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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-16
THE FARM HOME SITE.


n UtiNt llDNhN any part oI me
country win usually cause the obsery.
cr, il he has uisCrrumcut for the TT
ness of lhiNgs, to wonder at the build
iug-sitos that have been selected, or at
least are now occupied with farmers
home buildings. On the one hand may
be seen n dwelling situated al the foot
Of 4 slope. where II receives the drain
age from the higher ground, upon
which there are perhaps stables, sites
and stock yards, while the house
grounds and cellar are quite likely 10
be impoesible Of good drainage. On
the other hand may be seen a house
perched upon the t0pmost point Of a
bluff or set into a hillside, whore the
tired housewife and weary workers
| must climb by stairs or a steep path
| TO aud from their work thousands Of
times yearly.
Some Of these sites were no doubt
chosen ct IN early date, when the face
| Of the country was covered with tim,
Der aud underground. and before per-
illilltllt FbbtNhNN were NiNeI lUlll'h up
on, but IT Is true, likewise, that the
same mistakes are being repeated with
recent locations. where ideal or much
superior sites were accessible within a
stones throw on the same property
The reasons for such obvious errors In
Judgment are frequently not difficult
to explain. Tho important main esEon-
tails have been lost sight of, or ecIlpsel
by something quite trivial in COmpari-
son, such as q convenient location for
q bank-ccllar, ncarncss to n brook, or
a fayorIte nook for q garden.
The importance Of q right choice in
the matter Of selecting = site is almost
beyond estimate, often having direct
bearing upon the lives Of n number Of
generations,
The hyglenic and sanitary conditions
should of course, have first thought and
count for most. The convenience Of
approach and general accessibility,
with a view TO ease Of labor, is another
weighty consideration, unless the
builder has ample means 10 provide
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-16
Good Advice TO Conon-pInntcrr.

The United States department Of
agriculture has issued a circular to the
cotton planters in the southwest, con
tanning the following timely advice,
which is especially applicable where
ever the boil weeyll has made Its ap-
pearance:
PLANT early, and secure seed from as
far north as possible. Better replant
than to defer planting and have the
crop mature late. The practice Of some
planters Of making two paintings, to
avoid all the work Of c~hopping tthin-
ming ouO thrown into a short period,
is a very bad policy from the weevil
standpoint
"Under the identical conditions, early
cotton Of improved varieties has in
yariably yielded from two 10 three
times as much as native cotton under
the same conditions. and IN many cases
much more. Planted at the zane time,
the early varieties begin To bloom from
" to IL days sooner than native cot
ton.
Fields Of early cotton OF either ma
tive or improved varieties have almost
invariably yielded twice as much as
late planted ones"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-16
FARMERANDPLANT
DAlRYING IN THE SOUTH.
A Line Of Farm Industr, That 10 a
Constant source Of Ready
ash Income.

The farmer Of The old south dctest-
ed the Idea Of churniug-cN-cpt when
done by the old black nanny or some
Of the children The farmers wife
dreaded the daily routine Of churuing
With its problems Of "foamiug milk"
white butter and cleaning pans. cans
and crooks. While making Just
enough butter for our own use 1t Is
impossible TO break away from these
tlresome problems. In fact. butter for
the farm family costs twice as much
per pound in labor and feed as does
the best creamery butter. The cows
are often fed al a loss. the milk is set
Improperly, cream is not fully churned
and there is no help derived from I'M
proved machinery or labor saving de-
vices. But the farmer who makes but
ter for market as a side crop or who
sells his cream to a factory located loo
miles from the farm finds all OF the
tIresomc details liehtcncd and simpli-
fed by the dairy inventions OF our
""' nc 'h'aP manu- '''alh S'ptld'''
improvements in setting milk, better
churnS and cheap transportation have
brought about this Improvement and
money has flowed in upon farmers by
$l0, va or $40 each month and proved
a real surprise to the good man OF
woman who had risked a few dollars
ON this new enterprise.
In a new and rapidly developing
country cattle raising Is limited chiefly
TO beef production because natural
feeds are cheap. Such cattle are usu-
ally crude, unfinished specimens and
MI tho markets with low grade stun.
Improved blood soon appears in the
breeds OF cattle and the local supplies
OF feed are used to finish the cattle
grown on farms or small ranches.
These better bred cattle constitute
the class quoted as feeders, The
southwestern cattle Interests have now
reached the feeding point, From this
time forward thousands OF finished,
well fattcd cattle will be turned Oft
by those farms upon which u surplus
supply Of feed is found Here Hes
the greatest possible profit per acre
and per man in cattle raising,
We ehould not express surprise that
Texas and other southwestern states
have recently imported butter by the
ton from the older states. The cattle
industry here has been operated upon
a pioneer basis, known as the range
system. This has Influenced the man
ner OF Keeping COWS, even In the older,
well settled portions Of these states,
lessons taught under this old re-
gime was briefly: 'The southwest Is
naturally a COW country, therefore IT.
Is useless, 1t is e"xtrayagant to supply
feed for cattle or to provide for them
with system" With the passing Of
this failacy and the increase Of feed
ing facts among farmers the farmer Is
confronted by the question, Can
make money feeding dairy cows?'
If any class Of cattle can be fed
probably in a country dairy cattle as
suredly can. We see the reason for
this in the proven fact that more OF
the feed Is returned to the owner when
fed to The milk COW than when fed to
tho beef steer. Add to this the estab~
Iished fact that there is a smaller vari-
in the market price Of dairy prod
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-16
CHIEF OF MORMONS.
PRESIDENT JOSEPH F. SMITH rs
A MAN OF MANY PARTS.
Maintained His Belief in Polygamy
Before Reed Smoot Inyestigat-
ing Committee-Has Had
Dramatic Career.

President Smith has been called the
American pope He is the spiritual and
temporal head Of a people numbering
half a million, who are scattered
throughout the earth. but who accept
implicitly the instruction and reyela-
ton that emanate from the Office Of the
FIRST presidency in Salt Lake City. To
the Mormon people everywhere he is
prophet, seer and revelator;" to them
his word is law and his teachings in
spIred by God.
Son of a Mormon martyr, nephew TO
the founder of the faith and by Divine
appointment successor to the prophet,
Joesph, such is President Smith TO the
people of his own religion. Among the
Gentiles of Utah he is known as a man
of wealth, the directing genius Of many
large business enterprises, a big factor
in the commercial life of the inter-
mountain country, a mar of many good
parts, a moral man, If he be not judged
by the standard which allots but one
wife to one man.
President Smith was duly s]uDpoenaed
by the senate committee to give testi-
mony in the case of Reed Smoot, one Of
the u apostles of the Mormon church,
whose qualifications to represent Utah
in the United States senate are in ques-
ton. The fact that President Smith
five wives I'M 40 children is
of interest to the senate committee in
connection with the charge that the
Mormon chiefs encourage and practice
while, as the head of the
church, he is expected TO enlighten the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-16
PICTURE OF
III IINI4 Ut
is Made from Rail Spill; by the
Great P~resldent)

picture of him extant. The frame is
roughly put together from pieces of a
red oak fence rail split by Lincoln
when he was a young man. 1t will be
remembered that just before the first
Lincoln campaign Dennis Hanks pro-
duced a number Of the rails that Lin
coin had split. Hanks furnished Nc
CleIlan with n of these rails, and
the artist made the frame from blocks
cut from 1t. The frame, with its pic
ture, was sold by the artist to L. Dow,
who now resides in San Francisco. In
1876 It was sold by Mr.. Dow to II. F..
Knapp, late of Sycamore, and at his
death became the property of his SON
in-law, II. S. Farley. Some time ago a
letter was written by Mr.. Dow relating
the full history of picture and frame.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-16

consin man and watches rather than
listens for the word to fall which he can
pick up and on it hinge a question in-
tended to be annoying. Spooner's an
swers invariably are sharp, and like
other sharp things they cut, but TIN
man has a weapon Of MS own in his
mouth and his repartee Is not to be de-
spised by the opposing debater.
There is a curious thing about this
Spooner-Tillman warfare. They carry
it on until blows seem imminent. Then
they quit and within five minutes n or
the other of them has gone over to his
opponents side and they are holding a
love feast.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-16
Some People.

Some people regard Shakespeare's
plays with almost as much reverence
as they do the Bible"
"Yes. And are Just about as familiar
with them.'-Chicago Record-Heraid.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-16
Keepinp I'm Apnearances

Mrs. Catterson-Mrs. Wilter is a wom-
an with a great deal of pride, isn't she?
Mrs. Hatterson-Intense. She told
me she had ordered as many clothes this
season as she would II her husband
hadn't been in debt.-Brook1yn Life.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-16
w, L, DOUGLAS
$50 SHOES Y Esss

W. l.. Douglas
shoes have by their
excellent style,
easy-ftting, a N d
superior wearing
qualities, achieved
the largest sale of
m shoes In the
world.
They are just as good
as those that cost you
81 to So .he only
difference Is the price.
Sod E~oeyywhs,s.
Look for name and
price on bottom.
Douglas uses Corona
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-16

and works off the cold. Laxative Bronze
Quinine Tablets. Price IS cents
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-16
Ladies' Can Wear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot.
Ease. A certain cure for swollen, sweating,
cent no substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address A. s. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-16

Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton has an equal for coughs and colds.-J.
+. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-16

If you succeed in making yourself a mar
you will succeed in everything else.-Gar
field.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-16

Husband-"Does Jack know Miss Pep
pertree:" Wife (~calmly)-'I believe not,
for he has asked her to marry him
Town and Country.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-16

Tombstone epitaphs don't fool the re
cording angel.-Chicago Daily News.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-16

Some fellows have lots of push, but ex-
pend most of it on saloon doors.-Phila-
delphia Record.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-16

Putnam Fadeless Dyes color Silk, Woo
and Cotton at one boiling.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-16
Teosinte and billion Dollar Grass.

The two greatest fodder plants on earth,
one good for IA tons hay and the other 80
tons green fodder per acre. Grows every
where, so does Victoria Rape, yielding
$1,000 lbs. sheep and swine food per acre.
Tx. L.
JUST SEN 10c IN stamps TO THE
John A. Salzer Seed Co., Lacrosse, Wis,
and receive in return their big catalog and
lots Of farm seed samples.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-16

A man may be perfectly square and
move in the best circles. -Philadelphia
Pacnrd
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-16

1t is a good deal easier to drop into Z
rut than to rise out of it.-Ram's Horn.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-16

Kleptouaniacs viii take anything but
iokes.-Chicago Daily News.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-16
kTC

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| nd only
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of the
heastern
ben con-
to heavy
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IN por-
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! good
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and has
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| ats are
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-06
VA Tale Of The Fourfh

running brook. Here it was thorough.
ly wetted and spread upon the green
turf to be whitened by the rays Of the
sun by day and the moisture of the
dew by night. Il was the duty Of who.
ever was in charge to turn the fabric
as occasion required, and occasional
ly to sprinkle it with water-not Il
onerous task. although one that re-
quired faithfulness and patience.
AS Hetty was sitting, this May day
neal the linen, her mothers cousin,
the governor, suddenly sprang past
her into the road.
| The child Was startled by this sud
den shock, and by the look of desper'
alton on the fugitive's face, but
quickly realized his danger. and at
one quieted Towser, who. although a
friend of the family's guest. consid'
cred such strange behavior on his pal
sufficient AUS for barking.
The governor saw his little cousins
action, as she hastily clasped her hands
around Iowser's nose to insure ODE,
dience, and he stopped short in his mad
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Room in Which the Declaration of independence Wcs Adopted.

that moment a mounted party were
riding rapidly toward the house 10
capture him.
Governor Griswold had previously
arranged 4 code OF signals with his
friends at the creek. by which a white
cloth displayed in lis attic window by
day or a light by night meant that lie
vas discovered, and was coming to the
boat.
Hastily arranging the day-sigual. he
rushed from the house. Closely pressed
as he was. to take the roal meant GER
tain capture. Besides, a quarter Of a
mile could be saved by taking the lit
tie path across the MarvinS' orchard.
So down the path he dashed at full
speed.
Just where this path emerged from
the orchard and joined the rode sat
Hetty Marvin with her dog Towser,
tending the bleaching Of the house
hold linen.
In those days the long web of lorty
yards or more used to be diligently
spun and woven during the winter
months, and whittned in the spring.
The task Of bleaching usually, for
economy's sake, fell to the lot of the
younger daughters of the household,
who were not old 'enou.-h to spin or
weave. nor strong enough TO" the work
of the kitchen or dairy.
The heavy roll of linen would be car,
ried by the farmer and his men to
some grassy spot beside a spring OF
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FOREIGN.

Empress Augusta received members
of the International Council Of the
Women's Congress in Berlin, and sew
sessions.
Advices to the London Daily Mail
from Tangier predicted a revolution
and the. overthrow Of the Moroccan
Sultan within two months.
King Victor Emmanuel decided the
dispute between Great Britain and
Brazil over the Guiana frontier.
The French Chamber of Deputies ap-
pointed a committee to investigate the
charges of bribery in connection with
the CarthHsian Order.
Disguised with bis reception in Lon
Ion. John Alexander DOWie has gone
% France, with his wife and son.
An International Woman's Congress
opened in Berlin. America vas we'll
represented.
King Carlos Of Portugal was enter
tanned at breakfast by Rear Admiral
Barker on board the United States
flagship Kearsage.
Earl Gray has been appointed to Sue.
ceed Lord Mimic as GOyernor-General
of Canada.
The bodies of .04 Russians left on
the field after the battle Of Nanshan,
We're buried by the Japanese.
The Lake torpedo-boat Protector,
with two Connecticut members Of her
crew. is ell route TO Japan to join the
MikadO'S navy.
The Russian Emperor and high naval
officials decided to carry out the naval
program adopted before the war: 10
provision is made for the Pacific fleet
Miss Lena Morton. daughter OF the
former Vicc.President of the United
States, died at Paris.
Two Internal machines. whose mech
anism was working when found, were
discovered il the Russian Emperor's
palace at TSarkOe Sclo.
A bill providing Tor the construction
of twenty-cight warShips was intro
duccd in the brazilian Congress.
Tic Cuban Senate ratified the Isle
Of Pines treaty.
More THAN 5000 cabmen went or
strike in London. England.
Chinese authorities will investigate
the killing of Lewis EtZel. M Amcr
Jean. correspondent OF the LOndoE
lEnyiand Telegraph. Et2cl's mother
will demand Ill indemnity of $2O,OO(
for bis death.
Ramon Corral. Minister of the Int
rior, was nominated for Eice-Presidcn
! by the Nationalist party in Mexico.
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Il c and came back to where she was
standing.
"Hetty," he said. earnestly. "if the
Tories overtake me before l can reach
my boat | am 4 lost man. When they
come along here tell them l have taken
the north road"-the road forked nea.
by-"to catch the mail wagon" and lie
turned to run on.
20 cousin, cousin" cried Hetty after
him, in an agony of distress. Il can
not tell a lie, indeed l cannot. Oh, why
did you tell me which way you were
going?"
"Hetty, dear child" said the gov
ernor, who had returned and was gen
tly holding her hands, surely you will
not bctray me to my death. Tell them
the north road, and heaven will bless
YOU"
Heaven never blesses those who
speak falsely, cousin" said Hetty, SOL
rswfully.
"Hark! I hear them. I hear the
horses. Hetty! Hetty! You must do
this for me!w
II will not open my lips to tell them
anything. not even if they kill ms FOR
it, SO run quickly, cousin!"
Its of no use," said the governor,
sadly. "Unless 1 can deceive them and
| throw them off my track, l am Il dead
man."
Nearer and nearer came the clatter
of horses hoofs on the hard road.
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MINOR EYENTSOF THE WEEI
WASHINGTON ITEMS,

James n. Tyner wrote a letter Il
President Roosevelt appealing fer s
reversal Of the Presidents expressed
judgment Of Mr.. Tyuer's case.
President Roosevelt appointed "
T. Cochran, now chief postofice in
spector. as purchasing agent Of the
Postoflce Department, with $4,000 a
year salary.
President Roosevelt. in behalf Of the
Government, accepted the statue OF
DR.. Benjamin Rush, unveiled in Wash.
ington. D. C..
Senator CockrelI. Of Missouri, was
run down by a bicyclist in Washing
ton, D. c., and severely injured.
The visiting Filipino Commissioners
were the guests Of President Roose.
welt at luncheon at thu White House.
1t was reported in Washington that
the Lake submarine boat Protector
was ON its way to japan, and that the
Holland boat Fulton had been bought
and would shortly be sent thither.
A daughter was born to the Baroness
Moncheur, wife # the Belgian Minis
ter. who vas Miss Clayton, of Ar
kansas, daughter Of General Clayton,
U. S. Ambassador to Mexico.
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FIVE SHOT IN FEUD BATTLE.
Three Men Killed and Two Wounded
in an Indiana Town.

Bryantsville, Ind.-Three men are
dead and two wounded, M fatally, as
the result of Il pistol fight on the
streets of this village. The dead are
James and Charles Rout and Milton
Tow. James Tow is fatally wounded
and Frank Tow is badly hurt.
The fight was the elimination of a
feud between the Rout and Tow fam
lilies. The Routs lived at Bedford,
eight miles from Bryantsville, and the
Tows are farmers, living near here.
The Tows are relatives of the Tow
family which participated in the Tow
Bass feud some time ago.
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DOMESTIC.

San Francisco and San Jose capital.
lists have been granted a franchise by
Secretary Of the Interior Hitchcock
to build an electric railway into the
Yosemite National Park.
Chairman Payne and other promin-
lent members Of the Republican Ma
tionai Committee are in Chicago pre-
pairing for its meeting.
Total admissions to the st. Louis
Exposition from April 80 to June 10
were 1,944,911.
More than 5000 acres of cotton land
IN the vicinity of Pine Bluff, Ark, was
inundated by the breaking Of the Ar
kansas River levee.
Cripple Greek, COL, mines are re-
opening and citizens are relaxing hos
tilities to unions other than Western
Federation Of Miners. Deported men
returning to Colorado.
An appeal for assistance, financial
and advisory, was sent out from the
lood-stricken Arkansas River Valley
district of Kansas.
The Democratic Convention to NOM
mate State officers in Washington has
been called for August 2.
Receipts for May in fifty of the
largest postofices show a seven per
cent. increase over last year. Dayton,
O., giving the greatest gain, forty-two
per cent.
Herbert G.. Squiers. the American
Minister to Cuba. arrived here and
told of the progress in that country.
The submarine torpedo boat Fulton
off Newport, r. l., made 6. ~twelve-hour
submersion trial successfully.
At the 155th commencement of Co.
lumbia University, held in New York
City, 0S5 degrees were conferred.
The International Association of
Chiefs of Police, meeting at st. Louis,
reelected Major r. D. Sylvester, of
Washington, D. c., as President.
The Town of New Harlem heirs"
served notice on the Mayor and other
officials of New York City that the city
must vacate the northern half of MAN.
haitian by virtue of a patent granted in
1856 by King James.
The Western Federation of Miners
appealed to President Roosevelt to in
vestigate mining conditions in Colo
RADIO.
Judge Coke. of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals, declared
there were too many laws.
Prince and Princess Abbas Pacha
Hahn, brother-in-law and sister of the
Khedive Of Egypt, arrived in New
York City, on the Princess Irene for
q long tour of the United States.
Professor Winfield Ayres, before the
American Medical Association Conven-
ton. in Atlantic City, announced that
lie had found a successful cure for
Bright's disease.