The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-05-20
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS

dent clark or the state Cotton GROW
ers' Association and is being sent out
over the State:
''To the Farmers of Mississippi:
Zone of the prime objects of the
Southern Cotton Association is the Sc
curing of accurate information as to
the amount of cotton planted and the
condition of the crop. The farmers are
in a position to get this information
more accurately than any n else. 1t
is essentially necessary that these re-
ports be correct. These reports are de-
sired for u own information. If we
deceive each other we deceive our
selves. I earnestly appeal to you to
forward these reports to NJ. A. Fisher,
secretary, Jackson, Miss, not later
than the 18th inst. These reports will
be complied and the State presidents
will meet IN New Orleans on the Both
inst, and we hope to give these reports
back to each county organization on the
first day or June, at 10 O'Clock am.
Give us a correct report and we will re-
turn it to you. We ask that you give
us the acreage in cotton as compared
with last year; when planting was COM
pleted, or if any yet to plant, the
amount; also the amount Of fertilizer
used as compared with last year, and
the condition of the cotton already up.
Blanks will be furnished you, and we
ask that you give us this information
promptly"
The Goodyear syndicate, which is
now operating quite extensively in this
State, backed by 81 capital of $25 ,000,-
900, will build q railroad direct from
New Orleans to Memphis. coming up
the Pearl river valley to. Jackson and
thence on a direct ncrtherly line from
that city to the Tennessee metropolis.
Official information of The plans of the
Goodyear syndicate was revealed at the
governors Office last week when a re-
quest was made for the issuance of .
proclamation Incorporating the New
Orleans and Great Northern Railroad
Company, with New Orleans and Mem
phis stated as the terminal points. The
incOrpOratorS set forth in the petition
for charter are as follows: Frank IL.
Goodyear and G.. H. Goodyear of Buffa-
10, n. Y; Martin Z. Olmstead of Hams
burg, Pa; Charles B. Jones of Balti-
more, Md; [. G.. Enochs of Jackson,
Miss; N. j. Pearsall and c.. K. Mullins
of Louisiana. The New Orleans and
Great Northern Railroad will reach the
Pearl river valley at a point at or near
the town of Monticello, and will run
directly up the valley to Jackson.
In the case of Alex. Grant VS.. the
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Road the
supreme court held that a written
agreement on the back of an employees
free pass, stating that the company is
not liable for damages in case of per-
.sOnal injuries, does not bar the EN-
ployee from entering suit in case he is
injured. Grant receiveda judgment in
the circuit court of Warren county for
1000 damages for injuries sustained in
a wreck on account of a defective frog.
The court also sustained the verdict
giving Tab Black, a fireman, $1,000 for
injuries sustained while jumping from
his engine to escape a head-On collision.
The insurance companies operating
in Mississippi are beginning to wonder
when they will have a change of luck
Losses by fire during the past thirty
days have been exceptionally heavy,
and the underwriting business since
January shows a heavy percentage OF
loss. The Improbable business of the
insurance companies during the first
four months of the year has been large
~ due to the frequent CONGREGATIONS L
small towns, and in each instance OF
this kind the losses have been eXcep-
tionally heavy.
Another court of eminent domain
will be held at Itta Bena to condemn
certain rights-of-way for the new Delta
C@,@Io-~a DO i1Vro- in tho cnnfhxvn-tnpo
portion of Leflore county. The find
ings of this court will virtually settle
the matter of rights-of-way, and the
contract for the construction of the new
road will be let at once. The Delta
Southern will be built from Itta Bena
via Belzoni and Campbellsville to
Greenville, and will open up a magnii-
CEN timber and agricultural section of
country.
DR.. E. G.. Parker, president of the
Business League, and j. IL. Bouslog,
industrial and immigration agent of the
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad, have
succeeded in collecting $1,000 as an in
ducement toward making the MlSSlS-
sippi National Guard encampment a
permanent thing for Gulfport. y
there is. an appropriation of $2o,oOO
from the government for the holding of
the encampment it is estimated that IL
all there will be at least S75, 5000 spent
in Gulfport during the encampment.
M. Green, attorney for the New Or
leans and Great Northern Railroad, has
requested Secretary of State Power t
get him out a number of certified
copies of the charter of this road.
These certified copies are to be filed
with the chancery clerk in each county
through which the road is to run.
Shortage OF farm labor and continued
bad weather. in the Brooksville section
have delayed crops badly. There ha'
not been thirty days of farming wealth
er in the past four months. Some OF
the farmers have not gotten all their
land in planting condition yet, and the
outlook is at present very gloomy.
The supreme court, in the case of tn
Alabama and Vicksburg Railroad vs..
the Railroad Commission, ordered the
railroad to put in a fiat rate on grain
aad grain products of 3 l-2 cents from
Vicksburg to Meridian.