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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-23
ICON TO THE SOUTH.

Improved agriculture in the South
is making rapid strides. No section
is advancing more rapidly. Immi-
grafton is pow heading that way
and the influx Of most desirable
class Of hOnsseekers will, without
doubt, surprise those who in days
passed we're skepiical about the 70.
ture Of the South. He sho would
benefit through the Development Of
a country full G. natural resources
and beening with opportunities for
the profitable investment Of capital
and muscle, will look 10 the South.
The Southern Field.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-23
Tflf6alPmRS' NtdS.

There can bs but little doubt ;AAs
the average ielezr2paeE Is paid regy
poos wages He must not oaly be
expert in ,~elegraphy, but he nas;
also be an expert tyPlst and supply
his own typewriter As h&s bse2
pointed CUT, he G0sS MOI gsi SIS good
pay, comparatively speaking. a. Ae
did a quarter Of s ot1tgry sga.
v it'll diminished pay. harder #eEk
and more expensive living be Is II
a bad way. The average iegrs-
pher doesn't gel as much pap as the
average policeman Yet Tie saEza1
must have sill, inteilige8ce and IN
dastyy, while al taai Is required ot
a frs;clAss aha&y is 5 good phys5qve,
good Judgment And s kaan pair ot
eyes OF course there ara z.any or
orators eEpagyed in special lines a
work who are doubtless fairly paid:
but the remuneration $50 rule Is 10
~toTigusly inadequate There il no
excuse for this niggarily policy, t0r
the telegraph companies are making
more money How than ihey ever did
before, People would be surprised
If they were iold TIE salaries Of The
best paid Ten in the local ofces
The companies are pursuing in this
matter a very short-sighted policy
and il il is KEEP; up. competent men
hereafter will shan ielegraphy, I'm
less they should have an opportuni-
ty to be connected with the news
service or : newspaper Office The
ought To pay their men
Wages and stick TO their agree
ment to 90 s~a-ConmeTcisl Ap-
peal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-23


WA5le r~a1kAis<ss, rampant raay
sea x = hzse b. sssy The minas IL
The reaN the avsas crave & esa-
raaa sense Mwsss caascs - the rescac
- tsase te avert lie csssnsaeaoes Of
madness ana taay among Tie people
la The SessA, vel ard irusAfally
says the &azsassa Ssr. nasssm
AID prsa0ascr mast Aase taesr Atns
and ne hercer the manifestation,
iAss asscsev the saasaeace cones
A rave II aanlrallnaa agitation Is
asi rssw sreenaS ever the coaatry,
GscaEzssaea By seafseekag raal
cans bat TIE rsastasa is inevitable,
and Il vii Boa he zsSay aaose days
before 3 great many * these who
ssadea E that asaesal influence
VIII vraa3ar Whist eaaka have induced
;A.hi IrTatsonA asfl;uSe>
The SsgtA is wosalF dc6cien, in
i-4as?wS2tsaa facilities Sa1 twelve
zaaztas Fsss4- there has txen ar IN
cssSs1i cx-aar sor more cars 10 nsose
the pnodscas al The oOzniEy 10 mar
kI eraanxtsas from every city,
'ava aa6 aAg station, along every
rA1lro&d n the land ami We; The
a@ht4ilrasd sgatst9rs w3ald delib-
s-2iesy increase the ie1cit by Grip
ping the credit q The rosds and for
bidding Them 10 supply the cars
thai are needed That Is moi logical,
but il is very human when the mind
Is ina&Zned 2n3 TIE reasoa clouied,
Again, the South needs many
more niles Of railroad TO promote
The right development At its wealth
particularly Is this need felt in Mis-
sissippl and night here in Meri-
dian, ne are working hard to secure
nsw lines, Is it rational In the face
ct this need to proclaim hostility to
enterprise directed towards supplys'
ing these needs, and yet we find
many, otherwise, intelligent people
TO spirit Of railroad anita
gonism, simply because they are IN
der the influence Of s passing craze
that has neither rhyme nor reason to
it.
But the Star has seen these waves
OF passion and prejudice come and
60, before nov, and we confidently
await the swift ooming day OF res
toration Of reason and common
sense in the direction Of policies of
and communities in their re-
lation 10 the transportation lines Of
the country.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-23

EDlroe COMMONWEALTH !:

EDiIUh IOnmOs"EAiIh
! am writing TO enlis. your aid TO
induce those who are responsible 20
get busy and clear of all the old
rubbish from the court house lot
II is almost unthinkable that in a
rich county like this. which has so
many good men in authority, the Of
ficials can get their own consent to
allow the work OF identifying the
grounds around the most expensive
court house in Mississippi to ALSO
lutely stop for several months.
II is quite a year since the build
ing has been occupied and yet great
heaps of old brick and lumber are
piled around, an eyesore and +
nuisance 10 all right thinking PEG
pie, and no effort whatever Is made
to clear them away. And 10 cap the
climax Of astonishmen, SONS O! the
court house officials actually hitch
their horses daily to sogae Of The iew
remaining trees where they stand
and eat the bark away. thus destroy
ing the trees
Now that the election Is all over
with, let's try 10 stimulate enough q
pride in those in authority
10 make court square a iAlng d
and a JOY forever,
Yours Truly
4 kS0CKER
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-23

The State fair al Jackson will BE-
larger than ever this year. 1t is an.
nounced that the management Of the
event, which will he given this fall
IS usual, has lei the contract for a
large building which viii be known
az the Agricultural Hall. The man
agemeut last year bull, al auditor
lum which has a seating capacity Of
5000
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-23

Hon. John Sharp Williams will
deliver the address at the reunion
Of the Confederate veterans tomor-
row Saturday. This is the first in
vitation Mr.. Williams has accepted
since his recent nomination for US
Senator.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-23

Wisdom makes all the troubles
griefs and pains incident to life,
whether casual adversities or natural
affections easy and supportabIe By
rightly valuing the importance and
moderating the influence Of them
Barron.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-23

"Three years ago we had three doc
tors with our little boy and everything
that they could do seemed in vain. At
last when all hope seemed to be gone
we began using Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and in a
few hours he began to improve. Today
he Is as healthy a child as parents could
wish for."-Mrs. B. J. Johnston, Linton,
Miss. For sale by Raines' drugstore
and q. d. Cassity.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-23
Urged TO SfltCT DflE6ATES.

At the reques, of the officials Of
the Deep Waterways Association
Congressman Humphreys has writ.
ten the following letter to the mayors
of all the towns in this district:
GreenviIle, Miss, Aug. II, 1907.
Dear Sir--It is very desirable that
Mississippi be well represented al
the waterways convention to be held
in Memphis October 4 to 5. We Of
the Delta are very deeply interested
in the proposed fourteen foot pro-
jet and the way to make that inter-
est manifest is to have a big dele
CATION to represent US and show the
world that we are in earnest. Moth
ing could be more desirable, moth
ing could further the interest of the
cause more than TO secure the CO.
operation of President Roosevelt. He
will be in Memphis upon this coca
sion and Mississippi should join
hands with her sister states in max
ing his welcome most signal.
| suggest that you appoint a num-
Der or delegates 70 represent your
your city at this convention and that
you urge your citizens to turn out in
full force upon this suspicious occa-
sion. Very. truly, etc.
B. G. HUMPHREYS.
.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-23

Hon. James 4 Clinton, Of Match.
sz, died last Friday evening. Mr..
Clinton was cue o. the stIssi lax-
yers Of the state. was for pears state
senator from Adams county The
friends Of Mr.. Clinton throughout
the state will deeply regret his
death,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-23

The conduct Of the mob portion Of
the crowd present 10 hear Msssrs.
Noel and Brewer speak at Jackson
last Saturday night is alncs, uni
yersally pronounced as being most
d~isgraceful from start 10 finish.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-23

Read the communication OF A
Knocker'' in this issue Of The Com.
monwealth. He makes some timely
suggestions as TO clearing away the
rubbish from the court house yard
and otherwise identifying the
grounds.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-23

Men who converse only with
women are frivolous, etFeminate
puppies, and those who never con-
verse with them are bears. --Ches-
terfield.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-23
Greenwood. Miss, FRIDAY. AUG %, 1907

The primary election is now over.
Let's all go to work for the upbuild-
ing and material advancement Of
Greenwood and Lefore county.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-23

Capt s B. Brown, editor Of the
Water Valley Progress for more than
thirty years, died recently at his
home in Water Valley. He was q
gallant Confederate captain Of Co.
/, SD Mississippi regiment, a. the
close Of the war. Peace to his
ashes.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-23

Rev. Geo. G. Gates is conducting
a revival at McComb City. Mr..
Gates has agreed TO hold a series Of
meetings in Greenwood on a date 10
be named some time this fall.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-23
For Justices OF Peace.

c. n. Boswell and B, Polewoda, Beat /.
W. Il. Ethridge & l.. p. Frederick, b. 9
d. 7, Montgomery & J.. K. Dennis, Bt s.
II. Y. Love. Beat (.
J, II, McMath and X. W. Hatch, Beat s.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-23
NSOUNCEMEN
Second Primary

The following named persons are can
didates for teaore county Offices subject
10 the decision Of the Democratic psi-
mary election to be held In 1907:
For State Senator, Leflore and Talla-
hatchle Counties.
II. V. POLLARD.
W. NJ. WELLINGTON.
For Sheriff
&. Z. PROPHET
JOHN P. NETS
For Treasurer,
r, z. NEWER
". T. CHAPMAN
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-23
For Superintendent Of Education,
". NJ. PETEKT.

For Supervisor.
II. A. JOINER, Beat i.
ELI ETHRIDGE, Beat 2
u. NJ. ALDRIDGE,, Beat 8.
j. l.. HALEY, Beat 4.
s, |. BROWN, Beat 5.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-23

10 shares First National Rank stoek
Apply = - oass.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-10-25

After several years experience l am
convinced that for growing pigs be-
tween the age of two to six months
barley is preferable to corn IL only one
thing is fed. But to be able to feed
barley profitably it must be finely
ground and soaked at least six hours
before it Is given to the pigs. 1t should
always be fed in the form of very
thick slop. Skim milk is preferable to
water for making the slOp, especially
for young pigs | once fed lot Of
pigs five months old, and they made a
gain Of 2M pounds day each on finely
ground barley fed as very thick slop
with liberal quantity Of skim milk.
For very young pigs / prefer to feed
equal parts Of shorts and ground bar
ley, and then gradually change 1t to
one-half each Of corn and barley the
last six weeks, when finishing for mar
ket.-Lewis O'Follow.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-10-25
SHORT METER SERMONS.

No life is fruitful without frost.
All helpful service is born of sym
pathy.
Folks who expect failure seldom are
disappointed.
Patience with lesser lives is born of
the larger life.
Talking about the road to heaven Is
not the same as walking in it.
You are free from any divinity so
long as you despise any humanity.
It's hard to stay blue when you are
Frightening the lot Of another.
Many think they repent the sowing
when they only fear the reaping.
There's a lot of difference between
saving money and hoping to be saved
by it.
Won never will have the privilege OF
sympathy without the price Of suffer
ing.
The lives of some Of its friends hurt
religion more than the logic Of its
foes.
Perfection is a good deal more than
tho mower of picking faults in other
people.
You may know by its warmth and
ohear whether a mans light comes
from heaven.
Some people never display their re-
firing dispositions except In the race
of an enemy.
Lots Of men can outline a brilliant
national policy who make a failure OF
ordinary parentage
If you go to the church for the sake
Of vour coat you are likely to leave
vour heart at home.
No wonder the hypocrite decelves
himself when he is foolish enough to
think he Is deceiving the Almighty.
It is a good deal easier to say
..hrother" in a smooth way than to
snend time smoothing your brothers
way.
Folks who are seesawing between
rtobt and wrong always think that
Providence gives them a good many
ms and downs in life.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-10-25
Hogs for SIaughtering.

Hogs to be slaughtered should not
be fed twenty-four hours before slaugh-
tering. They will not bleed freely.
Nor should they become heated by
chasing, or any other cause. 1t like
wise has a tendency to check the flow
Of blood. Nor should hog be scald-
ed until fully expired. After the hog
is hung up and the intestines, lungs.
heart and all are removed and washed
out, split the hog right through the
center, leaving a small attachment
near the tail and at the end of the
snout, so as not to overbalance it !;
and as soon as the leaf lard is cold
enough to be principally removed, take
ii out. This will insure the perfect
cooling of the meat. This last precau-
ton we learned from large numbering
concerns and packers in the early days,
when selling dressed hogs. We have
found it a safe practice. The heavier
the hog the more essential it's quick
and perfect cooling. Never allow meat
to freeze solid or pack it in a frozen
condition. for it is sure to spoil
Nebraska Farmer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-10-25
ThrashinE Stacked Grain.


In the majority of cases it pays to
stack grain in the corn belt, Or in sec
lions where diversified farming, in dis
tinctton from all small grain or one
crop farming, Is conducted. The differ
ence In the cost of k-thrashing and
stacking and stack thrashing, is COM
paratively small, smaller than the aver
age farmer realizes. We have a few
figures on the subject from the Min
nesota Experiment Station which will
be of special interest in this cOnnec-
ton. The cost per bushel of shock
thrashing wheat was IA cents, while
the cost of stacking and stack thrash
ing was 10.1 cents per bushel, a DIFF
ference of 81 cents per bushel. In
the per buShel cost mentioned all Labor,
machine cost, etc, is taken into con-
sheraton Let us see what this means:
Under ordinary conditions stacked
grain will grade at least one grade
above grain that is thrashed from the
shock, and in a wet season the differ
ence may be a great deal more than
that If you watch the markets you
will find there is usually q difference
Of 2 cents in the price of No. 1 North
ern and No. Northern wheat. This
means that the gain of one grade in
wheat nearly pays the extra cost in
cident to stacking and stack thrashing
as compared with shock-thrashing.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-10-25
Several Subjects.

Hamburg is said to have a fire rec
ord larger than that of any other city
in the world.
India's exports have increased Az
per cent in ten years, and her imports
1917 per cent.
1t is said that one eighth of the rev.
enues of the United States is derived
from the tobacco industry in one form
or another.
About 5000 persons are arrested each
year for betting on the streets Of Lon
don. One man has been arrested fifty
seven times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-10-25
A New SiIkwOrm.

The German Colonial Department is
investigating what Is claimed as the
discovery in German East Africa Of
new species of silkworm, stated to be
very productive. Germans, however,
have been anticipated in the discovery
since the worm has for some years
been in use on the British side of the
frontier, especially in Uganda. Ex-
perts in Germany, however, are of the
opinion that there is a large future
before East Africa for a silk trade
carried on by means of this worm.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-10-25
Varieties of Smut.

Ox
There are several varieties of smut
that are known as the ''stinking" smut,
or bunt, attacking the kernels Of
wheat, while the variety known as
loose" smut attacks the whole head,
converting it into a mass Of loose,
dusty spores. The loose smut of oats
is also another variety, and is very
similar to that of wheat. Barley is
attacked by two SHUTS and rye by one.
Corn smut does not do as much dam
age as the other kinds, but is more wide
spread. There is no known remedy
for corn smut. Experiments made in
treating the seeds of wheat, oats, bar
ley, etc, show that by preventing smut
the yield of crops is greater, even when
the disease is light, thus demonstrate
ing that there is an effect exerted on
the producing capacity of the plants
when smut is not apparently present
sufficiently to do some damage. All
the smuts except that which attack
corn can be prevented by the farmer
if he will carefully treat his seed in
some manner SO as to destroy the
spores, but, unfortunately, the majority
of farmers do not use precautionary
measures, and thus the negligence Of
only one or two persons in commun-
ity may neutralize the efforts of many.
1t should be the aim of every farmer
to do his part in the matter of rid
ding the community of pests.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-10-25

The profits derived from soiling
mich cows is at no time so great as
during a drought in midsummer; yet
most farmers retain their green fod
der until just before winter sets in,
and they do this when they must know
that if a COW is allowed to nearly dry
up in the milking season she will prob
ably not recover In the fall grass is
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-10-25
Paving Crop.

Generally speaking, farmers SOW oats
for the purpose of changing or rest
ing the ground and expect little or
nothing In return, viewed from finan-
cial standpoint. This year they were
all agreeably surprised. Oats have been
yielding from forty to sixty bushels per
acre. and are selling readily at 40
cents per bushel, The straw is worth
from SIS to So per ton, which, all told,
makes the oat crop of 1907 source
of considerable revenue.-King City
Democrat.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-10-25
THE GREAT INSPIRATION.

BY Henry +. Cope.
Leaving US an example that we
sNouIu follow his steps. Il. Peter 2 :21.
christianity is distinguished and
nominated by the ideal of the life and
'naTacter Of Jesus of Nazareth; it is
philosophy and system Of individual
anu social ethics under the inspiration
" glowing ideal. No matter how
greatly Its people may differ on other
p''I'S' all are agreed in recognizing in
Jesus the fairest of the sons of men.
iNeFe never was a time when the
thought Of this life was more potent
Juan It IS today. Men think of him as
fellow being. one who went about
u''us good, who looked out on life with
tue windows Of his soul unsullied and
"u' INed out ever the hottest and
"'SueSt that came to him.
1ue thought of such q one has be-
.''Ie 50 real to men that they do not
ss'P 10 argue about his existence as
S-ve 'ney did. If it were possible indis-
+0'"oIy TO disprove the historic Christ.
,1S" sui would cherish, as highly as
~, ,VI' The ideal the vision of such a
- ana in their hearts would know
I-"' such a picture could only have
WI porn Of such a person.
I. 'NIS Soodly, glorious man no longer
we who now sits on the throne or
aSo'en' Men are not particularly con-
o, ,-'eu as to whether he is artificially
=, s''ued and perpetuated by some d1-
- uecree. He has crowned himself
Tie glory of a pure and beneficent
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-10-25
character; he has perpetuated himself
in human loves and admiration.

character; he has perpetuated himself
IN human loves and admiration.
Because he once showed himself as
the friend of all, the pure high
souled friend of the downtrodden and
the outcast, the strong, invfgorating
friend Of the rich and successful, he
to-day walks by many a man as his IN
seen friend, and in busy mart or office
men feel the presence of a heavenly
guest
once men made that life the center
or dispute; they sought to prove his di-
Vin1ty by his unlikeness to ordinary
humanity. But the facts defeated
them. This man whom men SO learned
to love that they became willing to die
for him was in all respects a man.
His life Is worth 50 much to us be-
cause he was SO much like us.
1t has come as a new revelation to
the world that the supreme religious
soul OF the ages should be so tenderly.
naturally human. We cry Father !"
with new sense of relationship and
fellowship when we see the likeness
Of the father in the face of such a
son.
We are coming to believe that just
what the great friend Of mankind was
so is the great father of us all to US
all, that just as the Son Of the most
high moved amongst men seeking to
help, cheering, comforting, loving, so
is the eternal Spirit moving in our
world, going about doing good.
Once every effort of the theolo-
gian was bent to setting this majestic
figure apart from mankind, to secure
him sovereignty over US by separation
from us. How different is that from
the simple pictures drawn of him, from
the naturalness of his life, from the
love which he had for homes and hu-
man friendships, from the life which
earned the Illuminating rebuke Of be-
ing called a friend of sinners.
1t Is a good thing for us all often
to remember that there has been such
life, that one born in poverty and
unknown, far removed from centers Of
culture and wealth, living the hard life
Of peasant, knowing all our tempta-
lions and weaknesses, yet should open
his life so fully and completely to spir-
itual influences as to become to all
ages the greatest of all spiritual lead
ers.
What one has done another may do.
What he has been we may be. He but
shows the possibility Of any life. He
had no advantage over us; we know no
disadvantages against which he did not
have to strive. The divine heights have
been scaled by human feet; his foot
prints beckon us on.
1t was just such life as we all have
to live, not separated from men, not
that of the monk or clustered ph1loso-
pher, but just that Of the plain man
amongst his friends and his toll. The
lowliest places give opportunity for
the expression Of the highest graces
and for the development Of the most
glorious traits Of character. Let but
a man live wholly for the right, be
wholly true to the best, seek to be
friend to his God and his brother, and
he shall know the power of the life
from above
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-10-25
HOMEMADE FARM BOAT.

up for a stiff tongue and unlocked
when desiring to make a short turn.
Being links, they will not bend or
break when turning; therefore, are al
lowed to drag until wanted up again.
With this attachment, one can go down
hill without humping the teams heels;
and the boat can be turned or backed
up to a desired place better than
ell
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-10-25
The Farm IcehOuse.

An icehouse should be SO constructed
as to have double wall Tor air space)
surrounding that portion above ground,
and the cost Of such is but little COM
pared with the protection afforded.
There should also be double doors. 1t
is not difficult to keep ice In building
above ground if the double walls are
used and the ice securely packed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-10-25
without a Hitch.

81 hope there will be no horse play
81 onr wedding, Henry" said the
nrosnectiye bride, with nervous Wis
sons Of rice showers and old-shoe bonn
bardments.
"Horse play" replied the young
mon .Well, 1 guess not, We will go
in an automobile"