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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-02-15
TINE MISSISSIPPI sf,AIoaSR.

lhe approaching Democratic pri'
mary in Mississippi that will nom.
mate a United States Senator is at
~tracting national interest. II is es.
pccially engaging the attention o.
The South. because it threatens To
further lower the already diminish,
ed standard Of the South's represen'
tation in the upper House of Con
gress. The prospect that Varda.
man may be sent to join JEFF Davis
Of Arkansas as q specimen o.
Southern craftsmanship and Denoc.
racy in that once august body is fal
from pleasing to many intelligent
Southerners.
Mississippi craftsmanship is asso.
cia,ed with such names as Sargen,
S, Prentiss, jefferson Davis, l.. @
c, Lamar and James z. George
Gov, Vardaman's election to the
Senate would be a decided drop
from such standards, and would
the more be regretted, because
il would defeat for that pc,
sitlon John Sharp Williams, who,
as Democratic leader in the nation
al House Of Representatives, has
given evidences Of marked ability,
and who is known TO the nation
al large as one Of the brightest and
most progressive of Southern pub
lie men.
Gov. Vardaman is a reactionary
and extremist That is the general
estimate made OF him outside Of the
Mississippi backwoods. He told
the white voters Of the hill country
that the money that was being ex-
pended for negro schools in the State
would be given for the exclusive
benefit Of the white children, if he
were elected Governor. OF course
this fatuous promise could not be
fulfilled, and he has not even at
tempted to fulfil it, but now he is
telling those people that if he goes
TO the Senate, he will repeal the
18th amendment, The idea is
absurd, of course, but Gov. Varda-
man has so impressed some Mississ-
ippians with his powers as a states
man, they would believe almost any
ridiculous promise that he might
make.
II it we're desired at this time
that the South should agitate the
repeal of the fifteenth amendment
or, if such a thing were possible,
Gov. Vardaman would be, of all
men, least able to accomplish it.
There can be no such repeal, unless
the North votes it, and the election
Of Gov. Vardaman to the Senate
would be violently to antagonize
Northern sentiment The fifteenth
amendment is not giving Mississippi
any present trouble. The white
men rule there absolutely, and
their best and wisest policy is to
keep all agitation concerning the
fifteenth amendment and negro
suffrage in the background.
The latest reports from Mississ-
ippi give indication Of a slump in
Vardaman's popularity. Several
months viii elapse before the pri-
mary takes place, and the Mississ-
ippi voters will probably by that
be brought to a full realization
81 Governor Vardaman's unftness
for a Senatorship, and the injury it
do the South TO thrust him
into that conspicuous national po-
sition. Nashville American.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-02-15

We expect to make The Common
wealth unusually interesting during
the coming spring and summer, II
you are not already a subscriber,
now is a good time to get on.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-02-15

The growth Of Greenwood is not
as rapid just now as we would like
to see II, but she still manages to
keep pace with the other progressive
Mississippi cities.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-02-15
Greenwood. Miss. Friday. Feb. ~. 1907

The names Of a great many new
subscribers are being added to The
Commonwealth books every week.
II is like the measles-nearly every
body takes it.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-02-15

Sundays News-Scimitar contained
good pictures Of Masters George
Wilson Yandell and William Nc
Blide Ysndell. sstride their Shetland
ponies, dressed in Indian suits.
These bright little fellows ~ ~
sons Of I,r. and Mrs. ". n. Yaadell,
Of Canton, and grsnd-sons y Hon,
and Mrs q. A. Wilson, of Lsxingtca.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-02-15
ANNOUNCE MENTS

The following named persons are car
didatcs for Leaore county oSiees subject
TO the decision OF the Democratic pri-
mary election to be held il 1907:
For State Senator, Lehore and ITALIA
hstchie Counties,
". NJ. WELLINGTON.
For Chancery Clerk,
C. W. CROCKETT.
r. NJ. HIGHT
For Circuit Clerk
sHARKEY PATE
For Sheriff
s. z. PROPHET
", S. yARDAMAN.
JOHN p. NETS
c. l.. MCBRIDE
-#r--~=-~a-
For Treasurer,
c. ]. AUSTIN
+. +. NEWER
". r. CHAPMAN
]. II. ELLINGTON
-a-a~-sa-aa
For Tax Assessor:
LEE ARTERBuRY.
T. C. GARRoTT
@@~~=a-s-~.
For superintendent OF Education.
", NJ. pETEET.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-02-15
landreth's Fresh Garden
Seeds at hyman-lewis Co.

Big lot new commercial Stationery
Just received 1t The Common ~saith o.
nce. Send NJ your orders for all kinds
q printing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-02-15

Re1t, Share M Lease Con-
.hacls for sale = Us office.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-02-15

Time 81 trains Il Greenwood:
E~AsrsouSD.
No. 80, daily, dsparts 7;sS am.
No. 80, daily, depsrtp ITO pm.
No. 70. daily, except Sunday, departs
Y
wnSsn0uxD.
Ma 81. daily, depArts HIS An.
No. III, daily, depaRts b:13 p.m.
M 10. daily, deQAss 7:33 a.ui.
IA ~ dAilys sxespt Ssaday, dsPeses
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-12

silitis, and 81 diseases Of the throat and
chest. TIE County Antrim Life-buoys
which your would-be humorous contri-
outor so glibly attacks with his halt
ing wit are veritable life-buoys wherever
found. 1 have seen them sprouting from
and wrapped around the threats Of men
distinguished in medicine. at the bar. IN
the bench, in finance. and in agriculture.
And not once have I detected symptoms
OF lanygeal or thoracic disorder In any
wearer Of the lfe-buoy. This form Of
whisker Is excelled I'm hygienic value
only by No. 2 Red Wintergrown .Tar-
seywhiskers.
As for Hackensack Tufts, I see no
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-12
BARNATO'S CHILDREN
RICHER THAN FIELDS

LONDON, Nav 1.-THE Marshall Field
,hildren are not the only infant mil
lionaire children in England. The
wealJhiest English children are the or
phans of the late Barney BarnatO. South
African Croesus. Like the Marshall
Fields. there are two boys and a girl.
who, when they come OF age. will each
come into a fortune of several millions.
The money has been invested for them,
and allowed TO accumulate until they
are twenty-one
Miss Port. aged twelve. is the daugh-
ter OF a Manchester bedstead manufac-
turer, will be the mistress of 5000 900
when she is twenty-one. A millionaire
stock broker. Charles AnseH. left a baby
boy FOR whom great fortune is accu-
mulating IN Invested trust funds.
The Marshall Field boys are at Rugby.
the great boys college in the MidIands.
The eldest boy is developing into a skill.
full chauffeur and they have several au-
tomobiles Of their own.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-12

reason for sneering. The Tufts have
abundant reason FOR being. You will
note that the poet Pastor sings:
"And he went back to the town Of
HackenSack
With a little bunch Of whiskers on his
chin
OF course he went back.
The Hackensack Tuft belongs at
Hackensack. It always heads for home.
/ have no doubt that as soon as Mr..
Pastors suburbanite got through the
pleasant advertisement OF being robbed
along the Bowery, his whiskers took
him home. That's what they arc for.
III bet a cOoky that when the conduc-
tor on the New York and New Jersey
railroad found that the .penniless but
genially befuddled citizen wore a Hack
ensack Tuft he carried him free and
carefully put him down on his native
heath. l violate no confidence when 7
state that the Tuft is a valid pass. hon
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-12

II is one Of the most disquieting OF the
most diquieting signs of the times that
a worldwide conspiracy against whisk-
ers is on foot Let IL be the duty OF US
who realize the sterling virtues Of the
whisker 10 check this reasonable revolt.
/ have read with horror in the daily
press that beginning on May /. all con-
ductors on the Burlington railroad svs-
TEN must be clean shaver. Surely no
patriot will tolerate this outrage.
Even now the walters in all the hotels
ard restaurants IN Paris are on strike
noble herOes,-in order TO reassert and
vindicate the sacred right Of man 10
wear whiskers. NV hand trembles with
pride while I write that these brave
souls have refused with scOrn the offers
Of the iEnoble proprietors to bride them
with higher pay II they will but wear
clean faces. What heart can fail 10
throb at the heroic reply Of these mar
tyrs?
Keep your paltry gold" they have
cried we viii live poorly. starve Il
necessary. rather than lose one millI-
metre Of WEisker"'
All in vain did the treacherous Paris
ians persuade the ingenious Paul Adam
10 publish two columns Of whisker at
tack. He says forsoOth that the smooth
shaver face OF ancient Rome Is becOul-
ing prevalent in America.
Is IL fOrsCOth2 Then let Americans
smooth shaver they Cecayed. deEen-r-
ated. vanished from the face of the
And the grandeur that was Rome"
The glory that was Greece
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-12
The Commuter Shrubberv.

''AIas-" she cries only our fourth
anniversary, Edwin, ana you have quite
forgotten All met
Say not SO, darling" replies Edwin,
fondly, the love light beaming in his fine
eyes, as he deity explores a pock,+ = i'd
den in the outrageous boscage Of his
glossy blue black commuter whiskers.
Il have not forgotten. / have a sur
prise fer you. Look. darling, l0Okt'
And with these tender words he draws
forth a beautiful. highly trained and
sweet-voiced canary bird. which he has
hitherto carefully concealed in his
whiskers. The little feathered songster
blinks sleepily for a few moments.
yawns, wakes up, triIls. and carols forth
a grand, sweet song. With a low cry OF
JOY, OF repentance for having even for
one moment doubted her Edwin's Of
lection. Angelina throws herself upon
his
Oh. reader. let Us leave them in their
perfect, whiskerfied happfness
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-12

street or leap suddenly from his car
seat at the call of his familiar home
station, the fuli-rigged commUter will
lose none OF his precious freight What
worry, what profanity. what frantic
telegraphing, what confused explana-
tons 10 anxious and repr0achfuI wives,
Will be saved by this simple but not
unlovely devicei
Consider. too, the romantic side. Hay
Ing carefully reconnoitered her Edwiu's
empty overcoat. Angelina slghs at the
end Of the delightful dinner In their
rose-bowered cottage nest at Chestnut
hurst. y. J.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-12

rice" that coating rice protects IL IN any
manner from dust Evidence Of an ex-
pert character Is also on file ia the de-
partment showing that unpublished rice IS
no more subject To the ravages Of the
weevil than the polished article. 10 IS
the opinion Of the department that no
coating of any kind can be used in the
manner indicated If the product be
mixed. colored, powdered. coated on
Stained In a manner whereby damage or
inferiority is concealed. In each case.
whether or not such result be secured
IS question Of fact 10 be decided D.
the evidence"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-12

braid their whiskers into Iariats where
with to lynch their prosecutors. That is
rebuke let me cite an example Of the
humane, courageous. and altruistic ten
denotes OF the bewhiskered which Oc-
CURED in our burgh no longer ago than
Wednesday OF last week. Willie Charl-
ton. a husky lad OF sixteen, capsized
his canoe and was in great danger OF
bosn, Of course. And by the way OF
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-12
PARAFFIN-COATED RICE
BARRED BY UNCLE SAM

Rice. made plump and healthy looking
by a delicate dress Of paraffin, has been
prescribed by Uncle Sam. The Depart
ment Of Agriculture says that rice is a
diet often recommend / for those suffer-
ing from impaired c estion, that the
use OF paraffin in sue cases is at least
Of questionable propriety, and in its
opinion should be excluded from food
products.
1T is not clear to the department"
said Secretary Wilson. in an opinion re-
garding the polishing and coating Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-12
WANT TO BUY A BEARD?

a beard over fourteen feet in length is
shortiy 10 come up for auction in Lon
DON Inc late owner, Amos Broadhurst,
who died at Whaley Bridge short
lime ago, was for several years one Of
the freaks at Barnum & Bailey's and
Wombwells menageries. When not ex-
hioiting his beard he used to wrap It
up IN tissue paper and coil it inside his
waistcoat His mustaches when fulIv
stretched were over two yards lonw.
The sale has been authorized nv the
dead mans brother.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-12
Pockets in whiskers.

How easily all this can be avoided by
the proper growth and training Of
whiskersI The suburbanite can wear
them woven into cute little pockets that
viii carry small change and railroad
tickets as wei as purchases from the
druggist. Optician. ieweler. etc The
longer strands can be braided into stout
lines upon which tie Sup-rWhlskerInan
can make fast the larger packages he
may be carrying home. Then. whether
ne so sprinting wiid-eyed down Barclay
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-12

attacked. as in a recent issue of this
journal. that a lover of justice. with
malice toward none, and charity to all,
feels irresistibly impelled to speak up
in their behalf. II is. therefore. with
the fullest reliance upon the indulgence
Of the editor, the fairness Of the read
ers, and the rectitude OF the sacred
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-12
DO You want a Sewing Hzachine2

II you do. now is
your chance to get
our Singer. Domestic.
New Home. Wheeler
& Wilson. Standard.
and other makes.
, our choice only IS.
II you are first YOU
Will get first choice.
These machines must
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-12
There's Bernard Shaw.

ored on all roads running into Hacken-
sack.
There's Bernard Shaw.
And what. pray. would become Of
Art without whiskers? Take Bernard
Shaw. II you cut of the whiskers.
what would be left? 4 mere trace OF
gas and hot air.
scorn to take serious notice OF the
gratuitous fling TO the effect that bands
of whiskerites at Pompton, Musconet-
cong, etc, have sworn a horrid oath to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-12
"WnisEerOres in fdCibus
"Ad Fortunam riditi"

And then there is the unitarian side
We All know how prone commuters arc
TO forget the bundles they nave accu-
INFLATED on the way homie Even now
on the D., /. & W and many other SUI
burban roads thousands OF passengers
are Inundated every evening by the
hoarse voice Of the brakeman. crying;
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-12

be sold at once to make room for our
new stock. Remember any machine sold
by US must give satisfaction or your
money refunded. It is always better to
buy a secondhand machine of a re-
liable make at a low price than it is to
buy an unreliable new machine at any
price, and that you will have trouble to
get needles and parts for. We also
have big bargains IN our high-grade new
drop-head machines. Remember, we do
not carry any machines but the best
grades made by the best companies only
Payments soc weekly; renting soc per
week.
1hona n
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-12
Common or Garden Whisker.

Where would our Sinking. smooth
faced whiskers libeller have appeared
in this crisis? Shrieking for help. pro-
baby: or. at best plunging into the
icy stream IN a futile attempt to rescue.
so that two lives would have been lost
instead OF one. Credit where credit is
due. Long live Mr. Van Linkenfeldt.
and may he never wear less than nifty
yards Of whiskersi
But II is not 20 the fortuitOus use or
whiskers as humane apparatus that /
would address myself. Let US consider
rather the true value Of the everyday.
common or garden whisker- The viz
tues Of the County Antrim Life-buoy I
have already celebrated. The yandyke
beard is a splendid adjunct. No man
can succeed in art or be a high-minded
hero OF fiction unless he wears this form
or whiskers. Also. thick-whiskered up
holstery on the points Of the jaws must
be worn. willy-nilly. by New Workers
and Chicagoans this year as a defense
against the hludgeOns and blackjacks
Of the Astounding highwaymeu. hOld-up
artists, strong-arm men. razoo kids, et
id genus omne, now rampant in those
cities. II was well said by Horace that
he who bears proper whiskers on his
jaws may laugh at the buffets or for
tune
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-12

Or with fur-Jackets, or coats2 or with
our ordinary wooden garments Nay,
since microbes infest our own surfaces
our money. even the air we breathe
shall we go about sk;nless, moneyless
airless? Let us hear no more. pray.
about the microbe qualities Of the
n higfrpr
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-12

cause of whiskers that / indlte a few
words in response to the screed abusing
them. which doubtless was inspired by
the attempt of AssembIyman Cornish TO
cause the adoption of a law in New
Jersey taxing whiskers.
As TO the Cornish bal itself I need say
nothing. If any such statute were en-
acted. no one should obey it by payment
OF so much as one penny Of whisker
tax; for il Is self-evident that tax on
whiskers is unconstitutional As well
attempt TO tax a man for having fine
chest. well-turned leg. big biceps,
broad shoulders. or any other attribute
of manly beauty. No. no; whiskers are
Indigenous 10 man, and therefore un-
taxable, as the court has held (See
Commonwealth VS.. Hassenpfefer. 2223
Penn; People VS.. Vandenbusch. nI44
y. j. Moreover, the law prohibits any
cruel and unusual punishment as I'M
constitutional, and surely it is both cruel
and unusual punishment either to tax
mans whislIers. or, by taxation. to force
him 10 shear them off.
Arch-Enemy Of Whiskers.
But it is not against the nl-judged
pleasantly of the legislator that my
righteous wrath arises. Rather is it
against the vitriolic. prejudiced. ill-con-
sidered abuse uttered by your recent
contributor. whose thin disguise of al
legged humor I shall quickly tear TO
tatters and reveal him in his CHASTITY
colors as an arch-enemy of whiskers.
What2 Is our great volume Of public
thought TO be moulded by mere beard
less boys? Never! Perish the thought
Let them so tarry at Jericho.
My invidious friend characterizes
whiskers as nicrobe-carriers, as II that
were a sufficient reason for their efface-
ment. I say without fear of contradic-
ton that they don't carry any more
microbes to the square inch than many
other growths usually held innocuous
Do whiskers convey microbes. forsooCh q?
Then how about mems eyebrows, or the
hair on their heads2 And what shall
we do with woman's browning glory?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-12
Whiskers Life-Buoys.

Whiskers are HYGIENE They have
distinct therapeutic value In the pre-
ventiOn Of coughs, colds. bronchitis. ton
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-12

= HISKERS need no apology.
I They an fend for them
selves. II is only wher they
are maliciously and wilfully
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-12

drowning in the Hackensack river. His
cries were heard by our genial towns
man. Teunis c. Van Idnkenfeldt With
out a moments delay, Mr.. Van Linken-
feldt gncoiled his long, sinuous whis-
kers Genuine No. Red Wintergrown
JerseywhiskersD, and with the skill
grown of long practice hurled them out
athwart the raging flood so that the
coil settled around the shoulders OF the
thrilled Mr.. Van Linkenfeldts manly
helpless lad. Imagine the joy that
bosom as he hauled the boy ashore amid
the plaudts OF the multitude. carried
him to the arms OF his weeping mother.
and. in response to loud cries Of Speech
speech modestly shook his head. not
only In negation, but TO dry his whis-
kers, which he then replaced neatly in
their Whisker-b bag
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-12
Whiskers a Sacred Right.

h. reader. let Us leave them in their
feet, whiskerfied happiness.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-11-21
AFFINITY IS
A BAD MISTAKE
PROFESSOR ZUEBLIN SAYS THERE
is NO SUCH THING AS AN
AFFINITY.

CHICAGO, November 1.-"Men and
women who do not love each other
should not live together said Pro-
lessor Zueblin, of the department of
psychology of the University of Chica-
go, before the Woodlawn Peoples In
stitute last night MANY women live
with their husbands in order to be sup
ported. OF course when there are chill
dren in the family as a result of the
union, the two people should think of
their offspring before taking this rad
ical step.
THAT there is any such thing as an
affinity is a grave mistake. The idea
is as fleeing as wireless telegraphy. For
a few days and even for a few months
the people may think that they were
made for each other, but then the
vision fails for an affinity is often mis-
taken for the real thing. 1t is i'm
possible to love your wife and also to
love other women.
Professor Zueblin had much to say
on the marriage relation and ecOnO-
mic freedom. The audience received
his views with varying degrees of re-
sentiment or agreement. The lecture
aroused much spirited debate among
the club members, Professor ZuebliI
being upheld and spoken against by
about an equal number.
In speaking of the position of womer
Prof Zuebin said:
"A great difficulty is that one wo
man is dependent for her support OF
one man. This creates a dependen