The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-08-17
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS,
BY ]. L. POWER.

OF Npur
Orleans, was thrown from
nurses arms during a runaway
killed. Mr.. Blakemore had iust dn,.A
to the station to take the train ~
New Orleans, and, as was his cus.aN
took his little son with the nurso rnnl'
him for the morning drive VII
returning home, the coacbman a,N
mounted to open a gate and in Gov.
mysterious way the horses took frivh.
n despite the coachman's borois
efforts to preserve the safety Of W.
masters child, the nurse and cb,,s
were thrown violently out, and the ~
tie one killed. The sad news mot NJ
Biakemore as he stepped from his train
in New Orleans, and he hired a snec,ai
at once and returned to his str,o,.s"
young wife and deso.ated home.
The board of public con,,.o
awarded most of the State nrint,na
for the four years commencing Ian
airy l, 1902, to the Brandon printinn
Company, Nashville. They will print
the laws and journals. department ro
ports and miscellaneous work for tbs
departments. They have been doiny
the last named class for the mast two
years, and have given entire satisfac.
ton. The assessment rolls will con.
tinue to be made by Walker. Evans &
Cogswell, Charleston, There was only
one home bidder-Harmon Publishing
Company, Jackson. The C~larion.Ledg-
er notified the board it would NOT hid
because of the rigid exactions of the
law authorizing its letting, and the
general un~desirableness of the work
under present conditions"
The cry for longer school terms in
the country continues to increase in
volume n strength, and it is easy IN
believe that the good time is not far
off when this much needed blessing
will be within reach of the MANY thoh-
sands OF children whose entire educa.
ton must be obtained in the little
country school. Brother SETTLER kind.
ly adds the hope, in the Progress, that
the salaries of teachers may be length
ened also, and then unkindly puts in
a plea for the continued lengthening
of school switches. BY the way, If the
length of the switch in his school had
anything to do with making Brother s.
SO good an editor and the Progress so
readable a paper, we feel strongly in.
clined to vote for anything that will
make more like him.
There is not an issue of the Merid.
ian Star that does not contain advice
or information of the greatest value to
u people. Among numerous articles
worthy of reproduction we Gull some
information about the old Cow pea. q"
which, though familiar to our farmers
Will bear the telling again. This com
mon, and oft despised pea, is a wealth
producer of no near order. Nothing
gro living On the farm can be more
readily turned into cash, at all sea-
sons than the Cow pea" and yet it is
no uncommon thing for farmers to
have TO send off to buy seed, when the
family wants a little patch for the
table( The Star urges the farmers of
l~auderdale to put four or five acres
in peas each year, and give it the same
care they give corn or oats, and as
sures them that they will be amazed
at the excellent returns this common
vegetable will make.
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The Progress, after listening care
fully to a report that the V. & S. E.
r. X, had been duly launched, and
that eminent civil engineers were out
surveying the route, rejoices thus:
Our informant says that the best men
of Vicksburey Utica and Hazlehurst
are behind the scheme and he pre-
diets that the rosin-heels of Hatties-
burg can visit the Hill Billeys on the
bank of the Father of Waters by 1908!
Selah." And WFe hope he is right in
his prediction.
The Second and Third Regiments
M. N. G., will pitch their tents at Biloxi
August 25th, and go into camp for
their annual training and outing, com
bined. There are fourteen companies
scheduled to be present, and as the
hospitable city of Biloxi has raised a
nice sum for their enter 'tainment, the
encampment will douhtless be a great
success. Col. Shannon of the Second
Remigent, will be tlle anking officer
in command.
Yalobusha county's Board of Super
visors Is in earnest in Its intention tC
have good roads. At. its last meeting
after spirited bidding from numerous
foreign firms in competition with home
people, the contracts were let, by beats
at about $4,000 a mile lin n Or two
cases at $25.00). The contracts RUN fol
four years and the contractors tal
home mem give good pond Tor \th'
faithful performance of duty GOOD FOL
Yalobusha and her pcrFlsors!
The Brandon News Is printing
series of delightful letters from the
country along which Z ne MISSISSIPPI
Epworth Leaguers are j"urneyulg sc
pleasantly, and we thiT we recognize
in the graphic pen pictures ana the