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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-12-08
RAILROAD COMBINATION.


Nearly every week Some new combi-
nation is reported. 1t does not seem
an "~Naggcration to say that "" may
soon see all the railroads of the roun-
try controlled by five mon. and these
agreed that there shall be no cumpctj-
tion between them. Practically a uni
vcrsnl railroad trust or monopoly.
The railroad freight bills of the rouu-
try will this year exceed 81 600. 900. 900,
over $1a for every man. woman and
child, or am average of SOS for each
family. The passenger travel viii
amount to onc-third as much.
There are over 91O,U . men ON
ploy"d by the railroad companies, or
about one-tourteentb Of the total yot-
ing population, all more or less de
pendent upon the officers Of these rail-
roads for their daily bread. These Of.
ticcrs are controlled by the five tinan-
ciers who form the governing power
of the railroad trust or combination.
What a vast political power they can
WELD, and they did use it in tn" last
national election, and viii again use
il in the next one. All this great POI
liticaE power was used for the rcpub-
Leans, and in addition a vast sum sub.
scribed to the Hanna-McKinlry cam
paign fund.
Why were these railroad MI in favor
of the republicans? And why are the
republican leaders favorable to the
railroads? And why do they set their
faces like a stone wall against enforc-
ing the antitrust laws and giving the
interstate commerce commission the
power they have asked for? The an
swer 10 these questions is sclf-cvi-
dent.
To pass resolutions against trusts,
as Mr., Hanna did in the platform Of
the Ohio republican convention, or to
repeat these or stronger ones in the
next republican national platform will
not blind the eyes Of the voters of the
United States, unless they are particl-
pating in the Doodle provided by the
trusts and railroad combinations, and
disbursed with lavish hand by the
Hanna-McKinley political STRIKERS
Jcffersonian Democrat.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-12-08
FOUNDER AND FOUNDERER.


The Chicago Tribune tells a little
story Of village prosperity, etc, which
will be found appIicabIcin thousands Of
instances since the day of Mckinley
prosperity began 10 dawn on the United
States, The Tribune says:
"Yes. sir, that's the man. He started
a factory here % years ago, when this
was nothing but crDssroad. His bust
ness grew till he had a shop that EN-
ployed nearly a thousand hands, and
this became one Of the most prosperous
little cities in the state"
"WcllP'
well. then he sold out TO a trust, IN.
factory was closed and all the psople
moved away from here. He founded the
town, and he founGered it,"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-12-08
Mr.. BRIAN IN NEBRASKA
The Democratic Lcadrr IL Read, aud
Ia The Point with II RrpGu-
lean lnterrugairr.

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;,r Air. pr,,nt, ,nur 81 \.hr,yL, and
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md dom I'D rh,, prc,it,r, Nrkf,tr, de-
Sire. 10 ro,,i, N. p~hil,nrir,. who're.
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Mr. Rryor ol,n,rd mis- ,er,,nrr from,
or. Of N.Einnu,, -. .,.aor,.. 81 r,uo,t
n~ar,,ft myself IN d,pb, ,bnt ,hr>, is.
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bo cor ,o. ,nf, .,hfno,,,ti..,u,. 1000.
hrt h,r5 in rhr,l ma rr~n.,,t,, urea,
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and cont. If ,our,rrc.. ,t,r -, ,,u f.,
doit,"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-12-08
ITS RELIGIOUS PHASE.


Every man who has read history must
believe that the only safety for religious
liberty is in a peoples government. \
liberty of right, and not by liberation.
It is in America that the prosecuted
eects Of the centralized governments Of
the world have found freedom OF wor-
ship and liberty Of conscience, II any
where in the world there is religious
tolerance to be found it is due entirely
to the example of the United States
in giving all a shelter free from perse.
cution. Do the good people who are
charged with fulsOme praise anent Mr..
Mckiniey's Philippine policy fully un-
derstand the gravity Of the outcome Of
that policy? Admitting that his pol
icy will carry the Bible with the flag
to the uttermost parts Of the earth and
transform Il civil government into an
apostolate. which one ot the numerous
sects will that apostolic Caesar accept
as his own? When the limita Of con
stitutional power have been transcend
ed, a new Caesar viii have been ere
attd. a Caesar that will not stop at
With the least decline in the principle
Of popular Sovereignty Will commence
an independent sovereignty not bound
by any restrictions upon its " con
duct. What then will become Of reIig-
ious liberty, a liberty so dearly bought?
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-12-08
VERY MUCH ALIVE.



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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-12-08
4 strange Ora vestOne

Up till the present time IL seems
that the bicycle has only figured once
in a scuIptured memorial Of The dead,
and TO a young Rio widow belongs the
credit Of having originated the idea in
this instance. She was introduced to
her late husband while out wheeling,
and, therefore, when death put an end
TO her marriage, she thought it suit
able TO introduce the cycle in her hus-
bands memorial. She accordingly de-
sired the sculptor 10 depict her first
meeting with her husband, bicycles
and all, and herself in RATIONAL
dress. In alto relieve on the marble
gravestone. The effect Ia said not to
be exactly Observation-Disclosures ~.
New.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-12-08
Chickasaw School Fund Distribution.

'' 80
several weeks Since a paragraph APP
reaIei in this department relatively to
the distribution of the ChiclIasav
school fund, for which we were not re-
sponsiblc. having been inserted without
our knowledge. We knew at the time
1t was not correct, and should have
called attention to the Slip made by its
author. The C~hickasaw school fund is
not distributed to the counties entitled
thereto according to the number of
educable children il EACH but accord
ing 10 the provisions Of an act approved
March I, 1896. The land commissioner
reports ~birnnial!y to the auditor the
acreage and valuation of lands in the
tWenty-thrce counties embraced in the
thicka,aw Purchase. The principal Of
the thlckasaw school fund, subject to
the semi-anuual interest, on October l.,
1891, was 1856, 800. 81, The amount APP
propriated to pay the interest Is per
cent per annutnl for the years 1898 and
1899 was $105, 0li.G2. This is divided
into four scmi-annual payments-$25,-
Oils. The auditor has recently sen
out the last inStallment for diStribu-
ton.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-12-08
THE PROFIT AND LOSS.
What Imperialism IL Costing the
People of the taitcd
siatS..

The treasury statement OF receipts
and eNprndit ares OF the government
for the month of October, 1899, and
the four months OF the CItreut fiscal
year, shows that the people OF the
United States, AT present, are pay inG
at the rate Of Sl25.GOO,O0J "A year for
keeping up a foreign establishment.
In other words, We are throwing away
on sentiment TO save the individual
William Mckinley the pain and morti-
I~icatiun of having 10 acknowledge mis-
takes dangerous TO the nation. made
by him as president, Mr.. Mckinley
has personally thanked the soldiers,
and the widows and orphans Of an un-
necessary war, for their sacrifices to
the grand old flag, all of which is
fudge and bumcomhr. and he has even
declared it an act of heroism for one
or amy number of men TO lay down
their lives upon the altar of their
country for the benefit Of others, the
survivors. But Mr.. Mckinley has not
made any sacrifices. is not willing to
make the slightest sacrifice, he ave-
demands that American citizens fail
down and worship his policy, he IN
sists upon his personality being the
test Of patriotism, and wrapped in the
flag which is not his property, but the
emblem of the nation, poses as o man
who is leading the nation to greatness
and prosperity.
Mr.. Mckinley. as a man, an iHdiyid-
spect or consideration than the hum
blcst American citizen. The high Of
fee he fills merits both. As an iudi-
yidual and as an official, the servant of
the people. what has he done, what is
he doing that he is bound to do under
the constitution which he accepted
and ratified when he took upon him
self the office Of chief executive?
When he shall gire information of the
state of the union to congress in his
annual message, as he must do, how
can he limit himself to the state OF
the union? His whole message be-
youd numerous platitudes concerning
prosperity, which be has repeated 5.
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entirely foreign to the union. He will
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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-12-08

The prices Of all articles Of hoiisehold
consumption are rapidly advancing on
account Of the trusts. Living expenses
are fully 80 per cent. higher this year
:han last. When The trusts are firmly
established and under full Roadway
they intend to absorb the entire earn
lngs of the people above the require
menis of bare Neutrality-suspicious.
Watch nan.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-12-08
THE FINANCIAL BREAK DOWN.


system al Finance.
The breakdown of the gold stand.
ard = much nearer al hand than most
Of las w]orshipers imagine, says the
J,iYerSouiau Democrat.
Siuce Hanna began to reign. bust.
ness has become SO mixed up with pol.
tiles that it is well to keep an eye to
wiudward and watchtul of squalls, If
not tornadoes, tina, generate in and
about Wall street. The expansion OF
what Wall street calls business has
lr>gn enormous and there is not enough
money to do il with. The banks have
been in dire straits for money and ii
has only been by the most l1r"ic MEAS.
urrs that thcN have kept their reserves
up to the legal requirements, The
contraction of loans has been going on
all the summer, and is % vet ended.
DuriuC the month ending August 5,
the New York banks contracted their
loans over $4,000, GOO. and the reserve
is only about one per cent, above the
legal requirements. The haukS at the
vow" '"',' '",,'' w
qua '''' '"''
date and up to the present time the con
traction of loans on stock collateral has
proceeded and money has been in such
demand that us high As 20 per cent.
has been paid for 1t.
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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-12-08

Protective tariffs are very nice
when they protect yoI, but when 9TH
er nations use them they are not SO
pleasant. Japan has adopted a pro-
tective tariff, and we are losing trade,
- . consequence.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-12-08
A Big Plant.

One Of the biggest, and boldest. and
costliest industrial plants yet planted
in Mississippi is that OF the Pearl River
Lumber Company, an exceedingly in.
teresting account of which appeared in
the last issue Of the Brook haven Leader.
After reading, and re-reading same. we
came to the unanimous conclusion that
our old State certainly has a move on
her. 1t is a stout statement to make,
but it is correct, that when this plant is
completed, it will not be eclipscd by
anything of it's kind in the United
States. A standard gauge road from
the |. G., crossing at Pearl river, nearly
u hundred thousand acres of the fines,
yellow pine lands in the world, two i'm.
mense mill buildings. with machinery
operated by two huge Corless engines,
tanks, ponds, tenant houses, stores
the total of this vast enterprise repre-
senting an invested capital of 5000, 900.
And the best of it all is that Brook.
haven capital, R~rookhaven push. and
Brookhaven pluck, are substantial fac,
tors in all the affairs of this big, broad
gagged enterprise.
The fact that considerably less thar
one-half the registered voters of Mis-,
Of ,sippi cast their ballots in the late
) ate election shows one of two things:
A t,,apj,,,G ,p1t, r.-, 49, 49,. II
primary is the principal election. II
the primary decides the fate of candi.
dates then none but qualified electors
should participate in it. 1t has been
suggested that in order to approximate
the voting strength of the State, the
highest aggregate vote for any one
office In each county be given and tabu.
lated. This writer will soon be able &c
give the result of such an investigation,
which he has been conducting since the
primary elections took place.
The Hattiesburg Daily Progress is
the name of the h%andsomest, the
brightest and the newsiest newspaper
in the State. Its first issue was on
November 81, and it has come to stay.
II the next legislature takes up the
dog-tax question it will strike a snag
worse than the new capitol question in
1896 and 1897. Who will have the
temerity to introduce a bill?
The Mississippi Conference will meet
ia Vicksburg on Wednesday. the 18th
inst. Bishop Fitzgerald will preside.
A match factory and a pants factory
are to be added to the industries of
Vicksburg.
William Barksdale chapter. United
Daughters of the Confederacy. was or.
ganized at the Industrial institute and
college on the 10th, with a membership
of 2,4s5, the largest in the state. 1t
was organized by Mrs. Lizzie George
Henonson, Of Greenwood, who stopped
over for that purpose on her return
from Richmond. Miss Anna Abbott,
Of Natchez. is president; Misses Kate
Clisby, Of West Point, and Martha Eek,
ford, Of Aberdeen, vice-presidents
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-12-08
ARP AT MERIDIAN.
De Writes About the Remarkable
Growth of the City.
Town Hun On Temperance Principles
~-\"gr"r. There Are iiRppy aud
tnDirni"d-Ihr stars THAI
Didn't Fall.

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"'"'" INV " "i"Pl'"s GOWN ioi 'he
'''' ''''h ON 'h' N'"nAinA "feht south
'lh ''''''i ne 'i'F' III less nan e'apt
h'''s Nh''' s''P'. h'a"'l'nl cars hha
u >"'""'" I'''N mace the TRIP II pleas"
N'' even u" u veteran had some nat
t'''hS cats I" the cotton belt Of Ala
""h'' "u" N'NN'5NlPlH' ana as the iafd-
or N'N low auU 'h' 'nhllIN purse looked
lhe an elephant had trod on II, and
''N'N "'f" I" pay and coal I" buy. and
Wy '''''''' '"'NN were III ltra ol WiN-
ter garments my VA" sad ! had bet
t'f 20. 'hai S"liIrd II, and here | am
III N''IulAh' Many years nave passed
S'''" ! VISITED 'i's growing city, and
ta'"iF recognize A. 1t has since grown
lf"'h Hoo 'o j>,nO0 people, md now puts
~ metropolitan AIRS Tor II IL the iarg-
est town u" MIhI*HSipph II used Ia
I've u dIr'N place, and was n dug
nnt for saloons and d~'Srcputable quar-
tiers. Ni\ years ago 'h'r' was u great
'"aN'u'rH ana the saloons were nbo'-
'~ll'h ana many OF those WI" supports
u'oh' gro" III me streets ms was pre-
'iirj'd, hut The town took on new HE.
MI b'ai was elected mayor on tenn
~''rhnrt principles II "A system o.
puhh" improvement, was ihhuguraftd.
Sincet then so milesofsrwernEe has been
Iaid ana ~ miles OF sidewalk paved and
~ h'"'hS % streets graded and paved
wan 'l'r'h'd hrIoh ana as many more
VAN eh'r', " COTTON mills ana an
on NM an" a 1'rtl''h''g factory ana u
splendid system OF wntcrworks have
o''h established, n'N large buildings
'or the publ" schools have been erect
ed NV" female colleges nave been
p'nn''d there The new city has gas
works and street cars ana new resi-
d"nc's with handsome architecture nrc
IN sight Of all the hlgh lands 'hh' en-
NIron the city, ! never knew before
'hnt there was n NH WITHIN mics or
Meridian, but thcr" are not only hills,
but a mile or " south there are noun
tain ridges Ills" those IN upper Georgia,
and from these come the cushing
springs that supply the city w'th the
pttr'st water. 1her" rs no better Kept
h"'ci IMAM 'h' southern goo" iHr''
good beds. good service oil every h'ho~-
and VIVA, was pest OF al 7" me me P'o-
pl' gave me 1" good audience an 81
I''t, 'Sp''lAi'N 'he w 'o''fR' e'''s "ho
anne hr'"\'d III c"'l'Rc uniforms
saw more cotton Yesterday YIN" EYER
saw before a' Que '''h' "hu p'"''' Wv.
rIhinn congresses an" n''fh''A i'"''''
'al'S' ana h"'i OF II IS 'h'r' 10" !" '"s
warehouses ana ""'h'n'.
Nhllr at breakfast ma" morning '"'
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-12-08
Si85, Gl6,3i3 W $i,1ji,I3o 70
FOR 1899.
Mississippi Finances.

The biennial report Of State Treasurer
May for the two fiscal years ending
October /, 1899. will show;
FIRST YEAR
Cash on hand October !, 1884 .......S 52,sl4 Ob
Receipts during year. .....,,..., 49,, i,h,@15I. -
1885, sl 80
Disbursements on payments. q. go. LAGOS &c
Special warrants Canctlei .....,.-- 10 w
BHlauce In treasury October |, ls'S-. IH",ill u
-----
Sl,62t, 1874 %
ECDND YEAR.
lash on hand October !, 1895 ........S 1881 ~
Receipts during year.. ...'...,.. l,oU3,"'d -
Sl,7sI,i "A o.
Disbursements on payments, go" l,i5d,o ~
Special warrants Cancelled -. v.- ID "
Balance in treasury October |, 1899 35j,7n' ~
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Il Ts- I1 ~
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-12-08

Valuations, Taxes and Polls-1S9S, 1899.
FOR 1895.
State Tax
Valuation. G., Mills,
Realty. ,......,.. sll3, 2l0.93l 90 : $3.50 %
Personality. .. $50. lT,lSi, .05 10 3OG,G75 50
IOlls, 900 each. pa, 10 % a4e, 80 ~
Railroad, Telegraph.
Express and Sleep
Ing Cars. ......,.. 5,22i,507 90 1G5,0jl -
sls5, Gl6,3i3 % $~i,75i,I5o 70
FOR 1899.
State Tax
Valuation. Ga NIL.
Sll3,slO,93i 90 S 1851 %
Is, 25S,6 % 3l3,b,l %
Fol S, $500 each...... 2Ij,S71 W j4I,t5l %
Railroad, Telegraph,
Express and Stegp-
Ing Cars. .,.,.. 26,3iI .3j3 W lI,-3I 81
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-12-08
Total non-payable debt -. ....."S 'e5o' ~.
1sial payable aud non-payable .'.'. 2,oIo,ei'
A knightly Mississippi Message.


At the conclave of Aberdeen Com
AAandery No. II, Knights Tcmplar' on
the night of Nov. %, the following was
adopted by unanimous vote and ordered
wired TO Admiral Dewey.
ToSAdmiral George Dewey, Washington
n. G.: We extend our hearty sympathy III
your late trouble, and indorse your action
as being entirely within your own personal
prerogativs. As American citizens we CON
denim the vulgar and unjust criticism cast
upon you and will remember your gallantry
and patriotism without u gift with a cable
attachment"
Hon. T. W. Hardwick, a member Of
the Georgia legislature, has introduced
Z bill providing for an educational quail
eatiou for suffrage, on the Mississippi
=. and the colored Bishop Turner is
2 the earth about it. If he would
himself as to how it works in
eippi he would not be giving his
Iacb mischievous advice as he is
Ing.
II. H8rgro'c' Vi VIC AN"J""~
ntinues to do splendid mission
X in disseminating information
btton factories--their need, how
them, etc.
~ C. Kincannon has qualified as
commissioner for the Second
Ext meeting Of the State His
5ciety will be held in jackson
February, instead of during
week in January. Us heretofore
Prof. Riley will the
s. 9MMss publish the program as soon
arranged. He reports that
eS3nr1 ially valuable papers are
Nd for the next meeting.
Ss 4 doing = good work, and
to know 1t grows in in
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-12-08
PAYABLE DEBT

wv 81
PAYABLE DEBT.
Bonds, series II, January /, 1917. ..,.s @D %
Mississippi s per cent bonds, act OF
March 10. 1895, due Jan. l, 1907. oW,mu u"
1erest 90 sGme. past due .,":.. $40 VI"
Isss .."' '''' EN"... 1913, 900 o.
Interest on same. past due. ..,.,.,,; sso w
Interest Oh s per cent bonds no paIu HI u"
Five per cent bonds. act OF Mafch
is, 1876, due Jan, 1, 1906. ,.....,.," sV''oW ",
Interest on same, past due.."..."' i.Sd %o
Certificates OF Indebtedness ...,.,,,. .,t4a ~
Railroad tax distributiye. .......".. w
Outstanding warrants. ..,... ....... so''o- %
----------
Total payable debt Sl'"o''f' VI
S~ON-PAYABLE DEBT.
On this debt the interest alone is pay
able).
ChIekRsaw school fund ........"."S S7Iss'Si z,
Seminary fund University ........' otf'Vel %
AgricuI,u rai & per cent bonds, inter-
EST paid the two Agricultural tdi- ,o ~
reyes. ...,...........'. '.'''-s''' ~"
------'
Total non payable debt o.. ....'.S oJo' w o.,
Total payable aud non payable ''''' Z'ooo'"'' %
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
WayneSyiIle' schief Executive
I and a Brilliant Member
of the North Caro-
lima Bar
HE WAS ELECTED MAYOR IN 1896
And Reelected In 1897, '98 and SO, One Of.
the Young Men Upon Whose Should
ers Gracefully Rests the Flu
ture Of the State.
ture OF the State

III. X. Ferguson, one of the most
prominent of the younger lawyers in the
western part of the State, was born IN
Haywood county in 1871, and was pre-
pared for college ut the Waynesville
High School He entered the State