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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-29
Some Things Done at Jackson.
Continued from Page H.

of the states money to his persona
other bin in connection with it, but an
not sure.
Many road laws were introduced
some passed. l was too unwell to pay
close attention to these very importan'
matters. We authorized a Stat,
Charity Hospital at Jackson, the geo
graphical center of the state; a Ions
needed charity.
The maximum 8 per cent rate Of in.
terest with money loaned at 6 per cent
exempt from taxation, failed, the SEN
ate refusing to accede to the 8 per cen
rate and the house refusing the have
the one without the other. They both
failed. 1t is very unfortunate.
After thirty years of effort, authority
to tax dogs has at last been enacted
into a law. A bill making contributory
negligence a question of fact for the
jury to decide, passed. But the record
discloses, in regard to this bill, a scri-
Gus objection thereto, which will i'm
mediately throw it into the courts, the
bill having been introduced BEFORE,
the governor made special
recommendation for its consideration.
This may prove fatal, but l think not.
Several important constitutional
amendments have been put before the
people for adoption or rejection, but
the two most important ones were de-
feated for selfish and political reasons.
A bill vas passed establishing a
Teachers Training School. We have
already three carried on; one each at
Columbus, Starkville and Oxford, but
the friends of this treasure claim that
it fills a long-feit want. To me it ap-
pears simply another burden placed
upon the weary shoulders of the visible
property owners-and creates few fat
jobs for the Teaching Fraternity; but
insomuch as over one hundred places
were created for the lawyers, the
teachers should not be begrudged an
ether "~rake-off." They are certainly
not overpaid.
The lobbyist was there to look out
for everyone and everything except the
taxpayer. A mighty effort was made
to establish four or five new expert
ment stations, and two were author
lied, but the appropriations committee
killed all Of the new ones, by refusing
to appropriate money for them, believ-
ing that the Agricultural High School
for each county, with state
aid to the extent of 81, 500 per year,
would come nearer to solving the prob
lem.
A general bill authorizing the counties
of the state to contribute public money
to a limited extent as premiums for
purposes vas passed, and
two local bills for Grenada county and
city to donate money for live stock and
premiums, were passed.
This will prove of unreasonable bene-
fit, if properly and fairly done, but will
a miserable failure if partiality and
creep into it.
All bills tending toward raising rev.
enue by increasing the taxes on cor
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-29
baro On MiSsissippi

~ NE OF our leading meI chants handed us the following
- which was given him by a nonresident of this state.
M@ 1t is SO nearly true that we give it editorial endorse
ment: The average Mississippi farmer buys canned
and dried fruits, likewise canned and dried other goods. He gets
up at the alarm Of a Connecticut clock, fastens his Chicago suspend
es to a Detroit pair of OveraNs, washes his face with Cincinnati soap
in a Pennsylvania washpan, sits down to a Grand Rapids table and
eats Kansas City bacon and Indiana hominy fried in ST. Joseph lard
on a st. Louis stove. Then he puts on a St. Louis bride on a
Tennessee mule and plows a farm covered by an Ohio mortgage.
When bedtime comes he reads a chapter from a Bible printed in
Chicago, says a prayer written in Jerusalem and craws under a
blanket made in New Jersey, only to be kept awake by a Mississippi
dog, which is about the only homerased product On the place. 1t
might also be added that he raises cotton to buy corn to raise cotton
to buy con to raise cotton"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-29
Borrow the Nonep-

~ LARGE number of citizens and business men have
- stated to us that they heartily endorsed the position
@s taken by the Sentinel Of April s, that the board
of supervisors should borrow the money at it's MAY meet
ing to dehray the expenses of the county until money begins
to come in from taxes which will be December next. The county's
affairs should be run on a business basi, like that Of any individual
Warrants are now being discounted 10 per cent. Can the good name
of Grenada county afford thisa We think not nor do we believe the
hoard Of supervisors do. The county is out of money. 1t can't
pay its d.bts. The supervisors can borrow the money at a low rate
int rest and it is their duty to it. .
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prot. Eo Brown

Enk OW THAT the legislature has passed the enabling act
for the State Normal, which has been followed up by
- Gov. Noel by the appointments of a board of trustees
the next matter of greatest concern is: Who shall
Be President of the Normal? We ar somewhat acquainted with
the leading school men of Mississippi but in this band of splendid
and learned gentlemen, we do not believe there is one that ap-
proaches Prof. Ed Brown of Blue Mountain in a~daptabiity and
equipment for this duty. He is a live wire. He is a dynamo that
will enthuse and arouse the teachers of Mississippi as few other men
can do. If is to be a normal school, a man should be placed in
charge that has been trained in 4 normal school.
An educated doctrnaire will make the school remarkable for
what it fails to do. Prof; Brown is a successful teacher. He is
scholarly. He is Jealous. Like Teddy Roosevelt, he does things
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-29

The Jackson News it seems would create the impression that it
was the first pape. to discover objections to the senatorial p.i
mary. Cook claimed to have discovered the North Pole but records
do not appear to verify his claims. The News is now declaiming
against something that it at FIRST seemed to give a royal salute. The
Sentinel went on record at once against the primary.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-29

Send your pillows and rugs to Grena-
da Steam Laundry to be cleaned.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-29

The New ERA is .he name of a new paper 20 make its an
pearance this week in Grenada. The paper is to b. edited by Mr.
J. K. Morrison Of Oakland and f1 the present, at least, is to be
prin ed outside of Grenada The SENTINEL extends The New Err
the rght-hand Of fellowship. MIR. Morrison is a highly educated
man and should be able to get out a readable paper.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-29

The SENTINEL congratulates Lamar Puryear and Ney Williams
on the first issue of the Kinds County Gazette under their manage
ment. We hope they will meet with a deserved success.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-29

The Confederate Veterans are having their annual Reunion at
Mobile. The first Of these Reunions covering all the Southern states
was held a, II .ttlnodsa in I69o1ake st eond-a' Jackson in 1901 and
every year SINCE tar" tncy have gathered az some paa: &. Tney are
having d u at time It Mobile. ~
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-29

The MISSISSIPPI PoULTRYMAN, published at S:arkvine and
by Guy Mason, made its first appearance this month. 1t will be
lished monthly. The first issue was a very creditable one. Su
to it.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-29

A BUSINESS man in town was kind enough to say to US a few
days ago, that he didn't know bow to appreciate the Sentinel unit
he compared it with other county papers" We do our best.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-29

The Sentinels subscription list IS growing rapidly which Increases
the value of the paper to our advertisers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-12-22
COAL MINING IN
MARYLAND IN 1910
Statistics Given by the U. s. Geologi-
Cal Survey Show Loss in Production.

According to statistics compiled by
the United States Geological Survey
and the Bureau of Census, in co-opera-
ton, ,Maryland's production of coal,
which fell from 1888, 628 short tons in
1907 to 4,377, O93 short tons in 1908, a
loss of l, 125, 235 tons, showed further
decresae to 4,022, 181 tons in 1909. Tie
loss in 1908 was 20.9 per cent, in 1909
it was per cent. The decrease in
value each year has been larger in pro-
portion than the decrease in production.
In 1907 the value was $6,623, 697, de-
creasing in 1908 22.8 per cent, to So
116, 1853, and in 1909 1876 per cent, to
81, 470, sos. The average price per ton
has declined from $1.20 in 1907 to SLY
in 1908 and ST.. II in 1909, the average
for 1909 being the lowest since 1905.
The decreased production of coal in
Maryland during the last two years ap-
pears TO have been due to the approach
ing exhaustion of the Maryland big
vein, " the portion of the Pittsburg bed
that has furnished the larger part of
the Maryland output, which is popular
lY known as Georges Creek coal. In a
few years the thinner and deeper beds
will be furnishing the markets former
y supplied by the "big VEIN coal, but
these beds will be mined at greater
cost and their product must be sold at
a higher price or at less profit. In the
aggregate, however, the quantity of
coal that may be won from these thin
ner beds far exceeds the original con-
tents of the celebrated "big vein." In--
creased competition with West Virginia
coal, particularly that coming from the
fields opened up by the new Virginian
Railway, is regarded as the chief cause
of the decline IN the price of Maryland
coal in 1903 and 1909.
The statistics OF coal production for
1909 have been collected by the United
States Geological Survey in cooperation
with the Bureau of Census, and the
compilation of replies to the numerous
and detailed inquiries in the
general census schedule has delayed the
publication of the statistics far beyond
the time at which the Geological Sur
vey usually presents them to the public.
The thorough nature of the work done,
however, has made the statistical re-
suits exceptionally complete and very
trustworthy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-12-22

all the honor and all the public office l
want it will satisfy me for the rest of
my life. | will never hold another office.
1t is not that the office of governor is
not high and honorable one, in credit
ably filling which any man is justified
in taking pride, but the fact is that do
not want it again, and even if the situa-
ton, when my term expires, is such
that | could be renominated and re-
elected, l have made up my mind, be-
yond any possibility of change, that |
will not again be candidate.
Having determined this for myself
sometime ago, it leaves me free to go
ahead being Governor for this term
without any thought of political conse-
quences to myself. 1t, therefore, makes
little difference to me whether some
people think that | am playing politics
or not in the lines of policy for the state
administration upon which have been
proceeding. if the things for which this
administration stands can be permanent
ly established, it is matter of indiffer-
ence to me what motive is ascribed to
me.
Governor, he was asked, will it be
possible for your friends to change your
determination at the end of your term?
1t will not, was the reply. / have
said that in this matter | am not lin
the hands of my friends. l have de-
cided it for myself; so far as | am con-
cerned, there is an end of 1t. There
would be nothing for me in having the
goyernorship a second time. | would
get no more honor out Of two terms
than | get out of one, and no man can
be governor of this state and do his
whole duty without feeling the strain.
There are so many things to be done
that some of them must be neglected
and the strain Of keeping up with them
all is severe one.
How about the United States senator
ship? he was asked. Would not that
tempt you?
1t would not, said the Governor, en-
phatically. | have no idea of ever be-
ing a candidate for the United States
Senate. 1t is a high and diGnifed
office, but have no aspirations in that
direction. and when | say have made
up my mind that this is the last public
office | will hold, | mean lt.-Balti-
more American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-12-22
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK.

Mr.. Earl Enlow is at home for the
holidays.
Quarterly meeting Sunday morning
when Superintendent Reed will preach
and administer communion.
The Mr.. Upton, spoken of in our let
ter last week as having unloaded a car
of lime, should have been Mr.. Upton
Cuppett.
Christmas services will be held in the
Baptist church Friday evening, in the
M. E, church Saturday evening and in
the u. B. church Sunday evening.
Prof Frank Z. Rathbun arrived at
his home in Loeb Lynn Heights yester-
day afternoon from Piedmont, w. Va,
where he has been quite i'll for upwards
of two months suffering with a mastoid
tumor.
Miss Cora Weimeri is assisting Bolden,
Brown & Weimer during the holiday
trade.
Our ice harvest is still delayed on ac-
count of the heavy covering of snow on
the ice
The holiday trade at our stores has
been unusually large.
Mr.. H. N. Cuppett, who will retire
from the firm of Cuppett, Leighton &
Co., Jan. LIST, 1911, will conduct his farm
about one mile south Of Loeb Lynn, for
one year at least.
Erysipelas developed in the wounded
limb OF P. 7. Lipscomb few days ago,
but no serious results are feared.
Messrs. P. T. Cartwright and Cup
petit, Leighton & Co., are filling their
cold storages with ice from the lake.
Three of the past seven mornings the
thermometer registered here below
zero, one morning going down to II de-
drees below.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-12-22
AN "0LD TIME" WINTER.
The "OldeSt Inhabi;ant" Does not Re-
member Such "Spell OF Weather. 4"

In conversation with several "oldest
inhabitants - recently they were unam-
iously of the opinion that the present
winter is of the ''old time" variety
that is when winter started it hung on
with bulldog tenacity until spring came
with its warm sunshine and made it
'1oosen up"
The present spell of weather" star
ted in on Nov. 10, two days after the
great Democratic victory, ordered pre-
sumably, by the weather man to cele-
brate the event, and it is still celebra
ting, but, thanks to the weather bureau
the Democrats have to suffer as well as
the Prohibitionists, Socialists, various
varieties of political adherents-an and Re-
publicans. One grain of comfort is held
out, however, that being that the ''spell"
can't last always. 1t may through the
winter, but when the gladstone spring
comes the ice, icicles, icy hearts and
other forms of generalization will have
melted and the earth and all its people
will take on that pleasant look and feel
ing.
But to get back to first principles;
Snow fell on November 10; also on Nov
ember II; likewise on the 18th, 18th,
l4th and 18th. 1t was with US on the
18th, flying fine and beautifully. In
fact it has been flying every day since
November 10th, not excepting Sundays
and legal holidays, but with it all it has
been pleasant spell, if one doesn't
mind zero weather occasionally, such as
last Friday morning when thermome-
tiers registered degrees of chilliness
varying from two below to IA below ac-
cording to the location of said thermom-
eters and the word of their owners, no
affidavlts having been filed as to the &C
curacy Of the machines or the truthful
ness of the various possessors. Suffice
to say, however, it was cold; sizzling
cold; cold enough for the oldest
inhabitant" when he reviewed the win
tiers of half century or more ago.
This morning the snow measures on
the level eleven and 1-16th inches, in
drifts from three feet to fifteen or
eighteen, and the thermometer at seven
Q clock registered 4 degrees below,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-12-22
THE DEATH RECORD.
PHILIP HANSEL.

Mr.. Philip Hansel, a prominent and
well known farmer of Garrett county,
near Homecoming, died suddenly on
Wednesday afternoon. shortly after five
O'Clock, from stroke of paralysis. He
was ill only few hours.
Mr.. Hansel, who had reached the age
of 70 years, had lived in Garrett county
all his life and was widely known and
highly respected all through that sec
ton. He is survived by his second
wife, who was sister to his first wife,
and by several children as follows: Mr..
David Hansel, Mrs. Fred Otto, Mrs.
Hugh Weir, Mrs. James Weir and Mrs.
John Meese, all residents of Garrett
county.
The funeral was held last Friday af-
ternoon at 2 O'Clock, with interment in
the Hansel cemetery, on the home prop
erty.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-12-22
HAUSER.

Miss Dora Hauser has been quite i'll
for several days, but is reported better.
Mrs. Rob't Lathum has been reported
on the sick list, but is able to be about
at present.
Miss Bertha Nicholson visited her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Roth,
last Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. Lem Reed has undertaken to help
Mr.. Floyd Shaffer cut timber prepara-
tory to moving saw mill on to his
place
Messrs. Floyd Arts, Harry Fowler
and DeCoursey Roth shoveled snow last
Friday so we could read our letters.
Mr.. Bowers does not appreciate the
snow as much as he antic pated. He
recently tried to get sympathy by up
setting himself into the snow, but he
was seen performing, and 1t is not
thought he will attempt upsetting HIM
self again. Nevertheless his regularity
during the last two weeks has made him
more popular than ever.
The Eyes and Ears desire to acknowl-
edge to THE REPUBLICAN and its very
regular correspondents that we had
observed the weather very closely every
day, but we refrain from writing knews
that everyone no doubt already knows.
Mrs. Mary Enlow, after visiting for
some time in this vicinity, returned
home last week.
Mr.. John Martin and son Elmer were
Thomas visitors last Thursday.
The Preston Railway Co. has been
having considerable difficulty in keeping
the track open for traffic.
Mr.. D. 0. Roth recently filled the coal
house at the school house with sufficient
fuel to last some time.
Rev. Ernest Hauser will preach at
the Gnegy church next Sunday, Dec. 25.
Every one invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey A. Roth spent
last Sunday with Mr.. Roth's brother,
Mr. Alfred Roth, at Dobbin, W. Va.
Christmas is almost here, time of
the year we all watch for. 1t is good
time for you to send THE REPUBLICAN
to your relatives who are away from
home. A more appropriate present
could not be thought of, and it would
be highly priced
A meeting was held at Eglon last
Tuesday, Dec. 10. to make plans for a
new mill at that place. We understand
a stock company will be organized and
a new mill will be built in the near
future. It is a good enterprise and
doubtless all citizens viii materially aid
in promoting the enterprise.
Mrs. VIII Hahn, of Breedlove, is visit
ing her mother and sister, who are sick,
near Crellin, at this writing.
Miss Gertie Sisler is reported much
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-12-22
TWO AUSTRIANS KILLED;
THREE SERIOUSLY INJURED
Tuesday Night BY Being Run Down BY
Freight Train on Grade.

The great number of fatalities attend
ing the building of the third track up
the Seventeen-Mile Grade from West
Virginia Junction to Swanton, which
has been under way for several months
past, was added to Tuesday evening
when two Austrians We're instantly
killed and three of their countrymen
were so seriously injured that slight
hopes are entertained for their recovery.
The men had stopped work a few
minutes prior to the accident and were
on their way to their clubhouse located
near Thirty-Eight water station. be-
tween Swanton and Frankville, when
an eastbound freight train passed them
onsthe south track and another train
westbound was passing upon the north
track. The men were walking upon
the middle track and did not know that
a second train from the east was
approaching until it was upon them.
Two Of the men were hurled beneath
the wheels OF the eastbound train and
instantly killed, while three others were
knocked clear Of all three tracks, but so
badly injured that they can hardly re
cover.
Two of the injured men and also the
bodies of their dead countrymen were
brought to Oakland, the injured ones
being taken to the Office of DR.. Nc
Comas, the Company's physician, who
upon examining their injuries discover
that the back of one was broken and
the skull of the other fractured. Later
they were taken to the Keyser hospital,
to which place the third one had pre-
viously been sent by the railway Off
cials. The bodies of the dead men were
taken to the undertaking establishment
of Messrs. Bolden, Brown & Weimer,
where they were prepared for burial,
which occurred this morning with inter-
ment in the Catholic cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-12-22
The Blessings of Toys.

God bless the man who invented toys.
They give fourfold pleasure. First to
the workers who make them, for can
they not see the eager eyes of Christ
mas morn even while they work? Next,
the parents who buy them, for what is
jollier than to go through the gorgeous
aisles in ones capacity as the home
Santa Claus and clsose the very things
that will raise Nifoops of delight on
Christmas? Then, on Christmas morn,
the delight of the children in the things
themselves and the delight of the par
ents in the children's delight. Not to
mention the fairy days OF looking into
windows. studying the Yule-tide in
children S faces, and recalling ones
own exaltation as the long ago Christ
masses came into view. Yes, God bless
the man who invented toys!
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-12-22
Body Found in Wreck Debris.

An engine drawing an eastbound
freight train on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad was derailed at Bond, early
Monday morning resulting in the piling
up of a number of freight cars. The
tracks were completely blocked. In
clearing away the wreckage the badly
mangled body of an unknown man was
found under the wreckage and was re-
moved to Piedmont. 1t is not known
whether the man was riding the train
or walking on the track. The riggers'
crew was startled when it came on his
body as no fatality had been suspected.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-12-22
The Republican for Job Printing.

better at this writing.
Mr., VIM. Devers visited Oakland
Monday of this week.
Master Harry Enlow is reported i'll at
the present time.
Rev. Wade, of Eglon, preached his
second sermon at the Red House last
Sunday. Sunday school here was post
poned until Sunday afternoon. This
community turned out goodly number
and were repaid by Ethe excellent ser
mon.
Mrs, Seymore Hampstead is reported
i'll at the present writing.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-12-22
DAVID c. SHAFFER.

David C. Shaffer, aged sixty-fve
years, died at his home near Pleasant
Valley church, Garrett county, Monday
night, December 18th, of a complication
Of diseases with which he suffered sew
eral weeks. The deceased gentleman
recently purchased and moved upon the
Albert Smouse farm from his former
home near Terra Alta. He was amen
Der Of the NJ. E. church and died in the
faith of that denomination. He leaves
surviving him his widow and three
daughters and one son, namely, Mrs.
Lesta HiXson, who resides on the farm;
Mrs. Iona Kalbaugh, and Mrs. Verna
Staley, of Terra Alta, and DR.. E. w.
Shatfer, of Mount Storm, w. Va. The
funeral of Mr.. Shaffer occurred from
the Pleasant Valley U. B. church last
Wednesday and was conducted by Rev.
Bauman of that denomination, with in
terment in the Pleasant Valley Gene
terry. The relatives of Mr.. Shaffer have
the deepest sympathy of all who know
them.