The Grenada sentinel. [volume], December 13, 1918, Page 2, Image 2

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THE GRENADA SENTINEL
O. F. LAWRENCE, Editor and Publisher
ELLETT LAWRENCE, Business Manager
GRENADA, MISSISSIPPI
SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE*
ADVERTISING RATES FURNISH ED 0*QN APPLICATION
Entered at the Post Office at Grenada, Miss., as second class mail matter.
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF GRENADA COUNTY
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Fred Sullens is back and doing
business at the same old editorial
stand again. Of course Mississippians
give him a glad hand. Fred's first)
greeting was a double column, big
liner editorial. He seemed to be in
a more serious vein than usual. Sul-j
lens is an able writer and we are |
oled that his carcass was not fed to
the god of war. j
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"PUBLITURE
"Publiture" is a new word invent
ed to describe the mass of matter;
constantly beirig \ mimeo- '
which is
graphed, multigraphed and ideograph
ed and sent out to clog and over- a
burden the mails, and sent 'in to
clutter and cloy nespaper and busi
It is one of the most
ness offices,
useless wastes of
the time.—News
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We thank our Memphis neighbor
for the yord, "'publiture."*
stuff than three persons can
Thefce
more
i and forty times as much as the.
editor is going to
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read.
In truth, the press is getting)
It is ,
•ed of inserting free matter.
example,
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to quit.
tme
-s Stamps people in thise state!
stuff every day to
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the;
lding
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would num -1
o their work if they would make
f the weekly papers and:
a week.
in this state. They
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papers.
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< 5 (1 them only once
e but few dailies
nearly be counted on the fingers
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"POSSIBLE SOLDIER
* CANDIDATES"
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Under the above caption, the Clai
ion-Ledger of December 7th discuss
ed the probabilities of a soldier can
didate for Governor. The names of
Hons. John Sheffield, Oscar Johnston
and our Senator, now Captain, J. Aj
Blount were mentioned. Of Captain
Blount the Clarion-Ledger had the
following:
"Then th
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is another legislator, or
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rathtir ex-legislator—Senator blount
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u»f Grenada county. He served during;
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The session of 1916, and proved j
oMe ami intelligent memi.er, and was
a credit to the State. W hen war was
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candidate for Governoi, and when e,
his fri encU (
him to enter the ,
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declared between the United States
• and 'Germany, Senator Blount Fe
-sk^ed his seat in the Senate and en
He was among the first of!
to go to
listed.
Mississippi soldiers
the
France, and has given a good account
of himself on the Western
front. He
possible
as a
is atso being mentioned
from over
seas
i eturns
hvyv tc induce
nratscniil race.
e are other gubernatorial pos
>31)ties among the Mississippi hoys
donned the khaki,
will appear from time to time
Meanwhile, the
"Tie
and their
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nines
columns,
e will suffice for the present."
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behalf of Capt.
The Sentinel, on
Blount and his legions of friends not
in Grenada county but all over
only
this section, heartily appreciates the
iment paid him by our esteemed
comp
Jackson contemporary.
The Clarion-Ledger is mistaken in
its statement as to the length of time
Capt. Blount has been in France, hovv
, the fact that he was not there
He was
ever
earlier is no fault of his.
Only a little more than a
ready.
month after hostilities were declared,
Capt. Blount was among many others
from Grenada county to volunteer.
The Government saw fit to use him
elsewhere, hence he was just as much
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in the war as the man actually on the j
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ward and laid their all upon their,
country's altar whether they were
The men who went for
filing line.
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dispatched to the front or not, are ^
entitled to all the honors of war— |
they were ready. Of course the
wounded n action should come firtt,
but the others are alf alike entitled
to the gratitude of their countrymen.)
\\ e are sure that Capt. Blount has,
not thought of being a candidate :
for Govmor, but if he should enter,
the race he would give a good account
of himself. He would make the state
He is highly edu
a goftwi executive,
cated, a good lawyer and in every
respect an A-l man. We are sure
that our soldier boys are too wise
and too patriotic to offer one of their
Humber for this great office who is
not in every way qualified. They
Would want the man placed in there
as representing them to be in every
respect qualified to reflect honor on
them and on the state,
Whether Blount, Johnston, or
Sheffield or any other soldier runs
for governor or not, you may bet
your bottom dollar that the soldier
boys are going to wield a most po
tent influence in saying who shall be
Governor. Mark *1* (down. \W*
have already heard one of the state s
leading and best men, and a man
name has been prom
whose
inently connected with the next
gubernatorial race, say, "It is well
The soldier boys may have
to wait.
a candidate, and if they, have, they
are
have it.
entitled to preference 'and will
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WALKER WOOD REGISTERS
A KICK
The press of Mississippi has no
doubt not fared any worse than the
press of other states during the past
two years, excpt the most of the
of Mississippi had less
There can be no de
newspapers
forage ahead,
that the newspapers, and
bate in
especially the county newspapers have
caught what Paddy gave the drum.
,
They have been taxed as never be
fore; their postage rates have been
limitations
sundry
placed on their manage
»nt that would almost make the
increased ant
have been
m
. there can be no free riding on!
most pious parson cuss at tames.
O.i top of all this, the Government
has ridden the press for more free
advertising than could be counted
by forty eleven dozen of the best
mathematicians in
Christendom. Oh,
no
the trains, or free letters sent thru
the mails, except by the government
itself, yet everybody rides the press
and the Government has been join
ing in the riding act.
There has not been a mail for
months which did not bring some
thing-from some war agency for pub
lication. Those at headquarters in
Mississippi have many times sent
three or four copies of the same
thing, and this, too, notwithstanding
the Government was forcing all sorts
°f paper conservation -on the press,
if »•« ik
These agencies have been prolinealty
, _- ^
profligate in their demands for free
spat . e yet when they have had a mat .
^ f<jr (he jobbinf , dcpartment of
the papr«, they have too often over
looked the country newspaper.
Only a few r days ago, the United
War Work campaign at headquarters
gave a job printing office an order
for fifteen thousand letter heads with
out even giving a country newspaper
a chance to bid on the job. This is
only one of the many instances. The j
p Vegg j g ^j ref j 0 f this sort of stuff,)
jj j s s0 busted tired, that!
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t is going to stop free advertising. (
Everything else being equal, news-!
a per s With job officer Should be ;
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prferred over job printing establish- j
If the newspaper is worth so.
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real business that the
countrv newspaper offices can do that j
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carries some real compensation. This j
fair. It is right. There is no'
agency or business that has done so t
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ments.
mtic h to reach the public, then those
v.-ho are asking these favors should
when
willingly
come' across
nave some
;
lo
much free work during the past eigh
teen months as the press, and done it
willingly to WIN THE WAR. What j
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high up's" show when they
common j
and it is up to the press to save t
STINGS the press is the indifference
for the PRESS JOB DEPARTMENT
that the
have a job of work to give out that
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is to he paid for in real money. Free
advertising has bcome very
self against this destructive force,
The above is taken from the edi
toj-ial columns of The Winona Times
of last week which is presided over
^j la ^ splendid citizen and practi
cal newspaper man, Hon^ Walker
Wood. The caption used was "Not
Unli k e 0thers In Working The Press
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We heartily subscribe to everything
our f r j en( j has said and even
The suggestions that come
f rom these mushroom -bureaus and
"accidental" officers are enough not
on |y make "a pious parson cuss
a g-QQj newspaper man use, £s
th e old darkey said, - "inflamed lan
more.
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Too many regard tlie press
f»
g^iage.
as a free thing. "It is good to put
my scheme or plan before the pub
lic, but when it comes to business,
well, I'll have to consider." And in
spite of what is free, every half
hammered cuss, almost, in the coun
try will undertake to telT you what
you ought to and what you ought
not to put in the paper.
Let's make 'em pay or tell 'em to
go to it.
NOTICE TO ROAD CONTRACTORS
Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Supervisors of Grenada
County, Mississippi, will at their next
regular meeting in January, 1919,
receive bids for working the Public
Roads in District No. Four, according
to plans and specifications now on
file in the Chancery Clerks office.
Contract will be awarded to the most
responsible bidder or bidders. The
Board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids. Done by an order
of the Board, this the 9th day of
December, 1918.
M. E. POWELL,
Clerk, Board of Supervisors.
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COMMISSIONER'S SALE
No. 2024
Ex Parte
J. E. Carpenter, et al.
By virtue of a decree of the
Chancery Court of Montgomery coun
ty, Mississippi, rendered at the Dec
ember term thereof, 1918, in above
styled cause, I, as commissioner in
said cause, appointed by the said
Court to execute said decree, will, on
Monday the 6th day of January, 1919
within the hours prescribed by law,
before the east door of the Court
House in the City of Grenada, in
Grenada County, Mississippi, proceed
to sell and will sell for cash, at pub
lic outcry to the highest bidder the
following lands lying and being situ
ated in Grenada County, Mssissippi,
to-wit:
West half of South East Quarter
of Section Four, and South East !
Quarter, ami South Half of South j
West Quarter of Section Five, and i
North Half of North West Quarter!
of Section Eight, all in Township 21 |
Range Seven (7> East; and all that
part of North East Quarter of Section
Eight. Township 21, Range Seven (7)1
East that lies west of the Winona,
and Graysport public dirt road and
that lies north of the Grenada and
Greensboro public dirt road, being
in all Thirty Three lures more or
less; also the South East Quarter of
South East Quarter of Section Six,
ahd West Half of Section Seven (7),|
and West Half of North East Quar- i
ter. and North East Quarter of North
East Quarter, of Section Seven (7),
and North Half of Section Eighteen,
and North West Quarter of South
West Quarter. Section Eighteen, all
in Township 21, Range Seven (7)
East; also the North East Quarter of'
Section Thirteen ,and North Half
of South East Quarter of Section
Thirteen, and North East Quarter of
North West Quarter, of Section
Twelve, all in Township 21, Range
Six East.
This the 10th day of December,
1918.
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Commissioner
(1.797-12-12-40
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF LAND.
i IN CHANCERY COURT, GRENADA
I COUNTY MISSISSIPPI:
| Ex parte J. B. KEETON,
No 3368.
NOTICE is hereby given that by vir
tue of the authority conferred upon
( th e undersigned commissioner by a
decree of the honorable Chancery
; ourt °f Grenada County, in the
above cause at the Oct. term 1918, of
j ^e said Court, I will within legal
hours, on Monday 16th day of De
' cember, 1918. this being the 3rd,
I the Chancery Court of Grenada coun
: tv, Mississippi.
| Monday of Dec. 1918, at the east door
of the court h ouse in the town of Gre
j n ada, Miss., offer for sale and sell
! at public outcry to the highest bidder
j ^ or cas ^ following described land
the provisions of the law of the state
t °f Mississippi, and of the decree of
| in Grenada County Mississippi:
i The N. E. % of S. E.Vt, Sec.l T.
6, east and all that
W. Vi and
s hip 22. range
j part of S. W. \i of N.
j N. W. % of S. W.V 4 West of Grays
I port and Providence public road in
section 6, township 22, range 7, east
containing 78 acres more or less.
The land will be sold according to
the provisions of the laws of the state
of Mississippi, and of the decree of
j the Chancery Court of Grenada
County Mississippi.
• Witness my signature this the 25,
day of October 1918.
(Seal.) M. E. POWELL, Corn's.
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State factory inspector,
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Hobbs was in Grenada for a little
more than an hour last week be
tween trains and while here was an
appreciated caller at this office.
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Mr. D. C. Lauderdale, one of Tate
county's promising attroneys. has
been in Grenada several days this
week on business.
Mr. John Pressgrove, of the Uni
versity, spent the week-end with his
parents, Me. and Mrs. Rice Press
grove.
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Continue to save food.
Food conservation is necessary even
since peace is declared. Many parts of
the world face actual famine.
Waste in American homes will mean
hunger in other homes. For humanity*#
sake, conserve food.
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What is 100% flour?
Many people have a mistaken idea that because of war milling regulations, all flours
are alike in quality. This is not true. The mills can use any quality of wheat they
are willing to pay for.
We pay premium prices to get the
highest grade wheat for Valier'a flour.
We make it by the same thorough, slow
milling methods for which Valier's mills
have been famous for half a century. As
a result Valier's flour is the very highest
grade white flour milled and glve3 the
best baking results.
The price of Valier's Hour is regulated
by the Government. It's more econom
ical than ordinary flour, because it makes
more successful baking and lighter,
whiter . finer flavored biscuits, cake, etc.
Ask your grocer for this super-grade flour.
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The war ie won! We are going to
again make Valier'a Dainty Flour jast
of aoon at the Government permitt.
Then you can bay the flour of flours.
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THIS YEAR HAS PROVEN
Wannamake|*-Cleveland Cotton.
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THE BEST FOR THIS VICINITY
On th« 9KCO #*e«ne the crop. THE MONEY COMES FROM THE LINT, NOT THE
STALKS, vyith the hlah price of cetten and the necessity of an early crop, you cannot
afford te plant juet "any Sid seod. w
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Sell Your Old Seed and Make More
Money With Wannamaker-Cleveland
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Secure Your
Planting
Seed Early
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PIftntm*-*****! is to v»ry this sAa#oa, M
th« consitant rain* durine tho lattor p*irt nf DaVe
rreat'y limit-d tho supply
Our Seed Are
Delinted
Tli* whl<'h vr* hav« on hand wero all ae!fK;t«d from tho farly lowrr
middlo . r ip and wet# picked before th# rain* aet In, so »n In e*celi«nt ennditlon.
\Te have on hand much less selected aeed than w# sold last yoar. and w# woro «n«
. p-lled to decline many Orders Uie Utter part of Ust season owln* to havlne sold out.
\Ve positively will not sell any more seed than those we now hurt selected.
We ar- in receipt of hundred* of let
ter* from farmers who lamed our eoed
lost year. One of the tronge*t ee
from the hill section on the west i
of Crawley'* Ridge. In Arkanaa*; w
others equally a* good came front 1
rich Delta land* of I.< uUlang. rr
Tentjeasee to l>xas. fi >01 Alabema to
Oklahohia. up-l*nds and low-landa all
sliow the same splendid result.
The universal success of Wxnnama
ker-Cleveland Cotton during the psst
season hat f'rinly eatahlisUed
fected strain of this gr**ttt
the most profitable for both h'*i latids
and delta. The largest planters in the
delta sections are discarding thefr low
percentage long staple cotton for the
heavy-ylrtdlnjf W.inmmaker-CIeveland
Yon cannot
I.R.S.S THAN TWO Bi SHKLS OK ODD SKKD TO Ht
IMPROVED VARIFTl'Y.
The Kind You Should
Plant
It take* 2.200 pounds of
ordinary seed to make a
ton of Delin^d Seed. Ufl
save you 12 n pounds of
lint amt and SO pounds of
dust am# dirt which
pay for when you buy de
linted seed.
It pays to buy
seed because:
require
germinate:
cleaner—no trash; (3)they
are easier planted: (4)
they require less seed to
the acre: (5) they germi
nate more uniformly; (6)
they Insure a more uni
form stand.
Write for Free Circular
and Reliable Testimonial*
. We will gladly mail a
circular dercribiiiR this
great cotton and iet you
read many testimonials
from people who grew our
cotton in 191S at a big
profit.
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our se
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a.'foi.i t" plaptlng y. ur o'd when IT TAKES
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less moisture to
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Wannamaker-Cleveland Is Surely a "Moner-Maker"
It Is a distinct variety, entirely different from the old Oeveland Rig Boll ootteij,
and must not he confused ith it. Its staple is 1 to 1 and 1 -1 *5 in. hee The chef%c
of tli# ilnt is good and the yield is from ::5 to per cent. It is a med'um big bell
disease-resisting, both in regard to anthrscrwme and will: blooms fast and hold* f
exceptionally wu'l. We raised it this veer on a larjje scale and found it to make
cotton per acre than an> other variety ever tried by us.
It is strongly recommended by the Experiment Stations and different couatjr
agents, who are urging the people In their districts to plant 1L —
Every seed offered for sale by us has been grown oo our own plag
tation, at Scott. Miss., under the personal supervision of Prof*«*or J.
Fox. We do not farm out any seed or buy from other grewer* fer tlii
purpose of re-sal*. After aur supply I* exhausted w* are out of the
'market.
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MISSISSIPPI DELTA PLANTING COMPANY
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GUARANTY BANK B
MEMPHIS, TEN
(Largest Cotton Plantation In tha World.)
BUY YOUR SEED FROM YOUR LOOAL DEALER
He cm aall ytu aheaper than If you were to order direct fram tha Plantatlan, awing to tha high freight raters* leas m
than ear lota. "
We hays produced a oar of this selected Wanna.maker-Cleveland delinted planting seed
from the Misflieeippi Delta Planting Co., of Scott,Miss., the largest cotton seed
world. In order to introduce it to this oenununity, they have enabled ua te
▼try does price. IBS UI AT OMOi.
FOB SALE BY
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offer this <
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WINDHAM & MIERS, Grenada, Miss.
feilnijt^SJSMSIcSSJciJeOcU
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