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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-29
Abandons Work
 Bad Weather

City Engineer Harper was forced to abandon all work going on in the city Thursday on account of the heavy rain which made work on the streets impossible No trouble has been ex- perienced so far with the sewers. which have carried off the surplus water in good shape, and unless the down-peur becomes too heavy for the storm sewers to handle, no trouble Is anticipated
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WARD CONVENTIONS
Delegates Elected to the County Con
 vention in Four Wards.

The voters of the four wards of the city met Wednesday night and elected ward committeeman and delegates to the county convention. as follows:
 First Ward Convention.
 Pursuant to resolution of the Demo- cratic Centarl committee of Jefferson county the citizens, voters and tax payers of the First ward met prompt ly at o'clock D. III. at the office of P. T. Culppeper. where the election was held by the regularly appointed judges to hold said election by the Democratic Central committee. Jas. Gould, as central committeeman, thanked the voters fer what they had dCne for him and notified them that Wednesday he voted in another ward outside of the First. The meeting was called to order by Capt ]. M. Hudson, placing in nomination Judge F J. Kerwin as temporary chairman oii the meeting. Judge Kerwin then placed in nomination MT. Arthur Mur- ray as permanent chairman of the meeting and this was seconded by MT. D. Berry The same was unani- mcusly carried MT. M Donovan up- on motion and seconded was elected secretary of the meeting. The reso- FOR STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF
 PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-29

general and Coffman for land commits sioner while Doyne is leading for state superintendent of public instruction. and Tucker for agricultural commits sioner on the reports thus far receiv- ed. The race between Riddick and Moose for associate justice is close.
 One of the surprises of the day is the vote received by Governor Davis m Garland county. Early reports from Hot Springs indicate that the gover- nor ran Senator Berry close race there and may get the county by a narrow margin.
 Rain Prevented Large Vote.
 In number of counties rain pre-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-29

losses in comparison with his strength two years ago. In none of his old strongholds has there been any mark ed diminution of his vote.
 It is a slow and tedious task to count the vCtes but the returns have been coming since since 7:30 last night. when the reports from Perry vile were turned in.
 Rogers has carried Pulaski, Crit tenden, Fulton, Miller, Garland, Jeffer= son, Desha, Jackson, Independence Phillips. Lee, Mississippi, and has a chance in a number of others. but he failed to carry counties like Crawford Washington Benton, Hampstead, Lo- noke and White. Notwithstanding the apparent discouragement fer him in the returns. Mir. Rogers, at mid night, had not conceded the victory to Judge Little.
 Senator Berry has no campaign HeduqudIlels III LIttle IeoCh anu Ho claims or estimates in his behalf were given out in this city last night.
 Brundidge appears to lead Oldfield in the Second district congressional fight. It is close between Cravens and Byrne in the Fourth.
 There are no conclusive returns on al, the contested state officers and several of the contests are close. Pin dall seems the winner for attorney @~--~A,@1
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-29
Senator J. Fl. Berry.

Inese are the principal results in " Democratic state primary election slerday in Arkansas as indicated by ports received from all parts of the ate up to 3::30 a. m.
 the contest for the United States aatorship, the entire vote cast in V state in the primary must deter ane. Until the complete figures are
 the precise majority therefore can Pt De known. If the large precincts
 which the count has not been com |eted show sweeping majorities for fry the present lead of Davis may
 reduced to a narrow margin, if not |peo out Conservative estimates,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-29
Third Ward Convention.

Jce P. Alexander was elected com mitteeman and the following nineteen delegates were elected:
 J. M. Elliott, W. F. Colman. C. H. Triplett. Drew White, Alex Strauss. V o. Alexander. Jas Gould, H. K. T. H. Nixon, w. D. Jones, Frank Tom linson, IT. w. Poss. C. NJ. Philpot Creed Caldwell. Henry Smith.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-29

|ttle Rock, March 29.-(3 a. m0- ernor Jeff Davis leads Senator les H. Berry for the nomination
 United States senator. John s. Little has c2r- enough counties to give him more n the required 257 votes to secure
 nomination for governor in the state convention at Hot ings on June next.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-29
Berry Is Gaining.

Ie news received at the county Is office at 5 o'clock from the (nsas Democrat at Little Rock fifty counties had been heard up to that time. Berry was then he lead by about 2,000 votes and 7 of the counties to be heard
 are the eastern counties, where ) supposed to have his greatest gth. Berry carried Garland coun-
 $50 votes. There is no doubt of ,'s election as governor.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-29
Garland County.

Hct Springs. March 29.-(2 D. mD- The race between Davis and Berry in Garland county is very close. the lat ter carrying the county by about 250.
 Little carried the county for gov erncr. Pindall for attorney general. Ceffman for land commissioner. Tuck er fer agricultural commissioner, Fovna for superintendent of public in- struction. while the contest for su- preme judge and railroad commis- eiener is very close.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-29
When Advertising Pays.

When a merchant gives his custom CT perfect satisfaction and better value than he expected. That is the principle Ye do business on. Try us OF your spring suit. Eisenkramer, the tailor. Second avenue, corner Pine, above Citizens bank.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-29
NOT SATISFIED

John Foti, who conducts a saloon on East Third avenue, and who was arrested several days ago for conduct ing a wine room, was fined in police court Tuesday. Judge Toney assessing his penalty at $20
 Foti gave notice of an appeal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-29
ERRY IS GAINInG
 LITTLE SWEEPS STATE
Nall Successful Against Kirby, coffman For Land Commis. ne Tucker for Agricultural Commissioner, and Doyne for te Superintendent of Public nstruetion While Contest for Supreme Judge is Close Election Full of Complexities.

however, tend to show that Gov. Da- wis will have upward of 10000 ma jority over Senator Berry, using the available returns as basis and cal cutting that Davis has shown no heavy MAY BE UNITED STATES SENA.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-29
Fourth Ward Convention.

l. A. Clements was elected commit teeman. with the following delegates:
 R. F. Rutherford. N T. White, Sim on Bloom, A. F. Dreyfus.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-29

Dispatches to the Walter Cotter cot ten exchange stae that very light vote was polled throughout. he state, owing principally to the heavy rains. Fully 30,o00 voters failed to go to the polls
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-29
Garland for Berry.

A dispatch to the Walter Cotter cot. ton exchange at 1:30 p. m Thursday stated that Garland county went for V ~~v by 250.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-29
Davis Retains Strength.

Little Rock, March 29.-(2 D. m.)- Davis shows no loss of strength as the returns come in. Little apparently sweeps the state by getting about two-thirds of the counties
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-29
Martin Defeated.

Hot Springs, March 29.-Means de- feated Martin for prosecuting attor- "ev by an overwhelming vote.
 Gov. Davis had declared in favor of Means.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-29
Pulaski County.

Berry carried Pulaski county over Davis by a safe majority.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-29

A* + | + !. + + + + + ].
 LEAD IN RETURNS. +
 S. Senator-Jeff Davis. + overnor-John S. Little. IHorney GeneraI-x. o. Pin + daII.
 tsnd Commissioner-L. L. + ECoffman. kricuIturaI Commissioner + |Guy B. Tucker. ' Iate Superintendent-J. J. ! Doyne. + |ontests for Supreme Judge 'f close.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-29
RUBBERS! RUBBERS!

rrotect your health during the smg rains by having a pair of Rub- s' They may save you from an ack of pneumonia. cnilds and misses, soc. Ladies. COG. ~n Mems, s5c to s1.oo. 'erenz- -Trulock Shoe Company
 22e MAIN STREET.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-29

NEXT GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-14
PRESS OF COMPRESS
BADLY WRECKED.
The Greenwood Compress and storage
Co. Sustalns Heavy Loss.

| The platen Of press Of the Greenwood
Compress aud Storage Company was
smashed into innumerable pieces, last
Monday afternoon, the pieces OF casting
being violently scattered to the four
| winds.
Messrs. W. p. Weaver and Harvey
Walker narrowly escaped being struck
by tho flying fragments OF iron. A negro
employe was struck on his peg leg" by
one of the pieces, but was only slightly
hurt.
The damag, to the Compress Company
is very heavy. To replace the press
will cost from $4,000 to $4,000 and It
will require from 30 to so days to get
the press replaced and in working order
again.
In the meantime, the Tallahatchie
Compress and Storage Company will
take care Of the business of the Green
wood Compress and Storage Company.
Cotton Is being transferred from the
Greenwood TO the Tallahatchie Com
press, which will hase to run day and
night until the former Company installs
its new press and gets ready for busi-
ness again.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-14

The above defense OF Major General
8. n. Keesler is appreciated by bis many
friends at home and elsewhere, who fsel
confident Of his being able 10 easily
dlsprove the charges preferred against
him.
General Keesler has no fear AZ to the
result Of the court martial proceedings
to be brought against him. He feels
justified In all that he has ever had oc.
casion to do during his Official connec-
nection with the Mississippi National
Guard, and has spent great deal Of his
time and money toward the upbuilding
and advancement Of the organization.
The truth about the matter Ii, from
what we have been able to learn, there
seems to be spirit Of jealousy, OF envy,
az to authority rank among some of the
high officials Of tho National Guard, and
1t is believed that this has had solne-
thing to do with the filing Of charges
against General kee6ler.
The Commonwealth understands that
at the proper time General Keesler viii
make q statement for publication 10 re-
futation Of the charges preferred against
him, and that he will fully vindicste
himself, his friends and acquaintances
feel confident.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-14
NORTH MISSISSIPPI
CONFERENCE ADJOURNS
Rev. J. C. Park Returned to Greenwood
Church Another Year.

q
North Mississippi Conference Of the
Methodist church convened at Corlnth
last week, and adjourned Monday to
meet at Columbus next year.
The many friends Of Few. J. G. Park
are gratifed to know that he was as
signed to the Greenwood church for an
other year.
Mr.. Park is one Of the ablest and most
popular members Of the North Missis-
sippi Conference, he Is model pastor
and a perfect Christian gentleman, and
The Commonwealth rejoices with his
congregation and our people generally
that he is to reside with US at least an
other year.
The following assignments Of local in
terest were made In the Winona Dis
trict:
Presiding Elder, 7. II. Dorsey.
Winona, J. A. Bowen.
Greenwood, J. G. Park.
Carrollton, G. P. Moss.
Itta Bena, L. W. Cain.
Schlater, H. NJ. Young.
Minter City, J. W. Bell.
North Carrollton, L. P. Wasson.
Indianola, W. M. Young.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-14
BEN HUMPHREYS
INTRODUCES BILL


Congressman B. @. Humphreys intro
duced the following bill in { C,ngress OF
December 4th, which was referred to the
committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, and ordered printed:
A bill for the erection Of public build
ing at Greenwood, Mississippi.
| Be it enacted BY the Senate and House
Of Representatives Of the United States
OF America in Congress- assembled, That
the Secretary Of the Treasury be, and
he is hereby, authorized and directed to
purchase, acquire by condemnation, or
otherwise provide site and cause to be
erected thereon substantial and COM
modious building, with waterproof
vaults, for the use and accommodation
Of the post-oflce at Greenwood, Missis-
sippi. The site and building thereon,
when completed upon plans and spccifi-
cation to be previously made and APP
proved by the Secretary Of the Treas
ury, shall not exceed in cost the sum of
sixty Thousand dollars, nor shall any
site be purchased until estimates for
erection Of . building which will fur
nish sufficient accommodation for the
transaction Of the public business, and
which shall not exceed in cost the bal
ance Of the sum herein limited after the
site shall have been purchased and paid
for, shall have been approved by the
Secretary Of the Treasury; and no site
purchased nor plans Of building shall be
approved by the Secretary Of the Treas
ury involving an expenditure exceeding
the sum Of sixty thousand dollars for
site and building; and the site purchas-
ed shall leave the building unexposed
to danger from fire by an open space Of
at least forty feet, including streets and
alleys.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-14
STREET RAILWAY
FOR GREENWOOD.
Company Granted rrsnchlss Fsr Some
BY city Council.

AT the regular Decemher meeting o.
the City Council, last week, q ffty.yeal
franchise was granted to Messrs. Rowan
Thayer, r. NJ. Purcell, W. NJ. Hammer,
W. A. Stinson, G. W. Chenoweth, ]. b,
Phillips and others for the construction
and operation Of street railway system
in Greenwood.
The company is given the right to use
any Of the streets, exdept Front street
in conducting and operating Its pro-
posed system.
The franchise granted by the City
Council appears in full in another cl-
umn Of this issue ofsThe Commonwealth
1t is the purpose Of the members OF
the company, which ID to be known as
the Greenwood Land and Traction Co, to
have work begun on the building Of the
railway as early as practicable after the
first Of January next.
The Greenwood Land and Traction
Company has recently purchased the
Arnold place, just west Of the city, on
the Yazoo River, and viii give free Of
cost sites for the location Of all desir-
able manufacturing enterprises which
may wish to locate here.
This is step in thes risht direction.
All enterprising communities donate
sites to factories, and the proposition Of
this company to do so will doubtless be
instrumental in attracting the attention
Of manufacturers in search Of desirable
locations.
The promoter Of the electric railway
and land company is Mr.. J. B. Phillips,
the enterprising rea. estate agent and
secretary Of the business league, who
has great faith In the future growth OF
Greenwood and Leflore county.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-14
CHARGES AGAINST
MAJ. GEN. kEESlER.
J..ckson, Miss, Dec. 10, 1906.


Editor News ~ While know absolute
lynothing about the charges preferred
against Major General Keesler by the
captain OF the Port Gibson military COM
pany, ] do know that Sam Keesler is .
gentleman by birth and education, and
would not be guilty Of any conduct un-
becoming in man or gentleman.
| further possess a sufficient degree Of
intimacy with him to emphatically con-
tradict the statement that he is consid-
cred "hery" by his intimate friends.
have been with him in his home life, OBJ
served him in his business, and slept on
the ground by him fox hunting, and do
not know more considerate, affable or
less over-bearing man than Sam Keesler.
Yours very truly,
@. A. MITCHELL.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-14
KING DAUGHTERS
ELECT OFFICERS
Members Of the Circle Hold interest.
lns Meeting.

The Kings Daughters Circle held an
interesting meeting in the parlors OF
the first Presbyterian church last Fri
day afternoon, that being the date for
e!ecting officers for the ensuing year.
Mrs. ]. L. Gillespie was elected lead
er, but declined the honor on account OF
ether duties which she did not wish to
neglect.
Miss Flora Reiman was reelected
secretary, bnt she asked to be excused
from serving another term.
Miss Sadie Naughton also declined TO
s6rve as treasurer again.
The election finally resulted as fol-
lows for the different offices:
Lerder, Mrs. G. u. Sanders. rc-elected.
vice-Leader, Mrs. J. L. Gillespie, re-
elected.
Secretary, Mrs. J. B. Phillips.
Treasurer, Mrs. W. r.. Bell.
The Circle is doing splendid work,
and every good citizen should lend the
ladies helping hand in their efforts to
assist the sick and needy.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-14
Kings Daughters Meeting.

The Greenwood Circle Of King .
Daughters and Sons met in the parlors
Of the Presbyterian church, Friday, 3p.
M, Dec. 7th.
Officers for the coming year: Mrs. @.
p. Saunders, Leader: Mrs. J. L. Giles
pie, yice-Leader; Mrs. J. B. Phillips,
Secretary; Mrs. W. r. Bell, Treasurer.
Visiting Committee for December, AZ
follows: Mrs. J. L. Montgomery, Mrs.
G. W. Vance, Mrs. ]. Gearhiser, Mrs.
Amanda Williamson, Mrs. A. M. Craig,
Mrs. D. s. Humphreys, Mrs. Dudley
Avery.
The next meeting Of the Circle, at the
same place, Friday, 3 p. m, Dec. 21st, a
fuA meeting is urged Of both the Daugh-
ters and Sons,
FLORA REL MAN, Sec'y.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-14

llI { offer FREE an elegant Bed
wv room Set or $4,000 worth
Of anything IN our stock to
= the couple who will get mar
ried in our window Christmas Eve
Day. A wedding always draws a
/ Crowd---Why not have acrowd and
set paid for il. The only thing
we require of you is to furnish
your name and address and assure
rs you will be here on that day.
We guarantee you an orderly crowd
and the lowest cash value in the
Furniture.
Should the couple live out Of the
city we will pay all expenses in
Cured BY the trip here. Will pay
Tor license.
{ seems to rs to pay a man to
get married IS about as inCOnsis-
tent as to pay him to take money.
For this reason we insist that the
=
giri own The furniture.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-14
FLORA REIMAN, Sec y.

One often hears the expression, my
child caught severe cold, which devel-
oped into diptheria," when the truth
was that the cold had simply left the
little one particularly susceptible to the
wandering djptheria germ. When Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy Is given it
quickly cures the cold and lessons the
danger Of diptheris or any other germ
disease being contracted. For ssle
at Raines' drug store and Chandlef's
drug store.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-14
CARD Of Thaaks.

We want I'd express our sincere sp-
probation and hearty thanks to the
good people Of Greenwood for their
many kindnesses during our recent great
bereavement.
MRS. MARTHA WOODS AND GRAND.
CHILDREN.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-14

Realty assessment of T. C. Garrett
reduced from s3.350.0O to 81 10000.
Back assessment OF r. T. Jones,
T. r. Henderson and Alex Hender-
son reduced as follows: For 1908,
$2,5OO.0O to II, ,e66. co; for 1904, ", 300 90
to sl,l5o 90; for 1905, $4,000 to st.
06O. 90.
Board adjourned until the 7th day
Of December.
Friday, Dec 7.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment. All officers and members
present except Alderman McShane
Report OF w. 8. vardaman, Mayor,
showing amount OF fines and costs
collected from Feb LIST TO July 10 to
be s2,362.6o was received and ap-
proved.
Personal assessment OF J. w.
Quinn reduced from $4,5o5.oO to
g, ,i05.OO.
On complaint Of Chief Of the Fire
Department, A. E. Spengler was or
dered discharged from said depart
ment.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-14
City Council Proceedings.

Board met in regular session Tues
day, Dec. A, 1908. All members and
officers being present.
The following accounts were al
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-14
CITY ELECTION
HELD TUESDAY
A Light Vote Pollcd for the vsrlsss
Nomlnees.

The election for city officers was held
in Greenwood last Tuesday.
A very light vote was polled, . there
was no opposition to the Democratic
nominees.
Tho election was held BY Commits
sioners T. H. Holmes, ]. T. Dean end Z.
1. Gillespie, and resulted ~ follows;
Mayor, W. s. vardaman, 48 votes.
Marshal, X. i. Miller, 81 votea.
Clerk, r. H. Hicks, so votes.
Treasurer, r. L. Sims, 40 votes.
Alderman-at-large, W. r. Logglns, ls
votes.
Alderman, North Ward, B. I. Young,
II votes.
Alderman, East Ward, W. N. Whit
tington, 10 votes.
Alderman, West Ward, w.R. Bell, .
votes.
Alderman, South Ward, John A. Shuts,
10 votes.
The officers-elect will assume charge
Of their respective duties on tho hrst
Monday in January, 1907.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-06-08

Every citizen sa the two terri
raonea haa datg 70 perform II
TIE political fstars Il We are to
hare lie best expression Of ihoazai
ia orr Constitution we shoalc
have one of il aot fhe best con
slhtaiioa 81 any state u the an.oa
q states for We have 20 many Is
draw from a process Of elimiaa-
sloa would uitaiu Itself give us .
strong Constitution but with 20
many constitutional questions hay.
iag been settled by the courts We
should be able 70 draft such a doc.
ament that 10 it, provisions for the
protection Of al classes alike would
stand the test Of aay tribunal.
Shawnee Herald.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-06-08

You take chances IN having your
prescriptions filed By a novice.
The Owl Drug Store have only re-
gisteTed pharmacists at their pre-
scTiption case and accuracy is a.
sured. 5r-tf
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-06-08

For Sale Good. highgrade
Jersey mich COW Phone 436 or
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-06-08
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-06-08

THIS $ ess season 81 fse SUM
mer Normal cr Ieacaers Iasftate
hN over fae country tie teachers
are gathered 10 better s4aip theu-
selves sof .aeir work "a Oklaac-
ma every ccanty has 2 acrmal
wh1e il Incian Territory there IS
ore in each 81 The I've Nations held
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-06-08

An exchange auaoaaces that
TX Governor Taylor VII nor 70
beck 10 Kentucky for home com-
in9 week Probably zoo-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-06-08

Property" has added vastly
70 the cost Df living, as the man
who pays the bills at the end Of
the month cantestify.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-06-08

Statehood news Is excrnciatingly
scarce. Beth houses appear 70 be
merely playing for time