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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02
Barracks Assemble,

Los Angeles.-Representatives OF
more than 1000. 900 men, Sunday
school students whose worldwide or.
ganization-the Baracas-was describ.
ed as the outcome Of al impulse. gath
cred about their founder, Marshall A.
Hudson of Syracuse. here on June rs,
in the first business session of the
nineteenth annual convention.
Delegates from the women's society.
the Philatheas. took part in the con.
vention.
Ten thousand Bible classes have en-
braced the movement, 1t was declared.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02
Socialists Want Peace.

Berlin.-The board of directors or
managing committee of the Social
Democratic party In Germany has pub.
lished in the Vodwoerts a full page ap-
peal for peace. This interesting docu-
ment calls for an end to the war I'M
der circumstances which will make
possible friendships with neighboring
nations, and sets forth the opposition
Of the party to territorial conquest and
annexation. The people want peace,
II declares, and the government is
called upon, In the name of humanity.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02
Rake Thaw's School Record

New York.-A new sensation was
sprung in the Thaw case by the an.
nouncement of Deputy Attorney-Gen.
eral Cook that he will delve into the
reasons for Thaw's expulsion from
Harvard University in 1892 in the eff.
fort to establish his present insanity.
~Scandalous details, which will mate.
rally aid the states contention of in.
sanity, are alleged to lie behind the
abrupt termination Of Thaw's uniyer.
sity career. Tnaw. however, is undis.
mayed by this latest development in
his fight for freedom.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02
Negro Admitted 10 Murders.

Birmingham, Ala.-Syd Jones, who
was hanged in the county Jail yard
here June rs. left a note in bis cell in
which he confessed responsibility for
IS murders. Two of his victims were
white men, n a Mobile & Ohio brake.
mar and the other a Nebraska deputy
sheriff. Jones also claimed to have
killed a Chinaman. a Mexican and an
Indian.
The law took Jones' life for the
murder of a fellow convict in Banner
mines, Jefferson county, while he was
serving q life sentence
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02
ST. LOUIS SUFFERS STORM
Heavy Rains Deluge Entire City and
Country and Mississippi River
Rises.

81. Louis, Mo.-Rainfall in St. Loui.
in the "A hours ending on the evening
Of June % had totaled 3.S6 inches. More
than four inches has fallen in the two
days, and the total precipitation fol
the month will make this the wettest
June since the weather bureau began
keeping records in 1871. The total
precipitation has been 9:35 inches.
The heavy flood choked sewers all
over the city and water ran two feet
deep IN some of the streets. In the
fashionable West End section, includ-
ing Forest Park, thousands of dollars
Of damage has been done to shrubbery
and trees.
Probably so lakes, some several hun
dred feet wide, have been formed by
the overflow in the park.
The Mississippi river on June 2s
stood at 30.5 feet, or about 6 inches
above flood stage. The rains are ex-
pected TO cause a decided rise.
On the East Side and in Southern
st. Louis high water entered homes
and residents were forced to flee. In
Alton, H.. neal st. Louis, on the Mis-.
sissippi river, 20 houses were flooded
In a few minutes when the sewers be-
came choked.
Farmers near st. Louis say almost
'irreparable damage has been done to
wheat not yet u 1t was in bad shape
already, and deluge has about fin
ished IL.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02
Storm Sweeps Oil EieIds.

Tulsa, Okla.-A severe wind and rain
storm swept over the Oklahoma oil
fields. doing damage estimated at $685..
600. In the Cleveland field 1O7 rigs
were blown down. The Prairie Oil and
Gas company was a heavy loser. The
tops of five tanks near Cleveland, be-
longing to the Gulf Pipe Line com.
pany, were blown off. A number of
scattered rigs were blown down in
different parts Of the field. The Prai.
RE Oil and Gas company's eight-inch
gas pipe line was, broken down in the
middle of the river at Leahy Station
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02
Will Mott Is Pardoned.

Gov. Brewer on July &c gave q par
don to Will Mott, a young white mar
from Leake county. who was serving
a nine months sentence for burglary.
He had served about half of his SEN
tence, and in view of the reported pow
erty of his mother and two little sis
ters. who need his help, the executive
considered the case one worthy Of
clemency.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02
To Probe Passport.

Washington.-Charges that Ameri
a passports are being forged in Ant
werp. made in connection with thhe no.
LITIGATION by France that she would bar
from the country naturalized Ameri.
ans of German. Austro-Hungarian or
Turkish origin are to be Investigated
by the state department.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02

D. e. Nicely Of Nicely Bros, who start
ed the wheat growing movement in
the Natchez district, has gone to Trim
BILE, Tenn, where he will purchase TO-
600 bushels Of seed wheat for the farm
ers OF this vicinity. Wheat as a crop
was cried for the first time In this Sec
ton this year. The yield averaged SO
bushels an acre, and the first car Of
wheat to arrive in st. Louis from any
where was sent from Natchez. Besides
the 10000 bushels purchased by Mr..
Nicely, 1t is believed that many othera
will put land in wheat.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02
Arrested for Old Crime,

Coming back to Jackson after an
absence of more than FIVE years, Law
renee M%orson, a white man, about 35
years OF age. was arrested June % at
the union depot on a charge of muir.
der, an indictment returned by the
grand jury in the early part of 1910
being served. The indictment charges
that Morson shot and killed Jessie
clark, a negro woman, in March. 1910.
Morson was recognized by Charles
van Buren,. station master at the
union depot.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02

DR.. G. F. Hodge OF the University
of Oregon, who is delivering a series
Of illustrated lectures on natural SCI
ence this week at the University OF
Mississippi, addressed the business
men Of Oxford on the eradication OF
the house fly.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02
Room For All on Train.

The promoters Of the "Grown In
Mississippi Special train. which will
convey to San Francisco the party Of
county sponsors, their chaperons ana
escorts. a party numbering a hundred
or more. are anxious to assure !hc pub
lie that there will be DOL on that
same train for others. The Mississippi
exposition commission is e%ndeavoring
to correct the impression that this spe.
cial will be exclusively for the sponsors
and state officials and the sponsorial
party. Commissioner of Agriculture
Blakeslee is doing his utmost to boost
the attendance from Mississippi.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02

The Laurel theater was destroyed by
fire on the night of June % from the
dropping of a lighted cigarette In a
trash barrel. The Lewis Stock COM
pany had just completed an engage
ment In the place. Loss, $4,000.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02

Laurel's handsome new Y. III. c. A.
building, just completed at a cost Of
$4,000, was dedicated June 26.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02
SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS THE
PENALTY GIVEN FOR OUT.
RAGEOUs CRIME.
OLD CAPITOL IS DOOMED
City Of jackson Takes Steps to Prevent
Injury to Persons Examining An
Client S%tatehouse.
jackson.

"JdChSOu.
The supreme court on June Is az.
firmed the sentence of life imprison-
ment against J. E. Simmons, Of Pike
County, convicted in Lincoln county
on the charge Of %assaulting his own
daughter, a girl of Is years. Simmons
is now As years old. The offense was
committed in August, 1912.
Owing to the state of public feeling
in Pike county. growing out Of the al
legged occurrence. a change Of venue
was granted the defendant to Lincoln
county. There it was tried three diff
ferent times. and on the first two trials
was reversed on appeal. owing to er-
rors in procedure at the trial, princi-
pally on the insuficiency Of testimony.
Judge Stevens, who delivered the
opinion, referred to the crime as a most
heinous and r~eprehensible offense.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02
Ask John D. to Speak.

John d. Rockefeller may come 10
Jackson in the autumn and deliver an
address on thrift and the elements of
success to the young men of jackson,
and citizens generally.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02

1t is reported from Summit that Lem
Cleveland and his wife were killed by
their son-in-law. H. A. Westbrooks. in
their fieldf a few miles west Of that
place, on June 2s, the weapon used be-
ing a double-barreled shotgun. Young
Westbrooks went to Liberty and gave
himself up. There has been trouble in
the family for some time. Mr.. Cleve-
land was a man about 70 years old and
his wife was about 60. Westbrooks Is
about 30 years OF age. 1t Is said that
ne and his wife separated and it is gen.
orally believed that this was the cause
Of the killing.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02
Old Capitol 10 Doomed.

Old Capitol 10 Doomed.
Once more has the state capitol
building, after an existence OF nearly
eighty years, been pronounced not only
unfit for further use, but as having
become absolutely unsafe. The pro-
cess of deterioration has gone on for a
score of years, and more gradually and
n~oticeably during the past decade, Or
since its evacuation by the state gov
eminent at the end of 1908. While the
right and responsibility of ownership
of the hoary old structure is vested in
the state. the city of Jackson, by vir-
tue of its ownership of the state fair,
has taken steps to provide against pos
sible danger from the ancient struct-
ure. During the recent tempestuous
weather the indications Of weakness
have been manifest, and accordingly a
line of fencing is being built around
the building. in order to keep the pub
lie at a safe distance.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02

The Corinth steam laundry. the Cay
Ola bottling works and the Corinth Ice
Cream company's building was de-
stroyed by fire June 25. All OF the
above companies occupied one build
ing, which was the property of ]. s.
Lehman, who had just finished in
stalling about $12,0 900 worth of machin-
cry. No insurance was carried on tho
building or contents. Work will begin
at once to replace the building.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02

At a meeting of the board Of direct
ors of the chamber of commerce at Co.
lumbus, held June 25, the matter of Sc
curing a Carnegie library for Columbus
was discussed at length. and definite
steps were taken looking to a success
city council was asked to donate a site
for the library building and appropriate
annually a certin amount for its main.
tenance. The city owns valuable prop
erty centrally located, that would make
an ideal location for a library building,
and 1t is expected that the city fathers
will donate this site.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02

So rapidly is the production Of hay
increasing in the section around Co
lumbus that a need for organization
among growers of the legume has man
ifested itself, and a meeting is to be
held at Okolona on Monday. July II.
Experts will be present at the Okolona
meeting to tell the farmers just how
their hay should be cured and packed
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02

The latest places to report Charlton
In the Natchez district are the Giles
plantation near Natchez and F%erriday,
La, Concordia parish. A portion Of
the ear of a mule belonging to the
Pittsburgh Coal company that died
with what was thought to be Charlton
was sent to DR.. E. NJ. Rauck, state
veterinarian at S~tarkville. DR.. Rauck
verified the diagnosis and said that
the specimen sent contained anthrax,
or Charlton.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02

Gov. Dunno of Illinois having signed
the act which creates the Illinois,
Vicksburg Park state commission, 1t Is
now assured that in the near future
there will be erected in the Vicksburg
National Park a magnificent equestrian
statue which will commemorate Gen.
u. S. Grant and probably four or more
other prominent Illinois officers.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02

CORTLAND was swept by q terrific
rain and wind storm June 20. Great
damage was done to the timber and
growing crops. The telephone and tele-
graph lines were blown down. Two
negroes were killed about six miles
west OF town. Lightning struck the
house occupied by Mrs. Campbell, east
OF town. and 1t was burned to the
ground. At Pope. which is one and a
half miles south, the Methodist church
was blown off its pillars and the store
In which the postoffice is located was
demolished. The rain was t%orrential,
water getting into the stores. This is
probably the worst storm that has Wis
tied this section in years.
Burned to death in her bed while
her mother was eating supper was the
Fate OF the two-year-old daughter of
Mrs. A. NJ. Usher of Ocean Springs.
The unwilling cause of the disaster
was the ~four-year-old sister of the VIC
tim. whose childish frolic had this ia
tai termination. How the calamity
happened can only be surmised. The
two children were left in the nursery
while Mrs. Usher went to supper. Evil
IDENTIFY the older child must have got
hold OF some matches with which she
ignited the mosquito bar covering the
crib. Mrs. Usher reached the room in
time to see the child In flames. She
burned herself seriously in effecting a
rescue. The baby was taken to New
Orleans, but succumbed to the injuriee
1t received.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-10-30

ing the coming winter. Much depends
on the Belgian harvest. But 1t Is GER
tain that the commission, which has
undertaken TO supply the Belgian non
combatants with food until the war
ends. has before 1t perhaps the most
arduous part OF its work-most arduons
because. although the first enthusiastic
wave Of sympathy for the stricken
country. which made the collection Of
donations little more than the sending
of acknowledgements, has had a year to
lose its original ardor, the task is just
as big as ever.
Sixty thousand tons Of food have to
be sent every month and over 100000
people fed who have no ear to pay
for anything. This means a minimum
of s 100000 a month to be raised, and
1t is not expected the commissioner
present funds can last much longer.
In one respect the work will be much
easier than 1t was last year. The or
ganization of the commission is ON
plete and well nigh perfect. Its COM
mittee has become accustomed to
smooth and harmonious cooperation.
and its agents have been established
In every center of distribution. The
problem thus is merely that of getting
the food instead of getting 1t and then
getting 1t to the people Of Belgium.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-10-30
Industrial Accidents.

Washington, Oct. 19.-An important
bulletin on the statistics Of Industrial
accidents by Frederick L. Hoffman has
just been issued by the United States
department OF labor. The New York
Medical Record says In part:
"The abolition Of the principle OF
workmen's compensation by more than
half of the states within the last few
years emphasizes the importance OF
the Industrial accident problem and
foreshadows the time when such COM
pensation for Industrial accidents will
become universal throughout the Unit
ed states.
"As n method Of measuring this
Importance the bulletin presents an es-
innate of the number of fatal and nom
fatal accidents occurring among Amer
lean wage earners in a single year.
''The conclusion reached is that the
number Of fatal Industrial accidents
among American wage earners, includ-
ing both sexes, may be conservatively
estimated at $4,000 and the number of
injuries involving a disability of more
than four weeks, using the ratio Of
Austrian experience, at approximately
70O,0 600.
These numbers, impressive as they
are, fail to indicate fully the number
Of Industrial accidents, for such studies
as have already been made show that
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-10-30
War Hits Swiss Hotels.

Geneva, Oct. 1S.-Bereft of tourist
patronage by the war. the Swiss hotel
keepers In convention assembled have
appealed to the government for relief.
They want a state system of mortgages
on furniture in inns and a delay of two
years after the end Of hostilities for
the payment Of interest on the mort
cages.
There are about 1000 tourist hotels
in Switzerland, employing $4,000 peo-
pie. with n yearly wage list Of $780,
600, and 1927, 900, 900 capital is invested
In the business.
More than 500, 5000 was spent by
tourists In Switzerland in 1913, of
which 100000 went for postage
stamps and souvenir cards, 100000
was spent for kilograms and phone
talks. 100000 was taken by the rail-
roads for fare and freight, and the
balance, less a comparatively small
amount for customs duties. was got by
the hotels and shops in the proportion
Of eight to two.
These estimates are the official ones
made public at the national exposition
at Berne.
English. French. German and Amer
lean travellers make GO per cent of the
Swiss tourist trade. The war came
early enough in the summer of 1914 to
reduce the hotel receipts 40 per cent.
This season there has been practical
" no business.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-10-30
Finds 5000 Blind Soldiers.

New York. Oct. 19.-Winifred Holt.
who went to Paris to aid the soldiers
blinded in battle. has written a letter
to Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt. secretary
of the committee for men blinded in
battle. telling of the good that had
been accomplished. She asks that
more money be provided so that tie
work may be extended.
1--WE have found all the blind men
in the hospitals of Paris and some In
their homes" writes Miss Holt. II es-
innate that there must be from 1900
to 1000 blind soldiers in this immedi-
ate neighborhood. but the government
knows OF only 200. This shows you
how very important our coming is.
The work is very h~eartrending. but
unspeakably essential. We found a
blind soldier the other day who had
not left his In the hospital since
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-10-30

and the open shed where the cows find
shelter at night, but / can't see any,
thing superior"
The few words from his remarks,
'.The smaii place where milking Is
DONE" very nearly tell tie story of
the production of clean milk on that
farm. The cows r clean and they
are MIXED in a clean milking room.
The milk Is handled In clean vessels
and Is kept cool. The separate milk
ing room is the big factor wherein
the clean milk dairy excels the others.
Being used for less than two hours
each milking period, 1t does not be-
come dirty at any time. The milking
room is constructed strictly with re-
gard to the production of clean milk.
Cement floors, cement cutters, cement
managers. cement walls with water
forced through a tank provide for
cleanliness and sanitation. An almost
solid row of windows encircling the
little building provides for sunlight
d~isinfection.
The unassuming owner has wonder
ful faith in his separate milking room.
He says that a clean milking place
does much to insure clean milk.
The reports of the inspector and the
comments of satisfied patrons speak
volumes for the results of his effort.
His method is no impractical fad. AS
the man quoted above said, The clean
milk dairy does not have one-ffth as
much invested in buildings as some Of
the Others" There is an idea in the
plan worked out SO successfully that
1t is worthy of thought. Possibly there
Is something in it worthy of emrla-
ton. Possibly there is something in
the separate milking room idea that
will enable some to raise the quality
Of their products.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-10-30
Prepare For Russian Winter.

Budapest. Oct. II. - In consequence
OF the feyerish activity on the eastern
front n gains the impression that the
war In this theater is to be brought al
most TO a conclusion before winter, and
with this aim In view tremendous sac
rinces are being made.
The rainy season is about to begin,
and In a month the Russian winter
and the suffering 1t brings will stare
the armies In the face. The devastat-
cd and burned country will then make
itself felt. The Kutushov system can
be laughed at now, but not so through
put a Russian winter. That Is why
every n of strength is being low
got out of the armies. How they Will
manage 1t nobody knows. but they are
determined TO manage 1t somehow.
Great efforts are being made for n
winter campaign. Last winters *
p~erience proved sickness and frostbite
are dangerous enemies. and in conse-
quence large orders have been placed
for wool lined coats and thick wooden
boots. and all tailors and clothing
houses are buslly engaged in prepar-
ing the winter clothes of soldiers.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-10-30

*M0LTING PERIOD OF FOWLS ;


The New York State College of Agrt
culture has made some interesting
findings regarding the melting period
of fowls. These may be summarized
as follows:
The hen feathers more quickly in
those areas which protect the vital
parts.
From the incubator to the laying
period chicks experience at least four
moltings, either partially or COM
pletely.
Hens frequently lay during the sum
mer while partially molting. but sell
dom during the general melting.
Young hens mott more quickly than
older one
Hens molting very late mott In less
time than those melting earlier.
Hens melting very late give q higher
yearly production than those melting
earlier.
Hens lose in weight while melting.
Broodiness appears to retard mott
Ing.
Starving the hens appears to in
crease broodiness.
Hens melting early resume produc-
ton more quickly after melting than
those melting later.
Hens melting early lay more eggs
during early winter than hens melting
late.
The most prolific hens will mott lat
nQf
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-10-30
colored Cotton Now Grown.

Savannah, Ca, Oct. 19.-Remarkable
results seem about to be achieved by
A. w. Brabham Of Olar. S. c., who has
succeeded in producing cotton which
ranges In color from white to deep
olive green. The planter Is positive
that black cotton. sought for ages by
spinners and manufacturers, Is about
to become q reality.
Brabham has sent samples OF his col
ored cottons to Savannah, where they
have been placed on exhibition In the
Cotton Exchange.
The seeds used by Brabham were of
Egyptian staple. He has practiced seed
selection extensively and In four years
has secured in regular order from the
Egyptian seed a cream, tan, green,
light brown, olive green and bronze.
The samples sent to Savannah by
Brabham are not to be confused with
tinges in cotton which might be the re-
suit of exposure or weather conditions.
Neither is there any suspicion that
dyes have been used.
Brabham believes that the spinners
and manufacturers eventually will be
enabled to secure cotton in the raw or
manufactured state in any desired
shade or color. AS a result IL is ex-
pected that the dye manufacturers of
Germany will lose millions.