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Arizona republican., 1904-05-28
INDIANS AT WORLDS FAR
Arizona TribesInen in Good Health
 and Enjoying Themselves.

M NJ. Murphy, agriculturist of the Sacaton reservation, returned yester- day morning from St. Louis where he went with other reservation and school officials, accompanying the live eXhib- it. of the reservation, at the Worlds Fair. The live exhibit referred to was Q carload of natives most of them in their primitive condition, though a few were partially educated and some were the children from Sacaton who are to form one of the classes in the model school at St. Louis. They were accompanied by more or less plunder such as baskets and pottery, and their personal effects, but the most of this baggage was sent ahead with the raw material for the construction of wick iups, etc.
 The live exhibit left here May IA so MT. Murphy only had about a week at the fair, but that was enough at this time for the weather he said was mis- cradle, both in St. Louis and going and coming. Of the two weeks of his ab- sence he was in rain every day but two. The Indians though were care fully guarded by those who had them in charge and really suffered less than the whites though they constantly complained of the cold The Indians were all in good health when he left St. Louis, but Robert Larimer, the as sistant superintendent at Sacaton. was very i'll and Mir. Murphy said he was busy himself trying to dodge the hos pital. The fair grounds was quite sloppy, the streets not yet being well settled, and every day heavy freight trucks got stuck in the mud. The cf-
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20
ThlRTY-FlRST DAY,

After a spirited debate, lasting the
entire day, the lower house this after
noon defeated the amendment provid-
ing for constitutional prohibition, the
measure lacking eight votes of receiv>
ing the required two-thirds majority
of those voting. f..
OF the total membership of 1873, the
yeas were sc, nays 43; total absent,
paired or not voting, "a; number nec-
assary to carry amendment, "a. The
Observation-Disclosures are In high glee
and the result seems to meet with
aoInewhAt general approval, as the
movement to forever abolish open sa-
looms from the State was not strongly
backed, receiving its chief support
from the ministers Of the Methodist
and Baptist churches. -
Discord within the prohibition ranks
was one of the causes contributing to
the downfall of the movement. It Is
understood that the prohibition1sts will
Immediately prepare and intxoduce Q
hill for statutory prohibition.
The speeches for the amendment at
+he afternoon session we're delivered
nv Messrs. KimDrough, Cavett, Ross,
Patterson and East
The opposition addresses were made
nv Maesrs, Owens, Greayes, Winston,
Kicks and George. The liquor prob.
len ia the State was thoroughly and
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20

reviewed and there was
a sharp cross-are of debate and Ques-
tiouing throughout the afternoon.
The vote was as follows:
Yeas-Allen, Arnold, Barber. Bird OF
Blackwell, Bradford, Burge.
Burns, Butler, Bynum, Carothers.
Carruthers, Cavett, Cooper, Cowley,
Denton of Lafayette, East, Ellis. Err
rington, Ellis, Erwin, Estes, F0ntaine.
Forman, Gilfoy, Heidelburg, Hollings-
worth, Hoyle, Kimbrough, Knox. Kyle,
Lockwood, Loper, Maer, Mahon, May
field, Nixon, Murphree, McAllister, Nc
Quiston, Mcfarland of Jasper, McGow-
an, McMichael, Norment, Patterson.
Patty, Pope, Reynolds, Ringold. Rob-
erts, Robinson of Choctaw. Robinson
Of Rankin. Ross, Rouse, Sample, Shef-
field, Smith, Spencer, Sturdivant, Tip
ton. Ward and Wells-66.
Nays-AlcOrn, Bell of Washington,
Brown, Bullard, Caradine. Coleman of
Lee. Coleman of Leflore, Collier, Cow
an, Denton of Lauderdale, Doherty,
Ethridge, Foster, Garrison, Greaves,
Hicks, Hulbua, HUFF, Lesser, Meharg,
Miller, Millsaps, Mcfarland of Monroe,
Owen, Powell. Ratliff, Robbins, STEM
mis-, Suddoth. Thompson. Talbert,
Tucker of Wilkinson, Turner, Watts
of Lauderdale, Whitney, Winston. VIII
kinson and Speaker Thomas-43.
Mr.. Smith, of Holmes, leader of the
prohibition forces, changed his vote
from aye to nay in order to enter q
motion to reconsider.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20
Early Celebrations
HE origin Of Washington's bfrths -
day as holiday is stated as fol-


lows: On February 20. 1888, .
number of gentlemen met in q New
York tavern to celebrate the great gen.
erals birthday. They then agreed to
assemble in futare on that day, cele.
brating it with odes and toasts. WASH
tngton's ascendancy shortly after to tho
presidency gave a new zest to the "an-
nual," SO that in time it became general.
and finally grew into legal holiday,
the people demanding it from a custom.
The first public celebration of Wash
ington's birthday occurred on February
II, 1884, and the anticipated occasion
was thus alluded to by the Pennsylvania
Packet of February II, same year:
"wednesday last being the birthday
of his excellency, Gen. Washington. the
same was celebrated here by all the true
friends of American independence and
constitutional liberty, with that hilarity
and manual decorum attendant on the
sons Of freedom. In the evening an en-
tertainment was given on board the
East India ship in this harbor, to a very
brilliant and respectable company ,>and
discharge of 13 cannon was fred upon
the joyful occasion"
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Students at ancient history are
never up-to-date.
Temptation is the balance in which
character is weighed.
When pessimist loses his mind it's
q fortunate man who doesn't find it.
Sometimes a man can cure himself
of insomnia by trying to keep awake.
Many a man gets the best of fight
because he hasn't the nerve to run
away.
I The unwritten law OF society con.
zsiders every man guilty until he IL
proved innocent.
When the young man In the parlor
loses sight Of the girls mother he
shouldn't forget the keyhole.
When a bachelor tells a married
woman how happy he is she wouldn't
be surprised TO see him go the way OF
Anauia9 =-.-s@ -~.s~% z-sa.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20

were disappointed. Whilst our hub-
bands and brothers are examples Of pa
triotism,' she would say to her country
women, we must be patterns of indus
try She did not hesitate to wear q
brown dress and a speckled apron when
receiving fastidious and elegant vis-
itors at Morristown. It was said after
ward that she acquired her inveterate
habit of knitting in her zeal at Valley
Forge to relieve the barefoOted men
around her. On every fair day she
might be seen walking through the rude
streets of the town of huts with basket
in her hand. Entering the hut of SER
geant, she found him dying on pallet
of straw, his wife beside him in the an
guish of final separation. She minis
tered to his comfort with food prepared
by her own hands. Then, kneeling, she
earnestly prayed with her sweet and
solemn voice for the stricken couple.
All day long she was busy with these sr-
rands Of grace, or in the kitchen at the
stone house, or in urging other women
to lend a helping hand. And when she
passed along the lines Of the troops she
would sometimes hear the fervent cry:
God bless Lady Washington or Long
live Lady Washington Well, indeed.
might the men feel that they could fight
to their very last drop of blood with q
commander whose wife, who was for.
merly the belle and leader of her set
among the danes and damsels of Vir-
ginia, was not ashamed to be seen darn-
ing his and her own stockings!"
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20
SMALLPOX at DoddsviIIe.

Two or more cases of smallpox
have developed at Dossville, a little
town sixteen miles north of Car
thage. The persons afflicted are the
daughters of Mr.. Wooten, a promi-
nent citizen of that place. The
young ladies were in school at the
Southern Female College at West
Point. The county health officer
has been summoned to investigate
the case; and make report as to just
how the disease originated.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20
Loves Young Dream.

They were .uttering the tender non.
sense that succeeds the great question,
And" said the girl bravely, IT
poverty comes we will. face it togcth'
err
sAh, dearest" he replied, the meE
sight Of your face would scare the wols
away
And ever since he has wondered why
she returned his riExrTit B1a.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20
Experiment Stations.

After one of the hardest fights OF the
session the house last week passed
hills providing for two additional ag-i-
cultural stations, one in the delta and
one in North Mississippi, in the red
clay region. Several other bills for
stations in other parts of the State
were reported adversely by the COM
mittee, and the members from these
sections fought hard and exhausted
all the tactics known to parliamentary
usage to force the friends Of the two
successful bills to compromise. The
delta bill had smooth sailing, but the
North Mississippi bill was made the
center of attack, and numberless
amendments were offered to get other
stations into it. Hon. H. X. Mahon,
Of Marshall, had the bill in charge.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20
viii Organize q League.

The truck growers OF South Mis-
sisssippi have started a movement to
organize themselves into a Truck
Growers League, to promote truck
farming and unity the interests Of
the growers of fruits and vegetables.
The truck growing interests have in
creased so rapidly in the piney woods
section of the State during the past
few years that local truck growers
associations have been organized in
almost every community. It is now
proposed to organize a Southern
Truck Growers League. A man
will be placed at the head Of this
league and paid on a commission
basis. It will be his duty to consign
shipments to the best possible mar
ket, and to convey them to honest
and reputable commission houses
and to secure prompt settlements
for goods delivered. The objects of
the league will be to diversity crops,
classify the products, the best ways
and means of packing and shipping,
better knowledge of truck farming,
including the adaptability of soil,
fertilizers and methods of cultiva-
tiOn.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20
Duck Hill House Burned.

Lloyd T. Binford's residence at
Duck Hill was destroyed by fire last
week and but little of value was
saved. Loss about three thousand
dollars, partially insured. Cause Of
fire unknown. The fire was first dis
covered between the ceiling and the
roof. Mr.. Binford was absent from
home at the time.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20
important Bill Passed.

A bill of much importance passed
by the house is the measure to in
crease of the ad valorem tax for road
working purposes not to exceed mills
on the dollar, and allowing boards OF
supervisors to make this maximum 1e-
wee for road purposes. 1t is believed
that the measure, If enacted into law,
will aid greatly in solving the good
roads problem in Mississippi. The
communication tax is also increased by
the bill from 50 to 81.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20
COMMENT ANDScR,TicIsM.
Some Opinions on Legislation Past
Present and Prospective. Is
After the Fraternities.

AS a prelude to the fight to abolish
Greek letter fraternities at the Uni
versity of Mississippi the senate com
mittee on schools and colleges las
made a report recommending that no
student be allowed to join fraternity
until he has passed through the first
year of the university course he
fight against the fraternities has stir
red up a great deal of bitter feeling
and promises to cause a most stub
born fight when the bill foratheir 1bol-
ishment comes up for passage. .
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20
Mansion Not to Be Sold.

The finance committee Of the senate
has made q favorable report, with an
amendment, appropriating $4,000 for
repairs and new furniture at the gov.
ernor's mansion, and this seems to
indicate that it is not the intention
of the State to sell tho mansion prop
erty at this session, Notwithstanding
the fact that the sale was recommend
ed by the outgoing and incoming gov
orn0rb.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20
consederate Pen,ion pi,i.

has finally made favorable report on
the bill passed by the house appro'
priating $500 900 for the Confederate
pensions for the biennial period The
bill has been under confederation for
over two weeks. .-
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20
stIu with the COMMITTEES

The senate finance committee still
has under consideration the house bill
appropriating s., $50 900 per annum for
the common schools Of the State. The
body is apparently unable to agree
on the measure, some members favor
Ing q reduction Of the amount to $780,
900 or more on account of the $780,
600 per annum extra the schools will
receive In the future on account OF
the poll taxes being. retained In the
counties where collected.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20
Another "Freak" Bill.

Chairman Millsaps of the house ju-
dietary committee introduced In the
house last week, by request Of one of
his Clay county constituents, q bill
looking to the determination OF Eng
lish sparrows and the propagation OF
the screech OWL The bill contains
some novel and interesting provisions.
The remedy proposed in the bin for
the determination of the sparrow was
doubtless suggested by the novel ex-
pedient adopted by Moses when he
was leading Pharaoh's army OF con-
quest into Ethiopia, to march his army
safely through a region infested by
deadly serpents It will be recalled
that Moses ordered his soldiers to
catch, every man, a kite, knowing the
kind. The soldiers caught the kites
and carried them in boxes. and when
the serpent region was reached the
kites were released and ate up the SER
pents.
The bill Is as follows:
"An act for the abatement Of the Eng.
lish sparrow.
Section /. That there shall BE ap.
propriated the sum of 200 to be dis
tributed pro rata in the counties of the
State according to the population and
subject to be used on the authority
and direction of the board of supervis-
ors of each county for the extermina-
ton of the pestiferous English sparrow
| wherever he swipes ruthlessly down
| upon the vegetable gardens of the
State, like a wolf on the fold.'
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty Of
the board Of supervisors at their first
meeting in April to employ one COM
petent hunter from each supervisors
district in counties where needed.
whose duty it shall be to catch screech
owls and to train them to catch Eng.
lish sparrows, and present account OF
$lOO for allowance by the board for
each owl so trained.
| Sec g. It shall be the duty of the
! clerk of the board of supervisors to
keep cages for such owls and to pro.
vide them all additional food neces-
sary, in case the sparrows shall not
afford said owls enough to sustain
the dignity and sufficiency of their
menu, and said clerk shall be allowed
reasonable fee for the care and
maintenance of such owls.
Sec. 4. That this act be in force
from and after its passage"
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20
A Rather Drastic Bill.

The senate passed a rather drastic
bill providing that land owners may re-
cover penalties of $3.50 in each in
stance where a railroad fails to build
a stock gap, recovery to be had with
out notice first being given the rail.
road of the necessity of such gap.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20
Martha Washington
~HERE was a ready response Of
good and prominent women in
both England and America to

the call for nurses during the late Span
ish-American and South African wars.
This brings to mind the kind and help
full attitude of Martha Washington dur
ing a critical period of American his
tory. long since happily superseded by
the good feeling, based on mutual un-
derstanding, that both countries now
seek constantly to foster. William Per-
rine tells the story:
martha Washington was then IS
years of age, and those who went to the
camp and expected to find her arrayed
in the gowns which they had supposed
would be worn by the generals wife
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20
Restraining District Attorneys.

A bill has been passed by the senate
prohibiting district attorneys from
forming law partnerships for civil
practice in their districts. Only one
vote was cast in opposition, MIR. Nc
Laurin, of the Twentieth, voting
against it. The bill will affect at least
five district attorneys in the State.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20
THlRTlETH DAY.

mouse or the legislature this morn
ing, and large number of bills of
this character were passed. One
measure of general interest was that
dividing Marion county into two coun-
ties, and naming the new county
Lamar" in honor of the distinguished
jurist and statesman of that name.
The house committee on education
reported a committee substitute for
the uniform school book bills intro
duced, and it now remains to be seen
which body will pass q measure of
this kind first.
In the senate several committees
made unfavorable reports on bills in
troduced during the past few days.
The Glover bill, changing the time of
holding Supreme Court terms, was
passed. Authority was given the lieu
tenant governor to appoint commit
tee of five to report on plan for a
new codificatiOn of the laws of the
State The bill amending the fellow
servant rule was passed. A few local
and private bills were passed.
Wells vagrancy Bill.
The Wells VACANCY bill, passed by
the house several days ago, and favor
ably reported in the senate last week
from the judiciary committee, will be
body for some day this week.
The measure is returned to the SEN
ate with number of committee
amendments, the most important OF
which Is to give Circuit Courts con-
current jurisdiction to try vagrancy
cases, preceded by grand jury prose
cution The original bill confers jur-
isdiction exclusively on justices of the
peace and mayors courts. The maxi
mum punishment by fine is raised
from 500 to $3.50.
Confidence is felt that the senate
will pass the bill, and the house will
doubtless concur in the amendments
as none of them are framed to render
the law less drastic than in it's orig
inal form. These amendments were
framed by Senator Dunn, acting chair
MAJ of the judiciary committee.
Salary Increase Proposed.
A highly important bill was intro
duced in the senate by Mr.. Groom, OF
Kinds, which seeks to raise the salar
les of all State officers. The changes
proposed are as follows:
Governor and supreme judges, from
$4,000 to $4,000 per year.
Circuit judges and chancellors, from
$2,750 to $4,000 per year.
Attorney general, from $4,000 to 81,
900 per year.
Assistant attorney general, from 81,
Oo0 to $4,000 per year.
All State officers now drawing 81,
500 per year to $4,000 per year, aad al
officers drawing $4,000 a year to 81,
500 year.
Chief clerks in auditors Office ane
treasurer's Office, from 81, $50 to 81,
500 per year.
All department clerks drawing 81,
900 to. 81 200 per year.
Changes are proposed in the salar!
OF every State official except the in
surance commissioner and State rev
enue agent, who draw their pay on tn
fee system.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20
Newton Men Honored.

The appointments by Gov. Varda-
man Of DR.. G. H. Mcneil of New
ton as member of the State board of
health from the Fifth district, and
G. E. Cunningham, also of that
place, as one of the trustees of the
East Mississippi Insane Asylum at
Meridian, have been confirmed by
the senate. The former is a leading
citizen and physician and president
of the Newton County Medical Asso-
citation. The latter is editor of the
Newton Record, one of the leading
weekly newspapers of East Missis-
sippi, and the cleanest and best
printed paper published in the
State.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20
Curiosity Aroused.

There IS pending in the senate
now the appointments of three mem
bers of the board Of trustees OF Al
corn College, located at Rodney.
The retiring members of the board
are F. f. Williams, of Lumberton |;
James Gillespie, Of Greenwood, and
Charles A. Gordon, Of Fort Gibson.
It is not believed that any Of the
gentlemen named have been reap
pointed. Owing to the views OF the
governor on negro education there j.
considerable curiosity manifested.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20
Coffin Factory for Meridian.

A subscription was opened last
week to establish a coffin factory at
Meridian. The needed $4,000 was
taken promptly by local parties and
the books are now closed.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20
Y. M. c. A. Secretary Resigns.

H. w. A1ixsell, general secretary
of the Meridian Railroad Young
Mems Christian Association for the
past six years, has resigned on ac-
count of his wife's health. He goes
to st. Paul, MINI. The members
presented him with a gold watch,
suitably engraved. =.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

rive weeks Of the legislative session
OF 1904 have now passed into history.
Tor some reason not easy to define, or
.or some numerous reasons. the two
houses have been unusually slow up
this line I'm transacting business.
Only seven bills have been passed and
one OF these is the bill providing for
the salary and mileage of members.
None Of the regular appropriation
Oils have been acted upon. The time
1oc the distribution of the common
school fund has passed and the bill
making the appropriation Is tied up
IN the senate and may have to go to
conference committee. In the mean
time the teachers must discount their
warrants. None of the State officials,
none of the judges and chancellors
and district attorneys have drawn
their January salaries, the general ap-
preparation bill not having been re-
ported. This bill is doubtless being
held to await action on the question
OF raising the salaries of the State
Omcials and the judges. The general
revenue bill has not been reported:
This is very important measure In
more ways than that of merely raising
revenues for the State. government,
for 1t carries the tax on privileges
and the proper adjustment of this
tax is essential to the continued pros
perity and progress of the State. It
Is more than probable that the com
:mittee on ways and means will find
that the revenue bill can be framed SO
as to prevent the necessity of any
increase in the tax levy, though a spe'
cial levy will doubtless have to be
made to meet the interest on the bond
issue, which seems to be inevitable.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20
Insurance Reports Coming In.

the insurance companies doing bus
mess in this State, and hardly
mail comes but what does not con-
tain half a dozen or more of these
reports. Including the fire, life
and benevolent societies, there are
several hundred Of these reports.
Woman Burned to Death.
While fighting a forest fire in
Yazoo county last week a negro
woman was burned to death. The
woman was helping to extinguish
the flames whenr her dress caught,
and she was horribly burned before
help could reach her. The accident
occurred on w. B. Deason's place.
Fell and Broke His Neck.
Park Wheeler, of Hazlehurst, came
to Canton last week to visit his cou-
sin. He got on spree, and while
returning home aboard a train fell
from the coach platform and broke
his neck.
Cotton Burned at New Albany.
One hundred bales Of cotton
caught fire at New Albany last week,
seventy-five bales and a large part of
the depot platform being destroyed.
The burning cotton was dumped
into the Tallahatchie river, prevent
ing the destruction of two depots.
The loss is $4,000.
Cyclone in Tate County.
A cyclone passed through Arka-
butla last week, completely demol-
ishing the Methodist church and w.
NJ. Emerson's residence. Seven
houses and number of outhouses
were badly wrecked. The ginhouse
of the Jones plantation, in DeSot
county, was also destroyed. no "a
talities are reported. - ~~-~.z5
Factories for Columbus.
The work Of the Columbus Pro.
gressiye Union is already making it.
self manifest. A number Of inquir.
les from Northern capitalists rela-
tive to locating plants in that sec
ton have been received and are be
ing received daily. Negotiations
are pending with q mammoth wood
working establishment, employing
$50 skilled Work and capitalized
at $l50, ,000 which, It is strongly
hoped, will end ii the removal q
the enterprise to that city.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-20
To Attend Worlds Fair.

The First battalion, Second regi-
ment, Mississippi National Guard,
have voted to attend the Worlds
Fair and are planning to raise neces-
sary funds. It is hoped the State
will aid.