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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

At the session of the supreme lodge
Knights and Ladies of Honor in In
dianapolis, last month, the grand lodge
of Mississippi was complimented in the
selection of two of the most important
officers. j. T. Goodwin, of Water Val
ley, was elected supreme guardian, and
5. b. Watts, of Meridian, was appointed
chairman of the committee on laws.
A new schedule of rates goes into eff
feet Jan. I. 1t is based upon attained
age and equitably graded.
The age of admission to the relief
fund, for both sexes, is extended to 50
GEARS.
The certificate fee and supreme med.
ical examiners fee will be abolished
after January.
This fratcrnal order is very prosper
Gus, and the late meeting was distin-
guished for harmony and the sensible
measures adopted ia the interest Of the
membership. The next session of ike
supreme lodge will be held at Detroit
in September, 1901. If all the other
supreme" bodies would meet bien-
nially the saving of expense would
Tighten the burdens of the membership.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10
CHURCH DISSERTATION,
4 rrivat" ofn Minnesota Regiment Throws
Light on the t~ontrover.y Between
Archbishop Ireland and Funston.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Nov. A-Thomas
Campbell, late Of the Thirteenth Min
nesota regiment. says the controversy
between Gen. Funston and Archbishop
ireland regarding church Dissertation
IN the Philippines is based on a miSun
dcrstanding Of the facts. lie says that
he himself is u Catholic and that there
was "A score or more Catholics in hts
company, all Of whom had rs many
church relics as did their Protestant
comrades, The reason, he says, Is that
The Flipinos tbemselvc, had drSccratrd
the churches before the United States
troops ann The bindings were
~lOopcd-holcd for small arms and used
rs store houses and hospitals, 50 that
the destruction Of the buildings became
a strategic necessity, The paraphcr-
MALTA either had to be taken away on
suffered destruction with the building.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10
THE DOLLARS AT WORK,
How silver would Get Into Cjrc4,Iu.
ton Under the system Of
Free CoinBgr.

How would silver get into circulation
under free coinagc? Many correspon.
dents ask for information N this point
and a brief answer will be given. I'm.
der free coinage the owner Of silver bul.
lion would take il to the mint and lta,s
it coined into dollars. With these dol.
lars h" would pay his employees, pur.
chase his sopplies, pay his taxes. debts
and all other expenses. The persons
thus receiving them would in like man
trr pay their debts and liabilities and
meet their expenses. Thus it would
make It's rounds and find its way
through the entire community. Not
only would 1t at once enter into circu-
%lation. but il would have the effect of
bringing a larg amount of money into
rs" that is now lying idle. As silver
tioatcd out into the channels of trade it
would raise prices and stimulate busi-
ness. When prices rise money always
comes from its hiding places for invests
ment. When property is going up men
will buy it, expecting to reap a profit
from The rise. When prices ADVANCE
when property becomes dearer -- 1t
means that money is getting cheaper.
Therefore men who have money are
anxious to avoid loss by converting
their money which is falling into prop
rrty that is rising. This explains why
il is that in seasons of falling prices ana
business stagnation there always seems
to be a superabundance OF money. That
is. a large mount of idle money for
which there is no use. When property
values are falling the man with money
holds on 10 II. Ne says: "If l buy now
the property will shrink In value and
Will lose. So | will wait until the bot
tom mark is reached" But as soon as Il
gets to the bottom he will buy, nrovid-
ed, always. that he sees a chance for an
upward movement. There is scarcely
anyone who has not acted upon this
principle. and who does not act upon Il
every day. Briefly and concisely stated,
the principle is this: When prices are
falling it is advantageous to hold on 10
our money If we have any; when prices
are rising it pays better to invest the
money IN property or in some produce
tive enterprise. The argument (?) by
the gold people that II we had free coin.
age the poor man would not be able to
get any OF the money coined presents
another Of their innumerable absurd
tiles and contradictions. In one breath
they insist that the poor man viii ~
loaded down with cumbersome to.csnt
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

An esteemed cOmraie of the civil war,
writing from DiIlard, Miss. in correct
ing some dates in a Roster Of Missis-
sippi Generals, iudulges in some reco!-
lections that will be appreciated by his
comrades of "the val between the
states We shall be pleased Ia receive
other brief sketches, ana viii utilize
them in these columns:
In an article of vours, recently published
you give 1861 a. the date of the death OF
Gen. Richard Griffith, when it should be
lsd2. He was near our re~giIneut-the Eigh-
teenth when struck by a shell that caused
his death. We were not engaged in resu-
lar battle at the time, An artillery duel
was going on, and a brisk sklrmish fire in
front that Sunday morning.
If | mistake not, the battles of Gettys-
burg were fought on the LIST. I'd aud ID Of
July, 1863. Our brigade fought on the "a.
SO that Gen. Barksdale was killed on that
date, instead of on the LIST, rs you have il,
The din and roar of battle seemed suited to
his nature.
History seems to have settled it that about
all the fighting at Gettysburg. worth men.
tioning, was done by Pickett's division,
Now, | venture the assertion, and am sure
the records will sustain me, that our brigade
did as much to discomtit the enemy, and
lost as many men, rs any brigade in
Plckett's division BY a brisk charge
through an open field, we drove back the
ppnpt ayrn,t n 1,t .F y,,n,ra Vrh, f,,~t,t
us for some time from a stone house, They
finally surrendered to us. At another
house, about n quarter of a mile OIL, the
enemy rallied and poured a heavy fire into
us. But they soon fell back.
When Gen. BarkSdale ordered forward
through an open field-about fifteen hun
dred yards from the second house, we found
the enemy in line of battle on the cast side
of u %raVine, some thirty yards wide, grown
up with saplings. Our brigade reduced
almost to ii skirmish line by caualties
occupied the west side. Here we had snap
shots at one another, some twenty yards
apart, till most of our men We're killed or
wounded, Lieut., Col. Luse, on whom the
command of the Eighteenth devolved after
Col. Griffith was wounded. sheathed his
sword, and used II Springfield, with all the
skill and vigor of a well-trained private,
He was captured at this rayiue. | suppose
Gen. BarkSdale was killed at this rayiue.
My gun failing to fire after three or four
snaps, | concluded to get the gun Of the first
man that fell. | did not have long to wait,
for in a few minutes four of my company
fell side by side. Yours, H. NJ. lioGG.
Gen, Griffith was killed at what is
known as the battle of Savage Station,
June %, 1862. In THE Rise and Fab
OF the Confederate Government" by
Mr.. Davis, referring to that battle, he
thus refers to his Acknowledgement of
the First Mississippi in the Mexican
war:
Our loss was small in numbers, but great
in value. Among Others who could i'll be
spared, here fell the gallant soldier, the use
fui friend and true Christian gentleman,
Brig. Gen. Richard Griffith. He had served
with distinction in foreign war, and, when
the South was invaded, was among the first
to take up arms IN defense of our rights.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

Secretary of State Power for the past
several weeks has been giving consid-
cradle attention to "A matter that will
prove of immense benefit To the State.
This Is the sorting out and gathering
together from the mass of old papers
and musty, mildewed documents and
books piled in the upper story of the old
capitol, all things Of value, and securing
the necessary pamphlets and docu-
ments to complete the file of Legislative
sessions and departmental reports.
The work was one of great magni-
tude. Great piles of books, papers and
pamphlets, many of them almost price
less, being records and documents per-
tanning to the early history of the
State, the ante. bellum and reconstruc-
ton periods, and which could not he
replaced if lost, were piled and heaped
in reckless fashion on the upper floors.
They We're covered with the accumu-
lated dust and dirt of years of neglect,
and had been long exposed to the
dripping water from the old and leaky
roof.
Col. Power decided to undertake the
work of going through this mass of
material and sorting the valuable ma
terial from the rubbish, and arranging
it where it could be taken care of. The
work was placed under the immediate
direction of his son George, who is now
just bringing the sorting and classify
ing process to a close.
One by one the rooms have been gone
over, the books assorted and placed on
shelves, the documents, papers and re-
ports placed in order and neatly boxed
and labeled, many things of immense
historic value being brought to light in
the process.
1t is now the Secretary of States in
tention, as his duties will permit, to
collect, if possible, and bind complete
and continuous reports of legislative
proceedings and departmental reports,
rs well as other books and pamphlets re-
cording the progress and history of
Mississippi. Such records will be Of
incalculable value and interest. The
Wonder is that so important a matter
should have been allowed to go SO long
as to make the task now one of such
great magnitude and abor.-Clarion
Leoger.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10
WILL ASK FOR A DECLARATION
President Mckinley Wants Congress- to
Annex the Philippines 80 lie May Pro-
coed Legally to Defend Them.

st. Louis, Nov. "A Washington
special to the Globe-Democrat says:
president Mckinley will probably
outline his Philippine policy, at least
far enough to ask congress for "A spe-
cItic declaration as to the status of the
stands. The treaty of peace coded the
Philippines outright to the United
States, but congress has not yet ac-
ceptcd them. The treaty was ratified
by the senate alone, and the status OF
the islands has. therefore, never been
fixed by statute law, The president
can keep the islands, but he will re-
port to congress that while the Nitua-
ton does not Justify now the rstnb-
Ijshment Of IA civil government, it is
necessary that the islands should be
formally annexed TO the United States
by law, in general terms, so that the
president may proceed legally to de
lend them.
at is believed by the members Of the
Philippine commission that a formal
'"httcIdtlph w "uhIFNiIH we
stands in general terms to the United
states will do more than almost any
thing else to break down A~guinaido's
lower. lie has told his followers there
was still a chance that the United
states might abandon the Philippines,
md it Is to contradict this statement
hat the president will ask for congress
IOnal enactment putting the PniIip-
ptues bV law under the control of the
executive department.
at is believed such a joint resolution
ean be passed before the holidays, and
he president will suggest such action
ny congress-, leaving the details Of ad-
ministration Of the islands to be set
lied later on"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

The yellow fever record for Jackson
for the year 1899 is So eases. 10 deaths.
The appearance of frost and ice on the
morning of the Sd closed the reign Of
quarantine and general worry for the
season. This visitation of fever has
been a hard blow to the Capital City;
but with this exception and the fever
at Mississippi City the State has been
fortunate. Including the ten deaths
from fever the rate of mortality in
Jackson for September and October has
been, perhaps, as low as that of any
city of its size in the country, North Or
South. With a complete sewerage sys.
TEN, and the removal, let US hope, of
the ~penitentiary from the city limits,
jackson will prove too healthy for on
tagious or infectious diseases of any
kind.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10
HEROIC ACT.


Manila. Nov. 4.-Lient. Slavens, one
Of Gen. MacArthur's aids. with j.
scouts, made n reconnaissance in front
Of Angeles. He encountered an insur-
gent outpost of 40 men. Lieut.. Slavens
charged the enemy, killing three and
~wounding many others aud capturing
TWO Remingtons. He also secured some
valuable technical information and re-
tnrned without "a casualty, The lieu
tenant was warmly commended for his
work by Gen. Macarthur. News comes
rom Spanish sources confirming the
reported killing Of the insurgcnt gen
rial, san Miguel, by partisans Of Aguin.
lido
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10
The Cause OF Free Silver.


rrE tracts uf,IraIu soil. The gold dis
poy,rI,- o4 California ard Australia,
with IL pa~ alton of strife in South
America restored money supply and the
conditions OF prosperity again became
universal.
Never until tic act Of 1853 dcmonetiz.
irp -II,trNngN,..mr au established fact
Was ii suspected thai a conspiracy on.
.isiirrutthru world, creditors was oper-
aliru IA. rutI3v either pold ar silver for
the purYn,r of restricting money sup
pN The ,tIryrs~ of the assault upon
silver h, tins Worldwide and powerful
creditor combination has had the eff
of ever, ounce OF gold in existence be.
tween Isl! and IsgI. The extension of
the yoId standard to- Russia, ,Innan aud
the pttrmpt 10 extend il to India CON
stiiutr "A menace TO the future pros
urrit, orthc world. If the people Of the
United States fail To restore bimctal.
lism. III, ruld standard policy will be.
come universal MS the pronlr Of no
other nation ha,, the power to success
fun, urpusc the povcrful creditor com.
hiuutiou that IL forcing III, pold stand,
Drl anon the world.
trb,,rohn,,, tho hi.torv of thc world
II has ~u,,oIIy hammered thnt money
,,u,rl, u,e r.li,v,d IA, nm ;urr,nA,d
,;rla nf si,rr ,t ono ucrind and nm I'M
r,rn,,d ,n..a Of ooid n opnthcr II has
..Ll,,, b,,,,,aI ,bnt a., i,c.,,ya ~
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10
HAS NO EXACT PRECEDENT.
stris" to Relieve Iuhn Of n Military GOV
srnment Considered by Cabinet,

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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

Chicago. Nov. 1.-The first number of
he Democratic National Bu lelin, the
weekly publication OF the democratic
national committee, will appear to-day
1ndcr the auspices Of It's new editor,
sam Il Cook. 1t viii be chiefly remark
able for its failure to discuss the silver
question. except in d or two unim-
portant paragraphs which were in
serted to Justify columns. The articles
which it viii contain will deal alto
gether with trusts and Imperialism.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

Washington, Nov. 4.-Secretary Gage,
n discussing the financial questions
which will ON up for consideration
by congress, indicated very clearly that
n his annual report he will repeat in a
general way his accommodation for
the establishment Of the gold standard
by law and for such changes In the
banking laws as will give TO the coun-
try a more elastic currency,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

Minneapolis, Mimi, Nov. A-White
pine will end the year about ZOO, 0OO
feet short OF the stock on hand Decem-
Der ~, last year. This year from mos
careful estimates the stock will moi,
exceed l,72O. $40, 600 feet, leaving a dis
crepancy of 1,001, $50 feet.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10
WILL RETURN TO MANILA.
Twentieth Kansas, Organizing an Artii-
Iery Battery to Fight Under Funston.

Abilene, Kan, Nov. Capt. George
n. Watson, Of company L., Twentieth
Kansas, who has just returned from
the Philippines, has secured govern
ment permission 20 organize "A Kansas
battery of light artillery with no men
and six rapid-fire Hotchkiss guns. He
will return TO the Philippines to fight
under Funston next month. IL will he
organized here and many of his Old
company will re-enlist.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

New York. Nov. Fire yesterday
Quilted the seven-story buildings at
94-9s Mott street, occupied principally
by the Manhattan Bed. Iron and Spring
company, and, it is believed, caused the
death of three persons. Chief Croker
estimated the loss at $500, 900, but the
fire insurance patrolmen say that it
will not be more than $50, 900.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

Washington, Nov. 4-The propo-
sition for a national university at
Washington under government aus.
pices was negatived yesterday by the
committee of the National Education
association, which has been in session
here the past two days.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

Chicago, Nov.A-Five hundred pounds
of dynamite exploded in the mixing
house Of the Aetna Powder works at
Aetna, Ind, yesterday, resulting in the
death Of two employees. The shock was
felt at Valparaiso, Ind, and in towns
more distant from the scene of the dis
aster,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

Victoria, Nov. 4-News was brought
by the steamer Miowera, which arrived
from Sydney and Brisbane. via Homo
lulu, of IN earthquake, with awful loss
Of life, which occurred on October 10
on the southern portion OF the island
Of Ceram. No less than 1000 Malays
were killed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

Bay City. Mich, Nov. A-Robert
Reakes, Of West Bay City, last night
defeated Joe Barry, Of Chicago, in
q catch-as-catch-can wrestling match
for q purse Of S50o. Reakes won In
straight falla
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

st. Thomas, West Indies, Nov a.
Gen. Ignacio Andrade. the recently de.
posed presidento OF Venezuela. who made
his escape from Caracas October 30, ar
rived here last night. He sailed for
San Juan de Porto Rico to-day.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

A Cuban Battlefield Leased.

Santiago dc Cuba, Nov. AN Amer.
lean company has leased the San Juan
battlefield and will build an attractive
road house on the site Of the destroyed
tort
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10
The Chucta ws In Mississippi,

State superintendent of Education
Whitfield will cmbody in his biennial
report to the legislature u report from
II. s. Ilalbert of Newton county ON the
condition of the ChoctawS of MissiS.
sippi, Mr.. IialbertS report is not only
of interest as setting forth accurately
their education, condition and general
progress. but also because it gives som
highly interesting data concerning the
work accomplished by the Dawes com-
mission, which visited the Indian coun
ties of this State last January. The
report of Mr.. llalbert ~recites that dur
ing the last two years V schools,
some Of them public and some private,
have been maintained for varying Pc
RODS of time among the Cboctaws of
Kemper. Neshoba, Newton, Leake and
Jasper counties, the public schools
being taught by white and the private
schools by Choctaw teachers. The In
dian schools are not as well equipped
as they should be, but this, Mr., Hal
cribed to the Ignorance and poverty of
the Indians. Speaking of the progress
in civilization that has been made by
the Indians, he says a comparison OF
their present condition to that o.
twenty years ago shows that on ac-
count of the Introduction of civilization
and Christianity as civilizing factors
among them there has been a marked
Improvement among the majority OF
the Choctaws. 'Still we must not for
get he says, that our Mississippi In
dians are a people just emerging from
a ~half-sayage life and speaking an alien
language"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10
JEFFRIEs WON ON POINTS.


Ring Side. toncg island sporting
Club. New York, Nov T. danes j,
! Jettrjes retains The championship OF
the world, Referee George Slivr giving
him the decision at the end Of the
twcntN-hfth round over sailor Tom
SaarkeN, at the ton"N Island Sporting
club last night 1t was one "' the
most marvellous battles that has taken
place aud the greatest crowd that over
gathered IN he'ouey Island clubhouse
witnessed the desperate struggle for
supremacy,
In five rounds JefIrics hal the better
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10
Broom Corn.

We noticed, recently, that a wagon
load of broom corn, pnt up in bales like
cotton, was seen on the streets OF For
est, and its value was estimated at $50
to s35 per ton. For the encouragement
of Mississippi farmers who have lands
adapted to broom corn we will quote
the prices in Chicago, by Earl Bros,
large dealers:
'There is nothing that is sound selling
below SIS to 800, and from that the market
ranges up to sll0, and even sl20 per ton for
choice, fine green hurl or self-working.
The situation on the Illinois Central is very
strong, and it is claimed that 96 per cent of
the corn has been moved out Of first hands.
We have just sold some common Nebraska
corn at 500"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

The editor of the Southern Farm Ga
zette, Starkville, gets eloquent when
he talks of the hairy vetch on the col
can stand, although we have had but a
half inch of rain. This is the twelfth
year that vetch has core up volunteer.
1t is getting to be as much at home as
the Japan clover, and comes up in the
fall Just as certainly as Japan clover
CONES in the spring. The vetch is do
ing all for Mississippi that we have
claimed for it. and more. With a rea-
sonably mild winter the college fields
will be worth coming far to see. Their
carpet Of green may be seen miles away.
The splendid pasturage afforded will
hardly be surpassed by good summer
grasses, and the land-enriching quail
ties of the vetch are not the least of its
virtues"
The wife of Hammond, the great
mining engineer Of South Africa, who
was captured in the Jamison raid, and
ransomed for SOC. 900, is a Natchez girl,
a niece Of Gen. Nat Harris. So notes
the Aberdeen Examiner.
Governor Gambler, in his message to
the Georgia legislature last week.
recommends that a bureau Of statis-
tics be added to the agricultural de-
partment." We have the agriculture
In Mississippi, but we haven't the de-
psrtment or the bureau. We are be-
hind nearly all the States in such mat
tesa
October's State Land Sales.
Land Commissioner Nall reports hav-
iuR sold Is, 100. 20 Of State lands during
the mouth of October, which amount
hss been covered into the State treas
ury for general expenses. This keeps
M the average which Commissioner
Nall has maintained for the past ten or
twelve months and he reports that he
has several large transactions pending
which will doubtless be put through
daring November.
The legislature should provide tor .
eoulag3cal survey Of the State. Hill.
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