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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
NEEDS RAIN


Memphis, CHARACTERIZATION Of the
Pleted and its fate depends entirely upon
the weather, which at present is cry.
Telegraphic reports show that moderate
local rains fell on Friday and Saturday
in Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and
Alabama. They were highly beneficial,
but were not sufficient to relieve the
drouth, as many sections got no rain
st oil.
The only section Of the cotton belt not
in need of rain lies east of Alabama.
Elsewhere the need with local exceptions
Is becoming insistent. The plant has
reached the fruiting stage, and being
small n late needs moisture to pro
mote both growth and fruiting.
The cotton in central and northern
Texas and southern Oklahoma is fast
losing ground because of drouth. In
Louisiana the weather is favorable, but
weevils are on the increase.
Owing to the irregular distribution of
rainfall for the past month crops are
spotted. There is much cotton in all
parts of the South not more than a foot
high on this the second day of August.
This fact and irregular stands which are
a heritage of the grassy condition of
early summer, makes the average low,
although there are districts with good
cotton.
The plant is stocky, healthy and in \
clean state of cultivation. General rains
would greatly improve the outlook.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
JACKSON.
Institutes for armer

institutes for FarmerA
The present week marks the usherine
in of the farmers institute season in
Mississippi, the events in the various
counties being held under joint auspices
Of the A. and NJ. College, the United
States Department of Agriculture and
Commerce and the Farmers Union.
Prof. E. R. Lloyd, of the A. and NJ.
College faculty, has general direction of
the Institutes, and the degree of interest
being manifested in the agricultural dis
tricts indicates that each event will be
largely attended.
The corps of instructors and lecturers
organized by Prof. Lloyd is undoubtedly
the best that has ever been engaged in
work of this character in Mississippi.
The advent of the boil weevil, and
reports showing that the pest is rapidly
spreading over the State, will render
diversified farming the keynote of all
addresses delivered by institute instruc-
tors, and the farmers are apparently
very eager to get as much information as
possible on this subject.
The lectures and addresses will cover
practically every phase of farming in
Mississippi, and will be delivered by men
thoroughly acquainted with the topics
they discuss.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
H :s7s sss, - a.: } %Thompson's Eye Water
STARTED THE TEARS AFRESH.
Thouqhtiess Act of Little Eben That
Reminded SorrowfuI Widow Of
Her Loss.

Mr.. Jefferson had not been alto
gether an exemplary husband and ia
Their, but he possessed certain engag-
ing qualities which secured him many
friends, n made his death the cause
of sincere mourning to his widow.
Mis- Jeff'son, she's done broke up
v e Eb'nezer's being took off firm
pneumony," said one of the neigh
bors.
"She sutt'nly is" said another.
"Mournin' round de house all de time.
she goes. Why, day befo' yist'day 1
was thar helpin' her, an she only
stop cryin' once, an dat was to spank
little Eben for takin' m'lasses out'n
de jug right into his mouf' when her
back was turned.
when she spanked him good an
set him down, she say to me: He
makes me t'ink oh his pa SO much l
cyan't bear it, and bus right out
cryin' agiR."-Youth's Companion.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
Plan for Reunion.


Acknowledgement J. A. Webb, Of the
Mississippi division, United Confederate
Veterans, is in Vicksburg, where he will
confer with the Vicksburg members in
regard to the date for the State reunion
to be held in that city during the au'
tumn. Personally Gen. Webb had ia
vored a date in September, when prob
ably a larger proportion of those vet.
Grams who are farmers would be able tc
attend, having more leisure then than at
any other time. This has been objected
to, however, on account of the usually
warm weather which prevails during
that month.
The date, when finally named, will!
probably be early in November, after all
those Vicksburgers have returned from
their summer vacations, and when the
city can put forth its very best efforts IL
the way of entertaining the visitors.
That the reunion will be largely at
tended is certain, as this event, next to
the general reunion, is the biggest thing
the Mississippi veterans have. And there
will be many more of them in attend
ance than ever attended the larger event
because they are closer to it, nan being
both physically and financially unable te
stand the longer trips.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
BLACK ROT HURTS COTTON
Georgia Farmers Lose Over Million
Per Year by It.

Atlanta, Ga.-"From the reports COM
ing in from various sections of the State
in regard to the increased damage done
to the growing cotton crop by the black
root disease, it now appears that this
will cause a loss to the Georgia farmers
of over a million dollars this year"
This statement was made by State En-
tomologist E. L. Worsham in discussing
the ravages of the black root, which is
proving SO disastrous to the cotton crop
throughout the State of Georgia. He is
making a strong fight for the ]appropria-
ton of $4,000 asked for in the bill of
Representative Henderson of Irwin, one
of the largest cotton growers in the
South.
Prof. Worsham says that black root is
worse than the boil weevil in that when
a stalk of cotton is attacked by black
root the whole stalk dies, thereby losing
all the product in cotton, while the boil
weevil gets only a certain per cent of the
bolls.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
Crop Conditions Poor.

Superintendent Neyland OF. the State
convict farms states that prospects are
the poorest that he has ever seen, and
he does not believe that under best con-
ditions from now till the end of the year
he can hope for more than rs per cent.
of the crop he produced last year, and
that was not a full crop year on the
State farms. Captain Neyland states
that he has q great deal of cotton that
is not near knee high, and he does not
see how it can ever make any fruit.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06

Those bisons. or bufalos. which re-
fused to immigrate to Canada and
have been left to roam on this side
of the border are truly American in
spirit. Canada bought the beasts, but
as the animals have taken to the
woods the attempt to corral them has
been abandoned and they have been
presented to our government. As
they have shown their love for Amer
lean soil it is to be hoped the Euffalos
will be allowed their freedom, and
perhaps left to themselves they may
renew a stock which has become well.
nigh exterminated.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
Kentucky Mobs Active.

Lexington, Ky.-Jails at Barbourville
and London are being guarded to prevent
mobs from storming them and Iynching
-four men accused of assaulting two little
girls. James White, a negro, is causing
most apprehension. He is at Barbour
vile, having been removed from Pine
vile, where he assaulted 8-year-old Susie
Woodward. A mob of 300 mer stormed
the Pineville Jail,
At London three young white men are
held and two others are being searched
for, all being charged with a~ssaulting .
1+year-old girl.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
Plan Membership Campaign.

A joint conference of the grand Off
GERS OF the Mississippi Grand Lodge of
Knights of Pythias with the law and
finance committees of the organization,
was held here with Grand Chancellor
Sam Montgomery, of G~reenville, presid-
ing. A new membership campaign will
be Immediately launched, and Grand
Chancellor Montgomery will g his
district deputies to put forth their best
efforts to bring about a revival of activ-
ity among the officers of local lodges, and
to establish new lodges in the jurisdic-
tion.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
THE NEW WOMAN
Made Over by Quitting Coffee.

Coffee probably wrecks a greater
percentage Of Southerners than OF
Northern people for ~Southerners use
1t more freely.
The work it does is distressing
enough in some instances; as an illus.
t~ration, a woman of Richmond, Va,
writes:
Il was a coffee drinker for years
and for about six years my health was
completely shattered. I suffered fear
fully with headache and nervousness
also palpitation of the heart and loss
of appetite.
MY sight gradually began to fail
and finally l lost the sight of one
eye altogether. The eye was op-
Grated upon and the sight partially
restored, then l became totally blind
in the other eye.
my doctor used to urge me to
give up coffee, but l was willful and
continued to drink it until finally in a
case of severe illness the doctor in
sisted that l must give up the coffee,
SO I began using Postum, and in q
month / felt like a new creature.
Stcduly 6dlucO III health ana
strength. About a month ago / be
gan using Grape-Nuts food and the
effect has been wonderful. l really
feel like a new woman and have
gained about rs pounds.
Il am quite an elderly lady and be.
fore using Postum and Grape-nuts +
could not walk a square without ex-
ceeding fatigue, now / walk ten or
twelve without feeling it. Formerly
In reading l could remember but little
but now my memory holds fast what
I read.
Several friends who have seer the
remarkable effects of Postum and
Grape-Nuts on me have urged that I
give the facts to the public for the
sake Of suffering humanity, SO, al
though l dislike publicity, you can
publish this letter If you like"
Read The Road to Wellville." in
pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letsers A new
pDenrs from time to time. They
are geausnes trues y fnl u humaD
hte9eoas
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
Catholics for Temperance.

Chicago.-An evening parade of Is 900
men and women, followed by a temper
ance mass meeting in the Auditorium
Theater, will be the feature of the ma
tional convention of the Catholic Total
Abstinence Union. Thousands of women
are expected to take part in the parade,
and the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Knights
of Father Mathew alone will contribute
5000 members, who will appear in autos
and tally-hoes.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
Charged With Cruelty to Mother,

A remarkable case of childish cruelty
is reported from Seminary, where Nora
Foster, a 1~3-yearold white girl, has
been placed under arrest on the charge
of inhuman treatment of her mother.
According to the report, Mrs. Foster had
been in bed for several weeks with a
severe attack of typhoid fever, and was
in a critical condition. The child was
requested to perform some trivial house
hold task not to her liking, and she
bounced upon her mother and pummeled
the bedridden woman vigorously.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
Smith Is Number Sixty-One.

The register of penitentiary popula-
tion and the statistics relative thereto
show Charles R. Smith as No. 81, the
noted convict having fallen heir to the
last number made vacant by the death
of a life term prisoner. This is the pol
icy of the penitentiary department, when
a long term prisoner is brought in, in
stead of giving him or her a serial or
sequence number, to pick up q vacant
number, such as was lone in the Smith
case, and by such number he will, as
long as he remains a prisoner, be Off
cially known, addressed and recognized,
just as any other prisoner is known and
has his existence.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
The Force Of Habit.

One of the campers had lone some.
thing peculiarly idiotic, and the dean
said: Dick reminds me of Thomas
colt"
What about Thomas colt?" asked
Dick, cheerfully.
Why" the dean responded, read
lily, where l lived in Maine when L
was a boy an old man named Thomas
raised horses. He n C. put out to
pasture a colt, which had been fed
from it's birth in a box stall and wa
tered at the trough in the yard.
THE pasture lay across a small
river, and in the middle of the day the
colt swan the stream to go up to the
barn-yard for a drink of water
Youths Companion.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
JEALOUS WFE'S AWFUL DEED
Shot Husband to Death, Cut Woman
to Pieces.

Shot Husband to Death, Gut Woman
to Pieces.
Canton, O.-Tired OF being made a
slave of by the man she married, Mrs,
Tony PAMELA, wife of a prominent East
End grover, fired two bullets through his
head, when she found him embracing
Clara Pizzana, his clerk. Death was in
Simultaneous.
Afterwards she turned the revolver on
Mrs. Pizzana. Being too excited to shoot,
she threw it down and seized a large
butcher knife with which she literally
cut the woman to pieces. Later with the
bloody knife still in her hand, she went
to a nearby barber shop where she tele-
phoned the police.
"They got what they deserved. / am
not sorry for my crime" said Mrs. Pa
nella, when taken to central police sta
ton, her dress soaked with blood.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06

! The arrival at Winnipeg Of q large
party Of North Dakota business men,
who went to the Canadian center by
boat on the Red River Of the North, is
the first water excursion Of this kind
in % years, because as q rule the wa
ter Is too low for steamers large
enough to do business. The Journey
wes made In the interest Of river m
proyement. but It Is evident thatsthere
would have to be tremendous MGxinx
{ % deepen > stream which ii - uncers
tain that IS yeers intervene between
tFipe.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
CAROLINA DRY PRO TEN.
Twenty-One Wet Counties Will Vote ON
Retention of Liquor.

Retention OF Liquor.
Columbia, S. C.-South Carolina has
been added to the fold of statewide pro-
hibition territory, which now embraces
well-nigh all of the Southeastern States.
However, the drought in this State is to
be temporary-unless the voters in the
FL wet counties that are to hold local
option elections on Tuesday, August II,
declare for perpetual dryness.
Due to the strategy of the prohibition
lists in the South Carolina legislature, the
drys have all to gain and nothing to lose
In the approaching contest. Literally this
State is half and half" Fl counties be-
ing already in the prohibition camp and
exactly the same number being officially
engaged in the sale of intoxicants under
what is known. as the county dispensary
system.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06

Ex-President Castro say that the
American government is preparing to
deceive the world with wicked
schemes. He seems to labor under
the delusion that all the power and
influence of this great republic are
being beat on his personal destruc-
ton. In his persistent accusation of
hostility toward him by the United
States he puts himself in the attitude
of the ant who was angry at being
showed by the elephant.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
Said 600 on Tariff.

Washington.-Some idea of the extent
of the discussions in the house and SEN
ate in connection with the Payne tariff
bill is set forth in a statement prepared
by the official reporters.
AT the special session Of the Fifty-6fth
congress-, up to the day Of the adoption
Of the conference report, the debates on
the Dingley bill amounted to 2,527 pages
Of the Congressional. Record.
The debates on the Payne bill up TO
Saturday reached the enormous total Of
4,ss5 pages, Q |, 776, ooQ words.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
Will Invite Governors,

Secretary John F. Mckay of the Mis-
sissippi Industrial Exposition Associa-
ton, and manager of the State Fair, pro-
poses as an additional attraction to Sc
cure the attendance of as many as pos
sible Of the governors of the Mississippi
Valley States for one day during the
fair. It is proposed to have some TWEEN
ty-fve or thirty of the governors make
the trip from st. Louis down the Mis-
sissippi river with President Taft as far
as New Orleans and return overland.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
Oppose Negro Farmers Union.

Not content with the summary expul
sion of Col. Thomas S. Haynie, one of its
erstwhile leaders, from membership ir
the organization, the Mississippi branch
of the Farmers Union is preparing tx
wage a war on Col. Haynes movement
to form a negro branch of the Farmers
Union in this State. While no official
reports nave been made, it is stated that
the movement to. organize a negro Farm
ers' Union has thus far made very small
Roadway.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06

There are signs of more revolution
airy disturbances in Hayti and Santo
Domingo, and some of the old names.
like Jiminez and Jose st. Pierre Gior-
DAM, are figuring in the dispatches.
But until the famous Woz y Gil gets
busy it is probable there will be really
nothing doing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06

The good old summer time is hav-
ing things all its own way. The
weather men announce that there is
nothing in sight at present to suggest
any marked changes from existing
meteorological conditions.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
Encampment Comes to an End.

The 1909 encampment of the Missis-
sippi national guard, the most successful
in the history of the organization, was
brought to q close Friday, and the 2,0oo
troops who participated in the twelve
day event departed for their homes. The
officers of the national guard, from Gov.
Noel down to the last corporal in the
rear ranks, were unanimous in the yer.
dict that the en~campment was the great.
est ever held by the national guard, that
every feature was perfect, and that the
people of jackson did everything in their
power for the pleasure and entertain
ment of the troops during the period
spent in camp.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06

Cheaper cuts of beef contain tust
as l food values as do the tender
lofns, the p~orterhouse steaks, and the
juicy sirloins, although they need to
be chewed awhile longer because gen.
orally tougher, according to a report
made before the biological chemistry
section of the American Chemical
society.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
Chautauqua Crowds Increase.

From those who have visited the Mis-
sissippi Chautauqua grounds at Crystal
Springs it is gathered that the attend
ance at the pleasant and classic resort
has been beyond expectation, while the
entertainment has been of an unusually
attractive class, both literary and his
trionic. The management got 4 bad
start, owing to the fact that the weather
during the opening week was villainous.
ly hot and not at all conducive to travel
even q short distance.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06

The Duke of Abruzzi has broken all
records, 1t is said, in Himalaya noun
tain climbing. He is to be congratu-
lated. This is something people can
not be born to. They must do noun
tain climbing themselves
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06

! Abdul Hamid, the deposed sultan,
continues to give up" his latest con-
tribution being a check for $4,000, 900
from his ~hard-earned h%oardings. But
apparently the Young Turks are not
yet through with him. There comes
from Constantinople the report that
Abdul is to be tried for his part in
the revolt of last April. This may
another and bigger check from
the ex-monarch.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
vardaman Announces.

' ALO6UlA0 AuuOU0CSBs
Ex-Gov. Vardaman, in a signed articl
in the Issue, assures his friends an
many inquirers as to his political inten-
tions; that he expects to be q candi
date for the United States senate, but
is not going to be hurried into . cam
paign ahead of time. He expects ia
follow up his present line OF work, both
on the lecture platform and At the edi.
torial desk, and will not begin q cam.
paign until 1911. Gov. Vardaman also
intimates that he is not going out o. :
scalping expedition when he does take
the stump.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
State After Railroad.

The State of Mississippi and the Mis-
sissippi railroad commission has drawn
first blood in the litigation instituted to
compel the Mobile, jackson & Kansas
City Railroad Company to change the
course of it's track so as to run through
the town of Decatur, in Newton county,
instead of running more than a mile to
the west Of it, as at present. The suit
is for the enforcement of the constitu-
tional provision which requires that
where a railroad runs within three miles
of a county seat town it shall run
through the town itself.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
Baby Dying; Father Sought.

Odin, Hl.-Wm. A. Myers, the man
who drilled the first oil well in Marion
county, on the Dykstra farm east Of
Centralia, is missing since last Fri
day. He telephoned to R. Hileman
from there that he would return the
following day after closing a deal.
Hileman went to Centralia and learn
ed that Myers had departed for st.
Louis to sell leases he owned In Bond
county. Myers t~elegraphed L. Some
vile OF this city Saturday that he
would be here Sunday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06

Evidently the men who construct
the popular songs can see that these
curious compositions are not all off
the same piece or they would not
have brought the matter into court.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
New Enterprises.

The times may be hard, as claimed by
some, and the future uncertain, as many
deem it to be, but, regardless of this:
the men of business instinct and capital
continue to organize themselves for the
carrying on of new enterprises. This is
demonstrated by the number of new
charters that are being published, quite
a number having been organized during
the present dull month.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06

"A discriminating person hearing
one of the popular songs of the day
might marvel that any one should at
tempt to plagiarize that tuneful eff.
fort.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06

Even though petroleum butter be-
comes an established fact this world
Will not be deprived of the pleasure
OF teaching cunning little calves to
drink out of a pail.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06

Uncle Sam is proudly exhibiting
5000, 00O, 900 worth of battleships off
n coast of Massachusetts,, but none
OF them will ever be as famous as
that ancient tub, the Mayfower.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
Thaw Case Craze. Man.

New York.-His mind unbalanced
by constant reading OF the testimony
adduced at the insanity hearing of
Harry X. Thaw Edward Cordin, was
taken from his home In q straight
jacket.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06

Real estate in Messina is plainly
not a profitable investment. 1t is too
much subject to depression, and it's
openings are not of a kind to inspire
confidence in their stability.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
WOMAN IN AUTO KILLED
Two Men Injured-Driver Put on Ac-
celerator Instead Of the
Brake.

Chicago. Mrs. Parker Winfield
Kerr is dead, and w. s. Mills tailor.
and Harvey Hefer are injured
as a result of IN auto accident when
the machine overturned near Liberty
vile. Mills may die.
Because of the mud the machine
skidded. Mills attempted to apply the
break, but touched the a~ccelerator.
This caused the machine, when it
struck a bump in the road, to bound.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
Former on Way Home

Paris.-Marion Dwight Fortner, the
young st. Louis man accused of for
gerry, sailed for home from Cherbourg
on the st. Paul, In charge of Sergeant
McMullen. OF the st. Louis police de-
partment.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-06
Convict Farms Damaoed.

Austin. Tex.-Gov. Campbell receiv-
ed = report from J. A. Herring, super
intendent Of the state penitentiary
system. saying that m inspection 81
convict farms showed that the storm
did 100000 damage.