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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03
new GIN WILL SAVE MILLIONS
Will Increase Crop Value to Farmer
9 to 8 Cents Per Pound.

New York.-Coming over on the Baltic
of the White Star line is a recently in.
vented cotton gin which its promoters
claim will revolutionize the cotton in
dustry of the United States. The new
continuance differs from the American
gin, in that it combs the staple from the
seed instead of cutting it as is done
by the sharp saws of the old Whitney
machine.
S. L. MCGOWAN, of this city, who hal
had much experience as a cotton planter
in Alabama, has made arrangements to
have a trial test of the new gin. Mr..
MCGOWAN declares that the combing
process will make such a saving in
the way of ginning as to increase the
value of the crop to the planter fully
2 to 5 cents a pound, and that this
means an annual increase in the wealth
of the cotton sales of at least $500, 900.
900. The gin at present in use, he says,
not only cuts the staple, but also wastes
much of it by reducing the lint to such
fine particles that they are blown away
like dust.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03
OHIO TRIPLE TRAGEDY
INSANE MAN KILLS MOTHER,
OFFICER AND HIMSELF.
Two Others Are Wounded Before
Posse Breaks Into House to Find
Prey Dead Under Bed.

Greenville, Ohio.-After numbering his
mother and an officer who attempted to
arrest him, and probably fatally wound.
ing another woman and her husband,
Clyde Weaver, "a years of age, com
pleted the tale of bloodshed by commit
ting suicide near here.
Weaver was declared to be afflicted
with exaggerated ego by physicians, and
was under suspended sentence from the
probate court. Sheriff John f. Haber and
Deputy Sheriff William H, Farra went
to Weaver's home to arrest him. The
appearance of the officers seemed to drive
the man violently insane. He opened
fire upon them from an upper window
with a shotgun, and Ferra fell, wounded.
A moment later Viewers mother rushed
from the house, crying "Im shot," and
fell dead at the feet of the sheriff.
While Iiaber was trying to revive the
woman Weaver walked from the house,
carrying a revolver. He went to the
woodshed, where Farra had crawled, and
fired twice at the wounded officer, kill.
ing him. He then jumped into a buggy
in which the officers had reached the
house and drove to the home of Levi
Minnich, a neighbor, from whom he de-
manded protection. When Minnich hes
itated to allow him to enter the house,
Weaver drew his revolver and shot Min
Mich through the back. Weaver then
turned on Mrs. sMinnich and shot her
twice.
A large posse quickly surrounded the
house, and two deputy sherifs broke
through the rear door. They found the
body of Weaver under a bed. He had
brains.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03
OUR TRADE IS LOOKING UP
Imports Show Good Increase, While
Exports Fall Of.

Washington-After a general falling
off in the balance of trade, the United
States 10 beginning its upward climb
again and placing the credit on the
right side Of the ledger.
The bureau of statistics of the de-
partment of commerce and labor Satur-
day made public its report of trade for
October and the ten months ending with
October. While it discloses the fact that
the imports for the ten months have
risen from $685., 53s,271 to SLICES $3.50,
292, and the gross sold to other coun-
tries have fallen from $1,402, 751,SS7 to
$780, sos, $50 as compared with the
corresponding ten months of last year
it also holds out hope in the increases
shown in the export trade for last
month, which totalled 5000, 69s ,343, OF
more than $2s, 500, 900 in excess of the
amount shipped abroad in October, 1908
The imports for October of this veal
were $127,6s3,es9 while for the cores
ponding month last year they were
S1O2, o40,110.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03
BLIZZARD STRIKES OKLAHOMA
Communication With Northwestern
Points Severed.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-One of the
worst billiards. in years is raging in
Northwestern Oklahoma. Communica.
ton has been severed with all points
northwest of Woodward, and the true
situation cannot be learned.
A message from Amarillo Monday says
that 6 inches of snow fell over the
Texas Panhandle country and, hat the
accompanying blizzard will do consid
cradle damage to live stock.
Throughout the Northwest as far az
Woodward a steady rain fell through
out the day, a freeze following. The ex
~tensive Panhandle wheat belt of Okla
homa and Texas received its first genera
rains. Rains over the central and south
ern parts of the state did no damage t.
cotton, the crop having been practically
gathered and the rainfall slow.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03
AFTER COTTON SHARKS
GOVERNMENT WILL INvESTI-
GATE COTTON GAMBLING.
Growers Join Hands With Spinners.
Planned to Reach Spectators
Under Antitrust Law.

Washington, D. C.-Cotton gambling
in New York and Boston is likely to
become the subject of legal action by the
department of justice that may result
in landing in Jail some of the biggest
cotton spectators of the country under
the provisions of the Sherman antitrust
law.
While no action has yet been taken by
Attorney-General Wickersham, President
| Taft has discussed the matter with him
with a view to planning a thorough in
v~estigation by his department and the de-
partment of commerce and labor.
Behind this latest move on the part Of
the federal government are the congress
sional delegations of all of the cotton
| States of the South and of the New Eng
land States in which the great textile
mills are located.
One man who is largely responsible for
the interest which members of congress
and the president have shown in cotton
speculation is Senator John Walter
Smith of South Carolina, who for many
years has been prominently identified
with the cotton growers and came to the
senate with the avowed purpose Of "go-
ing after" the manipulators of the price
of the South's greatest product.
Cotton mill owners who are ready to
furnish the government with information
and are determined to wage the fight to
the very end are said to represent an
aggregate capital of $25o,oO0, 900. Their
interest and that of cotton growers is
practically the same in this instance, and
the fact that they have joined forces to
aid the government in its proposed in
v~estigation and probable legal action is
taken here to mean that the work will be
done thoroughly.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03
TWO GIRLS IN FATAL FIGHT


Little Rock, Ark.-A special to the
Gazette from Bradford, Ark, says:
In a street duel with knives at Alicia,
q town located near here, Miss Nora
Owens was fatally injured by Miss Stell
Belk, and died within a few minutes
after the cutting. Both young ladies
were very prominent at Alicia, were well
known and stood well in the community.
The duel was caused by a misunder-
standing that had existed between the
two young ladies for some time.
Miss Owens was cut in four different
places. The fatal cut was in the left
breast, where an artery leading to the
heart was severed, causing almost in
slant death.
The body of Miss Owens was buried
Sunday. The funeral was attended by
the largest crowd of people seen at a
funeral in Alicia in years. Excitement
at Alicia is high as the result of the kill
ing. Miss Belk was arrested and taken
into custody by the officers.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

Mr.. Wilbur Wright declares that
within two or three years the aero
plane will be practically available for
business journeys. The ordinary life
of the world will then be almost as
completely revolutionized as it was by
the introduction of the telephone or
by the epoch of steam travel, which
has just been celebrated. There Is
apparently nc limit to what the end
of this remarkable century will see in
the way in which men will accept as
matters of ourse things which now
seem impossible miracles.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

Physicians are e~ndeavoring to abol.
fish the London cuff at the bottom OF
trousers. 1t gathers dampness and is
a prolific source of colds. But the
physicians cannot abolish It unless
they first introduce some other form
Of London nonsense
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03
Couldn't Uncouple,

A well-known Scottish clergyman
got into conversation in a railroad
carriage with a working man. who in
formed him that he had been a cou-
pier for over 20 years. "Oh," said the
minister, Il can beat that! have
been a coupler for over 30 years."
"Ay," replied the workman, but / can
uncouple, and you canna!"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03
NUMBER OF employees GROW
Over Sixty Thousand Added to Gov.
eminent Pay Rolls.

Washington-The number of Uncle
Sans employees is increasing, the grand
total at present being approximately
370,065, as against 306,141 in 1907.
This fact is brought out in the govern.
ment "blue book" for 1909.
There were 2S,947 persons in the fed
erai employ in Washington on July
last, the annual pay roll for them be
ing $31,541,225, an average of nearly
81, 100 each.
The treasury department, with 6,99e
persons, takes the lead of all the gov
eminent departments in Washington n
the number of employees, while the ex
ecutive office ends the list with only Al
employees.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03
THEATERS CLOSE DOORS.
Business in Oklahoma Has Been I'm
profitable.

Tulsa, Okla.-An experience meeting
of prominent theater owners of Okla
homa, in convention here Sunday, devel-
oped the fact that moving picture shows
have caused a heavy decrease in the
attendance upon regular theaters. The
theatrical business in Oklahoma has been
the poorest in history this season. The
leading theaters of Enid and Ell Reno
daye closed their doors.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03
hurley RECEIVERS ACT.
Will Handle Pools of 1906 and 1907
Tobacco Crops.

Lexington, Ky.-Lee S. Baldwin and
Rufus Isle, who last week were ap
pointed receivers for the Burley Tobacco
Society's pools of 1906 and 1907, took
charge Monday of the ~unexpended fund
of 1901, 900 remaining in the pools. They
will conduct the business in connection
with the ~receivership from Winchester
The pool affairs of the 1909 crop will
be handled from Lexington.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03
Rinutnu the Belle.

Jeweler-"I understand that you
want From Guy to Gwenyth' en-
graved on the inside Of this ring, sir ?"
Youthful Customer-"Yes. that's right.
B~ut-er-don't cut the 'Gwenyth' very
deep. | might want 1t altered to
Gladys or 'Irene!'"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

Probably the most grewsome bust.
ness complaint on record is that OF
the cofinmakers in convention in Gin.
cinnati, who lament hat the increased
cost of living makes it hard Oh them
that people should be allowed to die
SO cheaply.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03
AMENDMENT WAS DEFEATED.
Only Three Counties Voted for State
Wide in Alabama.

Montgomery, Ala.-With ffty-eight
out of sixty-seven counties heard from,
the Montgomery Advertiser places the
majority against the amendment at 81
500. Only four counties-Macon, Lee,
Sumter and Talladega-appear to have
given majorities for the amendment.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

King Alfonso of Spain is in high
glee. The Hidalgos have vanquished
the Moors. If the Moors had van.
pushed the Hidalgos Alfonso's crown
would not have been worth 80 cents
to the royal family. Barcelona and
other republican provinces are ripe
for revolt and the anarchists have
been busy manufacturing bombs for
years and years.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

A joint army and navy board is
about to take up the subject of con-
structing Notifications for the defense
of the Panama canal. This foresha-
dows the completion of the waterway
and gives assurance that, while Uncle
Sam will maintain the waterway as
a highway of for all ma.
tons, he will also guard it against at
tack,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

Whats the use." asks the Philoso-
pher of Folly, "in Judging a man by
what his enemies tell you about himY
Ills friends are all perfectly willing to
give you . complete list Of his faults
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

The late storm deposited 16 inches
of snow in Winnipeg and the railroads
had to bring out snowplows to clear
their tracks. And yet Canada objects
to being called "Our Lady of the
Shows"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

A New York state farmer of "a has
just married his fourth wife, which is
another proof that sly Dan Cupid is
no %respecter of persons or ages.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

no life on Mars have no respect for
the feelings of some popular novelists.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

A Los Angeles man has willed $780,
600 to a woman who Tilted him. Be-
ing chivalrous he did not explain that
he left it as an evidence of his graft
tude.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

The HALEY comet now is as bril-
liant as stars of the thirteenth mag
nitude. But that, we are informed by
a casual observer, is not so blamed
brilliant.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

American packers report that meat
prices probably will not be lowered.
Ye who partake Of a vegetarian diet
lift up your hearts and rejoice!
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

The house of lords shows signs Of
yielding to popular opinion, which
shows that the old theorist was right
who persisted that "the world do
move"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

French duels are not lacking in
danger. Either principal is likely to
catch his death of cold by going to
the field of honor early in the morn
inc and generally without a bit of
breakfast.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

King 'Fonso suffers from sleepless-
ness. Trying to nooze owe a pow
der magazine, which may blow up
any minute, is a mighty hard job.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

They will open the reichstag with
kings or better. The king Of Prussia
n emperor of Germany will be
there.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

A Nevada man placed a stick OF
giant powder in his mouth with sui
cidal intent. A coroner's jury agreed
that he made a success of it.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

The Chicago mar who has settled
$4,000 a year on his wife and daugh-
ter as pin money has set an example
that most married men will promptly
decline to follow.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

With a cry decided increase in his
monthly income Uncle Sam is feeling
in fine spirits these days.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

Treatment for the hookworm: Take
1t north of the eighty-sixth parallel
and leave it outdoors all winter.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

1t has been demonstrated that it is
possible to hold automobile races
without killing people. but generally
less care is exercised.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

A king can wear gold lace and put
on lots of lug, but that don't make him
dynamite-proof.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

An inventor who should solve he
clothes problem for the c~hangeable
fall weather would be a wonder.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

Mars being Is, 900, 900 miles away it's
poles are discovered with ease by
rocking chair explorers.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03
Keep the windows open and let the
pneumonia germ die of fresh air.

Halley's comet is nothing If not
punctual. 1t is in fact four months
ahead of time.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

Sir Thomas Upton goes on hoping
In the bl1ndest way.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-03

Wheat and cotton are doing cDnsid.
cradle awaiting this fall.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-04
CHIRPS OF A CHERUB

a NEWSPAPER woman IS the luckiest on
earth She can say all she wants TO with
out being called down by another woman
There are two II 3 IN matrmony- Heaven
and Oh, guess
4 sure remedy for divorce. Don't get
married.
Man IS the noblest work Of God, but lots
Of them need revising and editing.
The loVabc woman IS the reSttul woman
A man who Is everybody's friend Is no
bodys friend, and has one powerful enemy
himself.
Tomorrow Is the fools Land OF Promise
Some people know 50 little that they don't
know how little they do know.
Should women propose Great Heavens
MOI Is the poor mere man never 70 know any
peace,
\ soft, wooing, cooing speech with little
reason in the background gets its INNINGS
while a cold business proposition backed by
hard commonsense Is trying to get warm.
4 real clever woman makes II u business to
appear dense at times
Gather your troubles within a roped square
and fight them to a finish
No man can make love with q nervous
Welsh rabbit kicking against his diaphragm
New-York tribune., 1909-04-04
Our Friend Jennison

sun ral -Il straight on the dead face II the Rus
san Iv.ng flat on hls baol, with arms ezteuled.
Il seemed, as looked, that Els lips moved and
there came "a crazy fancy that he Was calling 10
me o. come down Al sorts # insane fantasies
chased one another through my tupSytuTvy
BRAN The stream hrawhng down below
seemed -u-g1ug up o. tear me loose from flE
hold the hing pf the water seemed To-
change 20 threatening voices, shouting a. com
mand % come down. And J give yoU my word
! SAY. BlckeTiykc as PLAIN as could be, craving
behind me on the log, glbooTIng and hl- hIE
working IN that CHASTITY eyclcsS face mat
nearly shook me Oft the tree, and then that IN
tcrral bird fitted down INTO the rI,t peryaod ON
a bush above my head and sang and sang IN the
gathering gloom, until lost al CONSCIOUSNESS II
everything but the throb II it. notes. chnglng
there like some mere animal III the bare brute
instinct to hold fast 10 life and TO want dumbly
and bllndlv for the end.
HOW long this lasted ! can I say,-peThaps
H haIf-hour-llt al sense Of time was gone \
shout from above reused me the gITl was
ba,l. again with some natives vino let down 4
rope ! Wa really gone that ! could do
nothing but stare up Impotently. One ~ thcm
-lid down the rope. tied me fast. and they
hJIstcd me up. lt's queer thing, but the first
clear impression that filtered through my mud
died BRAN was .. story somebody told the last
time ] was here,-Carrigan over there, think
II hadn't much point when ! heard HIM tell II,
but lust then the story came back To me as "a Int
oi iIrst-class humoT, and fairly shouted with
laughter The natives stared curIOusly, and the
gIrl drew herself up IN some indignation She
never imagined ! had been literally SICK with
fright ! tell YOU II IS 81 horrible thing 10 bee so
scared as that.-to be helpless III the grasp OF
deadly fear" IennsOn stopped his Cigar had
gone out and he nervously lighted fresh one
from the case Banning pushed across the
Well. that's al Of the story. We went back
q piece with the natives to their village, where
New-York tribune., 1909-04-04

NOUNG Herder had been staring fiNedly at
Jcnnison. sitting back IN his char, his chm
up, and smoking ficrcely. The boy was labor
ing under some excitement HeTder too had
been out IN ManChuTia as war correspondent
and was not long back home He asked few
hurried questions OF the elder man as TO the To-
cality he had been describing, and then, with
= curious break in his young voice ana with awe
IN his eyes said
Mr. Jcnnizon, / WAS with the party that
chased YOU They were Cossack cavalry from
kIrIn, sent out after a gang * Chinese bandits
that had slipped through the lines and were
raiding up Harbn way Wcucv,r caught them
but coming up the man road we saw your party
rIde of hard into the open country, and sup
posed OF course You were part Of the gang. We
found your horses running loose III the timber
and found the dead man by the ravinc all
alone We DID not see the bodies 1t the bottom
Of the chasm. ! myself looked into 1t and saw
the trectrunk stuck across some feet down. with
ID hunCh on il that must nave been you. but IT
was growing dark down there and never mag
ined the lump on the log was living man The
whole thing was complete puzzle, nobody
could guess what 1t meant. What an awful
pity
Jennison glarcd at Herdcr, has face blanched
as white as his hair. So they were friends, he
muttered, and II was all a mistake Ny God! -
New-York tribune., 1909-04-04

n T" long J was there ] don't know. at the
.--Ae IL 7eerned q week The cliff IN front
~ 1-Ie and smooth except for the crcvice
s.'.sie lhe l"g had caught and wedqed tigbt
~ ne %as nothing o. catch hold of and limb
~ W. me posture was n, slanting head down
g. g. sent the blood TO 1ay head and made me
ei--]leI than ever. At my end th, loo vs. H.
- - q loot thick, and IN sheer desperation
-,'rsa over down into the gloom Of the rayine
b,oIa!eIlng how far II was 10 the bottom and
,5e Nv y would ieel 20 60 tumbling down through
Ne aiF 10 the rocks ieIow.
Q,,r "a q httle, q wandering rav of the setting
- oi''a red 70 my stralnlng evcs came
,loegA some Mt IN the rocks and IN 11u q
fS.'-dk al the bottom I could See poor l.
'ie- bundled up IN q shapeless mass; and the