The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-10-14
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS

MISSISSIPPI MAI1ERS$
Headquarters Mississippi State Board
OF Health, Jackson, Miss, Oct. 7, 1905.
Ordinance No. 42.-Whereas, The
executive committee of the Mississippi
State Board of Health, after a confer
ence with the president of said board,
believes that conditions IN infected dis
tricts in the State not inn roved since
Ordinance No. 20 was issued, postpon-
ing the opening of boarding schools
and colleges to Oct. II. it IS hereby or
dered by the Mississippi State Board OF
Health that Ordinances No. % be Sc
amended as to read al follows: 1.-The
date of opening of boarding schools
and colleges in Mississippi is definitely
fixed for Nov. l. 1905.
j f. HUNTER, M D.,
j. r. TACKETT. NJ. D.,
Executive Committee.
Secretary Hunter of the State Board
Of Health of Mississippi: Dear SRI
have just read in the Mobile Register
an appeal to you for help from DR.. Ma
gee, at Hamburg, Miss. l would ask
those who have collected money for for
eign missions to donate at least part OF
the money collected, and to collect
more for the relief of the fever-stricken
people of the South. l believe that
God will take care of the foreigners in
a religious sense, while we are taking
care of the sick and needy at home.
Enclosed please find my check for ten
dollars, which kindly apply to the Ham
burg fund, and oblige. With kind 70
CARDS and best wishes, / am yours re-
spectfully, JOS. A. PIERsON.
The Boosters Club of Meridian,
which has been working on a scheme to
build a railroad from Meridian to Phil
adelphia, Miss. sent q committee to
Mehan Junction to confer with the
powers of the Cotton States Lumber
Company, a wealthy corporation that
recently purchased the Meehan-ROunds
Lumber Company's plant at that place
n which owns a railroad fifteen miles
long, running from that place in the
direction of Philadelphia, with refer
ence to making a deal with them for
extending the road to that place or fur
Iher. 1t is understood that the lumber
company has been favorable to such a
project for some months, and high hopes
are entertained that the road will be
built soon, nus giving Meridian a con-
nection with the Mobile, Jackson and
Kansas City road.
The Mississippi Cotton Association
will request Governor Vardaman to in
corporate in his biennial message to the
legislature a recommendation for the
establishment of q department of agri-
n,,1f,1no This c1lh1nn% v-nc f111tTy die
cussed at the recent meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Southern
Cotton Association at Ashcville, and it
was the opinion of those present that
every State in the South should have a
department in the State government of
this character Such departments eX-
ist in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana,
Tennessee and North Carolina. and the
association believes that Mississippi
should take a similar step, for this is
pre-eminently an agricultural State.
The secretary of the Oktibbeha Fair
Association has written to Manager
Mckay, of the Mississippi Industrial
Exposition, that he is going DO get all
of the best of his fair together, if pos
sible, and ship to Jackson. The Oktib-
beha fair will be held at Starkville Oct.
81 and Nov. l and 2, Sc that it will be
over in good time to ship exhibits to
Jackson.
1t is announced at the office of the
State Superintendent of Education that
q State examination will be held at the
superintendent office in jackson about
the middle of October, provided the
fever situation permits. In the event
the guarantees have not been lifted by
that date the examination will be post
poned again.
The Jones County Fair was held at
Ellisville last week. The various ex-
hibits were the best ever shown in thag
section, and proved a great attraction
20 all visitors. An excursion train on
the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City
road carried 1000 children from Laurel
to the fair on children's day.
The State Board of Health has adopt
ed an ordinance q~uarantining every
in which there is no yellow fever
against those that have the fever. The
infected counties are Claiborne, Jeffer-
son, Franklin, Adams, Warren and
Wilkinson.
A large number of farmers of LOwndes
county met at Columbus and discussed
the good roads proposition. Great in
terest was manifested in the meeting,
and the people seem awake to the fact
good roads are a necessity.
The fine dry weather around Cotton
Plant is enabling farmers to get a good
start picking out the cotton. The pO-
tato crop is bringing a good price. The
sorghum crop is short and sells easily
ut 40 cents.
Owing to the shortness of time allot-
ted for his Southern trip, President
Roosevelt will be unable to make any
stops at Mississippi points.
Bishop Charles B. Galloway dedi-
Gated a new Methodist church at Black
Hawk recently. The church wcs built
IN the site of the old church, in which
he bishop preached thirty-ive years
ago, when he first entered the ministry.
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