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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-11-11
ROUND The TOWN
Gathered In the Round Up.

Mr.. t. A. McGehee was nown from
Money the first of the week.
+ + +
Hon. j. NJ. Sykes was down from
Schlater the first of the week.
Mr.. Mike Purtle was down from
Schlater on business Thursday.
Mr.. E. E. Inflow made a business visit
to jackson the first of the week.
Mr.. Gus Haywood was down from
Lone Star Plantation the first of the
week.
Money on business the first OF tho
week.
Get the best for less and
you will make a success. The
White Star Grocery, phone
255, makes it easy for you.
Mrs c L LomaX and children visited
Grenada relatives and friends this
week.
Mr. NJ p Caskey was down from
Phillip on business the first OF the
week.
City Clerk r. H.. Hicks if spending
this week with friends and relatives al
Shaw.
Mr. Richard C TONNES was down from
his plantation home near Philip tn.
first of the week.
Hon. and Mrs. J.. l.. Gillespie and LITTLE
Miss Norman Mcleod, of Jackson, ar,
the guests of Ye Editor and wife.
MY number is 90 in Scates' Pian'
Contest. l will thank all who will
kindly vote for me. VELMA SPURRIER.
The White Star sells tn
same Groceries for less be-
cause it enfOrCes its irOn-Clat
Cash Rule.
President B. T. Sayre was down fror
Beat One the first of the week at tn
November session of the Supervisors.
Mr.. Locke Arnold came over froE
Texas Wednesday,, being called by tn
illness of his brother, Mr.. Henry Al
mold.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-11-11

Gordon Gillespie attended to profess
sional business before the Federal
Court at Jackson the middle of the
week.
Miss Buelah Moody has returned to
her home at Indianola after q delightful
visit to Miss Lucille Stoner, on Howard
street.
J. B. Rovenhorst has moved
his Repair Shop to 319C Carroll
ton Ave. Phone 384.
DR.. T. r. Henderson returned Mon
day from Gulfport, where he attended
a meeting of the board of directors of
the soldiers home at Beauvoir.
Dr.. Minor G. Baldwin, the eminent
pipe organist, who rendered several
recitals in Greenwood recedtly, passed
through the city the middle of the
week.
MIR. John ". Dulaney, Jr., was over
from the University of Mississippi the
latter part of last week and the first
Of this week, enjoying q few days at
homo with his parents.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-04
RAILROAD SPEED MARvELS.
New York to Philadelphia at Rate
of 64.2 Miles an Hour.


From the New York Times.
Coincident with the opening OF the new
Pennsylvania station. with resultant
shortening OF the time of travel 10 the
heart Of New York. the running time OF
all through trains on the rival Jersey
Central Railroad win be cut TO one hour
and fifty minutes between New York and
Philadelphia in both directions.
After this week they will make the run
Of ninety miles even, bstween Philadel-
phia and Jersey City in Sc minutes fiat. or
at a speed OF 56l4 miles an hour for the
entire distance. Operating officials of the
Jersey Central explained yesterday that
in fact the actual running time would be
twelve minutes less than this, that allow
ance being made for stops and slow
downs, the latter notably over the New
ark Bay drawbridge. which ali engineers
are forbidden 10 cross in less than four
minutes This brings the average speed
to 64,2S5 miles an hour.
On the best running stretches, such as
from Trenton Junction inward and from
Bound Brook 10 Elizabeth, the trains viii
attain a speed Of something less than
40 seconds to the mile This record ex-
ceeds by a small margin anything done
regularly on the two lines from Philadei-
phia 10 Atlantic City, which are gener-
ally recognized by railroad men as the
fastest railroad divisions in America, II
not in the world. The Jersey Central Of
fcials say that no other railroad any
where can boast anything 10 equal this.
One very fast train called the 'Mer-
maid" the name being selected by school
children along the road in competition for
a SIS prize. was installed in the summer
OF 1903 This was a light train with a
high wheel locomotive. 1t ran from
Scranton, down the Lehigh and Wyoming
valleys 10 the North Jersey coast resorts
without touching New York at all II
ran on alternate days up and down. and
was continued last summer as a daily.
II often scored 81 seconds 10 the mile.
and never met with the slightest mishap.
The fastest regular train in these parts
hitherto has been the Pennsylvania eight
cen hour special 10 Chicago, which is
making the run OF eighty-fouT miles from
Jersey City to North Philadelphia in So
minutes. 1t is not the policy of either
railroad, however, 10 brag about speed
records. They see business reasons for
not doing so among them that they do
not wish rivals 10 know just what they
can do. but trainmen tell regular travel
ers OF one train special on the Pennsyl-
vanIa which few years ago carried GER
tain high officials from Broad street TO
Jersey City. platform TO platform. in Il
minutes; also of a special on the Jersey
Central which about the same time ran
three miles east from the snuff mills at
Bound Brook in precisely 80 seconds, the
time being taken by three stop watches
on the locomotive.
Railroad racing as a sport is not en-
couraged by the companies, but on the
The Washington herald., 1910-12-04
HOLIDAY NUMBERS JUST OUT.
London Graphic and illustrated
News Both Works of Art.

London Graphic and illustrated
News Both Works of Art.
The 1910 Christmas number of the Lon
don Graphic has Just made its appear
ance. Beautifully printed in colors, and
including the work. of the foremost au-
thors and artists OF the day. as we'll as
a handsome supplement plate, THE Re
turn OF Our Redcoats," II is capable of
holding its own among Christmas publl-
cations.
Maintaining a high standard Of excel
lence the Illustrated London News for
this holiday season has also just reached
the market Pictorially, il is all that
could be asked, containing a special Sc
ries OF Christmas drawings and eight
pages Of color work by Maxheld Par
rish and others. A photOgravure supple
ment plate entitled Room for One More"
goes with II:
Stories by Eden Phillpotts. Frank
fort Moore. Marriatt Watson. and
other favorite authors may be found in
Holly Leaves, the Christmas number Of
the illustrated Sporting and Dramatic
News Holly Leaves is appropriately IL
Illustrated, and every copy includes mag
nifcent plate. The Surrender of Napo-
leon TO Great Britain" by the late Sir
w Q. Orchardson, r. A.
In the Christmas number of Black and
White there is splendid selection OF sea-
sonable stories for both old and young.
one OF the strongest features Of this pub
llcation Is the two presentation plates
which 20 with IT. The Ideal" repro
duced in its original colors, and a photo
gravure OF Maurice Randails Rose"
These Christmas numbers and many
others are on sale by the Washington
News Company and its agents.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-04
SEA SALTS SEE SOME SIGNS
Jolly TarS Are COnnOSSeurS on SignbOard Novelties
in All Parts of the World

good tip to the Retail Merchants Asso-
citation for use In its organization of
credit system bureau:
Since man 20 man has been unjust,
J do not knUw what man 20 trust
have trusted many 10 my sorrow,
50 pay to-day and trust tomorrow.
Almost directly opposite in sentiment is
the following sign from the old Cornish
Arms Inn:
Here's whisky. brandy, rum. and gin.
on can't do less than drink success
To copper. hsh, and Tin.
Here IS a sign that would not be out of
place entirely In front Of some OF the
small country stores in remote places to-
day:
jeremiah Mute dealer in cod liver oil and treacle
turkey rhubard taFis and mustard SAWS ham.
mors. WinnoWfng machines. clogs. wheelbaruss, Try
ING pans. and other mO0sicsl instruments.
Men, they have many faults.
Bnt Wumen has but two,
No;hing's night that they say.
And nothing's right they do.
It is evident from the eouplet attached
10 the inventory OF jeremiah Nute's stock
that he must have had woman COM
petitor.
clearinghouse Rules.
The following lines Mr.. Streeton says
were carefully copied from the signboard
OF an old clearinghouse which went out
of business many, many years ago:
FosWpence night for bed.
Sixpenoe with supper
No more than three 70 sleep in ono bed.
No beer allowed in the kitchen.
No smoking when in bed.
No boots 20 be worn in bed.
No dogs allowed upstairs.
No gambling or fighting here.
No razer- grinders taken in.
OrgaH-grinders to sleep IN the attick
IZIKiAH ODoNIvIAN.
4 Man of Parts.
Old Roger Giles. whose shingle an
nounced him as "Surgin. Parish Clark,
end Sculemaster, Grocer and Undertak-
err" said to the passers-by through the
medium of signboard advertising:
''Drors teef without waiting a mint,
applies teaches every hour, blisters on
the lowest terms, kuts corns, bunyons.
doktors ores. clips donkies, and under
takes to look after everybOdy's nayles
by the ear. Josesharps. penny wissels.
brass kandlesticks. fryin pans, and 9TH
er moosicai instruments hat greatly re-
dueed tigers. Young ladies and gentul-
mems larnes their grammar and Ian
geudge in the purtiest manner. also great
care taken off their morrels and spelling
Also Farm PSALM singing. tayching base
vial and all other SORTS of fancy work.
squadrils, pokers, weazles and all coun-
try dances tort at home and abroad at
perfuksun. PeTfumery and SNUFF IN ali
its branches AS times is cruel bad l beg
Ia tell ee that I has just besinned TO sell
all sorts of stashonery, ware cox, hens.
fouls. pigs and all other Kind OF poltry.
blakin. breshes. herrings. Old rags
boght and sold here, veto
''P. 81 tayehes geography, rithmetic'
cowsticks, jimnastics and other chynees
tricks
The Washington herald., 1910-12-04
GOVERNORS JOINT STATEMENT
ON FAMOUS SOUTHERN STORY

Louisville, KY. Dec. >3.-Gov Martin F. Ansel of South
Carolina and Gov w Ktchn of North Carolina, met Thurs
day and issued the following joint statement
1T has been the legend that the governor of North Carolina
said to the Of South Carolina 1t long time between
drinks.
No such staementwas made The facts told by
eyewitness of that famous meeting brand the whole story
fabrication This what really happened The governor of North
Carolina said the governor of South Carolina Remember the
fate of Montgomery?
Well who in the Montgomery asked the gov
OF South Carolina.
He the who died between drinks replied the gov
ernor of North Carolina
This official statement posted the bulletin board OF the
Seelbach Hotel where the governors are staying
The Washington herald., 1910-12-04

The British tramp steamer ST. Jerome,
Capt. Hallam. arrived in port from HUI
elva, Spain. with a cargo Of pyrites. and
is discharging at the Charleston Termi-
nal Company's wharves az the foot OF
Columbus street, says the Charleston
News and Courier. The ST. Jerome is S5i
feet long, with a 47-foot beam, She Is one
OF sixteen large freight steamers. each Of
them named after a saint. Following are
the steamers OF the Rankin Line. ST An
drew St Bede, ST. DunstOn. ST. Egbert.
St Filans. ST. George, 81. Hugo. st.
Irene. ST. Jerome. ST. Michael, ST. Mich
olas. ST Oswald. St Patrick. ST. QUEEN
tin. and ST Ronald
NJ A Streeton. first officer of the ST.
Jerome. is native of Whithaven, Eng
land which is in the picturesque lake
district so often sung by some of Brit
aims greatest poets. Mr.. Streetons home
is an English cottage. which peeps out
from wealth OF foliage upon one OF the
superb lake roads Yesterday afternoon
he exhibited a picture Of his house re-
marking as he did so that il had been
four years and a half since he had seen
his wife and children. In speaking of
the cottage In which he resides, Mr..
Streeton said that il was one of num-
Der of such cottage homes in the lake
district. situated about a mile distant
from each other In commenting on the
particular house i'm which his family
lives, ne said that the dwelling was built
In a time so remote that there was no
exact way OF getting at the period, IN
less one gives credence TO the legends Of
the community The walls OF the cottage
are four feet thick and the broad window
siils are used as tables.
Old Sign boards.
Talking of the cottages and of the age
in which they are supposed to have been
built. Mr.. Streeton began telling Of other
ole and quaint things to be found all
over England. but especially in and
around Whithaven An interesting part
of his narrative was that in which he
told of the many queer signs he had seen
In England and of which he had pre-
served copies from the original The first
sign Mr.. Streeton showed was that from
an old English hosiery, called the TEN
purence Hotteli," which read as follows:
Iamsnade and ging5r beer.
Cow heels and tnpe every Friday
sekored hand elise 10 make ye tidy
Crox and kttes, pans and all.
And Cody books 10 save yer sole
Man-trars gins and Isitens likewise.
And on Saturday nights hot mutton pies
Mr.. Streeton had the following copy.
taken from a bakers signboard:
Here lies Jerry showed
That cleans the road
For puhlicans and sinners.
But not for those chapel folks
But Only for those that bring their dinners
God save the King.
The following imperative trespass no.
tiee, copied from an old signboard is one
In which Mr. Streeton takes special de-
light:
OF man-tTaps and spring guns
Take notice
All persons found tresrassipg IN this orchard viii
be sAOt
By order Of Patrick CTonan
Tip for Credit Bureau.
The following signs OF the Towns Arm
Inn, which is one of the best among Mr.
Streeton collection. might contain a
The Washington herald., 1910-12-04

forces viii be on duty in the pressroonl,
the bindery, the folding room. and the
foundry with few II any changes in the
official positions.
Thomas &C. Jones. f. A. LANCE. and
Maurice Fitzgerald sang their best songs
IN their best style at the spess banquet.
The Monotype Relief Association paid,
each of its members on Friday a divi-
dend of 5000, being the first OF the Office
relief societies to settle up for the year.
John c. Macksey. who was one of Co
lumbia Unioe's delegation TO the SYRIA
cuse convention OF 1898. and who worked
here both in the G. P. o. and down
town for number Of years, but who has
been for some years holding good po-
sitlon under the city government of
Newark. N j., has been visiting Wash
ington the past week. accompanied by his
bride.
Chairman W. n. Brockwell was absent
from the proofroom all of the past week
owing TO trouble with his eyes.
Fred w. Henke, of the electrical f6tce,
returned TO duty Friday from a trip that
took him and Mrs Henke as far West as
Kansas. and included stay of some
DAYS at their former home In Steuben-
vile, Ohio.
A new design of adjustable bracket for
an incandescent electric light was given
a trial In the proofrocm during the week.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-04
RUBIES AND THEIR SOURCE.
Ancient Mines of Burma Under the
Rule of Britain.

From the Scientific American.
II viii not be long until American
machinery and American methods are
introduced into Burma for the work
ing OF the famous ruby mines Of the
Mogok Valley After thorough in
vestigation of all known mining methods
the Burma Ruby Mines, Limited. great
London corporation, has reached the con-
clusion that Introducing as practiced
IN California and other portions Of the
American West is the only practicable
method for working the ruby-besrin8
deposits in the vast hillside expanses
bordering the alluvial valleys. These
hillsides contain rubies OF large size and
great value, but 1t frequently happens
that vast quantities of barren earth
have to be removed. No other method
Of mining except hydraulicking renders
il possible 10 move and wash this earth
on a sufficiently economical basis 20 make
the operations profitable.
or the worlds precious stones the
perfectly pigeon blood ruby Of Burma is
easily the most valuable in proportion
stone found since the British occupation
of Burma, weighing only II carats when
cut. was sold in London for $S,oo \
perfect ruby Of 5-carat weight IS worth
more than ten times as much as a first
water diamond OF the same size. IN $50
the financial exigencies of the Burmese
government made necessary the sale of
two large rubies one when recut by
European lapidarles. weighed IS els
carats and sold for SloO.oO0 The other.
when recut weighed % 5-l6 carats and
sold for $4,000. These are the finest
rubies that have ever reached the Oc-
cident. II is true that there are larger
rubies among the crown jewels or
Russia. Portugal, Spain, and Eng
land. and in several private collections,
but these are Ceylonese or Siamese gems
and lack the perfection Of color that dis
tlnguishes the Burmese stones. A good
many years ago an uncut gem Of this
kind weighing q earats sold for la6
pounds weight Of gold
The ruby mines OF Burma have been
worked for al least $50 years. but con-
corning their history little is known.
In 1887 the ruby-produclng villages OF
Nogok and Kyatpyin were traded BY
the shan ruler to the King of Burma.
who gave in exchange an important
town on the Irrawaddy River. From
thar time until in 1885 the ruby mines
were claimed as the personal possession
of the Burmese monarch.
In 1855 Upper Burma was annexed ~
Great Britain, and not long afterward
the ruby mines were leased by the Crown
10 British subjects. In $3.50 the lease
was taken over by the Burma Ruby
Mines. Limited, with a capital Of 81
100000, and from that period dates tho
modern exploitation Of the worlds great
est ruby mines.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-04

who learned 10 operate. IL didn't take
him long 10 realize that outside of the
department service was the place for a
man 10 make good. in view of the fact
that he had developed speed sufficiently
20 be numbered among the ''quicks'
manipulating the Merg He is az present
the machinist-operator at the L. c. Kelly
Printing Company.
His spare moments, however. are not
spent in idleness. ~ he is receiving I'm
structiOn In mechanO-therapy. or the re-
sistive movement for the treatment of
disease not specific under the able tute-
lage of that eminent German specialist.
DR.. John L. Ruebsam
The transfer of Messenger Thomas A.
Elliott 20 night duty deprives certain
divisions Of an eyer-alert source Of the
latest rumOrs
Willie Harrison, a popular printer. was
proudly exhibiting a telegram from an
ONCE in Fredericksburg. Va. on Thurs
day, stating that transportation had been
forwarded for MIN to report there for a
good job.
William Rountree, whose death oc-
CURED during the past week. had been
connected with the G. p. o. for many
years, his last assignment being mes
senser to the revisers in the pressrOom.
He was a man OF excellent qualities and
We'll liked by all with whom he came I'm
contact The sympathies OF his friends IN
tile pressroom were expressed by a hand
some floral piece. He was buried in
Congressional Cemetery.
FRESHMAN Ira f. Cole, the oldest mem
Der OF the Pressmen's Union, is confined
10 his home by illness.
Elizabeth c. Johnson and s r. Hen
son. press feeders, have been dropped
from the rolls.
Pressmen J. A. Finnegan. f. A. Dent,
d. A. Campbell. w. J. Christmas and
Henry Jaeger, tempOraries, have been
dropped
Miss Annie F. Leonard has been trans
ferred from the navy branch to the main
pressroOm.
Sidney Tolliver remembered a number
of his Office friends with evidence of his
success as a 'possum hunter while on
trip down in Virginia recently.
Bookbinder Jack Walsh was the guest
OF the Corkscrew Club, Of Baltimore. at
their new clubhouse down on the bay on
Sunday last
Joe STEELE has returned from his recent
vacation improved in health
being made prior TO the erection Of the
bridge that Is TO connect the two wings
of the building across the court al the
second floor.
Details TO make UP full forces in the
composing and proof rooms we're made
last evening, and the opening OF Congress
viii find every night division in the office
ready 10 take up the work Several
changes In the officials in charge have
taken place, the most notable being that
OF the night proofrOOm. where Edward A.
Huse succeeds John A. Huston. who has
filed that position for number of years
T. ]. Rowe ia again In charge of the
monotype section, night. and John
IO'DonOghue In the keyboard room, while
James A. Ross will perform the duties OF
foreman of the document section. where
all the forms are made ready for the
press and the foundry, and where TYNE
Is stu set by hand. The usual night
The Washington herald., 1910-12-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST
TO @. p. O. WORKERS

w. H. Anglin. popular printer-monol-
ogist, as he would say, was born in the
wiregrass OF Georgia In 1878. reared on
corn dodgers and gopher soup and his
school training is limited TO the first few
pages OF the blue-hack speller At a
tender age he started in the printing
business, serving three years in the
pressroom, full time in the bindery. and
devoted his energies TO the book and job
end for q livelihood
About 1897 he migrated 10 the country
where every man Is a gentleman until
he proves otherwise" beyond the Mis-
sissippl, and with Fort Worth as his per-
manent residence he tread the beaten
paths of pioneers from st. Lake City TO
San Luis Potosi. Mexico.
Mr.. Anglin came TO Washington in 1862,
and when machines were first installed
in the G. T. o. was among the number
The Washington herald., 1910-12-04
WOE IS OURS.

SAYS a certain lively thinker: Il have
returned 10 my retreat thinking Of all
the elegant Women-the women of to-
day-and of the young girls who are the
women OF tomorrow. I am little un-
easy about them. ] know that some OF
them make their own hats. Bat would
IT not be as well if, after learning to
make their own hats, they were taught
10 take a little interest in their own
brains? / know they have been holi-
daying, and that this is the time for
pleasure for Irritation, for sport. But
during the winter they als) skip about
chatting with young men. skating. &c
Wen. let US say to ourselves that these
represent only the minority. II the
minority appears large, It is because il
is noisy
And do I go into these luxurious places
to find the worthy maiden who is pre-
pairing for the battle of existence, who is
destined soon to become a really useful
member Of society? No, ! confess.
have been regarding the butterflies
m 600 --..-1. a.. a.. ...... - =
The Washington herald., 1910-12-04

Atlantic City division. where the tracks
run parallel for long distances through
open country. Reading ana Pennsylvania
trains often run side by side, and when
they separate the Pennsylvania train,
railFoaders notice, Is often little behind.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-04

In Chicago, out OF every 100 women IN
the age period from twenty -nVe 10 tWen-
ty-nine. at the last count there We're ia
who were unmarried In Denver there
were 81 In Manhattan and the Bronx
there were $50 In Minneapolis there
were $50. In Philadelphia there were SS7.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-04

The world production Of lead last year
aggregated i.0l9..00 tons. divided thus.
Europe Goa. 500 TONS United states $685..
70l tons Mexico. llS.000 tons; Australia,
100 tons The United States consumed
Sc, S04 tons OF lead; Germany, el5,2o1 tons.
Great Britain. 1880 tons: France. no.
400 tons; Russia, $500 tons.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-04

Pressure up 70 52OO pounds 20 the slusre inch is
used to force a paste formed q Pure metallic tung
stem and a binding material thruugh holes drilled in
diamonds 10 form incandsscent lamp flaments.