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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07

Just at this season of the year il
would be we'll for the farmers of Gren.
ada county to consider the probable
damage the boil weevil may do them
this year. Many of them are led to
believe that owing to the severe winter
and the heavy overfiows we have had.
they have no cause to fear. the weevil.
But the damage that might result from
the light infestation we had last year,
depends largely upon the fight each in
dividual farmer is willing to make.
This one fact should be kept well in
mind: A very slight infestation along
nov may develop into a most destruct-
i've condition, through failure of any
farmer to make a well organized and
systematic fight, and through ~unfortu-
nate weather conditions favorable to
the weevil.
Below are a few good points, sent
out from the office of the Farmers
Cooperative Demonstration Work,
which if adhered to strictly with a ia
vorable season, the farmer may feel
confident of making a cotton crop in
the face of the weevil.
l Picking the over-winter weevils
by hand from the terminal buds of the
young cotton before the plant begins to
set squares.
2 AS soon as the squares form, pick
up and destroy all infested squares, at
least once a week.
During wet spells, and on alluvial
soils, this must be prosecuted with ex-
ira vigilance and should be continued
until Aug. /. On sandy uplands, dur
ing periods Of drought and great heat,
and in semi-arid regions, it may be I'M
necessary to do this work, but not 9TH
erwise. Under the last named cOndi-
tons, constant cultivation may suffice.
By picking up the squares, and proper
cultivation, good paying crops may be
produced wen with heavy weevil in
Hesitation and an adverse season.
3 Intensive shallow cultivation must
be practiced. Cultivate often enough
to keep a mulch of loose earth from
one to two inches deep to conserve
moisture. Moisture may be needed la
ter in the season.
The foregoing rules are very essen
tial to the production of a cotton crop
with weevil infestation. and each and
every farmer and business man should
put his shoulder to the wheel, so to
speak, and do his very best to carry out
these plans and make Grenada county
pull through the fire the like of which
county has ever done before.
Have you got plenty of food crops
such as corn, peas and sweet potatoes,
to feed you and your stock
next year? If you haven't, put them in
now before it is too late. If you think
you have enough, plant a few more
acres in order to be on the safe side, |
When you have done these things, you
will have laid the foundation for a bet |
ter agricultural prosperity.
Ira T. McLemore,
Agent Farmers Cooperative |
Demonstration Work.
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Board of Supervisors.

Board of supervisors of Grenada
county met in regular session at the
court house June 8, 1912. Opened in
due form.
Clerk was ordered to advertise for
bids to furnish the county with all sta
tiOnery, record books, ETC.; bids to be
reed at July meeting. Board reserves
the right to reject any or all bids.
Contract to repair Long creek bridge
in beat A was awarded to Philips &
Koonce, at $197 1-2 lineal it.; to be
completed in 80 days.
Contract to build Flat bridge. beat d.
between Winter and Newberger plant
atoms, was awarded to P. & X. at ST.
70 per III foot; to be completed in 80 d,
Ordered that bonds, $50, 600, be is
sued to build iron bridges for county.
Atkinson and James voted ''No' on the
the proposition.
Petition of M G Dubard ct al for new
road, beat ] was granted. w V Horton,
beat 3, and &c Rounsayille, beat 4,
were appointed com. to view, work and
lay out said road and report at next
regular meeting.
Petition of W H Mccormack ct al for
levee, beats 2 and 8, was granted.
Tuesday-All present. Petition of w
N Howard ct al for new road in beats
3 and a, beginning on new highway,
beat a, at Spring Lake approach and
ending at c Lanes place, beat 3, was
reed, filed and continued for process
for l c Ry., returnable at July meet
ing of board.
Order granting petition of Dubard ct
al. Monday, was rescinded.
J H Dorrah was employed as county
bridge and road comm'r for / month, at
S. per day for each day actually put in
Petition of S E Holland ct al, to dis
continue road in beat 4, granted, and
a new road was allowed, as set forth in
petition.
Allowances: Planters hdw CO. mdse
roads and bridges $40 Is; City L'br co.
lumber, jail-order of Giro. judge, 1885,
%; Lockett L'br co, lumber and ce-
ment 3l3 20; Doak hdw co, mdse roads.
bridges and c h, 80 81; A M Carothers'
salary, May $50; A S Wolfe, IS d. tick
erad., Al 80; Sam Dumas, salary, May,
SIS; J S King, freight, drayage, disin-
fectant, 2 75i j E Irby, mdse convicts,
l ~; ! McLemore, salary May, Al S.;
J H jackson, plum'g Jail, 8 Is; Phil
lips 4 koonce, bldg bridge, beat 2,
229 81; Carl Brick Co, kindling, Jail, $3:
Miss ,ppi Plum Co, plumb'g c and
jail, . 50; City L'br co, reprg. screens,
jail, 8 As; P S Irby, bldg. bridge, So 90:
r Kilgore, BID paupers, etc, May, 50 65:
Lamb Bros, work c h, 3 SO.
Report of V R James reed and filed.
v James, salary, "a 25; G Thomas.
10 days with contractor, SIS; R J Ray
burn, salary $6v. and shoes for convict.
2 rs; Cumb. Tel. service 4 40; L Clan.
ton, lbr for Searcy, beat 2, 8 80; j H
Owens, p, cost bills, w Brooks, IL 60.
County Treas'r Peacock reported bal
ances due following funds: $i64 20 gen.
co. fund, 25S 49 school fund, SO 96 in
fund, SO 95 18th sec. permit
school fund. 1854 As pension fund.
494 81 road fund, 259 10 past indebted.
ness fund, 494 81 road fund, $40 game
protection.
Continued next week.
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initial cost OF construction was considera-
bly, greater
Mr.. Morrison thinks the common rail
spike is insufficient to keep the rails in
place. He proposes instead screw spikes.
which are not so easily torn out.
1T should be remembered. he went
on, that the late + II. Hartman when
he appeared before the Interstate Com
merce Commission some four years ago
expressed what then appeared radical
ideas as TO the size OF locomotives and
cars. the weight of rails and ballast OF
roadbed. which must prevail in the
course of comparatively short time.
In 1901 the percentage OF total cost
Of operation which was paid for MAIN
tenance of way and structures was 22.3
pcr cent. In 1910 the cost was reduced
10 2O.5 per cent. During the same period
the expenditures for main tenance OF
equipment increased from 1915 per cent.
of total operating cost to 23,2 per cent.
In addition TO this must he borne in mind
the fact that the greatest sum spent in
purchasing heavier equipment has not
been charged to maintenance OF equip
ment but to capital account. On tfr
other hand there have been very few
expenditures for heavier rails. better
ballast or other track improvements
which have not been charged to main
tenance OF way and structures. The
average tractive force per locomotive
was 20. 4SO pounds in 1902. while 1t was
81, zoo pounds in 1910. or an increase oil
80 per cent. This means that the modern
engines are pounding the rails and the
ballast and the ties just that much harder
and that the ties and the rails and ballast
have no greater resisting power than
they had- ten years ago.
During the same period OF the last
decade the density Of traffic has enor-
mously increased. so that with the roadway
little heavier than it was at the time OF
the lighter rolling stock there is CON
tinually a greater volume OF traific being
carried over the rails during given
period"
Mr.. Morrison, speaking OF wreck
like that on the Lehigh Valley near Roches.
ter last summer, where it was established
that the cause was broken rail. said It
was hard to fix the responsibility for such
accidents.
aThe railroads say they don't get good
steel in their rails. he observed. and
give the rails sufficient support. By
that they mean the ballasting is made
quate. II may fall away from under one
tie leaving wide gap Of unsupported
rail between two firmly imbedded ties.
The weight Of a train may bend this rail
to the breaking point and throw the cars
into the ditch. Most of us have seen
how rails. even on what are called goof'
roadbeds. bend and sway under the weight
of fast train"
! Mr.. Morrison said that sometime con-
crete ties might be used. but he remarked
| that at present no concrete ties have been
made which are strong enough to stand
| constant pounding or to give proper
resiliency for tho passage OF a train.
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to bear out the report made by the COM
missions experts that the limit of speed
or wheel pressure has been reached and
width and shape of head and that the
ten or more wrecks since the first Of the
year is a warning of this fact.
Secretary John II. Marble to-day de-
tailed three of the most experienced of
the commission = inspectors to go to the
scene of the wreck and take possession
of the broken rails which caused the cars
to jump the track and forward them to
Washington to be tested by the bureau
Of standards.
II il the opinion among the commits
sion's experts that the rail generally
described as broken" is one with a defect
that has come to light only within the
last few months and to remedy which
it will require change in the making
of steel rails. The new defect is known
as transverse fissure" and is said to be
more dangerous than ~piped" or other
defective rail in that its weakness cannot
be disclosed by test and can only be de-
veloped by service.
The commission calls attention TO this
defect and expresses the opinion that an
exhaustive investigation should be made
at once of the entire subject with the OBJ ect
Of securing steel rails free from this and
other defects. The commission suggests
that Congress make an appropriation for
the purpose and that the investga ton
be undertaken by the bureau of standards.
On the subject of defective rails the COM
mission says in a recent report:
The attention Of the commission ha
been called in numerous and in some
instances startling ways to the increased
number OF railroad accidents due to
broken rails. The re ports affect accidents
made to the commission by carriers
show that in the year ended June 80. 1902,
seventy-eight derailments were caused
by broken rails, while in the year ended
June 80. 1911. 249 derailments were due
TO the same cause. In the last decade
2,O58 derailments have been caused by
broken rails and have resulted in the
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COURT CONSOL|DATES
DYNAMITE CHARGES
Alleged Wreckers Will Be Called
Upon to Answer to Only
One Conspiracy.
THE GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS
District Attorney Explains That Supreme
Court Decision Makes Fewer
Indictments Necessary
THE GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS

INDIANAPOLIS, March 13-,Judco An.
derson of the Federal Court to-day ont.
lined his attitude toward the indictments
against the alleged dynamiters when
he ordered the thirty-two conspiracy
indictments consolidated into one.
He said that he would not exrec,
the defendants to answer to more than
a conspi racy charge. This leaves one
indictment of 1928 separate counts, 100
Of which charge specific violations Of the
law in respect to the transportation oi
explosives and 2s charge conspiracy
OF the latter the Judge intimated thai
no defendant would be expected to de.
fend himself against more than one char.
"Ill say right now" said Judge Ander-
son, that I'll never submit to the juy
the question as to whether these defend
ants have violated the law against con.
spiracy about thirty times in one con.
spiracy. 4
IF consolidation is made probably
at the close of the Governments 8 evidence
in the case a motion would be made BY
the defence that the Government elect
on which charge the case will be sub
mitted to the jury, and probably the
court would sustain such a motion. In
no event will the jury in this case be
required to go through this enormous
mass of indictment and see to which
particular conspiracy indictment the
evidence applies"
He pointed out that il there were con.
solidation the interests of the defendants
ought not to be placed in jeopardy by the
large number of charges and possible con-
fusion arising because of this. and pointed
out hat to protect the defendants the
court would weed out a large number
of the charges before the jury passed on
the ca se and could instruct the jury to
give consideration to certain charges only
The plan suggested by Judge Anderson
before his formal ruling was entered was
assented to by District Attorney Miller.
who said that the Government would he
satisfied with such a course. Attorney
Alfred Hovey on behalf of the attorneys
for all the defendants. however. took OK
ception to the ruling OF the court although
this was regarded merely as a technical
precaution.
1t came out in the argument to-day
that the statute of limitations cannot he
pleaded in any Of the cases successfully
| for the Supreme Court has recently held
| in two conspiracy cases that the statute
of limitation did not begin TO operate
until the last overt act had been com
mitted. Had that decision been available
at the time the indictments were drawn.
said the District Attorney, there would
no doubt have been fewer Indictment
The District Attorney explained that
the United States Court of Appeals in this
circuit had decided that the statute "C
limitations began TO run from the trN,e
Of the first overt act in furtherancc oi -
conspiracy and there were other decisions
which held that it began to run from ~"
time of the last overt act. Hence difIeren'
dates were charged and different length
Of time covered by different indictments
periods.
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"a HOUR TRAIN WRECKED.
Two Trainmen and a Tramp Killed and
Nineteen Passengers Injured.

Nineteen Passengers Injured.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 13.-Big Four
passenger train No. 20. the twenty-four
hour New York train. was wrecked at
Green Castle near midnight last night.
Three persons were killed, two train
men and tramp, and nineteen passengers
were injured, among them j. H. Summers,
a grain broker Of New York
The wreck was caused by the passenger
train running into an extra freight that
was standing on the main track just east
OF the railway station.
The freight had orders to take the east
bound track at Dalmar and came to the
Green Castle switch, where it was to wait
until the passenger train passed. In
stead Of taking the siding, il remained on
the main track, the engineer supposing
that the passenger train would take the
westbound track The fireman was
lust in the act of covering the headlight
Of the freight when he saw the passenger
train coming on the eastbound track.
the crossing over to the other track not
taking place as expected. John Milan
engineer OF the freight was asleep in his
cab and was killed.
That there were no fatalities among the
passengers is due to the fact that the
steel cars were not telescoped but sho;
past the engine into the ditch
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PROTEST OF MARKET MEN.
Piers Heightened Inland Would Destroy
West Washington Market.

Dock Commissioner Tomkins's plan for
getting new 900 foot piers on the North
River by taking inshore space was op-
posed yesterday by the tenants of West
Washington Market az a hearing held by
tho Sinking Fund Commission. They said
II would destroy the market and ruin the
businesses of the 400 or 500 dealers. many
Of whom have spent large sums in refrig-
Grating and other plants. 1t was also
urged that the market was one OF the
most important food distributing centres
I'm the city and ought not to be destroyed
unless provision was made for relocating
near by.
The commission adjourned the hearing
for two weeks, and in the meantime bill
will he sent to the Legislature permitting
the city should IL see 1T to remove the
market Ia another site.
Commissioner Tomkins said after the
meeting that while he would like his pier
plans to be adopted he thought that the
market men ought to be accommodated in
another building, and that he intended to
advocate the establishment of a new mar
ket II the old one should be torn down.
Mr.. Tomkins opposed the proposal re-
Gently made by the Finance Department
that the leasing of docks and wharfage
rights should be put up to public bidding
instead of being in the discretion of the
Commissioner
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which overlook the Twentieth Century
Limited. Mr.. Morrison thinks the rail-
roads have increased the weight Of To-
comotives and cars at rate which is
all out Of proportion to the Improvement
of roadbeds.
During the past ten years" he said,
"the weight Of locomotives has increased
~ per cent. and the weight of cars at al
most the same proportion. The roadbed,
on the other hand, is in practically the
same condition as ten years ago. While
there has been a slight increase in the
size and weight Of rails, methods OF fast
ening the rails to ties. the ballast. and
and the general construction Of the road
bed have made no change in the last
decade.
in this respect the railroads have not
taken advantage of recent developments
and not even kept pace with European
practice. In countries where hard wood
treated ties and tie plates supporting the
rail. all fastened together with screws
and bolts. have been used the percentage
of wrecks has decreased. although the
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ANALYZES CAUSES OF WRECKS.

Chief Engineer Says Trains Are Too
Heavy for Roadbed.
c. j. Morrison. who Is chief engineer
for Suffern 4 Son. expert accountants at
l49 Broadway. and the author Of book
on the cost of building and running rail
roads, gave an explanation yesterday
afternoon of train wrecks such as that
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avenue. Cincinnati. rib broken b tho rail-
road hospital and to the home d Col. ]. X.
Ford, i58th street and Broadwdy.
NEW. J.. 1919 Michigan avenue. Chicago.
injured hand. bruised. ..
OrrrNHEIM. j.. s.. Toledo. Ohio. knee
cut. ts.
REDINGToN. G.. c.. l225 North Lincoln
avenue, Chi cago. both hands hurt.
STRONG. j. r.. o East Thirty ninth street
New York city. head bruised and cut.
STRAUSS. JOSEPH. Kansas City. Mo.
hand cut .....-t
SWEENEY. PATRICK H.. A7 President
street. Brooklyn. cut by glass; attended
at railroad hospital and home.
WHITE. Mrs. A. b.. The Warning. Lex
ington avenue. New York city. arm cut
and shock: to New York Hospital.
WHEELER. FRED b.. ?0e South street
Chicago, shoulder dislocat ID
WILLARD. THOMAS c.. 1850 East Eighty
first street. Cleveland. ohio. rib broken
to Waldorf Astoria.
II has been definitely determined that the
cause was a broken rail laid in 1910. The
train was running at below its average
speed. at a rate of about forty miles
an hour.
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Mrs. McMicken. Mr.. sweeney and a few
others were taken temporarily to the New
York Central hospital on the second floor
of the administration building. where they
were attended by DIR. j.. H. Coley. chief
surgeon of the road. until they were in con-
dition to go home or be taken away by
friends. Mrs. White was at first reported
seriously injured. but at the New York
Hospital il was said she was suffering
chiefly from shock and that her injuries
were not serious.
In addition to the list furnished by the
railroad ten or more were cut or bruised
but were perfectly able to take care OF
themselves Among these were Mrs
Fornes. who lives at the Waldorf. Mrs.
NJ. A. Gustavson Of 5i52 North Ashland
avenue, Chicago. was suffering from
shock and bruises.
FLAW IN RAIL FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
Railroad officials and some OF the pas
sengers of the wrecked train maW an
examination OF the track Immediately
after the wreck aud discovered at once
where the defect was that caused the
trouble A section of rail marked -Lacka-
wanna Steel Company, 1910, had gwen
way. At the point where the wheels
of the sleeper Horeyo cut through was "a
rusted crack. which seemed to indicate
that the flaw had been there some days
at least A twelve foot section OF rail
torn from the track at this point had been
thrown over the embankment and far out
on the ice.
The New York Central. as well as the
upstate Public Service Commission.
began an investigation yesterday: At
the same time Secretary Marble OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission di-
rected three inspectors to go to Hyde
Park and make an exhaustive investiga-
ton. One was sent from Rochester
and two from this city.
The accident slowed up traffic on the
New York Central yesterday and last
night Trains crawled past the broken
trackage. 1t was said that complete
repairs will have been made by this
afternoon
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Wants Monument 70 NicCarrcn.

ALBANY. March i3.-Assemblyman Garvey
introduced bill to-day appropratng
$50 900 for a monument to the memory Of
Senator Patrick II. McCarren. The meas
tors and three Asemblymen to carry out
the project.
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State Senator John q. SAKE. who has
been i'll with mastoiditis for the last ten
days at the Hotel seymour, was much
better last night u is thought he will be
out In three or four days. although he will
not be able to resume work for about two
weeks.
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SAY WRECK SHOWS RAIL
CAN'T STAND HIGH SPEED
Commerce Commission Officials
Believe Limit Of Pressure
Has Been Passed.
START INQUIRY AT ONCE
Inspectors Sent TO Scene of Century,
Accident to Take Possession Of
Broken Steel.

on the New York Central Railroad Of
the Twentieth Century Limited at Hyde
Park. N. Y. to-day is said by officials Of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
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death of 100 persons and injuries to 4,1l2


Il was stated at the commission to-day
that officials of railroad companies and
of steel manufacturing plants are making
careful Investigations on the subject
and apparently are determined to locate
the difficulty and to correct it.
Chief Inspector Henry Belnap of the
commission is now conducting investiga-
tions into wrecks caused by broken rails
in the West and will report on the subject
to the commission in a short time. when
it is believed the commission will make
a strcng recommendation for the neces-
sary approp ration to start the investiga-
ton which it be lieves is necessary and
desirable.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-02

the Flint brick yards to q depth OF
four feet. a large part OF the brick
yards grounds are inundated.
Early Sunday the river went over
its banks below the Des Moines pack
ing house and flooded great area
OF ground The river is said TO be
over mile vide al this point Above
the Center street dam many homes
hear the river have been surrounded
by wafer and the families forced 10
move. Along East First street he
cellars of hundreds OF homes are fill
ed up.
In the southeast bottoms nearly
every family is ready to move at q
moments notice.
IN many homes the furniture is al
ready packed and Grated. Last night
scores of families slept already dress
ed, prepared to make escape shoule
the danger signal be given that ths
water had broken through the ievees
Near the bathhouse above Thomp
sons bend the water is high. Th'
bathhouse is completely surrounded
and it is feared the current MAY tea
the house from its uioorings AM
carry it down stream Already ser
eral small sfacks along the river
edge have been torn away and sen