The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-03
Mississippi
News

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Powers by the various county asses
sors. According TO these statistics Lin
coin county shows the largest number
of educable children, with 1854 whites
and Is, ia blacks. The next nearest is
Lauderdale, with a total white emu
meration of 10, 1865 to II, 1852 negroes.
Perry county is lowest in the scale,
with 1,6l4 whites to 663 negroes, while
the statistics from Lafayette show that
there is almost an even break between
| the races, the whites showing i, 1855. to
hip negroes.
BY far the blacklist county in the
state is Issaquena, which has l9l white
educables to 1854 negroes. the proper
ton being 10 to l. while Itawamba is
the whitest, the figures being 1927
whites to 3S7 negroes, or IA to l.
Tunica, with a b ack enrolment of
5,057 to 40 whites, next to Issa-
quena in point of excess, or IL to l,
while Tishomingo is next to Itawamba,
with a white school population of 1857
to 504 blacks, a fraction over 9 to l
being the ratio.
Letlore is next to Tunica in point OF
black excess with a ratio OF DC to /,
followed by Sharkey, 7.5 to /; Bolivar,
IL to /; Washington and COahOma,
with about the SINE ratio, or I TO l.,
with Adams, Warren, Quitman, 1azOo
and Kinds showing all the way from ,
to 5 to l..
The Old Ladies' Home Association
of Mississippi has recently received
several good-sizcd contributions from
boards OF supervisors. Montgomery
county sent a donation of $500, Tunica
and Hancock counties 500 each and
Bolivar county 5000. The association
still needs about $1,000 10 pay off exist
ing indebtedness and get matters in
readiness for the opening. An enron
Jus impression is impression is abroad
to the effect that antrancc fee of 800
will be charged each inmate. This is
untrue. No admission fee OF any kind
will. be charged. Another erroneous
idea prevalent is that women of limited
means will be admitted. 1t is the pres
ent purpose of the home to care only
for women who are in INDECENT and des-
t!tute circumstances.
An unusual potato crop was raised
by w. l.. Hay, of Leland. He planted
three and a half acres in Irish pota-
toes, using % bushels of seed, wor h
81 per bushel. He sold the crop from
the three and a half acres fo- $3.50. He
gave the small potatoes for the plant
ing and gardening. He sold his crop
for about ST a bushel, and now has a
fine crop of late corn, which he planted
where he had raised the potatoes.
How to provide accommodations for
the students who have applied for add
mission is the problem that cOnfronts
II. l.. Whitfield, of the In
Institute and College. Over
! 900 applications for admission have
been received. Owing to the failure OF
the legislature to provide adequate
OF support, and limited dormi-
tory facilities, not exceeding 500 stu
dents can be accommodated.
A legal test will be made of Missis-
after the measure becomes
effective throughout the state on Jan.
/. The proceeding will be to test that
of the statutes rendering all
liquor licenses invalid after Dec. 81, re-
CARELESS of the period for which they
were issued.
The Farmers union of Forrest coun-
ty will build a warehouse at HattieS-
burg. the company being capitalized at
10000. II. w. Bradshaw, state lee
-urer of the union, has succeeded in
a total of owe $50, 900 invested
the warehouse business in various
Officers flushed q blind tiger at
capturing a barrel of quart
oottlcs of whisky and a large quantity
If beer. The tiger" proprietor was
lOt caught.
The bureau of plant industry of the
United States department of agricul-
,ure has decided to experiment in
Kinds county in the growing of alfalfa,
work to be started this fall.
Gov. Noel says he will call on the
ederal government for troops if neces-
'ary to suppress night riding, but is of
that it will be stopped without
military Interference
Bud Mortimer, an aged planter, was
arrested by United States marshals,
Winona, charged with sending
hight rider notices through the mails
o cotton gin wners. Mortimer de-
'lares he was forced to send them oy
band of armed men, under threats of
leath.
The Mississippi State BoarG of Health
vill meet in jackson on October ID and {
+ to examine applicants for license to I