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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-09
Supt. Power at Starkville.

The A. and M. College chapel was filled
with teachers, institute conductors and
visitors from Starkville to hear an ad'
dress by State Superintendent Power.
The superintendent dwelt largely On the
Importance and the need of industrial
education in Mississippi, giving data
from various sources to show how. those
countries are prospecting which train
their children along this line. He stat
ed that the law passed by the last leg
islature permitting the establishment of
agricultural high schools in every coun.
ty of the state would, to a great *
tent, solve this problem, if all the III
ties would take advantage of it. He
said that just now the slogan of the de-
partment of education is a training
school for teachers of Mississippi.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-09
Reunion and Dedication.

A movement is on foot among the
United Confederate Veterans for the fix
ing of the date for the State reunion of
that organization in Vicksburg this fall,
to correspond with the date for the dedi-
cation of the monument to the MISSISSIPPI
pi soldiers now being constructed at the
expense of $4,000 to the State in the
Vicksburg national military park, so that
the latter event will fall within the re-
union dates and become virtually a feat
ure of the former. A conference between
Adjutant General John A. Webb, of the
Mississippi division, and Col. w. A.
Montgomery, of the First Brigade, re-
suited in a tentative agreement that the
dates should be between the 10th and
18th of September, although there has
been a disposition in some quarters to
have the event in October.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-09
State Capital Notes
Weekly Budget of State News Items Gathered BY Or Special
Correspondent At Jackson.
To Dust Standard Oil,

The biggest suit in chancery ever filed
in the state of Mississippi, involving
in the aggregate the sum of $11, 1000, 0OO
by way of statutory penalties, has just
been prepared, and is to be entered in
the chancery court of Clay county for
hearing at the November term for that
county. This suit lies against the Stand
ard Oil company, and such conspicuous
characters as John d. Rockefeller, Arch
bold and other luminaries in the Stand.
ard Oil armament are named as code
PENDANTS. The prayer of the bill is that
the Standard Oil Company be perpetual.
ly enjoined from doing business in the
state of Mississippi, that it is engaged
in sitting competition in restraint Of
trade, and has been SO engaged for a
long term of years, and has been
illegally engaged in business, and peti.
TONERS pray that an order to GUST the
concern from the state be issued.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-09
Prepare for Tournament.

Mrs. w. S. Hosford, whose whole en-
ergies have been centered on the sue
cessful outcome of the riding tourna-
ment which is to be held in Jackson July
9 and 10, expects a large number OF rid
ers, both male and female. Adjutant
General Fridge and Gen. S, A. Keesler
have given permission for the cavalry
troop of C~liftonville, Noxubee county,
to reach here a day in advance of the
body of the National Guard, a fact
which will impart added zest and tone
to the tournament events.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-09
State Hospital Suggested.

What to do with Mississippi's histori-
cal old state house, that has stood at the
head of Capitol street since the early
'40's, is an e~ver-recurrent question that
hobs up serenely at each legislative ses-
sion, and is now a topic of considerable
discussion throughout the State. L. S.
Rogers, member of the lower house from
Holmes county, and chairman of the
committee on public health and quaran-
tine in that body, is emphatically in
favor of converting the old capitol build
ing into a State hospital, and it is stated
that he will introduce a bill with this end
in view at the mex session.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-09
viii Check Up Land Office.

Gov. Noel has sent q communication
to State Revenue Agent Writ Adams,
requesting that as soon as convenient
he check up the office of the land COM
mission to the expiration of the period
of incumbency of the late commissioner,
Capt. E. II. Nall. The governor holds
that all offices in which public funds are
handled should be checked up at some
time or other, and especially at the close
of q, term, whether it be by limitation
of time or by death Of the incumbent.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-09
Prohibitionists Satisfied.

According to statements made by
prominent prohibition leaders, the eff
fort to secure a constitutional conven.
ton for the revision of Mississippi's or.
ganic laws will not receive active sup.
port from the prohibitionists at the next
legislative session. This is equivalent
to declaring that the leaders of the cause
are for the present satisfied with the
statutory prohibition law, and will not
make an attempt to secure constitutional
prohibition. In other words, the leaders
are inclined to 'let well enough alone"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-09
FRAUDULENT LAND SALES.
Chicago Promoter Arrested on Warrant
Of Federal Court.

Chicago.-William N. Smith, pro-
moter of a land company with alleged
holdings near Ell Mails, San Luis Potosi,y
Mexico, was arrested on a federal war.
rant here charging him with the use of
the United States mail in furtherance of
a fraud. 1t is alleged that he has made
$150,000 BY selling valueless Mexican
plantation land at a high price by use of
fraudulent circulars.
The investigation Of Smiths methods
was brought about by the complaint of
Prof. Ayers of the University of Nebras-
ka, who is said to have invested $4,000
in the scheme.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-09
Tallest American Dead.

Mount Vernon, Iex.-Col. II. C. Thurs
ton, known as the Texas giant, believed
to have been the tallest American, seven
feet nine inches in height, q Confederate
soldier under Gen. Price, is dead at his
home here, aged n years. He was the
father of four children, one Of whom, :
son., Is over seven feet tau.
Thurston toured Europe with Bar
NUNS show, made q competency, came to
Texas, and buying farms and ranches,
spent his declining years in quiet and
plenty. He was a conspicuous figure st
the recent Confederate reunion
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-09
L. & N. QUITS PRUNING.
Increased Net Earnings SO Per Cent. il
Eleven Months.

New York.-Having increased its net
earnings in eleven months by more than
SO per cent, the Louisville & Nashville
has ended its severe pruning of expenses
and reports for May a slightly larger
expenditure for operation than for that
month last year.
In the first eleven months the road
earned net, after expenses and taxes,
s13, ,424, which is. $4,000, 1863 more
than even 1907.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-09
CONFESSED TRAIN ROBBERY.
Dying Man Says he Held Up Pine Bluff
Express in 1884.

Oswegod Kas.-Falling asleep while
riding in AN open door on a Missouri,
Kansas & Texas box car, a man, 40 years
old, giving his name as Adoiph Parker,
fell beneath the wheels just at the north
limits of the city, and was mortality
wounded. He was picked up a short
time later and removed to Parsons,
where he died. Before dying he con.
fessed to having robbed the Pine Bluff
express in Arkansas, in 1884.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-09
Mississippi Did Not Celebrate.

The observance of the nations birth
day throughout Mississippi was a very
quiet and u%neventful affair. There was
q general suspension of business, but the
public exercises of j~ubilation were few
and far between, and the events of this
character for which plans had been made
were rather poorly attended, owing to
the intense heat. In the agricultural dis.
tricts of the State the farmers forgot
the nations birthday, being too busy
getting their; crops out Of the grass to in
dulge in public celebrations.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-09
Negro Society Denied Charter.

To encourage marriages and births by
paying premiums or benefits" of $50
for the former and $40 for the latter is
the scheme of a negro benevolent asso-
citation of Vicksburg, which has just
made application to Insurance Commits
sioner Henry for a license to operate in
this state. The application has been re-
jected.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-09
Demand Dog Law.

An organized movement has been
launched to induce the Legislature at its
next session to pass an antidog law.
Petitions addressed to the lawmaking
body are being circulated in a majority
of the counties, urging the passage OF
such q law.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-09
WAS HUNTING son.
Jeff Davis Explains Why He Did Not
Attend White House Dinner.

Washington.-As one father to an
other, Senator jeff Davis, of Arkansas,
explains to President Taft in a letter
made public Tuesday that his failure to
attend the White House dinner the other
night, at the presidents invitation, was
due not to intentional discourtesy, but
to his pursuit of his 12-year-old son, who
went to Fort Myer to see the aeroplane
fly, and did not return.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-09

Hannah, the 1s-year-old daughter Of
D. McAuthon, was burned to death at
Bond, through the explosion Of a gallon
IAN of alcohol. She was ironing with n
patent iron and forgot to put out the
light when she filed the tank.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-09

Hon. r. Z. Dullard, judge of the Thir-
teenth judicial district, in response to
numerous petitions from the taxpayers
Ind citizens Of Covington county, has
ordered the July term of the circuit
SQUIRT pretermitted till the next regular
term, which is in January.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-09

According to Charles F. Scofeld, secre
tary and business agent for the Mississip'
pi River & Western Railway, the prelim.
mary details of which are still in the
formative stage, the prospect for success
full exploitation of the project seems
quite satisfactory.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-09

Chief of the Fire Department j. j.
Powell, of Meridian, was badly burned
with white vitrioi acid. The jar of acid
was standing against the wall, close to
the pole down which the fremen slide
from their sleeping apartments when an
alarm is sounded. As the chief started
to descend, his foot struck the jar and
it was overturned, and the contents
poured out over him before he could
reach the bottom.
The farmers institute, conducted by
Professor Tracy, under the auspices of
the normal at South Mississippi College,
was held at Hattiesburg, with a large
attendance of farmers from the country
around the city. Superintendent Smith,
of Holmes county, originator of the
corn club idea, addressed the institute
relative to the establishment of corn
clubs. State Superintendent of Educa-
ton Powers address the steachers at the
normal.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-09

The Brookhaven summer normal closed
after a four weeks' term. This years
normal was the largest one held in the
State, surprising that of last year, the
attendance being over 500. The work
was of a higher order and greater ex-
cellence.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-09

The ~advisability of the farmers of La
fayette county raising wheat being
deemed apparent from the high price
of flour, several large planters hav
ing already signifed their intention to
plant wheat this fall.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-07-09

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 SIS, 100000 Pasca-
goula Northern railroad company, the
organization of which has Just been
completed at Moss Point.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-03-13
TAFT ASSURES SCOTT
That West Virginia Would Receive
More Appointments Than Under
Any Administration.

Washington. D. Ct. March III Sen
ator Scott conferred with President
TAFT according to an engagement
made last week when the president
set the date. The president vas es.
pecially cordial assuring Senator
Scott that West Virginia would be
well remembered under this admins,
traticn There was general going
over ut West Virginia politics whSn
TAFT and Scott we're alone, and q
littaeiater the presidential gift for the
statesM Will be agreed upon While scott
is aiSereetly silent about the inter-
view Mere Is Information chat TAFT IN.
tends giving West Virginia mnre an
poihtnasnts than she has ever had
under any Administrations
Ex-Governor White was caller dur.
Ing SCOTS stay 81 the White House,
and while protesting he want moth
ing, soined Scott lii assuring Taft Of
support from West Virginia Republi-
leans Senator Scott went 70 Wheeling
land sill remain until Sunday.
Senator Elkins. with Scott and
White held many conferences with
swisapr, Denham. Fleming and 0hley.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-03-13
DAsTARDLY TRICK.
Malicious Attempt Made to iniure Mar
While Driving on Tusoarora.

While driving into town on Mondas
night, after taking his sister home
Mr.. Lee Raney, who live at the home
"a Mr.. Samuel Sellers on the WI
Transport pike. was halted by tws
men in a stick wagon Mr.. Ranes
was near kIImer's hill and NOTICING
the character Of the men whipped VI
his horse and drove on. Hearinf
something behind him he turned ane
found that one Of the men had cut tht
curtain out Of the back Of his buggy
and was trying TO elmo on. MT
Raney again applied the whip and a.
he was driving colt it started x
kick. and smashed the dash board
Finding that their man had gotter
away the assailants fired several shot
but none took effect
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-03-13
GOV. GLASSCOCK
FEARS THE SOLONS
viii Not Call an Extra Session of
the State Legislature
UNLESS He IS SURE GOOD
MEASURES Will PASS
Has no Faith in His Ability TO Control
the Present Leelslature--wiIl Wait
Until New Legislature convenes BE.
tore He Attempts to Have Parry
Pledges Fulfilled.
Pledges Fulfilled
fstaff corre sponde nee. J

Charleston. w. Va. March 1i--Ifn-
less he Is certain that some Important
bills can be passed Governor W, u.
Glasscock will not call an extra SEES
sion OF the West Virginia Legislature,
In discussing the contemplated plans
he said that 1t was doubtful II
he would issue call, notwithstand.
ing the fact that he has been urged
By his supporters and advisors to
gather the Solons again for the pur-
pose of passing the measures that
Will fulfill the pledges made by the
platform upon which he was elected.
A significant feature OF the session
just closed is that 1t failed to pass
a single bill that was promised the
people OF the Republican platform.
The Prohibition amendment. the Pri-
mary bill, the public service commits.
sion and other bills that the new ad-
ADMINISTRATION cared to have become
laws were defeated with ease in the
Senate.
The bills putting a production tax
on coal, oil and gas which, y Is said
we're favored by both Governor Daw.
son and Governor Glasscock met their
fate In the House.
Governor GIasscock has little faith
in his ability to rush any measure
through the Senate as II is now com
posed, He lost faith In that body
when he saw the fate Of the Prohibt
ltion amendment aud read the con
tents Of the Craig local option bill.
When his party promised the PEG
pie certain legislation the new Chic
Executive believed nothing else but
that the Republican Senate won
make good these promises. Governor
Glassccck Is sincere and politics
especially as 1t Is played at the Cap
itol during the sessions is new
game to him and not to his liking
TO call together the Solons III an at
tempt to railroad through the laws
which he thinks his party owes the
people would be an exceedingly dan
gerous game for him and the chances
are that he will wait patiently until
d new Legislature Ii sent here.
One thing is certain--a new one
can't be worse, according to Cover
nor GIasscocks views than the one
just finished.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-03-13
NEW FLAW IN BYRD LAW
Lawyer Claims Beverage Must lntox
icate to be Debarred,

A new allegal flaw In tire Byrd
liquor aw came 10 light In the police
court at Richmond when the case Of
Mrs. Kate Carmody, charged with sell
Inc liquor without license, was cali
ed for trial
She testified that the beverage
which she had sold was net beer but
near4beer. An analysis OF the article
made for the prosecution showed tnas
1t contained Q IA per cent. alcohol
which means beer. according TO ths
Byrd law, but the law goes further
and says that the bererage must pre-
duca intoxication.
The lawyer for Mrs carmody.at thii
iuncture. demanded proof that ths
near-beer had produced intoxications
It was the intoxication clause which
induced Attorney Gum, representini
Mrs Carmodv 70 say. "Ypu can drive
j four-in.hand through the Byrd law
right there
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-03-13
WILL WELCOME
Mr.. ROOSEVELT
MOmbasa Preparing For Much
HeTalded Trip.
BIG GAME IS PLENTIFUL


More to the Sportsman Than to the
Former PresIdent--Reports Of Moves
mcnts OF Game Being Received.
Mombasa, British East Africa. March
l1.-Mombasa Is preparing already to
welcome Theodore Roosevelt when he
lands here the latter part of next
month ON his much heralded African
trip, and the coming of the former
president of the United States has
given decided impetus to the interest
In the present hunting season. The
governor of the protectorate, Lieuten-
ant Colonel Sir James Hayes Sadler,
is getting up program OF welcome
and entertainment for the distinguish
ed visitor, but in spite of these ar.
engagements the greeting to Mr.. Roose.
welt will be more to the great sports
man, whose fame is we'll known to
local hunters, than to the former pres
ident.
East African sportsmen we're highly
gratified to learn that Mr.. Roosevelt
had refused the offer of the authori.
ties to grant him special hunting N
cense that would have permitted him
to kill game to an unlimited extent, in
stead of combining himself to the two
elephants, two rhinoceros, two hippo
potami, etc, Of the regular license.
Lions and leopards are classed as
vermin and consequently no license to
kill them is required.
The white population of Mombasa
has heard much of Mr. Roosevelt s
personality, and in a joking way fire..
quent references to the big Stick"
are being made.
The regular time for the big rains
Is from the end of January to the
end Of April The prospects for good
hunting this season are considered ex-
cellent. Many Of the settlers IN the out.
lying districts. realizing the increasing
interest in the prospects for sport be-
cause of the coming of Roosevelt, are
voluntarily sending In information
about the movements of game. Ac-
cording to a dispatch received here O
record group of lions, numbering
thirty-two, was seen on the Nandj pla-
teau at point about fifty miles north
of Port Florence. Among them were
three huge males. Four families OF
CRATES have been seen at Makindu,
200 miles inland from here on the line
of the Uganda railroad, and elephants
have been seen at Elburgon, ATS miles
inland on the railroad and along the
Sabaki river, not far to the north OF
Mombasa.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-03-13
OIL TRUST STAYS OuSTED
Missouri Supreme Court Refuses to
Grant Rehearing of the Case.


Jefferson City. Mo-, March 10.-The
motions by the Standard Oil Company
of Indiana and the Republic Oil Com.
pany of Ohio for rehearing OF the
custer suit, recently decided against
them. and for modification of the
judgment, were overruled by the Mis-
souri, supreme court.
The petition of the Waters Pierce
Oil company was upheld, the motion
of the attorney general for an absolute
custer of the Missouri company being
denied, the compliance with the order
recently filed by the company APPROX
ed and the judgment Of custer against
it being suspended. The effect Of these
decisions is to expel the Indiana and
Ohio companies from Missouri and to
restore to the Waters Pierce company,
so per cent of whose stock is held by
the Standard Oil Company Of New Jer-
sey, the right to do business within
the state.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-03-13
27oo poles Down.

From The World Of Wednesday:
Superintendent Sheldon, Of the tele
graph department Of the Baltimore q
Ohio reports that the storm Of las
Wednesday night broke down 270l
telegraph poles between Philadelphia
and washington and on the old mar
line Of the road The work OF repiac
ing them and getting the wires r.
shape has hardly been begun. II e
the greatest crippling OF the services.
that has ever been known.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-03-13
ROOSEVELT HANGS ON STRAP
Goes to New York and Rides Cross
Town In a Crowded Car.

New York. March 11--Former Pres
ident Roosevelt enjoyed his first ex
perience as private citizen in New
York since his retirement from the
chief magistracy. His visit here was
morlSed by those experiences in the
city's life which are common to every
New Yorker. Delayed on the ferryboat
by fog in the committing rush hour,
Mr.. Roosevelt. in company with Miss
Cornelia Langdon friend of Miss
Ethel Roosevelt, whom she had been
visiting at Oyster Bay. boarded a
crowded surface car and found himself
'strap-hanger" Few people recog-
nized the former president as he made
his way to the home of his brotherin-
law, Douglas Robinson, on Madison
avenue.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-03-13
WOMAN DIES OF POISON
Husband Put Acid In Whisky, But
Warned Wife Not to Drink 1t.

Husband Put Acid In Whisky, But
Warned Wife Not to Drink 1t.
Mount Holly, n. j., March 10.--De-
tectiye Parker, who is investigating
the mysterious poisoning of Mrs.
Henry Gitterson, of West Hume
street. has gathered sensational evil
dence and an arrest is expected.
Mrs Gitterson drank whisky into
which her husband says he had placed
carbolic acid. He said he told his
wife not to drink it, as he had put
the acid with the whisky to scatter
around the chicken coop to kill lice.
The poison acted quickly, and as
neither neighbors nor physicians could
give relief, death soon followed. Mrs.
Gitterson was about seventy years OF
age and native of Denmark.