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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-05-30
By q. 4. BLAKESLEE. JACKSON.

The prosperity of a country, the safe
ty of it's homes, the happiness OF it's
citizens, is determined by the enact
ment Of wise and wholesome laws and
their enforcement Mississippi has
upon her statute books laws that are
ed and enacted by men who are in close
sympathy with the masses of the peO-
pie. If there be any exceptions to this
rule they are few and far between and
can be remedied by proper effort.
These laws should be strictly and i'm
partially enforced. The welfare of the
country demands it. II there be a bad
law on the books, repeal it in the proper
tanner and not by non-enforcement.
This must be made the banner State
for law and order in the Union. Such
an end can only be accomplished by the
enactment of just and equitable laws
and their strict and impartial enforce
ment.
The i~nfraction of a slightly impor-
:ant law leads to graver offenses. Citi-
zens who wink one eye at a small Offense
will sooner or later be called upon to
go blind when a more serious crime has
been committed. Kentucky is expert
encing this right now. A movement to
illegally right a wrong has developed
into a reign of anarchy and lawlessness.
The sympathy of the world was with
the night-riders to begin with, but now
stands appalled, at the barbarous acts
perpetrated and the reckless disregard
for law and authority evidenced. White
cap organizations in Mississippi were
formed to correct certain evils, more
by persuasion and influence than by
the preparation of crime, and often
numbered in their ranks many good
and true men. The commission of a
slight offenSe against the law without
punishment encouraged more serious
ones; lawless characters crept into the
ranks and the general result has been
cruelty, arson, murder. There is not
a NAH in Mississippi who does not know
OF these consequences.
The causes that justified the old re-
construction Ku-Klux cannot properly
be pleaded in the cases mentioned.
This is a case of neighbor against
n~eighbor, friend against friend, son
against father or brother against broth
err. In the former it was the white peo-
pie of the South against an arrogant
race arbitrarily given authority over
them and encouraged to deeds of law
lessness by unreliable and mercenary
parties. The night-riders began as an
organization to protect tobacco growers
against the merciless tobacco trust.
The result was satisfactorily for a time,
but with the admission of lawless char
acters into their ranks and emboldened
by immunity from punishment, has re-
suited in a body that has taken upon
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-05-30
President Roosevelt a Good Churchgoer

tainly two-thirds Of the pews. So far
as audiences go the preacher may
have to look fer lean years after
March 4, 1909.
While the president fills dozens OF
the pews by the mere fact of his eX.
pected presence he occupies his own
seat in solitary grandeur. Once in
a while he goes with his wife and
family to st. Johns, but they don't
seem inclined to reciprocatc the at.
tention. st. Johns rejoices in the
local title of "the church of state"
and always reserves a pew for the
president of the United States, though
it had not been in demand for a good
many years when Mrs. Roosevelt be.
came lady of the White House.
Whether he goes to his own church
or not, no one but Theodore Roosevelt,
unless it Is some fiend or guest &C
companying him, which rarely hap
pens, is ever seated in the presidents
pew at Grace Reformed. Two secret
men always accompany him.
but do not sit with him.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-05-30
An important Bill.

The senate almost unanimously
passed the very important bill of Sen
ator Overman, of North Carolina, de-
signed to curb the power of inferior
federal court judges in issuing injunc-
tons against state laws, by requiring
that all applications for such injunc-
tons shall be heard by at least three
judges, two Of whom must be above
the grade of district judges" The
bill, if it becomes &. law, will restrain
the power of the federal judiciary in
taking cognizance of cases which
would otherwise go to state courts.
1t aims to limit the issue of injunc-
lions restraining the operation of
state statutes and thereby make it
harder for federal courts to assume
Jurisdiction in a given case
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-05-30
PUBLISHERS AND THE TARIFF.
Warranted Criticism Of Attitude Of Re-
publican Newspapers.

A number of Republican newspapers
In the United States, which have
steadfastly maintained the principle Of
protection as adapted to the needs OF
our producers and repudiated the prin-
ciple Of free trade as iEimical to those
needs, have joined in demand, spirited
and bordering on the hysterical, that
the duty OF wood pulp and print paper
be abolished Immediately, because
they think such adjustment would
cheaper the product they consume. 1t
is an attitude at Once inconsistent,
cowardly and insincere.
In the main the demand for free
pulp and free paper is promoted by
free traders. The publishers who are
most active in the movement are
either o~utspoken free trade Democrats
who consistently profess the belief
that protection is robbery, or else of
that less honest and tolerable cult who
mask their free trade under the
specious guise Of tariff reform" and
run their papers for free trade all the
time except for the three months i'm
mediately preceding a presidential
election, when they support the Repub-
lican platform and nominees. OF these
two classes nothing else, perhaps, is
to be expected than that they would
embrace every opportunity to show
that protection is a fraud and is to
be supported in all cases where it does
not touch the supporters own pocket
book.
But it is the most palpable kind Of
folly and dishonesty to support a tariff
for protection and then to advocate a
suspension of its application to ones
own business. If the tariff on pulp
and paper adds to the cost of paper
without a corresponding and justifiable
benefit to domestic producers, then
upon what ground can it be maintained
that any any other item in the tariff
should be maintained for the benefit of
the producer when it adds to the price
paid by the Observation-Disclosures
Star.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-05-30

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES n n
w was 70 years old the other day,
but being a presidential candidate, he
was not aware of the fact until the
anniversary was half over and then
reminders came thick and fast, and
brought tears of emotion from him.
The first hint was contained in a tele-
gram from a constituent in Danville,
ILL.,, who is the family Bible expert for
that part of the country.
What day of the month is this, Bus
hey" he asked of his secretary.
Here is a fellow who has the nerve
to say l have turned another mile
stone"
A calendar was consulted, and
Uncle Joe" acknowledged hat the
boys back home had one on him. In
a few minutes Mr.. Busbey was called
out to the corridor and notified that
about the biggest floral piece ever
seen in the capitol would arrive at
four o'clock, and hat there would be
big dOings in the speakers room
Uncle joe was kept in ignorance
of the arrangements, and when, at the
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-05-30

WHEN the bureau of the census
w took the census of manufactures
in 1905 it also undertook the task of
classifying the weekly earnings Of the
employees in all kinds of manufactur-
ing establishments. Questions as to
the actual earnings of all employees
we're asked of each manufacturer in
the country and the surprising mum
Der Of 123,307 establishments replied.
This number of establishments is 500
per cent. of all enumerated in the
census and they employ more than
one-half of all the wage earners en-
gagged in the factory industries in the
country.
In a bulletin just issued by the cen
sus bureau, containing compilations of
these statistics it is shown that of the
3,297,S19 wage earners covered by the
investigation, 2,619,053 were men; $685..
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-05-30
"BrutaI Finance"

In the face of a declining revenue
the Republican majority in congress
has dug into the great treasury sur
plus at a rate which will make the
treasury 1925, G00, 900 worse off by
June 80, 1908, than it would be If last
years conditions were duplicated this
year.
And yet, with all this lavish out
pouring from the treasury, it still
holds more than $500, 900, 900 for which
there is no preSent use, the taking Of
which from the pockets of the people
has needlessly helped to ~impoverish
them.
AS Ellis H. Roberts, former treasurer
Of the United States. has said, such
brutal. finance would not be tolerated
in any other civilized country on earth.
1t would not be precticed in this coun-
try by any other organization than the
Republican party.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-05-30
House Remembers Cannon's Birthday

appointed time, he vas summoned
from the floor of the house by the en-
tire Illinois delegation, he was genu-
inely surprised.
Representatives Graft and Rainey,
one a Republican and the other a
Democrat, spoke felicitously and pre-
scented the floral piece, which was six
feet high, Of dogwood blossoms and
American Beauty roses. AS the
speaker started to reply, a tear trick
led as he said:
The sweetest flowers Of all
Bloom above the parting wall"
He then spoke of his long career In
congress, thanked his 81 colleagues in.
dividually and collectively, and a few
minutes later was called back to the
floor of the house. A roll call was
being taken on a motion to recess I'M
til the following day, but when it was
half over Champ Clark jumped to his
feet and said:
1t seems to me this is the speakers
birthday"
This was the signal for general ap-
plause, and the speaker blushed,
smiled and bowed like a schoolgirl as
he waited for it to subside. Then he
gave voice to his appreciation.
Il o that in honor of the occa.
sion the roll call be suspended" said
Representative Macon of Arkansas.
This motion was passed with a whoop
and the Democratic filibuster was re
Taxed for a few minutes at least.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-05-30

While the strenuous call is being
made for q reduction in the cotton
acreage to prevent a big crop and a low
price next fall, and the farmers are
being urged to plant more largely OF
the necessities that can be raised at
home, it is pleasant to learn just what
some people are actually doing with
other crops besides cotton and corn.
Our Mississippi lands are capable of
producing most literally of almost any
crop grown in this country, and the
following from the Laurel Chronicle is
worthy of reproduction as an actual
experience in the piney woods:
-. NJ. Lindsey, a live truck grower
near Laurel, has done what many an
other truck grower can do if he will.
Last week Mr.. Lindsey shipped a car
load of lettuce, and this week he sent
forward 427 bushels of select, picked
Irish potatoes, the product of three and
one-half acres. These shipments were
to Cleveland, Ohio. During this season
Mr.. Lindsey will ship five more cars of
potatoes and five cars of other truck.
Here is a field of activity and money
making. Five hundred more progress
sive truck growers like J. NJ. Lindsey,
located on and intelligently tilling the
lands contiguous to Laurel, would make
this section blossom as the rose and our
fast-growing city hum with business
activity. Jones county soil cannot be
excelled for fertility"
What Editor Noble says with regard
to the possibilities of the soil in Jones
county is applicable to the larger part
of the state. 1t can be done and should
be done, but who will do it? South
Mississippi needs more than one hun
bred good white farmers to take her
lands and make them produce of the
worlds needs. We don't want unde-
sirable immigration, and the mex best
thing is to stop emigration. If South
Mississippi had the n hundred thou
sand white families that have gone
from Mississippi to Texas in the past
twenty years there would be a different
tale to tell. How are we to stop it?
BY encouraging agriculture, horticul-
ture and stock raising in our own state.
Enterprising people go where they are
offered the best opportunity of doing
we'll. Mississippi has paid too little
attention to her agricultural people in
the past. The last Legislature made a
beginning that must be followed UP
energetically. The corr clubs, agri-
cultural high schools, county depart
ments of agriculture, fairs and associa-
tions will tend to keep our people at
home. The writer believes that q well
fair in each of the counties
Of the state, with a big state fair to
bring the season to a close, would be
millions of dollars to the state
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-05-30
Big Weekly Pay Roll of Wage Farmers

500 were women and 90,167, or 81 per
cent, were children. The pay rolls OF
the 123,307 establishments for one
week aggregated $685. 91, and OF
this amount the men received $29,240,-
PSF, or ISL per cent. of the whole;
the women received $3,633,4S1 or II
per cent, and the children $312,023, or
/ per cent.
More than half of all the wage earn.
ers included in the bulletin earned SO
and over during the week. The earn.
ings are classified for totals of states
and of industries, while % Industries
are shown in detail by states and ter
ritories and rs states by leading in.
dustries. Average earnings are also
computed for all the states and indus
tries shown.
The figures show that in 1904 the
average wage arner employed in man.
ufacturing received $10.o6 per week.
The average man received $11.16, the
average woman S6.17 and the average
child under Is years of age $3.46.
In the figures showing the average
wages by states Illinois Is fifteenth
with $11.65. The highest is Montana
with $3.50 and the lowest Is South
Carolina with $4.68.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-05-30

THE president is not only a good
i churchgoer himself, but deserves
the thanks Of at least two Washington
preachers for his aid in boosting the
size of their congregations.
With his prediction for having
everything reformed it Is no more than
natural that his church also should
bear the magic label. 1t is Grace Re-
formed, a rather small, gray stone
building on Fifteenth street, not quite
a mile from the White House.
Grace Reformed Is not a fashionable
church. The congregation is unas-
Stunning in appearance and would be
decidedly modest In size if it were
not for the president He fills GER
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-05-30
Time to Call a Halt.

The center of trust power is in the
east, and the kings of finance have no
respect or use for the pleadings Of
legitimate industry. To them the great
producing western states are merely a
field for exploitation. The American
people are mere hewers of wood and
drawers of water.
There are unmistakable signs that
this "leeching' process will be halted
by the peoples ballots.-Chicago Jour.
nal (Rep.l
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-05-30
Tattooing Very Popular in the Navy

FarenhOlt's opinion, the custom is
more common in camps and in places
where men are collected in large mum.
bers than is imagined.
The report contains statistics re.
garding the location of tattoo marks
and the frequency of various designs.
Letters. notices, initials and allied de-.
vices lead the list and constitute about
20 per cent. of all ink marks. Coats of
arms and national emblems follow
with about 25 per cent, then flags,
anchors, etc. Female figures are
shown in IS per cent. of all tattooing.
The usual types were found among
them, such as "Holdfast" "a letter on
the back Of each finger); apprentice
knot; pig on dOrSum of foot, which.
among the older men, vas supposed to
shield its pOssessOr from death by
drowning; cruciix, which in case Of
death would insure burial in a Chris.
tian country, and Jerusalem cross"
which would answer the same purpose
MOslem shores. OF the latter DR..
FarenhOlt found IA, all in re-enlisted
men. One mar was adorned with q
sock covering each foot and extending
above the ankle; another with a fox
hunting scene. In one case the entire
back "a covered by a large Masonic
column and globe. Little Egypt" fig.
ured in two cases and a copy of a beer
trademark In one. Designs showing
the Goddess Of Liberty, ships, eagles,
pigs and apprentice knots were found
than among those who came directly
from civil life.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-05-30

itself the correction OF all grievances,
tate to commit any crime to carry out
its purpose, producing a reign OF terror
that is causing hundreds of law-abiding
citizens to desert their homes and nee
to places OF safety. In many instances
the savings of a lifetime of toll and de-
~privation has been swept away ina
night se farmer not only losing his
barn and o%uthouses, but his home, and
not i~nfrequently his life.
God forbid that the good old State Of
Mississippi shall ever experience such.
The few instances of such a character
which have happened within her bounds
should prove object lessons tt guide
our people clear of such breakers in
the future. Ten years ago q party Of
good men in Union county attempted
to correct an error in a young man Of
the neighborhoOd and the horrible OUT
come of that expedition should prove a
warning against a repetition Of the act!
Two good citizens dead and a dozen
families heartbrOken. The sad scenes
in and around the federal court build
ing at Jackson only a short while g
when hundreds of good citizens Of
Franklin county were before that au-
gust tribunal for something that was
begun for q purpose that seemed to
ended human life had been sacrificed
and dozens of homes were darkened
with a cloud of sorrow. The reign of
terror in a portion of Lawrence for d
time early this year and the murder OF
a good man and warning of others, as
well as a number of other isolated in
stances that might be named, should
prove the guide-boards to steer our peo-
pie clear of such dangerous ground in
the future.
M~ississippians as a rule are God-fear-
ing and law-abiding. They do not will
fully infract the laws of the land and
will not do it unless misled by schrewd
and INSCRIPTIONS parties. They love
their homes and are obedient to tbs
command of constituted authority. 1t
must ever remain thus. The few dis
orders OF recent years are but isolated
instances and should not be COMPOUNDED
with such affairs as noted in Kentucky,
Illinois and other States. The rural
home is the hope of our State and any
movement that will jeopardize its safety
must be nipped in the bud. 1t is a duty
that every citizen owes to his home, his
family, his government and his God.
Make Mississippi the banner State for
law and order in the Union; where the
humble home of the man with forty
acres is as safe as the millionaire in
the city; where the rural school fits the
young for the battles of life and church
facilities are accorded all.
The writer is o unnecessarily alarm
ed at the prospects for lawiessness and
would not convey any such impression.
Our good State has been exceptionally
free from such in the past, and this is
written for the purpose of emphasizing
the Importance of having it continue
SO. A word now may be worth a whole
book at some future time. The per-
of our record for law and order
must be provided for, and the God-fear-
ing and home-loving people of Missis-
'ippi will see that it is done.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-05-30

annually The states that have drawn
upon Us for thousands Of u best peo-
pie had these. Make agricultural pur-
suits attractive and it will tend to keep
Mississippians in Mississippi, settling
the immigration problem.
The subject of better roads continues
to interest the people of many counties
in our state. it does not wane as time
goes by, but seems to gather force.
Clay is one Of the counties where the
matter has been investigated and the
result OF said investigation is that bonds
will be sold and the monies thus de-
rived expended in building and main
tanning roads throughout the county.
Calhoun county is seriously consider
ing the proposition to build roads and
had committees from the Farmers
Union to confer with the supervisors on
the subject. More than fifteen counties
are at present either building roads,
selling bonds to raise money to build
or considering the question seriously.
Mississippi will do more to improve her
public roads during the next five years
than for the past twenty-five. The
people are interested and looking into
the plans used by other states. The
result is bound to be satisfactory. If
every taxpayer in the state could see
for himself the roads around Jackson,
Tenn, ~Tuscumbia, Ala, and other
places that could be mentioned, the OPP
position to road improvement would be
almost nothing. The June issue of The
Bulletin from the department of agri-
culture and commerce will be largely
devoted to roads. Send for a number
of copies for distribution among your
friends who ought to be interested in
this important subject.
The Progress at Eupora proposes q
fair for Webster county, t hold it's
initial meeting this fall. While it is
possibly too late to work up a complete
fair, the farmers could make a good
one-day exhibition and the premiums
could be offered by the business and
professional men. This plan has work.
ed splendidly in a number of places and
has always resulted in a permanent
fair association.
Don't forget that Mississippi has al
ways been and will continue to be the
best state in the union for the man
with moderate Every man
must be protected in his rights in the
future as in the past. This is the her.
itage to hand down to our children.
David Harum said: "DO unto others
as they would do unto you, but do it
Some are still following Da-
vid's advice
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-05-30
FOR GREATER
..... MISSISSIPPI

Devo ted to the Agricultural. Commercial
and Industrial Development OF the States
Incompatible Resources-OEcinl Organ OF
Department of Agriculture and Commerce.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-05-30

David Harum said: "Do unto others
as they would do unto you, but do it
first" Some are still following Da-
vid's advice.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-06-20

The Silver Bow Evening Times Of
August / made the following refer
ence to the affair:
'Unable to face the punishment
that awaited him for e~mbezzling two
thousand dollars Of his employers
funds, Melrose R. Allen, the book
keeper of the Silver Bow Bank, shot
and instantly killed himself last
night while working in the Office Of
the bank. When found this morn
ing Allen was lying on the floor be-
hind his desk with a bullet wound
behind the right ear. Beside him
lay his revolver, with one chamber
empty. The body was fast becoming
rigid and life had evidently been ex-
tinct for some hours. An ezamina-
ton Of the dead mans books reveals
a shortage of about two thousand
dollars and it was undoubtedly the
unavoidable discovery Of his crime
that led the young man to his rash
act. He was "A years Of age and
unmarried.
"Mr. Dick Barker, Of the firm Of
Smith & Barker, by whom Allen
was employed, speaks in the highest
terms of the dead man. His honesty
has been hitherto unquestioned and
it is due to this fact that he has haC
entire control over the funds in thu
banks vaults. Mr.. Barker tele
graphed particulars of the SOM
sad death to the aged father at War
renyille, Mass, asking for instruc
tons as to the disposition Of the re
mains. The father, evidently over
come by the disgrace to his family
in reply merely directed Mr.. Barke
to bury the body in the potter's feel,
at Silver Bow. Mr.. Barker, however
who is well known for his many act
Of public charity, will, at his ow.
expense, have the remains decent
Inferred. The funeral will probabl
be held tomorrow"