The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-05
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annual session of the Home Mission So
ciety of the Mississippi Conference of
the Methodist Church, to be held at Me-
Comb City from March II to 81, inclu-
slve. This body represents the active
home mission workers of the Methodist
Church in this conference, and it is ex-
pected that about 200 delegates will be
in attendance at the gathering. Miss
Belle Bennett, one of the most noted
home mission workers in the United
States, has accepted an invitation to adj
dress the conference, and will be in at
tendance throughout the session.
In the case of Albert Baggett vs..
State, from Pike county, the Supreme
Court held that a merchant who sold a
beverage which was shown to have made
two men drunk, but which failed to in
toxicate several others, was an intoxi-
cant for all that, and that the lower
court was right in refusing to let de-
PENDANT show that he bought the bever-
age under the name of a phosphate and
a guarantee that it was non-intoxicat-
ing. 1T is the sellers duty to know
that the beverage is Notwithstanding"
said Justice Fletcher, in rendering the
opinion, land this court will not tolerate
violations of the prohibition laws
through the sale of beverages with ficti.
tious names and unfamiliar labels"
As an aftermath of the Littlewood
wreck on the Northeastern, some time
ago, when the Great Northern express
crashed into the rear end of the local ac-
train on the Northeastern,
ID. Selxas, claim agent for the Northeast
ern, has succeeded in compromising two
the most important cases by paying
to Mr.. j. A. Travis, father of Ora Ira
the sum of $1,000 for the death of
his son, and the Shows case has been
at $4,000.
Union depots form one of the most
.troublous sources of controversy for the
Mississippi railway commission, and the
attest trouble of this kind to reach the
lOcket comes from the town of Newton, |
where citizens have petitioned the com.
mission to compel the Alabama & Vicks- |
and the Mobile, jackson & Kansas
-ity road to erect a union station at
hat place.
Artesia was the scene of a de~plorable
when Mansel, the 11-vear-old
on of DIR. and Mrs. n. d. Query, acct
shot his little brother Peyton.
.ged 7 years. The two youngsters were
when a shotgun in the hands of
he elder boy in some ~unaccountable
nanner exploded, the load striking the
'ounger boy in the neck, causing instant
cath.
The Greenville District Conference
Till convene at Clarksdale on February
6-2s, under the presidency of Bishop E.
). Hoss. The announcement that Bishop
will preside has awakened great
interest among the Methodists of the
eta, who will extend the distinguished
relate an enthusiastic reception. The
ccasion is expected to be a memorable
ne.
The Cumberland Telephone and Tele-
raph Company reports the work of con-
Hattiesburg and Jackson by d.
,ct wire to be progressing very salts
with the forces working north
Hattiesburg, with a large number
men and all the materials needed at 3,
md. ,
Famed by a gale blowing from thirty !,
forty miles per hour, forest fires :
ged in the turpentine timber belt near :.
eminary, involving heavy loss to stand
g timber. The fire covers a wide area
I'd it is impossible at present to esti- .
the full extent of the loss.
President G. r. Hightower, of the Mis- ,
division of the Farmers Union, :
that extensive plans are being
ade for the observance of "Diversifca-
On Day." on the 10th of February. u
,eakers for these occasions are much u
demand, and all of the leaders of the IL
ganization will have engagements for .
at date. The members will assemble =
their usual places of meeting for the =
lrpose of discussing crop diversified =
IN, intensified farming, how to head off .
e boil weevil, and other topics of time !.
interest. The special agents of the 7"
lited States department of agriculture,
10 are now employed in Mississippi,
been invited to deliver addresses at :
e various local gatherings.
AS the result of agreements between .,
.orneys representing the Yellow Pine -
ISOLATION and some half-dozen rail =
ids operating in the Southeastern Sec :,
of the State, and of the approval !,
q 70 per cent. basis of settlement by :,
Interstate Commerce Commission, T
ttiesburg lumbermen will receive :,
out a half million dollars. The total :;
inns growing out of the 2-cent per :,