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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-05
How to Fight the Weevil.

That the battle against the boil weevil
has been fought and won by the Texas
farmers, acting under the direction of
the experts from the Federal department
of agriculture and reinforced by State
and county departments of agriculture,
was explained in full by w. W. Proctor
of the Lone Star State in his address
before the Louisiana-Mississippi Farm
ers' Institute, held at Natchez.
After giving IA detailed statement of
how the battle was fought, he declared
that the farmers of Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi will win their battle against the
old enemy. All that will be necessary
will be for the farmers to profit by the
experience of their brothers in Texas,
viz:
Plant an early maturing cotton, de-
stroy the stalk, grass and weeds imme-
diately after picking the crop and go in
for Investigation.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-05
Mr., BRYAN i'm Defeat.

Mr.. Bryan has nobly and sincerely
preached to his fellow-men the peace"
that is "the reward of conscience void
of offense toward God and man." The
humblest citizen, he has said, can Sc
cure that peace, that satisfaction,
equally with him who Yields great
power. Mr.. Bryan will never be "a
humble CITIZEN" for he is too gifted
for such a role. He has a strong hold
on the affection of millions, and, as
an orator, writer and moral leader,
his place is high among his contem-
poraries. High it will remain, and his
third defeat after a brilliant cam
paign should bring him no bitterness
and no lasting sorrow.-Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-05
Police Ban on Dazzling Salome Posters

lice, is law, so far as it concerns the
atrical posters, and so the Washing
ton billboards will be barren Of
Salome.
Thus was Gertrude Hoffman, who
had "a vision of Salome'' to present to
the capital at one of the leading the
aters, banished from the sight of the
casual passerby, the street urchin and
the student of billboard art.
The offending posters now epose in
the dark recesse of the stage of the
theater, while actors and managers
and attaches gather about and declare
them martyrs to the cause Of art.
"Ain't it awful, Mabel, that such
swell pictures should be condemned.
jest like some phony canned goods or
something like that" said one indig-
nant chorus girl. Just to show that
the management did not share the
shame of the censor. the posters were
pasted up in the theater lobby.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-05
Andrew carneoie,s sophistry.

"The American workman If ne
neither smoke nor drink practically
escapes tariff duties except upon
sugar."-Andrew Carnegie, in Prob
lens of To-Day.
Does he escape the tarif on cloth
ing, gloves, shoes, watches, undercloth-
ing? Does he escape" the tariff on
pottery, cutlery, ~tablecloths, towels,
bedding? Does he escape" the heavy
tariff on steel which sandbags indus
try by making building and railroad
work ruinoVsly expensive? All these
things are sold cheaper abroad, and
often by American manufacturers.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-05
Gossip of Washington
What Is Going On at the
National Capital.


of Fargo were willing TO SILVER In the
raw prairie blizzard that the next
president of the United States should
be properly clad. The difficulty was
to find a man of the Taft physical pro-
portions who owned an O%vercOat.
The county chairman was in despair
until he happened to think of Finn
Leech, a bonanza farmer" whose
ranch is only a few miles from Fargo.
Finn weighs $40 pounds. The county
chairman lost no time in getting in
touch with Finn Leech.
did Finn have an overcoat?" Sure
thing, and it was lined with mink and
cost $175.
would he loan it to Judge Taft for
use that EVENING"" Would he? Would
a lifelong Republican miss a chance
to have his finest garment adorn the
shoulders of the leader of his party?
Ten minutes later the OvercOat was
in the hands of the county chairman
and Judge Taft was tucked beneath
it's ample folds as soon as his train
reached Fargo. He wore the coat to
the barbecue and to the meetings fol-
lowing the feast. And for all that
Finn knows he may be wearing 1t
now as he follows the elusive golf ball
over the links at Hot Springs.
The SITS mink lined Overcoat dis
appeared when Judge Taft left Fargo.
Nobody seems to know where it is. It's
owner has asked Senator McCumber
to make an investigation.
It's colder now in Fargo than it was
when Judge Taft visited hat city and
Finn Leech is willing to wager this is
going to be the most severe winter
ever known on the prairies Of North
Dakota.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-05
Mr.. Taft's Opportunity.

We believe the country is tired Of
Roosevelt government by denuncia-
ton, of rough-riderism, Of jingoism
and of cowboy administration in gen.
eral. 1t wants the presidency re-
stored to the dignity of the fathers
without sacrificing any of the ele-
ments of strength and wise radicalism
which make for the general welfare
of the people.
1t wants no proxy in the presidency.
1t wants no more personal govern
ment. It wants a rational, progressive
government by due process of law.
and therein lies Mr.. Taft's greatest
opportunity of service to his fellow.
couLtrymen.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-05
LOOK TO MIR. TAFT
WILL HE STAND WITH PEOPLE
AGAINST STANDPATTERS?
At Present 1t Looks as IF Clique Op-
posed to Tariff Revision Is in
Control Of the Repub-
lican Party.

It would be interesting to know
whether William Howard Taft or a
clique headed by Cannon and differed
by Payne, Dalzell, Mccall, Aldrich and
Burrows is to carry into effect the
solemn promise of the Republican
party to revise the tariff. From pre-
liminary statements made by Cannon
and Payne it is very plain that their
ideas of revision are out Of accord
with the popular Interpretation of the
promises made by the party both in
it's platform and through it's cand1-
date for the presidency.
1t may be conceded that the adjust
ment, revision and correction of the
tariff schedules will take account of
the unprotected condition of some few
articles of domestic production; but
the demand, Republican as we'll as
Democratic, for revision had no fOun-
dalton in such oversights if there are
any of them. From all sides the un-
partisan clamor has been for the re-
peal of the e~xtravagant Dingley sched-
ules, which nay or may not have fitted
the conditions that existed at the time
Of the enactment of the law. How
e that may be, the business con-
ditions of the country have changed
more since 1897 than in any previous
h~alf-century of the nations existence.
Dingleyism was obviously obsolete six
years ago.
Thousands of believers in protection
have Endorsed the demand for the re-
vision of the Dingley law and by re-
vision these thousands have meant,
not a mere change, but a general
reduction which would remove in
large degree the opportunities for
levying tribute on the domestic con
sumner. So far in the official progress
of the movement the consumer, help
less and unOrganized, has not been
mentioned. We hear that the ways
and means committee will give hear
ings to both sides, but there is only
one side that can and will make itself
heard. The consumer looks to Mr..
Taft for the aid he wants, and Mr..
Taft seems, so far, at least, to be the
merest cipher in the scheme. How
vigorously he may assert himself
later we may not say, but it is plain
that if he doesn't, the tariff will be
indeed revised by its friends-and the
friends of tariff rates that are pro-
hibitive.-St. Louis Republic.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-05

n RESIDENT ROOSEVELT caused
great rejoicing among $4,000 gov
eminent clerks here the other day, by
announcing that he had no intention
of compelling the poor overworked
employees to labor an additional 30
minutes daily.
But before the rejoicing got to the
danger point, he spoiled it all, by add
ing a postscript that he would permit
no department head to increase the
salary of any of the employees.
The hours which the department
employees now observe are from nine
a. m. to 4:3O D. M, with half an hour
for lunch.
Up to three years ago, they quit at
four o'clock in the afternoon, when
very suddenly the strenuous president
issued an order lacking on the add1-
tional half hour. Then it was rumored
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-05

THE liveliest question in Washing
i ton just now is that Of a change in
the districts form of government.
AS everybody probably we'll knows
affairs are administered now by a com
mission of three men appointed by
the president, one of whom must be an
army engineer.
There is undoubtedly a growing
opinion that a concentration of au-
thority in the district government
would simplify the municipal situation
and produce better results. The COM
mission plan has it's good features.
1t has long been held up as a model,
ideally suited to the needs of the Dis
trict of Columbia, where suffrage is
denied. But frequent and repeated
contention and pickering among the
members of the board have served to
create more or less general criticism
Of the commission plan, and thus give
the propaganda for a change some mo-
nentum. With the commissioners OBJ
yiously working at cross purposes,
md airing their differences, and SUBJ
ordinate district officials following
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-05
Money for Geological Research.

While i'll Washington attending to the
national conference of Governors and
the Rivers and Harbors Congress, Gov.
Noel will call on President Roosevelt and
the geological survey officials for the
purpose of discussing ways and means of
continuing the geological work in this
State. During the past year the Missis-
sippi Geological Commission has been
carrying on a campaign of work in CO.
operating with the United States geo.
logical survey, and it is Gov. Noers de-
sire to have this plan continued for an
other year. In fact, the work of geo.
logical research in Mississippi is hardly
more than well under way, and since the
State has not sufficient funds available
to carry o. the work alone, an effort will
be made to secure an appropriation from
the national government sufficient ia
continue the field operations.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-05
Citizens Want a Change in Government

this example by engaging in noisy con-
troversies, it is a logical sequence that
the present form of government
should gradually be somewhat under
mined.
Many substantial citizens and large
taxpayers are convinced that a one
headed government would work more
smoothly and satisfactorily. This is
no new conviction on their part. 1t
has been emphasized in recent exhi-
billions of division in the present tri-
umvirate, it is true, but the ADVISABLE
ity of concentrated authority has ap-
pealed to them for years.
These citizens, however, who hon
estly believe in the wisdom OF a
change for the public good see great
danger in going before congress and
asking for a change at this time. II
by simple act one commissioner or
governor could be substituted for the
triumvirate they would urge it earn
estly and heartily. But they fear the
proposition would mean the opening
up of the whole question of the rela-
lions between the district and federal
government, with a possible alteration
OF the organic act and perchance the
granting of unrestricted suffrage.
Better suffer the ills we have, they
argue than invite ills we know not of,
especially as the ills we now have,
though veXatious, impose 10 heavy
burdens and involve no maladminis-
tratiOp
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-05
Organizing Negro Farmers.

1t is expected the Mississippi Division
of the Farmers Union will have some
thing to say at its annual convention
here, January II, concerning the effort
to form a similar organization among
the negroes of the State. Thus far the
attempt to organize the negro farmers
has not gained much Roadway, but dur
ers have been placed in the field, and
they are forming locals with secret work,
constitution and bylaws similar to those
of the Farmers Union. One year ago
the State organization declined to have
anything to do with this movement, or
to give sanction of any sort to the pro-
motors of the scheme.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-05
What It Soils Down To.

An interesting witness before the
house ways and means committee was
George R. Brewer of Philadelphia, who
was concerned in the schedules on
ammonia, potash and soda. Here is
an excerpt from the proceedings:
"Mr. Bower admitted that the in
dustries which he represented had
prospered greatly under the present
tariff law.
Then why do you ask for an in
rease in the duties?' asked Mr.. I'm
derwood.
"'To increase our Market was the
reply.
"'Then it is not for protection, but
that your profits may be in~creased?'
continued Underwood.
"'Well, that's what it boils down to-
replied the witness, with embarrass-
ment."
Increase of profits is what protec-
ton usually boils down to-. And where
do the consumers come in?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-05
Geodetic Survey.

The corps of government engineers
who for the past two months have been
engaged in making a geodetic survey of
the Tombigbee valley, have about com
pleted their work. The party started
at the source of the Tombigbee river,
near Fulton, Miss, on September 10, and
worked southwark toward Columbus,
where the survey will end. The survey
was made for the purpose of ascertain
ing the photographic, goedetic and ripar-
ian resources of the stream and the land
bordering its banks, and the expense OF
the work was borne jointly by the State
of Mississippi and the Federal govern
ment.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-05
TAXING THE FARMERS HOME
Illustration Of the Inequality of Pres.
ent Tariff Rates.

If one tariff iniquity more than
another bears with extra weight
on the farmer and the working.
man as contrasted with the rich it is
the protection which has enabled the
lumber barons to roll up their millions.
The rich mans house stands on a
foundation of stone, which can be ia
ken from the nearest quarry at little
cost. The poor mans house stands
on posts and every post must pay tax
to the lumber kings.
The rich mans house has walls of
brick, from the nearest brickyard, I'm.
taxed by the tariff. The poor mans
house is framed of scantling and
walled with boards. Every scantling
and every board is taxed by the lum.
Der barons through tariff protection.
The rich mans house has floors of
tile and wainscots of marble. The
poor mans house has floors and
wainscots Of wood. The thing and
marble are not taxed, as they should
be. Every inch of flooring and wains-
cOting pays tribute to the lumber tar
if barons. -
The rich mans house is rooted with
untaxed slate. The poor mans house
is rooted with shingles. Every sep
arate single pays it's part of an un-
just tax to make millions for the lum-
Der barons.
The frame" house of the farmer,
the workingman, the dweller in vii.
lagos and small towns pays for the
brick and stone and marble and slate
of the lumber tariff baron's splendid
castle. 1t pays through the tariff. 1t
pays because it's owner is foolish
enough to believe Republican prom
ises of tariff reduction and elect Re-
publican presidents and Republican
administrations.
How much longer will the poor man
vote to tax himself for the benefit OF
the rich when it lies in his power to
give himself a fair show by reducing
the tariff?-Chicago Journal.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-05
Many Incendiary Fires.

Insurance commissioner Henry has
been advised that the 100000 fire which
occurred recently at Silver Creek, Law
renee county, was of %undoubted incen-
diary origin, and will at once send a de-
~tective to the scene to make a thorough
investigation. The State Insurance De-
partment has had more than it could do
in the way of investigating suspected in
cendiary fires during the past few
months, and three detectives have been
kept busy. The insurance losses have
been heavier than ever before in the his
tory of the State, and the situation Is
really growing alarming.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-05

THE shock to the modesty of the
guardian OF Washington's morals
the other day was almost overwhelm-
ing when his eye caught an animated,
dazzling and highly colored poster of
the dance of SalOme.
"Avaunt from my sight, We tempt
ress," he cried as he slowly recoy-
cred his moral standard. Forthwith
he determined that the capital could
not gaze upon these pictures of the
dancer in full career.
The edict of this moral censor"
who is H. L. Gessford. inspector of po-
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-05
Depository Bank Resigns.

Following the decision of the State
depository board in turning down it's APP
plication to be allowed to substitute a
surety or guaranty bond for the collat-
eral securities deposited in exchange for
State funds, the First National Bank of
Greenwood has sent in its resignation as
such depository, and in SO doing has
asked the return of it's securities. Anent
this matter of depository securities, it
is believed about the capital that after
the expiration of the present depository
term which, as stated, will be on Febru-
airy 10, 1909, there will be a general
movement by all the commissioned banks
OF trust companies to be allowed to eN-
change surety bonds for their original
collateral, which would be an altogether
different proposition to that recently
submitted, for the exchange during the
middle of the contracting period.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-05
Root Seeks Information.

Gov. Noel received a letter from Secre-
tary of State Root, Washington, in which
he asks for information as t what ex-
tent, if at all, the prohibition laws are
being evaded in this State by placing
liquors in candies, cocoanuts and other
things offered for sale. The governor re-
piled that, SO far as he knew, there was
nothing of the kind being done in this
State; that there were e~vasions through
the medium of sceial clubs with Cocker
systems" blind tigers" ETC., but. that
they had not yet been reduced to the
extremity mentioned.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-05
Doesn't Have to Have Proof.

The earnings Of the steel trust for
the quarter ending September 80, just
published, is $1,000, 900 larger than for
the preceding quarter, and $9,000,0 900
larger than for the quarter ending
March 81. What better proof is need
ed of the necessity for more tariff
protection for this pulling home in.
dustry ?-Detroit News. =
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-05

The obvious difficulty with Mr.. Car
negie's remark that If the American
workman neither smokes, drinks nor
consumes sugar he practically escapes
tariff duties is that 1t isn't so. The
tariff taxes the workman from the
cradle to the grave. and it comes out
of his pocket in one form or another.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-05

President Roosevelt told to q body
of high school students, whose athlet-
ic exercises he was overlooking, that
they must always "play fair" It was
good advice, but is the president sure
that in his haste he always follows it?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-05
Silver Service Fund in Sight.

The work of gathering the fund for
the battleship presentation service, which
has been carried forward energetically
and persistently by Mrs. Eunice Lock
wood for several months, is gradually
approaching the end, and there is every
assurance that the fund will reach the
required mark of $500 in a very short
while. Mrs. Lockwood has deposited in
bank here the sum of $4,S49.92. In addi-
ton to this sum, there is a sum collected
by eX-Gov. Narlaman during his admin
]istration, which will approximate S1,7OO
more, and a sum OF $149 which has been
subscribed to Mrs. Lockwood by other
parties and still to be paid in, which
will be RENTED to her very shortly.
This makes the fund in sight at present
about 500, and leaves a balance of not
more than $500 to make up the S $500,
which it is proposed to use in getting a
souvenir service.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-05
Gov. Lowry's Condition.

News from the bedside of ex-Gov.
Lowry is to the effect that his condition
is perhaps improving, but very slightly.
He has had very little real suffering
lately, but is very. weak and far from
being out of danger. Having been con
fined to his bed for something like three
months, while in his 18th year, his sys-
tenn has undergone a strain which few
constitutions could survive, and while his
recovery is devoutly hoped for by both
family and friends, it will be almost a
miracle should he withstand the strain.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-05
Silver Service Fund.

Silver Service Fund.
Mrs. Eunice Lockwood, State solicitor
for the battleship mississippi" presen-
tation fund, who is now in the upper
part of the State, is meeting with such
encouragement as to justify the belief
that the amount will be made up by the
last of the year. Meanwhile, those who
have not yet contributed and who feel
as if they would like to be represented
in the battleship service, may do SO with
out difficulty, as all donations sent Mrs.
Lockwood, care of the First National
Bank here, will be duly credited aud ac'
counted for.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-07

We reprint on our first page an ar
ticle from the Pensacola Journal en-
titled who and Where is the Har-
monizer?''
The Journal ends its article by ask
ing the Banner to trot out the candi-
date who can unite the party. Don t
hedge" it says, 'but come out with
your mani
All of which shows that our es-
teemed contemporary is not veey
close, industrious or avaricious read
er of the Ocala Banner:
Whatever the Banner is, it is. Why
should it hedge?
1t mentioned quite list of candi-
dates and expatiated on their qualifl-
cations for the office and especial fit
ness at this particular time.
1t mentioned Governor johnson Of
Minnesota, Colonel Henry Watterson's
dark horse" and told why it thought
him strong candidate
If the democrats should nominate
Johnson, they would not have to
Swing to the other end of the per
dulum" as they did in 1904, when
Judge Parker was nominated, aud all
factions of the party could very wall
unite upon him.
The end in view should De the tri-
umph of the party, not the triumph
Of faction. zts
If all democrats were inspi-e1 with
this purpose we sincerely believe that
a victory would besof easy accomplish
ment.
The Ocala Banner also mentioned
the name of Judge George Gray OF
Delaware 1t told how repeatedly
this distinguished democrat had been
henored by his party and the place
he holds in the public estimation,
not only of his own state, but of the
entire nation.
1t seems to us4,that both factions
could, without doing violence to their
convictions, flock TO the standard OF
Judge Gray.
1t should not be, forgotten that sue
cess should be the great end in view.
The Ocala Banner also presented
the name Of Governor Folk OF Mis-
souri,
1t went so far; as to say that a
Folk Club had been organized in
Ocala, and this club is composed OF
the friends-not the enemies-of Mr..
Bryan.
The membership of this club con-
tains such names as John NJ Graham,
chairman of the county. democratic
executive committee, R. L. Anderson,
an original Bryan man, the editor of
this paper, and also the name Of Hon.
Geo. G.. Mathews, now editor of the
Barlow Record, and a strong support
er of the Broward-Stockton faction
Why could not all factions follow
the standard OF Joe Folk?
Victory is the one desire of the
Ocala Banner, and to attain which it
is willing to do anything consistent
with honor and lofty patriotism.
Whoever may be the nominee of
the party. this paper will be found
fighting in the ranks and not sulking
in the tents with the cold shivers.