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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
RAPID GROWTHIAC CROP
MUCH IMPROVEMENT SHOWN.
WEATHER FAvoRABLF.
Plant Fruiting Well in the South.
Fruiting Il Late in Central and
Western Belt.

Memphis, Tenn Hot, dry weather
prevailed in the central cotton belt,
rains fell in the eastern sections, and
showers visited the west. Everywhere
cotton made rapid growth and Is now
generally In a very healthy and grow
ing coalition. Cultivation Is excellent
and In those sections where laying
BY" has begun the crop is being finish
ed in an unusually clean state. The
plant Is forming squares we'll, and In
the earlier parts OF ths belt bolls are
well developed and all the fruit made is
being held.
The plant is often small, but Is every
where healthy and the actual growth
during the week has not been equalled
during any other week OF the season.
Boil weeyil have appeared In South
western Arkansas and in some new Sec
tions In Louisiana. It's numbers In
creased materially in Texas with hot
weather aud plenty Of moisture, and
considerable complaints OF damage are
heard from Louisiana.
Mississippi, -Reportsare OF one tenor.
The weather has been uniformly favor |
able and the crop progress exceedingly
rapid. The plant is small, but healthy, |
exceptionally well worked, is blooming
and iruiting well, and has a dark green
color,
Arkansas. The prospects for a crop
are more brilliant than they have been
at any time during the season. The
plant Is still small, but is very healthy
and Is generally blooming freely. The
boil weeyil has appeared In some OF the
southwestern counties in small num-
bers.
Alabama. The week was one of
growing cotton weather and the crop
made rapid advancement. Conditions
affecting cotton have improved and the
farm sentiment is much more hopeful.
The plant, though quite small, is
healthy and is putting on squares well.
The l~ateness of the crop with some bad
Is Its drawback.
Tennessee. The weeks weather was
hot and, in the main, dry. The nights
also hot. The crop has a healthy,
dark green color and is growing to the
satisfaction Of everybody concerned.
The plant is late, however, and the
'rutting must be done during the weeks
% come.
Louisiana The very rapid growth
vas made during the week. The
Weather was favorable in all respects.
Showers fell in all portions OF the State,
nut they we're moderate. The late cot
on looks very healthy, and in some
ectious is catching up with the older
Boil weevil are reported in
entral and northwestern portions of
he State, and considerable damage has
esulted, ,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
TORNADO IN ST. JOE
STORM WREcK1 SCORES or
HOUSES.
me STREETS ARE INUNDATED
Cellars Flooded and Car Tracks Torn
Up-.Msny Persons Narrowly
Escape Death.

st. Joseph, Mo.-A tornado and tre-
mendous rail did heavy damage in
st. Joseph and vicinity Thursday
night. Houses were wrecked, street
railway tracks torn out and cellars
flooded.
The family Of Daniel Riordan, n
mile east Of the city, had a miraculous
escape from death. The residence, two
stories in height, was torn from the
foundation and demolished. Riordan,
his wife and three children had taken
refuge in the basement. They were
buried under debris, but the wind lift
ed the house bodily from the founda-
ticn and none Of the heavy timbers
fell on them.
Lightning Strikes Dozen Houses.
st. Joseph nestles In hills. and the
force of the tornado was broken. The
sewers could not carry off the water
and raging torrents flowed through the
outskirts of the city.
Adam Zihowski attempted to wade
one Of these torrents. He was swept
from his feet and carried toward the
Missouri river, two blocks distant. He
caught a telegraph pole and chung
there 20 minutes until rescued by a
party of men with ropes.
In B%rookdale, a low-lying suburb, a
score Of families were driven from
their homes by water, which reached
the windows of the first floor. A dozen
residences were struck by lightning,
but no fatalities are reported.
The home of Fred Shoemaker, where
a funeral party was caught by the
storm, was struck by lightning twice
and several persons stunned. Reports
from farming sections east of the city
say crops were leveled in the path OF
the storm and the loss will be heavy,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
WILLIAM A. PAXTON DEAD,
Was Millionaire Business Man and
Pioneer OF Omaha.

Omaha, Neb.-William A. Paxton,
ST. pioneer and millionaire bust
ness man, dropped dead at his home
in this city. Mr.. Paxton was born
in Springfield, KY, 70 years ago. He
came to Omaha at the age of 20 and
has been identified with the interests
OF the city ever since. He was EN-.
ployed in the construction of the mil
itary road between Omaha and Salt
Lake and later was one of the con
tractors who built the Union Pacific
railway. Later he made a fortune In
the cattle business in Nebraska and
Wyoming.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
Overland March.

Fort L~eavenworth, Kas,- Battery c,
Fifth field artillery, will start from
Fort L~eavenworth for Dcs Moines, Ia,
on u midsummer overland march to-
morrow morning. The route selected
is 232 miles, and Il 10 to be travelled in
twelve days. The battery is under Or
ders o be in Des Moines in time to
take part in the Of the Iowa
National Guard. The battery will
march back overland when the Iowa
maneuver are finished. Troops /, X,
L and NJ arrived ut Fort LeAvenworth
from Fort Sill, Okla, yesterday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
LIFE INSURANCE ACTIVITY.
The New York Lies Business Nearly
Up to the Legal Limit.

The New York Life Insurance Com.
pany announces that it's new paid
business during the hail year Just end.
cd was over seventy million dollars.
AS the new law allows no life com.
pany to write owe one hundred and
fifty millions per year, 1t would ap
pear that this company is working
nearly up to the limit. The New
York Life gained such headway be.
fore tho law was passed and suffered
so little, comparatively, from the Arm
strong investigation, that the question
with its management has been how to
keep business down TO the limit, rath.
er than how to reach II. No other
company is writing nearly as much
as the law allows. The New York
Life has evidently become a pre-.
ferred company.
The company's payments to policy
holders during the six months end.
Ing June 30 were s2l,6G0.7Gl 1t is
Interesting TO note that this amount
was almost equally divided between
payments under policies maturing by
death and payments made TO living
policy holders. Thus, while death.
claims were 81, 1S0,62G, the amount
paid for matured endowments, annu,
lilies, trust fund lnstallments. for pur.
chased policies and for dividends was
Slo,4S0,l3h Modern life insurance, as
practieed by the best companies, EN-.
braces a wide field, and covers many
contingencies. 1t IL money saved for
the aged, as well as money provided
for the families Of those who die pre-.
maturely.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
BROKE UP THEIR HONEYMOON
Elephant Eats Bank Roll of Rural
New York Couple.

New York, -Gunda, the prize ele-
plant Of the Bronx Geological Park.
qualified today for q place in the rouges'
gallery, and incidentally brought the
honeymoon OF James H~encheclin, of
Pawling, N. Y, and his bride Martha
70 a sad and unusual end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henchecliff paused in
front OF Gunda and were being Inn
meusely amused, when the bride sud-
denly exclaimed TO her husband: 20
James, is your money safe? They say
New York is full Of pickpockets."
james thrust his hand into his pocket
snd brought forth the money designed
lor honey coming. In an instant Gun
da shot out her sinuous trunk, grabbed
the bridegroom's roll of greenbacks,
and devoured 1t.
Mr.. and Mrs, Henchecliff returned
TO Pawling tonight.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
Americans Killed In Mexico.

Mexico City, Mex.-Details have
reached here of a tragedy winch took
place in the asphalt camp of the Vera
Cruz Paving Co. on June 81, which led
to the death of Richard Terry and
Warren Grimes, Americans. The trou.
BILE began over a loan of money. A
rifle duel at close range followed,
which not only ended in the death of
the two principals and the serious
wounding of a brother of Grimes, but
later a Mexican named Lopez was
killed in a dispute with another Mex.
lean over the tragedy.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
Wouldn't Believe q chinaman

Los Angeles, GAIA remarkable
attempt at securing a jury is being
made in the local police court, where
@. s. Chan, a Chinese herb doc.
TOT, Is being prosecuted by the
state board Of medical examiners
for practicing medicine without a ii.
cense, Three hundred talesmen have
Deen examined to date. but all Of them
were unwilling to swear that they
would give the same weight to the
evidence Of 2 Chinaman under oath
- they would to that Of Z white man.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
MEAT OR CEREALS.
A Question Of Interest to All Care.
ful Persons.

Arguments on food are interesting.
Many persons adopt a vegetarian diet
on the ground that they do not like to
feel that life has been taken to feed
them, nor do they fancy the thought
OF eating dead meat.
On the other hand. too great con.
sumption OF partly cooked. starchy
oats aud wheat or white bread, pastry,
etc, produces serious bowel troubles,
because the bowel digestive organs
where starch Ia digested). are over.
taxed and the food ferments, produc.
Ing gas. and microbes generate In the
decayed food. frequently bringing on
peritonitis and appendicitis.
starchy food Is absolutely essential
to the human body. Its best form Is
shown in the food "Grape.Nuts," where
tho starch Is changed into a form Of
sugar during the process of It's manu-
faciure. In this way, the required
food ia presented To the system In q
p~redigested form and Is Immediately
made Into blood and tissue, without
taxing the digestive organs.
A remarkable result In nourishment
is obtained: the person using Grape.
Nuts gains quickly in physical and
mental strength. Why In mental
Because the food contains delicate
particles Of Phosphate Of Potash OBJ
tanned from the grains, and this unitss
with the albumen OF all food and the
combination is what nature uses to re-
build worm out cells In the brain.
This 10 . scientific fact that can DO
easily proven by ten days use Of
Grape Nuts. There's q Reason"
Read. The Road to wellvlle,s y
pkgs,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
CHARGED Excess Fare,

Raleigh, N. C.-The Southern Rail.
way Company was fined $4,000
and Thomas J. Green, ticket agent
of the company, fined IS in the
state court here for selling railroad
tickets at a rate in excess of that pro,
vided by the recent state law for q
uniform rate Of 2h cents a mile in
North Carolina. The court required
Green to promise not to sell tickets a.
the Illegal rate. Green made the prom.
Use and paid the fine.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
Gives Signed state nent of Conspiracy

Denver. Cow. w. Rape, a
mining nan Of Milwaukee, who
was arrested on a federal grand
jury indictment charging him and five
others in connection with the Federal
Coal Mining Co. with alleged fraudu-
lent acquisition Of Routt county, Col
orado, coal lands. has given a signed
statement to United States District
Attorney C%ranston, in which he goes
into the details of the whole con.
spiracy to defraud the government.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
Colorado Mine Caves In

Victor, Col.-The main line Of
the Midland Terminal railroad was
put out of commission, the city water
main burst and neutrality-suspicious.
mine was closed down as a result Of
an immense cavern in No. Q shaft on
Battle Mountain. The road has caved
in for a distance Of $50 feet and the
roadbed has sunk from 3 to Is feet in
places.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
Killed a Woman In GERMANY.

Washington, d. C.-The state de-
partment received a communication
from friends of Emil Simon, of New
York, stating that he had been arrest
ed in Germany for accidentally kill
Ing a woman with an automobile, and
asking the department ia care for his
interests. No details of the affair
were given, but Acting Secretary Adee
promptly rabled to Ambassador Tower
in Berlin, requesting him to give the
matter his immediate attention.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26

Hahneville - Two companies Of
militia were ordered here to pro.
tect from threatened lynching the
four Italians convicted without
capital punishment" of the con.
plicity in the murder of little Walter
Lamana of New Orleans, who was kid
mapped and strangled about a month
ago. Those convicted were Mr.. and
Mrs. Campiasciano, Col. Lagero Gen.
dusa and Tony Costa.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
Jury Acquits Of lynchInq CHARGE.

Charlotte, s. C.-The jury Of Union
county superior court in the case
OF John Jones, one of twenty citi.
zens of Arson county charged with
.lynching John V. Johnson at wades.
boro, May rs, 1906, returned a verdict
of not guilty after being out half an
hour. The Jury took but one ballot
and the verdict of acquittal was unanL
mous.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26

II Mr.. Wright, he of Dayton, inyen.
tor OF an airshlp, Is right, some OF us
may be able to fly before we can
snord automobiles, remarks the In.
d%ianapolis Star. He says: with a
proper soaring machine. which can be
made for Less than $500, and with
perfect control, ! believe a man could
hover over a ship like a gull all day
without any fatigue, provided the wind
were right" He adds that after once
nying there is no inclination to turn
70 anything else, WIN Mr.. Wright
please hurry up his $500 machines.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26

Vancouver, B. G. - Two fisher
men lost their lives on Honday
morning in what is regarded by
steamship men as the worst STORM
they have aver seen in the northern
end of the gulf of Georgia. No infor.
nation could be obtained regarding
the Identification OF the cannery
from which the boat had come.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
West viralnia Flood Recedino.

Pittsburg - Conservative reports
to the press from interior parts
Of West Virginia indicate that
the foods caused by storms and
cloudbursts during the past 4S hours
are7receding and that the damage will
reach at least half a million dollars.
Four deaths have thus far been re-
ported.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
immigration Records Broken.

Washington, D. o.-All immigra.
ton records in the history Of the coun.
try were broken by the aggregate re-
turns for the fiscal year of 1907, which
ended on June 80 last. The total num-
Der of alien immigrants landed in
America during the year was 1885, 349,
as against 1,100,735 landed during the
fiscal year of 1906. The increase dur
ing the year was about 6 per cent over
the greatest number of immigrants
that ever arrived in America hereto
fore In a single year.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
Dallas Gets Elk Convention.

Philadelphia, Pa.--The Elks, recov-
ering from the whitening heat
Of Thursday, set forth from Philadel-
phia Friday in search Of pleasure at
various seaside resorts, after tho
grand lodge adjourned. and it was
announced that the next meeting VIII
be held In Dallas. Tex.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
Probe for jerome Contributions.

New York, N. yam interesting
situation developed In the examination
Of District Attorney Jerome In the su.
prem court when Clarence j. Shearn,
counsel for W. r. Hearst, tried to OBJ
tain the list OF contributors to the
campaign fund raised for Jerome prior
to his last election as district attor-
new.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26

Now is the time when all those who
play or work about the water should
study the rules for restoring persons
apparently drowned, The rules pre-.
pared for the United States life say.
Ing service direct that the efforts TO
produce natural breathing should be
continued for from n to four hours.
No mother would think that even Ave
hours was too long to spend, II in the
end her apparently drowned child
opened Its eyes and breathed again.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26

Lady Arthur G~rosyenor, sister.iu.
law OF the duke OF Westminster, the
richest duke In England, is travelling
over that county In a z dis.
guised as u gypsy. She intends to
write n book about her experiences.
From which 1t seems that the privilege
OF associating with a duke a lot of
money does not prevent British high
life from being dreadly duh.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
Venezuela Refuses to Paw.

Brussels, Northumberland has
intimated that 1t will refuse to pay the
$2,000,000 debt to Belgian creditors.
This decision was contrary to the find.
ing OF The Hague tribunal. and the
Belgian government, realizing that
persistence in this refusal would infict
the most serious injury to the cause Of
arbitration, is doing its utmost to in.
duce Venezuela to carry out The
Hague verdict.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26

Among the surprising things which
mother discovered during a Walt 10
New York was that Of all the hotels Ia
the city, the only one In which chill.
dren are not allowed is the n on.
Quoted exclusively for women. This
mother also discovered that at a res
taurant which caters only to women,
signs are posted informing customers
that children are not allowed in the
room. Wen, why should this not be
so' asks Youths Companion. II
women . 10 far against nature az TO
lock BY themselves. why should they
sxpecs the PRESENCE Of chiidrsn7
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26

John Nicholas Brown, who Is com.
monty mentioned as the ten million.
dollar baby by the New York papers.
Us now ten years old and rebels
against having the dollar attached to
him, The youngsier Is quoted as say
Ing to his playmatesI Quit calling
me that, Will you! I'm just a plain
kld IKE you. want to get out and
play ball and have a good time" he
wen on; these old nurses chasing
me around make me tired. I'm going
70 Kick about 1t and get rid of them"
This Indicates that something worth
while is to DO expected OF young
Brown.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
What He Gave Him.

Bacon--A man asked me for O n
on the street to-day.
Egbcrt-And did you give him any.
thing2
J should say | did! I gave him a
look that he won't forget in a hurry"
-Yonkers Statesman.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26

An English noblewoman sneeringly
declares that American girls don't
know anything about horses. This
may be true In a measure, but we may
proudly reply that American girls
know a lot about sparkling plugs apd
c%arburetpra.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26

Palermo, Spain.--A meeting was
held to protest against the arrest Of
Sig. Hunzio Nazi, the former min
lister Of public instruction, who is
charged with embezzlement. Serious
rioting followed the meeting, and the
police and troops were stoned.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
Wlnena ears QUE clparestes.

Warsaw, Ind.--The lid has been
placed on tight At winona Lake. 8. G.
Dickey. president Of the assembly. an
nounced before an audience Of 1000
that cigarettes viii b prohibited
hereafter.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
oend-oM for courseue,

Constantinople. Turkey.-Peter Au-
gustus Jay. who has been transferred
from the post Of counsellor Of embassy
here to the same Office In the Amer.
lean embassy ct Toxic. left for tho
United States. He va given ! hearty
sendoff.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26

"Sayages In silks and satlns some
times sit in church seats on the Sab.
bath" says the Rev DR.. c. P. Good.
o n But II the effort Is TO convert the
heathen. why obiect7
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26

Norwalk. o.-williAm I. Roberts.
engineer At the Araric light and water.
works station q Milan. a few miles
above here. was found dead on the
moor Of the engine room. and had ~
IDENTIFY been murdered.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
Do Not ASK Eioht.Hour Day.

Buffalo. N. Y,--Frank 7. Hawley,
national president of the Switch
mems Union Of North America,
made a statement denying any con-
nection with the reported movement
to get eight-hour day for Gwitchmen.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26

In hot countries meat exposed to
the direct rays Of the moon putrenes
much more rapidly than II kept In the
dark.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26

New York. N. Y.--lt was learned
here that Mrs. Russell Sage had re-
Gently given e25o.coO to the sssocia.
tlon for the relief Of respectable aged
INDECENT females In the city ~ New
York.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
January Reieased.

Kansas City, MCMILLAN Jan.
uary, or Charles w. Anderson. a. he
Is known to the people Of Kansas City.
was released at $3.50 o'clock Friday
morning from the federal prison.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
Receiver AppoInted for Hotel

Los Angeles. Cal.--Henry 8. Mckee
was appointed receiver of the Hotel
Wentworth company. OF Pasadena. in
the superior court. The liabilities Of
the company are about 100000
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26

Tbs Chicagoan who gave his wife
half his property on condition that she
treat him afectlonateiy has learned
that the way to rule a woman il TO
give her what she wants,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26

Evidently the New Jersey mar who
swan ashore and left the girl to
drown a thinking more OF his own
carcass than Of the possibility Of wia.
ning a Carnegie medal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26

Stuyvesant Fish has given his daugh-
ter, Marion. 100000 as a wedding
present She should not have TO worry
about The expenses Of Mountaineering.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26

IF YOU would overcome worry, sing
all the time" advises DR.. Austin
Flint, Which is merely a revised yer.
sion of Let the other fellow worry"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26

The favorable impression which
japanese make upon people OF other
nations is largely due to their cour.
tesy. good manners, and the taste they
display in doing the most ordinary
things. When the crews Of the Jan.
anese warships, which lately visited
New York, were allowed shore liberty.
they had their choice between spend.
ING the day on the Bowery, the deligh,
OF every sailors heart, and Visiting
Grants tomb, They wvat to the tomb,
Is there any other nation the sailors
of which would use their shore leave
IN paying their respects to a national
hero OF the people they were yisltIpg7
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26

DIR, Parkhurst remarks that he has
nothing to say about anything or any
body. Wa all grow wiser as we grow
older.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
Refuses Pardon q Ae.eru.....

" rstuon - Actor.Murderue.
harrisburg. Pa.-Ihe state board Of
parcons has refused to recommend !
pardon for James B. Gentry. the actor
wno was convicted Of the murder 81
Yorke. ~ actress. IL Philadel
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26

The announcement that j. Pierpont
Morgan is to invest $4,000, 900 more In
art indicates that he might attempt to
bull the ancient treasure market.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26

Queen Marie lie OF Portugal. by
her generous devotion to the cause OF
suffering. her foundation, endowment
and supervision of innumerable hos.
pitfalls and philanthropic institutions,
her study of medicine, in which she
o holds the diploma OF a fulLacdged
physician. In order TO enable her to
understand more thoroughly tho
needs and requirements OF the sIes,
and her exemplary private life should
nave endeared her to the people of
her adopted country. But the contrary
u the case. Instead she has reaped
nothing but abuse and animoslty.