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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1909-04-27
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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1909-04-27

FIRST-CLASS WORK GUARANTEED.
Special attention given to the coupling of
finished buildin and isolated plants.
All wiring done under the underwriters
rules, and certificates issued when desired.
Estimates aud specifrates furnished.
10 years expei fence in this line of work
Let me give you the benefit Of that expcrieuc.
before placing your order.
w. s CROFT.
Feb 16-6m Office 215 N. Mi,died ST.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1909-04-27
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Bears the n The Kind You Have AIwaVs Bouqtd
Signature a &H2ZzzM

New table linens. towels. bed spreads and
lace curtains Palmbaum's.
Give E. Frank Ronemus q call for Gro
ceries, DC He aims to keep everything
fresh and upto date in this line, and can fiji
your order promptly.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19
A Rare Offer.

The Sentinel has made a deal
with the manufacturers whereby
1t has secured exceptionally low
prices on Rogers Guaranteed Sill
yer spoons and Self Tightening
Scissors. The manufacturer gives
us this exceptionally low rate be-
cause he gets a big advertisement
for his goods. II is a marvellous
offer and both are articles that
every housekeeper needs. The
price on either cannot be secured
from any dealer at twice the fig
ures we make. The spoons for
three cash subscriptions. The
scissors for two cash subscriptions
Read proposition in full else
where.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19

The city administration has its hands
full OF other matters and we dare say
that the Mayor and all Of the COun-
cilmen woul1 be delighted to be re.
lieved of the management Of the pow
e. plant. With the present arrange
ment too many have to do with tn
direction OF affairs there. A response
bility shared by too many is very
carely as well discharged Is when only
a few are locked to for the duty to be
done. 1t is impossible to apply cor
rect business'rules at the plant, when
su ndry parties are called upon for
counsel.
Our plan would be to select a COM
mission Of three men, and put the
plant entirely under their charge. Let
these men be elected, first, one for one,
one for two and one for three years,
and thereafter for three years each.
By this means. the town would reap
the benefit gained by the experience
of the members OF the commission.
The commission would always consist
of two holdUver members.
AS to choosing the commission, it is
or Judgment that better business
men would be chosen by the city
council, as a rule, than by a popular
election. There should be no politics
in the commission. and the a. pay.
ers Of the town could appeal, perhaps
better to the council than to the PEG.
pie us a whole.
The members OF the commission
should be paid an annual salary OF
fifty or seventy-ive dollars. Few
people can afford to work for nothing
and if the town imposes a duty on
any OF it's citizens, and expect to use
their talent and experience in operat-
ing the city's most important enter
prise, then they should be given some
re compence for what is required Of
them.
Lets have the commission. What
say our people?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19

President-elect Taft was ~banquetted
and royalty entertained in New Or
Jeans a few days ago, after leaving
New Orleans he passed through the
south eastern portion of Mississippi
and lie was given an old time Southern
welcome at Hattiesburg, Laurel. Meri-
dian and other points. Mr.. Taft was
evidently well pleased with the cor
dialty Of his reception at the different
points. He made a fine impression
upon all who came in contact with
him. Gov. Noel vas present. at the
New Orleans reception and very prop
erly accompanied the President-elect.s
train through Mississippi.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19

Mr.. w. S. Merriweather stopped
over in Grenada last Sunday for a few
hours to visit his cousin, Mrs. Z. :.
Dudley and while here was an appre'
ciated visitor at this office. Mr.
Merriweather has attained quite d
reputation as u newspaper coriespnn
dent being now connected with The
New York Times one or the largest
daily papers i'll the United States
He had just returned from Panama
where he bad gone in company will
President, lect TAFT.
Mr.. Merriwealher is a con IF MIR
Nick Merriweather of Tallahatchit
4 unty and was cared near Cha,lesOn
He is a most pleasant gentleman anc
h $ conversation is both instructive
and entertaining.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19
. Co mmiSsion To Han die Wa
ter and Light Plant.

Our municipal government has
more invested in the light and water
plant than in anything else. The plant
needs the application Of thoroughly
business methods. We have no bricks
to throw at the present city admin
istration nor any Of it's predecessors,
about the business methods that OBJ
tain and have obtained there. They
have done possibly as well as any 9TH
er like body Of men could have done.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19

The verdict in the Smith case 1T
Columbus was quite a surprise 10 SOme
folks who are always talkil / about
its being Impossible To convict a rich
man. But for the fact that there was
IA bare suggestion OF insanity Smith
would have been hanged instead or
sent to tie penltentiary for life IN
spite of his wealth. CiariOn.Ledger
viii tie esteemed Clarlon-LcGger
cite us to some other rich man that
has been convicted? For every one
that the Clarion-Ledger will name
who has been convicted, we will name
twenty-five who have been acquitted.
Smith is by no mean in the pen yet.
The supreme court has yet to pass its
fine tooth comb through the record
Of the trial Of Smith before it is
known what is to be done with him.
1t is already freely predicted that
Smith will never wear stripes. The
supreme court or death seems to be all
that car W him.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19

Las Sunday evening the little
town of Cedar Bluff in the western
portion OF Clay county, fifteen miles
from West Point, was struck by a cy-
clone and much damage was wrought.
One lady, Mrs. Allen Ellis, was killed
and a number of others seriously, II
not fatally, injured. One lady was
blown three hundred yards and put
down unhurt.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19

Jackson, Miss. is to be coDgratu'
lated upOn the work CT it's Law ano
Order League. Those citizens OF Jack
son who have manifested some nerv'
cusness, lest the work Of the League
give Jackson a bad name abroad, are
besides themselves. Good people a.
broad think more of Jackson. They
realize that the law enforcing people
i'm jackson have some back bone.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19
A Compliment not AItogeth9,
Deserved.

Tie Commercial Appeal Of FEBRUARY
Is in an editorial under the caption.
LET Us Pattern After Mississippi In
This pays a compliment TO the
courts and the jury system Of the
state that is not altogether deserved.
The purpose of the G. AS. editorial
is to be commended and it. is to be
hoped that that widely read
journal will arouse the conScienceS OF
the people of Tennessee from their
lethargicnesS and cause them to see
that the defects point cut by the Com
mercial Appeal in their criminal laws
are remedied so that perpetrators of
crime may receive the legal deserts Of
their deeds.
The Commercial Appeal quotes a
Memphis lawyer as follows: "A
Memphis lawyer stated Saturday to a
representative OF this paper that Mis-
sisSippi has the best system OF GRIM
inal laws OF any atate in the South
An illiterate man can n t serve upon
a jury" What the Memphis lawyer
says is alright but it does not even
the epidermis Of the matter. While
Mississippi's jury laws prescribe that
a man who can not read and write can
not serve upon a jury it is a fact
we'll known to those who have been
present at the sittingS Of circuit
courts, and observed the selection Of
jurors in capital cases, that those who
have read about the case then at bar
are excluded from jury nine times out
Of ten. The law says q competent
juror must be able to read and write
then If he ''can rean" and ''has read''
he is told to stand aside.
To our mind the courts have gone too
far IN adjudging a man as disqualified
to sit on a particular case because of
his having read of it. An "impres-
sion" is not a fixed opinion" Any
thing an individual hears Of or reads
makes some sort of an impression on
the mind, but this Of itself should not
render a man incompetent. However
an astute lawyer by skillful i~nterroga-
tories can make almost any man dis
qualify himself for jury duty. We
have discussed this particular phase
Of our courts with several prominent
attorneys recently and they, too, are of
the opinion that u court procedure
in criminal cases is lamentably defec-
tive. The shortest route to these
re NEEDLES is through the legal :rater-
nifty. They owe it to the people and
to themselves to see that a movement
is set on foot that will result in en-
lar ging the opportunities Of the prose-
cution in criminal cases. Such a thing
is necessary if crime is made to de-
crease within our borders and the
frequency with which human blood is
shed is made to grow less.
Mississippi appreciates the c0mpli-
ment the G. A. paid her, but those
who reside here and observe the courts
know that our court procedure is to
be condemned In many respects.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19
Six Nights go as you Pleasv Rae

How many tired fathers AID
mothers in this town enter this race
every night carrying a baby? AID
they wonder what the matter +.
Chances are the child is starving
, worms are eating all of lis food. Most
children have worms, yours needn't
Whites Cream Vermifuge will ge'
rid Of the worms and strengthen the
child. Price 25c per bottle. Secono
Class Drug Store.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19

The needs of the world even now de-
mand a thirteen million bale crop OF
American cotton. Soon the hundreds
af millions of half-clad Asiatics and
Moncolians will want more cotton
clothing. Then a fifteen million bale
crop will be absorbed by this sea Of
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19

An American CONSUL in a Canadian
city writes the Department OF Com
merce and Labor at Washington that
a Canadian firm desires to engage in
the sale of cement caskets in the
United States.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19

Attention is called to the delin-
uuent poll tax list which appears else
where in this issue. Look over the
list to see whose names are in 1T.
Maybe yours is there by mistake.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19

Colds contracted at this season OF
the year are quickly relieved with
Bees Laxative Cough Syrup Its
laxative quality rids the system OF
the cold. Pleasant to take. Best
to take. Best for children for coughs,
colds. Group and whO0ping cough.
Sold by Second Class Drug Store.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19

The Adams county officials are de-
batting the ACCESSIBILITY of undertaking
to grow broom corr with the county
cOnVictS.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19
1920

Always have Kennedy's Laxative
Cough Syrup handy, especially for the
children. It tastes nearly as good as
maple sugar. It cures the cold by
gently moving the bowels through its
laxative principle, and at the same
time it is soothing for throat irrita-
ton, thereby stopping the cough.
Sold by End Glass drug store.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19

This is just the time OF year when
you are most likely to have kidney or
bladder trouble, with rheumatism or
rheumatic pains caused by weak kid
neys. Delays are dangerous. Get
De Wits kidney and bladder pills, and
be sure you get what you ask for.
They are the best pills made for back
ache, weak back, urinary disorders
etc. They are antiseptic and act
promptly. We sell and recommend
them, Second Glass Drug Store.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19

Judge jeff Truly las demonstrated
that he is a better Judge of law than
he is of what the people wish in cleo
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19

A recent issue of the Water Valley
Herald announced that the twenty
fifth child, in the person Of a girl, had
made it's arrival in the home Of Capt.
J. B. Ford of that county. Let him
90 head.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19
g FRIDAY. FEB. 10 1909
Advertising Rates.

Advertising rates for display matter
and readers furnished on application.
ObiturieS over ten lines 10 cents per
line. Card of thanks 10 cents per
inc.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19

For Wedding and Birthday presents
we have a nice line to select from, a
few pieces of cut glass at cost among
it IND CLASS DRUG STORE. =,
l-22-O9- st
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19
humanity as surely as the snowh.ase

melts when i, falls on The pillows ~
tile ocean The south has pra'icalt.
a Non Euly Ct the feece staple. ava
when the sou hrru tarmer walkers l.
the tact liiai he ODDS The key To The
richest store house on the habilab'e
giubr, he will tecume The most ppte,,-
tial factor in tue commercial problems
OF toe nations When will lie awake
fully to this %stupendous fact?-Cottop
and Cotton On dallas, Texas News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19

No kick from any one who purchas-
ed a Parker fountain pen during the
holidays, speaks we'll for it. Let us
show you when contemplating pur-
chasing one.
End CLASS DRUG STORE.
1920
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19

REGRETS don't bring money back to you when it has burned
up or when you have fooled it away. 1t takes WORK to do this.
Put your money in our Bank and it can't burn up, and you won't
fool it away.
We will pay you -Four per cent. on the money you put IN our
Bank and compound the interest every six months.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19

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No. !, Chicago liuiNcu leaves 90 y. IN
No. 136 tLO+@t Passenger. -. leaves 12:30 y. m
No. Ia auc&l iOr Memphis. ...,...+:uO y. ~.
Nc. 81 Local Passenger. arrives l2:o0 y. n.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19

No. 133. Local Passenger arrives l':I5 II. IN.
No. 3. t1ealS Ltd arrives l2:0i p. III.
No. Ig5. IsocA. Freight (Ex. SUM y" $500 p. IN.
No. l3i. Grenada Accom-. .afftNcS ":|O y. m
Mol Cuhan ttcitI arrives =. n. m
No. 1888 ola HISS ..........arriNc 1:o' a. IN
Il. OWENS. Ticket Agent.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-25

infested swamp, filed it in, converted
1t into a park and ave it to the city
Chiefly at his own expense he macad
aniZed every street in town, placed
walks at all crossings, curbed all the
sidewalks and paved the cutters.
Mr.. Rogers was recognized as the
closest friend of Samuel l.. Clemens
MARK Twain, and the two were to-
gether whenever possible. Mr.. Glenn
OnS was on his way to call On Mr..
Rogers when he learned of his death
and was SO overcome that he could
barely express his grief.
Henry II. Rogers was a man Of
striking and contradictory characters
tics. lie was a tremendous worker
and all his life it was his habit to be
up by $50 or 6 o'clock in the morning.
He was a devoted friend to those
whom he liked and an implacable enc
my TO those who saw Mt to fight him.
He was at once a man Of tenderness
and a man Of steel. On Wall street
he was adamant; at home and among
his friends he was genial. warm-heart-
ed, lovable. His intimate friends were
drawn from two extremes of life. The
DrilInnre Of Marx I'W"in ?nl the late
Tom Reed was his delight. To them
he showed a side Of makeup that few
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-25
Foods for the Gouty.

DR.. Haig, of London. who has attain
ed cminrnrc in the treatment of GER,
tain diseases, came to his theory OF
the uric-acid causatiOn of many cases
of so-called neuralgia, rheumatic
pains, equity tW!ngt9 4 headache as
a result of observation on himself.
During his student and early profcs.
sional days he suffered horribly from
periodical headaches, losing an aver
age of one or two days out Of every
week in consequence thereof. He eX-
p"Cr.ID,n;cl with All sorts OF drugs and
modes of living. and finally discovered
that the less meat he ate the less
headache he had, and he found further
that the occurrence Of headache was
marked by a simultaneous excretiOn
Of a large amount of uric acid.
From these two facts he concluded
that the headache was due to the pres
ence Of uric acid in the blood, and
that the presence of uric acid in the
blood was due to m~eat-eating. From
his beginning was developed a COM
pletc system Of d~ietctics, having for
its object the exclusion of all uricaCid-
containing foods, since, If uric acid is
really the cause Of these troubles, no
permanent relief car be expected SO
long as fresh quantities of the offend
ing poison are thrown into the system
every day.
Man is naturally a fruit-and-vege-
table-cating animal, he believes, and
must return to his original diet as the
only means to his sanitary salvation.
In other words, DR.. Uaig is a vegeta-
rian, but a peculiar kind Of one, for he
Ices not allow all vegetable foods by
any means
Beans, peas and other pulses are for
hidden, since their protein Is readily
convertible into uric acid, and espe-
cially does he eschew tea and coffee,
their alkaloid&l ingredient, caffeine,
being practically the same chemically
as uric acid.
The diet Of one who would avoid be-
coming a subject of the uric-acid dia-
thesis, or who would emancipate him
self from the pains of the already ex-
listing condition, must therefore con-
sist almost entirely of breadstuff and
cereals, buildings. fresh and dried
fruits, nuts and the milk products.
Water is the only beverage allowed.
1t is a meager diet, and must be more
or less monotonous; and moreover, it
is not always eficacious in curing Pc
riodical headaches and other supposed
manifestations of the uric-acid diathe-
sis. An occasional curse of it, and a
habitual more or less close approach
to it are, no doubt, of great benefit to
the general health, but one must not
forget that many of the ills credited to
uric acid may be a direct result of eye
strain, to be relieved more by glasses
than by diet.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-25
COUNTRY BOY AND CITY LAD.

A plcn for the Lnttcr and His More
Numerous Advantages.
Not the least pressing question
raised by the amazing modern concen-
tration of population In the cities Is
where our good and great men are to
come from when there Is no longer an
overproduction Of virtue and ambition
In the country. If the canals have
need Of all their canal boys whence
the future presidents? Without the
splitting of rails how shall the Union
10 pI,&Cr' ed!
Nr. j. IL. Finley. president OF the
College Of tie City of New York-him-
self a country hoy and a disciple Of
virtue and ambition-is doing his best
to soothe our fears, says the Saturday
Evening Post. The moral atmos-
phere, even In such a city as New
York, Is much superior to the moral
atmosphere of the average village,
east and west. And think OF what
the boy in New York has in the $40
acres he may call his home! He has
the whole history Of humanity n
the best men in the country within
GiESIlOl. "a d Do LIN >oihip
health Is concerned, ] will say that
most Of the prairie boys l used to
know In my youth are now under the
sod"
These words may have been colored
by the fact that they were addressed
to city boys. But there is the tonic
Of wholesome truth in them. While
we are reckoning the farm boys who
have become philanthropists. let us not
forget that the greed which created
Standard Oil was nourished in a barn
yard and hat Jay Gould's arrival on
broadway with 10 cents and q harm
less, necessary nous trap in his peck
ct was the symbol Of much subsequent
setting and batting Of the sublime but
very unnecessary mouse trap Of fren-
lied finance.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-25

that his face was gray as marble. and
that q line of froth stood on his lips
III was the first to come back to
sense. He gave II choking cry of
'Jim!' and staggered forward to that
black pile. The boys hand was stick
Ing out from the bottom OF it, clutch
ing convulsively at nothing. l sank
Gown and watched. in a sort of dreary
fascination, as old Jim, uttering
strange cries, tore at the mass in q
mad frenzy. God help him! Jim
was the only thing he had in the
world to love. In less than five min
utes he had dragged him out, and sat
down to hug him in his arms. Dead .
No. he could just open his poor dust
filled eyes in answer to his fathers
whispers; but We knew at once that
he would never again make the gal,
leries echo his piercing whistle.
For whole hours, | suppose, neith-
er Of us attempted to realize our sit
uation. We sat on in the dead silence,
waiting for something to happen. Once
or twice We saw young Jim's hlacken-
ed lips move feeNly, and each time his
father would mutter brokenly, 'Ay.
my precious boy, we'll look after her.
Once the old mar broke out. Quaver-
ingly. into the hymn, Abide With
Me- but he got no further than the
third line. That. perhaps, was about
eight o'clock, but we could keep no
count of the time, as my watch had
stopped. Hour after hour must have
gone by, and still old Jim sat, with
rigid face and staring eyes, C~laspins
his burden. In all probability it was