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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-04-29
agricultural.
An Opportunity for the Farmer.

With a reasonably full grGnary the
American farmer has had the satisfac-
ton of watching the prices of his prin-
cipal products rise in value, some %
per cent, others so, IS and 100 per cent
above the average for ordinary years of
plenty. As compared with few years
ago, additional millions have lately been
poured into the pockets Of the farmers
Of this country, increasing their wealth
and bringing renewed prosperity to the
whole country, for when the farmers are
prosperous, all are prosperous.
That the late rise in value Of some
farm products, namely, wheat, corn,
oats, etc., is partly due to the Russo
Japanese war, no one will deny, and if
thiswar continues for number Of years,
as many predict, or for even one year,
no one will dispute the strong proba-
bilitY that prices on all grains, cotton,
and farm products generally will soar
higher than any stock manipulation ever
dreamed Of sending them.
Americas great rival in the produc-
ton Of wheat is Russia. She will have
need for all her crops Of this year to
provide for probable shortage on ac-
count of stoppage of culture by the
war. On the other hand, China and
Japan are our only rivals in the pro-
duction Of rice, and not not only will
the culture of this cereal in the Orient
be disturbed, but the expectation will
practically be discontinued.
When it is considered that these coun-
tries will be virtually out of the market
so far as producing a surplus of their
usual products is concerned, the stand
ing and Importance Of America as a
world storehouse and furnisher may be
realized.
If the war in the Orient lasts beyond
two years, many on this continent will
reap fortunes, but no people as a whole
will be more largely benefited than the
American farmer, who is wise enough
and shrewd enough to take advantage
Of his opportunities.
The wide-wake farmer is always alive
to his interests, but to the farmer who
is not wide-awake we would say-now
is the time to bestir yourself. Get right
down to business. If you haven't sue
ceeded in the past, start all over again
The opportunity for making money at
farming is unquestionably greater to-day
than for many, many years, and the
man with only a small farm and sufi-
cient energy can shortly make himself
independent. Exchange.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-04-29
G. W. OFFUTT j. CLINTON TRIBBY.
SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS
G. W. OFFUTT.
I'm Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, SiIverware, Clocks
IT'S MORE THAN CAR FARE that buying here West End


IT'S MORE THAN CAR FARE that by buying here West End
nd
can supply and the fact supply less have accustomed
In DIAMONDS Rings
Pins, Brooches
In WATCHES lin Gun
can De relied on to the hour with precision
JEWELRY the Novelties
ARE Plated and Sterling
CLOCKS
Dntt Little French Creation
good solid
We know WE'LL We MONEY! We want
First Call when Jewelry Buying,
WATCHES l. gold
Mems solid gold Watches $27 Solid ladies'
DIAMONDS chains
So solid gold baby Mems
ladies
locke solid
and diamond West Washington,
diamond washington, solid
Err JEWELRY AND ia BLEWARE
81 Solid silver chain bracelet 81 Solid silver
Solid military brushes So Solid
Solid
$o up Solid half set Solid ladies'
ROGERS PLATED teaspoons
81 go tablespoons half Dozen shells
81 4o ladies' S 81 knife ~ 25 beautiful 81
CLOCKS THAT wARRANT.s5c Alarm genuine
movements warranted 6 beautiful ename clocks polished half
strike 81 handsomt of ladies'
ington 81
Repairing Experts
Jewely RpHgh
specially.
OFFUTT a, TE1IBBY.
Store with White street.
ohlloa2sy West DC
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-04-29
SCHOOL SUPPLIES.

INVITE the atten,ivu Of Teachers, Sehol.
i airs, aud the general public, to full line
Of fresh goods.
TABLETS, for Pen and Pencil, ia variety;
Copy, Composition aud Exercise Books;
Lead, Slate and Colored CrAyon Pencils.
Inks, IN al sizes and colors;
Wards, Writings, Orane's aud Hurdis
hue Correspondence Paper aud Envelopes;
Legal foolscaP aud Bill Paper;
Blank Books 10 variety,
Al WILSON'S DRUG STORE.
Opposite the Court House,
sep sT.u Rockville, Ma,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-04-29


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of Washington
D. B. MARTIN, Manager Traffic
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-11-26
OFFICIAL LETTER OF THANKS
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co.
Officially for Prompt
T. Payment of Government Loan.

st. Louis, Nov. 22.-President Fran
els has received the following letter
from Leslie NJ. Shaw, secretary of the
treasury:
81 desire to thank you, and through
you the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Co., for the prompt payment of the
government loan of $4,000, 900, and to
congratulate you all that you were able
to make the payments promptly.
81 had great confidence in your abil-
ity to do so at the time the loan was
made and as you know, recommended
it, and while the small attendance dur
ing the first two months of the expo
sition caused apprehension, it did not
cause alarm. In this connection let
us also congratulate you all on having
held the largest and the most compre-
hensive exposition ever installed, or
that, in my judgment, ever will be in
stalled. 1t has not only been a rec
ord-breaker, but it has established a
record that will never be broken"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-11-26
About Weather Forecasts.


So many of our people being so
little acquainted with the real sci
ence of m%eteorology, or the art of
weather prediction, and as Uncle
Sam has established this branch Of
the government service particularly
in the interest of the farmers of the
country, we give place below for the
following article on weather Fore
casting" from the pen of Mr.. W. S.
Belden, section director of the
United States weather bureau sta
toned at Vicksburg. Considering
this subject, MI. Belden says:
Although much progress has re-
Gently been made in the development
of the science of meteorology which is
today making for itself a place in our
leading high school and college cur
riculums, yet no meteorologist, noted
for his scientific attainmentS, will at
tempt to make weather forecasts for
more than two or three days in adj
vance. Notwithstanding these facts,
there are within our broad domain a
few men who, for personal gain, seek
to prey upon the credulity of the public
by representing themselves as being
especially weather-wise, or as having
within their possession some mysteri-
u power whereby they are enabled
to forecast weather changes for a
month or a year in advance. Some
times men of this class attempt to
represent that their forecasts are in
a large measure dependent upon infor-
nation obtained from a scientific
branch Of the government, in order
that they may thus gain standing with
the press, which will enable them to
disseminate their nefarious forecasts
and secure remuneration for the anne
Those who will carefully investigate
for themselves by comparing those So
called long-range forecasts with the
daily weather, will soon become con-
vinced that there is no reliance to be
placed in them. Almost any, person
with average intelligence and an ele-
mentary knowledge of the movements
of storms can make long-range
weather forecasts that will reach just
as high a percentage of veriication
as those made by men who have Sc
cured nQtOriety for their supposed
wisdom in forecasting weather
changes.
The most erudite meteorologists, in
both Europe and America, have
thoroughly investigated the subject of
.long-range ~forecasting with a view of
establishing, if possible, some rela-
ton between weather c%ausation and
any one of the following named phe-
nomena: Planetary movements, vary
ing positions of the moon, increase
and decrease of sun spots and appar-
ent variation in solar intensity. In no
case has the desired relationship been
established. Prof. w. M. Davis, of
Harvard College, says, in speaking Of
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-11-26
THE COMING DEMOCRACY.
Party Organized on True Democratic
Basis Will Fight for
1908.


Real democracy eventually will con.
troll this country for the benefit Of a
majority of its citizens.
The democrats will one day manage
the country for the benefit of its 3d.
100000 of citizens, and not In the In
terests of its 1000 contributing million
aires.
But, to win, the democratic party must
be democratic. Men that the demo-
Gratis know and want must be NOM
mated.
Men that democrats wisely mistrust
and despise, men of the Belmont-Mc-
Carren stripe, must be put out of the
party, continedin their activities to their
Wall street or their race track gam
bling, prevented from gambling with the
prospects and usefulness of a great
party.
Democrats will now proceed to. or
ganize on a truly democratic basis-be-
ginning to-day their preparation for the
fight of 1908.
They have the consolation of knowing
at least that the day of the democratic
traitors is past. They know that nc
democratic national candidate will ever
again have to carry the parasitic load
of Belmonts, McCarrens, etc., that
proved too heavy for Judge Parker and
his hopes.
The people of the United States want
a democratic party, they are going to
have it, and it is going to be victorious.
Chicago American.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-11-26
A CHICAGO CRANK'S DEMAND
He Wants the Picture of samuel
Schif's Baby Printed or He
VIII XIII Mrs. Schiff.

Chicago, Nov. 22.-His baby's pic
ture or his wife's life-such is the
alternative given to Samuel Schiff by
an anonymous letter writer, who twice
has made an attempt to kidnap the
infant, and who has been threatening
trouble by letter and telephone. In a
letter written last Friday the life OF
Mrs. Schiff was threatened by shoot
ing.
. Inspector Wheeler has taken up the
case, and has provided police protec-
ton for the Schiffs' neighborhood.
There is no clew to the identity OF
the letter writer, who announces that
he loves the child more than life itself,
and will not cease his persecution of
the parents until a picture of the lit
tie one is published in some Chicago
newspaper for his qualification.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-11-26
IRON MOUNTAIN COLLISION
Five Passenger Cars and Twenty
Freight airs Burned and n Num-
Der of Passenger Hurt.

Hoxie, Ark, Nov. 22.-At $50
o'clock this morning train No. II, the
Hot Springs Special, on the Iron
Mountain railroad, going south, owing
to the dense smoke from the forest
fires, ran into an extra freight at
Swifton, causing a wreck in which
Fireman Wells was killed.
The passenger train was in charge
of Conductor Boyle and Engineer De-
CURE, with Harry Wells as fireman.
A number of passengers were in
jured, but how many and how serious
ly is not known now.
The engine is a total wreck. Five
cars of the passenger train and 20 of
the freight with their loads burned.
All the telegraph wires around Swift
ton are cut by the forest fires and the
wreck.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-11-26
G. & S. /. to Make an Exhibit.

The Gulf & Ship Island Railroad
Company has determined to make
an exhibit of all the various pro-
ducts in its territory at the State
Corn and Cotton Carnival to be held
in Jackson beginning the first week
in December. The company has ap-
pealed to the people ~ofsevery station
along its line to use every effort to
have that particular station and its
vicinity excel in its exhibit. 1t also
appeals to the farmers, merchants,
manufacturers, lawyers, doctors,
fruit and truck growers to see that
the exhibits from that section Of the
State will at least equal that from
any~other: All the people are urged
to organizes and agree upon what can
be sent from each vicinity, and are
asked to communicate freely and
frequently with j. Ell. Bouslog, the
industrial and immigration agent Of
the road, at Gulfport. The people
along the line should properly APP
preciate this action on the part of
the railway people.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-11-26
WAS A. C. PARKER A SUICIDE?
Evidence at the Coroner's Inquest
Points in That Direction.
The Coroner, However, Declines to
Make Amy Comment Until the
Verdict is Rendered.

Cincinnati, Nov. 22.-Convulsive
movements of the hands, frothing at
the mouth, dilated pupils, and a pun
gent odor of peach kernels, are some
of the things mentioned by different
witnesses in the inquest held by Cor
oner Weaver that give color to the the
DRY of suicide in connection with the
sudden death of Second Vice-President
G. A. Parker, of the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton & Dayton and Pere Marquette
system, who was buried in st. Louis.
DIR. s. G.. Grimes, the first physician
called, testified:
ut looks like a case of poisoning
from cyanide of potash or prussic acid.
| formed an opinion that it did not
look like a natural death. I examined
his eyes and found the pupils were di-
lated. At that time | noticed a pun
gent odor. l think it came from the
patient. 1t smelled like peach kernels"
Miss Rose Hageman, who was Par
ker's stenographer since October II,
testified that she was with him the
greater part of the morning and saw
him at intervals in the afternoon IN
til he died. She said he was not drink
ing, sc far as she could see, nor did
she know any al why he should
have taken his own life.
Clarence Cobb testified he noticed
Parker just before he fell. His hands
were quivering and he made a motion
as if his nose was bleeding. He did
not notice any odor from the dying
mans mouth, but noticed froth on the
lips.
The testimony of these witnesses
concluded the inquest with the excep-
ton of securing the family history Of
MI. Parker. The coroner is Weighing
the. evidence already in, and says he
will refrain from any comment on the
case until he is ready to render his
verdict.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-11-26
GRANTED CHANGE OF VENUE
edgar Cop Charged With XIII
ing Henry Green, Will be Tried
i'm Christian COunty, III.

Litchfeld, ILL.,, Nov. 22.-Edgar Cope
land, the youth charged with the MUIR
der of Henry Green, a farmer near
Nashville, in May, 1903, because
Green objected to the young man keep
ing : company with his 15-year-old
daughter, Emma, has been granted a
change of venue by Judge Ames from
the Montgomery to the Christian coun-
ty circuit court, and the case will be
tried in Taylorville during the March
term of court.
The case was tried in the Montgom-
cry county court last March, and the
jury returned a verdict of guilty, fix
ing the penalty at death, but a new
trial was granted on a technicality,
and a change of emu granted on the
ground that it would be impossible for
the young man to be given an i'm
partial trial in this county.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-11-26
Mississippi State News

the influence Of the moon upon the
weather; The more closely the sub
ject Is investigated, the less reason
there appears to be in the popular be-
lief that the moo exercises any sig
nificant control over the weather"
In the light of present knowledge,
weather ~forecasting, although limited
to two or three days in advance, is
nevertheless recognize as being OF
great value, and has, therefore, been
authorized by the leading govern
ments of the world for the benefit of
agriculture. commerce and navigation.
Within the United States there are
about 100 weather bureau stations,
each equipped with standard meteoro-
logical instruments and operated by
one or more trained observers. Twice
daily G. am. to z pm. Central time)
weather observations are made and
telegraphed from each Of these sta
tons to the central Office at Washing
ton, d. G. BY special arrangements
with telegraph companies a large part
Of these reports is also received at
nearly all the weather bureau stations
throughout the country. At each of
bICSO 6LdllOAo ICCGlflnS LAO lOlOr
graphic reports elaborate charts are
Immediately prepared graphically rep
resenting the weather conditions that
prevailed at the moment observations
were made. Upon these charts as a
basis, trained and experienced fore
casters of the weather bureau make
definite weather forecasts for a period
varying from thirty-six to ~forty-eight
hours in advance for all parts Of the
United States, the States being sub
divided in case the kind OF weather
indicated for one portion Of a State
differs from that indicated for another
portion. The forecasts thus made are
very rapidly disseminated by tele-
graph, telephone and mail, at govern
ment expense, to more than 200 900
addresses, and also printed in nearly
all the daily papers of the country.
While no efforts have been spared to
increase the accuracy Of the fore
casts to the highest possible degree,
still there remains an element OF
error amounting to about fifteen per
cent. In order to overcome some Of
the difficult problems that lie in the
path of further improvement in fore
casting the chief of the weather bu-
reau has built and equipped an obser-
vatory at Mount Gather, Virginia,
where meteorological research work
may be carried on under the super
vision of the most able scholars OBJ
tainable. This observatory is the
only one of its kind in the world.
The solution of problems such as re-
late to solar physics and terrestrial
magnetism and the exploration of the
upper atmosphere by means Of kites
and balloons will undoubtedly yield
fruitful results. Indeed, the time NAV
come when it will be possible to make
seasonal forecasts on a truly scien-
tifc basis, w. S. BELDEN;
Section Director,
Vicksburg, Miss.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-11-26
The Use of Money.

The election Of Theodore Roosevelt
comes as a great disappointment to the
people of the southern states, but not
as a surprise. The odds were against
the democratic party from the first, and
the figh was conducted uphill from be-
ginning to the end. The democracy de-
served to win because of the %soundness
of its policies, the high character of it's
candidate and the grave dangers which
democratic success would have avert
ed, but the unprecedented use of money
contributed by specially favored cor
porations was sufficient in close states
to control the election.-Houston (Tex.)
Post.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-11-26
WILL RECOVER DOODLE FUND
Henry NicoIaus secures Court Order
For the $4,000 doodle Fund
Placed I'm Escrow.

st. Louis, Nov. 22.-Judge Horatio ID.
Wood of Division No. 8 of the circuit
court, in the case of Henry Nicolaus
against Charles H. Turner, the Ger
man Savings Institution, Ellis Vain
wright and others, decided, Tuesday,
that the plaintiff was entitled to re-
cover STE, 900, the Doodle fund placed
on deposit with the Lincoln Trust Co.
by the Suburban Railroad Co., to bride
members of the house of delegates, for
the reason that "Mr. Nicolaus was .ig-
norant of the purposes for which the
money was to be applied"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-11-26
Municipal Elections.

Ia quite a number of towns in the
State municipal elections were held
on the same date as the presidential
election, and Secretary of State
Power is now receiving the names OF
the new officials thus selected, and
will issue commissions within the
next few days. These elections
were held in towns not operating I'M
der the code chapter on municipali-
ties. Towns of the latter class hold
their regular elections in December.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-11-26
IE2EE RUSSIAN
WARSH|PS sunk
The Fate of Three Russian Torpedo
Boat Destroyers, Companions
Of the Rastoropny.
ALL or THEM WERE BEARERS
OF DISPATCHES FOR THE Gar,
All Except the Ra~stOropny
tered Japanese B1ockading Ships
and Each, I'm Turn, Was Sunk
After Making a Gallant But In
effective Fight.

London, Nov. PA dispatch to the
Express from Nagasaki gives a new
version of the report of the sortie of
torpedo boat destroyers from Port Ar
thur, which were stated to have left
at the same time as the R~astoropny.
The correspondent says that three
boats left two days before the Rasto-
ropny, carrying duplicates of a dis
patch from Gen. Stoessel. There were
some badly wounded officers on board
the boats who preferred to risk their
lives at sea rather than meet certain
death in the unsantiary hospitals Of
Port Arthur.
The Japanese cruiser Kasuga sank
the first destroyer, after a fight lasting
half an hour, in which all the Rus
slams were shot or drowned, except
four, who were rescued from the sea
by boats from the Kasuga, after the
destroyer sank. One of these thus res
cued has since died. The cruiser Mat
sushima sank the second destroyer 25
miles from Port Arthur, receiving her
self an ineffective blow from a torpedo.
Two Japanese torpedo gunboat sight
ed the third destroyer off Lao I'll Shan
at midnight and chased her until four
o'clock in the morning, when the en-
gines of her torpedo. boat broke down.
The gunboats discharged two tor
pedoes at her, both of which struck
almost simultaneously. The destroyer
sank with all on board of her. The Cor
respondent adds that the Japanese
natal officers express the highest adj
miration for the bravery of the crews
of the destroyers.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-11-26
1T WAS THE INEVITABLE.
All Chances of Democratic Success
Were Thrown Away at
st. Louis.

The expected has happened as to the
result of the election-the unexpected as
to the magnitude of the victory. The re-
publican party, called to power in the
political and business chaos of 1896, is
still riding on the flowing tide of sue
sesS:-
The. World has LEI expected nor pre-
dicted a different outcome of the cam
paign. 1t has never deceived itself nor
attempted to mislead its readers as to
The extreme probability of Mr.. Roose-
velt'S election. 1t has made its fight on
principle, regardless of results. There
is no connection between success and
moral convictions. :
Whatever chance there may have
been for thedemocrats was thrown away
at st. Louis. A party that has been
aight-tenths wrong for eight years can
not regain public confidence at once by
being even eight-tenths right-particu-
larly when on the vital question of hon
est money it was set right only under
sOmpulsion by its nominee.
The extreme and unnecessary state
ment in the platform-"protection is
robbery"-branding a. criminal a policy
aSold as our government, hurt the demo-
cratic candidate in the chief doubtful
states, all of which are heavily inter-
ssted in nanufactures.-N. Y. World.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-11-26
defeated But Undismayed.

The democratic party has nc reason
to be discouraged or disheartened. AL
ways the evils that affect the state, Tin
less they be gross and unbeatable.
must be left to come to their fruition
before the people can be stirred. We
believe that the tendencies which rule
'epublicanism, that the influences to
which the party must bow, that the
policies to which it is committed, will
work out their own ruin. Defeated
but undismayed the democratic party
faces the future, as sure of its mission,
as confident of its place in the repub-
ic, as convinced of it's future triumph
IS at any time in its history. Calmly
t accepts this great defeat, facing the
,uture that surely belongs to it when
he people shall determine to assume
heir own once more.-St. Paul Globe.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-11-26
ESTABLISHING Laundries.

During the past month nearly a
dozen laundry corporations have
been organized at various points in
Mississippi, and the charters for
warded to the governor for approval.
The activity in laundry organization
is attributed to the difficulty in get
ting negroes to do family washing,
and in many communities citizens
have become so Disguised with this
kind of trouble hat they have de-
termined to organize these laundry
companies and cater especially to
family work.