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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
CODE SECTIONS
ARE MISSING
Twelve Missing Parts OF Ann0t tatcd
Code Have utterly Disappeared.

Jackson, Miss, May lS.- After most
exhaustive search of the entire batch OF
original manuscript Of the new aunotat
ed code, Secretary Of State J. W. Power
has failed to find the twelve missing
sections Of the chapter on supervision
Of common carriers.
/ This means that the railroad commits
sion WILL after October /, he absolutely
| powerless.
The commission without these twelve
missing sections, has power to receive
and consider petitions and complaints,
assess railroads, make inspections and
perform its other duties prescribed by
the statute, but it has no power to en-
force the penalty for failure Of the rail
roads to comply with any of its orders.
A very serious feature ot the omis-
sion is the section penali2ing telegraph
companies for failure to transmit and
deliver messages promptly. After oct.
], if the telegraph companies care to do
so, they can take their own time about
delivering messages, or transmitting
same, and it will be impossible to collect
the statutory penalty of %25 for each
failure. The telegraph company can
even compel parties to whom messages
are addressed to cali at the Office for
same, or even deliver teegrams through
the mails, In case the corporation should
care to do 50, which is, of course, not
very likely.
The buDgle Is the worst committed by
tho lawmakers in many years. for It
paralyzos one of the departments Of the
state government and in effect leaves
the public at the mercy of the railroads
and other corporations over which the
has jurisdiction.
Gen. 7. c. Catchings, The code COM
has no power to bring for.
ward the missing sections for there is
no record to show that they were prop-
orly enacted. II it was merely clcri-
cal error in falling to transcribe the
and have them enrolled when
the manuscript was before the commit
,ee on final revision, it would De another
question, but just now no course Of ac-
ion is apparent whereby the omission
nay be remedied, and there wi, be +
very little consolation IN finding out
iost who is reepopaible for the blunder
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
A WOman's PRAYER.

Dear Lord, please have mercy on my
soul, and please let me have the French
gray satin saw this morning; for with
lace lOunces and oversliirt, that dress
would be very becoming to me, | know
II you grant my request. please let me
have a black lace shawl, also, dear LORD,
+ Encel before Shea, tonight, 2eoiing per-
fec6iy happy, Tor Madam ktoiicahas sent
me such lovely bonnetl A most heay-
emily little biiuo composed of white satin
with coral tufts. For this favor | am
feeling very grateful. Give me, | pray
thee, an humble heart, and a new green
silk. with point lace trimmings. Let me
not grow too fond of this vain and de-
ceitful world, like other women, but
make me exceedingly gentle and aristo-
cratic. AS the spring fashions come,
let them suit my style of beauty; let
there be plenty OF puIfings, pleating g.
ruilies and flounces, for | dearly love
them all. Oh, Lord let business detain
my hunband at H for he is rot wSpS-
ed at home at present, ! visa TO be-
come acquainted with the tall, dark
eyed soraigneT, who is staying with Col.
LongawQllows ACROSS the way. Bring
about an introduction, ! beaeeeh thee
for Mrs. LongswallQws will aot. Rleaa
my children and please aend them r.
good nurse, for have neither the ttma
nor the inclination to look after tbom
myself, and now Oh, Lord, take care of
me While sleep, and pray watch over
my diamonds. Amen-Ex.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
27,73j,870 26,099.642

The statement shows an increase OF
736,22S acres this year over that plant
ed in 1905, or net increase of 2.7G per
cent. These figures are to be verified
or corrected by meeting of,the State
presidents at Jackson, May 81.
The statement further says that the
scarcity of labor, especially in Alabama,
Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas will
cause at least 10 per cent of the acreage
now planted to be abandoned on account
of the lack of necessary hands to culti-
vate the crop. Frosts about May 8
caused considerable damage and re-
planting. .tp
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
PROPOSITION MADE
KINGS DAUGHTERS.
Account OF Last Meeting Next Meet.
iug 10 he Held june Ist.

The Greenwood Circle of Kings
daughters met in the Parlors Of the
Presbyterian church, May IS, 1906, with
twelve mcnfbors present The meeting
vas called to get report from Committee
on hospital work, There was only one
member of said committee present and
only a partial report mado.
Mrs. T. Il, Henderson made the fol-
lowing proposition:
The ]. 4. George Chapter to build the
hospital, as 4 memorial to tho ConFcder-
ate men and women of T.onnre county.
The memorial tablets to be on the front
of the building. TO lease It for twenty
wears or longer, to the Kings Daugh-
tors for memorial price ($l0O) to be
used "a hospital in which two Charity
wards are kept open, onr for each sex.
To try to let the contract lst Of January
1908. To consult the physicians of
Greenwood, M to the number of beds,
capacity of the hospital) needed for the
next ten years to keep mp repairs and
build improvements; the Kings Daugh-
ters to equip the hospital, To run it and
have entire charge of it, rs they would
any other property they leased; and TO
7tgn contract to keep il open, in use
as a hospital during their term Of lease,
and not to ask for improvements to be
added for ten years.
This was prefaeed with the remark
that ~ did not represent the ]. 2.
George Chapter as had never put it
before the Chapter, feeling that had
no right to do so until | secured the
consent of the Kings Daughters, since
the latter association had first proposed
to build hospital. also stated that
we had between twenty-five and twen-
ty-siX hundred dollars for our monu-
ment, every dollar Of which | believed
we could g8t the consent Of the donors
to usa nor the Memorial Hospital, in
stead Of tho monument. We had also
the promise Of u lot BO0xi37. feet, Just
back of Miss Tallu Strong's residence
or yard, This lot is worth $l5oO.OO, and
think in good place to have the hos
pital"
The next regular meeting will be held
Friday, PM, June LIST. A full attend
ance is earnestly requested.
FLORA REIMAN, Sec.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
NOTICE ! NOTICE

w sre noW prepared to
DO all kinds of Tin Work,
such as Roofing, Cold Air
Flues, Smoke Stack work,
atp, Send US your orders,
Estimates furnished on
work promptly,
Henderson q Baird.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
HIA BENA ITEMS.
Personal and Social Mention by Our
Fair Correspondent.

]. H. Godsey spent Wednesday il
Greenville.
zack sisson was up from yinelant
Wednesday.
Q. l.. Lockwood, of Last Chance, wa.
here Sunday.
c. C. Hatchison, of Vinoland, was in
town Saturday.
Mrs. A. 7. Miller, Of Berclair, spent
Tuesday in town.
Jasper Dennis, one of Bear Creek s
good citizens, was in town Saturday.
J. W. Greer, our popular and efIieent
depot agent, spent Wednesday in Green
wood.
W. W. Redditt and little daughter
spent the latter part OF last week in
Carrollton.
Miss salie Morris is down in the
country this week, the guest of MIR. aud
Mrs. Eaton
Mr.. and Mrs. W. W, Nye of Walden,
are the guests of their daughter, Mrs.
W. W, Redditt this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. @. Eaton spent Sun
day and Monday in town, the guests of
Mr.. and. Mrs. f, B. Morris.
Miss Lizzie B. REESE, Of Refuge, spent
Saturday and Sunday here, the guest of
her uncle's family, r. c, Reese.
Miss Willie Love, of sheppardtown,
was the charming guest Of her aunt,
Mrs. ?. L. Young, last Friday and satur-
day.
Among those who went to Winona
Sunday to hear Sam Jones were: DR..
Keys and Misses Alice Stage, Jessie
and Lizzie B. Reese.
Mrs. John Pollard, of Bdtesyile. was
here Friday night, en- route home from
visit to her fathers family, DR.. S. L. !
Love, of Sheppardtown.
The many friends of Mr.. S. NJ. Kim |
brough were much surprised when he
came in Monday morning with his bride. |
MIR. Kimbrough and Miss Mauds Boze-
man were married Saturday morning at
her home in Eatonton, GA. Miss Bozeman
visited her sister, Mrs. Hamil, here last
year; she is a remarkably bright, at
tractive and sweet woman, very highly
accomplished possessing all the at
tributes of a good wife-and everybody !
knows Sam Kimbrough to be fine man.
We wish for them life of unalloyed
happiness.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
TWO COTTAGES
DESTROYED BY FIRE,
alarm hrouSes Citizens at S O'clock
Wednesday Morning.

At about . o'clock Wednesday morn
ing an alarm Of fire was given, and by
the time the people could reach the
scene of conllagration, just southwest Of
the |. G. depot, two cottages, belonging
to SamI j. Stein, we're practically de-
stroyed.
Both houses were vacant, and the ORR
gin Of the fire is unknown.
The loss on the buildings was about
$4,000 which was partly covered by in
suranCe
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25

Make your porch plass-
ant for eHptllmer, lt4r, viii q nice
4 4 wing. we p4t them up.
can on Us for store, win
dow porch Awnings and
THIS liha, '''S
Henderson " Baird,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
DISEASES or Ttir SKIN.
Eczema. tstter, Salt Rheum. RIns
Worm, BARRIERS Itch. Fte

All OF these diseases are attended by
intense itching which is almost instant
" relieVea by applying Chamberlain s
sla,se and by its continued use perna-.
nent cure may be effected. 1t has cured
many cases that had resisted all other
treatment. Price, NO per box. Every
box Ia warranted. For sale by Raines'
agss store and Chandler's drug store.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
Planters Bank Makes Fine Showinq.

The quarterly statement showing the
ilhahclal condition Of the Planters Bank,
OF Scblater, Miss, appears in this issue
Of The Commonwealth. This staunch
banking concern begun business last
September, and on the 10th Of May it's
undivided profits had reached this hand
some sum of $7,546.47; individual depos-
its subject to check, over $4,000; loans
and discounts, over $4,000. The capi-
tai paid in is $4,000. The stockholders
and officers have reason to feel Just
degree Of pride at the splendid success
with which their bank is meeting,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
Revival Services at Christian Church

Revival services will begin in the
Christian church next Lords Day morn
ing at II O'Clock. These services will
continue over the 1st Lords Day in
Jane. During the week the morning
services will be at O'Clock. The open
ing subject will be, SEEKING end Saving
the Lost Re cure and attend every
service possible. Elder II. K. Coleson
Will do the preaching. N.&.X.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25

Make your porch pleas
ant for summer with a nice
A wning. We put them up.
Call on us for store, Win
dow, porch Awnings and
Tents; in fact anything in
this line.
Henderson q Baird.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25

Send lis your orders for
Sewer Pipe. We carry a
big stock.
Henderson & Baird.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
ScaTES

All the fancy drinks, egg drinks, mill,
drinks, hot drinks, phosphates, ice cream
sodas, fruit and nut sundaes. "wa cra
here with the rcoJr ~ I
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
Rheumatism.

Why suffer from this painful malady?
One application of Chamberlain Pain
Balm will relieve the pain and make rest
and sleep possible. Many cures have
been effected by it's continued use.
Price, 25c. large size, SOC. For sale by
Raines drug store and Chandler's drug
store.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
Awnings of all kinds at
Henderson & Baird's.
New Meat Market

Mr. I. ID. Holmes has opened first.
class meat market in the rear Of the
postoiiice building on Fulton street. He
handles Kansas City meats exclusively
and solicits share Of the public pat
ronage.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
bEkNSIElN's
Your Moneys Worth,
or
Your Money Back.
NOTICE! NOTICE !

We are now prepared to
do all kinds of Tin Work,
such as Roofing, Cold Air
Flues, Smoke Stack work,
etc. Send us your orders.
Estimates furnished on
work promptly.
Henderson q Baird.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
GIVEN AWAY!

Diamond Rings Given Away.
To the mothers of Missis.
sippi: We will give to every
baby of white parents born
July a, 1906, a beautiful dia-
mond ring, if you will send to
us a doctors certificate of the
cl'lid's birth. g,4 iywehN
store is tnsun a. the n,jde OF
Mississippi and We take pfide.
IN fhe growth OF Mississippi.
Yours respectfully,
A, WELLER T. to.,
Dreenwood, Miss.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
BERNSTEIN'S CLOTHING
PARLOR "For Men and Little
Men"

STSAy MaAIs Water on ice. 10 cents
quart, at J. B. PAGES Pool Hall and
Bowling Alley. 5-1s-4t
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
sCAtrs

Employ none bat skilled dispensers to
serve you. Cleanliness and the best are
our motto.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25

Special sale in Japanese
Linen Handkerchiefs, S cents
each or so cents per dozen
at BERNSTEiN'S Clothing Par
lOr.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
Posted Land.

tiuf iadd ls pqayed against
huliting' and all other tres
pass.
+. NJ. Southworth & Co,
Sidon, Miss, Il, Max 1, 1900.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
SCATES CANDIES

When you buy candies, DO yog know
that they axe fresh We guarantee our
candies to be fresh. Expressed any
where for you.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
SGAfES

Pure delicious creams the result OF
skill and experience delivered to any
part of the city.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
Serge Goat and Pants, The
latest styles al htRNSTEIN'S
Clothing faYiof.
SCATES PARLOR

Centrally located. The best of every
thing. Meet your friends.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25

Send lis your orders for
Screen Doors and Windows,
Henderson Il Baird.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
Your Dollar is worth one
hundred cents at Bernstein's.
Send us your orders for
Screen Doors and Windows.
Henderson 81 Baird.

Awnings of all kinds at
Henderson 81 Baird's.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-01-08
BIG RAILROAD
FIGHT ON

San Francisco, Cal, Jan. Arm
cd guards, injunction proceedings and
a condemnation suit, have been intro
duced into the controversy between
the Western Pacific and Southern Pa
ciiic railways. over the plan of the
Western Pacific to place its terminus
on the Oakland side of San Francisco
bay between the Southern Pacific's
broad guage and narrow gauge moles.
The Western Pacific has laid a mile {
preliminary track on a strip of re-
claimed land, the title to which is a
matter of controversy between the
state and Southern Pacific. This unex-
pocted move gave the Western Pacific
possession of the fill. The Western
Pacific next went into the superior
court Of Alameda county and asked
to have condemned a strip Of land
running across the lands owned by the
Southern Pacific The Southern Paci-
fic followed this by obtaining a tempo
rary Injunction restraining the Wes-
tern Pacific from further track lay
ing operations The hearing of all
suits was set for January IL. Pending
the hearing, the Western Pacific has
placed seven armed guards on the
strip of filled land to protect its tenn
porary tracks.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-01-08

The above is a copy of the blanks
used i'm one of the ceverest little con-
tidence games ever worked in the
southwest. The enterprising crooks
who have been coinng money with the
ingenious graft are now safe behind
the bars of the Albuquerque Jail. They
were arrested yesterday by City Mar
shal McMillin upon complaint of At
torney O. n. Marron who represents
several of the local victims of the
bunco artists and others elsewhere.
For the men have been operating all
the way from San Francisco to Albu-
querque, and 1t is thought that alto
gether they have secured from one to
two thousand dollars by their game
They secured in Albuquerque not
more than $142.
The men are well appearing indi-
vlduals and have been stopping at the
best hotels in the country. They were
arrested here at the Alvarado. Their
plausible manner and extremely plaus-
ible game has enabled them to deceive
the most astute business men in the
southwest including Babbitt brothers
Of Flagstaff, the Arizona Lumber ana
Timber company of Flagstaff, the
American Lumber company of this
city, the Southwestern Brewery and
Ice company, the Surety Investment
company and many others.
1t is evident from these names that
Messrs Gray and Morris are among
tho At t.,
and few business men, even the most
wary, would be proof against their
wiIes. They are very glib takers,
Their game is to walk in on the un-
suspecting business man and tell him
that they are representing a big COM
pany of commercial travellers which
secures reduced rates for travelling
men, and that the proposition is open
to any company which will assist in
paying the expenses of the securing Of
the concession. They proceed to
show the business man where the rate
has been secured in the east and In
the west and that now only the
Southeastern Passenger association
remains out of the list of concerns
who have adopted the interchangeable
mileage system; and that they will be
in as soon as the committee calls on
them. The grafters show the business
man who has several travelling men
on the road where he can save an i'm
mense amount in year and avoid
paying eXorbitant rates for the trans
portatiOn Of agents. The business
man can get i'm the concern for a
small sum- which covers the dues of
the company, and of course he gives
generously The con mems chief stock
in trade was the list of prominent bus
mess men who had previously signed
the retition. When these names we're
shown local business men, there was
nothing whatever to excite a suspicion
Of crookedness and they went readily
into the net of the representatives of
the National Commercial Travellers
Gray and Morris got some $142 out
of albuquerque. All of this amount
but $S5 has been recovered and they
have wired for money to square this
amount But several others who were
bilked in the Arizona towns have also
wired in to the attorney in the case,
Continued on Page 8. Column 2.)
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-01-08
Strenuous Russian Celebration.

Washington, Pa. Jan. THE cele-
bration Of Russian Christmas by min
ers Of that nationality at the Meadow
Land Coal Works, four miles from
here, caused a race riot this evening
between Russians and Italians in
which one mans skull was fractured.
awoman with baby in her arms was
knocked down with a brick and others
received serious injuries.
About 200 men engaged in the riot
ing Coal and iron police are patrol
ing the settlement tonight.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-01-08
BULLET HOLE
IN HEAD Of
CHICAGO MAN
Mysterious killing Near
Colorado Springs.
SUICIDE PROBABLE BUT
vALUABLES ARE MISSING
Faithful Horse and Dog Guarding
Bloody Corpse Of E, C. Wilson
When Found.

Colorado Springs Colo, Jan, T.
The dead body of f. Crane Wilson, a
wealthy Chicago man, was found up
on the highway seven miles east of
this city this evening with bullet
hole in the head. The Indications
point to suicide, although the gold
watch and chain he wore are missing.
Wilson had been staying at the Al
year, and left the hotel this after
noon on horseback His only COM
panion was a greyhound.
This evening two well known citi-
zens of this place found the body as
they We're driving in from their ranch,
and teiephoned the coroner. The lat
ter went to the scene and found the
body of Wilson lying at the side of the
road fiat on his back, A bullet had
entered his head three inches back #
the right ear and lodged under the
left eye. Wilson's pet horse was stand
ing by his side and his big greyhound
still guarding the body when the Off
GERS arrived A bullet wound on the
right side of the horses neck had
caused some suffering to the animal,
and indicates that Wilson had first at
tempted to kill his horse and then kill
himself.
Wilson's revolver was found on the
ground with but two cartridges fired
and three loaded. His gold watch and
chain and all the money was missing,
but a pearl shirt stud and pearl cuff
buttons We're still on the body, 1t is
believed Wilson should have had
something over 500 in cash, as he
paid his hotel bin yesterday with a
check for $3.50, receiving over 500 in
ehanpe
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-01-08
KANSAS NOW
WOBBL|NG

Kansas City Mo. Jan. IA distinct
earthquake shock, with a motion from
north to south lasting from twenty
three seconds to one minute in dura-
tion, was felt in western Missouri,
eastern Kansas and southern Nebras-
ka about 6:17 o'clock this evening
The territory affected extends from
Nebraska on the north nearly to Ok
lahomn and the Indian Territory line
on the south, and from Salina, Kan
sas, on the west to Kansas City st
Joseph and Joplin, Mo, on the east
With the exception of knocking piss
ter from the walls at some points In
Kansas, no damage was reported, al
though persons ran to the streets IN
some places, In fear their houses
would tumble In.