The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-16

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As the result of a discussion that has
oeen going the rounds of the State press
as to the merits and demerits of the old
''blue-back speller," Superintendent j.
C. FAINT of the Meridian public schools,
although a great admirer of the blue
back" has challenged its advocates in
Meridian for a contest at spelling, the
contest to be between a number of pub
lie school pupils and an equal number OF
citizens who learned to spell in the blue
back" I1e proposes that the spelling
bee'' be held in the city hall and that
the proceeds be devoted to paying the
expenses of the class of five to repre-
sent the public schools of Meridian at the
spelling match of the State Teachers
convention to be held at Natchez.
If a negro boards a street car in Meri-
dian and finds all. the Jim Crow seats
occupied by white people and is forced
to leave the car because of its crowded
condition, no recourse can be had against
the railway company. Such is the deci-
ON =" =" July AAA"i
dressed negro woman, who moves in
negro society, in April of last year COM
planned that she was elected from a
| street car when the conductor found
that the seats for negroes were taken
by white people. She brought suit for
81 900, under the State law, and the
case was called for trial last week, and
the jury reported that it was not IN
lawful or damaging for a Meridian rail-
way to compel a negro to leave the car
if white people wanted to ride and we're
on the car in sufficient numbers to re-
quire all the seats.
State Industrial and Agricultural Com
missioner II. E. Blakeslee addressed an
enthusiastic audience at Holly Springs
nthe interest of the County Fair Asso-
citation, which proposes to hold an ex-
hibition there this fall. There is every
reason to hope for a successful launch
ing of the enterprise, which will doubt
less be a source of considerable develop
ment to the various interests involved.
Mrs. F. j. Smith of Meridian, for the
second time, was awarded a verdict OF
$4,000 judgment in a suit for S25, 900
damages against the Mississippi Cotton
Oil Company for the death of her son.
the result of an injury sustained while
in the employ of the defendant com-
pany's mills in that city. The same yer
dict was returned on 4 former hearing
of the case.
The first boat since the railroad was
built through the delta arrived at Roll
ing Fork last week, bringing a cargo of
about eighty tons. This was brought
about by some enterprising citizens, who
are tired of paying exorbitant rates to
the railroad company that has system
atically shut out competition for a long
series of years by building stationary
bridges over navigable streams in this
county, thereby forcing the citizens to
pay more than other roads in the State. |
The board of supervisors of Jefferson
Davis county has sold bonds to the
mount of $4,000, the proceeds of
which is to be used in working the pub
lie roads of the county. They have
already spent about $4,000 on the
roads, but it cannot be hoped that the
county will nave good roads as long as
the fine pine timber remains, for it will
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Ben L. Hatch, ST., father of Ben L.
Hatcn, Jr., assistant principal of the
Greenville High School, was shot and in.
stantly killed by Needham McNairy, his
wife's brother, a man about so years
old, at Highland plantation, about four
miles from Greenville, where they had
recently moved.
johnson Garfield died from the result
of an accident at the plant of the Rule
vile Gin Company. In some way he
was caught on a set screw ON the shaft
ing and was whirled rapidly around, sus-
tanning a compound fracture of both
limbs, and internal injuries also.
Advices from the bedside of Prof. T.
b. Scott of B~rookhaven, president of the
Mississippi Teachers Association, are to
the effect that his recovery is very slow
and that there is no possibility that he
will be able to attend the annual con-
vention of the association in Natchez
on May 80 and 81 and June 1.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
West Point and Houston Railway Com
pany was held at West Point and ar.
rangements entered into for securing a
charter.
An enthusiastic meeting of Clarksdale
citizens has resulted i'll the organization
of a business league, seventy-fve strong
to charter membership.
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