The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-11


toe depot case were declared off, and
the case will nowtake its course through
the supreme court of the United States.
where it is now pending. At a former
meeting some time ago 1t was thought
that everything had been agreed upon,
and that a compromise decree would
be entered, but the decree when drawn
failed to satisfy all parties.
The State live stock sanitary board
will hold a meeting at Holly Springs on
April II. The members desire to have
parties from all the northern tier of
counties meet with them for conference
on that date. A representative of the
United States department of agricul-
ture will be present. Cattle raising in
North Mississippi has suffered on ac-
count of ticks, and some sections of the
country have ~quarantined against it for
that reason, and steps will be taken at
this meeting to arrange matters so that
the quarantine line will be extended
further south.
The trustees of the Industrial Insti-
tute and College at Columbus reduced
the salary of President Whitfield from
$1,000 to $500 a year. The salaries of
all heads of departments were reduced
to the figures in effect Oct. l, 1907,
when they were increased. This was
necessary in order to comply with the
action of the legislature which made
the appropriation for maintaing i'm
provements contingent upon the reduce
ton.
The delta portion of Mississippi viii.
have an experimental crop to determine
whether or not Japanese rice can be
grown there at a profit, DR.. l. a. Knapp
OF the bureau of plant industry at
Washington having agreed to co-ope-
rate with Prof. Fox, who is in charge
OF the experiment station in Washing
ton county, and to provide the neces-
sary funds to make the experiment.
You have killed my all, now come
and Kill me and my three daughters"
shrieked Mrs. Percy N. Houston in the
courtroom at Tunica when J. 7. Lowe,
the slayer of her husband, was brought
face to face with the dead mans family
at the preliminary hearing. Lowe was
released on bond in the sum of SIO.O 900
to appear before the grand Jury in
September.
The iron safe of D. Ritchey & Son
general merchants, doing business at
Hethel, was blown open and 81 800
stolen. 1t is said hist the owners
drew their money out of the banks last
fall and kept it buried until recently,
when a new safe was purchased and the
money placed therein.
Mrs. Charles McLendon of Tillatoba
that if her son, Norman McLen-
don, who left home about Dec. l, only
realized the depths of q mothers love
be would write or come home at once.
a bill has passed congress reimburs-
.ng COpiah county for the costs of
lighting the Pearl river bridge case
the Federal government five or
TX years ago.
Representative Byrd introduced a
Jill in congress appropriating S75,O 900
or the erection of an annex to the I
court'building at Meridian. E
Bret Knox found 81, 900 in gold while
a ditch on his farm in Pontotoc
ouhty. The vessel also contained some
urrency and Confederate bills.
Chief Justice Whitfield of the State r
upreme court is very sick at Jackson
nd unable to attend court. r
One OF the most successful revivals
yer held in Winona has just closed. n
lev. W. S. Lagrone of Winona assisted D
be pastor, Rev. @. w. Bradley.
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The Baptist association will hold a g
rally at Ashland the fourth
unday in April, with services all day W
I'D dinner on the grounds. Is
According to a report just made by
IyoOS ehO OuSllCSS u Gu6
-eridian postoffice in 1897 amounted to .
5000. against S57 900 in 1907. ~
Twenty-six convicts were received at :"
lie penitentiary during the month of y
arch, five of whom are life-termers, ~
r murder. -,
A new bank will be opened at Stark fl
lie about May l under the name of II
e Merchants and Farmers Bank, with az
i'd in stock of $25 900. a'
A new Masonic lodge has just been nc
at Winona. 80 ID
Indications are that the supreme
urt of Mississippi will not finish its
,rk and reach final adjournment until al
e early part Of July. The volume of oN
has been increasing at a re- w
arkable rate in Mississippi during to
e past few years. DC