The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-09-24

lOlnlng counties, as well as several QUIZ
ers, and it appears that every county in
the district is to be well represented.
The suit of Mrs. Kate Laurent ct al.
VS.. c. r. Smith, for damages i'll the SUN
of $4,000 for the killing of f. A. Lau~-
ent, will not come up at the September
term of circuit court at Columbus. At
a conference of attorneys representing
both defendant and plaintiffs, a c~ontinu-
ance was agreed upon.
Strong circumstantial evidence cor
roborates the almost general belief that
]. w. Smith, the farmer whose mangled
body was found partially buried beneath
brush and fresh dirt ten miles south of
Columbus near his plantation, was as
sas>inated by negroes, who are known to
have held bitter enmity towards him.
The board of supervisors of Jones
county have Just passed a severe game
law-regulating the killing of all kinds
of game in this county-also regulating
fishing. A tax of $25 a year is to be
charged for the non-residents who hunt
in Jones county. In case of violation
of this law a fine of $25 to $50 may be
imposed.
The grounds of the Alcorn County
Fair association, adjoining Corinth, are
completed and are a credit to the man
agement. The fair will open Oct. 6, and
continue four days.
President Hardy, of the A. and NJ. col.
lcge, backed up by the people OF Stark
vile, is making a strong effort to induce
President Taft to stop off at Starkyille
on Nov. 81 and lay the cornerstone of
the chemical laboratory which is now
in course of construction at the college.
Resolutions opposing the 100000
bono issue ordered by the Tallahatchie
drainage commission at its recent meet
ing at Clarksdale were adopted by the
taxpayers of Coahoma county in mass
meeting assembled.
The Lafayette county camp, No. 1852,
of the Confederate veterans, has de-
cided to have an old-fashioned barbecue
and reunion here on Thursday, Nov. 25.
After two years had elapsed since the
killing of his wife at their home in Pike
county, E. T. Elizey, a prosperous farm
er. has been arrested and charged with
the crime.
The Deer Creek Baptist association,
including more than thirty churches in
Washington, Sharkey, Bolivar, LeFlore,
Warren and Sunflower counties, con-
yened at Belzona. This is n of the
most important associations in the state.
The board of supervisors of Washing
ton county has fixed the tax levy for
the coming year at Z mills on the dollar,
which includes a special tax for road
and bridge purposes.
The A. and M. College opening far ex-
ceeded the expectations of President
Hardy and the members OF the faculty.
1t was probably the brightest opening
the college has ever had in its history.
There were present at the first exercise
fully 700 young Missippians. This IS
about 100 more than the college opened
with last session.
At a meeting of the taxpayers of Tai
lahatchie county, held at Sumner, coun-
sci were employed to enjoin the board OF
drainage commissioners from issuing
$50, 900 bonds, recently authorized by
said board.
The Lincoln county convict farm,
which has been advertised for sale for
$4,000, has not yet been sold. On this
farm are kept the county convicts as
well as the poor, and it's sale by the
board has not met with the approval of
the majority of the taxpayers.
The eighteenth session of the Mlssls-
sippi Synodical College opened at Holly
SPRINGS under most favorable auspices.