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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-29

dinner at Schuetzen park inn Thurs
day evening for the Misses Marie
Tanning and Jessie Courtwright of
Chicago, who are visiting for the
week with the Misses LIE Claire of
Kemper hall. The tri-city young peo-
pie who were guests remained for
the concert and dance OF the even
ing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-29

in a Burlington passenger train yestet-
day while enroute from Galesburg to
East st. Louis. She was respondent
over Ill health A brother in Galesburg
is the proprietor of a large furniture
and department store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-29
Attention EAGLES.

You are requested TO be at Eagle
hall, on Monday morning at 9 O'CLOCK
TO attend the funeral Of Brother H. I
Myers.
FRANK WICH, Pres.
J. F Dindinger. Sec.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-29
ENTERrAINs AT eRE-NUPrIAL.

MISS MARGUERITE MERRIMAN,
at her home in Moline, is this after
noon entertaining at a pre-nuptial tea
for her cousin, Miss Lulu F. McCurdy,
whose marriage is announced to take
place in October, the groom-to-be being
Edgar l.. Stouten, formerly Of Moline,
but now connected with the Velie Mo-
tor company in the south. Miss Nc
Curdy is the daughter of Mrs. Emily
McCurdy, instructor Of domestic sci
ence in this city. The bride-to-be is
graduate of Moline high school, and
has also attended the Lewis institute
in Chicago, and has many friends in
the tri-cities. Miss Lilah Richmond OF
Prophetstown. also an October bride,
and about 40 friends from the tri-cities
are guests. The house decorations are
pink and blue, ribbons and flowers be-
ing profusely used. Pink asters made
the tables very attractive.
ENTERTAIN FOR GUESTS.
THE MISSES ALICE AND Hell
en- Ficke entertained at an informal
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
1T is A MISTAKE

Many have the idea that anything
will sell if advertised strong enough.
This is a great mistake. True, Q
few sales might be made by advertis-
ing an absolutely worthless article
but it is only the article that Ia
bought again and again that pays.
An example Of the big success Of q
worthy article Is the enormous sale
that has grown up for Cascarets
Candy Cathartic. This wonderful rec
ord Is the result of great merit sue
c~essfully made known through per-
sistent advertising and the mouth-to-
mouth recommendation given Cas-
carrots by its friends and users.
Like all great successes, trade pi-
rates prey on the unsuspecting pub
lie, by marketing fake tablets similar
in appearance to Cascarets. Care
should always be exercised In pur-
chasing we'll advertised goods, espe-
cially an article that has a national
sale like Cascarets. Do not allow q
substitute to be palmed of on you.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
COULD NOT
GUESS HER AGE
Mrs. Jones, at 81, Rides Horseback
As Well As She Ever Could

Kenny, Ill.-Mrs. Anna Jones, Of
this place, says: IT used to be trou-
bled with q weakness peculiar to
women. For nearly a year, I could
not walk, without holding my sides
with my hands. I tried several diff
ferent doctors, supposed to be the
best, and vat never even relieved. 1
got worse, and l told my husband 1
believed they were experimenting on
me.
Finally OUT druggist advised Car
for my complaint. l was SO thin, my
weight was liz. Now l weigh 1853,
and I am never sick. l ride horse
back as good as l ever could. l am
in fine health. at 81 years. Some
think I am about IS. 1t was Cardui
built me up. II I yer need medicine
for womanly troubles, I shall use
Cardui, for 1t Is all you claim"
Thousands Of ladies have written,
like Mrs. Jones, in the past fifty years,
to tell Of the benefit received from
Cardui. Such testimony, from earnest
women, surely proves the great value
Of this tonic medicine, for the diseases
peculiar to their sex.
Cardui is the medicine you need.
Try Cardui. (Your druggist has it,
N. B.-Write to, Ladies' Advisory
Dept, Chattanooga Medicine Co. Chat
tanooga, Tenn, fOr Special instructions
and 04-pag book. "HOme Treatment
for Women" sent in plain ON
request.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
CONDITIONS IN RANKIN.
Governor Noel Finds Many Improve
ments at Farm.

ments at Farm.
Jackson.-Governor Noel visited the
Rankin state farm Thursday. The
prison has been remodeled, in the past
year a chapel erected and other i'm
provements made, greatly enhancing
the appearance and general condition.
The surroundings he found more san
itary than on any previous visit. The
commissary was well arranged. The
barr contained about 10000 bushels of
corn and apparently plenty Of hay for
the stock.
There are 81 mules, 23 broodmares,
two other horses and a jack, besides
acres Of land has been broken up, and
oat planting is to commence at once.
The sergeant expects to cultivate
about $50 Or 200 acres more than for
merly, some being new ground and the
remainder thrown-out land. There
were four hogs killed during his visit,
and about 60 fat. but not large. hogs
we're in the pen for slaughter. There
was about $50 bushels of peas on hand
and some of the $500 bushels of pota.
toes that had been raised.
Part Of the potatoes had spoiled,
some had been fed to hogs and part
eaten by the convicts. Everything
seemed to be moving along smoothly.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
MAY BE SPECIAL SESSION.
Governor Will Call Body In Events the
Courts Sustain Treasurer.

Governor Will Call Body In Events the
Courts Sustain Treasurer.
Jackson.-A special session OF the
Mississippi legislature is inevitable If
the supreme court sustains the conten-
ton of State Treasurer George R. Ed
wards that he has no legal right to pay
deferred interest on the state bond
issue of 100000 that accumulated be-
tween July /, 1910, and January /, of
the current year..
Governor Noel has stated to several
callers at the executive office that he
Is convinced thet the states financial
credit Is vitality involved in the litiga-
ton, and that The intends to have 4;
preserved at all hazards: that, VIII lie
ne would regret very much the neces
SHY OF converting the legislature in
special session, he sees no alternative
IN the matter in event the supreme
court holds that the technical objec-
ton raised by the state treasurer, to
the eHect that sale Of bonds with &C.
formulated interest is equivalent to
sale below par, is wen grounded in
Jaw, then he will issue a call for the
legislators to come to jackson and
rectify the matter.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
LAD CONVlCTS NEGRO.
First Legal Execution in IS Years at
Louisville.

. eSSNI INSSottOn VI % FEARS At
Louisville.
Louisville.-The first legal execu.
ton within a period of t~hirty-ive
years will occur here on March "a,
when Bell Gage, a desperate negro,
will be hanged for wife murder. The
evidence of a ten-year-old negro lad,
an eyewitness, convicted Gage. So
convinced were the jury of the truth.
fulness Of the boys story that they
returned a verdict in ten minutes.
DO you know what will become Of
you when you die, if you don't tell the
TRUTH" said District Attorney Lamb
to the lad, previous to the rendition
of the crime story.
Eyes, sir; I'll go to the bad place."
he quickly replied.
III you tell the truth, where will
you go when you die?" was asked.
iii go to heaven; mamma and
papa taught me to always tell the
truth, and I'll tell nothing else but the
truth, he replied frankly, turning his
headtoward the jury. At no time DUR
ing the examination did he deviate,
despite the efforts Of the defense to
shake him.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
WALTHALL COUNTY CASE.
Legality Of Mississippi County Is in
Doubt

Jackson.-The supreme court re.
manded to the docket for re-argument
the case known as the WalthaIi coun-
ty case, and this is taken to mean that
the court has grave doubts as to the
legality of the new county. Chief JUS
tice Mayes in making the order stated
that the court was not satisfied as to
the legal standing of the commission
ers who were appointed by the gov
n to hold the election in that por.
ton of Marion county which was
sought to be made a part of the new
county of Walthall. with its county
seat at Tylertown.
The commissioners were appointed
to hold the election, yet went ahead
and delegated the duty to others. The
Marion county opponents of the new
county raised a cry of fraud and the
count OF the boxes was stopped. That
defeated temporarily the formation of
the new county. The ballot box was
sealed and preserved, and if it is de-
cided that these ballots shall be count.
ed, tht new county proposition has
carried in Marion county by nine
votes. In the part of Pike county
proposed to be added to the county of
Walthall, the vote carried by a large
majority, but in Marion county the
vote is very close.
II the supreme court holds that the
clerks and judges were illegally al
pointed by the commissioners, that
will settle the new county PROPOSE
tion-there will be none.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
A-LEvEE BOARD REPORT.
Pres. J. w. Cutrer Submits Information
to Governor Noel.

Pres. J. w. cutrer Submits Information
to Governor Noel.
Jacksonville annual report of the
Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Board OF
Levee Commissioners, received at the
Governors office, shows that the dis
bursements for the past year AMOUNT
to ~$937,237.61, the bulk Of which was
for interest for this purpose, being as
follows: Interest on coupons, $685.
1896; debentures ana interest, $1O2,-
9S7.4S; refund Of third series bonds,
$111,OO0. The amount expended for
levee construction was $64,651.47, and
for levee maintenance $~13,457.62, the
aggregate amount spent for new work
being the smallest for many years.
The present levee board has been in
office only since last March, and re-
ceived from its predecessor $S6,21S.O7
In cash. Tax collections for the year
amounted to $104, 9S3.75. At the close
OF the annual period the board had
cash on hand amounting to SIG, 4OO.6 g.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
Back, Then, to the Farm,

Richard Croker, during his visit to
New York last month, discussed with
a reporter the high cost Of living.
"The farmers are all right" said
Mr.. Croker. 1T is the people who in
sist on living in the towns who find
everything too dear. In the towns.
you see. the expenses are as bother
some as the children.
"a little boy in a tiny fiat looked up
from his drum one day and said:
mother, Adam and Eve lived in
Paradise. What was it like there?"
Like what 1t is here his mother
answered, when you eight children
are all at school,"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
ohIoans Seek Investment.

Gulfport.-A party Of nearly forty
capitalists from Toledo arrived In the
Pullman special car Ell Eclanante and
were banqueted at the Great Southern
Hotel. The aggregation is made up
mostly of manufacturers with an OBJ
ject of investing here. J. G. Secor.
president of the Toledo Hotel Com
pany, who has large interests here, is
among the visitors. The Yaryan Naval
Stores Company, Of which Mr.. Secor
is president, will be enlarged to twice
its present capacity, the increased de.
mand and decreased supply of the pro.
duct justifying the expansion.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
The Wise h

To the brilliant Episcopal bishop of
Tennessee, DR.. Thomas F. Gailor, a
Memphis man of rather narrow views
complained about charity balls.
Il doubt if 1t be quite ~reverent,
bishop" the man said, ito give a ball
for the purposes of charity"
But Bishop Gailor, with a saving
burst Of common sense, laughed and
replied:
Why, my dear fellow, I'm sure, if
1t would do anybody any good, I'd
dance the whole length of Memphis in
full canenicals."
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
otherly Advice.

Margery was playing school with
her dolls. The class in physiology
was reciting.
Nov. children" she said, what are
you hands for?"
TO keep clean" was the prompt
reply.
Yes" repeated the little teacher,
hands were given us so we could
keep them clean, and member, too"
she added, I'VE must keep our feet
clean, cause there might be an acct
dent."-Metropolitan Magazine.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
wHiTrENs cEr IS YEARS.
Brothers Murdered Uncle and Cousin
at Latters Wedding.

Louisville--When John and Ed Whit
ten, convicted of the murder Of their
uncle and cousin, Jack and Merida
Written, the latter only being married
two hours, were called up to be SEN
fenced, pathetic scenes t~ranspired in
the courtroom.
What have you to say why the SEN
tence Of the court should not be i'm
posed upon your" Judge Mclean said.
I'VE ask you, Judge. to be as light IS
you can" they replied.
Judge Mclean, after referring to the
enormity Of the crime and the effects
OF alcohol, sentenced both to fifteen
years In the penitentiary. In passing
sentence the Judge was deeply affect
ed. Within a few PAGES Of the boys
stood the aged, gray-haired father.
During the imposing of the sentence
his whole frame qurvered and he
sobbed like a child.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
Boosting Cut Over Lands,

Hattiesburg.-That the Mississippi
Pine Association is preparing for the
most active campaign in it's history, is
shown by the recent election of ]. A..
Kirby as secretary. Secretary Kirby
has large plans ahead, nothing less
than the ultimate merging of the asso-
citation with one of the owners of the
cut-over lands SO that the work of
advertising and development of South
Mississippi may be carried out on an
extensive scale.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
Art in the Nude.

The photographers lady was very
preoccupied showing some samples of
work to prospective s%itters, when a
tall and r%aw-boned Individual, appar-
emily from the land" stalked solemn
ly into the studio, and intimated that
he would like to know what the pic
tiers" were worth.
Like that. SO a Dozen" said the
photographers lady, handing him one.
The farmer gazed long and earnest
ly at the photograph of a very small
baby sitting In a wash basin.
And what would it cost with my
clothes on" he finally asked.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
STATE NEWS NOTES
Weekly Budget Of News Items Gathered BY Our
Special Correspondent at Jackson.
RESIST weEv,L's ADVANCE.
Mississippi Planters Study Conditions
In Louisiana.

MiSSl88oppu FuUUSCUU 0S0Vy SOt0JSuOUU
In Louisiana.
.Jackson.-Quite a number of sub
stantial planters and business men Of
Monroe county passed through here,
returning to their homes from the
southwest part Of this state. and from
the weevil-infested sections OF Louis
lana, where they have been studying
up ON the boil weevil situation with q
view to preparing in advance for the
expected invasion Of the fertile prai-
RE section. C. C. Franklin Of the
Amory n~eighborhood, who is a prom
inent and successful planter. in
speaking Of the visit and the impress
sions which he received. declared
them to be most ~deplorable, and rath-
or tending to discourage even the
stout-hearted.
They saw on some Of the once pros
| porous and fertile plantations condi-
tons which are little less than tragic
In their Enthusiastically pitia.
BILE. Work stock has been turned out
to shift for themselves in abandoned
fields. where In the recent past the
staple crops grew abundantly, while
row after row Of negro cabins are
tenantless, their occupants dispersed
in various directions. bag and bag
gage, in search Of work and the
means OF earning a livelihood.
Realizing the importance of stimu-
lating and encouraging the negro to
stay on the farm or plantation, even
though 1t means hardship and exact
Ing toll, this party will return to their
own section determined to take every
reasonable precaution to prevent the
emigration of their labor Of this class
They propose to not only persuade
their own negroes to stay where they
are, but persuade those who have
scattered to the four corners to come
and settle with them. There is plenty
Of land and Of the most fertile variety
in the state. and by reducing the cot
ton acreage to such a point that it
can be worked under boil weevil con
ditions to advantage, while raising all
the food crops that he needs at his
own door. The negro farmer is a nat.
ural born cotton grower; he needs the
encouragement and help of the white
planter and the landowner and the
planter needs him. and the white man
should seek to encourage and lead
him
Mr.. Franklin found much Of inter.
est and conditions that rather tend to
encourage him to look forward from
the optimist standpoint to the not too
distant day when they may with all
reason expect to see the weevil settle
down in Northeast Mississippi. What
Its coming has done for South Missis.
sippi will be duplicated in his own
section, and the live-at-home spirit
will be the natural consequence of the
0XDecfQd invaQi0n aN
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
LIVE STOCK PROGRESSING.
Growth Of Tax Records Not Adequate
Representation.

~rowtn OF Tax Records Not Adequate
Representation.
Jackson.-While the increase of live
stock subject to taxation amounted to
only $145,S13, according to the figures
compiled by the state auditor from the
personal assessment rolls, this does
not adequately represent the growth OF
the live stock ~indsutry In Mississippi
for the last year. This is shown by
the number of animals not subject to
taxation under the law.
For instance. 31,248 hogs were re.
turned for taxation, with a valuation
OF $6S,S75, while there were. according
to this report. 3SS,926 hogs not subject
to taxation. Every person is allowed
ten head of hogs free of taxation. and
the value of the non-taxable hogs, for
instance. are worth several times as
much as the hogs returned for taxa
ton. Last year anly 2O,082 hogs were
returned for taxation.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
PeIlasra Gases Being Treated.

Vicksburg.-Three we'll developed
cases OF pellagra are under treatment
at the state charity hospital here, two
OF which show the most critical symp.
toms OF the disease. The patients are
from the eastern part of the state,
and little hope for their recovery is
expressed by the physicians.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
Plants Pecan Trees.

Hattiesburg.-That Lamar county,
between Lumberton and Purvis, will
be n series of great pecan groves, is
not beyond the range of ordinary imag-
nation. One New Orleans man, DIR.
&c. G. Bass, has 300 acres on which are
being set $4,000 fine young pecans
grown by him at Columbia. Several
hundred trees already have been set
and the work will be pushed this
spring. The proposed 800 acre grove
Is between Lumberton and Purvis.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
NEGRO KILLS WHITE MAN.
Flees and Is Himself Killed by Angry
Crowd.


Greenwood. = Guthrie M. Turner
was shot and instantly killed by N. N.
Walker, a negro hackman.
1t seems that the negro had grossly
insulted a prominent citizen of this
city, and several of his friends became
indignant upon hearing it, and decid-
ed to go to the negroes house to give
him a thorough thrashing for his i'm.
pudence. Mr.. Turner happened to be
In the chowd when the negro's con-
duct was reported, and, being a fast
Of the party insulted, Joined the few
that went to the negro's house to whip
him. The party went to Walkers
house, asked for him, and was inform.
ed that he was not in. About the
same time they learned that Walker
was just across the street at another
negro's house, SO they started over to
walt upon him. AS Mr.. Turner ap-
preached the negro to express the in.
tention Of the visit, the negro imme-
diately fired upon Mr.. Turner. The
bullet pierced through his collar, kill.
ing him almost instantly.
BY this time a large crowd had as.
sembled and the negro hid underneath
the gallery of his neighbours house.
AS the crowd was endeavoring to To-
cate him and force him to surrender,
Walker fired another shot.
Short work was made of the negro,
as n Of the crowd SEN a bullet
through his head. Walker was a bad
character and had been approached
several times and told to stay in his
place, Several times he has caused
disturbance among the whites.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
REcoRD IS AGAIN BROKEN.

Judge Henry Puts in Some Good Work
Up At Canton.
Judge Henry established a new rec
ord at the recent term of the Madison
circuit court by sending twenty-one
convicts to the penitentiary and about
as many more to the county farm. This
is the largest number of convictions
on record at any one term of Madison
circuit court, while Judge Henry gave
several rather heavy sentences.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
Want Commission Form,

Greenville.-Headed by DR.. c. H.
Blanton and backed by a number of
prominent men Of the city, a fight has
been started for the purpose of secur-
Ing the commission form of govern
ment.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
OBSERVE LEES Il
ron'ic School Named for Him Honors
His Memory,

'uo''c school Named for Him Honors
His Memory.
'ackson.-The anniversary of the
|oirth OF Gen. Robert E. Lee was gen.
|e.raiiy observed in jackson. But little
business was done at the capitol. The
banks We're all closed. but as it was a
STATE holiday the postoffce was open
as usual. while the stores transacted
BUSINESS as usual. The day was more
senerally observed at the schools,
mere appropriate songs marked the
'ooeasion' while, at Robert E. Lee
scnooi, appropriate exercises were con-
|auctea. There was a good program,
.ucluding songs, an address and the
sral veterans.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27

Jackson.-Truck and fruit growers
in this vicinity are geratly apprehen-
sive that the u~nseasonably warm
weather will have the effect of bring.
ing fruit and vegetables to a growing
start, only to be killed by a late cold
snap.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27

Jackson. = Another complaint has
been fled with the Mississippi Rail.
road Commission relative to the rate
on live stock on the Canton, Aberdeen
and Nashville branch of the Illinois
Central. This complaint says that the
rate has been raised from $40 a car for
every f~ifty-seven lpiles to 500 a car for
the same distancNt and the writer
wants to know if there is not some
way the commission cen secure some
measure of relief for the live stock in.
terests in that section.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
Harveys In Jail.

INSTRUMENTATION and Manuel two of
the negroes who murdered William
Kirk, manager of the Cutrer plantation
IN Sunfower county, and two of his
assailants, r in Jail in this city. Just
after the killing of the three white men
several posses secured Sunflower coun-
ty In search of the murderers, and had
they been caught they would no doubt
have been lynched. Another brother is
still at large.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
l. c. Buys New Road.

McComb City.--The Illinois Central
has taken over and will operate the
Brookhaven and Pearl river railroad.
This road runs from %Brookhaven to
Monticello. a distance of twenty-five
miles.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
FARMER LEFT IN LURcH.
Loans 5000 on Horses Whose Owners
Failed to Return.

Failed to Return.
Carthage.-Two Israelites from Ben
ton Harbor, Mich, stopped at Standing
Pine, eight miles cas- Of here, with
3. R. Scott. who is one of their con-
verts. While there they tried to sell
Mr.. Scott their horses, but, falling to
do so. they borrowed 5000 from him
and left the horses as security until
their return. which they promised
would be in two or three weeks. A few
days ago Mr.. Scott received a tele
gram from the House of David to have
the men arrested and hold the team
for further Instructions. Mr.. Scott Is
now waiting for the men to return