The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-10-27
VOLUME XLVI.
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
,rhs mississippi Railroad"

BY J. L. POWER.

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9Th. Mississippi Railroad"
An esteemed lady correspondent wants
.ome information about railroad.pro-
:os.sd from Natchez to jackson be-
.,ssen 1888 and 1886; that was operated
Wv obout sixteen miles, and the rolling
=. '...L ~ which was sold out about 1912,
..c She especially wants to know the
names of the incorporators-
The Charter Of the road-name a.
n .hove-.ssE approved February 20, 1886,
"a lars in the acts of 1886. The
,.ooyl3rators were: James G. Wilkins,
andrew Brown, Henry Chotard. John
= Griffith, Malcolm Gilchrist, Seth
cranberry, John A. Grinnell and Thos.
catching. Capital stock, $s,ooo,ooo.
The road was to run from Natchez to
some suitable point in the northern ex-
tram;tv of the State, but 1t was re-
ouired to pass through or in the vicin-
;tv Of Gallatin, Jackson, Livingston and
Canton: with power to construct a lat
sral road to intersect the main stem at
some point near Natchez, and pass to
the Homochitto river.
The road was operated for several
years. Portions of the road-bed may
s.ill be seen. 1t was not an airline by
any means, as the wealthy planters who
took stock required that it pass through
their plantations. 1t must have been on
the narrow-gauge order, nor was the
ballastipr all that it should be. 1t is
said of one lady in that vicinity, who
patronized the road quite frequently
and whose weight was up in the hun
dreds, that she would have, at times. to
move from one side of the coach to the
other, to keep it from turning over.
"The other side, Cynthia |" became Z
by.word on the Mississippi railroad.
The charter was amended in 1887
giving the company banking privileges
with power to increase capital stock
three millions more. The main bank
was at Natchez, with branches at Gal
latin, Raymond, Canton and Mouti
cello. Those were days when people
bored with big augers, but everything
went into the holes.
Population of Mississippi.
Bulletins of the twelfth census arr
now being issued. The totals for State'
will be announced in alphabetical or
der. Table one is Arkansas. Its popu
lation in 1890 was 1,12s, 179, in 1900 /
moved up to 1911, ,564-the increase be
ing 1s3, 1856, or 1895 per cent.
The population of Mississippi in 1s9
was 1885, 900, or fraction under IA pc
cent over 1880. The increase from 1888
to 1900 will bring the total to tn,
neighborhood of 100000. Our esti
mate is 10000 increase, or a total O
i,4Ts,6OO. The editor of this depart
ment invites guesses from students i
the colleges and public schools o
Mississippi, and will give prize Of fiv
dollars to the one guessing nearest tn
official total, provided the guess is re
ceived in advance of the bulletin n
lating to Mississippi. Guesses to b
sent toJ. l.. Power. Give name, schot
and postofiice, jackson, Miss.
Progressive Grsenvils.
In conversation with Superintent
ent E. E. Bass. of the Greenville pull
lie schools, we learned of new plan {
supplying books to the children atten'
ing public schools. A supply for thre
years is purchased by the city and rente
to the pupils-the rental being fro
$3.50 to So per session, according to IL
grade. The parent and the child ent'
into written obligation to take goc
care Of the books and turn them ov,
at close of session, or pay cost price
same. About 81 400 has been expends
In books, and about $500 already &C
lected in rentals. The rentals for tn
and the two succeeding years will r
imbuse the city, and her children w
get books at about one-third the usu
expense Prof. Bass is very enthusiast
over this new and sensible departur
and pronounces it business success.
Capt. +. w. Merrin, q former we
known Mississippi publisher, died
Plant City. Florida, September lit
age II years. He was . gallant Co
federats soldier and q lifelong journ'
ist. He was our companion in Ma
1860, on the editorial excursion &C
Quoted by the Baltimore & Ohio ra
road to Washington City and Mou
Vernon. Together we paid our respe'
to President Buchanan, called on Ser
tors Davis and Brown, and Represen
tives 0. R. Singleton, John ]. MGR,
Reuben Davis and VIM. Barksda
captain Merrin was a ruling elder
the Presbyterin church and leader
sunday school work. During the +,
eral the business houses were clos
and the public school children
tended In body.
In the death of Hon. Charles
Ihurmond, at Ripley, on the 1Ath
slant, the State has lost one of
truest and brightest sons. He had
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