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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06
THIEF.

You'll find him out in the public road
At busiest part Of the day;
He'll stop you there and hold you fast
TIL you've heard what he has to say.
You'H lose an hour-what cares he?
With Indifference quite sublime,
He'll reel off some old, threadbare yarn
The fellow who steals your time.
My hat is off to the decent rogue
Who slips in unawares,
And lifts the plate and bags the cash
While I'm sound asleep upstairs.
He may take my boots and oyercoat,
And my last elusive dime;
But he's not 50 mean as that other
chap
The fellow who steals my time.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06
JURY DISAGREES IN WHITE
CASE.


Judge Monroe mcclure ad
jOurncd the November, 1912. tern
Of the LefIore county Circui
Court Monday morning at /
O'Clock, the jury on the P. C
White murder trial having beer
out ever since Friday evening anC
was unable to reach a verdict
their five ballots showing six fOr
aCquittaI and six for conviction
The crime Of which P. c. White
was charged occurred last March
at Minter City, where White and
the deceased, NJ. A. Miller, a Jew
ish merchant Of that town, were
competitors in business, and had
been at outs for some time.
The day Of the killing White
had gone over to MiIIer's store to
ask about a lamp of his that had
been left at MilIer'S and an alter
cation resulted in which the de-
Tense claimed that Miller beat
White over the head with a large
piece of wood, Whereup0n White
repaired to his store and hotel ac-
ross the road and got his shotgun
and returned to carry out his
threat Of killing Miller. White
claimed that when he returned to
MlIIer's store that Miller was COM
ing out of the door and had drawn
a pistol and fired before White
fired the fatal shot.
The prosecution claimed that
Miller had lost his glasses in the
first alteration, and that after
White threatened his life and
went home after his gun he got
his pistol and had it in his hand,
but could not see White without
his glasses, and that he was shot
in cold blood. The distance
Of White from Miller at the time
Of the killing was gone into thor
DughIy by both sides, but the phv-
steal facts seemed to aid the pros
ocution.
The state was represented by
Attorney Mortimer, Coun-
y Attorney Kimbrough and spe-
,ial counsel Hill G. McBee, Hon
Shed Hill leading the prosecution.
The defendant was represented
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06

the state vs.. Simeon Brewer, for
numbering his wife, who got off
with a verdict of mansIaughter.
Almost the entire week was con-
sumed with the White case and
announcements. Ed Powell, who
is up for the murder of two white
men at PhIipp, was given a con-
tinuance along with all the other
cases, and the heavy criminal
docket will be disposed Of at the
approaching January, 1913, term.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06
BANKRUPTCY NOTICE.

In the District Court of the United
States, for the Southern District OF
Mississippi.
In the Matter of T. c. Topp, Bank.
.rupt In Bankruptcy. No. 1923.
To Whom it May Concern:
Take notice hat on the 18th day OF
Move mber, A. D., 1912, a petition was
filed in bankruptcy by the above named
bankrupt, praying that he be discharged
from all his debts provable against his
estate, except such debts as are ex.
cepted by law from such discharge.
The hearing of said petition has been
set for the 4th day OIL January, A. D.,
1913, at Jackson, Mississippi, b. fore
the Honorable H. C. Niles, United
States District Judge, at which time
and place you are required to show
cause, if any you have, why the preyer
of said petitioner should not be granted.
l.. B. M0SELEY, Clerk.
BY B. l.. TODD, JR., D. G.
j. W. BRADFORD, Attorney for
Petitioner,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06

The invasion of East Mississippi
by the boil weeyil is told in the
falling off in Meridian cotton re.
ceiptS; from 1896 bales up to
November 22d, 1911, to 28, 100
same date 1913, Increased re-
celpts at Greenwood and Green.
vile, in spite of the overflow
shortage, corroborate reports that
from some cause, or causes, there
has been abatement instead OF in
crease of infeStatiOn north of the
Yazoo River -VickSburg Herald.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06
CITATION.

State of Mississippi No. 1886
To Marcus Harris; whose post office
address is unknown:
You are hereby commanded to ap-
pear before the Chancery Court of the
County of Lefore, in the said State,
on the fourth Monday of March A. D.,
1918, to defend the suit in said court of
Alberta Harris, wherein you are de-
PENDANT.
This, the End day of December, A.
D., 1912, A. r. BEW,
Chancery Clerk.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06
THE CHARTER OF INCoRPORA-
TON OF PEOPLES BANK.

l. The corporate title of said com
Dany is Peoples Bank.
2. The names Of the in~corp9rators
are:
E. B. McCauIey, postoafce, SidOn,
Mississippi.
Berry b. Brown, postOfice, Sidon,
Mississippi.
Dr.. F. E. Barr, p~ostofice, sidon.
Mississippi.
T. J. Niven. postofice. Sidon, Mis-
sissippi.
Henry c. Norehead, postotHce, ST.
don, Mississippi.
3. The domiciIe is at Sidon, Lefore,
County, Mississippi.
4. Amount of capital stock Ten
Thousand Dollars.
5. The par values Of share iS One
Hundred Dollars each.
6. The period Of existence mot to
exceed fifty years. is fifty years.
7. The purpose for which it is Great
ed: To do a general banking business.
To begin business when Ten Thous-
and dollars shall have been paid in.
8. The rights and powers that may
be exercised by this corporation are
those conferred by the provisions Of
Chapter "a, Mississippi Code, 1906.
DR.. F. Z. BARR,
+. B. McCAULEY,
T. J. NIVEN,
HENRY c. MOREHEAD,
BERRY D. BROWN,
lncorporatOrs.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06
EXECUTION SALE.

State of Mississippi, County of lie.
fore.
Jennings-Amos Mfg. Co., VS.. C. E.
Gillespie.
By virtue Of an execution issued or
the 18th day of Nov. 1912, by the Cir
cult Clerk of Lefore County Miss.
directed to me, founded on a judgment
enrolled on the Judgment roll of said
County, which judgment was rendered
on the 9Th day of October, 1911, in the
Justice of the Peace Court of D. P.
Montgomery, Justice of the Peace for
Beat 3, Lefiore County, Miss, in favor
of Plaintiff and against Defendant in
the above styled cause for SIG. 38,
principal together with interest and all
costs, there being a credit of Sill. 90 on
said judgment, | will, on the first Mon
day in January, 1918, at the front door
of the Court House of said County in
Greenwood, Miss, within the hours
prescribed by law, offer for sale to the
highest bidder for cash, the following
described property, to-wit:
Subdivision lots three, four and five,
of lot six, in block two of the Douglass
part of the City of Greenwood, County
of Lefiore, State of Mississippi, as
shown on map book 2, page 20 of the
map records Of said county, the same
been levied on as the property
of G.. E. Gillespie, the Defendant in
the above styled cause; and | will sell,
at the time and on the terms above
set out, said property to satisfy said
judgment, interest thereon, and all
costs.
Witness my signature this the 9Th
day of December, 1912.
W. C. TAYLOR, Sheriff.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06

A woman in Pennsylvania has
smoked one pipe for twenty-five
years, She ought to have almost
enough tobacco coupons saved up
by this time to entitIe her to an
other pipe.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06

Special attention is directed to
the magnificent statement of the
First National Bank of Green
wood, in this issue Of The Com
mOnwealth.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06

Thursday, December 10Th, is
the date of the final run-off for
Circuit Clerk. See order Of
Election Commissioners for
election in another column.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06
AN ARTISTIC SHOW WINDOW

The Henderson G. Baird Hard
ware Company have made quite
extensive alterations in their big
west show window. The window
was designed by Mr.. Harry White,
who is now in the employ Of this
firm.
This company will make a spec
ialty Of advertising their leading
lines by show window dressing,
We congratulate Mr.. White on
the artistic arrangement Of this
window. The window, is so ar
ranged that it can be thrown into
one large window, or be changed
SO that three separate sections
can be changed SO that three sep
arate sections can be made, and
three different lines Of goods dis
played at one time. The window
is cut up in sections by Beaver
Board panels, and can be shifted
like scenery on a stage.
The two show windows Of the
Henderson G Baird Hardware
Company are perhaps the largest
show windows Of any hardware
in the state, being twentyone
feet long by seven and half feet
wide. We have every reason to
believe, after talking with the
management of this enterprising
Institution, that the public will be
given the benefit Of some very
elaborate and extensive sh0N Win
decorations in future.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06
TRUSTEES SALE.

BY virtue of the authority vested il
me as trustee in that certain deed of
trust executed by W. r. Loggins or
the 10th day of April, 1911, to secure
an Indebtedness therein mentioned, ir
favor Of 7. r. Henderson, A. F. Gard.
ner, r. '. Pollard and W. M. Hammer.
secured upon the hereinafter described
land, and which deed of trust is record,
ed on page 233 in trust deed book num-
Der 6 Of the records of deeds of Le-
fore county, Mississippi, reference to
which is hereby made, default having
been made in the payment of the in
debtedness mentioned in said deed of
trust, | will, at the request of the
holder and owner of said indebtedness.
on the first Monday Of January, the 9th
day of said month, 1913, in front of
the Court House door, in the city of
Greenwood, Mississippi, offer for sale,
as the law directs, to the highest bid
der for cash, within legal hours, the
following described property, to-wit:
The southeast quarter (SEl-4) of
Section %, the west half Of the south
west quarter tWl-2 of SW1-4) and the
southeast quarter of the southwest
quarter (SEl-4 Of the SWl-4) of Sec
ton %, and the west half (W1-2) and
the west half of the northeast quarter
(Wl-l2 of NEl-O, and the northeast
quarter Of the northeast quarter (NE
IA Of NEl-4) Of Section 80, all in
Township 20, Range 2 West, Lehore
County, Mississippi. Said sale will be
made to satisfy said Indebtedness and
all costs of sale.
Witness my signature, this the 9th
day Of December, A. D. 1912.
II. l.. RAY, Trustee.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06
CLASSIFIED COLUM N.

FOR LEASE-2, 100 acres fine farming
land, adapted to cotton, corn, and al
falfa, in Mississippi county, Arkansas,
near Luxora. About 700 acres in cul-
tivation, 200 acres cleared and ready
for cultivation, balance in cutover and
timber. Two residences, numerous
tenant houses and barns. ! can make
a five year lease to a competent, practi.
cal farmer. E. H. johnson, Caruthers-
vile, Mo.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06

The candidates for Circuit Clerk
are busily engaged interviewing
the voters. The primary will
take place next Thursday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06

Regular election for officers of
North Greenwood will be held at
Reads store on next Tuesday,
Dec. 10th.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06

For underwear for men,
ladies and children, go to
Fountains Big Busy Store,
they have the kind you
want.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06

For dry goods and no.
tons Fountain has all the
new things and the kind
you want.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06

STORE HOUSE FOR RENTAL Nor
gan City, Miss. Good business town on
Delta Southern Railway, in Lefiore
cou lty. Address T. F. Steele, Morgan
City, Miss.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06

The Board of Supervisors were
in session Monday and Tuesday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06

December promises to be the
most severe winter month we
have experienced in many years.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06

The report Of the recent grand
jury contained some very good
recommendations.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06

FOR RENT-200 acres of good land one
and a half miles from Greenwood. Good
Artesian Water, 10 good houses and
barns at $500 per acre. Apply to S. J.
Stein.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06

FOR RENT-Three cottages-one on
Henry street, one near Dewey street,
and one in Austin & Wright Addition.
Apply to DR.. W. T. johnson.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06
Trade with our advertisers.

Congress convened last Mon
day.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06

FOR RENT-Corne s~tore-house, loca-
ted Just north of Southern depot, on
Howard street. Apply to G. H. Cos
som, Greenwood, Miss.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06

FOR SALE OR RENTAL a bargain,
one large and one small house. Easy
terms. See P. w. Parsons, at Delta
Bank.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06

WANTED - Mother and son desire
board in private residence. Highest
reference furnished. Address ky"
care of this office.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06

WANTED-To rent a five or six-room
cottage, with lot or barn large enough for
four head horses, in good neighborhood.
Parties will lease for a term of years
if suitable location, etc., can be secur-
ed. Possession wanted Jan. LIST.
LEE ARTERBURY.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06

State of Mississippi, County of Lehore, S.:
|, E.. M, Purcell, Cashier of the above-named
bank, do s0lemnly swear that the above statement
is true to the best Of my knowledge and belief.
E. M. PURCELL, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9Th day
of Dec, 1912.
HARRIS l.. RAY. Notary Public.
Correct--Attest
P. A. MALONE,
S. F. JONES,
A. McC. KIMBROUGH,
Directors.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06

Insure your Cotton and Cot
ton Seed with W. M. Peteet.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06

The City Council met in regular
session last Tuesday evening.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06

The Commonwealth does
the Fest Printing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06

Blank notes and contracts for
sale at this office.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-06

Shop for Christmas now.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-11-07
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COLD STORAGE EGG INDUSTRY
lnfalIIbis Rule Il for Farmer to Mar
ket Product a. Soon a. Possible
After Laid.
osy N. N. HASTINGS,


The cold storage egg industry IL
development of the last twenty-five
years. Undoubtedly the industry as
a whole has been of great benefit to
both egg producer and egg consumer,
and has tended toward the leveling of
the price Of eggs throughout the year
and has resulted In large increase In
the fall and winter consumption. This
means a larger, total demand and a
consequent increase in price.
Owing to the fact that eggs are
spoiled by hard freezing, they must be
kept at higher temperature than
meat and butter. Temperatures Of
from 20 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit are
used in cold storage Of eggs. At such
temperatures the eggs, II kept In moist
air, become moldy or musty. To pre-
vent this, the air in a first-class stor
age room is kept moderately dry,
which shrinks the eggs, though much
more slowly than would occur with
out storage. The growth of bacteria
in cold storage is practically prevent
ed. II bacteria are in the eggs when
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-11-07
KEEPING POULTRY
FREE FROM LICE
Recipe for Making Ointment Rec
commended by Prof. Graham
Also Kills Fleas.

What many breeders consider bet
ter than powder for killing lice and
mites is an ointment recommended
by Professor w. R. Graham OF
Guelph, Canada, one who has made
a life study of poultry in the Domin-
ion
It is composed as follows: Mercury
so parts; lard, 20 parts: be& suet,
% parts; oleate of mercury, parts,
The suet, if bought from the butcher,
will have to be rendered over a fire
and poured into the lard while 1t is
warm, and then stir In the mercury
and oleate of mercury. Use a
table knife or spoon to do the
stirring. Do not put hands into
it. Should it prove too stiff to
easily apply as an ointment, thin with
a little cotton seed oil All ingredi-
ents should be weighed rather than
measured Put it away in small vas
cline bottles or boxes well covered, and
It will keep for months. This ointment
will rid poultry of head lice and Texas
fieas. For other mites and lice rub 1t
in well about the fluff below the vent
and under the wings. 1t will not only
kill the live vermin, shut destroy the
nits as well.
L 1t is valuable thing for turkey rails
ers to use on the old and the young.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-11-07
Use Charcoal Freely.

Charcoal should be freely used in
the poultry yard. Pounded fine and
mixed with the soft feed fed to the
fowls, it cleanses the system of i'm
purities. As it acts upon the blood it
acts upon the life of the fowl. When
the blood is thick and clotty, a dull
sick chicken viii soon follow. Thin
blood means vigorous circulation, and
on good circulation of blood. healta
largely depends. II your fowls lack
activity, they need something to stir
the blood out of its sluggishness. II
is best to keep the charcoal in q dry
place. and when needed, grind or
pound some fine and mix with soft
food.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-11-07

(By JOSEPH MONTGOMERY, Secretary
Of Minnesota Stallion Registration
Board.)
Never in the history Of the draft
horse has the future appeared SO
promising to breeders as now, despite
the statements of a leading speaker
at the annual meeting OF the State
Veterinarians association at Mime
apolis that the automobile and auto
truck were driving it out of bust
of statistics, why the doom of the
draft horse should be spelled by the
auto.
Though the enormous number of
auto-trucks in the cities might lead
one to believe that they were crowd
ing the draft horse out of business,
actual figures do not prove it. Sta
tistics in the Office Of the Minnesota
stallion registration board show that
the number of sires used in this state
for horse breeding has increased from
3,544, May 1, 1910, to- 4.445, May /,
1912. During the same period the
number of registered draft sires has
increased 35 per cent, there now be-
ing over 1,450 in Minnesota. This is
an excellent guide to conditions Of
the industry In this state and through
out the country.
Never in the history Of the Chicago
and ST. Louis markets, the two larg-
est ones in the United States, has
the demand been SO keen or the
priooS on hi0h for HIGH class horses
of all sypes, especially the superior
craft type. Statistics from the U. s.
bureau OF animal industry show that
the number Of horses in this country
has increased from 13,500.000 to 21,-
soc, 900 in the past decade. The value
% all horses in this country has in
creased from $45 to $115 in the same
period. This has occurred despite
the increase in the use OF automo-
biles
First class draft horses have been
almost prohibitiye in price this year.
because Of tho great demand for them,
and a team Of drafters has often
sold as high as $500 to $1,000. The
demand for high class saddle and
| carriage horses in the eastern cities
has been so great that their prices
have been almost prohibitive to
many who can afford automobiles.
All this should be very encourag-
| ing to persons in the United States
| interested in horse breeding. When
horses have increased at SO rapid q
rate the last two years, and prices
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-11-07
Egg Room In Large Eastern Cold.
Storage Plant.

~ =
Storage Plant.
stored, the growth will be checked,
but activity will begin again when the
eggs are warmed up.
. Speaking generally, the cold-storage
egg, while not unwholesome, is in.
ferior in flavor and strength of white
to fresh egg. The cold-storage egg
can be very nearly duplicated In gross
appearance and quality by allowing
egsg to stand for three or four weeks
in a dry room. Cold-storage eggs,
when in case lots, can be told by the
Gambler because of the uniform shrink
age, the presence of mold on cracked
eggs, and perhaps, the occasional
presence of certain kinds of spot rots
peculiar to storage stock; but the alb.
solute detection Of single cold.
storage egg by Gambling is, SO far as
the writer knows, impossible.
With the present prevailing custom
OF holding fall eggs without storage
facilities, it is frequently true that
eggs placed in cold storage in April
are superior to current fall and early
winter receipts Cold-storage eggs are
usually sold wholesale as cold-storage
goods, but are retailed simply as
eggs"
The fall eggs offered to the con-
sumner cover every imaginable varia-
ton in. quality, and the poorest ones
sold may or may not be cold-storage
stock
Occasional articles have been print
ed calling attention to the fact that
the cold-storage men were reaping
vast profits which rightfully belonged
/ to the farmer, and advising the farmer
to send his own eggs to the storage
house or to preserve them by other
means. AS matter of fact, the cold
storage of eggs has not of late years
been particularly profitable, there hav-
! ing been severe losses during several
seasons Even were the profits of egg
| storing many times greater than they
are, the above advice would still be
unwise, for the storing, removing and
selling of the farmers individual case
of eggs would eat up all possible
profit.
When eggs in the hands of large
operators are properly preserved in
cold storage, the best and most eff
Client methods known are in reality at
the farmers service. Because of the
severe competition that prevails in
egg storing, the farmer is paid all the
increase in price which the business
will stand. A comparison of the sum-
mer prices of eggs now with summer
prices before days Of cold storage will
substantiate the truth OF this state
ment.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-11-07

a
MY market ducklings are all raised
from White Pekin ducks, which have
the range OF half acre. five duckn to
one drake, says writer In the Poul-i
try Journal use hens for mothers,
setting the eggs about February !. l
sell them at ten weeks old, when they
weigh from FIVE to six pounds. and
secure IA to 16 cents q pound Aya
weight. When the duckliEgs are first
Matched keep them in small quar-
4ers ana feed about six times day
giving mixed feed. a little cornmeal.
cut clover and plenty of sand after
the first week. about four times a
day. At six weeks I give them all
they win eat of clean. mixed feed. corn
meal, clover. with fresh meat from q
rending place. / feed two quarts Of
meat, with plenty of sand. to rs duck
lings. The little fellows get fed every
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-11-07

time they open their mouths. and be-
gin to walk around. When they are
filed up they sit down and grow fat.
My experience Is at eight or nine
weeks to give them all they can eat.
also feed green stuf as soon as it
grows. The bulk Of my feed the last
week is meat and sand; all the meat
they will eat. The man sell to says
my ducks beat all he sees; the meat
is what does the work. Grain can't
touch It, Pure water is essential in
duck raising, and good yards, moved
often in warm weather. as they are
apt to sour feed all the sand can
mix in. keeping the ducklings quiet.
and do not allow much exercise All
my ducks are sold live weight: it is
just as profitable as the other way.
and less trouble to handle them in
that manner.