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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07
u. s. HAS BANkBALANCE
BREAKS RECORD OF THE PRES.
EMIT FISCAL YEAR.
Working Balance in. Treasury crept
Up to More Than $32,ooo,0oo
Over September.

Observation-Disclosures Sam balanced
his books and counted his cash Satur.
day for September and found that Tor
the first time since the present fiscal
year, began on July l, the government
has taken in more money in a month
than it has been obliged to pay out.
The cash drawer showed a balance
Of $1,16O,S0S over all disbursements.
If the payments on the Panama Canal
work and the public debt could be ex.
cluded, the surplus would be 1885,.
572.
There was a deficit of nearly a.,
100000 for the corresponding month
last year. To date the total deficit
for the fiscal year is $15,91O,66O, as
against a corresponding total deficit
Of $50, 169,315 last year at this time.
The favorable showing can be at.
tributed to larger receipts and small
er expenditures. Total receipts for
the month yer $55,953,57S and dis.
bursements $52,527, 006. The expendi.
lures were a good s6,000,00O less than
on August 1, and the receipts were
around 100000 greater. There were
sharp advances in customs receipts,
the revenu collected from that source
alone is this year more than $4,000.
000.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07
NEWSPAPER PLANT BLOWN UP
More Than 20 Dead-Editors and
Printers Caught Like Rats.

Los Angeles, Cal.-An attempt to
destroy the residence of Gen. Harrison
Gray Otis, publisher OF the Los An.
geles Times, by means of an Internal
machine was made Saturday after.
noon. Following as it does the ex.
plosion which, with great loss of life,
destroyed the buildings and plant OF
the Times, a suspected effort to blow
up the auxiliary plant of the paper
and the finding Of a powerful internal
machine in the residence of Secretary
Zeehandelaar of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association, the at
attempted outrage has wrought this
city to an intense state Of suspense
and excitement.
Gen. Otis and the other responsible
heads Of the paper unequivocally
charge the Times building disaster
and the narrowly averted attempts Al
further destruction of life and prop
erty to labor union sources.
With equal emphasis the leaders O
union labor here and throughout tn.
United States repudiate the accuse
ton and locally they have offered al
aid in their power in the effort to de
tect the culprits.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07
500, 600 IN REWARDS.
Los Angeles Police Force Increased
Six Under Arrest.

Los Angeles, Cai.-Under the slim.
illus of proffered rewards aggregating
500 1000, hundreds OF policemen and
private citizens here and In all coast
cities are searching for clews that may
lead to the arrest Of the conspirators
responsible for the blowing UP of the
Times building and the attempted de.
struction of the homes of Gen. Harri.
son Gray Otis and f. J. Zeehandelaar,
secretary of the Merchants and Man.
~ufacturers' Association.
Police and civil officials believe at
least three men were concerned in
the outrage which cost the lives Of
more than a score Of Times employees,
and the city has placed a price OF $10,-
900 upon the head of each. The coun-
ty voted an additional reward of s5,-
600 for every man captured and con-
victed, and on top of all members OF
the Merchants and Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION decided to offer a reward OF
$4,000.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07
DEMOCRATS PUT UP DIX
CHAIRMAN OF STATE COMMIT.
TEE NAMED FOR GOVERNOR.
New Nationalism Of Roosevelt Scored
and Strong Direct Primary Plank
Inserted In Platform.

Rochester, N. Y.-The Democratic
state convention nominated John A.
Dix of Washington county.
The platform, as adopted, leads old
natfonalism forward:
"The Democratic party Of New York
in convention assembled, pledges It.
self anew to the old nationalism EN-
bodied in the constitution Of the
United States and to the support in
every way of the independent and con-
tinued existence of each Of the three
separate and distinct branches of the
federal government; preserving all
from attack and usurpation and each
from any possibility Of en~croachment
by the others, and In particular We
condemn all attacks upon the supreme
court of the United States.
"We again declare that powers not
specifically granted to the federal gov
eminent belong to and Of right must
be exercised by the states In their
sovereign capacity, and we r~eassert
that the most efficient results in gov
eminent are attained by the complete
exercise by the states Of these re-
served sovereign powers. We are un-
alterably opposed to any usurpatfon
by federal government of the rights Of
the states.
I'VE declare in favor of statewide
direct primaries to insure to the peo-
pie the right to choose members Of
political committees and nominate
candidates for public Office"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07
GRAFT HAD FUNNY SIDE
TWO CAR COMPANIES REPAIR
SAME CAR AT SAME TIME.
I. c. Paid for Lumber Repairs on Steel
Car-Two Repair Billie on
Same Car.

Chicago.-Harold A. Simms, who
has been in charge of the ihvestiga-
ton into the record OF the Illinois Gen.
trail Railroad, was a witness against
Frank B. Hartman, Charles e. Ew-
ing and ]. NJ. Taylor, former Illinois
Central officials.
In addition TO declaring that he had
made payments to Illinois Cetral in.
spectors while superintendent of
the Memphis Car Company, Simms
traced from his records the move
ments of certain Illinois Central cars.
These were cars said to have been
repaired, but which the railroad com.
pany claims we're not repaired.
Records were presented by Simms
which showed that Illinois Central car
39,023, against which the Ostermann
and Blue Island Companies rendered
bills for repairs in 1907, had been
shipped to the Ostermann plant load.
ed with lumber on December IL, and
that 1t had stood on a side track un.
til December 20.
The Blue Island Company filed q
bill for $290.S5 against this car and
the Ostermann Company presented a
bill of $S0.57 against the same car at
the same time. Records of a similar
nature were exhibited for other cars.
and on still other cars records show.
ing two charges by the Ostermann
Company were exhibited.
For Illinois Central car 104,954 q
bill of $S9.65 was rendered.
Among items in this bill were those
for twenty-four feet of pine and ZIG
feet Of oak lumber.
Car No. 104,954 was an all-steel
car" said Simms. Such material as
the pine and oak could not have been
used in its repair"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

dl0 First Lesson IN economy.
when l was q very small boy and
. dime looked pretty big to me, I met
John H. Fariey-who had always been
my good friend-on the street one
June day." says Frank Harris.
FRANK he said, The Fourth Of
July 10 coming soon. You'll want
some change then. Eet me be your
banker until then and you'll have
some money for irecrackerss torpe
does, lemonade and peanuts.
II emptied nay pockets into his hand
and every day thereafter until the
Fourth l turned over to him my small
earnings. When the day Of days came
around I had q fund that enabled me
to celebrate in proper style, while
many Of my playmates were nat
broke. 1t was my first lesson in thrift
and 1t was a good one. Hundreds Of
Cleveland people would be glad today
to testify to the fact that when John
H. Farley was = friend Of q man or :
boy he was . friend indeed."-Clsvs-
land Leader.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07
Points 70 Good Future.

Seven poor children. four girls and
three boys. all about ten years old.
went to a nearby seashore resort, In
charge Of two women. for q days out
Ing. The funds for the picnic were
provided by two boys who sell papers
and who live in n Of the two houses
from which the excursion party vas
recruited. One Of the women In
charge Of the children said that the
boys had arranged the outing "of their
own accord, and the remarkable thing
is this: They are not good boys By
any means and n Of them IL Prob
ably the naughtiest boy in the neigh
borhood. But we think that when boys
do little things like this they win come
out all right."-New York Tribune.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07
Declines TO Meet r. p.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-Gov. Charles
N. Haskell informed George r. Bel.
ding OF Little Rock, Ark, secretary of
the Arkansas Fair Association, that he
declined an invitation to be present
at the reception Of Col. Theodore
Roosevelt. The governor declared
that until he changes his mind to
ward the official misconduct Of Col
Roosevelt, in the past, or his attempt
to deceive the people in the present.
he could not consistently place him
self in the position of approving thu
Roosevelt policies.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

In Manila, especially in the meat
stalls, where flies assemble in swarms,
It is found that solutions of one in five
hundred formaldehyde in water placed
In aucer attract and kill. Breeding
places of files are sprinkled with kero-
Sene and the street sweepings sprin-
kled with crude petroleum and then
covered with lime. which, In turn, is
covered six OF eight inches with new,
clean earth. BY these simple, easy
mean the numbers Of flies were i'm.
mensely diminished.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07
New Record for Wireless.

New York.-A new long distance
record for wireless transmission is
claimed by the Marconi Wireless Tel
egraph Company, which announced
that the officials were informed in a
dispatch from London that Mr.. Mar
conf, who is now in the Argentine Re.
public, has successfully received sig.
nails directly from Glace Bay, N. H..
and from Clifden, Ireland, at the high
power station now almost completed
In the Argentine Republic. The dis.
lance covered is estimated at $500
miles,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07
n. c. & St. /. Raises aPx.

Atlanta, Ga.-Announcement Of a
general increase in wages for Nash.
vile, Chattanooga & st. Louis Rail.
way employees was made here by J.
l.. McCollum, superintendent of the
Western & Atlantic Railroad, which is
under lease to the Nashville, Chatta.
nooga & st. Louis. The increase is
effective from September 1 and added
to an increase by the same road on
July 1, swells the pay roll about $780,
600 yearly. Most Of the railroads in
southeastern territory have advanced
wages during the last two months,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07
Tilman WIN Run.

Trenton, 8. CT my health con.
tinues to improve l expect to be q
candidate for the United States sen.
ate in 1912. All will depend on how
I stand the work in Washington when
l go there in December" This state.
ment from United States Senator Ben
jamin b. Tillman. disopses Of the re
cent persistent rumor that because
Of failing health the senior South Car
DINA senator had decided to retire
from public life at the conclusion o
his present term in the senate.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07
Arkansas Apples Best.

Memphis.-Arkansas leads in the
apple exhibits at the Tri-State Fair,
capturing most of the blue ribbons,
although Knox Walker, a young apple
raiser from Cherry, up in Lauderdale
county, Tennessee, made a fine show.
ing and got first on Stayman winosap
and finished among the winners in
several other classes.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07
AWAToR's ALTITUDE RECORD
Youth Of Fl Rose 32e Feet Higher
han Chavez.

Mourmelon, France.-Henry Wyn-
male, a daring aviator, holds the rec
ord for height, reaching a higher alti-
tude than ever did man, who skim
ming the ether, has ventured in an
aeroplant to emulate the birds.
Wynmalen scared 20 a height Of e.
7S0 metres (9,120 feet); that is to say,
in cold figures, that he assembled two
miles, lacking LAO feet.
Wynmalen, only 81 years OF age,
who gained his areoplane pilot license
a month ago, flew 1928 feet higher than
the lamented George Chavez, who in
falling, lost his life crossing the Alps.
as had other ambitious air conquer.
Ors.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07
A new species of trouble. but a kin,

A new species Of trouble, but a kind
not wholly unexpected, is that which
has befallen an aviator in Berlin. He
las been arrested and his machine con
hscated for taking a three miles flight
over the city to visit a friend in a
hospital. A local ordinance provides
that three days notice shall be given
before a flight is taken. But. good
graciouSl the friend might have been
put OF the hospital by that timsi
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07
Die. on Operating Table.

Jacksonville, Fla.-United States
Senator-elect Napoleon Broward, who
was former governor Of the state,
died from an attack Of gall stones.
with which he has been suffering for
some time. Gov. Broward's death oc-
Cured as he was placed on the op-
Grating table.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07
New Mexico Has 1927. see.

Washington.-The census bureau
announced the population of the ter.
ritory of New Mexico as 327,29 com.
pared with 195,31O in 1900 and 1885,
593 in 1890. The increase from 1900
to 1910, therefore, is 1906, or GIG
per cent, as compared with an In
crease for the previous decade of Al,
III, or 27.2 per cent.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07
Lated Mine Horror

6utSot WtVO TVTTOTse
The Doctor-Of course, II the oper.
ators in the anthracite and bituminous
fields form a coalition
The Professor-Then there will be
nothing for the consumers to do but
TO coalesce.
(Slow curtain.)
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07
Good Roada Elan.

st. Louis.-Resolutions were adopt
cd and q national committee Tor 1911
was named at the closing session OF
the third national good roads conven-
ton here. State highway commissions
ers, according to the resolution. are
the most effective in making good
roads, and every state Is asked to ap-
point such a board. Statute labor on
roads is condemned and 1t is recon-
mended that all highway taxes be paid
in cash. It Is recommended that ev.
cry state pass g Law. requiring vehicles
- carry NIGHTS at night
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

But no Chicago aviator" says the
Pittsburg Gazette Times. has yet
sailed over Lake Michigan to Milwau.
kee." Why should any Chicago avia-
TOR take the trouble to do that, when
he can fly all the way to Milwaukee
overland!
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07
IlIIterats immigrants.

Ellis island records show that Of
62.727 immigrants who arrived here In
July 1886. or about Is per cent. are
i~lliterates. ~Iliteracy IL no bar to an
immigrant 20 long a. he appears phys
ically able to care for himself. Only
1.127 persons who sought to enter the
country were barred at this port-last
month.-New York Press.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07
Manchester Mills Close.

Manchester, England.-A final ef-
fort today to compromise the differ
ences between the cotton mills and
their employees having failed, the EN-
| ployers' Federation ordered their
| mills to close,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07
Drops Dead In Church.

Pittsburg. Pa.-Mrs. Jane Powell.
one of the best known church work.
ers in the Welsh Baptist ranks Of
Pittsburg, dropped dead in her pew
while the pastor, Rev. }. B. Thoma1,
was announcing his tea.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

That Chicago woman who Won a
confirmed woman-hater by baking him
cake simply illustrated the old say.
ing that the way to reach a mans
heart is through his stomach.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

1t Is said there is a new comet in
The a field Of the sky, and II SO
/ is probable many politicians will be
wondering as to which one of them
I presages disaster.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

The captain Of the United States
army who broke his ankle while dan
sing at Newport seems to be eligible
or a pension on account OF injury
received In the line of duty.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

AS long as Germany can sell her
Did battleships to Turkey she will
maintain her opinion that the time il
not ripe for the partition Of the Otto
man empire.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07
Kills sen sefor. Mothsr.

New York.-With his mother frant-
icaily en~deavoring to restrain him. DR..
Hubert Gudger, a young physician
from Asheville, N. c., committed sui
eide by cutting his throat with . razor
In q o at the Grand Union Hotel.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

While Prof. Gamers educated ape
may lack in refinement. 1t would not
70 joy-riding through a residence dis
trict late at night with an open muf-
der.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

A New Jersey ragpicker in n
week found $1,000 worth Of Jewels in
BID clothes. The people who formerly
owned the old clothes are probably
complaining about the cost of living.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

Up to the present time the use Of
he various universal" languages has
been confined to a comparatively
small section Of the universe.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07
GINNIN NC REPORT.
From Growth Of 1910 to Sept. 20,
With COMPARISONS,

Washington.-The United States
census bureau gave out the follow.
ing tabulated statement, showing the
number Of bales of cotton ginned from
the growth of 1919 to Sept. %, 1910,
with comparative statistics to the cor.
responding date in 1909 and 1908:
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

After flying ACROSS the English
'hannel a few times no experienced
aviator should be afraid to tackle the
lob Of flying across Lake Michigan.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

A Boston woman wanted to elope;
but when her husband gave her money
10 60, she changed her mind-it took
Ill the man away.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

Now that good people have organ-
ked a worldwide pure-milk fight II
b becoming a distinction to be a
low.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

1t would be interesting to know how
many barrels Of excess humidity we
have had this year, and the weather
man ought to supply the information.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

: Notwithstanding tho fact that II
wasn't much Of a summer we arr
torry to bid 1t good-by.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

Families that simply must have do
nestle service are panied to hear
about the shortage in chorus girls.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

Youths who get hurt at football
mnnot explain that they did not know
The game was loaded.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

Aviators will fly away somewhere
and die Of ennui when all possible
records have been broken.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

Insanity is on the increase. say the
doctors. Shall we appoint a commits.
zion to examine the doctors?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

Probably we shall have n~oise-proof
hats when we get noise-proof me-
shanical pianos and noise-proof ba-
biee.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

If they'd make the frames Of aero.
planes of rubber. wouldn't there BE-
lever accidents?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

Next season women will wear
PAINTED hats" How many coats?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

New York spends $36, 1000. 900 a year
IN charity. It costs money even to
Se poor In Gotham.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

Fortunately Alaska has lots Of coal,
br It needs a great deal Of steam
heat.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

German military authorities have .
bad case of a%irshipitis.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

One point in favor Of an aviation
meet is that 1t does not kick up the
dust
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

Wator Rant
INSTRUMENTATION is to have one Of
the finest water plants in the world.
It will be supplied from four artesiaH
wells, furnishing about 1,500,0 900 gal
Ions a day. The plant will be owned
and operated by the city, and the citi
xens, 1t is said, will also get about the
cheapest water in the South, In add
tion to the purest. The plant, when
completed, will cost about 100000.
The supervisors of T~allahatchis
county must levey a special tax for the
county agricultural high school, under
an opinion handed down by the depart
ment Of Justice, is reply to a question
from the president Of the board on
that subject.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

The antiseptio bank note IL the
htest device Of a germ-ridden age.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07

When an airship turns turtle the
occupants cannot swim aEhore.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-07
Mississippi News
OuO0 DO00Ouu
| TWO 8.
Planter Resists Three Armed Blacks
Without Injury.

Planter ResIsts Three Armed Blacks
without Injury.
Merigold.-1n . pitched battle Win
three Jemison brothers, negroes armed
with Winchesters and pistols, VIII
billiard killed two of the blacks. the
third n escaping unhurt. Dillerd
was not injured.
The Telling of . tree by billiard.
which crushed the fence OF tho ~
groes, who were brothers living on the
farm adjacent to billiard, caused the
renewal Of antagOnism which had ex'
listed some time. One Of the negroes
fiourished q rife following the telling
Of the tree.
Fearing trouble, billiard armed him
self with q Winchester when he me,
to the woodland on his place to cut
timber. He had no sooner reached his
place Of work than he was confronted
by the three brothers, n with 9
Winchester and the other two armed
with pistols. A fusillade Of shots fol
lowed. Two Of the negroes fell dead
The third turned and q billiard
was e~xonerated at q preliminary hear
Ing this morning.