The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-30

resented by them. The last Industrial
Review is full of good, sensible and
feasible plans for Tupelo's advance.
ment, and would-be investors would do
well to read it's columns carefully. 1t
urges the establishment Of a laundry
and states that only $1,000 is needed
to put this paying venture into oper-
alton. Among many good arguments
for the establishment of water works,
it says: The cotton mill has a per.
feet system of water works and a big
pump with which to fight fire. The
insurance is only one-ffth of one per
cent"
"A word to the WISE" etc. In his ex-
cellent article on truck farming (and
We are glad to find these articles occu-
plying considerable space in nine
tenths of our papers these days. Bro.
Blakeslee says that Tupelo has cotton
factories, wagon factories, oil mills,
brick yards, ETC.. and that all these
employees must be fed; hence a grow.
ing demand for the products of garden
and orchard. Fine molasses that sells
right at home at so cents a gallon is
made from cane that produces 400 gal.
Ions to the acre when properly cult
waited. Irish and sweet potatoes can
be produced in abundance and profit
ably. Peaches, apples. pears-in fact,
every variety of fruit-can be sold in
and out Of season. This is a s~elf-evi.
don't nrOnncitinn and thu man ubo
takes advantage of it-not in a half
hearted way, but with a determination
to win-will find a pleasant and lucra-
7 tive business" The cotton mills at
Tupelo, by the way, recently sold 300,-
900 yards of cotton cloth to one firm.
Bishop Galloway has entered upon
the task of securing the repeal of those
sections of the State Constitution
which prohibit any devise or bequest
to a religious, ecclesiastical or charita
BILE institution. These constitutional
sections were originated in the con.
vention of 1890. The fact that this
able man, clear reasoner and forciblt
writer has undertaken this labor OF
love (for so it must be to him) will
go far toward securing a change in
the law. The bishop, in a recent com
m~unication, urges that this consti
~tutional provision ~discourages benevo
lence and dries up the very fountain
of benedcence, and Mississippi is al
most the only State in the Union nav
ing such a law in effect"
: That murder will out" was proven
again week before last, when Il dyins
man who had lived near Jackson, La.
sent for Rev. NJ. B. Shaw Of the Cen
| t%reville (NIiss.) Presbyterian Churcl
5 and confessed to him that he and thre,
/ others-Cal Powers of cavalry fam,
and men named Weldon and Balleau-
had murdered Mr.. Mitchell of Ros,
5 Hill, Amite county, Miss, thirty-ont
years ago They robbed the murdered
S man of a watch and $1,000, but wer,
frightened away by some ones ap
proach before completing their das
tardly work. The guilty parties wer
never suspected, but other men wer
Z NNN ~ NV bNOd VIZ al acquitted
e The dying man (Campbell) also cor
s fessed to having murdered Welbor
while Cal Powers had tried to kill hir
s (CampbelD. Powers eventually dice
S Balleau was killed and the last of tn
murderous q%uartette came to his en-
a fortnight since.
HQttipchpr u'S GnhnOl aptbar;t;ae nj
have to bestir themselves no little t
keep pace with the needs of her youn
people. There are 600 children crowC
ed into n school building over Their,
That is bad-bad for the children an
bad for the teachers, and so bad fo
the town. By the time the city ca
build another uptodate, roomy schoC
building (and hat should be in tim
for next falls opening) there will /
children enough to fill it, so rapid
are desirable families moving into tn
t. town.
A recent decision of the Supren
Court Cat its sitting November 10 wi
cause quite a stir when its %far-reachin
tendency is understood. The court d
cided that the city of Jackson had Il
right to award a bonus to an electr.
A railway company which had been TO
feited by another concern, which ha
a previously secured a franchise to bull
traction lines on the streets of IL
city.
,f The Ellisville News OF last wee
l. ~chronicled the sale in that town
certain saw mill interests in as no.
chalant a manne as if fo%rty-thousan
dollar sales happened every day! Z
l~isville is the center of a rich sectio,
and if it grows as fast and as well {
it has started out to do, it will soc
" regard $4,000 as small change" SUI
enough.
is We notice a general complain
among our exchanges of the scarcit
of beef cattle throughout the Stat
e. And pork is ever scarcer. Only a fe
IL | dave aop a 1aol;nr la,la. l.. A. q