The Grenada sentinel., 1903-11-21
Delta Dirt In Demand.

The demand for lands in the delta
was never greater than it is at this
time. People from that section of
the State say that both residents and
non-residents are putting their
money in delta lands now. A great
deal of wild land is being bought
up and cleared and put in cultiva-
ton. The delta is coming into
prominence for it's hard wood tim
Der, and great deal of it is now
being cut and shipped for manufac-'
ture, while some of it is being man.
ufactured right on the ground.
Those who should know say that del
ia dirt has not reached the top notch.
by any means, and that the next five
years will see prices great deab
higher than they are at present. i;
Valuable Relics.
The department of archives and
history is in receipt of some inter-
esting relics, the gift of Capt. W.
NJ. Harris, brother of Gen. n. c.
Harris of the Confederate army.
These relics will be placed in the
valuable collection which is being
made by the department., and con-
sist of pieces of the headquarters
flags of Gems. R. E. Lee, A. P. Hill,
William Malone and n. c.. Harris.
The flag of Gen. Malone, from
which the piece was taken, was car
ried by his command at Appomat-
tox.
Contract for State Building.
The Mississippi Worlds Fair
Commission has awarded the con-
tract for the construction of the
State building at the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition to Messrs. j.
F. Barnes & Co., Of Jackson. The
contract price is $4,000. Several
bids were submitted. Mr.. Barnes
will leave next week for st. Louis
and make preparations for the inn
mediate commencement of work.
Fell From Counter.
The one-year-old infant of Mr..
and Mrs. Wiley Hargroye fell from
a counter in the mercantile estab-
lishment of W. B. Robbins & Co.,
at New Albany last week, striking
the back Of its head against the floor.
The child was rendered unconscious
for several hours and the injury
NAV prove fatal. The father, who
had left the child for just mo-
ment, is stricken with grief.
The Mississippi Gin Report.
According to the government re-
port of cotton ginned which was re-
Gently issued by the census depart
ment, Mississippi is very much be-
hind with the work of placing the
crop into marketable shape. The
statistics show that the total num-
Der of commercial bales ginncd up
to October Is was 479, ,103, against
559.126 bales on the same date last
year, decrease of 90,023 bales.
A Dull statehouse.
There was very little doing
around the statehouse last week, the
various departments being barren of
events of public interest. Even Di-
rector Rowland was unable to evolve
any ideas bearing the semblance of
news. A few sheriffs made their
monthly settlements with the treas
ury, but the amount of cash received
was quite small.
Worlds Fair Work at Friars Point
A large and interested audience
heard the address delivered at Fri
ars Point last week by Worlds Fair
Commissioner r. H. Henry in favor
of a State exhibit at the World
Fair. The address put the local
people to thinking along line they
| had hitherto little considered, and
will result in good exhibit from
| Coahoma county.
After a Million More.
State Revenue Agent Adams ex-
ploded another bombshell last week
by filing with the Mississippi rail-
road commission a request for that
body to assess the Chicago, st. Louis
J & New Orleans Railway Company
with its capital stock from 1892 to
1902 inclusive, a period of ten years,
the amount of taxes. claimed being
over 81, ,250,000. ~
| Negro Fireman Killed.
Somebody opened switch at the
Natchez lumber yard on the Yazoo
& Mississippi, in the city limits oi
that town last week, and an extra
train ran into it. The negro fire.