The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-16
MISSISSIPPI
STATE BRIEFS

Rev. o. s. Bass, pastor Of the Pres
byterian Church, U. S. A. in Bates
Vile, at the morning service Sunday
rendered his resignation.
The ltta Bena compress shows q de-
cided increase In cotton receipts, hav-
ing received up to date 1916 bales,
against 11.24S bales last year.
Plans for one of the best truck
growers meetings ever held are being
made by officers of the Lauderdale
County Truck Growers Association.
c. M. Cox, cashier and bookkeeper
for the Aberdeen Lumber Company.
who shot himself through the head
Sunday afternoon with suicidal intent,
died.
Officials of the United States court
for the southern district Of Mississip-
ri are all ready for the opening of the
January term for the VicKsburg d.
vision.
]. S. Porter, a prominent farmer,
living near Clinton, died in the CORR.
dor OF the local ~postoffice while in
the act of purchasing some postage
stamps.
A movement has been started with q
view to securing a pardon for James
G. Bennett, the ex-newspaper man.
who is serving a 10-year sentence for
bigamy.
j. M. Mcdonald, the popular secre.
tary of the Mississippi State Fair, re-
turned to Jackson from a successful
hunting trip in the northern part Of
the State.
E. H. Owen Of Laurel, whose mys-
FERROUS disappearance from Hatties-
burg last June aroused the people
throughout the section, has been 10
Gated at Tulsa, Okla.
The Itta Bena order Of Masons gave
a banquet to their members on Sat.
urday evening last, when they had
the installation OF officers in their
handsome lodge rooms
News has been received of the in
tention Of the Southern Railway put
ting electric motor cars on their
branch lines reaching north from Itta
Bena to Webb, Miss, and south to
Belzoni. Miss.
This is moving time" among negro
tenants who inhabit the various plan
tations and those who have picked
ou their cotton and have made other
arrangements are now moving TO
their new homes.
The Usher Lumber and Manufac-
turing Company have practically COM
pleted the buildings for their new
plant and are installing machinery at
Meridian. The plant cost in the neigh.
borhood of $25, 900.
Weigh Cockrun of Grenada, who is
president of the Ginners' Association,
announces that the organization will
have its general convention in Gren-
ada on Jan. 81 and he states that he
is expecting a large crowd.
/ Following an alteration with HON
Brooks and John Acorn Saturday
night at Edwards, Chas. Mooth was
shot in the breast, and two of his ribs
broken with an AK in the hands Of
Brooks. Acorn used the pistol.
The two yyear-old son of DR.. ]. l..
Lucas OF Edwards is a wonder and is
the talk Of the community. Although
the little fellow has just begun to
talk. he knows his letters perfectly,
and can read almost distinctly as a
erown-up person.
To Meridian people. who adopted
commission form of government one
year ago, the most interesting ques-
lions to come up before the next legis-
lature are those pertaining to the mu-
nicipal system Of government and the
changes proposed.
ltta Bena Is soon to have a hand
some city hall, which will be erected
on their property on Baskette street.
Ali the officers will be situated in this
building, together with the fire appa.
ratus. and it is said work will be be-
gun at once on the building.
The annual installation of officers
who will preside ove Masonic bodies
of Jackson during the year 1914 took
PidSC at tuc MdoOIlC 1omple IN the
presence Of a large and brilliant gath.
ering of men and women, Masons,
their relatives and friends, the event
being public.
The regular annual meeting Of the
stockholders of the Bank of Sardis
was held in It's office. A very pros
porous year was reported, a dividend
Of 10 per cent being declared and a
large sum placed to the surplus. The
same officers were elected for the
coming year.
That the land around Hazlehurst is
very valuable is evidenced by the fact
that when a party Of we'll diggers
seeking water near Clancy, Miss. az
they were digging for water they
found a hard. stony formation that
could hardly be penetrated. On ex.
animation it proved to be crude alum,
such as that purchased at any apothe.