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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-02-01

The Parior Market soils Kansas City
Meats ct native meat prices. Both
phoues No. 10.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-02-01
We pay highest cash price
for old furniture.
Leflore Furniture Co.,

The Holiday rush is over and the New
Year finds me ready to do more pleasing
work in my chosen profession than ever
before. Everybody ID invited to call
and ses my new photographs which are
strictly u~p-to-date.
LILLIAN SPURRIER.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-02-01

Red The ssrd Of the Greenwood she's
Metal works n this paper.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-02-01
STATEMENT
SHOWING THE CONDITION OF THE
BankofC Commerce

or GREENWOOD. MISSISSIPPI.
On Jan. 20, 1907.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-02-01
RESOURCES.

T. R. HENDERSON, PRESIDENT.
A.. HENDERSON, vIcE-PREsIDgsr.
X. Q. KING. CASHIER.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-02-01

Some day they'll get . taste Of TIE rel
Schnapps-they1lre realize Whist enjoyment
they'v Il missed bynot getting ScEiNAPPS
long ago-*hen they'll ieei LIE kicking
themselves
eclzNAPPS n sold everywhese n ;
esne cutts, and ~ az IS cent plugs' -
safs IN "a o. Jsenuin1e
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28
FREAK RHJS

This session of the Kansas legisla-
ture has been unusually free of pro-
posed freak legislation. Very few
measures of that kind have been in
troduced, or they have not been ex-
plotted by the legislative reporters, at
any rate.
other states are wrestling with the
usual number OF freaks, however. In
not less than a dozen legislatures
measures have been introduced to tax
bachelors. One of the most freakish
of all these bills is that introduced in
the Missouri state senate by Senator
Kinney of St Louis, imposing tax on
all unmarried persons. and providing
severe penalties for violating any of
the provisions of the proposed law.
Kinney's bill creates the Office of state
matrimonial commissioner, who shall
have a salary of three thousand dol
lars a year, with six deputies, at
salary of fifteen hundred each; pro-
vides that the law shall go into effect
Immediately on its passage, and that
the matrimonial commissioner and his
deputies shall proceed forthwith to
compile a complete list of all the I'M
married men and women of the state
over Is years of age, and that upon
every person so listed there shall be
assessed a tax of ten dollars year so
long as he or she shall remain un
married. Plenary powers are given
tn commissioner for the enforcement
OF every provision of the law, and
penalties of fine and imprisonment
are fixed for refusal to give the com
missioner and his deputies such in
formation as is necessary for the car
rying out of the law, including the
actual truth as to age etc. 1t is pro-
vided that the six deputy matrimonial
commissioners shall be equally divid-
ed between the sexes. One provision
is that a man can secure exemption
by showing himself possessed of an in
come of less than twenty dollars
week, while a woman with even no in
come at all must obey the law.
In Indiana a bill by one representa-
tive prohibits stray geese and chick
ems from running through his prem
ises. Another prohibits killing eagles,
of which there is said to be not one in
Indiana. Another calls for $500 fine
for walking on the grass in the state
house yard.
The bill in the Colorado legislature
which took the freak premium is that
| introduced by Representative Albert
| of Otero county and labeled "A Bill
to Prohibit Football" 1t provides a
penalty graded according to the fire.
quency of the offense and amount of
damage to the anatomy of any oppos-
ing player. Managers and the pro-
motors of football would be heavy
| contributors in fines and the PLAYERS
would be classed as felons should they
do serious damage to an opponent, and
might be held in close confinement to
! await the outcome of a particularly
serious case which might have a fatal
/ termination.
One freak bill before the Wisconsin
| legislature is to prevent the sale of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28
JOURNAL ENTRIES


9 An Illinois man went insane worry
ing because he got an increase in sal
airy. Most people worry because they
don't get their salaries raised.
n y u
The Atchison Globe prints a dis
patch headed, CLOSING Days in To-
peka.' 1t refers to the legislature,
however, and not to the two Johns,
Schenck and WilkerSon.
=
To Topeka housekeepers: Keep up
your coura get will soon be possible
to buy apples again. The house will
soon adjourn and the apple supply
will no longer be used up in paying
legislative fines.
March is the windy month. The
municipal campaign very appropriate
ly comes in March.
The legislature may think it is i'm
portant, but it should just stay around
until the White Sox open up, and then
see what it amounts to.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

GFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Few men live up to their obituaries.
Does giving the devil his due make
him dude?
It's a healthy gas meter that never
has gastrick fever.
There are times when we are also
thankful for what we don't get.
Some men are so versatile that they
never know which side they are on.
1t isn't anything for a fellow to work
eight hours at a stretch in a rubber
factory.
Speaking in a parliamentary man
ner a motion to dine should be laid on
the table.
In spite of the fact that some people
want the earth there is enough of il
to go around.
Death sometimes merely removes a
mans nose from the gr1ndstone to the
tombstone.
The innocent often get the worst of
it in the Courts of Law, especially the
poor jurymen.
Wfgwag-''Love you know, will find
way. Harduppe-"Yes, but I'm
looking for something that will pay
the way
Wigg-"I ssaw the doctor at your
house yesterday. Anything serious"
Wagg-"You bet. He came to collect
his BILL
Nell-"She's a queer girl. She saws
she doesn't like grand opera" Belle
"Oh, dare say there are lots of girls
who don't like grand opera" Nell
es, but l never heard Of one before
who would admit it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28
A QUESTION OF SPEED.

| It is asserted that a substantial re-
duction in passenger fares will result
in lessening the service on Kansas
| railroads, and this is to be guarded
against.
There is one way, however, in which
| railroads can perhaps save money on
passenger service that will not be
greatly resented by the travelling pub
lie. If they will abandon their at
tempts to tear up their tracks and
smash rolling stock in trying to beat
one another's speed, and if instead they
will establish schedules that they can
live up to, it will be beneficial all
around.
These speed contests are a result of
the race for mails and transcontinent-
al traffic In an effort to gain these
the railroads put in schedules that
they can attain once in awhile, and
the rest of the time the trains run late.
Every person who travels knows
how pleasant it is to go to depot and
wait from one to four hours for
train He would be much better serv-
ed if the train ran on a slower sched-
ule but was sure to be on the dot. The
time wasted in waiting for supposedly
fast trains which run on a do-the-best-
they-can schedule is a fearful drain on
the public's economy as we'll as its
patience.
Railroad men say that these fast
trains cost tremendously in excess of
those that run on a moderate sched-
ule They require much better and
heavier equipment, a better roadbed
and a great deal more fuel. And every
body knows that speed is a prolific
source of disastrous wrecks. The
money cost alone of wrecks caused by
trains trying to maintain a fast sched-
uIe is no inconsiderable item. There
fore if the railroads would run their
trains on a slower schedule but one
that the public could always rely on
the public would not object. The av-
erage person who is going to Califor-
mia would as soon put In three days
on the road as two days and a half.
The chances are that the two-day-and-
a-half train will get there half a day
late anyway.
Some of these days some railroad
will establish a reputation for running
its trains right on the dot indicated by
the time card, and although that
schedule may be a little slower than
other roads, it will draw the business.
The public is tired of waiting for
trains.
These remarks do not mean that
railroad can make a slow schedule and
then fail to live up even to that
which is the practice on some branch
lines even now-but trains that the
public can depend on, even though
they may not be flyers" nor limit
eds" will be greatly appreciated by
the waiting travelling public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicaeo News.

[From the Chicago News.1
The open-door policy doesn't suit
knockers.
Candy Is a bit CT condensed sweet
ness; candor isn't.
It's easy to break a dollar bill. but
difficult to repair it.
Nothing costs more than the things
we try to get for nothing.
A man may be born with ability.
but he has to hustle for experience.
Don't put too much faith in the re-
pentance that comes after detection.
Airships should enable men to rise
above their troubles. but they don't.
It's easier for some men to make
love than 1t IS for them to make a
living.
Lots of people try to conceal them
selves among the branches of their
family trees.
Many a man thinks he's putting nm
a strong argument when in reality he
is only making a loud noise.
Any man who f1irts with trouble is
apt to have a breach of promise suit
on his hands sooner or later.
If a woman hasn't anything else to
do she borrows a recipe from her
neighbor and attempts to make a
cake.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28

more than once gained her title Of The
Little Doctor
over the bandaging he told her thai
he was railroad detective looking Tor
some car thieves and that one of the
Butte band had mistaken him for the
leader and had uncovered the bank plot
to him. He had seen a chance to earn
the reward and so he had sought an ex-
cuse for lingering around the bank un-
til the desperate had put in an appear
ance.
Il did not want to alarm you" he ex-
planned 80 / said nothing, though IL I
had had my hands in the air much
longer should have had to speak in
self-defense."
And I thought I was earning the
reward" she laughed.
You did," he insisted.
Not at ALL" she contradicted.
Then half" he pleaded.
She shook her head and it was six
weeks later before Greg. Hallett's hand
healed and they effected a compromise.
Then they used the reward for the hon
eymoon.-(Copyright, 1907, by c. IL
Sutcliffe.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFrom the Atchison Globe. ]

L
IT is easier to tell the truth than to
tell a lie; particularly a plausible lie.
A "streak of yellow" is not so bad if
it happens to be a mining propector
who discovers it.
There is one breach of etiquette no
woman ever commits: Failure to ex-
press admiration for the baby.
The man who returns home empty
handed frequently carries larger
load than his more provident neigh
Dor.
The man who quotes scripture to
show the motive or reason for every
things he does, never seems to do very
much.
What we would like to know is this:
Does a woman carry the love letters
she received, and her gun in the same
pocket?
AS we understand it, when an ar
ticle of furniture is rather fierce-look-
ing, and run down. it is called an heir
loom.
Some people imagine they are being
complimentary when they say: well
you look so nice did not know YOU
Every farmer thinks he has a horse
that is smarter than any trick horse,
and could prove it, with little train
ing.
The only time some men are con-
WINGED that home Is the dearest place
on earth is when the bills begin to
come in.
If you happen to have a cinch on
anything, that is a vested right: if
anyone else has 1t, 1t is a special priv
ilege, and most unfair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28
KANSAS COANENT
"RE HONEST T"

William Allen White. in his EN-
porla Gazette, recently gave six words
OF ADVICE to boys who are DESTROYS OF
making a success as business men.
Ihey were BE honest, be honest. be
honest"
This should be the text of sermon
preached from every pulpit in the
country. 1t should be explained to the
youth OF the land that mere riches in
themselves are not compensating for
the labor of their requirement. 1t is
what a man honestly achieves. wheth-
er 1t be wealth or power or influence,
that gives satisfaction in his maturer
years and in his old age. Mere hon
eSty Will not of itself bring fame or
fortune; to attain these there must be
commingllng also of talent and the
genius of hard work. But honesty
will yield dividends of contentment
that nothing else will bring.
young man related an incident
the other day that we'll illustrates the
point About the time of his first en-
pigment he found a torn five dollar
Dill in the street. He took 1T to the
newspaper Office where he worked and
advertised it as found" ''Why don't
you keep it?' was asked. 1T isn't
mine, was the simple reply, and no
argument could make the boy see it
differently. The advertisement was
seen by the loser himself boy, who
would have had to make it good to his
employer and who perhaps would
have always remained under suspicion
ndQ ne not recovered the money III
the manner in which he did recover it.
The boy who found it refused a re-
ward.
At the time the lad who found the
money did not understand that the
advice to keep it was given to him as
a test by his employer. He does un-
derstand it now. 1T was the best in
vestment 1 ever made" he said, in
relating the story. 81 made a ten
strike with the boss" This boy is
young man now and he is not wealthy,
possibly never will. be, but he has
something far better than Wealth.
reputation for honesty that will In
sure him remunerative employment as
long as he is; willing to work. The
honesty he practiced has already
yielded dividends.
This is an example of money hon
esty and its importance in life There
are other forms of honesty that are
quite as important. There is intel
lectual honesty. Many a man goes
through life fooling himself with dis
honest thinking. He justifies all man
ner of conduct by faulty reasoning.
And in the end he reaDs the bitter
fruit of his dishonest sowing. 1t pays
to be honest with oneself. Why cheat
yourself with false pleasure that Will
pail? Why hope to win by mere
smartness rather than intellectual sim
certify? Such winning will never bring
the joy or satisfaction that comes by
harder earned victories won honestly.
You may tear down your rival by
libels, by sophistry. by misrepresenta-
ticn but the victory will be but tenn
porary. And in the end the chickens
come home to roost.-Hutchinson
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28
HUMOR OF TIE DAY

Daughter Observation-Disclosures. William
Is coming today to see you about ,IT me- and M:
feelings. good deal to approach you on
the subject.
with the cost to his feelings. I'll foot the
blL-Baltimore American
Student-There must be some mistake
In my examination marking. don't think
deserve an absolute zero.
1nspector--Neither do 1, but 1t is the
intercollegiate.
eeiving his first pay on the new job.
"s .tW = this boss is a stinlgy wan,
sey; II Didn't I'D he give yet as much as We
AYE; but was countin. on gittin' more
than I ixpicted. "-Ph ilade1phia Press.
You say you were in the saloon at the
time of the assault referred to in the COM
plaint?' questioned the lawyer
Il was, sor,',. replied the witness.
Did you take coognizance of the bar
Il don't know what Il called it. sor. but
took what the rest did."-Miiwaukee
Good graciousp' exclaimed the visitor;
hear those boys fighting and yelling out
there Regular little hoodlums, aren't
II can't say" replied Mrs. Fanley. I'm
rather near sighted, you know
But surely you can hear them"
my children or the neighbors. "-Philadel-
phia Press.
do. you print serious poetry by anna
teurs?"
Only in the humorous column. "-CIeve-
land Plain Dealer.
de only drawback bout patience" said
Uncle Eben, lis dat it's hard fob a man to
be patient an Industrious both at once
Washington Star.
Il hear your daughter is going to marry
an English nobleman."
Yes. 1t is all settled"
when Is the unhappy event to take
place?'-Life.
IF you vote for that bill,''', said the
friend of the family. you'll never be
elected to office again.
"Huh!" rejoined the alderman "If I
vote for that bill won't need to be-
Chicago News.
Affable Sportsman Ito stranger on thor
oughbred)-A lot of blood about that
horse of yours, siri
aStranger-By Jove, you don't say so
Must have got into some of that con-
founded wire Punch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28

need to encourage the industry by
paying a bounty to the farmers to get
them to raise beets. The protective
tariff was instituted nationally for the
same purpose that the sugar beet
bounty was-to build up industries.
Now that the industries have been
built up, however instead of with
drawing the tariff and letting the in
dustries stand by their own strength,
the tariff is the highest in the history
of the country, to enable rich trusts to
plumber the people,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28

antiquated "hen fruit Its author
explains that he is tired of going to
so-called first class hotels and calling
for boiled egg for breakfast only to
be served with an article that must
have been laid before the Civil war.
He wants all eggs stamped with the
date of their laying. with penalty OF
$50 for each egg not stamped. An
amendment has been offered that all
hens be provided with automatic
stamping devices.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28
.ursr PIAM SIZE

JUST PLAIN SUE
I've got little girl, and her name is Sue;
She hasn't many graces and she hash
any airs;
She doesn't look a Gibson giri-her fads
are mighty few
bears
She's just plain Sue.
True blue.
She wouldn't put your eye OUT should
you meet her in the street,
Her photo won't be copyright on a
colored postal card;
She'll never be star, with Johnnies at
her feet,
But through good times and bad times
she's the sQuarest little pards
Just plain Sue,
True blue.
1t makes man feel funny to know a
hearts so white;
This world can't all be wicked, tnouEn
so carelessly it whirls:
The folks that talk of heaven, 1t seems TO
are right,
And I'm sure the blessed angels there
won't look like Gibson girls,
But just plain Sue;
True blue.
New York American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28

A few years ago it was predicted
that the automobile would put the
horse out of business. The auto has
come to stay but the horse appears to
be as far from his vacation as ever.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28

Missouri will submit an initiative and
referendum constitutional amendment
to it's people next year. Oregon already
has one. Oklahoma will probably adopt
the plan in it's constitution, and other
states are thinking of it. Let's see:
Didn't we hear something about the in
itiative and referendum in Kansas
about a dozen years ago?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28

A Boston clergyman says what we
want is more men like Roosevelt" But
If we had even one more man like
Roosevelt there would certainly be
clash-and then what would happen?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28

Appearances indicate that the re-
suit will be almost unanimous for
Green. OF course appearances are
sometimes deceitful. but they usually
enable one to make a pretty fair guess.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28
IrNrA .c4ErTY.s JOKE.

The appointment of a committee te
investigate the alleged use of the water
cure in the penitentiary gave James
F. Getty an opportunity to spring
really good joke in the senate the
other day. He-observed, quite casual
ly. that the legislature had sent out a
Committee ito Investigate the alleged
use of water. in Leavenworth county"
Lawrence World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28

Since smallpox has broken out in
the Missouri legislature the committee
on public health has probably become
more important than either the judi
ciary or ways and means committee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28

We positively refuse to be scared by
''Uncle Vim Hills panic till we see
IL coming down the road. Mr.. Rookie
Teller tried to worry the country a lot
last year by predicting a panic, and
the people who worried had all of
their worry for nothing. Bring on your
manic Uncle Vim"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28
OF A BACHELOR.
IFrom the New York Press

rIOIII tIIe 4NeW Ork Press.J
A woman has real good time shop-
ping unless she buys something.
There would be a bean of vir,,,o =,
the world If there was more fun In IL
A man can break out of jail, but he's
got to die to get over having a bies
nose. ols
A man has to be mighty amiabla 70
laugh at joke he was going to eef or
himself when the chance came. VI
You can nearly always tell a man
who is making money by the We, man an
doesn't feel he has to spend it to rro ne
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28

Grover Cleveland has delivered him
self of an arraignment of bachelors. MI.
Cleveland is reformed bachelor him
self, and he doubtless knows whereof
he speaks"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28

The death is announced of an Allen
town, Pa, man who knew Clay and
Webster. But the Washington Post
refuses to be interested until it can be
shown that he knew them well enough
to borrow money from them Wouldn't
it be more in accord with historical
tradition to say that ''he knew them
well enough to let them borrow money
nf him 7.s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28

Congressman Moon, of Tennessee, ex-
poets to succeed John Sharp williams
as m -nority leader in the lowest house
of congress, but Mr.. Williams. in turn,
expects to succeed Senator Money, of
Mississippi. In other words. Williams
is between Moon and Money
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28

A thousand people took part in a wolf
hunt in Mcpherson county the other
day, and they got just two little coy
otes. Yet it has not been very many
years since Kansas people were kept
reasonably busy shooting the wolf from
the doOr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28

Anyway Senator Bailey has not tried
to justify himself by appealing to the
unwritten law. He knew he had ma
tority of the Texas legislature and it
wasn't necessary
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28
CARUsO'S WAGES.

Enrico Caruso, the operate tenor,
has struck Herr Conreid for $4,000 for
each appearance next season, or twice
his present salary. In spite of his
monkey house, notoriety, Signor Ca
russo evidently will stand for no mon
keying in the opera house--Hutchin-
son News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28

A scientist declares that there is a
definite odor about gold. He probably
got hold of a piece of tainted money
and what re smelled was the faint.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28

Chicago has already served notice
that it proposes to have corn carn1-
val all of its very own next fall. Atch-
ison can not expect to monopolize a
good thing all of the time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28

Mr.. Hartman would evidently nav
us believe that Stuyvesant Fish is
bold, bad shark
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28

Mayor Dunno of Chicago is not ye
done with his job. At least ne ma
been renominated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28

The interstate commerce commission
is learning a lot of things from Mr.. Har
riman about how to buy railroads