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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-09-22
STATEWIDE BENEFIT.

At great expense OF time, money and
brain power. patriotic thinkers are
preparing a gigantic statewide benefit
by which all persons and all places
within the confines of this State are
equally privileged to profit. Those
who do not avail themselves of the on.
portunity can have only themselves 10
blame IL they do not share layishly in
@e general prosperity resultant.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-09-22

Kansas is today one OF the richest
farming States in the Union. Only a
few years ago it was one OF the DOOR.
est, d~ebt-ridden and famed for whis.
kers and cyclones. The Centennial at
omaha was the beginning of an era
OF prosperity that has continued ever
since. Mississippi's Centennial Expo.
sition can do equally as much for his
State If the people responsible for
participation OF the right kind do their
duty.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-09-22
HOW TO USE THE BIBLE.

When in sorrow, read John Ia.
When men fail you, read Psalm 81.
When you have sinned, read Psalm
81.
When you worry, read Matthew
6:19-34.
Before church service, read Psalm
"a.
When you are in danger, read
Psalm 81.
When you have the blues, read
Psalm "a.
When God seems far away, read
Psalm 1879.
When you are discouraged, read
Isaiah 40.
If you want to be fruitful, read
John Is.
When doubts come upon you, try
John 7:17.
When you are lonely or fearful.
read Psalm 20.
When you forget your blessings,
read Psalm 1913.
For Jesus idea of a Christian, read
Matthew 5.
For James idea of religion, read
James 1:19-27. ,
When your faith needs stirring. !
read Hebrews II.
When you feel down and out. read
Romans 8:31-39.
When you want courage for your
task, read Joshua l.
When the world seems bigger than
God, read Psalm 80.
When you want rest and peace.
read Matthew II 1850.
When you want Christian assur-
ance, Romans S:1-3O.
For Paul's secret of happiness
read Col. 3:12-17.
When you leave home for labor
or travel, Psalm 121.
When you grow bitter or critical.
read / Corinthians 10.
When your prayers grow narrow
selfish, Psalm 81.
For Paul's idea of Christianity.
read 2 Corinthians 5:15-19.
For PauPs rules on how to get
along with men, Romans -.
When you think of investments
nd returns, Mark 1O:17-31.
FOR a great invitation and a great
opportunity, Isaih SIS.
For Jesus idea of prayer, Luke :
/ lib, Matthew 6:5-l5.
For the prophets picture of wor.
NIP that counts, Isaiah 58:1-12.
For the prophets idea of religion.
saiah 1:1O-18, Mic. 6:6-8.
Why not follow Psalm l19:11 and -,
I'de some OF these in your memory?
Selected. j.,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-09-22

Don't be afraid to let your neighboi
know what you are doing. He may
perhaps laugh at first. but progress
and advanced methods never fail %
moons you will be the one to smile al
a bold copying Of your W plans and
you will know then that you have ma
terially assisted in furthering one Of
the chief purposes of the exposition.
Every Mississippian should feel il.
z privilege to boost this Centennial
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-09-22
TRAIN OF CORN MORE THAN 1877 MILES LONG
Mississippi's 1915 Corn Crop Worth Well Above
Fifty Million Dollars. Phenomenal
Increase Just Begun

Not more than eight or nine years
ago the farmers OF Mississippi raised
twenty-eight million bushels of corn
while their home needs compelled
them to buy not less than fifty mil
lion bushels per year from other
States. paying top market prices
which allowed for a generous middle
man 6 profit as wet; as transportation
cost and other expenses.
Corn being bign and oflentimes
scarce, they made no attempt to raise
any stock except such as could exist
on grass and ~peavines. so that, of tho
one million three hundred thousand
bales Of cotton annually raised In this
State, much more than half had to he
sold as soon as ginnsd, that the farm.
ers might send away the money to buy
mules, meat and foodstuff, which they
might themselves have produced much
cheaper than did the man from whom
they purchased thase common neces.
stiles.
This suicidal policy was recognized
by a few f~ar-sighted men throughout
The State, and as a first remedial meas.
ure they began a slow but sure cam
paign OF enlightenment on this amas-
ing situation. Here were they, many
thousand of intelligent, Woodworking
citizens. devoting all OF their energies
and acreage TO the production of cot
Lon. cotton they sold for cash
and sent the money to the North.
ern and Western States to pay
for corn and meat, ate the corn
and meat, with the result that in A
short while the cotton was gone. the
corn and meat following fast, the man
up North had the money, aAd the Mis-.
sissippi farmer had nothing but an err.
during appetite that must be satisfied
In some way. Then when planting
time came again he generally required
a mortgage to get some more money
TO send up North. this time to pur.
chase a mule that he might raise more
to start the same old ~retrogres.
Give cycle back.
With the advent OF Mr.. Fl. E. Blakes.
lee, twelve years ago, into the office
OF Commissioner of Agriculture, be.
gan a concrete movement of educa.
Ion along this line. in accordance with
which a responsive people and CORPS
Or deep thinking men consecrated 10
the upbuilding OF this great common.
have jointly brought about a
gratifying reconstruction of conditions
A wise beginning was made In secur.
ng the interest of the boys in a uni.
'ersal organization of corn clubs. Dad {
couldn't be left 40 very far behind with =
N active factor FOR advanced methods !
leht IN the house. SO il wasn't long
et..re things began to happen. and
are happening right straight along y.
oday. Boys and men Join in an EN-. :,
pronunoiainento against wasted +
and Our Own Hog and r
became the slogan in every
Mississippi farm house,
The United States official report c
that in the year 1915 Mississip. s.
IS corn crop came within a few it
of the seventy million mark,
more than double the gross produc-
in eight or nine years. And more 81
still, while the gross amount al
as going forward at a lively rate the q
'erage per acre was also increasing. 81
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-09-22

Alabama is organizing for her
share of the Mississippi Centennial
and proposes to use not less than 500.
600 in making a showing of what that
great State is able to accomplish.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-09-22

Louisiana has made an appropria.
ton for participation in the Mississin.
pi Centennial Exposition and expects
to invest from $4,000 to $4O.O 900 in
the celebration.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-09-22

Every South and Central American
country will be represented at Mis-.
s%issipprs big birthday party by a cred.
liable exhibit and imposing buildings.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-09-22

Program
OF CIVIC LEAGUE.
Tuesday, Sept. 26, $3.50 p. m.
House called to order.
Invocation.
Music-instrumental
----------Mrs. r. w, Sharp
Reading Miss Boykin
Vocal number Miss Frances Kellar
Order of business.
A full attendance of the members
is urged. Everybody invited.
MRS. S. A. MORRISON,
President.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-09-22

The Sentinel and the Weekly Com.
mereial Appeal, SIPS per year,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-07-08
Grain Review

Chica go. July 7.-Unwelcome fains IN
the spring crop region tended today tc
advance wheat values here. Higher
prices at Liverpool counted also against
the bears. The opening, which ranged
from &c to Zee higher, with July at
s1.03h to $1.o3% and September at
$1.06h to s1.06A, was followed by
some additional gains and then mod
crate reaction.
Fear Of rust in the northwest owing
to continued heavy humidity led to a
further upturn in prices. The effect was
Offset somewhat by unexpected good
threshing returns in Kansas and by as
sertions that the winter crop would be
far superior to last year. The close was
unsettled. nc to &c net higher with
July at $1.o3k and September at
$1.05B @1.os.
Corn rose with wheat but failed to
maintain strength. After opening a
shade to q ole higher, the market sag.
ged to below yesterdays finish.
Subsequently, active demand from
the seaboard brought about a fresh ad-
vance. Yellow corn in the sample mar
ket went above soc a bushel. The close
was nervous at a range varying from
40 sc of to y nc up, as compared
with yesterdays finish.
Oats paralleled the action Of corn.
Depression in the hog market weak
ened provisions.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-07-08
Stock Market

New York, July 7.-Eneourased az
the lack of demand, traders made q
series OF drives against specialties, par
ticularly war issues like Baldwin, CRU
chile and Industrial Alcohol, wnlcn
made extreme losses Of 2 to points
before midday. Greater heaviness was
shown by the shipping issues, United
Fruit losing points. Zinc shares mace
new low prices for the year, probably
in consequence Of another break In base
metal In the London market. Rails and
United States Steel withstood pressure
but Mexican Petroleum yielded WIN
other specialties. Bonds were steady
Irregular price changes at the open
ing Of todays market were mostly
within very narrow limits. the principal
copper issues being fairly active at
nominal gains and declines Rails also
manifested an uncertain trend. union
Pacific. New York Central and Erie re.
cordinx fractional gains, with a slight
setback for st. Paul and Baltimore ana
Ohio Reading was unchanged ou!
showed marked firmness later. Un1teo
States steel yielded a fraction put
soon recovered, while the prominent
munitions were again under pressure
with the zinc issues and Marine pre-
ferred. Mexfcans were In moderate oe-
nand but the movement elsewhere was
variable.
The closing was heavy.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-07-08
Chicago Hay Market.

Chicago July 7.-Hay-Receipts, H.
9s9 tons; shipments. 1875 tons Market
steady. Offerings liberal and dema nd
good choice timothy hay quotable at $1s
900: No. 1 at $17@1S; No. 2 at $3.50
IS; No. 3 at $10@12. Kansas, Oklahoma
and Missouri prairie hay, choice, $3.50
OLA; No. 1. s12@13; No. 2, 10000
11.5o. Glover hay, $11@12. Illinois, Ind
lana and Wisconsin feeding prairie hay,
$500 1880: packing hay, $500. Alfalfa
hay. s11@17.
Sales were: On track-Not graded
timothy car at s11.50. car at $13,
2 cars at $14, / car at ST, 1 car at
$40. Not graded prairie, cars Kansas
at $11.
Free on board and switched-Not
graded prairie, car Kansas at ST.
Straw-Rye straw quotable at 500
1880. Oat straw at $7@7.50. Wheat
straw at $6.5o07.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-07-08
CORONER'S JURY FINDS
DOPE CAUSE OF DEATH
CONTINUED From Page ~

Sylvester was born October 8, 1895.
in Abba, and was the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter r. Sylvester, 341 South
Moore street. Both the son and faith
er are plasterers by trade. He had
been married about year and leaves
his wife, Hazel. They had no child
rem No funeral arrangements have
been made as yet, relatives from
Nebraska being expected.
Federal Investigation.
Assistant U. S. Attorney E. G. Moon
said this afternoon that federal in
vestigation Of the case will be made.
Having the drugs in their possession
would place Moore and Spurlock liable
under the Harrison drug act. Moore
served sixty days last spring in the
county Jail on violation Of this act
Federal Judge Wade sentenced him
in the United States district court
when 1t was in session here in March
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-07-08
St. Louis Hay Market.

st. Louis. Mo-, July 7.-Hay-Eour
days arrivals totaled 113 cars On on
west and Sc on east side Of river) and
included SO cars timothy, 90 clover mix
ed, 8 prairie. alfalfa and 16 clover.
Prices for timothy and clover.mixed
were sharply lower to sell all along the
line, netting about s1@1.5o per ton less
than last week on the better grades
while the ordinary and common kinds
suffered as much as 81 decline. The
high grade old crop hay was salable to
a fair extent at about $17@1s per ton
for timothy and SIS to SIG for light
clover mixed. but little or nothing Of
such was on sale. Otherwise the market
was dull and depressed on both new
and old New clover was also difficult to
place at low down prices. Very little
prairie and alfalfa is coming to this
market at the present time; good
grades are desired and ouotably steady
but ordinary and common stuff is very
slow and weak. Sales on this side Oast
Monday and today: old clover mixed,
1 car common No. heavy mixed at SO
car No. 2 light mixed at $11, No. 2
light mixed at $3.50, I car scant No.
light mixed at $14. 1 No. light mixed
at SIS, cars high No. light mixed at
SIC switched: new clover mixed. 2 cars
No. light mixed at $12, l do do at $13.
old timothy. 1 car no grade ats5, S No.
3 at $40. 1 No. 2 at $3.50, S No 2 at
s13, / No. at $14, cars scant No.
at SIS switched, 1 car No. at SIS. new
timothy, 1 car No. at $3.50, car No.
1 at s13 reconsigned, car No. 1 at $14,
car No. 1 (Mondav) at SIS; prairie,
part car No. (stained) at $11, 1 car
No. 1 at 1880, 2 No. at $14: alfalfa
part car hot at $3.50. car No. at
$3.50, clover, 2 cars No / Gone new
one old) at $13-quote average quality
No. l new salable at about s10.5o@11.
On east side: Old timothy. cars scant
No. 2 at s11 switched. car No. at
$3.50 switched; alfalfa, 1 car common
No. 3 at 50, 8 cars common No. 2 at
$11.
Straw-Scarce and quotably firm at
$3.50 track for sound wheat.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-07-08
Omaha Live Stock.

Omaha. Nebr.. July 1.-THE live
stock market follows:
Hogs-Market steady; receipts 12.-
500; heavy, $a.60@9.s0; light, $4,000
975: pigs, $500: bulk, S9.55@9.75.
Cattle-Market steady: receipts 800;
steers. 1925 @10.50; cows and heifers,
$625@S.25.
Sheep-Market strong; receipts, TO-
900: yearlings, $6.75@S: wethers, $3.50
@750; lambs, $9.75@1O.65.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-07-08
Chicago Cash Grain.

Chicago. July 1.-THE cash grain
market follows:
Wheat-No 2 red. $1.o6A: No. red
$1.03A; No. 2 hard and No. hard,
nominal.
Corn-No. 2 yellow, sou @s0Nc; No.
yellow. 7sk@7sAc; No. white,
77h @7sc.
Oats-No. 8 white, 3sA @39Ac;
standard. 4oA @4ohc.
Rye-No. 2. 95@9514c.
Barley-63@S0c.
Timothy-$8.75.
.Clover-SS.75 ',..
Clover-$7m14.
Pork-S24. 40@25.40.
Lard-$13.27.
Ribs-$1332@1392
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-07-08
3sA @39Ac;
St. Louis Cash Grain.

st. Louis, Mo-. July THE cash
grain market follows:
wheat-No. red, new, $1.11@1.15;
old. Silly m1.13h: No. 3 red new.
SLIP: old, $1.06@1.10; No. hard, $1.01
@1.03A.
Corn-No. 2 mixed, 7sM@7sc: No. 2
white 79c: No. 2 yellow, 1914 @7sc: No.
white. 77h @7Shc: No mixed,
77%c; No. yellow. 7sc.
Oats-No. 2 mixed. ss1z @39c: No. 3
mixed, s7A @3sc: No. 3 white. 3sh O
411kc: No. white, 3S@39c.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-07-08

command OF the fort rvfusaA - Dr.
ate and tho batteries Of 40 Cnnr.Ss7
ates were turned upon the works. WI7
inc news OF the attack, Prssideut ~
CON ISSUED call for sevsnty.HI
Thousand volunteers. There were sSq
erai small engagements IN tho ~
part OF 1861 and to the mortineafia
OF tho north, the south was yictorf15s7
both sides redoubled efforts "a - 112s;7
atlon and early In July the nortH15
army under command Of Generals ~
lowell was ordered to move Mr.
the Confederate army under Genar7
Beauregard near Manassas On M
~ the armies engaged In Iatlf3
known as Bull Run and the noefh1at7
ers were driven from the aeld ~ p
treated to Washington. There -
few battles during the remainAar
me year. but In 1862 both sides -
tneir campaigns In earnest. on NSS2
. and severe battle was fouslat r.
tween General Curtis with his 49,,
ern troops and the southerners unI
General Van Dorm, resulting Ii tn
treat Of General Van Dorm. on Naf2|
6 General U. S. Grant. supporting. r.
miral Foote's fleet moved upon g.
Donelson and forced ito surfea1
with about 10000 men. Ii the ~
the northerners had met with yaryiS
success. General Rosecrans had -
pleted a successful campaign, hut e.
eral Johnston OF the Confedefatas -
an army of $4,000 at Manassas wkif
General Mcclellan waited IN WashfH1
ton with an army Of 100000 ana r.
nag of'the Confederacy floated IA ~
Of the capitol Of the United StafI
The most important battle Of the "
was the Seven Days battle. beginnjd
with Mechanicsville, June rs, and e1l
ing with that OF Malvern Hill July
Lee .soundly defeated McCielian as1l
Pope at the second battle OF Bull ~
In 1862. Lee was driven back ~ RI
Clellan but defeated Burnside at Fr6(
ericksburg and Hooker In 1859
Charlottesville and marched ~
Pennsylvania. Here he was repu11d
by General Meade at Gettysburg I
the great battle Of that name. Graz
was called from the west and at on6
instituted campaign Of incess4a
hammering which the southern armiS
we're unable to withstand and Lee I'll
rendered April 8, 1865. Thus ende
the greatest war OF American histoFi
Spanish American War. b
For a long stretch Of time there weT
only small ENVIRONMENTS. which W0e
settled mostly by a show Of foroe q
arms on the part Of the United State
But in 1895 the sympathies Of q
Americans were aroused for the a
bans. who had been 10 cruelty troa&9
by, their Spanish masters and IN H.
war was declared between this colnt1ll
and Spain. On May 1, Admiral DeNe
engaged the Spanish fleet q Manil
bay and vanquished 1t with only esve
Americans being slightly wounded. \
July the American fieet under 1Aml
son and schley completely vanquishS
the Spanish feet commanded by ~
miral Cevera. with only q very slid
loss. The land battles were OIL
minor engagements, the most neg
worthy one being that Of San Juan Ill
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-07-08
NO CHANGE SHOWN
IN LOCAL PRICES
LOCAL HOG AND WHOLESALE
LISTS REMAIN UNALTERED
n FROM THURSDAY.

The prices on hogs in all grades was
the same today as on Thursday. There
were but two variations in the retail
list. The quotations are as follows:
Hogs-(Corrected daily by Jno. Nor
rell & Co)---1206150, 1886; 1900 1870,
5000; 100000. s9.35; 20o@24o, S9.45;
2t0 and over, $s.45; packers, $3.50 g sos.
Shesp--Choice spring lambs. s7@s:
fair to good spring lambs, $69c.50;
yearling lambs $s@7: choice ewes. -
@6; fair to good ewes, $364,
Ottumwa Hay Market.
Good timothy $40; No. ? timothy and
No light clover mixed $S69; No
timothy and No mixed. $60S: clover
hav. S7110.
Corn--s5 q SOC: rye, 500 zoe: oats, "a
@35c.
Butter, Eass and Poultry.
Butter fat-No. I 27hc: No. 2, 24hc.
Poultry-(These prices paid to pro-
ducers): straight run hens, 13kc; Old
ROSTERS. &c: ducks. Sc; geese. &c; spring
chickens, 19c.
. Eggs--1Sc
Wool and Hides.
Wool-Clear bright medium. 31632c;
chaffy or slightly bury, 24@26c: SEMI
bury. 24@2sc; hard bury, 17@lsc;
light fine long staple. 24@26c; light
fine short staple. 2O@22c; heavy, fine
line staple. 13@1sc: ansora goat, long
luster, 25M27c
Hides-cured 1sc; green No. l 1od
12c.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-07-08

by the British and the government
buildings burned. The only famous
battle was that Of New Orleans, where
General Jackson gained . great VIC
tory. The fighting was done mostly
on the sea, and here tho Americans
swiftly demonstrated their superiority
The naval battles on the great lakes
vanquished the British fleets there,
and 1t was said that tho fight be-
tween the Constitution and the
Guerrero brought about the recogni-
ton of the United States as first
cvlass power of the world. Thus the
standing of the United States was
established in this war. although little
else was accomplished. A treaty Of
peace was signed at Client
Our War with Mexico.
Then came the EZRA Of good feeling
which remained undisturbed until
clouds began to gather upon the
Mexican horizon. On May 13, 1916,
war became an accepted fact. The
Americans were successful In every
battle, and did not suffer single de-
feat. General Taylor defeated the
Mexicans at Palo Alto on May s, at
Resaca de la Palma on May 9, and
captured Matamoras on the 18th. On
September "a, he entered Monterey,
after four days siege. His most
famous victory was that of Buena
Vista, which was won on February
%, 1S47. The odds were greatly
against the American troops at Buena
Vista, for Santa Anna, the Mexican
general, intercepted some orders from
General Scott to General Taylor and
Immediately marched his entire force
of twenty thousand men against Tay-
lor, who had only a force OF five thou
sand. Taylor, by skillful maneuvering
and by superior equipment; inflicted
a decisive defeat upon the Mexicans.
In California. Kearney and Fremont
were entirely successful, although the
war there was confined mostly to
small engagements. In 1847 General
Scott was sent to the front and sur
rounded Vera Cruz in March. BY the
twenty.seventh he had captured a
fortress which was thought to be i'm.
pregnable and in April he started into
the interior. On May Is he entered
the city Of Puebla and from there
continued his marcn toward Mexico
City, winning several important bat
ties along the way. On September 10
he won the victory of Chapultepac,
which gave him the city Of Mexico.
and he entered with his army of six
thousand men. This was the last
action of the war.
War Of the Rebellion.
The next great war was that Of the
war of secession or the civil war as it
is more commonly called. This was
the greatest war in which the United
States had ever been involved. 1t
came about as result Of the trouble
over slavery. On January 8, 1861, the
southern troops fired upon the United
States nag floating over Fort Sumpter.
On April 10, General Beuregard, ap.
pointed by the Confederate govern
ment, was sent to Charleston to de.
mand the surrender of TT. Sumpter or
to batter It down. Major Anderson IN