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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
President Wilson's Paper.

In another department of tOday's
Commonwealth will be found an ex-
cellent paper read by President G.
A. Wilson, of the Delta Bank.
From a common sense point of
view there are none who could bet
ter present the case to the people in
terested than Mr.. Wilson, and the
article should be widely read and
studied, While the paper is brief,
as such things 60, it covers the
ground thoroughly from the plant
ing of the crop until the cotton
leaves the great mills and gets into
the hands of the people as cloth.
That President Wilson has the
best interest of the people at heart
is plainly shown by his great offer
to store free Of charge 100000 bales
of cotton, and if need be, advance
$25 a bale while the owners are
waiting for the advance which Mr..
Wilson believes is sure to follow.
The Presidents advice and sugges-
tons to the growers come from one
who has always been on the ground
and who has made one of the
greatest financial successes in the
whole south; he has spent most of
the years of his eventful life in the
careful study of the subjects he so
ably presents, and we believe the
growers generally will welcome his
DlanS
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
Thief'S Bad

In the last issue of the Clarksdale
Register we find the following para
graph and idiotic comment:
Thieves and burglars are beginning
a campaign in Greenwood. II it's brains
they're after they should fight shy of
the Commonwe alth sanctum."
However, the jam nut of the Reg
lister is eminently correct in one
thing. The Commonwealth realizes
that brains are so rare in coun-
try journalism that it guards its
store against thieves with a miser's
care. And, indeed, it is a pity
that the editor of the Register
did not take a like precaution. But
the thief who got away with his
gray matter used the poorest Of
judgment and is now doing pen.
ance in a lunatic asylum.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
Greenwood. Saturday, Feb. 10, 1905
a Necessary Move.

The question of sleeping apart
ments for Young men is becoming a
serious one for Greenwood, and if
something is not soon done in the
matter the city will get an ADVERTISE
ment that will injure it materially.
The young men are coming to this
place every day from all parts of the
country, and it is next to impossible
for them to get accommodations.
The hotels are full to overlooking,
and so are all the boarding and
roOming houses Of the better class.
The Commonwealth alone received
this week three young mechanics,
and two Of them spent several days
IN trying to get rooms, and the price
was a minor consideration at that.
II this condition of affairs is sent
out broadcast it will serve to keep
many people from coming to town.
The people will have to make al
engagements to keep the mes who
desire to reside here before we can
do any growing; we cant grow
without the outsiders, If there are
any in the city who have rooms tc
rent at stiff prices they should let
the fact be known. A little adver-
tisement in The Commonwealth will
do the work
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
Editor Peacock Struts Some.

Quite recently We stated that if
the Garden of Eden was not located
in the delta it should have been,
In disputing this statement the
North Mississippi Herald says:
"You are entirely mistaken: when the
Garden of Eden was in existence the
Mississippi Delta was a frog pond a
thousand feet deep, and catfish and
snakes and frogs were it's only inhabi-
tants. The real Garden Of Eden has al
ways been located right here on the
hiIl-tops of old Yalobusha, where the
pretty girls blossom and daises grow"
The Herald has a right to its
opinion. We were not here at the
time. We are not very far up on
the flora of the country and conse-
quently know very little about the
growing daisies, but when it comes TO
fauna we are there with a vengeance.
The pretty girls Of Yalobusha have
not passed before us in review, but
we have heard that there was one
very choice female who did blossom,
unllas do OtherSthinns. in Eden
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

Greenwood has thus far caused this
scribe some visual difficulties of
a peculiar nature, but arrangements
have been made to import a man
from the east for the purpose of do
ing away with the annoyance. It
may have been noticed by the many
young ladies who, IN passing this
Office, find that they encounter much
trouble in getting their gaze through
the dusty windows. Now, our chief
desire is that they look in on any
and all occasions, and they may rest
assured that we are going to make
heroic efforts to have the windows
made clean so they can see what is
going on inside. And besides, we
love to look at them as they pass, or
stand still or in any old way they
may choose to assume. It was one
Of our f0ndest hopes that the ele-
ments would clean the windows
during the rainy season, at least
from the outside, but as such was
not the case we shall proceed to in
vent some other plan. The ladies
have a vested right to look into this
office from the outside, or inside OF
from any other viewpoint-except
from up a tree. We Of course pre-.
fer that they come inside and feel al
home; some of them do; we wan
others to do likewise. They are al
lovable but some are more so.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

be pleased to see to II that they get
a place close up to the the front.
Please wire this office, or send q note,
giving number Of shoe, what bill Of
fare viii be desired after the per-
Torrance, and any other informa-
ton desired.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

The rival editors of the Memphis
newspapers should have a duel by
all means. We suggest that they
lock themselves in a room (close to a
~tavern) and see which one of them
can smoke the most cigarettes. The
winner could arrange to pay for the
drinks, and thus settle all of their
seemingly great wrangles.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

We are told that while wandering
around the back ways a few even
ings ago a stranger stepped into an
.artesian we'll. It cannot be i'm
agined what he was hunting unless
it vas a jag joint, and it is said
that he was SO badly frightened
that his top piece was sufi-
GENTLY dizzy without having the
corn juice mixed with it. The well
is only about 700 feet deep, and the
only thing that saved him from q
delightful and mysterious disap-
pearance was the fact that kindly
nature made him too big to go into
the hole.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

The Commonwealth is in receipt
of a copy of the Mississippi Official
and Statistical Register, a most
valuable book for any and all who
are III any way interested in the
past history Of the State. The
volume is handsomely bound and
printed, and was carefully edited by
Dunbar Rowland, the wizard who
directs the Department Of Archives
and History.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

The Red men Of the West are
making ready to enter politics as
soon as Oklahoma and the Indian
territory are formed into a State.
Some of the race are already an
nounced candidates for the United
States Senate. It will be rather
amusing to hear Chief Crazy Horse
address the most august body in the
world, or to see Falling Buzzard
twirl his tomahawk to emphasize a
few remarks. But as real Americans
they probably have more moral right
to sit in the body than a Mormon,
a professional politician or a syndi-
cate-scheming trust magnate.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
Along the Byways


WANTED-To know the name of
the angel who penned the following
letter to the Editor of the Common
wealth. For any information lead
ing to the identity of the sweet
young thing, the editor Of this de-
partment will pay a cash reward,
and agree to marry the girl. Here
is the letter in full:
"To the editor of Along the By
Ways-A Greenwood girl begs to in
form the intelligent young editor
(she takes it for granted his being
young that the girls in Greenwood
do not hang on" when strolling
on the great county bridge, and
wonders if the Green river girls do.
He should read the Lady From
Philadelphia and find that hang
ing on was laid aside with the other
relics of the past ages, and that if
anything, the Greenwood girls are
up to date; and also wishes to verify
the statement that it is nice-strOll-
ing thereon the bridge. A Girl.
This is personal and not for publ
cation.'
While it is always a pleasure for
this individual to receive letters
from the 400 the other 800 will
please save their stamps until we
catch up with the work we now
have in hand. We shall make it
our sole business to discover this
girl; we have much to say to her.
Undoubtedly she is a bright one,
perchance a little naughty, but
withal a charming person. One OBJ
lection either to this young lady, OF
to her "up-to-date ways rests il
the fact that she is, maybe, a part
Chinese; at least she begins her let
ter on the first page, runs it owe tC
the last and brings up her finish
in the middle. Probably that is
some Of the up-tO-date styles that
she spoke of in the note; the young
man who parts his name and his
hair in the middle is also probably
a product Of this up-to-dateness
Well, he ran his course in civiliza.
ton along in the sos, but still he
may be a bridge stroller, for all WE
know. We have noticed, however
that the practice of girls to hang OF
is rapidly diminishing; we believe
it is now the custom for the men tC
hang on to the girls-and the girls
usually have to support this KIND
soon after the deacon gets done say.
ing the words that mean trouble fol
life. But seriously, with all hel
faults We love this girl STILL" anC
there is a real good time coming tc
her for a very long time if she vii
make herself known, and furnish
the lights and fuel for the rest O
the winter. We will supply the ICE
in the summer and everything els(
on the side. At the post Office at ;
this Saturday afternoon, please
Just a little knowing look and the
struggle is over.
. . -.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

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pr. Miles, Anti-Patn Pills, the New,
Scientific Remedy Tor Pain. Also Symp-
tom Blank for our Specialist to diagnose
your case and tell YOU what is wrong
and how to right it. Absolutely Free.
Address: DR.. NILES MEDICAL CO,
LABORATORIES. ELkHART, mi.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

Being from the state where moon
shine whisky and gore are said to
flow through the "blue grass on
the mountains" there are those in
every town on the globe who claim
to believe that a native of the state is
a bose ~fghter-or at least knows
all about the business. However,
Of all the large force of The Com
mOnwealth there is not "a in any
of the departments who ever looks
upon the stuff when it is red, or
any other color, and this is quite re-
markable, when the size Of the force
Is taken into consideration. Speak
ing Of jags, We noticed one recently
that a. really artistic in its ramiti-
cations-Whatever that means. He
was quite an elderly man, this jag
bearer, and he was wandering
around waiting no doubt until his
home came to him. 1t was a polite
Jag that he was on, and he was
bowling and scraping to everything
in sight. The wax lady dummies
IN the show windows were all the
acquaintance he needed in his
business at that time, and he made
himself baldheaded by taking off
his derby to them as he passed
along. Finally he met his Waterloo
at his boarding house and he will
probably never do it any more. On
the front veranda where he hangs
ont is a statue of some NEUROLOGICAL
politician, and as the old fellow
reeled up the steps he attempted to
shake hands with the figure Of who
ever it was, but the figure refused
to shake; as the peruna-flooded
man reached again for the hand
that was stilled he tripped and fell
rolling the statuary over the edge of
the pQrtico, breaking it into many
pieces. Some adjoining vases of
flowers went by the board with the
4E~and the wreck shows to this
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

In a certain passage in the Good
Book it is said hal the wicked stand
in slippery places.' This being true
we car prove that our good friend Mr..
c. |. Stein, the fat and good-natured
Howard street jewcler, is far from
being wicked. He did not stand in
a slippery place; that is, he did not
stand long. On Monday morning Mr..
Stein was ~jauntiIy tripping along in
front Of the big Mann Hardware
building, little thinking Of the trap
that was spread before him. Dur
ing the previous night another sleet
had fallen, and then a beautiful
carpet Of snow had dreamiIy covered
the icy pavement, and it was not good
for any tWO-fOOted animal to cut any
pigeOn-Wings in that vicinity. It
was a terrific jolt that our friend got
when the pavement met him a little
more than half way, and he won
dered what the stars meant by
shining il the day time. After
awhile it dawned upon him hal he
had simply slipped up and down
and side wise and otherwise. While
Mr.. Stein was considerably shaken
he is not hurt to any extent, and
had the satisfaction of knowing that
the same place caught other victims
than himself during the day.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
You are the doctor.

My son Bert, when in his 18th year,
became subject to attacks of epilepsy,
Sc, serious that we We're compelled to
take him out Of school. After several
physicians had failed to relieve him, we
gave DR.. Miles NerVine a trial. Ten
months treatment with Nervine and
Liver Pills restored our boy TO perfect
health.'-MR. JOHN S. WILSON,
Deputy Co. Clerk, Dallas Co, Mo.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
Blame
No One But Yourself
if You Don't Get
Well When SICK.
All We can do is give advice.
Of nn7r-Sa that's a-Sy

All We can do is give advice.
Of course that's easy.
But our advice is really worth a little
more to you than most peoples, for We
offer to give You the first bottle of our
medicine free, if it fails to help you.
We could not afford to do this unless
our medicine was good. Such an offer,
on the wrong kind of medicine, would
put a merchant prince in the poor house.
DR.. Miles Neryine, however. as years
of experience have proved, is a medi-
cine that cures the sick.
Those whom it cannot beneft-less
han one in ten t~housand-we prefer to
refund their money.
All we ask of you is to try DR.. Miles
Restorative Nervine for your complaint.
If you suffer from sIeeplessness, nervous
exhaustion, dizziness, headache, mus
cular twitchings, melancholy. loss of
memory, weak stomach. poor blood.
bilious troubles, epilepsy, st. Yitus'
Dance, ETC., We will guarantee to benefit
yoc or refund your money.
YOI are the doctor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

The Nicksburg American processes
to be much hurt because the Gov
ernOr refuses to send the military
establishment and a lot of silly school
children to the Washington inaugu-
ration. The Governor does not
want to go to Washington and he
also knows that he is not wanted
there; he furthermore knows that
the school children should be in
school where they properly belong.
It seems that no matter what the
Governor does or does not do, he
cannot please a set of fellows in
Mississippi-and the North-but
We do not think he will resign the
great office on this account. The
American should either consult a
physician, or else come up to Green
wood for a few days and visit a real
live city where we have more than
one thing to attract u attention.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

The Commonwealth is a good
natured journal, but it has teeth and
can bite when the occasion demands
If
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

Them edgitorial fellows down to
Memphis make us sick in our lower
digestion works. They is a set ov
dope fecnds who have made there
regulations off ov this paper. Eff
we should move away and hide they
would be lost fer sumthin to say
smart like, and would lose there
Jobs, which would serve them right;
then some new and unfresh fellers
could get there Jobs and receive
some Of the emOluments of our fame.
When them said Memphian scribes
comes to pass in their checks they
air so small that the undertaken will
bury them in a ordinary match box,
and a front tooth Ov a dead boss will
make Them a decent enuff mOnu-
ment. And there will be room
enuff on it fer there Majors to write
all the epita1fs that is due them fer
there meanness. There intellectual
foresight don't reach no further than
into the middle ov next week, no
hOW.-Hardeman Free Press Core
spOndence to The Commonwealth.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
Oh! How Lovely.

Yazoo City and Greenwood, both pro-
gressive towns OF this grand old Com
~monwealth, are sparring as to which is
making the best commercial prosperity.
Biloxi is not saying a word but is quiet
Iy going on the very front rank of pro-
gressive and en~terprising cities. H.r
progress is SO steady as to be almost
audible. Biloxi Review.
Audible! Why bless your inno-
cent soul, Progress actually makes
50 much noise in Greenwood that
you cant hear the hammer of the
knOcker. Come see us.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
i DREAM.

j DREAM.
| like to think how fine 'twOuld buis
Where the bride of a grand marquis;
All day long,
His lOve-s0ng,
Would he sing while he sighed for MUS.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
1T seems to a man up a truis
That his bride should be on his knuis
Both night and day
And nearly Tlway,
So he wouldn't have 20 sigh for THUS.
Suis?
Not for anything would this pa
per register a knock against Green
woods pretty and popular little play
house, (but say, boys, warm it up a
biz SO a fellows teeth won't rattle
louder than the bones of the end
men. This Well-managed theatre is
an institution and is and should be
the pride of every one in the city.
1t is not often that such a splendid
place of amusement IS 10 be found
in a town of this size, and it should
be given first-class patronage at all
times. Very many Of the best at
fractions on the road are booked for
this city every season, and we See
right here what the people of New
Orleans or Memphis see. However,
while the patronage generally has
been all that the management could
expect, We desire to say that the
young men Of the city are not show
ing the proper gallantry to the many
beautiful young ladies who I'M
doubtedly dote on the play. We
miss their beaming faces on many
occasions; and we can't take them
all; We would soon be called a
Mormon, and that would be dread
4alto u sensitive nature. If there
---ho have been overlooked.
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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

No. 80, Pullman Sleeper GrecnviIle to Btrm-
ingham and Birmingham to NewIork. cafe Oh.
servattOn car Alfalfa, Ala, to East RadSo4d, Va.
No. 80 carries Pullman Sleeper Birmingham
to Chattanooga, connecting a. Chattano ga
Sith train carrying Sleeper and Day Coaches
Chattanooga to salisbury without change, also
Sleeper Salisbury 70 New York.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

Long Distance Telephone No. 33
Yazoo Valley Telephone No. 26
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

No. sc. Sleepers Birmingham to Atlanta,
Atlanta to jacksonville and Brunswick.
No. IS carries Pullman Sleeping cars Birm-
ingham to Atlanta and Atlanta to Macon.
No, e8. Pullman Sleeping car betEean Big
mingham and Atlanta.
AL trains run daily.
s. H. ACKERT, G. Nj. Washington. }. G.
S. II. HARDWICK, P. 7. M. Washington, Do
". H. IA LOE Spa. Washington, D. G.
ca BENSCOTER. CT. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.
J. u. R D. p. n, BirminRhan. AlA
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

No. So. Pullman Sleeper GreenvIIIe to bIr-
mingham and Birmingham to Cincinnati with
but change.
No. 36 Pullman Sleeping Cars Birmingham to
E!no1nnat! and ChaLtaGOog. 70 10 LsEi-e.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-22
ESCAPE CUT OFF
AND MANY PERISH
AWFUL HORROR RESULTS FROM
BURNING OF a TENEMENT IN
NEW YORK CITY.
Inmates Roasted Alive, Nineteen Per-
sons Meeting This Terrible Fate
Forty or More Injured Victims
Were Caught Like Rats in Trap.

New York, March 15.-Nineteen per-
seriously that they may die, and nearly
200 persons temporarily homeless, is in
brief the story Of New York's latest fire
horror. Following is a partial list of
the dead: Rachel Solomon, 45 years;
Jacob Solomon, 16; Isaac Solomon. IS;
Jessie Cohen, Is; Rose Wiener, %;
Sander Wiener. 4; Ida MuskoWitz. 10;
Harry Kaufman, 10; Rose Miller, 4;
Norris Miller. months old; Gershon
Fuchs, 80, Sarah Kline. so, Bella Sled
Ter, 80; Harry Siedler, IL. Nearly all
the bodies taken from the building were
SO badly burned as to be almost unrec-
| ognizable.
The victims Of Tuesdays disaster
were typical East side people, the scene
typical East side tenement, and the
scenes attending it were in many ways
peculiar to that cosmopolitan quarter
To the apparently reckless displays of
heroism shown by firemen, policemen
| and volunteer rescuers alone is due the
fact that the list of dead is not greater
Two hundred persons herded in the
big fye-story double-decker tenement
house were sleeping early Tuesday,
when flames from an overturned or ex-
| ploding kerosene lamp in the basement
| spread through the structure, and
wrapped the entire building in flames
| almost before an alarm had been sound
| ed. Even when the sleepers aWoke at
the first crV if was q 1n1oct f0o loto hI1t
| hardly more than moment was neces-
| sary to show them that their troubles
had scarcely begun The long narrow
1 iron escapes which ran down the build
ing on each of it's exposed sides had
been made receptacles for rubbish of all
descriptions, and in many cases they
| We're little better than useless.
It was found, also, that every fire es-
! cape platform on the building had in it
a blind or square piece of board which
fits into the opening through which the
ladder passes in the grated floor. The
result of these obstructed escapes was
evident when it was found that nearly
| all of the dead belonged on the top floor
| Of the building, and were roasted before
they were able to reach the ground. An
other case of negligence which was re-
sponsible for the loss of some lives was
an immovable skylight at the head of a
ladder leading to the roof Battened
i securely and partially covered by ice,
/ this skylight resisted all efforts to force
it, and pile of bodies of the dead lay
under it when the horror was over.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-22
BRIDGE CoLLAPSES.
Structure Undermined by Flood Falls
Into River at Los Angeles
Two Lives Lost.

Los Angeles. CAL, March 1.-THE
Seventh street bridge over Los Angeles
river fell Monday, carrying with it in
to the food-sWel1ed river 10 to Is per-
sons. two of whom are believed to
have been drowned. Five persons were
injured. The high water in the river
had attracted a number of sightseers
to the bridge. The buttresses of the
bridge had been weakened by the flood
and, when sudden swelling of the
waters came. the supports were carried
away and the bridge collapsed Flood
conditions in Los Angeles and vicinity
are the worst known in many years.
Along the coast various other towns
have suffered. At Santa Monica two
piers were destroyed, and the damage
along the shore there is estimated at
100000. At Long Beach the damage
to the wharf and to small boats is es-
timated at $4,000.