The Grenada sentinel., 1908-12-05
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The flower show, under the direction
Of the New Century Club, was an epoch
maker in West Points floral history.
BY the energy OF the ladies the large
courthouse auditorium was transformed
into bower of beauty, veritable
fairyland. All around the walls were
banked great tiers of foliage plants,
beautiful palms and a great variety of
luxuriant ferns. To the center were
arranged the flowers, principally chrys"
anthemums aud roses, specimens wor-
thy of the greatest florists and green
houses of this country. One OF the at
fractions was an orange tree fruited
with overa hundred nearly ripe oranges.
AS result of war between COlum.
bus ginneries, the price OF ginning cot
ton has been reduced to 30 cents per
bale. The price heretofore has always
been 81. The real motive behind the
movement is desire on the part OF the
mills to secure cottOnseed. There are
three cottonseed oil mills at Columbus,
and the demand for seed is far in ex-
cess of the supply. The price of SO
cents holds good only when the seed are
sold to the mill which does the ginning;
otherwise the owner Of the cotton is
compelled to pay 81 per bale, which
however, is only One-half the regular
price.
Organization of the Vicksburg- Bruins.
wick levee board has been perfected
There is at present gap in the line OF
levees between ksburg and Bruins
wick 1t is estimated that the needed
line will cost about 81, ,250,0OO and
would save from inundation about
100000 acres of the most fertile soil in
the delta. An effort will be made to
have the Mississippi river commission
provide for the building of the levee:
otherwise congress will be asked to pass
q special appropriation for the work.
The boil weeyil convention held at
Woodville under the direction OF the
officials of the Farmers cooperative
demonstration work of the United
States department of agriculture, was
decided success in every respect. Dis
trict Agent B. L. Moss spoke on soils
and fertilizers. State Agent Il. S
Wilson of Mississippi and Alabama
gave talk opseed selection OF corn
and cotton and its great Importance tc
the farmers.
Bishop Z. w. hampton, at the open
ing of the Central Mississippi confer
ence of the African Methodist Episco.
pal Church at Leland, said: Com.
plants and wailings never yet made a
race, and never will, and l have nc
faith in man who will stand around
and complain in busy world like this,
instead of doing Something"
Gov. Noel granted pardons to Tom
Reed and Patsy Wilbanks, from Noxu'
bee county, and Edna Gilbert from For
rest county, each with $500 fine and
80 days Imprisonment in Jail, imposed
for selling liquor. Patsy Wilbanks is
70 years old, and the others are lntirm
and unable to work.
In majority of the counties OF the
state the cotton fields are picked clean,
but in the delta country large amount
of cotton remains to be picked. The
fine weather that has prevailed has re-
suited in producing staple much SUI
perior to that for several years past.
Representative T. r. Foster of Vicks-
burg says the Vicksburg saloonists will
probably abandon their intention to
make a test of the prohibition law.
They may quit and move to New Or
leans and Memphis or across the river.
The city census just completed gives
Gulfport a stationary population OF
1889, with an unusually large floating
population, which will bring it well
past 1000.
Wadsworth Murray, son of Rev. j.
T. Murray, was accidentally killed at
Senatobia by the discharge of shot.
gun which he was handling.
AS a result of quarrel over debt,
at Morton, Claude McGough shot and
fatally wounded George Davis, a we'll
known farmer. McGough is mayor OF
Morton and a justice OF the peace.
w. H. Hardy, Jr., former cashier OF
the Bank of Meadville, on trial at
Hazlehurst on the charge of embez-
zling $4,000 from the bank, was found
guilty.
Former Governor Vardaman has q
number of lecture engagements in
Louisiana and Texas, which are dis
tributed along through the month OF
December.
The trustees of the state peniten-
tiary have about 400 bales of cotton on
hand, which they are not hurrying to
sell on declining market.