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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-07-14
Two Crops a Year On All Land.

In the Cotton Belt two crops a year
all land is possible, practicable and
profitable under q proper system of
farm management; and while some
may not be able to attain such intens-
i've cropping, it should be the aim of
every ambitious farmer.
Perhaps the one reason most fire.
quentiy advanced for failure to plant
the oat and wheat lands in some le-
gume catch crop is the difficulty in pre-
pairing the land. There is need for
good management at this point, for the
difficulty is a real one. The corr and
cotton crops are usually demanding the
attention at this time, and while the
seeming scarcity of men could be over
come by the use of larger and better
implements, the horsepower is still
lacking. Moreover, when the oats and
wheat are cut, the land soon becomes
hard and difficult to put in good condi-
ton for seeding to the catch crops. All
Of these difficulties under ouR system OF
farm management are real and serious
ones:- but the advantages of keeping
the land growing a crop all the time
are too great to justify a failure to
solve these difficulties.
In the first place, it is certain that
these lands should be prepared ano
seeded as o after the oats and wheat
are cut as possible. This is important
because the sooner the catch crops ars
planted the better for them and thu
sooner the land is prepared the more
easily it can be done. If these crops
could be removed as o as cut, thu
difficulty would be largely solved, bu'
they must be shocked and left to Or!
for some time, and this is the chief OBJ
stacle to prompt and easy preparation
of the land for catch crops.
Again, when the land is broken Their
must be no delay in using disk an
smoothing harrows, and the roller o
other clod crusher, when necessary, t
thoroughouly pulverize the land befor
the clods OF Jumps have had time t
dry out and become so hard that thor
ough pulverization is impossible. Lam
that breaks up in Jumps may usually b
well pulverized if it is disked or hai
rowed Immediately after being plowec
but if these Jumps are allowed to or
even for a few hours on a hot, dry day
it may be impracticable to pulveriz
them until the heavy rains come. :
II Starkville Miss Progressive Farmer
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-07-14
\ Council Proceedings.

-. meeting, July 8. Present:
/ u Tstum; Recorder James; Mar
g .n.' treasurer Moss; Attorney
h i.a. Aldermen Brown, Keeton,
!, ''I Prsssgrove, Whitaker -. 40
"ts, Of former meeting read ana
' editions signed by citizens Nv
md sdjacent to Govan and 40
..sst. asking the board not 70
!a.wslks on those streets, as for
! ordered, were read and tabled.
.,o.s;pe was ordered to be ia'd
Line street where same crosses
street. p..,..
Etou signed by citizens on Poplar
..king the board to rs.eind an IN
,...sd at a former meeting, was
lered and ordered saO'eo'
4. ordered that an order hereto
u. bv the board, ordering side
~ he laid on the east side Of
.treet from the Mullen building
inc street, q width Of ssvsn fset.
I.osed 50 as to read . sidewalk
vide.
srd.r was ordered to advertise
=, v build q brick or concrete eul'
Mound street.
,ssd that the city pay the ex'
~ erecting q dipping vat in the
nit.
unanimous vote the following
~. passed:
.ord.ined by the board Of mayo'
dsrmen Of the city Of Crenada
(ssul,r session convened. Hha'
,yer the mayor Of the city shal
bseut or unable to attend 70 ~
The mayor pro TEN shall oct TO
vitA full authority Of the rseu
elected mayor, and shall rsceiv'
the same rate a. paid the regu
elected mayor.
ror was authorized to purchase
{ use of his Office.
borts of treasurer, mayor an
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-07-14
or act and who has the ability to do
for her the highest quality of service.
!. w. Lee,
Batesville, Miss, July 3.

The following appeared in the Jack
son Daily News of July 6:
A few days since the Daily News re-
produced an article from the Sunfiower
Tocsin in which it was alleged that J..
K. Vardaman, while a citizen of Green
wood, had defrauded an orphan boy
named Walter King of a bill for cord
wood, amounting to Sl4.
This story has created almost as
much interest over the state as the
publication of the story relative to the
defrauding of Farmer William Nc
Caulla of his $27 low. In accordance
with its custom not to prefer charges
against any aspirant for Office unless
they can be backed up by letters and
affidavits from the parties involved,
the News presents the following:
MI. Kings Letter.
Heathman, Miss, July 4. 1911.
Mr.. J. L. Young, Kilmichael, Miss:
Dear Sir-In answer to your letter Of
the 18th, about the $l4 J. K. Varda-
man owes me for wood, l Am sending
you. As requested, account, sworn to
before an officer. Have been busy in
my crop or would have attended to it
earlier. The facts are IS follows
When I was about Is years old, Capt.
Baskin, . friend of my father. gave
me the right to cut all the wood that ]
could sell in Greenwood, off land owned
by him. My little brother and me cut
and sold wood all the year of his lane
to people in Greenwood, and the woOc
sold to Mr.. Vardaman was the only
wood for which we were never paid
My father was sick, and had been fol
three or four weeks, about the tint
this wood was sold and died a week o.
two later, leaving to my care and keep
ing my two younger brothers. When
would 90 to see Mr.. Vardaman abou
the money for the wood, he would 1tel
me to come back tomorrow, and tn
next day it would be put off again TN
same way. until I quit going to see him
don't know who you are or why 20
ask me this information, but l hav
given you the facts Of the matter, an
if you want any other informatio
about it, l will be glad to give it to yo'
am living at Heathman now on
place which my brother and me hav
bought from j. A. Crawford.
l don't need the money now, and
Mr.. Vardaman will pay it, l will give
to any charity he says give it to; or, a
he is such a friend of the poor, if h
will mention some poor man that h
wants to have it, l will give it to hin
;. Yours truly, - W. K. King.
The Ancient Account.
j. X. Vardaman to Walter King,
, For IA loads of wood $14 {
!, cut and hauled to him in Greenwood
years ago this fall. and l guess he wi
. owe it to me when he dies, if l outli,
. him. w. X. King.
I The Afidavit
r State of Mississippi, Sunflower count.
:: Personally appeared before the u
i dersigned justice of the peace of sa
t county and state, Walter King, WI
makes affidavit that the foregoing al
d attached account against Jas. X. Va
daman is true and correct and is unpa
and has been due for 16 years.
vi W. J. Holt,
Justice of the Peae
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-06-01
News ofL0cal
 Interest

R. C. Miller left on the Hum boldt for Northern points Sunday.
 The Black Fox' is in F!etchers shop for repairs.
 The State of California left Se- attle yesterday.
 The Telegraph came in Sunday from her first trip to Telegraph. F. Collinson, of Lake Bay, was in town Saturday.
 The telephone line to the A.P.A. cannery was complicated yesterday.
 C. C. Harris, of Santa Ana, was business caller in Wrangell Fiji day.
 Lewis and Fletcher launched their new gasboat Sunday morn in@.
 MT. Lowe, one time marshall of  Wrangell, passed through on the Dolphin.
 The Alaska brought in a tow of logs, Monday night from St. Johns Horbor.
 ]. C. Grant made a short busi- ness trip to .Tunau on the City of Seattle.
 Marshall Collins took Donald Austin and Ellen Jackson to Jun- eau on the City of Seattle.
 The Seattle Times will issue what they call "The New Alaska Empire Edition.
 The Meteor will sail June sixth according to a telegram received by the local agent.
 The City of Seattle called at Douglas this trip but the State will not.
 ]. A. Curl, an old time Wran- gell citizens is renewing aquaint- ances after an absence of about six years. The excursion rates to Alaska s.art with the sailing of the Ieffef- son on June r and of the City of Seattle June 20.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-06-01
Obituary " els

Last Monday morning at } A. Nj: Master William Wells, age ; years, son of MT, and Mrs. Will liam Wells died at his home in Wrangeli of spinal meningitis.
 He has been aiiing fof the past two years and about two months ago his ailment became localized in his spine, since that time the disease progressed steadily until about two weeks ago when symp- toms of brain involment were man. ifest.
 This is tie sixth child Mr. and Mrs. Wells have lost, and the fourth to go with similar trouble and the bereaved parents have the sympathy of the whole community:
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-06-01

l.. B. Adsit, of the Seattle Tent and Awning Co. has been calling on the trade people ot the town thissweek;
 Vim. Foster and daughter and Mrs. Simpson and daughter of ot Telegraph, went south on the Dolphin to Victoria and Vancouver B. C. respectively.
 The Northland made this port "Wednesday morning. She unload ed 100 tons of coal for J. G. Grant and a large consignment of beer for C. H. Borch.
 Chas. Babbage, formerly a jew eler at Juneau, and for several years at Seward and Cordava, com mited shielded at Cordova on May 22.
 H. Eflbuck, Deleware Ind ian. passed through on. the Dol phin, on his way to the kuskc- kwim country where he will. teach school for the natives.
 F. E. Stewart, D. N. Wing and C. Larson returned from a hunting trip to Lake Bay country. They bring back large black bear, black and two gray wolf pe!ts, and lots of stories.
 Troubled with dandruff? It may be light and fluffy and not appear dangerous at the present time but if neglected it will become matted that will mean loss of hair. Ny al's Hirsutone will prevent it.
 The Dolphin took fifty boxes and ten tierces of salmon south; twelve boxes for C. NJ. Coulter, eleven for Sam Cunningham, twen- ty-seven for Pacific Coast and Northern Packing Go. and ten tierces for Rasmus Enge.
 You know that dandraf means baldncss-it keeps collecting, forms layers and robs the hair of nutrition. The first application of Nyal's Hirsutone will loosen up the ds.hdrutf and supply nouris hment.
 Collins and Dudley, who have been to Marble and Orr Islands looking up the marble prospects of the country, returned Tuesday afternoon being out sixteen days. They bring some fine samples of marble and it is generiy expected that something will be done in the near future toward putting the prod u ct on the market.
 STORAGE BATTERIES, guaran- teed not to sulphate. Cheaper than dry cells. Come in and see us about 'em. Wrangeli Light and Power Company, at Power House.
 Obituary " els
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-01-11

with the suddenness of an explosion.
burst OF wind fell on them like a
mapping weight, scattering them with
drops that struck the rock as if hurled
from sling full of melted metal. Bar
bara had never in her life experienced
anything like it's ferocity. It both
startled and angered her, like a per-
sonal affront.
Daunt had sprung to her side and
was shouting something. But the
words were indistinguishable she
shook her head and went on stubborn
~, cllnglng to the chain, a whirl of
blown garments. She felt him grasp
her arm.
GO back!" she shrieked. Its
bad-luck!"
AS he released her there came a
seconds menacing lull and in it she
sprang down the steps and ran swift
~ out along the pathway. He was
after her in an instant, oyertaking
her on a frail board trestle that span.
ned a pool, where the cliff was per-
pendicular. Here the wind, shaggy
with spume, hurled them together.
Daunt threw an arm about her, cling
ing with the other hand to the wooden
railing. Her hair was a reddish swirl
across his shoulder and her breath,
painting against his throat, ridged his
SKIN with a creeping delight. The
rocks beneath them, through whose
assures tongues of water ran scream
ing, was the color of raspberries and
taWny with seaweed. There was only
a weird. yellow half-light, through
which the gale howled and scuffled,
like dragons fighting. A slather of
wave licked the palsied framework.
He bent and shouted into her ear.
All she caught was: "Must-cave-
next lull-"
She nodded her head and her lips
smiled at him through the confused
obscurity. A thrill swept her like sill
YER rain. Pulse on pulse, an emotion
like fire and snow in one thrilled and
chilled her. She closed her eyes with
wild longing that the wind might last
forever, that that moment like the &C.
stasy OF an opium dream, might draw
itself out to infinite length Slowly
she felt the breath of the tempest ebb
about them, then suddenly felt herself
lifted from her feet, and her eyes
opened into Eaunt's. Her cheek Law
against lis breast, as it had done in
that short moment in the embassy
garden. She could feel his heart bound
under the rough tweed Once more
the wind caught them, but he stag
gered through it, and into the high,
rock entrance of the cave.
Inside its dripping to him the sud.
den cessation of the wind seemed al
most uncanny, and the boom of the surf
was dull thunderous roar. He set
her on her feet on the damp rock and
laughed wildly.
DO you realize" she said, "that we
have transgressed the most sacred
tenet of Benton by coming here to-
gether? We are doomed to misunder-
standing!"
Now that l recollect, that applies
only to lovers" he answered. "Then
We
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-01-11
Ne Hingdom Of
SLENDER 3words
,(COpyright, Bobbs-Merrill Company
CHAPTER XVI
Oaunt Listens to a Soma

Daunt Listens to a Song
The day had dawned sultry, with a
promise of summer humidity, and
Daunt was not surprised to find the
barometer performing Incorporate
antics.
That morning had seen his first
trial of his new fan propeller, and the
elders action had surpassed his wild
est expectation. The flight, of which
Barbara had caught a glimpse from
Thorn's garden, had been a longer
one than usual-quite twelve miles
against a sluggish upper current-but
even that failed to bring it's custom
airy glow. Thereafter he had spent
a long morning immersed in the work
of the Chancery: the study of dis
puted mining concession in Manchur-
ia; report on contemplated issue
of government bonds; a demand for a
passport by a self alleged national
with foreign accent and paucity
of naturalization papers; the daily
budget of translations from vernacu-
lar newspapers, by which home gov
eminent gains birds eye view OF
comment and public opinion in the
far away capitals.
But today Daunt could not exercise
with the mass of detail the leering
imps that plagued him. They peered
at him over the edge of the code
books and whispered from the mar
gins of decorous dispatches, chuck
ling satirically.
"Barbara!" they sneered. Mere &C.
squaintances often name steam yachts
for girls, don't they! Arrived the
same day as her ship, Ell? Rather
singular coincidence! What flush
she had when Voynich spoke of Pills
brother last night at the tea house.
Angry? OF course she was! What
engaged girl likes to have the fact
paraded-especially when she's prac-
ticing on another man? And how
about the telegram? How long have
you known her, by the way? Two
days? Really, now!"
The weekly government pouch had
closed at noon, and pouch days were
half holidays, but Daunt did not go to
the Embassy An official letter had ar
rived from Washington which must be
delivered at Kamakura. Daunt sieZed
this excuse, plunged ferociously into
tweeds and an hour afterward found
himself in railway carriage thudding
!. gloomily toward the lower bay. In
his heart he knew that he was trying
to run away-from something that
neverless travelled with him.
At Kamakura an immediate answer
to the letter he brought was not forth
coming, and to kill the time he stroll
led far down the curved beach. Daunt
knew a tea house on the very lip OF
the cliff, the Kinki-ro-"Inn of the
Golden Turtle"-and he bent his steps
lazily in it's direction.
In the heavy heat the low tile roo1
looked cool and inviting. Tall soft
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-01-11

eyed iris were standing in the garden
overlooking the water, and against
the green their velvety leaves made
vivid splashes Of golden blue. On a
dead tree two black crows were quar-
reling and cherry petals powdered the
paths like pink hail. The haze, sift-
ing from the sky, seemed to wrap
everything in veil. At the hedge he
paused an instant. Some one, some
where, was humming, low-voiced, an
air that he had once loved. He pushed
open the gate and went on into the
tremulous radiance Then he stopped
short.
Barbara was seated above him in
the fork of low camellia tree, one
arm laid out along branch, her green
gown blending with a bamboo thicket
behind her and her vivid face framed
in the blossoms. She sat, chin in hand
looking dreamily out across the bay
and the hummed song had rhymthm
that seemed to fit her thought-slow
and infinitely tender.
"You!' he cried.
She turned with startled move
ment that dissolved into low, delicious
laughter.
Fairly caught" she answered. II
don't often revert far enough to climb
trees, but | thought no one but Haru
and | was here. Will you come and
help me down, Honorable Flyman?
Wait" he said. What was the
song you were humming?"
She looked at him with a quick in
take of breath, then for answer began
to sing, in a voice that presently be-
Forgotten you? Well, if forgetting
Be hearing all the day (babble
Your voice through all the strange
or voices grave, now gay (ing
II COuItllS SdCl iiloEleHl Will lOHS
Till the one when see you again,
If this be forgotten, you're right, dear!
And | have forgotten you them
Daunt's hand fell to his side. A
young girls face nested in creamy,
pink blossoms-a sweet, shy, flushed
face under a mass of curling, gold
bronze hair Il remember nOw!" he
said in low voice. 81 {.
sang it to you that day."
II am fattered!" she exclaimed.
THE day before yesterday you had
forgotten that you ever saw poor lit
tie me! 1t was Mrs. Claybourne, Of
course, that you sang to! Yet you
were my idol for long month and a
day."
at was you" he said unsteadily.
Il didn't know your name. But | never
forgot the song. | remembered it that
night in the garden, when | first heard
you playing!"
4
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CHAPTER XXVU.
The Island of Enchantmen'

TIC 1SFdIIu OF CTICFIdiItI1lSTIe.
They walked together around the
curving road, leaving Harue with the
tea basket. Patsy would have come"
Barbara had said, but she is in the
clutches of her dressmaker" And
Daunt had answered, 81 have dis
tinct regard for that Chinaman!"
His black mood had vanished, and
the eerilng imps had flown. In the
brightness of her physical presence,
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Continued Next Week.

What terrible time people do have
trying to have a good time.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-17

some vicissitudes, succeeded In having 1t
published. thus laying the foundation OF
a reputation as the worlds greatest
humorist A translation Of it in a French
journal he pronounced to be confused.
chaotic. unreposeful. ungrammatical. and
inane.
Many years afterward, Prof. Henry
Van Dyke called Mark Twain's attention
to the fact that a similar story had been
told by a Greek writer as having occurred
in Boetia 1000 years before it happened
in Calaveras County, Cal. Practically
the only difference in the stories was
that in the Greek account small stones
were used. instead Of shot. Yet Mark
himself never doubted the authenticity
of the American incident, and he, of all
men, should have been an excellent judge
of fake story.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-17
HUMAN NATURE IN WASHINGTON
By FRED C.. KELLY.

cute little Joe Cannon bawl-out almost
gress.
Strangely enough. though the Cannon
baw-maw was hurled right within the
hearing of the whole audience, Fitzser-
aid enjoyed 1t as much as anybody else,
! and lie still tells about it.
The Speaker had found some excuse to
give a little talk from the chair about a
. number of Republican policies. but pur-
posely avoided, as Fitzgerald thought.
any refe1ence to one question on which
the Republicans were more or less in
wrong at that time. So Fitzgerald spoke
right up and interrupted Uncle Joe.'
saying:
THE Speaker has forgotten some
thing
Quicker than a suffragette accepting a
marriage proposal, Uncle joe replied.
| right off the bat:
Yes; the Speaker has forgotten some
| thing. He's forgotten more than the
young whippersnapper from Brooklyn
will ever know
And went right ahead as if nothing
had happened.
When Representative Edward T. Tay
| lor. Of Colorado. was one of a squad of
Congressman down in Panama some time
| ago he fell into conversation one evening
| ernment in regard to Central American
| revolutions.
II notice that you had three presidents
within a year once remarked Taylor.
| What time OF year do these revolutions
usually get ripe, anyhow
| oh. every fall" replied the Central
| American native. the same as they do
| in Colorado. if you know where that is.
But Colorado-say. it's part of the United
| States. isn't it?-Colorado his it on us
! You know. they had three governors there
| four or five years ago in a single day
| So Taylor changed the subject from
politics to the weather conditions and CO.
coanut culture.
Senator Cummins and Senator Young
\ Of Iowa, both live in the same voting
precinct. and their families are intimate
| friends. Yet they have always been
identified with different factions of the
Republican party and fought each other
politically. The fact is. Young seems tc
have a knack Of standing on the opposite
side OF the political fence from men with
whom he is otherwise friendly. For
years the late Senator Dolliver was &
| frequent visitor at YounGs home. ever
though Young never liked his attitude ir
opposing the standpatters in the party
| They were so intimate. however. tina,
Mrs. Young used to feel free to chde Dol
liver about being a bit careless at times
in the matter Of dress. II he would show
| UP at the Young home wearing a neck
tie that clashed with the colors in hi:
shirt. she would reproach him about Il
and have him change it at the earliest
opportunity.
| Copyright. lsll By Fred c. KellyI
The Washington herald., 1911-01-17
The Jumping Frog.

Not many days ago a man. ninety years
of age. tottered into Butte. Mont. and
ended his life by poison. He was DR.. j.
G. Paulding. Among his claims to dis
tinction was that of having been the
hero of Mark Twain's story THE Jump
ing Frog" The other party to the tran
saction, he used to say. was one Eli
George, the toll-keeper Of a bridge which
the doctor and Mark wanted to cross
upon one occasion when both were
broke" Paulding insisted that it was
he who filled Georges frog with shot and
caused it to plant itself as solid as q
church and shrug its shoulders like a
of lively and won the bet for its mas
ter This version OF the occurrence has
been so extensively circulated by the
press since the doctors untimely death
that We feel impeIIed to interfere in the
interest OF historical accuracy.
1t happens that Mark Twain himself
has left US a very full account of ''The
Jumping Frog story, which does not in
the least accord with the claims put for
ward by the deceased doctor in his life
time, or by his friends since his death.
Mark does not allege that ne was pres
ent when the jumping contest occurred.
On the contrary. he says that 1t took
place in the spring OF 1Sls. and was told
in his presence. in the fall Of 1886. by one
stupid and ignorant person to several
o.h.s. ~ thn 9aue Kind nons NJ vvhnvy,
suspected that there was an element OF
humor in the narrative. The thing that
struck the teller and his listeners CAdark
of course, excepted was that the cir
cumstance was entirely natural. mas
much o. frogs like shot and are siways
reeAy 70 eat It. He put the story inte
fts present intmitable shape and. a4tsl