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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-15
The srr,.th Ahout II

The Truth About It.
Do not weep or repine
O'erreal or fancied s6rrow,
Perhaps the sun will shine
All bright for you tomorrow 4
+ ? nan take hoe
,r..s. / VEN
Your s0rrSw VIII soon no !
Week sSe5s 81 sIIs;sosn.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-15

Sidewalk Assessments arc now due
and payable at the Office Of E p;
Ransom, Tax Collector, City Hall.
The contractors are again offering
discount of per cent for fui1 pay
ments-
Call before Dec 18th. 1907.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-15
Additional Society.

Miss Emma Wells is visiting her
sister, Mrs. r. L. Haynes, at Shaw
Miss.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-15

Miss Jessie Lawrence, who IS visit
ing her cousin, Miss Flora Kohn, on
North Theoboid street, will return
TO her home in Halls, Tenn, to-
night.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-15

DOES YOUR BACK AcHK2
&. 4. r. will cure II. Every bottte
gusrauteed Greenville Drug Coz
Phone 17z.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-15

Iotal cost $685.. $4,000 81
Cost per acre, 10000 acres ST.71
Cost per acre, I87 900 acres ..I23
The estimate is quite liberal. It
is possible that a contract can be let
at lower figure than the tome named
but other costs may increase A
dredge shotFld be put into the channel
at the upper end, as near the rail
road as practicable, ard passing down
clean out the channel where necessa-
~, cut the bends. and enlarge it
where indicated on the map which
will be furnished later. Growing
timber must BE- cleared from the
banks TO give free space for swing
ing the machine and depositing the
excawated earth. Dynamite can be
used to shatter and loosen the
stunps of large trees SO that they can
be removed by the dredge \ house
boat can be hoated III the rear of the
dredge to board the men who oper-
ate the machine. About FIVE men to
a shift viii be required besides the
clearing gang. Ftrel viii be conven-
lent SO that nothing but provisions
for the men need To be hauled IN 1t
is not improbable that the solid ex
cavation work can be contracted for
ate cents per cubic yard, but the cost
of cleaning the channel cannot be
estimated very closely. The best
way to get that done will be to d.
vide the old channel for which clean
ing is required into sections and ~
eeive bids upon them separately
The entire work. however, will Pre-
AIRY best be done by ONE and l.
same dredging contractor Ther !:
a very healthy composition in ais
class of work. and If advertised iu-
dieiously. it Is believed that satisfac-
tory contracts can be made.
Feasibility and Benefits.
Some or the economic questions
should be here eonsindered since, the
feasibility OF the project IS pretty
clearly shown. As suggestive else
where in this report, bitches should
be made On either side of the bsyou
and generally parallel with it. TO
complete the main drainage and pro-
vide suitable outlets for the planta-
tiofas mp and down the valley All
main drainage can probably be done
for SIS an acre The land of the en-
tire valley will be benefited There
appears to be no land that is not
fertile and which cannot be planted
in staple crops indefinitely. without
ferti1izng- That is trpe for al least
the larger part of the valley Field
land rerlts Tor V and 81 per acre and
will attract the better class OF tess-
aitts when the uncertainty Of crop
has shkf4 rszaessxis ehSt she- censtrse-
ton ct ! dEzina(, Sc sxstsH, Z hs.. ysl;-
~ projected from overflow Of tia
river sid has T<iIEoad and consenz
ikof pozats "a saeh ssde..
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-15
Estimate of Cost of South Section
2a-I7-7 Lower Section.)

Excavation. 5o3, 500 GU
bic yards, at IIc..,.$ zo,485 90
Engineering, aue rinteh
dence, legal expenses,
etc, 9 per cent. =. :. 4,22o 10
Estimated cost lower
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-15
BLACK BAYOU
DRAINAGE REPOuT
AGAI BROUGHT TO THE PEG
PIES ATTENTION.
DRAINAGE IS VERY IMPORTANT
Means the Reclamation of Thousands
CT Valuable Land and is Matter
of Utmost Importance To the Peo-
pie of This District.
DRAINAGE is VERY IMPORTANT
CONTINUED From First Page

but which will have outlets in the
bayou when it is improved This
latter work should. be done by co
operation since several owners will
be benefited.
The entire course OF Black Bayou
has BEEN plated from the notes OF
or survey, from which the estimates
here given have been made up The
plats will be reduced in size before
transmitting them % the county
board as they have been made on a
larger scale than will be convenient
for reference. 1T is proposed to sup
plement this report after Steers
Bayou has been examined, with the
results obtained by that survey
whioh the Office hopes to make in
May.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-15
Estimate of Cost of North Section
28-I7-7 Upper Section.)

Excavation, I,2S3,3oo
cubic yards, at ne. $I4I,I63 90
Cleaning out IS miles
old channel, at 81 per
mile .. 5000 90
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-15

Cost construction work $I47,Io3 90
Engineering, superintend-
dence, legal expensxss
etc, per cent -. $500 90
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17
BABE IN
Weighed Two Pounds at Birth, Four
Months Before Time.

Elma, Wash.-There was born 10
the wife of Milton Sturgeon the other
day a child which weighed at birth
bat two pounds, So light ind frail
was the tiny piece of humanity when
it was born that DR.. Blair, of Elma,
the attending physician, IN the alb
sence of better facilities, ordered a
chicken incubator Immediately pro.
vided for the newborn babe, and that
the child be placed in II at once and
the temperature kept e blood heat.
With careful watching and attention
the child has continued to live; 1t is
kept drapped in a finest and softest
Of batting.
Although the child was prematurely
born, four months before Its time,
1t now gives every promise of living.
1t is not longer than a foot rule, and
Is just able to make a noise when 1t
cries. Its little hands, clinched, are
not larger than ordinary marbles.
Its breating is perceptible and reg
ular, the high temperature that Is
maintained causes the little thing to
perspire freely. The father and
mother of the child are living on a
farm about three miles from Elma;
the babe is their irstborn and Is a
girl.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17
DEATH LIST OF THlRTY-FIvE
From Wreck in California Shriners
Suffer Heavily.

Santa Barbara, Cal,-Additional de-
tails of the wreck on the Southern Pa
ciic OF the Shriners' special at Honda,
u lonely station on the sand wastes OF
the Pacific coast, make the disaster
one OF the most appalling in the his
tory of California railroadIng. Thirty
five live were snutlcd out in u breath
and many were 50 seriously injured
that other deaths will more than likely
result.
While hurrying northward over the
coast line of the Southern Pacific,
homeward bound after a week of fra.
terni2ing and fiesta in Los Angeles, li5
ShriEers Of Isnalia Temple Of Buffalo
and Rajah Temple Of Reading, with
their families and friends, were hurled
into the midst of death, when their
special train, running fifty miles al
hour, struck a defective switch at
Honda, derailing the train and smash
ing the coaches into splintcrs. The
bodies OF twenty-five lie in the morgues
at Santa Barbara this afternoon and
ten more are at San Luis Obispo. The
injured, many OF whom are terribly
hurt and will probably die, are in two
sanitariums at San Luis Obispo.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17

Aews
Needed Bank Legislation.

Chancellor Percy Bell read q paper
before the Mississippi Bar Association.
In session at Nickshurg, on Needed
Bank legislation" 10 which he con-
tended hat capital stock should not be
less than $3.50, 900 in cities and $1,000 o
in towns, He believed in the Liability
of shareholders. He advised that TO-
s~olyency for twelve months be con-
struetive notice TO the directory OF in
solvency in suits FOR money lost by fall
ure. A condition OF insol Y ency FOR six
months should be prima facie evidence
Of the knowledge OF insolvency by en-
ployes and officials. There should also
be a system of examinations Of banks
under the guidance OF a State commits.
sioner OF banking, The paper pro-
vokcd considerable discussion, many Of
the members opposing tho proposed
regulations, among the number being
Chief Justice Whitfield.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17
TOWN BORN OF SPITE.

the bridge to find buria. In a cemetery.
There has never been a murder or
any serious crime committed on the
island since its first settlement.
No post office has ave been placed
on the charmed ground by a benevo.
lent and paternal nation.
No sheriffs eve cross the bridge to
serve legal instruments.
No minister drops in to take supper
with ~worshipful parishioners.
When a doctor from Bucksport rides
Through the neighborhood 1t creates
as much OF a sensation as a circus
parade.
If undertakers relied upon Verona
for patronage they would go into in
s%olvency.
1t is a place where no BARRIERS pole
hangs out TO allure customers.
No book agent ever calls.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17
VERONA, ME-, ONCE KNOWN AS
ORPHANS ISLAND.
Intended as a New England Metropo
lis, But Plan Of Promoters Failed
Mo Church or Post OF.
flee in Village.

Verona, Me.-The intensely Yankee
town of Verona, with its intensely
Italian name, was born out of spite.
Long before the English fleet sailed
up the Penobscot river In the autumn
of 1914 and laid Bangor under heavy
tribute, the present town was known
as Orphans Island, and had been sur.
yeyed and mapped out as the future
metropolis Of New England.
A long bridge, costing many thou
sands of dollars, was built to connect
the island with Bucksport and paid
for from the sales of a few choice
lots near the center of the unborn
city.
The Wetmores and Heaths and
Bowdoins and Bridgeses, who were
interested in tho plan, looked down on
old John Jacob Astor as an amateur
in finance, and thought the rich men
at Boston were beggars.
Later on IL was discovered that the
drawing of expensive maps and the
making of elaborate plans would not
insure an immediate sale Of real es.
tate. The promoters ran short OF
money and became plunged in debt.
They appealed to Bucksport for help
in repairing the great bridge.
When their prayers were not grant.
ed, out of spite they asked the legis-
lature for a town charter, and were
made joyful when the new town of
Verona was born.
The decline Of weir fishing and
shipbuildlng nearly depopulated the
island after the civil war, but recovery
has followed slowly through close at.
tention to agriculture.
Though the town is seven miles
long and nearly three miles wide at its
bulge, though several Of the residents
are wealthy, neither as Orphans island
nor as Verona has there ever been a
settled clergyman or lawyer or doctor
on Its area.
There Is no church, and when a
citizen dies he has to be taken across
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17
WOMAN KILLS DRUNKEN SON
Al He Lay in stupor-Drove Family
From His Home.

Huntsville, Ala.-Ange.ed because
her so~n-in-law, Frank Albright, had
come home drunk and run the family
away from home by his violent actions,
Mrs. Matte Connally killed the man
by shooting him with a shotgun as be
lay in a drunken stupor on his bed.
The tragedy occurred in Maysrille last
night, and on the evidence secured by
the coroner's jury Mrs. Connally has
been lodged in Jail, and Charlie Shad-
rick, u l6-yearold boy, has been put in
jail as an accessory, Albright was a
merchant, about 30 years old, He was
drunk in Huntsville yesterday, and
when he wen home last night he was
violent. His wife and children fled,
but the mother-in-law remained an
sent Shadrick TO a neighbours house for
ammunition, with which she killed the
drunken man,
Mrs. Connally is i5 years old; is d.
vorced from her husband, and is the
mother Of eleven children. She says
Albright got what he his long deserved.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17
The State's Crops.

The board OF trustees OF the State
penitentiary reports the following crops
planted on the States farms: S%untlower
5000 acres in corn, $500 acres in cot
ton, 80 acres In potatoes, 80 acres 10
sorghum and peas, 10 acres in rice.
Belmont farm-000 acres in cotton, 800
acres in corn, 10 acres in oats, 5 acres
In sorghum and peas. Rankin farm
500 acres in corn, $50 acres in cotton, :
acres in potatoes, 20 acres in Louisiana
cane. Oakley farm-~450 acres in cot
ton, 800 acres in corn, 5 acres in pota'
toes, 40 acres in oats,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17
Why He Did Not Marry.

As a reason for not marrying
brahms once wrote to a friend:
"At the time when ! should have
wished to marry, my compositions
were either Kissed at, or at any rate
very coolly received. / knew their
worth, though, and that sooner or later
the page would be turned; and In un-
married solitude | never really took
my reverses to heart.
But to be questioned by a wife at
such moments. to have her inquiring
eyes anxiously fixed upon me, to hear
her ask: Again a fiascoT
mo, that could never have been
borne. For, however, much she loved
me and believed in me, l could not
have expected her to have u~nwavering
faith In my subsequent victory. And
had she attempted to console me!
Ugh! ] can't even think Of it. II would
have been little less than hell!"-
Monthly Review.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17
THIS BOY CHEATS "A TIL.

borhood Of One Hundred and Twenty.
first street and the Hudson river. He
vas examining a gun when 1t was dis
charged and Its entire load lodged IN
his abdomen.
Strangely enough, the lad did not
lose consciousness, but realizing that
lie needed medical attention without
delay, he shouldered his gun and
picked his way painfully to a hospital,
at One Hundred and T~hirty-irst
street and Amsterdam avenue, a good
miles distance.
For several days afterward the
boys condition was desperate and the
physicians looked for his death at al.
most any moment. Then there came
a sudden rally and from that mo.
ment the youthful patient steadily
improved.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17
Ingenious Device for Smuggling into
France.

Paris.-TIhen a train arrived at the
Lyons station from Marseilles a nurse
stepped on the platform holding a
baby, over whose face was a thick
veil to protect 1t from the cold. The
Nurse carried the baby somewhat
clumsily and her general gait was so
awkward that M. Bordere. the special
customs officer deemed 1t his duty to
put . few questions to her. He there
fore invited the nurse into his Office
for q little talk.
There he made the discovery that
the nurse was carrying a queer kind
Of baby. It was c%ontraband tobacco.
The officer turned his attention from
the box to the woman's opulent bos-
ON. The dimensions made him sus.
picious. Its unusual fullness was ex.
planned by the fact that 1t was a de-
post for tobacco. The nurses hat,
unusually big. was found to be full
of cigars, and her back hair, turned up
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17
ACCEPTS THE INVITATION.


Hennessey, Okla.-H. b. Morris, a
Texan, Is In the Kingfsher jail as the
result OF fatally shooting his most inti-
mate friend, j. A. Trone, also "a Texan,
in a hotel early this morning. Trone
and Morris, discussing statesmen in
Texas, quarreled regarding the recent
investigation Of Senator Bailey. Trone
had retired and was lying in bed, when
Morris remarked that perhaps Trone
thought he was afraid to shoot him.
The answer was that he knew Morris
would not shoot his best friend, and
stretching wide his arms, added,
"shoot, If you want to-"
Morris Immediately pulled the trig
ger, the bullet penetrating Trone's right
lung and going through his body.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17
Assessments Raised.

Louisville, Ky.-Assessment on the
churches Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, for the church extern
sion was raised rs per cent. by the
board Of church extension, which fin
ished its annual meeting last evening.
This mean that about $4,000 will be
collected from the Methodists for the
present fiscal year, which ends March
81, 1903, whereas last year only $40, 900
was raised. The board pledged itself
IN raise $4,000 for the building OF
churches In Oklahoma, the people TO
raise O similar amount.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17
BIG MUDDY is THE MENACE
The Missouri Keeps the Mississippi
Clicked With Impedimonts.

st, Louis. The revival of the agita
ton for deepening the channel Of the
Mississippi river between St. Louis and
the gulf to an extent that will enable
ocean steamers to touch at st. Louis
and open this port to the Of
the world, has produced many schemes
for eScayating the channel and keeping
it e~xcayated. Old river men familiar
with the mighty Mississippi and the
unstable yellow Missouri rivers declare
the latter furnishes more sand than any
other stream in the United States. This
declaration is based on tie swiftness OF
the current and a comparatively mar
row channel and the fact that the sand
poured into the Mississippi from the
Missouri is a constant menac to navi-
CATION below the mouth OF the latter,
while above that point steamers ply
comparatively free from danger OF
grounding on suddenly formed and I'm.
charted sand banks.
In digging a channel to deepen the
Mississippi, according TO the expressed
opinions OF various champions OF the
project, work should be commenced in
the channel of the Missouri river, even
as far as POO miles above st. Joseph,
Mo. After the Gctual cutting of the
river bed has begun not a days work
should be done in the Mississippi until
mattresses constructed of willows or
lumber have been placed on the bottom
of the Missouri clear to its confluence
mini L. Nts.-t--tnn
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17
Family Held for Murder.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-An entire fam.
by Is being held at the county jail to.
night, as the result Of the killing Of
Joe Mccormick, aged 10 years, by Da.
yid Pendleton, who gives his age at 10,
but who appears to be not v e g.. The
boys we're playing with pop guns, when
the Pendleton boy, becoming worsted,
ran to his home, secured a shotgun and
shot his playmate dead. Mrs. Pendle.
ton who, with her four children, Is
being held, is alleged to have told her
boy to shoot. This she denies.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17
Youth Supposed to Be Fatally Shot
Amazes Surgeons by Recovery.

New York.-With eight perfora.
lions in his intestines and the
chance for life 100 to one against
him, Frank Garrison, is years old,
walked a mile to a hospital, submitted
to an operation from which there was
virtually no hope of his emerging
alive, and finally amazed the ply.
sicians who attended him by walking
out of the hospital the other day ap-
parently as sound and sturdy as he
had ever been In his life. The sur.
geons say his is n Of the most re-
markable r%ecoveries on record.
Young Garrison, who lives on West
One Hundred and Thirty.sixth street,
went hunting dock rats In the neigh
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17
No Election in Washington.

The board OF supervisors Of Wash
ington county refused to order a local
option election because the petition
asking for same did not pear a sufficient
number Of signatures. When the petit.
ton was filed it had the requisite num-
Der OF names, but several signers with
draw their names, thus defeating the
petition.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17
Small Mexican Church.

At Penon. Mexico. a suburb Of Mex.
leo City, may be cen what is perhaps
the smallest church in the world. It
nestles under the shadow Of q small
volcano. The church is about ten feet
high and IL feet wide. Whenever a
couple is married at the little altar Of
the church there is barely room for
the groom and bride to turn around at
the same time.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17
The States Cash.

State Treasurer Miller reports plenty
Of cash in the treasury vaults, with
considerable more to come in during
the present month from privilege IL
lenses. There is III round numbers
$500, 900 cash on hand, and will be am.
pie funds to meet the 1898 ,333,33 re-
quired TO make the June school fund
distribution without having to resort to
the sale of bonds.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17
Baby Made of Tobacco.

In a fine bunch was utilized as a hid
ing place for fine tobacco.
During so long a journey from Mar.
settles to Paris the supposed baby
required a bed. The two little mat.
tresses were examined and in them
were found boxes Of matches OF for.
eign manufacture, There is a heavy
duty on the goods. which were seized.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17

of the royal navy, and was put on the
state pension roll at birth. The most
notable event of her long life was
meeting with the great novelist, Sir
Walter Scott. When Miss Robb was
a girl at an Edinburgh boarding
school she was taken to a concert.
Noticing an old gentleman with a limp
standing, unable to find a seat, the po-
lite little pupil at once offered him
hers. She was cordially thanked, and
afterward was informed that he was
Sir Walter Scott.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17
Heayy Criminal Docket.

The State docket of the attorney
general shows that since the commence
ment of the present term of the SUI
preme court in October, 1906, upward
Of 100 appeals in criminal or State cases
have been handled by the court, and Of
the number decided more than 100 have
been affirmed. This is the heaviest
docket that has been handled in many
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17
Allowances Necessary.

why does marriage seem to dIspel
90 much Of the glamor Of afection?"
asked the sentimental young woman.
WELL" answered Miss Cayenne,
perhaps a woman doesn't make suf-
fcient allowance. 1t must be very hard
for a man to seem as graceful and
heroic when advocating household
economies as when he is offering to
lay the world at your feet"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17
rom in Holmes and Attal,

The crop conditions in Holmes and
Attala counties are discouraging. The
excessive rains and cold weath,r de-
stroyed about all Of the corn and cotton
previously planted, and on account Of
the scarcity OF good seed much Of the
land cannot be replanted this year.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17
Regular Waterspout.

A terrific rainfall, a regular water
spout, fell at Greenwood, which added
to the great injury already done by the
cold and wet weather TO the crops.
Some planters have already planted
cotton the second time, and IL is be-
lieyed that a third planting will be
necessary in places,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17
CORPORATION Charters.

The figures represented by the char
tiers for new corporations, or amend
ments to old ones by which the dlrec-
tors are authorized TO increase their
capital stock, filed from Oct. |, 1905, to
the present date, amount IN round num-
bers to the magnificent total Of $i3,.
200, 600,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17
Child Scalded TO Death.

The little l5~.months-old daughter of
Dr.. and Mrs. w. j. Knox, of lngomar,
was fatally scalded by the overturning
OF a pot OF water on the fireplace. The
baby was playing in front Of the fire,
when the wood under the pot burned In
two and threw the boiling WAGER across
the child's lower limbs.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-17
Railroad at Pittsboro.

Citizens of Pittsboro have organized
q stock company to build a railroad
from that place to Calhoun City, the
terminus Of the Okolona branch OF the
Mobile and Ohio.