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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
MOTHERS, SAVE The BABIES
BOARD OF HEALTH ISSUES ILLUS
TRATED BULLETIN.
Thousands of Babies Die in Mississippi
Each Year Because of Improper
Feeding and Bad Air.

Jackson.-A wildly illustrated baby
bulletin has been issued by the state
board of health. 1t bears the caption,
Save the Babies sets forth some facts
that will be highly startling to the
mothers of Mississippi.
The principal purpose of the bulletin
Is to impress mothers with the fact that
thousands OF babies die in this state
each year because OF improper feeding
and bad air, and the t%houghtless neglect
OF those who love them best.
The bulletin a%serts, and proves it with
a striking cartoon, that ~ per cent OF
the babies in this country get their food
through a tube sixty miles long, tracing
the lacteal tube from the COW to the
dairy farm to the milkhouse, thence to
the railway station, aboard a train
bound for the city, then through a milk
supply depot, and finally via a wagon
to the baby's home, showing the file;
encountered en- route. 1t takes about
SO hours, says the bulletin, for the mill
to traverse this 6O-mile tube, and Otter
the tube is open to pollution, aside from
the fact that it may be a diseased GOV
at the other end of the country.
The health board offers the argumen
that the mother-fed baby, getting it
milk fresh and pure, is always the heath
lest, and if there is to be a decrease Q
infant mortality there must be an il
crease in mother-fed babies.
Another illustrated feature of the blu
, letin sets forth the terrible danger j
giving soothing syrups to babies. decla
. ing that mothetly love often become
motherly murderi that most soothir
syrups are poisonous to babies, and co
tain opium in various quantities; that
the baby is colicky the quickest al
surest way to cure It is to remove Il
cause, and the comiaonest causes +
collie are feeding too much, feeding sol
= foods, improperly prepared foods, fee
ing of candy and fruits, etc.
death in the Dirty Bottle" Is t
:. subject of a graphic picture, and t
u health board asserts that bottle-fed |
bics should be supplied with a bot
!. without a tube, with a large opening
:, the top, removable rubber cap and nip
y forming the top of the bottle, and tn
" the bottle should always be thorough
" cleansed in hot water before using.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
IEIL MONUMENT
ACCEPTS INVITA-
ttw W. MAKE ADDRESS.
,,,ee at coIumbus-Unitsd
y, r'' Band win Take Part
ia Exercises

49,. Brewer has accepted
I, 10 deliver an address at tine
tis' 70 monument to the conf ed
If Lowndes county at 20
'tl'p lns,,st 9th, this being the
. s%.ssrnOr's Day at the annua,
gov II the Mississippi National
tn'' ..;on address will be de-
s''s s. E. F. Rose, president
..i..iupi Division Of the United
: The Confederacy, after
u"nument will be unveiled BY
s,a,sn. all members of Lownde'
s pil;s. whose ancestors Tough
|ns'tsd.racy. The address OF &C
~im he delivered by Gen. E. 7
%n.uder of the department o
II c. V. The final address
q Hon. Blewett Lee Of Chicago
.,,nsel of the Illinois Central
= ,he late Gen. Stephen D. Lee
Al Of the 18th infantry, Unite
u, will furnish the musica
I ,se program. The committe
..,ments is planning to max
.';ou one Of the greatest eve
1. Iovudes county, and sewers
4, T,itors are expected.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
"CoIor Hearlnq."

Some persons associate particular
colors with particular sounds. In q
recent presentation Of this subject to
the French Academy Of Sciences It
was pointed out that there are two
forms Of this phenomenon.
In one case the person has a sensa-
ton as II a transparent colored film.
like a rainbow, appeared before his
eyes when certain vowel or musical
sounds strike his ears. In the other
case letters or written words, repre-
senting the sounds heard. appear IN
colored tints. The tints are very den-
mite and characteristic and do not
vary with lapse Of time, but two per
sons seldom associate the same col
ors with the same sounds.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
THOROUGHLY MYSTIFIED.
People Up Pearl Don't Know What to
Think.

Jacksonville residents of Pearl river
valley are puzzled as to the purposes and
plans of the Illinois Central railroad,
which has had a corps of surveyors work
ing in that region since last fall.
One squad of surveyors has now been
moved and is located three miles below
Carthage, in Leake County, and state
that a survey will be run on the north
side of Pearl river. No less than a dozen
surveys have been made up and through
the valley, according to information re-
ceived here. 1t is believed the Illinois
Central contemplates a line from Jack
SON up the Pearl Valley to the Alabam'
coal fields.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
YOUNG MAN BREkTHED AGAIN
racteul Candidate Surely Proved Him
self Resourceful in an
Emergency.

In the midst of his campaign for
congress Stephen G. Porter OF Pitts
burg, went to a big town hall, says the
Washington correspondent of the
Cleveland Plain Dealer. Before the
affair was over he was called on for
an impromptu exhibition Of quick-wit-
tedness that stamped him as a real
major league tactician-
A young man WHOM he knew only
slightly walked up tc Porter and said:
"Mr. Porter, let me introduce you to
my wife,"
But the moment the man had made
the proposition he seemed to think OF
something, began to look pale. and
became as i'll at ease as a bigamist.
While Porter was shaking hands
with the wife, the man was standing
behind her making frantic signs that
Porter could not interpret, but
he knew he must be tactful and nom
committal.
$50 you're the MI. Porter that's rum
ming for congress-, are your" inquired
the young m
"Yes." admitted Porter.
And don't you find 1t exceedingly
trying having to be up all night SO
often?"
up at night? Oh. ye-eh. yes! In
deed 1t Is. Should say 80. You have
no idea how trying it u.s." replied Por-
ter, with diplomacy, but wondering
where she got her up-all-night notion.
. The young husband was still making
queer signs, though he looked some
: what relieved.
: "And what does your wife think
about your being out all night three
0 or four times . week." the woman
= pursued.
= Madam" replied Porter. solemnly
. "a woman who has the confidence IN
: her husband that a woman should haVs
: doesn't think anything at all when bel
husband is out all night"
70 And the young man looked as II h
earnestly desired to shout.
70 1t seemed that the man had beei
r telling at home how he was helpini
N Porter in his campaign.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
CANNOT BUILD THE o A
Superintendent Gathings Runs UP
Against an Injunction.

Jackson.-Dr. J. c. Gathings, superin-
tendent of the penitentiary, has notified
the board of trustees that he will be
unable to carry out the plan to construct
a modern public road connecting the
Parchman and Belmont farms, having
been restrained by an injunction process.
Plans had been made to utilize surplus
convict labor on this highway and the
boards of supervisors of Sunflower and
Holmes counties had made the neces,
sary arrangements required of them by
the act of 1912, but several dissatisfied
land owners, who believe that the short
est route has not been selected as re,
quired by the statute. They contend
that the distance can be shortened by AZ
least twelve miles.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
upCE HOME-RAISED MEAT.

Jackson.-When the general board OF
trustees of Mississippi's four educational
institution meets at Columbus to award
contracts for supplies for the Industrial
Institute and College for the scholastic
term, an unique petition will be pre-
scented.
Claiming that they ought to be given
first consideration, all other things being
equal, the stock raisers OF Lowndes
county will request the board to allow
! local dealers . chance for the contract
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
Jury Must Decide Facts.

Jackson.-In q vacation decision OF Il
suggestion of error, the supreme court
of Mississippi has again reiterated the
policy of the law to let the jury decide
all questions of fact. E. j. Crawford
sued the st. Louis and San Francisco
railway for the death of a member OF
the family. The evidence was purely cir
cumstantial, no eye witnesses. The cir
cult court below gave a peremptory in
| struction on the ground that the circum'
stances showed "contributory negll
gence" on the part of the deceased. Tn
plaintiff, Crawford, appealed, n tn
| supreme court held the peremptory IN
| struction improper; that it was purely
a question of fact and for the jury.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
Must Attend ~Encampment.

Jacksonville formal order for the
annual encampment of the Mississippi
National Guard 1t Co'nmhu7, from All
gust 6 to August 16, inclusive, was issued
by Adjutant General Fridge. .
The entire force, including two regi.
ments of infantry, Troop A. OF cavalry
and the field hospital, is instructed to
report for duty, and no individual excuses
will be accepted unless satisfactory req
sons are given.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
Powers Tours State.

Jackson.-State Superintendent of Ed
ucation j. N. Powers has been absent
from his office all the week, doing mis-
sionary work in the cause of educa-
tion. He has been at county educational
meetings at PoplarvI1le and Columbia,
and will wind up in Lauderdale county,
where he is assisting to mould public
sentiment there to the point of voting
bonds for the construction of al agrj
cultural high school.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
1885 Autos Register.

misunderstanding to the records o.
the auditors office, the total number o1
automobiles registered had reached i''so'
out of approximately 5000 OF which the
auditor has reports on from the various
sberifs' offices in the state. The col
factions on this number amounted 10
s11.755. probably thirty per cent OF
which has been paid under protest pend
inc the proposed legal test OF the con.
.titutionality Of the automobile taxing
act of 1919. The tax collected, as I'm.
posed by the statute, runs from 70 LOT
Ok horsepower or less, to S2o LOT "
maximum of so horsepower and over
the largest number being entered as !"
| the rs minimum class.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
Farmers Roundup.

= dlLlCAS -
.Jackson.-President G. r. Hightower,
of the Mississippi A. and NJ. College Is
in receipt of a letter from Miss Susie "
Powell, in charge of the Girls Tomato
Club" work in Mississippi, in which she
states that she will have a number Oh
her best workers at the great armer
Institute roundup" which starts at
the A.and M. College September :. rresi,
lent H. L. Whitfield, of the Industrial
Institute and College, at Columbus, as
sures President Hightower he Will nave
his staff of domestic science teachers on
hand to give demonstrations Indications
are that this roundup will be the
greatest farmers institute ever held IN
Mississippi.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
roh.cco crou Does Not Pay.

,Jackson.-That the experiment OF
growing tobacco on the Mississippi PEN
itentiary farms has not proved the
financial success it was hoped. Last
wear a considerable acreage WAS planted
on the Oakley farm, some on the Ran
kin farm and some on the Parchman
plantation. All OF it grew n'agniiicently,
but I seems that there was some trouble
in curing it properly. Some of it is OF
hand vet. and a great deal OF ii has
been issued to the negroes, VINO maa'
| twists of "stingy green and smoked
! it with great relish
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
ne Bug Damages Cotton.

army worm is march
through the cotton fields of Missis-
creating havoc and CONSERVATION
u path. This worm devotes his time
We bolls and leaves of the plant, but
}. Horne, who owns a farm on the
Hhsm suburbs of the city, has re-
\ a bug that is eating the stalk,
Hihg it to the ground.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
PLEASED WITH PARCHMAN.
Gov. Brewer Returns From a Trip to the
Farm.

Jackson.-Gov. Brewer returned from
an inspection trip to the Parchman
farm in Sunflower county. He states
that the crop prospects on the Parchman
place, both cotton and corn, are splen-
did, especially the latter.
"The prospect is as fine as l have ever
seen in that section OF the delta," says
Gov. Brewer, "and | have been watching
crop prospects in that section OF the
state for several years. OF course we
can't tell what is likely to develop in
the way of weather or crop pests, but il
conditions remain ordinarily favorable
there will be splendid yields OF botf
cotton and corn"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
vorm Eradication.

ikpn-Preparations are being made
hit a hookworm eradication crusade
fhke county. The state board of
III announces the result of the six
Vi fight on the "lazy bug in Amite
~. The experts made 4,107 exami-
6n and found 1901 persons infected
! hookworm, or 76 IA per cent.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
,..,;+ute at Camden.

IA very interesting series OF
a nave been conducted here by
I n Pate Of the A. 4 M. College
In. for the benefit of the farm
q Al, place and surrounding com
\ g,...u,es which were along the line
.".neut agriculture, were both in
A, and instructive. The audi
ssich were large for occasions
{. lind. were enthusiastic and the
q, generally seemed interested in
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
Manhattan Plantation Sold.

Greenville.-A deed to be placed on the
records was received at the court house
here, transferring the Manhattan pl,n-
tation of 1880 acres from the hands OF
w. j. and ]. c. Murphy to George C
Council of Decatur, III. The price paid
for the plantation a $74,s60, or a
little over $50 an acre. Mr.. Council will
move to the place and personally super
wise it in the future.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
LADY MAIL CARRIER.
Mrs. Ora Lancaster Acts As Substitute
for Her Husband.

Jackson boasts of what is, so far as
can be ascertained, the only lady rural
route carrier in the state.
Mrs. Ora Lancaster, wife of J. j. Ian
caster, who is a regular R. +. D. carrier
from the Jackson office, acts as her nus
bands substitute and whenever he is in
disposed or i'll that lady carries his route
in as creditable a manner as her hus
band.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
p.w.rd for Howard's Capture.

.Jackson.-Gov. Brewer has issued a 70.
VOID of $500 for the apprehension Of
Charles Howard, who shot and killed
Charles Knott, in Chickasaw county,
November 2, 1911. Howard was rusnea
n Tupelo and placed in jail, to avola
moh violence. He managed to escape
the following June.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
hh the Ditch"

u Inc Dltcn.'
Ilhton.-0. F. House, living q. few
! east Of town, was arrested on an
hvit made by Sheriff Melton, charg-
him with the violation of the Sab
By gathering, hauling and shipping
as.
k evidence in the case tended to
: that it vas largely a case of the
B b the ditch" with the defendant
peach crop being said to have beer
'rh shape that had it not beer
nd just at the time it waA it would
b been lost.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
Gwen Two Years.

kon.-w. j. Rice, the bank
a,r, president of the defunct wild
ppern, known as the Central Bank
Cmssippi, was sentenced to serve
yars in the penitentiary.
= was convicted on the charge OF
81, the specific allegation being
II had filed with the state auditor
" showing of the financial condi'
VI the bank.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
Crops Are Good.

Jackson.-Col. Montgomery, member
of the penitentiary board, reports that
the crops are as good as last year on
the state farms, especially on the Oak
lev farm. The boil weevils are not a.
bad on that farm as at other places far
Their south in the state and the high
| water did not harm there.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
Aupeal for Funds.

Jackson.-Judge Robert Powell, DEM
ocratic national committeeman for Mis-.
~s;.sipni. has issued an earnest appear
to the editors of the state to open .hei,
columns for the acknowledgment OF
contributions to the Democratic nationa'
campaign fund.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
inspiration.

yisitor-That line in your poem.
Like the scent of the hyacinth," muse
have been inspired. Were you In a gar.
den Of beautiful flowers when YOU
wrote It?
Poet-No; I wat sitting In the kitcn-
On while my wife was pee'ing an
onion.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
ru,e for Pellagra.

,v,n.-A meeting that was at
,ith more interest than anything
~ been held in this county III
months, was held at the court
4 About twenty-five ladies and
I'..p heard a proposition of R. 0.
4, who owns Chamuckia Springs,
a 10 be a cure for pellagra. The
4 Daughters, Associated Charities
yJunteers Of America had repre-
Wives present.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
Give Bonus for a Mill.

The ~enterprising citizens Of Columbia,
COUNTY seat of Marion county, rave
agreed to three per cent tax on the as
sessed valuation of their property with.
in the corporate limit, as a speedy ana
direct method of raising a bonus OF $780,.
600 to be paid to secure the location o.
the mammoth mills of the !. ). VIM"
Lumber Company at that place.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
Mt. Success of Tobacco.

Natchez.-w. G. Irvine OF Inc ne
pr;srs,. the place made famous by the
marriage of jefferson Davis, is NOW CIV :,
~. the place new fame by making =
success OF tobacco culture. he
mented last year and this year -"
PLANTED six varieties in about one .s stlt
and is now gathering the crop Which
promises 1000 pounds
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
pstrons' Union Meet.

Jacksonville Patrons union' all vs.
ISOLATION of farmers and citizens, VINO
hold an annual chautaqua for m"'"A,
hene6t. recreation and instruction oPeneu
;ts meeting July 81, Saturday az INV
rr,,nd. near Lake, in Scott county.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
Shriuers' Reunion.

Shriuers' Reunion u.,;or Of
Moridian.-The statewide reunion OF
SINNER in Meridian On August Il mas
aroused considerable interest among s
members Of the order in Mississippi anu a
the ceremonial and the festivities ana
entertainment promise to be largely Ut
tended.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02

.kson.-Street railway lines in Mis-
1e making plans to have their
tisent overhauled to comply with the
mons Of chapter 14s. laws Of 1912,
ssslng that cars be vestibuled and
E"'aed with heating apparatus.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
Cation Worm Appears.

.Iackson.-According to a special our
,etin issued by State Entomologls' M
r W. Harmed, the cotton worm, u%s
- .hs ~deadliest enemies OF the sou'ns
uros. stable, has made its appearances
= several counties in Mississippi
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02

saekson.-The Office of the state SUI
ls'endent of education is advised Of
4 institute for the white teachers
Saila county, having been arranged
held at Raleigh. commencing Aug
z and continuing one week.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
Worms at Work.

Worms at Work.
Wesson.-The grass worm has de-
stroyed a great deal of corn in this Sec
ton of the state. Never have these
pests been known to have been so de-
structive as they have been this year,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
Made Secretary A. B. M.

Crenada.-Announcement has been
made of the appointment OF w. .. Jen.
| nings of this place to the position OF
secretary of the A. & M. College a.
| Starkville.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
nd Drainage Contract.

ssenville.-The Riverside drainage
net awarded a contract to the Cen
Dedge Company, Of Cleveland, 0.
4 we digging of the main canal Al
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
llley Wright Hanged,

ntanOla.-Charley Wright, . negro,
! hanged in the county Jail here. The
Ending physicians pronounced him
In 10 minutes when the body was
\ down.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02
49, Vat n~xnamited.

Aherdeen.-A dipping vat at 1resn'
wood Springs was badly damage
~su.;.s nv unknown parties
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-11-08

per cent. in excess of that of 1904. Should
the percentage of gain in 1912 be as great
as that shown by the vote of 1908, the
total number of votes cast would consid.
erably exceed 100000.
The tables show not only the total vote
cast for each of the leading parties, Demo-
cratic and Republican, but also that cast
for the candidates of other parties Prohi-
bition, Socialist, Labor, Populist, etc. The
vote cast for the candidates of the Prohi-
bition party shows very slight changes,
having been in 1888, 25O,125 in 1892,
271.05S; in 1896. 141.676; in 1900, 209,-
1885, in 1904, $50. 256, and in 1908, 252,-
683.
The Socialists vote, which first appeared
in the official records of 1896 under the
title of Socialist Labor" in that year was
36,454; in 1900. Socialists, 94,768, So
cialist Labor, 32,751; in 1904, Socialist,
402 ,460, Socialist Labor, 1924, and in
1908, Socialist 42O,820, and Socialist La
Dor, 1925. The Populist vote, which
first appeared in the record in 1892, was
in that year 1,027.329; in 1896 it was
merged with the Democratic vote, under
the title of "Democrat-Populist" and can
not therefore be separately stated. In
1900 it was 50,232; in 1904, Id. 1888, and
in 1908, 2S,131.
The popular vote for Presidential cleo
tors by the principal political parties, 1888
to 1908, was as follows
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-11-08
GOV. WILSON TO THE PEOPLE.

President-elect Woodrow Wilson gave
out his first statement to the people on
Tuesday night in the form of a telegram
in answer to a message from William F.
McCombs, chairman of the National Demo-
cratic Committee 1t read:
William F. McCombs, Democratic Ma
tional Committee, New York:
deeply appreciate your telegram and
wish to extend to you and the members of
the campaign committee my warmest con-
CALCULATIONS on the part you have played
in the organization and conduct of a cam
paign fought out upon essential issues. A
great cause has triumphed Every Demo-
crat, every true progressive of whatever
alliance, must now lend his full force and
enthusiasm to the fulfllment of the people s
hopes-the establishment of the peoples
rights so that justice and progress may &c
hand in hand.
WOODROW WILSON.