The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-06-18
Tried So As By Fire.

ment in Mississippi, and no other
establishment of similar size any
where, has ever accomplished
more within the limited space of
two weeks than has The Common
wealth just now the busiest place
in Greenwood, or anywhere else
in this section of the State.
The business of the Common
wealth has grown rapidly since
the paper came under it's present
management eight months ago.
Several times we have been fore
ed to add to the mechanical equip
ment in order to meet the de-
mands of the JOB printing depart
ment and to handle the large vol
ume of advertising that has been
accorded US by the people of
Greenwood and vicinity.
We were just congratulating
ourselves on the fact that the bus
mess of The Commonwealth had
in these few months grown to be
almost as large as that of the
Yazoo Sentinel, oul Yazoo City
paper, when that Office was swept
away in the disastrous hurricane
of fame, which visited that city
fifteen days ago, The printing
of the Sentinel was at once trans
ferred to this office, and with it
came flood of job printing such
as would be calculated to stagger
the largest city establishment.
In addition to printing the reg
ular editions of both The Com
monwealth and The Sentinel, we
have during the past two weeks
received and executed more than
$50 orders in our job printing
department, which means that not
less than 100000 impressions
have been made on our three
presses in twelve working days.
Other Offices of similar size may
have done as we'll. 1t is certain
that no more could have been &C
complished with the same num-
Der of people and in an Office of
the same capacity.
And here it is not perhaps
amiss to say that every order, for
both our Greenwood and Yazoo
City customers, has been execut-
ed with the same painstaking care
that obtained under normal con-
ditions. Mr.. o. G. Blow, the
manager of the paper, has labored
almost day and night, personally
supervising every detail of the
work. Mr.. H. B. Dixon, the
capable foreman of the mechani-
cal department, has worked zeal
ously and well-and the other
members of the mechanical force
have discharged their duties with
equal fidelity. The writer has
been able to spend only portion
of his time here, making frequent
trips to the city of smouldering
ruins in order to chronicle the
happenings there, as rapidly as
they occur, to the readers of both
papers.
A new outfit has been purchas-
ed for The Sentinel and the pub
LEGATION of that paper will be re-
sumed at home as soon as the new
plant can be installed.
In the meantime The Common
wealth has taken time by the fore
lock and purchased new material
in order to meet any future emer-
gency that may arise. Many faces
of new and stylish type have been
added and the largest and finest
stock of commercial stationery
ever brought to Greenwood is
now being received. THE Com
monwealth.
Editor Birdsall and his corps of
faithful helpers will never get
credit enough in this world for
their merited and well-earned vic
tory over disaster and destruc-
ton, caused by the fire at Yazoo
City. Mr.. Birdsall's courage,
energy and fortitude under most
trying circumstances should help
others bear bravely the trying
yiciSSitudeS this life NAV brinr.