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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-12
Right of State Upheld.

In the course of his opinion reversing
the case of the Jackson Cotton Oil Com
pany and upholding the power of the
state legislature to enact restrictive
statutes against combinations in re-
straint of trade" Special Judge Camp
bell remarked:
The power of the legislature to pro-
hibit trusts, combinations, contracts and
agreements inimical to the public well
fare is not derived from Or dependent on
section 1913 of the state constitution,
which neither confers nor limits its pow.
ers, which exists by virtue of the gen.
eral grant of legislative power. This
section imposes on the Legislature the
duty to pass such laws and the use of
the expression 'inimical to the public
welfare by the Legislature has no effect
except to snow that what it prohibits is
by it regarded as of that character. That
expression might be stricken from the
constitution and avs without affecting
the validity of the law. 1t is for the leg
islature to declare what is inimical to
public welfare"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-12
Presidents Action Condemned.

Mai. Mearns was not long ago retired
for disability, having first been pro-
noted to be lieutenant colonel. Ihen
it was announced that this retired OF
ficer. who was too thoroughly disabled
for active duty, had nevertheless been
assigned to active service with the
nay of major, which is larger than that
of a lieutenant colonel. And his &C
tive service is to go with Mr.. hoose-
welt. who will then be a private clu-
zen, on his hunting trip to Africa. VI
course. it is absurd to think that a
man who is so disabled as to be unnt
for the service, a be strong enough
to endure the rigors of the African
Jungle. But that is not the real point.
What is interesting is that this officer
should be detailed" to make a trip
with a private citizen, and hould be
paid by the government as though ne
were really engaged in it's service. II
Mr.. Taft is the man his friends be-
lieye him to be he will not hesitate to
interfere with this very pleasant plan.
THE Incident says the Army n
Navy Register, "is in the n OF sew
eral conspicuous examples OF that
magnificent indifference to what
is right and proper that Presi-
dent Roosevelt has SO ~fGcilely and all
too frequently p~erpetrated."
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-12
MEANS MUCH TO DEMOCRACY.
New National Senators Will Extend
the Party's Influence.

BY the election of the three new
senators, Benjamin F. Shively of In
diana, Charles j. Hughes, Jr., of Colo
RADIO and Gov. George E. Chamberlain
of Oregon the Democratic party makes
a decided accession of political
strength. They not only come from
northern states in which the Demo
Gratis have regained a fOothOld, but
they are all men of proved capacity
and experienced in the law or public
affairs. They represent new blood OF
the right sort, which is what the MI
nority party in congress greatly needs.
Except for Senator Newlands the three
newly elected senators are the only
Democrats from the north.
Among the southern senators are a
number of men of signal ability, but a
sectional minority, whatever its weight
of character, is bound to convey the
impression OF sectional craftsmanship.
By the election Of ever so few as
three northern senators the work OF
rehabilitating the Democratic party as
a healthy and compact opposition both
at the national capital and throughout
the nation should receive a lasting
impulse. A truly representative mi
nority in the senate, we'll led and act
ing in the name of nearly 6,40O, 900
Democratic voters, can exercise an in
fiuence on the course of national af-
fairs and even partisan administra-
ton beyond its mere voting strength.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-12
New Aero Club al the National Capital

George o. TOtten, Jr., and r. NJ. Nc
Lehman.
A committee of the Aero Club OF
America, with which the Washington
club will be affiliated, has been appoint
ed to receive contributions for a
memorial shaft to Lieut.. Thomas E.
Selfridge, U. S. A, who was killed in
the accident to the Wright aerOplane
at Fort Myer last September. On the
committee are Glen H. Curtiss. Prof.
Alexander Bell and Lieut.. F. P. Lahm.
u. S. A. The shaft will be erected
either in Arlington National cemetery,
where Lieut.. Selfridge is buried, or on
the spot where the Wright aeroplane
fell on the parade ground at Fort
Myer. The latter spot is favored by
the majority of these interests.
Officers of the signal corps have nC5
given up hope that something may bs
done by this session of congress to APP
propriate money for the promotion OF
aeronautics in the United States army.
They express hope that individual
members of congress may ask for
money for aerial protection Of the dis
tricts they represent. They believe
if this should go through in one case
it would be followed by other requests
of a similar nature.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-12
Victims Open War on Mushroom" Hat

pointed feathers which protrude and
could inflict untold damage If properly
aimed. No one accuses the navy girls
of attempting to do damage with these
weapons, but the fact remains that
there are several OF the younger Off
GERS who have received painful CLAN
cling blows from the hats but have been
too gallant to complain.
THE way the damage is DONE" one
Of the navy girls admirers said the
other day, lis generally in this fash
ion: You go to a tea and, after shak.
ing hands in the drawing room, spy
several of the fair young navy dam
sells all in a group and talking viva
ciously. You approach cautiously and
begin the recital of some carefully
prepared speech about the weather
to Miss Converse. AT the sound OF
your voice Miss Newberry or Miss
Fremont or some other navy girlturns
her head quickly your way and de-
livers you somewhere about the face
a singing blow with the edge of her
hat and the sharp pointed feathers.
OF course you suffer in silence, like a
man, but you silently pray for the day
when softer OF smaller hats will be in
STYLE"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-12
IN GRIP OF LUMBER TRUST.
Home-Builder of Small Means the
Prey Of Monorolists.

Does it occur to the average home
builder that he has to pay double or
treble the normal value of dressed lum
Der t o protect the barons of the
lumber trust from Canadian cOmpe'
tition?
Across the border there are stand
ing almost inexhaustible areas of TIM
Der In the raw state. Released by
American capital and energy, the Amer
lean market would be supplied from
these vast reserves, at reasonable cost
TO consumers, but for prohibitOry du,
ties.
The direct effect is to put an arti.
fetal tax on every hOme-builder OF
small means. The more modest the
American home, the more certainly is
the lumber tax felt. The rich can buy
substitutes for lumber, but the poor
cannot.
The American west, which contains
more actual home owners Of small
means than any other section, thus
pays tribute to the lumber kings who
mostly live in the east.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-12
Senate Elevator "Boys" Given a Raise

vator conductors. If the presidents
pay was to be doubled, he asserted.
why not remember the hard working
men who ride the senators I'D and
down every day?
But the senate warmed up slowly.
Senator Warren coldly argued that.
If the elevator men were to be bene-
flied, a general adjustment of EN-
ployes' salaries would be necessary
AS proposed by Borah, the amendment
was beaten.
Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota,
however, sprang the same amendment
after changing the verbiage slightly.
He spoke of "our poor elevator boys
who work the day long all the year
round for a scanty hundred a month.
Not n Of the boys" is under 60, but
that did not seem to make any differ
ence. La Toilette put in an almost
teafsome plea.
When the test came the second time
eve Warren had wilted and not
vote was recorded against increasing
the boys" salary from $1,000 to 81
400 a year.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-12
''JINGOES" AT HELM
REPUBLICANS FOR RECKLESS
NAVAL EXPANSION.
Lavish Extravaganza for Militarism
and Martial Display Despite the
Enormous Deficit in the Ma
tional Treasury.

Last session congress appropriated
1922, 622, ass for the navy. The appro-
priation bill reported to the house by
the naval affairs committee authorizes
the expenditure of $135,662,S 1888, an In
crease of ten per cent. If the senate
follows its rule of padding the bill-it
added over SIT, 0O0, 900 to the house
bill last year-the hearts Of the jim
goes will be still further gladdened.
The appropriations for the navy In
1903. five years after the war with
Spain, we're SIS, 1858, less than 60
per cent. Of the sum the house pro-
poses to spend next year. In the
seven years 19O3-1909 the navy has
cost 1852, 265, 900, over two-thirds of a
billion dollars, and the annual cost
from year to year rises by leaps ana
bounds. The total appropriations 1or
the navy during the entire second
Cleveland administration were $15,OOO,-
900 less than for the II year covered
by the appropriation made by congress
last spring.
The whole influence of the admins
tration has been for a bigger navy. for
more, bigger and costlier battleshlps,
for more officers and men mi for
more pay. Its policy is n of lavish
extravaganza in the direction OF mill
tarism and martial display. And the
consideration that there was a uni
ted States treasury deficit of over Son.
OOO, 900 June 80 last and that an addl-
tional deficit of over $4,000, 900 has
since then been created serves as no
restraint upon it's wasteful policy.
The most ordinary rules of business
management, aside from the folly Oh
reckless naval expansion, point to this
as a season for strict economy and re-
trenchment in government expendi-
lures, and not for further flights IN
military outlay beyond the countrys
and needs.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-12
Battleship Commission Deadlock.

1t looks like the Mississippi battleshlp
commission will remain in deadlock, IN
sofar as prospects OF agreeing on IA de
sign for the silver service Is concerned,
until Mrs. Lockwood, special agent OF
the body, can raise a sum sufficient 10
;,1stify Gov. Noel and DR.. Dunbar Row
land adopting the design for which they
expressed a preference.
If this policy is followed, and Mrs
Lockwood again takes the field, 1t Will
be equivalent to eliminating eN+Gov. Var
daman and rrof. J. \. Powers from mem
bership on the commission, as 10th OF
these gentlemen are determined that the
contract for the silver service shall be
awarded to a Mississippi firm.
Ex-Gov. Vardaman remains ~steadfast
in his refusal to turn over to the com
mission the sum of $1,7O4.S0 raised dur
ing his administration for the silver serv'
ice fund until his personal approval Is
given to the design, and Gov. Noel and
DR.. Rowland are equally determined that
thew will not be thus forced into accept
ing the design favored by Gov. Narda'
man and Prof. Powers.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-12

tIIASHINGTON.-The most exclu-
w sive congressional organization in
Washington is the Did You Bite,
Too?" club. 1t was formed here the
other day in the cloak rooms used at
the capitol. The incomplete MEM
bership list, which is withheld, con-
tains a dozen names. Like the Anani-
as club, the wishes of a prospective
member are not consulted. II he Is
considered eligible he joins because
there is nothing else for him to do.
The process Of initiation is some
thing like this. A member, either Of
the senate or the house. receives a
letter bearing the return card of a
prominent downtown hotel. He opens
the letter and reads it. If his face
grows red and his eyes flash, it is a
good indication that he is material
for membership. If, after a moment
Of thought. a smile begins to over
spread his c~ountenance and he
reaches in his desk for his check
book, it is a mere indication no long
err. 1t IS a certainty. He is then APP
preached by a member.
did you bite, too?" smilingly asks
the member of the member-elect.
Il did" the member-elect answers,
in effect.
"Haw! haw. haw!" roars the mem
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-12

YOUNGER officers of the navy who
/ are regularly invited to the de
butantes' teas in Washington say they
are going to form an anti-mushroom
Merry Widow hat league. or wear
baseball masks in the future.
1t appears that the so-called pink
teas" are sometimes positively danger
Il if either Miss Newberry, daughter
of the secretary of the navy; Miss Oh
ga Converse, the Misses Fremont, the
Misses Goodwin or any of the other
navy girls turn around too abruptly
when naval officers or others of their
admirers get among them and come
within range of their hats.
These large hats of the mushroom
Merry Widow" species are some
times as sharp on the edges as ii they
had been specially strOpped, and. in
addition, generally have stanch. sharp
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-12

The "Haw! haw! haw!" signifies
that the initiation is complete, and
the new member %blushingly receives
the CONGRATULATIONS of the older mem.
bers Immediately. If he is a good fell
low he sets out to find a recruit up
on whom he himself may administer
the work"
The organization of the did YOU
Bite, TOO?" club is the result or a
visit to Washington Of two women
from New York in the interest of a
very captivating publicity scheme.
This scheme is 10Y n of the secrets
of the Did You Bite. Too?' club.
A few days ago the young, women
went back to New York. The day ait
er their departure a large bunch OF
letters came to the capitol, all written
on the business stationery of the no
tel. Each letter contained a state
ment of the account Of the person to
whom it was addressed. One was for
five automobile rides, another was for
dinners and suppers, another for nu-
merOus bottles of wine, others were
for miscellaneous items, and one,
which was received by a young con-
gresham, who has plenty of the
wherewithal and doesn't are how he
spends it, was for board and lodging
for two persons for m week.
Those who paid homage to these
young and wondered at the
lavish entertainment are wondering
no longer. The members of the did
You Bite, Too" club know exactly
how they managed it. Now that it
is all over, if you can get n of them
to talk club matters he will tell you
it was one of the finest pieces OF
high financing that ever came to his
notice.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-12
High School Act Held VUid.

Under the ruling of Hon. L. H.. Oden
of Laurel, sitting as special chancellor,
the agricultural high school act, one of
the most important and popular acts OF
the last legislature, has been declared
unconstitutional, and now it will be car
ried to the supreme court and possibly
to the supreme court of the United
States, to determine whether or not the
act is yiolative of the constitution OF
Mississippi or of the Union.
The plaintiff, Robert Coin, a negro,
makes the point that because the act
provides that the high schools shall be
for white youths exclusively it is unfair
to the taxpayers of his race.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-12
JACKSON.
Sentences Affirmed.

Three capital cases, one a sentence to
life Imprisonment and two death by
hanging, were affirmed in the Supreme
Court Monday. Justice Fletcher an
nounced the finding in the case of George
Cunningham, appealed from Monroe
county, for the murder of an old woman
under most grewsome circumstances,
and without mitigating conditions. He
gets a life sentence.
In the case of Arthur Farrow, a
young negro, appealed from Tate coun-
ty, for a conviction of murder and the
death sentence, Justice Mayes rendered
the decision, affirming the lower court,
and fixing Wednesday, March "a, as the
datc for his execution. Farrow deliber-
ately shot and killed u young white man
named Scott at a fish fry in Tate coun-
ty, for practically no reason.
Chief Justice Whitfield passed on the
appeal of jim Greene, a negro, from
conviction and death sentence. IN Jeffer-
son county court. There was nothing
in the record to justify d reversal and
the sentence was affirmed, and Monday,
March 20, fixed as the date OF execution.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-12

WASHINGTON has an areo club. 1t
W was organized the other day in
the office of Brig. Gen. James Allen,
chief signal officer of the army at the
war department. Truman H. Newber-
ry, secretary of the navy, was elected
president; Robert Shaw Oliver, as
sistant secretary Of war, first vice
president; Thomas Nelson Page, sec
ond vice-president, and Representative
Butler Ames of Massachusetts, third
vice-president.
Among the charter members of the
new club are Representative Parsons
of New York, o. II. Tittman of the
geodetic survey, Lieut.. Richard B.
Creery, U. S. NJ. c.; c. L.. Mariatt,
chief of the bureau of entomology;
Lieut.. George c. Sweet, U. S. n, of
the bureau of equipment; Col. Charles
H. Bromwell, U. S. A., superintendent
public buildings and grounds. District
of Columbia; Lieut.. F. P. Lahm,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-12

A ETER protecting President-elect
IA Taft in the $1OO,0OO salary voted
to him recently, senatorial hearts
opened up to the conductors of the
senate elevators the other day and
scattered a little loose change in their
direction. So that now, if the house
agrees, the president. vice-president,
speaker, the United States judges and
the elevator boys will get a raise.
The president will have $4,000
more, the judges from $1,000 to $1,000,
the vice-president and speaker, $4,000,
and the elevator men 5000 additional
a year.
Senator Borah, who insurged all
along against the salary increases,
first took UT the cudgels for the ele,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-12
BAPTIST Missionary Institute.

The Baptist Woman's Missionary IN
stitute held a two days session here
this week. The principal addresses were
delivered by Miss Edith Crane. of balti-
more. who is representative OF the ma
tional woman's organization, her theme
being along the lines of organization n
of utilization and cooperation with the
national and general missionary move
ment. and Mrs. ". r. Wood, OF Merl-
dian. also a worker of State WIDE as
well as national repute, and Miss Mar
garet Lackey, of Clinton, a successful
and consecrated worker i'll the mission
AIRY cause.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-12
Seed Sold at $21.

Secretary Yerger, of the penitentiary
board, sold 400 tons OF cottonseed from
he SunfOwer State farm to the Advance
tin & Mill Company of Nicksburg, the
price being $21 per ton. This is the
second lot of 4OO tons disposed of at
that price within the past few weeks.
The price is somewhat above the mar
ket, although there is so little seed left
in this section that there can hardly be
said to be any market price.
There is now very little cotton or seed
left on the State farms; the few bales
remaining on hand will be disposed OF in
q short while.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-12
Pardon

The board of penitentiary trustees
have unanimously Endorsed and recon-
mended for pardon, a white man, by the
name of J. c. Burt, a state convict, sent
ND some four or five years ago from
Perry county to serve a life term for
murder. Burt has been an exemplary
convict, has given no trouble, but on the
contrary, mas given the state valuable
service and thousands of Mississippians
who visited the state fair last fall were
impressed with his demeanor and bear
ing while in charge of the state peniten-
tiary exhibit installed there by the trus-
tees. .
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-12
Its Constitutionality Questioned.

Hon. Stone Deavours, ex'chancelior and
a leading practitioner of South Missis-
sippi, will take charge of the case which
is appealed from Jasper county in order
to test the constitutionality of the
county agricultural high school law,
which has been subjected to a prelim-
mary test in that county. The opponents
Of the law contend that it is unconstitu-
tional, in that it discriminates in prae-
tice against the negroes, and the solu-
lion Of the problem on that line will be
presented to the supreme court as .
choice nut to be cracked 4
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-12
eood-Enouqh Constitution for Taft.

OO0-@tbOAS
Mr.. Taft has again reafirmed his
faith in the constitution. A govern
ment of enumerated powers, with
three coordinate branches, seems to
him fully sufficient for the require.
ments of the American people.
In his Augusta speech Mr.. Taft Is
sued no threatening demand for a
constructive Interpretation" of the
constitution. He betrayed no impa'
uence for half-considered innovations.
He revealed no in%fatuation for sudden
flights in the higher world.Of sociolog'
ical reform and economic philosophy.
The United States has a constitution
simple, clear and comprehensive"
which had met the development and
emergencies of the country, and he
was confident that it would meet them
in the future.
There is ample need Of such sane
doctrine in high places.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-12
State Capital Notes
Weekly Budget of State News Items Gathered By Our Special
Correspondent at Jackson.
Street Railway Ruling.

Attorneys representing street railway
interests in Mississippi are in very much
of Il quandary over the decision rem
dered by the Supreme Court relative to
the right of abutting property owners
to claim damages on account OF street
| RAILWAYS built in front of their property,
and some of them evidently interpret
the ruling of the court to be disastrous
to traction interests.
Briefly stated, the opinion means that
hereafter municipal councils must be
more careful in selling or giving away
franchises to traction lines; that the
matter of damages to abutting proper
ty owners is a question of fact, and
must be determined in the courts when
ever the question is raised. 1t does not
necessarily mean that before u traction
line can be built, or Il line already in eX-
istence extended, that the consent of all
property owners along the t~horoughfare
in question must be secured, but it does
mean that these property owners have
a vested right in the thoroughfare.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-12
Money for Mississippi Monument.

Gov. Noel states that as the time Is
approaching when it will be necessary to
draw on the fund for the cost of erection
of the Mississippi state monument in
the Vicksburg National Park, and as the
money, amounting to $4,000, appropr!'
ated by the legislature in 1906, reverted
back to the treasury through statutory
limitations, he will have to make ar
engagements for borrowing at least $40,
900 with which to meet the demand.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-12
Cash Coming In.

The tide of money which will, in a few
days, restore the Mississippi treasury to
a condition where it can promptly meet
all outstanding obligations, has already
begun to flow in.
What is worrying Gov. Noel most just
now is not the need for money in the
treasury, but the lack of an %appropria-
ton of $4,000 with which to pay the
contractors who are engaged in the con.
struction of the Mississippi
in the Vicksburg National Military Park
Up to last July there was a $4,000 az
preparation to pay for this work, bue
the last Legislature neglected to renew
the appropriation, and under the con.
stitutional provision that all %appropria.
tions shall lapse six months after the
converting of the next succeeding legis.
lative session, this particular $4,000
lapsed just before the first demand upon
it was made.