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THE GRENADA SENTINEL
NUMBER 2
VUE- LXVI
GRENADA. MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1018
SMALL PAPERS
HARDEST HIT
BY THE WAR
on
STATEMENT ISSUED BY REPUB
L1CAN PUBLICITY ASSOCIA
TION
PRESS
PRAISES COUNTRY
I
Washington.—The Republican Pub
licity association, through its presi
dent, Hon. Jonathan Bourne, Jr„
gave out the following statement
from its Washington headquarters:
"No other business has been hit
harder by the war than the newspa
■ business, particularly in the small
cities and country towns. The
large metropolitan paeprs have prob
ably suffered least. During J 917
than 1,200 publications went
After making al
for new papers started, it
that there was a net loss of
pel
er
more
out of business.
iowance
appears
d* dailies and 569 weeklies.
"The mortality statistics for 1918
ill probably show as great a loss,
for the shortage of paper, the in
rcasing cost of all kinds of supplies,
ond the higher wages, together with
the heavy call upon newspaper men
for military service, have been more
this year than last.
"And one of the serious features
of the situation is that the people
of the country probably do not realize
•hat the most valuable portion of the
has sustained the greatest loss.
,-evere
press
Under popular provemment the conn
iry press, including not only country
•weeklies, but the smaller dailies, is
ine real voice of the people. Editors
l large metropolitan papers do net
and cannot have the close
,iave
ouch with the people that is a neces
the poorest place to get a line on
try editor,
sary incident of the life of the t'oun
the political thought'of the nation,
the big city newspaper office is
the poorest place to get a correct
picture of national thought, either
political or otherwise. The people
of the United States should realize
ibis, and should «e to it that what
ever else happens the country press
shall be maintained.
"Freedom of speech and of the
press is the first essential id ^repub
lican form of government, for the
representatives of the people cannot
know the thoughts and aspirations
and desires of their constituents un
less voiced throirgh the mediumship
of the local press to which they have
access tiihfr directly, through the
publication of communications,
directly through the editor's inter
pretation of the views of his commun
Just as Washington is
-<>
or in
>ty
"The country press, including the
smaller dailies, represents the pro
ducing element of our national life.
The large metropolitan press repre
sents the commercial factors,
as production is the first essential of
permanent prosperity, so the main
tenance of that portion of the press
most important.
"The métropolitain press has its
place in our national life and nobody
The fact remains, b>w
that the vital interests of the
Just
,i
wishes it ill.
ever,
nation are most promptly and most
clearly represented and the thought
of the people most freely and most
courageously voiced b ythe country
press. The people of the country
may not see it now, but they will
day realize that the large pre
ponderance of suspensions among the
weekly publications is a -menace to
national welfare."
-ome
OUR AMERICAN RED
CROSS NURSE.
The world grows better year by year,
in her litt'.e
and smiles .and
Because some nurse,
sphere,
Put on her^apron
sings.
And keeps on doing the same old
thing.
Taking the temptnres giving the pills.
To remedy manings numerous ills.
Feeding *be baby, .answering the bells,
Being polite with a heart that rebels.
Longing for home and all the while.
Wearing the same professional smile.
Blessing the new bom babies firat
breath,
Closing the eyes that are still in
death.
Taking the blame for the doctor's
mistakes,
O, dear what a lot of patients it takes
Going off duty at seven o'clock, •
Tired and discouraged ready to drop.
But called on special at seven fif
teen
With woe in her heart that must not
be seen,
Morning and noon nnd night, just
doing.
It over and hoping its right.
When we lay down our caps
cross the bar,
Oh, Lord will you give us just one
little star,
To wear in our crown with uniform
and
new,
In the city above where the head
nurse Is YOU.)
Build A Road
Down The Canal
W e talk a lot about how badly wc
need good roads, especially toward
the west to connect with the Illinois
Central railroad and it is a certain
fact that we do need these roads.
With this in mind, we want to pre
sent a suggesstion about bulding a
sure enough road in Calhoun to the
county line.
In afew months work will begin
on cutting the Big Canal down Scoona
"bottom from above Oldtown clear
through the county to the Yalobusha
county line. This canal will be fifty
feet wide and several feet deep. The
canal will run straight as a string
practically all of the way. The big
dredge boats will dig up the dirt out
of this ditch and depisit it on the side
of the ditch thus presenting a won
derful opportunity to the folks in the
way of road making.
Why not make arrangements and
have this dirt deposited in such a
manner and follow up with the neces
sary work needed to make a fifty
foot wide, 7 or 8 feet high roa'dway
right down Schooner bottom from
Oldtown to the county line. It can
be done at a very little extra expense.
If this is done, the people could
travel this road at all seasons and at
all times to the county line and then
take the level valley road already
built from the Yalobusha :yul Gre
nada county line on into Coffeeville
and Grenada.
Think this over folks and let's see
what can be done.—Pittsboro Dixie
Herald.
Some of us think we hove the "in
thi u-enza" but we havn't.
... , ,
We are not thru as long as there is
a m " n la hospital with ship
wrecked body.
We are not thru as long as the
Re i Oiost needs a dollar for the re
building of these "broken lives.
We are not thru as long as we
have a heart and a dollar until ®e
give them back to the "Greatest
Mother in the world."
Renew your membership.
. . ■ , ,
I. you are a member answer to the
roll call with a dollar. Do this in the
name of the "orphans of the gens."
These starvvn^ children "know
I nothin*: of the causes of this wxr but
their uhiveriwr bodies know *» 7 ne
thing of its rt.HKilts.
Just a dollar from you and .all of
Uncle SanCs-nephews will amount to
humirrffnüllion dollars. The na
tional organization is counting on at
least seven!v-fi.ve million.
Add your dollar to these millions
and save our county from falling be-,
hind. The onunty organization for 1
this work was delayed by some mis
unde, standing on the part of the
committee
-r-
RED CROSS COMMITTEE TALKS.
a
Failure io this campaign can dis
credit all tbc splendid work we have
done in .past campaigns for war funds.
Will you die with "in-thru-enza*' or
will you give your dollar and live. 9
Grenada County Red Cross Commit
tee.
GRANEF.RRY-THOMAS
On Monday evening at 8:15 o'cloci
marriage vows were solemnized be
tween Mr. G. S. Granherry and .Miss
Margaret Thomas .at the home of the
bride's mother jo Grenada. Rev. J.
C. Carothers officiating. There were
only a few of the immediate rela
tives besides ilia ftuaily present. The
affair while among the anticipated
events of Grenaila., yrt coming .at the
time it did, was quite a surprise.
Mr. Granberry had only .that day re
turned from one of the cantonments
where he had been for the past four
months with his discharge. It seems
that be urged the function with all
his .ardor before he went away and
to
in
fif
not
was promised that the marriage
should b«- celebrated the day of bis
He claimed the fulfillment
return.
of the promise to which his affinaced
assented, and thus was had the cul
mination of many months of wooing,
Mr, Granberry came to Grenada
several years ago from Jackson. Miss,
where he was reared and ha* de
servedly won the confidence and the
esteem of not only the business pub
lic but of the entire community. His
bride is the second daughter of Maj.
B. F. Thomas, who died early last
Spring, and his splendid wife who
survives him- She is a lovely young
. She possesses all the social
charms and is exceedingly attractive
In addition she is en
woman
in person,
dowed with that peculiar intuition and
those practical virtues so essential
in the good woman and the true help
meet. For several years she has been
which shoul^ be an excellent attest of
her mental Attainments,
ty of the Grenada public pchools
filling an important place in the facul
Mr. and Mrs. Granberry will make
their home in Grenada. The Sentined
joins their many friends in wishng
for them a life of unalloyed joy.
one
and
GANNON CRACKER
DOES SERIOUS
HURT TO CHILD
LITTLE JOHN SIDNEY SHARP
VICTIM OF OVERLOADED
HOMEMADE FIRE CRACKER
NOW IN HOSPITAL
A peice of brass tube loaded with
powder nnd rocks and stuffed with
paper to accomodate the Christmas
spirit of little boys resulted in send
ing a peice of the brass tube Mon
day morning into the heat! of John
Sidney Sharp, the nine year old son
of Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Sharp. The
tube was loaded, it teems, for little
Billie McCaslin und a fuse attached,
the loading being done by the porter
at McCaslin's store. After the device
was gotten in readiness, Billie, John
Sidney and little Mel Shannon, all
about the same age started out to see
the fun. When the crossing was
reached just across from the First
Baptist church and at the corner of
Dr. Sharp's yard, Billie put his car.-1
non down in the opening between the
crossing nnd the sidewalk and applied
the match, but in place of the dis
charge going upward, the tube ex
ploded and a piece of it struck John
Sidney on the right side of his head
just back of the frontal bone. He
was felled to the ground and began to
bleed piofusely. His companions
showed good metal. They did not
desert Hut grabbed him up and started
with him for the house. In a little
while a large crowd gathered and in
the meantime his father arrived. The
Doctor soon saw that his child was
seriously hurt, so he decided at once
to curry him to Memphis where he
couki have the attention of a sur
j, e on. Accordingly the 1 :45 o'clock
train as boarded by the wouned child,
accompanied by his father and his
uncle, E. W. Sharp. Dr. J. A. Cris
1er was in waiting at the Memphis hos
pital when it was reached and in a lit
tie while he took a piece of the tube
almost a half inch long and nearly as
wide from the head of the patint. It
hml Penetistted the brain. The child
stood the operation all right and it is
thought that he will soon recover.
manv f, ;®n,U of Dr md Mr«
sharp are ' deeply concerned over
their ^stress and of course are very!
anxious about the unfortunate child.
Little Billie M» CasUv* grieved very
much'over what happened, hut
course he had no thought of any harm
coming of firing the home-made can
non. He was just as liable to have
at been ttie victim as any on else. But
the ocfinance should serve as a les
son to , * X \ * bout exercising unusual
««« abo . ut th *- »«-* imd ha " dh , n < r . °;
1 fuo w ,? rk< : « hnstmas would no just
as well en.io yed and perhaps the spirit
of the period bette, observed if t iere
were no cannon crackers of any kind
sold.
or
"BLACK MAMMY,"
I he respect and affection wjtr
which the negro woman who has nur
sed the children of a Southern family
in the United States is regarded, by
members of such a fardily, through
more than ene generation, is made
evident in the serupuk'U»' provision
made foi her comfort as a member of
the household, in the privileges she
granted, in tie defence dhonwn her by
adults and minors, in the children's
meek submission to her rulings,
the autocratie sway which she exer
cises over the other domestic "help."
and in the prominent plae.e she occu
pies in the literature of Dixie.
There was no such thing known
emancipation for the negro "mam
my," for. in a large degree, she never
was without her freedom. Even
technically, it was the custom of the
Southern families, under slnvtry,
grant freedom to their old servants.
As a usual thing, "Aunt Martha" and
"Uncle George," as the negro "mam
my" and her husband were, perhaps,
commonly known, served without
wage, hut,- in lieu of it, they were
granted an allowance. In this re
spect, as in other's, they were treated
as members of the family, not as com
mon "help."
So they are regarded and treated
today in thousands of Southern homes
so, very likely fo many years to come
will they be treated. It is not im
probable that they have a daughter,
or a son,who also "belongs" to the
family. In the course of time the
son will be the "Uncle George,"
the daughter will become the "Aunt
Martha," and the "black mummy"
some other home, for they are never
"taken in;" almost invariably they
"grow up" with the members of the
family who eventually adopts one
the other of them.
"Black mammy," is a familiar
character in Southern fiction. She
is necessary to the environment of the
characteristic Southern home. Wil
liam Lightfoot Visscher has given
her name to a collection of his ne
gro dialect poems, and. with other
writers, has paid glowing tribute
everything that has been said,
her gentleness and fidelity. With
can be said, in appreciation of her
the man or woman of Southern up
bringing is retain to agree. There
may be differences on other points,
below Mason and Dixon's line, and
among Southerners above it, but
those who have been "raised" by her.
with reference to the many fine quali
ties there is no difference, among
those of "black mammy."
J.
all
of
Leiters From France
1
Nov. 13, 1918.
Dear Fallier. Mother and Brother:
I guess you think I have quit writ
ing; you at all, but it could not he
helped. This is the first lime in nearly
three months we have been off the
from. We have been busy hitting
frits as hard as we could,
glad we will not have to
winter as it is pretty cold over here
now.
lieht all the i
It has been only u few days since
we Were pulling our big guns thiough
shell holes, mud and water half way
to VUC knees trying to keep up with
the retreating Germany army. After
the first hard fight and we drove
them back oui- troops could hardly
keep up with them. They ran off and
left a great amount of artillery.
The last letter I got from you was
October 7th and which said Mama
was still sick. I have wondered how
she was all of the time and 1 hope
and pray this will find her well. I
am in great hope of coming home
soon if everything goes right.
I will close for this time.
of
October 14, was certainly glad to get
ex
He
to
not
in
The
was
he
sur
his
Cris
hos
lit
tube
as
It | (
child ,
is
,
Mr« 1 'ev are just as healthv as they can
over 1 'f
very! . Ros*.o has a pood job
child. I v " 1 ^" ^ 1 • an ^ that a pays vood
very ' 1 J el ! mother 1 am expecting
off 1 * Fee rnun *h^ at the
harm j nlos L " e fel 'l like we will he among
can- tlle hrst to g-o back as our division is
have recommended tor the w
But ! none,
les
°;
just
spirit
iere
kind
Ira
of
to
Nov. 14, 1918
Dear Mother, Father and Brother:
I received your letter written
it.
We boys have just had a good bath
ith sure enough hot water anil rlcan
clothes for the first time in i> good
while. The dutchmen are completely
whipped aud guess most of the Amer
ican army will be home by early
spring. Don't that sound good?
All the boys are talking about go
ing homeland that they are gohig
to do and all of them are going to he
better boys when they get been. They
realize what home really means to
them. A few weeks ago they were
talking about what they were going
to do if they got back home, now
they are talking about what they are
going to do WHEN they get back.
When the shells were bursting around
and killing and wounding the hoys
things looked lather doubtful about
getting home.
1 know you have lots of vork on
the yard by yourself. We have no
influenza here that 1 know of. 1
»n't think it would hurt us fellows j
tyway, after three months on the |
front out in
all kinds
f weather !
sleeping on the ground all the time I
<\v have
We belong to the 82nd division
also we are in the first Army Corps,
which you probably know has all the
f I driving.
Wen, 1 will close for this
j hoping this will find Dear Ma
j ter and on the road to health,
Y oui loving son,
WAK.sER GRANTHAM
.
ume,
ma bet
Sunday, Nov. 10, 1'J1S
Dear Edd:
wjtr T _ ... . , .
nur c 1 e< il ett ^ r f îüri1 - vou somt
l , ime a »° i,n,i t was trul - v . « lati to hear
by irom . vou an d would like to read a
| ,rom *Y ua more often,
made j s hould not wait for me to answer, tor,
! y° u cali surely have an idea how it
of i is with me over heie, for when I'm
i.- on the front I can't get the paper,
by
in
exer
occu
as
"mam
never
Even
the
to
and
"mam
were
re
com
homes
come
im
the
the
or
"Aunt
of
never
they
the
or
She
the
Wil
given
ne
other
to
of
With
her
up
There
points,
and
but
her.
quali
among
You
■
and if 1 could the tune that these
shells play is not very good to write
by.
How is everybody getting along
around those parts of the world these
days? 1 guess you are pretty busy
these days making syrup. Gee! I
wish 1 could be there t ohelp you and
to also help eat some of it. 1 feel
just like I could enjoy eating some
of mother's biscuits and butter with
that good fresh syrup this morning.
(Yum, Yum.l
How is your Charleston girl these
days?
It seems that cotton is selling for
a good price this year. Did you make
very much?
I am located in a little town back
of the lines for rest, nnd doing some
drilling also. I'm beginning to get
anxious for a letter from home for it
has been over a week since 1 got
that last one.
Mama said something about you
all being on a trade for some of the
Jelly place. I wish I was there to
buy some too. How much ar eyou
goin gto buy do you think? Where
does Quinn keep himself these days?
I bet I could guess wher he is today.
Say, who is teaching school there at
home this time?
Edd, I am sending you one hundred
dollars to keep for me, please write
me just as soon as you receive it
and I hope to be there some day in
the near future to use it.
How is papa's and mama's health
holding up? I sent forty dollars in
papa's mime on the third of August
but you all have not said a word
about getting it so tell me if you
did or didn't.
Well, this leaves me getting along
fine and hope it will find all well at
home. Write me often and tell me
all of the news around that part of
the world.
Hoping to hear from you soon and
see you all ere long. I am. as ever.
Your devoted Bud.
Corp. Andrew B. McCormick,
THOSE GHAR3EC
I
or
*. a
IYU
I
KILLING TRIED
BOND IN SUM OF $2,000 FOR TWO
—THIRD ONE RELEASED WITH
BOND — INTERESTING
OUT
TRIAL.
Ml
The trial of Johnathan. Kmmitt and
Ira Thomas, charged with the killing
of S. A. Duboise in the Pea Ridge
community of this county on the af
ternoon of December 2, was had be
fore Justices J. H. Owen
Turner December 12, with the result
that Jonathan Thomas was released
without bail and the other two were
bound over in bonds
to await the action of the grand jury
which is due to convene here the
fourth Monday in January. The
prosecution was represented by Hon.
Richard Denman of Charleston, the
able young district attorney of his
district, while the defense was in the
hands of Cowles Horton and Arch
Roane of the local bar and it i- need
less to say that these gentlemen did
not let anything slip by that they
thought was of interest to their cli
ents. Mr. Denman made a fine im
pression. on all who attended the trial
for the skilful manner in which he
conducted his case.
The prosecution sought to shov
that the Thomases prepared the day
before for the killing and that the
affair was wholly premeditated; that
the daughter of the deceased was ;
ing cruelly treated and that any fa
ther would have done as the d
did to reclaim a daughter that w; - lin
ing forcibly detained and nhun
treated. The defense sought u
show that DuboiSe was wholly ti
agressor and that they .. 1 nrl
r rights in
them.-.elves at their own gate: tha
Dubose was armed both with gu
and a pistol which they contend v
and VY. T.
f $2,000 each
1
j
|
with!
defer, i
ng
ohd prompt-1
The T
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!
I
RED CROSS CONVALES
CENT HOME.
In
many _Ara.
:H S ( in
mas will l e
le!
ted
his y
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• J
n
ai
uc
unpre
iv.a wnicn a
ri til toil
the
rig hi
in
trrnt
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to tne.r
sing I:
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il from
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n
ut
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ibi
•r
.peeled i
have recoil
e\itable.
m< i
:
:» fa
camps.
i;
k loi
hv
?hr:s'mas.
ay
cd in gloom an
are taken t
This will I".'
n.
mensures
r spirits.
bra.
-e
hospitals,
wounded
cas. It is in the in
who will
ta I at Camp
cal is directed to
yet ever re
people of Mis
Will
are con..to
be they camp
mon from o\
'crest of such mm ; » the
be in the B. -
Shelby th_. ti
the perhaps :
sponsivc charit ot
ients
H.
I
it
J.
1. ; S>PP1.
The Re ! C.-o.-s Cot.:
cent House
maintained
e patients in th
planning a Cl.ris,-'
alcbrauen to raise th
at Camp She!
principally
Base IIosp
mas eve
drooping spiri
hospitals
cases it i
cd men
hospital undergoing
proposed to make thi
of the traditional kind, with
w
or
cnnip
ihr.t many wound
' 1" " e 111 !' u
atmcr.t. It
iebrnlion one
Christ
cf Lhe paticr.tr in the
ion to
I:l ;
expo.:
•cm o'.
d are requested to can
of thie enter
Con
mas tree, gifts, «aro'i and the
Those inte»
tribute to the sue
prise as 'heir m aes will allow,
tributions in the form of decorations,
articles and money 1 will be gratefully
received. C ash gifts are preferred to
donations of articles, inasmuch as it
is the desire of the promoter's of this
project to make the rifts to the pit
uniform in kin i as possible.
tients as
Communications and contributions
should be addressed to Mrs. Lyl Lew
is, Matron Re : Cross Convalescent
: Nal Camp Shelbv.
Hou c e, Rase Ho"
Miss.
MRS. G. W. GREENHAW
DIES IN CLARKSDALE
There are many of the old friends
as well as the relatives, of Mrs. G.
\V. Greenhaw who will he pained
know of her death which ocv red
Tuesday in Clarksdale.
haw was a sister of Mrs. W.
Smith of Grenada and was greatly
beloved in this community.
Mrs. Gr:
en
—r.—
If you are already a member, you
I
are now due your annual dues of 4
Four Days cf Schooling
■v*
I Baptist
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-ie
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Her'
-W
point'- u Mississippi in January 1919.
l'he school billed i
leid January 13-lnii. l he anno ce
ment states that 1. ■: tuition a., en
tertainment will be provided for all.
The leading hgh-.= of tne ,,a„ust
church of the sta.
mit
ral
In
eut
I die
be
in tn
The meetngs will he matters
Ml am.
of great interest .0 cne ci.u
will no doubt brin*' i
number of visitor, cu v^ren
af
be
the
the
his
the
did
they
cli
n and
i epresea.a.ive
_H _
SOME OF THE rUINTMi-.liu
OF M. E. c.ioKkd, jucfH
T.
Rev«. R. A. Tucker and 1 . M. Brow
lee Reti
led
The Cnference
Episcopal church,
last week at Clarksdale,
Rev. R. A. Tucker to
of the church at Gr m
to be expected. It w
those matters that v
granted.
served the church here three y.ar
and is held in the highest esticm l>.
of the Methodist
Soutn, in s • sioii
returned
orate .
cia. Tin wti
as just one o
cas taken fo
the pa:
Mr.
Tucke,
h
a.i
majority of his
a
11 as the to
■rally.
,! ] ll :
de fiom duties
as
Tuck,
s a man
the
h
knows
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and u • f
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sift and is v
ntoly the ca- ■
n be identifie-'
do not
: i p v - '
f
b
;
Mi-si
AUCTION OF A ' M Y «OP '
There will In
at Camn
ppi. D«
continued until
at
SC
SI
Hatti
tien
27. 19'
•r*
ill
-old.
approximately the following:
r- *
90 D-aft ;n:T
195 C'avait
«1
1 1'" 1
• ■
these
-iprv
miles
n being
' he
annra:
, cause the Government has no 'u- her
! use for them and rot because they
are worn out. A g'eat rumli ■ of ex
j ce ij en t animals wil' be found among
1 this lot and doubtless can be nur
chased at a reasonable figure. These
is, animals all passed
tion when pure ha
j little if any :
. this : am;
mien* inwiec
> ' ver>
vice and have been at
since first purchased. A
j good halter will he riven wi* 1 ' ach
' animal. The teems of sale are either
curency, certified or cashier's heck.
»■ _ __
H, ha'
The Sentinel directs the attei on
0 f its readers to the ad of the Dixie
Cafe, nbar the dpot in this city. The
proprietors, Messrs. J. P. Be and
J. T. Gum.
I
:
THE DIXIE CAFE
what they nre
1,1 r.'"■!■ qui k.
are me" that gu
eon e tel wi 1
Dixie has a large patronage Ini: -ants
a still larger one. Go there for a goon
The
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THAT DINNER \T A
I
CHARLESTON F nTr .L.
For the past two weeks The
lit an ad showing
r.u for the Sunday dinner a
fisco Hotel at Char'eston.
pleased has been the hotel
ment with the resul's of thei"
they are sending another
publication this week. The
pears on another page. S
is going to enjoy an excelle
at this new and up to da
next Sunday.
"'.ti
i
nel has can
me
.a
TO
tât
e>
I
M
i
i.