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sr,a Richmond Times which s ,port-
&. ~ Kinley. announces tha5 i For
I51se anyatic principles pure ann 3n3eiled. =
,,t,,er Democrats may Take laig Dem.
" en- 3 principles little muddy 1ei the
ee' ~ stands up at the McKinle. l5epubli-
sa' ar and calls for the real thing pure
es''. essdefled.' p What must that PAPER
~ - e The intelligence of its Reader! )
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thanks are due Mr.. j. Il. LLndsay,
So 8. - the Charlottesville Pro9ress, for
'fss # the portlaite Of Bryan and
8 zen today Oh T. 'rs5 the
AHGB.
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State Of Virginia, County of augusta, SIS:
I, G. G. Child. Cashier of the above-named
bank. do solemnly swear that the above state
ment is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief.
G. &. CHILD, Cash er.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2lst day
of July 1895.
w. A. HAINES, N. P.
Correct-Attest:
W. T. MCCUE,
b. F. HUGHES, Direc ors.
JNO. 7. HARMAN,
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Read This Opinion of an
English l3imetalIist.


Interview with Sir Moreton
Frewin, English representative
at the Brussels 7nonetary con-
ference, oabled 10 The N. Y.
World The day after the Chi
cago free silver platform was
adopted
"At the recent conference OF
bimetallists at Brussels, which
I attended, the OPT IN prevail
ed thai if the U ed states
would open her ni'i's 20 silver
the minis of France and India
WouId follow suit, while q hum-
s,assss9ssmaaasse Eur0peaa countries.
especially Russia ard France,
would purchase aanH lily a fixed
! amount of silva 10 Do used as
full legal te Ter soins. M
3 IA faIovitch decia-e that Rus
STA would gladly take ~, oot,-
600 ounces if she could get
Them"
$50 you think, zen, that
free coinage BY 10 United
States. single handed might as
sist an international settle
laent ?"
q Think it %ouIa, or many
reasons. You 500. here in
ss gland oar haaaciat authori-
ties suppo@e fast free silver at
lie to i uaast re. llt il a gold
premium IN Eew 7 ork, and
sneh a premium as would in
j tolerabLy ham or ai} our ex-
ssrt trade to your country. In
B ,s6Ssr words, they SUPPOSE that
heS calamitg ~5ioa has des-
@ tsoyed our cotton irade with
midi and made Nnetallists
& pf ali Lancashire, vould con
front as also in expiring to
E.,e west. q pgasnjnm IL
New Yorl I'd We worse
than any <is,ie tariff, 81
# would alalAi1 g9ar entire
free list. IRIS ,sigg he view
sas.. fe., .es..-s.~sal;s discussion
III y0ur new yress. you ara
To 90 To free seF earl in 1898,
our rnefGhan5 a8fe W. raise &
nreat cIam0r 9e al Immediate
conference and settlement
aIcng The pes. Tines ssIb!e !;
And not only our merclls ITS, but
|zn ur financiers also. 1hey can
not afford 10 lei the United
States make failure Of her
currency reform. There is far
too much at stake. We have
5 probabIy not less than six hun
dred millions stering-the
amount, say, of CUR HationaI
debt invested in AmeTica."
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indicator.
TlRsLEY & MORTON, Proprietors'

!assndsn, Democratic paper. Established In 'sao
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17
JUDGE THRRRLL.

Our patriotic governor did a very
creaitaels tAlHs XhsR he Eass|m39eedd
Judge Terrell Ter tbs SnpFFesmass Bench slch
to succeed Judge steekaale next May.
While the writer favored Hon, n, II.
Thompson above anybody for the
place, 1t gives us pleasure to bear tes-
timony to the exalted character and
true worth Of Judge Terrell.
Hs VIII w!ttA8aat a~llttll is}lt} maintain
the dignity and perform AcgeptA1lNy
the duties Of the place. He 10 a good
man--an able lawyer and an excellent
Judge. We congratulate the Judge
upon his promotion and compliment
Tie G~oyefp9gs NQ l!53n npon their
wise selection.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

President Cleveland il opposed 70 any
change Of the tariff lew. he Ffattlh .sl
likes the present lay. II will b 70,
membered that he refused to sign this
law when presented to him after its pas
sage, and after writing Q few fy-blow-
ing letters about it, permitted 1t to be-
come aleM without his signature. An
bet that cost tEksss .detnQcratle pssix q
great many votes. We all remehbsf
well the argument used BY the pops and
republicans against the Wilson Bill.
AtaS thay ilatsgaAped GHysrC Cleveland nd
asa witness to prove thS wsahhssa y
the measure. The truth about the
whole matter Is, Cleveland has been an.
enemy in the camp Of his party ever
since he entered II. He.is . vain, big
eted and corrupt man and We welcome
list tt6AtfteraehtIsrom public liz ~ Nv
xoqid tAa sngyaS so = \
aass from The reach 81 euf &fRct
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

FSrse~ FAe FsMN NX FA*B I'VE WE T~ T*F%.
national law, down To the election of
the most unimportant officer in the
Realm. II Is always pertinent, the
Integrity Of free institutions de-
ponds upon the intelligence and
virtue Of the American SUFFRAGE. OF
course this advice is given with the
understanding that the editor must
know something about tbs questions
himself. We wolld not advise h him y,
to branch out. unless he had some
thing to branch VII. But if be is not
Al possession Of Tie information, he
should strive to ast IT, The country
editor should be 4 m4loAaalledetF IF public
sentiment and NOT d moulded, Ills
columns should be u source 0f infor-
mation--the abiding place Of thoughts.
II he ID unable to do this, then he
should drop out, and not be SO ungen-
ssrous to the reading public as to ask
" To giyg UP the search for better and
higher things, to .lgg behind with
him. Give us strong, capable FRO
gressive and courageous editors and
our government, national, state,
.#jaaty and municipal will be pure,
upright, Assss4 md for the good q
the most.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

Rev. Chas. H. Parkhurst makes tho
painful announcement that there ara
$50, QUO unfaithful husbands and wives II:
New York city, and that q great many
OF them ore among the wealthy clnas.
- Hz0O Herald.
There may be two hundred and ff-
ty thousand or two hundred and fifty
million, but we would like to know
just how the Reverand gentleman got
his statistics. Think Of n common
ordinary census taker taking an in
yentory Of the Lost virtue Of New
York society. But II MI may be W.
Brother Parkhurst may know what lie
IS talking-he seems to be on u II.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

IT Is really remarkable that 70
many people should have fOret0ld
with srch marvellous accuracy many
Of t.ic oficial nets Of Gov. McLaurln.
Some Of his recent appointments wore
predicted long before his nomination.
And while he Indignantly denied that
.'he had made promises. !" he did not
Tor once embrace IN such denial Ill ~
his brothers. While we hive no rxs.
Tive proof Of o straight out ante cleo
tiOn trade, II Will BE- rather dificult,
we think, to make tile people OF the
state believe that many Of tho judge
ships were not ltiAded "a. for political
influence before the nomination..
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

Senator Allen Of Nebraska introduced
in the senate the other day 9 resolution
providing tor the appointment Of acorn
mittee to lock Into and ascertain
whether or not there were votes bought
Or money improperly used to carry the
recent election, He is wasting his good
time. The world knows that there was
money used, 70 what's the use Of throw
ine, away the governments money in .
vain effoFts
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

We are advised that Jones, the ne
gro who ran for congress against Gen.
Catchings, has filed notice Of contest.
This IL absurd us this man did not,
we believe, receive more than u fourth
Of the total vote polled. or course
his only hope lies with u dishonest
and ultra-partisan republican con-
gress. The day for the working Of
that sort ola scheme has passed. How.
ever d~isagreeable 1t may be to the re-
publicans, Catchings win retain his
seat. n
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

Bourke Cochran has declared himself
. protectionist. In Congress he declared
himself 9 free-trader. Commercial Ap-
pealaas
Yes, and nature has declared him
an ass, and limited education pro-
claimed him a knaye. Any man who
could, dispense Us much slush, fustion,
and, sophistry, as he imposed upon q
patient public In the recent campaign
y liabfe'tt3 40 anything.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

AsAaIt aUHRtT haS enc OF the most
vgilent, painstaking and CONSIDERATIONS
Boards Of Supervisors that she has ever
had. They endeavor in all matters to
subserve thepublici interest. They seem
to understand the fact that they are the
.assskkyyeepg{Ess II ttAl,ss people End not their
M8stara
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

II IA sRR9Sssaa Tint TIE Aght between
the goldbugs and Free siivssltss ever the
Meridian postofice may result in Cleve-
and appointing . republican. It would
be just lie Grover to do 1t. He has al
ways had . warm spot in his heart for
e, is;5 asa 4 asa EsissIIb, I 's's. 60
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

The nice things which the press
has said Of r. r. Raiford, late editor
of the North Mississippi Democrat,
meet our heartiest approval. A more
intelligent, heightened gentleman
and loyal friend does not live. When
he retired we lost the most polished
and graceful writer on the Mississippi
press,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

A special from Brookhayen to the
New Orleans Picayune Of the 18th
inst. announces the birth Of a new
paper, with Hon. T. B. Hobbs at the
bedside. Its politics will be .'true
democracy" and prohibiti0n-so says
the special. We are again reminded
''that while the light holds out to
burn the yilcs. sinner may get In"
II Bro. Hobbs has really come back
to fight for the democracy, we cor
daily welcome him. No objection
to his Temperance,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

OF NIL the NANCY, Shiny, measly
characters that the devil ever turned
loose upon earth to p0llute the walks
OF honest men, the little fellow who
goes around and ticks the scabby hand
Of some enthroned Mistake with the
hope Of picking up II stale crllmb that
may chance to fall from his official
table, is the most contemplate. We
have less respect for such q person
than we have for the memory Of Il
dead thief, or the r~ecOllectiOns OF u
defunct liar.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

When a MAJ begs from the people
and accepts y high phblic otice, he
owes it to his country to himself and
to his God to kept sober while ne
holds that Office. VIZ have the
drunkard and the bawf In the higher
offices we need not be surprised II the
little fellows ssdon't sRrterh initiate
them. sssl N
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

The Southern Investor Is the name
OF a new paper started at Jackson,
Miss, by Nj. R. X. Jayne, . jour
nalist Of experience and ability. II
is 4 bright, newsy paper devoted to
the promotion Of Southern enterprise.
and improvement. It hasaour best
wishes for a successful career. ;..
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

The Commercial Appeal may be
right when IT says .'that the cam
paign Of 1900 will be made on issues
which must arise between now and
them" but it will have 4 hard time
making anybody else believe 1t save
those who, like the CA, desire 1t.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17
Ilssult n Earl Rns4e!l against hga

i NY n very delectab1e stun. II II
enough to make d cGfnfield Niger
sick ut the stomach. The depth OF
immortality and ~ind6ccncy which
marks this little love affair would
blackcn the reputation or the pro-
verbal mink or make a mountain goat
commit suicide ii caught In the act.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

The Manufacturers Record has invited
GQv, McTauFin 70 write on the indus
vial ssSsassss " a~4isslssipp,, At IL .
fruitful subject and we expect some.
thing good from onr patriotic governor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

Inthe pOll-tax case the supreme
court preferred to be rational. It says
the law means what the law says,
that only taxable property is liable
for the payment Of the poll-tax. It's
9 vile RY and There Eba ppaefstsnd
. change.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

"Thc Reign Of the Pullwyres', pub
lished first in June 1895, contained p
grain Of prophecy. The author Of
this remarkable little paper must
surely have read the mind Of the
chief Of ..dc gang" He saw things
as they were to be. Wonderful in
deed! "
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

Col. John r. Fellow, the man who
did yeoniail service for Palmer and
Buckner, the Mckinley decoy ducks,
is dead. All the balance Of these
goldbugs are going the same way.
Mark the prediction.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17
We do not suppose there is d news

We do not suppose there Is q news
paper In the state 10 little and mean
as to covet the salaries which Cover
nor McLaurin's brothers get from the
Offices given them BY and through
him. It is not a question Of em0lu-
ments, revenue or Prerequisites, II Is
y question Of law OF propriety and
official ethics. Nor Is IT. any excuse
that someone else pursued this policy
before him. The people through
their chosen representatlves-the leg
islature, have declared themselves ur-
eqliyocally upon this question. In
deed, so profound was their antago-
nism to such a. policy that 1t has
found capitalization In q public stat
ute. IT 10 claimed that this statute
IS yiolative Of the c9nstitAtl994: Al.
nit #. but YOU GaA't dleAlF tthat It.
is expressive Of the public Wfll. Gov.
McLaQrin knows this al well ~ any
body, and tor him to deliberately,
without excuse or Justification IN the
promotion 0fsthe public veal, to thus
contemptu6usly disregard the ex-
dressed wishes Of the people, to say
ot ~it.i doee. aindIcsate The
passession Of that Keen sense Oh pf0-
priety and q recognition of the eter-
nal fitness Of thIHgs Which one bold
ing hts high Once ahla!Aaaiaa eeHitlg .sa;
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

Tho passage Of the bill through the
lower house Of congress prohibiting
the sale Of whiskey In the capital
should become a law. Less drinking
and more work Is always In order.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

Every man, woman, child and gold
bug, who serves his God, loves his
country and honestly desires to glow
wiser and better, should read 1As
Commonwealth.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

HM0. 4Lt-A4 lHtL..As 1890 1872 III n
49, 49, - ~. Cssvs
gress ahouT tnrn I'm ~ IA SSst
q tie hint d The purrhass offhs ialaui.
Nos : doll.s o1gnt ne United 6tssss %
nosses.icr - ~ 49, ~ yne
fsrns' IS ~ - ~ X ~
Inhabitants, shouid IS decilned Il sny
other possible manner Of restoring !
a pscslui ana orderly administration
holds enourE mir.d.rsc.. sct;cr. 49,
The above, vh,ch - ~ -.
editorial colnmrs 4, ~. v,.s.hns.r-
mercia, Herald 1 VA. 1870 ..s.h
Ths OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. hssrt,ss. 80,
proyal: W. win - fr,th., ~, ~.
Herald-Ws womb not 80 .rr.v..
ton. : J 1 soupb h; vara y I, m.s,.
i, rrh,sh .-s.L-.,-Ii-Ln-"Ts
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

The darkest and most stitHingc lout
TINT ever adlmbrated the human
mind aud caused the judgment to gf
astray, IL blind ignorant Prejudice
And strange to say this cloud has
hoycrcd about the heads Of some Of the
greatest men the world has ever
known. Since the Prince Of Peace
walked among men, aud along the
highways Of historic Palestine and
taught the multitudcs that won.
drous rcligionM love and forgiveness
the Jew, the race from which he
sprang, has vt one time or another,
been the object Of tho most relentless
hatred, persecution and destructive
discrimination in legislation, by every
race and nation that has bowed at
His holy shrine. For centuries we
find the Jew wandering from country
to country, homeless, frieDdless,
the hand Of his fellow man agatnst
hlm, hated, insulted, desplsed, and in
many places, az was the case In chris
TANNED England, IN latc as the 18th
century, held u cilattel Ivy the King,
to lc robbed, ~plunlered or sold AZ Ills
profiigacy might demand Or Ills humor
dictate. Rerett IT his native home
with 10 country to witch he could
appeal TOR protection,-no stronk gDy-
ernmental arm upon which to lcan
for sllccor,-no place Of which lie
could say, "tlis is my McU, my native
land. "-Nothing. absolutely nothing,
to inspire tIIat spirit Of paristlSm
Of country which is usually an
prerequisite to good citizen
he was indeed u frlcndless wan
iercr upon the face Of tho earth, Vets:
through all the changes, trials and
suiIerings which he has experienced
In the last 1900 years, i,s has maintain
I'd the racial instinCt-waextltbMed his
GOd-amassed fabulous fortunes,
given to the world some OF the great.
ut statssHpen, philanthropists, j~urists,
and An8pciers Of which his
Tory makes mention, 40dtoday, In the
'ank ind lie Of the Jewtsa ~fhvN|ation
every country, you VIII md ~
deal citiacn-dsvMed tn government, |
'bedIcnt to Inv. ConSideriDG the !
mutations Of his inylronment and ilS
extraordinary achievements he stands
oday M most unique and remarkable !
lgnrs 10 the ethsMgr0pllyof the world. !
Iust why this psajHAtss 9gInst him ;
hfould have followed htB ti,sOHSh slJ /
I these years we are VI loss to ka0w,
lnisss " bt The russ playsdby the Jew
. that grssa TMgedy on the morn ! !
ne Of the Christina NM II this be !
he cause, truly the sins y 4tttyss fAther !
'avc been visited upon she ebilGEea
with u severity too, vjDah WI =
ycr mark = black spot uy0si Tie wv !
nv Of the world. Nothing but blind I
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

"a TN a. We are concerned" says
the Clark County Times, HGovernor
.AAnls I. can keep on appointing Judges
from Clark county. We have some
splendid material left. "-Cla,ion
Ledger. N. III .Sss X
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

or course the election Of Mckinley
had nothing to do with the fall In the
price Of cotton. 1t IL m over supply
OF confidence restored.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

A rImor was flying around thismorn-
ing that Mckinley had died during the
night. But It proved to be false
Clarion Ledger.
HMcKinley should die before January
Enss "a SMAaaatt EEAHHHlld be the matter with
'HA $ls IT & }!A s 'ss ssssEl II -W W. Il! not
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

clever, amiable old man. He made
fairly good congressman we presume
was . good Confederate soldier, is a
obliging neIgtbM and worked like al
honest hired man for the McLaurins
But these are not the only quaiitica
tj0ns which a MAJ should possess VIII,
assumes the difficult and delicate du
ties Of Supreme Judge. In the frs,
place he should By n )awyer-pro
foundly learned In the iaW-=end0we(
with energy Of ln~tellect-a jHdicia.
temperament and capacity for labor
From what we know of Col. Stockdale,
he has not these essential 'qualifica.
lions His appointment has not met
with the approval Of the bar Of the
state, and II can bs accounted fol
only on the theory that II Was In set.
Element Of an ante-election Obliga.
zion. That is a very serious suspic-
Ion for q Governor tobring upon him
self. Especially the Governor Of the
great state Of MississiiMa state
whose history Is made glorious BY tiaA
erudition Of her Judges, and whose
Governors with few exceptions have
been beyond the suspicion Of pusillan-
unity. So tempered are tho people
Of Mississippi that the mere suggss.
tIOn Of their Governor thus prosti-
tutiny the functions Of his high and
honorable ofiics 10 such a base pur-
pose would arouse In tbs bosom of
every loyal Mississippian, whether he
b0 for McLaurin or not, an insurpress-
ibic spirit OF resentment, were there
not present asaAy evidences of its
II may he thai tt,s Governor
is misunderstanding motives misins
tcrpreted. For the sake OF deeeacy
and the honor OF the State we hope
he is misunderstood. But it Is al
.aist M had for 4 Governor ~ NJ chn.
s,csss u s.,,uaa,,., ~ ~,,nha.iI;tu ]
. y. ssaf ' Y e ~
p convlcscu 0l khatses, aAstNg lNNcsaq
s,s ., tss t .ae roy nn aas mosG aa9gsI:
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

The man whose s0ul 10 consumed
with envy and jealousy hath expert.
enced . fofetastcof his future home
hell.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

trusted him and he betrayed them
40 = must err vear the brand II
IL traitor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1896-12-17

MaOAtttt4!HHH t1tufNttIEB hfpMS WfFRRpn MflH4TIDIE
lips wserpfaae ssnAtttens A al MIDI MI Iaiaas Il
him down with the hMhalInea and waits
ing dead. and felt within their dust the
expectation ofenotherl life, mingled with
cold and s~uffoeating doubts-the child
rem born Of long delay,
He walked the ways of mighty Rome,
and saw great Caesar with his legions in
the field. He stood with vast and mot
siye sst u With s| s9sS Ssh .e|as. fe III, ! saa II "a.
crowned kings, the captured hosts, and
all the spoils Of ruthless war. He heard
the shout that shook the Coliseum's
~roofless walls, when from the reeling
gladiatOr's hand the short sword, fell,
while from his bosom gushed the stream
of wasted life.
I'D ~ aye tbl IN, llss , 4 ssE ssse #ss,
the desperate game 81 life Of death ha
matched his thought against The Ia
stinct Of the beast, r ~ Wy ~
virtues "a aR IA Ct shs asli IIgsb 2sM. 81 sssi IL w q
victim and victor, pursuer and pursued,
outcast and king. He heard the ap-
platlse and curses of the world, and on
his heart had fallen all the nights and
moons of failure and success.
He knew the unspoken thoughts, the
S Ssa9as. aasss|ss.j 5ls y xaRss sAa g9Es q
thrill, the feTFor Of the amhushed prey,
and with the eagles he had shared tie
ecstasy Of fight and poise and swoop,
and he had lain with sluggish serpents