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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-05

serve as model for the coming and
younger generations, he stands pre-
eminently an illustrious character in an
illustrious age.
1.-The time has come in the history of
this country, and especially in Missis-
sippi, when the people should select as
their representatives, the very best in
craftsmanship and the purest in NOR
als-men who are clean not only in
their public utterances, but clean in
their private life-men who do not at
tempt to ride into Offices by arousing
and exciting the prejudices and pas
sions of their fellow citizens, but tall,
sunbrowned men, who live above the
fog in public duty and in private think
ing.
"But | came not here to talk, but
simply to introduce to this splendid
audience all that is best in politics,
wisest in statemanship and purest in
morals-the Hon. C. H. Alexander of
Jackson"
Made Chaff of Vardaman.
Disclaiming worthiness of all that
had been said, Mr.. Alexander proceed
ed ct once into the very marrow of es-
sentials for discussion These he ham
died with great dignity of thought.
Without once mentioning the name of
Ex-Gov. Vardaman, he proceeded to
make chaf Of that gentleman's claims
t. popular suffrage. He condemned
very strongly the vexing of tae popu-
lar mind with questions appealing TO
prejudice and showed very clearly that
there was a ''race question" here as
everywhere, that two races dwelt To-
cally intermingled but racially different.
The question of white supremacy is no
longer alive, according to Mr.. Alexan-
der, but was settlea long before the
constitution, and is settled wherever a
white nan ard man of another race
exist. Wherever the Anglo-Saxon race
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A. Weller & Co.

A. Weller & Co., have opened jew
elry store in Grenada tnat for beauty
of arrangement and elegance OF stock
is rarely excened. This firm has stores
in several different towns and evident y
made large purchases, hence they claim
an ability to offerremarkably low prices
in everything in their line. Their stol e
in charge of Messrs. Stein and M. We
ler. Call to see them in the Grenada
Bank building
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They Have a Definite Purpose

Foley Kidney Pills give quick relief
in cases of kidney and bladder ailments.
Mrs. Rose Glaser, Terre Haute, Ind,
tells the result in her case. ''After
suffering for many years from aserious
case of kidney trouble and spending
found Foley Kidney Pills the only medi-
cine that gave me permanent cure. l
am again able to be up and attend to
my work. / shall never hesitate to
recommend them." Sold by all drug
gists.
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Seneca. S. c. Man.

A gentleman frsm Seneca, S. C. has
through the business league bee. me
interested in Grenada as good point
for an ice pia1t He will be here next
week to investigate conditions. He
wishes toerect 25 ton plant.
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EXECUTIVE CON-
MlTTEE MEETS
Primary Ordered and Officers
Named.


Pursuant to call the Democratic Ex
ecutive committee of Grenada county
met in Grenada Saturday, July 80. A
quorum being present busin ess was
proceeded with.
A primary election to determine tht
choice of the Democratic voters fol
Congress was ordered for August 25.
The second primary, if one is neces
sary, was ordered for September 10.
The candidates for Congress were
assessed 500 piece to pay the expenses
incident to the primaries.
The following officers were appointed
to conduct both primaries:
GRENADA PRECINCT.
Jno. Owen, S. T. Tatum, w. G.
Richardson, judges. Whitfield King,
w. B. Barnes, clerks. Claud Hail.
bailiff.
ELLIOTT PRECINCT.
Rev. T. B. Williamson, Milton Miles,
Mall, judges. A. Olson, A. S.
Heath, clerks. j. E. Leverett, bailiff.
GRAYSPORT PRECINCT.
VIM. Fenner, P. P. Willis, O. H.
Perry, judges. S. D. Rayburn, w. j.
Parker, clerks. w. c. Hudson, bailiff.
PROVIDENCE PRECINCT.
A. c. James. John Cooley, John
Mitchell, judges. ]. c. James, d. HI.
Tindall, clerks. Jno. Williams, bailiff.
SPEARS PRECINCT.
Jack Seals, VIII Clark, j. N. Provine,
Judges. Herman Clark, William Aven,
clerks. Tom Spears, bailiff.
ENON PRECINCT.
E. L. Sandersen, James Pritchard,
j. T. Smith, judges. ]. H. McCor-
mick, ID. v. Horton, clerks. F. HI.
Horton, bailiff.
HADY PRECINCT.
j. A. Martin, F. P. Collins, A. w.
Stokes, judges. ]. F. BarksdaIe, G. E.
Smith, clerks. T. G. Bowles, bailiff.
PEA RIDGE PRECINCT.
w. S. Bailey, D. A. Childress, John
Cdrry, iu5ges. W. A. Winter, T. j.
Curry, clerks. Ira Ronnsaville, baihff.
OXBERRY PRECINCT.
J. D. Emmons, ]. L Tribble, B. F,
McCan, judges. Fl. j. Staten, T. E.
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E. R, THOMAS
ACQUITTED
Jury Out But a Very Little
While

The case of the state against E. r.
Thomas, charged with the murder of
Gilbert White was given to the jury
Wednesday at 1890 O'Clock and in less
than two hours Thomas was a free
man. He killed the negro during the
last days of the year 1909 and was
tried at the January term of the court,
but they failed to agree on verdict,
standing II to in favor of acquittal.
Thomas was remanded to jail by Judge
Mclean to await trial lat this court.
His friends were not satisfied that he
should lie in Jail and a writ of habeas
corpus was sued out in the early
spring before Chancellor Blount of
Water Valley. He denied the applica-
ton for bail. Thomas was defended
Cowles Horton of the local bar and by
Dinkins and Caldwell of Charleston.
They displayed consumate skill in
handling the case. The state was ably
represented by Roane & Roane, County
Attorney Doty and District Attorney
Lamp. The verdict was no surprise.
The following is a list of the jurors
that gave Thomas his liberty:
j. c.. Evans J. G.. Hester
G. C. Trusty E. R. Campbell, Jr.
J. P. Cohla w. T. Rose
H. B. Childs j. J. Gray
j. R. Cooley w. D. Daniels
S. A. Neel j. L. Carpenter
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To Teach Dancing.

| am now giving lessons in dane
ing at my home on Depot street.
The dancing will be correctly
and satisfactorily taught.
Grace Hallam.
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Smith, clerks. J. w. Harris, bailiff.
HOLCOMB PRECINCT.

Tom Kirby, E. w. Eubanks, j. w.
Hayden, judges. Ben Smith, Arthur
William, clerks. Sam Carle, bailiff.
. Committee adjourned to meet August
II, 1910.
A. S. Bell, Chm.
w. B. Hoffa, Seey., pro tenn.
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counted for little with the boy and girl
when their love was at stake. They were
so miserable that al length the girl 1ather
went formally to call upon the young man
parents and propose d solution. 1heS
would wait until the lad was seventeen
Perhans the pair would see matters diner
emily in the mean time. If they did not
thew were to marry. If they repented later
they could break the marriage at any tlihe
within the year. II was bitter plll lor
the Italian family, but they agreed at last
Even then the young people were not satlS-
fed but insisted that they must be mar
ried at once. They won their point
Almost from the first month of their
marriage they were unhappy together.
They had really loved each other, but the
traits that had been born with them ana
the customs and prejudices of centuries
that had been taught them since their ear
Hest childhood were too deep to be thwarted-
Even when son was born, there We're dis
mites as TO whether he should be christened
or circumcised, and they drifted further
anart than ever Before the husband mad
nassed the necessary age his parents
brought suit for an annulment, and the girl
passively consented
The young man volunteered an explaild-
ton of his grievances in the course OF ms
testimony His wife did not like TO talk 10
him. he said. but Just sat there ana salo
nothing" She did not like moving picture
shows. but would rather have him walk up
and down the street with her And. worst
of all she did not cook to his taste, ana
she put chicory in the cofee. Even the
Judge had to smile at the picture OF the
moor girl who could not conquer the hl!s-
teries Of spaghetti and olive OIL even TOT
the man she loved.
..yybat becomes of the children" is
natural question as to THESE JuNeHHe
,,a+obee inst as il Is the great question
regarding any divorce problem Inc law
saws that a marriage contracted when one
of the parties Is under the age of eighteen
is absolutely void, not from its beginning,
h,,+ from, the moment when it is declared
a nullity by the proper court. Thus the
ti1dran which were born in it legiu-
mate.
For all other purposes. however 1t is as
if there had been no marriage. The wife
cannot obtain alimony. and the children
must be supported by the parent to whom
the court awards them at its discretion.
Fortunately when there are children, espe-
ciallv when the couple Is a jewish one
the marriage is likely to be regarded as
pernanent, and il is seldom that the ques-
ton Of an annulment arises In case OF
this kind.
The same law of annulment applies to
cases of a very different sort. There was
n Young girl whose father was one of the
ablest detectives a Headquarters. She was
tail. with heavy black hair. brilliant color
and the dream haunted gray eyes that
make so many Irish girls more than
beautiful Her father knew the dangers
of the city as no one but a detective does
know them, and he was strict about ms
daughters bringing up-too strict, the
ueighbora said, .
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Tho oir1 was seventeen, and was talk
inc already of a Normal School course ana
the Regents examinations. One night
after A baseball game she met young
man at an athletic club reception she
had never seen any one who was SO
absolutely sure about himself and every
BODY else and showed it so plainly. %
bill dropped out accidentally when ne
opened his pocketbook, and he talked Id
an offhand way about automobile trips III
machines that could be borrowed from
the garage where he worked.
They exchanged notes, and a few days
later they slipped away for an afternoon
together The young man protested loud
" when she suggested taking another girl
with them but her bringing up stood her
in good stead and she refused TO go WIFI
out one The three of them went Tor
long 10y ride" into the country. BEFORE
they returned the girl had consented TO
go to the City Hall and be married The
Young man gave a false name 10 the
license clerk, and the girl stated falsely
that she was eighteen years Old Ihey
were married that afternoon
In sDite of the bridegroom's objections
and. finally his threats, the girl went to
her parents next day and told them frank
" what had happened Then the detective
had an interview with his new son-In-law.
He was familiar with the type, II his
daughter was not. The young man was
of the sort that loaf on street corners to
smoke cigarettes and Jolly the girls pass
ing by 1t was evident that he had never
intended to live with the girl for any
length of time He knew that the mar
rage could be easily broken.
But he did not know that he was liable
to criminal prosecution, both for marry
ing the girl without her parents consent
and for perjuring himself in his affidavit
TO the license clerk The detective decided
to try to make the best of il, and set up
the young couple in an apartment near his
own in quiet Harlem street For three
months the girl lived in misery with her
husband; then his insolence became UNI
bearahle and she went home to her par
ents They had the marriage annulled at
once
The law was made for just such cases as
this, in order to save girls who are worth
saving frcm the results of their girIish
folly Yet in this case the law itself was
to some extent responsible. The young
man would not have been so ready to
enter into the marriage if he had not
known that he could escape easily.
The law was better justified in the case
of q girl who a sixteen was forced to
marry Ter fathers employer, a small East
Side baker Her whole family was united
i'm supporting the match. and she learned
of hqr rights under the law only from
friends, who advised her to apply 10 the
courts in her own behalf. AS her father
refused to act, a special guardian was ap-
h1rf
nulment in her behalf, and her marriage
was dissolved She testified that the union
had been planned without her knowledge
that she had not understood the meaning
Of marriage. and that, although she had
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taken by the Misses UPWARDS. OF Boston,
Judge and Mrs. Martin j. Keosh- OF Fon-
kers will come early 10 throw open tneis
summer home; also Miss Nina Rhoades.
who is still writing the childrens DOCKS
The Profile tennis courts and golf course
have been receiving much attention TINS
spring and are in prime condition PRONE
Lake furnishes excellent trout fishing and
boating, and Echo Lake IS the faVorlte
after dinner stroll.
The Maplewood has been so renovated
and improved as TO make it quite the equai
or anv of the mountain hotels. and prom
ises to be the centre of social and athletic
activity on the west side this SUMMER
Miss Ina Knight, of New York, with Miss
Sfsson. has arrived at the cottage which
Mrs Annie knight has taken for the sea-
SON. and is getting in some good practice
work on the links which will be under the
direct supervision of Charlie Brown, OK
Yonkers n. ", president OF the cluo-
The Maplewood Casino will. as usual. oe
the scene of the brilliant balls on thursday
evenings which are attended by SO many
guests of Bethlehem hotels and cottages
and which are really quite the largest OaiiS
now held in the mountains, wnere dancing
seems to have lost its vogue LOT re"
years The excuse given IS tnat the Sooi-~
people play so strenuously az golf and ten
mis- or spend SO much time motoring anu
mountain climbing during the day thaI
when evening comes they are scarcely aDIo
10 continue such violent exercise
Mrs Grover Cleveland. with her family
arrived at Tanlworth this week from TyF-
tngham. Mass, where she has been tho
guest Of Mrs Richard Watson Glider at
Four Brook Farm. during several days
Mr. and Mrs w P. Dunspaugh, of New
vorl. will occupy the Cruft cottage at
MapIeWood this year.
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year later no child had been born, and
then the girls father again asked TO nave
the marriage annulled. But the husbano
did not relish the idea OF losing his rlch
young wife, and he opposed the annulmeht
on the ground that the girl had gone pack
to him after their first separation and AFTER
her parents had applied for an annulneht'
He had the case carried into the Appel
late Division of the Supreme Court, "here
1t was decided against him The court helu
that the girl could have forfeited her right
to an annulment only by living with hlm
after she was eighteen, which her parents
had haen careful to see that she did not do
Finding himself hopelessly beaten. the nus
band gave up the fight and went with the
girl before a rabbi to ask for the Hepre"
divorce which is given only When poth
psrties assent Without IT. in spite OF the
decision of the court, their friends would
still have regarded them as man ana wire
year later the girl married middle
aged vidower and bore him three children.
Early marriages are nearly as frequent
anonp the italians as they are among the
Jews but because of the different traul-
lions of the two peoples, they are more
likely TO be permanent. A man who is
nerhaps as familiar with the affairs of the
f March, estimated that not more than
five ner cent of such matches ended IN
separation.
Our people are more hotbiooded than
tbosa of Northern races he said, land
our Young folks are more mature. IKE
to see them marrying young, even before
they are eighteen. and grow up together
think they are usually happier, and it
them
out of bad company and bad ways"
The Roman Catholic Church in this coun-
,rv advises its followers not 20 allow boys
and girls to marry under eighteen, although
IT IS liberal In making exceptions to the
rule Thousands of Italians still cling to
the tradition of their country, notwith-
standing, and marry their sons and daugh-
tiers very young At the City Hall marriage
license bureau this works out in a curious
way. On an ordinary day five or six juve-
nile couples come TO apply for licenses, but
on a Thursday the number goes up to
thirteen or fourteen, nearly all Of whom
are Italians Thursday is a day of good
omen for them. as Friday is of evil.
A strangely pathetic story came out when
one of these trial marriages was dissolved
in the courts a few months ago. Almost
always. of course. the complaint comes
from the wife or her parents, as she is usu-
aliy the younger OF the pair. In this case.
however. II was the husband who brought
the suit. He was a clever italian lad of
sixteen. At a Socialist meeting in a hall in
Grand street he met Jewish girl who was
six months older than himself. and the two
fell in love In few weeks they were talk
ing of marriage
Their parents, both sides, were horri-
fed II was more than mere race feeling.
For q Catholic TO marry out of his faith
was as unthinkable as for Jewish woman
TO marry a Gentle. But race and religion
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This Will Shock Many
Eut Facts Are
Facts.

-, $50 -rousand genuine tfiaI
carriages were made last year IN
York CIV AS many more VIII
-. They are approved by the Ia"
- II sc seldom that the divorce
---=-7- N the County Court mouse 60
---o,pr with z years grinding "i'ilou' @
ding from six 70 d dozen OF them 10 4''
eriyt Of heat powder
--i,c, are the marriages in which pfiue ~
r-ffeqroonn or both, were under the aee
esz,--ee-7 Al The time of the wedding AGAIN
- ,,,.,-,. e,,ch cases have been carreu
M, he higher courts. ana again an'
aEa.n The higher courts have apheio '"e
law And the law provides that any pelSoii
who vas married before reaching eighteen
,-es-e car haze the union annulled by SIM
n, rlroz-jng the facts of age and the GATE
C the marriage in the proper coui l
Either z husband or a wife VINO was unoei
ne required age AT the time Of the mar
rage can demand the annulment- 1t MAKES
70 difference whether the parents coh
scented =, the marriage or not, and IL MAKES
70 difference whether they consent TO its
ennuiment The only condition Is thst the
coupJe snail not have lived together since
he COMPLAINING party reached the age %
eighteen
A union which can he set aside al a cei
.a5n 5s-. or q. any time before that date,
and hv the fulflmenr of certain cohoiIios'
- any time after il, merely at the WIS.,
q one of the parties. is certainly NO
marriage and nothing else Fuflhei ]" -
che plain intent Of the law that IL shou1u
IL SO This seems a shocking state OF
affairs 20 many persons. There are others
Who believe that il is necessary one
Justice Henry Bischof. Of the Supreme
9urf. who has presided at the Dreaklhs
Up 4 some hundreds OF New York homes
Il authority for the statement that IN q
-arge share of the youthful marriages
@ilich are now contracted in this city both
plce ard bridegroom and their parents look
1I3H he union temporary arrange
H'en' which they may or may not choose
tc make permanent later.
Of those who apply 10 have such mar
RACES annulled." Justice Bischof said In
~ Interview on the subject, "a consider
ale number, perhaps the largest class. are
re descendants of Polish Jews. Among
a. J+Hs in Poland marriages at a sur
"'-S-hgly carly age are the rule Divorces
frequent and IL is not al all unusual
girl Of fifteen or sixteen 10 be living
-Ih her second or third husband There
40 scandal implied; the girl may be one
''e most respected women in her COM
1l4'y ii was understood when she was
married that the union was likely not
- De lasting one.
When the, come te this country. OF
lnese people bring their customs
- tleln Early marriages are still COM
among them, though I believe that at
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Trial Marriaees Are Permitted by Law in New ork

given her consent to the marriage cere-
monv. it was because she did not realize
what she was doing and dared not reoei
against her fathers authority.
THE purpose of the law in these cases,
said Justice Bischoff lis to allow persons
who are married at tender age to escape
from uI-advised matches. 1t is principle
of law that an infant-that is, any person
under the age of twenty-one-may not pind
himself by a contract which, it is pre-
sumed, he has not the discretion TO make
to his own advantage. But marriage is
contract in which the state has a peculiarly
vital relation. and since, because OF physl-
cal maturity, marriages are often plainly
necessary below that age, eighteen years
has been fixed as the age of consent, after
which persons are competent TO enter into
binding marriages.
But there are cases in which. in the in
terests OF public morals, persons VINO are
even younger ought to be allowed to enter
a legitimate union. So the law allows
such marriages to take place. provided the
parents or guardian of the party give their
consent But the parties, as infants sun
benefit by the legal theory that they are
infants and not fully responsible for the
contracts into which they enter
When the parties have reached the age
of consent, however, they are certainly
competent to judge of the wisdom OF the
marriage, and so the law provides that II
they continue such relation after tnat
age has been passed the marriage is
valid one and the same as any other Ii
they have been separated by circun-
stances, but still wish their marriage 10
continue. they may have II reaffirmed.
which renders it fully binding"
The present law Justice Bischof ex-
nIained. grew out of a principle of the
common law The common law of Eng
land fixes the age of consent that is.
the age below which a marriage is re-
garded as no marriage. either in law or IN
facial twelve years for females and
fourteen years for males. Except for the
three years from 1927 10 1880. the common
law rule prevailed in New York State 10
1887. when a law was passed fixing six
teen as the age of consent for girls and
eighteen for boys. Since that time mar
riages at an earlier age have not been
positively prohibited but permitted on con-
Gition that the parents consented. III the
marriage was without their consent the
parents could have il annulled, regardless
of the wishes of the couple themselves
In 1895 the age of consent for girls was
raised TO eighteen. and the section pro-
viding for the annulment of any marriage
made at an earlier age, upon the appiica-
ton of the party concerned. was added to
the law 1t provides that, even II the
parents oppose the breaking of the match.
the discontinued party may have speciai
guardian appointed and press the case TO
an annulment.
AS 10 whether the law is good or a
bad one excellent authorities disagree
Justice Bischoff made II plain that ne APP
proved of its main purpose and tnat ne
considered some such provision essential
to a just marriage system. on the other