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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-02
Morton Will play Golf.

vice-President Paul Morton Of the
Santa Re Railway company after an
inspection OF the road will spend sew
eral days at Santa Barbara with Pres
idcnt Ripley. playing at golf. It IS
said that there is no other signif-
cance to his journey than his annual
looking over the line and 2 desire to
get his share Of the climate and golf
that is only to be found in southern
California Ia the winter time.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-02
Bill for Stronger Cars.

In the New York legislature Sena
tor Downing has prepared q sh re.
quiring sleeping am 10 be construct.
ed entirely OF steel and to be fire.
proof and nontelescoping, on Janu.
airy 6 Mr.. TaWney submitted a resolu.
ton In the house of representatives
In Washington relating to the con-
demnation Of old postal cars. This
resolution stat&s that the loss OF life
by postal clerks Is due to defective
cars and the continuance in use Of
such cars after same are no longer
suitable and safe for further service.
The resolution provides that the rail.
roads shall furnish to the house OF
representatives the numbers Of all
postal a r for which the p~ostofice
department is paying rental. In add.
tion to the amount paid for carrying
mail. also the name Of the road and
the time of service OF each car from
the date Of It's original construction.
Under the supervision Of the inter.
state commission a bill Is
being prepared whose object Is to
compel railroads to build stronger
passenger equipment. Il will provide
that such carr shall be constructed
with steel stills and platforms and
such construction as viii be in accord
ance with good engineering. and will
not be unnecessarily expensive. It
also provides that after the passage
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-02

at the meeting. and those OF the old.
est conductors will be, Of course,
granted the first privilege Of operat-
ing the new trains to be put into
service.
THE report that the conductors
had been called to st, Louis for the
purpose Of discharging them was RI.
diculous,' said a railroad man yester-
day. when a railroad company dc,
cides to discharge an employe. It does
not 60 wen to the trouble Of sending
him a trip pass to come to the gen.
eral Offices. They send them their
discharge papers wherever an EN-.
ploye happens to be-
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-02

made no reduction In the rate from
Chicago 70 St, Paul, and the SO per
cen cut in the st. Paul rate by the
Burlington is taken as an Indication
that the Burlington will become nor
aggressive in the prevailing war Of
rates.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-02
4 severe Cold for Three Months.

The Following letter from A. ]. NUS
baum OF B~atesyille, Ind, tells Its own
story. Il suffered for three months
with a severe cold. a druggist pre-
pared me some medicine. and q ply
stefan prescribed for me, yet ] did
not improve. then tried Foley's
Honey and Tar. and eight doses cured
me" Refuse substitutes.
For sale at Depot Drug Store.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-02
FoIey,s Honey and jar.

Cures coughs and colds.
Cures bronchitis and asthma.
Cures Group and %whuoping cough.
Cures h~oarseneSs and bronchial trou
bles.
Cures pneumonia and la grippe.
For sale at Depot Drug Store.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-02

Just now there is every prospect Of
a fine fruit yield In northern New
Mexico The coming season. II the
month Of March Is passed without any
accidents we will feel pretty safe.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-02

Geo. w. warder Of Springer Thurs.
day move his family and occupied
his recently acquired new residence.
formerly the Eshenour home.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-02

II troubled with weak digestion,
belchIng or sour stomach, use Cham.
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
and you viii get quick relief. For sale
by all druggists
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-02
Republican County Convention.

A convention OF delegates OF the
republican voters OF the county OF
San Miguel. New Mexico. Is hereby
called to meet IN the court house Of
said county In Las Vegas. on the 9th
day OF March. A. D, 1904. at 10 o'clock
a. m, for the purpose Of choosing and
electing nineteen (l9) delegates to
represent the said county Of San MI.
guel In the territorial republican con
yention which will be held In the
city Of Las Vegas on the 18th day Of
March. A. d. 1904. for the purpose CT
choosing six (6) delegates and six tel
alternates to represent the territory
af New Mexico In the national repub-
lican convention which will be held
in the city Of Chicago on the 21st
day OF June. A. .. 1904. for the pur-
pose 81 nominating . president and
yice-president Of the United States Of
America. and transacung such 0thar
business as may properly come before
said convention.
The republican electors OF this
county and all those who believe In
the principles Of the republican party
and In it, policies as announced In
the republican national platform
adopted BY the republican national
convention held In the city Of Phile-
delphia on the 10th day Of June, A. D.
1900. and who believe In and endorse
the admission Of the territory OF New
Mexico TO statehood and who favor an
honest and Just administration OF
public affairs in this territory, are
respectfully and cordially invited to
unite under this call and take part
in the choice or delegates to the ter
~ritorial convention.
The various precincts OF the county
are entitled to representation as fol.
lows:
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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-02
TRACK AND TRAIN.

InhUh HWD HHIH.
Frank Hockett machinist. Is on the
sick list.
Mike Nelson has been engaged as q
new fireman.
E. Blake. engineer on the winslow
division, resigned the other day and
left for the east.
Battleship 93S has been transferred
from Ration where she has been doing
duty. to this division.
Machinists Lew Webb and Frank
MCGUIRE are on today. called away by
the death Of s. A. Cornell.
The work Of setting up the new
turntable has begun. 1t will be moved
into place within q couple OF days.
Nr
George Sharp. who has been en-
ployed At the Harvey House, Deming,
during the past year. left for Bisbee.
L. Horahar, in the service Of the
railroad company. at Winslow, has
quit the company and departed for
the east.
George Glare, who has been en-
ployed in the Santa Fe freight Of
nee at Deming for several months
past, left for his home IN Chicago.
Conductor Joe Harrison has return
ed to San Marcial from Topeka, fol.
lowing prolonged sessions with the
Santa Re officials on grievance work.
Firemen Snasdell, Miles and Hink
have been assigned as expert oil.burn-
ers Of the Santa Fe Pacific. and are
busy instructing the other boys in
the art Of oil firing.
Trains Nos. | and Z came in from
the east today each in two sections,
The cause of this heavy travel Is the
rates which are now being offered to
the Pacific coast.
Engine S22, which came in yester
day. is due out today. This will claar
out the last II the engines to be re
paired before the shops are closed,
After today repairs will be made on
the outside of the smoky palace.
John S~crutchfield, a helper at the
San BeTnardino shops, had his arm
badly crushed while at work recently
While moving car wheels two of the
big drivers came together, pinch
ing his arm In a painful manner. He
was taken to the company's surgeon
and vii YEA the member In q sling
for ten days.
These are the days for promotions
Several men are now enjoying the
emoluments coming from superior
places. Otto Fell has been boosted
to pipe man. Jacob Gallegos has quit
the post of front end painter and will
hereafter be machinist helper; Johr
H. Leonard riess from hostler help
er to truckman; Owen Edwards ant
John =. Greer 90 from the shops to !
firing position.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-02

Engine SO, which came in yester
day, is due out today. This will clear
out the last Il the engines to be re-
paired before the shops are closed.
After today repairs will be made on
the out ;ide of the smoky palace.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06

The Sunfower Tocsin asserts
that 'the career Of the newspaper
mar is by far the hardest and most
unsatisfactory Of any Of the profes-
sions." Nonsense, pure and simple.
TnR COMMONWEALTH believes that
there is no other profession where
genuine merit is more appreciated,
and where intelligent effort is surer
to receive its just reward. The
profession Of journalism is a noble
calling, sorely afflicted by men who,
possessing not the ability to rise
above the coarse and the common
place, amuse themselves by an
eternal growl against the law OF
gravity which forces everything to
its own level.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06
OF a Personal Nature.

This issue of Tue COMMONWEALTH
will reach a number of citizens Of
Greenwood and surrounding terri
tory who are not now subscribers
Of the paper, You may be one Of
them, in which event we want to
call your attention TO the fact that
We are now giving you the largest,
nowsicst and best local newspaper
ever published in the county.
According to our conception of
country journalism, the first princi-
Pile Of publishing a god local paper
is to rnlNT THE NEWs-to faithfully
chronicle the local events of the
town and county.
Scarcely less important is the
duty which every good newspaper
owes to its community Of promoting
every good cause, boosting every
commcndablc effort for community
advancement and the persistent dem
o~nStratlon Of an abiding faith in
the resources and advantages of its
town and territory,
Edltorlally, a newspaper should
be strong i'll its convictions, but
Just and charitable in its criticisms
of men and things. Upon this basis
the present management Of The
COMMONWEALTH has set about the
work of building up a newspaper
worthy Of the esteem and confidence
Of the people Of the county.
The paper is growing in influence
and popularity, and the addition
of your name to its subscril ton list
will help to make it stronger and
better. 1t is our ambition to make
THE COMMONWEALTH indispensable
to every citizen of the county.
A careful perusal of this issue
ought to convince you that it is
worth to you many times its sub
scription price in the course of q
year.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06

and grandeur Of our fields Of white,
fringed with forest, Of giant oak and
set with winding streams along
which the majestic cypress mods 10
the refreshing breezes and rocks us
10 sleep with the music Of its signing
boughs,
There is no sky 50 blue and none
that bends 50 perfectly above US.
No sunset seems 50 beautiful as to
watch the bright orb Of day bury
its face beyond the Yazoo river,
shedding its golden rays Ger the
towering tree-tops and sending a
sheen Of myriad hues along the
placi bosom of that historic stream.
All the beauty Of fancy becomes
reality on one Of our moonlight
nights, when the heavens are draw
ing Of infinite grace in lines Of my
raid lights, with a background of
deep purple--a picture to madden
poets. Lalla Rock never saw paint
ed wcbbs Of such beauty al the
e., Lrir bght 81 colt and pTulppnt
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06
In Gods Country.

According TO a recent bulletin,
issued from tie Office of the Agri-
cultural Dopa rtment at Washington,
the County Of LeFlore is the rich
est spot on the American continent
producing more wealth than any
other County in any other Stale in
the Union. The same authority
accords second place to the County
of Coahoma, and discusses at length
the fertility Of soil and superior
climatic advantages of the Yazoo
Delta-tlie backbone Of the cotton
belt and tho agricultural Eden
where peace and plenty abounds
and prosperity is everywhere.
Fancy fails to furnish phases
with which to picture the anajesiy
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06

Tho Memphis Commercial APP
peal takes exception to an editorial
in the Columbia Herald regarding
the social impurities Of that great
city. The llcrald's article is per-
haps a little ovcrdrawn, but it is no
more so than a lengthy editorial
which appears alongside Of it in
Sundays Commercial Appeal,
wherein il is charged that the moral
atmosphere of the great State of
Kentucky has been polluted, so that
the time honored allegation that
Kentucky is the home Of pretty
women and fast horses has been
made to read pretty horses, and
fast women" The Commercial APP
peal commits in one column what
it designateS as a crime in another,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06

An erroneous idea prevails among
some people that the sclf-made man
is a success and that college edUca-
ton is a failure. Many men fail in
this world ~- some e item are college
men, and some are not. 1t all de-
ponds upon the man and the split
of determination that animates his
efforts. The mar who has no fixed
purpose; who does not become the
author and Gnisher of some one
thing--whcthcr equipped with a col
lege diploma or not--will fail.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06
The State Convicts.

Governor Nariaman recently
made an inspection of the State
farm. in Sundowcr County, and his
observations have led him 10 the
conclusion that the best interests Of
the State demand that all the State
conyicts he concentrated on the
State farm. Gov, Nardaman says:
There is no economy in working
the c~Onyicts on tie lands Of private
persons, and giving 10 these per
sons o large share Of the products
Of the conyicts' toll, when there is
need for this labor On the States
property. II has been said that
there is not enough open land upon
which to work all the conyicts.
That is true, But there are 5000
acres Of land on this farm to be
cleared, and on that land is a great
deal Of valuable timber, which
should be cut down and sold.'
A meeting Of the Board of Control
was held in Jackson Tuesday, and
We notice by the jackson papers
and dispatches that the several Plan
tiers Of the Delta who have hands
leased to the State were on hand
in full force to defeat, if possible,
the proposed action Of the Governor
10 concentrate the conyicts ON the
States property. No action, how
ever, was taken in the matter, con
sidcratjon being postponed until
Aug. lG.
In the meantime, the "pcts' Of
the old administration who have
leases with the State which yield
them thousands every year, will
turn heaven and earth to maintain
the present method of handling the
State conyicts. True to his pro
misses to the people, Gov. Nardaman
will insist on his Plan Of taking the
@c)nvirts of the lauds If private
individuals and placing them on
the State farm, where the State will
get the benefit Of their labor. Tur
COMMONWEALTH fully endorses Gov
Nafdaman's position, and thinks
that the Board Of Control should
hold up his hands in this matter.
There should be no room in MisSiS
sippi for anything that has the sem,
blancc OF graft in it, and whert
il can be shown that thousand
of dollars will be sltoi 10 the Stat,
by Withdrawing the convicts from
tie plantations Of private owner.
and placing them on the States
farm, this should unQucstionabll
be done, and we feel sure will b,
done.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06
Let every other Democratic news

Let every other Democratic news
paper work as hard for the success
Of the ticket as the Commoncr is
now doing and all will DO we'll. Let
cvtrJ Democrat in the country work
for the success with the same car
ncstncss that now charactcri2cs the
work Of Mr., Bryan, and Roosevelt
will go down to iGnominiouS defeat
at the November election. BRYAN
was perhaps wrong in some Of his
contentious but he was honest.
lie rca(i2"s now that the will Of the
majority must be ohcyed and that
whatever else may have been de
creed by the convention, the all-im.
portant object Of all good men
everywhere is the defeat of His Ac.
c4dcncy, the hell bclching, human
volcano who now occupies the white
house.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06

The labor question is still agitat-
ing the minds Of the planters of this
section. Each year the negro be
comes more unsatisfactory and the
fact is more apparent that some steps
must ultimately be taken 10 secure
a better class of labor. Some Of
the largest planters in the Green
wood territory have recently OK
pressed a determination to try all
white hands next year and The
COMMONWEALTH believes that they
will be more thar pleased with the
result.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06

The building Of the new railroad
from ltta Bena to Belzonia empha-
sizes the Importance of an electric
railway to the little city across the
river. While it is evidently the
purpose Of the railroad company to
run trains over both branches into
Greenwood for the present, the time
will come when they will 60 straight
through from Memphis to Vicks-
burg.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06

A South Mississippi editor who
hasn't been married more than a
year rises to remark: Wed rather
live on Cat island with a parrot for
a mate, and have a sand blister on
each of our toes, than to dwell in
Paradise and wear silk slippers with
a woman who pouts." His wife
ought to either demand a public re-
traction or sue for a divorce.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06

The esteemed Meridian Star has
launched a Sunday morning edition.
The Star is now the only paper in
the State which is issued seven days
in each week. 1t is one Of the ablest
edited, newsiest and handsomest
afternoon papers in the South, and
TIE COMMONWEALTH is glad to know
that it is meeting with merited sue
cess. Greenwood is going to be
large enough for a daily paper in a
few years and we'll be more than
satisfied if we can then measure up
to the example now being set by
our esteemed Meridian contempt
rary.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06

The Laurel Ledger announces
that it will soon issue a handsome
volume containing the "Clipplngs
From the Mico Mcsmerizer" that
have appeared in that excellent pa
per during the past year. The
work is from the pen of Mr.. L. II.
Lyons, a writer of splendid ability
and a humorist who promises to
rank with Mark Twain, Bill Nye
and other famous characters who
have contributed so much 10 the
gaiety Of nations, THE COMMON
WEALTH trusts that the publication
will prove a success,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06

That irrepressible genius, Col. NJ
W. Connolly, is again the chief edi-
torial writer of the Memphis Com
mercial Appeal, and the editorial
page Of that paper is now as bright
and refreshing as the dew Of a May
morning.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06

Growing Greenwood is a stern
reality up against which some OF
our neighboring towns have already
bumped more than halfway hard.
The trade territory Of Greenwood is
gradually expanding,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06

Each year the great Yazoo Delta
has shown substantial advancement,
but 1904 will surpass all previous
ones in the extent Of material de-
yclopment and industrial progress
in this immediate section,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06

Specialization is the keynote Of
success. Life is too short for one
mar to know it all. Competition
is too keen for the man who Ter-
forms things in a ~hap-lazard way.
The young man who would succeed
in the world must learn to do one
thing, and to do that one thing
we'll.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06
The man who never reads a news

The man who never reads a news
paper never does anything else
worth the while. You'll find them
in every town and community. Oc-
cas;onally one of them dies. And
some sympathetic neighbor writes
his obituary. The little black
headline attracts the eye, bat the
reader is too busy TO read it, That's
all.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06

The world will open its arms to
the man who dares to do with all
his heart that which he ~conceives
to be his duty. Labor is never lost
bv the toiler who loves his work.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06

For the benefit of the Birmins-
ham News, we want to say that
Grocnvillc is a little landing on the
Miss sslppi river about sixty miles
west Of Greenwood. 1t is a good
town and VIC would very much dis
like to see it lose its identity by be-
coming mixed up with Greenwood.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06

Greenwood continues to hold first
place as the most rapidly growing
city in the Delta, Talk and work
for Greenwood and it will always be
thus.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06

IT must be awful to be the posses
sor Of a million dollars and at the
same time o stomach that couldn't
digest d milk toast. We'd rather
bc poor and eat beans with q knife.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06

The town of Vardaman promises
to assume q position of national no.
torioty second only to lndianola,
The mcndacious spirit of tho adj
ministration, illustrated by these
two incidents, will contribute no lit
tie to the defeat Of Roosevelt at the
polls in November.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06
Wanted.

Cash paid for Tupolo Gum, Rcd Gam
and Cottonwood by tho cord. For in
formation call on Yazoo Coopcrage
CO., Greenwood, Miss, Phone 218, Cum
bcrland. ma7-tF.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06

The man who doesn't care what
people think Of him would be sur
prised 10 know that most people
never think of him at all.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06

When it to framing pictures
We are it; ask for prices. LEON STEIN.
We receive all magazines from one to
three days ahead. Phone us,
STEMS Cock Store.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06

The 'mcanest man. has bobbed
up again. lie lives in Chicago and
Is accused of having borrowed money
from his divorced wife with which
70 buy license to marry another
Wo.nIn.