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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

to feel disappointed In some particular
when the house Is built
The matter Of specifications is iust
as important as the drawings. There
are a great many little things to speci.
fy in making a contract that a person
unaccnstomed TO such work will never
think of. A person might possibly find
a contractor liberal enough 10 do all
the thinking, supply all the brains, and
take a crude plan and turn out a sat.
~isiactory job. But It wouldn't happen
that way more than one time in a mil.
lion Contractors are In business to
make money, that Is all right enough.
nobody objects to a contractor making
a fair profit, what you want to guard
against 10 an unfair profit. The only
way Of letting q contractor know ex.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
IN THE CANNING SEASON.
Cardinal Points for the Housewife TO
Remember.

The destruction OF germs and the
exclusion Of air are the principles lp-
on which the canning OF fruit are
based.
II these things are properly done
the fruit will keep indefinitely.
some substances require longer OK.
posure TO heat than others before all
the germs are destroyed.
Others need only be heated 10 the
boiling point, and then to be boiled
Tor q minute or two.
Nearly all small fruits are preserved
by being thoroughly heated. then can
ned The larger kind require more
lime for the heat to penetrate every
part.
Some vegetables, such as peas and
corn, require a long exposure 10
heat.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
His Sympathetle Fr,.,d

Ffiend-Got a cold. | seq.
Jinks-Yes. a little one
You ought to be mighty careful
That cough needs attention"
Think So"
IT has a graveyard sound"
'}ood Eraclous,"
Awful dangerous time for people
with colds-grip pneumonia, and
quick consumption everywhere"
"Eh?"
Yes A friend OF mine took a
cold, not half az bad as yours. last
week, and In three days he was dead. -
My starsl"
Fact The doctor said my friend
might have pulled through II he
hadn't worried 80 much, Take my ad.
vice and try not 10 think about IT,"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

be made very comfortable In this way.
Stoves burn less coal than a furnace,
and a great many prefer them. II
Is easy to warm any part of the house,
and 1t is not necessary to keep fire
In the rooms that r not used,
The hOnse IS modern and sensible
In appearance, and SO far as the archi.
tect and builder is concerned, Is all
right as shown on the plans and pros.
p~ectiye. but II will never be complete
as an artistic home until the round
are laid out and planted with suitable
shrubs and flowers. No plain bare
house looks right, 1t shows at once
that there is something lacking The
only real comfortable homes are sur.
rounded with something more pleas,
ing than brick, mortar and paint.
A house like this may be built. when
conditions are favorable. for about
$1,000 complete with gas fixtures and
plumbing 1t may be that the gas
fixtures are not wanted at hrst. but IL
Is better to put in the pipes. Recent
Improvement tn small gas plants make
II possible and often desirable to in.
stall a little machine Just for home
use II the pipes are In the fixtures
and burners can be put ON at any time.
Another thing thar should be remem.
hered In building is the hot air pipes
In the wall In case you eyer want a
iurance They may be easily put In
while the building is going up. but II
Is an awful job to tear out aud put
them In afterwards
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

nctly what you want Ia 10 have II spe.
cited both In the drawings and IN the
contract A W may study a plan a
long time, and think he knows all
about II, but while the house Is go.
ing up he can always Aud room for
Improvement This leads to aItera.
tons which are generally expensive
The house shown In this plan Is 20
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

day, had fallen asleep in his rocking
chair on the back stoop, when Mickey
lit the stem OF the big cracker and
placed 1t carefully under his fathers
chair.
The moo shone brightly, illuminat
ing the grin on every boyish face
Every ear was strained to catch the
faint kissing of the fuse and every eye
intent upon the sleeping man,
The fuse burned itself out, ard the
silence and suspense was deepening.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
Farmers Fight.

In a pitched battle with shotguns,
rifles and revolvers, near Chunky,
Newton county, Walter and Tom
Vaughan, Mat Woods and Robert Ma
Dry, the last a mere boy, were seriously
wounded by Hubert and Will Jones,
brothers, the trouble arising over the
ownership of some hogs. The belliger-
ents are related extensively in Newton
county, and further trouble may result.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

In a small saucepan put three table.
spoonfuls o. butter, and as 1t melts
work In smoothly an equal quantity
Of -four. Mix together one cup Of
cream and half q cup Of milk, and stir
into the -four and batter. Add only q
little Of the liquid at a time, so a.
TO keep the mixture perfectly smooth.
Add salt and pepper To tAsts.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
Farmers Union.

The Tallahatchie County Farmers
Union met at Charleston in quarterly
session, with a large crowd in attend
ance, and vas addressed by Hon. Fl. E.
Blakeslee of jackson in a forceful adj
dress on the general advancement OF
Mississippi and her native products.
The union will build a cotton ware
house either at Charleston or Oakland
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
To Be Put to the Test.

The Mississippi railroad commission
has decided to put its order of July I,
1906, relative to i~ntra-county telephone
service, to a practical working test BY
~summarily commanding the Cumber-
land Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany to build a trunk line between
Centreville and Woodville, in Wilkin-
son county, in order that subscribers OF
the exchanges at those points may OBJ
tain the benefits OF %intra-county service,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28


0. Mills & Co. issued their gold note.
about 1858. In getting change for an
old octagon $50, gold, often as many
as lou or five n~ationalities would be-
represented in the change.
Greenbacks never recognized
as money; only as q commodity. They
were used for buying postage and rev.
enue stamps. All mercantile BIZ,
heads and notes had the special \
tracs enforcement for gold. California
even paid the claims Of the federa,
government IN gold. And 1t came IN
mighty handy to Uncle Sam in 1859
and 1853. The old-style Californian
sui has an inclinIng for the yellov
stun.--P. E. Magazine.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
Evangelist Gates at Jackson.

The meetings Of Evangelist Gates,
now in progress at Jackson, are absorb
ing a great dsal of interest, and the
attendance is the largest that has
marked any revival meeting in recent
years. The congregations number from
l,500 to $500 persons.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
Cowart's Platform.

j. Q. Cowart, who has announced as
a candidate for the legislature from
Kinds county, geese on record as favor.
ing an increase of the assessments Of
common carriers in Mississippi, now
amounting to about s4S, 900, 900, to
sl00, 900, 900 more.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
South Mississippi Chautauoua.

President W. L. Thames and Manager
Il. +, Todd of the South Mississippi
Chautauqua have arranged attractive
programmes for the two events, the
first to be at Hattiesburg, from July u
to 70, and the second at Culfport, July
~ to AUG. .
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
Vicksburg,s Skyscraner

The First National Bank building at
V~icksburg, which has just been CON-
pleted, cost $500, 900, and is the first
steel frame fire-proof building to be
erected in Mississippi, 1t is the talless
building in the State, containing q
basement and eight floors above ground.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
jackson Wants tie Co,Ia.a

The jackson Board Of Trade will
make a strong bid for the Diocesan
college for girls which Bishop Bratton
and leaders Of the Episcopal church in
Mississippi are planning to build.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
Petition for Pardon.

A petition is being circulated in
smith county for a pardon for the two
brothers, Abel and Bud Canterbury,
sentenced to the State penitentiary for
terms OF and Ave years, respect
ively, for assault with intent TO Kill
sam Harrison, whom they claimed hsd
murdered their father.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

she-What are you thinking about,
Hc-NOthing.
she-Nonsense! One cant think Of
nothing. Tell me what you were
thinking about?
He umpatientlyl-oh, I was think.
ing about the same thing you we're.
She tblushing furlously)-O how
awfull--Tfanslated for Tales from LIE
Rire.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
Telephone Company Chartered.

The Home Telephone Company Of
jackson has been chartered, with o
capital of s35o,ooo. The company is
organized to construct, equip, maintain
and operate a local and long distance
telephone and service in jackson and
in other prrts of the State. The same
company has been chartered in other
cities OF Mississippi.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
Annual E-ncampment

The annual encaApment Of the Mis-.
sisslppi National Guard will be held At
Columbus Aug. 6 to Is, inclusive.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

feet wide and ~ feet long. exclusive
Of the porch, The cbimneys are SO
arranged that It may be heated com.
fortably with stoves. which is helped
by the rooms upstairs coming directly
oyer tic ropms below which gives an
opportunity TO carry the stoyepipcs
through 10 the rooms above and to
warm them with drums Houses may
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

I've tried to discourage Mr.. Neryie
from calling on you" snapped tha
stern parent but the young SCAMP
refuses to be sat upon"
Why, father, you DO him an iniu..
ice" indignantly replied the 49,
sirl-Kansas City Times.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

Don't neglect to send for a physi.
clan at once in the case of a serious
burn, to prevent a possible scar or
worse still, blood poisoning, from ig.
norant or improper treatment of the
wound,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

FOURTH OF JULY DON'Ts,

Don't allow the children to bend
over fireworks which will not "go of"
They sometimes do it Unexpectedly
with unfortunate results to the little
meddler.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

who knows how to take advantage Of
materials and how to lay out the space
TO the best advantage. II requires a
great deal of experience Just to read
u plan correctly after il is drawn.
Plans are drawn TO a scale, that Is
easy to understand, but there Is not
one novice In D thousand who cantook
at a plan and get a correct idea Of the
real size, dimensions and accessible
ity OF the different rooms He may
know in q crude sort OF way that a
quarter of an inch on the plan repre-.
sents a foot IN the finished work, but
unless he ia accustomed 10 a uniform
e%xaggeration OF that kind, he is sure
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

Calls : being issued for county "a
precinct rallies Of the Farmers, Union.
9 % held within the next thirty AN,
and there is q general forward mo,.s
ment all along the line, local organ.
. . e~ndeavoring to increase member.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
An Old Citizen De.d.

Hasn Caldwell died At WalIsrvillS.
agsd y. He had resided y Walk.
sllie since lS4o. aid Wal 1 charter merns
III q Hopewell church, which M
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
4lOO.OOO III,

Fire caused the destruction Of the
extensive sawnill Of the Kansas CITY
Lumber Company at Lacedale. The
loss Is estimated at $1,000 600.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

Beauty Is a metal so delicate tina,
the slightest breath Of III nature will
tarnish Il.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

Don't forget to have some remedie.
Ter burns at hand. When the skin
Is not broken by a burn scrape a raw
rotate, place on a piece of soft linen
aud use as a poultice. B~icarbonate of
soda--the ordinary baking soda-is az.
cellent for burns whether the skin
is broken or not. II broken apply the
dry soda, If unbroken dampen the soda
with water to make a paste and apply
to the spot. The pain will be instant.
ly relieved.
Don't leave the windows Of a town
house open If 1t is to be left for the
day. Stray rockets and sparks NAV
fpd 49, npt
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

When 2 man seeks your advice ~
generally wants yosr praisA-Chestsr.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
Good Advj..

NUuu VuVTce.
Keep the wound open and send for
the doctor.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-11-07
At THE GRAND.
"Under Southern Skies" Next Sunday
Evening.

"Under Southern Skies" Next Sunday
Evening.
One OF the most successful plays to be
presented in our city this season IL
under Southern Skies" which will sp.
pear at the Grand on next Sunday even.
Ing. "Under Southern Skies" is one Of
the largest and moet expensive dramatic
companies now travelling, as the COM
pany numbers twenty.tbree people. and
every piece OF scenery used in the pro.
duction 10 carried with the company.
"Under Southern Skies" is now in it's
seventh season, having had six phenom.
enally successful years.
"Under Southern Skies" is from the
pen OF Lottie Blair Parker who also wrote
"Way Down East" and i: is as true and
interesting a picture Of the South as that
now famous play is Of New England.
The story OF the play is a very strong
and interesting one, and 10 one that is
peculiarly southern. Its characters are
distinct types OF southern people, many
Of them being highly diverting. A Hal.
lowe'en celebration and pumpkin dance
are among the most attractive features
of the performance.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-11-07
Schools For Housekeeping.
Schools for the training of dome

Schools for the training of domestic
help will soon cease to be novelty
Attention is called to this fact by the
announcement that the late Frank B
Cotton. a wealthy citizen of Brook.
line. Mass, who doubtless In his life
suffered much from the Shortcomings Is
Of raw domestic help. has left a for.
tune to found a finishing school for
houseworkers. There are at present
q number Of institutions Of this kind
the most widely known philanthropy
being the Women's Domestic guild OF
New York. which was founded largely
through the instrumentality Of Mrs
Russell Sage. One of the first ven.
lures of the sort was the unpretentious
domestic training school in Evanston
ILL.,. started several years ago on the
suggestion Of an eastern literary wo.
man. Mrs. John Parry Johnston, who
found the servant question even more
dimcult in that pretty and intellectual
suburb Of Chicago than 1t had been
In New York. where the market Is al.
ways oversupplied and fair help may
always be had By the woman who
can pay good prices. This school was
q success from the start, both serv-
ants and n,istresses finding It helpful
and the idea was copied or modified
for use In other places.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-11-07
An Up to Date Indian Couple.

With the white mans burden the
Indian is taking up a great many Of
the white mans customs that are like
~ to be far from good for him. One
Of the latest Of these is the divorce.
The courts Of the District of Columbia
were recently petitioned to adjust the
matrimonial difficulties Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis La Flesche, both Of
whom are Indians. He is a highly
educated member Of the Omaha tribe,
belongs to the Anthropologica society,
Is graduate Of the National Cni-
versiy Law school. fellow of the
American Association For the Ad-
vancement Of Science and q govern
ment employee in Washington. Two
years ago the La Flesches were mar
ried, and now the wife, who is hand
some, we'll educated woman Of the
Chippeway tribe, Is suing for divorce
on account Of alleged desertion and
nonsupport.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-11-07
STANDARD OIL.
view.

The Standard Oil cases ,-regardless Of
the question Of monopolistic power and
methods. have brought to light state
Of facts that can no longer be tolerated 10
this country. In very many respects the
Standard Oil Company 10 . model insti-
tuition. There is nothing slack or sloven.
~ in the wav in which ito business Of
making, distributing and selling it's prod
ucts is carried OH. But its financial
organization ie not at all in keeping with
the proper requirements of modern cor.
poration laws. Disclosures made 10 the
governments suit to dissolve the Stand.
ard Oil Company in New jersey show
that the central company controls very
large number OF subsidiary corporations,
some OF which have done business oeten.
siby as independent and rival concerns,
and that the whole system has been one
adapted to the lodging OF those proper
responsibilities to the laws OF the land
and the community at large that every
business corporation ought to face. 1t
does not follo~ that this great organiza.
ton should be broken up into seventy
five or a hundred smaller constituent
mpanies. 1t would seem practically
impossible to force the industries OF The
country back to an earlier stage Of COM
petitive strife. But great national in
dnstry like that controlled by the Stand.
ard Oil Company must abandon the idea
that it can carry on its business in the
old.fashioned, secretive way that was
permissible a generation ago. From
1.-THE Progress Of the World" in the
American Review OF Reviews for No
yember
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-11-07
CONTRAST is STRIKING.

1t has been shown bv The Spokes man.
Review that conditions throughout the
nation are radically different from the
conditions that brought On the panic OF
1898. We have now an abundant COLO
suppIv az against . shortage then; We
have a gigantic balance Of trade IN our
favor as against "A balance against us IN
1898. TIE country has good crops ana
fine prices in the worlds markets.
Here in the Pacific northwest the con-
ditions are still more dissimilar. Two
big railroad eystems. the Northern ia.
cific and the Union Pacific, including the
O. R, 4 ~, were on tie verge Of bank.
ruptcy before the panic broke in 1898.
The country was not rich enough to sus.
tain them. Now ali our railroads are
overwhelmed with business and oil OF
them are earning enormous profits.
Spokane was i'll prepared to stsnd .
financial panic in 1898. The great IRE OF
1889 and enormous borrowing to rebuild
the burned city involved the people in
heavy debts. We had, Is matter OF fact,
comparatively hard times here in 1917
and in the spring Of 1898 before tie gen.
eral panic Of that year.
To make the situation still more des-
perate, our crops we're ruined in the
autumn OF 1898 and prices OF all our
staple products-whea', lead, silver,
lumber, live stock,snd agricultural pro
ducts generally. we're at the lowest sbb.=
We now have bumper crops and high
prices.
In briei. the conditions in 1898 all in
vited violent panic and severe de-
preston. The conditions in 1907 are so
wildly different that they should make
this section immune against panic or
hard times.-Spokane Spokesman.Re.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-11-07
The Last Of a Social Queen.

1t Is sad to think Of the life Of New
York's great society leader. Mrs. Astor,
now ebbing in visions Of social til.
umphs. Propped up among her pill
lows. she Is said to rehearse her past
parties or plan future entertainments
over which she can never preside.
Mrs. Astor was beautiful and accom-.
plished woman. and her splendid en-.
tertainments were characterized by O
dignity that Is lacking in too many Of
the affairs Of smart society nowadayA
MARCIA WILLIS CAMPBELL
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-11-07
r. W. LOOMS
The New Police Judge Has Had tx.
DerienCe in That Position.

Attorney F. W. LOOMS, who was APP
pointed police judge by the city council
last night. has had considerable expert.
ence in a similar position, having served
several terms as municipal judge at Bat.
tie Creek, Mich, city of 80, 900.
Judge Loomis is a native OF Battle
Creek, and lie a graduate OF the Universi-
ty Of Michigan, law class OF 1900. After
graduation, he practiced law in his ma
tive city until elected Judge. He has
been q resident OF Aberdeen about IS
months. and has already gained host
OF friends in the city.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-11-07
COUNTY DIVISION.

The state supreme conTt having decio'
ed the legislative act creating 'rays
u.rbor county unconstitutional, that
matter is settled, and now the Knockers
should quit and join the boosters IN
boostiny Chehaiis county asa whole.
For the opposition that developed on
thu Harbor to the division there are VAIL
IN. ye.sons. Some feared the cost would
incl case their taxes; some OF II was en-
eeudered by a Jealousy OF Aberdeen,
which il the highest kind OF compii'
n,ent to the progressive spirit OF TINS
city, but by far the largest opposition
vas politics pure and simple. The citi-
zen who simply desires the best possible
rounty government for the least possible
eo.t cares little who administers that
government or peddles out the email
patronage. bur 20 long as the dominant
party is go strong in the comfy, ana 70
long az the average cit zen permits him.
self to be dragooned into voting for any
body that may be placed on the ticket
bv a en-. all cotere Of peanut politicians,
Just 90 long will the wrangle Tor place
and power continue at the cost OF the
taxpayer.
1t is doubtful il the movement to di-
vide the county wonli have received
more than t,iAipg support on the Har'
Dor had it not been ior the treacherous
action OF Former Commissioner Davis,
in attempting to erect slOO, 600 court
houee at Mon,e.ano Immediately after
be had canvassed the county against a
proposition to remove the county seat to
his own city with the argument that the
county could no, afford to build new
sourt house. This action more than
anything else strengthened the division
movement in Aberdeen.
Aberdeen has nothing to regret or be
ashamed of in the long drawn ont con-
test. 1t made the fight in the open: ito
citizens paid the bills cheerfully, and
quit with this decision without any sore
spots. 1t was worth all it cost, too. For
every dollar expended from first to last
Aberdeen has received more than two
dollars worth OF advertising.
The matter OF division is at rest, at
least until the next session Of the leg:sla'
tue, and whether it hobs up again then
d.pends largely upon the management
OF the county in the meantime. If an
attempt be made to ant hor the county
Isat at Montesano by the erection of
costly court house, the Harbor can Re
relied upon to check it in the courts, and
hold it there until an act Of division thst
Will be constitutional can be passed.
Let US hope the game OF politics will
cease, and that the eastern and western
ends of Chehalis county will join hands
in preparing to boost the entire county at
the Seattle Exposition in 1909 in a way
that will double its population and bust.
mess.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-11-07

AT least, the president may depend up.
on the staunch support of Senator Fora.
ker in his effort to prevent Roosevelt
stampede in the next republican conven.
ton.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-11-07

A Pittsburg exchange claims that the
people there have more money per capita
than the people OF any other city in
America. No mention is made OF the
wickedness per capita, but that is doubt.
less as great as the financial showing.