The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-06-10
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.

On June / Secretary Fisher made
the figures from the various
counties, showing the reduction OF
acreage in this State and the
condition of the crop. The reduction
of the whole State is placed at 2O.5
per cent. The following are the fig
ures for the various counties: Adams,
report; Alcorn, 20; Amite, %; At
tala, 25; Benton. 80; Bolivar, Is; Cal
houn, no report; Carroll, &c; Chicka-
saw, 20; Choctaw, %; Claiborne, II;
Clarke, %; Clay, 20; Coahoma, 10;
Copiah, 80; Covington, 25; DeSoto, no
report; Franklin, %; Greene, no re-
port; Grenada, 90; Hancock, z; Har-
rison, no cotton raised; Kinds, 22;
Holmes, 20; Itawamba, no report;
Jackson, report raised five bales IN
1904; Jasper, 20; Jefferson, rs; KEN
per, 1919; Lafayette, %; Lauderdale,
%; Lawrence, 25; Leake, 26; Lee, 80;
Leflore, 10; Lincoln, rs; Lowndes, no
report; Madison, "a; Marion, %; Mar
shall, Is; Monroe, IL; Montgomery,
OF; Neshoba, no report; Newton, 20;
Oktibbeha, %; Pamela, %; Pearl Riv-
err, no report; Perry, 30; Pike, 81;
Pontotoc, 25; Prentiss, %; Quitman,
IL; Rankin, &c; Scott, %; Simpson,
25; Smith, "a; Sunfower, Is; ITALIA
hatchie, "a; Tate. 18; Tippah, 81;
Tishomingo, 20; Tunica- IS; Union.
90; Warren, 18; Washington, IA;
Wayne, 25; Webster, no report; VIII
kinson, Is; Winston, %; Yalobusha,
no report; Yazoo, Is. Most all the
counties report the crop from 10 to
20 days late. The average decrease
in the use of commercial fertilizer
| this year is figured at 41.33 for the en-
tire State.
The Mississippi Railroad Commits
| sion has received the following petl-
| ton from the wholesale merchants OF
Greenwood:
"We, the undersigned wholesalers
and grain dealers in the city of Green
wood, Miss, would respectfully show
to your honorable body as follows:
"First-That the rate on grain and
grain products from Vicksburg TO
Jackson is two and one-half cents per
100 pounds, as ordered by order OF
your honorable body and decided as
correct by a recent decision or the
Supreme Court of the State OF Mlssls-
sippi.
"Second-That the present rate or
grain and grain products from Green
Vile, Miss, to Greenwood, Miss is
seven cents per 100 pounds.
"Third-That the distance by raj
from Vicksburg to Jackson is practi
caIly the same as the distance from
Greenville to Greenwood.
"Fourth-That the rate on grain
and grain products from st. Louis
Mo. and Ohio river crossings tc
Greenwood is based on the rate from
those points to Greenville, plus the
rate from Greenville to Greenwood.
"Fifth-That the rate of seven cent:
per 100 pounds from GreenYille tt
Greenwood is excessive.
1--WE therefore petition your honor
able body to order a rate or Two ant
one-half cents per 100 pounds on gran
and grain products from Greenyille Il
Greenwood"
The Idaho Capitol Commission, com
posed of Secretary of State VIII h
? Gibson, State Treasurer h. Nj. COM
and Hon. w. T.. Pierce, all of Boise
, Ida, visited Jackson last week an
spent a day inspecting Mississippi
new Statehouse. The CommonweaII
Of Idaho is preparing to speEd abou
S1,UOU, UUU on Il new CdplIOI OuAioiNe
and before adopting the plans an
specifications for the structure tn
3 commission decided to visit some c
| the new buildings of this characte
| recently erected in the United States
Mississippi is the first State selecte
to visit.
Recently Secretary John Smyl1
of Capital Lodge No. II received a lie
S ter from S. d. Friley, correspondent
secretary of Warren Lodge, Stain
that during a recent visit to Wick
burg of some Ohio gentlemen, form'
- members of the Feleral army, one
them informed the secretary that
% friend of his had a very handson
u Noble Grand collar which was secure
in Jackson during the war, after II
:, city had been captured by the Fede
ais. It seems hat the man who is
r possession of the collar is anxious
return it to Capital Lodge. The a
= dress of G. H. HUMPHREYS, of Urban
;" O.. was given in the letter as the OF
= with whom tt correspond in regard
" the matter.
j. w. Eldridge, Of Hillhouse, Be