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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-17
BILL To MARK GRAVES
PASSES CONGRESS
Senator foraker's Bill to Mark
Graves of Confederate Sol.
diers FavorabIy Acted
Upon by Congress

Washington. Especially The house
military affairs committee will favor
ably pass upon Senator Foraker's bill,
which has passed the senate, appro-
priating $500, 900 to provide for the
appropriate marking Of the graves of
the soldiers of the Confederate army
and navy. The house will amend the
bill so as to place the work in the
hands of commission Of three, one of
whom shall be Confederate.
Col. w. F. Beasley, who served as
lieutenant colonel of the Seventy first
North Carolina regiment, will appear
with other ConfederateS before the
committee. Colonel BeaSley will tell
the committee that he is willing to
Serve on the commission without
compensation. The Confederates are
buried in many different places.
Their number is about 10000. A de-
tailed statement from the war depart
ment SHOWS the graves distributed in
part as follows:
Bridgeport, Ala, 18; Cumberland
Gap. Tenn, 178; Fort Donelson,
Tenn, 1; Frankville, Tenn, 226;
Knoxville, Tenn, 1873; McMinnville,
l; Montgomery Ala, l; MurfreesborO,
16; Nashville, $50; Stevenson, Ala, 6.
The greatest number of Confeder-
ates' graves is at Camp Douglas, Ill.,,
3,759.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-17
ACREAGE REDUCTION
AND D|VERS|F|CAT|ON
Efforts Being Made by the Cot.
ton Association to Prevent In
crease in Cotton Acreage and
to Encourage Raising Of Cereals

The officers OF the Mississippi Cot
ton Association are now induStriOusly
engaged in their acreage diversified
tion campaign, and at the county Tal-
lies to be held during this week prom
i1ent speakers will be present tn urge
the farmers to plant less cotton and
morn corn, hay, potatoes, cereals, etc.
President Walter Clark, of the state
association, left this morning for
Pelahatchie, where he delivered an
address during the day, and Secretary
Will H. Woods delivered an address
before the Lafayette county farmers
in the chapel OF the University of
Mississippi, the student body of that
institution also being present.
Reports received at headquarters
show that the advice Of the assOcia-
tiOn IS being generally needed by the
farmers of the state. and that diver
sification will be more general this
year than ever before. This is also
indicated by the fertilizer sales as re-
ported by the various factOries.-
jackson special.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-17
NEGRO MINISTER
TALKS TO HIS RACE
A Negro Minister Who Superin-
tends Silk Mil at Fayetts.
vile, N. c., Gives Ad.
vice to His People

THE best people OF the whole
Southland look upon our progress
with pleasure and pride. They share
our sorrow in our suffering, but the
stubborn facts still face us. There are
millions who are practically dead to
every sense Of usefulness in their
community, their country or their
state. Incidence and idleneSS can no
more survive the industrial awakening
than night can Outllve sunshine. For
one to continually call attention to
grievances, real or imaginary, past or
present, will not give strength for
life'S struggles. Remember that
every lawful thing is step some
where in the stairway up to great
ness and to God. That spirit of kind
ness, the mothers and fathers in the
hearts Of many of the nObleSt sons and
daughters Of this mighty Southland
will at least make for us friends. The
great majority OF the race will never
be able to do more than to go hand in
hand with the sturdy army of bread
winners, acquire modest home and
surround themselves with simple
comforts: and not that if the opp r
tunity that is uUu before them is not
seen, seized and improved. To the
mOleS and bats with this ceaSeleSS agi-
tatiOn Of the separate cars aud the
late constitutional amendment. They
are not the most important thiagS
that hinder our backward race. We
have got to start our structures where
our civilization finds US, and bald
from the ground upward, and make
ourselves the people wanted upon the
farms and in the homes, the shops
and factories of the South. Rest you
assured the people who do the most,
and the best for the least, will get The
most to do, whether they be negro,
Italian or any other class Of the hu-
man family"
The above is part Of an address
delivered recently BY Rev. Il. w.
rhurston, of Fayetteville, n. c., to
others of bis race. ThurSton is the
superintendent Of silk mill at Fay
ettsville which is operated entirely by
negroes, about,SiX hundred being en-
ployed. II the negroes, as mass,
were to act upon his advice their con-
dtion would soon be radically i'm
proved
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-17
What Water Can Do.

Imagine perpendicular cOlnmn OF
water more than one third OF a mile
high, twenty six inches i'm diameter at
the top aud twenty-fOur inches in d.
ameter at the bottom Those remark
able conditions are complied with, as
far as power goes in the mill creek
plant, which operates under a head of
1860 feet. This little column of wa
ter, which, if liberated, would be just
about. enough to make "a small trout
stream, gives a capacity Of 5, 200 horse
power or enough power to run good
sized Ocean-gOing vessel. AS the wa
ter strikes the buckets of the water
wheel. it has pressure OF $50 pounds
to the square inch. What this pres
sure implies is evidenced by the fact
that the average locomotive carries
steam at a pressure of 10 to 200
pounds to the square inch. Were
this stream as it issues from the nOZ-
Zle, turned upon hillside, the earth
would fade away before it like snow
before a jet Of steam. Huge bowl
derS, big as city offices, would tumble
into ravineS with as little effort as a
clover burr is carried before the by
drant stream on front lawn. Brick
walls would crackle like paper, and the
hugeSt sky-ScraperS crumble before
stream like that of the Mill Creek
plant. 1t takes a powerful water
wheel to stand the tremendous pres
sure.
At Butte Creek, CAL, single jet
of water, six inches in diameter, is
sues from the nozzle at the tremen-
douS velocity of 10000 feet minute.
1t impingeS on the buckets of what is
said to be the most powerful single
water wheel ever built, causing the
latter to travel at the rate Of ninety
four miles an hour, making 400 revO-
lutionS minute. This Six-inch
stream has capacity Of $4,000 horse
power. The water for operating the
plant is conveyed from Butte Creek
through ditch and discharged into a
regular reservoir which is 500 feet
above the power house. Two steel
pressure pipe lines, thirty inches in
diameter, conduct the water to the
power house. Planters Journal.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-17
Reduced Rates For Teachers.

The Mississippi Teachers Associs
tion will hold its twenty-first annual
session In Jackson, May 3, and S,
1906.
All railroads in the state will sell
round trip tickets for one fare plus
twenty-five cents.
Hotels and boarding houses in Jack
son will give liberal reduction to teach
erS.
Program more interesting than
ever before.
More than a thousand teachers at
tended last year. Jackson is prepar-
ed for fifteen hundred this year.
Official programs will soon be ready.
Call on your county superintendent or
drop postal to secretary for a copy.
Write Prof. E. L. Bailey, jackson,
Miss, to secure good room for you,
stating what rate you are willing to
pay-s1. so, $500 CT 50, so per day, ac-
cording to location, accommodation,
etc. Better do this now.
Respectfully,
T. P. SCOTT, Sec.
Brookhaven, Miss.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-17
A Letter of Interest.

The following very interesting letter
from Mr.. VIM. V. King, superinten-
dent New York cotton exchange, was
received by Richard Cheatham, secre-
tary of the Southern Cotton Associa-
tion, and is self-explanatOry:
Mr.. Richard Cheasham, Sec'y,
Southern Cotton Association,
Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Sir:
Your favor Of the 10th instant is
received. Thanks for President Jor-
don'S cotton statistics, ETC., which
give the facts clearly and intelli-
gently.
In my opinion the coming planting
season will prove to be most trying if
not the most critical Ia the expert
ence Of the cotton growers OF the
South. Trying because there are
many who believe 10 or 102 cents will
prove SO serious temptation to the
planter that he will put every availa-
BILE acre in cotton. This opinion is
not confined to this section Of the
country alone, but is endorsed by
many Of the good people Of the South,
not planters of cotton l am glad to
say.
1t will indeed prove critical sea-
son for the planter and for the entire
South should the temptation to over
plant in cotton be carried out. The
years of splendid work Of your associ-
alton, together with that Of others
who have co-operated, will be swept
away, and condition of servitude for
the planter will be re-enacted with its
consequent &c or &c for cotton.
This is not an extreme picture. 1t
is certain to occur unless the planters
stand solidly together and for their
own protection diversity the planting,
putting in a moderate acreage only in
cotton. II the planters will not pro-
tect themselves in matter OF such
vital interest, to whom can they look
for help? Certainly not to the buyer
and the consumer.
To sum up the matter, the situa-
tion for veal or for woe, for &c or for
12c, is entirely in the hands of the
planter In brief interval of time
the world will know whether he has
proven false to himself or has had the
courage and manliness to resist the
temptation which now threatens to
wrest from him the control Of the sit
uation. Yours truly,
WIN. V. KING.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-17
Kincaid Items.

Rev. r. S. Sullivan preached at
Gore Springs church last Sunday.
Quite a large crowd we're in attend
ance.
Mr.. Chas. Caffey was in Grenada on
business Thursday.
Messrs. Drew and Seldom ROane
we're out for a two days hunt last
week and were the guests OF DR..
Byrd James.
Mrs. Sullivan of Alva was pleas
ant visitor in our little village Sun
day.
Mrs. B. c. James, accompanied by
her little son, Guy, took in Mardi Gras
at New Orleans. Mrs. James also
went up to Memphis to see Bernhardt.
Misses McCaslin and Mason Of
Graysport attended church In this vi
cinity last Sunday.
Our school at Cores is progressing
nicely under the supervision Of Miss
Addie Horton. Miss Horton is a fine
teacher and always looks to the inter-
est of her pupils. HoCUs PoCUs.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-17
A SHOCKING STORY
BY NEGRO WOMAN
Kidnapped by One Ike Mckinney
and Forced to Travel For Days
Through the Woods at Point Of
Rifle-her Captor Now in Jail

The details of a most shocking af-
fair were made known here on Wed
nesday night by negro girl eighteen
or twenty years old by the name of
Martha Ellison. Martha alleged that
she had been Seduced by her sisters
husband, one Ike Mckinney, and
kidnapped by him. She states that
he armed himself with a Winchester
rifle and forced her to leave SidOn.
Miss, their home, with him, and
that they had lodged along through
the woods and made their way to
Grenada. BY some means on Wed
neSday evening she got TT a note to
the officers here. The note got into
the hands OF Deputy Sheriff Beck
about dark. Acting with his well
known promptness about such things
he Immediately secured a man to 60
with him and proceeded to where
Martha was held in custody, two
miles north Of town. Upon arrival
at the house where Mckinney was,
after considerable parleying, Mr.. Beck
had his prisoner. The negro girl was
overjOyed at her captor being arreS-
ted and in addition to the above pro-
ceeded to detail other facts to the
officers. She said that Mckinney had
whipped and abused her awfully and
that he had kept the most ceaseleSs
vigil over her and told her that any
attempt she might make at escape
would result in his killing her and
her three weeks old baby. She SEEM
ed to stand in perfect awe of him and
dread him as she would an angry
beast.
Her story was a pitiful one and it
is said that her body bears the marks
OF her captor'S abuse. Mckinney was
arra:gned before Justice Crawford
here on Thursday morning and fined
s25 and costs and committed to jail
to answer other charges in default OF
$500 bond.
Sheriff Crowder has taken steps TO
further investigate McKinney'S rec
ord and it is more than probable that
he Is guilty OF other. and graver
crimes. He is black negro about
IS years old and weighs about 19a
pounds.
II the girls story be true, McKin-
ney deserves to pass out by the hemp
route.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-17
PRESIDENT JORDAN
TO COTTON FARMERS
Cotton Goods Advancing In Price
and Figures Are Given That
Prove the Wisdom Of Concert
of Action by Cotton Farmers

Notwithstanding the recent heavy
and unauthorized depression in, the
price of spot cotton, due to bearish
speculative influences, the great ma
jority of spot holders have stood firm
and refused to be panic stricken over
the extreme tactics pursued by the
large cotton buyers and exporters to
shake our cotton from the interior OF
the old states. We are now facing
comparisons with enormous receipts
one year ago. Last March there came
into sight 1900 600 bales and in April
1855, 900 bales, or during those two
months as much cotton as there is in
the South to come to sight for the bal
ance OF the season. More cotton came
into sight last March than there is
now left in the hands Of the spot
holders on plantations and at interior
uncounted towns. The spot holders
will continue firm and remain unSha
ken while the exporters who are short
in their contracts are being forced to
the ports to beg, borrow or buy sup
plies for immediate requirements.
The worst of the depression is already
over. The combination OF SpinnerS,
spectators and buyers have played
their last cards, and the holders by re-
maining SteadfaSt in the possession of
their staple, will soon be able to die
= tate prices and force the market to
fifteen cents. Cotton goods are week
ly advancing in price, and the demand
cannot be filled, many mills have al
ready taken orders as far ahead as
December and into next year. Mill
sales are based on the future price of
spot cotton as SpinnerS realize prices
will advance in the near future. Re
member that last March, with cotton
at cents in the face Of $4,000, 600
bale crop, those who held received 10
1-2 cents early in July. Do not get
discouraged. Mil men say raw cot
ton is worth 15centS and they are pre-
pared to pay it If they can not geti for
hess. LIZ the staple is worth it, every
interest in the south should assist the
holders to get it. Let, there be no
break in the ranks. The supplies
from the interior OF the southwest are
practically exhausted, and all buyers
must soon turn their attention to the
holdings in the old stateS. Do not
get panic stricken, but only have one
price in view for the balance Of this
crop, namely, fifteen cents. Plant
less cotton and increase the food sup
ply crops. Curtail the production Of
cotton, SO that what is grown will be
absolutely required by the consuming
world and will, therefore, command
the profitable prices. The slogan for
the next two months throughout the
entire cotton belt must be diversified
ton, less cotton, more food supplies
and an absolute refusal on the part of
spot holders to market the middling
cotton for less than Is cents. Show
the world normal acreage and fix
ed determination to demand fifteen
cents for the balance Of this crop.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-17
PROMPT TRANSMITS
SION OF MESSAGES
House Committee to Insert Chap
ter In Code Imposing Penalty on
Telephone Companies Failing
to Promptly Deliver Messages

The house committee on rail-
roads has decided to insert in
the code chapter on superviS-
ion OF common carriers the provisions
of the Sturdivant bill, providing a
penalty for the failure Of telephone
companies to promptly transmit mes
SageS intrusted to their care and to
make prompt connections over long
distance lines when requested by pat
rOnS.
The measure is somewhat similar
to that introduced in the house by Mr..
Wells Of Kinds at the beginning of the
session, and is not so drastic as the
bill offered in the senate a few days
ago by Mr. McLaurin of Sharkey
which allows mental anguish over
delay Of connections TO be considered
as an element Of damages when it is
shown that the failure TO make CON
nectionS was willful. wantOn and neg
ligent.
The insertion Of the proposed sec
ton was bitterly opposed by the Cum
bPrland Telephone Company, the prin
ciple corporation of this character in
the state, and Judge Robert Powell,
District attorney for the Cumberland.
appeared before The committee and
made an earnest but unsuccessful plea
against the measure
The effect of the section is tc place
telephone companies on practically
the same footing aS telegraph compa
MES for failure to transmit messages
promptly, the offended party being al
each instance OF neglect jackson
special
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-17
Commendablc.

The negroes Of Meridian have done
we'll in raising a liberal subscription
among themselves for the relief fund
and turning il over to the general
committee. Charity knows no race
or color and when the work Of dis
tributing aid to the sufferers was un-
dertaken a week ago, the claim Of the
Segro victim to relief received as
prompt consideration as that Of his
white neighbOr, and realizing this,
the people OF that race Thursday
evening turned over to the central
committee nearly five hundred dollars.
Nothing affords the Star greater
pleasure than to commend the worthy
acts of this race, and the spirit ex-
hibited in this matter is worthy Of all
praiSe.-Meridian Star.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-17
Some Sound Advice.

Maximum crop at minimum cost is
good motto, and should be b e
watchwOrd Of farmers. Between these
| there is an antagOniSm after the man
| ner OF that between speed and power.
or course, large yield will draw
more heavily than small one, upon
the fertility of soils, and 1t should be
the aim Of farmers to pursue policy
that will make no unnecessary draft
upon the soil.
Some farmers apparently give no
thought to the preservation OF fertil-
ity nor to the restitution OF plant nu-
TRITON that is consumed by plants.
They seem to proceed upon the theory
that their lands contain ineXhauStible
stores of nutrients and that there Is
no necessity to concern themselves
about it's conservation; this, too, in
the face Of the fact that evidences of
waste is manifest after each heavy
rain, and the further fact that crops
grow annually less and less.
Readers of the Planters Journal and
Of other agricultural publications
have read to but little purpose, if they
have not been impressed with the i'm
portance of adopting better cultural
methods and farm management for
the two fold purpose Of securing
greater yield, and of maintaining the
integrity of the soil.
Fortunately for agriculture, ell
farmers are not improvident, for many
of them are intelligent, progressive
and methodical and are placing farm
ing upon a higher plane as a vocation
and making it profitable as a busi-
ness.-Planters Journal.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-17

Governor Vardaman has commuteG
the sentence Of the negro, Scott Will
liamS, who was to have been hanged
here on the 23rd, to imprisonment for
life. The governors action in this
case will be universally endorsed
Scott has made model prisoner since
his incarceration and on one occasion,
perhaps, saving deputy Sheriff Beck d
life. Good conduct rarely goes Uric
warded.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-17

Sentinel and Commerc:alAppeal one
year for $l.25. Sentinel and News
Scimitar, one year, s1.15, Sentinel
and Home and Farm, $1.25, Sentinel
and Bryan's Commoner one year 81. .25.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-17

The Mississippi Fire Association, Or
ganized about five years ago, has trans
ferred its business to the Hartford
Fire Insurance Company, and will con-
tinue in business no longer.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-17

The Battleship fund is coming slow
ly. State pride should have prompt
ed the legislature to make an adequate
appropriation.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-17

THIS is a year when the farmers OF
the south should fully show their 10y
atty tp themselves, their families and
their country by materially increasing
the acreage of food supply crops on
every Iarm, and thereby holding the
production of cotton within the lina-
it's of legitimate and necessary con-
sumpt on, Let every farmer hereby
pledge himself to the policy and carry
into pr actical operation the advice OF
the Southern Cotton Association.
The Association appeals to every far
mer to cut his cotton acreage 25 per
per cent below the acreage planted in
1904, AID To increase his food supply
crops rtoportionately. II this policy
is adhefed to, profitable prices for
cotton can be maintained, and their
independence assured.
HARVEY JORDON,
President Southern Cot. Assn.
We. tie undersigned farmers Of.
-. .ooun's state, pledge d ourselves to to
raise our food supplies, as far as possible,
and to plant the following acreage In crops
4 fl~o nd
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-17

We offer the above pledges to the South
Division, this. day Of 1906
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GRENADA SENTINEL, 81 per year.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-05-20
ITNAN BOY WANIEn.

Joe saladiner and Phillip Chi.
riehirello called at the Eagle Office
yesterday and reported that Henry
Chirichirello, son Of Phillip Chi.
richirello, left home about three
weeks ago and has not been locat.
ed since. The boy is about II
years old and has the fret joint on
the index finger Of the right hand
of. The father IL anxious to
find the boy and will pay $500
reward for information and return
Of the boy. Address, Phillip CHI
richirello, Bryan, Texas.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-05-20
BASEBALL BENEFIT.

Mr. b. II. Knowles requests the
Eagle 10 announce that there will
be a fire department and cemetery
benefit baseball game played AZ the
Allen Academy grounds IN this city
Tuesday, May %. J. w. Hamilton
is manager for the team 10 play for
the firemen's be neht and Mr..
Knowles Of the team to play for tho
benefit Of the cemetery.
The winning team gets 90 per
cent aud the other 20 per cent Of the
receipts, the amounts to be applied
as above indicated. The teams are
as follows, including substitutes:
Firemen's Benefit. Hamilton, Par
ker, Trice, Edwards, Howard
Hearn, Halves, Gordon, Ettle, Col
Inns. Mawhinney. Cemetery Beue-
tableware, Neathery, Sims, Wet
ter, G. Boyett, Dodson, Stevens,
Buchanan, Cole, Ward, Tabor.