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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-03-17

Ben Humphreys. who i, our pres-
cut able district attorney, will be
elected without opposition this time.
lie mas served our people ably aud
faithfully, and 1T his cuuntry's call
volunteered his services against the
enemy. Ben is more than popular
WITH all who know him. Our coun-
Try as well as the other countries
composing his district, will be solid
Tor MIN because we can't spare HIM.
lie Is the dread OF criminals and the
nero of all law abiding citizens.-Ex
The above compliment is but one
OF many paid our friend and towns.
men. Mr.. b. &. Humphreys by The
press and people of this district.
Mr.. Humphreys record as an officer.
citizen and soldier is without 4 stain
ana his future is as bright as that of
any young man in the state. We
are Tor him for anything he wants.
ana thls expression is heard through
out the district. lie will have no
opposition in the race for District
attorney this time which alone
speaks for his unquestioned ability
Had popularity.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-03-17

1t begins to be very apparent, that
the Governor knew what lie was
about when he appointed Hon. ". V.
Sullivan to the L. $. Senate. lie
has made an able, seryiceablc SEN
ator, and the appointment is a credit
to the Goyernor.-Dispatch.
1t was not the fault of the Gov
e%rnor's, that Hon. W. V. Sullivan
made a good Senator. The trade
with him for the place vas closed be-
fore his abilities or states manship
was attcsted and had he proved IA
failure it would have been the same.
Senator Sullivan acts was no surprise
to his friends for all recognize him
as a mar of shrewdncSs and ability.
His future is bright and hls star
Of success is only dimmed by a small
cloud Of LcLauriniSru which will
IN time pass away and then it will
stand forth as Il leader Of the ncople
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-03-17
THAT COURTROOM TRAGEDY.

The Times Promoter Of fernando
came out last week in defense OF
Campbell, the deputy who killed
Norvell during the last session of the
circuit court in that county. From
the article w judge it was written in
answer to misstatements made con
corning the case by the Greenyille
Herald, the Senatobia Democrat and
other papers who criticised, and had
it stopped at this it would have left a
beneficial impression upon the general
public, but as we follow the article on
and see it endeavoring to justify this
awful deed by unknown facts, un-
proven charges and the poverty and
unpopllarity of the dead man, we
must confess that it fell at our feet
like the well aimed arrow of a broken
bow. There is no act in our eyes that
can justify a man, sworn as an officer
OF the law to protect a prisoner, who
will without warning o. defense de-
%liberately take that prisoners life.
the contrary, the officer should
have given his own life, If need be, to
protect the prisoner at the bar from
any and all attacks on his life. The
thought which first Strnck our mind
on reading of the occurrence was that
the recent brutal murder of brother
and friends had unbalanced his mind
and he believed this man Noryell to
be at the bottom of it all: that when
the court turned him loose, before
judgment, the deed or self could get
control Of the mind, his finger had
pulled the trigger and a life had been
taken, n Of Gods commandments
broken, and in "A more unforgiving
light stood Campbell instead Of Nor
veil, maybe not before the people Of
DeSoto, as the Promoter says, but be-
fore the balance of the world. Pub
lie sentiment, the breath of the devil,
no doubt livened the dying Goals of
Campbell's forgivlng heart, and its
constant whispering of the cowardly
nature skill him." she killed your
brother" II would die if l were you
before he should live" is in a large
measure responsible, no doubt, for the
act, and Campbell, poor fellow, will
soon tind out, like Others before him,
that this sentiment will change, If it
has not done so already, and in the
same voice cry out chang him."
Awful, awful! Our sympathies so
out to him, for in committing this
act he no doubt thought he was doing
it to avenge the murder OF his brother
and companion, but instead he has
brought disgrace upon the name and
stained his hands with the blood of
his fellow man that printers ink will
not hide nor the courts of Justice
erase, and only before the judgment
bar Of heaven will it be decided.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-03-17
is THE MAN.

From The Biloxi Review.
We invite attention to an article
taken from The Commonwealth of
Greenwood and appearing elsewhere
In this paper, on the candidacy of
Maj. James X. Vardaman for gov
ernor. The Review is not fighting
any of the candidatcs-they are all
good men, but we believe Vardaman
the best, and not because we love
them less, but because we love
Vardaman more, we are supporting
him against the field. We believe
the claims of Major Nardaman
should have at this. time special
weight with the people, in that he
has shown that devotios TO duty far
outranks with him the aggrandize-
ment of personal ambition. Be-
lieving the declaration of war
against Spain was founded in justice
and right, he left home and friends
to take up arms in defence of his
country's honor and bravcd the
pestilences of Il foreign field to de-
fend the cause in which his country
enlisted. And when the tocsin of
peace was sounded and his official
position made it so that with a
stroke of the pen he could return to
his native soil, he deemed it that
duty called him to stand with the
boys who had followed his leadership,
until they, too, would he allowed to
return. And there he is to-day.
looking after the comforts of the
well and ministering to the needs of
the sick and distressed. Having
declared his ambition for the high
office of governor of his state, none
will question that he would be glad
to prosecute his claims before the
people. but with men of such
Character as he, duty takes the lead
before all else, and it matters not
how much his interest here may
suffer for lack Ct his personal atten-
tion, he will stand by his men to
the end. The people are always just
and ever quick to recognize and APP
pIaud a mans devotions to the calls
of honor and duty and we do not be.
lieve they will forget at this time
the claims of Major Vardaman upon
their appreciation and c%onsidera-
ton. The efforts In some quarters
to make Of him a f~actional candidate
will find no favor with the intelligent
voters Of the state, and will result in
the discontinue OF those engaged in
such unworthy deeds. The charge
has its foundation IN the fact that he
as an editor criticised the public acts
Of public officials. Those who op-
pose his candidacy have been unable
to find a stain upon his character or
Il flaw upon his fitness for the high
position to which he aspires and
have dege "erated to the unworthy
warfare Of slurs. In this Is exem-
plitied the straits to which they are
driven, and coming out If all scatch-
less, as he does, such attacks will
only result to bring forth more con-
spicuously the real merit IT Major
Vardaman's life and character.
With a character spotless and clean,
and endowed with a high order OF in
telligence his induction into the
Office Of governor Of this state Will be
an epoch in her history, marking the
beginning Of an administration separ-
ate from bargains scandals and
shame.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-03-17

Of the boys who followed Captain
Nardaman to Cuba from Lehore county.
five will never return. Their bodies lie
beneath Cuban soil and their noble
spirits have returned to the God who
game them. We trust the others will
be allowed to leave before another
rainy season.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-03-17
VACCINATION AS A PREVENTIVE.

Apropos the announcement Of
smallpox in the county and the
numerous vaccinations In town, it
may be entertaining to know that
this year is the 103rd anniversary Of
the adoption by the medical fratern-
ity of vaccination as a preventive of
smallpox, and like many other great
discoveries now used by physicians
for the benefit OF mankind, for exam
pie, the prevention OF scuryy, the
prevention Of typhuS fever, and the
famous little hyperdermic syringe,
vaccination was not discovered by a
doctor, but that noble profession has
studied it scientifically and given it
to the world as n of the most val
liable of gifts. In IVA IN English
farmer named Benjamin Jesty no.
ticing that those who contracted a
sore, usually on the hand, from milk
ing a COW who had sore teats, in
other words those who caught cow
pox from the cows did not have
smallpox when exposed, and so he
vaccinated his wife and his two sons.
The record does not show that he
was certain enough Of his discovery
to vaccinate himself, but he should
not be robbed of any of the glory on
this account, about twenty years
after DIR. Edward Jenner, a young
country doctor, hearing a mixer say
that she would not have the small
pox because she had caught the cow
pox from a COW, began to make in
vestigations Of the subject by In
oculating himself and others, with
the result that on the 14th day Of
May, 1896, he begun to make practi-
cal use publicly of his Investigations,
and it l79S reported his labors to the
medical journals of the day. The
first vaccinations done subjected the
operators to the greatest censure and
abuse. His neighbors came very
near mobbing Farmer Jesty for this
outrageous treatment Of his family
thinking Of course he was crazy or
very wicked. And DR., Jenner was
abused and made fun Of by nearly all
Of the medical fraternity, but you
can't keep a good man down. He
saw he had a good thing and so he
pushed it along. DR.. VIM. NJ. WEIGH
Of the Hospital for Infectious Diseas-
es of Philadelphia, publishes some
interesting figures as to the results Of
vaccination. They show that in the
great majority Of cases vaccination
produces immunity from the disease
and where a case Of smallpox does
occur in a person who has n or
more good scars the mortality rate
is very low. SO that this simple little
procedure not only keeps off the
disease usually. but in those rare in
stances where it does not do this, it
renders smallpox approximately harm
less. In l474 cases of persons who
had good scares the mortality rate
was 81 per cent. In 1926 cases
which had not been previously vac
cinated the mortality rate was 80
per cent. In another class of cases
he shows that inhere there were no
good scars the death rate was 62I per
cent in I'LL Gases and where there
were good scars another table shows
the mortality was nat. All actual
facts, and to show that vaccination
is a safe guard which no thoughtful
person should neglect, and parents
should see to it that all the children
are vaccinated. Fl,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-03-17
DECLARES FOR vARDAMAN.

The Natclcz Bulletin p%ronounces
for Nardaman for governor, as fol-
lows ''Thc Bulletin has not eX-
pressed preference foI any one of the
seven gentlemen who have their anu
bition headed towards the governors
chair at Jackson. 1t is u%ndeniable
the state would be safe under the
guidance Of either one of them. We
shall be perfectly frank in saying
that 1t world not be difficult for us
to fall in love with Colonel Varda-
man, and become devoted to him as
IA first choice among the even good
and true gentlemen. 1t should not
be difficult for anyone to become en-
anlored of him, for there is some-
thing supremacy attractive in an in
dlyidual SO entirely faithful to duty
as Colonel Nardaman has shown him
self to be. He is in the fetid atmos-
phere of the West Indies, conscien-
tiously fulfilling the hard tasks of
a soldiers life. There would be no
inSurmountable obstacle in the way
OF his rcSigning his commission, re-
turning to his native health, and,
upon the honOrs he has won for tidcl-
ity in civic and military spheres,
make Il triumphant canvass of this
state. lie chooses rather to remain
In the wearing harness he voluntarily
placed upon himself. We are drawn
to Il man of such mold. The hour
when these words are penned is just
after midnight, and whilst under
the inspiration Of the thoughts above
recorded, we would like to get up
and shout, 'lIuarah for Vardaman!'
Such Il proceeding in the quiet OF the
night hour would be of the nature of
Il peace disturbance. Ii he were a
politician lie would probably best adj
vance his cause be striding over the
state >pecchmaking. He prefers the
ploddins path of irksome duty, and
we believe the people of the state
will honor him for his preference,
Certainly we do"
There is not Il friend Of that noble
Ml>>iS>ippian. Mayor James X. Ward
man, but who. when hc reads the
above, will cry out in his WI heart,
II not aloud, "lIurrah for Nardaman
ard the Natchez Bulletin" Like
editor Of The Bulletin, we feel the
state would be safe under the guild
anceof either one of the distinguished
gentlemen, but Vardaman's unswery-
ering duty to Democracy, his recog-
nized ability as Il statesman and
ruler, his prompt response to the
state in times of war, and his fidelity
to his men. returning to them instead
OF reSigning and pressing his claims
for governor, gives him Il preference
for the Office over every other candi.
date in the race today. A scholar OF
George, he is the friend Of the people
and a ruler of men. This was proven
IN the last state convention when he
was called to act as chairman, for no
sooner had he accepted the gavel from
the hands of the grand old man than
it was silenced and the business be.
fore it transacted. We are proud Of
our choice. as is every other paper in
the state who has his name at their
mast head, and at this moment, for
fear we may forget it, We extend an
invitation to his able opponents and
opposing editors to be present at the
inauguration. We assure all a royal
good time.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-03-17

Hon. John Sharp Williams stopped
in the city last Wednesday on his way
to Winona. 1t is the first time we ever
had the pleasure of meeting the hon.
ored representative of the Fifth and We
found him the agreeable and pleasant
gentleman he was represented to us.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-03-17
Senator Jones Of Arkansas, chairman
of the National Democratic executive
committee, Is in q dangerous condition.
Bright's Disease.

Bright's Disease is no respector Of
persons; it attacks men and women,
the strong and robust, tbs rich and
poor. the active body and brain work
era, the fathers Of families, the bread
winners in every sphere Of life. seeming
to choose for its victims those only whs
can least be spared. Smiths Sure Kid.
ney Cure is the only guaranteed rem
edy for Bright's Disease. Your money
back It 1t tails to cure. Price 80 cents.
For sale by all druggists.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-03-17

Every church and school house should
take out insurance in the Mutual Fire
Insurance company OF West Point. It
costs you less.
, 1899-02-06
ppRsoNAL AND orHpRw1sE.

On the first Of January Tommaso
salvini celebrated his seventeen birth
day. He has a ca-ee, on the stage OF
more than fifty years.
One Of the most dressy men In the
house of representatives Is Congress-
man James A. Norton OF Ohio. He has
hak a dozen snowy w~aistcoats, innum-
cradle stylish cravats and always wears
a pink carnation in the lapel OF hta
coat.
Senator Hoar Is known as one OF the
best livers in the senate, and as such
enjoys the most exalted respect OF all
walters In the senate restaurant.
Marcus H. Wheeler. father Of Ella
Wheeler Wilcox. the writer. died at
his home, near Madison, Wis, last week
at the age Of 81.
Mrs. William Astor Of New York re-
Gently paid $4,000 for q set OF Dresden
china of an extremely rare quality and
fragile character.
In accordance with the terms OF hh
will, Reuben ]. Smith, who died al
Amesbury, Mass. is to be buried In .
tomb recently completed. the body be-
ing placed in a chair in a sitting po-
, 1899-02-06

Charles NJ. Pepper, whose friends in
Washington are urging his appoint
ment as librarian of congress to sue
coed John Russell Young, was for sew
eral years the chief correspondent of
the national capital of the Chicago Tri-
bune. Before the outbreak of the
Spanish war he went to Cuba to repre-
sent a syndicate of newspapers, and
he is now at Havana in the same SER
vice. Many of his dispatches and let
ters have appeared in the Tribune. Mr..
Pepper was an alternate delegate-at-
large from Illinois to the republican
national convention of 1896.
, 1899-02-06
THERE ARE OTHERS

ID one of no u~p-to-date slang express
sions. This refers tc railroads as well
as other rhings. There are other rail-
roads, we will admit, but There are no
others having Electric Lighted trains
between the Missouri river and Chi
cago. The Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul railway leads In all things. Elec-
tric Lighted, Steam Heated, vestibuled
trains running over a stone ballasted
steel rail track give you a service
equalled by no other line. Through
Sleepers from Denver to Chicago.
Through Tourist Cars from San Fran
cisco to Chicago. We r the short line
between Omaha and Chicago. Why not
get the best at the same price you pay
for an inferior article. Try our line
once and You will use no other. For
time tables. maps, etc., call on or ad-
dress,
L. L. DOWNING,
212 g. West Temple st..
Commercial Agent,
Salt Lake City. Utah.
, 1899-02-06

The indianapolis Journal says: Per
haps no more bungling attempt at
craftsmanship was ever made than the
attempt Of Great Britain, the United
States and Germany to establish a
three-sided, three-cornered government
in Samoa, with the natives holding
more than the balance of power. The
attempt has been a failure from the
beginning, and If the United States
can get out of it with honor and a n
val station 1t should do SO. American
interests there. present and prospec.
tive, are important and should not be
sacrifice, hut some better way Of pre-
serving them them should be found
than the present mongrel government
, 1899-02-06
woMAN'S CLUB OFFICERS.

All department meetings are held
at Mrs. ]. w. T. Grsy's, corner Sixth
and Grand Avenue. Executive meet
ings occur on the first Tuesday even
ing of each month at the court house.
The General club meetings are held
on the last Saturday Of each month at
the club headquarters. At this meeting
the members are entertained by a pro-
gram given by one of the departments.
President-Mrs. Wilhelmina Brown.
First Vice President-Mrs. Mary
Preston.
Second Vice President-Mrs. Emma
Knight.
Third Vice President-Mrs. Nellie
Corthell.
Fourth Vice President-Mrs. Emma
Symons.
Recording Secretary-Mrs. Anna
Spafford.
Corresponding Secretary-Miss June
E. Downey.
Treasurer-Mrs. Harriet Balch.
Assistant Treasurer-Miss Nellie
Johnson.
Board of Directors-Mrs. Nettie
Harris, Mrs. Mary Bellamy, Mrs. Han
nah Durlacher, Mrs. Fannie Manasse,
Mrs. Elizabeth Ingham.
DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS.
SOCIAL SCIENCE. Meets second
and fourth Wednesdays, from $3.50 to 5.
Mrs. Nettie Harris, Chairman.
Miss Adelaide Brown, Secretary.
MOTHERS. Meets second and fourth
Mondays from 2:30 to 4.
Mrs. Annie Arnold, Chairman.
Mrs. Maud Buffum, Secretary.
HISTORY AND LITERATURE.
Meets first and third Saturdays from
8 to 1870.
Mrs. Anna DeLario, Chairman.
Mrs. Kate Holmes, Secretary.
ART. Meets first and third Thurs
days, from 1880 to 8 p. M.
Mrs. Emma Knight, Chairman.
Mrs. Eleanor Fox, Secretary.
DOMESTIC SCIENCE. Meets first
and third Saturdays, from 2:3O to 4.
Mrs. Fannie Manasse, Chairman.
Mrs. Lucy H~odgeman, Secretary.
HEALTH. Meets second and fourth
Tuesdays, from 2:30 to 4 p. M
Mrs. AIDA Ulen, Chairman.
Mrs. Cora Brees, Secretary.
MUSIC. Meets first and third Tues
days. from 7:30 to 9 p. m.
Miss Winant, Chairman.
Mrs. May Baird Campbell, Secretary
CURRENT EVENTS. Meets second
and fourth Wednesdays at 2 p. m.
Mrs. Jennie Land, Chairman
Mrs. Hattie Denig, Secretary.
, 1899-02-06

Daily Republican only SOC a month
, 1899-02-06

Mrs. 8. a.. Fackler, editor of the Mi
canopy (F1a-) Hustler. with his wife
and children, suffered terribly from La
Grippe. One Minute Cough Cure was
the only remedy that helped them. It
acted quickly. Thousands Of Others
use this remedy as a specific for La
Grippe, and its exhausting after effects.
Frank H. Eggleston.
, 1899-02-06
NERVE OF CUBAN PATRIOTS,

NERVE OF CUBAN PATRIOTS.
1t would be sad but not an astonish-
Ing thing to see the impetuous Gener-
eral Gomez yield the $50, OOO, 900 and
compromise on a cold potato.-Chicago
Times-Herald.
The eminently patriotic Maxine Co
mez is 'out for the stuff" to use the
language Of the street. His demand is
for $50, 900 900, and he refuses to dis
band his army until the sum is paid
Chicago Chronicle.
The curse of all Spanish-American
countries is the native general" A
few years ago the republic of Mexico
maintained on pay, at the City of Mex
leo, a large number of generals, some
times estimated at 1000. They had no
commands, they were simly thus hired
to keep them from mischief, from en-
gaging in revolutions or taking to the
high road, or, as it is called in Cuba,
going to the mountains" The United
States should be careful not to assume
itself or saddle upon the people of Gu
ba the support of a horde of generals.
Kansas City Star.
This shows a great love on the part
of Gomez-a love for sound money and
his soldiers. No doubt he wants to
give his original followers a cool mil
lion apiece. 1t is generous Of him to
divide up the sum among the alleged
40. 1000 recruits who have fiocked to his
standard since he began his campaign
on the United States treasury. 1t is
modest of him to be content with moth
ing more than an annual salary of SILL
900 for himself, with arrearages for
three or four years. The late General
Garcia was only o~ne-twentieth as pa
triotic as Gomez, for the agreed that
50, 0O0, 900 would be enough for the Gu
ban soldiers.-Chicago Tribune.
, 1899-02-06

sition, the door Of the tomb being
then locked and the key destroyed.
The grave of Chief Justice John Mar
shall, in Shockoe cemetery, Richmond,
Va Is utterly neglected. and a move
ment has been started to induce the
legislature to take some action in the
matter.
, 1899-02-06

These are dangerous times for the
health. Group, colds and throat trou-
bles lead rapidly TO consumption. A
bottle of One Minute Cough Cure used
at the right time Will preserve life,
health and a large amount of money.
Pleasant to take; children like it F.
H. Eggleston, druggist.
, 1899-02-06

The smallest things may exert the
greatest influence. DeWitt's Little
EARLY Risers are unequalled for over-
coming constipation and liver troubles.
Small pill, best pill, safe pill. F. H.
Egglestnn, druggist.