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

preston into full effect. The primal
object Of convention generally is to
ignore the will and wish Of the ma
jority, and to carry into effect the de.
signs of the few who exercise control
over such parties. The influence Of
such agencies, as we'll as the negro
representation incidental to conven-
tions. is lone away with entirely by
the measure under consideration.
The Redistricting Bill.
The agony is over and the great
State of Mississippi is now divided
into eight districts, as follows:
First-Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishimingo.
Lee, Itawamba, Monroe, Lowndes, Ok
| tibbeha and Noxubee.
Second-Tallahatchie, Pamela, Tate,
DeSoto, Marshall, Lafayette, Union,
Benton and Tippah.
Third-Tunica, Quitman, Coahoma,
Bolivar, Sunflower, Lefore, Holmes.
Washington, Sharkey and Issaquena.
Fourth-Pontotoc, Chickasaw, Clay.
Choctaw, Webster, Calhoun, Yalo-
busha, Grenada, Carroll. Montgomery
and Alfalfa.
Fifth-Winston, Kemper, Neshoba,
Leake, Scott, Newton, Lauderdale.
Clarke, Jasper and Smith.
Sixth-Simpson, Lawrence, Marion,
Pearl River, Hancock, Harrison.
jackson, Greene, Wayne, Jones, Perry
and Covington.
Seventh--Claiborne, Copiah. Lin
coin, Jefferson, Franklin, Adams.
Wilkinson, Amite and Pike.
Eighth-Warren, Yazoo, Kinds, Mad.
ison and Rankin.
Some of the Senators and Repre-
sentatives were not greatly pleased
with the general handing around, but,
realizing that everybody could not be
perfectly suited, they took their medi
+ cine bravely. In the Senate Warren
alone protested, but protested vigor-
ously.
The Minneapolis Times has this to
say on a subject Of interest to u peo-
pie:
at was only a little while ago that
cotton seed was considered of no value.
The present cotton seed industry.
therefore, is all the more remarkable
in its growth and extent. An old law
of Mississippi Of 1857 required all cot
ton seed to be removed or destroyed
under penalty, while the throwing Of
cotton seed into a creek or stream was
punishable by 5000 fine. Thirteen
years after this law was passed the
census of 1870 reported &c cotton seed
oil mills. In 1880 the number in
creased to As. In 1890 to 119; while in
1900 there were 357. Prior to the 1909
census however, all establishments en-
gagged in refining cotton seed oil were
counted. The 1900 census only gives
those works that extract the ola
fact which would alter the statistics
as to increase. Years ago we exported
almost all our oil to foreign countries.
but by 1890 the commercial value of
the oil for domestic purposes was we'll
settled, and now about one-half of the
product Is used for home consumption.
The total value of all cotton seed prod.
ucts, oil, oil cake and meal, nulls and
linters, was $42,411,8 1886, which was
certainly worth saving instead of float.
ing down stream to the Gulf or to the
Atlantic"
Died-In Holly Springs, Miss. Jan
uary 81, 1902, Col. F. A. Tyler, aged
SO years, II months.
Col. Tyler was licensed to practic'
law in Vicksburg as early as 1885, ant
for several years he edited a paper
also in the city. being at the time O.
his death perhaps the oldest editor il
the State. Always a man of stront
convictions. and fearless in the expires
sion of his principles, he made a repu
tation extending beyond the limits o
his State as a forcible writer, a jeel
thinker and a man of answering in
tegrity in all the relations of life, pub
lie and private. The leading men o
! the State were his familiar associates
: and not n has been more esteeme,
e than Col. Tyler. In his death one o
= lue Olu lduuDldlh S HdS pdSSeu away
Few men Of the old regime. so chivaI
rous in spirit, so courteous in manner
; so sincere Of speech, remain with US
and Mississippi is infinitely poorer be
cause they have left us. just as she /
infinitely richer because they wer
Mississippians and because their men
DRY and the influence Of their lives will
e long survive as "a most sweet savor."
v The discussion in the State press a
t. to the course of Congressman Johl
It Sharpe Williams relative to his poll
ical future was brought to a sudde,
e stop last week when the distinguish
n Yazooan wired from Washington a
follows:
Il Editor Clarion-Ledger - Merida
n Star reports that l am expected t
move to that city to run for Congress,
| shall not leave the friends OF a lif,
y time and the graves of my family t
b. run for IN Office.
h JOHN SHARPE WILLIAMS"