revert ed to the elements from which they came, long after the memory of that terrible storm (or was it DRAFT) has passed, longer and longer still will the memory of that long trip re main in the annals of men. Unfortunately, [ticket has been filled, j contemplated that the County will establish an engineering department, and, in that event, there will be an opening for a draftsman, which, no doubt, one of the gallant seaman might fill. Respectfully submitted, GRENADA SOLDIER BOYS, Camp Beauregard, La. -w.s.s. .c* joint Good Humored Thrviiti . the Boys in New Orleans. Them Pealers of Potatoes Ac Call Their Reasons for Making Former *, to Preferment for Office. Plea as a will the Democratic However, it is THINKS CONNOR TOO YOUNG. About the most absur proposition that has been suggested or agitated of late is that proposing to remove the civil disabilities of Hon. Sennett Connor, so that he can be elteed Mr. Connor is a little too governor. young to qualify for governor, under "the constitutional provisions of the state, and some of his over-enthusias tic and misguided friends want to have the constitution amended so that a man less than thirty years of age can serve as governor, the real pur pose of course being to qualify Mr. Connor. Now, The Record recog nizes in Mr. Connor a brilliant young man and a worthy one and has not a word to say against him. but it is foolish to think that there are not plenty of other men in the state old enough and thoroughly qualified to fill the position with distinction and credit to the state. Any man young than 30 is too inexperienced to properly fill the office of governor, no mattre how much natural ability he has, and the men who fixed the con stitution were wise enough to know this, and an effort to amend the con stitution to change it would be sure to fail. Mr. Connor has plenty of as governor when he time to se 0 j d €noug j 1 . if the people want, and cer tainly the people can bnd a compe tent man who is old enoU p. k to serve in this capacity, with t ou t resorting to any such foolish plan ag ^ change the constitution for the bene flt 0 f a j iv < one man.—Newton Record> er _w.s.s._ HON. PAT HARRISON HERE SUNDAY NIGHT Hon. Pat Harrison came over to Grenada Sunday night from Green ^ ^ gpent the nig}u her _ went from here to Camp Pike to look into some matters for the war depart ment. Mr. Harrison spokp Sunday af temoon on the Liberty Bdnd sale at greenwood He made two Liberty Bond speeches Saturday at Sumner, ! The court house would not hold the crowd, so he spoke once and those out and others filed in, thus he £ ave t ^ e secon d war message on. the same day at the same place. Mr. Har rison was looking fine and seemed in # most happy m £ 0(J g S_ j .. . „ . 8ingle Comb Rhode Island Red ,«»*•. *J;OOp«r IS, delwered .t Gre j Cjrn. A. Rose, Grenada,.Mu,. iPhnn. 2204. - __ 1000-tf i