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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14
IMMIGRANTS FOR THE SOUTH.
Judge Dickinson Delivered a Strong
Opinion on the Subject.

SPihlSH on N'S SubJSCN
Washington. Jan. o. Judge j. NJ
Dickinson, general counsel for the
Illinois Central railroad, with Office Ia
Chicago, spent the day In Washing,
ton.
Judge DiCkerSou is earnestly inter,
csted in the plan of Commissioner.
General OF immigration Sargent To dl,
vert the tide Of foreign immigration
Southwark To a group of TvHues'
scans today Judge Dickinson said that
IN his opinion the scheme of Commits.
sionor Sargent was of greater import.
apce TO the South than the tariff or
any party measure.
II firmly believe" continued Judge
Dickinson, that the absolute and tho
final solution of the yeNatious negro
problem lies in the settlement In the
South Of desirable Immigrants The
time is come for the great cities Of
America to discharge their undige4tgd
population, and the plan proposed by
Commissioner Sargent viii afford the
needed relief and at the same time
settle the South with workers.
He thought that the negroes who
were willing To work and who re,
spect their word and their obligations
would always find employment in tie
South, but the day is come when the
negro must be up and doing If he does
not want To lose out entirely. The
world has become too busy and too
seriously employed to stand longer for
the slothIulnesa and idlencss Of the
! 90 II-H# 1901 E
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14
GommoneI Case Affirmed.

The Supreme Court last week
handed down an opinion in the case
Of Ed. Gammons, who killed bis
sweetheart and her father near Wa
ter Valley last year. The sentence
Of the lower court was affirmed.
Gammons is confined in the Jail at
Jackson, and when informed by the
iailor Of his impending doom seemed
not to be the least affected by the
news, remarking in the most un-
concerned manner: 'WcIl, / don't
care n i"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14
Accidentally Killed.

J.. W. Bright, sawyer for the
James Hand Lumber Company, Of
Purvis, was accidentally killed at
the company's mill last week A
cant hook vas caught in the midi
machinery and thrown with such
force against DR.. Bright as to break
his right arm and crush bis chest.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14
Not a Case for an Understudy.

"Td like to have a day off next
Wednesday, sir" said young Thomp
son to the Senior Partner.
The Senior Partner frowned. Hs
did not approve of holidays.
I'VE don't like to establish the pre-
cedent of giving time off" he said.
But | have some erather important
business on hand urged young
Thompson, "and-'
and | suppose no one possibly
could attend to this important bust.
ness but YOU sneered the Senior
Partner.
well, not very well, sir; because,
you see"
Young men are too prone to over,
rate their own importance" inter.
rupted the Senior Partner. Its a
common failing among them to con-
slider themselves indispensable, while
nine times out Of ten they are only
blocking the way Of better men. Now,
in this little business matter of yours
no doubt, If necessary, you could
depute some one else to attend to it
for you-some one as able and just as
willing as yourself"
without doubt, sir" said young
Thompson, "but, as I'm to be married,
the lady has conceived the notion that
| am indispensable to the ceremony"
The Only Thing Left.
A grandfather well known in the
English house Of commons was chat.
ting amicably with his little grand
daughter, who was snugly ensconced
on his knee.
What makes your hair so white,
grandpa" the little miss querled."
81 am very old, my dear; | was in
the ark" replied his lordship, with a
painful disregard of the truth.
"Oh, are you Noah?"
NO"
Are you shem, them
"No, | am not Shem."
Are you Ham,"
"No."
~Then,'' said the little one who wae
fast nearing the limit of her Biblical
knowledge, you must be Japhet?"
A negative reply was given to this
query also, for the old gentleman in.
wardIy wondered what the outcome
would be.
But, grandpa, If you are not Noah. |
or Shem. or Ham, or Japhet, you must
be a beast,"-Short Stories.
He-You say that she is a business
woman, this friend Of yours. What
business is she interested in?
She E~yerybody's. Detroit Free
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14
Road Contracts Let.

The Board of Supervisors of
Yazoo county last week let the con-
tracts for working the public roads
Of that county for the year 1905.
The cost Of this service for the peo-
pie will be $685. per mile for the
roads in Beat No. /, 1920 per mile
for those in Beat No. 2, $17.75 per
mile for those in Beats Nos. 3 and
a, while the roads in Beat No. 5
will cost the people $23.25 per mile.
Other counties should follow suit.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14

Hon. Oliver Clifton, mayor-olect
of Jackson, died at his home in that
city last week. Mr.. Clifton was
taken with pneumonia some days
ago, and his loved ones and friends
knew that he vas a very sick man.
Added to the pneumonia, was Mr..
Clifton's bad state Of health, which
had been poor for some time, and he
was in such a weakened condition
that it was impossible for him to re-
sist the insjdious disease.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14
POSTMASTER CONE.
Office Has Been Checked and the Sum
Of $4,000 Is Missing.

Macon. Ca. Jan. "a special TO
the Telegraph from Douglass, Ga.
says.
The little town Of Nichols. Ga, on
the Atlantic and Birmingham railroad,
twelve miles east Of Douglass, has a
sensation in the mysterious disap,
pearance Of its postmaster, Gilbert
Meeks. who was last seen at this place
three days ago, II is alleged that his
office has been checked up and that
he is found to be $1,000 short In his
money order department accounts.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14

The little son Of H. ". Carr, as
sjstant postmaster of Newton, was
burned to death last week, The
little fellow, who was only about 3
years old, was standing before a
crate when his dress vas ignlted,
and before the flames could be ex-
ti]nguished be was 50 badly burned
that death came 10 his relief after
two days Of suffering.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14
ElIisyille,s Offer.

Adjutant General Fridge last
week received a letter from thu Pro-
grcssiye League at Ellisyillesodering
200 acres Of fine land near That city
for a permanent encampIpent site
for the national guard Of the STATE
II also agrees to furnish water ard
lights free. The adjutant genera
vas asked what would be done with
the offer, and said that be aid not
care ID axe any statement at pres
emit ii regard to it.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14

Since learning that Capt. David
Puckett, formerly sergeant Of the
Rankin convict farm, cruelty and
brutality whipped q convict named
Howell, on account of a private
grievance, also heated irons for the
purpose Of branding the prisoner,
and was prevented from doing so
only by the interference of a trusty
convict, Gov. Nardaman has re-
doubled his efforts to bring Pickett
to justice. The plan of prosecution is
being formed, and it is likely that
the State authorities will not wait
for the next Rankin county Circuit
Court session to meet. but Judge
Enochs may be asked to convene a
special court term for the purpose
Of having Puckctt indicted and
tried.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14
Large Gains Made.

Fail River. Mass, Jan. 9.gvThe cot.
ton mills claimed 10 have made large
gains today upon the beginning Of the
twenty-ffth week Of the strike. but
labor leaders say that all gains have
been offset by losses from among those
who previously had gone in. Thirty
FIVE weavcrs Of the Bourne Mills came
out again today, saying that they could
not make living wages. There Is no
change In the general situation. The
laborers express a willingness 10 arbi-
unqualified surrender.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14
Judne oarrett ID In New Orleans.

The many friends Of Judge i. NJ.
Garrett, ''Fhc Sage Of Carthage as
he is popularity called and familiarlY
known throughout the State Of Mis-
sissippl, will learn with regret that
this distinguished Mississippi jour.
nalist is very i'll at tho Tonro In
Urinary n New Orleans With an af-
fection Of the throat, and it is feared
that his chances Of recovery are very
slight.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14
Gold In Alabama.

Birmingham, Ala, Jan. 9.-Former
Congressman r. H. Aldrich and his
son, r. H. Aldrich, Jr.. will this week
incorporate the Hillabee Gold Mining
Company, with a capital stock Of $780,.
900. The incorporation papers will be
filed in TallapOOsa county, where the
company has 800 acres Of land, which
will be dpVplOped.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14
NO PRIVATE CONFERENCE.


Cleveland. 0, Jan. 9.-Dr. Leroy s.
Chadwick and Attorney J.. p. DawIey
made their first call upon Mrs. Chad.
wick at the county Jail today since the
new order Of authority was given
Sheriff MuIhern by Judge Wing Of the
Southern District Court. They did not
hold a permit from the United States
marshal. Sheriff Mulhern personally
escorted the visitors to Mrs. Chad
wick's cell and did not permit a Drl
vate conference.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14
January School Fund Distribution.

The next large chunk of money
that goes out Of the State treasury
will be the January distribution of
the common school fund. The law
provides that the distribution shall
be made on the third Monday in
January, Between now and that
time State Superintendent of Edu-
cation Whitfield will prepare for the
auditor a list of the counties and
separate school districts, together
with the amount that each is entitled
to under the distribution. II will
be some time in February before all
this money reaches the various coun-
ties and the separate school districts.
Mississippi pays for schools more
than any State in the South. and it
is decidedly the largest item that
goes out Of the State treasury.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14
SPECIAL RATES
For the Southern Cotton Growers
Protective Association.

For the Southern Cotton Growers
Protective Association.
New Orleans, Jan. 9.-Tho South.
eastern Passenger Association has Just
notified the New Orleans Progressive
Union that a rate OF n fare for the
round trip plus % cents has been an,
thorized by all interested lines for the
convention Of the Southern Cotton
Growers Protective Association. which
meets in New Orleans January "a. %
and 2G-
President IIaryie Jordan anticipates
q large gathering of Southern cotton
growers, bankers, merchants and mill
men. when plans viii be devised for
warehousing and holding cotton for
higher prices. The Waco plan is one
which is engaging the attention of all,
as the Texas method will be Il feature
Of the program OF discussion.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14
Meg Hotel al carroIIton.

Mrs. /. Gilbert Jarmar and her
mother, Mrs. Gilbert, have pur-
chased the building at Carrollton
formerly known as The Mcbride Hoo
tel and will open up a frst-class, up
t0-datc hotel.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14
Want More Trains.

The people Of Rosetta, on the Val
ley road, have filed with the railroad
commission a petition asking that
the Valley road be ordered to stoP
its passenger trains there on iags
stating that there is only one pas
scnger train each way which stops
tl,,va +
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14
VERDICT IN MARcUM CASE.


Louisville, Ky, Jan, "a special
from Winchester, Ky, says:
The jury in the case of Miss Abraria
Marcum, who sued Judge James Har.
gis cx-State Senator Alex. Hargis.
Sheriff Ed Callahan, Of Breatbitt
county, and Attorney Fulton French
for $lG0,0 900 for alleged conspiracy
with Curtis Jett and Thomas White to
Stay her husband, James b.. Marcum,
today returned a verdict for $8, 600
against James Hargis and Sheriff Cal.
lahan, and found for the defendants
in the case Of French and Alex, Hargis.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14
Fire at Hatticsburq.

Fire at HIattiesburg last week
completely destroyed tie Ruth Boil.
er Works. The plant was owned
by r. j, C]astcncra, and was valued
at SO, 900 and insured for 1920.
Origin of the fire unknown.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14
Carpenters Quit Work.

A large number Of union carpen-
tiers failed to 60 10 work in Yazoo
City last week, on account Of several
leading contractors having notified
the union that they would run open
shops on and after January !.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14
EaYette's Monun

The Confederate monpIpent 2 20.
erected on The public square at Fay
cite has arrived in that town troai
Italy, and will be set up iG le con-
tractor at once.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14
Typhoid Takes on a Family.

News from %SyIyorina announces
the death Of DR.. W. II. It'll, ono
Of the countys most prominent cit
jzens, who for several years repre-
scnted Smith county in The lcgisla-
turo. Ills wife and adopted daugh-
ter died also, and the son Of his only
daughter, Mrs. DR.. HARRISON, died
about the same time Of lie same dis
ease.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14
NEW Works. RICH MEN.
Only Twenty Paid for Taxes on Prop
erty IN Excess Of SOP, 600.

New York. Jan. 9.-Only twenty
persons in Greater New York paid
taxes on personal property in excess
Of $4,000 300. according to a list given
Cut today by the department Of taxes
and assessments.
Among these were Andrew Carnegie,
S., 000, 900; John y. Rockefeller, ST..
100000; Russell Sage, $2,0 00,O 900;
Frederick w. and VIM. J, Vanderbilt.
Hugh j. Chisholm and Joseph Pulitzer.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14
NAN HAS ToNSILlTIs.
Actress Breaks Into Print With a
CtaEy af , yrn~.-.A nz..z

story of a Proposed Operation.
New York, Jan. 9.-Nan Patterson,
who Is awaiting a second trial on a
charge Of killing Caesar Young, a
wealthy bookmaker and turfman, is
i'll with tonsiltis in her cell in the
Tombs prison. Her condition is re-
garded as serious By the Tombs ply.
~sician, and he said that she probably
would have TO submit TO an operation
for the removal Of her tonsiIs. Miss
Patterson said today that she did not
feel able to undergo the operation at
nrncnnL
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14
BUCKET SHOP CASE


Washington, Jan. 9-The Supreme
Court OF the United States today dis.
missed for want of Jurisdiction the
case Of Fullerton against the State Of
Texas. Fullerton vas convicted under
a Texas State law Of keeping a bucket
shop and appealed the case to the Sn.
preme Court, alleging that he was en-.
gagged in interstate commerce. The
Chief Justice said in Diminishing the
Ease that the Federal question had
been raised too late.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14
SIXTEEN PRISONERS KILLED.
Five Eundred corvicts Attempted to
Break From the Abflibid Prison.

San Francisco, Jan. 9.-New3 from
Manila received today tells Of an at,
tempt Of about 800 ]convicts at Abili.
bid prison TO break from JAIL. Il 0c-
CURED on the afternoon Of December
7, and resulted in the killing Of six.
teen Of the prisoners and the wound.
ing Of forty others. Six Of the
wounded were not expected to I've,
and two others were In a critical con.
ditiOn.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14

a. AAAA ~
sire to come down and help Us as well
ss themselves. They are placed in
communication with parties in a posi-,
ton 10 sell them land and locate them
as citizens of the best State in the
Union. The pity It's, that more OF
them have not already become inter.
ested.
The South has again raised too much
cotton and will not receive for her
thirteen million bales anything like
what eleven million bales would have
brought. The season was a very pro-
pitious one and the yield abnormally
large. 1t cant be helped now, but
please don't do it again.
II you have hickory timber. begin
to realize that it is worth money, and
a good slice at that, Manufacturers
of articles made from hickory report
a great scarcity of timber. Only
three States furnish any great quanti-
ties, Mississippi is one of these, and
the timber Is said to be dying fast in
one Of them. So If you possess any
s~uantity Of hickory timber, don't let
1t go until you get a good price, and
1t might be well to mist that it be
manufactured into the finished article
right here in Mississippi.
Possibilities of Agriculture and
Manufacturing in Mississippi" an ar
ticle Of 5000 words, prepared by the
writAF al tho rap,tnrt ,F III, .NIN,;r,n
Magazine has appeared in that pc
riOdical, the Memphis Commercial APP.
peal, New Orleans Times-D Democrat,
Dixie at Atlanta, Manufacturers
Record and Southern Farm Magazine.
at Baltimore, and the Country Gentle.
man, in New York, The combined
circulation of these papers, which is
something enormous, brings to the at
tention Of millions of people the ad.
yantages of great State along the
lines indicated. Together with the
advertising being done by the Greater
Mississippi Association. Mississippi
has been kept pretty well before the
reading population Of the United
States during the past year. A moro
vigorous and active campaign will be
waged during this year and every OPP
portunity Will be taken advantage of
to get the possibilities and advantages
of the State before the ~populace who
have only looked upon it as one of the
many States of the Union, peOpled by
savages and scourged with malaria
and other kindred poisons. Help this
work along in every way possible.
1t has been a long time since the
Mississippi penitentiary has fur
nished the theme for a scandal, such
as the inhuman treatment OF a convict
like that reported last week. Our sys-
TEN IS undoubtedly the nearest per.
feet of any in the United States. Gov.
ernor Vardaman has taken a decided
stand in tie matter, employing able
counsel to prosecute the offenders to
the bitter end and, il possible, land
them in the penitentiary. Our peni.
tertiary is the model for the whole
country, and it must be kept so at all
hazards.
The writer will soon offer a series
of educational articles upon the cul.
tuLe vi slhsehs WIN the view 10 lts
auaptallon IN MlsSISSSippl 'ood au-
tnoriyy WIZ DC quoIeu ana the matter
naluleu from q business ~ndp
lanuS are certainty auapIeu 10 ltS
tultule alu II Iahen holu OF properly
'neLN Is lu"heS III IT,
! ne M,lSSiSslppi capItoI commission
hsa WISELY uecIueu 10 pIanL q hummer
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14

He--You say that she is a business
woman, this friend of yours. What
business is she interested in?
She E~verybody's. - Detroit Free
Press.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14

The writer has received no less than
twenty-five letters since the holidays
from people In the North desiring TO
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14

While Mississippi is not q manless
land for landless man, 1t offers unex-
celled opportunities for a large mum
Der of thrifty settlers who desire to
come to the best State in the Union
and live under the most favorable cir
cumstances.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-14

It looks as If Aberdeen will have
two new oil mills when the season
opens next fall. The charters are be,
ing published for two in the local pa,
pers. Oil mills do not pay the divi-
dend Of a few years since, but are still
considered good investments. With
fertilizer factories in connection they
are worth a great deal to the com
munity in which located.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-27

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they can produce sixty thousand, and tho
only limit to their product is the labor
supply. The company started by
opening three mines. They are now work.
Ing ten and have recently begun the de-
velopmcnt of another district which will
feed Into Daiquiri. ] am told there is more
orc In sight than the amount SO far
mined.
The Cuban steel Orc Company has iron
mines In the mountains forty miles west
of Santiago and about six miles back
from the seaport of Chirlvico. The mines
are connected with the sea by railroad
which is said to be one Of the best
equipped OF It's kind on the island, and at
The Chlriyico are two .wharyes and a steel
dock n thousand feet long,
Mining With Steam Shovels.
The ore of Cuba Is both magnetic
and hemetlte. ills found chiefly near the
tops OF the hills In small, Irregular pouies
without definite walls. It is very hard
ana must he broken loose from tbs coun-
try rock with sledges and explosives ~
Is OF such nature that steam shoYels
arc largely used to tear away the earth
and uncover The core. There are hundreds
A OF such shoyels now Working az Daiquiri,
and at the Lola mine, there Is being
eouged out much as we are excayatlng
the Culebra pass at Panama, il
,rhc most Of the Cuban miners are im-}
migrants from northern Spain, The mas
tiyes work we'll with the Smachette. but
they seem lost IN the presence o. nlcks
and shoyels. Labor Is compnr lively
cheap. the ordinary MACS RelnE q aoslaE
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-27

cause they had not been given time to
appease the wrath Of their gods. So III
and 1Io were promptly executed, and
when the shadow had passed away the
emperor announced that the death of
the astronomers had satisfied their del
ties The date Of this incident has been
placed at 2l2S to 2l5o BIC i5 3f.i
y. The records left by HI and lilo and
other ancient Chinese astronomers
proved a valuable aid to those coming
after them, and, step by> step the
cclipscs were followed until 1t was
finally discovered that every planet in.
Sthe henvents had an orbit. Thus It was
/ possible to compute the exact time
when an eclipse OF the sun or the moon
would occur.
Theory Of People On the Sun.
\ When these steps had been taken the
astronomers began trying to learn by
&eclipses the distance Of the sun and the
moon from tho earth. Then, too, they
paid more attention 81 to the brilliant
stream of light which appears to flash.
forth at the time the moon passes over
the SUMS face These streams Of light are
THE corona, and no one has yet been
able to advance any definite explanation
as 10 their nature.
Many theories have been brought forth
and they have led to numerous viii de-
auctions. IN 1861 astronomer named
Flan1sted, declared that the sun was
neither burning nor glowing; but in It's
essence was a dark planetary body. conf
posed like our earth Of land and water,
varied by mountains and valleys, and
8enyeloped INA various atmosphere This
theory was acqulesced in and applauded
by Newton. A hundred years later this
same yiew-which was virtually that the
sun8was inhabited-was SO far from popu-
slarathat man who had been arrested
for assault was charged with being in
sane because he agreed with Flamstcd;s
telief. $s
gGT The peculiar appearance of the corona
also led 3 to theory, advanced by a
Trench academician in 1706, that the
powerful light was part Of the moon.
Small WONDER under these circumstances.
that some people In y early times were
accredited with believing that the moon
was made of green cheese. 81 st
In spite of all the theories that have
been advanced, the awe-inspring corona
still remains a mystery. Some men have
held that 1t Is similar to our aurora
eborealls, and others that 1t is of meteorlc,
origin. 1t Is largely in an endeavoraito
settle this that the numerous expeditions