The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-01-14
Mississippi News
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the Mississippi Confederate soldiers
home, and formerly the home OF their
chieftain, are getting too giddy and gay
for my use. Beauvoir is getting to be
an old lovers retreat, where the bygone
days are lived over again, and a young
mans thoughts in springtime never
turned half so lightly to love as to these
battle-scarred warriors. 1t was given
out long before Christmas that there
was to be a wedding there, but two OF
the shy young things, fearing to incur
the displeasure of the superintendent and
the house mother eloped and went to
Gulfport and were married by the Rev.
j. |. Finley. The bridegroom is 60 years
old and his bride is 67. They are H.
III. Cravens and Mrs. Easterland a sol
dier's widow.
State Revenue Agent Writ Adams has
filed suit in the chancery court of Harri-
son county against the Dunbar, Lopez &
Dukate Co.. said to control all the oyster
packing factories in Mississippi, claiming
that they are due the state penalties to
the amount of 1925 900 for forming a
combination, the real purpose of which
was Ito restrain trade and to limit and
restrict competition in the purchase, sale
and marketing of the commodities dealt
in by them"
The county superintendent of public
instruction is rapidly Transforming the
school rooms of Harrison county from
the back woods type with pioneer fur
nishings into modern up-to-date ones.
The old jack knife carved desks and
benches are being replaced with seats and
desks of the most approved pattern.
The Mississippi Mineral, Exploration
and Development company of Raleigh,
lately incorporated, is composed of well
known local business men, and is con.
servatively capitalized at 100000. The
company's expert has been locating min
erals which can be commercialiZed, and
they have already acquired valuable
holdings, such as fine clays, phosphates,
mineral paints (pigments), silica, acids,
building stone, lead, zinc and other min.
erals.
The mayor and board of aldermen of
Water Valley ordered an election held
on January 25 upon the question of
whether or not the city should issue
$4,000 of its bonds for the purpose of
buying terminal facilities, depot grounds
and right of way for the Water Valley
Southeastern railroad. This road runs
through Water Valley east, connecting
with the Southern at some point in Cal
county.
& hard fight is going to be made in
Greenville to secure lower fire insurance
rates. 1t costs more to insure q house
in Greenville than in many other towns
in the state with poorer fire protection,
and the business men and citizens gen.
orally have taken hold of the matter
and are making representations to the
rating bureaus which they are hopeful
of bearing fruit.
Prof. Thomas A. Early. superintendent
of education of Yalobusha county, ten
dered his resignation to take effect at
once. The board OF supervisors ordered
election to be held on January IS to
fill the vacancy. Prof. Early Will &C
cept a position under the department
agriculture and will be engaged in
special work of organizing boys corn
clubs.
The Tooth anniversary of the birth of
Albert Pike was celebrated with appro-
pirate ceremonies by the Mississippi
Rite bodies of tho Southern
jurisdiction at Masonic temple at Me-
ridian. A number of Scottish Rite Ma
sons from over the state were present
to witness the fine program OF music
and speeches arranged for the OCCASION.
Letters are being sent out to planters
in the delta generally advertising the
proposed visit to Greenville, January II,
OF DIR. S. A. Knapp, chief of the bureau
of plant industry in the agricultural de-
partment at Washington, who will speak
at the courthouse on the afternoon of
that day on Investigation
Chancellor Hicks has granted an in
junction enjoining the American Express
company and the Southern Express COM
pany from refusing interstate shipments
of liquor from the Southwestern Express
and Telegraph company, whose main Of
is in Vidalia, La, across the river
Natchez.
Gov. Noel has been petitioned to grant
a pardon to Jack Dollison, sent up from
Leflore county in1901, on a life sentence
for murder. The petition. says only that
he has made a good, reliable convict, hay
ing been a trusty most of the time, and
that the ends of justice have been met
in the nine years he has been incar-
cerated.
The stockholders of the Alcorn County
Fair Association met at Corinth, at
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