The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-12-14
Two or three weeks ago the writer

satiny lining, with it's %opalescent tintS
in the shade and irldescent CLEANS in
the sunshine-and it occurred to us,
as we studied the beautiful inside OF
the shell (where SO often valuable
pearls are found), that u people had
all this time been noting only the
rough coat of the little mussel instead
Of the marvellous interior of his "liv-
ing-room," else surely we had found
some use for the millions that are an
nually cast away by the country's fish,
ermen. Such thoughts as these, min
gled with regret at u lack of enter
prise, kept recurring during the fort
night that has elapsed since our dis
covery of the bank Of old shells. And
now the papers are full of .he new
project set on foot by foreign (note
mat it is nearly always foreign, more's
The PITY capitalists by which the mus
sci shells lining the banks of Pearl
river are to be utilized. The Blackjack
mussels line the banks from the head
waters of re Pearl to its mouth, and,
aside from the pearls often found in
them, their commercial value is great.
Quantities of them are utilized for the
manufacture of mother of pearl" as
it is called, and it is put to various
other uses. Now that these Northern
ers (who keep their eyes OPEN have
come among us to develop the indus
try, we will watch them do it and keep
ourselves so busy wondering why we
can't get rich, too, that VIC Will walk
blindly over half a dozen other gold
mines and never know it until these
or others like them-come along and
show us our mistake by putting in
their little capital and drawing it forth,
in a little while, quadrupleG.
Quite a sensation was caused in
legal circles and among all trust and
antitrust men in the State last week,
when Federal Judge Niles sentenced
two officers of the Mississippi Oil Mills
to Jail for contempt of court in refus-
ing to answer certain questions put to
them by the grand jury. The refusal
of the officials, Mr.. Foote of Canton
and Mr.. Porter of Jackson (Culberson's
MILD, was made known to the Judge,
who at once committed the men to Jail.
An attorney Immediately left for New
Orleans to get the men out on a habeas
corpus writ. Other members of the
Mississippi Oil Mill Trust were imme-
diately summoned by Judge Niles, who
is desperately in earnest in his efforts
to down the trust, and lively times
were the order of the day around the
city of Oxford.
Vicksburg's oil mills and a number
Of her manufacturing plants will begin
the use of fuel oil on December IL.
The New Orleans division of the Y. &c
~. V. r. R. is also preparing to test
the new fuel and if it is a success, will
burn oil on all its locomotives. The
oil company has built immense tanks
for the storage of the oil, and it will
De delivered by tank barges every other
day. There will be about 450 barrels
used every twenty-four hours at first,
but the demand will doubtless be
trebled in a few months. Vicksburg's
experiment will be eagerly watched.
and if it proves successful man. towns
in the State will speedily follow her
example.
The Yazoo river traffic has been
running against snags" of late in the
low stage of the water. The condition
is remarkable and is causing serious
delay and damages the commercial in
r t%erests along the Yazoo river. The
{ steamboats, plying the stream have
| been compelled to suspend business
: tor a while, thus delaying the market
: Ing of crops in that section. A number
: Oh teamers are aground, and the big
| barge Dewey, in grounding, lost 1900
sacks OF cotton seed. The Rees Pritcb-
I ard, In sinking near Belzoni, lost part
1 OF her cargo. This is a serious setback
to that grand section, which is drained
q by the Yazoo river.
. n of Aberdeen's enterprising
firms will open up in time for the
next crop a regular hay buying and
! sApoltlhS business, with every facility
for the handling of all the crop that
5 can be marketed in Aberdeen. This
Will be a long stride forward for the
3 Prairie City.
And who ever would have believed
that Mississippi was the mother Of
: Yale College? But so it is. And Yale
College seems content with Itawamba
county, where it is located, and where.
: by the way, talented Booth Lowrey
has recently given one of his humor.
GUS lectures.
=. Brookhaven has reason to feel elated
+ over the receipts of cotton this season.
/ BY wagon that town has received H.
$50 bales, 5,427 more than at this time
last year. Considering the fact that