The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-10-22

Cotton seed sold at Prentiss for Sal
per ton. A lively interest was shown
in local market in the buying of cotton
seed. The market opened with S. s.
Dale & Sons offering $35 per ton. The
firm of j.. E. Dumas & Sons then offered
more. Several tons were sold at 500.
The two firms her began bidding
against each other, and several tons sold
for SAL per ton. The cotton crop is short
and seed are in demand.
The first annual fair of the North
Mississippi Fair Association at Holly
Springs is now a matter of history. It's
success is a matter of great pride to the
management as well as to the entire peo-
pie. 1T was a success from its very
start. Gov. Noel's presence and inspiring
speech started things off on the right
foot and no tagging was allowed up to
the close. 1t is believed that much good
along agricultural, horticultural and
stock-raising lines has been accomplished.
The Leake county grand jury has been
going after a number of miscreants,
and as the Indictment records show. has
caught quite Il number in the drag net
for violations of the law more or less
serious, from simple trespass and unlaw-
full retailing to homicide.
The second annual exhibition of the
Delta Fair poultry show at Greenville,
was by far the largest and best display
of high grade fowls ever seen in the
state, except possibly the State Fair at
Jackson last fall, but no better in quail
ity.
Chancellor A. A. Kincannon of the
University of Mississippi, announced
that the examinations for the Cecil
Rhodes scholarships will be held at the |
university October 1920. These scholar |
ships are worth $500 per year, and are
good for three years study at the Ok
ford, England, University.
Lexington, besides being one of the
is probably one of the healthiest
towns in the State, and this health con-
dltlon is not restricted to the physical
but extends to the financial condi-
ton as well.
President j. w. Hendson, Treasurer
Kemp and Secretary Chas. F. Scofield
state that all plans and p%rofiles of the
proposed Mississippi Western road are
and bonds have been placed
with capitalists in Paris. The grades
have all been completed, which will re-
luce the cost of building the road three
quarters of a million dollars. The tim
Der resources adjacent to the right of
way will amount to 3OO,O 900, 900 feet.
Hon. H. j. McLaurin died at Rolling
Fork. He was a member of one of the
most noted families in Mississippi, a
of United States Senator A. j.
dcLaurin and well known throughout
he State.
A mass meeting of the taxpayers of
county was held at Clarksdale
or the purpose of protesting against the
'ond sale of 100000 ordered by the
'allahatchie drainage commission. Since
he organization of the ~Tallahatchie I
Protective Association, formed for the
purpose of fighting this bond issue, the {
of the bonds has been enjoined, the
association having retained {
to defeat the measure. +
The poultry show at the Greenville |
air was one of the best ever shown in i
he State, while the stock, cattle and
og exhibits far surpassed the expecta-
ions of the fair management.
Wafer Shaw, who ran amuck on the
treets of Starkville a few days since,
and "bunging up" Bolivar Fur !,
erson in a distressing manner, and was !.
ound over in a 81 900 bond, was tried :
Mayor Beattie. He was bound !.
YER to circuit court in a bond of $500 :.
n a charge of assault and battery with :
to kill. He was also fined $50 =
thirty days in Jail for assault, $25 ,
nd thirty days for resisting an officer, :
10 for being drunk and d~isorderly. :
The most substantial proof that the
'tton crop is short, and further that !
still leads as a marketable com :
odity, was shown at C~larksdale, when
bale weighing 500 pounds brought
L25. The cotton vas grown in Goa u
ma county. =
80 -. ~ 49, - -
Jesse Scott was tried in circuit court =
Indianola for the murder of w. L. =
nbry, on May 10 last, and by the jury :, =
und guilty as charged, for which Judge :
sentenced him to be hanged on =
~. 26 next. That is the same day =
ed for the hanging of G. T. Bishop :