The Grenada sentinel., 1899-11-25


heaven"
This statue was erected by Mrs. Davis
and is not the great Davis monument,
the cornerstone of which was laid in
1906.
The Davis Monument
The United Daughters of the Con-
federacy, having consented to under.
take the completion of the monument
to Jefferson Davis, the foundation stone
of which was laid in Monroe Park,
Richmond, IN 1896, and Hon. ]. H. Tay.
lor Ellison, president of the Davis
Monument Association, having trans
ferred the trust to the ladies, together
with all funds on hand or subscribed, I
respectfully request that all funds col
lected in Mississippi for this purpose
soon after the death of Mr.. Davis, and
deposited in banks or elsewhere, be at
once forwarded to Hon. ]. H. Taylor
Ellison, Richmond, to be added to the
Davis Monument fund.
J. L. POWER,
Mississippi Member of the Jefferson
Davis Monument Association.
The want of bureau or department
of industrial statistics in Mississippi is
now being keenly felt by officials and
private citizens who are being flooded
with circulars and personal letters from
Census Director Merriam and his work.
ing staff. Here is specimen:
will you kindly forward for use Of the
Census Office the latest publication of yoar
cultivated lands by counties or other sub
divisions, and the assessed valuation thereof,
together with the acreage of each of the
several crops.'
The best response we can make is to
suggest to the farmers of Mississippi
that these and many other questions
will be asked by the census enumera'
tors next year, and to commence keep
ing figures SO that correct information
can be promptly furnished.
One of the members of the Jackson
city council is colored man, Smith
Robertson. He is highly respected on
the board. and as citizen. He ex-
presses himself in modest but often
forceful way, in all matters coming be-
fore the council. About q year ago,
when the Ladies' Cemetery Association
petitioned to have the colored people
removed from the old cemetery, which
is very much crowded, to the new cem-
etcry specially provided for the colored
people, the subject, after being gener-
ally discussed, ELECTED this observation
from Councilman Robertson: Il don't
see any sense in all this racket. The
colored and whites in the cemetery get
along much better than those outside
of it. Just let them rest in peace"
Information Wanted of = Lost boy.
! Jerry Cronin left his home in Mem
phis on the 1st of August, and his
parents have not been able to hear any,
thing of him since. He is II years old,
large for his age, has dark brown eyes,
dark complexion, scar on left leg below
knee, and wore light pants, black
stockings and shoes. He will weigh
perhaps IS pounds. His father, w. w.
Cronin, So Dean avenue, Memphis,
Tenn, will appreciate any information
concerning his absent boy. .,..a..,s
Has the elective judiciary amend.
ment been carried, or has it not? is now
the question, and the Legislature, or
the courts, will have to settle it. Mr..
Noel and many others contend that the
amendment, having received majority
OF; the votes cast on that question, it 10
carried; Others, that II requires ma
jority Of NIL the votes cast atthe elec-
ton. In other words, that X tbere'ars
10000 votes cast for governor, ma.
! iority of this number should have voted
4 for the amendment.
| Even the best-regulated families
sometimes have their misunde efstand.
ings; and so there has been some dis.
cord in Harmony public school, Copiah
county, as to who were the legal trus.
tees. County Superintendent Wilson
decided in favor Of G. W. Bridges, J. J.
He'll and E. T. Bailey, and the State
BOARD of educationG sustained the do.
4 cision. . le8s E} e8&.4. as5gi
4 Col. William g. Yerger was'a trustss
Of the Industrial Institute and Collegs.
When the news OF his death reached
the college, on the morning Of the 7th,
the exercises were ilnmediately sus'
usnded for the remainder Of the day.