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The times., 1897-08-04
P|TIES OUR THIN GHOSTS
MIR. Fob Lee Thinks Washington
Spirits Should Be Fed.
LIKELY TO DIE OF STARVATION

Some Chinese Theology at Con-
gressiouaI Cemetery-why Cooked
Food Is Sent TO the Departed
Mail Service TO Celestial Sleep
ers, Including Money Orders.
The times., 1897-08-04

The June statement of the Atchison
Company shows a net decrease of S,535
The times., 1897-08-04

Raymond Dickson, aged 10
years, BrightwOGd Van view
NV, was so deaf that he WAS
taken from school. Hearing
perfectly restored.
The times., 1897-08-04

Henry Oehrnanr, 507 Stanton
place ne, city, aged II, was SO
deaf he could not understand
his teacher. Now he hears as
we'll as any one.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-20
Shrimps and deviled crabs at
CASPER.
Corset Band Benefit.

Through the kindness Of Prof. Rice
and his excellent company, the Green.
wood Cornet Band was given a mate.
rial lift, financially, Tuesday night,
at the opera house.
Although there was not a particu.
larly large house, those who were 50
fortunate to be present were well sat.
isfed with the entertainment. Con.
sidering the circumstances, the per.
Torrance was excellent. 1nthe open.
ing sketch Prof. Frank II. Rice and
wife and George Rice scored a decided
hit. Miss Lena Hill gave a fine spec.
linen Of the Mobile buck dance, and
later she and her sister, Miss Bcna
Hill, executed a song and dance In an
admirable manner. Little Miss Buh.
Ter Hill, In the skipping rope dance
won deserved applause. Mr.. Freddy
Hill proved to be a mirth producer,
while Miss Ruby Dukes-Our own lit.
tie Ruby-wOn new laurels by her
graceful dancing. Mrs. c. +. Wright
as accompanist, won salovs Of ap.
plause, and ''Prof." Henry Arnold
was q host in himself. The orchestra
also deserves praise for It's excellent
work.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-20

Many delightful summer resorts ARE
situated on and reached via the South.
ern railway Whether one desires the
seaside or the mountains, the fashion
able hotels orquiet country homes. they
can be reached via this magnificent
highway of travel.
Asheville, n. C., Roam Mountain.
Tenn, and the mountain resorts of
East Tennessee and Western North
Carolina, The land of the sky.
Tate Springs, Tenn, Oliver Springs,
Tenn, Lookout Mountain, Tenn, Lith
ia Springs, Ga, the various Virginia
Springs, also the seashore resorts are
reached by the Southern railway ON
convenient schedules and at very low
rates.
1.-THE Southern railway has issued a
handsome folder, entitled Summer
homes and resorts, - descriptive of near
ly 1000 summer resorts and hotels and
boarding houses, including information
regarding rates for board. AT the differ
emf places and railroad rates to reach
them.
Write to C. \, Beuscoter, Assistant
General Passenger agent, Southern
railway, Chattanooga, Tenn, for a
copy of this folder.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-20
7. r. Henderson, Greenwood, ]. L.
Dodge. Bolivar,

Dodge, Bolivar.
Arrangements W, Dulaney, e1
off, Rosedale; s, r, Dunn. ex off
Greenvi'le; N. {. Siunuer, Greenville
c. NJ. Curell, Greenyille; NJ. r. Faith
erly, Wlnterville.
SPECIAL TOPICS.
General Surgery A Shackleford
chairman, Greenville.
Gynecol and Obstet-J. d. Smythe.
chairman, Greenville.
Water Supply-O W, Stone, chair,
man, Elizabeth.
General Medicine j. II. Maddox.
chairman, Pe%rthshire.
H~ygiene--E. A. Cheek, chairman,
Arcola.
Micro Organisms - $, Winchester,
charm an, G%reenville.
Malaria Hematurlr e. H. Martin,
chairman, Green Grove,
Phthisis Pull b. Pease, chairman.
Gunnison.
Dysentery-J. NJ. Mathis, chairman,
Merigold.
Continued Fever T. A. Harris, chair.
man, Rosedale.
Gonorrh9a-J. F. Archer, chairman,
Shelby.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-20
DESPERATE NEGRO
Shoots and Seriously lnjures Wife
snd Mother.iu.Law.

Considerable excitement was Great
ed in that section Of the city known
as the Flats, by a murderously in
clined negro and a 3s-caliber ''bull
dog, at a late hour Thursday night.
The negro, Myers umman, in a
lit Of jealousy and piQue shot his
wife and mother.in-law. Neither Of
the women were fatally injured.
City Marshal, Mcbride, who heard
the shooting FASTENED to the scene
and was in time to fire a few shots at
the fleeing darkey but without effect,
Deputy Sheriff. J. W. Scruggs was
called upon for assistance in catching
Umman, and his dogs were placed up
on the trail of the darkey at the |. G.
railroad. The dogs followed the trail
to the bayou at the mill, and there it
was found that the man had taken to
the water. He had remained close
to shore, however, and the dogs fol-
lowed the scent without difficulty.
They were some distance in advance
OF the officers, and when the latter
finally caught up the dogs were in
shallow water surrounding a tree.
ale must be up the tree" said
Mr.. Scruggs.
"Yesser Use heah boss" came a
a voice from the darkness, and like
Davy Crockett's coon the negro came
down.
On the way to the jail the party |
was followed by a large crowd Of
white and negroes, and threats Of
lynching were heard on every side.
The prisoner was game and desired
an opportunity to lick the whole
crowd. The threats were not carried
out and the prisoner was safely lodg-
ed in Jail. As soon as the women
are able to testify, his trial will take
place.
Umman and the women have been
here but a short time. having remov.
ed from Batesville. The young wo-
man claims that he has threatened
ner life before. When the alterca.
ion commenced Thursday night the
couple were on the gallery Of the
house. After a few words Umman
his wife by the wrist and
his revolver fired twice, one
outlet taking effect in the forehead,
ylancing from the bone, and the
,ther striking her in the left side.
Her mother rushed out at the sound
" the shots a Umman fired upon
Ter, the bullet taking effect in the
'nomach.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-20
Gold Medal Molasses at
CAsPER's.


Yazoo.Dslta Medical Association.
The following are the officers and
committees which meet in Greenville:
President. W. Dulaney, Rosedale.
Vice-P Presidential. M. McGehee,
Shellmound; Anthony Miller, Panther
Burn.
Recording S%ecretayr-S. r. Dunn,
Greenville.
Corresponding Secretary--G. L. Pope,
Leland.
Treasured. G. Montgomery, Green.
vile.
Executive Committee L. Owen,
Mound Landing; J. B. Pease, Gunnison
D. s. Humphreys, Erwin; E. H. Mar.
tin, Green Grove: j. NJ. Wells, Glove.
land.
Necrolosy--J. N. D. shinkle, Friars
Point; J. R. Barley, Woodburn; J. r.
Archer, Shelby; w. H. Scudder, May.
ersville; s. 7. Hamberlin. Rolling Fork.
Contribution 4. Dunn, er.o6.,
Greenville; @. L. Pope, ex-of.. Leland;
D. &c. Montgomery, Greenvilie: J W.
Dulsney, Rossdale; D. s. Humphreys.
Erwin.
Publications.. r. Dunn. ex-o6..
Greenviile; 8. Winchester, Greenville
D. G. Montgomery, ex-o6., 0reenville;
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-20
Survey for Water Works.

For the purpose of having definite
plans and figures Of the water works
question to present to the board Of
mayor and aldermen at their next
meeting, the Citizens Ice, Coal and
Electric Light Co., have secured the
services of a civil engineering firm to
draw up plans. A survey has been
taken of the city and the blue prints
Of the proposed system are now being
made. Mr.. G. +, Wright has re-
ceived numerous propositions from
various firms who wish to put in the
plant. One firm guarantees a reduc-
ton Of 25 to 80 per cant. In the in.
surance rates. At the next council
meeting the result Of the investiga.
ti0n will be presented for considera.
tion.
Asparagus at :
CAsPER'S.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-20

Western Apple Butter at
C~ASPER'S.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-20
Flood Of Soda Water.

To the Public!
have arranged to furnish the trade
the best soda water ever served to the
people Of Greenwood. 1t is pure, de.
.lightfully favored. and will be nicely
served, shall have at all times every
variety of flavoring, the pure fruit
juices and everything calculated to
please and refresh. | shall also serve
sherbert. ice cream and other beverages,
at my restaurant. Open at all hours.
Call and see me. JOS. STEIN.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-20
Postell's Elegant Flour at

Summer School, Young Women's Christian
Association, Ashvills, N. @. Reduced
Rates via Southern Railroad.
For the occasion of the meeting of
the Summer School of the Young Wo.
mems Christian Association at Ashe,
vile, N. c., June 10 to u, 1897. the
Southern railway will sell tickets to
Asheville, N. c., and return at rate of
n fare for the round trip tickets will
be sold June 10, IA and Is, good to re.
turn until June q, 1897.
Call on any agent of the Southern
railway for further information.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-20

have about 300 pairs of Ladies, Misses and Childrens shoes which nm
selling 20 per cent below cost Call at once
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-20
French peas in cans at
CAsPER's.
A Delightful Excursion.

The palatial steamer, Rees Pritchard,
has been chartered by a number of the
young men Of the city, principal among
them being MI. Ed Williamson, and a
large party will enjoy a trip up the nv
er tonight. 1t is the intention to ride
as far as possible and return before
morning. Excellent music has been en-
gagged, and a supper to tempt the most
exacting epicure will be served.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-20

Asparagus at
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-20
GREAT RACKET STORE! X
/. I. I5nsI<Gtt, MnnnESr.

The success of my business is found in the following rules underbuy; I'm.
Drawer Tickets.
My prices will always be lower than elsewhere II you take m " stock Al
through have no time to keep books In order to sell cheap must sell Tor
ash SO a not to make cash buyers make up for that lost on the credit book
Below please see my prices on q few articles to show how my prices run Nv
Is 10 Toe large, must reduce. Call and examine goods and prices:
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-20
RateA 70

For the occasion Of the meeting OF the sum
mer school Of the Y, NJ. &. A, at Knoxville,
Tenn. June 1922, 1897, the Southern Railway
will sell tickets to Knoxville and return at
rate OF one fair for the round trip; ticket,
will be sold June 10 to 10 inclusive, good 10
return until June 20. 1877. Call on any agent
OF the southern Railway for information.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-20
THE COMMONWEALTH.

If You have any news of a personal OF
social nature send it in we will esteem
it a favor
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-20

Baked Beans with Tomato Sauce at
CASpER'S.
The herald., 1897-05-23
Defiance Linings

CAMBRIC-Soft fnish closely woven 64x64 cloth;
colors Of grey. tan, browns black and white; ar
HUSTLE TAFFETA--w inches wide, good quality,
fast color, black only; bargain at slsc. &,
Defiance price. ~
ish closely woven; coors black, grey and Q1r
white; worth l2lxc. Defiance price. OaS
weight but firm quality; colors pink, blue,
cream tan, Nile and black; worth l5c De- 111r
-
SILESIA-S6 inches wide, round, heavy twill; col
ors Of black and grey only; worth 10c. Def 7lr
ILESIA-SS inches wide satine finished; colors
OF brown grey, black, white. pink, red. lilac, 17r
MOREEN-Black only; all wool handsome ar
Moire natterns worth 45c Defiance price. ~
colors Of black and white; worth 10c. Def sr
CORpuROY-English make; extra good quality,
gold. brown. navy, green and black: worth k7r
75c. Defiance price. Wv
The herald., 1897-05-23

hyrdaulic engineering there Is almost
no demand for it though it is often
convenience, and in other branches OF
engineering it is not sufficiently used
to justify the time spent on 1t in school,
In practical life men OF sense leave such
things until required, just as lawyer
leaves admiralty practice within tAs
covers of the book until he gets an actual
case. If making speciality of it in city
large enough, with commerce enough
to warrant it, he may make some pre-
liminary study. But otherwise all his
work may be merely wasted time. 1t is
very much the same with all the math-
ematics evcept arithmetic, and most of
them, like trigonometry, are so easily
studied when occasion demands that it
is better to leave them until necessary.
while other parts, like comic sections,
are so rarely used that one would be
crazy to carry in his head what in two
minutes he can find in book. Other
things like the relation of the different
Parts of the circle are now so tabulated
and so convenient that it is not worth
while even to learn the rules for finding
them. These principles now apply to
most branches of learning to such an
extent that all we need is familiarity
with the main avenues of the subject,
leaving acquaintance with the streets,
alleys and buildings until a case arises
that calls for it.
1t is still considered quite heterodox
to question the study Of Latin. AS
branch of culture to be indulged in by
those who can afford it, or to be taken
Iup in the idle hours of life by those who
have leisure, nothing equals Latin. The
marvellous word effects of Ovid, Virgil
and Cicero surpass anything in any lam
guage, even Aeschylus and Homer
seeming tame beside much Of their
|pagee. But boys in school do not learn
lit or approach it, and the reading alleged
to be done by boys in college sincerely
1groping. 1t is exploring new city on
hands and knees at midnight with tall
low candle. instead of looking down
upon it at midday from balloon. In
the limited time allowed in high schools
and colleges it is not possible for one in
a thousand to do anything e!ee, unless
lhe makes a speciality of it, and then he
would have to study enough to injure
the growth of a healthy person.
One who says that Latin is worth
study as means of learning English
better, knows little of Latin and has
never studied many languages. The cul-
ture derived from familiarity with the
best Roman literature would improve
any ones writing or speaking in any
The herald., 1897-05-23
Defiance Skirts
world and covers long list of things

world and covers long list of things
today.
'For all rhetorician's rules
| But teach him how to name his TOOLS"
| 1t is exactly the same with the stuff
taught in our colleges called logic, or the
art of reasoning 1t has precisely the
! same tendency to teach one to reason
that the anatomy of the muscles, bones
and nerves of the legs, all wiredrawn to
the finest points, with every distinction
| hunted down to its last hole and all COM
mitted to memory like a parrot, would
| have to teach one how to dance. I be-
lieve Cornell University has dropped
! logic altogether, but it still stays in
many other colleges wrapped in the an
cient parchment in which Whateley stole
| it from Aristotle.
| In the engineering department of one
of the leading colleges of the country
l found three years ago in the examina-
tion question not a single thing that
any practical engineer ever thinks of
carrying on his fingers ends. but which
can be found in a second in any of the
leading engineering handbooks when
wanted.
Some of these We're like the equation
of cycloid. some of the most unusual
forms of the comic sections and other
things not used once in lifetime by the
ordinary engineer, while others again
were like Kutter's formula for the flow
of water which no man of sense would
dare trust his memory with any more
than one Of our judges would attempt
to rely on his memory for the eXac.
wording of long and important crimi-
nal statute. All that is wanted is to
know what it is and where it is SO that
it can be readily used when wanted.
To carry it in the memory, even if it
surd as to carry the table of logarithms
even if that could be safely done. No
man of sense trusts his memory with
important things, and the better lawyer
one is the more certain he is to refer
to the statute book for the exact words
Of a law that may not be over two lines
long and which he has read thousand
times.
Suppose We could make definition
Of time and space that would be perfect
and should commit them to memory.
Would We have added anything to our
effective knowledge or merely have
learned set of words? We can divide
honor. justice, right, and thousand
similar words into fifty classes, label
and ticket each class and attach to it
a long description, and when we have
done it what have we gained? The lar
ger the subdivision and the longer the
The herald., 1897-05-23
Nature Study for Public Schools

Nature study or seeing familiar things
in new light, Is a valuable factor In edu-
cation. How many people can explain. so
that child can understand, why water
puts out fire; why some young squash
plants bring their shells out Of the ground
on their backs and others do not, or show
the difference between a leaf bud and Z
fruit bud Of the apple; or tell from whence
all the house flies come? The world is full
of such common things. about which peo-
pie Go not inquire. Yet such subjects can
be made very interesting to children and
they can be taken up in the schools. not -
an added recitation, but as rest exercise
once or twice a week to relieve the monot-
ony of the school room and later can be
made the theme for a language exercise.
Here are two important faculties that can
be brought into exercise-accdrate observ-
alton and the power Of expressing dsnnite-
ly what is seen.
The college of agriculture Of Cornell unt-
versity has, under the Nixon or agricul-
tural extension bill, undertaken to asst3ts
free Of expense, all teachers who wish TO
introduce this work into their schools.
All parents and teachers interested IN this
work are asked to send their address fnr
more detailed information to Chief Clerk.
College Of Agriculture, Ithaca, N. Y.--Gar-
dening.
The herald., 1897-05-23

language; but as an assistant in merely
learning the meaning of words IT is not
worth half the time it takes. Derivation
lis much like relationship in persons.
After you know 1t you can see a resem-
blance; but until then 1t is almost as
often misleading as leading. The special
meaning adopted into English is as hard
to get as the general meaning, and even
more important. We can see the same
words made from English: a mailbag
is a bag in which to carry mail; but a
carpet-bag is not bag to carry carpets
in, any more than a monkey-wrench is
a thing to wrench monkeys with.
The reason of so much wasted en-
ergy in study is that studies are selected
by men who have made business of
teaching, and not by those who are
scholars and also practical men Of af-
fairs. Let man devote his life to some
special subject and he begins to attach
undue Importance to trifies-that is. he
becomes, to some extent, crank. We
see this especially in many lawyers
who, when they have practiced long
enough to get upon the bench, make use
of the acumen they have developed in
trying to find flaws in the other attor-
neys' papers. Their principal study is
then to see how case can be kicked
out Of court-not how it can be kept in.
Teachers who have spent the greater
part of a lifetime in drilling pupils into
perfection come to look at the outward
flourishes of learning as the soul. They
follow the old rut in which the musty
cranks of the dark ages have Travelled
in the pursuit of what was then called
learning The method was we'll enough
for those who had nothing in life but
ambition to be exact scholars and were
willing to go through. the drudgery nee
essary to reach the goal. But to apply
the same methods today to young minds
that have to leave SO much room for
other things necessary to equip them
Tor. the race of life is barbarism.
1t is not to be denied that any one Of
these useless branches of learning is
in itself a benefit IL studied. The only
objection ie that SO many of them dis
place something better, while almost
all of them are so loaded down with
unnecessary refinements that the pu-
pill is disgusted and dishearteneds His
studying is rot learning, and the very
best scholar is too much like a preco-
cious boy OF ten who has crammed
Gould Browns Grammar of Gram
mars" until he can repeat every long
winded rule like parrot. The impress
sion that remains on his brain is about
like that on the brain Of the parrot.
T. S. VAN DYKE.
The herald., 1897-05-23
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In spite of the progress of the last
fifty years and Of the wider spread
of general intelligence it is doubtful If
we have made much improvement over
our fathers in the selection Of studies for
the young.
The great difficulty in all times has
been to distinguish between pigeon hole
knowledge, which the wise never at
tempt to carry in their heads, but merely
want to know what and where it is SO
that it can be used in case of emergency,
and finger-end knowledge with which
one should be ready at all times and
places 1t is easy to say that the old
three Rs, ''readin'. ritin' and rithmetic," ="
belong to the latter class, but when we
attempt to go much beyond these and
say that this or that is of sufficient prac-
teal use to justify learning it thor
oughly, unless one is to be a specialist
In that branch, we are quickly at sea
Even in arithmetic we find this distinc-
lion. for while one should have percent
age. interest, fractions and few other
things on his fingers ends it is not SO
with the cube root and some other
branches. Not once in lifetime does
the ordinary business man have occa sion
to do sum in cube root and if he does
he will have to refer to the arithmetic.
No matter how we'll he may once have
known it the chances are that he will
never correct the second trial divisor
even if he gets that far. Not often i'll
engineering does one have to do a sum
even in square root, and If there is much
of it to do it is far easier to use logar
itlms. while both the cubes and squares
and roots of numbers are now tahulated
like interest up to the point most likely
to be in use. For practical use the
greatest common multiple, greatest
common factors and other rules are al
most Wcl thless, because such sums as
where the two hands of a clock will next
meet after starting do not arise In any
business that nine hundred and ninety
nine men out Of thousand ever have
occasion to do. 1t is much the same with
allegation, and the distinction between
allegation medal and alternate is about
as practical in the affairs of life as the
celebrated difference between tweedle-
DUN and tweedledee.
1t is not easy to say we have improved
very much upon the methods of our
fathers. Much of our alleged improve
ment is like that in grammer or SEN
tence building in which very simple
subject is overloaded with distinctions
that fail to distinguish. The adverbial
adjunctive modifying clause and sew
eral other fine points are entirely I'M
known to the best writers of the age
and there is not one who would take the
trouble to remember what they are for
five minutes. They merely substitute
words for sense and deluGe the student
with the idea that he is learning some
thing. They are much like the defini-
tions, rules and distinctions in the rhe-
toric that used to be taught and which
bear remarkable resemblance to the
rhetoric still taught in our colleges. The
satire of Bishop Butler in Hudibras on
this point was one of the truest in the