The Grenada sentinel., 1903-11-14
Mississippi State News

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Exempt From Supervision.
The railroad commission Of this
State has >een perm1aently enjoined
by Judge Niles from making rates
on the Gulf & Ship Island railroad.
The Gulf & Ship Island railroad,
ever since it was built, has claimed
that it was exempt from the super
vision of the railroad commission,
settling up that it's charter exempted
it from such supervision. Some time
ago the road secured temporary in
junction preventing the railroad
commission from interfering with
the rates On this road. Last week
Judge Niles handed down an opin-
ion in which he made the Injunction
a permanent one. The charter of
the road was granted in 1882, and it
exempts the road from the supervis-
ion of the commission. The Su-
preme Court, in a case few months
ago, decided that the commission
had no supervision over the road.
Judge Niles, in his opinion, holds
that the charter granted by the legis>
lature is binding, and that the COM
mission has no right to supervise
either the passenger or the freight
rates of the road, and makes the
temporary injunction perpetual.
Cotton Crop Prospect.
Fine headway was made during
the week just closed with the pick
ing of the cotton crop in Mississippi.
The dry weather has caused the sta
pie to open with astonishing rapidi-
ty, and all available labor forces
have been constantly employed in
marketing the crop. There is nc
longer any doubt that Mississippi's
yield will be shorter than last year.
Less than half a dozen counties re-
port top crop, and this causes the
heaviest reduction in the prospective
yield. The delta crop will average
from Is to 80 per cert. below that
Of last year, although the bottom and
middle crop is about up to the av'
erage. The interior movement tt
the market towns continues quite
lively, and there is very little ten.
dency on the part Of the farmers t.
| hold back the staple.
Fine Stone in Rankin.
Prof. Echel, the government geol
igist who is making a survey in Mis-
sissippi, makes highly favorable re
port on the Rankin county ston'
quarries, near Star, which he find
to be good quality of fine-grained
white sandstone, occurring in bed
ef from ten to fifteen feet in thick
ness, separated by thin layers o
clay, and having a total thickness 0
workable stone at least fifty feet il
depth. Prof. Eckel states that tn
clay deposits found in Mississippi
are the equal of any in the country
Tried to Kill a White Man.
| Considerable excitement prevail
ed at Taylor, in Lafayette county
last week, when a negro, Simpso
Barry, attempted to kill white ma
named Joe Tubbs. The negro use
a razor and it took effect upon tn
throat of Tubbs. Tubbs is a highl
rcspected citizen and a lynching wa
averted only by the vigilance of som
of the citizens who guarded the ne
gro until the arrival of the sheri
from Oxford. Everything is quie
now, but Tubbs is in a serious cond
ton.
Bureau Of Statistics.
State Senator W. B. Walker {
Monroe county will introduce in I'll
+ legislature at the January session
bill providing for the establishmel
, of bureau Of vital statistics. The1
= is hardly any doubt that measu1
of this kind will be enacted< by Il
body, as public sentiment seems
2 be strongly in favor of it as the be-
, means of promoting publicity OF ii
j, States resources.
t Heavy Cotton Receipts.
For the months of Septemb'
q and October the town of Newton HI
received over 1000 bales of cottt
more than it did for the same tv
, months last year. During Septe1
a. a. Der and October last year 3,612 bal
s were marketed there, while for tt
g same period this year the town h
~ bought 1861 bales. The yield
y Newton county will no doubt
y better than last year:
It Fancy Price for Cotton.
a A fancy price was paid at Gree
It wood last week for 308 bales Of Be