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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05
NEW RAILROAD PROPOSED.
Promoters Want to Know Sentiment of
the People,

Natchez.-Another railroad is project
ed to pass through this section, making
Natchez one of the principal cities on its
route. 1t is to be built from Winnipeg,
Canada, to Port Eads, La.
This information was contained in a
letter received at the Chamber of Com
merce from John NJ. Wiley, chief en-
gineer and general manager of North
and South Railroad Association, en-
gineers for the proposed Mexican Gulf
and Manitoba railroad, with h~eadquar-
tiers in Hermann, Mo.
Mr.. Wiley enclosed a number of postal
cards by which he hopes to ascertain the
sentiment of the people along the pro
posed route to the project. He also
stated that a reconnaissance had already
been made, and that a map of the route
would be sent to any one wishing it.
According to the postal cards the rail
road is to be 1870 miles long. piercing
from north to south the entire territory
included in the Louisiana purchase and
crossing and connecting with ninety rail
roads.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05
NEGRO LODGE SUIT ENDED
5000 Damages Awarded Against Stringel
Organization.


Jackson,-Hon. G. G. Lycll, chancellor,
decided the injunction suit pending be.
tween negro lodges which has been very
fiercely Irrigated for some time.
The faction of the Stringer Grand
Lodge of Masons obtained a charter for
the organization of another grand lodge
of Masons and one for a colored fra
ternal insurance organization. The old
organization sued put an injunction to
prevent the organization and operation
of the new concerns. A motion was
made to dissolve the INJUNCTION and for
damages for its wrongful issuance.
The chancellor decided that the in
junction should be dissolved SO far as
concerns the new fraternal or benefit
insurance association, and awarded dam.
ages in the sum of 5000 against the old
organization and the s~ureties Oh its bond
for wrongfully suing out the injunction.
As to the new Masonic association
the court sustained the injunction.
Therefore, the Stringer Grand Lodge
and the Masonic Benefit Association con-
nected with it will continue as hereto.
fore, and the new benefit insurance asso-
citation recently organized will go ahead
with business.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05
Farmer Makes Good Showing.

Columbus.-In a recent issue of the
Manufacturers Record there appeared an
article which shows the fertility OF
Lowndes county soil and demonstrates
the fact that with proper fertilization
enormous crops can be grown.
The articles show that one acre of
land on the plantation of J. f. Slaugh-
ter near this city yielded 1850 pounds
of seed cotton. This seed cotton yielded
1904 pounds of lint, which sold for al
average of 0 1-2 cents a pound, OF
$137.24. On the same land Mr.. Slaugh.
ter raised 1885 worth of cabbage. Total
income from the one acre of land was
therefore, $492.24, which did not in,
clude the value of ninety bushels Of
cotton seed of high quality.
This remarkable showing is attributed
to the fact that for several years Mr.
Slaughter has been building up the fer
tility of his land and has been care
fully selecting his cotton seed.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05
WORK OF LEGISLATURE
SOME OF MOST IMPORTANT MEAS
URES FAIL TO PASS
All State Institutions, Charitable and
Otherwise, Are Adequately
Provided For.

Jacksonville session OF the Missis-
sippi legislature Of 1912. came to an
end Saturday.
Some of the most important meas
ures failed in the rush OF the last
moments.
The following is a list OF the nam
matters of legislation passed OF state
wide interest:
All of the state institutions have
been adequately provided for. While
the economical element dominating the
legislature has prevented any Increases,
the status quo has been maintained,
and sufficient funds voted to keep up
the states property adequately until
the next session when it is hoped that
the financial condition of the state Will
be such that increases may be made
commensurate with the needs OF the
various institutions and the growth OF
the commonwealth.
There was a determined stand against
issuing bonds for the purpose of taking
care of the deficit. There was an
equal determination that this was no
time to raise the ad valorem taxes.
After a scheme of ways and means had
been mapped out by Chairman Stennis,
of that committee, and it was deter
mined to hold appropriations within
the income, it was believed that an
excess of revenues over disbursement
would accrue at the end of the fiscal
wear. and the deficit would begin To
melt.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05
Will Borrow Money.

III order, therefore, to provide for
any deficit, and to avoid bonds with
their long time interest, Gov. Brewer
was authorized to borrow 100000 for
the present year and the same amount
for next year, or so much thereof as
is necessary, aud this is believed will
carry the state through and when the
legislature is III session two years from
now the deficit will be cut by a couple
of hundred thousand dollars at any
rate.
The Soldiers Home at Beauvoir has
been taken care of adequately and ex-
tensions arranged for. The Matte
Hersee hospital at Meridian has re-
ceived an appropriation of $4,000 per
year, as has the Kings Daughters hos
pital at Gulfport and $500 a year to
the Charity hospital at Nicksburg with
$500 a year additional for the Con-
federate Veterans annex where 16 old
soldiers are being cared for as a sort
Of supplement to the Soldiers Home at
Beauvoir. F~orty-siX thousand dollars
has been appropriated for the finishing
ohu NItiRihSht II IL Siiut Ivy hocpltdl
at jackson, which will be thrown open
during the summer. A bill has been
passed requiring also that persons seek.
ing entrance to the hospital must show
that they are INDECENT by certificate and
proof except i'll emergency. This is in
order to keep the place from being
swamped with people able to pay theiI
way in other institutions.
Aid For Hospital.
In aid of other hospitals, the boards
OF supervisors of LeFlore county anC
Harrison county, and the boards o
mayor and aldermen of Greenwood ant
Gulfport be allowed to donate to thes,
hospitals; the same law was passe,
with reference to the Matte Herse,
hospital, and the board of supervisor
OF Lauderdale county and city council
of Meridian. So insofar as hospital
and organized charity are concerned
the state is in much better shape tina
it has ever been before.
After an agitation of over five years
the Farmers Union has been able I
reduce the rate of interest which ma
be contracted for from 10 to 8 DC
cent per anum as the maximum an
making the practice of usury or tn
taking OF more than s per cent a mis-
demeanor.
Additionally, all money loaned at
per cent per anum is exempted frol
taxation of any and all sorts.
The state has increased the appr
priation for all of the agricultural hig
schools of the state, and further aide
the establishment OF these institution
in each county by allowing COUNT,
and municipalities to issue bonds wit
which to aid in the establishment an
support of them.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05
Astonjshed NJ

n. w, "su nuoh
lie Wolfe Hopper tel.
ABOUT the domestic unh,p
other actor. The hero .;
a man who had married
woman had much mousr
beauty Naturally, after }
ceremony and the acuui
brides financial resopre,
band was never very sttsI
Another member Of hal
which the couple were M
however, far more appres]
iady's charms, and proceed
love to her in an ardent |
manner. The grand Hp,1
evening when the actor
the other man kissing Nj
fond lover stood petrih.l
and expected to be shot
next moment.
No such thing happens
ragged husband only LITE
toward the ceiling with
intense surprise, and excl
"Merciful heavens! Al
even have to-"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05
His Only CompI,

Senator Beverage, at
New York, was talking ab
labor problem.
Children are SO plucl
cheerful he said, we
how horribly ~overworked [
it's too late-till their
minds are stunted irretriej
Il was once talking to d
boy at the height Of ths|
shopping season. He vas|
knew, II hours a day. Al
sturdily along with a mod
GELS piled on his thin, I'd
ders, | said to him:
"'Do you like your Job.
"'Yes, SIR he said; Il
Only
Here he grinned up l
from beneath his load.
"'Only I'm afraid I'm I
tomobile truck out Of q y
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05
HON. ]. M. Chiffon.
Secretary of Ratliff's Battery Has
Passed Away,

Jackson.-Many friends will learn
with deep regret of the death of Hon.
John NJ. Chiffon, formerly of this county,
who passed away at New Orleans after
a long illness.
Deceased resided for a number of
years after leaving Jackson in the coun-
ty OF lssaquena. He was the secretary
OF RatllfFs Battery, and a regular at
tendant at the reunion of that organiza.
tion held in this city.
Mr.. Chiffon is the second member of
Ratlh's Battery to pass away within the
past month, another comrade to answer
the last roll call being Mr.. W. s. LGnly
of this city.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05
Sale of Herefords.

More than fifty prominent cattle men
from other parts of the county were in
jackson to attend the annual auction
sale of Hereford cattle at the La Vernet
Stock Farm. The bulls averaged S215.00,
the highest price being S395.o0 and the
lowest $4,000. The cows averaged
$4,000, the total average being S163.50.
All were sold to Mississippi, Alabama,
Arkansas and Louisiana breeders. The
largest buyers came from outside the
state.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05
Lockley Is Captured.

Macon.-Herman Lockley, the young
man who killed McCrarey at ScoOba
about six months ago and who has been
at large, was captured at the home of
his father, P. L. Lockley, three miles
south of here. Charles Linsley, a farmer
living several miles south of here, cap
tured him and was taking him to Scooba,
the place of the killing. He was advised
here to deliver him to the sheriff for safe
keeping, as feeling might be SO high at
Scooba that it would not be safe for
him there. Linsley will get the stat
utory reward, and the father of Nc
Crarey offered $3.50 reward.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05
HARD TO DR0
But Many Drop

A young Calf. vile
coffee:
1T was hard to drop
Java and give Postum
nerves were so shattered
a nervous wreck and Oh
means all kinds Of Ills
AT first l thought n
caused it and ! gave II Wy
dition remained unchanssJj
want to acknowledge ccls]
trouble for l was very los1
about that time a as|
live with us, and ! n0'l's]
he had been with us 8 vs.
not drink his coffee any h
| him the reason. He rep.
not had a headache slns,
| drinking coffee, some u' !.
last week, when l began y
vour table. l don't see i
can like coffee, any"'"
ing Postum! L., at 4
II said nothing pu' ., m \
a package of Postum ~. ~
months ago, and we nav y
coffee since, except on " ",
when we had company =, ~
each time was that my s ~
not sleep, but lay av wax,
and talked half the nl gu,
convinced that Gomez ~ I
fering, SO we returs ssa "a, /
vinced that the coffee %, w. !.
instead of a friend, anu y
no more by insomnia S.,,.d
Il, myself, have S' IA,
weight, and my nerve a.sy
culver. It seems ss 50 .auss'
the old coffee tna' IN Post
and Ills and take y" ~ B,
given si'a by Postum Co.
Mich. .., hook. 4
Read the mus .srhere'
wellville," in pkss. .,.I ~
Ever read the 't tine =,
are r genuine, true
Interest.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05
New Revenue Measures.

Some of the new revenue measures
that are counted on to help do away
with the deficit in the state treasury are
unique and untried. They are expected
to be great re, enue producers, however.
The income tax is new. 1t taxes all
incomes in excess of $500, starting
with 5 mills up to $4,000; 10 mills to
$4,000; Is mills to $4,000; II mills
to 100000, and 20 mills OH all amounts
beyond.
The state printing bilr' provides
that the state printing be divided into
classes SO that the Mississippi concerns
be given a part of it.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05
Blooded Cattle as Prizes.

Natchez.-A. II. Pcttibonc, United
States department of agriculture, with
headquarters at Nashville, has written a
letter here in which e says that eight
OF the best FLOODED bull calves will be
offered as prizes to the Mississippi coun
ties making the best record in the cam.
palgn for the eradication OF the cattle
tick.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

Grenada.-Mat Regain, who was in
dicted at the last term of the circuit
court for completely in the murder OF
q. w. Gillon, a crime for which A. p.
Magness is now Under. sentence to be
hanged, was granted bail here by Judge
ID. NJ. Kmbrough in the sum of S 1000.
Circumstances seem TO warrant the be
lief that Regain had nothing to do with
the killing Of Gillon, and was only
along at the time of the killing by
accident.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

Vicksburg.-A block system is now
being installed on the Alabama and
Vicksburg railroad for the sixteen miles
between Meridian and Chunkey. The
work will be completed in the next
couple of months. The very latest de-
vices are being installed, and the stretch
where the block system is used collisions
will be almost impossible, and train
crews will be warned of broken rails and
open switch points.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

A prominent dentist informs US that
false teeth are more sanitary than real
ones, but the man who knocks out his
fellow mans teeth Is not necessarily
looked upon as a philanthropist.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05
Charged With Shooting.

Greenwood.--P. c. White is in iaiI
here charged with shooting NJ. A. Miller.
a prominent merchant at Minter CITY.
White was killed in a quarrel which is
said to have arisen over the sale OF A
lamp.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05
Sessions Now Regular.

A law was also passed making each
biennial session of the legislature a
regular session."
The prohibition laws of the state
have been amended and strengthened
considerably.
These are the main measures that
have passed.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05
Given More Time.

Tax collectors were given twenty
days additional time FROM the first of
March in which to make final settle
ments with the auditor.
The law in relation TO trusts and
combines was amended, giving addi-
tional remedies and penalties to those
who have suffered detriment from them,
An important law was passed allow
ing executors and administrators to Dor.
row money to pay off Indebtedness of
decedents and to execute evidences of
Indebtedness.
The governor and the state superin-
tendent of education have been added
as members to the general board of
trustees of the states higher educs.
tional institutions.
The bonds of the Yazoo-N Mississippi
levee district have been refunded at a
lower rate of interest, thus saving to
the state a considerable sum in in.
terest annually.
A law was passed giving municipali
ties a wider latitude in making improve
ments, and lessening the red tape and
the opportunities for obstruction Of
improvements.
The law in relation to fertilizers ha.
been amended so as to eliminate a great
deal of the "fller" in fertilizers: Il
provide that just what the compound
contains in fertilzing material and PLAN
food be printed on Che sacks and tags
and to provide for a system of inspes
| ton.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

The death Of Lord Lister, who dis
covered antiseptic surgery and has
saved the lives Of thousands, recalls
the fact that he was not placed In the
list Of the twenty greatest.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05
Corporation Law.


A law has been passed preventing
corporations from holding lands for ag-
ricultural purposes, and giving them
20 years in which to get rid of the
lands which they have already ac.
CURED. This is to stop the syndicates
OF English spinners from acquiring the
cotton lands of the delta section.
The state board OF health has been
also well provided for and an increase
voted that body for the purpose of con.
tinuing the work of Graduating hook.
worm, lecturing over the state against
tuberculosis, and typhoid, and for the
purpose of charging the state bacte
biological laboratory at jackson, which
made over 5000 examinations last year
The law, which created the two com
missioners" of the supreme court wa,
repealed.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05
Some That Failed.

The bill cutting off the preparatory
department of the Industrial Institute
and College at Columbus, the girls
college of the state.
The state game commission bill end
a bill to more adequately protest the
game birds and bird life generally of
the state.
The state highway commission bill,
and the move to use the surplus con.
viets in the state penitentiary in the
construction of model highways in the
state as an experiment and as a lemon
J strati.n
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

A near scientist tells Us hat when
ever a man tells a lie his big toe
wiggles. There must be some enthu-
siastic wiggling on the bathing
beaches In summer.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

A Connecticut bank has gone to the
wall because Its books had not been
balanced for forty years. 1t seems,
therefore, that the balancing of bank
books is important, after all.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

A Boston highbrow tells us that II
he had created the world he would
have made every m beautiful.
And what would the beauty doctor do
then, poor thing?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

Those Manchurian princes do not
make any p%retenses to the effect that
they stepped out Of power in order
to devote more time to the uplift.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

Fashion notes make It easy to fore
tell that ladies' hats will be high and
pocketbooks retain their usual shape
Of fairness.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

A New Jersey woman is suing for
damages because after a surgical
operation a pair Of forceps was sewed
up inside her. She is lucky not to
have the price of the instrument
charged against its loss in her bill.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05
Those Paroled O

No. $3.50 (just paroled
tie, 'ow are you? Wds|
biz"
His Old Pal - Hulld
Shake. Wot's new In d
much. Dere's a Teller
vault door OATS five yea
d. times.
No. 81, S4O-Gee, OATS
The Pal-An' Skinny
vented a jimmy OATS I've
of d. new door!
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

Don't boast. even II you did have
eggs for breakfast. The man to
whom you feel so superior may have
had butter on his j~ohnnycake.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

We await anxiously the time when
the little ex-Emperor Pu vi will be-
gin making attempts to come back
They all do 1t.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

We take of our hat to the pulmotor.
which not only draws suicides back
from the dark shore. but patches up
their lovers q%uarrels.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

A gun made of cement is one of the
latest devices for war purposes. 1t 10
dangerous to stand either at the mug
Ele or the breech-
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

The couple who get married In a n.y.
ing machine evidently do not desire
elaborate ceremonies-just q plane
wedding.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

Golf balls are to be cheaper. But
We cannot paraphrase Marie Antoin-
cite and eat golf balls II we can't
have bread.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

Though a Minnesota man caught
ton Of fish with his hands, others have
made greater catches with their imag.
nations.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

The Massachusetts, man who has
been on the operating table thirty-fve
times may be merely trying to estab-
lish a reputation as a cut-up.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

The Palace Of Peace at The Hague
will be completed in July of next
year. The work Is not being hurried.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

A New York surgeon says the YER
inform appendix fulflls an important
function. He is, Of course, speaking
from the surgeons standpoint
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05
Bonds Reduced.

YIN
a law was passed reducing the heavy
bonds of the county treasurers, mas
much as the county depository law
is in force and the depository makes
the bond.
Circuit judges have been given Judi.
cial powers in vacation similar to those
enjoyed by chancellors.
Repeal Bribery Bill.
The bribery immunity bilr' was re-
pealed. This bribery immunity bill was
passed at the special session of the leg
stature of 1910 Immediately after the
election. Under its provisions it is
claimed that a corrupt circuit Judge
could make deals with rascals, giving
them immunity no matter whatever
outrageous lies they swore on logis'
lators Or public officials.
The enactment of several drainagi
laws, harmonizing and simplifying those
in effect so as to give the needed relief
to the Delta and other sections was
accomplished.
Certain OF the court districts of the
state were redistricted in order tt
facilitate the administration of justice
frightening the terms of courts where
needed and shortening where the bust
ness did not justify the time allotted
The multiplying bill was passed
A law limiting the liability OF I'M
and hotel keepers was passed.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

Doctors saved the life Of q New YORK
man whose neck was broken. But No
will still have to live in New YORK.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

A 27-pound lobster has been caugn'
at Atlantic City. 1t was not accom-
panied by a chorus girl.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

IN this present world
one thing which will con
that is music which sl
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

Now a society for promoting EN-.
cheney has been launched. One of the
ways OF doing It would be to waste
less time on forming fool ~organiza,
lions.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

Automatic starters may be all right
for automobiles, but they would never
do to set a political campaign in mo-
ton.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

It was with difficulty that Lake
Michigan was kept from freezing from
shore to shore this winter.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

What a pity that the average maj
has no place to store away ice for
dusty dayl
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

The law creating the "%county prose.
cutting attorneys" was so amended AZ 10
leave it optional with each county as
to whether or not that county wanted
such an official. If the county votes
him out, lie is out; and if il wants, at
a later day, 10 have the official again,
it may do so. The salaries are changed
and the law requires that where there
is a county prosecuting attorney he
shall also be the attorney of the board
of supervisors, thus saving the amount
Of his salary.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

China invented fireworks q good
many hundred years before 1t had an
Independence day to explode them on.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-05

Other seeds may be higher mis-
year, but seeds of kindness Will cos'
no more.