The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-05
Mississippi I News
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NOEL TALKS GOOD ROADS.
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C10veIanQ.-Ine gOOQ cOnven.
| tion was held here Tuesday at II
o'clock. Hon. Chas. Scott, In a few
we'll chosen words extended a welcome
to thskgatherings estimated at from
$500 to $500 people. Mr.. Scott also
paid 4 trtbute toI the ladies present,
and referred to four delta counties
bolivar, Coahoma. washington and
$unfower-as possessing lands far
more fertile than the valley of the
He donpared thsss four counties
with four counties & n4nois showing
that TIE four delta Counties had a
gross Value Of produce per anpllm OF
1880 Der acre, as against $11.85 per
here fJf the Illinois couRties: I'm IN
PRODUCING Governor sNoek MI. Scott
bald him attributed rsterrtng to his
Service as district attorney legislator.
state senator and governor and. above
all HIS faithful performances OF duty
during the Spanish Americana WAr.
Governor Noel then spoke, dwelling
ESPECIALLY ynpon the need for good
|lrdadst hi thib bounty. He said that
,whhei WI .afsI ~pkbgressing in every
|Iother way. IVY wdrs at about the same
| place as to road building as we were
zoe years ago. H dwelt upon the
fact that our state constitution, which
places ali the power In the hands OF
tie boards of s%upervisors, should DO
lchanged, and hat the roads should be
-xo~A~~2EA% f&An coron cyctorn az fha
educational Interests Of the state.
That the boards should only be direc-
tors OF the work as mapped out and
planned by higher officials, paid Dy
the state. He also stated that time
/ and power was the question. not the
distance. That good roads shortened
the distance from town for the farm
er and madesfarm life safer and more
pleasant
Governor Noel also stated that his
experience as q public official had
impressed upon him the necessity OF
securing good men for public SER
vice, and that men of experience,
knowledge and skill come high. He
urged the people to work in harmony;
he related that the yellow fever evil
OF this country had been stamped
otu by learning the remedy and staed
that the, road question would. have to
lbessolved IN the same wayz-fby q man
who was able to discover the remedy.
The governor was followed by w.
Simpson Keller, the good roads ex-
pert, whose talk was along the line
Of different methods Of road building,
and was enjoyed by the people inter
ested in the good roads movement.
Z Mr.. Blakeslee, commissioner of agrA
culture, then spoke for about thirty
minutes, and was followed by State
Superintendent ]. N. Powers, who Is
working in hearty cooperation with
the peopleiio OF the different counties IN
the establishing OF agricultural
schools under the new law passed at
the last meeting Of the legislature.
4 Mr.. POWERS is hot only onesof the
States brightest md most promising
young. men, but is y very pleasant
speaker and entertained the crowd for
about one hour He dwelt upon the
AGRICULTURAL high school principally.
and pointed out the advantages which
1t gave to the poor boy or girl who
was unable to meet the necessary ex.
pense Of taking a course in these de-
partments. The Rev.. r. A. N. VIII.
son. state organizer for. the Farmers
Union, was not present, having missed
connections. in Memphis. ..tax5s 81 Esd,
After the speaking dinner, was
served to the large gathering.
CIR. Byrnes, president Of the Match
ez Chamber of Commerce and vice
president of the Mississippi Land De-
Association, organized last
month at Jackson. went to Starkville
to confer with Prof. Hutchinson on tho
subject Of demonstration farms and to
Information as to the methods
employed by the agriculturists at the
and Mechanical College.
Mr.. Byrnes has been an advocate of
demonstration for years and has Of
to donate q site for n in, Ad-
ans county, HIS object being to have
a complete test made of the soil in the
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ern Mississippi from the Tennessee
tine down to Baton Rouge, La.
Chancellor A. A. Kincannon, OF the
of Mississippi, addressed
citizens Of Oxford and Lafayette
county in response to an invitation by
the mayor and board OF aldermen. He
told Of the great work the university
was doing and what could be occom-
in the future along educational
Ines.
The Lafayette County Farmers
Union held an enthusiastic meeting at
Burgett, ten miles west of Oxford,
and many prominent speakers were
present and addressed the large gath
sring. Much business was transacted.
State Superintendent OF Education
Powers has been emf a copy of the
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