The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-25

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active work of preparation for the No
vember exposition are now under way
and will be pushed throughout the
summer period. Although the recent
Legislature failed to make al a~ppropia-
ton to aid the work of the state fair.
the officers are not In the least discour-
aged, but will go ahead with their de-
termination to make the 1908 exposition
on a larger and more comprehensive
scale than ever before.
Auditor Smith has issued a tabula-
ton showing the condition of PSI state
banks and "a branches doing business
in Mississippi. The statement shows
that the banks are in satisfactory shane,
having total %sourc of $50. O35 .557:
total volume of loans and discounts
$50, 021 ,S04.G 90, while overdr-fts secured
and demand loans amount to 81. 349,-
1872. IS. The banks have an aggregate
capital stock of $l2, 517, $685.. surplus
of 81, TAI ,594. 0S, and undivided profits
Of 81 SOC, POO.
Mississippi will send several hundred
delegates to the annual meeting of tho
Southern Baptist convention, which will
convene at Hot Springs, Ark, on May
IA. Plans are being formed for all
delegates in the southern and central
parts Of the state to gather in Jackson
and travel in a body to the convention
city, leaving Jackson On the afternoon
of May -. The total active member
ship of the church in Mississippi is now
between 10000 and 125, 600.
Senator E. II. Moore died at his
home at Cleveland. Senator Moore
was a potential factor in the public life
of Mississippi and an influential men,
Der of the state legislature. He was a
member of one Of the Oldest and most
distinguished families of Bolivar coun-
ty, a prominent member of the bar,
and a citizen held in the highest esteem
of his tOwnsmen.
The mercantile firm of Mullen, Owen
& Co., of Durant, has failed with LA
bilities of 800, 600. This firm had been
in business for many years, and enjoyed
the confidence OF everyone, many per-
sons keeping their money with the
firm and checking it out as needed.
These were caught in the crash, and
many will lose their entire savings Of
years.
Through the efforts of Land Com
niccion0r Nall Io,-ooo . nnA 81 . O0A
acres of land which had been wrong
fully parceled out under the homestead
laws of the United States, has been re-
turned to Mississippi as state lands,
over which the federal governments
neither has nor had control or iuris-
dictiOn.
Reports from Pike county indicate
unusual activity along agricultural
lines. The Farmers Union is strong
throughout that section, and their pol
icy of diversifcatiOn and thorough
working of the soil is being largely
carried out. A considerably larger
will be planted in food crops than
heretofore.
A lively clash is on between Col.
Tom Haynie, editO. of the Farmers
Union Advocate, and the executive
committee Of the Mississippi branch Of
the Farmers Union. The bone of con-
is the effort launched by Col.
Haynie to organize the Colored Farm
ers' Cotton Business Cooperative
The semi-annual examination Of ap-
o~llcants for license to practice medi-
line will be held at Jackson Nav -.
t is expected that there will be 200
applicants. At the last examination
Ibout 65 per cent. passed.
The last spike which connected tho
end of the Mississippi Cen.
raj railway and the Hattiesburp end
7as driven at Middle Fork. forty
niles west of Brookhaven. While the
DAD Is o complete from Hattiesburp
o NatcheZ, a distance of 155 miles. il
III be two weeks before any traffic will
e handled over the western end of the
In the suit Of Mrs. Laura HYDE of
'aurel VS.. h Home Insurance Com
any, for the collection of s.. 900 policv
the life of her son, ]. G. Hyde, who
suicide about a year ago.
lie jury returned a verdict in favor of
RS. Hyde. The verdict was based on
spert testimony, which tended TO
rove that the act was planned and ex-
'uted by an insane man.
Chairman Lee of the Mississippi rail-
'ad commission is trying to adjust the
atchez depot controversy, which has
cen pending for nearly a year.
The nnuai convention of the Bank.
s association will be held at Brook.
wen May Ii and IA.
Dave Duncan shot and killed Babe
)ODer, q Deacoablo farmor Hr;n~