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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20

All 1.-THE educational experts now
seem to be denouncing the examining
system in modern education. Consid-
ering its vast Importance, it is some
thing of an anomaly that popular edu-
cation Is subjected to more fads and
experiments than any other profess
sion. Unfortunately. by the time the
fads have been discarded and the
experiments proved unsuccessful.
some Of the most valuable years in the
lives of the unhappy young subjects
of both have been wasted.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
Liquor Tax Resisted.

st. Louisa contest between the
Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association
and the State authorities is presaged by
the attitude of each on the new mer.
chants tax, which goes into effect Mon
day. The wholesalers have announced
that they will contest the graduated
license scheme on the ground that it il
unconstitutional. The tax runs 500
and upward, those dealing in five thou
sand gallons or less each year paying thu
minimum.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20

lkfs~ d for msn
however, it is more the custom to
q AZ
Did the man whose wife has sued
S3him for divorce becaFse he used to
h>take a razor to bed fek that he would
rrShaVe to answer cutting remarks?
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
Th9 Chinese government CONT

e fChlnese government continues
< to SNOW a progressive spirit, and nat
, urally gets valuable hints from this
Correction. An imperial edict transfers
4Tuan-Fang, viceroy of Marking, to the
Sviceroyship of Pe-Chi-Li province.
1.-THE significance of this lies in the fact
THAT de latter province is one of the
tmost important in the empire, owing
70 contact with foreign ~inerests, and
the transferred viceroy is thoroughly
ma with American ideas, and also
q warm admirer and friend of the
We4c64e States.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
They Were Good Mothers.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton is quoted as
saying that a woman's first duty is to
develop all her powers and possibili-
ties, that she may better guide and
serve the next generation. Mrs. Stan
ton raised sever uncommonly healthy
and handsome children, says an ad
mirer of hers, and the children of Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe testify to the vir.
tues of the noted oma as a moth
err. The eagle may be as good a moth
err as the hen or the goose.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
Severe.

Samuel Gompers was talking in the
smOkeroom of the Baltic about a re
cent newspaper attack on a rich cor
pOratiOn.
1T was a cruel attack" Mr.. Com
pers chuckled. 1T was as cruel az
the Jonesville Clarion's paragraph
about old Deacon Hiram Ludlow.
This paragraph headed the Clar
ions obituary column. 1t said:
Deacon Hiram Ludlow of Frisble
township, aged 80, passed peacefully
away on Thursday last from single
blessedness to matrimonial bliss after
a short but severe attack by Maria
Higgins, a blooming widow of 81 sum
mers.'"-Detroit Journal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20

The report of the Gulf & Ship Island
Railroad Company of receipts and ex'
penditures for the June quarter, 1909,
shows there was an increase over the
same quarter in 1908. The receipts from
passenger and freight traffic and miscel'
laneous collections was $444 2 10,
while the total expenditures, including
taxes and fixed charges, amounted to
$~337,650.46, leaving a net revenue &C
count of $6,591.64. The total receipts
for the June quarter, 1908, was 1894,
O75.6s, while the expenditures amounted
in total to s~473,511.23, leaving q net
deficit of $79,435.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
aHJ
Far HQrhnY MIC &c q 20 Nh

. Bar Harbor, Me-, is a rather ''swell''
summer resort, and probably has no
use for the sea serpent, a fight be-
tween q whale and a swordfish or n
other r OF sensational "adv." Quite
n keeping, therefore, was an occur.
when a pair of moose came out OF
their forest habitat, swan across
<renchman's bay and sedately browsed
ppon( NE lawn of a summes residence.
OF course when observed the digniied
animals retreated in good order, as
eecame creatures of such stately bear.
ing amid such lordly surroundings.
e hnE
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
Loses on Telephones.

The report of the Meadville Telephone
Company for the quarter ending June
80, which has reached the capitol, indi
Gates that that little corporation has
played to losing business. The receipts
amounted to $365.26, while the expenses
were $411.54, leaving a deficit of $46.as
During the quarter there was paid out
the sum of $54.47 for line extensions, sc
that the actual deficit is not so bad a.
the figures indicate on the surface.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
Look at the Names,

In 4 A. d. Observation-Disclosures
was an Irish king. a most just and
good prince" who was slain by his
successor, Fiachadh-Fion, who was
treated to a similar fate by Finchadh-
Fionohudh, "the prince with the white
cows" who died at the hands of "the
Irish plebeians Of Connaught." Eoch.
airh-Moidmeodhain was one Of the
half dozen who died of natural causes.
and Flaithbheartagh was one of the
two to resign the monarch's scepter
for the monks cowl.-New York
Press.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20

: There is a certain type of college
bredpen who seem to imagine that
duriRG their four years of study they
havV accomplished all the work of
their lives, and can thus afford, to dis
sfpate mentally ever after" So SAYS
a current essayist in an eastern news
paper. Let the crop of graduates to
be harvested next take heed not to
conform to this type. The real schol-
ar is not finished by his college
course, but only started on his career.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
High School Located.

Lawrence county comes to the front
with an agricultural high school, to be
located at the crossing point of the
Natchez, Columbia & Mobile with the
New Orleans Great Northern Railroad,
about eleven miles south of Monticello.
Announcement to this effect reached the
office of State Superintendent Powers
from County Superintendent T. L. Bishop
of Lawrence, the board of supervisors
having accepted the proposition of the
property owners and taxpayers, who have
guaranteed a large tract of land, to.
gether with a good subscription of ready
funds.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20

! A French airship of the dirigible
gas-baE variety has made a five hour
Journey at an average speed of 81
miles Pn hour. Her success, following
closely upon the heels of Count Zep-
pei1n'1 performances with hinU huge
ship 81 the rigid type, reveals the fact
that Inventive genius is grasping ev-
cry idfa of progressive aeronauts and
piecinE them into what Will eventually
be AMI aerial flyer hat can be relied
upon except during very high winds
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
Rock Explodes Powder.

Greenwich, Conn.-As the result Of q
most peculiar accident, Jos. M4volis lies
seriously injured at the Greenwich gem
eral hospital and two other labores are
The accident occurred in . quarry. The
men were drilling rock when the steel
drill broke and . large flying fragment
struck . glass bottle Of gunpowder lying
on : nearby rock. At the same instant
that the steel broke it struck = spark
from the rock and thus ignited The pow
der.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
Encampment Cost 5000.

The e~ncampment committee of the
jackson board of trade held their wind
ing-up meeting last week, when Secre-
tary Stephenson submitted all the ac-
counts and charges incurred in connec-
tion with the event, and it was quite
gratifying to ascertain that it was about
an even break between the expenses and
receipts. The expenses had been, in
round numbers, about $4,000, and the
secretary's credit account showed that
the receipts were about the same, 80
that there was no demand on the gen
eral funds Of the board.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
Western Union Has Surplus.

The report of the Western Union Tele
graph Company for the June quarter
1909, which has just been filed at Jack.
son., indicates a slight surplus revenue
above taxes and operating expenses fol
the three months. The total receipts
amounted to s39,693.22, and the operat.
ing expenses $34,570.s5, which, with
$255.O9 paid as taxes, leaves a deduction
account of s34,s25.s4, and a net revenue
of $4,S67.2S.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
Legislate Out Negro Town.

Montgomery, Ala.-After all, Hob.on
City, the only exclusive negro town in
the state, and one of the few in the
South, has been l~egislated out of exist
snce. The town is near Oxford, and
Representative Cooper has been be-
sieged by whites to pass a bill recalling
it's charter.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
Steel Men Want Beer.

Hammond, Ind.-Six hundred en-
ployes of the Indiana Steel Company, a
subsidiary of the United States Steel
Corporation at Gary, quit work because
they could not get beer there, and the
merchants of Gary are panic-stricken
since that town went dry. The steel
company reports that last pay day $751;
900 worth of checks were cashed at
South Chicago.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
Bond Sale Ratified.

A meeting of the Yazoo-Mississippi
Delta Levee Board was held at Clarks.
dale. The meeting was called for the
purpose of receiving the report of the
committee appointed to negotiate the
sale of the 1926, 900 bond issue. This
sale was satisfactorily effected with the
Manhattan Bank of Memphis, and the
report of the proceeding, duly rendered
at the meeting, was approved and con
firmed by the board.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
Fairs Increased 400 Per Cent.

According to the records relative tc
the fairs now organized in Mississippi
the number of these enterprises which
have now become practically fixed events
has increased approximately 400 pei
cent, or better, during the past five
years. In addition to the regular fairs
thefo will be a large number of corn clut
exhibits, which partake of the nature
of fairs or q somewhat limited scale, and
there will be fully twenty-five counties
in which the progress Of the juvenile
corn-growing industry will be demon
strated.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
Receipts Show Slump.

The quarterly report of the Gulfport
& Mississippi Coast Traction Company
shows quite a slump in business for the
three months under review. The traffic
account, including transportation and
sale of electric current shows a total of
S49,3ss.94, while the expense account for
the same period was ~$59,303.s0, which
amounts to a net deficit of $9,914.S6.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20

. A green Vermonter, or a Vermont
LGreen Mountaineer, just as you will,
SYwent down to the swell golf contest
&sat Englewood, N. J., in which a num-
Tber of the most notable players in the
0es0hH@ participated, and beat the
bunch. All of which is fresh proof of
-the-franner in which rural brains,
muscle and skill are reinforcing the
c 0t6eAtOck.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20

q 1t is pleasing to anticipate the days
rof purple grapes and blushing apples,
~Xthe Thanksgiving turkey, the cider
Awith the bead on it, the possum
rbrowned and reposing in his couch of
&fprowned potatoes, but we shall not
Ahave the sweet, soothing, %ennobling
SYwarmth of this delicious August TEN
Aperature then.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20

y When an ~aeroplane falls a victim to
sH,the total depravity of inanimate things
1.-THE consequences are dreadful, be-
Skcause the higher the aim, the worse
L'the fall.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
Gov. Noel Invited.

Gov. Noel has received his invitation
from the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Water
way Association and the st. Louis Bust
ness Mems League, to join the company
of governors who are expected to make
the water trip from st. Louis to New
Orleans with President Taft during the
latter part of October, and he will proba-
bly, attend.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
Sister Dead-Brother May Die.

Wrightsville, Ga.-Miss Nina Tomp-
kins, daughter of a well known banker,
who with five others was injured in an
automobile accident here Saturday, died
this morning. Her brother, Roger Temp
kins, will probably die of his injuries.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
Her Intentions.

Her Intentions.
do you think your sister will mar
ry me?"
."1f you keep comm"
Have you heard her say anything
about it?"
Il heard her tell ma that If you
didn't stop comm here so often she'd
make things unpleasant for you."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
Chief Justice Stays Home.

Hon. A. H. Whitfield, the distinguished
chief justice, who had anticipated taking
a little vacation trip, is still at his home
in Jackson, and has about decided that
home is good enough for him as a sum.
mer resort, and it is probable that he
will not 60 abroad at all.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
PREPARED for the Worst.

How long had your wife's first hus-
band been dead when you married
herr"
about eight months"
"Only eight months? Don't you
think she was in a good deal of a
hurry?"
"Oh, l don't know. We had been
engaged for nearly two years"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
A Financial EpiQram.

III. H. Rogers" said a New York
broker, always advised young men
to get hold of capital. He used to
point out to them that without CAPT
tai a man could do nothing, nothing.
He used to pack this truth into a very
heat epigram.
"'Fortune,' he used to say, can't
knock at the door of a man who has
no house,"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20

y While the married prima donna can
eedpot constantly deny for publication re-
&ports of her engagement, she can man
wage to keep in the public eye by re,
. futtng divorce rumors.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20

T. A man has been sentenced to "A
ryeaTs in prison in British Columbia
&for BLACK Hand practices. That
Iseems a very decent and reasonable
%6entence.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
ROBS BANK.

Cashier and Three Depositors Lose Valu-
y ables Amounting to $1,4o0.
Fort Smith, Ark.-The cashier and
three depositors of the Merchants Bank
of V~andervoort, Ark, were held up Fri
day afternoon at closing time by a
lone highwayman, who secured $1,4OO
of the bank and depositors' valuables'
The victims were marched at point OF
pistol to nearby woods, where the rob
Der had tied his horse, and mounting the
animal, he made his escape.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
DR.. Hiram Thomas Dead.

Defunlak Springs, Fla,-Dr. Hiram w.
Thomas, of Chicago, one of the most
prominent ministers and platform lee
turers in the country, died here Friday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20

We certainly do need to begin the
khrday at the first peer of the sun if it
us necessary under present arrange.
&Rments to play ball by electric light.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
Capital Is Ready.

Hon. R. H. Henry, chairman of the
citizens committee that is working up
the Jackson-Clinton interurban electric
line scheme, is in receipt of inquiries
from promoters and others, who claim
to be financially able to take practical
part in such an. undertaking and carry
it to a successful conclusion.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
GETTING at the Root.

Fair Patient-Oh, doctor, I'm posi-
lively all run down and I'm SO miser-
able, l have that tired feeling all the
time.
Physician-No doubt. Let me see
you tongue.-Cleveland Leader.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20

Lightning Hits "Uncle TOMS Court
House.
Lexington, Ky.-The court house at
Washington, Mason county, in which
"Uncle Tom," of "Uncle Toms Cabin"
fame, was sold, was struck by lightning
and destroyed. The building was erected
in 1894. It was the sale of the aged
negro at this place that gave Harriet
Beecher Stowe the basis for her story.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20

y In a~t11td0n contest the only thing
eSdefinitely known beforehand is that
,>Sthe hPltQey will come to earth sooner
Elpr 1at\rAgenerally sooner.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20

ResiIiency Of Language.
II say, we are down on our luck!"
Eyes, we certainly are up against
it,"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20

The hotter the weather, the greater
&peedvt4 svpfRr&tHs&e summer chart.
Sties eMahAA alleviate the suffer
SAngs OF the poor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20
We'll, What7

Ia.
Johnny, leave me alone and don't
ask me another question:"
Jaw, jest one more an then I'll
keep STILL"
We'll, what is it?"
What relation is a cousin german
to a Dutch uncle ?"-Cleveland Leader.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-20

A Green One.
do you ook for news of Towards
hunting trip in the sporting column"
No, in the obituaries."-Life.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22
Had a Hyacinth sandwich.

Two hyacinth bulbs. costing 80 cents
each. and not counting the bread and
butter. made a sandwich for Howard
Gilbert, a prominent local merchant.
Returning home very tired and hungry
from his store. Mr. Gilbert went into
the pantry in the dark. and instead of
getting some onions with which to
make the sandwiches got hold of the
hyacinth bulbs. He devoured them
without discovering his mistake. and
even slept we'll on them. Next morning
his wife exclaimed: My gracious. you
ate my bulbs!" and her Iiege lord, of
course. acknowledged it. mo. they will
NOT bloom next summer he said, "and
YOU ought to be happy that am still
in bloom after putting such things in
side of rne.'-Pottstown Pa.) dispatch
to Philadelphia Record
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22

the iron ore supply of the country and
a practical monopoly of the iron and
steel trade of the south.
1t is asserted by the committee that
whatever may be the supposed emer-
gency. no discretion is lodged in the
president as to the enforcement OF the
law 1t was found in the opinion of
a majority Of the subcommittee that
the presidents communication to At
torneI General Bonaparte was in ef-
feet a direction not to interfere with
the merger.
1t was pointed out that under the
federal constitution the president is
the one official who is expressly en-
| Joined to take care that the law be
| faithfully executed.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22

Many a sweet girl dreams of being
the first lady of America To the
uninitiated the pleasures of being
mistress of the White House are very
appealing, but with these pleasures
come duties which take away the
novelty of the situation and reduce it
20 a strenuous life. second only to that
of the president himself.
Martha Washington stepped into
the social position which came with
her husbands election as naturally
as any lady could. AS Virginia
girl Martha cambridge, and as the
xoune wife of Colonel Custis she had
seen little of hardship, protected as
she was by wealth and tradition; and
she came to her position a stately
Kind and pious lady, whose thoughts
and ambitions lay all in the fulfill
ment of her social and domestic
duties She grew to be very much
like Washington in manner. even in
voice. and her mind moulded itself
TO his.
When Lady Washington took her
position and her courteous title TO the
republican court it was at 3 Franklin
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22

until the close and was promoted from
private to the rank Of colonel. which he
held until 1867.
In 1867 he was married to VaroIine L.
Harnden of Reading, Mass. He was q
member OF the Massachusetts senate in
1878, and was chief of the Massa-
chusetts bureau of statistics Of labor
from that time until 1888. After serv-
ing some time as United States COM
missioner of labor he completed the
eleventh United States census. He was
then a professor of social economics at
the Catholic university of America
and later. in 1895, was made professor
of statistics and social economics in
the school of comparative jurisprudence
and diplomacy in the Columbian univer-
sity. Since 1902 he was president OF
Clark college at Worcester. Mass.
President Roosevelt appointed him a
member and recorder of the anthracite
strike commission in 1902. He was a
member of the board of trustees OF the
Carnegie institute at Washington In
1907 he was decorated with the Cross
of the Legion of Honor of France.
Everybody reads the State Journal
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22

responsible for a story which concerns
one of the large western cities. the
police were unable to stop automobile
"scorching" on one of the main thor
oughfares of the city so the fire de-
partment was asked to cooperate
with the police in stopping and
quenching the enthusiasm of the auto
maniacS A line of hose was laid at
different points along the street and a
fireman stationed at each hose. When
| the signal was received to stop an
! automobile the fireman in whose dt-
| rection it was approaching stepped in
to the middle of the road, pointed the
| nozzle towards the machine and held
up his hand for the driver to stop. In
no instance do the speeding automo-
biles disobey the warning. This
might be a good suggestion to Chief
Eaton and Chief Wilmarth.
The Topeka street railway has not
taken the hint given out by the city
health department to clean out the
window boxes in their cars which are
still full of rotten apple cores, orange
peelings, and dirt of all sorts, which
is naturally infested with millions and
millions of germs detrim entail to the
public health. The health depart
ment has not made an official hint
but notices of this kind should be ac-
cepted.
For the last twenty years Topeka
has been making the greatest record
! in the United States on fires. The loss
per capita has been two-th1rds less
| than any other city of this size in the
Union. Mechanical journals, under
writer's and all have picked Topeka
| out as a model for fire protection.
Lately Topeka has suffered from the
| loss of two big fires and naturally the
| loss per capita will jump much hlgher
| this year than ever before. But the
city should cheer up During the past
wear the fire losses in the United
States amounted to over SIS million
| dollars. or Sc per capita! Compare
this with Topeka's average of SO cents
per capita and it will be seen that it
/ would take a good many large fires to