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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-16
Twenty-Eight Life-Termers.

OF the 1,64O convicts serving terms
in the Mississippi state penitentiary, the
records show that 145 of these are white
males, there being no white females, or
a fraction over II negroes to n white
convict. OF the 145 white men on the
books of the penitentiary, fifty-six found
their way to stripes and confinement by
reason of homicidal acts, for which they
were convicted and sentenced, and of
that number t~wenty-eight are serving
life terms for murder, five for criminal
assault and one for arson. In addition,
there are several serving sentences of
from fifteen to thirty-five years for man
slaughter, with quite a number up for
shorter terms, from ten years down.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-16
COTTON r "a CENTS.
PREDICTION rs MADE THAT
PRICE WILL GO TO 13 CENTS.
Much Depends Upon Rain in Texas.
Dry Goods Strong at
an Advance.

Memphis, ...Tenn.-Beyond q few min
utes' hesitation on the opening, while
the trade was waiting for the weather
in detail, there was never a waver in
Mondays cotton market, which al.
vanced steadily to the highest prices of
the year and the highest closing level of
the season. The drought in Texas was
unrelieved by even the lightest showers
over Sunday and many reports said the
situation was alarming. October sold ut
1912, an advance of 81 points from the
close of Saturday, and December topped
the day off with 12.75. :
The buying fever appears to be grow
ing daily. The conviction that this is to
be a season of very high cotton prices
has become quite widespread. At the
moment, however, the entire market ap-
pears to hang on one contingency, and
that is rain in Texas, as the crop else
where is admittedly improving. Bulls
are confident that lower prices would at
tract new buyers and that the losses al
ready sustained by the crop justify the
present or higher prices.
A feature was the advance of 80
points in spot cotton in New York,
which puts the price of actual cotton
beyond 13 cents, for the first time since
the memorable Sulley campaign in late
1908 and early 1904. The Memphis quo
tation was advanced Bc to 12Ac and
New Orleans rose Nc to 12iSc. There
was rendered on contract 1850 bales in
New York, which if taken from the stock
or distributed to spinners, as some of it
may be, will deplete the small supplies
held there as a protection to the con-
tract.
Predictions of 13c for the week are
often made. Conservative people talk
15c, while a few enthusiasts see zoe in
their dreams. What the possibilities Of
the market are i'll the way of prices,
however, no man knows. If there en-
sues a serious drought in Texas the
yield in that State may be reduced to
the smallest in years. There has already
been an irreparable loss in all districts
east of the Mississippi river and the
plant is small and late.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-16
Nav Get Part of Peabody Fund.

Hon. J. n. Powers, state superintend-
emit of education, is hopeful that the Mis-
sissippi State University may secure a
share of the Peabody fund of $780,
600 which is to be distributed during
the next year or so among the ten
Southern state universities, as directed
by the executive board. Superintendent
Powers paid a special visit to New York
with that end in view, and, while there
was nothing announced definitely, the in
dications seem to be favorable.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-16
JACKSON.
Business Men Pleased.


The Jackson business men who re-
turned Saturday from a trip over the
New Orleans & Great Northern road
speak in glowing terms of the country
through which this new road passes.
There is no fairer or more fertile section
of the Magnolia State than that stretch
along the meanderings of Pearl river,
which, while not as rich as some sec
tions of the Yazoo delta, taken alto
gether, is more thoroughly adapted to
general agricultural and industrial pur-
suits, and is settled by as fine a type of
American citizens as will be found in
any corner of the great commonwealth.
Along the line of the new road, through
Copiah, Lawrence, Kinds and Marion
counties, it was noted that while from
every part of the State has come, the
universal story of very much shortened
crops, and superabundance of grass and
abandoned cultivation, there really
seemed less along this Pearl river valley
than elsewhere. True, considerable cotton
acreage has been abandoned, but much
less IMAM IL was expected W ma, anu
wherever it has been worked out, and
there has been any drainage at all, such
cotton and corn as had any chance at all
is looking healthy, with a fine color,
many of the fields being dotted with
blooms, while many large areas in corn
are in t@assel, with an apparently prolific
fruitage, as observed on cursory exam
ination, from the car window.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-16
Atkinson Making a Crop.

Everybody knows that Tom Atkinson
has not been captured, but few people
know where he conceals himself. The
fact seems to be that he isn't hiding at
ALL. but that he is making a crop in
Winston county Although the troops
secured the surrounding country, they
failed to find him, for the simple reason
that he mixed himself with the crowd
of mar hunters, and the citizens, who
are not in sympathy with the search, or
friendly toward the soldiers, refused to
disclose his identity. One citizen goes
SO far as to assert that the hunted a
rode in the same coach with and made
chalk marks on the backs of the sleep
ing militia.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-16
Nagel Stirs EN- Up. !

washington. The greatest shake
up" that ever has occurred in the per
sonnel of the department of commerce
and labor took place Monday, wheE
about a hundred employees were reduced
and designations of about ten others a 9
cepted. This action wa taken by Sec
rotary Nagel as the result of an inyesti.
CATION into the efficiency record of the
employees in his department. The r
duced ones were made, it is stated, be.
the employees were found to have
COATED on the job"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-16
Gov. Noel Counts the Cash.

Pursuant to the requirements of Sec
ton 1877 of the State constitution, Gov.
Noel Saturday made a count of the
cash and condition of the State treasury,
the following certificate telling the story:
81, George Edwards, Jr., treasurer of
the State of Mississippi, hereby certify
that the condition of the treasury of the
State of Mississippi, on this the 9th day
of July, A. D. 1909, is as shown in the
following statement, and the balance on
hand is the sum of $346 ,030.02, consist
ing of cash on hand in drawer, $685.;
balance on hand in State repositories,
$345,2O1.4S; balance on hand, county
tax on land redemption fund, $S11.ss.
Total, $346,O3O.02.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-16
Guardsmen in Camp.

Under auspices most favorable in the
history of the organization the annual
encampment of the Mississippi National
Guard was inaugurated at Camp Sample,
in the northern supurbs of Jackson, Mon
day. Two thousand soldiers of the State
guard and the regular army are now oc-
cupying the tented city that covers an
area of over 200 acres, and forms the
most perfect camp ever pitched for an
e~ncampment of troops in Mississippi.
Normal School Demanded. \
In ~furtherance of the plan upon which
the educational leaders of the State have
been working for the past few years to
have the State establish and maintain q
normal school for the better training of
teachers, which has been Endorsed by the
State Teachers Association and about
every other educational meeting of con-
sequence which has been held, the nor
mails just closed at Brookhaven and Hat
tiesburg have each adopted resolutions,
not only indorsing the plan, but practi-
cally demanding it in q very strong 'reso-
luton.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-16
Finances in Satisfactory Condition.

During the summer months Gov. Noel
expects to devote his odd moments to
consideration of the subjects that will
be discussed in his biennial message to
the legislature. There will be no serious
financial problems for the lawmakers to
dispose of. The amount Of cash in the
treasury has been rather low ever since
Gov. Noel took hold of the reins of gov
eminent, but prospective revenues for
the ensuing biennial period are sufficient
to allow the legislators to be somewhat
more liberal in making appropriations.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-16
Veterans Increasing.

Auditor Smith has received the first
half dozen of the enumerations made by
the tax assessors on the number of Con-
federate soldiers and widows of such SOL
diers in their respective counties.
The oddly about the report is that
there are ten more of these soldiers and
widows now than there were two years
ago. Since it is hardly possible that
these counties have actually gained ten
of the old guard during this time, in
view of the large number of them that
are dying all over the country every
year, the only reasonable explanation is
that some were overlooked two years ago.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-16
Folsomdale Office Closed.

Paducah, Ky.-An order has been
made discontinuing a postofice in
Graves county that was named after the
wife of a former president-Mrs. Grover
Cleveland. The office was established
about twenty-five years ago. The PEG.
pie in that section of Graves county Pc
titioned for a ~postoffice. Grover Cleve.
land, then president, had just been maj
ried to Miss Frances Folsom, and the
people asked that the p~ostofice be
named Folsomdale, after the presidents
wife. Their wish was gratiied.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-16
Gets Leave of Absence.

Gov. Noel has granted leave of absence
for thirty days to Hon. j. L. Gillespie,
land commissioner, who made formal ap.
plication for such leave in order to be
able to attend the annual meeting of the
National Editorial Association, which is
to convene in Seattle. Mr.. Gillespie is
the regular representative of the Mlissis-
sippi Press Association to the annual out
ing of the national organization, and had
been chosen before he was appointed, or
dreamed of becoming land commissioner.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-16
Will Pickett Pardoned.

Gov. Noel Wednesday granted q par
don to VIII Pickett, a white man, OF
Kemper county, who was sentenced to
pay a fine of $500 and undergo ninety
days Imprisonment for assault and bat
terry. He had served out practically all
of the prison sentence, but had not paid
the fine in full, but, in view of the strong
recommendation of the Law Eenforce-
ment League, the governor considered
the case favorably.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-16
Treasury Balance Increased.

With a cash balance to the credit of
the state of $3~s3,1s5.o1, against $780,
543.01 on July s, 1908, the states
finances are still on the Improvement
list. The balance in favor of 1909 is
$116,642, and indicates "a healthy con-
dition, and this is liable to be Increased
by 100000 from the United States
treasury, the amount which the state
will receive as its pro rata share in the
general appropriation for the encourage
ment Of industrial and mechanical train
ing in the educational institutions OF the
commonwealth
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-16
Boil Weevil Reaches Jackson.

The much-discussed Mexican boil vice.
vii has invaded the corporate limits of
the city of Jackson in its northeastward
march across the commonwealth. Farm
ers who have cotton patches in and adj
jacent to the city limits state that the
weevil has made is appearance in rather
liberal numbers during the past few days,
and is engaged in puncturing cotton bolls.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-16
Oppose Pardon of DR.. Kirby.

Gov. Noel had a visit from q delega-
ton from Lawrence county Wednesday,
who came to urge against a pardon for
DIR. Kirby, who is under fine and Jail
sentence for selling blind tiger whisky.
There were half a dozen men in the
party, and the executive gave them an
attentive hearing, some of them being
members of the Law Enforcement
League.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-16

WeMs

Inquiries received at the war depart
ment with reference to the proposed
plans Of the Tallahatchie drainage com-
mission in Mississippi indicate that seri-
Gus opposition may develop o. the part
of those who live along lower reaches of
the Sunflower river. 1t is alleged that
the drainage commission has in con-
temptation a plan to turn the C%oldwater
river into the SunHower somewhere be-
low C%larksdale, and this is what is
threatening the trouble. The Sunfower
is a delta stream flowing it's full length
through the great a~lluyial valley, with
no tributaries coming out of the hills,
and for this reason it is a clear stream
and entirely free from the silt which
characterizes the streams which rise in
the red sand hills of North Mississippi.
Below the Southern railroad bridge the
Sunfower is wide and deep, in many
places the depth being more than so
feet and the width from 600 to LOCO
feet. From this section protest. are
coming in. 1t is claimed that what is
now a beautiful stream is threatened
with pollution from the muddy waters
of the Coldwater, which, in addition to,
its muddy and murky appearance, is
laden with silt, which in time will fill I'D
the shoal places and seriously hamper
the navigation of the Sun1ower-
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-16

The Knights and Ladies of Honor pic
mic at Weir on yesterday was most
delightful. There were visitors present
from all neighboring towns between Du~
rant and Aberdeen.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-16

Collins Williams, a prominent and
well-to-do farmer, residing near Stone
wall, fourteen miles south of Meridian.
while seated at the supper table, was
shot four times by an unknown assas-
sin and instantly killed. The murder is
one of the most horrifying that has been
committed in tSat section in many years,
and the cold blooded manner in which it
was committed has astounded the people
of the surrounding country.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-16

The battle of ballots in Lawrence coun-
ty on the question of the county issuing
$4,000 of thirty year S per cent bonds,
for the purpose of building a courthouse,
resulted in defeat for the bonds. The
opposition was mainly caused by the
fight for a division of the county three
years ago, when the new county of JEFF
ferson Davis was formed out of a part
of Lawrence and Covington.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-16

F. c. Bolton, associate professor Of
physics, and c. E. Ard, professor of
electrical engineering in the Agricultural
and Mechanical College, have resigned
their positions to 60 elsewhere.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-16

A new link in the chains of railroads.
connecting Moss Point, Scranton and the
gulf coast with Hattiesburg, Ellisville,
Laurel and Meridian, has been provided
in the shape of a new 100000 Pasca-
goula Northern railroad company.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-16

The annual meeting of the executive
council of the Farmers Union is in ses-
sion here, but the members declare.
there is nothing in the meeting which
can be given to the public, or which
would be of interest if the public had
it. The executive council is composed
of President Hightower, vice-President
Bass, Secretary Russell, Business Agent
Collins and the five members of the.
state executive board.
Hon. Isaac N. Moses, representative
in the state legislative from Adams
county, and the Natchez section there
of, is heartily in favor of the enactment.
of a law that will compel all farmers,
tenants and others to burn their cotton.
stalks just as soon as the cotton is all
gathered, and would urge on all officers.
of the law to see to its rigid enforce
ment. The white farmers have shown
a disposition to burn their stalks, but.
a very large number of the negro ten
ants have been Indifferent.
Miss Annie L. FAINT, president of the
State Home Improvement Association of
Mississippi, which organization was for
mally effected on the 5th at the Indus
trial Institute and College, has issued an
appeal to the people of that State ask
for their assistance in the great
work the association has undertaken,
"a
The public school board, which met &c
Wayuesboro, refused to LOCATE schools
where "a majority of the patrons he
failed to pay their poll ta@.s This did
not affect any white schools, but will
knock out several negro schools.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-16

AS a result of the earnest solicitation
of Representatives. Sisson, three experts
have been assigned to duty in the
Fourth Mississippi district, beginning
August %. There will be one man to-
lecture on plant industry, one on good
roads and one on the boil weevil and
crop Investigation.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-16

The Oktibbeha County Fair Associa-
ton is offering handsome prizes this year
in all departments. A grand enterprise
cast range will be given as first prize
for the largest family on the show
grounds the first day of the fair. A bar
rel of flour will be given for second prize
and two large hams for the third.
The normal at the University of Mis-
sissippi closed with the largest attend
ance in it's history. Over 400 teachers
have been in attendance and good work
has been done during the entire term.
There was a feeling of qualification no.
ticeable among the throng of teachers
because of the ease and comfort with
which the crowd has been lodged and fed
at the university.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-05
WANTED: ONE HUNDRED AND
THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS

How to make HIS trousers s the
Of some 100000
This is one reason President Taft has had to wire
hook and dog net to See
taries hate with
way OF holding the responsible
The president and the will this deficit
ON their minds will when
congress- gets together. a pres
Dental secret
vice" and the "honor of congress" paramount ISSUE
And yet the answer is not far to seek.
tax coffee of cents pound what the
and means committee has framed
Other taxes contemplated On beer SO bar
re on stock transfers. stamp depending the size of the
trnsfer playing cards patent medicines various small
taxes deeds and other
possibly Inheritance
The popular
ways and committee
sSSbo0O.0O0 and it would poor
table Anything that lifts the
and the rich mans popular
tain kinds of statesmen
1t is with that the
strained bring to the tax on barrel
OF beer The brewing lately
spread of prohibition But would
to the revenues and anyhow being
the mans luxury
Serene chairman oppose
on stock transfers This would
gambling industry York. Payne from New York
The amount this would would
to the about $4O
100000.
is to meet this and desperate emergency.
There plenty of
The somewhat altered since
that decision made will
Moreover
serious doubt to the authority
clearly expressed of
lave
The "unconstuonality supreme court" has become
live subject in
ton by increasing member
ship Of the likely weight that
body
never has been declared unconstitutional
by the court and there
ancs similar to those levied by all foreign
States As pointed out by Ex-presdent
nv
OF held in the dead hand
generation
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-05
HOW TO REDUCE FAT
PROPORTIONAL

Proportion is the thing. A fat
woman yearns to reduce her alb
domen, but she doesn't want to
produce scrawny neck. This fact
condemns the dieting methods of
reducing. You can't starve the
fat off one place and not off an
other. Simply impossible, But
why try dieting, or even exercis-
ing, when there is a better way of
reducing fat than either.
Try the following: One-half
OF. Marmola, " OF. Fluid Extract
Cascara Aromatic, 81 ozs. Pep
permint Water. Any druggist will
fill the above cheaply. Take
a teaspoonful after meals and at
bedtime and see IL in a few weeks
you are not losing about a pound
of fat day-not from places
where you are normally plump,
but from those that are overly
fat. The receipt works like a
charm, I am told, and though it
produces delightfully."- apparent re-
suits, yet 1t is perfectly harmless.
Doesn't even cause wrinkles, they
say who have used 1t, nor inter-
fere with ones diet, which are two
other exclusive and important diff
ferences 1t possesses over all other
fat reducers ever heard of. In
stead of being harmful, in fact, as
SO many of the advertised RENE
dies are, 1t improves the health
and appetite and complexion
| Adv
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-05
by Priscilla Prim.

by Priscilla Prim.
They come, they come. The
Greeks, the Greeks!
Away with rats! Avast with
puffs and curls and Marcel waves
With the approach of spring all
that is radical in dress and hair
dressing is to be abolished, and
couture and gown will again APP
proach that Grecian simplicity, the
artistic ideal that is always sought
after a carnival of indulgence in
extremes.
The day Of the rat is indeed
numbered, and the beauties of
Grecian styles in hair dressing are
everywhere. These are being well
coined because they lend them
selves so perfectly to the new hats
and the simple and artistic cuts
of the new gowns.
The style is straight, without
curls or waves. The part is usually
on the right side and the hair
is brought low over the forehead.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-05
A WISE LITTLE OWL

little way in the fog and flew
from the small timber of New
80 It circled around until upon a
In City Hall park the center of the metropolis
tired messenger boy
ing morning saw the bird and stopped
gaze
the rst also stopped look
and and quickly
hundreds OF people formed swaying babbng
the tree all intent the little
unconcern The crowd of curious people
portions that the keep
sidewalks
people who formed this hrong
amusing provincial
screech owl But the talk might be
captured one man suggested that be found with
string be bated catch policeman said
net attached long might
boy who had of VIM F. Cody
While these sinister plans making the solemn mopng
bird becoming the molestaon solitary
reign. spread her wings and few back to the
And the crowd of New
cheered like mad, and then dispersed.
Not long girl found
Madison Square park another
sands of people during the day had
dying girl and had noticed
girl and she did silks
like ordinary plainly by
in wonder at screech OWL
sights Thousands passed her by though
one but policeman found any interest in her.
Why did the crowd cheer may draw our own
cancellations Her action in flying back
from the gay city certainly II
would be unfortunate indeed
of the woods familiar with
20 be held captive be sad fate for
little ogl like that society human birds
Who win sacrifice any kind Of
IA creature
Indeed in York to fly away from New
Workers understanding this chee red the bird
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-05

Then, brought loosely up from the
back of the neck, 1t is coiled and
made fast, even with the top Of
the head.
The matter of further embel-
lishment Is left to the individual
taste. A velvet band, matching
the gown, placed under the hair
at the back and brought up to the
top of the head to end In a bow
knot or jeweled buckle adds a
pleasing effect.
Jeweled barrettes in all styles,
ranging from tortoise shell, ex-
quisitely cut, to jeweled network
and pearls and diamonds of fine
design, will be worn. They will
help keep the coiffure in place.
Other devices are empire combs,
the suspended jewel and often
double or triple bands are used,
fastened with ornaments. In girl
ish coiffures a simple effect is
brought about by the use of rib
bon wound in and out through the
hair passing entirely around it.