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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
TEXAS NEEDING RAIN
IMPROVEMENT NOTED ELSE.
WHERE IN COTTON BELT.
Crop in Good State of Cultivation
East Of the Mississippi River,
But Stand Il Irregular.

Memphis, Tenn.-Excessive high tenn
perature prevailed throughout the week
except along the Atlantic seaboard; the
rainfall was poorly distributed, some sec
tons in Southern Georgia getting an e~.
cess, while other sections received none
at all. The cotton crop, however, inn
proved everywhere except in Texas and
Oklahoma. In Arkansas the rainfall was
better distributed than elsewhere, alto
gether beneficial, and the prospects of the
State are good.
East of the Mississippi river save in
localities only the crop has been put in a
ular.
In Texas and Southern and Western
Oklahoma rain is badly needed. The
growth of the plant and the fruiting has
been arrested and in Central Texas shed.
ding is begun. The situation is daily
growing more serious. The hot, dry
weather has, however, checked the raw
ages of the boil weevil.
Mississippi-The week was dry and
hot and considerable work was lone in
the fields. The crop is about clean, but
is still small. There are some good fields
and many poor ones.
Tennessee-The crop in this State is
in good cultivation and growing nicely.
The week was very favorable and many
correspondents report the prospects as
being up to the average.
Arkansas-The cotton crop is in good
condition. The plant is thrifty, is being
laid by clean, and is taking on squares
rapidly.
Alabama-Rains were local and in a
few districts heavy, but there was a gen.
eral improvement in the crop. The hot
sun favored cultivation and, as a whole,
cotton is more promising than at any
previous time during the season.
Extraordinarily high tempera.
lures prevailed, but did no great damage
to cotton. In the west and the south it
is dry and more rain is needed. The
plant looks we'll, however.
Texas-The entire State is in need of
rain, the need being acute in central and
western DISTRICTS. Excessively high tenn.
peratures prevailed daily. The cotton
willis during the day, but recuperates at
night. 1t is approaching the stage where
irreparable damage will soon be done.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
Globe Trotter Ends.

Berlin.-Hans Liam, who started
around the world afoot with his wife
and daughter, on Sept. ~, 1900, has just
completed his journey and reached his
home in Passau.
Liam undertook to win a wager that
he could push his family in a cart around
the globe. His wife died during the trip,
but the daughter has grown from a baby
of 2 years to a vigorous child of II years.
Liam claims that he walked 10000 miles
and that he wins $4,000.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
A Gentle ASpersion.

Among the prisoners brought before
a Chicago police magistrate one Mon
day morning was one, a beggar, whose
face was by no means an unfamiliar
m to the judge.
Il am informed that you have again
been found begging in the public
streets" said his Honor, %sternly. and
yet you carried in your pocket over
ten dollars in currency"
Eyes, your Honor" proudly returned
the mendicant. Il may not be as indus
trious as some, but sir, l am no spend
thrift. Weekly.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
Gov. Noel Counts the Cash.

Pursuant to the requirements of sec
ton 1877 of the State constitution, Gov.
Noel Saturday made a count of the
cash and condition of the State treasury.
the following certificate telling the story:
Il, George Edwards, Jr., treasurer OF
the State of Mississippi, hereby certify
that the condition of the treasury of the
State of Mississippi, on this the 9th day
of July, A. D. 1909, is as shown in the
following statement, and the balance on
hand is the sum of $346,O30.02, consist.
ing of cash on hand in drawer, $16.65;
balance on hand in State repositories.
$345,2O1.43; balance on hand, county
tax on land redemption fund, $s11.so.
Total, 1916, O3O.02."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
Spoken from Experience.

It was the grammar class and the
teacher had asked for words ending
with 'ous.' Can any one" she said,
give me a word like dangerous
meaning full of danger, hazardous
full of hazard?"
There was silence for a moment.
Then a boy in the back row put up
his his hand.
We'll, Bobby, what is your word?"
please, Miss" came the reply,
''pious, full of pie!"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
Haskell Pardons Bar Room

Guthrie, Okla.-Gov. Haskell has par
doned J. c. Willoughby of Lexington,
Ky, serving a 99-year term for killing
Charles Shaw, an Oklahoma City negro.
in 1907, because the negro did net take
off his hat while delivering beer cases
into a saloon where W%illoughby was
tending BAR.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
New England English.

Complaint was made to a local man
by one of his employees that boys who
were swimming in a pond were aus
ing quite a nuisance. The owner of
the property CAV the man h privi-
lege of putting up a sign, as he had
asked permission to do it. The no.
tice reads as follows:
mo Loffing or Swimming on Theas
Law Will be Forced."-Berkshire
Courier
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
The Goodyear Road.

Judging from what is heard from fair
ly reliable sources the officials of the
New Orleans Great Northern railroad
company will not rest long under the
present conditions prevailing at this
terminal point, and while there is no
immediate prospect of further building
beyond here, by either the Goodyear in
terests or those supposed to be allied
with them in their developmental plans,
it is their purpose to utilize such facl1i-
ties as they now possess to reach out
further.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
Levees Are Breaking.

Cairo, Ill.-With the crest of the
present flood at from a foot to eighteen
inches higher than the stage, corn grow
ers in this vicinity despair of saving
their crops. Already it is estimated
that the damage to the corn crop be-
tween Cairo and New Madrid, Mo-, will
reach $4,000.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

were pains In my back and swellings
of the ankles. Often / had smother
ing spells. l had to be helped about
Doan's Kidney Pills cured me i've
years ago and / have been we'll since.
They saved my life."
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
Cecil Rhodes Scholarships.

Chancellor A. A. Kincannon of the
University of Mississippi has received no.
tice from the secretary of the Cecil
Rhodes scholarship fund that the State
of Mississippi will be entitled to one
scholarship at Oxford, England, this year
and giving Instructions for the competi
tive. examination. Chancellor k%incannon
states that the examination will be held
at the university Or Oct. 10 and 20, and
all young Mississippians who desire to
try for the scholarship are invited to
communicate with him.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
Boil Weevil Reaches Jackson.

The much-discussed Mexican boil wee.
vii has invaded the corporate limits of
the city of Jackson in its northeastward
march across the commonwealth. Farm.
ers who have cotton patches in and ad-
jacent to the city limits state that the
weevil has made is appearance in rather
liberal numbers during the past few days.
and is engaged in puncturing cotton bolls.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
400 Quake Victims.

Londna.--Special dispatches received
here from Athens say that 800 persons
were killed or injured b; the earthquake
that occurred Thursday in the province
of Els, in Southern Greece. The dam
age to property also was very great.
Hot water is flowing from many of the
springs in the stricken district
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
HELD DAVIS FOR TREASON.
Last Member of Jury Dies-Indicted Con.
federacv'S President

Toledo, O.-William Fay, formerly
part owner of the tobacco warehouse
that became famous later as Libby pris.
on, and supposed to be the last surviving
member of the jury that indicted Jeffer-
son Davis, president of the ~Confederacy,
for treason, after the close of the Civil
War, died Sunday from a sudden attack
of heart failure. Fay left Richmond at
the outbreak of the war and joined the
Union army.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

Highwaymen in Brooklyn who
robbed a drunken man of IS cents
got a sentence of seven years. No
wonder, with all the modern improve
ments in opportunities, that justice Is
disguised when the majesty of the law
ia defiled for less than a dollar.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

From the way in which panicky Eng
iishmen are insisting that England
will suddenly succumb to an unexpect
ed invasion by Germany it will not be
the fault of powerful suggestion if
Germany is not hypnotized into trying
the feat so thrust upon her notice.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
Veterans Increasing.

Veterans Increasing.
Auditor Smith has received the first
half dozen of the enumerations made by
the tax assessors on the number of Con.
federate soldiers and widows of such soE
diers in their respective counties.
The oddity about the report is that
there are ten more of these soldiers and
widows now than there were two years
ago. Since it is hardly possible that
these counties have actually gained ten
of the old guard during this time, in
view of the large number of them that
are dying all over the country every
year, the only reasonable explanation is
that some were overlooked two years ago
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

troubles. DOan's Kid
ney Pills cure the
cause. Mrs. N. E.
a s, Villisca.
Iowa, y Il SUI
tered rom kidney
trouble for ear
The secretions we're
~diSordered til
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

Yankee equines are winning recog-
milton and prizes at the London horse
show. The day of the horse has by
no means passed, Notwithstanding the
progress in favor of the automobile.
The noble animal has qualities which
no mere machine, however admirable
in itself, can hope to rival.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

The Pittsburg Dispatch advises us
to keep n umbrella at home and
another at the Office" Please send
your recipe for keeping the one at
the office.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

Campaigning in Morocco is attended
by perils other than those which come
from the hostility of tribesmen. A
column of French troops and native
soldiers is reported to have ncoun
tered such conditions that "a men per-
fshed of heat and thirst. That is a
harsher fate than to fall on the firing
line.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
Gets Leave of Absence.

Gov. Noel has granted cave of absence
for thirty days to Hon. J. L. Gillespie:
land commissioner, who made formal ap-
plication for such leave in order to be
able to attend the annual meeting of the
National Editorial Association, which is
to convene in Seattle. Mr.. Gillespie is
the regular representative of the Missis.
sippi Press Association to the annual out.
ing of the national organization, and had
been chosen before he was appointed, OF
dreamed of becoming land commissioner,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
Normal School Demanded.

In furtherance of the plan upon which
the educational leaders of the State have
been working for the past few years to
have the State establish and maintain a
normal school, for the better training OF
teachers, which has been Endorsed by the
State Teachers Association and about
every other educational meeting of con.
sequence when has been held, the nor
mails just closed at Brookhaven and Hat
tiesburg have each adopted resolutions
not only indorsing the plan, but practi
cally demanding it in a very strong reso.
luton.
Blakeslee Busy.
Hon. II. S. Blakeslee, commissioner Of
agriculture and commerce, is preparing
for a vigorous campaign on behalf of the
several important matters taken up and
being urged by his department, including
the establishment of corn clubs for boys.
home culture clubs for girls, agricultural
fairs, sweet potato culture, homemade
cane syrup, agricultural high schools,
cattle tick eradication and the competi
ton of Mississippi with other States
in the marketing Of the ss.eral products
which are adaptable and practicable to
be proftably grown.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
The Embarrassed Model.

Il had the craziest model the 9th.
er day." the girl artist said. when
he had sat for about an hour he
blushed and said:
Don't stare at me SO hard. You
make me embarrassed
What was I paying him so cents
an hour for, them"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

A Paris milliner has gone insane,
says a cable dispatch. A lot of wom-
IN over here are raving about their
hats, raving in much the same man
ner, we presume.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

1t is proposed to raise revenue by
charging foreigners admission to this
country. The idea seems to be that
we are running too big a show for a
free show.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
WHY PEOPLE SUFFER.

Too often the kidneys are the cause
and the sufferer is not aware of it
Sick kidneys bring backache n side
pains, lameness and stiffness, dizzi-
ness, headaches, tired feeling, urinary
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
Offered 1903 for Bonds.

The special committee of the levee
board of the Yazoo-Mississippi delta dis
trict appointed to negotiate the sale of
the new S325,0oO issue of 1 1-2 per cent.
refunding bonds, received an offer of
1913 for the issue, but the committee
decided not to close just yet. 1t is now
in communication with New York, ST.
Louis and Memphis people, and thinks
that better terms may possibly be Sc
cured.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

With a famine staring them In the
lace and death n awful form on every
hand, truly these be perilous days fol
the Christian Inhabitants of Turkey.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

The race horse takes no pride in a
race. He would much prefer to re-
main at home discussing the merits OF
his oats.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
A Probable Theory.

TRUTH" remarked the philosopher,
sententiously, lies at the bottom of a
we'll"
THAT accounts said the synic, dry
ly, for the fact that so much of the
we'll water is contaminated"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

Nc one need be surprised to learn
that here are grafters in Japan. There
were doubtless grafters in the days
Of the cavemen.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

Nothing binders the march OF pros
oer;ty Like arbitrary and unreasonable
action on the part OF either capital Or
labor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

A Georgia preacher says 1t takes
from $4,000 to $ 5000 a year to raise
a boy. If he is raised right, a good
portion of the money must be invested
In sole leather straps.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

Man was the first gossip, says a
Chicago woman. And see how quick
ly the poor male creature was outdis-
tanced, despite that handicap.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

1t Is rumored that the prince of
Wales will try for the Americas cup.
VIII it be good form for those New
York yachtsmen to defeat him?
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

What fate has on the carpet is al
ways of anxious interest to me, but
1t is particularly SO now to learn what
she has on the Turkey carpet.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

A British boo seems to be feared
more in British theaters than even
coco-cola bottles are feared by UNI
pires in America.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

The arrival of twins caused a Penn
sylvania farmer to commit suicide. 1t
was altogether two much of a good
thing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

New York is to introduce summer
street cars that will have no end seats.
But the end seat hog will make him
telf felt in some other way.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

In Africa are fired the shots heard
around the world.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

DIR. Wiley says that 80 per cent. Of
the liquor sold as whisky is a fraud.
But the jags it produces aren't.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
The Wrights are all right.

Some of the ex-consuls are looking
Tor consolation.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

Ice In New York goes up two dollars
q ton. And we are too polite to men
don the only place that will need ice
more than New York will this sum.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
Best Hogs S8.15.

Louisville, Ky.-Hogs sold on the 10
cal market Friday at ss.15, the highest
priee reached here since the Civil War.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

The umbrella man is always pre-
pared for a rainy day.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
JACTsoN.
State Sues for $14, 1874. 900.

Attorney General J. B. Stirling has
lied suit in the chancery court of
Holfnes county at Lexington against the
Retail Lumber Dealers Association of
Mississippi and Louisiana, Under the
antitrust statute of Mississippi for the
recovery of penalties aggregating STA
$4,000. TIE suit is quite the largest
single item of litigation ever filed in the
State, although it is the minimum
amount for which it could have been
brought, being at the rate of 5000 per
day for the 9s5 days since March ii,
1906, the date on which the offending
agreement was made, for each of the
se~venty-two concerns admitted to be
members of the association. The maxi
mum penalty prescribed would have been
$4,000 per day, and had that extra
measure been asked for the suit would
have beer for the munificent sum of
s4Os, 775,oOo. AS it is, the amount
asked from each member of the organi-
zation is $197,O 900. The attorney gem
eral feels confident of securing judg-
ments for the full amount asked for.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

Cuba n Porto Rico must get out
Of Uncle Sans bad boy class.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
a question Barred.

mo pugilist eve asks anybody II
it is hot enough for him." said the
merry jester.
why not?"
TT might start q real fight"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
Guardsmen in Camp.

Under auspices most favorable in the
history of the organization the annual
e"ncampment of the Mississippi Natioeal
Guard was inaugurated at Camp Sample:
in the northern supurbs of Jackson, Mon.
day. Two thousand soldiers of the State
guard and the regular army are now oe
cupying the tented city that covers an
area of over 200 acres, and forms the
most perfect camp ever pitched for an
en%campment of troops in Mississippi
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
Rice Growing in the Delta.

Rice Growing in the Delta.
H. E. Savely, assistant to DIR. S. A.
Knapp of the agricultural department,
was a visitor in Rosedale, to call on the
Hon. Charles Scott relative to the rice
experiment on the latter's Triumph
plantation, in the lower part of Bolivar
county. Mr.. Savely states that he is
Just from the rice fields adjacent to
Lake Providence, La, which he found in
a very promising condition, and on a
close inspection of the Bolivar county
rice he is prepared to say that it equals
in all respects any rice that he has seen
in Louisiana; he is fully convinced that
rice culture in the delta will prove a
financial success. Mr.. Savely states
that he has just observed with pleasure
that the lands Immediately adjacent to
the river, which are practically useless
some years because of sipe water, are
especially adapted to rice culture, and
the probability is that a large area of
said lands will be devoted in the future
to this industry, thus making profitable
lands which have heretofore brought
their owners little or no revenue.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
Returns to the Passionate.

DR.. II. A. Jones, a synodical evangelist
of the Presbyterian church in Mississippi,
arly divines in the country, has rendered
his resignation to the board of missions,
effective September 1. DIR. Jones retires
from the evangelical work in order to
care for the pastorate of the First Pres
byterian church at Gulfport, which was
recently rendered him. For the past
three or four years DR.. Jones has been
in charge of the home mission work i'll
Mississippi.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
Col. Haynie Expelled.

A sensation that has been brewing
in the Mississippi division of the Farm
ers' Union for several months, culmin-
ated today, when formal announcement
was made that the executive committee
has expelled Col. Thomas 8. Haynie
from membership in the organization.
The order of the executive committee
not only summarily expels Col. Haynie
from membership in the division, but
also instructs Jackson local No. 1878,
of which he is a member, to take sim
liar action, which has been done. Col.
Haynie was formerly editor of the
Farmers Union Advocate, official organ
of the Mississippi division. He also
served as member of the lecture bureau,
and was one of the most active organ
izers in the division. The first breach
between Col. Haynie and other mem
bers of the organization occurred short
ly after his retirement from the editor
ship of the official organ when he
launched a scheme to form a negro
branch of the Farmers Union. This did
not meet with the approval of the mem
bers of the executive committee, who
fatty refused to have anything to do
with a negro organization, or to give it
recognition of any sort.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-11-03
DIsrINGUJsHED VISITORS.

A delegation of the Honorary Com
mlssIoners OF Japan, who are DOW travel
log through this country on tour OF In
spection to ascertsiu business methods,
ETC., of the United States, we're in this
city today. They Visited many Of the
places of interest, including Christ
Church and also the big manufacturing
plant OF the Alexandria Fertilizer and
Chemical Company and the Gazsite
Office. The party while In Alexsndris
we're escorted by Mr.. NJ. B. Harlow, ct
the special request Of the Washington
Chamber OF Commerce committee, who
are looking after the commissioners while
they are in that city. The commissioners
represents the leading bankers, manu-
fscturers aud merchants Of Japan. The
party visiting Alexandra included Mr..
Kumtjirs, N. p, and Madam Kume'
ira, Mr.. Taksski Akiysma, Mr.. John
Weaver, OF the Washington Chamber OF
Commerce, and Mr.. John Paul Goode,
representing the Department OF Com
merce and Labor, on the tour OF the COM
missioners. The visitors expressed much
pleasure at what they saw in Alexandra.