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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02

Keep your boat in the middle OF the
stream and continue to use your pad
die.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02

Mr.. Paul Jones Sterne, after a few
days in~disposition, is at his office again.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
STATEMENT
Showing the Condition of the Grenada
Bank, of Grenada, Miss.

On AUGUST %, 1905.
Published by direction Of Chapter II
of annotated Code O I892.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
j.. w. MCLEOD,
General Insurance Agent,
GRENADA. MISS.

wRepresents several of the largest In
,urance Companies doing business IN the
nado and Accident Insurance. Your bus
iness solicited. Oct. III. O5-l
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
Total $500. .......-..-.TI'VUO'UOo V'
OF THE ABOVE AMOUNT OF
AND DISCOUNTS
To Officers OF the Bank----.---- NONE

To Officers OF the Bank-~-----s NONE
I. J. T. Thomas, Cashier OF Grenada
Bank. of Grenada, Mississippi. do hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true. full
and exact statement Of the assets and liza
bilities of said bank on the day and date
named therein, as shown by the books Of
same.
]. 7. THOMAS, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, a
Chancery Clerk in and for the county OF Gre
NADIA, Mississippi, this, the Both day OF
August, 1906.
J. s. KING, Chancery Clerk.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
Our Working Mayor.

Birmingham now has mayor who
puts In full time at the official desk
This Is desirable, AMI 1t will doubtless
lead to valuable results, for it stands
to reason that man can do more in
ten hours than he can In five
But Mayor Warn is not the first
mayor in Birmingham history that
gave all his time to the city. Mayor
Evans did likewise. and he is account
ed one of the city's best executives.
Mayor Ward has no hours. 81 am
here" he says, call the time" He is
making a good beginning, and he
starts out possessing the confidence,
support and goodwill of the people
in all walks of life. All trust his
courage, skill and persistence. He is
not a gutter under any circum
stances.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
Willy Yankee Turns Trick.

AN amusing incident occurred this
week in the lobby of the Woodward build
ing' said a well known coal man yes
terday. THE bright young man who runs
the cigar stand was caught mapping, and
it cost him five spot for a little Yankee
tuition
The cigar man is supposed to have
his share of the David Harum qualities,
which fact adds zest to his experience. The
story goes that a recent arrival from
Connecticut now occupying a responsible
position with one of ou~ large corpora
tions, stopped at the cigar stand to pur-
chase a weed. As he reached for the
change he dropped small sack on the
show case; said sack bore in red letters
the name of the First National bank and
underneath the figures. $1O0 The sack
had been lately used with some others,
which were rolled ,p and stuffed inside,
to carry some ore samples. but it looked
like real money to the cigar man, who
proposed that he be allowed to retain
same for safe keeping. With the usual
nasal drawl, peculiar to the Yank he
replied he didn't know, but said, What
will you give me for ! as 1t stands@ The
money he had in his pocket, which turn
e. out to be So. Said offer was promptly
accepted, and the Yankee is now laugh
ing at the discontinue of the tobacco
MS,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
Director North's Estimate.

Exclusive of Alaska and the island
possessions Director North of the cen.
sus bureau says this country now
contains s5.51s,020 inhabitants, gain
since the census year of 6,214.633. In
Guiding Alaska and the islands this
will easily be 100.000,0O0 country in
the next census year.
Director North puts the population
of Alabama at present at 1,9S6,347. He
estimated the population of this state
in 1904 at 1,954,S17. In 1900 we had
1,S2S,697. The increase in five years
has been, according to Mr.. North
1850. These figures of growth are
too low, but they show at any rate
that in 1910 We will be well beyond
the two-million line. We will have
from 100000 to 100000, probably
near the latter aggregate
In 1900 the only southern states be
yond the two-million line were Geor
gia. Kentucky, Tennessee and Texas
Alabama will be No. 8. and North
Carolina may be No. g. and possibly
Virginia will be No. T. No other
southern state will cross the line in
the next census year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
Net a Candidate.
stances

Mr.. Roosevelt said in Omaha, you
be a candidate for President of the
United States. There are no strings
on this statement. | mean it." This IS
undoubtedly final. On election night,
when the President knew he had car
ried the country by an immense plu-
rality, he said he would not accept a
third term, adding that his service Of
three years and half in Mr.. McKin-
ley's second term would be construed
as a first term, the people preferring
substance to form.
The President has no desire to con-
front the third-term issue, doubtless
believing that the country should and
would stand by its unwritten policy
now over century old.
But beyond the third-term issue the
President doubtless sees the hard
battle that confronts him In economic
matters. If he is to accomplish what
he desires to accomplish in relation
to corporations, especially railroads,
he no doubt sees that his hands must
be free-that no self-seelSing or posi-
BILE complications in 1908 must be per-
mitted to embarrass and restrict his
efforts. He will no doubt seek a place
In the history of the country in the
remainder of his term, and in order to
do this to the best possible advantage
he has put all self-seeking in 1908
aside. And he has acted wisely, and
the people will so say when the hurly-
burly's done, when the battles lost or
won
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
WOMEN EXCEL MEN IN
GENTLE ART OF PACKING

sink into insignificance. 1t is perhaps true
that among professional packers men ex-
Gel women, but not in making two things
occupy the space of one The average
man whose wife packs his trunk at the
beginning of his journey thinks it easy
enough and is probably impatient when
what he lays in is taken out again to be
placed more wisely; but when he has to
repack 1t for the return journey, and finds
that however vigorously he jumps on
the pile of material it will not compress
sufficiently to permit him so to depress
the lid that he may lock 1t, he discovers
that the art of packing is purely FEM
mime accomplishment, and that man
could no more become expert at it
than he could at singing soprano. The
wise man when he contemplates jour-
ney lets his wife pack and then takes her
along to repack. II not he will need a
dry goods case to hold the overflow when
he turns homeward.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

propose to advance prices, and add
tional rail orders are coming In
weekly.
But still there is lull in the move
ment of pig iron. This is doubtless
due to the heavy production, which
will probably exceed in the second
quarter of the year five million tons,
as against 1885, tons in the second
quarter of last year. The April pro-
duction was unprecedented, and the
May production promises to exceed it.
There are no indications of decreased
production, and there will be none SO
long as the demand for finished iron
and steel goes on unchecked. The top
of production may be reached in June,
but all depends upon the nature of
the demand for finished iron and
steel next month 1t is idle to antic-
ipate a turn in the production of pig
iron while no turn Is apparent in
orders from the foundries and steel in
terests.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
Unavoidable Accident.
Tempest.

The railroad accident at Harrisburg,
Pa, was plainly one of those that
human foresight and skill cannot cope
with. On the Pennsylvania railroad
there are four tracks. The two in
the center are freight trac'rs, aud for
safety's sake the two outside tracks
are allotted to passenger trains. The
air-hose of the freight train burst and
several cars "buckled up midway in
1t. throwing some of them from the
track. and some of them fell on the
west bound passenger track. At the
same moment of time a heavy express
passenger train came along, striking
the wrecked freight cars, causing in
stantly an explosion of the boiler of
the passenger train, which in turn ex-
ploded two freight cars loaded with
dynamite. All occurred in a moments
time. All came in a rush almost
simultaneously.
Now, who did it? How could 1t
have been avoided? This is by no
means an easy question. There was
no time in which to send out flag
or give other warning. All signals be-
spoke clear tracks. The air-hose was
defective, but an inspection that
would disclose defects in air-hose
would be almost beyond the power
of any railroad manager to secure
And so as to the passenger locomo-
tive. Some may say the locomotive
should not have been In condition 10
explode, but who can say what a To-
connective drawing an express train at
full speed would do under like circum-
stances?
Beyond the locomotive and the air
hose, both of which burst, it is i'm
possible to say where blame attaches
to any employee of the railroad, and
1t is Just about impossible to say that
any fault rests against the dead en-
gineer or In the man who last In
spected the car of which the air-hose
was a part. In short, it was one of
those unavoidable accidents that the
keenest railroad manager cannot FORE
see or even imaginatively guard
against.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
Just Simmons.

when We We're up in Manassas Va.
participating in the army maneuvers
quite an amusing incident occurred,
said Lieut.. j. Quinton Smith of the Bran
don Light artillery last night.
I'VE were returning from long hike
and | was lying under persImmon tree
resting. Before long a tall soldier hail
ing from Maine came by and took a seat
beside me. lie looked overhead, and OBJ
serving the tree loaded with green per-
simmons, remarked, What are those
things up there?' | replied that they were
persimmons, and he Immediately wanted
to know if they were good to eat. Well,
all of us boys in the south knew just how
palatable green persimmons are, but
told him yes anyway. Poor fellow evi-
IDENTIFY had missed several meals, and he
thought that he had a treat In store.
lie broke off a bunch of those green Vir-
glnia persimmons and took big
mouthful. In the meantime | left, but |
shall never forget the expression on the
face of that big Maine soldier when those
persimmons commenced to draw up his
mouth, as we call it,"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
A PEN PICTURE OF CHRIST.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
The following is the only reliable pen
picture of Christ as seen in actual life.
and is an exquisite piece of word paint
ing. 1t is taken from MS. now In the
possession of Lord Kelly, and in his libra
ry. 1t was copied from an original letter
of Publius Lentulus at Rome, it being
the usual custom of Roman governors
TO advise the senate and the people Of
such material things as happened in their
provinces in the days of Tiberius Caesar.
wrote the letter to the senate:
There appeared in these. our, days. a
man of great virtue named Jesus Christ,
who is yet living amongst us. and of the
Gentiles is accepted as the prophet OF
Truth. He raises the dead and cures all
manner of diseases. A man of stature
somewhat tall, and comely, such as the
beholder may both love and fear. His
hair of the color of chestnut full ripe;
pam " HIS Ears, WHtiCt uOWnWdlu IL Is
more orient and curling, and waving
about his shoulders. In the midst of his
head is seam, a partition in the hair.
after the manner of the Nazarites. His
forehead plain and very delicate; his face
without spot or wrinkle, beautiful with
a lovely red. His nose and mouth so
formed that nothing can be reprehended.
His beard in color like his hair, not very
long, but forked. His look innocent and
mature. His eyes gray, clear and quick
and luminous. In reproving he is terri
BILE, his eyes piercing-as with a two
edged sword-the greedy. the selfish and
the oppressor, but look wit, tenderest pity
on the weak, the erring and the sinful.
Courteous and fair-spoken. Pleasant in
conversation, mixed Wit gravity. II
cannot be remembered that any have
seen him laugh, but many have seen him
weep, In proportion of body most excel
lent-a man for his singular beauty sur
passing the children of men,"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
IN EFFETE LONDON.

From the New York Mail.
As matter of fact, London is to be
congratulated on the whole for having
chosen so efficient, Woodworking and
SO self-denying a body of men, with hands
so VIGOROUSLY clean, and with such en-
tirely respectable and even elevated heads.
The foregoing is from a recent issue
of the London Telegraph. 1t is moder-
ately stated and 1t tells the substantial
truth about the London county council.
What 1t says of that council could be
said in the main about the aldermanic
bodies of the majority of the great Brit
ish cities. New York could afford to
make almost any sacrifice to secure a
city legislature of which such things
could be said. Why has it been unable
to do so?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
IN HOTEL IOBBIEs
Alabama Coal Shows Up Well.

THE preliminary report of the local
testing plant of the United States geoIog-
zeal survey which has just been issued
shows up well for the coal sent from
the Birmingham district remarked ].
A. Montgomery yesterday
Unfortunately the only samples sent
to the plant for testing were from mines
that do not produce eoking coal and Is
inferior to mos of the coal in the dis
trict This coal is not used for eoking
purposes at all and s onlY good for steam
and domestic use For this reason the
tests show up badly for the district while
Tor steam purposes the showing is very
good.
For instance here is a table showing
steam tests of coal fer fourteen of the
finest coal sections of the country. This
includes samples from the West Virginia
district which is considered among the
very best in The United States The
average percentage in this table Is $40
while Alabama's percentage is 655, or,
to explain. eight and fifty-hve one-hun-
dredth pounds CT water Is evaporated with
every pound of coal used.
Since the quality of the coal used Is
not of the best in the district, l con-
siGer the showing to be very good We
have coal In the district, and plenty of
it, that will st nd the est with any in
the country for all purposes
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
THE MILLENNIUM.
II everybody loved everybody,
And everybody was good;
1t would be easy then to tell
How everybody stood.

The directors of the Cave Hill cemetery
in Louisville are trying to decide whether
the interment of dog there is a desecra-
ton. Yet, why should they deliberate
over the matter? AS a rule there is less
wickedness among dogs than among men.
There is no finer example of animal virtue
than good dog, just as an honest man is
the noblest work of God. The dog that
is buried at Louisville must have had
excellent traits of character, for his sor
rowing master and mistress weep daily
at his grave and bank the mound with
flowers. If the roll were called and they
who lie sleeping in Cave Hill cemetery
were called to the great tribunal, would
the company of men and women thus
summoned have less to answer for than
the dog, If he were held to a rating? The
faith of a dog and his attachment to the
person who befriends him is we'll worthy
of emulation by man who often throws
aside the friend who has helped him to
rise and forgets the debt of gratitude he
owes to those who have contributed to
his greatness. 1t is seldom, very seldom
indeed that a dog is ungrateful.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
A CHlLD'S LAUGH.

By Algernon C. Swinburne
All the bells of heaven may ring.
All the birds of heaven may sing.
All the wells on earth may spring.
All the winds on earth may bring
All sweet sounds together.
Sweeter far than all things heard,
Hand of harper, tone of bird,
Sounds of wood at shutdown stirred,
yelling waters, winsome word,
Wind. In warm, wan weather.
One thing yet there is, that none
Hearing ere it's chime be done,
Knows not well the sweetest one
Heard of man beneath the sun,
Hoped in heaven, hereafter.
Soft and strong and loud and light.
Very sound of very light.
Heard from mornings rosicst height
When the soul of all delight
Fills a chiids clear laughter
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
THE COMING MILITARY MAN.

From the Boston Transcript.
A contemporary says of Marshal Oyama
that If his equal exists anywhere in the
world no one Is aware of his presence.
Ignorance of the coming military men
has been not infrequently noted in the
worlds history. How many individuals
outside the Prussian general staff had
heard of Motke before 1866? How many
Americans on January l. 1861, had ever
heard of L. 5. Grant, formerly a captain
in the regular army; of William 7. Sher-
man. or Phillip H. Sheridan? The coming
military man may today be quietly carry
ing on regmental duties or hidden from
the world in some staff department He
may be German, or French, or American.
and 1t is safe to say that he will be a
surprise wherever he appears.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
New Bank at Horse Creek.

Horse Creek is enjoying a season of
unusual prosperity" remarked ]. e. De-
Loach, purchasing agent for the Red Star
Coal company yesterday
1.-THE Red Star Coal company is build
ing large brick business house which
will be completed within thirty days.
The building will be two stories, 4ox6G
feet and will cost about $4,000.
Part of the building will be occupied
b. the Dor. Banking and Trust company
which is to be organized in a few days
This will be the first banking institution
for our town and 1t is something we
have needed for some time. The promoters
are meeting with considerable encourage
n.ent and success Is assured.
"A new city hall building for Horse
Creek is another Improvement being plan
ned for the near future
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
From the New York Times. /.

From the New York Times.
y OW much will dress suit case
10Y hold? For the average man 1t
can be made to hold a dress suit.
clean shirt, collar, cuffs, an extra
pair of stockings. restricted kit OF toll
let conveniences, few cigarettes, and a
box of matches. To get all this in often
requires some ingenuity. For woman,
AMI especially for one with the packing
instinct highly developed, 1t can be made
to hold an entire wardrobe. young wo-
man who lost a dress suit case through
the careessness of an expressman sued
to recover its value, and proved to the sat-
isfaction of the court that 1t contained:
One foulard silk dress. one pongee shirt
waist suit one silk Bingham shirtwaist
suit, one brown lawn dress two white
Persian lawn waists, one white null even
ing dress. one black silk coat, three-quar-
ter length; one white silk knitted shawl,
one white lawn dress skirt one fancy
lawn apron. one white dmity tea Jacket,
one white madras shirtwaist, one brown
linen shirtwast. one white pique shirt
waist. one madras Gibson shirtwaist. four
Wnite HuSiiu pctliCOdtS, lOuI COtSct CoNtfS
three pairs muslin drawers, four silk net
vests. three cotton net vests, one lawn
Empire wrapper, three muslin night
dresses, eight pairs Isle thread hose, one
corset waist, one ebony mirror with sill
yer trimmings, one gold hat brush. one
silver nail brush, one silver tooth brush,
two and one-half yards black and blue
sa tin ribbon. four inches wide; one dozen
linen hand made laced trimmed handker-
chiefs, three pairs kid gloves, one pair
long white silk mitts. one gold locket
and chain one gold brooch set with tur-
ouois and diamonds. one dozen fancy COL
lats and stocks. two point lace ties, one
point lace handkerchief.
We venture the assumption that it was
not quite as full as 1t could have been
had the owner intended longer journey.
In the presence of such phenomena as are
often observed in the packing of trunks
and handbags, in which miscellaneous
articles occupying two and half cubic
feet of space are made to accommodate
themselves in one cubic foot of capacity,
the most remarkable attachments of man
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
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YO larity which Mr.. Roosevelt has
achieved was afforded by the
banquet of the Iroqnois club in Chicago.
About the board of the leading demo-
cratic organization In Illinois were gath
cred men who had fought against Mr..
Roosevelt in the recent election and are
still numbered among the opposition"
These men eheered the executive to the
These men eheered the executive to the echo
and good fellowship reigned. There was
no Ratchet In evidence. While there were
guests who did not agree with Mr.. Roose-
welt on many of his policies. all dissen-
ton was forgotten in admiration for the
man. 1t was not Roosevelt the politician
or Roosevelt the republican nominee that
they cheered, but Roosevelt the Ameri-
can citizen. The banquet was love
feast" such as is seldom witnessed. Po-
litical opponents were personal friends,
and there was rot single note of dis
cord to mar the pleasure of the occasion.
The last mutterings In the south against
Mr.. Roosevelt are dying away Now and
then some bitterness crops up in rural
newspaper, but the general estimation in
which tho south now holds the President
is one of the highest esteem. He is be-
coming more popular every day, and while
the jest that he will be the democratic
nominee for the presidency in 1908 is no
more than passing pleasantly, the place
he holds in the hearts of the people may
warrant such a rash statement. Mr.
Roosevelt is making a great record for
Amerieanism.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
luII in Iron Sales.

The Iron Trade Review says lone
large southern interest" has reduced
the price of No. foundry iron, Bir-
mingham, to thirteen dollars, fall
of fifty cents ton. This is due to a
lull in pig iron movements, and not at
all to the demand for finished pro-
ducts. Structural steel will be needed
in 1905 beyond the record of any other
year, and the orders for bridge steel
are heavy. The wire manufacturers
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
number. learn. who are laid on for re-

number. I learn. who are laid of for re-
pairs.
4 have been inspecting the onion grow.
ing industry at Laredo. Tex. and was
surprised at the extent TO which onions
are now being planted in the southwestern
country. There are some big farms about
Laredo and onions are raised with con-
siderable profit. I suppose that the plants
have TO be irrigated. but even at that the
yield is immense and the industry is
growing all the time.
Maybe you people don't call this hot
weather. l am about to burn up today
in Birmingham, although I must confess
that there is some Improvement over Mex
ico.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
ALABAMA FULL OF ISSUES.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Alabama is to have a campaign on state
issues, too. Nearly every town In that
state has remedy for local evils, and 1t
is said that no two of them are alike. The
parties In Ohio might take warning from
this embarrassment and not scatter
much. Concentration on a few essentials
is the best Idea. However politics and pol
iticians are now in such a disturbed con-
dtion that It is almost waste of space
to give advice.