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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-02
State Capital Notes
Weekly Budget of State News Items Gathered BY Our Special
Correspondent At Jackson.
Arbor Day Proclamation.

Arb0r Day Proclamation.
Gov. Noel has prepared his proclama'
ton, designating Tuesday, April 20, as
Arbor Day for Mississippi, the procla-
nation in words and terms being as fol.
lows:
"To the School Authorities and Pupils
of Mississippi:
"As governor, l join in the request
that Tuesday, April 20, 1909, be consti-
tuted Arbor Day for the State. Our
forests, like those of other States and
Of other countries, are rapidly disap-
pcaring. At the present rate of growth
and destruction of timber the supply of
the whole Union will be exhausted in
thirty years. Of course, high and IN
creasing prices of lumber will lessen use
and consumption and postpone, to some
extent, the evil which will certainly be-
fall us, unless a revolution is effected in
the timber industry. Forests, flowers,
'shrubbery, birds, the beauty and USE
fulness of a country, rise and fall to-
gether. Extremes of heat and of cold,
of drouths and of floods, mark all tree
less lands. From such unfortunate con
ditions we can be delivered by timely
thought, study and labor in the conser,
walton and development of forests, flow.
ers and bird life. l, therefore, recon-
mend that on the day mentioned, all
educational institutions discuss and
study ~tree-planting, forest preservation
and bird protection; and that every per-
son be encouraged to render some per-
sonal service along these lines, at least
to the extent of planting and overlook
ing the growth of some tree, plant,
shrub, vine or flower, and to be i'm
pressed with the important bearing bird
life sustains to the successful growth of
farm crops, trees, flowers and of all
vegetable life. In witness whereof, etc.,
"E. F. NOEL, Governor.
by the governor. Attest:
JOSEPH w. POWER,
Secretary of State"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-02

Want Uniform System.

want UNIFORM system.
Capt. John A. Webb of the Railroad
Commission, who is one of the sub
committee of the National Association
of Railway Commissioners and Corpora.
tion supervisors to whom has been re-
ferred' the matter of looking up and, re.
porting on a uniform system of car ser
vice and demurrage, has decided to at
tend the postponed meeting of the com
mittee at Washington to be held on
Thursday, April 1. During the past few
weeks Capt. Webb has been inquiring
and looking into the subject, which is
one with which he has wrestled for some
time past, both as a member of the Rail
road Commission and formerly as its
secretary, and will have considerable
data and soYe~Anrrespondence on the
subject, WHICH, he has held with demur-
rage and cakk service men. 1.-The question
of reciprocal demurrage is zone of the
most vetatious that has been consid-
cred in connection with the general sub
ject, and Capt. Webb is of the opinion
that it will be a very hard matter to
draft a conservative workable plank
that will be acceptable alike to the
carrier ard the consignee or shipper.
The task Us to formulate a. rule that
will give about as much to n interest
as to the other, and overcome the almost
interminable chain of disputes that ex-
ist between the two.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-02
Vegetables Doing Well.

During the past seven days the wealth
er has been quite favorable both for the
growing crops n for farming opera
tions. The temperature has been mild
throughout, neither cold nor hot, with
the exception OF a drop to SO, which
was rather unfavorable for the tomato
plants that had been out in the field and
the beans that had come up, and We're
therefore exposed to the chilly atmos-
phere and the light frost which was in
evidence in. localities favorable for frost.
More than 40 per cent of the tomato
plants had been set out in the fields,
and a considerable portion of these were
protected against the cold as a result
of the warning given to growers of the
approach of a temperature so low as to
endanger the safety of the plants that
were out in the fields. The work of
transferring tomato plants from cold
frames to the fields has continued
throughout the week, and 65 to IS per
cent has now been ~transplanted.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-02
VETS WIN IN COURT.
Roanoke Judge Declares Local Option
Election Invalid.

Roanoke, Va, March.-Judge Waller
P. Staples, in the corporation court OF
Roanoke set aside the local option cleo
ton held here on December 30 last, in
which the saloon was voted out by q
majority of sc votes. The saloons would
have closed tomorrow night had the elec-
ton been declared valid. The contest
has been going on in the corporation
court for two months.
The election is declared void on the
ground that the tax list as furnished by
the city treasurer was illegal.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-02
Diversified in Sharkey.

The indications are hat the progress
sive farmers of Sharkey county, or some
of them, are getting the diversified farm
ing and live-at-home idea pretty well
developed, which for a dyed-in-the-cotton-
patch section is significant. The idea is
e~xemplified by a correspondent who signs
himself "Sawdust," who declares: I'VE
are not afraid of the boil weevil, but we
are afraid to raise nothing but cotton,
and for this reason more corn, more pc.
tatoes, peas, hay, oats and so on are
planted and going to be planted than
ever before in this community; and as
for chickens, ducks, geese, hogs and
cattle, why the very woods are full of
them. We heard one man say last
week that he intended to raise 5000
gallons of molasses to be shipped away,
and another that he had sold 1000 gall
Ions at so cents a gallon, and could have
sold more at the same price"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-02
Good Evidence Found.

In an opinion reversing the case of
Julius Weathersby VS.. the State, from
Lincoln county, being a capital case in
volving the death sentence, the Supreme
Court states that the application for the
rehearing of the case on the ground OF
newly discovered evidence seems sound.
In the brief accompanying the case APP
pellant's counsel pointed out that the de-
PENDANT was convicted on the testimony
of negroes, and that since the trial a
white man by name of French has been
located, whose evidence in the case
would be so material to the defendant
as to alter the status, or at any rate
minimize the ~offense. On this ground,
and without going into the merits at
all, the Supreme Court believed that a
remand is warranted, and so ordered.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-02
Louisville and Nashville Responds.

The Louisville and Nashville Railroad
is one of the very first to respond to the
demand of the Mississippi Railroad Com
mission for a report showing the indebt-
cdness, resources, equipment and reve-
nues for the past two years. 1t Is a
yoluminous document covering a period
of ten years, or since 1899, when it took
over the New Orleans, Mobile and Texas,
which skirts the three lower counties OF
Mississippi, covering a distance OF 1874
miles, and assuming its mortgage obi
cations of SIS, 900, 900 and which, accord
ing to- the statement, was done without
increasing the capital stock, which IS
now $6OS,se0, 600, and no part Of it ap-
plicable to this State.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-02
DIED FROM / S
Trained Nurse Grants the Dying Request
Of Patient.

Of Patient.
Cumberland, Nd, March.-Having be
come infected from q kiss bestowed by
request on a patient, dying of blood
poisoning, Miss Marion G. Speer, 2
trained nurse, died Monday night at
her home here. Miss Speer attended
Mrs. Virginia Callan Garden, wife Of Dr..
George 1. Garden, = prominent society
woman at the Allegheny Hospital, and
the latter asked the nurse to kiss her
as she was dying.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-02
Law Enforcement League.

The men who have formed the organl-
%zation, which is designated as the Law
Enforcement League of Mississippi, are
using every means to place that organi-
cation, its aims and it's proper deslgna-
ton before the public. 1t is a fact that
there are those who are in the habit OF
abiding to general as well as the local
organizations as s'the Law and Order
League" between which two quite a dis
tinction is claimed. Law and Order
Leagues, It is pointed out, are self-ap-
pointed and Constituted, who take upon
themselves the spforcement Of laws re,
CARELESS of the regular constituted au'
thorities, dealing with violators and evil
doors in drum-he3d fashion.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-02

One candidate for the State senate,
to succeed Hon. Sam Whitman, Jr., of
Bay Springs, who resigned in order to
accept the appointment as chancellor OF
the Second District, vice the late Col.
McCaskill. is announced. The aspirant
is C. w. Thigpen of Bay Springs. Mr..
Thigpen announces, among other things,
that he stands for a firm conviction that
Mississippi should have "a juvenile re
formatory prison system, on the high
plane as recommended and followed by
Judge Lindsay of Denver.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-02
Corn Clubs Growing.

Commissioner of Agriculture Blakes'
lee, who attended the great educational
rally at Waynesboro, has returned to
the city very much enthused and graft
fed at the success of the gathering, and
at the formation of one of the biggest
corn clubs in the State. He is impressed
with the idea that the Wayne county
men and their boys and girls mean BUSH
ness, and judging from the personnel of
which the clubs are composed and the
spirit manifest, the organization is one
that other ~contenders for premier hon
ors will have to reckon with at the
roundup.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-02
Night Riding Charged.

Night Riding Charged.
Gov Noel has been notified that the
grand jury of Clarke county has re-
turned several indictments against par
ties on the general charge of night rid
ing or w~hitecapping, and he is informed
that Judge Buckley will endeavor to
have the cases disposed Of at the present
.term, s the State is ready for trial.
The governor feels q special degree of
interest in these cases, for the reason
that he was instrumental. in procuring
the evidence, through authorized agents,
upon which the indictments have been
found.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-02

The series of meetings which have
been conducted at the Methodist church
since March II by Rev. w. B. Pinson of
Vilonia, Ark, have closed. Large con
gregations attended each service.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-02

Constable Abe Lofts, who fell from
the Southern Railway coal chute while
in search of miscreants, died at the Co
lumbus Hospital. At first the unfortu-
nate mans condition was regarded as
quite critical and immediate operation
was necessary. The attending physi-
clans seemed to nave been successful in
their work, but a change to the adverse
condition set in.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-02
Powers Goes to Delta.

Powers Goes to Delta.
Superintendent of Education Powers
left this afternoon to be absent the rest
of the week or a trip to several delta
points in the interest of better educa-
tional spirit and especially industrial
and practical education.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-02

A special city election, held at Laurel,
to ascertain wishes of the voters on a
proposed ordinance to exclude live stock
from the streets of the city, attracted
much attention, and ruled against such
ordinance, the vote being 2o7 for and
324 against.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-02

Superintendent of Education John r.
Ellis announces that 100 boys of Laud-
erdale county have entered the corn club
contests, and that the interest is wide
awake. He will announce the prizes to
be awarded shortly, and expects that
the number of contestants will be great
ly increased. Prizes will be given for
the best yield per acre, and for the best
ten ears of corn raised.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-02

B. G. Humphreys, representative in
congress from the Third district, has in
troduced y bill for the erection of a pub
lie building at Ciarksdale for the use
and accommodation of the ~postoffce.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-02

The spring reunion of the Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite Masons has been
called by Deputy Melville r. Grant of
Meridian, acting for the Supreme Coun-
Gil of Mississippi, the dates named be-
ing April 10, IA and Is.
Many of the farmers of Oktibbaha are
making preparations to truck farm on
a large scale. 1t is also rumored that a
canning factory will be established.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-02

A government inspector spent several
days at Holly Springs ~endeavoring to
secure information by which to appre-
bend the parties who recently burglar
lied the postofice there. Beyond the
finding of the strong box, which was q
part Of the exploded safe, nothing has
heen made nuhlic
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-02

At a meeting of the Pastors Union
of Jackson a resolution was adopted
declaring hat hereafter the pastors be-
longing to the union will not officiate
at the marriage of any couple where one
or both parties have been divorced, no
matter what the grounds for the di-
vorce may have been.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-02

Oh congress SLICE ludI uCpdI SuICAI was
opened seven years ago is one OF
81, 900 contained in the will OF the
late Capt. Napoleon ]. Smith of Wash.
ington, D. c..
Monsignor Falconio, the papal del
egate to the United States. il present
plans are carried out, will leave this
country about the middle of May for
Rome, where he probably will make
a prolonged %sojourn. Primarily, he
will make the trip to attend the
golden jubilee of the American col
lege.
General Cipriano Castro, former
president of Venezuela was a passeng-
er on the steamer G~audelopue of the
Compagnie Generate Transatlantique,
which sailed from Havre port for
Trinidad.
Governor Harmon Of Ohio Monday
honored the reQuisition OF the COVER
nor of California for the return from
Dayton to Los Angeles of George
Beatty. charged with stealing $780,
100 from the First National bank OF
Monrovia, while repairing the lock
Of its vault.
a suit for 100000 has been begun
against E. H. Hartman, by John Don
ovan. who claims that this sum is due
him as commission on the sale in 1901
Of the st. Joseph Railroad Light, Heat
& Power company of st. Joseph, Mis-
souri,.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-02

The movement launched in Meridian
some months ago by the ladies of that
city, looking to the establishment of a
public library, is meeting with the sue
cess that was anticipated at the time.
A regular campaign of education is be-
ing carried on by the social clubs, and
the people are beginning to awaken to
the great need of such an institution.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-02

The most enthusiastic meeting ever
held in Water Valley, and possibly in
North Mississippi, in the interest of
scientific agriculture, was held at Water
Valley last week, when $50 members of
the Girls Club, 800 members of the
Yalobusha County Farmer Boys Corn
Club and 800 farmers met to consider
the work for the coming year and to
listen to a lecture on the subject of
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-13
First publication December g. 1906.
SALE OF FORFEITED STATE LANDS

State OF Wisconsin Office Of Commissioners Of
the Public Lands. Madison Wisconsin. Deeem-
her 3. 1903
NOTICE OF HEREBY GIVEN THAT ALL
~ the Schools University. Agricultural-COi-
Iege Forfeited, Mortgaged and Swamp Lands In
the state Of Wisconsin which have been for
feited By reason Of the nnnpaynent of interest for
the year 1903 will be offered fos sale at public
auction at the Capitol IN Madison s1n - 18th day
Of March. 1903 unless sooner redeemed according
10 law; said sale will commence at 10 O'Clock A.
NJ and continue from day 10 day until all Of said
lands shall have been offered.
Said lands viii be offered by counties in Alpha
betica order. Among these are the follow ing
lands in Vernon county. which WI be onenJ at
the price named opposite each tract undes the
heading Total amount due State, winch IN
eludes the principal due at the time Of forfeiture.
the interest on the same 70 January l. 1903, and
three per cent damage. the cost Of advertising
and all taxes which have been returned against
the land and remain unpaid
ADVERTISEMENT Or FORFEITED STATE LANDS YER
NON COUNTY.
Joseph Strupei Lot g. section 81. town u. Range
Z IS acres principal due co. interest due $3.50.
penalty due 81 70. due Tor advertising $40. total
due $50 10. years for which interest is due
Ig04-8.
SAID lands will be sold. subject to all unpaid
taxes assessed against the same, not included
herein.
The terms Of sale viii be cash.
!. A. FREAR, Secretary Of State
-. II. DAHL, State Treasurer.
r. l.. GILBERT. Attorney General.
Commissioners Of the Public Lands,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-13

MIR. Roy Joseph Of Forest and Miss Nancy Gift
Of Stark were married at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Buford Seeley in Viola by Rev. Z L, Jones,
Sunday afternoon January 3 at clock.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-13

Cook county. Illinois. deceased, no one having
required the appointment of commissioners on
said estate:
1t is ordered that all creditors are required 70
present their claims and demands against the said
Patrick Harrison, deceased. for examination and
allowance on or before the first Tuesday of Sep
tsmber A. u. 1903. which time is hereby al
lowed and limited for that purpose.
Il is further ordered. that all claims and de-
mands Of all persons against the said Patrick
Harrison, deceased. win be received, examined
and adjusted before this court at its court room in
the court house in the city Of Viroqua, in said
county at a regular term thereof. appointed to be
held on the first Tuesday of September. 1909 and
all creditors are hereby notified thereof;
IL is further ordered that notice Of the time and
place at which said claims and demands will be
received. examined and adjusted as aforesaid. and
of the time hereby limited for creditors to present
their claims he given by publishing copy of this
order and notice for four weeks successfully, once
in each week in the VERNON COUNTY CENSOR. a
newspaper published in the city of Viruqua. in said
county the first publication to be within ten days
from the date hereof.
Dated this 9Th day of January. 1909.
BY the Court d. o. MAHoNEy, County Judge.
], HENRY BENNETT.
Attorney for Executor.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-13
MARRIED.

Albert Egeness and Miss Inga Christianson.
both Of Westby were united in marriage at the
home OF the groom on = recent day. Rev. Halvor-
sen performed the ceremony in the presence Of a
few near relatives.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-13

Miss Mary Waterman has resigned
her position at the Republican office.
James Parker went to Viola FRI
day, where he spent few days On
business
Miss Nellie Tolleffson has resumed
her duties as clerk at the II. +. Rogers
store after vacation of three weeks
We understand that a company has
been formed by Bangor. Sparta and
West Salem capital 60 build toll line
from La Crosse TO Nirequa taking in
West Salem, Bangor. Sparta, Meivina,
Cashton. Westby, Chaseburg and Coon
Valley. The company is to be known
as the La Crosse Toll Line Co. Capital
stock sac, 001 which is all subscribed.
Bangor independent.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-13
DIED

Rev. Reuben Powell was born ~ Nor zoe county
Ohio, August H. 1880. and died al Ch opewA Falls.
January 8. 1909. and was buried IN noqua GENE
terry from the home of H. l. Ray. ir. SATURDAY
January 9Th 1909 Funeral servi ses we're con.
Quoted by Revs. Nuzum and But tiers, Inc de
ceased was minister in the United Brethren
church for nearly forty years. lie was one Of q
family Of twelve. Of whom one brother and -four
sisters survive
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-13

Mrs. ID. +. Mans has gone to Mad
is0n for few weeks.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-13

Commencing with the New Year.
will be prepared 10 do all kinds of re-
pairing In boots and shoes. Location
Favor's harness shop. Opera, block, Vi
roqua. Give me call l.. p. Jun.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-13
CREAMERY NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting Of the Yiroqua Creamery
company viii be held at Viroqua in the
Opera hall on Thursday, January 2lst.
1909. at O'Clock .. IA 1t ia desired
that all patrons Of the creamery should
attend, as important business viii be
transacted. No cream will be received
at the creamery after IL o. clock on the
day of the annual meeting.
CHRIS, ELLEFsoN.
SecretSrV nfsn Irnnl nre1
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-13
First publication January 6. 1903.
PROBATE NOTICE.
Notice Of application for final

Notice Of application for final settlement
VERNON COUNTY coURT-IN PROBATE.
State Of Wisconsin, county Of Vernon. ss
In the matter Of the estate Of Richard Hayden
deceased
On reading and fling the application Of Oliver
Hayden, administrator Of the estate Of said
deceased, representing. among other n in 5
that he has fully administered the said estate.
ana praying that time and place be fixed for
examining and allowing his account Of his ad-
ministratiOn. and that the residue of the said
estate be assigned TO such persons as are by Law
entitled to the same:
II is ordered, that said application be heard be-
fore this court, at a general term thereof 10 be
held at the probate Office in the city Of Viroqua.
Wisconsin on the 2nd day Of February. A. ID. 1909.
ut 10 o'clock a.
And 1t is further ordered, that notice Of the
time and place of examining and GLOWING said ac-
count and of assigning the residue Of said estate.
be given % all persons interested by publication
Of copy of this order. for three successive weeks.
in TIE VERNoN COUNTY CENSOR, newspaper
published in said county. before the day fixed for
said hearing
Dated this 2nd day Of January. 1909.
BY the Court. d. o. MAHoNEY. County Judge.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-13
For Rent

For Rent House to rent. Inquire
Of VIM. Webb.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-13

G. A. Christensen is still confined
to his bed on account Of kidney and lung
trouble.
Mrs. Chas. Curry Of West Prairie
was here Monday on business.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-13
ANNOUNCEMENT

Having purchased the coal business
and sheds of j +. Nuzum, we are pre-
pared to furnish coal of all kinds to
customers with dispatch and at rea-
sonable prices. Allorders given prompt
attention. We also have a quantity of
good oak and maple wood on hand.
Phone SIS. SPEILuM 4 GROVES.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-13
WANT AID. COLUMN

Insertions Under this Head S Cts
per Line. No AID. Taken for Less
Than IS Cents.