The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-02-09
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sensible suggestion that the corner
stone Of the new capitol be laid on the
10th of January. 1902, the anniversary
of the inauguration of the governor
who recommended that the legisla-
ture aud the incoming administration
shall come together, lay aside all minor
differences of detail, and give to the
people capitol building which shall
be reflex of the States public spirit,
pride and integrity" and who signed
the bill appropriating one million dol.
lars for that purpose. Hon. r. q.
Thompson and Attorney-General Mo
Clurg, of the capitol commission.
heartily approve the suggestion. Gov.
Longino says it will ba agreeable to
him, and we have no doubo saat Messrs.
Stovall and Rush will all approve. The
January 1st, so that there would DO
ample time for committee of that
body to make all arrangements. The
railroads would give round-trip rate
of one fare, which the commission
should arrange in advance of the meet
ing of the legislature. The commission
should also select one or more orators,
so that they may have ample time for
preparation, and we suggest Bishop
Charles B. Galloway for the principal
address. 1t will be great opportunity
for the State, and he would measure
full up to its demands.
The cigarette trouble at the A. and M.
College has been sensationally ex-
aggerated. President Hardy and his
faculty are in perfect accord in the pur.
pose to stamp out the pernicious habit.
so ruinous to mind and body, and we
believe that the good sense of the
splendid student body will assert itself
in general and cordial acauiescence,
They have the opportunity of better
ing themselves and distinguishing theii
college by putting cigarette smoking
J under the ban. If men or boys must
smoke, the old corn-cob pipe might no'
be so much in style, but would be in
finitely less harmful than the poisonous
cigarette. There are not five hundred
more manly boys in the country thar
/ those at the A. and M. College, and the.
= will do the right thing about thi
( cigarette business.
Gen. S. D. Lee received quite an ova
ton when he addressed the MissouI
= senate on the 25th ultimo, at Jefferso
City, when he asked for the appoint
y mcnt Of commissioners to designate tn
points where Missourians were sta
= toned during the siege of Vicksbure
e Every seat in the senate and lobby wa
d filled and many were standing. Judg
h Grant Of the supreme court and goo
a many others took the General into on
n of the offices and they held a regula
Q Confederate campfire. Gen. Lee ha
. addressed the Tennessee Legislature
Il and went from jefferson City to Lift
n Rock and Austin.
The case of j. E. Gibson, indicted IL
"a attempting to bribe the governor
N Mississippi in the matter of sontra
j.. for the new capitol, came to an abrul
'. conclusion on the morning of She PSI
:. ultimo. He had been brought bac
;, and the trial was set, but the attorne.
n on both sides agreed upon a settlemer
"a Gibson pleady guilty, was fined sl,0
\, and all costs, and he was released, al
a. the IS, 600 that he had forfeited by n
lv appearing when the case was fir
:. called was returned to him. 1t to-
a about all of it to pay the fine and cos
"a and lawyers fees, but he has more th
.c $1,000 worth of experience.
At 10 o'clock on the night Of the "a
ia ultimo Prof. Douglas Anderson. of t
:, chair of electrical engineering In t
. University of Mississippi, pressed t
button in the powerhouse on the u
~ ;" versity campus and gave the univers
ID and the people of Oxford, and the n
"a sons who are to assemble there the Ii
- week in this month, "more ligh
90 This is one of the many great ACHE
", ments to the credit of the practic
common seuse administration of Ch;
;.I cellor Fulton.
,re The A. and NJ. College realized fir
a the sale of it's lands-32,311.o acre
of the sum of Sl40. .144.92, which sum
ion been placed in the State treasury a
tv- perpetual fund to the credit of the {
in lege. The college will receive six
,ss. cent. interest, or about Ss,40S auuua
la toward its support. This, with the
i've terest on agricultural scrip fund, {
er. the Morrill, fund, makes about S26, OF
wear that the college receives fl
United States land grants to the Sta
49, Two Mississippi boys won the
'ns and second honors in the fourth (wh
sa. sa is the highest) class in West Point n
tary Academy-Charles r. Pettis,
I Elhsville, and Henry Robert. of Sta
@ a., Vile. Pettis went from our State
w. versity and Robert from A. and M.
'.,. lege. Among the twelve compos
10 ~. the class were bright students Il
sns Yale, Cornell and Harvard.
iier Rev. DIR. w. c. Black has inaagurs
-eat a night school in Jackson, in wi
ays tuition and books will be free to
who are unable to attend the
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