The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-10-05
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
BY KATE MARKHAM POWEp

IL gives us genuine pleasure to pub
iish below a reference from the Ma.
MIA New American to one of our Mis-
sissippi boys, Capt. j. M. Liddell. at
n time editor of the Delta Flag. and
a popular attorney of Greenwood:
Judges Liddell and McManus of
the Manila municipal court are ap-
polntees that reflect credit on the civil
governor. Two better men for their
respective positions could not be
found in the Philippines. Both are
men of undoubted ability, distin-
sulshed bravery and unquestioned in
tegrity. And each by education and
experience is peculiarly we'll qualified
10 dispense justice and protect the
right of the people. The recent in
surrection, the large percentage of
criminals, the difficulty of getting at
the truth, and a thousand and one
other things contribute to and multi.
ply the perplexities with which the
municipal judges are constantly con
rronted. The 'artful dodger' which
Dickens immortalizd was a guileless
innocent when compared with the nom
descript s%capegraces that are called
upon to expiate their sins in the Ma
Mia police courts. But Capt. Liddell
knows by experience what he has to
deal with. 1t Is also equally certain
that no matter who or what he may
be, the prisoner on trial in the mu-
nicipal court will be treated with the
Utmost impartiality. Unafraid and
unswayed by any partisan considera-
tons, both judges may be relied upon
to do by all parties the very best that
can be done"
YaZoo City's new cotton mill will be
completed within the next fortnight,
and the machinery (already on the
ground) will be installed at once.
The general manager hopes to be mar
keting the product Of the mill by No
vember. This enterprise Is, we feel
sure, but a f%orerunner Of many sim
liar undertakings in our little river
city, and we believe and hope that It
will not be long before Yazoo can
count her people by the thousand,
where now they number hundreds.
The town, by reason of its location
in the midst of that vast and fertile
valley, its adjacent waterways, its
splendid citizens and innumerable nat.
ural advantages, has always, in our
MIND ham itof tho tnurp A,,t 80 p,htoL
a splendid city should grow. And it is
such things as cotton factoris that
will make it grow.
The 10th of October will mark the
anniversary of the birth of our dear
friend-and the dear friend of all the
"gang"-P. X. Mayors Of the Demo
crat-Star. He says that he will then
be "60-and upwards" This loyal cit
izen, journalist and friend now stands
alone of all the brilliant minds and
noble hearts that together organized
our Mississippi Press Association. One
by n his confreres have laid down
their work here and gone to the faI
country, where God grant they have
all found rest. Mr.. Mayors alone is
left, and we hope that many a yeaI
yet to come he will celebrate his birth
day, surrounded by his devoted family
and loyal friends and enshrined in the
hearts of his associates of the Missis
sippi press.
We learn from that most excellent
and reliable publication, the Manu-
facturers' Record, that the week end
ing Sept. 10 showed the inauguration
of the following important enterprises
in Mississippi: A coal elevator a
Gulfport, to handle 40, 900 tons pei
hour; the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad
shops and yards at Hattiesburg (tht
city donating the site) a $4,000 lum
Der mill at Milburn; a lumber mill
with 10000 acres of timber land, al
Mt. Rose; a transportation company
incorporated at Satoria, and a lumber
plant at Vicksburg which will employ
500 men. With a few months Of week
ly records like the above the old State
will leap forward, as though in sever
league boots, toward her rightful place
far in the front Of Southern States.
In Brookhaven, September %, hi.
many friends did honor to the S0tt
birthday of the venerable and beloved
physician, DR.. ]. w. Martin, who, dur
ing his long and useful life, has lait
his hand in healing upon the "thirt
and fourth generation" Of the friends
of his early manhood. May his day
be long in the land and full of al
good things, and may the Great PLY
stefan abide with him Throughout
them.
Among the younger generation o
Mississippians few are more deserving
the respect and admiration so freel.
accorded them by their fellow-citizenl
as are the Tackett brothers, natives O
Holmes county. Hence 1t is with sin
cere pleasure that We record the con
valescence of DR.. j. r. Tackett, VIII,
was very near death in Meridian. Hi
brother, w. B. Tackett, was with hin
dnripO tho WOrcf