The Grenada sentinel., 1912-07-05

NooheJ nave NOtcu @C,OJU u dlu t0e va
erect $4,000 monument to the Confed-
crate dead. The board also voted S..
900 for Confederate Library building
to which will be added $500 collected
by and pledged to the J. c. George
w o,d the Woman s
Gus. sAbefaseH RxaiBIbsf:
comnlssioaes MSoiq itsSRseE5yy; tsssR%e5yy;, b i otAs
miid. .manneredo = rnsn IS Employed as
guards on the conEict farms. If the
Colonel had plowing to do in stone
strewn Massachusetts,, he would prob
ably advocate cussing men. The scar
city of that class has debilited New
England farming. They have all gone
west. Aberdeen Examiner.
There should be no doubt about the
Mississippi delegates to the Baltimore
convention readily securing quarters.
Committeeman Williams engaged rooms
for them at the Rennert. Major Var
daman says that he, through Senator
Bankhead, arranged for them to go to
the Eutaw, and press special says
they will all put up at the ST. James.
So there YOU are: pay your 1! money and nc,
Herald.
A Missouri healer claims to have
cured thousands by the laying on of
hands, The incredulous Sunfiower
Tocsin, however, declares that the
method is no good except in cases of
juvenile cussedness, and even then the
remedy should be applied vigorously to
prove very effective.
The per centage of illiteracy in the
state of Mississippi is smaller than in
any other Southern state, notwithstand-
ing the large negro population. This
is most creditable to our public school
system. Ripley Enterprise.
The total population of the world is
estimated at l,700, 100000 This is
based upon the most recent censuses,
which all civilized countries now take,
with careful estimate of the number
of inhabitants of uncivilized lands. The
proportion of sexes is known for 1,038,-
OO0,O of these, the ratio being 1000
males to 900 females. The ratio varies
considerably in different places. In
Europe there are 1000 men to 1927 wo-
men; in Africa 1000 men to 1045 wo-
men; in America 1000 men to 964 wo-
men; in Asia 1000 men to 961 women;
in Australia 1000 men to 937 women.
The highest proportion of women is
found in Uganda, where there are L.
427 women to 1000 men. The lowest
proportion is in Alaska and the Malay
states. where there are, in the former,
39l, and in the latter 389 women to ev-
cry 1000 men. Lexington Advertiser.
The ''good roads" sentiment is
abroad in Mississippi. This is evi
denced by report recently issued by
e. D. Cunning, government reporter of
statistics for this state, showing thar
the total bond issues for good roads it
Mississippi be tween October l, 1911
and June l, 1912, was 81, los, 900. The
total amount of petitions for bond is,
sue to be acted on at the June meeting
by various county boards of supervisors
was $270, 900. Previously reported bond
issues amount to. .$22, ,280,0O), and the
total amount of money being used ir
the state in actual construction work il
81, z85, 900, with every indication that
the $270, 900 was added at the last
meeting of the various boards. Lex
ington Advertiser.
Gov Brewer has granted a pardon te
Reuben Davis, an old white mau con.
victed in Chickasaw county for killing
his brother. This was one of the mos
remarkable homicides ever occurring ir
the state. The Davis brothers were
both past 10 years and Confederate vet
Grams. Several years ago, during
heated contest for chancery clerk il
that county, when they favored riva
candidates, the old men disagreed Sc
violently that they ceased speaking t.
each other. The trouble CONSTANT,
grew more acute, and last year they
met on public highway and fought i
ont, the elder losing his life. Reuber
Davis was tried for manslaughter ane
convicted. the jury recommending the
mercy of the court. The Judge CAV,
him six months in Jail and a fine of 81,
600 and costs. Gov. Brewers pardon
only covers the Imprisonment, which i.
now nearly completed, and the old mar
must pay the fine and costs assessed
against him. Magnolia Gazette.
Press notices of the closing exercise,
OF the schools of the state are found t.
contain complimentary notices of tn,
boys who found it necessary to worl
their way through. At the A. & M
CoHeRe anu the University several o.
the boys who did not have the none,
to pay their way through the session
worked their way and at the same time
won distinction in their classes. Lack
of means placed them on their metal
and their years work showed that the
opportunities afforded them of working
their way through school were wei
merited; and the confidence in them
had not been misplaced. Poverty is no
barrier to the ambitious youth. -Tu.
pelo Journal
The official report of the Port of Pas.
cagoula, our south Mississippi coast,
for the year ending Dec. 81, shows 29i
vessels cleared, and all but nine for
foreign ports. The lumber shipped was
1874, $4,000 feet; oysters, 20, 200 bar
rels; cane syrup, 300 barrels; pecans,
75,OUO pounds, besides large quantitief
of wool, fruits, fish, turpentine, resir
and shingles. .-Ex.
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