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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-05

time had gotten thoroughly warmed up, exploded with such force as to rend it from his mouth and send it spinning across the room. Tommy found him self standing upright upon his feet about six feet from the chair he had oc- eupied but a moment before, blinking his eyes first in the direction of the overturned chair and thence to where his pipe lay, in the meantime endeavor- ing to gather his scattered thinking apparatus to sum up the situation to think what had occurred. His limbs finally recovered their lost motion and he picked up the pipe and there in the side of the brierwood bowl, which was next to his face when the pipe was in hi' mouth, was large hole which had been blown out by force from within. It did not take long search to find the cause. On the floor lay an exploded .22-ealiber shell and the bullet there from. Tommy had accidentally gotten this shell into some loose tobacco in his pocket and had not noticed it on filling his pipe. He says he believes he was half shot for about a minute.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-05
INNOCENT BABE BURNED ID DEATH WHILE
 PLAYING WITH MATCHES
Death Came the Little One While Engaged In Play with anElder Sister-Chid Burned in Presence of
 Parents Who Were Helpless to Act

lungs with every breath, but still she made no outery.
 Her fve-year'old companion was also mute, jumping up and down in the wagon and waving his arms, as he ad- mits, but offering no assistance. While all this takes time in the telling, it in reality occurred during a lapse of time marked by seconds.
 Then the pain overcame little Jose phine's horror and she screamed, and the boy found his voice. Father and mother both heard these screams of agony and fright and ran into the yard, tnding their baby stil sitting in the seSt, with portions of her clothing still burning and smoking.
 Tht child was suffering terribly and her screams startled the neighborhood
 Dr. 0lcott was quickly summoned and dressed the wounds and gave the little sIKierer other relief, but he realized at oLce from the area of skin burned and tne injury to her lungs from smoke and flames that he could not prevent her death, The vitality of the young, how ever, prolonged the child life for ten hours. Joseph Smith, the father, is an i,ssyrian. The funeral occurred yester. day afternoon.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-05

TrCSON, Ariz., October 4.-Three- .,ar.oll Josephine Smith is dead as the Vi, of burns received accidentally rbHc Having with a brother two years Sa, senior. in the back yard of the S,r,iIv home and fruit store at No. TBS south Meyer street.
 Sorr of the circumstances attending .ho tragedy are most pathetic and ter ,;bIs and cannot fail to touch every noren. deeply. Imagine two little tots ar,irg aat into the back yard and ,Embinr up in wagon to play at driv- ing horse. Josephine occupied the ,Jsce af horse on the seat beside the ,rnntbn.I driver. Who had the matches or who ighted the oue that carried the Alamo tn the clothes of little Josephine, or what part the making of a fire nl,ve3 ir the game will never be known, hnt in, match was ignited, and the simsy ..othes of the little sister we're soon ir flames.
 Fear paralyzed them both, evidently, ior not an audible cry reached the father and mother, both of whom were in tbe store such short distance away. The flames consumed Josephine s cloth inc scorehed and blistered her little bo5v and heat and smoke entered her
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-05
By Frank Alley

It is getting so that there are about as many booze cures as there are vari- cities of juice that occasion the disease. These cures may be classified as fol lows:
 The Gold Cure.---As a rule it requires more profound ingenuity and sleepless enterprise than the average citizen ever inherits to gather little gold in the course of existence, but in this instance the gold is shot into the victim with a regulation hypo. A recent autopsy on the body of gold cure subject paid the attending physician everything in the form of gold from a pair of Dago ear rings to twenty dollar gold piece be- ing recovered. This cure may be per manent if the patient dies early enough The undertaken hangs the gold cure stiff up by the heels, places coal hod under him and beats him on the back with shovel until sufficient gold runs out of his mouth to pay the funeral expenses. The newspaper man then lets out sentimental squeal about the de- ceased just to spread the vaseline of consolation over the lacerated feelings of his relieved better half, and he is laid away in a plot set aside for his sort of people, where plaeering will be profitable hundred years from now. The Matrimonial Cure.-This is the most popular cure in Douglas at the present writing. Just to please his angel bride, who usually bears the euphopious maiden name of Stra. Vio.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-05
OF CANCER
 IN LIBRARY BOOKS

ROME, October 3.-It is stated that a large collection of books presented some time ago to the National Library of Naples contains the microbes of cancer. These books were given to the library by former Neapolitan officer who had died of this terrible malady.
 Before the books were taken to the library they were disinfeeted by two librarians, who catalGgued them, died one after another of the cancer. A scientific inquiry into the matter has been demanded.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-05
PAID sl50,000 FOR FIVE CLAIMS IN
 DRAGONS
FIRST PAYMENT OF s15,0oo BY THE CALUMET & ARIZONA PEOPLE
 HAS BEEN MADE
DEAL INDICATES THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO FALLING OFF IN INTEREST
Good Copper Properties Still Command Fancy Prices Despite Slump in the Red Metal Market-Claims Bought Adjoin Leadville Group.

TUCSON, Ariz., October 4.-Attorney Frank Hereford has not yet noticed any marked falling off in the interest in mining properties as result of the slump in the price of copper and lead, he having paid to Martin Costello the sum of $l5,000 on account of the pur- chase of five claims owned by Costello and Alex Casey in the Dragoon district, Cochise county.
 The $15,000 came as a first payment from the Calumet & Arizona people, with $l50,000 as the purchase price. These claims adjoin the Leadville group, recently taken over and now worked by the Calumet & Arizona company, and were doubtless necessary to round out their Leadville group, where Super intendent John Talbot is in charge.
 This additional purchase by the big company in the Dragons at this time is most significant, and is a valuable pointer as indicating what they think of that country and it's future.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-05

American Cleaning Works, next door to Wells Fargo. All work guaranteed.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-05
FLORENCE MAN THINKS
 HE WAS HALF SHOT
Loaded His Pipe with Powder and Ball and Then Sits Down to Enjoy
 Quiet Smoke

The following from the Florence Blade is about a man who should join a side show and take his place alongside the old.fashioned wonder who used to eat broken glass and hot lead. The Blade says:
 Tommy Harris, who is clerking at the Florence Pharmacy, had narrow es- cape from what might have been a serious injury Friday of last week. He had filed and lighted his pipe out on the street, and had gone into the rear room of the drug store to enjoy quiet smoke, when upon seating himself, something in his pope, which by that
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-05
TERRITORIAL ASYLUM F0R THE INSANE
 |S BADLY 0vERCR0WOEO
Three Hundred and Five Patients With Only Room Fol Two Hundred and Ten---Insanity in Arizona
 About Same as in Other States

four patients. In those rooms in which it is planned to have but one it has been necessary to put two.
 There are thirty-fve employees at the asylum and the overcrowding of every department is imposing extra work on Superintendent Ferguson s assistants. With the increased attendance it makes more guarding and more work for every. one
 Dr. Ferguson states that the only danger that is likely to result from overerowding is the danger of patients doing injury to themselves or to each other. Everything possible is done to avoid this.
 In the dining room the same crowded conditions prevail as are to be found in the wards and in the sleeping depart ments. Serving the meals to the patients takes much more time than would be necessary if there were sufficient ac- commodations.
 As fast as possible Dr. Ferguson is getting rid of the foreigners sent to the asylum from the different counties of Arizona. When it is discovered that they have been in the territory but a short time, and came here mentally un- sound, they are deported to the land of their birth.
 From what figures he has available, Dr. Ferguson states that the percentage of insane persons in Arizona is propor- tionately the same as in other states and territories.
 Whenever he finds that a patient brought to the hospital is suffering from nothing else but the effects of hard drunk hei refusing to take them in. He states that but few of this class of cases are being brought to the asy- lum.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-05

Billy Cummings is making a hit every night at the Iris with his comedy stunts.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-05

Obstinate cases of constipation and nasty, mean headaches promptly dis appear when you take Dewitt s Little Early Riser Pills. Sold by Hanna s Drug Store.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-05
A Big Laugh

Buy school shoes at Ingram s.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-05

Crawford shoes for men at Ingram s.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-05

Satisfaction our motto. We have the best equipped paint store in the city. Van Wagenen, next door to the postofiiee. Give us call.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-26
NOT WORTH THE WHILE.

On last Thursday the editor in
company with Messrs. Chopin and
Challie Terrell went over to Holly
Springs to hear the one-eyed pitch
fork statesman from South Caroline,
the Honorable Ben Tillman lecture
on the race question, and we heard
him, though we we're very much dis
appointed, and the only comment we
have to make on the lecture Is that
we solemnly advise those who have
vPpvftdi.Ity W ncai nm 10 stay
at home, for his lecture is not worth
the time you spend in hearing him,
much less your good earned money,
there was anyone who was de-
with his lecture we failed to
see such one. Ashland Southern
Advocate,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-26
the wATlMR AND the CROPS.

The New Orleans Picayune Of the
22nd instant says that "the past
week has witnessed a continuance of
the unreasonable weather which has
characterized the present month
from its very opening. The temper
ature has been entirely too cold for
the good Of the crops, frost being
experienced over a good portion of
the northern half of the Cotton Belt.
This weather has delayed planting
in the more n~ortherly districts, has
prevented termination in the central
portions OF the Cotton Belt, and has
greatly retarded the growth Of cotton
already up in the more southerly
section. As a result OF the DELAYS
caused by the cold, the cotton and
corn crops, which promised to make
an nncommonly early start, will
barely make an average commence
ment in most portions Of the South.
Although the weather has been
cold during the week, the drought
in central and southern Texas has
been broken, and in most portions
OF the South good rains have been
reported. Lack of rain is still COM
planned OF, however, in northern
Texas and in portions OF Louisiana,
but it is more than likely that when
all the reports Of conditions prevail.
ing during the last day or two are
in, it will be found that even those
places that escaped the rains of the
early part Of the week have also So
cured the needed moisture.
1.-THE cotton fields are in H1ofne
state Of cultivation and preparation,
and If the weather now proves pro-
piiious for completing the planting
and for the termination and growth
Of the planted crop, there is still a
hope that cotton may make a good
start, At the zane time it would be
to overlook the fact that the
cold spell has done harm and has
much replanting necessary.
The encouragement natural under
such circumstances is very apt to
work against an increase in acreage.
"The delay and damage to the
crop by the cold weather have
likewise extended to the corn crop,
80 that the prospects for the cereal
are not as bright as they were a lit
tie while back. The rice crop in
Louisiana is reported to be doing
very we'll, notwithstanding the dry
weather and the cool spell"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-26
TRAIN RUNNING TOO FAST.

Coy. Vardaman should not be &c
severely criticised for his failure 10
far to meet Hon. John Sharp Will
liams in joint debate. Added to
his other duties, his tune has lately
been pretty well taken up by his
trip across the state to introduce
Senator Ben Tillman to a Laurel au-
dience and his journey to Memphis
to address a Y. M. G. A.. meeting.
IL is true that on the latter trip he
passed, going and coming, within
the sound Of Mr.. Williams voice at
and fernando, but in
each instance the train was making
miles an hour, and no sensible
man would get off a train running
like that. Houston Post.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-26

Senator +. +. Noel spent a few
hours with his Greenw God friends
last Tuesday, He Is very sanguine
as to his prospects for securing the
nomination for Governor next Au-
gust, and we believe he is correct in
his conclusion. He is unquestion-
ably in the lead and is sure to be in
the second primary. Mr.. Noel went
from here TO Yazoo City, where he
spoke Wednesday
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-26
mo SuBSWUIDN."

The fight against Substitution
which has become the accepted slo.
gan among certain big eastern adj
vertisers, has been taken up with a
will in the Far Western states, in
spired by the stimulus afforded by
the Quoin Club OF Seattle. The
strong independent line Of action
pointed out TO the consumer is 10
get what you ask for and nothing
else. II you stop at your grocers,
and ask timidly for some Tryabita
breakfast food, and the dealer, rub
bling his hands with invisible soap,
offers yon Eataiewa, you ought to
consider yourself insulted and shame
the tradesman into seeing the un-
worthiness OF his conduct. OF what
profit is it for a manufacturer to
spend good money in educating the
public concerning the value Of his
product il the educational germ can
be rapidly displaced by a few hon
eyed words from the man behind
the counter Protecting the adver-
tiser means protecting the consumer.
Know what you want and get it.,
should be the fixed line Of action of
all buyers. Here's 10 anti.substitu-
ton! May its %wavering banners
never be lowered Sunset Maya
zine.
The Commonwealth reproduces
the above for the purpose Of giving
the sentiments expressed therein its
most cordial approval. OF all the
disgusting things we have to con-
tend with nowadays, the fellow VINO
persists in substituting a different
article than the one you ask for I'M
questionably takes the blue ribbon,
Something just as good" or Il use
this myself are arguments unwor-
thy OF the boosted intelligence Of
this enlightened age. Give your
customer what he calls for, and if
you haven't got il tell him SO. Don't
palm of Substitutes" on him with
the lust as good" plea.
|
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-26

The Holly Springs South con-
cludes its comments on John Sharp
Williams speech in that place as
follows; He preached old time
democracy, equal rights to all,
special privileges to none," and his
speech was truly educational to the
younger generation Of voters. No
such ovation has been given a can
didate during this canvass, and he
made a host Of friends in our COM
munity,"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-26
NOT TO MAKE DONATIONS.

Section $3.50 Of the now Code
reads as follows! mo person shall
directly or indirectly demand, sole.
it, ask or invite from any person,
who is a candidate for nomination.
from any political party, for any of.
flee, a donation or promise Of dona-
ton for any educational, charitable,
religious or benevolent purpose out
side the county Of his residence, nor
shall any such candidate make or
any such donation, ANY
person violating, knowingly, the
provisions of this section shall be
OF a misdemeanor."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-26
HOW MUCH FERTILIZER TO
APPLY.

The question. How much fertilizer
should be used per acre." cannot be an
swered definitely, but only In a general
way. 1t is sometimes put in this form:
NhGt is the most profitable amount that
uhhny DC applied per acre?' Neither can
the question in the amended form be
exactly and accurately answered, The
sou, It's character. condition, preparation.
ltc., may be well known, or comfortable
factors, but we know not what the sea-
s8ns may be, says Hon. r. J. Redding,
director Georgia Experiment Station, De.
partment OF Agriculture. in the Virginia
carolina Fertilizer Almanac,
we know hat some crops will bear
larger amounts OF fertilizers with reason
anie assurance Of profitable returns than
that occupies the soil from the fan season
untii spring, or early summer. will bear
heavier fertilizing than will a crop that
u planted In the spring and ripens for
narvest IN midsummer, The first case is
grain, or grass. especially when sewn in
me ran or the year. Such a crop occu.
pies the soil during the late fail and win
yer ana early spring-during which pc
rious the rains are usually abundant
very early summer, before the burning
summer heat and possible drouths OF
June and July. Oats and wheat therefore
are ideal crops for liberal fertilizing.
Sofh is rather an uncertain erop on the
Sruiha,y ary uplands Of the South. 1t
It's fiowers--tassels and silks-coyer- |
but a few days. Ii very dry weather |
shati prevail when this critical period is |
approaching, and for some time after IL |
n ~ pa sss tne crops may prove a greater
enort no second period Of blooming.
IL Is different In the case 81 cotton |
when commences to bloom and make |
Iruit IN june Tor even earlier) and con-
,hnuas throughout the summer until
Il has a number Of chances"
,otton IS therefore another ideal crop
or liberal fertilixing, A ANAL amount
Iertilizers applied per aore viii no
Yield q larger percentage profit
70 iiius sDss m %n s wi = large, s% sSos
u ierliiser pei. acre may cause an In
'reased yield Of cotton lat 10 cents nsy
eundl o. the value OF IS to g, or a profit
~ 20 sU per cent. on it, cost. / have
req1emtiy nad such results. But It does
'ot follow that twice as heavy an appli-
a,ion VIII produce twice as large re-
uits, or that three times as much would
aus three times as great an Increase
: me yield, In other .words, thep mt
a. I y N " tna yield Ct potion VIII
he amount .pf fertilisers Applied. I've
oliars' worth OF fertiliser per acre may
ield an increape IN the crop Of 81: but
worth you'd not therefore bring an
But careful observation has shown that
2 application Of Is to B worth 81 fertii.
.ers lpronerly balanced n 4 safs amount /
! apply. per acre an cotton, Many fArm- !
= N Georgia have esoursA satisfactory
, 80 no men 2 appucation Of - murh )
mink go .ponnde . perfectly safe iintt :
upland IN fairly rood ~condition. vii
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-26
The Forum, Americas standard

The Forum, Americas standard
quarterly review, is out for April
June. The regular departments Of
American Politics, Foreign Affairs,
Finance, Education, Applied Science,
Literature, and Music, are as usual
ably and comprehensively filled;
while special articles reflect faithful
~ the latest trends Of thought, re-
search, and philosophy in our times.
Henry Litchfield West, in analysis
Of Elihu Roots recent notable ad-
dress before the Pennsylvania Socie-
ty in New York City, traces the
growth Of federalism in this repub-
lie, and speculates IS to the future
OF the States under our dual system
OF constitutional government. The
British House Of Lords, the Kaiser
and the Rcichstag, and the new
Russian Duma, are prominent
among the foreign topics discussed
by A.. Maurice Low. Alexander D.
Noyes skilfully feels the pulse Of the
financial market. Joseph Sohn gives
a broad critical resume of New
York's latest and greatest opera sea-
son. Applied Science, as recorded
by Henry Harrison Suplee, has to
its recent credit some highly impor-
tant Developments in hydraulics,
aeronautics, and electric traction.
Ossian Fl. Lang sums up the work
OF the latest national educational
convention at Chicago. In the lit
erary department Herbert W. Hor-
will points out some significant tend
in present-day fiction; while
Prof, W. p. Trent finds good augury
in Recent Tributes to Longfellow."
Finally Mrs. Isaac l.. Rice contrib
utes an admirable paper on Our
Most Abused Sense-the Sense of
this being the sequel to
her famous and successful declara-
ton OF wal against unnecessary city
a year ago.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-26

The Bank Of Sidon's quarterly
statement Of its financial condition
appears in this issue Of The Com
monwealth. 1t is a magnificent
showing for that splendid banking
house, which has been q success
from The date Of its establishment.
We wish for the officers and stock
aolhsu continued prosperity.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-26

Mr.. FIR. Birdsall and others will
begin the publication Of the Hatties-
burg Daily News about May LIST.
The News will be equipped in first
class style, and under the manage
ment Of Mr.. Birdsall will prove a
successful business venture.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-26
FIVE TO ONE FOR Williams.

A test vote for Governor and U. s,
Senator was taken here on the streets
Tuesday. Only rs votes were cast
for Governor and SO for Senator.
Out of these, latter, Williams receiv-
ed SO and Vardaman IL. For Gov.
ernor the result was: Scott, 80; Noel,
10; Truly 8; Sisson, I; Brewer, S;
Thomas, 0. or course this did not
in all the voters, but il was a
fair test of the strength Of the seve-
candidates, and shows which
way the wind blows. --Sardis Repor-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-26

Don't forget that the candidates
for State Senator from this District
will open the campaign by speaking
at the court house in this city on
Monday evening, May 9th. Every
body should turn out and hear the
joint discussion of the political is
sues Of the day by these 'distin-
guished gentlemen,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-26

Hardware dealers throughout the
State are arranging to discontinue
the sale of pistols, dirk knives and
similar weapons, after May LIST, on
account Of the special privilege tax
OF $4,000 imposed by the last
Legislature,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-26

The Planters Bank of Schlater
publishes a statement of its financial
condition in this issue of The Com
monwealth, to which we direct the
attention of the public. This is de-
cidedly one Of the most prosperous
banking institutions in the county,
and we bespeak for its officers and
stockholders continued success.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-26

Messrs. j. s. Hudson, Of Oxford,
and w. P. Moore, of Lula, have
withdrawn from the race for Rail.
road Commissioner from the North
ern District Of Mississippi. The
people still have six or seven more
aspirants to make a selection from.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-26

Let's all cooperate with the Men,
phis inter-urban electric car line,
and it will be built. Such a system
from Memphis via Clarksdale to
Greenwood, and possibly to Jackson
and New Orleans, would be a great
thing for the Delta country gener-
ally.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-26

Gov. ELECT Hoke Smith, Of Geor.
gia, says Roosevelt will defeat
Bryan for President should they be
the nominees Of their party next
year.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-26

Hon. Leroy 7, Taylor, candidate
for Trustee of the State Penitentiary
was a pleasant caller at our Office
Monday. Mr.. Taylor is an ex.state
Senator, a man Of stability and good
sense, and is a safe man to vote for.
Holly Springs South.