The Greenville times., 1889-01-26
OVER TIE STATE.

three cars OF iron, not having brakes,
went headforemost down under the
water with the celebrity of turtle get
ting of a saw log, but no harm was
done as they were pulled out by that
public benefactor, Col Gid Montjoy,
with his little engine.-Valley Flag.
Bob Wheeler, eolore1, of Blount-
vile, Lawrence county, Miss, was in
to see US on yesterday. He told Us
that he is now in bis Hath year, and
that he enjoys good health, and feels
very well, although for the past four
years he has not confined himself to
hard labor. HE'S the father of fifty
four children, only four out of that
number being girls. When asked
how many grandchildren he had, he
said, aOh, good Lord, dom know
He was born in Charleston, S. c., and
was sold to a Mississippi planter fifty
two years ago, and has lived here ever
since.-Pearl River News.
Thursday evening about four O'Clock
while Mr.. Bob Thomas, jailor, who was
guarding three prisoners engaged in
cleaning the lower part Of the Jail, one
of them, Wallace Williams by name,
suddenly enveloped him with quilt,
after which he was disarmed, tied to
chair and then gagged with dirty
towel and rag. He renamed in this
situation until $50, guarded by his
former prisoners, when they took the
keys, (there were three escaping pris-
oners) and left the Jail, locking the
doors behind them. An alarm was
sounded, that brought out the chip
pocket brigade, but two of the birds
had flown; the third voluntarily re-
turning.-Raymond Gazette.
When Court was called Monday
morning the District Attorney an
nounced that he objected to several
members Of the grand jury because of
their close connection with the saloon
element.-Clarion- Ledger.
Has it come to that? Is no ono but
Prohibitionists to be allowed ON a
grand jury? Does mans "close con-
nection with the saloon element dis
qualify him from performing his duty
under oath? Are honest merchants and
large tax payers to be debarred from
the grand jury, simply because they
differ with the District Attorney on
the whiskey question? How long will
1t be before that District Attorney
will object to juror because he don't
belong to the Methodist or Baptist
chuech?
Six men were dismissed or excused
"because of their connection with the
saloon element and two of them we
know to be prominent merchants
Brandon Republican.
Some few weeks ago the idea Of
starting collar factory with an in
creased tannery was begun In Grenada,
and the idea took root and spread un-
| til now It is a realized fact and why +?
Because 1t promised immediate results.
The experiment had been made OH q
small scale, and the collars were readily
sold. Some months ago, the idea of q
canning factory was instituted and for
awhile 1t seemed certainty, when 1t
hung fire, and expired without sense or
reason to sustain the failure. The diff
ference between the two enterprises is
a mere question of time, and not a long
time at that. The canning factory
must await the growth of vegetables.
The small cotton farmers around Gre
NADIA would stultify themselves to go
into the business of raising vegetables,
without an immediate market. The
cannery could be the market, where
they could sell all the green corn, to-
matoes snap beans, etc, at a greater
profit than they new sell their little
crops of cotton. 1t was last year only
that huckster somewhere about Crys.
tai Springs made 100000, clear profit
on fifty-seven acres Of tomatoes. We
could go on and multiply these facts
and figures to an almost endless list
Grenada Sentinel.
On Monday last Gen. B. S. Kicks
sold to W. G. Craig & Co., S56 bales Of
cotton which we are satisfied Is ahead
Of any sale made by Mississippi plan
ter the present year. The Herald
could not obtain the price, but 1t was
very satisfactory to Gen. Kicks, and in
his opinion better than New Orleans
prices. Gen. Kicks plants nothing but
long staple and some of his cotton was
of very extra staple and would in lots
| by itself have sold for more than IL
cents. Most of it was very well hand
| led and the lot was the pretticst, pro-
bably. ever sold in Yazoo City. MrJ.
yaudry. aud accomplished classer,
sampled and arranged it and 1t made a
beautiful sight on the tables, to cotton
men. Gen. Kicks is so well pleased that
he will, sell the balance of his crop here
| If he can do as well.
Will not every one who can SEND Ills
cotton here heed the moral. The cot
ton was all made on Yazoo and Ialla-
hatchie rivers and having 5000 or 4Oo'
bales to ship, Gen. Kicks could have
easily made the very best of freight
rates to either vicksburg or New Ut
, cau Q;cls ie ona of the besi