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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Meet in Regular Monthly Session
Monday. January l-Decem-
Der Accounts Allowed.

/ Be it remembered that the Honor
able Board of Supervisors OF Grenada
County, Mississippi, met at the court
house in Grenada, Mississippi, on the
lSt day Of January, 1906, the same
being the first Monday in said month
and . regular term Of said court.
The following members were pres
ent: A Olson, District No. /; JE
Shaw, No. 2: N Roberts, No. 3;JP
Hill, No. 4; e l. Atkinson, No. S
Clerk, Jno S King; Shereff, w Fl
Crowder.
Court was opened in due form when
the following proceedings were had:
(Here was passed the resolutions Oh
the death OF Mr.. J. S. King, which
appears elsewhere in this issue.)
Report OF W III CroWder, sheriff,
received and ordered filed; w II Crow
der, sheriff, board of prisoners for
December, 1905, $41.70; City Light
and Water Co, lights and water for
court house and jail, sl4.90; r Craw- .
ford, +, cost in case when state fail
ed, Sl7.55; Grenada Sentinel Pub Co,
stationery, etc, for sheriff, chancery
and circuit clerks, 1886; Mildred
Bowers, pauper, allowance for Dec.
1905, $3.50; L r Thomas, lumber cut.
by overseer for road, IS.
Be it ordained by the board Of su-
perVISors OF Grenada county, in regu-
lar session convened, that an election.
for the purpose Of filling the vacancy
In the Office OF chancery clerk Of Gren-
ada county be, and is hereby ordered
TO be held on the 10th day Of January,
1906, and the commissioners Of elec-
ton, 9 FL Guy, W s Willis and Cla6d
Hall Of Grenada county are hereby
directed to take all proper and Legal
steps for the holding Of said election
On the day herein specified
Ordered that the assessment on the
estate Of G A Waters, de-
ceased, be reduced from 1920 to s15Gs
erroneous assessment.
Ordered that the assessment Of per
'onal property of Mrs Mary A Waters
De reduced from 50, Ie5 to $3.50 Oh ac-
count OF erroneous assessment.
A Gerard, constable, cost in cases -"
tate VS. John Coleman, John ROberA-~
on and John Cowhen, Sif5O.
Ordered that a warrant be issued to-
Massey for 81, of district 6. Oxber-
y, for poll tax for year 1905, errOn-
ously assessed.
Ordered that warrant for S4.34 te,
Continued on eighth page.)
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
SENATOR M'LAURlN
FIRES A SHOT
At Governor Vardaman Because
of the Latter's Reflection on
His Dead Brother.
Senator McLaurin S letter Is as fol-

Senator MCLaurln S letter Is as fOl
lows:
Brandon. Miss,
Editor Clarion-Ledger:
SIN Gov. Vardaman'S message to
the legislature, rs published in the pa
perS, | see this language:
'AS look back over the past ten
years of the history of the penitentia-
~ management-and | have been a
student and close observer of it
fail to find a single instance wherein
we had warden whose manifest pur-
pose was not to serve himself or a few
partisan or political friends, rather
than promote the physical and moral
well-being of the convicts and advance
the pecuniary interests OF the state. Z"
''ThiS period includes the time
when my brother Walter McLaurin,
who has long been in the grave, was a
warden, and | can not permit this
false and unprOvOked imputation up
on the integrity of his motives to GO
unchallenged.
1.-The competency and capacity Of
Walter McLaurin for tbs Office of the
warden, and the amount of diligence
OF efficiency he gave to the duties Of
the office are legitimate subjects Of
discussion and criticism by his enc.
mics or friends, but the unfounded
and irreverent imputation put on the
honesty Of his motives will be proper
iy estimated by every true heart and
mind who reads it, without any char
acterizatson Of it by me.
had never thought that men OF
manly mold would ever pursue the sub
ject OF their enmity beyond the portal
OF the grave or invade the sacred
precints Of the silent, sleeping dead
Walter McLaurin, faithfully and
t. the best Of his ability, performed
every duty that pertained to the Of
fice. There was never a more faith
ful, humane, magnanimOuS and phi
1anthrOpic man. He not only gave
diligence and energy to the discharge
OF the duties of the Office, but he gave
his health also
When the overflow of the delta
came in 1897. he braved the floods and
the elements. in some Instances SWIM
ming streams and bayous on horse
back. and in other instances rowing in
SkiffS over the dangerous and chilly
waters To save the cOnvicts and the
states property and take them to
places Of security.
Besides the drenchings from horse
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13

To feel the inadequacy of human
speech to convey our loftier feel
ingS and deeper emotions is an ex-
perience common to man, notwith-
standing words are vehicles of
thought. l have not words at COM
mand even feebly to convey to the
good people Of Grenada, and elsewhere,
the gratitude that wells up in my
heart, when l recall their kindnesSeS,
and consideration during my recent
sore bereavement. To my friends in
this state, and other states, who have
written letters Of sympathy and con.
dolence concerning my mothers
death, am profoundly grateful.
Very truly yours,
JAMES H. WOODARD.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
Additional Election Officers.

BY singular oversight we failed t.
give the names OF the election Officers
for three precincts, for the specia
election TO be held on the 10th, in Oul
last issue. Below are the officers fol-
the three precincts:
GraySpOrt Precinct % III Perry,
Will Criss, L L Wier, judges; E w
Wier, VIM Fenner, clerks;J John Clark
bailiff.
Providence Precinct-W Z Spruill,
John Cooley, ] II Dillon, judges;
Hugh Gillon, Eli Fields. clerks; John
T Stevens, bailiff.
Spears Precinct-L B Yeager, w G.
Young, W ID Merritt, judges; N
Provine, j N Roberts, clerks; J IT
Spears, bailiff.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13

back swimming, he was overturned i
skiffS, and when he returned fror
this work and exposure. his healt
was broken, from which he never en-
tirely recovered, and which he event
ually neceSsitated his resignation o
the Office which he had held it onl,
about year.
! He loved his frienoS us the Athen
ian loved the City of Violet Crown,
and would do anything for them con
sistent with integrity, but neither fo
his friends nor himself would he ne
glect or pervert his official duty.
His philanthropy an dmagnanimity
were unbounded. Only a few
monthS-Iess than year-before his
death he made an earnest effort to dc
Gov. Vardaman a favor, of which,
suppose, Gov. Nardaman never knew.
He received the injury that re-
suited in his death while attempting
to save the lives of others in a runa-
way vehicle.
I'm writing this humble vindica-
tion OF the memory OF my beloved
brother; | have suppressed my feel
ingS as best could.
II have not trusted my feelings to
write my estimate Of the man who
would make such an unwarranted i'm
putation upon him.
Walter McLaurin'S S memory needs
no vindicatiOn. to those who knew
him personally. But there are those
vino did not know him personally, and
| owe it to the thousand Of his friends
that the groundleSS impunity of the
honesty of his motives shall not go
unchallenged. "
A. J. MCLAURIN.
After Senator McLaurin'S letter
was made public, Gov. Vardaman was
asked if he had read it and he replied
as follows:
Yes, l read 1T, and | would not
make any statement regarding in at
all, were it not for the fact that / do
not want the water muddfed or the
attention of the people diverted from
ttlC lCotl lSSut1 ltlNOlhtu III uIlIS IIldUIpE.
The things discussed in my mes
sage were public policies aud public
recorCS, which belong to the people
OF Mississippi, and are the subjects of
legitimate discussion. Private char
acter and private records were not
mentioned. | trust that this impas-
81 ned OutburSt Of United States Sen
atOr \. j. McLaurin. who was Gov
ernor OF Mississippi at the time his
brother was appointed warden of the
penitentiary, and was chairman {
the board of control when his broth
er'S plantation, Sandy Bayou. was
leased and worked by the State s con-
victs, may not divert the attention of
the legislature from the main queS-
tion at issue.
" III the statements made in my
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13

Mr.. r. B. Allen, express messenger
on the Y. s. NJ. V. r. R., sustained a
very painful injury on the night OF
January 6. at the express Office in this
city. He had come in from his run
and was sitting in chair in the ex-
press office with his feet elevated rest
ing upon the wall, when his pistol
dropped out of his pocket and was dis
charged. The bullet entered his hip
and ranged upward lodging in the leg
about the knee. While he is suffering
much, he is doing we'll and it is thought
that he will not sustain any serious
suits from the accident.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
Attention. Kings ghtcrs!

In the Sunday School room of the
Presbyterian church today Saturday
at 3 o'clock pm, there will be d ser
vice celebrating the Goth birthday of
this Order. All members, and any
Others interested, are requested to
come and bring a birthday Offering
which will be sent to headquarters
for general use.
Very respectfully,
EVA FL. WHITAKER. Sec.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13

death unto life. She is survived by
three sons aud one sister to whom
The Sentinel offers coincidence.
Her remains were inferred at Spring
Hill burying ground on the evening
OF the 5th. Rev. A. H. Williams Of
the Methodist church conducting the
funeral services.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13

message were incorrect, the best refu-
tation will be found in the records of
the public officers. My only desire or
ambition in this or all other matters
is to serve the people of Mississippi,
and | shall do it without regard to
what ANYBODY may think or say.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13

The city public scales located in
front of the store OF Duncan s. Co.,
are in charge of b. f. Moore who is
ready to serve all who may desire it.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-18
WOhAN'S WORST DANGER.

No woman with unsound kidneys can be healthy. Sick kidneys, in fact, cause the majority of women's trou; bles.
 But there is no need to get down hearted if you suffer constant back ache. weariness, bearing-down pains, sick headaches, etc. Doan's Kidney Pills have brought new life and strength to thousands of women af. fiicted in this way.
 They soothe. cleanse and stimulate, rouse the kidneys to action, and drive the kidney pOisons out of the body. They remove the cause and cure per manently. Many women of this city have been cured and gladly tell of it.
 WATERBURY PROOF.
 Mrs Joseph !. Druan of 1T0 South Main street. says:
 "when living at 22 Union street in January. 1S96 I gave to a reporter who called on me a statement about Doan's Kidney Pills procured at the IT. W. Lake Drug Co short time pre- yious to his -..it. The treatment cured me of a very serious kidney complaint. I can only state today in August. 1901. over five years after. that I have not had the slightest return Of the trouble and the cure then effected has been a most thorough one. For years I had the worst pains anyone could stand through my back and kidneys. It was q common occurrence to get out of bed In the morning suffering Ny feet and hands were swollen at times about twice their normal size despite the fact that I treated with different doc
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-18
Possibility of perfumed pivan..

Those women who adore perfumes may get good suggestion from the Chinese envoy. Sir Chentung Llang Cheng. says a correspondent of the New York Press. He told friends at a reception in Washington a few days ago that in China a perfume of rare and delicate sweetness frequently was placed in the upholstery of divans and chairs. IL fills the apartment with just a suggestion of an odor Sir Chentuns hss promised to send some of the pow der to Mrs. John W. Foster wife Of the former minister to China. Should Washington approve. perfumed divans probably will be the next fad.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-18
y
 20 L I'S
THE CURSE OF DRINK" :"

Those who like d clean play, with lots of action, a melodrama that is not Overdone, nor full of new sentiment, played by an excellent company, should not fail to visit Poli's Saturday afternoon and evening of next week. The part of Bill Sanford is faken by F. Aug. Anderson, an actor of the old school, who portrays the character in well studied manner free from the usual ranting. His drunkard is a req. sOnable human being. free from the usual stage fallacies which accompany that character-just man who has fallen--and the sympathy of the audi ence runs well with the character. The play abounds in excellent situa- tions: its scenery is excellent and ac- cords well with its character parts. It is strong moral play. well staged and well acted, and the bar-r0om scene is the best of it's kind ever seen, Prices are 9. B and j0 cents; mati7 nee 9 cents. Sale of seats Friday. Telephone 116-2. '.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-18
WATCH FOR FRIDAY NIGHTS ADv..

The play develops strong situations and teaches wholesome lesson. The action is continuous, diverting and well sustained.
 The story of the plot reveals the in teresting nature of the drama. David Corson, ably played by William Court leigh, is a dreamy, idealistic young Quaker evangelist who converses with nature and who aspires to make his life everything that is pure and beautiful, as the idealists say. But he happens to meet a young Spanish girl travelling with a patent medicine fakir Papee- ta, as she is known and supposed to be the fakir's daughter, proves a lure that David cannot resist. He follows the doctors" troupe and makes love to Papeeta. She reveals that she is the doctors wife, not his daughter, but that makes no difference to COrsOn. In a quarrel with the fakir David strikes him and, believing that he has killed him, induces the girl to flee with him.
 Later he becomes a gambler in New Orleans. Papeeta leaves him and goes to David's home, walking forty miles in the snow. David is finally reformed by travelling evangelist and he, too, returns home; meets Papeeta and, to further make reparation, goes forth in- to the forest with an ax to spend a year away from her to build her a
 
 home. ROBERT BUTLER.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-18
LOOMING EYENTS~

Jan 1s-First annual masquerade given by the w. I. H. club at Judd's hall, oakville. ..
 Jan 19-Reception given by the young ladies of St Cecilia's parish al Odd Fellows hall.
 Jan. 2O-Lecrure and smoker given by local Waterbury Socialist party at Boom "A, Platt block. Lecture by Rev Alexander F. Irvine. Jan 25-The tenth anniversary of the Ladies' auxiliary, A. O. H., in K. of C. hall.
 Jan 25-Whist party given by Amer. ican lodge, No H, A. O. U. w.. al Mechanics hall. Jan 29-The De Barrie Gill combin. ation at High school assembly hall. Jan 31-Fifth annual promenade given by the Big Seven Social club at Eagles hall.
 Feb Private masquerade and re- ception by Miss Nellye T. Reeds dane. ing classes at Murray hall.
 Feb. 2-Concert and dance at CO lumbus hall, Naugatuck. by Di Vito's orchestra.
 Feb S-whist and Forty-five party by ladies of St AIichael's parish at Good Will hall.
 Feb S-Grand concert given by Jacques Cartier conclave, No S10. Inn proved order of Heptasophs, Polls tteater.
 Feb 9-Private reception given by the Senior and Junior classes of c. IL s. at Leavenworth hall.
 Feb. 1O-Concert and dance by Di Vito's orchestra at Concordia hall.
 Feb. IG-Whist and social given by the oueen's Daughters it Eagles hall.
 Feb. 16-Whist and social of the Queens Daughters at Eagles hall.
 Feb 19-Reception and dance by Miss Nellye T. Reeds dancing classes ait L.eayenworth hall.
 Feb 19-2O-Talma Club minstrels at Polis theater.
 Feb 26-aGth annual scciable and dance given by Societe St Joseph at Leavenworth hall.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-18

I Jones. .the vessel rechristened Bon Homme Richard. Franklin obtained for his country, bankrupt and almost hopeless" loans from France amount ing to many millions of francs, and this in spite of the vigorous opposition of Necker, the French statesman and | financier.
 And to turn from big things to small, let us make mention of the fact that he was called upon constantly while carrying on negotiations with France to deal with petitions from French men and women of all sorts and that his good nature and diplo- macy and well-known benevolence were sadly taxed thereby. In recent number of Lippincott's thereIis very interesting article on "Franklin's Trials as a Benefactor," the material obtained from hitherto unpublished sources in the possession of the Amer. ican Philosophical society. We are treated to some characteristic memo randa, and the brief article shows us Franklin as both wit and philanthropy ist. 5, 4'. :1.as-f e. .
 The author of Poor Richard" was thrifty and shrewd. but not mercen- ary. In his printing business he made enough money to provide comfortably for the day when he should be too old to earn more. but he had none of our spresent ages grip of greed" He would take no money for his inyen- tions or scientific discoveries--they be- longed to mankind. He early formed the habit of giving. and the habit re- mained fixed. There were long years in which to indulge this benefeence, for his span of life was no short one from January 17. 17O6. to April 17. ITso.
 They used 10 call Franklin atheist. but the mature Franklin was. 10 uss term of to-day. a liberal Christian. In his youth he played with skepti- cism. and yet it was in his youth he wrote the epitaph which bespeaks faith: The body of Benjamin Frank lin. printer. like the cover of an old book. ifs contents torn ont and strip ped of it's lettering and gliding. lies here fcod for worms. But the work shall not be lost. for |; vill. as he be- lieved. appear once more in a new and more elegant edition. revised and cor rected by the Author
 Men tell. with tongue in cheek. of FrankIin's natural son. the child born the wrong side the blanket But do they tell that the father publicly and privately called him son ever act ed toward him fsfherIyf Hypocrisy vas not among FrsnkIin's faults. An honest man. ss psEl ss a vsry great man, hs is written down
 KATHERINE POPE
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-18
Jacques;
VAUDEVILLE.

There is not a little romance con- nected with the troupe of giant dogs whose intelligence Paul Sandor is demonstrating so successfully at the Jacques this week. The dogs, which are mistakenly supposeC to be Great Danes, are in reality Russian deer hounds and once belonged to the i'm perial pack allotted the prison officials at Istusk in Siberia. Their former business in life was the diverting pas time of chasing escaped prisoners the unlucky wretch these same appar- ently docile performers have pulled down when almost in safety across the borders. It is not surprising to those who know the ferocious nature of the brutes that the Russian convict who will take all the chances he can with the rifles of the guard, is made crea- ture of the most submissive type in the presence of the man hunters. It is a great tribute to the skill of Mir San dor's ability as an animal trainer that Ee has subdued the troupe to the de- gree of domesticity they exhibit in their feats. As entertaining as the dogs are interesting, are the other numbers on the bill contributed by the Quigley brothers, Lio NinO, Brown, Harris and Brown, Irene Lee, Cogan and Bancroft and the electrograph. Prices are 10. 20 and 30 cents; after moons 10 and 20 cents. ladies 10 cents. TWO NEW PLAYS OF INTEREST.
 "The Clansman" is at the Liberty the
 ater. Thomas Dixon, IT,, former lec-
 turer and minister in the south, has
 produced graphic stage representa-
 tion of conditions in the south after
 the close of the civil war The well
 known Kuklux Klan is glorified by the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-18
SKIES ON MOTORS.
Device to Aid Aeronauts In Dash --a For North Pole.

For North Pole.
 It may be that the automobile and the airship will form combination that will successfully accomplish the discovery of the north pole, says the New York American.
 The airship feature of the Automo- bile Club of America show in New York has brought this proposition into prominence, and the other day at the new Sixty-ninth regiment armory, where the stray odds and ends that lit- tered up the opening were being clear ed away, it was learned that only the day before an. arrangement had been made with a we'll known manufacturer for the immediate construction of sev- eral motor skees that will be used in the forthcoming attempt of Santos-Du- mont and Walter Wellman to conquer the frozen fields of the arctic.
 These motor skees will be substituted for the Eskimo dogs usually employed for hauling the sledges containing sup plies, and in the matter of speed the expedition should reach Spitzenbergen much earlier than would be the case with canine power. It is at Spitzenber- gen that the daring aeronauts will take to the air, while the motor skee division of the expedition will continue as far as practicable and then await the re- turn of the aerial navigators.
 The motor skees are to be single wheel, rear driven, the wheel to have broad face of some eighteen inches width to offer resistance on the soft snow, and the face of the wheel is to be studded with steel points to have tractive quail ities on the ice. The front wheels will be replaced by. the Norwegian skee. The problem presented is most diffi- cult one owing to the extreme cold. Alcohol freezes at 42 degrees below zero, and the engineers and chemists are consequently called upon to find a fuel which will be suited to the climate of the far north. Inasmuch as the air ship will itself be provided with mo- tor for navigation, the automobile en. gineers and those of the airship will cooperate in the quest for this new 'fuel, or coursr, the motor skees will be ,ps4ts SiEscoota type. A Connecticut .-ffhiffas tise contract.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-18

play, which portrays phases of the struggle for supremacy between the whites and the blacks.
 In the south, where the play opened, much excitement has been caused by the drama. which. according to Mir. Dixon, is a truthful representation of the conditions as existing during the reconstruction period.
 An impressive scene in the drama is that showing the interior of the secret cave of the Kuklux Klan, where ac- cused negroes were tried.
 The construction of the play could be improved on. but as it is it will probably prove q big winner. Public interest in "The ClansmGn" continues unabated. and many secret societies have arranged to see 1t.
 Holbrook Bllnn appears to advantage. and other members of the cast do good work.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-18
eX
Attempt At a Character Sketch of "The Great American
The Fame Benjamin Franklin Unmed-A Man Too Great Bother About
 Contemporary Acclaim citeisn-Yd Thoroughly Human.

taxes on their private lands for the support of the English troops; this they had refused. Franklin had given his personal security to- the Pennsyl- vania farmers for supplies and trans portation for Braddock's men at. the time of the French and Indian war. The matter of the Penn taxes satisfac- torily settled, he turned his attention to the stamp act and helped secure it's repeal. .l -..@ 4.s.,.s.rst.
 It was service rendered during the revolutionary war that is especially notable. He obtained from France aid and concessions which it is agreed no other man possibly could have. To the French he was especially "gratia,' and to the most exclusive circles of Paris he had. entrance, was there re- ceiyed with warmest appreciation. ,Po- litical,. scientific, literary France ap- proved of this American, he was given
 what he asked for. And for once, he was not modest; in asking for his country he asked much. Every school boy knows the aid he gave the Amer ican navy, every scboolboy knows the gift made by France to-, John Paul