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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28
OF "SPESHES"
DETECTIVES ARE IMPORTANT
PART OF RAILROAD SYSTEM.
Organized for the Protection of Ship
pers and the Travelling Public
Have Put . Stop to Dis
honest Practices.

II don't know what the railroads
would do without the speshes nova
days." said a railroad official, using
that cryptic contraction "speshes" as
If everybody ought to understand what
it meant.
He was referring to the members OF
the Association CT Railway Special
Agents. Compactly, they're the rail-
road detectives, the railroad secret
police; and railroad special agent"
has been contracted by railroad folk
to "spesh."
There were railroad detectives OF
a sort; men with no particular train
ing and summoned for special pur-
poses, before we organized" said one
of the speshes. But speaking general
ly, before we got together and began
to branch out in III work the rail-
roads, the shippers AMI the travelling
public were virtually /. the mercy Of
all sorts of thieves am. ~swindlers.
For n thing, the railroads had no
reliable method of discovering and
stopping populations OF outright rob-
berries on the part Of their W en-
ployes. The tracing system, so-called.
In the course of which the railroads
sent supposedly honest employees on
the trail of suspected employees, never
worked out in practice. The men
chosen to do the tracing work general
ly showed themselves to be incompe-
tent, or they were easily led into be-
lieving anything they were told by
the employees under suspicion, or for
a rakeoff of the swag they swung
along with the crooks, so that the rail
roads yer all but helpless in running
down plunderers.
But it took the railroads, all the
same, a good many years to acknowl-
edge their helplessness in this respect.
A group of powerful railroad men
finally came to the front with the sug-
gestion hat the railroads would have
to be secret policed. The railroad
secret service was regularly organized
not long after that. The fine work &C.
comp,ished by the secret service of the
American Bankers association and
the American jewelers. association
was an argument in favor of the or
~ganization of a railroad service.
AT first it was intended that the
work of the railroad corps should be
confined exclusively to the protection
Of the railroads from dishonesty on
the part of their employees and to
RUNNING down robbers of freight in
transit. Fact is, the service did op-
crate exclusively along those lines for
a while, and with ~whooping success. 1t
is now pretty generally understood by
railroad employees tempted to engage
in dishonest practices that they have
about the same eventual chance of be-
ing grabbed with the goods as counter
feiters have of being corralled with
the merchandise by the United States
secret service, and / needn't enlarge
upon the dimensions of that chance.
Our work for the railroads, in a
way, is comparable with that of the
p~ostoffice inspectors. When it is un-
derstood how inevitably the postoffice
inspectors get the ~postoffice employees
who yield to temptation, this compari.
son will be the better understood"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28
GETTING A RAILROAD JOB.
Unfortunately, Novice Made Bad Bun
gle Of His Application.

His name doesn't matter, but he re-
sides near Forest Park. He was 20
when this happened (Which is only a
few short weeks ago., and just out of
school. He wanted a job-something
good, of course, for he had conquered
in his struggle with the class valedic.
tory, and everybody, including his rel
atiyes. had said that he was destined
to become a great man. He thought
he'd like the railroad business, and he
told his desire to a friend.
1.-The main thing" advised the
friend, "is to convey the impression
that you know something about the
business when you ask for a job. And
the they think you know the bet
ter the job you'll get. When you
tackle the big noise who sits at the
mahogany desk try and talk like a rail-
road man."
The future great man spent two or
three days practicing what he thought
was railroad lingo" and then went
down to the office of one of the big
railroads.
Entering the employment depart
ment, he repeated to himself the little
speech he had prepared, and he
handed his card to the secretary with
the assurance of a time-tried business
man. But when he was escorted into
the presence of the superintendent he
lost his nerve and his memory de-
serted him. However, he chung to his
hat bravely, and blurted out: rs there
any danger of getting a job around
here?"
There wasn't.-St. Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

Panama is the place for unat-
tached women to go If they wish to
marry, says Miss Boswell, who lately
returned from a tour of the canal
Zone which she took at the request OF
Secretary Taft. Many bachelors are
there and they are all lonely, she de-
clares. Of course If any young wom-
en- visit Panama after this, it will be
understood that their motives are
purely altruistic. Nothing distresses
a woman more than the thought of a
lonely man.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

take care of the freight business for
the present on the Cazadero division.
Passenger trains and individual cars
will continue on the line equipped with
automotors as heretofore, the locomo-
tives being intended for freight SER
vice entirely, having displaced the
steam engines previously used on the
run.
The new electric locomotives are
of 40 tons weight, and are of the
latest model. These engines are in
use on most of the eastern trolley
lines that have suburban freight SER
vice and r found to be adapted for
the purpose better than anything yet
Observation-Disclosures Oregonian.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

That a a novel experience en-
joyed by the two men who went up in
a balloon from North Adams and de-
scended in New Hampshire. At one
time they struck a snow squall, but
were falling SC rapidly that the flakes
appeared to be going up instead of
down. That seeming reversal of ma
tures's practices must have given the
impression for a moment that the
world was turning topsyturvy.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28
Statistics.

At the ninety-fourth annual session
of the Mississippi Conference OF the NJ.
E. Church, South, the statistical report
showed that there are 123 local preach
ers, 5O,4S9 members, 1887 children and
1917 adults were baptized during the
wear, there are So senior leagues and ~
Junior leagues, 4o4 Sunday schools with
$3.50 officers and teachers, and 2o,ls3
Sunday school pupils. For superannu-
ated preachers there was collected
So, 500, and $40 ,454 for missions, 81, $50
for church extension, and 1858 for
the American Bible Society. lie
preachers received S113,619 and the
presiding elders sl3, 9s3. There are
537 societies and 472 houses of worship.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

days of the reign of Louis Philippe.
His papers yer seized. and It was
proved that he had drawn up a list Of
persons to be disposed of. Among them
was an elderly acquaintance, so de-
scribed: 'Vatry tAlphie) to be guillo.
tined. Reason-citoyen inutile. vatry
is a bad whist player"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

Chinese women of aristocratic fam
flies presided at the tables where re-
freshments were served at the recep-
tion given by the Chinese residents in
Shanghai to Secretary Taft on his re.
cent arrival in that city. This Is the
first time that women have taken such
a part in a social function In China.
The spirit of progress is evidently
working in the orient.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

A food expert says that it Is foolish
to live on peanuts exclusively. But
according to the experiment of a man
who attempted an exclusive diet OF
peanuts, people don't live on it. They
die on 1t.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28
For Uniform GAUGES.

In Hungary the narrow-gauge rail-
roads are of Is different gauges, from
IS inches to 39% inches. The govern
ment has now decreed that hence
forth such railroads may Oe built Of
only two gauges, 27h inches and 80
inches.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

A schoolmaster in Pennsylvania has
been sued because he punished a twin
for a misdeed of the other twin, or,
rather, he punished both for the
misdeeds of one of them. Or-it was
like this: One was bad, and the class
teacher whipped the other. Then she
thought she had made a mistake, and
started to whip the one, but he
changed seats with the other, so that
the other was whipped twice. The prin-
cipal, to make sure. whipped both.
Then the parent brought suit.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28
Agricultural Club.

The Hutchinson Agricultural Club,
which was organized last year and
named for Prof. w. L. Hutchinson, di-
rector of the Mississippi Experiment
Station, is accomplishing a great deal
of good among the students in that de-
partment. The object of the organize
ton is to promote the science of agri-
culture and it's kindred subjects. /
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28
Poor Whist Player Condemned.

Deschapelless the greatest whist
player the world has ever seen, had
but one hand and was az advanced
republican. His manuel dexterity was
remarkable, and it was very interest
ing to watch him with his one hand
and that his left-collect the cards,
sort them, play them and gather them
in tricks. Late in life, when he had
developed into ardent republicanism,
he was supposed to have been mixed
up In some of the attempts at revclu-
ton which broke out in the earlier
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

In on our souls, we are In . fair Wal
to improve.
It is only when we blindly consider
ourselves as right ia everything that
we are all wrong.
1t Is only when we blindly consider
ourselves as right in everything that
we are all wrong.
So II your look back shows you mis-.
takes and errors and m~isbeliefs, be
glad that the New Year gives you a
clean slate to try for the right road
and the true goal.
Be thankful for the mental perspec-
tive when you see 1t with clear sight
with new true eyes.
There Is no need of making resolu
tons, for right seeing e right
thinking and right thinking is the
path to right living.
Perhaps your faults are those mean
little ones which you would like to
exchange in a bunch for one noble sin,
but there are no exchanges of that sort
or we should all be noble sinners.
The petty faults are the thorns that
cluster round some of the finest roses
Ia life's big garden, crowding, Earring,
overlapping one another in their eager
ness to get to the light.
Maybe the old year has been a good
friend in some special instances that
you a recall.
Perhaps it brought you back with
a short, sharp shock from a too AFRO
CANT happiness or an overconfident sue.
cess.
Be glad of that jar, even though 1t
kept you stirred up for awhile.
Perhaps the past IL months have
healed some breach OF brought some
ship home, the white sails of which
you have been watching wistfully for
months or years far out at sea-.
Be glad of that.
Perhaps some milestone has fallen
from you and you stand free at last on
the great highway with long. manacled
arms reached out to the sky.
Be glad!
Or peace has settled on a troubled
ocean and you can greet the sunrise
with a smile and a prayer of thankful
ness for another day.
Maybe there Is a cradle in one cor.
ner Of your home this New Years eve
with a most important guest cuddled
in down blankets and rose-leaf palms
upturned for your kisses.
No need to tell you to be glad.
Or has come to crown some
effort at which you have toiled rather
YEARLY, hardly daring to hope.
Or If it has been withheld, be glad
that you have nevertheless tried. It
will all come to you some day.
The old year has taught us lessons.
Let us profit by them and enter into
the new armed with experience rather
than plunge into it as though 1t were
a rose garden.
1t Is quite as full of danger and con.
fict and clouds as the old friend that
is going.
Let us wish 1t will have even as
much sunshine and gladness and Joy.
We can meet it with splendid hope
and lively faith-for those two quail
ties are what make our dreams come
true.
Let us cherish a few good hopes that
1t may bring us the things we stand
in need of-health, happiness, good
friends success, joy and the clear
vision that will teach US to disce.n the
false from the true.
May it leave us our beliefs and our
ideals.
Teach us to love more and to hats
not at all.
To be content with the blessings that
we have.
To cultivate sweetness and good ma.
ture rather than exclusiveness.
To meet the world with a smile.
TO stife criticism of things and PEG
pie.
Never to make little of our own.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

A spool of thread is a little thing,
but the aggregate sales make a big
showing. One Of the leading thread
companies in the country announces
that it will pay a 80 per cent. divi-
dend this year, its profits amounting
to over SIS, 600, 600, which is consider
ably larger than in 1906.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28
Aid for County Fairs.

Commissioner Blakesiee, of the de-
partment of agriculture and commerce,
in his biennial report to the legislature
strongly urges aid and encouragement
in the establishment of county fair as
sOciatiOnS. 8
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

The late MI. Barnum had. an ele-
plant blowing on a Connecticut field,
in view of passing railroad trains. To
a farmer who asked if the elephant
was a profitable beast of labor for
this country, the Snowman repliedtha
1t was not unless he had a circus to
advertise. Contractors In a New
York town, engaged in extensive build
ing, have imported two work elephants
to pull dirt cars. 1t may be, how
ever. that the contractors have caught
Barnum's spirit, suggests the Youths
Companion, and have sent the story
to the newspapers for purposes of adj
~yertisement.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

1t has been discovered that mice
are dangerous, as they carry pneu-
monia. This gives the gentler sex a
really good excuse for getting upon
chairs when one Of the little creatures
makes it's appearance.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

A Chicago doctor prescrfbes ginger
snaps as a cure for insomnia. Thus
vindication comes at last to the unpro-
fessional gentlemen in Kansas who
have long been accustomed to go to
sleep on a pint of extract of Jamaica
ginger.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

Prof. Brander Matthews modestly
calls attention to the fact that Co
lumbia has not specifically adopted
the system of spelling with which HIS
name is more or less conspicuously
identified. 1t has merely directed
that the orthography authorized and
Endorsed by the Century Dictionary
shall h~enceforth be used in the pub
locations Of the university. Score
anothNr for the professor, who
never let's slip an opportunity to
demonstrate that simplified spelling
is Endorsed by very distinguished au-
thority.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28
PoRTLAND's ELECTRIC ENGINES
Four Locomotives Run by Electricity
!. viii BE Devoted to Freight Service.

Two electric locomotives were de-
livered for the o. w. p. company Sat
urday afternoon at the East Side
yards, which when fitted up will be
put on the freight run on the Cazadero
division. These two engines were
made by the General Electric com
pany of Schenectady, N. Y, and came
west on their own wheels.
The company has under construc
ton at its shops on the East side two
additional engines Of the same type
nearing completion. These four will
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

The idea of organizing a series OF
Mississippi farmers boys clubs, which
is being advocated by the department
of education, and in which President
J. c. Hardy of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College and his faculty
heartily concur and are ready to CO.
operate, is recognized as a good and
wise step, and one that will be followed
with interest as it is practically devel-
oped. This movement is a proposed
extension of the boys cor club theory,
which has been practically tested with
good results. d
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

New York is to have a poultry
show. 1t is generally understood that
there are some pretty game birds In
the metropolis.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28
First Train.

The first train over the Kelso-Silver
CITY branch line of the Yazoo and Mis-
sissippi Valley railroad went through
to vicksburg last week. A big dele
CATION of citizens greeted the train on
its arrival.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

In Boston the automobile scorcher
is not entirely an evil. He has given
the city a evenu of $6,715 in three
months.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28
Must Be Military Men.

1t is said that ~Governor-elect Noel
Is going to appoint real military men
as members of his military stall.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

An Illinois man has exploded the
theory that one can safely carry both
gunpowder and matches in the same
pocket.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28
Wortd's Loncest BRIDGE.

The longest bridge In the world is
at Sangong, China. 1t extends five
and a quarter miles over an area of
the Yellow sea, and is supported by
800 huge stone arches.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

1t is up to some automobile company
to attempt to break the record made
by Pedestrian Weston-with a ma
chine one-tenth as old as he Is.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28
Deadly Duel.

A sensational duel occurred on the
main street of Laurel, in which Edward
Bragg was killed and B. w. Sharbor-
ough, former State senator, was serl-
ously wounded. The two had a quarrel
over g. business matter.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

First Locomotive in the West.
The first locomotive west of the Mis-.
sissippi was put upon the track at st.
Louis in 1852.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28
year has found

MOTHER year has found
us just as we were getting
comfortably used to the
idea that summer had
really gone.
Busy people never have
time to dwell very much
on the passing Of the sea-
sons.
The days are so full of
tasks and Father Time Is
o1uavc catchiuo I'm opd
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

The European monarchs are taking
the rest cure. The king business has
fallen on strenuous times.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28
Liquor Men Playing for Time,
Gulf and Ship Island.

The annual report OF President Jones
Of the Gulf and Ship Island road shows
gross earnings of s2,485, 90 as com-
pared with 50, la8, 778 for the preceding
year. Operating expenses and taxes
were 81, 1888, 058 against 81, AS Ill. The
surplus for the year was $3l7,452 as
against S4O1 .275.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

The heart surcharged with love ant
benevolence is aver happy and sue
cessful.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

The woman whose affections are
priced az $780, 900 by the husband
she is divorcing is certainly a dear.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

And wise is the man who agrees
with his wife rather than argue with
her
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28
State Sells Cotton.

The pe~nitentiary board of control
sold 1000 bales of short staple cotton
at Clarksdale, for which 12.55 cents
was realized, amounting to something
like $4,000. There was a lot of about
600 bales of long staple cotton for which
no satisfactory offer was received, and
this will be held for a better price.
Liquor Men Playing for Time.
Anticipating the passage of a statu-
tory prohibition law at the approaching
session of the legislature, boards of SUI
pervisors and town councils in the
"wet'' communities of Mississippi are
being bombarded with petitions for
liquor licenses, the purpose of the PEI
titioners being to defer the operation
of the expected measure.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

A ton of oil has been obtained from
the tongue of a single whale.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1907-11-08
THE NEGRO AND JUSTICE.
lContinued nom Page ID


other cities than the "unspeakable
crime of the Southern negro. Yet
there is no frenzy over '~unbearable
conditions" nor do infuriated citizens
follow up the murders by burning a
4ew-tTaInps AT he stake as a relief to
the emotions an pro bono publicO.
l do not mean to speak lightly of
the ~"unspeakable crime" but I do think
that | am in a position to say that inn
preston being so industriously spread
by the Southern press that women
here dare not venture outside their
doors alone is utter nonsense. And
further, save that its hideous brutality
is more shocking, l do not see that
the crime of the negro is more aw-
full in it's actual results than the same
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1907-11-08
ANNUAL SERMON.

The thirty-sixth !. o. 1. anniversary
sermon will be preached Sunday, No
vember 10, at Spruce Street Baptist
Church, ait 3 O'Clock p. M, by Rev. e.
W. S. Hammonds. DIR. r. F. Boyd
master of ceremonies.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1907-11-08
PLATE z.

This SHOWS a very popular design for
s. u. o. of o. F. Lodges. Front made
Of white flag silk. LambreQuin, or Cur
ain, of red silk. Painted in gold leaf
and oil colors, back of red banner sateen
Trimmed with imported gold lace, fringe
tassels, etc. Hard wood pole, wood cro' >
bar. roin cover and holster. Prices 20
e w." IF the above Banners will 9
made for any other Org ION at same
prices, changing emblems n lettering
10 suit the Order. :: 3: 4:
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-17
NOT IN THE DICTIONARY.

How an italian Count Learned Mean
ing of "skfdoo."
In one Of the big hotels the other
day an italian count was calling on q
very wellknown young woman whose
girls friends are not as appreciative
Of his attentions as she Is. The young
woman was not at home. but was ex-
pected momentarily and one Of her
friends who was awaiting her in her
apartment received the counts card.
says the New York Times In disgust
ed mood she wrote "Skidoo" in large
letters across Its face.
The count on Its return to him ex-
amined the word with a much puzzled
expression. pondered 1t deeply and I'M
ally demanded dictionary.
Now. the page boy who brought the
dictionary was himself an Irish green
horn. who, when appealed to for aid
at the non-appearance Of the printed
word, could help In no wise with an
explanation. He stopped more expe-
rienced feilow-pase and requested de-
ciphering. The experienced one eyed
the other two for a moment pityingly,
then with an expressive wave OF his
hand toward the card, delivered him
self thus:
Jaw, shure, that means beat 1t. o. +"
And the count 'twenU-threed."