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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
OPPOSE SMITHS PARDON.
Determined That Clemency Shall Not Be
Extended to the Slayer of Laurent.


Jackson.-Counter petitions opposing
the granting of pardon to Charles r.
Smith, the former alfalfa King of Mis-
sissippi," now serving a life term in the
penitentiary for the murder of E. A.
Laurent, a Nashville travelling man, have
peer placed in circulation.
Laurent was i member of the Mis-
sissippi Travellers, and the United Com
mercial Travellers. While neither of
these organizations will act as a body,
individual members will circulate the
counte petition, secure signatures there
to, and present tn document to Gov
Noel when he fixes a date for hearing
the case.
The travelling men of the state are
determined to wage an aggressive fight
against clemency for Smith, contending
that there is neither reason nor excuse
for restoring him to liberty; that there
is no more truth in the plea that he is
insane than there was in the insanity
plea when offered in his defense during
the memorable trial at Columbus, the
jury putting 10 credence whatever in the
plea.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
KILLS HIS OWN BROTHER
Remarkable Tragedy Near Seminary IL
Result of Drunken Row.

kemarkADiG g Near seminary II.
Result of Drunken Row.
Seminary.-Wash lAultman, a man
about 35 years old, living four miles
west of Seminary, was killed by his
brother, Tad Aultman, at the formers
home.
T. L. Aultman, father of the men,
came to Seminary in company with his
two sons and one of the parties received
a package of whiskey from the express
office, and was known to be drinking
freely before leaving town. They Wis
tied the home of the deceased and soon
an alteration started which involved
h entire party, but matters soon sub
sided and the father of the men retired
and was soon asleep.
Tad Aultman, after quarreling with
his brother for some time, left the
house, apparently for his home, but DOR
returned from the back way, entering
the home of the deceased from the back
door armed with a two by four scant-
ling about four feet long, and when his
brother, who was sitting before the fire
with his wife and three children, turned
TO see his approaching brother, he was
given a blow on the head with the
scantling which split his head open.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
HAULING GRAVEL TO STATE.
Extensive and Valuable Deposits in Mis-
sippi Not Noticed.

Jackson-Although Mississippi abounds
in quantities of the finest sort of gravel,
suitable for roadbuilding purposes, there
are less than $50 miles of roads graveled
in the state, and the somewhat absurd
situation is developed that for that pur-
pose gravel from Memphis, New Orleans
and other points is being hauled into the
state at a great cost, making the price
for its use rank almost along with the
price paid for the best sort of perma-
nent paving in the cities. just why it
is the natural deposits of gravel have
not been worked extensively, and plants
installed for washing the Mississippi
product is not known, but the fact re-
mains that Mississippi counties and mu-
inequalities are sending a great deal of
money out of the state for gravel when
there is plenty of it in the state limits.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
FOR BETTER SCHOOL HOUSES
More Attention Be Paid the Buildings
Youngsters Spend Their School
Hours In.

Jackson. = State Superintendent OF
Education j. y. Powers has got a plan
he will put before the next legislature,
and its obvious merits will appeal to
every one at sight.
1t is, in brief, to start a systematic
upbuilding of the rural schools of Mis-
sissippi by prescribing what sort of
schoolhouses shall b. used. Heretofore,
and at present, almost anything with
four walls and d roof has been consid-
cred sufficient for a school. Old cabins,
California; shacks, log houses, and
what not have been used, with no con-
v%eniences whatever; no arrangements for
ventilation Or proper heating; no clothes
closets or dressing rooms.
Superintendent Powers is going to
ask the legislature to allow him suffi-
cient funds to have drawn to scale and
with working directions, SO that the
veriest tyro of a carpenter can build ac-
cording to the directions given, plans
for schoolhouses of every sort and size,
suited to all sizes of schools, and the va
rious climatic conditions of the state.
These will embody all of the latest dis
coveries and improvements in construc-
ton of school houses, and the whole will
be printed or proper sheets, with the
scale drawings and specifications and es-
Inmates of cost.
Then it is the desire of Superintend-
ent Powers that the Legislature pass a
law to the effect that no school houses
shall be built in the state hereafter un-
til the matter has been submitted to the
department of education and that the
plans adopted and recommended by the
department shall be the ones used.
The plans will b furnished free to
each community, and after conference
and going over the matter, ascertain
ing how large a schoolhouse is desired,
figuring on its increase during the years
of its usefulness, the proper plan Sc
lected.
1t has been stated in this connection
that there are a great many barns being
built in Mississippi in which everything
is calculated according to scientific ad.
vancement and in the light of progress
sive ideas, but no schoolhouses except
possibly in the larger cities, and it is
time the children were being as care
fully cared for and housed, at least. az
| the cattle.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
TO PROTECT FOREIGNERS
United States May Send Body of Troops
Into China.

Washington.-The United States is
keeping ready in Manila an expedition
airy force of 500 to $500 soldiers for i'm
mediate dispatch to China to protect
foreigners and to keep open the railway
communication between Picking and the
sea. This, it was declared by the United
States department, is not to be consid-
cred an intervening force in favor of
either the rebels or the impeiralists, but
is merely ehis country's part in comply
ing, together with the other powers, sig
natory to the Boxer protocol, with the
provisions of that document.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
CONVICTION COUNTY
Qualities for Tomato Club and Domestic
Science Course.

VuoAAACS y AOAAol NAu0 anu DOAACSSAS
Science Course.
Jackson.-Covington county has won
the distinction of being the first county
in the state outside of ten selected by
the United States department of agri-
culture and the Mississippi department
OF education, to qualify for the tomato
club and domestic science course for the
common schools of the county. The gov
eminent appropriation for the work only
permitted of an extension to ten coun-
ties in Mississippi, and they have been
selected, but other counties wanted the
course for their schools. The depart
ment of agriculture notified Miss Susie
Y. Powell, who is their representative in
Mississippi, that while limited by the
appropriation, if any county would raise
$50 for the pay of the demonstration
and expert for the season, and a suff-
Gent prize list to make the work of in
terest to the girls of the schools, she
was at liberty to go ahead and start the
course. Supt. J. T. Calhoun, of Coving-
ton county, is greatly interested, and has
raised the money.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
Presidential Primary

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Cummins Of
Idaho will introduce a bill providing for
presidential primaries. The bill would
direct the holding of primary elections
in each state, at which the electors of
both parties could nnoun their prefer
ences for presidential candidates. The
bill would fix August 1 of next year as
the time for the first primaries and moth
ing would le left to the national con-
ventions except the framing of palt-
forms and arranging the machinery o.
the national committees.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
WOULD ImPEAcH
MARTIN uTTlET0n
CONGRESSMAN DECLARES CHARGES
ARE SLANDEROUS.


Washington.-An investigation Of !
operation of the so-called American Anti
Trust League was demanded by Repub-
lican Leader Mann in the house Monday
after a remarkable speech by Represen-
tative Martin w. Littleton of New York,
who charged Henry b. Martin, secretary
of the league, with attempting to de-
fame him. 1t was the climax of the
dispute between Mr.. Littleton and Chair
man Stanley of the house steel corpora
ton investigating committee over meth
DDS OF procedure since the filing of the
governments suit against the United
States Steel Corporation.
Round after round of applause pune
tuated Mr.. Littleton's seyenty-minute de-
Tense of his integrity, and Democrats
and Republicans assured him of their
confidence in hin. Meantime Mr.. Mar
tin had handed to Speaker Clark a me-
mortal and petition asking that Mr..
Littleton be impeached on the ground
that he had 'co-operated and conspired
with heads of the trust" to prevent a
continuance of the steel inquiry.
Mr.. Littleton assailed Martin and 9th
ers as in conspiracy to use the steel in
vestigation committee to depress the
status of stocks in Wall street.
Chairman Stanley of the steel inves-
tigating committee remained silent dur
ing the speech. Mr.. Littleton in no way
attacked the committee but said Mr..
Martin had attached himself to the com
mittee Gas a voluntary employee and
had misrepresented his connection
with it.
Cheers greeted his Characterization of
the in%sinuations against him as "false
in every particular" and "slanderous
and criminal attacks"
Representative Lttleton stirred the
house with a diatribe against those
whom he alleged had maliciously de-
famed him because of his independent
attitude as a member of the house com.
mittee of inquiry into the United States
Steel Corporation.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
JOINS
THE REBEL CAUSE
MANCHURIA WILL BECOME ACTIVE
FACTOR IN REVOLUTION.
Rebels Have Decapitated Many Royalists
in Marking and Bodies Lie in
Streets.
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acknowledgements in the Chinese
rebellion are all ~unfavorable to the inn
perialists. Their hopes, which rise and
fall with every change, were detected
because Urga, capital Of Mongolia,
which, like Lhassa, heretofore has been
held by force, has declared its independ-
ence and has expelled the Chiense Off
Gals.
Manchuria, which up to the present
has been only passively rebellious, is
likely soon to become an active factor
in the revelation. Gen. Chao Ehr-Hsun,
its viceroy, reports to the government
that Japanese are assisting the revolu-
tionaries, that they are importing dyna-
mite for the rebels and even joining the
rebel ranks.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
THE
ARE mURDERERS
JAMES B. WILL GET LIFE AND J.. J
20 YEARS.
MECHANICAL VIII Be Observation-Disclosures
for Defense Say Evidence Was
Against Their Clients.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Confessed u
derer, admitted destroyer by dynamite
of a building in a catastrophe that sent
twenty-one men to death, James B. Nc
Namara waits the sentence that shall be
passed on him. In a nearby cell John
Joseph Mcnamara, secretary of the
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers,
waits sentence on another dynamiting
charge, that of having attempted to de-
stroy the Llcwellyn Iron Works of Los
Angeles.
The plea of James B. Mcnamara was
made to save his brother. The plea OF
John j. Mcnamara was made in order
that the sentence Of Jim" might be
lightened.
James B. McNamara probably will get
life imprisonment.
John ]. McNamars, il vas rumored.
will get twenty years.
Stree October II the trial of James B.
Mcnamara, on the charge of numbering
Charles j. Haggerty, has been under way
in Judge Walter N. Bordwelrs court in
the hall of records, which also was the
mark for a dynamiter's attempt. Fight.
ing stubbornly, the attorneys arrayed on
! each side have contested inch by inch
as the case dragged on. 1t has been
won by the prosecution before even a
jury has been selected.
Admitting the case against their client
as dead open and Shut" that the fight
was hopeless and they were helpless, the
attorneys for the defense began two
weeks ago negotiations with District At.
torney Fredericks and his staff looking
toward the ending of the case as it was
ended today.
Thursday an hour before the McNa-
mara brothers sat down to the special
Thanksgiving dinner that had been
spread for a few of the more favored
prisoners at the county Jail, attorneys
for the defense visited them and told
them of the moves that had been made
The men consented to enter pleas OF
guilty.
Ortie McMahigal, arrested with James
B. Mcnamara and indicted for the
Llewellyn dynamiting, will probably be
released.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
EuIOT'S GRANDSON SHOCKS
Lunched With Emma Goldman at Har-
ward Union.

Cambridge, Mass.-Classic Harvard
had the shock of a life time when Samuel
Atkins Eliot, Jr., grandson of Harvard's
illustrious eX-president, Charles Eliot.
took Miss Emma Goldman, the noted
lecturer Oh anarchy, to dinner at the Har-
ward Union.
Miss Goldman commended Che stand
MI. Eliot had taken in opposition to the
Harvard corporation in the Pankhurst
controversy and promised him that She
would return to Cambridge in the coursI
of two months and deliver a lecture.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
FINANCIAL AID FOR FARMERS
Frisco Railway Company Will Lend
Money for Development.

New Orleans, Lat was reported
here that B. F. Yoakum and his asso-
ciates in the Frisco Railroad Company
are planning the early establishment in
New Orleans and Houston of one of the
most powerful trust companies in the
world, whose principal object will be
to lend money to farmers to assist in
developing lands in Louisiana, Texas and
other gulf states. It is said the plan
embraces a capitalization of at least
$4,000, 900 and total of several
times that sum.
The proposed trust company will, it is
said, loan money to farmers on real
estate security at a very low interest
rate and will work in harmony with the
Ioakum railroad interests in assisting
the farmers to market their products.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
TARTAR CITY BURNED.
Gen. Ling Has Proclaimed Himself
Viceroy of Marking.

Nanking.-The Tartar city was sacked
and burned by the permission of the au-
thorities. Business has been resumed
and trains are running between Shang-
hal and Marking. The i%mperialists have
evacuated Pu Kow.
Following the occupation of Marking,
Gen. Ling surprised the revolutionaries
and aggravated Gen. Hsu-Ko-Ching's
troops by declaring himself viceroy and
offering a reward of $4,000 for the heads
of the erstwhile viceroy and the Tartar
general, who are on board a Japanese
cruiser.
The reyolutionaries are killing loyal
lists lurking in the city. Many were de-
capitated and their bodies are lying in
the streets.
The rebels are adversely discussing the
use of the American flag on the battle
field by Mr.. Gilbert, the American vice
consul, and declare the armistice was
sought to permit Gen.. Chang Huan to
escape.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
AN APPEAL MADE TO TAFT
President Asked to Attempt to Prevent
a R~usso-Persian War.

Observation-Disclosures Taft was ap-
pealed to by the Persian-American Edu-
cational Society to Use the good offices
of the United States government to pre-
vent war between Russia and Persia.
The society also addressed letters of
appeal to the United States senate and
house of representatives and to Andrew
Carnegie, asking the latter's help as a
friend of world peace.
w. Morgan Shuster, ST., father of the
young American Encouragement of
Persia, conferred with state department
officials regarding the position of his
son. The officials declined to make any
statement as to the nature Of the con.
versation.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
Kills Self at Game.

Buffalo, N. VA football game here
was brought to a sudden stop by a sui
eide in the crowd OF spectators along
the side lines. Startled by the report
of a revolver shot, the crowd turned to
see a man stagger and drop with a bullet
through his head. He died in the arms
of N of the players a few minutes
later. The suicide proved to lie Harry
Mintz, q former football player from
Stockton, Cal. He came to Buffalo q
few days ago with the expectation Of
raeetinR his wife.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
Oklahoma Lynching.

Tulsa, Qkla.-Twenty-five masked men
took Bud Walker, negro, fatally wound
ed earlier in the night, from the custody
of D. H. Pouler, deputy, while the latter
was waiting for the Jail keys in front
OF the Jail. The negro, with almost the
entire front of his chest blown away,
was taken q few yards down the street
and hanged to the limb Of q tree. Then,
with his body struggling in death, volley
after volley of shots was poured into
his form, more than 100 shots being fred.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
THE STATE BANKS REPORT.
Show a Loss in Total Resources of Forty
Thousand.

Thousand.
Jacksonville auditors office has COM
piled Il statement of the 342 banks at
the close of business on November 16,
which is given below.
1t shows that as compared with the
statement of last year for the same
period of time, the individual deposits
subject to check have decreased in the
sum of $1,5a2, 1905; but on the other
hand time certificates of deposit have
increased S7O7, 1862. SO.
On the other hand there are ten more
state banks han there We're ON the call
ending November 16, 1910.
The loss in deposits is largely attrib-
utable to the exceedingly short cotton
crop in Mississippi, and the fact that
what cotton has been made is not being
marketed to any extent at the present
low prices the staple is bringing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
Railroad Loses Big Suit.

Washington.-A $4,000, 900 claim of
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Company against the United States was
dismissed when the court of claims sus-
tanned the governments demurrer to the
railways petition for reimbursement for
every alternate section of land along its
lines through the Indian Territory, nov
part of the state of Oklahoma.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
MANY CHICAGO CONVICTIONS
Seven Men Convicted of Murder in Chi
cago This Week.

Chicago-The seventh man to be found
guilty of murder and sentenced TO Sc
we're punishment within two days was or
dered imprisoned for twenty-five years.
He was Charles Moy, &c years old, pro
prietor of a Chinese restaurant, who
killed Carl johnson, a patron, when the
latter poured tea in a sugar bowl in
Moy's eating place.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
Bandits Infest Canton.

Observation-Disclosures the reign {
piracy on the West river has been
checked by the vigilance OF the guards
on board the river steamers, the situa-
ton on ehore is utterly chaotic. In the
towns and settlements along the river
the most deplorable outrages are fire.
quertly occurring. Even in Canton the
military regime has proved itself wholly
inefficient. For several days armed
bands of robbers and hoodluns have
gone about Canton looting shops and
houses.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
GOVERNMENT WINS COAL CASE

Court Limits Person or Association to
One Entry.
Washington.-The government won =
sweeping victory in its campaign against
Alaska eoal land frauds when the SUI
preme court of the United States de-
cided that a person or association is linz
tied to one coal land entry in Alaska.
Accordingly the court held valid the in
dictment charging Charles F. Munday
and Archie w. Shields with land fraud
conspiracy.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
Rev, 7, P. Freeden Drops Dead.

st. Louis, Mo.-John Pierre Freeden,
s. J., 81 years old, president of st.
Louis University, dropped dead of heart
disease. He had been president of the
Detroit College, st. Ignatius College at
San Francisco and provincial of the
Jesuit institutions OF the Middle West.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
Favor Appointment of White.

Observation-Disclosures of the state board
of health and scores of prominent physi-
clans in Mississippi, are sending letters
to Washington, urging the appointment
of DIR. Joseph White of New Orleans as
surgeon-general of the marine hospital
service, to succeed the late Surgeon.
General Walter Wyman.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
Build Farm School.

Longview.-A meeting of the trustees
of the Agricultural High School for Ok
tibbeha county was held at the court
house for the purpose of fixing plans for
the construction of the buildings. Twenty
acres of land have been donated for the
school purposes, and those interested in
the project are lending every effort to
have the building erected as soon as
practicable. It was decided to float
bonds to the amount of $4,000 for tn.
construction of the college.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
Jews and Gentiles Unite.

Meridian.-The Protestant and Jew
ish churches of the city united in a
Thanksgiving service held at the court
house Thursday. The primary reason
for this union service was an endeavor
to interest the entire community on the
work being carried on by the Associated
Charities in this city.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
WOULD HAVE CANAL FREE
John Barrett Would Give All Nations
Its Use,

Washington.-A plea for the free use
by all nations of the completed Panama
canal is made by John Barrett, director
general of the Pan-American union, in
a statement to be published in the Off
cial bulletin of the Pan-American union.
Mr.. Barrett has made a study of the
canal situation in its relation to all the
republics in North and South America.
He will urge that congress make the
canal free to all commerce In case
such a plan is not favored he urges a
minimum toll rate, not to exceed so or
rs cents a net ton, for foreign trade and
free passage for all American ships ell.
gagged in coastwise trade.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
Italians Massacred.

Tripoli.-Thirty bodies of Italian ber-
saglieri were found, nude and mutilated
and some decapitated. outside of the city.
Others, partly burned, were found in a
Jewsih cemetery. Six bodies were found
in one house
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
Crane Denies.

Washington.-Senator Murray Crane
of Massachusetts, denied that he had
written a letter to Col. Roosevelt offer
ing his support against President Taft
for the Republican presidential nomina-
ton next year.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
Troops win Remain.

Jackson.-Gov. Noel, who returned
Thursday from a brief visit to Water
Valley, where he went to investigate
the strike conditions and the matters
pertaining to the detachment of state
troops on duty there, feels satisfied that
the time is not yet propitious for the re-
moval of the guardsmen from that post
of duty. just when this can be done
is an fndeterminate matter, so far as
his observation and inquiry has extend
ed. but he is firmly of the opinion that
the psychological moment has not yet
matured.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
q. s. Troops Prepare.

Manila.-In spite of advices from Pc
king declaring it improbable that Amer
lean troops from the Philippines viii be
sent to China, preparations continue to
send the Fifteenth infantry.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
Would Amend Food Laws.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. William
Richardson of Alabama has written a
bill amending the pure food laws so a.
to conform with the recent decision OF
the supreme court affecting proprietary
medicines.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
Many Want Pardons.

Jackson.-It looks as though every
convict in the penitentiary is after Gov.
Noel for a pardon, and if the governor
needs half of the applications filed with
him, there will not be enough ~convicts
left in the pen to burn the brush of
few of the farm fields.