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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-03
Hawk Flies With Snake.

Mr.. Ralph Peterson living west of
Grenada is responsible for the follow
ing remarkable story:
A few days ago Mr.. Peterson states
that he observed very large hawk
flying across his field and that the hawk
was playing so many acrobatic stunts
that he stood for some minutes and
watched. and soon he became convinced
that the bird was in mortal combat
with something or afflicted in some
way. so he he stepped to the edge of
the field, where his trusty double bar
rel shot gun rested up against tree.
and proceeded to empty its contents
into the hawk. The bird of prey was
soon upon terra firma and to his as
Constituent he found wounded rattle
snake wrapped around the hawk $
neck. He states that the reptile had
evidently ever and anon been burying
its poisonous teeth in the hawks neck.
Mr.. Peterson surmises that the hawk
and the snake had engaged in a deadly
duel and that the hawk had wounded
the snake and the snake the hawk be-
tore ascending into the air.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-03
To Organize Farm Social Life.

Rural churches that fill the social as
well as the spiritual needs of the COM
munity; home convenences; better
roads; get acquainted with your
neighbor" meetings, are some of the
things on new program the A. and
M. College Extension Department Is
trying out for the people of Missis-
sippi.
In Covington county, where there is
a consolidated high school in every dis
trict, the College and the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture are co-operat-
ing with the school authorities for the
establishment of community welfare
clubs. Director of Extension E. K.
Lloyd, has secured the services of the
superintendent of these schools as as
sistant county agents.
Using the consolidated schools as
community centers, they will organize
clubs to promote the welfare of the
communities. In these. emphasis will
be placed on the improvement of the
social life Of the farm boys and girls.
and of farmers and their wives. The
woman's side of the farm life will come
in for its share of study. The advan-
tages and cost of water works, wash
ing machines, fireless cookers and other
helps to the housewife will be threshed
out.
This new feature of the extension
work is in the nature of an experiment
and if successful will be extended tC
other counties.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-03
BERNARD WINS
A BIG VICTORY
The Interstate Commerce Commission
Agrees to Reduce Freight Rate on
Coal Into Grenada. Will Save
Town About $4,000 q Year.

By decision of the Interstate Com.
merce Commission promulgated at
Washington City few days ago,
freight rates on coal to Grenada, which
have heretofore been SIS per ton,
were reduced as follows: From Illinois
and Kentucky mines to Sl.60; from the
Alabama Piper mines to Sl.65, and
from the Brilliant mines in Alabama to
$l.4 The credit for this reduction in
freight rates on coal is largely due At
torney j. l.. Barnard of Grenada who
took up this matter some three or four
years ago with the Interstate Com
merce Commission and who has Cl. :
the greatest zeal and the most :. &c
management in handling the case u
fore the commission. 1t was thought
about one year after Mr.. Barnard first
began the fight for reduction of coal
rates that he had won, in fact an order
was issued which practically gave him
all he asked for. but the filing of other
similar suits involving other towns
prompted the Interstate Commerce
Commission to withhold the enforce
ment of the order for reduction until
the issue presented by other places
could be heard. and it is understood
that the last order affects great many
different places, the town of Oxford
for one. Mr.. Barnard had been en-
gagged by the town of Clarksdale to
make similar fight for it for reduc-
ton in coal rates. In the fight for
Clarksdale, Mr.. Barnard was assisted
by Messrs. J. w. Cutrer and Oscar
Johnson. local attorneys of that place.
The decision last week settles also the
issue raised in the Clarksdale case
The reduction for the city of Grenada
will save the town and its citizens ap
proximately 81, 900 year in freight
rates. or per cent on fifty thousanc
dollars. Mr.. Barnard is to be com
mended as well as congratulated and
he should, and no doubt will, realize g
fair compensation for the splendid ser
vice he has rendered.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-03
Many A. 4 N. Boys
Back 10 the FARM.

Nearly one-fourth of all the Gag
rics" graduated from the Mississippi
Agricultural and Mechanical College in
the past SIX years are now doing actual
farming. All but few of the remain
ing three-fourths are in some kind Of
agricultural for the betterment
of rural conditions in the state. These
figures are shown in a report recently
made by DR.. j. c. Robert, director of
the Agricultural School to President G.
r. Hightower.
In these six years more than 200 stu
dents have graduated from the agri-
cultural course. More than half of
these have graduated in the past two
years. These students are at work in
all parts of Mississippi Many of them
, are employed in Extension Demonstra-
ton work; others are teaching agr-
Iculture; but the boys who are going out
as practical farmers will be both dem
onstrators and teachers. The eyes of
| their communities are on them and
when they succeed the value of i'm
proved agricultural methods is estab-
lished. Every year the number of
boys who go ''back to the farm in
creases. The work of these trained
for-resuts agriculturists may be seen
all over Mississippi in the improved
system of crop rotation, increased num-
berf of silos, herds of pure bred live
stock, cooperative marketing associ-
ations. and in better barns. homes and
schools.
Some of the A. & NJ. farmer boys
who have recently gone out are. z. r.
Lloyd of Starkville, r. H. Abbey Gre
NADIA, R. E. Aldrich Michigan City
Miss, N. d. Guerra Artesia. C. H.
Redditt, E. W. Daniel. J. B. Allen, NJ
L. English, J. H. Kirkpatrick, r. f.
Lipe, A. Scott, E. d. Thomas, ]. F
Allen. M. M. McKinnon, l.. A. Martin
w. W. Dent, H. w. Davis. 7. S. Ev
ans, J. c. Haynie. j. S. McBee. ]. E
McCarty, R. A. Scott, r. P. White. T
W. Bailey. H. n. Carter. C. l.. Carey
j. W. Hull. A. r. Marshall H. E. Mar
tin, J. A. Maxwell. NJ. V. Myers. A. NJ
Rogers. H. w. Schwarzkopf. w. +
Steen. l.. c. Straham.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-03
Mississippi StOCkmen Raise
Big Beef Cattle Crops.

That Mississippi is already one of the
foremost livestock states of the cotton
belt, is the opinion of l. w. Carpenter,
one of the A. & M. College Extension
workers who has just returned from an
extension field trip.
In support of his opinion Mr.. Car
penter gives the following report: I'm
Pamela county there are six men who
have between 5000 and 3. 500 high grade
Hereford and Angus cattle. A large
number of these will be fed for market
this winter. All of the farmers are
well prepared to winter their cattle,
feeding them lespedeza hay, silage and
cotton seed meal. They have from 300
to 1000 tons of silage each. Some of
them can feed their stock 30 pounds of
silage head day for 1870 days if
necessary.
Zone of these men has, in addition
to his grade steers, breeding herd OF
l40 registered Angus cattle. Another
a like sized breeding herd of Here
fords. Two others have grade herds
of about $50 head each: another grade
herd of 700.
''These stockmen are profiting by
their experience and are supplying
plenty of pasture for their cattle Next
year there will be an abundance of les
pedeza and Bermuda for the herds t.
Craze.
In company with County Demonstra
tor A. S. Woodruff. Mr. Carpenter ha.
just spent a week in Pamela county
visiting cattle growers and helping
them prepare for wintering the stool,
He is planning a series of these weekly
visits in the various cOilnties Mex
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-03
A. D. Collins Opens a Store.

Mr.. A. ID. Collins has opened store
in Grenada. He is just one door west
Of the 2nd Class Drug Store. His line
ia groceries and fruits and just such
things as every housekeeper must have.
Mr. Collins is well known in Grenada
and has shown himself in every way
worthy of the confidence of the public,
and IL is therefore needless to state
that he will appreciate any and all
h,,s;ness and that he will give every
body a Square Deal. II you can not
make a visit to his store, call MIN over
phone 275. See ad elsewhere in this
Issue.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-03
The Bank of Commences
Christmas Club

The Bank of Commerce of this city
is starting a Christmas Club. Read
particulars in their ad which appears
elsewhere. 1t Is a straight business
proposition and works out just as
stated Aside from the investment
feature, the best part of the matter is
the encouraging of savings. One OF
the greatest lessons this country needs
today is the lesson of saving. Consult
the officials of the Bank of Commerce.
who are most agreeable and pleasant
gentlemen, and they will go over the
proposition with you.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-03
What ROane 1 Go. viii Do.

In the hurry of preparing the
big two page al for Trade Week,
which appeared in The Sentinel
slast week, an error was made IN
the ad of Roane & Co. that was
corrected in the circulars but lest
the correction may not fall under
the eve of every one who saw the
paper and as matter of justice
TO Roane & Co., The Sentinel
wishes to state that they will sell
l, Yards of bleached domestic toi
81. instead of 81 50 as shown. II
the ad.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-03
A BelzOni Marriage.

A marriage in which many Grena-
dians are interested took place last
Sunday morning at Belzoni, the con-
tracing parties being Mr.. Fay Hall
and Miss Louise Wilson. Rev. j. A.
Hall received telephone message Sat
urday night apprising him of the ap-
preaching event and requesting his
presence to solemnize the vows Of his
son and daughter-to-be
Mr. Hall is the eldest son of Rev. j..
A. Hall and wife of Grenada and is
young man of good habits and of
sterling worth. For more than year
he has been keeping books for the Gre
NADIA Bank at some one of its institu-
tions, and for some months he has been
at Belzoni. His bride is'a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Wilson of Crystal
Springs She is a graduate of the In
dustrial Institute and College and at
the time of her marriage was a mem
ber of the faculty of the Belzoni graded
school. She is charming young woman
and can be depended upon to bear will
lingly her part of the responsibilities
incident to conjugal bliss. The Senti'
p Especially congratulates these young
NIsrl. - the TACT that they have lis
tel. voice of love rather than
that o. I'll you are both more
settled. ve. coupled with the
proper energy d. 4 discretion, will solve
the problems that arise. May the pass
ing days brighten the rainbow fol
them and assist them in the bright
voyage which they are SO happily an
ticipating.
After day or two spent with Mr..
Halls parents, the happy pair left for
Tupelo where Mr.. Hall has accepted a
position with First National Bank OF
that town.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-03
Oxford Boosted Farm CampaignerS.

The following was issued by the busi-
ness men of Oxford and scattered over
the county as one of the means of pre-
pairing the people for the "More Profit
able Farming Campaign" 1t is a
splendid paper and will apply with
equal force to every other county in
the state:
More Profitable Farming" will
bring more prosperity tn every home
The Farm Home First
More prosperity means better schools,
better churches, better roads. and bet
ter homes-The Farm Home First.
Work for Oxford, because of hel
church, school and social advantages =
Three Elements of Happiness in One.
Work for the University because she
Is ours Ours is the Athens of Missis.
sipgi. - ..
she extends the willing hand that feeds
US Who would. strike such willing
hand?
Work for Memphis because she ha:
spent her money More than $50, 900. 0O)
in the interests of More Profitable
Farming-She is Our City.
Prosperity in the Home means /;
prosperous OAlOIu anu university.
When Lafayette county prosper.
Memphis will prosper because we arr
in her territory.
The average Rural wealth per capiti
in Mississippi is 1892. 90.
The average wealth per Capita in tn
United States is $994.00.
Each Man, Woman and Child in Mis-
sissippi is entitled to S692 90 more thai
he now has.
Lets Go After 1t and make Novem
ber Both, 1915, the day to start.
p S. If you hear fellow knock
ing, buy him ticket and send him
to Iowa where the per capita wealth
is So. 3S6. co. On his return he will
boost Progressive Farming. If
you hear a fellow Boosting. take
care of him, he is jewel. he is
the life blood of any community.
The citizens of Lafayette count
spent, during the past twelve month.
S325, 900 for farm products that coul
have been successfully raised at hom'
This amount is what We must save.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-03
Mrs. Thompson Dies at Ripe Old Agt

Mrs. Lucy d. Thompson. better known
perhaps as Mrs. Mason. died suddenly
at her home in Grenada Tuesday night
and her remains were Inferred in the
Spring Hill burying ground on Thurs
day morning. the funeral services be-
ing conducted by Rev. J. c. Carothers.
Mrs. Thompson had reached the ripe
old age of more than three score. She
was a good woman and had sown good
seed in life much of the fruit of which
she reaped while sojourning here but
the best her spirit is enjoying now.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-03
Wier.lngram.

Marriage vows were solemnized on
Thanksgiving afternoon at the bride $
home near Duck Hill between Mr.. C.
C. Weir and Miss Jewell Ingram, Rev.
I.P. Trotter of the First Baptist chur ch
officiating. Mr.. Weir was reared in
this county and for several years has
been one of the faithful rural mail
carriers out of Grenada, a position he
has filled most creditably. His bride
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Ingram and is lady of many charms
and excellencies of character. The
Sentinel Joins in wishing them life's
truest happiness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wier are at home to
their friends at 658 Poplar street.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-03
What Cuff 1 Son Meant to Say.

In the hurried preparation of
the copy for the ad of Cuff 4
Son. which appeared in the Trade
Week ad of last week, it was
stated that they would sell "24-lb.
sack of sugar for ooc" when the
man who wrote the ad should
have said "24-lb. sack of flour
tor ooc." This they will do and
The Sentinel takes this opportu.
nifty of setting these good people
right. They always do what they
promise about any matter. but.
errors are common to all.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-03
Washington, d. c., Nov. "a.

washington, -. u, NOV "a.
Seeking to enlist in the service of
its Maintenance of Way Department
young men of technical training who
were born and bred in the South.
Southern Railway Company has main
tanned during the past two years and
has now successfully established a
school of student apprentices enlisted
from graduates of the leading Southern
universities. This is in effect post
graduate course in overalls with an as
surance of practical life opportunity
to those who succeed.
The men are carefully selected, after
conference with university authorities,
their standing with their fellow stu
dents and general qualities of leader
ship displayed in their college life being
considered as well as their scholastic
attainments and special consideration
being given to men who wholly or ir
part paid their way through college.
The pay offered at the start is compar
atively small and the work involves
hardship and self denial to an extent
that proves the stamina of those wht
continue the course.
The course has been arranged to TAX.
the student apprentice through th'
daily duties of track work as follows
lst. as section laborer; End, as laborel
in yards and terminals; 3rd, as laborel
in extra gang; 4th. as assistant fore
man on extra gangs or in yards; 9th
as relief or designated section foreman
9Th, as assistant supervisor. From as
sistant supervisor the student appren
tice may be promoted to supervisor, t
assistant roadmaster. to rOadmaster
and on up as his qualifications may jus
tify and opportunity may ofter as va
cancies occur.
Southern Railway now has in its EN-
ploy thirteen student apprentices o
whom seven have been promoted to as
sistsnt supervisors and it is source o
pride to the management that, 2
sticking to the course under the cond
tions imposed and by winning the e!
TEEN of their fellow employees and thel
superior officers, these student apprer
tices have justified their employmer
ss well % having assured the success
of their individual careers.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-03
Gard of Thanks.

We wish to thank one and all for
their generous sympathy and tender
words of comfort extended us when
our dear daughter died. May our
Heavenly Father richly bless each of
you. Mr.. and Mrs. j. l. smith.
Grenada, Miss, Nov. 30, 1915.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-03
More Profitable Farming Campaign.

The more profitable farming cam
paign scheduled for this county Dec. 2,
was somewhat mterfered with by the
rains the day before, but most of the
appointments were made and good
audiences were had. More extended
notice will be given next week.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-03
5000 Bushels OF Peas For Sale

have 5000 bushels of clay
peas and 900 bushels of speckled
peas now ready for the market.
Correspondence solicited.
Address, JAS. MCCLURE,
Dec. S-Is-tf Favette. Miss.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-03

FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY we
havs been manufacturing monuments
in Marble and Granite, the reputation
earned through these years is Of ines-
timable value to US and the experience
gained is invaluable to you as it is em-
bodied in the monuments we offer yuA
See Mr.. Jno. w. Vance, our Iocal
representative at Grenada.
COLUMBUS MARBLE WORKS,
Columbus. Miss.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-03
Trespass Notice

All persons are hereby given due and
legal notice not to hunt or trespass in
any manner on any of my lands. This
means everybody. A. Olson.
Elliott. Miss. Nov. rs. 1915. 81
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-03
WE MAY MAKE MISTAKES

Most everyone does. but our friends
will confer favor by tellingu US prompt.
ly of any cause they may have for
complaint. Call 10 for Coal.
Jay -Em-Bee Coal Company.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-03

Rev. J. A. Hall and DIR. J. r. Coun-
tiss are attending the annual confer
ence of the Methodist church of north
Mississippi at New Albany.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-03
Cotton GInncd.

lin TO Nov. IA. 7,457 bales of cotton
, nad been ginned in Grenada county
For the same period last year there mac
been 1884 bales gibned.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-03
Honor Roll

Grenada City Schools -2nd Month.
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FIGHTING FOR BECKER'S LIFE
Lawyers of Condemned Man Not Dis
couraged by Whitman's An
nouncement-Seek Witnesses.

New York, July 24.-The lawyers
of Charles Becker, the former police
lieutenant, who is sentenced to die
next Wednesday for instigating the
murder of Herman Rosenthal, the
gambler, while disappointed at Gov
ernor Whitman's announcement that
Becker's recent appeal to him has
nothing in it that would cause him to
change his judgment, are not discour-
aged They held lengthy conferences
in the offices Of w. Bourke Cochran
and had at times visitors who are IA
miliar with the case and might have
had information that would be help
full.
The efforts were directed toward
getting corroborative witnesses to
Beckers statement regarding the S.
900 fund said to have been collected
by one of the chief witnesses against
Becker for the purpose of inducing
Rosenthal to leave the city.
This money, it is said, was collect
ed from East Side and Harlem gamb-
lers, and it is believed that if some of
these men come forward and substan-
tiate Beckers statement i'm this re-
gard an important point will be gain
ed for the condemned man.
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WANTS U. S. TO BUY BELGIUM
WANAMAKER PROPOSES $500 ooo,-
600 LOAN FOR PURCHASE.
Declares it Is Now Duty of Business
Men to Restore Conditions In
Europe.

Philadelphia, July "a. = The pur.
chase of Belgium from Germany by
the United States and the imposition
of high duties on imports and exports
by this country were among the sug-
gestions made by John Wanamaker
in an address here at a meeting at
which prominent business men and
merchants formed a local branch of
the National Security league.
Mr.. Wanamaker, who was later
elected president of the organization,
said it is now the duty of the bust
ness men of the country to do all in
their power to restore conditions in
Europe and proposed that $100,O00,O00
be loaned without interest to the gov
eminent fer the purchase OF Belgium.
He suggested that later the govern
ment of that country could be turned
over to its own people.
Mr. Wanamaker declared that the
United States had made it's first mis-
take when it had failed to protest
against the violation of the neutrality
of Belgium.
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TO PAY cATTLEMAN'S RANSOM
Relatives Fear Efforts to Capture Alb
ductor viii Result in Empey
Being Killed.

Idaho Falls, Idaho, July 23.-Rela
tives of E. A. Empey, the cattle and
sheep man who was kidnapped from
his ranch east of here last Saturday
have decided to pay the $4,000 ransom
demanded by the abductor. Empey's
father asked the sheriff to withdraw
his posse Of cowboys.
Relatives fear that efforts to cap
ture the abductor will result in Empey
being killed. The letter the abductor
sent to Idaho Falls with Employs sons,
giving directions for the delivery of
the money, according to relatives,
gives the officers no chance to capture
the abductor at the time the money
10 delivered.
Empey's relatives are convinced
that he is in the hands OF men who
will carry out the threat of death.