The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-26

: vlSlC Dy w. ID. Martin OF Washington
> county, Tenn, who is securing option
, on land for miles around. He filed deed
for options on five thousand acres TO
the purpose of boring for oil and gas
Martin proposes to give the land owner
one-tenth of the oil produced and sil
per cent. on gas, the owners of the lane
not to be put to any expense.
Charles F. Scofield( secretary of thu
newly organized Mississippi River ant
Western Railroad Company, speaks Will
confidence and assurance of the pros
poets for that enterprise. He expects tina
within ninety days work will be under
way and will be pushed along rapidly
with plenty of financial support back OF
the movement, and it is not an idle fancy
that by next crop time the western enc
will at any rate be in shape for opera
ton.
The many friends of President j. C.
Hardy of the Agricultural and Mechani-
cal College are glad to know that he is
out again, after his long siege of illness,
following his recent operation. Prof,
Hardy is not through the convalescen
stage as yet, and does not expect to re-
turn to the college for a while yet, al
though he is considered finally out of dam
ger.
NfrC Afory ~ Dorlrr ro1iof nf Cont
G. w. Paris, and mother of Capt. L. O.
Paris, of the Fourth Mississippi Regi-
ment, Confederate Army, both of whom
fell at the head of their companies, died
at Indianola at the ripe age of SO years.
Her casket was laden with Confederate
flags, truly emblematical of the sacrifice
made by her for the cause, over forty
| years in widOwhood.
In response to a call issued by the
Hattiesburg Commercial Club and this
Mississippi Pine Association, lumbermen
representing holdings valued at more
than fifty millions of dollars, together
with many of the leading merchants and
business men of South Mississippi, as
sembled at Hattiesburg to protest against
the repeal of the duty of So per thou
sand collected ON Canadian lumber.
When the case of Howard Lee, charged
with illicit retailing of whisky, was
called at Fayette it was discovered that
Lee had retained all the lawyers in Fay
cite to defend him. No legal light of
Fnyette could be found to do the prose
cutting, and a hurry call for an attorney
was sent by the law and order league to
Port Gibson. Lee was found guilty and
sentenced to serve 80 days in jail and
fined $500.
In the death of a negro brakeman who
was discovered in a cornfield near New
Albany, there may be some light shed
on the recent disastrous wreck which oc-
CURED at Coldwater, a few days ago. On
the negro's person was found an Illinois
Central Railroad switch key No. A 2292
and S. r. r. key No. 67S553, also a
train order of the ST. Louis and a
Francisco Railroad of date Jan. IA, 1909.
Charles F.. Scofield, secretary of the
board of health, states that the
hygienic lectures of DIR. Fred j. Mayer,
which have been so well attended and
lave been so popular, will be discon-
tinued for a few weeks, due notice Of
their resumption to be given.
The steamer Fountain City" arrived
from New Orleans last week with a cargo
Of freight for Columbus merchants. This
is the first freight steamer to navigate
Pearl river this far up in several years.
The fountain City" returned with sew
eral hundred bales of cotton.
Capt. W. T. Rigby, chairman OF the
vicksburg National Military Park Com
who has just returned from
Washington, brings encouraging news
of the early construction of the Great
Naval Memorial in the national park.
The House appropriations committee
gave him a hearing on the 100000 pro-
ject. Capt. Rigby is certain that $780,
900 of this sum will be made available
the forthcoming appropriations bill.
A mass meeting of the business in
of South Mississippi was held
at Hattiesburg to protect against the
proposed removal of the tariff on lum-
Der. Members of the Mississippi dele
CATION at Washington are being flooded
letters, petitions, memorials and
kilograms from the lumber, railroad and
banking interests, urging them to oppose
the removal of the duty.
Frank Jones, a white man of good rep
was convicted at Greenville of
whisky in violation of the state
laws, two cases being made
but against him, the justice placing al
ine of 500 and a sentence of 90 days
IN the farm in each case.
Some of the citizens of Starkyille are
a stock company for the pur-
oose-M erecting a $4,000 hotel. 1t is
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