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The Washington times., 1909-09-02
sr1.oo Niagara Falls and Return, Sep

TENDER Sd. 7:45 a. m. Special train,
coaches and parlor cars, via Baltimore
and Ohio and Lehigh Valley route.
Limit Is days. Dining cars en- route
TiyeraI stop-overs returning Cheap
side trips from Niagara Falls. The most
delightful season for this trip. Other
excursions September II, October l.
-Advt.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-09-24
Bank of lefI0re Statement.

We cite the attention of our readers
to the excellent showing made by the
Bank of Leflore in it's quarterly state
ment which appears in this issue of The
and it's Savings Department enjoy the
reputation of being one of the safest
banking houses in the State. All of it's
employees are bonded and the most care
full banking methods are pursued by it's
excellent administration. It's state
ments always show consistent progress,
and Greenwood is indeed proud of this
and it's other splendid banks.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-09-24

ranged by the A. & M. management:
Oct. 2+Louisiana Industrial Institute

ranged by the A. & M. management:
Oct. 2-Louisiana Industrial Institute
(Ruston) campus.
Oct. Open.
Oct. 16-Louisiana State University
at Baton Rouge.
Oct. 22-Southern Presbyterian Un-
iversity, at Columbus.
Oct, ,29-Tulane University, at New
Orleans.
Nov. 6-Open.
Nov. 13-Howard College, campus.
Nov. 25-University of Mississippi, at
jackson.
Nov. 6 will probably be filled by Cum
berland University and light team will
no doubt be signed for Nov. 2O-just
before the clash with the University
for state championship.
The supporters of both teams in this
city will watch the progress of their
favorites with keen interest and antic-
ipate another hot tussle and good time
at the Capitol City next Thanksgiving
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-09-24
GREENWOOD SCHOOLS
OPENED MONDAY.
Neaaly Six Hundred School Children
Report for Duty.

Last Monday morning, September the
Goth, the white school children of this
city sauntered, rather reluctantly, to
ward the handsome school building
which adorns the southwestern part of
our city. They came as though they
were answering summon, and from
their conduct this week it was easily
seen that they could not be translated,
all at once, from the freedom of vaca-
tion to the routine of the school room
without some sort of friction.
Promptly at eight-thirty that same
old bell that has been sending the
children to work for several sessions,
was sounded by the same steady hand
that has guided the successful admin
istration of this school for the past
fourteen years, and in response thereto,
about five hundred of Greenwood's g
brightest young children entered the
balls and rooms to add another scholas-
tic year to their records. They were
next marched to the auditorium where
the opening exercises were held.
The exercises were opened by pray
er by Rev. H. s. Spragins, of the First
Methodist church. Several songs were
sung by the various classes of the
school. Prof. Saunders next made an
appropriate talk, pointing out the
changes that would take place and as
suring the pupils that the same meth
DDS would be used as had been custom
ary. He emphasized the Importance of
keeping the grounds in proper condi-
tion, and assured the students that per-
feet harmony would prevail, between
both the faculty and students. and urg-
ed the students to at once begin to CO.
operate with them in making it the most
year that the school has ever
enjoyed.
The students that were promoted
from last sessions work were then
marched into their respective rooms
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-09-24
COLLEGE TEAMS
ANNOUNCE SCHEDULE.
U. Of N. and A. &M. Are Ready for q
Lively Season.

The University of Mississippi and A.
& M. College have announced their foot
ball schedules for this season. Nine
games will be played by both teams,
and the annual clash between these two
rival teams will be played at Jackson.
Capt. Chamberlain Trotter and Coach
Stauffer, of the University team, have
begun active practice and a goodly lot
of material has appeared on Varsity
Field. While it is yet little prema-
ture we predict that the University
will redeem her last seasons record and
will turn out one of the strongest teams
in the South, excepting Vanderbilt.
Manager Bob Mitchell has issued un-
scene of considerable activity for the
past week. The following schedule
which has been perfected by Manager
Mitchell includes several Of the strong
est elevens in the South:
Oct. 2, Memphis University School at
" Oxford; Oct. 0, Louisiana State Upivers-
ity at Baton Rouge; Oct. 16, Tulane
University at New Orleans; Oct. %, Un-
iversity of Alabama at Columbus, Miss;
Oct. 80, Vanderbilt University at Nash
vile; Nov. 6, University of Arkansas at
Fayetteville; Nov. 1S, Southern Presby-
terian University at Oxford; Nov. IL,
Union University at Oxford; Nov. %,
Mississippi A. & M. College.
Over on Hardy Field at the A. & M.
College forty prospective candidates
have begun practice. Coach Chadwick
has reported for duty and promises a
snappy eleven. Four of the old Varsity
eleven have returned. Just what kind
of team will wear the maroon and
white this year is yet a matter of con-
lecture. One thing is sure, and that it
will be new one. Coach Chadwick
will have light material to develop.
The following schedule has been ar
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-09-24

the cotton some, and although shedding
within the latter half of August was
considerable, there is still prospect for
good yield.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Continued hot, dry weather has fore
ed cotton to rapid maturity, and it is
now being picked and sold freely. Es-
Inmates on the crop fall much short Of
those of three weeks ago, the deteriora-
tion being reported as very heavy.
There is very little top crop.
OKLAHOMA.
Rains and more moderate temper
atures have stopped severe shedding.
The plant has lost the young fruit, how
ever. Crops on some of the lowlands
will be moderate. On the high and dry
lands it is very short. Hot weather has
prevented much picking. The lint is
short.
ALABAMA.
Rains in northern Alabama were ben
eficial. Elsewhere few showers fell,
but on all uplands the crop is practi-
cally beyond recovery and but needs
sufficient time to fully mature the fruit
that is already set. Cotton as whole
is not opening rapidly, but where pick
ing has begun the farmers are selling
freely. All estimates are for small
weld.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-09-24
Notice of Services.

The Rev. George B. Myers, Rector Of
the Church of the Nativity, has return. =.
ed to the city and services will be re-
sumed on next Sunday, Sept. 26th, as
follows:
1880 a. M, Holy Communion.
9:45 a. M, Sunday School land Mems
Bible Glass.
II a. M, Morning Prayer and Sermon.
7:30 p. M, Evensong and Sermon.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-09-24
Delta Bank Statement.

1t is with pleasure that we call the
attention of our readers to the quar-
terly statement of the staunch Delta
Bank which appears in this issue of The
Commonwealth. The business methods
of this bank are distinctive of the ca
pable men who compose it's directory.
We congratulate this progressive bank
ing house upon it's usual splendid show
ing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-09-24
A Dollar Saved
Is a Dollar Earned.
SOUTH CAROLINA.

No matter how small your savings
bring them to this bank and open an
account. We pay per cent. interest
on ali accounts, compounded semi-an-
nually.
Call to see us.
BANK OF LEFLORE.
Savings Department.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-09-24

Rains came most too late to be of
great benefit to cotton, though the de-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-09-24
ARKANSAS

<AIthAN0A0s
Local rains through the State broke
drouth Of many weeks, but too late to
save the cotton crop, which in sections
will be the smallest in years, and will
nowhere equal that of last year. Cot
ton is opening, but as yet picking has
not become general. The farmers are
selling the early cotton.
LOUISIANA.
In boil weevil sections the cotton
crop is very poor, averaging about Is to
40 per cent. Of good yield. Outside
of the boil weevil territory the crop is
good, the season having been generally
favorable. Cotton is now opening rap
idly, though picking has only made mod
crate progress. The farmers are sell
ing.
The week was generally hot and dry.
The cotton is opening rapidly, and in
many districts rs per cent. is ready to
be picked. 1t is estimated that by Oc-
tober Is, weather being favorable, the
great belk of the crop will be gathered.
The lint is not 80 good as that of last
year. On some of the lowlands the
plants are still setting fruit. There is
but slight disposition among the farm
ers to hold for higher prices, and mar
keting is free.
GEORGIA.
Cotton is opening rapidly in central
and southern Georgia and being picked
and sold. With an open fall the crop
will be harvested very early. In north
ern counties shedding continues and
the yield will not be so good as ex.
pected. The settling of fruit has about
ceased everywhere.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Cotton is opening very rapidly, and
on some of the sandy lands it Is said to
be nearly all opened. The deteriora-
tion since August Is is placed at % per
cent. Some rains fell during the week
in eastern counties and were beneficial.
MISSOURI.
Light rains during the week will help
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-09-24
THE COTTON CROP
IS CUT SHORT
Except ID AtIautlc States Estimates
Are Small.

Cotton opened very rapidly during
the week throughout the South and as
soon az Temperatures become more mod
crate picking will be pushed in all sec
tions. Except in the Atlantic States,
where there are some good crops, the
yield from the fields that have been
picked over is not satisfactory, and the
indicated total outturn is small. Crop
estimates are, therefore, small. Except
on lowlands the plant is not growing
now and rains would add but little to
the production.
There is much less complaint of she'd
ding this week, but it is notable that
the complaints have ceased where the
loss has been severest and some CORES
pondents noted that the plant has lost
everything but matured or half -matured
bolls.
In Texas it is estimated that with fa-
voring weather the crop will be nearly
all gathered by Oct. Is. East Of the
Mississippi river numerous showers fell
during the week, and Arkansas also got
some rain. These showers helped to
stop shedding and retarded slightly the
rate at which the bolls were opening.
No disposition is shown to hold the
early picking with present prices rul-
ing and marketing is going forward
freely.
MISSISSIPPI.
Local rains in number Of sections
arrested the opening of cotton, but be-
yond rendering moisture to mature well
bolls already set will not add to the
yield. On the uplands the cotton has
made it's growth, an d the bolls are op-
ening rapidly. The crop is short in all
sections and in the boil weevil dis
tricts approaches complete failure.
TENNESSEE.
Rains came most too late to be of
great benefit to cotton, though the de-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-09-24
Or. c. Y. EDWARDS
ACCEPTS PASTORATE,
Promlnent Baptist Cler3yman VIM Flu
Greenwood Pulpit.

Last Thursday night the session o1
the First Baptist church Of this city re-
ceived a telegram from DR.. G. v. Ed.
wards, advising his acceptance of the
pastorate of the church.
1t will be remembered that DIR. Ed
wards made our city visit few weeks
ago and delivered two Interesting SER
mons at that church. He was at once
called by the session of that church,
and took the matter under advisement
On his return to New Orleans he finally
accepted the call and wired this church
to that effect.
The congregation and friends of this
popular church are being congratulated
upon their good fortune in securing the
services of such an able minister as DR..
Edwards and it is a decided fact that
DR.. Edwards will be an effective instru-
mentality in the perfect organization
and upbuilding of this church in Green
wood.
and assigned seats. Then the students
again assembled in the auditorium to
hear the opening address that was de-
livered by w. NJ. Wilmington, of the
local bar. Mr.. Whittington's address
was thoroughly enjoyed by all who
were SO fortunate as to hear it. He
presented to the school handsome
picture on behalf of the U. d. G. Chap
ter of this city.
After all prepa ratory arrangements
had been completed, books and lessons
assigned, school was dismissed at noon
and the children we're given the after.
noon in which to purchase their books
for this term.
With an enrolment of nearly six hun
dred bona fde students this session
promises to be the most successful that
our school has ever enjoyed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-09-24

terioration was in part arrested. The
promise for . yield is light and the cot
tos has set about all the fruit that it
viii mature. Picking is not yet we'll
begun, although the cotton is opening
rapidly.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-09-24
For Rent.

Furnished room; gentlemen only; ap-
ply to SUMTER GILLESPIE.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
HAVOC STRIKES PORTO RICO.
Storm Causes Heavy Damage to
the Crops.
Railway Lines Swept Away -- Tele-
graph Wires Blown Down--Bridges
Destroyed, Communication Cut.

San Juan, p R-The storm which
for ten days scourged this island de-
stroyed property to the value of many
thousands of dollars There has been
little loss of life, but the heavy rains
and violent winds have wrought
havoc among the cane, coffee and to
bacco crops.
The heavy seas have damaged the
telegraph cables, and for eight days
the island was cut off from commu-
nication with the outside world. In
land telegraph and telephone wires
have been blown down or washed
away, roads cut up and rendered inn
passable in many places by huge land
slides, bridges destroyed or damaged,
railway lines swept away and many
inland towns cut off from communica-
ton with their neighbors.
In many districts the sufferings OF
the peasants are great. Their homes,
made of the fiimsiest wood and straw,
have been destroyed and the half
starved inmates exposed to the rigor
of the terribly inclement weather and
the downpour for ten days.
The entire island has suffered, but
the greatest damage has been done in
the south Residents of that part OF
the country assert that it is more than
thirty years since the island has suf-
fered from such deluge. The cy.
clone of 1899 lasted about thirty-six
hours, but the damage done was
largely due to the wind. This time
the harm has been caused by floods.
Thousands of acres of cane have
been under water for days, and
though such of the crop as has not
been swept away or otherwise de-
stroyed may ultimately be available
for the grinding, it's yield will neces-
sariIy be greatly diminished.
When the storm began and the ripe
coffee beans were beaten to the
ground, an effort was made to take in
the crop, and part of it was rescued.
but the loss has been heavy.
Most of the tobacco crop has been
ruined, but it is fortunately not too
late to replant if the weather holds
fair.
On the whole, the misfortune has
been great and the disappointment
keen, as the crops had all given prone
Use of an excellent yield.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
PATENTS e; :ss
Authors wives.

No fewer than twenty-five out OF
sixty-eight well known English au-
thors were not married at all. A
number, including Milton, Bunyan,
Southey and Hazlitt, made several
matrimonial ventures. OF the rest
Shakespeare, Dryden. Addison, Cole
ridge, Carlyle. Ruskin and Dickens
are the most notable of long list
of those who were unhappily mar
ried
Why should the production of lit
erature be apparently SO incompati-
BILE with a happy domestic life? Are
literary men less capable than law
yers and plumbers Of choosing con-
genial mates?
The truth seems to be that the
writer husband is at home SO much
Of the time that he becomes as ia
miffar an object there as the old
cane-bottomed chair.
Two persons who can survive TWEEN
ty-four hours of each others society
day without Jars are happily mar
ried indeed. Success Magazine.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
2 WOMEN FEUDIsTS SLAIN
They Were Fighting Posse to
Allow Men to Escape.
Mother and Daughter Sacrifice Their
Lives in the West Virginia Feud
of Christians and Damielses.

Williamson, West Va - Firing
from the doorway of their home on a
Sheriff's posse to give the men of the
family opportunity to escape, Mrs.
Charles Daniels and her sixteen-year-
old daughter were shot to death near
Devon, Mingo County, by the officers.
The shooting grew out of family
feud between the Christians and Dan
ielses on the borders Of Kentucky and
in Mingo County, West Va, and the
Danielses in Pike County, KY.
About three weeks ago George
Christian ventured to the Kentucky
side and was slain by Jim Daniels.
Christian and Daniels were brothers
in-law, and had formerly been allies,
After the killing of Christian the two
families and their friends became in
volved The Christians got warrants
for Jim Daniels and his brother,
Charles, and led posse of Pike
County officers to the home of the
Danielses. When the officers APP
preached within a few feet of the
house Mrs. Daniels and her daughter
opened fire with rifles.
Nose Christian was wounded in the
head and one other member of the
posse was shot in the arm.
The Christians and the officers
opened fire. Mrs. Daniels was shot
down in the doorway Her daughter
stood over her and fred upon the
posse until she dropped dead across
her mother, struck by three bullets.
The officers closed in, but by for
feiting their own lives the mother
and daughter had enabled the men to
escape.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
1907. 1908. 1909.

Chicago. -Twenty-six killed, sew
enty seriously injured, and scores of
others painfully hurt has been the
cost of football to the United States
thus far this year. according to the
figures collected by the Chicago Tri-
bune. The list of the dead seems to
be a decisive answer, the Chicago
paper says, to the assertion of the
football experts that the development
of the open game would lead to a
lessening of the perils of the gridiron.
That is the grim, CHASTITY tale of
the gridiron covering period of six
ty-seven days.
The open game" hailed to be
without brutality by college enthu-
siasts, wrought fearful havoc Twelve
of the dead were schoolboys under
twenty years old Six college men,
properly trained for the bruising en-
counters, were sacrificed, while only
one member of an athletic club or
semi-professional team was placed on
the altar.
OF the 200 players MANNED, par
alyzed or dying from the effects of in
juries sustained 165 are wearers of
college, colors The giants selected
from near and far for the perilous
pastime, conditioned and trained to
the pink of perfection" for smash
ing contests, we're forced to bear the
brunt of the injuries.
Thirty-nine schoolboys. many UNI
der fifteen years old, assisted in swell
| ing the grewsome total while only
five semi-professional players were
reported in the list of crippies.
The number of deaths is the high
est it has been in years, and is almost
double that of either of the two sea-
sons recently passed. In 1907 there
were only fourteen deaths, and in
1908 only thirteen.
1t should be noted that the Tri-
bune's total includes number of
players hurt in games played during
the past year or even earlier, who
have died during the current twelve
month.
The facts also seem to disprove the
claim of the games supporters that
it is the games of the unframed boys
and the athletic clubs that cause the
fatalities OF this years dead the
majority we're college players. sup
! posed to have been hardened and
made fit for the contests on the grid
iron by expert coaches and long prep
aration.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
VAST AREA SEIZED
BY ELECTRIC TRUST
Its Water Supply Subsidiary Con-
trolls $4,000 Square Miles.
ALL IN A SINGLE BLOCK
Turns Industrial Wheels, Lights
Cities and Runs Street Cars
Important Discovery by Bureau
of Corporations, at Washington.

Washington, ID. Investigating
the connection between the Electrical
Trust, particularly the General Elec-
trio and the Westinghouse Compa-
MES and the Trust that controls water
power sites of the country the Blu
reau of Corporations has discovered
an important state of affairs in Color
ado The situation is made more in
teresting by the fact that Ormsby
McHarg, recently resigned as Assist
ant Secretary of Commerce and Labor
and now member of the New York
law firm of Noble, Hubbard G. Jack
son, denied while in Office that there
was any Water Power Trust The
Bureau of Corporations is a subordin-
ate of the Department of Commerce
and Labor.
The Bureau of Corporations has
found that, within an area of $4,000
square miles in Colorado, the General
Electric and Westinghouse people abb
solutely control all the power which
turns the wheels in the smelters ana
other industries, as we'll as that which
lights cities and towns and runs
street car systems. To use the words
of the Investigators:
THE Central Colorado Power Com
pany now claim as its market an area
from Grand Junction on the west to
fifty miles east of Denver on the east
and 100 miles north and south of this
line, an area of $4,000 square miles,
a commonwealth in itself
''In this area, this company, hold
ing the best powers. with sufficient
power already in process of develop
ment to supply the demand for years.
and with it's command of the market
referred to, not only controls the ter
ritory for the present, but for future
development as well, since there will
be no possibility of equality of COM
petition for future competition, either
in meeting the cost of producing
power or in obtaining equal market
ing facilities"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
FIVE DEAD IN AUTO WRECK.
Family AL But Wiped Out by Electric
Cars Crash.

Los Angeles, Cal. = Nicholas ia
cobs, real estate dealer, his two
daughters and his two sons are dead.
and Mrs Jacobs and her two months
old baby are dying as the result of a
collision between an automobile they
were riding in and a trolley car on
the Los Angeles and Santa Ana line,
six miles from Los Angeles.
Two other sons of Jacobs, Peter
and John, and Miss Josephine Scion,
nineteen years DID, jumped from the
automobile and escaped with slight
injuries
While an electric car in which the
injured persons and the bodies of
those killed had been placed was
coming to Los Angeles it collided
with car on the Central avenue line
at Seventh and Central avenues in
Los Angeles and eight other persons
were injured, some seriously.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
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