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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
THEY MUST ADVERTISE
nrpcHAsES FOR EDUCATIONAL IN
STITUTIONS TO BE ON BIDS.
s.sds Must Be Advertised For Ten Days
pro- and Give Every One a Chance
at the 0rders-Splendid
Plan Adopted.

I,cksou.-A decidedly new departure
va. ordered by the general board OF
.rn.taps of the educational institutions
ri the state in the way OF purchases.
Heretofore the subject OF purchasing
supplies for the big institutions has been
ono Of prolific insinuations. The outs"
were always saying things about the
sins and vice versa. The board has put
an end TO all that. Hereafter all pur-
cbases for the University OF Mississippi,
Tho Industrial Institute and College, and
tho Agricultural and Mechanical College
a. ~Starkyille, will be made after an ad-
vartisen4nt for ten days has been pub
usbed in a local paper giving notice OF
the intention of the college to purchase
supplies, enumerating them, and amounts
needed, and inviting bids. Then the bids
will be opened, and certified by the
president OF the institution, the seere-
tary, and will be approved by the chair
man of the executive committee Then
the purchase will be made, everybody
will have a show, and there is aothing
that can be complained of in the ar
rsngement.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
WIFE SLAYER PAYS
PENALTY OF CRIME
FIRST EXECUTION OF WHITE MAI
IN 50 YEARS,
PATHETIC SCENE IN THE JAIL
Six Orphaned Children, for Whose Pos.
session He Killed Their Mother,
Prayed With Boomer Father
in Cell.

Pine Bluff, Ark.-With remarkable
GOODNESS and pleading with those present
to protect his three little children from
embarrassment in later years by refrain
ing from recalling how he died, W, +,
Nichols died on the gallows in this city,
Nichols is the first white man to be
hanged in jefferson county for more
than fifty years,
The pathetic scenes preceding the eX-
ecution made strong men turn away.
When his aged father and brother and
six small children, three of them being
Nichols, two little girls and a boy, ar.
rived, pathetic sc'nes followed. Nichols
father was carrying the little boy, who
had caused the tragedy for which Mich
OILS gave his life, and the other children,
all badly frightened because of the
weeping OF the adults in the party, held
each other by the hand. They crowded
up to the screened bars and Nichols
greeted them, calling each by name. Then
the old gentleman broke down and wcpt
pitifully.
His son and r. II. Ferguson, the broth.
cr-in-law, who worked increasingly for
the communication that never came, gave
vent to their feelings in a similar way.
The children, only one of whom seemed
to realize the cause OF the sorrow, joined
in the tears and moaning.
Jailer Jack Holland cautioned them,
telling the men that they were making
Nichols feel bad, and advised them to
control themselves. Nichols did not seem
to be affected by the scene. Suddenly
he broke forth in prayer. He asked the
Almighty to protect his aged mother and
father and other relatives and to look
down with favor and lend a helping hand
to hs children. He reviewed at length
his life and declared that he had always
tried to live a truAAul life, to carry out
the teachings of his parents.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
EIGHT PERSONS
FOUND MURDERED
HEADS OF THE VICTIMS CRUSHED
IN WITH AXE.
ALL WERE SLAIN IN BED
City Marshal, Who Breaks Into the
Home Of Wealthy Farmer Dis.
covers the Mutilated Bodies
Of Whole Family.

V%illisca. lathe murder OF the en-.
tire family OF Joseph Moore aud Two
girl guests, eight persons in alt, is bal.
fling the authorities, who have been
unable to secure Il trace OF the murderer,
who killed every person in the house
and escaped.
A list Of the victims follows;
Joseph B. Moore, his wife and four
children-Herman, aged II; Katherine,
aged 9; Boyd, aged :, and Paul, aged .
Lena Spillinger, aged IS; Ina Spill,
inged, aged 9.
The dead, with one exception, were
found in their beds, apparently sleeping,
and until the wounds on their heads and
the blood on the pillows were discovered,
the searchers could not believe anything
was wrong in the house. A bloody axe,
with hair aud pieces of brain c~linging to
it, obviously the implement used in tho
Wholesale murder, was later found in an
upstairs room.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moore were in one bed,
as were two Of the boys. The sister
occupied a third, and the youngest boy
was alone in a small bed. The bedding
had nowhere been di%sarrauged.
Because of the terrible mutilation the
identity of the two young women could
not at first be established. They were
believed to be Mrs. Van Glider and her
daughter, relatives of the Moores. Later
they were positively identified as the
Spillinger sisters, daughters OF a wealthy
farmer living q few miles from Villisca.
Horses neighing in the barn at tho
Moore home caused a woman neighbor to
notice that no member of the family APP
peared to be up. After failing to effect
an entrance to the house, the city mar.
shal was then summoned and the doors
forced.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
ERCE COURT REVERSED
Supreme Court Deals Body Blow to New
Tribunal.

Neutrality-suspicious. after blow was
given the new court by the
supreme court of the United States,
which upheld the exclusive jurisdiction
of the Interstate Comemrce Commission
over the administrative machinery of the
federal rate laws.
The principal decision was announced
by Chief Justice White in the 5o-called
proctor and Gamble case" He was sus.
tanned by the entire court. In substance,
he held that the court was not
to substitute its judgment for the Inter
state Commerce Commission in the adj.
miHistration of the rate laws.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
Prepare For Tournament.

Vicksburg-Programs are now in
print for the July tournament, which
bids fair to be well attended by shoot
ers from all sections Of Mississippi, Lou.
isiaDa and Tennessee. At this tourna-
ment will be scheduled the interstate
team and individual championship
matches cmblcmatic Of the champion.
ship of Mississippi, Louisiana and Ten
nessee and this tournament will be open
only to the shooters Of the above named
statas. There will also be some thirty
handsome prizes to be contested for.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
MORGAN FIGHTS
SHERMAN LAW
STEEL INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
FLAYS CORPORATION.
RECOMMEND ITS DISSOLUTION
Morgan Made $3.50, 900, 900 From Trust,
Says Report-Purposely Fled the
Country to Avoid Appearing
Before the Committee.

Washington.-The Stanely committee,
which made an exhaustive investigation
into the United States Steel Corporation,
filed its report with the house of repre-
sentatiyes. The report directly accuses
J.. Pierpont Morgan, leading spirit in the
steel trust, OF being the arch enemy OF
the Sherman antitrust law and Of the
independent steel business in the United
States. 1t shows that in the organiza-
tion of this one company MIR, Morgan
and his personal associates reaped the
unprecedented profit of 1896, 0OO, 600.
The report recommends legislation for
the dissolution Of the United States
Steel Corporation as a monopoly on raw
material within the definition OF the
Sherman antitrust law under the recent
decision of the supreme court and as a
holding company in defiance Of a former
decision in the case of the Northern Sc.
curities Company, d railroad combina-
tion.
1t also recommends:
Federal incorporation asd registration
OF all industrial corporations doing an
interstate business, such "a is now eXer-
cised over federal banks.
That the states be given the right to
control the tax to be levied on corpora
tions and the character of its business.
Legislation prohibiting in the future
acquisition by any individual or corpora
ton of mineral rights or properties,
whether in public or in private owner.
ship, that may lead to a monopoly within
the definition Of the law.
Delay in the presentation of the report
was directly due to the hope of Chair
man Stanley that J, Pierpont Morgan
would return to the United States in
time to testify.
"Mr. Morgan purposeIy fled the coun-
try to escape appearance before the com
committee said Chairman Stanley.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
WEEVllS BECOME NUMEROUS
SHoWERY WEATHER BRINGS OUT
THE INSECT PEST.
FIRM at Bolton Wants to Buy Them a.
Fifty Cents Per Hundred-Some
Good Advice Given to Farmers
On determination of Pest.

Jackson.-Boll weevils are appearing
in large numbers throughout the infest.
ed area OF Mississippi, according to re-
ports of local agents of the United States
department of agriculture, thus destroy
ing the last Yestige OF hope that the raw
ages OF the pest would be lessened this
year because of the severe winter and
the heavy floods.
1t appears that the weevil Fan be
neither frozen or drowned, insofar as
Mississippi is concerned; that there is
no likelihood of any considerable num-
Der of weevils being killed by such low
degrees Of temperature as are lkely to
occur in this state, and, insofar as
Hoods or heavy rains are concerned,
the weevil has sense enough to seek
a place of safety when his life is en-
dangered by too much water.
Realizing that there will be a rapid
spread of the pest, especially during
the present showery weather, agents
of the United States department of
agriculture are urging farmers to pick
the weevils from their cotton, and en-
ploy all other accepted methods of ex.
terminating the adults before they get
an opportunity to show their remark
able fecundity,
Farmers and merchants are joining
with the department in this campaign,
a notable instance being the Gaddis-
McLaurin company of Bolton, Raymond
and Clinton, this county, who are Offering
so cents per hundred for all weeyils
brought to their store, dead or alive. As
a result all of the pickaninni2s in that
part of the county have set to work.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
THE OUTLOOK IS
VERY ENCOURAGING
B. L. MOSS REPORTS ON CONDITIONS
IN JACKSON TERRITORY.
FARMERS MUST FIGHT WEEWL
Spent Several Days Looking over Crops
IN Mississippi, and Finds That
Weeyil Is Not So Plentiful
as Usual at This Time.

Jatkson-B. l.. Moss. formerly dis
trict agcut vt the farm dpmou,trl tor
work, federal department ul agriculture
in the jackson territory and now state
agent for Alabama, wa, in Jackson after
having spent the week Investigating the
wccviI situation in south and Central
Mississippi.
u have been in dozen. OF cotton
field. thi, week, said Mr.. Moss. 'tron
Laurel and nattfc.hurg across into Lin
coin and Pike counties, aud during the
past two DAYS have carefully examined
the wppyiI situation in the territory adj
iaecnt TO Jackson. and am certain that
the scgrcr of infection is considerable,
lighter at present than il has usually
been at this season OF the year.
81 found wecylls ia practically ali
fields examined in the Laurel, Brook
haven and McComb sections, but they
are not numerous and am pos,t,yr
that by waging a persistent war on the
pests that a fair crop can be made. /
find men everywhere in wecyil territory
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
ONE TERM FOR PRESIDENT
LaFOllette Platform Would Make Tenn
Sig Years.

Madison, Wis.-LaFollette leaders are
getting down to work on tine platform
they will submit to the Chicago conyen-
ton.
1t is now believed LaFOllette's plat.
form will demand unyiclI'ng enforce
ment of the law and Il requirement OF
public and private honesty which shall
recognize that "boodling is treason, that
ENLIGHTENMENT is theft; that speculation
is gamblingj That tax lodging is lar
ceny; that factory labor of children is
slavery, and that deleterious adultera-
ton is murder.
Another plank being discussed would
provide for az amendment to the constl-
tuition fixing the term of the president
at six years and making the incumbent
forever ineligible for another term.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
BALTIMORE GETTING READY
Nearly 100000 Requests for Tickets
Have Been Received.

Baltimore, Md.-BaItimore awaits the
coming of 1890 delegates to the Demo
cratic national convention, the prepara'
tions for which have practically been
completed. Already the advance guard
Of boomers for candidates for the presi-
dental nomination have pitched their
camps on the battle ground and are lay
ing the final plans Of campaign.
Applications for tickets to the conyen.
ton proceedings are pouring from pros
p~ective visitors from all over the country
and it was estimated that nearly 100000
requests for tickets had been received.
As there are about 10000 tickets to be
distributed, the committee is having its
difficulties in making assignments.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
Counts States Money.

Jackson.-Goy. Brewer descended into
the State Treasury, unannounced as he
is required to do by law several times
during the year, to count the cash on
hand. He found that at the close Of
business, according to the books We'd
nesday evening, the treasurer had on
hand in cash $5O9.S7. in repositories as
shown by his books and those of the
auditor, SIT, 209.25. The treasury re-
ceived in cash Thursday $17,514.30, and
paid out Thursday 500, 1871. The gov
ernOr then turned over the New York
exchange for the 100000 borrowed by
him, and the balance showed $685.
529.7l. So, at the close of business the
treasury showed: Cash in vault, $63.42;
in New York exchange, 5000, 900; in pen
itentiary warrants, $~3,544.44; on d.
post in repositories as shown by the
books of the treasurer and auditor,
$l6l,921,S5, totaling $765,529.71. There
is also a small special fund not counted
in the above, called the land redemp-
ton fund.-" of $2,O15.55 on deposit with
one of the repositories.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
Will Aid Highway.

Grenada.-The board of supervisors Of
Grenada county, now in session, has
passed the following resolution in regard
to the proposed Memphis, Grenada, jack
son.New Orleans highway;
"We, the board of supervisors Of Gre
NADIA county, heartily indorse the idea
and plan for building the state highway
from Memphis to Grenada, and thence
south along the line of the Illinois Gem
trail railroad to jackson and New Or
leans, and promise our sister counties,
interested in the project, to give them
a frst-class roadway through Grenada
county, permanently above overflow.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
MAY WITHDRAW FROM STATE.
Surety Companies Don't Like the Recent
Dhciaion.

Jackson,-Thcrc is a strong probable
ity that several of the largest surety
and fidelity companies will hereafter
refuse to write surety bonds for state
banks desiring to qualify rs depositories
for state funds, as a result of the de.
cision of the supreme court IN the case
of W. II. Potter, receiver, W. the FL
deity Deposit Company. This decision
il to the effect that the state cannot
surrogate a right as a preferred creditor
in event Of bank failure where the in
stitution is carrying state funds, and
that corporations furnishing surety 10
state on such deposits, are IN the same
attitude as any other creditor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
Two Magnificent Gifts.

Brookhaven.-The Lampston family,
Of Magnolia, have offered a donation
Of 10000 to Whitworth College to be
used in the erection of an auditorium,
on condition that the citizens of Brook.
haven rase a similar amount, and that
the Methodist church contribute $780,
900 The auditorium will have a seat
ing capacity of 800, and will be known
as the Mary Lampston Auditorium in
honor of the mother of the donors. DR..
l. ". Cooper, president of Whitworth,
has donated to the institution a home for
the president.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
MEETING OF INSPECTORS.


Jackson Agricultural Commissioner
Blakcslce held q meeting of his field
force of pure food Inspectors to discuss
the campaign which SNOW being waged
by that department TO enforce the Mis-
stssippi pure food laws, aud especially
to stop the shipping into this state OF
unbranded, misbranded and untagged
fertilizers and feedstuif,
The Mississippi statutes are very
drastic in their requirements for feed
stuff and designate II very high degrees
Of food value and the temptation TO tho
dealers in Memphis, New Orleans, Mo-
bile and other places to ship stuff into
the state Of an inferior grade il con
siderable.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
MOTHERS MEET JULY Oil.
Officers of Mississippi Congress Expect
Big Meeting.

Jackson.-Thc Mississippi officers Of
the state branch Of the Congress of
Mothers have gotten out advance notices
Of the annual session which Is to BE- held
in Brookhaven on July 9, 10 and II
next.
The principles for which these, active
women stand are outlined as follows;
A united, organized parenthood; bet.
ter equipped school buildings and better
salaries for teachers; an educated pa.
renthood and a chair OF motherhood in
every college and high school; the unity
of home and school, with a parent-teach-
ers' association in every public school,
Juvenile court and state rcformatory for
delinquent children.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
Gen. Wood NAV Go.

Washington.-The senate by a vote
of n to "a, adopted the report of the
senate and house conferees, containing a
number of anti-administration provisions
on the army bill, One Of these provisions
would legislate out of office Gen. Leon
ard Wood, present chief of staff of the
army. As agreed to, the bill would re-
quire army officers acting as chief Of
staff, after March 4, next, to have at
least ten years service in the line with
rank below brigadier-general.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
VIII Protect Deer.

'lcEsburg,-The supervisors adopted
= regulation prohibiting the killing OF
any deer in Warren county during the
ue&t two years. This action was taken
Following the request of many sports.
men and other citizens in order to keep
.ne deer from being exterminated.
thousands OF the animals were killed
aau drowned during the high water, and
" was realized that unless something
was done to protect the deer, there
would soon be none left in the county,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14

Jackson.-ln one county in South
Mississippi DR.. Buchanan examined ove
1000 people during the past week and
found ISL infected with hookworm dis
ease and treated 745, and also gave dur
ing the week 1,771 treatments. This in
dlcates to some extent the response
which people are giving to this work
and it also means that hundreds of peo-
pie in that county will be greatly ben.
Gifted in health.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14

Jackson--A movement Is now On foot
to furnish Mississippi with a home for
incurablcs, Since the opening Of the
state hospital at this point, an aston.
ishing number Of chronic cases Of i'll
ness hav" come to light. Superintend-
cnt Mclean has made a rule that chronic
and incurabIe cases can not be taken,
otherwise the hospital would soon be
filled with them TO the exclusion OF all
others. And in this connection the num-
Der OF pellagrous patients offered tho
hospital is something astonishing DR..
Mclean states that he had no idea 80
many pellagrous victims were in the
state.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
President Has Narrow Escape.

Old Point Comfort, Va.--The prosiden-
tial yacht Mayflower, with the president
and Mrs. Taft and party of distinguished
guests aboard, narrowly escaped a col
lision early Sunday with the steamer
Northland, of the Norfolk and Washing
ton line, not far from Point Lookout,
where the Potomac river empties into
Chesapeake bay, Only the vigilance of
the officers of the Northland and the
Mayflower and their prompt action pre-.
vented what looked for a minute Ike an
nncihnnt
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
Must Serve Their Time.

Washington.-The eight-year struggle
Of Frederick Hyde and j. II. Schneider
to escape Imprisonment for alleged ON
spiracy to defraud the government out
OF lands in California and Oregon ended
in failure when the supreme court found
no error in their conviction. 1t was one
of the famous "land fraud cases Of its
time. Hyde had been fined 10000 and
sentenced to prison for two years;
Schneider had been fined and sentenced
to prison for one sear and two sonths,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
Mntes, Commencement.

Jackson--Dr. J. R. Dobyns, superin-
tendent Of the State Institution for the
Deaf and Dumb announces that interest
ing commencement exercises will be held
at the institution on Monday, when
four students will receive their diplO-
mas Of graduation.
This useful institution is closing one
Of the best sessions of it, history in
both the white and negro sections.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
THE GOVERNOR PAID UP.
Paid License on His 40-Horse Power
Auto,

Jackson.-Goy Brewer paid up his IT
censc for his automobile, Il forty.horse
power car, and got a license tag from
the auditor, No. n, paying $l5,
In this connection there has been some
talk to the effect that there was mo
tax ON 40 h., p. machines on account
OF the way in which the law Is worded.
There is a tax up to the 40 h. p. ma
chimes of a certain sum, and a tax above
40 h. p" but no tax directly on the 40
horse power cars. One OF the very best
lawyers in the state wrote the auditor
saying he had examined the law care
fully, and was convinced the Legislature
meant to include the 40-horsc power cars
in the $15 class, and therefore sent his
money for his privilege tax and for his
license tag.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
Kings Go To Prison.

oxford Ike, Jewel, John and Fred
King, members of the King Hardware
and Lumber Company Of New Albany,
were sentenced TO two years in the fed
eral penitcntiary at Atlanta by Judge
Niles in the United States court here.
The four brothers pleaded guilty to an
Indictment charging them with using
the mails to defraud.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
TRAVELLING MEN PROTEST.
Against Radical Advance by Railroad
Commission.

SpLALAtLAcoASNN
Natchez.-At the business session the
Mississippi Travellers adopted a resalu-
ton making an earnest appeal to the
Mississippi Railroad Commission not TO
carry out the proposed plan OF increaS-
ing the assessment of property of rail-
roads 40 per cent for the current year.
The debate on the resolution was brief,
only one or two members expressing dig
sent. Hon. Ben R. Holder, chairman Of
the railroad committee, and former pres
ilent of the organization, who presented
A report recommending that this action
be taken, and who is perhaps more ia
miliar with railroad conditions than any
member Of the organization, presented
the resolution.
1t was the almost unanimous opinion
among members that if the railroad com
mission deems it necessary to advance
assessments, that it should be done grad.
ually and uniformly and that it is both
unwise and inexpedient to make a rad
zeal advance at this time.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
MOVE FOR 15-CENT COTTON
Head Southern States Cotton Corpora
ton Has Holding Plan.

Little Rock, Ark.-George D. Wadley
OF Bolingbroke, Ga, president of the
Southern States Cotton Corporation, cap.
italized at S 100000, is in Little Rock
for the purpose OF organizing d loca;
branch, having for its object the fixing
of the price of cotton at Is cents per
pound. His plan is to have six men in
each county buy all the cotton in their
counties at II cents per pound, TO be
paid by draft, and interest-bearing GER
tifcate issued for the remaining / cents,
The 4 cents withheld will create a sink
ing fund for the purchase Il surplus
cotton.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14
Extend Parcels Post.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. providing
for a general parcels post throughout
the United States and its possessions, ex'
cept the Philippine Islands, is practically
certain to be enacted by the present con.
gress, during the session now in progress,
IN the opinion Of Postmaster General
Hitchcock.