The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-02-22

tho capital, and as all eyes are turned
in that direction at present, we leel
that 1t will interest our readers to
give a brief resume OF some OF the
matters of greatest Importance. one
of the leading features Of the week
was the passage by the enate OF the
House bill appropriating $4,000 to the
st. Louis Exposition and creating an
exposition bureau consisting OF the
Governor and four other members Ito
be chosen by the Governor). This blu
reau will appoint a commissioner, with
q salary of $4,000 per annum, with
expenses, and it will be his duty to
work up an interest in an exhibit; to
get this exhibit together and to take
charge of same during the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition. Now that the
sinews of war have been supplied by
the State, this matter will doubtless be
taken up as soon as the Legislature ad-
%journs, and the State will proceed to
get up an exhibit worthy Of her splen-
did achievements and of her boundless
possibilities.
Another subject of unusual interest
was the Houses overwhelming ma
jority in favor Of the passage Of the
famous Cox antitrust bill. 1t also has
many friends in the Senate, where 1t is
being considered this week.
The Gardner depository bill (which
provides that the State Treasurer shall
In case of need make deposits of State
funds in not more than two banks In
any town and in sums not exceeding
S25, 900 to each bank) went through
the Senate with friends to spare. and
1t seems to have a goodly number in
the House. Should this bill become a
law there will be no more complaints
Of a surplus overburdening the vaults
Of the Treasury, and the State banks
will be materially assisted.
The insurance bill was occupying the
Senate at the close of the week. This
law makes radical changes in existing
laws and creates a special department
for insurance.
1t was voted to add another member
to the States official family by the
Senate, in the person Of a keeper of
the departures of history AMI ar.
chives. The salary to be paid was set
at 81, 800, and the duties will be such
as the able and devoted directors Of
the State Historical Society shall des-
ignate. This fine organization, com
posed of Mississippi's best and most
able men, have been gathering our
history up as a labor Of love for years,
but the work has now assumed such
proportions and the demands and re-
Quirements are SO numerous and e.
acting that the creation of this State
department was deemed wise. 1t is
hoped that the House will pass the bill
also.
Another matter that has held the In
terest of the State, as well as the poo
pie Of Jackson, was the visit to Jack.
son of Mrs. Jefferson Davis, who spent
Friday and Saturday in Jackson as the
guest of the State Legislature. In the
library of the old State House, which
had been the scene of SO many Of her
distinguished husbands triumphs, she
met and greeted hundreds of the old
men who had loved and served him,
with their children and chiljren's
children.
Much is being said by the Southern
press these days anent pecan culture.
after page is filled with arguments
demonstrating the wisdom of pecan
planting as an easy, inexpensive
source Of event That is all very
well, and will doubtless be the caus,
of many a hearty thanksgiving ten o.
fifteen years from now, but we cannt,t
refrain from wishing that this peca n
culture craze had struck Mississi an,
a score of years ago. Had it been 90
and the generations before ours mad
become infected, we Of the presen,
day could now be sitting at ease, on,
joying the fruits of the harvest. pr,
there is mo use to cry over Sail,
milk" or, to be exact, over pec,n,
that never were planted. We must A,
something better than that, and uro,
our men and women of today to hos,
tate no longer about this matter, h,,
for the sake Of coming generations =,
plant good pecan trees in the felc .,
corners Cor anywhere else), and 10
them grow. That is all they mead
We have read a great deal lately abG,
the vast superiority of South Carolih,
and Texas pecans over any Other
hence 1t gives US great pleasure /,
tell our readers something about !,
Mississippi pecan tree-a sturdy Oh,
monarch that has drawn its sustenanc
in part from the writer's own hom,
garden for a score of years. The cro]
never fails, and this year must hav,
been at least six bushels. 1t ha
never had the slightest care given il
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