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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-07-22
GOVERNOR VARDAMAN'S. LATEST
MANIFESTO.

In another column in this issue or
The Sentinel, we publish Governor
Vardaman'S latest manifesto. While
The Governor frequently says many
things TO which we cannot subscribe,
and makes many statements that, to
mar mind, it were better left unsaid,
still, every loyal Mississippian and
every man thoughtful of the future OF
the state and the conditions that
must confront his children aid the
vouth of the land will applaud him
when he cries out against crime ana
is bold enough to place the blame
where a careful analysis Of conditions
will show it belongs.
As to what he says about the pSych-
illogical effects Of the summers sun on
the british negro and how nearly his
views upon this matter conform to
scientific thought, we are unable to
say.
No n will dare disagree with
him when he says The white women
of Mississippi must be protected. .
MANY. perhaps, will dissent with the
view he expresses in naming the cause
for a large per cent. of the crime. lie
saws: "Exterminate the blind tigers,
close up the dives of iniquity, till the
jaiIs Z X y with the Migrants "
\ \ and rape and murder will cease. >
If the circuit judges, the public
press and the ministry of the state
can be relied upon, there is a deplor'
able laxity throughout the state IL
enforcing law. Whatever may be TIT
local conditions that bring about this
Whatever may prompt many gOof
people to shut their eyes to things
that are well known to be happening
day after day, society is being hur
thereby; official standards are belnI
lowered and one Of the Fundamental
principles underlying the character o
the citizenship of this great Republi
is being destroyed. 1t may be argues
that nobody is being hurt by certalI
i~nfractionS Of law, that the appetite
and passions of certain mes are beini
satisfied, and that this is their affair
solely. A small leak in a ship endan
gers the safety and life of no one, bu
will it remain a small one? Experienc
and reason answer, no. A Smal
rent in the Mississippi levee, adjoin
ing ''Smith's" farm, does not diStur
him or injure his neighbor. Smith
may argue that SO long as h
makes no complaint about it, it's n
concern of his neighbours. But wi
it remain a small rent, and is no
his neighbor concerned about ii
seOppage? 1t is contrary to physica
and natural laws for these infra(
tionS of law to remain where the
are. They will either increase
permeate the body polite and corrul
society, or perish in obedience to
healthy public sentiment.
The people Of Mississippi Shout
rally to the support of the governor Q
this point. These things are permi
ted to grow by the public, largeI
out of indifference. The people wi
do things and make things are givir
too much of their attention to priva1
affairs. They should turn fro
the prosecution Of agricultural int
estS and commercial pursuits lor
enough and frequently enough to ca
~ out the i%njunctionS of our fOrefat
erS, and see to it that the spir
that prompted them continues to pc
meate the youth and the life of Il
citizenship of the land.
Tho GRAND iurv which adjourned
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-07-22

Lauderdale county has a new court
house about completed that will cost
5000, 900.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-07-22
improvements AT Grenada Hotel.

Major B. +. Thomas, that we'll
known hosteler who enjoys such an
extensive popularity with the travel
ing public, is identifying, adding to
and improving the Grenada Hotel, SO
that, ere long, Grenada can not only
boast of one of the best hotels in Mis-
sissippi, but one of the prettiest and
most attractive.
The additions consist of a three
story structure to contain fourteen
large rooms, adjoining the old build
ing on the north, which will be heat
ed by steam, and every room will be
supplied with both hot and cold water,
bath room and toilet. The fixtures
and furnishings complete will make it
second to no hotel in the state.
The old building will also be heat
ed by steam and will be retitted
and refurniShed to compare favOrably
with the new addition.
We congratulate Maj. Thomas and
the travelling public as we'll as Grenada.
In another colomn will be found an
appeal from Bishop Cottrell and five
other negroes in behalf of an indus
trial school to be located at Holly
Springs for the colored youths of Miss
issippi. Without meaning, for the
present at least, to be led into the dis
cussion of the much cuSSed and dis
cussed education of the negro, there
is a very large number of our best anc
most progressive people who believe
that the negro ought to be aided ano
encouraged along these lines, AM
with all such, this appeal will doubt
less find an attentive ear.
Bishop Cottrell, who is to head TIT
enterprise, impresses us as d very in
telligent representative of his race ant
as one thoroughly in sympathy viii
the white people of Mississippi, ant
jealous for the future of his state.
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AnvERTIsING T

locals 10 cents per line for first insertion
and 5 cents per line for each subsequent
Fssue. Speciaf contracts at reduced rates
Display advertisements % cents per men
for one Insertion. Special contracts at re-
luce rates. Annual rate l2H cents per line
We publish obituaries OF ten lines Tree OF
charge: over ten lines 10 cents per line.
Cards OF thanks, 10 cents per line
The Washington times., 1905-12-14
WOULD HAVE BANK NOTES
SERVE POSTAL SYSTEM

Representative Gardner. OF Michigan.
has introduced the bill which has been
before Congress for several years pro
viding for the printing of the one two
aud five dollar bills OF the Government
in such manner that they can he con-
verted by the filling in of blank lines
on their face into post checks" for the
remittance Of small amounts through
the mails The bill was faYorably re-
ported from the PostOfice Committee
of the House In the Fifty-seVenth Con-
gresS. and was regarded with favor by
many postal officials. including Post
master General Payne. Postmaster
General Co~telyou recognizes in his re-
port the demand for some means i'm
addition to the money order for send
ing small amounts through the mails
and has appointed "A committee Of post
al oftclals 10 consider the question, and
report upon The advisabnity Of adopt
ing some system that viii meet the
existing demand.
The Washington times., 1905-12-14
RARE CURIOSITIES y
ON EXHIBITION
Display of Ancient Military Maps Is
Shown in the Library OF
Congress.

The map division of the Library of
Congress has within the past few days
placed on exhibition some curiOsities in
the map line Among the number are
some very old seventeenth and eight
eenth century maps Of Manila. Cuba and
military maps OF the British used dur
ing the Revolution
The one however. which is attracting
the greatest interest is not an ancient
map. but a decidedly modern globe and
a portable one at that. Americans have
outdone the world on portable bath tubs
and clothes wringers. but il has remain
Ell for an Englishman TO set ahead of
them this time by inventing a portable
globe. the object in question being OF
English patent and make
The globe. showing all the continents.
oceans. seas, Islands, and rivers of this
mundane sphere is perfect il every, re-
spect. made of strong untearable silk
and paper. and mounted on a long UNI
brella-like handle, whica. like the latter
can be opened or ''shut" by means
OF much the same kind OF spring as one
finds on parasoIs. This portable globe
is designed for explorers and travellers,
and on being opened can be hung up In
the explorers tent, handle downward
like an umbrella depending from a
hdbcrddSher's sign
The Washington times., 1905-12-14

captain on the floor and will Weld
1t, no doubt, valuable service. The
two gentlemen who accused him
SO bitterly would very likely admit
as much today; and they, in their
turn, will, with equal probability,
render their constituents and their
party no inconsiderable profit. But
what Mr.. Williams said of Mr.. Lamar
is true OF this whole incident. 1t has
done neither of his accusers any
good, Mr. Williams any good, the
party any good, or the nation any
good-and it has not added a whit
10 the prestige of any who partici-
pated in It,
The Washington times., 1905-12-14
Yesterday in the House.

representatives of the Democratic
party in the House yesterday justi-
he'd their faith in free speech as they
seem 10 understand it. Leader and
rebels wasted the time of Congress.
hung up recriminations and insin-
uations for the whole country to see.
made capital for their opponents, and
exposed themselves and their na-ty
10 the just ridicule Of everybody. Mr..
Wliilams, as the one baited. was
manifestly reluctant to join in the
mouthirg, and did so only when the
accusations OF his party associates
passed the limit of a proud mans
endurance. But whether he was
justified or unjustified, the net result
or the debate is that the party whose
fortunes are intrusted to him in this
one branch OF Congress has lost dig
nifty.
The mistake lay, not in the MAX
Ing OF these charges, or in the an
swering of them when once they were
made, but in choosing the House of
Representative as the scene for the
discussion. For that error. Mr.
Lamar is chiefly TO blame. He knew
the way TO call a caucus and he could
Easily have found enough fellow
Democrats anxious 10 have the mat
ter cleared up 10 indorse his call
Mr.. Williams, IN his turn, might
have kept the issue where it belong
sd-within party councils-by insist
ing that Mr.. Lamar follow this
course. But that was not done-and
The party suffers accordingly.
In this connection il is well to note
hat the Republican side of the cham
Der has been generally free from
lighting in tho ranks. That may
De due largely to accident. Ii is
certainly due in specific instances TO
he fine judgment and self-control
of Mr.. Reed, when minority leader.
Whatever the cause, the Republican
party has been the gamer and the
Democratic party the loser.
1t does not do TO take this rumpus
II yesterday too seriously. Mr.. VIII
dams will continue to be his party's
The Washington times., 1905-12-14
PROGRESS.

arrangements are being made foi
teaching Esperanto TO policemen a
Cambridge
Modern, up-to-date policemen
Who would keep the crowd in awe
Master typewritlng, tiu-jitsu.
Etiquette and motor law
But a constable at Cambridge
Who is on promotion keen
Must read Esperanto for the
Full degree Of @. -.
"Passa Tonga. gentlemenij."
Is the burden OF his song;
"It IS getting very lato.
. Passa Tonga, passa long
Coming home quite late from what 10
known at Cambridge as a wine
CHATS a ceremony sacred
To the worship of the vine).
When the speech Is incoherent
And the buildings seem TO sway.
In a fog We seem TO hear the
Constable politely say:
''Passa Tonga, gentlemenij;
For. unless I'm very wrong,
You are all intoxicados.
Passa Tonga, passa long"
London Globe.
The Washington times., 1905-12-14
The Much-AbuSed Frank.

OF all the mail transported last
year by the postal service, one-eighth
part, in weight, was carried under
frank II was of every class recog-
nized by the postal regulations and
OF many varieties which the trainers
or the regulations never considered
In their account Postmaster Cen
erai Cortelyou says, in his annual
report, that it cost the Government
2O,000,000 to extend these free pass
courtesies.
III there is any privilege of office
In this nation which is abused. il is
that which permits the postal frank
to various individuals and institu-
tions. The connection with the actual
business of the Government NAV be
intimate and at the same time the
use 10 which they put their franks
most distantly remote. The old story
OF the Representative in Congress
who dispatched a set of bedroom
furniture and an iron safe under
frank, from Washington to his domi-
Gle. is still remembered here There
are others that might be told.
While the flame of economy burns
bright within the sanctuary, why not
take shot at the abuse Of the postal
frank? There are campaign commit
tees who make it a quadrennial hiss
ing and reproach. There are Con-
Sressmen who make it daily sb-
surdity. To our thinking, it offers
an opportunity for economy almost
spectacular
postmaster General Cortelyou,
through the teachings of his personal
experience, should be able to tell an
inquiring legislature some of the
ways in which the privilege is abused
The Washington times., 1905-12-14
Rivals in BeneVOlence.

Not very often is it permitted an
awe-stricken public, overcome though
it normally be by the abounding
philanthropy that abides in Wall
Street, TO gaze upon such superlative
piety as that Of Mr.. Thomas Fortune
Ryan and Mr.. Edward H. Hartman.
There is spectacle fit TO transport
mortals and cause the very gods On
Olympus TO stir uneasily upon their
marble thrones. It's a wonder-that's s
what it is
True enough these magnates of
high finance and benevolence are each
bit jealous or the others claims to
fame. In the little matter of the
Equitable Mr.. Ryan wanted to be sole
dispenser of the charities he had in
mind when he acquired that proper
ty-in somewhat the same informal
manner the rest of us employ in the
purchase of half pound of butter.
Mr.. Hartman, on the other hand.
saw his recognized pre-eminence as
a philanthropist cast into shadow by
this new effulgence, and wanted to
shine also. He rather fancied him
self and Mr.. Ryan in the roles of
twin stars in the Equitable galaxy.
1t must be confessed that I'D TO
date Mr.. Ryan is the one of the duo
who has added substantially to his
reputation as an altruist. MIR. Harri-
man is out in the cold, and, if it be
permitted to change a metaphor and
descend TO the language of the pave
in the same breath, Mr.. Ryan is the
whole cheese
So, for time. the matter rests. 1t
does seem a pity there are not in
surance companies enough 10 go
around, SO that these unhappy ieal-
ousies among the country's benefac-
tors could be avoided. 1t is natural
perhaps. that Mr.. Hartman should
resent Mr.. Ryan's opportunities to
do more good-and more people
than he can do himself. Mr.. Harri-
man should have our sympathy, the
more certainly and especially as Mr..
Ryan seems to have acquired every
thing else.
The Washington times., 1905-12-14
FARMER IS FINED
FOR WORKING SUNDAY
Connecticut Blue Laws Cost Lafayette
Maine Just SII and
Costs.

LEDYARD, Conn, Dec. 1A-Lafaye yeute
+. Maine, a farmer, was arrested and
fined 81 and costs yesterday. under an
OLD blue law. for working on Sunday.
He appealed, and bond was furnished by
his father, A. VI. Maine, OF North Ston-
:ngton.
Maine belongs 10 a family famous for
'laWing Ira D. Maine a cousin
stayed from church recently and saw
Cousin Lafayette draw corn fodder with
his oxen. Hence the arrest.
The case was tried before Squire John
+. Coughlin In the old Spicer store. on
enc side of the church green. Neigbbors
of Maine from miles around came TO
the trial. hitching their horses under
the meeting house sheds and on the
common. Names defense was that the
work was necessary.
The Washington times., 1905-12-14
MRS. 0'D0N0GHUE'S POEMS
PRAISED BY CRITICS

Mrs Marion LOngfeuow O'Donoghue' :
recently published book of poems. Con
trasted Songs" has received much praise
from the various critics. In the Decem-
her number of Human Life this ap-
pears:
Examples Of Marion LOngfelIow's s
charming art are found fairly glowing
from the pages OF the modest green
ard-silVer bound volume OF ''COntrasted
Songs Her several songs OF the sea
have in them not alone the surge but
also the inner music of the waters
The spirit of cheer peryades the whole
collection Of some sixty poems. each
one Of which contains lines very Ger
tain 10 come into mind afterwards II
reople will but look into the hook
every line of which rings true. and
catch something Of its instant uecro-
NANCY. il VIII be very widely appre-
ciatcd. 80
The Washington times., 1905-12-14
RECEIVERS HER CHILD,
THEN ASKS DIVORCE

LOUISVILLE, Dec. 1.-THE troubles
between r. Worth otter and his wife
eliminated in steps for divorce taken
by Mrs. Otter. The young couple have
been separated, and Mrs otter has the
custody OF their only child.
Tuesday. when Mrs. Otter was in the
theater the father took possession OF the
child and placed # in the care OF his
mother
When Mrs Worth otter learned this
she went IN quest of the child. and In
was only through her persistence She re-
covered possession.
Mrs Worth Otter wGs Miss Jouett Lee
pretty and popular in society. and bcr
husband occupies a prominent place i'm
Louisvilie's fashionable set with veal.
thy family connections
The Washington times., 1905-12-14
FORMER SOCIAL LIGHT
NOW IN PRISON
smith Hill, Once Wealthy, Is Charged
with Having Robbed Father
in-Law's Mills.

PATERSON. n. J., Dec. H-sm,ts
Hin. for years prominent socially in This
city, and the possessor of a fortune To-
day Is a prisoner at police headouarters
penniless. unforgiven by his wife. aban-
uOned by friends and charged with be-
ing the leader Of a gang that robbed
his father-in-law's silk mills.
HiH IS charged with having robbed
the one who befriended him when he
had spent $4,000 that he had inherited
from his father. and was without a cent
His wife is prostrated by the charge
that has been made against her hus-
band
Hill IS the sOn-in-law OF H b. King.
OF Cramer * King, silk manufactuT-
erS. and who also owns an Interest IN
several other silk mills
The Washington times., 1905-12-14
AGRICULTURAL STUDENTS
ORGANIZE SOCIETY

The OriOle Agricultural Club" or
ganized by the special agrkcul.--aI'.
students OF the Maryland Agricultural
College, has adopted a constitution ana
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent. W H. Chambers. of Alabama:
vice president, L. y. Church. of Maine,
and secretary and treasurer, r, Fl. Ruff
her, Of Virginia.
The object OF the club is 10 collect in
formation in regard TO agricultural
work. and promote the introduction Of
scientific knowledge into this work. and
for the social and literary advancement
ui its members. which consists of young
men from the different States and coua-
tries OF South and Central America.
The meetings viii consist of arguments
and readings OF papers Pertaining 20
their collegiate work and lectures BY
prominent men in agricultural circles,
followed by a social progra Il
The Washington times., 1905-12-14

sourians' however. have more trouble
man anybody else with the stream.
M. Shackleford believes the only
,.. iilS.Iiod Dy which anything effective and
tlstce an ample credit AT &c fsS-~land OF tns
" ar department, and use il to devciO9
complete. consistent and unified
.se SLLSAuo Ol river control. The milIiOn9
mat mat nave been spent on the river in Tie
past have largely been wasted because
9 ths local Improvement works had no re-
lSuOn 10 each other. Only bv having
Oile great scheme OF Improvement fig
ured out and adopted can this difiienITv
be circumvented
IOWA and Nebraska members have
sInsii nope that any favorable acfion
VIII De secured on so ambitious a protec+
as Mr. Shacklefords There Is soma
IaIk "a x OF an EFFORT TO get together a caucus
oI tne delegation from Sites bordering
on the Missouri. and try 10 organize a
stronS force In the demand that Con-
the stream.
The Washington times., 1905-12-14
SEEKING PROTECTION
FROM MISSOURI RIVER
oteam whimsical Changes of Its Course Lead to Intro
duction of Bill to Have Government Control Ii
and Make 1t Behave Properly.

The problem of handling the Missouri
river continues to worry Congressional
delegations from the States through OF
between which that stream winds it's
sinuOuS and treacherous course.
Representative Shackleford Of Missouri
has introduced a bill to appropriate for
immediate use So.0O0.000. and authoriz-
ing contracts to be entered into for not
over $1,000 900, for the suppression of
the stream.
Mr.. Shackleford does not expect TO get
his measure passed at this time, but he
believes it should be kept before Con-
Gress all the time, and that some day
there will be adequate provision for con-
trolling the stream.
The Iowa, Nebraska. and Dakota dele
cations are constantly in receipt OF pleas
for Congressional assistance in protect
Ing their lands from the river. The Mis-
The Washington times., 1905-12-14
The Beet in a New Role.

In the effort 10 inject some COM
mon sense into the laws and treaties
governing our relations with the
Chinese, the Administration is dis
covering how complicated is the ques-
tion. 1t has been intimated to this
Government that the Chinese would
be willing TO compromise the whole
matter on the basis of getting free
admission TO the Philippines and
Hawaii, and permitting the rest OF
this country to do as it pleases. This
arrangement ought to be workable.
But the beet sugar interests of the
West-that is, the sugar trust be-
hind beet sugar maSK-would OBJ
Ject TO allowing the sugar of the
Philippines 10 come into this coun-
try TO compete with the beet pro-
duct There would be much noise
about this deadly blow to a home in
dustry, an interesting infant about
TO be throttied by the necessity of
competing with an unlimited supply
of coolie labor thus freely admitted
to the islands
The beet sugar industry of this
country has been worked about TO
finish for political purposes. 1t
has been used to keep the sugar
schedules where they are, for the pro-
lection of the most rapacious of
trusts; il has been used to fight off
decent treatment for Cuba; now it is
to be used to prevent sensible So
luton of the Chinese question. The
beet industry has for fifteen years
been turning out politics first, and
sugar as by-product. 1t is control
led by the trust, which aims to let it
develop no faster than it can be
kept within control.
Instead of promising emancipation
from trust domination, it has come to
be the most useful weapon the trust
possesses for maintaining its position.
1t is the most alluring and deceptive
industrial mirage that ever illumined
a desert horizon. 1t has played more
star parts on the political stage than
any other infant prodigy ever dream
ed of undertaking, and yet ii hasn't
a real friend in the audience. They
built sugar factories in Nebraska. the
trust bought them up, and the people
refused TO raise beets for them. on
the best beet land in the world. be-
cause the trust would not pay enough
10 make il worth while. The Ne
braska factories closed and are NOV
ing away. They are going to Colo
rado and Utah, where the cheanest
classes of foreign labor can be used
In producing the beets. And at the
same time that it is thus introduc-
ing the cheapest labor into this conn
Try, the trust protests against com
peting with Chinese in the Philip-
pines! There ought to be some way
OF Kidding the political nursery of
the opportunities and demands of
this extremely troublesome infant