The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-09-07
GRENADA, MISS. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER :, 1901.
The Penalty Is Twenty-Five Dollars.


the peace, have the right to impose a
fine less than $500 for the carrying of
concealed weapons? | ask this because
some of the courts have been imposing |
a fine Of only s1000."-H. ]. A.
The act Of 1896 made the penalty |
ten dollars. This was amended by |
chapter 6S, laws 1898, so as to read:
ANY person who carries concealed. |
In whole or in part any bowie-knife, |
dirk knife, butcher knife, pistol, brass |
or metallic knuckles. slingshot. sword |
or other deadly weapon of like kind
or description, shall be guilty of
misdemeanor, ana on convection shall
be punished, unless the jury shall say
in its verdict there shall be no i'm.
prisonment, by fine of not less than
twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more
than one hundred dollars (S100) or by
Imprisonment in the county Jail not
more than three months, or both, in
the discretion of the court; but the
jury may return verdict that there
shall be no imprisonment, and in
such case the court shall impose a
fine only"
So that justice Of the peace who
will impose fine OF only $1,000 in
such cases, is not only liable for the
difference, but makes himself other
wise liable 1t would be well for Cir
cult Court judges to call the attention
of justices of the peace to the act of
1898.
Already complaint is coming from
some of the eighteen counties which
have let the contract to work the pub
lie roads under the new road law. 1t
is alleged that the work, in some
counties is badly done, and the con-
tractors seem Indifferent as to the con-
dition of the roads, just so their
pocketbooks get the proper attention.
This is bad. Much was hoped from
this new plan, and the State will suffer,
if it, too, turns out a failure. The
Meridian Star thinks it bad plan to
trust the work wholly to the con-
tractors. 1t thinks that each hundred
feet of roadway should be made the
|
tive of the county board. and that
representative should possess, at least,
the rudiments of the knowledge of
engineering. Otherwise a majority OF
the contracts will prove a waste OF
public money.
: During the grand parade of the
: Knights Templar in trlennial conclave
: at Louisville, KY, last week, there
were ten thousand Knights marching
numDer of open carriages were ten
dered guests of honor, and in one OF
them four Mississippians were invited
to ride-and accepted, of course
These gentlemen were: Grand Com
, mander Harry howard, Deputy Crane
Commander R. H. Henry, Col. J. L
Power and Judge Frederic Speed
| The spectacle was truly magnificen
, and the procession was four hours il
passing the reviewing stand.
During the absence of DR.. Buchanan
superintendent OF the East Mississ
ippi Insane Asylum in Memphis las
: week, seven of the insane inmates o
+ the asylum have, at different times
escaped from their keepers, and onl!
e two or three have been recovered a
this writing. A mania" for freedom
= seems to be the popular craze owe
Thereon else the attendants do no
a give their unfortunate charges tn
proper attention. We hope and believ
y that DR.. Buchanan will, upon his re
turn, succeed in locating, and return
y ing to safe place, these poor fugi
l. tives.
The government is preparing to erec
a at once storm tower" on our Gul
coast (at the Seashore Camp Grounds
near Biloxi) to warn the people O
approaching storms. 1t is to be
steel structure fifty feet high, SUI
mounted by flag staff twenty-five fee
. high, from which the weather sigma
will float At night electric lantern
will be used, and in this way it i
It hoped by the weather bureau, CONNER
e cial interests at sea and ON land. q
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l. from the sudden and unlocked 70
y coming of these destructive enemie
A. of the coast and its inhabitants.
a The Brookhaven Leader, in an el
!, cellent comment on Migrants" say
!, they should be "outlawed" no matte
v what their color, creed or previou
- condition so long as there is cotto
- stalk unpicked or an armful of fodde
, to be shocked in the State. If hal
a the good advice offered by the Stat
a press to our municipal authoritie
a anent Migrants be followed Missis
st ippi will be immeasurably the game
and these embryo tramps will soon d.
velop into hard working, wealth-pr'
u ducing citizens.
: The Progress grows enthusiasticall
-, hopeful over the good day drawin
n near, when there will be an electri
:. car line between Hattiesburg an
a. Rawls Springs, a park on the car lin
and q hand "that knows how to play