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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-08-18

provement fund should not be used
for the purpose of making such spec
ial improvement.
Sec. 3. The curbing and guttering
on said part of said street shall be Of
concrete, according to plans on file
with the City Recorder and accord
ing to the specifications for the con-
structlon of concrete curbs and gut
tiers adopted by said Board. refer
ence to which plans and specifications
is hereby made.
Sec. 4. Said curbing and gutter
ing will be ordered to be done and
cost of same will be required to be
borne by the owners of the property
abutting on said portion Of said
street at all points where same is
to be curbed and guttered by the
owners of the property on one side
OF said portion of said street paying
one-third of the expense thereof, and
the owners of property on the oppo-
site side of said portion of said
street paying one-third of the ex-
pense thereof, unless within ten DAVIS
after the completion Of the publica-
ton of this resolution, as required 'bv
the law and the City charter, there
Is a protest against this improve
ment filed with the Mayor and AL
dermen by a majority of the proper
ty owners residing on, or otherwise
occupying property owned by them
and included within that part of said
street SO ordered to be improved. or
unless at the regular September.
1915, meeting of said Board, the
Mayor and Aldermen shall allow
such objections to said improve
ment as may be presented, heard and
considered; and it is hereby stated
that at said meeting there will be
heard and considered the objections
presented by each and every proper
ty owner interested, whether such
property owner actually occupies his
or her property adjoining said part
OF said street, or whether such prom
erty owner is a resident or n~on-res-
dent, allowing him or her the right
TO be heard in person, by counsel. or
Sec. 5. If the owner or owners If
any property fronting or AUDITING on
any portion of said part of said
fail to curb and gutter that
part Of said street as above set forth
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-08-18

lying in front of and AUDITING on his,
her or their property within thirty
days after the order of the Mayor
and Aldermen has been passed for
this special improvement and in ac-
cordance with the plans and specif-
cations above referred to, then the
Mayor and Aldermen shall cause said
special improvement to be made as
prescribed by the City charter and
the law, and the expense thereof shall
be assessed against the property own
ers as prescribed by this resolution as
above set out.
Sec. 6. This resolution shall take
effect from and after it's passage.
B. F. THOMAS, Mayor,
ii. G. TALBERT. Recorder.
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Way down in old Holomb town;
We sell all we can, and we eat all
the rest
They are better than the best.
And late in October when our work
is all over,
You find us on the old Fair Ground,
And when the prizes are given we'll
take the blue ribbon,
For our old Holcomb town.
The promises we made in the
school house on the hill,
Each day that we live we are trying
to fulfill;
We have u own tenth acre plant
ed in the stone tomato;
glass.
Our record books were once so nice
and new and clean and fiat,
But we have written in them til,
they are getting awful fat.
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T~RAiNMEN's HIGH WAGES.

When | note from the reports
made to the Interstate Com
merce Commission that these
men receive average yearly
wages 50 per cent higher than
those Of all other railway en-
ployes, and practically double
those Of the average American
wage-worker. 1t occurs to me
that they at least have less
cause for complaint than most
others. When I consider that
the average locomotive engineer
has an income of over 1000
a year. and that most Of the
engineers who have been long
In service make from $4,000
to $1,000 a year. and when I
compare their hours, labor and
responsibilities with those of
the average small merchant,
farmer or doctor, whose income
Is far less. il seems that In all
fairness they are well paid
John V. FarweH, Chicago Mer-
chant.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Supervisors of Grenada
County, Mississippi, will on Monday.
the 4th day of September, 1915, re-
ceive bids and award contract to
build a levee near w. j. Clark's
place in Dist. 3, according to plans
and specifications and profile on file
IN the Office of the undersigned
Clerk. Contract will be awarded to
the lowest and most responsible bid
der. The Board reserves the right
to reject any and all bids.
Done by order Of the Board, this
the 7th day Of August, 1916.
M. E. POWELL,
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.
OF Grenada County, Mississippi,
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NOTICE TO COAL DEALERS.

Notlce IS hereby given that the
Board of Supervisors of Grenada
County, Mississippi, will, on Mon
day, the 4th day of September,
1916, until IL o'clock noon, receive
ealed proposals to furnish the
County with not less than fifty tons
OF high grade lump coal for the use
or the court house ana jail. Con-
tract will be awarded to the lowest
and most responsible bidder. The
Board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
Done by order of the Board,
TINS the 7th day of August, 1916.
M. E. POWELL,
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.
OF Grenada County. Mississippi.
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HIGH WAGES ON
AMERICAN ROADS
Railroad Payroll Records Made
Public by the Carriers.
NATIONAL INQUIRY URGED
ManAoe~s Offer 70 Leave Question of
t1oo, ooo,o oC Wage Demands to an Inn
partial Federal Tribunal to Prevent
Disaster Of q Nation wide Strike.

New York.-What is probably the
most elaborate study of wages ever
made in any industry has just been
completed by the National Conference
Committee of the railways.
For six months railway accountants
Throughout the country have been en-
gagged in collecting the payroll records
to show the actual wage payments to
every individual employe among the
10000 engineers, conductors, tiremen
and brakemen now voting on u ma
tional strike for n new wage scale.
That these employees are one of the
highest paid groups of workers IN any
industry is disclosed by the summary
made public today by the railroad
managers.
The average yearly wage payments
10 al Southern train employees duClud-
Ing those who worked only part of the
YEAR, as shown by the 1915 payrolls,
were:
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Inc railroads have considered ever
man whose naIne appears on the Janu
AIRY and December payrolls as an EN-
pioye for a year, no matter how little
service he performed in the other ter
months. 1t is pointed out by the man.
Agers that these averages are. in con
sequence, an understatemcnt Of the
earning power Of these employees.
An Appeal 10 the Public.
The National Conference Committee
in making these wage figures public,
says:
$40 you believe in arbitration or
industrial ~warfaref
1.-THE train employees on all the
railroads are voting whether they
Will give their leaders authority
10 tie up the commerce Of the coun-
try TO enforce their demands for a
x100.Wu,000 wage increase.
1.-THE railroads are In the public
service-your service. This army
Of employees is in the public service
your service.
you pay for rail transportation
&.OO0.O01,O00 a year. and "A n
out of every dollar from you goes
To the employees.
"A $lU0,oo0.oo0 wage Increase for
men In freight and yard service
Cess than one-ifth Of all employes)
Ii equal to n s per cent advance In
An fraipht rotac
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T~hree-quarters of these men (includ-
Ing those who put i'll a fun years serv-
ice), earned these wages:
Engineers road, $1.455 to $3,9S3:
yard, $1.156 to So
Conductors road. 1888 to 5000:
yard. $1,055 to $1.749.
Fremen road, $G49 TO 81 .652; (yard).
S406 to $1.302.
Brakemen road, $755 to 1854;
yard, $754 to 81. 405.
For the whole country the average
wages of three-quarters of the employ
es were.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-08-18

AND placed 1t in our memory book,
and we'll always keep it there.
Some were troubled with the bugs
and others with the weeds,
While we all had more rain than we
ever would need.
Chorus.
Our tomatoes came on and now are
getting ripe,
And we are watching over them by
day and by night;
Our thanks we want to give to Miss
Hughes,
Who is u county's demonstration.
and teaches us the news.
OXBERRY-SONC.
(Tune, Steamboat BILL
Down, down in Mississippi, where
you find the club girls.
Ihey are all working in their plots.
Gathering their tomatoes and put
ting them up;
Getting them ready for winter time.
Streaming down the Mississippi.
Steam Boat Bill,
Trying to break Grenada countv's
old ways,
Nv boP "a. ID. 1uRneS
Ana won't 1t be grand for me and
you? ~
or trif1ing, | am sore;
VIII not stand to see mother can
any more.
Come, come girls. and help us saw
i Will not stand to see mother can
any omre."
HOLCOMB SONG.
(Tune, when You Wore a Tulin
and Wore a Big Red Rose"
We met in the school house on an
old red clay hill;
Inc sun was shining down on our
progressive town.
we thought of all the times we'd
have when we were Organized
And started right to work to win the
prize.
The time has changed since then
and we have learned Just lots of
things, -
VI how to work and how to plav.
And be jolly every day.
Chorus.
we can tomatoes, big red ripe to-
matoes,
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HOME DEPT.
CANNING TIME.


TUNE, Way Down Upon the Swanee
River.)
Way down on Bogue there are to-
matoes,
Something t do;
There are stools, cans, caps and
aprons,
And girls to wear them, too.
Get your tomatoes, cans and can
ners; prepare to can,
Build fires and sterilize all vessels.
Wen make the All Brand.
Chorus.
All the Bogue girls like tomatoes,
Others like them too;
Oh! people, how much my mouth
grows watery,
They're there for me and Won.
1t takes but ten to twenty summers.
Back upon Bogue,
10 teach US how to help make Clark
town,
foremost among her kind.
Back home after exhibition.
Wen take the news.
Wen be the helpers of the nation.
When we've enlarged our views.
WIER-ENoN SONG.
Tune, Bonnie Blue Flag.)
We are a band Of Club Girls.
And digging in the soil.
Making u tomatoes grow
BY honest work and toll.
We organized u club in April or in
May,
And when we We're club girls it was
our ~happiest day.
Chorus.
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah for Mr..
James,
He gave us fifty dollars to help us
win our fame.
planted our seed and happy
We're we, indeed,
When we saw two little leaves a
nodding with the breeze.
lhey grew and grew and grew until
they almost fairly flew,
And soon there We're a dozen leaves
instead of only two.
Chorus.
our hrst bloom we plucked with
tender care,
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This Overland is the worlds
most powerful low-priced car.
1t has a 31h horsepower en-
bloc motor that is a perfect
marvel for speed, power and
endurance.
By increasing the bore Of the
motor from 31sto 3$s" we are
able to offer a power plant
which at 1850 r. P. M. devel.
ops full 81 q horsepower.
Tests under every condition in
all parts of the country dem.
Western Kansas world., 1916-04-08
Original Etymofoay.

In her language. Nancy Allison was
inclined to be what her brother called
gushing One summer she took an
automobile trip through New England.
On her return she was giving an en-
thusiastic description of one fine old
town to her family.
1T was perfectly charming Such
wonderful doorways and the quaint
est old innt" She paused, searching
for a word. 1T was-uniquei'
Brother Ned had been listening
grayely to the rhapsody.
Unique" he said, quietly. That's
fine word. Let's see. 'Uns,' one;
'Equus.' horse. sOne-horse' town.
Good" and without waiting for any
one to criticize his interpretation of
the word, he promptly took his depart
ure.-Youth's Companion
Western Kansas world., 1916-04-08
Mystery Of Precious stooes.

In all the infinite production OF the
laboratory of our mainly ugly earth
nothing is more beautiful, nothing more
craved, and yet really nothing more
useless from the viewpoint of practi-
cal and plain common sense than
what are called precious stones, the
diamond being chiefest of them all.
In what one of the earth's geologic ages
they We're made, and>by what process
remains mystery which has not been
fathomed by scientists who have de-
voted much time to attempts at solu-
tion, though such great chemists as
Moissan of Paris and Crooks of Eng
land have actually produced minute
PARTICLES of the diamond by certain
treatment of carbon to intense heat
and its subsection to immense pres
sure.
Western Kansas world., 1916-04-08
HE GUARDED LARGE AMOUNT
Man Who Carried Fortune Across Con-
tinent in Suit Cases, Dies in
San Francisco


With the death at the Alameda coun-
ty inf1rmary of William Frederick Mar
shall, sixty-ive years of age. said to
be relative of John Marshall, the dis
coverer of gold in. California, there
was brought to a close the life of a
man who once carried $4,000, 900 in
bonds across the continent in suit
cases.
Marshall who for the past ten years
had resided with Mrs. Mary C. Bow
ers, 1853 Eighth street, was commits
stoned by T. G. Crothers and r. D.
Mitchell, the executors of the James G.
Fair estate in California. in 1897, to
bring the $4,000, 900 in bonds from New
York to San Francisco. Wells Fargo
& Co wanted "a ,S12 for the same serv-
ice, and the executors decided to save
this amount
Accordingly on October of that
year Marshall left New York with the
bonds in three suftcases, heavily
armed, in private drawing-room. He
delivered the bonds to the executors
in San Francisco without mishap on
October 10. En- route the train was
held up and the passengers robbed of
personal belongings in Utah by a gang
of hfghwaymen, who fortunately over
looked the three suftcases.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Western Kansas world., 1916-04-08
HIS NAME A PEN TWIsTER
But RootbIack Will Write II on Thirty
Three Hotel Registers, One
for Each Letter.

If Christopher Observation-Disclosures
Gus, a San Mateo bootblack, keeps the
solemn pledge he took when he started
on his first vacation in three years it
will be necessary for him to spend a
considerable part of his vacation in ex-
ercising his penmanship.
Christopher, who usually deletes the
first few letters of his real name, and
goes under the title of Opolous, has
sworn that he will spend every cent of
his three years savings in travelling
from city to city until he has inscribed
his full name ON as many hotel regis
ters as there are letters in his name.
This means that he must become
a guest in 33 hotels in as many differ-
ent cities. 1t also means that in the
act of registering alone he must form
more than a thousand letters. For
tunately Christophers savings amount
to $1,000. so he should have ample
funds and ample time to carry out the
program he has mapped out for him.
self.
Christopher made a bet to carry out
the terms of his pledge and be back in
San Mateo within three months.-San
Francisco Dispatch to the New York
Sun.
Western Kansas world., 1916-04-08
Mixed His Characters.

This one is told on a certain pugil-
ist who is far better acquainted with
the big names of fistic chronology than
with those in the school history
books.
Having reached England in the
course of his pugilistic travels, he was
patronfzed by a nobleman with sport
ing tastes A weekend visit to the
country estate was in order.
The gentleman personally conduct
ed his guest about the mansion, and
when they arrived at a certain pre-
tentious bedroom he said with pride:
Here. sir, is where the great Nelson
slept.
The pugilist stepped over and
touched the high, white covered bed
apnreciatiyely- --Gee," he remarked.
leave it to the Battler to pick soft
one, -Everybody's Magazine.
Western Kansas world., 1916-04-08
THE NEWSPAPER LAW

There is no longer an reason why
any person should be an unwilling
subscriber to newspaper. On the
refusal OF a subscriber to take news
paper from the postoffice, the post
master is required under the postal
laws to return the same to the pub
Usher at his expense, who is forced to
stop sending the paper if all arrears
are paid, You are no doubt aware
that a person who continues to ac-
cept a paper sent him through the
mails is liable for the subscription
price, regardless of the fact that he
has ordered it stopped unless il is
marked sample Copy" This is so
held by the supreme courts of Iowa,
New Hampshire, Delaware and Wis
consin- This is the law generally
Western Kansas world., 1916-04-08
xrRAY LOCATED THE RING
Valuable Diamond Recovered From
Elephant Who Had Mistaken
II for a Peanut.

Minnie is an elephant who per
formed a. a summer resort. and she
was called upon recently to assist
at a performance not announced on
the bills She had to undergo an X
ray examination, not because of any
physical need of it but because she had
swallowed a diamond ring, and it's
Whereabouts in her Intervals had to
be discovered, in order to recover it.
According TO the Scientific Ameri-
can, Minnie was eating peanuts out of
the hand of a man wearing the valu-
able ring, when she playfully slipped
the saliva-covered end of her trunk
over the fingers of the hand in search
of more peanuts. and. to the astonish-
ment and CONSERVATION of the man.
tooktthe ring along in Withdrawing it,
She quickly tossed it into her yawn-
ing mouth, needless of the futile eff
forts of the owner to make her drop
it. So, to locate the ring, X-ray photo
graphs had to be resorted to.
Minnie's side was marked OF into
seven sections, and seven Xrray plates
were marked to correspond with num-
bers painted on her side. One after
another, the photographs were made
of her interior to find the exact posi-
ton of the ring. 1t disclosed itself
in plate No. /. 1t had become firmly
lodged in the throat of the elephant
She could not cough it up, nor would
it go down A veterinary surgeon
was summoned, and he probed the
animals throat for the ring. The
valuable gem was soon recovered, and
Minnie was none the worse for her
novel experience.
Western Kansas world., 1916-04-08
MAY CALL THEM ~LANGLEYsv
Move to Honor the Memory of the
First Man Who Dreamed
OF Aviation.

The reading world has become ia
miliar with the word .sTaube." and un-
derstands that it stands for a Ger
man aeroplane- Men read every day
of flying machines that are called a
Wright" a .sCurtiss. Bleriot. a
sFarman.' Bristol" a Morane-
Saulnier" and other names fastened to
a plane by a builder or an aviator
who has succeeded in fashioning a
model differing from some other
model
No flying machine is called Lang
ley" in commemoration of the crea-
tive and original service to aviation
rendered by the late Prof Samuel
Pierrepont Langley of Washington.
Two citizens of the capital have joined
in the ggestion-perhaps it might
even be called a movement-to have
the generic name Langley applied
to flying machines that are heavier
than air.
The suggestion seems to have been
brought forward first by Col Archi-
bald Hopkins of Washington, and
Frank Warren Hackett has seconded
the motion, suggesting that perhaps
the commander in chief of the army
aid navy, upon this subject being
brought to his attention, might favor
Colonel Hopkins proposal and give a.
rections that henceforth the govern
ment airships shall be called Lang
leys-" Mr.. Hackett has written that
the unselfishs devotion of the late
Samuel Pierrepont Langley to the solu-
ton of the problem of aerial flight
tc the discovery of the principle-has
been admitted and admired by all well
informed Americans and that our
country ought to enjoy the honor that
would attach to the coming into use
of this term"
Western Kansas world., 1916-04-08
Finally Paid for Cows Food.

Cows are like humans-they can't
eat free. so the district court in
Camden decreed the other day and
awarded a verdict OF $500 to- three
farmers. Thomas McMichael of STRAIT
ford, N J., owns several cows whose
tastes run distinctly to fresh young
green things which are worth money
So the COWS ate the growing crops of
the three farmers The farmers pro-
tested, but the cows continued to eat
daily Finally they say. when they
threatened to bring suit against Nc
Michael he told them to present bill
when the last. vegetable had disap-
peared within the cows The verdict
OF $500 was reduced to $500 after
Judge French had refused to grant q
new trial of the case
Western Kansas world., 1916-04-08
poas BRING Load of Eood

John Hundley, farmer, awoke in
the morning to be advised by his wife
OF a serious deficit in the pantry
neither flour nor meal. Hundley's
horses were not shod, theisleet and ice
were too rough for the animals, the
family's strong box was empty, and the
farmer resided six miles from town
But John met the emergency He
constructed large sled. hitched nine
fox hounds to it. loaded on five BUSH
els of stock peas, and hit the trail for
Camden After a couple of hours
rest, Hundley returned home, the dogs
pulling = bag of meal and barrel of
-four through the snow.-Camden
(Tenn) Dispatch to Knoxville jour :
nal
Western Kansas world., 1916-04-08
PROFIT BY THIS
Don't Waste Another Day

When you are worried by backache;
BY lameneSs and urinary disorders
Don't experiment with an untried
medicine.
Follow Wa-Keeney peoples example.
Use Doan'S Kidney Pills.
Here's Wa-Keeney testimony.
Verify it if you wish.
A G. Sellers, Wa-Keeney, says: Il
have used Doan's Kidney Pills on sew
eral occasions and on account of the
good results they have brought each
time, / can recommend them as do
ing what is claimed for them. Doan's
Kidney Pills ALWAYS tone up the kid
neyS and give me relief from back
ache and other kidney disorders. =
Price, soc, at all dealers. Don't SIM
ply ask for a kidney remedy = get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Sellers bad. Foster Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, y. Y-Adv.
Western Kansas world., 1916-04-08
Feed Out Your Hogs Six Weeks Earlier

On every lot of hogs>on feed two or
three fatten quickly and actually eat
less than others If all would fatten
like these, the. entire drove would be
ready for the market six weeks earl
der. and TO save six weeks feed is an
item that you fully understand.
The hog that fattens easily must
be in prime physical condition. The
b. A. Thomas Hog Powder is a condi-
tioner for hogs. 1t keeps their sys-
tenn clean and healthy and enables
them to faJten quickly without fall
ing prey Co the usual diseases of
hogs. The B. A. Thomas is not a
stock food It's straight medicine.
and we took the agency because it
enables you TO feed out your hogs
much earlier.
i Wakeeney Hardware Co. and r. A.
Samuels. Ogallah. Kan, agents. Adv
Western Kansas world., 1916-04-08
Recipe for Ghosts.

1t is generally understood that see
ing ghosts IS the result of indIges-
ton The following notes may he
useful to amateurs anxious to fnvesti-
gate psychological phenomena:
Lobster salad. eaten after midnight,
one ordinary ghost, with chains.
Two Welsh rarebits and a miuce
pie, one mysterious gray lady. emit
ting groaus.
Cold roast pork, mixed pickles, and
strong tea, taken Immediately before
retiring, genuine family specter,
Carrying his head under his arm
portion of cake. result of daugIt-
ter's first lesson at cookery school,
troupe of fearsome blood-stained hob
goblins. with blue lights shining out
of empty eyesockets
Western Kansas world., 1916-04-08
Town pHellers.

A little girl. whose parents had
recently moved from the country to
town and who is now enjoying her
first experience in living in street,
said; This is a very queer place
Next door is fastened to our house."
Her younger brother added his inn
preston by declaring L like to live
where the sidewalks have edges
Brooklyn Eagle.