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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
NO RACE ISSUE N THIS STATE.

The following from the Yazoo
Herald meets the hearty approval Of
The Commonwealth :
"If it were not for the agitators
one-half the people would not know
that there was such a thing as the
race issue. In fact, in Mississippi
there is no such issue. There are
occasional clashes, but none that
rise TO the dignity OF an issue. 1t is
also true that there never was in this
State a race issue, except when the
negroes were melted by bad white
men, and this was in the days Of re-
construction. Had the whites then
rid the state Of these disturbers and
race meters, not half the blood
would have been shed that was. II
is very rare that the negroes organ
ize clans among themselves, and
with their present political status,
Mississippi is in no danger Of them
ever dominating. The whites will
always control the states's public af-
fairs, and this fact the negroes now
realize.
1T is the IIerald's firm conviction
that il the agitators would cease
their passionate appeals, that a feel
ing Of harmony could be established
between the races that would be of
mutual benefit. But these ~incessant
appeals TO the prejudice-which
have no foundation except in the fer
tile brains Of those who make them
will ultimately lead to results that
will make the peaceful settlement of
the question an almost utter impos
sibility, Those who are sowing the
seed will eventually be called TO reap
the whirlwind.
Leaders Of thought in Mississippi
should see the dangers ahead, and
use their utmost endeayor to prevent
the storm Of fury, which when once
started will battle Mississippi in
blood, No Mississippian, who has
the best interests of his state at
heart, should hesitate 10 speak out
against the dangerous and unbound
ed appeals that arouse hatred and
prejudice, and the men who make
them should be regarded as enemies
to the peace and welfare Of the state.
There are certain rights the ne
groes have, and these he should have
guaranteed to him. With every of
fetal in Mississippi a white man, and
every jury composed Of whites; every
Judge upon the bench white, and all
elections conducted by and only par
ticipated in by whites, there can be
no possible danger OF negro rule.
This makes it incumbent upon the
whites to discuss fair and impartial
ly economic conditions without any
appeals whatever to race prejudice,
for these questions are and will be
by the whites as though there
was not a negro in existence. The
dangers we hear so much about only
exist in the minds of those who hope
to profit by the agitation, They use
it as the republicans used to use the
shirt-for the votes it brings
Let Mississippians rise superior to
these demagogic appeals and send
into oblivion and defeat those who
would array any class, race or section
another
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
Southern Railway Go. In Mississippi.

Time of trains at Greenwood
E~AsTBOUNn.
No. SO, daily, departs 1885 am.
No. 3s, daily, departs 7:10 pm.
No. 70, daily, except Sunday, departs
1870 pm.
W%EsTBouND.
No. 81, daily, departs 1i:i3 am.
No. IL, daily, departs 5:23 pm.
No. 30, daily, departs 1888 am.
No. so, daily, except Sunday, departs
$50 am.
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Greenwood, Miss. friday. Apr. II. 1907

The Sunflower Tocsin has declar-
ed for Capt, S. B. Watts, of Meri-
dian, as its choice for Lieutenant
Governor. He is mighty good ma
terial.
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For Sale.

Aliens Perfected Cotton Seed. 435. 90
pen ton. Refer to Malone a Keesler
and Elliott & Gayden "A to quality OF
seed. G. N. d. CAMPBELL,
Greenwood, Miss.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12

state Of Mis- lSsippi. l..,
County Of Lehore. S'
!. L. 7. MrShHnc. Cashier OF the above
named bank, do solcmnly swear that the
above statement is true to u @ best OF my
know edge aud belief.
l., 7. MCSuhNE, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me this
18th day OF March, 1907.
u, =. MONTGOMERY.
JrP and EN-OniciO Notary Public.
Correct Attest;
a, MCG. KIMBROUGH,
W. W, MCNEIL,
G. r., WRIGHT,
Directors.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
ANNOUNCE N ENTS.

The following named persons are can
didates for Lehore county offices subject
10 the decision OF the Democratic pri,
mary election to be held in 1907:
For State Senator, Lelore and ITALIA
hatchie Counties,
W. NJ. wHITTINGToN.
r. v. POLLARD.
NJ. B. GRACE.
For Representative
JOHN A. TYSON.
For Chancery Clerk,
c. W. CROCKETT.
r., NJ. HIGHT
For Circuit Clerk
sHARKEY PATE
BARNES HUMPHREYS
For Sheriff
s. z. PROPHET
W. s. VARDAMAN.
JOHN p. METTs
c. l.. MCBRIDE
For Treasurer,
G. ]. AUSTIN
X. r.. NEWT
W. T. CHAPN
J. II. ELLINGTON
JOHN T. MCCAIN.
For Tax Assessor
LEE %ARTERBURY.
T. C. GARROTT
For Superintendent of Education.
W. M. PETEET.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
Posted.

ny lands are posted against agents,
rcddlers and solicitors Of All EinSs' ~
: VIII prosecute all such trespssaors.
A.. L. SCALES.
GREENWOOD, Miss, Feb. 1, 1907.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12

The following named persons are can
didates for LeRore county Offices subject
TO the decision Of the Democratic pri-
mary election to be held in 1907:
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12

Official Paper OF Le1ore County and OF
the City OF Greenwood.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12

OFFICE, a13 WEST MARKET ST,
Evening star., 1907-11-17


the same way every time By that time my temper
was gone, and | asked him to go home and apply
to the asylum and | would pay the expenses; |
didn't want to see him any more for a week.
| went up stairs in rage and started to tell
Livy about it, expecting to get her sympathy for
me and to breed aversion in her for Whltmore
but she merely burst into peal after peal of laughter
the tale of my adventure went on, for her head
was like Susy S: riddles and complexities had no
terrors for it. Her mind and Susy's analytical
have tried to make it appear that mine differ
ent. Many and many time | have told that buggy
experiment, hoping against hope that would some
time other find somebody who would be my
able to go glbly forward and state the
of that buggys progress without having to halt
and consider, and call up in my mind the spoon
horse, and my position in the buggy and the
minute have got that far and try it to the
left it goes to ruin; l cant how it is going
Susy is right in her estimate. | cant understand
thlnQS
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was going to start around that spoon
bowl on that left hand side. l said:
Don't do that, Whitmore; take the
right hand side Then | shall be next
to the house when we get to the door"
He said, That will not happen in
any case, it doesn't make any difference
which way go around this flower bed ="
| explained to him that he was an
ass; but he stuck to his proposition,
and said, :" GO on and try il, and see"
He went on and tried it, and sure
enough he fetched me up at the door on
the very side that he had said | should
be. | was not able to believe it then,
and | don't believe it yet.
said, Whitmore, that is merely an
accident You can't do it again ~
He said he could; and he drove down
into the street, fetched around, came
back, and actually did it again. l was
stupefed, paralyzed, e,rifed, with
these strange results; but they did not
convince me. l didn't believe he could
do it another time; but he did. He said
he could do it all day, and fetch up
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When the Burglar Alarm Worked

THAT burglar alarm which Susy mentions led gay
and careless life and had no principles. 1t
generally out of order at one point or another and
there was plenty of opportunity, because all the
windows and doors IN the house, from the cellar
UP to the top floor were connected with it. How
ever, in its seasons of being out of order it could
trouble us for only very little while: quickly
found out that it WIS foollng us and that it was
buzzng its blood curdling alarm merely for its
to New York for the electrician-there not being
one in all Hartford in those days When the repairs
we're finished we would set the alarm again and re-
establish confidence in it.
1t never did any real business except upon one
single occasion All the rest Of its expensive
frivolous and without purpose Just that
time it performed its duty, and its whole duty,
gravely seriously, admirably. 1t let fly about two
O'Clock black and dreary March morning, and
| turned out promptly, because ! knew that it
not fooling this time The bath room door on
my side of the bed. | stepped in there, turned up
the gas looked at the annunciator, and turned of
the alarm-so far as the door indicated was con-
cerned,-thus stopping the racket Then !
back to bed. Mrs. Clemens opened the debate:
What it
1T the cellar door
Was it a burglar, do You thlnk?''
Yes" l said, of course it was. Did you sup
pose it was Sunday school superintendent"
mo. What do you suppose he wants."
II suppose he wants jewelrv; but he is not
quainted with the house, and thinks it the Gel
lar | don't like to disappont burglar whom
no HARM but if he had had common sagacity
enough to inquire, | could have told him we kept
nothing down there but coal and vegetables. Still,
it may be that he is acquainted with the place and
that what he really wants is coal and vegetables.
On the whole, think it is vegetables he is after
Are You going down to see?'
NO; | could not be of any assistance. Let him
select for himself; don know where the things are
Then she said But suppose he comes up to the
ground floor"
That's all right. We shall know it the minute he
opens door on that floor 1t will set off the alarm"
Just then the terrific buzzng broke out again
| said, He has arrived, told you he would l
know all about burglars and their ways They
systematic people.
| went into the bath room to see if / was right,
and was. l shut off the dining room, and stopped
the buzzing and came back to bed.
My wife said, What do YOU suppose he is after
now?'
l said, Il think he has got all the vegetables he
Continued page IS
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closed. At length he thought that perhaps the
burglar alarm might be in order. and he decided
to try and see; accordingly he put it and then
down and opened the window; consequently
had been in order. Papa went desparlngy up
stairs and said to mamma, " L1vy the mahogany
room won't 90 ! have just opened the window
to see
Why, Youth, mamma replied, "if you We
opened the window why of coarse the alarm will
ring
That what I've opened it for, why Just went
down to see if it would ring
Mamma tried to explain to papa that when he
wanted to 60 and whether the alarm would
ring while the window closed he mustn't go and
open the window-but in vain, papa couldn't un-
derstand, and got very impatient with mamma for
trying to make him believe an impossible thing true
This is frank biographer, and an honest
one; she uses no sandpaper on me ] have
to this day the same dull head in the matter
of conundrums and perplexites which Susy
had discovered in those long gone days.
Complexities annoy me; they lrritate me;
then this progressive feeling presently warns
into anger l cannot get far in the reading
of the commonest and simplest contract
with its parties of the first part" and
"parties of the second part" and parties
of the third part, before my temper is all
gone Ashcroft comes up here every day
and pathetically tries to make me under
stand the points of the lawsuit which we are
conducting against Henry Buffers, Harold
Wheeler, and the rest of those Plasnon
buccaneers; but daily he has to give it up.
1t is pitiful to see, when he bends his earnest
and appealing eyes upon me and says, after
one of his efforts, Nov you do under
stand that, don't YOU"
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and like spoon whose handle stretched from
the gate a great round flower bed in the neIghbor-
bed the road divided and circumnavgated it. max
ing a loop, which | have kened to the bowl of the
spoon. As we neared the loop, saw that Whitmore
was laying his course to port Il was sitting the
starboard side-the side the house was on and
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wish could understand it; but l don't Send for
the cat"
A Problem in Navigation
IN the days which Susy is talking about, per-
pexity fell to my lot day. F G. Whtmore
my business agent, and he brought me out from
town in his buggy. We drove by the porte-cochere
and toward the stable. Now this was a single road
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A Versatile Story Teller

A LONG one side of the library in the Hartford
home, the bookshelves joined the mantelplece-
in fact, there shelves on both sides of the
telpiece. On these shelves and on the mante piece
stood various ornaments. At one end Of the pro-
cession was framed oil painting of cat head, at
the other end head of beautiful young girl,
life size, called Emmeline, because she looked
just about like that,-an mpressonist water color.
Between the one picture and the other there were
twelve fifteen of the brio a-brac things already
mentioned also an oil painting by Elihu Vedder,
The Young Medusa.' Every and then the
children required to construct romance
always impromptu-not a moments preparation
permitted,-and into that romance had to get all
that brio -a-brac and the three pictures. | had to
start always with the cat and finish with Emmene.
| never allowed the refreshment of change,
end for end. 1t was not permissible to introduce
bric-a-braC ornament into the story of its place
in the procession.
These bric-a-bracs never allowed peaceful
day, a reposeful day, a restfu Sabbath In their
lives there was Sabbath, in their lives there was
no peace they knew existence but monotonous
career of violence and bloodshed In the course of
time the brica-brac and the pictures showed wear.
1t because they had had many and such
tumutuous adventures in their romantic careers
As romancer to the children | had hard time,
from the beginning. If they brought me
picture in a magazine, and required me to build
story to it, they would cover the rest of the page
with their pudgy hands to keep me from stealing
an idea from it The stories had to come hot from
the bat always. They had to be absolutely original
and fresh Sometimes the children furnished
simply character or two dozen, and required
to start out at once on that slim basis and deliver
those characters up to vigorous and entertaining
life of crime. If they heard of trade,
unfamiliar animal, anything like that, |
pretty to have to deal with those things in the
next romance Once Clara required me to build a
sudden tale out of a plumber and "bawgun-
strictor and had to do it She didn't know what
a boa constructor was, until he developed in the
tale; then she was better satisfied with than ever.
FROM SUSYS BIOGRAPHY
Papas avorite game is billiards and when he is tired
and wishes himself he stays up all night and plays
billiards. 1t to rest his head He smokes great deal
almost inceSsantly He has the author exactly,
of the simplest things he understand. Our
burglar alarm often of order, and papa had been
Obliged to take the mahogany room off from the alarm
altogether for time because the burglar alarm had been
in the habit OF ringing when the mahogany
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which greatly improves the beauty of his features kind
blue eyes and small mustache He has a wonderfully
shaped head and profile He has very good hgure.in
features perfect except that he hasn't extrodnary
teeth His complexion is very fair and he doesn't ware
a beard He is a very good man and very funny
He has got temper but all of have this family
He is the loveiest ever hope to see
and Oh absentmnded. He does tell perfectly delight
full stories Clara and used sit each of his
chair and listen while he told stories about the pictures
the wall
l remember the story telling days vividly. They
difficult and exactng audience-those little
creatures
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Japanese
Commandments.

Upon her wedding morning
the Japanese bride is given 12
commandments by her mother.
These 10 rules have been handed
down from mother to daughter in
Japan for centuries, and no we'll
bred girl disregards them. What
would an American girl say if
her mother should give her the
following directions:
The moment you are married
you are no longer my daughter.
Therefore, you must obey your
parents-in law as you once obey
ed your father and mother.
When you are married your
husband will be your sole master.
Be humble and polite Strict
obedience to her husband is the
noblest virtue a wife can possess.
Always be amiable toward your
mother-in-law.
DO not be jealous, jealousy
kills your husbands affection for
you.
Even though your husband be
wrong, do not talk too much
Speak no evil of your neighbors
Never tell lies.
Be good manageress, and es-
pecially be economical in your
household.
Do not pride yourself on youl
fathers rank or fortune. If he
is a rich man never allude to his
riches before your husbands rela.
tives.
Although you may marry young
do not frequent too youthful So
ciety.
Do not wear bright-colored
garments. Always be neatly but
modestly dressed.
Rise early, retire late, and dc
not sleep in the afternoon. Drink
little wine, and until you are 81
take no part in public assemblies
nor mingle in crowds.
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STATISTICS
RECEIVED BY OHIO RIVER
BOARD OF ENGINEERS
One TOwbOat Carried 1882, 900
Bushels of Coal.

Washington, April 25.-Un-
der the stimulus of government
interest in water transportation,
reports received here by the Ohio
River Board of United States En-
gineers indicate that there is a
remarkable increase in traffic on
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
According to these reports more
than one million bushels of coal
have been transported from Pitts
burg to New Orleans within the
last week, and many of the large
towing boats have not been put
into commission. The transpor-
tation of coal by water, at a cost
of one, eleventh the charges by
rail, is a guaranty that this traffic
will grow steadily.
The greatest individual ship
ment of coal made thus far, this
season, passed down the Ohio and
Mississippi rivers early last week.
1t consisted of 48 coal boats, con-
talnlng 100000 bushels of coal.
Thie big amount of fuel was tow
ed by the steamer Sprague, the
largest inland towing craft of its
kind in the world. Another tow-
boat, the Jos. B. Williams. also
was on the way south with the
same namber of barges, but these
latter are of smaller capacity, the
total load being 100000 BUSH
els.
Some striking figures have been
cited in the comparative cost of
handling, as between water and
rail transportation Taking the
towboat Sprague as an example,
it represents an outlay of $780,
600; each of the coal boats, which
are modern and improved barges,
costs 81, 900; this brings the total
cost of the feet up to 100000.
The Sprague's tow contains ap-
proximately 65,280 tons of coal;
the average railroad car will hold
40 tons, and to accommodate the
amount of coal carried by the
Sprague 1882 cars would be nee
essary. 1t is estimated that a
powerful freight engine will find
As loaded cars a heavy burden.
Thus it would require So trains OF
As cars each to take care of the
load that the Sprague is carrying
and there would still remain IL
additional cars to be hauled.
1t will be seen thai the coal
traffic on the Ohio, in addition tc
saving coal shippers hundreds o.
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The Face On
The Cents.

Coins of most of the nations
bear upon them the faces oftheir
rulers. In the United States
each coin has an emblem of Lib
erty.
The first coins struck after the
formation of the Federal Union
bore the face of George Wash
ington. General Washington dis
approved of the custom and it
was dropped. 1t has never been
revived.
Portraits of prominent Ameri-
cans appear upon postage stamps,
internal revenue stamps and pa
per money, but never on coins.
And it has been the custom to
use no portraits of liviving men
even on the currency and the
stamps.
In Englad, as soon as King
Edward succeeded Queen Victor
ia, the Queens face gave way to
that of Edward on all the coins
and stamps in the British Dm-
pire. The accession of a new ruler
in most monarchies means an in
stant, change in the designs OF
the coins.
But there lis an exception to
the rule of no portraits on Amer.
icon coins. The emblem of Libr
erty on the one-cent coin is the
goddess IN an American Indian
headdress, but the face shows nc
characteristics of the North
American aborigine.
1t is the face of a little girl
Sarah Longrace Keen, upon
whose head was placed the
feathered ornament of q Sioux
Indian. Her father was an en-.
graver, and he placed his daugh.
ter's head on the coin.
Sarah Longrace Keen died in
Philadelphia not long ago aftel
having served 35 years as the Sec.
retary of the city's branch of the
Methodist Women's Foreigr
Missionary. Society.