The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-11-04
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS,
Thinks Mississippi Will Win.

turned from Washington, where he ha
been as a representative of the State c
Mississippi in the boundary cas- be
tween this State and Louisiana. Mr.
Flowers Is very much encouraged {
believe h a Mississippi is going to Wi
the suit, but says it all depends on tn
way the Supreme Court looks at the oil
records If that tribunal is convincet
that what Louisiana is claiming wa
never part OF the mainland allotted tt
Louisiana, the case is won for Missis
slppl, and vice versa. His argument i:
That louisiana as originally marked our
contained only one island on this side o.
the Mississippi river, and that is the
island on which the city of New Orleans
is built.
Mr. Flowers states that the territory
IN controversy is vaaiOusly estimated
at being worth from So, 000, 900 to $40.
OoO,OOO, and no matter which side to
the controversy wins. it will have Sc
cured a great legal victory. When the
matter OF apprOpriating money for the
employment of attorneys to represent
the State of Mississippi was up before
the legislature nearly two years ago, a
nr1n OF gulf coast oyster dealers de-
clared that they would give 81, 600, 900
ior the property, no matter who had the
right to sell it. 1t is estimated that it
would rent for two or three hundred
thousand dollars.
During the past week the State treas
ury received the last $4,000 of the
$500, 900 that Gov. Vardaman borrowed
some months ago from the Mississippi
bank and Trust Company of Jackson.
1 Tho fpnacf1nxr Id - 1-- ----
low ebb once more, because of the pay
ment OF the pension fund amounting
to the sum of $3.50, 900, and the fact that
very little money has come in of late in
the way of taxes or from the sale of
cotton. The strong box was not any,
thing as near rock bottom as it was a
year ago., when there was only about
six bits left after q days business. The
balance last week was some So, 200 or
81, 1000 only, SO that it became necessary
to replenish.
II all of the farmers Of the State OF
Mississippi raised cotton of the same
staple as that produced by f. w. Bris-
ter, a prominent farmer of the Red
mOndville neighbOrhOod, in YaZOo
county, there would be no necessity
for prOnunciamentOs by the Cotton AS
ISOLATION as to prices that are to be &C
cepted. Last week Mr. Brister sold lie
bales of the fleecy staple, every bale
weighing over 500 pounds, in Yazoo
City, fOr1 z cents. and it was not the first
sale he had made at that price this sea-
son. 4aZOO City is naturally Boosting
of being the best cotton market in the
State.
S,1nopin+o~lon C;.o- 80 +Lo NT;--;-
sippi Institution for the Blind. makes
public his report for the biennial period,
stating he had 10 pupils last year, 46
this, and that there has been no fatal
illness during his seven years n
ton. Financially the institution is in
good condition, the legislative appro-
priatiOn being ample. The eXpendi-
lures last year were SIS, 900: this year,
ST 900. The trustees compliment DR..
Sims management in the highest terms.
The Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Com.
pany, of Minneapolis. Mimi, has pur.
chased the entire holdings of the Ban.
ner Lumber Company, in which the
Messrs. hampton of Magnolia are per.
haps the largest owners. The proper
ty of the company consists in the main
of a large saw mill at Kentwood, the
and Eastern Railroad, with
all its equipment, and various large
of timber lands in adjacent terri
both in Louisiana and Mississippi.
The fact that the Cotton Plant gin has
ginned only one-third as many bales Of
cotton this year as up to the same time
year, illustrates the shOrtness Of
crop in that section. And recent
rOstS and heavy rains proved very
damaging to the crop still in the fields.
The Sardis and Delta Railroad Com
,any sent its annual report to the Rail-
Dad Commission, but reports no ex-
lenses so far as can be discovered, and
he chances are that the report will be
to the company for revision.
t shows gross earnings of s., 600 i.
Bonner Richardson, representing
g. Co., bought 80 bales OF
from J. M. Kirk. of Gunnison,
asst week. paying 161 cents a pound for
anne. This is probably the highest
rice paid for cotton in Mississippi this
ear. 1t was extra fine staple, pulling
/ inches.
Trains Nos. Al and 40 on the Southern
ailway which were taken from service
N account of the quarantine, were re-
umed last week. Train No. Al west
'Ound from New York arrives in Mem
his at 6 o'clock every morning. The
rain eastbound for New York leaves
1emphis every night at 8 o'clock.
The State of Mississippi has again
hown its confidence in home industries
Y placing the insurance or its big gins
n the Sunflower farm with the three
ONE companies-thc Mississippi Home
f Vicksburg, the Merchants Union of
1eridian and the Mississippi Fire Of
Macon's tax levy for the coming year
been fixed at eighteen mills on the
ollar, being an increase over other
ears on account of impI ovements in
le city.
Gov. Vardaman went 10 Clarksdale
st week where he sold 315 bales of
le States cotton. The entire lot
liz cents per pOand.