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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-03-01

ca AY dear" said Mr.. Blithers.
" with decision. you can't tell
Nl me-"
IL know | can't" said his
wife, quite as positively. She knew
when she could tell him thing and
when she couldn't.
1t was quite impossible to impart in
formation to Mr.. Blithers when he had
the tips of two resolute fingers embed
ded in his ears. Mrs. Blithers had
lived with her husband. more or less,
for twenty-five years. and she knew
him like book. He was a forceful
person who would have his own way,
even though he had to put his fingers
in his ears to get it. Moreover, when
he called her my dear instead of the
customary Lou it was a sign of SUI
preme obstinacy on his part and could
not by any stretch of the Imagination
be regarded as an indication of placid
affection. He always said my dear
at the top of his voice and with great
deal of Feasibility.
Mr.. William w. Blithers was a self
made man who had begun his career
by shouting Justify at n team of mules
in railway construction camp Other
drivers had tried to improve on his vo-
cabulary. but even the mules were able
to appreciate the futility of such an
ambition. and later ON, when he came
to own two or three railroads. to say
nothing of a few mines and a steam
yacht, his ability to drive men was
even more noteworthy than his power
over the jackasses had been.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blithers had been dis
cussing royalty. Up to the previous
week they had restricted themselves to
the nobility. but as an event of uneX-
ampled Importance had transpired in
the interim they now felt that it would
be the rankest stupidity to consider
any one short of prince royal in pick
ing out suitable husband-or, more
properly speaking, consort-for their
only daughter, Maud Apologize Blith.
ers. aged twenty.
Mrs. Blithers long ago had convinced
her husband that no ordinary human
being of the male persuasion was wor-
thy of their daughters hand and had
set her heart on having nothing mean
err than duke on the family roll
Blithers alluded to it for awhile as the
payroll-with the choice lying between
England and Italy.
But now, just as they were on the
point OF accepting in lieu of duke an
exceptionally promising count, the
aforesaid event conspired to complete
ly upset all of their plans-or notions
so TO speak. 1t was nothing less than
the arrival in America Of an eligible
prince of the royal blood. a ruling
prince at that. AS matter of fact, he
had not only arrived in America, but
upon the vast estate adjoining their
own In the Catskills.
Peculiarly promising to their hopes
was the indisputable fact that the
princes mother had married an Ameri-
can. thereby establishing Il precedent
behind which no constitutional obstacle
could thrive, and had lived very hap
PLY with the gentleman in spite of the
critics.
Ii appears that the prince after lei
surely crossing the continent on his way
around the world had come TO the
rruxton Kings for long promised and
much desired visit, the duration of
which depended to some extent on his
own inclinations and not little on the
outcome of the war talk that affected
two great European nations-Russia
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-03-01
CHAPTER |.
Matrimony Is Discussed.

AY dear" said Mr.. Blithers.
i" with decision. you can't tell
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-03-01
PROLOGUE.

= After a lapse of very few
= years, 10, here is a story about
!. a Prince of Graustark who is
= none other than the son of
= Princess Yetive, the heroine
i. of "Graustark." He is a full
= grown man, very much full
+ grown, and very much of a
= man. Moreover, there is a
+ beautiful girl in the offing,
= whose relation to Beverly of
4 Graustark is that of daughter
+ to mother; also there is a
= very shrewd, fOrceful, power
= full American multimillicnaire
i. with a brilliant and lovely
= daughter. Now, given these
= ingredients, so to speak, and
= the reader may trust McCutoh-
= con to mix them up to give
= them just the right flavor, to
+ cook them to just the right
+ turn and to serve a story pip
+ ing hot, which will give as
Il many million hours of thor
+ ough enjoyment as "Grau-
+ stark" and Beverly of Grau-
+ stark" did in their time.
1.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-03-01
TO BUILD MORE TANKERS
The Standard Oil Is Building Thirteen
$1,000, 100000 Steamers.

New York, Feb. 2S.-The Standard
Oil company of New Jersey has begun
the construction of thirteen large tank
steamers, which will cost about ST.
000,0 900 each, according to announce
ment made by John ID. Archbold, presi-
dent of the company, before his de-
parture for Porto Rico. The other
companies of the Standard Oil group
are building thirty-six additional tank
ers, he said. All these new vessels
will be completed as speedily as pos
sible
"The demand for oil is tremend-
GUS" Mr.. Archbold declared. 1--WE
could sell all the oil we produce If
there were enough ships to carry it
for us"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-03-01

ksiser's Army Now Begins Attack on
Verdun From the East-Efort to
Reach Hill 225 Is epulsed-HeaVy
Losses.
London, Feb. 2S.-The German as
sault on Verdm slakened somewhat
in intensity over most of the line,
which now lies directly under the
guns of the forts. Narrowing their
most desperate attacks to the short
front between the Douaumont heights
and the plateau north of the village
of Vaux, to the east, the Germans here
concentrated their efforts in strong
attack. but failed to gain ground.
The position Of Fort Douaumont,
the French official communicates do
not call it a fort but a position is
still occupied by small enemy forces.
The French are closing i'm on this po-
sition on three sides and announce
that the German forces are maintain
ing the position only with difficulty.
The very unfavorable weather con-
ditions. with heavy fall of snow may
be one reason for the lessening OF
force Of the German attack; the as
patches from the front indicate that
heavy losses also may have had an
effect The slopes east and west OF
the village Of DOuaumont. which has
been the center Of the heaviest fight
ing are covered with the German
dead. according TO the official com
muniQue.
The number of unwounded prison
ers taken by the Germans in the seven
davs of the battle, the Berlin state
ment says. has reached 15,OOO.
Finding the position untenable be-
cause of the fire of both artilleries,
the French have evacuated the Cote
De Talou, to the west of Douaumont'
and the position is now unoccupled'
the French say, by either side.
The military critics of the Paris
Tennis writes that the situation north
of Verdun is most encouraging.
eve have evacuated on our left
wing" he says, "a height extending
from a point south of Champneuvllle
IN beaumont on which it would have
been dangerous to stay too long since
the Mause (the river here makes
loon within which Champneuville Is
,ituated) would have hampered the
falling back of our soldiers. All our
first line has retired to heights be-
tween the hillside of Rowre and the
wood of the Vauche, and the Germans
are now throwing themselves to as
sault this new position"
The French war office contradlcts
the German claim of the taking OF
the Hardaumont heights. The com
munique says that a strong German
attack in the region of the Hardau-
mont farm. which is east of the Cote
Du Poivre. and another in the Hardau-
mont wood. east of the Cote Du Poivre
zroke down under artillery and ma
chin gun fire and counter attacks.
The Germans have now begun an
attack also on Verdun from the east,
as well as from the north, throwing
sufficient forces against the French
line in the region of Moranville and
Blanzee, on the Woevre plain to force
the French advanced posts to fall
back. The Germans followed up the
attack in an effort to reach Hill 255.
These attempts were checked.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-03-01
Mounted Guns on NapoIi.

New York, Feb. 2S.-TAe Napoli Is
the third Italian steamship to arrive
here within the last few days with
guns mounted. The Napoli carried
two three-inch guns mounted on the
poop deck. She is a freighter and car
ries no passengers.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-03-01
Guilty Of Killing Greek.

Danville Ill, Feb. 2S.-Big John
Murphy and Milton Armstrong were
found guilty of the murder of George
Roumas, a Greek section workman,
and the punishment Of both was fixed
at ninety-nine years in the peniten-
tary. Both men are negroes.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-03-01
Cost Before You Start to Eat.

Cleveland. o., Feb. 2S-Eyery time
a guest sits down to eat in first
GLASS hotel IL costs the hotel about
n cents, Henri Rigo, chef, says. This
n for heat, light, waiter service, clean
napery and dishes, iced water, butter.
bread, salt and pepper.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-09-22
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received by the Board Of
Supervisors of Grenada County, Mis-
sissippi, at the Office of the Chancery
Clerk of said county, at Grenada,
Mississippi until 2 o'clock p. mo Oc-
tober End, 1916, for the construction
of approximately fifty (5O) miles of
sand-clay roads, according to plans
and specifications of Snowden q
Hauser, Civil and Consulting Engi-
neers, Jackson, Mississippi, now on
file in the Office of said Chancery
Clerk. Bids will be received on the
work in sections and as a whole.
Bid bond in the sum of ten per cent.
of the bid shall accompany each and
every proposal. The Board reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
Amount available and in bank for
total road construction, 100000 90.
Done by order of the Board, on
this, the 9Th day of September, A.
D., 1916.
M. f. POWELL,
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors,
of Grenada County, Mississippi.
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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-09-22

A. resolution providing for the curb.
ing and sutterins of Green street,
from Depot Cor First) street to
the alley lying Immediately south
of and adjoining Lots SO and 90
in the East Ward of the City OF
Grenada, Mississippi.
Whereas, at the August, 1915,
meeting, the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen of Grenada, Mississippi,
by resolution duly entered on their
minutes and in pursuance of the
city charter, declared the curbing
! and guttering of Green street, from
Depot Tor First) street to the alley
lying Immediately south Of, and adj
joining, Lots SO and 80, in the East
Ward of said city, and caused said
resolution to be duly published as
provided by the city charter, in The
Grenada Sentinel, a newspaper pub
lished in said city, which publication
is found and hereby adjudged to
have been duly made, and
Whereas, there has been no pro-
test of any sort filed in writing
against said improvements or any
part thereof and no objection made
thereto by any person, property
owner or citizen interested, Now
therefore,
Be it resolved by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen,
Sec. 1. That said part of said
street aforesaid shall be curbed and
guttered on both sides according to
the plans and specifications adopted
therefor, said curbing and g~uttering
to be of concrete; that the o~aer or
owners of property abutting on said
portion of said street aforesaid shall
curb and gutter two-thirds of that
p~otrion or part of said street abut-
ting on his, her or their property,
or be subject to sepcial assessment
under the city charter and resolu-
ton for said improvement for the
cost thereof.
Sec. 2. That the street commits
sioner be and he hereby is directed
to make a report to this Board as
soon as practicable, showing separate
pieces of property abutting on said
portion of said street, stating the
owners or occupants of each lot or
parcel of ground thereof. frontage
of curb and gutter and cost thereof,
together with such other data as
will enable the Board to levy a spec
ial assessment under the city char
ter and resolutions of this Board to
pay the cost of two-thirds thereof.
Sec. 3. That this resolution take
effect and be in force from and af-
ter passage.
3. F. THOMAS, Mayor.
H. G. TALBERT, Recorder.
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wise occupying, property owned by
them on the west side of said portion
of said street, or unless at the regu-
uar October, 1915, meeting, the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen shall
allow such objections to said i'm
provement as may be presented, and
it is hereby stated that at said meet
ing there will be SO heard and consid-
cred the objections of any property
owner interested, whether such prop
erty owner be a resident or non-resi-
dent, and whether he, she or they
are actually occupying their said
property or not.
Sec. s.. If the owner or owners of
any property abutting on said west
side Of said portion of said street
fails to properly curb and gutter that
part of said west side of said street
lying in front Of and abutting on his,
her or their property, within thirty
days after the order of the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen has been
passed for this special improvement
and according to said plans and
specifications, then the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen will cause said
improvement to be made as pre-
scribed by the city charter, and two
thirds Of the expense thereof will
be assessed against the property
owners as prescribed by this resolu-
ton and city charter.
Sec. 6. That this resolution take
effect and be in force from and af-
ter passage.
B. F. THOMAS, Mayor.
H. G. TALBERT, Recorder.
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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-09-22
HOW TO REDUCE
In. BOIL WEEVlL

Prof. j. w. Fox gave out the fol-
lowing at the A. u M. College q few
days ago: The three main factors
In reducing the numbers Of the boil
weevii that attack the cotton are Sc
we're winters, with a temperature Of
around 10 degrees above zero, very
hot summer weather, a temperature
of from 81 to 100 degrees, being
sufficient to cook the grubs in the
squares, and absence of big timber,
hollow trees and rotting logs, which
furnish favorable alternating places.
The pest does not live over the win
ter In cotton stalks, ditch banks or
brush piles, as such places do not Of
fer sufficient protection. The far
mer's first step, then, is to get rid of
the big timber wherever this is prac-
ticable. The next step is good farm
ing. In this connection Prof. Fox
stated that the lands must be i'm
proved. His hobby in constructive
farming is COW peas, and he urged
every farmer to grow peas in all of
his corn, stating that on the planta-
ton at Scott, Miss, where he is now
located, he planted 5000 bushels of
COW peas this year. The speaker
then outlined the steps necessary in
doing this good farming to beat the
boil weevil, as follows: (1) Make
the land rich.' (2) Plow land as
early in the winter as possible and
let it settle; where the land is the
least bit stiff or wet bed it up in
winter. (3) Plant on a firm seed
bed. (4) Plant good seed of a Wig
orous variety. (5) Plant plenty of
seed, a bushel and a half is not too
much. co. Leave cotton thick,
10000 stalks to the acre. (7) Last,
and most important, keep the cot
ton clean, cultivate once a week if
possible" According to Prof. Fox,
more cotton is lost to the boil weevil
from letting it get in the grass than
from any other cause
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-09-22
NOTICE TO CONFEDERATE PEN.
SlONERS.

Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Pension Commissioners of
Grenada County, Mississippi, at q
regular meeting, held on September
18th and 18th, 1915, approved and
allowed Pension Applications of the
following named parties, to-wit:
Form One.
j. E. Deloach, William Rounsa-
vile.
Form Two.
3. F. Rock, j. M. Spears, J. H.
Turner.
Form Three.
Mary F. POLAND.
Form Four.
A. P. Anthony, D. S. Amyett. J, M.
Boyett, T. M. Grantham, T. w. Har-
per, ]. X. p. Handy, ]. A. Holland,
Jesse Heath, G. w. Jones, W. H,
Johnson, T. B. Keeton, E. C. Lamb,
S. P. Lee, F. A. Martin, H. P. Nit
chell, J.. A. Mitchell, w. R. Mullen,
E. Minyard, r. v. Pearson, ]. P.
Reel, w. z. Spruill.
Form Five.
S. Anderson, N. Dunn, r. Dudley,
T. Hawkins, ]. Harrell, S. H~erren, d.
Melton, M. Nash, J.. Smith, F. Shack
elford, R. Tate, A. Willis, j. Wood.
Form Six.
Janey Morgan Allen, Marguerite
Aven, Leanna v. Butler, Emily j.
Blakely, Fannie Bryant, Sophia A.
Criss, M. P. Caffey, Mary Carpenter,
Mary Ann Carpenter, Louise L.
Cloud, Matte Gray, Florence C.
Houston, Sallie Inman, Mamie Nc
Mahon, Isabel A.. McCalebb, Bertha
B. McClendon, Amanda Peoples,
Belle Rose, Lizzie P. Spears, Mary E.
Smith, Mary E. Sellers, Alice E.
Spears, A. C. Shelton, Mandy Tai
bert, Josie Wright, M. j. Williams,
Hattie F. Wright, Amanda Watson,
Fannie l.. Wright, Sarah E. Wood.
This notice is published in compli-
ance with Section 1866, Mississippi
Code of 1906.
Witness my hand and seal of Of
flee this the 18th day of September,
A. D., 1915.
M. E. POWELL,
Clerk of the Board of Pension Com
missioners of Grenada County,
Mississippi.
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NOTICE.

All property owners who desire
so to do may pay assessments against
their property for the street i'm
provements o parts of Depot Cor
First) street, Main street, Green
street, and the Public Square, as fol
lows: One-fifth in cash when the
assessments are made final, and bal
ance in four equal, annual payments,
bearing 6 per cen interest per an
mum, evidenced by notes as provided
for in the resolution adopted Sep
TENDER 4th, 1916, to which reference
is hereby made.
Sept. 9Th, 1916.
B. F. THOMAS, Mayor
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erwise occupying property owned by
them and included within that por-
ton of said street as above set out,
or unless at the regular October,
1916, meeting the said Mayor and
Board of Aldermen shall allow such
objections to said improvements or
part thereof as may be presented,
heard and considered at said meet
ing, and it is hereby stated that there
will be heard and considered the OBJ
lection of any property owner inter-
ested, whether such property owner
is actually occupying the property
adjoining said portion of said street,
or whether he or she be a non-resi-
dent or not.
Sec. 5. That if the owner or own
ers of any property abutting on said
west side Of said street where said
sidewalk is to be laid and construct
ed fails to lay and construct same in
front Of and adjoining his, her or
their property, within thirty days
after the order of the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen has been passed
for this special improvement and in
accordance with said plans and spec
ifcations, then the Mayor and Board
of Aldermen will cause said sidewalk
to be laid and constructed as pre-
scribed by the city charter, and the
cost therefor will be assessed against
the owner or owner as prescribed by
this resolution and the city charter.
Sec. 6. That this resolution take
effect and be in force from ara after
passage.
B. F. THOMAS. Mayor.
H. G. TAI oERT, Recorder.
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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-09-22
CITY ASSESSOR FILES ROLLS

Notice is hereby given that the
assessment rolls of the City of Gre
NADIA have been completed and filed
by me as the law directs, in the Of
flee of the City Tax Collector, and
that the Board of Aldermen will
take up for examination and equali-
cation said assessment rolls on the
End day of October, the same being
the first Monday and a regular meet
ing of the Board of Aldermen. The
rolls r subject to examination, and
when the Board of Aldermen begin
their review all objections will be
heard and finally disposed of.
Respectfully,
CLAUD HALL,
Tax Assessor City of Grenada.
Grenada, Miss, Sept. s., 1916.
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SUMMONS.


Mrs. Laura E. Evans, ct al,
VS.. No. 1888.
H. A. Clark, ct al.
In the Chancery Court of Grenada
County, Mississippi; October, 1916
Regular Term.
The State of Mississippi:
To Mrs. Georgia P. Lynch, whose
p~ostOffice address and place of resi-
dence is Clarendon, Monroe County,
Arkansas:
You are hereby commanded to be
and personally appear before the
Chancery Court of Grenada County,
at the Court House thereof, in the
City of Grenada, Mississippi, on the
third Monday in October, A. D.,
1916, then and there to plead, an
swer or demur to the Bill of Com
plant in the above styled cause,
wherein you are a defendant.
Witness my hand and seal of Of
flee this the 18th day of September,
a. D., 1916.
M. E. POWELL,
Clerk of the Chancery Court of Gre
NADIA County, Mississippi.
Mclean & Carothers,
Soils. for Compliments.
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A RESOLUTION declaring it to be
necessary to construct a granolith-
ic sidewalk six feet wide on the
west side of Church street, from
Deport Cor First) street to Second
street, in the East Ward of the
City of Grenada, Mississippi, and
looking to a special assessment
therefor.
Sec. l. Be it resolved by the May
or and Board of Aldermen of said
City of Grenada, Mississippi, that it
is deemed and hereby declared to be
necessary by the Mayor and Board
of Aldermen of said city, that a
g%ranolithic sidewalk six feet wide
should be constructed on the west
side Of Church street, from Depot
Cor First) street to Second street,
in the East Ward of said city.
Sec. 2. That said sidewalk is deem
ed a special improvement on said
portion of said street which is nee
essary and which requires an unusual
outlay and cost in excess of the gen
eral improvement fund, and, in the
judgment of the Mayor and Alder
men, the general Improvement fund
should not be used for the purpose
of constructing said sidewalk.
Sec. 5. Said sidewalk shall be of
granolithic and shall be laid and
constructed according to plans and
specifications for the construction
of such sidewalks in said municipal
ity. said plans and specifications be-
ing recorded in the Mayors Office in
said city, reference to which is here
by made.
Sec. 4. That said sidewalk will be
laid and constructed and the cost
thereof will be required to be borne
by the owner or owners of property
abutting on said sidewalk at all
points on said west side of said por-
ton of said street where same is to
be laid and constructed, unless with
in ten days after the completion of
the publication of this resolution, as
required by the city charter, there
is a protest against said sidewalk
filed with the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen, by a majority of the
property owners residing on, or 9TH
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CHANcERY
Mrs. Laura E. Evans, ct al,

Mrs. Laura E. Evans, ct al,
vs.. No. S1SS.
H. A. Clark, ct al.
In the Chancery Court of Grenade
County, Mississippi; regular term
October, 1915.
The State of Mississippi:
To J. Parker Lee, a minor, who
has neither father nor mother MOI
guardian in said State of Mississippi
whose ~postofice address and place
of residence is Clarendon, Monroe
County, Arkansas; Roland B. Lee,
whose ~postoffice address and place
of residence is Wilburton, Latimer
County, Oklahoma, and George A.
Seals, whose p~ostofice address and
place of residence is Kansas City,
Jackson County, Missouri:
You and each of you are hereby
commanded to appear before the
Chancery Court of Grenada County,
at the Court House thereof, in the
City of Grenada, Mississippi, on the
third Monday in October, A. D.,
1915, then and there to plead, answer
or demur to the bill of complaint in
the above styled cause, wherein you
are defendants.
Witness my hand and seal of said
Court on this, the 9Th day of Sep
TENDER, A. D., 1916.
M. E. POWELL,
Clerk of the Chancery Court of Gre
NADIA County, Mississippi.
Mclean and Carothers,
Soils. for Complainants.
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