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The evening world., 1905-09-12
KILLED BY
"BLACK DIAMOND"
YOUNG Mcn In buggy ut II Grade
Crons,ng Mcnr EIshcr,a Stnt1on.

ROCHESTER,, n. Y, Sept. 1.-Two
Young men. who have not vet been iden.
tilted, were killed last night In a grade
crossing accident on the Lehigh VALLEY
Railroad at Fishers Station.
They were driving across the track
and wero struck bv the Black Diamond
EXnress.
The evening world., 1905-09-12

MILE X
u o u q uot richest an
cream. made in the fer
tile Mohawk valley.10O
IL cans for 81: cnn.4VS
BANANAS - Large
ripe. yellow fruit, II
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-29
Ordinance No. 479.)

AN ORDINANCE establishing fire linn
its and regulating the erection and
repair of wooden buildings and other
structures in the city of Greenwood,
Miss, and providing for the removal
Of same at the expense OF the own
ers thereof when erected contrary
to the ordinances Of the munich
Dality.
Section /. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board Of Aldermen Of the
city Of Greenwood, Miss. that it shall
be unlawful to erect any buildings
whatever, unless the walls thereof
shall be constructed Of brick. OF other
non-combustible material, and said
building covered with slate, tin or 9th
er nOn-cOmbustible material. within
the following limits, namely: Begin
ming at the northeast corner of Fulton
street; thence south along east side
of said street to the northern boundary
line Of the Southern Railway right of
way; thence eastward with the north
boundary of the said right of way to
Walthall street: thence north along
the west side Of Walthall street to
Front street; thence westward along
south side Of Front street to point Of
beginning: unless the same shall be
constructed by special permission of
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, en-
tered Upon h minutes.
Section 2. Be it further ordained.
hat it shall be unlawful for anv per
son to erect any brick or stone build
ing within the above described limits.
unless the walls of the same shall be
of the following dimensions, tO-wit:
For a One-stOry building the walls shall
be at least thirteen inches thick; for
a two-stOry building the walls shall be
at least eighteen inches thick for the
first story. and at least thirteen inches
thick for the second story, and for a
three-story building the walls shall be
at least eighteen inches thick for the
first story, thirteen inches thick for
the second story and nine inches thick
for the third story.
Section 8. Be it further ordained
that it shall be unlawful to remove
or cause to be removed. to another lot
if within the limits above described
any building already erected. without
making such building in accordance
with section 1 of this ordinance: or tc
remove any building or structure from
one part of the district to another
without permission of the Mayor anC
BOARD OF Alderman. Or TO decrease o.
to add to. or to change, or to alter il
n name any building within sal
limits, Or to repair the same, withou
having first obtained a special ogde
therefor from the Mayor and Board Q
Aldermen.
Section 4. Be it further ordained
that all violations of the terms of thi
: ordinance shall be punished by fine {
r not MGR, than fifty 6o.Jarc n - impri
onment in the municipal ia. for nc
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-29
R. H. HICKS, City Clerk.
Ordinance No 477l

AN ORDINANCE defining who are va
grants, prohibiting vagrancy, and
prescribing the punishment thereof.
Section /. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen Of the
City of Greenwood, Miss, that the fol
lowing persons are hereby declared to
be and shall be punished as Migrants.
viz:
(a) Persons known as tramps, wan
dering II %strolling about in idleness,
h are able to work, and who have
no property to support them.
I Co Persons leading an idle, i'm
moral Or profigate life, who have no
property to support them, and who are
able to work and do rot work.
(c) All persons able to work, hav-
ing no property to support them, and
who have no visible or known means
of a fair. honest and reputable liveli-
hood. The term visible or known
mean Of a fair. honest and reputable
| LIVELIHOOD as used in this section,
shall be construed to mean reasonably
| continuous employment at some law
full occupation for reasonable compen
sation. or a fixed and regular income
from property or other investment
which income is sufficient for the sup
port and maintenance Of such person
I'D All ~able-bodied persons who
habitually loaf, loiter and idle in tbs
city of Greenwood OF about the steam
boat landings or railroad stations Oh
any other public place in the city O
Greenwood for the larger portion 0
their time. without any regular en-
ployment, and without any visible
means of support. An offense unde
paragraph Cd Of this section shall b
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-29
r. II. HICKS. City Clerk.
Ordinance Mo 476.)
w. S NARDAMAN,
Mayor.

AN ORDINANCE in relation to cruel.
ty to animals, prohibiting the same,
n providing a penalty therefor.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen Of the city Of Green
wood, Miss. that if any person shall
override, ~OVerdrive. overload, torture,
torment unjustifably injure. deprive Of
necessary sustenance, food or drink.
or cruelty beat or needlessly mutilate.
or OF procure to be Oyerridden,
oVerdrIven, overloaded, tortured, I'M
~justifiably injured, tormented or de-
pTiVed of necessary S~ustenance, food
Or drink, Or to be cruelty beaten or
needlessly mutilated Or killed. any liv-
ing creature, every such offender shall,
for every such Offense, be guilty of a
misdemeanOr, and shall be fined not
more than one hundred dollars. OF
imprisoned not more than thirty days,
or both.
Approved this 18th day of March, a.
D., 1905.
w. S. VARDAMAN,
Mayor.
II IT JIJCIvC ~:4- ~
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-29
R. II. HICKS, City Clerk.
(Ordinance No. 475.)

AN ORDINANCE relating to the pos
session Of burglar tools, prohibiting
the possession thereof and providing
a penalty therefor.
Be it ordained by the Mayor n
Board Of Aldermen of the City OF
Greenwood, Miss, that it shall be I'M
lawful for any person TO have in his
possession any implements, tools or
instruments designed to aid in The
commission Of a burglary or larceny,
or any other offense against the laws
of this State and the carrying con-
cealed about ones person, or in ones
baggage, implements, tools Or inStru-
ments peculiarly adapted to aid or use
in the commission of burglary, larceny
Or any other Offen5e against this State,
shall be prima facie evidence Of in
tentiOn to use the same for such pur-
pose, and on conviction such person
SO offending shall be fined not exceed
Ing one hundred dollars, or imprisoned
not exceeding thirty days, or both.
Approved this 14th day Of March, A.
D, 1905.
w. S NARDAMAN,-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-29
ORDINANCES.
Ordinance No. 473.)
AN ORDINANCE requiring the US

AN ORDINANCE requiring the use OF
alarm bells and lanterns on bicycles.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Alderman of the city OF
Greenwood. Miss that it shall be un-
lawful for any person to ride any bl-
cycle along any of the public streets
or alleys of aid city without first pro-
viding such bicycle with an alarm bell,
and. if after dark, with a lighted Ian
tern, and any person failing to pro-
vide such bell, IT falling to sound the
same for at least thirty feet before
coming to any street crossing, or TALL
ing to carry after dark, upon his bl-
cycle. such lighted lantern, shall, upon
conviction, be fined not less tina one
dollar nor more than one hundred o
lars.
Be it further ordained for cause
shown that this ordinance be in force
and take effect from and after It's
passage.
Approved his 14th day of March,
A. D., 1905.
w. S VARDAMAN,
Mayor
D II HICKS Citv Clerk
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-29

AN ORDINANCE prohibiting the in
juring or destroying of any public
building, public work or public prop
erty, and providing a penalty there
for.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board Ct Aldermen Of the City OF
Greenwood, Miss. that II any person,
by any means whatever. shall WillIuily
or mischieyously injure or destroy any
Of the work. materials or furniture or
any public building, school house or
church in said city, or shall deface any
of the walls or other parts thereof, Or
shall write or make any drawing Or
character. or do any other act on said
building. or the walls thereof, or shall
deface or injure the trees, fences,
DaVemSntS, Or soil on h grounds pc
longing thereto, or any ornamental or
shade tree on any public street in a
city. such person for every such OF
Tense shall be fined not more than one
hundred dollars or be imprisoned not
more than thirty days, or both.
Be it further ordained, that tor cause
shown this ordinance take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.
Approved this 18th day of March,
A. D., 1905.
w. S VARDAMAN,
Mayor.
u IJJCtJrC T;{-- T1N-l-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-29
r. H. HICKS, City Clerk.
(Ordinance No. 473.(

AN ORDINANCE regulating the keep
ing of hogs in the city Of Green
wood. and providing for construc-
ton of pens for same.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen OF the City Of
Greenwood, Miss, that it shall be I'M
lawful to erect hog pens within any
enclosure in the city limits. unless
they shall be so constructed that they
may be flushed with fresh water at
least twice daily when in Sc; all
pens to have concrete floors, and to
empty into the public sewers.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
that it shall De unlawful to permit
hogs to III at large in any lot or en-
closed place in the city, except at
slaughter pens authorized by the
Mayof~an Board of Aldermen.
Section 3. Be it further ordained
that any person violating the provi
siOns Of this ordinance shall be guilty
Of a misdemearOr, and on conviction
shall be fined not more than ten dol
lars.
Approved this the 14th day of March
A. D. 1905.
w. S VARDAMAN.
Mayor Of the City of Greenwood, Miss
Attest: R. H. HICKS,
City Clerk of City Of Greenwood. Miss
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-29

made out whenever it is shown that
any person has no visible means of
and only occasionally has en-
ployment at odd jobs, being for the
most of the time out of employment.
te) Persons trading or bartering
stolen property, or who ~unlawfully sell
or barter any vinous, alcoholic, malt,
intoxicating or spirituous liquors.
(f) Every common gambler or per
son who for the most part maintains
himself by gambling.
(g) Every a~ble-bodied person who
shall go begging for a livelihood.
CHI Every common prostitute.
ID Every keeper of a house of pros
ti%tution.
Cd Every keeper of a house of gam
bling OF gaming.
(k) Every person who shall aban
don his wife or family without just
cause, leaving lei or them without
support Or in danger of becoming a
public charge.
% Every a~ble-bodied person who
lives without employment or labor,
and who has no visible means of sup
port.
(m) All persons who are able to
work and do not work, bu hire out
their minor children or allow them to
be hired out, and live upon their
wages.
IN All persons over sixteen years
Of age and under tW~enty-One. able to
work and who do not work, and have
no property to support them, and have
not some known visible means Of a
fair, honest and reputable livelihood.
and whose parents, or those in loco
PARENTS, are unable to support them,
and who are not in attendance upon
| some educational institution.
Section 2. Be it further ordained.
that any person convicted of being a
vagrant, as above defined, shall be
fined not more than n hundred dol
lars Or imprisoned not mOr than thir
ty days, or both.
Section 3. For cause this day shown
the same being the necessity for al
once providing for the prevention anj
punishment OF yagrancy in the city OF
Greenwood, be it further ordained thai
his ordinance be in force and effect
from and after its passage.
Approved this 14th day of March, A
D., 1895.
w. S. VARDAMAN,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-29
Copyright. 1905, by ]. VI. Edson.)

Scripture AuthoTity:-"And A5ram went
up out OF Egypt, he and his wife and
all that he had, and Lot with him, into the
south. And Abram was very rich in cattle,
in silver and in gold. And he went on his
journeys from the south even to Bethel,
unto the place where his tent had been at
the beginning, between Bethel and All, unto
the place of the altar, which he had made
there at the first; and there Abram called
on the name Of the Lord Gen l3I4
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-29

TRISTAN in his
pilgrimage to the
Celestial city found
that there was no
short cut to t b e
right road when
once he had gone
into the by-rOads
that led away O
truth a Il d right.
He was repeatedly
Obliged to retrace
his steps to the
pOin where he
bod made his first
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-29
Ordinance No 4Si.)
AN ORDINANCE in relation

AN III ANioNtoh W -
Laws of the Municipal Board.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board Of Aldermen of the City of
Greenwood, Miss. hat at the appoint
ed hour of the meeting, a quorum be-
ing present, the Mayor shall take the
chair n call the board to order.
~ThereupOn the following order shall
be observed in transaction of bust
ness:
/. Hearing of complaints aud ap-
peals, at which time any citizen shall
be allowed reasonable time to present
any matters of public or personal in
tereSt.
?. Message of the Mayor and re-
ports of all officers.
5. Presenting petitions.
/. Report Of special committees.
5 Report Of standing committees.
6. New business.
!. The Mayor shall appoint the fol-
lowing standing committees to consist
Of three members each: On Finance.
on Streets, on Propositions and Griev-
ances.
s. The regular meetings Of this
board shall be on the first Tuesday of
each month at 8 o'clock pm, in the
office Of the Mayor. in City Hall. or
WHY iA> tiiI IIoN pE SSlStiSh ny
special order. All meetings shall be
ope to the public Special meetings
may be held at, the same place at such
times as the public need may require:
the Mayor or any two Aldermen may
by written notice call a special meet
Ing of the Mayor and Board of Alder
men for the transaction of important
business, such meeting to be called as
required by law. At all meetings ev-
cry member. when he speaks. shall
arise to his feet and address the chair.
When two or members shall arise at
the same time the chair may desig.
nate the Il to speak first.
9. All committees shall report in
writing to the board such business
and matters pertaining to their de-
partment as has bCen transacted dur
ing the month preceding the meeting
of the BOARD.
10. No resolution shall be cOnsid-
cred unless it has been reduced to
writing.
II. The board viii not pass upon
or consider any claim against the city
until the same has been presented in
writing to the Mayor and referred by
him to the proper committee after be-
ing filed and docketed by the clerk.
The Mayor shall, before referring the
claim to the committee, approve the
same IN whole or in part. or disap-
prove the anne 1t shall be the duty
OF the committee to whom the claim
is referred to report upon the same.
apprOVe it in whole or in part. or dis
approve the claim. Until this is fully
complete. the claim shall not be treat
ed as properly before the board.
II. When a member shall be called
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-29
(Ordinance No. 43S.)

AN ORDINANCE to prevent the
switching of railroad cars in the
city of Greenwood in the manner
commonly known as a running, fly
ing. walking or kicking switch.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen Of the City Of
Greenwood. Miss, that it shall be un-
lawful for any railroad company or
other person to switch a railroad car
in the manner commonly known as a
flying" walking or kicking
switch. within the limits of the city of
Greenwood, and any person violating
this ordinance shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined not more than
fifty dollars.
Approved this the 14th day of March
A. D.. 1905.
w. S NARDAMAN,
Mayor Of the City of Greenwood, Miss.
Attest: r. H. HICKS,
City Clerk of City of Greenwood. Miss.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-29
Ordinance No. 42f.)
AN ORDINANCE in relation t

AN ORDNANCE in relation to eX-
emptiOn from taxation Of certain
factories for a period Of five years.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board Of Aldermen Of the City of
Greenwood. Miss, that all factories or
plants Of the kind hereinafter named,
which are now in course of establish
ment. or which shall hereafter be es-
tablished in this city before the LIST
day of January, 1910. shall be eXempt
from all city taxation for a period of
five years. viz: All factories for work
ing cotton, jute, ramie, wool, silks.
furs or metals; all factories for manu-
featuring machinery, implements or
articles for use in a finished state and
ready for consumers use without addi-
tiOnal process of labor; all factories
for making wagons, carriages, bug
gies. clothing Or shoes complete; all
factories for making barrels or boxes
complete, whether cOOpered or loose,
ready for transportation, n all
creamerieS.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
that any factory Or factories or other
enterprises exempt from taxation I'M
der this ordinance, which may belong
to or be in a trust. combine or pool.
shall not enjoy exemption.
Approved this the 18th day of March
A. D. 1905.
w. S VARDAMAN,
Mayor of the City of Greenwood, Miss
Attest: R. H. HICKS.
City Clerk Of City of Greenwood. Miss
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-29
(Ordinance No. 1927

AN ORDINANCE closing the old Gem
etery and prohibiting burials in
same.
Section /. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board Of Aldermen of the
city of Greenwood. Miss, that the old
cemetery of said city be and the same
is hereby closed, and all persons be
and are hereby prohibited from bury
ing any person or persons in said Gem
etery without first obtaining permits
sion from the Mayor OF said city so to
do.
Section ?. Be ii further ordains ed.
that any person violating this ordi-
nance shall, upon conviction. be Ined
not less than one dollar nor more than
twenty dollars,
Section ;. For cause this day Shown
the board it is ordered that this ordi-
nance be in force from and after it's
passage.
Approved this the 18th day of March
A. D. 1905.
w. S VARDAMAN,
Mayor of the City If Greenwood, Miss.
Attest: r. H. HICKS,
City Clerk of City of Greenwood, Miss,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-29
Ordinance No. 474.)

r. H. HICKS. City Clerk.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-29

Mayor Of the City of Greenwood, Miss.
Attest: R. H. HICKS,
City Clerk of City Of Greenwood. Miss.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-29

Mayor Of the City of Greenwood. Miss
Attest: r. II. HICKS,
City Clerk Of City of Greenwood, Miss
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van Buren,s Answers.

One day the merits of Van Buren,
were being discussed by q party OF
politicians on a Hudson river steam
boat One of the party had been dwell
ing on his nOncommittalism and COM
planning that a plain answer to aplain
question was never elected from him.
"Pn wager dinners for the COM
pany," added he, that If one Of US
shall go down to the cabin and ask
Van Buren the simplest question that
can be thought of he will evade a di-
rect answer Yes, and I'll give you
leave, too, to tell Van Buren, why you
ask the question, and that there is
bet depending on the reply"
This seemed fair enough. One OF
the party was deputed to go down and
try the experiment.
He found Van Buren, whom he knew
well, in the saloon and said:
mfr Van Buren, some gentlemen Oh
the upper deck have been accusing yol
of noncommittalism and have just laiC
wager that you would not give
plain answer to the simplest question
and they deputed me to test the fact
Now, sir, allow me to ask you, 'Wher
does the sun riser"
Mr.. Van Buren's brow contracted
he hesitated a moment, then said:
1.-THE terms east and west are cor
ventional, but
"That'il do" interrupted the inte
rogator. I'VE have lost the betP'