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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-09-16
Problem Was Easy for Edison

stated the object OF our call \ queer
little smile passed over his features.
Finally, he said: I suppose you nave
had all sorts of inventions offered to
your
I'VE nodded acquiescence.
well he said. chuck 'em all out.
Most of them are no good, ana, De-
sides, you don't need any invention.
we looked surprised and Edison
was clearly amused at our astonlsh-
ment. Then he proceeded to elucidate.
All you have to do, gentlemen, Is TO
~insulate your wires, draw them
through the cheapest thing on earth,
lead pipes, run your pipes through
channels or galleries under the street
and you've got the whole thing done.
"lnere he was telling us In that
simple, off-hand way how to do the
thing we had spent the best part o.
a year puzzling over; for none OF III
doubted that he had solved the prob
lem. and afterward the experiments
which we conducted proved con
clusively hat he had.
Before we left Edison we asked
him what his bill was for the advice
he had given us.
Mot a cent he replied. DC yo'
suppose I'd stick you for so simple
thing as that
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-09-16
Wizard Quickly Told New York Com
mission Just How Electric Cur
rent Wires Could Be
Placed Underground.

When New York city, back In the
tate eighties, passed an ordinance lot
bidding the ~stringing of telegraph ana
telephone wires overhead and order
ing the miles Of wires already over
bead to be placed underground a com
mission was appointed to take charge
Of the work of burying them. A mem
Der of this commission was the late
Jacob Hess, at one time very proml-
nent as a Republican organization
leader in New York, and one or the
group of very energetic young men
who were trained in politics by Ches-
ter A. Arthur when he was a power
IN New York city politics.
1.-The most impressive evidence
ever had of Edison's genius received
when | was a member of What be-
lieye was the first authoritative body
to deal with the problem OF laying a
city's wires underground" said Mr..
Hess to me a few years before MS
death. And, by the way, our work as
a commission was closely followed Dy
municipal authorities throughout the
United States and also by some OF the
leading municipal experts Of Europe.
well when we started out we
knew that it wouldn't do just to place
the wires in trenches and let 1t go al
that: anybody knows that wires sc
placed would not work and would
soon be destroyed. So we had au
thority to spend money to make ex
---~1ct, ~ Drdnr fn oct Qt least ont
satisfactory system OF burylng tns
wires. and to enter into contracts Will
inventors of satisfactory systems. On
of u first moves, therefore. was u
advertise our needs.
You can't imagine he lumber O
Inventions that were brought to GU
attention-they simply were legion, a
the saying Is. Most OF them Wer'
worthless on their face, and We wer'
asked by their inventors all sorts o
prices. ranging from a few dollar
away up into the thousands. one Q
the best Of the Inventions, as W
thought, was so expensive that 1t
cost alone made it's use prohibitive.
"One day, after we had been struf
Cling with the problem for weeks, an
were as far away from solving It AZ
p~arently as when we first tackled i
1t was suggested that we call on TO-
as A. Edison and ask him to inven
something that We could use, or,
least, give us a suggestion that W
could have worked out. We Wrot
him. and he invited us to visit him
his laboratory in New Jersey.
presenting ourselves before him
the appointed time, we found MI
wearing an old linen buster and
much battered straw hat. AS "
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-09-16
JACKSON.
LEGAL TILT OVER JONES'.
judoe Orders Change Of JaiIs-Author
ity IL Questioned.

judoe Orders Change Of JaiIs-Author-
ity Is Questioned.
The right of Sheriff r. M. Kelly Oh
Warren county, to retain CUSTODY oi
Charles Jones, a white prisoner, unoer
life sentence in Bolivar county for the
murder of Jesse Pace, will be given d
legal test before the supreme court at
| the approaching October term.
The controversy over the possession
NJ this prisoner is one Of the o In
teresting that has developed IN the
Mississippi courts for many years.
and involves some legal problems with
which the authorities have never De-
fore been confronted.
ZONES is a prominent planter OF Dol
war county, and about n year 9
shot and killed Jesse Pace, a clerk III
q store at Cleveland. 1t was claimed
that Jones found a note written Dy
Pace to Mrs. Jones, and this provoked
the tragedy. The principal plea OF
the defense was the unwritten law
Jones was convicted and given a ll1e
sentence.
Owing to the fact that the jail a.
Cleveland was regarded as an unsaIe
structure, Judge Cashin ordered tnf
prisoner transferred to the jail a
Rosedale, in the same county, pen1lnt
disposal of the appeal to the supreme
court. Later the prisoner was ORDERED
transferred to the Warren county jail
at Vicksburg, for the same reason. I'M
supreme court ordered a reversal o
the life sentence and new trial.
In the meantime the legislature ha'
redistricted the circuit court district
of the state, and the county OF Boi1Va
was placed under the jurisdiction
Judge Sam C. Cook, of the Elevent
judicial district.
Word reached Judge Cook that Jone
had been made a trusty by Sherl
Kelly. in the Warren county jail, an
allowed a great deal of liberty, ha'
ing every opportunity to escape IN cas-
. he saw fit to do SO. Thereupon Juog
= Cooked ordered the prisoner tran
= ferred to the Kinds county jail.
Armed with this order, Sheriff Ra
of Bolivar county, went to Vlckspul
to take custody of the prisoner al
d bring him to Jackson, but ne cou
a not do so, Judge Pat Henry, attornf
y for Jones, securing an injunction
II the chancery court restraining the
y ton on the ground that no authorl
e existed to order more than one !
% moval for safe keeping.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-09-16
puLANEY GETS CHANGE VENUE
Charges Of Bribery to Be 'rieo u"
Yazoo County.

ydZOO SOAt't
That the grounds upon which at
torneys for l.. C.. Dulansy, charged
with the bribery Of Theo. u. blioo'
member of the state senate, brougn
the proceedings for a change OF venus
were we'll taken, was shown "neD
Judge Henry, after hearing all lno
testimony and argument, handed oo"n
a decision in favor OF the Defendant
and granting a change OF venue. Fuf'
thermOre, the court decided ula. tue
case should be tried in the !urlsalc'
ton in which it originated, for obvious
reasons, especially for the reason mat
the district attorney who was with
the grand jury that investigated the
allegations upon which the Indictment
was found is more familiar with tina
facts than any other district prosecute
ing officer could be. Hence the court
declares a change to Yazoo county,
where the case will be up for hearing
| during the November term, and the
third week of that term.
District Attorney Mcneil, directly
| after the decision Of the court mao
been announced, sought to secure q
modification of the order as to the
county, and asked hat COpiah be Sc
lected. The court heard the learned
officer carefully and attentively, Du'
stated that it's mind had been fully
formed, and no change would be made
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-09-16
Weed and the Tuo Nice arthys

from William Writ, who prosecuted
Aaron Burr, down to Roscoe Conkllngr
but | never heard by them sucn ora
tory as that which fell from OCon'
nell's lips. Then 1t was that /
stood for the first time wnat tne
source OF O'Connell's power over the
people of Ireland was. -,
After the meeting was over salo
to the two bishops: I Will go 10 tue
newspaper Office and wait there until
I can get copies Of the paper with tnS
speech in it, SO that l can send them
to the United States by the steamer
which sails tomorrow
ARRIVING at the newspaper ONCE !
heard the presses changing, but QUIZ
see no light in the editorial rooms. l
raped at several doors, and at last
a porter came to one Of them.
~ am anxious to get q few copies
of the paper l said. and don't inc
anyone about the building who can
give them to me- =,
Faith, then. you'll have to wall
till the morning. was the porters an
swer. -,
But l can't wait l protested. II
| get the papers now. l a aouress
them and they will catch the early
morning mail for Queenstown and Sc
get to the United States several days
earlier than they. could in any otnel
way.
THE porter pricked up his ears. IN
- r1~, tho Tinted states q
America he asked.
Yes. and with me are two bisnop
Of the Catholic church, and we nav
heard O'Connell speak tonight
"'Sure, then, if you're from Amer
{ ca.'-of course, the porter spoke VIII
a DELIGHTFULLY."- broad brogue-'you WI
know my brother
e Very doubtful replied. IN
b CA is q big country. What Is you
e brothers name?
t "It's Mccarthy, sir
What does he do?
q ".he's a waiter in an Inn, sir.
WHATS the name of the Inn?
e Its the Aston Inn, on the broa'
d way street in New York city, sir.
n What said. Your brothe
d Mccarthy. is a waiter in the Aste
House,?
Sure he replied.
Then said l, I have to tell ye
4 that your brother stood behind n
chair attending to my wants durlI
ia the last meal l took in the Unit
~ States before l sailed. He's my frien
Mccarthy, the waiter, Is
,e THE porter was over1oyed. while
ia was amazed, to think that in all Il
t. vast number of immigrants In the VI
4 ted States his brother should happ'
If to be my favorite waiter in the Asst
H. House. Then the porter ran TO Z
press room and returned with an ar
"a full of papers, and got them on
Of mail. And when I returned home
q had his brother appointed to a go
ID having clerkship in the New 70
,s- customs house"
1T Copyright, 1910. by e. J. Edwards
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-09-16
Proprietor Of Portland Advertiser
Would Not Raise His Salary,
So He Quit and Turned
to Politics.

This story of how a refusal to raise
James G. Blaine's salary practically
opened up a political career before
him was told me by two competent
authorities, an editor OF Blalnes Ola
paper, the Portland (Me.) Advertiser,
during the Maine state campaign OF
1878, and, some years later, by Han
nibal Hamblin. Lincoln's second vice
president and later senator from the
state of Maine.
Senator Hamblin," 1 asked one day,
having recalled the story told me py
the Portland editor, "did you ever
hear that Blaine's career might have
been entirely different had ne beer
granted the raise in salary that he de
sired when he was editor Of The Port
land Advertiser in 1852"
"Oh, yes, l know about that story
and | know it to be true" responded
the senator, and l I'M certain tha'
Blaine's career would at least lave
been greatly delayed-to say nothing
of being differentiated he remained
as editor of that paper.
Mr.. Blaine" continued his sena
torisl colleague-both were in tina
august body at the time-"was one o
the associate editors Of the Kennebe'
Journal for two or three years afte
he first went to Maine to live. HI
work in that position was so notice
able that the owner of the Portlan'
Advertiser secured him as that pa
per's editor. The salary was tWelv
hundred dollars a year.
"As the end of the drst year OF M
Blaine's service with the Advertise
approached, he and its proprietor ha
several conferences about re-engag'
ment. Mr.. Blaine thought that b
ought to receive fifteen hundred do
lars a year, and he was willing to bin
himself for a number of years to tt
Advertiser If he could get the desire
raise of three hundred dollars a yea
The proprietor admitted that M
Blaine was perfectly justified in as
ing the increase in salary, because
was worth it; but. added b owne
frankly. he could not afford to pay
much money. In those days, "
know--back in the late hfties-nfte
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-09-16
Equine G~eographer.

Here is a story of an equine geos'
rapher, who was the cause OF saving
his master some distance In traVeling'
A gentleman in the habit OF riding q
good deal, found that whenever he ap'
nroached a certain gully. his saga
cious horse invariably opposed MS
wishes to cross at the particular spot
no had been accustomed to. always
endeavoring to lead on to another
nart of the gully, where no passage
was known to exist by his rider. Re
solving to see whittier the cunning
rogue would 60, he gave him q rei
and soon found himself carried ove'
the gully by a route that he had never
| before followed. Still, however. think
ing hat the former way was the near
| est. he was curious enough to hav'
both measured. when he found tn'
| horses Judgment correct. that way De
ing the nearer by several hundre'
| yards.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-09-16
LAUDS NORMAL RIVALRY.
State Superintendent Powers Sees En-
couragement in Striving.

Courdgement IN StrtVin9.
AS indicative Of the general spirit OF
the educational forces OF Mis- 1sslppl
relative to the scenes and ~n'idents
accompanying the receiving o. olos
from communities interested in the To-
cation of the state normal college, the
following, given out by State super
intendent Powers, may be taken as .
criterion generally:
Yesterday was a great day for cd
ucation in Mississippi. and l am ex-
tremely happy. Think Of it!-three
towns bidding in the aggregate OF
nearly q million dollars in money and
lands to secure the location OF the
state normal college. This Is a force
full expression of a splendid edusa'
tiopal sentiment.
with the establishment of a great
| state normal college assured, Inc with
an act on the statute books that will
carry an agricultural high school to
every county, the state is in a position
to develop a school system that will
carry the best school advantages to
all the people.
Speaking for the teachers OF Mis-
sisippi, who have worked so earnestly
for more than twenty years to bring
about the establishment Of a state nor.
NAL college, | am sure that they will
be extremely gratifed to learn OF the
munifcent offers of the towns bidding
for the location of the college. The
good news will no doubt please them
greatly"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-09-16

owner not only knew his business, u
was interested in his birds. He gave
me all the information l wanted, n
was so much encouraged that l went
back and invested In twenty pairs OF
homers and an equal number OF runts.
Following the advice l had received
I bought only mated birds, and as q
consequence | began to make money
from the start. At the end of that year
my profits we're sufficient to lead my
husband to advise me to sell all the
chickens excepting just enough TO
keep the family supplied in eggs and
devote my money and time to pigeons.
According to my experience 1t takes
four times as much m and money 10
raise chickens as to raise squads. In
cubators and breeders are not needed
for one thing. Pigeons hatch their own
eggs. They are careful to keep the
Young SQUADS covered for the first few
days or until the young mes grow
feathers. They also attend to FEEDING
their young, which relieves you OF mix
ing and sometimes even cooking food
as you have to do for young chickens.
All you have to do Is to give the old
birds the proper food.
when the SQUAD is from twenty to
twenty-five days old 1t is ready for the
market, and if properly fattened should
weigh something under one pound.
SQUADS are sold wholesale by the
dozen. and the standard weight is eight
mounds to the dozen, but where there
is a cross of runts and homers the
weight is almost four pounds heavier
7 often have squads that weigh q
pound each.
Many persons prefer the homer
crossed with dragons, because, OF the
larger number of squads, but have
found most money In the larger size
SQUADS. When it comes to the question
of health l have found them abou'
equal.
1.-The pigeon house must be KEPT
clean or the death rate among INT
SQUADS will eat up all the profit. Tht
rooms of all my pigeon houses are al
impervious to rain and nov as TN
! roof of the best dwelling, but at al
. times there should be an abundance
of ventilation.
, Concrete floors are the best. be
r cause they keep out rats. which ar
g about the worst enemy of the squat
raiser. / keep my floor covered a
feast an inch deep in sand and al
l Stacked lime. This is raked over ono
d a week and a fresh sprinkling OF linn
K added.
1.-The nests are built along the bac
of the house in six tiers, allowing tw
nests for each pair Of birds. In eac
nest there is a shallow earthen dish.
which the nest is built. i use thes
6 dishes or saucers because they are ca
lily removed and cleaned after tn
q SQUADS are taken out.
p Tobacco stems. the refuse from t.
a, bacco factories, make the best mater
is ais for the birds to build their nests.
ot GOOD supply should be kept i eac
"a pen for this purpose. Where hay {
straw is used it is next to impossib'
e to keep the nests and birds free fro
e vcrmin. My runs OF flying yards al
n all covered with wire netting and bui
in such a way as to have a tree or tt
eI shade of one over at least part Of
Ell Though pigeons are fond OF the 81
k and take delight in sun baths. thel
n arc days in the ummer when thu
seek the shade"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-09-16
SHOWING Himself Up.

Showing Himself Up.
~Unk" Russell, the local prize ngnt-
err, is very fond Of playing baseoail
and when the Athletics are at home
he often goes out in the morning 70
practise with them.
Apropos Of this practise OF INKS
Eddie Collins tells the following story:
"Unk came to Shibe park early IN
the season and made himself KNOWN
to us with the request that If 1t were
possible he would like to have a little
practise with us. as it would aid IN
his training.
II told him we would be glad to
have him get in the game, n tolo
him to get in left field. He looked
around h~elplessly for a m OF
two, and then, coming close to me
said. almost in a whisper:
"sSay, which is left neld? l never
played on this diamond "-Philadelp
phia Times.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-09-16
Pertinent Query.

The One Girl haven't seen you
for some time. Been away?
The Other Girl-Yes, just returned
from a two weeks sojourn ct the sea-
shore.
The One Girl-Have a good time?
The other Girl-Well, rather! Had
several proposals while there.
The One Girl-Indeed! Why didn't
O accept him the first time he pro-
posed?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-09-16

And yet concluded Mr. Hess, tine
plan that Edison gave us off-hand ano
free gratis for nothing Is the now
universally employed when wires are
to be placed underground"
copyright. 1910. by f. J. Edwards)
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-09-16
a Star Here.

"The defender s. that breach OF
promise case managss to be cheerful"
Eyes" replied Mist Cayenne he
has at least the satisfaction OF know
ing that in his present position he at
tracts more attention than he would
have as a bridegroom"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-09-16
MANY Hookworm Victims.

Representatives of the state board
Of health report that a large percent
ficted with hookworm. One of them
says 80 per cent of the persons exam
ined were found to be infected. The
remedy, however. is said to be very
simple, and even those who happen to
think they are free of the trouble
might take the medicine to make sure
OF themselves. So far as known. no
case of hookworm has proven fatal,
but the physicians declare that VIC
tins go about their work in a ~listless
kind of way.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-09-16
Feed for Chicks.

The best method of feeding grow
ing chicks is to give them all they
want Of everything they will eat
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-09-16
a Good Actor.

A GOOD Nctor.
II see you have an actor employed
on the farm"
YES, l put him on. He's a arm
good actor. too. l thought he was
working the first year he was here"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-09-16
Ready for the Pickers.

Cotton picking will be general over
the southern part Of the state within
the next week, according to advices
received from several counties. Elk
cept in regions where the boil weevil
has been getting in its work, the CROP
prospect is fairly good, and an aver.
age yield will be shown II favorable
weather prevails during the picking
season.
Showery weather has been reported
from a number of cDunties during the
raat weak, but In no. section has the
faiofall been excessive.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-09-16
State Crops Good.

State Crops Good
Col. Leroy T. Taylor Of Verona, Lee
county. chairman of the ~penitentlary
board of trustees, reports the Delta
crop. or rather that portion which ne
has seen which is being cultivated on
the state land, to be in very promis-
ing condition, and they are hopeful Oh
getting out a good paying crop, de-
spite the d~iscouraging conditions I'M
der which it has been made.
AS to the other crops, both corn ana
feed crops, they were never better
n the state bids fair to reap the best
crop of corn this fall in the history OF
the state farm system acreage and
everything else considered. Col. ray
| lor reports the wheat experimentation
| which has been conductd by super
| intendent Neylands on the Sunnowet
| plantation to have been very success
full, demonstrating the practicablllty
of the movement for encouraging
wheat growing in Mississippi.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-09-16
Want Good Grain Rates.

Want Good Grain Hdtes'
One of the most significant propo-
sitions which has been submitted 20
the Mississippi railroad commlssiSn
for a lon gwhile is now pending before
that body, which may take scme &C.
ton before very long. The mater IS
n affecting the fixing OF rates en-
Mississippi grains in transit In the
state with a view to meeting tho *
pected very large yield, especially In
corn and oats. which. it Is expeSsed
will be reaped and will be among fro
commodities tc be transported dhits
J extensively
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-19
BERLIN MANAGERS PROTEST.
a New Tax Proposed an Amussmeats ~
Every DeseFiptisn.

Tbs theatrical m anAgsrs Of Berlin
arc protesting against q proposed tar
on amusemsnts Of all kinds. beginning
October next. Such a tar already exists
in many German towns. but both the rate
and the provisions nov proposed are
unusually drastic.
Theat res, concerts, cirUlses, variety
and moving picture shows. dancsa. fancy
dress balls, races, haxaArs, panOFAmas
and performances 0g all kinda are % 10
brought into the municipal net The tar
IL 20 take tho form Of an impOst on tickets.
or a fixed sum square meter Of apaoe.
In the former case one cont u b ho
paid on tickets priced from 20 u cents.
another cent being added for each further
two cents on every Is Will b levied.
The tar a square meter begins at y
cents and increases 50 Cents for each
additional 100 square meters. Exclusively
scientifio lectures and entertainments for
achOol children for charitable puFp0asa
are % be exempted. but the tar viii fan
heavily on that Berlin speciality the
cahareta. which give concerts that begin
shout midnight and close &c "A. NJ, Tor
they will have 30 pay n.s0 for each per-
formance.
Tbeatre QifertofB ana 0tuar tnterpHten
parties ars holding Hleetingl Of protest..
10 h claimed that III Berlin HEAT roe
are mostly In a had way, and already
have % cOmpeta with The taKfrs9 and
subsidized State theatres. The nov TAI
viii expose thsm 70 fresh composition.
inaamtloh - some Of the best thaatfes ars
i1igt outside tho Jurisdiction q the Berlin
inunioipahty and vii therefore escape the
tax.
Il appears that . moving picture show
taking $500 q night viii pay only t2-50
tax, whereas = thaatFp which has much
heavier eKpenaee Wth have % pay 30 tax
all The mors because q recent diacLsainn
showed that Berlin theatre pTioas were
TOO hiah Tor the public pockst, and The
adding Of 70 per Oont. which u works
out 10 on ths prices VIII, Il h claimed.
lsad b q financial crisis.