The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-08-24
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
By J. L. POWER
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ~9Ae 9AeAAMamAAAMAaAAy


This writer to attend the Madison
County Farmers Institute at Madison
Station. We were present on the clos
ing. There was a good attendance,
and papers were read on timely topics,
and discussed in an instructive and
entertaining way.
Prof. w. l.. Hutchinson of the A. &
M. c. discussed fertilizers, restorative
crops and manure and soil productive
ness; Mr.. J. B. Yellowby gave his ex-
perience in strawberry culture, and
Mr.. A. G.. Bennett told what he knew
about peach culture. Prof. G.. w. Her
rick interested the audience about
bugs, injurious insects and plant
diseases. Mr.. F. w. Johns was special
ly interesting in telling what he did
on three acres of asparagus. and Mr..
N. V. Boddie told all about oils and
gasses; the surface indications" of the
latter were abundant. Prof. J. S.
Moore, of the A. G. NJ. c. gave an in
teresting talk on dairy farming; and
Hon. John A. Redhead, of Centreville,
spoke on cotton culture. Hon. John
Sharp Williams delighted everybody
with his address; and with the music
and the abundant dinner there was "a
feast of reason and a flow of SOUL"
He told what we didn't know about
farming; and Auditor Cole encouraged
everybody by his remarks on the in
dustrial and financial progress of the
State. Hon. r. G. Lee and Mr.. ]. T.
Dameron presided alternately. The in
s,itute was a grand success.
The Board of Trustees for the State
Hospital for the Insane at their last
meeting instructed DR.. T. ]. Mitchell,
superintendent, to throw open the Sec
ond story of the new "Colored Annex"
for white patients. This was done
because all the insane negroes seem
to be provided for, while number of
| unfortunate white men are on the ap-
| plicants list. waiting for room to be
allowed to come to this great hospital
and receive the kind and skilled care
of those who administer this high
trust. The management of the Mlssiss-
| ippi Insane Hospital invites compari-
son with any in the land. knowing full
we'll that it will not be found lacking
in any of its departments. Few unfor-
tunates are so kindly cared for as
those under the wise and gentle care
assistants, Drs. Steart and Waller,
| together with the splendid superin-
tendents of the various departments,
and the corps of accomplished
| nurses.
Tunica county needs dog law"
and needs it badly Even some of the
preachers have called attention to the
nuisance from their pulpits. and yet it
abateth not. When it comes to such a
pass that a sermon has to cease right
in the middle, while the minister re-
| quests the owners to remove their dogs
that are disturbing the congregation
by chasing around the church, bowling
and barking and raising row general
| ly, it does seem as if there should be
a remedy, and that remedy should be
enforced. The papers of Tunica coun-
ty record this outrageous disturbance
of a revival meeting recently in
progress there.
There was big local sale OF
beeves at Aberdeen last week. when
Capt. Howard, of the Southland farm
sold $50 head of choice beef cattle to
Mr.. B. c. Drake. This is the largest
local sale ever recorded in Aberdeen
and embraced a class of cattle hither
to sold for foreign export. Old Mon
roe is all right If every county had
a paper with the true interest of its
people so close at heart as the reliable
old Examiner, the State would be i'm
measurably the richer for it. The Elk
aminer never misses an opportunity to
help the people along by timely advice
merited praise, or, if needful, judicious
scolding.
President ]. c. Hardy, president OF
A. & Nj. college, in letter to the Merid
ian Star, declines the use of his name
for any other position. He says, My
only ambition now is to fit myself tc
wisely direct this splendid institution
to make it the leader in every move
ment that has for its object the ma
terial development of Mississippi He
further says that the college should
not only be the leader of these move
ments. but should be the inspiration
and leader of them"
An old negro who was reared on
Virginia tobacco farm, raised little
crop Of 400 stalks on his little piece Of
ground this year, and brought it tc
Aberdeen and sold it out Immediately
1t was the finest possible brand, wa:
beautifully cured, and connoisseur:
pronounced it "A No, l." Thus we se'
another proof that more things thar
corn ard cotton succeed in old Mississ
ippi.