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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-22
Marriage Of Kitty April 4th.

On April 18th @The Marriage OF Kitty
will be presented at the Greenwood
Opera House by a splendid company for
the benefit Of the J. q. George Chapter
L. d. c., OF this city. This is a guaran.
teed fine attraction and everybody
should see II. The following comment
Is reproduced from the Knoxville Journal
and Tribune OF the 8th inst:
A remarkable and we'll balanced COM
pany dominated by an attractive unc-
tuous little woman in the person Of
Florence Gear, offered "The Marriage OF
Kitty to two well pleased audiences,
yesterday afternoon and night.
The management in its selection Of
play and company used rare good iudg.
ment and few performances more de-
lightful have been seen in the city this
season. The title role was In most zap
able hands, and Miss Gear, heretofore
unknown to Knoxville theatregoers as a
star, was delightful. Her comedy was
spontaneous and she Is the possessor OF
that rare lndefnable something termed
magnetism which, coupled with her good
stage presence, and excellent reading,
made her performance most artistic.
A close second to Miss Gear was Miss
Elsie Baird, as Madame do Sermiano,
this being a character-part and one that
could nave easily been overdone by a
less finished artist. She too, possessed
a fine figure and stage presence, and in
telligence as we'll intelligibility marked
the performance.
Mr.. Harry Roche, as Sir Reginald
Belsize was capable and furnished his
share OF amusement to the audience.
Franklin Hall as John Travers was
all that could have been desired In the
part, and the minor characters we're
well portrayed, especially that Of Rosa
lie, offered by Miss Hazel g. Chapple.
All In all, both play and players
both audiences and left a most
pleasant impression.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-22
HON. T. r. NOEL, The Leading Candidate for Governor.
CASHED BAD DRAFT.
Well known Book Agent Wanted BY
The Police.

News comes from Yazoo City and
Green wood that a clever swindle has
been perpetrated on bankers and leading
citizens of these places, with other
towns yet to be heard from.
The swindler Is a travelling book sales
mar named A. B. Chisholm, representing
John D. Morris & Co., of Philadelphia,
one of the largest book publishing
houses in the country. Chisholm has
been travelling this territory for w Or
three years and has done a good bust
ness all over the state. He has the ap-
pearance OF a gentleman, was represent
ing a responsible house, and had the con-
idence of the large clientele he had
built up in Mississippi. About a week
ago he made a trip to Yazoo City and
going to the president OF one OF the
leading hanks there with whom he bad
previously done business and TO whom
he had sold several different book
orders, asked TO have a draft for $50
on his house cashed. He vas promptly ac-
comodated, and then got a similar &C
comodation from another one Of his book
customers in the same place.
He then proceeded TO Greenwood,
where he worked n Of the banks there
for a similar amount, and secured anoth-
err fifty through the endorsement Of a
draft by n OF Greenwuods leading
citizens.
These drafts have been retained dis
honored, the house refusing to pay them,
and the President Of the JOAN d. Morris
& Co. concern, writes that Chisholm is no
longer in their employ, and that though
he previously bore = good reputation he
had recently begun to drink aud had
evidently gone 10 the bad, and that his
Mississippi friends ougth Il combine to
put him where he belongs in jail.
Chisholm is a man about 40 or 80 years
OF age, FIVE feet six inches tall, medium
build, smooth face, blue eyes, and light
hair, a neat dresser, a man OF easy ad-
dress and Is well known 10 Jackson,
Oxford and other towns In Mississippi,
where he has sold books to leading eiti-
zens, among them nearly all OF the state
officers.
A warrant has been sworn out for his
on the charge OF obtaining money
under false pretenses and the chiefs OF
throughout the country have been
notified to arrest him and notify the
chief Of police at either Yazoo City or
The full extent Of his operations
the state is not yet known,
but il is quite probable there are vic
In other towns, as Chisholm has
heretofore had the confidence OF a large
acquaintanceship among book lovers in
every town in Mississippi
Jackson News.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-22
Subscription Receipts.

We acknowledge receipt Of payments
on subscription to The Commonwealth
from the following patrons since our
last report:
Mrs. M. V. Cockrell, Greenwood,
A. ]. scruggs, Hemingway.
r. W. Baird, Fort Loring.
W. II. Berry, Tupelo.
]. W. Battle, Saltillo.
II. M. Barrentine, Hemingway.
VIM. Watson, Tupelo.
IA. Jones, Sunny Side.
A. ]. White, Sidon.
@. c. Nye, Berclair.
D, T. Mitchell, HighIandale.
J.. L. Robinson, Brent.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-22

The bitter, South hating New
York Tribune is advocating the cleo
ton OF Governor Vardaman to the
United States Senate against John
Sharp Williams, and the vardaman
organs in the State are reprinting
the Tribune articles with q great
deal Of eclat. The people Of the
State will understand this Judas
kiss. Anything that will weaken
the South's representation in con-
gress is welcomed by this william
Gus sheet. II it could get Tillman,
Jeff Davis and Vardaman together
in the United States Senate IL would
Be tickled to death.-Deer Creek
Eliot
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-22
For Sale,

Delta Laundry; doing from 1925 90 To
$4,000 weekly; can be increased. Has
made 100000 In ~ months. Best pay
Ing business In city. viii sell for
$0.ooo.eo; one-third cash, balance one
y two years at 3 per cent. interest,
Reason for selling, owner has other bus
iness. Don't miss n money-maker. viii
answer no letters; come and soa.
DEITA LAUNDRY,
Greenwood, Misss
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-22

How would you properly Judge a
mans ability--by what he says or
what he does? If by what he does,
then Z. +, Noel is the ablest states
man in the race for governor, for
he has done more for the state than
either of his opponents. New AL
bany Gazette.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-22
ANEW WORDS As TO FASHIONS.

Just now the woman who rcvels
in the fact that there is something
doing is a forlorn creature and
while man is busy making the dol
lars, the dear little women are busy
planning 10 spend them as soon as
the spring and Spending season
opens, remarks an exchange. Like
the man in the play she exclaims-
Nowhere 10 60 but out nowhere
to come but in no place TO sit but
down" etc. Then il is that her
head fills With plans for the spring
and summer wardrobe. Fashions
may not be an ordinary theme ior
editorial comment, but the Impair
tial will admit that many a duller
subject has been employed in edito-
rial columns. From the cowboy TO
the millionaire, from the hobo TO the
clergyman, there are sartoriae alto
gether passe, Notwithstanding the
fact that it has taken hours 10 say
nothing Of loads Of patience to get
the wave in-when fashion says:
"The new hairdressing in vogue is
novel, dressy and generally becom-
ing but it is no longer indented
with waves. There must be a sus-
picion of a wave, that is imperative
if the hair is to be a pretty back
ground for the face, but the less
there is, the more natural it looks,
which is the end desired. The nov
Ell part is that the pompadour rat
must be iiulfed until it is twice as
big as natural. Then, the biggest
part must come in the back, while
in prophecies and improprieties.
The school boy is the slave OF fash
ion; the very kindergarten baby will
weep If required to wear that she
recognizes as not in the mode, and
the girls and women, when they do
not aim to express themselves hap
PLY in their clothes, are 50 violently
in protest against fashion as to be,
all interests and purposes, quite
as much the victims Of the questions
as if theirs was the frantic desire to
be the glass Of fashion. For any
creature in a civilized coun-
try to affirm that he or she Is entire
|y Independent of fashion is out of
the question. Therefore, when news
comes from View York that the Mar
,elled head is front, there is only a
very small pompadour effect, with
The hair drawn straight up and
over it. The pomp now begins to
broaden on each side very slightly
1t first, then more and more until it
nearly a foot across the back.
Combs are worn more than ever,
i've and six being nothing uncom-
non, the smallest being placed just Z
IS low on the neck as the hair grows, {
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-22

b. ". Crocker, Esq, now "a years OF
age, and for twenty years Justice Of the
Peace at Martinsburg, Iowa, says: ~
am terribly afflicted with sciatic rheu-
matism In my left arm and right hip. |
have used three bottles Of C%hamberlain's
Pain Balm and 1t did me lots Of good.
For sale by Chambers drug store and
Geo. d. Classify.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-22

John Sharp Williams continues
to draw enormous crowds at his ap-
pointments to speak everywhere.
The people are with him in his race
for the U. S. Senate, and his nomi-
nation is a foregone conclusion.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-22

II you would like an admins
tration of the states affairs like unto
that OF John NJ. Stone, elect Ed Noel
governor, He will give us a safe
business administration without any
frills, --New Albany Gazette.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-22
Notice to Candidates.

The following are our rates for an
nouncements District Offices $1,000,
County $1,000, Beat $500.
All announcement fees must be paid
In advance. No deviation will be made
from this rule. All cards, calls, etc,
must also be paid for before publica-
tion. Candidates will please bear this
In mind and bring the cash.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-22

Maior-G General S. R. Keesler's
court martial trial took place last
Tuesday at Jackson, and as The
Commonwealth predicted some time
ago, the evidence adduced did not
Justify the charges preferred against
him. We congratulate Gen. KEGS
Ter upon his complete exoneration.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-22
Buster Brown, April 3rd.

On April Bird, the Greenwood Opera
House will offer Buster Brown, q musical
comedy that has stood the crucial test
to repeated presentation throughout the
country. No better known little chap
than II. r. Outcaltis Buster has ever
been given the fun loving world. And
yet all Of the boys popularity must not
be attributed to his own personality
for there Is "Tige' the sharer Of Bus
tiers Joys and sorrows, and as Buster has
grown we have also "Mary Jane" . trio
that has never been surpassed In the
realms Of Il . cartoon. They are stlll In
the limclight Of popularity In the play,
with the delightful girl background.
This season all now costumes and SOON
cry have been provided together with
the latest and most popular songs ard
new music. In fact Il 10 Z new editlou
OF Buster Brown revised, enlarged and
brought up to the boar. Master Rrsen
will b . In the character Of ~Bas-
tcr.w
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-22
tggS.

Pure Bred SILVER laced w~yandotte"
eggs for sale for Matching. Sl.50 per rs;
shipped In Eyrie crate and cannot be
tempered with.
T. D. ANDERSON, Jr.,
1.-THE Piano Tuner"
Winona, Miss.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-22

Greenwood is to have a Skating
Rink. Scates Bros. will have a
building erected on the lots next to
the Elks Home for this purpose at
an early date.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-22
Our styles are Unusual"
and you will not see a man
wearing the same "cut"
where ever you 60.
BERNSTEIN co.
Notice.

The members OF Greenwood Fire Co.
No. 2, will meet at the City Hall Monday
night at $ pm, March Is, 1907. Messrs.
W. 8. Vardaman and Robt. Miller are
requested to be present.
@. G. WASHINGTON.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-22
For Sale.

Aliens Perfected Cotton Seed. 4S5.O0
pen ton. Refer to Malone q Keesler
and Elliott d Gayden ~ 10 quality OF
SEED. G. N. D. CAMPBELL,
Greenwood. Min.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-22
Eggs For Sale.

Golden wyandotte Eggs, si.00 per
setting Of *. Apply 10 &c. Listner,
Greenwood. Cumb. Phone 245.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-22
For Sale.

Ny house and lot, Corner Fulton and
Church sts; sise Of lot 0S}x150 feet.
]. X DENNIS.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-22
Greenwood. Miss.. Friday. Mar. 22, 1907
How do you like our Easter Girl ?

Hon. A. J. McLaurin has declined
the honor conferred by the President
in naming him as one of the immi-
grafton commissioners.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-22
Rooms For Rent.

Nice Furnished Or unfnrnlshsd rJons.
Apply 70 Gso. D. Cassity.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-22
ANNOUNCE ENTS.

The following named persons are can
didates for IeHore county Offices subject
10 the decision Of the Democratic pri.
mary election to be held in 1907:
For State Senator, Lefore and ITALIA
hatchie Counties,
W. NJ. wHITTINGT0N.
II. v. POLLARD.
NJ. B. GRACE.
For Representative:
JOHN A. TYSON.
For Chancery Clerk,
G. W. CROCKETT.
r. NJ. HIGHT
For Circuit Clerk
sHARKEY PATE
BARNES HUMPHREYS
----.---~-@
For Sheriff
s. y. PROPHET
W.. s. yARDAMAN.
JOHN P. METTs
c. L. MCBRIDE
-
For Treasurer,
G. ]. AUSTIN
Il. 70. NEWER
W. r. CHAPMAN
J. H. ELLINGTON
JOHN r. MCCAIN.
For Tax Assessor:
LEE ARTERBURY.
r. G. GARRoTT
For Superintendent OF Education,
W. NJ. PETEET.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-22

The following named persons are can
didates for 1enore county Offices subject
10 the decision Of the Democratic pri-
mary election to be held In 1907:
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02
TENANTS ORGANIZE
TO FIGHT RENTS

A movement is on foot to- organize a
tenants union, effort being made to
enlist the sympathy and backing of
all labor organizations, in a deter
mined resistance OF demands of ava
ricious landlords. The increase in the
cost of rents, which has become so
great a factor in the life of every
wage Garner, is laid at the door of
the property owner, who processes to
be compelled to raise his rents in order
to meet the rise in the price Of food
stuffs, when. as a matter of fact, he is
held directly responsible for such eco
nomic conditions in compelling his mer-
chant tenants to add to the price of
their commodities in order to be able
to pay the exorbitant rentals
It is said that blacklist OF land
lords who charge unfair rents will be
kept and evidence of the determination
of the new organization to. Danish i'm
possible rents for all time is manifest
In a clause which binds tenants who
are paying too much rent to move into
tents on vacant lots on the approach of
warm weather.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02
TWO BANKS WILL
DOUBLE CAPITAL

The First National Bank and the
Mercantile Trust Company are planning
to double the amounts of their capital
stock, and the directors have called
meetings of the stockholders to take
the necessary steps. Both institutions
have building operations in view to
accommodate their large volumes of
business.
II the stockholders of the First Ma
tional Bank sanction the proposition
made by the directors, the capital will
be increased from $1,500,000 to $1,000
600. 1t is the intention of the bank
to erect an Office building on the Ma
sonic Temple lot at the northwest cor
ner of Post and Montgomery streets.
The plan is TO issue $4,000 new shares,
making 10000 shares in all. The ad-
ditional stock is to be sold at $500 a
share Each stockholder will be in
vited to subscribe to the extent of two
thirds of his present holding. If any
stockholder does not wish to take the
full amount Of his allotment, he will be
invited to place his right to the re-
naming shares in the hands of the
board of directors, which will dispose
of them at 5000 a share. If more than
5000 a share is realized, the surplus
will be paid to the shareholder.
The remaining 5000 shares of the new
stock will be sold by the bank at the
best price obtainable, which will not
be less than $500 a share.
The bank will then declare a divi-
dend of $33 to $50 share from it's sur
plus OF 100000 upon all the 10000
shares of stock, with the understanding
that 1t is to be used Immediately to
form a trust company, which will be
organized simultaneously.
To insure the permanent control OF
the trust company by the shareholders
of the First National Bank the stock
of the trust company will not be is
The bylaws of the trust company
quire that the directors shall be direct
ors Of the trust company OF the First
National Bank
Masonic Temple lot will house both the
First National Bank and the trust COM
pany. A safe-deposit department will
be esta blished in the basement.
The Mercantile Trust Company has
recently bought land in the rear Of It's
present building on California street.
On this 1T is proposed to put up an
addition to the present banking quar-
ters. The project is to be discussed
at the meeting of the stockholders.
The proposed increase of the capital
stock OF the company is to 10000
shares, to be sold to stockholders at
$500 share. One-half of the proceeds
is to be credited 10 the capital and the
other half to be added to the surplus
This will give the company s2,o0o.000
capital. The present capital is
81, ,00o, 900.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02
MAY WIDEN SCOPE
Of EXCHANGE

The Merchants Exchange is consid-
ering plan to set aside certain hours
of the day for transactions in fire and
marine insurance, dried fruit and coffee,
just as time is now allotted to the
grain board in the morning and to the
shipping interests in the afternoon
President E. r. Lilienthal explains
that this move is in accord with the
purpose of the Exchange when the new
building was constructed-to make the
general assembly room the scene of as
many lines of business as public con-
venience required
The fire of April said Lilienthal
yesterday" scattered business widely.
Wholesale houses are in far removed
parts of the city. What was desirable
before in the way of bringing business
close to the banking and mercantile
section of San Francisco has now be-
come a necessity. The demand for i'm
proved methods has given rise to a
plan to accommodate business men.
They would find 1t much more conven-
lent if they could meet insurance men,
dried fruit men and coffee men in the
same building that they visit daily.
Similar plans have proved successful
in the East. Insurance is placed in the
New York and London exchanges The
same thing can be done here. The
scheme has not been adopted yet, but
is highly favored by the directors"
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02
PROMOTION REPORTS MAKE
DECEMBER BANNER MONTH
Merchants of San Francisco Say Season
just Closed Was Most Profitable
In Their Experience

The report of the California Promo
ton Committee. just published. shows
California to have made more progress
during the months of December than
during any previous montEi.
From all parts of the State the 1856
bodies affiliated with the Promotion
Committee send in the most favorable
reports. The rainfall has been general
and has fallen in sufficient quantities
to insure good crops the coming sea-
son. Labor, especially of the building
trades, is reported very scarce, as is
also desk and clerical labor.
Conservative estimates place San
Francisco's population at upward of
100000 while the same estimates fig
hours ride of the city.
Merchants in tho city report the holi-
day season which has just closed to
have been the heaviest and most prof
liable in their experience. The gen.
eral average of goods purchased were
of a far better class han those sold
in previous years. Reports from East
ern points indicate large influx of
colonists into California the coming
spring.
The following summary shows San
Francisco's condition in December:
Building permits issued 6s7, value s5,s73, 3,14o;
permits for permanent buildings 403; permits
for permanent buildings since eea the fire. soss; ss
424; real estate transfers $40, value $500 600;
postal receipts, $l43, ,450; custom receipts, ST.
or, 2,6097e bank clearings $l96, ,216, 7348s, De-
21 .63: Oakland bank clearings $15, 100 254. 4s ;
San Jose bank clearings, 81 12s, ,3S6- 40.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02
.FORTY-F0UR HURT
!. IN CELEBRATION

The usual harvest OF New Years
mishaps was reaped at the ushering In
of 1907. but happily no one was seri-
ously hurt All the hospitals in the
city. and especially the Central Emer-
gency, were taxed to full capacity All
kinds of patients with all kinds
of ailments fiocked to the hos
pitaI every hour Of the night Pretty
misses, suffering from slight abra-
sions or cuts from horns. or blinded
by bit of confetti in the eye, were
unwilling to go home and miss the
fun in the street. They applied 1oS
relief at the hospitals and. their -
juries treated. hastened to join again1
in the demonstration
Young men, who in celebrating the
birth of the new year had overindulged
and had subsequently met with some
misfortune, waited in a line outside
the hospital door. Grown men, who
were old enough to know better, were
also represented in tho applications
for relief.
We're kept busy handing out bandages,
bathing wounds and tying up cuts and
abrasions.
steady stream Of the injured kept
up from o'clock Monday night till
o'clock yesterday morning.
In all forty-four persons received
treatment for injuries received in cele-
brating New Year s.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02
DISCUSSES FAULTS
OF MISSION ART

George Ashdown Audsley, LII D..
ecclesiastical architect, who designed
the cathedral Of St Edward the Con-
-fessor at Philadelphia and other not
able buildings in the United States. is
registered at the st. Francis. having
come to San Francisco on a tour Of
observation preliminary to taking up
his residence here.
DR.. Audsiey IS regarded as the fore
most living authority Of Gothic art on
both sides Of the Atlantic. He has
had his biography written by Hall
Caine and is himself the author of
some twenty volumes on art and archi-
lecture. ranging all the way from the
decorative principles OF the japanese
TO Catholic symbolism and iconography.
DR.. Audsley sees great possibilities
for the beaUtification of the new San
Francisco in the refinement Of the Mis-
sion type Of architecture so frequently
seen in California
There is no reason why San Fran
cisco should not be one of the most
beautiful and distinctive cities in the
United States he said yesterday. THE
spanish adobe structures scattered
Il roughout the State are merely echoes
u the riches inherent In the early
Moorish Spanish types. The crudity
. enforced by the conditions under which
hey We're built resulted in a harshness
or curves and general oetractlon from
the original refinement of the types
They still stand as notable. and quite
frequently beautiful. adaptations OF a
splendid style, but they lack concrete
aim and Utterance in drawing on
this style for contemporary needs
there is no reason why architects of
The new San Francisco cannot go back
10 the original founts and evolve a
type Of structure that viii be at once
consistent and distinctive. Purity of
outline is what most OF the old adobe
buildings lack principally. The spirit
OF the style has been obscured, and the
restoration OF this will bring with 1t
what VIII be tantamount TO new and
surprising structural achievements.
don't know of any city In America
that has q greater opportunity than
San Francisco for an architectural re-
naissance Of its own"