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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-16

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tue h''e"SS' t"'"''u'"h ~
excuse ior oIhr' p''"'"'' VI "a ""'
against Wh''h 'ne courts ""o o'u,"NiS ~
Sal f~eihealeS were 'n'''qn"''' N''i""' 'n'
STIMULUS VI eH''s''t' '"" Courageous Ut
ton on the pNr' VI tn' Pr"P'', VIM ~ S'Wu
extent Seehleu in''u''uu''" ""' """'''nt' y
act ia the premises '"'""su n'''F
ton lor goo" so'eFn'n'n''
The adoption Of strong anu iau''a' ln"'
along thhJ inc toF tue """Ne''"S "a Inv
oihciais ana the people 10 more STRENUOUS
enoFts IN the enforcement u tut laws as d
means Tor the prevention Vi crime l"'h'4
than as n reward 10 the lam'''eS u 'ne
victims, as some nave seen proper 10 mis-
construe perhaps Tor political purposes
"Tne legislature took no acton III REFER
Pnce to the SUBJECT mHiteF' anu l leei mum
regret at having to report that the law
breakers appear 10 nave taken ireSh our
age since mat time as Is evidenced ny 'hu
fact mat l"ftN nine NhehinBs il o''ese'
0ffenscs running from larceny ana siahaei
to rape and murder nave occurred IN Tue
state since the adjournment oil the leS,s'a'
ture in 1900, In addition 10 TINS starving
record, other "utDuFSts OF Id"Iessness
knOwn as 'whitecapplhg nave occurred IL
several counties OF the STATE houses haF'
been shot into at night ana seNeral negroes
thus nssassinated by unknown parties
which homtciaeS are not lncllueu III t"'
number of lynchings above. Ihese iattel
Instances OF vengeance ana assasS'haliol
can find no excuse, JuStincatloh or pains
ton and augur much increasing uahsef u
the future success OF the state ana happi
ness of the people be II said 10 the ereai
of the judge ana district attorneys thes
have in every instance measured tuliy up u
the duty OF their positions, holding specia
terms of court when II seemed hecessar!
and showing a readiness at I'LL times u
meet any and every emergency Which CO"
fr0uted them. II tnfthef PROOF OF inns lae
be demanded, l oher the court RECORDS
when snow larger increase Oh tohNletlou
Tor all manner Oh oitenSeS- luelualhS iottS
five persons convicted ana hanged on IN
Snilows, eight OF whom were White men
This -four years record OF legal hahglhss
exceeding perhaps lhe records Vi any wv
decades gives ample guarantee VI the en
cheney ana certainty OF Inc courts 10 pun
ish the guilty II given an opportunity ah'
takes away all excuse OIL punishment ny III
d~ividuaIs' =,
TINS rohaltloh OF sHalrs Va'lS louu'
upon the leSlNlaluFe ioF outrageous actlol
uninfuenc'a by sohS'urF"I''hs other Una
for the pubic good l heed mot ren'ii
you that governments become ihpeteht an
society degraded Wueh ptlnclPies auu Jus
tice are 10 the mario" pul
poses OF partisan po'c'eS so ot'eh aeitate
by selhsh men VINO "oula poison tue oou
polite WIN pfeJuolce "hu deStFoF lis GUS
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-16

Complete statistics of arrivals that
have recently been published show that
immigration at the port Of New York
passed all previous records. During the
las, calendar year no less than 6l9,QS4
steerage immigrants arrived there, as
against 5i7,l97 in 1902. an Increase of
72,TSI The increase over the arrivals
In 1901 is 10000. As to nationalities.
the countries of southern Europe con-
trsbuted by far the largest total-ltaly
leading, There was also some Increase
in the arrivals from northern Europe.
especially Norway, Sweden and Dem
mark.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-16
Shot BY His Employe.

Joe Crudup, manager of the Merid-
ian Mattress Factory and Canopy
Company, was shot twice and serious
ly wounded last week by G. N. Moore,
an employee. The shooting was the
outcome OF Ill feeling between the par,
ties of several months standing. One
shot that glanced would have passed
through near the heart; another shot
in the arm perhaps fractured the
bone. Moore surrendered to the po-
lice and is now in the county Jail.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-16

Canada " trying IN annex Greenland
in order to get even for thar IittIo piece
Of Alaska she lost The news that Den
mark refuses 10 sell comes az Il sur
prise to about nine out IT ten people
who did not know that Denmark owned
G~rlrNInnn
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-16
Criminal Docket Called,

At the sitting of the Supreme Court
last week the criminal docket was
called and Acknowledgement Williams
and his assistant, Hon. j. N. Flowers,
submitted briefs in a large number
of cases. There are t~hirty-two Grim.
inal appeals on the docket, but some
of them are not ready to submit, ow-
ing to the delay of lawyers for the
appellants in preparing their briefs.
This is the smallest docket ever known
for a January call.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-16

a faint idea Of the tremendous size
of the United Stateg steel trust may be
gained from the figures of the consoli-
dation Of the American Sheet Steel aud
the American Tin Plate companies.
Seyenty-one plants are included, and
their Joint capitalization will be $780,
000,00 These are only 4 part Of the
constituent combination in the gigan-
lie trust.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-16
ACT.
confederates In Congress EuIosize
the Deceased.

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE Confed.
crate Veterans of the senate and house
held a meeting in the minority confer.
ence room today to take action on the
death of Gen. Gordon. Senator Bate
of Tennessee was made chairman.
Short talks, eulogizing the deceased,
were made by Senators Bate. Morgan
and Bacon. A committee was appoint
ed to draft resolutions of respect. A
floral tribute win be sent tomorrow.
There was sore talk OF seuuing a
COMMITTEES to attend the funeral.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-16
Looking For 4 Murderer.

The Union county authorities have
instituted a search for Dave Evans,
who is charged with shooting and SER
iously w%ounding a man named Mer.
ridy Shelton at the latter's home near
New Albany, a feT DAYS ago. Evans
escaped Immediately after the shoot.
ing. 1t is claimed that the anair was
u%nproyoked.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-16
A 2ia EmbezzLement.

]. R. Blalock, manager of a local
cotton exchange at Hazelhurst, Copi.
all county, has disappeared, and in
vestigation by his patrons shows that
his shortage is from SIS 1000 to S20,-
900, consisting mostly of the winnings
of various local spectators who were
playing the bull side of the market.
Blalock was unfortunately under the
impression that cotton would drop be-
low the 13-cent mark, and heavily
played the bear side of the market.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-16

The Virginia peanut crop ia nearly h0
per cent. short this year and prices on
all grades are higher than they have
been Tor ten years, The news IL dr-
pra8sIng, hut LET MS cndeayor TO look on
tho bright side Of life and thinks of more
chnnIlMl thInEa.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-16

DR.. ]. j. Harper, convicted Of muir
der and awaiting the outcome of an
appeal to the Supreme Court, was re
moved from the Ellisville Jail last
weeks. Judge Enochs issued the nee
essary order, on being informed that
the prisoner would die il longer con
filed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-16

A Kansas edition. whoEe soul has evil
IDENTIFY been raaped by II wrii-hno"n de-
mouiac quality OF the types, observes:
"A Typographical error Is a hard hing
10 ina in ,hc proof hut in the printed
nrd completed paper It looms mp Ike IA
fQt lady in a group Of yeEetarians.'
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-16
Locking After His School.

Prof. J. G. Hardy, president OF the
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechah-
ical College, is in Jackson looking af-
ter legislation relative to that big
institution. He is heartily in favor
of the proposed agricultural station in
the delta.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-16
Penitentiary Statistics.

The receipts and expenditures Of the
Mississippi ~penitentiary for the differ
ent months during the year 1903 has
been compiled by the secretary OF the
board Of control and is as follows:
Receipts. Exp'ditures.
January. . +. 5 ~39,704.14 5 3~5,914.3S
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-16

The Supreme Court wants a porter
for its consultation room, and Senator
Clinton has introduced a bill to Sc.
cure for them a suitable factotum.
The place holds out a salary OIL not
less than $500 per year and will give
some worthy Sambo a comfortable
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-16
prv Goods Merchant Assigns.

c. w. KosminslIy, n of Grenada,s
leading merchants, dealer in general
dry goods and millinery, made an as
signment last week for the benefit of
his creditors. Liabilities are about
$4,000, with assets from $4,000 to s10,-
mn .F-# H4B.aa 5saassgt
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-16

Totals. $3.50, S81.7s $2O0,O0O,oO

Thus it will be seen from this re-
port that the net profits of the peni-
Tertiary during the past twelve months
amounts to $89, 881.79.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-16

/ III M NFf1 1f4IlIll8. II Mn . "
- h, to
Na"''ei' "Nu ~ ei,"S'y ~" ''"50'' "
permit OF us publication ehllre' we
therefore present the salient features
80 49, , ,,ti,n nou to fn,,,d
~ ~
III Ing FNa'lihe Dol"'
The keynote IF the message Is economy
IN appropriations, The governor goes at
length into the financial condition Of the
state and points out that no issue Of bonds
viii b. necessary II the proper economy IL
ob4ogycd in the matter Of appropriations,
The governor thinks that the educational
Institutions will not require h much az last
session, having been wen provided for In
the way Of improvements and buildings,
Ia this matter Of a bond issue he governor
Is at variance with the report Of Auditor
Cole. whose figures show mat A deficit Of
| nearly $i,O0OD00 Is Inevitable in the next
two years with economical expenditures,
The governor recommends a commission
u lake M the matter of preventing the IN
PRODUCTION Of the BON weevil into this
state. lie recommends Investigation into
the whitcrap outrugps la the counties Of
Lincoln, Franklin AID AmItr.
The governor deyptcs considerable space
to the poniGentiaryi and the work of the
board of control IN connection with the
opening Of the new S1ate firm aud equip
ping 1t for the prisoners. He says that the
fact that the pcuitchtlary has not only been
Hcnf sustaining, bui has been annually pay
Ing into the treasury a handsome sum in
cnsh over and GDOyc expenses, including
the enormous cost of developing the new
farm. ought 10 be proof sufficient to all
fair minded persons of the economy and
wise infringement exercised in the conduct
Of It's Affairs.
The message reviews the general condi,
ton Of the State and the workings OF all
,Ac various Hluta institutions, and IL fun
Of statistical matter showing the progress
of the State during the past four years.
Nh, l,.,,,,, l.. ,,Lr,trnt, n,o aud
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-16
GEN. GORDON IS DEAD
THE OLD HERO HAS GONE TO
JOIN LEE AND JACKSON.
Peaceful Close Of a Life That Was
Rounded Out With Many honors.
Distinguished Southerners WEI Pay
Last Tributes to the Now Silent
Hero Of Military and Civil Life.

Miami, Fla, Jan. 10.-At lO:Oo
| o'clock tonight Gen. John B. Gordon,
the noted Confederate leader and com'
mander.in-chief of the United Con-
federate Veterans, died at his home.
near here, after a short illness. He
was seized with congestion Of the
| stomach last Wednesday, and follow
ing as 1t did al acute attack OF indi-
gestion, to which he has been sub.
ject for years, his strength was rapid
ly sapped away and he died with his
daughters near him.
The funeral will be held at Atlanta,
where the remains will be shipped to.
day. At the special request Of Gov.
| Terrell the body will lie in state for
| several days at the capitol, and later
will be inferred at Kirkwood, near
| Atlanta. Great preparations are be-
ing made for the funeral of the val.
liant Confederate, his old comrades
and friends being anxious that he
shall have every honor due one OF
his rank and bravery. At Valdosta,
Just inside the Georgia State line, a
| delegation of about 100 prominent
Georgials, headed by the military staff
| of Gov. Terrell, will meet the body
and relieve the Florida guard, who
will have conducted it that far, Pub
lie funeral services will be held at
noon on Wednesday, and a notable
gathering of distinguished Southern
ers will be present to take part in the
exercises, or to pay the last respects
Of honor to the dead leader,
The governors of all the Southern
| States are expected to be present, a1d
in addition to these the following are
expected to speak:
Gen. Clement A. Evans, of Georgia;
! Judge Thomas G. Jones, of Alabama;
Senator John w. Daniel, of Virginia;
Gen. Stephen d. Lee, of Mississippi;
Gen. M. c. Butler, of South Carolina;
Mai. J. G. c. Black, of Georgia; Gen,
e. NJ. Law. of Florida; Gen. A. P,
Stewart, of Tennessee; Col. A. Fl. Cox
of Georgia, and Gen. M. w. Ransom
of North Carolina.
Gov. Terrell will preside over the
services, which will be held in the
House of Representatives., and all the
posts of Confederate Veterans Of
Georgia are expected to be represent
ed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-16

Gen. Gordon's career was a brilliant
one. He rose rapidly through the varl-
IL offices, captain, major, lieutent-
colonel, colonel, brigadier general, ma
ior general, until he was finally made
lieutenant general, commanding one
wing of the army of Virginia.
When the United Confederate Veter,
ans perfected their organization IN
New Orleans about fifteen years ago,
the high esteem in which Gen. Cor.
don was held could have been maui
tested in no better way than III the
fact that he was unanimously elected
comma1der-in-chief of the orde". This
position he has held ever since, every
objection of his to being kept in SO
exalted a state so long being always
overruled and his election each year
being always unanimous and by accla'
nation. No rival candidate has even
been suggested or wanted by any vet
eran, and in this alone would lie the
proof of his worth and popularity.
His home life was especially happy.
In 1863 he married Miss Fanny Haral.
son. daughter of Congressman Hugh
| HARRISON, of Georgia, and her deyo.
ton to him was so great that she fol
lowed him all through the war, un'
dergoing many hardships and person
al dangers.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-16

Gen. Johl Brown Gordon was born
in Upton county, Georgia, in 1923, be-
ing descended from the notable Scotch
family of that name. His gr~eat-grand-
father was one of the even brothers,
who came over to the colonies from
Scotland prior to the Revolution. All
of these served with distinction
throughout that war, eventually set
ting in North Carolina and Virginia
The father of the subject Of this
sketch was Rev. Zachariah Fl. Gordon,
a minister of worth and zeal.
Gen. Gordon's early education was
carefully conducted and was finished
OF the State University of Georgia
Later he studied law, but o gave
1t up to interest himself in coal m! les
in Tennessee and Georgia. He was
deep ia the mining business when the
war broke out and Immediately raised
O. company of cavalry and offered it
to Gov. Moore. AS cavalry was not
then needed the governor declined the
offer and nothing daunted the young
man raised a company of infantry
from the Len around Raccoon Noun
tain, calling the organization THE
Raccoon Roughs.' This company was
accepted, became part of the Sixth
Alabama regiment and its young cap
tain was elected major. The love this
first company of his bore to Gen. Cor
don was manifested only last summer
when the annual reunion of the Rae
cnon survivors was held. A photo
graph of their first leader, surrounded
by his men, was published shortly aft
er in the Confederate Veteran"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-12-09
NoAA's ARK.
Cost s5OO,OOO, and Carpenters
Work on it for 12O Years.

Noah Multimillionaire
Are at time of flood 600
Occupation Mighty King
Cost Of ark $500. 200
Y ears in building 100
'.Noah was multimillionaire and tho
greatest king tho world hes ever seen.
He was 600 years old when the food
came and he forced vast multitudss to
work 100 years in building the ark.
which cost at least $500. .OO0."
E. V. Millard. Of this city, one Of the
foremost Egyptologists, today made
this declaration. He has just returned
from Egypt. where he has spent years
in making excavations at numerous
places along the Nile. but especially in
the vicinity of Gizeh, near the great
pyramid of Cheops.
II have discovered In the last three
years." he said. lust where Noah lived.
where the ark was built, and that Noah
built the great pyramid at Khuf. known
Is the pyramid Of Gizeh, Noah was the
greatest king this world has ever seen.
he was the greatest Of the Egyptian
Phsroshs. not excepting Rameses the
Great.
Noah was . multimillionaire. The
Biblical account Of. tho flood gives no
elew a. to where he lived OF where his
ship carpenters were at work for 120
years constructing the ark. Noah was
600 years old when the food came. It
10 evident that he must have been .
man Of great authority. He built the ark
st his own expense, and such boat in
these times would have cost more than
$500, 900. He must have been In posi-.
tion to force vast multitudes to work
for him, regardless Of their interests in
him or in the ark. or Of their own per.
soaal inclinations.
Noah built the great pyramid dur
ing the earlier part Of the fourth
Egyptian dynasty, and not more than
200 years after Adam and Eve were
expelled from the Garden Of Eden.
If Noah's size and intellectual powers
were proportioned, a. his age, to ours.
thsn in brain and Drawn and stature he
must have been q giant. indianapolis
Correspondence Chicago Record.
Herald.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-12-09
How Douglas Won.

To advertising printers ink-Gov.
Elect Douglas Of Massachusetts atrri-
butss his election. He spent $4,000
Of his own money IN advertising him
self and the reforms he espoussd,
printing whole page displays of his
candidacy and political aims and GOV.
ering the fences and dead walls with
large posters displaying his photo
graph and meetings. Douglas had
been one of the largest advertisers in
the country asa shoe manufacturer,
and, when he became a candidate. he
employed the same business methods
in advertising his candidacy - he had
in advertising his shoes. He knew
what the liberal use Of printers ink
had done to build up bis business to
immense proportions. and II anything
would elect him printers ink would
do it. Folk in Missouri and johnson
in Minnesota employed like methods.
The Wall Street Journal in comment.
ing upon these political gubernatorial
revolutions, says: DR.. Douglas bust
ness advertisements have made his
face. his name and the article which
he manufactures known from one end
Of the country to the other. Mr..
Douglas political advertisements have
made him governor of Massachusetts,.
Never has there been . more signal
proof Of the value of advertising.
There 10 evolution in the progress Of
the methods Of conducting campaigns :.
Advertising is to be employed to q
greater extent than ever before.
Printers ink is to take the supreme
place heretofore occupied by the
stump speaker"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-12-09
CHANGING SEED WHEAT.

"Our experiments have also proved
that it does not pay to continually
change seed wheat. A farmer cannot
breed up good pedigree of strong,
yielding wheat unless he keeps his sesd
from year to year and continually i'm.
proves it by cleaning and grading. II
the grain from q rusty crop has .
bright wheat color, is not soft or musty
and one can screen out some good
wheat Of ordinary weight, there are
strong reasons for using it for seed.
I can give no hard fixed rule o. to
weight, but recommended that grains
which are to be used for seed purposes
should be at least of three.fourths the
normal size and weight
THE SURVIVAL OF THE F1TTEsT
Experiments at this station prove
that Drawin's survival principle works
we'll in breeding farm crops and shows
that it will be easy for our farmers to
help the process along in growing wheat
and other crops. l have found that
it has special bearing upon the meth.
DDS which should be pursued to escape
the action of diseases which attack
farm crops. It is found that one can
breed plants which take diseases easily
and types which are entirely immune
to the attck of such diseases as wilt
In q AZ and rust In wheat.
I'VE have obtained these first resis.
tant and immune plants In . short
time by promoting the greatest possible
development of the particular diseases
which We wish to study. We place
the plants we wish to test under all Of
the disease conditions of the soil, air
and water that We can help nature pro-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-12-09

mental work and has given astotnsh
ing results with the fax plant boil
with reference to rust and wilt. Th'
the experiments have not run a. long {
time, we have even more successful
frs. results with potato blight, whea
rust and wheat smut We know tina
we are on the right track to procure
resistant and immune varieties. Th'
processes are simple and every farmer
can take part in the work.
WHAT EXPERIMENTS TEACH.
"First-That the methods Of grad
ing and selecting farm seeds hereto
fore recommended and In use by most
able farmers are along correct line,
and should be followed rigidly: because
these grading processes not only tend
to save the naturally big yielders. but
to discard the weat and non.disease.
resisting strains Of grain.
'Second-That when q farmer re.
moves . lightweight shriveled grain,
either by tanning or by screening. he
removes from the seed grain which
came from weak, sick plant or from
one which could not produce good.
plump grain under the considerations
in which his crop grew.
Third That the farmer ought not
to change his type of seed corn con.
tinuslly. but should breed up . strong
strain to At his own local conditions.
To do this. he should grade out all Of
the lightweight, imperfectly shaped
grains. and save the plump, perfect
ones. The last grew on plants which
could resist trouble, plants which were
strong and resistant Of disease and hard
conditions Of soil and weather.
WHEAT FROM A RUSTY CROP.
"All this applies directly to the ques.
tion of using seed from the present
rusty crop Because Of the reason just
given, I recommend that the farmers
in the rust.infected districts procure
the seed for next year from their own
crop If it is possible to screen ont
enough heavy grain for that purpose.
If one. third Of the grains are heavy
weights, most farmers will be able to
do this by little extra work with the
Remember that this is .
good year TO assert out good. vigorous
strain Of seed wheat, for the rust shriv.
eled the grains Of all the plants which
could not resist it and hard weather
and soil conditions. Clean out the
light stuff
DURUM WHEATs.
II also call attention to the fact that
there are several varieties of durum
wheat being grown In this state. and
that, while most durum wheats are
more resistant to rust than the ordinary
wheats, some Of them rust very badly
and are Of less value than others. This
Ls an ideal chance to purify the durum
seed. Good rust-resistant durum is
plump as in ordinary years. Whore 1t
|s mixed with poorer types Of durum
md has an sdmixture of the ordinary
,oft wheats. the soft wheats and wheat
lurums are badly shriveled and, there.
lore, can be easily removed by use Of
he fanningmill or seedgrader. II will
oay 10 purify the durum."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-12-09

Up.to-dste Psstor-The collection
will now be taken, and those who con-
tribute ten cents or more will receive
trading stamps from the ushers.