The Grenada sentinel., 1902-10-04
Mississippi State News


Churches saoing Up.
Greenville is now in the throes Of
a great church building fever. The
Presbyterians had just completed
their handsome ten-thousand-dollar
brick structure when the work Of
moving the old frame Methodist
church commenced. It is stated that
on their lot at the corner of WASH
ington avenue and Shelby street .
new twenty-thousand-dollar church
will be started at once. The Cath
olics are also raising a church build
ing fund and enough money has been
raised to start work on costly brick
church that will take the place cs
their wooden structure. The mem.
bers of the Christian church decided
at meeting a few nights ago to
raise $4,000 church fund to build
them a new house of worship.
Another I. G. Branch.
The Illinois Central road has fin
ished the work of securing options
for the right of way of the new
branch line from Brookhaven to
Monticello, and it is expected that
the grading will be commenced by
the first of November. The road
will prove valuable feeder for the
Illinois Central, and a rich timber
belt will be opened along the route.
1t is learned that there is some like
Ghood Of the Illinois Central extend
ing the line to Hattiesburg from
Monticello, although it will not be
done until the latter part of next
year.
Mineral Company Chartered.
! The Acidine Mineral Company
has been chartered by the Governor.
This is concern incorporated with
a domicile at Jackson and capital
stock of $25Q00. The object of the
enterprise is to manufacture mineral
waters and mineral products from a
peculiar mineral earth that has been
discovered in Newton county. This
mineral earth is said to possess some
extraordinary curative powers, when
used both as a drink and externally.
The company has already begun the
manufacture Of the water on an ex-
tensive scale.
Demand for Turpeutine.
! The jump in the price Of turpen-
tine has caused the establishment of
a large number of new distilleries
in the piney woods section of the
State, and grave fears are enter
tained that the forests of long leaf
yellow pine will be seriously inn
paired by the turpentine industry.
There is heavy demand for Missis.
sippi turpentine at present, and
there are good grounds for the fear
that within few years there will be
no pine left for turpentine purposes.
| Old wom.n's Home.
| The movement for the organiza-
tion of an old woman's home, to be
established at jackson, has now pro-
gressed to stage which insures the
isucccess of the benevolent promoters.
A charter for the home is being pre-
pared, and it will be incorporated at
once. Meetings are being held in
various parts of the State for the
purpose of helping on the movement.
Knights Of Honor.
| The Mississippi Grand Lodge
Knights of Honor held it's twenty
: fourth annual session at Jackson
last week. The statistical report of
the officers showed that the financial
condition of the order, which was
in poor shape a few years ago, 10
steadily improving and all death
claims have been met. The organi-
zation has 105 lodges containing over
5000 members.
Railroad C0nneotion. n /
/ Arrangements are now being made
between the Gulf & Ship Island and
Mobile, jackson & Kansas City roads
for q through train to run from
Jackson to Mobile, the G. & s. I.