The Grenada sentinel., 1899-11-11
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
. NOTES OF PAST AID CURRENT EVENTS.
By J. 1. POWER.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
II Valuable Old Documents.
Secretary of State Power for the pas
several weeks has been giving consid
, erable attention to q matter that viii
prove of immense benefit. to the State
} This is the sorting out and gathering
together from the mass Of old papers
; and musty, mildewcd documents and
books piled in the upper story of the old
capitol, all things of value, and securing
the necessary pamphlets and docu'
ments to complete the file of Legislative
sessions and departmental reports.
The work was one of great magni
tude. Great piles of books, papers and
pamphlets, many Of them almost price
less, being records and documents per
tanning to the early history Of the
State, the ante. .bellum and reconstruc-
tion periods, and which could not be
replaced if lost, were piled and heaped
in reckless fashion on the upper foors.
They were covered with the accumu.
lated dust and dirt of years of neglect
and had been long exposed to the
dripping water from the old and leaky
roof. ,r...a.
Col. Power decided to undertake the
work of going through this mass OF
material and sorting the valuable ma
terial from the rubbish, and arranging
it where it could be taken care of. The
work was placed under the immediate
direction of his son George, who is now
just bringing the sorting and classify
ing process to close.
One by one the rooms have been gone
over, the books assorted and placed on
shelves, the documents, papers and re-
ports placed in order and neatly boxed
and labeled, many things of immense
historic value being brought to light in
the process.
1t is now the Secretary of States in
tention, as his duties will permit, to
collect, If possible, and bind complete
and continuous reports of Legislative
proceedings and departmental reports,
as we'll as other books and pamphlets re-
cording the progress and history of
Mississippi. Such records will. be of
incalculable value and interest. The
wonder is that SO important matter
should have been allowed to 60 so long
Us to make the task now one of such
great magnitude and labor.-Clarion
Ledger.
knights and Ladies' Of Honor.
At the session of the supreme lodge
Knights and Ladies of Honor in In
dianapolis, last month, the grand lodge
of Mississippi was complimented in the
selection of two Of the most important
officers. J. 7. Goodwin, of Water VAL
ley, was elected supreme guardian, and
s. B. Watts, of Meridian, was appointed
chairman of the committee on laws.
A new schedule of rates goes into ef-
feet Jan. /. It is based upon attained
age and equitably graded.
The age of admission to the relief
fund, for both sexes, is extended to IS
years.
The certificate fee and supreme med
ical examiners fee will be abolished
after January.
This fraternal order is very prosper
Gus, and The late meeting was distin-
guished for harmony and the sensible
measures adopted 10 the interest Of the
membership. The next session of ike
supreme lodge will be held at Detroit
in September, 1901. If all the other
supreme" bodies would meet bien-
nially the saving OF expense would
tighten the burdens of the membership.
:, Tho jackson Fever.
The yellow fever record for jackson
for the year 1890 is Sc cases, 10 deaths.
The appearance Of frost and ice on the
morning of the Sd closed the reign of
quarantine and general worry for the
season. This visitation Of fever has
been hard blow to the Capital City;
but with this exception and the fever
at Mississippi City the State has been
fortunate. Including the ten deaths
from fever the rate of mortality in
jackson for September and Oct,ber has
been, perhaps, as low as that of any
city of its size in the country, North or
South: With complete sewerage sys-
tenn, and the removal, let us hope, of
the penitentiary from the city limits,
jackson will prove too healthy for con-
tagious or infectious diseases of any
kind. "H "a
Broom Corn.
We noticed, recently, that wagon
load of broom corn, put up in bales Hike
cotton, was seen on the streets of For
est, and its value was estimated at $50
to s35 per ton. For the encouragement |
of Mississippi farmers who have lands
adapted to broom corn we will quote
the prices in Chicago, by Earl Dros.,
large dealers: s
There IL nothing that Is sound selling
below ssj to 800, and from that the market
ranges up TO $llO, and even sl2O per ton for
choice. fine green hurl or self.workinr.