The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-07-03
Big Health Campaign.

'u~tHnS d ilblu campaign against dirt,
hlth-breeding repositories, flies and
.lnsanitary conditions generally, and is
making it a direct official matter with
every county and municipal health Of
ticer in the state.
To each county health officer DR..
Rowan has sent a strong letter, re.
curing personal inspection of each
town, in each county, and accompany
ing the letter blank for their inspec-
ton reports. 1t is required that each
town be inspected and such inspection
reported, not later than July Is, next.
Incorporated in this general letter
is the following paragraph
These reports make up a big part
of your record. At the last board of
health meeting, these records were
called for, and in some instances are
proving to the board that many health
officers are careless or Indifferent
while several have neglected this duty
entirely. Let me impress upon you
the necessity of promptness and eff
cheney, if you would have your record
straight in this office.
DR.. Rowan is also taking steps to
have the recent order of the board re-
quiring the screening of hotels and
restaurants to be enforced. All hotels
are required to screen within 80 days,
the work to be done under the direc-
ton or with the approval Of the local
health officer. 1t is further ordered,
that all hotels of three or more stories
must provide proper fire escapes, and
this is another detail for which the
county health officers are held re-
sponsible. -
Visits National Guard.
Lieut.. b. F. Mcclellan of the Tween
ty-eighth United States Infantry, on
instruction duty with the Mississippi
National Guard, has been ordered to
take up special instruction services in
several states with their respective
national guard organizations. Mr.. Nc
Clellan will visit the national guard OF
Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama
and will assist in preparing the re
spective organizations for participa
ton in the Joint army and militia
maneuvers, provided for later in the
summer. He will be absent for about
four weeks and will return to Missis
sippi in time for the state encamp
ment at Natchez, beginning the las
day of July and running through thu
first week in August.
hdit Con Sea1ac rqpnrtc that thl
only officer on special detail duty a
present in the encampment prelimt
naries is Capt. s. P. Walker, inspecto
of small arms practice, who has bee
detailed to Natchez to prepare a ma
or chart of the Duncan Park tract an
surroundings. which is to be the Ell
!, campment site. A special detail
made up of two men from each con
pany, under two commissioned off
. GERS, will be sent ahead of the guar
to prepare camp, this detail to b
made up shortly.
: eilbo On Trial.
After a tedious and tiresome day
the Kinds county circuit court, whic
was devoted entirely to the task
securing a jury of twelve competel
t men to pass on the facts and evident
s in the Ease of T. G. Bilbo, l~ieutenan
S governor, charged with bribery, II
situation at adjournment time W;
practically the same as twenty-fo'
hours before. That is, there were ju
s eleven men in the jury box, with qui
a number of waiting talesmen to
n drawn upon in order to fill out.
g There was this difference, howeve
and that was, that whereas the defen
s. had exercised no peremptory CHI
h lenges, but had succeeded in gettii
two men challenged for cause, nc
A. the list of peremptory challenges
L reduced to one, while the state h
e. two left.
10 Up to the time of adjournment, S
ty-six veniremen had been examine
IS and the jury box twice filled to t
m satisfaction of the state, and twice t.
ID dered to the defendant. Several
+ those seated, after considerable gu,
IN tioning by Attorneys Henry and @
ID sidy, were challenged for cause.
M Uhe trial was characterized by 81
4. eral tits between court and couns
10 Counsellor the defense fought eve
Is inch of ground and took advantage
every at law favorable
their client.
This was demonstrated when
- strong effort was made to secure
challenge from the bench of five J
ors who had passed the court,
prosecution, and the still further a
test of questions of the defendar
counsel, put through the court, to sh
whether or not their minds are +
no of absolute and fixed bias.
~, Judge Teat denied an applicat
ho from Judge Henry Of counsel for
lce Bilbo, to be allowed to question tn
ne talesmen directly, as to their feel
me towards his client. The court sta
aus that a similar request had been M
by the state to determine the ext
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