The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10

raj High School has decided to build
a dormitory for them. There will BE
a teachers normal. lasting four weeks,
In July and August. 1t will be held
under the auspices Of the school, and
accommodations for a hundred teach
erS will be afforded.
AS the season progresses the injury
to the tomato crop by the freeze on
April 81 becomes more apparent, and
it is now evident that the damage was
greater than at first estimated to be.
To the inexperienced many fields lock
we'll, look as they ordinarily do in the
middle OF April. but a close examina.
ton shows that most fields will yield
but few tomatoes.
The Walden Dredging and Drainage
Company has adopted plans by which
all necessary money will be raised and
a canal survey made to begin at once
through Hays creek valley. II pres
ent plans are perfected a laIeg body
of submerged land, which is yer, val
liable, will be drained. cleared and
put into a state Of cultivation.
James Foster of Copiah county has
just celebrated his ninety-third birth
day by giving q great efast, which was
attended by his children. ~grand-chil-
dren and great-grandchildren and
many Of his relatives and friends.
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This is tn first veal since the civil
war that any farmer in Sunf1ower
county has ventured to plant wheat,
and its growth and maturity has been
watched with much interest. 1t is now
harvest time, and as far as learned
success has crowned the project.
The A. and NJ. College commandant,
Col. GoOdaie, announced the following
appointments for tho ensuing term:
S. R. Varnado. lieutenant colonel: w.
H. Buckley, S. r. Simmons and w. B.
McMurtry, majors.
The most successful session m the
VI vi udu SOllSSC tlOSSu ldSl
week. This statement applies whether
reference is made to finances, enroll
ment in college departments, or to
general character of work done.
Congressman Ben. G. Humphreys Of
the Second Mississippi Congressional
District, is critically in at a Memphis
infirmary. Congressman Humphreys
was forced to leave Washington sew
eral weeks ago on account of q ,cri.
GUS complication of diseases.
The twenty-ifth annual session at
the Mississippi Industrial Institute and
College was brought to a close Monday
at moor when the diplomas and Gel.
tifcates of proficiency were awarded.
The baccalaurate address was deliv'
cred by DR.. w. o. Thompson, president
Ohio State University.
After four days of one of the hard
est fought legal battles In the history
Of Tallahatchie county, the jury in the
ease of the state against c. ". Osborn,
-udISeu WIFI dI SUI, L ICu d NCl ~
Of guilty, and Osborn was sentenced to
he penitentiary for a term Of eight
ears. Osborn was convicted for COM
in the burning Of his store and
stock of merchandise.
. Meadville, the historic county seat
If Franklin county, and n of the an !
~-k .ry~1 T.. oYt N1inciccinnt I
which has had an exceedingly unfort-
mate and deplorable recent past, and
las been known for years past as a
own without a church, has at last .
GOTTEN out of the primitive rut, and .
low boasts two church buildings. 8
The Brookhaven Camp Of the Wood =
he state, the membership being 535, :,
05 new members having been enrolled :
ince the first of January. The total 7
mount of insurance carried by the
membership is $4,000. 3
Two hundred employees, men, women 2
nd children, were thrown out of work .
y LIE ClOoluS uOWu vi tuC VlCl luldu q
otton mills for an indefinite period. q
ill officials declare that they have
cen running at a loss for some time, y
are compelled to shut down until
he price of raw material is such as
ill justify resumption of operations. q
AS a result of a broken switch, a
freight train on the Mobile
, Ohio railroad was wrecked near !,
cooba, and two members of the crew l.
ere killed-John Campbell, engineer, 7
Jesse Davis, brakeman, of ;
With the announcement of F. II.
as a candidate for congress in
le Sixth District tOa succeed Hon, E.
Bowers. there aiesthfee candidates
the field. The others are Mr.. d. P.
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