The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-01-11
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
By KATE MARKHAM POWER. !

Wesson Christmas day, when Il mum
Der of the Mississippi Mills employee
accompanied by the mills fire depart
ment and a number Of NELSON'S prom
inent citizens, called on Hon. 7. H
Wilkinson, manager of the mills, an(
presented to him an elegant gold
headed cane as a proof of the grea'
esteem in which his employees hold hin
and his efforts to brighten their homes
and better their condition. To thost
familiar with the history of this grea'
mandatory and the town in which II
Is situated, this incident, together with
the earnest words Of appreciation and
of thanks in which the cane was pre-
scented, speak in pleasant ann OF
the improved conditions now existing
there. One-possibly more-of the su
perintendents in recent years has
made life a hard and unlovely thing
for all under him. But the manage
ment seems now to be In the right
hands and everybody concerned is
greatly rejoiced because Of the won
derful improvement. The lives of the
poor people condemned to arm their
bread lin the sweat of their brow" at
factories of any sort are hard enough
at best. But when they are ruled by
a man utterly regardless of their rights
or their happiness man seemingly
without human sympathy-the lives
AAa,r lad r,nrn than q faata
of the lower regions. We rejoice that
such men find scant welcome among
us, and hope that Mississippi, as she
grows into a great manufacturing
State, with mills and factories in every
county, will never outgrow the strong
sense of justice that demands land
seoures) fair treatment for even the
poorest and least influential Of her
children.
The article which follows is taken
from the Lumber World, and while We
regret that other matter crowded it
from last weeks columns, we believe
1t too valuable to leave out entirely,
and SO print it, though it is a week
late. In a discussion as to the value
of the millions of pine stumps which
annually go to waste in Mississippi
and the possible profit to be realized
from them, the World says that every
cord of fat pine will yield forty bush
els of the best metallic charcoal, TWEEN
ty gallons of ~turpenllne, forty gallons
of tar, forty gallons of tar oil, and
sixty gallons of pyroligenous acid. BY
q process of rehabilitation this pyro-
lisenous acid will yield one and a half
to two gallons OF alcohol, with from
four to six gallons Of acetic acid, be-
sides a quantity of c%reosote. Calcu-
lating these first five-named products
at the lowest usual price, the returns
from a cord will net SIS. Young sap
wood will yield more than one-half
this quantity of products. A plant for
this purpose can be built in the shape
of r%etorts, each retort Of sufficient size
for ons-half cord of wood, at an out.
side expense of, say, $500. The time
required for each charge of one-half
cord of wood is eight hours, each re-
tort thus handling n and one-half
cords of wood in twenty-four hours,
resulting, therefore, in some 500 profit
per day from a retort costing not more
than a coke oven."
When these coTuslns greet the great
army of Mississippians who so loyalty
support their county papers the Legis-
lature OF 1902 will have assembled in
the old Capitol. This will be a season
of especial interest for many reasons.
1t marks the entrance of our State
upon a new era Of progress and i'm
provement. Composed of good men
and true" the Legislature will doubt
less enact wise laws and make ample
provision for the carrying forward of
all the good work in which the State
Is engaged. Mississippi has a proud
record because of the car she gives
her unfortunates and for the unex
ampled opportunities she puts within
reach of every son and daughter who
desires an education. IL Will prOUdDly
be the farewell meeting in the old Cap
itol wherein so much Of history has
Deen enacted. There will be quite a
number of new faces in the upper and
lower house, as a few have resigned
and an unusually large number have
passed into the other life. We hope
that each and every member may fine
this session a helpful and a pleasan'
one and that the people may have
cause to thank them for their wisdom
and their justice.
Yazoo City celebrated the New Yea
fttingly by impressive ceremonies at
tendant upon the reception Of thu
splendid new $25, goo library building
presented to the city by Mrs. Fam.
Kicks, as q memorial to her noble AM
lama-.ea husband, Gen. Kicks. Happ.
Yazoo City, to count as her own 81
wise, 30 noble and so generous a phi
la%nthropist as Mrs. Kicks has prove,
herself.
District Deputy s. A. Solomon o