The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-09-02
Mississippi News
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The Farmers Institute Of Forest
county was held at Hattiesburg under
tho direction Of Prof. Mckay of Stark.
vile. Prof. Hutchinson of the A. &c
M. College spoke on soils and made
the point that all productive soils are
made by human efforts, and a farmer
should be content with getting land
capable of being made productive. To
this end he recommended the growth
of cowpeas, velvet beans, peanuts and
such other vegetables as will furnish
humus to the soil.
e. w. Newman has resigned as
chancery clerk of Franklin county and
an election has been ordered to fill the
vacancy, which becomes effective ON
September 16. The election will be
held on September Is. Mr.. Newman
has been filling the unexpired term OF
his father, DR.. A. NJ. Newman, who
was assassinated June IA, 1909. The
present clerk was also shot while go
ing to his fathers assistance, but
recovered. His brother, DR.. Lenox
Newman, was shot and MORALLY
wounded at the same time, dying a
few days later in the Natchez santa.
RUM
SCREAMING with terror hnnouc0 .
negro had her by the arms and was
pulling her from bed through an open
window, and begging her mother, who
rushed into the room and seized her
by b legs, to protect her from the
brute, little Laura Thomas, the 9-year.
old daughter of C. w. Thomas of Tu-
MICA county, had a narrowing expert.
ence. Her screams, coupled with the
cries of her mother, quickly assembled
the white men OH the place, and they
chased the negro off.
Judge Hughes convened his first
term of the court at Bay Spring. The
charge to the grand jury was out OF
SAN / "a OlIOHS anu W I1S
point. The Judge, after emphasizing
the Importance Of the enforcement OF
all law, charged the jury especially
with reference to gambling, the unlaw.
full sale of whisky, and the carrying
OF concealed weapons. He said these
were the trinity of evils in this
Rev. DR.. Warren Sherman Webb, S.
years Of age, died at Meridian. The
deceased was one of the greatest edu.
of the South and was especially
well known to the Baptists Of the
South. He was born and reared in
New York. graduated from one of It's
most famous institutions, and about
years before the Civil War, find.
ing himself out of harmony with the
people OF his native state on ques.
then leading up to the great
Civil War, he came South.
The people of the communities and
section through which the New Or.
cans Great Northern operates, toward
he upper terminus of its line, are 20.
ng to work with a will with a view
o helping the railroad people develop
heir territory. There is a great act.
witty in trucking in that section. Since
he opening Of the line, about a veal
lgo, about fifty carloads Of truck have
'een sent out from Hopeweil, George
own and other stations along the line. |
A Woodmen Of the World picnic was
leld at Morton and was a success in
very way. A large crowd was pres. !
mt, the tables were heavily laden with
'ood things to eat, excellent music |
'as furnished and all seemed to thor.
ughly enjoy themselves.
A petition signed by D. w. Reed
of Shiloh National Park
commission, and citizens Of Corinth,
as beer filed asking the board of su.
to 'cede to the United States
overnment all roads leading from
orinth and connecting with country
pads in McNairy and Hardin counties,
leading to Shiloh National
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H. c. Parkinson is charged with
lrning his. store at Pulltight, Holmes
,unty, and held under a bond Of 81.
70 to answer to the circuit court. In
to Parkinson, four negroes