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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-06-16
THE WEATHER AND THE
CROPS.

CkOPS.
The whole country has erper-
fenced during last week unpreccd-
entedly hot weather for this season
Of the year. While June may
reasonably be expected to develop
the greatest heat OF the year, a. the
sun shines more hours in that
month in the Northern hemisphere
than in other still past recods show
it is not the month OF greatest heat,
as commonly daily showers have
the effect OF keeping down the
temperature. That such unusual
heat, coupled as 1t has becn with
dry weather, should give cause for
anxiety as to the effect on the crops
is but natural.
According TO the reports there
has been little rain in the cotton
belt except in the easterno or Atlantic
section. where good showers have
fallen. Practical rainless 10 the
central and western portions Of the
belt has been accompanied by high
temperatures, as much N 100
degrees Of heat and above having
bean recorded over wide stretches
in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas,
Louisiana ard Mississippi. Cotton
has stood the hot conditions will.
owing TO the fine conditions Of the
field add the moisture remaining in
the subsoil as q result Of the heavy
rains Of April and the first half Of
May. At the same time 1t is admit
ted that cotton is beginning to
suffer, and unless rains are exper-
fenced in the near furturc
d terioration seems inevitable.
The corn crop is already suffer
ing from the lack Of moisture, and
unless the situation is soon relieved
the fine prospects for a corn crop
will have to be materially modified.
The dry weather is also retardirg
rice, particularly as low water in
the river compels a resort TO pump
ing in the river section Of the rice
belt. Small crops, particularly
vegetables. are also suffering from
the drought and heat.
In the sugar belt the weather has
been almost rsinless, tine few showers
reported here and there being hardly
sufficient 10 CO much good. Tine
dry csndition Of the soil Ia retard-
ing the growth or the cane, although
the crop as a whole is not yet SUI
fering anything like as much a.
corn. A good soaking rain is need
ed at once TO assure the proper
progress Of the crop. The fields
are well cultivated and il ! position
to profit extensively by rain.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-06-16
BANK OF LEFL0RE

Don't try 70 raise chicks with ! hen
unless yon are prepared to keep them
free from lice. ApFiyA little u Con-
Keys Head Lice Ointment - the head
Of each chick and start them right.
Wilson R~sd Store.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-06-16

The candidates will b . very
busy bunch between now and
lst, the date q the first
primary. We will all give . sigh o.
relief when il il over.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-06-16

OF the Above Amount OF Loans and
Discounts
To Officers OF the Bank. L. ~. $5.707 30
To Directors Of the Bank 1853 80
To stockholders Of the Bank. none
/, u o. Simmons, 6sshier Of Green
wood Savings Bank OF Greenwood, Mis-
sissippi, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Is q true, full and exact state.
ment OF the Assets and Liabilities Of
said bank on the day aad date named
therein, ~ shown by the books Of sane.
IL. o. 81 LMoSs, Cashier.
Sworn TO and subscribed before me, a
Notary Public In and for the city Of
Greenwood. Lelore County, Mississippi,
no the 18th day Of June, 1911.
n. H. WHITMAN, N. p.
Examined and found ~ccrreFt.
n. ]. SMITH, Auditor.
This I2th day Of Jun 1911.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-06-16
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Fourth Judicial District:
District Attorney
T. u. II ER.
NJ. y. GRACE.
FRANK
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-06-16
For Sale.

one lot ioexis7l, with cement walk
10 front, o. Roalsvard In Congress-
Heights. Apply a III oiics.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-03
A STARTLING Lecture.

Mr.. j. M. Barrie has given us a
whimsical description of Professor
Campbell Fraser. the famous author
and dramatist having been at one time
one of the professors pupils. Il see
him. rising In a daze from his chair"
says Mr.. Barrie. land putting his
hands through his hair. Do | exist,
he said thoughtfully, strictly so call
edY The students looked Il little star
tied. This was matter that had not
previously disturbed them Still. il
the professor was in doubt there must
be something in 1t. He began to argue
it out, and an uncomfortable silence
held the room in awe. If he did not
exist the chances were that they did
not exist either. 1t was thus per-
sonal question. 1t was no wonder
that the students who do not go to
the bottom during their first month of
metaphysics begin to give themselves
airs, strictly so called. In the privacy
of their room at the top of the house
they pinch themselves to see if they
are still there"-Pearson's Weekly.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-03
a Marvel of insect Mechanism.

The sting of certain Indian fly of
fers as marked an example of design
in nature rs can well be imagined.
When seen through magnifying glass
1t is found to be composed of three
Sharp blades folded into one with
their cutting edges outward and rum
ming down to one fine point. When
the fly inserts this up to the hilt in it's
victim the three blades fly apart, and
then it is seen that each inner edge is
a beautiful saw, worked by six sep
arate muscles, so that when with
drawn the instrument rips it's way out
with a gusb of blood. But now comes
the most curious provision of all. 1t
would not do to fold up these blades
with the blood adhering to them, so
each blade is provided at it's base with
a fine brush of hairs growing out of
an oil gland, which provides an anti
septic secretion TO keep the blades
clean.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-03
Speaking English.

Almost any one who speaks English
might be put down successfully in
half a dozen places where English is
supposed to be the mother tongue and
hear as many dialects spoken, not one
of which he would understand until it
was interpreted. An old Lancashire
worthy and a London lady were one
day occupants Of railway carriage.
The train had been waiting long at a
certain station, and there was no APP
pearance of it starting when the
worthy remarked:
They're a gly. tanglesome lot here. ;"
81 beg your pardon" said the lady.
'I'm sayin' they're a gey daidlin' lot
here
'I really beg your pardon. sir
I'm observin' they are q vera dreich
lot here the NIGHT"
Really | must again beg your par
don. I don't comprehend you
81 was just tryin' to say that the
train was late
Indeed. sir. it is-very late" agreed
the lady and then collapsed. london
Bits
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-03
Preferred TO 2e a Quack.

\ quack at a fair near Paris was
driving roaring trade selling nos
trums. drawing teeth and beguiling
the crowd i'll the usual ways, says the
British Medical Journal. The letter
of the French law against unqualified
practice is very strong, though owing
to the indifference of the magistrates
it is not strictly carried out. This,
however, was a particularly fragrant
case. and the police felt compelled to
intervene The quack was therefore
accosted by the guardians of the law,
taken to tent at the back of his
stand and requested to show his diplo-
ma. To the stupefaction of the gend-
arines he exhibited perfectly au-
thenti" degree Of doctor of medicine
Of the University of Paris. They were
mofuse in their apologies. which the
doctor cut short with an urgent en-
treaty that they should say nothing
about what they had seen, for" he
said. IF the people know that l am
qualified doctor l shall have no more
customers
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-03

ALONG with much else that would
better have been left undone, the last
Legislature of Wisconsin passed the
Mary Ann bill Mary Ann is cousin
of the primary election law. She be-
longs to a trouble breeding family. 1t
is a safe prediction that the more she
is seen and known the less she will be
loved. The Mary Ann bill, as people
who keep track of politics are aware,
provides an opportunity for voters at
primary elections to ballot for their
second choice among the candidates for
offices, as we'll as for their first choice,
and for the nomination of the candi-
date having the most votes in both
classes in case no candidate has a ma
iority as the first choice of the electors
who vote on the ballot of his party The
Rhinelander News thinks the intrlcacleS
of the new law make it improbable that
the results of next September's prl-
maries will be known on election night.
The Appleton post considers it doubt
full that all the returns will be received
within time limit of three days, al
though the law provides that the cleo
ton officials shall canvass the votes and
get them to the county clerks of their
respective counties within "a hours
and further, that the county board OF
canvassers must meet on Friday follow
ing the election and canvass the re-
turns from the county precincts. But
Wisconsin has Mary Ann and must
make the best of her until she can be
legally divorced That this will happen
some time is inevitable There will be
no living with Mary Ann.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-03
How to Tell Your Income.

Under the income tax law there
shall be assessed, levied and collected
a paid tax upon incomes received dur
ing the year ending Dec. 81, 1911, and
upon increases received annually there
after by such persons and from such
sources as hereinafter described. The
incomes taxable include:
1st. All rent of real estate, includ-
ing the estimated rental OF residence
property occupied by the owner.
End. All interest derived by notes,
mortgages, bonds and other evidences
of debtor money loaned.
3rd. All salaries or fees derived
from services, etc.
4th. All dividends or profits derived
from stock, or from purchase and sale
of any property or other valuables ac-
quired within three years previous, or
from any business whatever.
From these come certain exemptions
as stocks or bonds of corporations that
paw tax direct to the state, or where
the corporation pays an income tax.
Exemptions allowed from net in
comes: $500 for single persons; Sl2Ol
for man and wife and 5000 for each
child under Is. Earnings in family
counted in making amount. From the
income tax is offset any personal prop
erty tax paid.
From the above it is evident that
every person will be required to keeI
a book account of his receipts and ex
penditures.
Anyone that the assessor of incomes
may deem having an assessable income
is required to make a statement show
ing all his incomes and payments. 1t /:
time for every person to prepare fol
the inouisltors that will soon be about
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-03

THE progressive platform adopted by
the insurgents at their much trumpet
ed convention in Chicago was one of
the most cowardly evasions ever given
to the public In fact every important
political issue is passed over in silence.
On the only issue now before the peo-
pie mentioned in their platform they
take a reactionary stand. They virtu-
ally declare their opposition to trust
prosecutions. The tariff, conserva-
ton, the initiative, referendum and
recall and the election of U. S. senators
by the direct vote of the people they
are absolutely silent on. Now what is
the matter with the disgruntled crowd?
Have they no opinion on the matters
omitted by them, or are they afraid to
let the people know them? With no
principles to urge in their platform
they are compelled to go before the
people simply as organized office seek
ers. Mere office seekers are, and al
ways have been, the curse of our gov
eminent. -Deerfeld News.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-03
The Last Hope.

When Lemuel Gregg died cousin
from d distant town appeared, saying
he had come to. settle the estate and
take the residue as LemuePs only
kinsman He had q jaunty air at first,
but at the end of week he had ac-
quired a watchful and anxious express
sion. When he stepped into the office
Of Lawyer Mears on Saturday after
noon he seemed to be extremely nerv-
GUS.
We'll. how are you coming out?'
asked the lawyer II suppose it's all
clear sailing, isn't it,"
"Clear sailingw echoed the executor
do you suppose I'd be here with
fee to pay if twas clear sailing? I'm
desperate, tell you.
There isn't thing left of Cousin
LENS estate except two dollar bill
and three pewter plates. | want to
know if there's any way that | can
oblige the town to accept those plates
for the tax bill it sprung up on me
after thought I'd got everything paid!
If there is I'll give you a dollar and
use the other half O. that two dollar
bill to get back where | came from
this very night youths Companion.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-03

OCCASIONALLY a man butts in when
it is not his turn, but leaves an embar-
RAISING situation. At the LaFollette
meeting in Chicago man arose in the
audience and asked if Isaac Stephen
son did not spend large amount of
money in financing LaFollette's polite
al career and then LaFollette went
back on him? To this very pertinent
question the crowd raised a great howl
and cried, 'Put him outn' Some tried
to mob the man. The man was simply
foolish to attempt to call out the truth
of history in that crowd. He was very
much out of place
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-03

SEVERAL days ago The Post asked,
tWhat is insurgency" The question
was answered at the Chicago conven-
ton. insurgency is Wisconsin. The
platform was written by Mr.. Lenroot
of Wisconsin. 1t declares for a Wis
consin man, on a Wisconsin platform,
and presumably it exactly suits Wis
consin. Evidently, in the opinion of
Wisconsin, there is no true progress
iveness elsewhere All is bogus, even
in Oregon, unless it bears the Wiscon-
sin brand
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-03
The Eternal Feminine.

From the fresco paintings of women
I'm the Cretan palaces of the period
about 1000 B. 9. it is learned that the
women of that time pinched in their
waists. had flounced or accordion
skirts, wore an elaborate couture on
their heads. shoes with high heels and
hats which might have come from
Partisan hat shop. while one woman
might be described as wearing jupe
cul0tte
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-03

Mrs. Dresser-But. George, you sure
ly don't consider yourself fnancier?
Mr. Dresser-Certainly l do. How do
you suppose I've kept from paying
your milliners bin for so long if I'm
not cier?-Catholic Standard
and Times.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-03
Notice

To please many of my patrons, and at
their request, l will discontinue vaude-
vile for the present ard instead will
give a very superior grade of moving
pictures, better than are generally
given in cities of this size. II you like
moving pictures, let me see you often
at the Scenic. WILL BARDEEN.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-03

THE state administration evidently
alarmed at the protests that have been
voiced over the impending state tax
levy announced a few days ago and
have lost no time in calling in the ap-
portionment made to counties. and
making a big reduction in the total fig
ures. Some one must have had an ear
to the ground and heard the distant
rnmhling of the eXasperated taxpayer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-03
Matrimonia. Note.

This thing of getting married. said
the girl who was busy with her trous-
seau, sis certainly trial.
ga trial, yes" agreed the cynical
bachelor, 'but it isn't half so bad as
working out the sentence Town
Topics
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-03
Wanted the Best.

Uncle Raspberry walked into drug
store.
Gimme one o. dem plasters fob my
back" he said
lone of the porous piasters?''
mo. | don't want one 0 de pores
plasters. want one o. de bes' -
Washington Star.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-03
Interesting Local Hints

Buy apples at Conn's.
About Is or 80 pigs for sale. Call
at the Pollard farm.
"A number of we'll bred Shropshire
bucks for sale by John Hurd. Aft
Jones little sausages at Conn's.
For SALE:-Two registered Short
Horn bulls, year old. Inquire of j. M.
Sweeney. 1872
House to rent. Inquire of Fred
Biessman at Brown Bros. butcher shop.
1872
Have you seen those fancy New
York apples at Ratzlaff Bros? $3.50
and So. Is a barrel.
Grape Fruit at Conn's.
i have the best farm in Vernon
county on my list I make real estate
a speciality buy, sell and trade on easy
terms. Write to or call on j. E.. Stoll,
Viroqua, Wis. ASIA
T. P. Burns juts purchased an I'M
usually attractive line of high grade
party dresses, one of each kind. They
will be sold J less than regular value.
GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin.
Buy fruits and vegetables at j. w.
Conn's.
A fur coat with rain coat inside
was lost Wednesday evening between
Lew Green's and Edgerton. Finder
please leave at Lew Green's.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-03

The habit of being critical about
small things is not good one to estab-
lish In ones life
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-03

AS THE Milwaukee Sentinel very
aptly puts it: at is easier for camel
to pass through the eye of needle
than for rich tight-wad to come with
in gun shot of winning primary cleo
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-03
MARINETTE-Judge Hastings de

MARINETT fudge Hastings de-
MED the motion for a new trial and
sentenced Charles Raue, found guilty
of FIRST degree murder, for killing Mrs.
Anna Marlowe on June IS, to state
prison for life When Raue was ask
ed if he had anything to say he said:
Il don't seep to find myself guilty
The court told the prisoner the, jury
had done that for him and that the ev-
idence justified the verdict in the case,
in the courts opinion
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-03

ADISON-Without issuance of in
vitations and to be followed by no for
NAL announcement, Miss Fola LaFol-
lette, daughter of Senator and Mrs. La
Toilette, was married at her fathers
residence in Washington to George
Middleton of New York. 1t was the
elimination of romance which grew
in the field of dramatic art, toward
which Senator LaFollette himself as
pired before he determined upon law
and politics.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-03

ADISON-Iubert Schneider, aged
thirty-five, a painter employed by
Mantz Bros, is believed to have been
drowned while hunting ducks on Lake
Mendoza His boat with his hunting
equipment was found floating near the
outlet of the lake He started out
from the pier at the state university
early in he day, intending to go to the
north end of the lake for ducks.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-03

this town was one of the fortunate
winners of land in the recent drawing
in the Rosebud reservation in South
Dakota Mr. Gramm's number was 353
and the land consists of $50 acres. He
will go to South Dakota in the spring
to prove up his claim.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-12-21
The Confederate Veteran.

The Confederate Veteran, Nashville,
Tenn, requests notice in every South
ern newspaper 1t disseminates in
formation about soldiers of the war on
both sides; it has long represented
officially every general Confederate or.
ganization, and is enthusiastically sup
ported by the men and women who are
familiar with it. While ardently 10y
al. as its name indicates, it is so dig
nified in tone and so patriotic that it
maintains not only the respect but the
good will of "the other side.
The Veteran is doing an important
work in helping to establish records
for dependent men who wore the gray
and the widows of such who seek pen
sions. Besides, it secures intercom-
munication between friends of the
long ago whose inquiries are printed
gratuitously.
The Veteran is printed on fine paper
and is illustrated with high class en-
cravings 1t is one of the most credi-
ia BILE magazines in the country (price
81 year, and the Editor prides him
self in the. assertion that in the distri-
button of over four millions of copies
he has not heard of fourteen com
plants.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-12-21
How to Cure Hams.

My method of curing hams is as fol
lows: Trim them neatly and make a
brine strong enough to float a fresh
egg. Put them in this and let them
remain four or five days to draw all
blood. Then take them out and boil
and skim the brine and when cold re-
turn them to the brine. adding enough
fresh brine to cover them, and then
add for each 100 pounds of ham pint
of black molasses and an ounce of salt
peter, and lot the hams remain in the
brine two or three weeks Then take
them out and hang and smoke we'll
with hickory wood or corn cobs and
smother the fire with green cedar
brush. When we'll smoked, take them
down and paint them all over with a
thick mixture of black molasses and
black pepper. Wrap in stout brown
paper and put each in cotton sack
and dip it in lime wash and hang in
dark smoke house. The hams will
improve until year old
treat shoulders in the same way,
and sides, except that the sides re-
main in brine half the time the hams
do. Jowls treated in this way are
fine for boiling with turnip greens in
the spring. w. F. Massey, in The
Progressive Farmer.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-12-21
First Christmas Observance

Christmas gets its name from the
mass celebrated in the early days of
the Christian church in honor of the
birth of Christ, its first solemnization
having been ordered by Pope Teles-
phorus This was in or before the
year 1873, for in that year Pope Teles-
phorus died.
At first Christmas was what is
known as movable feast, just as Eas-
ter is now, and owing to misunder-
standings was celebrated as late as
April or May. In the fourth century
an ecclesiastical investigation was or
dered, and upon the authority of the
tables of the censors in the Roman ar
chives December 25 was agreed upon
as the date of the Savior's nativity.
Tradition fixed the hour of birth at
about midnight, and this led to the
celebration of midnight mass in all
the churches, second at dawn and a
third in the later morning.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-12-21
WhitWelI.
SpeciaI 10 the Ne70s.

Visiting is the order of the day.
H. B. Eggert was visiting his moth
er and father Sunday.
W. L. Eggert and wife was visiting
Bob Atterton and wife Sunday.
H. F. Eggert and and intended wife
were visiting Geo. Eggelt Sunday.
John Eggert visited at Red Hill
Sunday,
H. B. Eggert is going to make a
flying trip south right away.
Harry Eggert, John Atterton, Lew
is Atterton, John Green, James Frost,
we're all out coon hunting Saturday
night and caught cold.
Harry Eggert and James Frost were
ont rabbit hunting Saturday, and kill
ed two birds.
Cordus Lamb, Jim Perkins, Joe
Smith, and Charlie Shirley went to
town last week.
Misses Electa Rogers and Alice Bull
CESS were in town Saturday morning
to see Santa Claus, but he didn't bring
anybody anything this time. He will
be back in few days to. see all the
little children, so you little children
had better be good if you want old
Santa to come to see you. You must
mind your papas. and mamas.
We were sorry to hear of the death
of Miss Arenda Andes, who died Sat
urday morning at six O'Clock. Her
death was caused by cancer.
There will be entertainments at the
college Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day nights. Everybody come.
Harry F. Eggert and Harry B. Egg
10 b. %riN n (hof-
tanooga Wednesday and will return
Friday night
Come on, you Alabama City Kid, |
like to hear from you. / saw where
you had subscribed for the News, so
come on with some Of your pieces. l
like to read them.
Ye writer would like to hear from
LONELY Girl" Sage Town Boy.