The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-26
Mississippi News
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Mrs. J. N. Elliott, living five miles
east Of Guntown, died very suddenly
| of heart trouble. She had dressed pre-
paratory to visiting her son Bodie.
who lives near her. Her husband had
left her in the house when he started
to get the buggy and horse. On his
return to the house he called for her
TO come to the buggy. He had no re-
| sponse from her, and upon entering
| the room he found her on the floor
dead. She was 20 years of age.
The reports of the PIephone COM
panies operating in Mississippi, O :.
| ering operations for the June quarter,
1910, all tend t. show excess Of reve-
nue.. The Cumberland Telephone and
Telegraph Company reports total re-
Ceipts for the three months Of $685..
330.56, against an operating expense
account of $248, 942. &c, giving a net
revenue of $~37,3S7.80, which is slight
ly lower thar the net e for the
same period of 1909.
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Natchez. BY agreement among
Sheriff Clarke, County Attorney
Shields and the eleven men charged
with violating the prohibition law, the
five who sold whisky and the six who
sold beer will pay $50 and costs for
the later offense and 500 and costs
for the former. In addition each one
will give bond for 5000 to observe
the prohibition law for one year and
inform the sheriff of any violation.
The beginning OF a well-organized
crusade against the ravages OF the
cattle tick in Warren county Is now
well under way, since the arrival OF
DR.. G. w. Famous, government expert,
and his arrangement for carrying on
this important work.
Louis Hoffman, aged Sc, head " the
Hoffman Hardware Company, Vfeks-
burg, and rated as worth 100000 was
married at Cincinnati to Miss Gather
Inc Falkenheimer, aged 80, of st. Lou
is, MO-, WucI0 I1OIhldH III hC 1othSA
were business partners before the civil
war.
C. A. Robbins, formerly Of Adams
county, but who has been living in the
West for the past year, has returned
for the purpose of securing options on
$4,000 acres Of farm lands for settlers
from the Western and Middle States.
The first new bale of cotton for the
season of 1901 reached Meridian
and was auctioned off before the
board of trade. The bale weighed 428
pounds and was sold after spirited
bidding for Is cents per pound.
At a county cemetery ten miles
north Of Yazoo City, Polk Evers, 70
years old, q Confederate veteran, at
the funeral Of his own daughter,
stabbed and perhaps fatally wounded
Allen Pigg. To make the ARRAY more
deplorable, If possible, Evers and Pigg
are brothers-in-law, Mrs. Evers being
Pigg's sister.
Secretary F. o. Conant Of the
Brookhaven Board of Trade forwarded
by express to the Ohio Valley EXPOSE
ton at Cincinnati, Ohio, Lincoln coun'
tvs exhibit of agricultural products.
Among the exhibits were wheat, corn,
oats, big Irish potatoes as well as
large sweet ones, alfalfa, cloEer, su-
gar cane, rye, sorghum. peanuts, sew
eral fine varieties Of canned fruits
and vegetables.
The most important Masonic meet
ings in the history Of the local lodge
have been taking place during the
past three days, and the hotels have
been o~vercrowded with visiting breth-
rem from all parts Of the state. The
grand master for the stae Of Missis-
sippi, w. M. Conner, of Hattiesburg,
has been in constant attendance, as
has also A. H. Hicks, the grand lect'
urer of the state.
Gov. Noel win pay his visit to Hat
tiesburg for the purpose of deliver.
ing an address there. He is quite sal.
isfed that he will be unable to make
the Neshoba fair on the 18th, as he
hoped, as he has, other engagements
and duties that will conflict with that
date.
After a two weeks illness Mrs. w.
D. Porter died. at Oxford She was
probably the best known End most
popular matron Of the city. a leader
in all social as well as spiritual at.
fairs, and is universally mouraed.
The Rural Mail Carriers Associar
ton of Mississippi met at Vicksburg.
The attendance was small, but consid.
cradle interest was taken In the pro
gram by those present.
Work has been begun on the new
science hall of Mississippi College.
This is the second of a series OF
buildings to constructed by the trus-