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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
WOULD NATIONALIzE
THE LEYEE SYSTEM
STRONG PLEA MADE BY REPRE-.
SENTATIVE RANSDELL.
UNCLE JOE CANNON APPROVES


ashington,-Thr naturalization 0.
III" Icvc" system OF the mississippi river
Wa advocated in the 1oosc by Repre-
sentative RansdcIl OF Louisiana.
Former Speaker Cannon not only ap
proved everything tina. had been done,
but entered the realm Of prophecy by
saying that probably I'D thirty years the
rich aIluYial country brlwoen Cairo and
the gulf will &c the most thickIy settled
region OF the county. lie asked the
members from that part Of the country
to see to it, however, that the people
Wcr" not misIed into asking the govern.
ment to do everything, while they placed
Themselves On downy beds of ease.
Minority Leader Mann called atten.
ton to the fact that the bill, as amend
ed in conference, cXempls the lcyce work
from the operations Of the eight-hour
law by declaring it to be . task of extra
ordinary emergency.
= appeal to your sense Of justice to
be more liberal with the Mississippi than
you have been, and as | am convinced
You will be-" said Mr.. Ransdell after
pointing out that the states Of Louisiana,
Mississippi and Arkansas have spent
S65, 000, DOC for lcvccs, while the govern
mcnt has spent less than half that sum
all since 1865.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
COURTHOUSE CONTROVERSY.
Persistent Effort to Move 1t From Ra
leigh Is Made.

Jackson-A county feud on the ques
ton of courthouse location that prom.
ises to last for several years has de.
veloped in Smith county.
A hopeless tangIe of litigation appears
on the court dockets, and the lawyers
can't even see the beginning Of the end,
The trouble started at the last legisIa,
tive session, when Il bitter fight was
made against a bill seeking TO divide
the county into two districts with a
county seat either at Mize or Taylors,
vile.
At an election just held in Smith
county, the proposed creation of a sec,
ond district was rejected by a vote of
955 to asa. In the meantime the board
of supervisors had gone ahead and
awarded contract for q new courthouse
for the First district, and now work has
been stopped on that structure by an
injunction restraining the board of SUI
pervisors from paying out money 10 the
Little-Gleckler Construction Company
until a SPECIAL election can be held to
pass IN the question 0. where one court
hosue for the county should be located.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
COLLINS TURNSIT DOWN
BUT BREWER APPROVES PLANTING
COMPANY CHARTER.
Executive and Legal Department of the
State Disagree-Both GIVE Written
Reasons for Action.

Jackson.-The war between Governor
Brewer and the attorney general goes
merTily on, and charters OF big plant
ing and l~and-owHing companies continue
to be recorded in the office Of the secre'
tary OF state. The latest on which the
executive and the LEGAL departments OF
the state government have disagreed is
the charter OF the Egypt Planting Com
pany domiciled at Egypt, Yazoo county.
1t is capitalized at 81, 900, 900 and the in
corporators are G. L. Hawkins of Hat.
tiesburg j.. S. Walton and j. K. Watson
Of Lexington.
This charter went first to the attor,
ney general, as all Of them do. 1t was
turned down and reasons given in a
lengthy statement that was attached
to the charter when It reached the gov
ernor The attorney general stated tSat
ITO appr-yc it would nullify the effect
OF the present act Of the legislature, y
and 'the law requires that | indorse on
the application my approval or my rea-
SONS for disappearing same which he
did.
, Governor Brewer also wrote quite a
lengthy letter and attached it to the
secretary Of state with his approval. He
says: Il don't know Of any such law as
the attorney general referred to-" and
declares that the act of the legislature
OF 1912, outIawing such planting com
panies, is not in force till November 2.
That is the date on which it becomes eff
fectiyc and until that time Governor
Brewer will continue to approve them.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
GOVERNORS DAY PLANNED.
National Guard Encampment Feature to
Be Largely Attended.

Columbus.-A very large and impor'
tant part of the population of Missis'
sippi will assemble in Columbus, Friday,
August 9th, in honor of Governors Day
at the Mississippi Natinal Guard en-
campment and for the unwilling OF the
Confederate monument to the heroes OF
the civil war, which has been arranged
for the same date.
Low railroad fares on all lines and a
special train from Greenwood to Column
bus arriving at Columbus about ~
o'clock in the morning and leaving that
evening will pour thousands OF people
into the Most Beautiful City" N "ole
Miss"
The entire military force of 1000 Ma
tional Guardsmen and regulars, includ'
ing artillery, cavalry and the splendid
18th Infantry band from Fort McPher'
son, Georgia, will participate in the cere'
monies incident to the unwilling OF the
monument.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
TAFT CAMPAIGN
FUND Sl,6S5,5I8
HITCHCOCK DENIES ANY CONTRI.
BUTTONS FROM CORPORATIONS.
REFUSED DUPONTS MONEY
Taft's Manager Declares That S620,159
Was Collected in Various States
and Handled by State Com
mittees.

Washington. - President Taft's cam'
paign fund Of 1908 was the subject Of
inquiry by the senate committee investi-
eating the political war chests Of that
campaign and that Of Alton b. Parker
four years before.
Postmastcr.Gcnera Hitchcock, chair
man Of the Republican national commit
tee in 1908, told the senators no contri-
button was accepted from any corpora
ton, and that the committee had de-
clined 100000 from r. Coleman DUPONT
because the government was then al.
lacking the powder trust, and besides,
congress had forbidden corporation con-
tributions.
The total Of the Republican fund was
$l,6j5,518.27, Mr. Hitchcock said.
Charles ?. Taft, the presidents broth.
err Larz Anderson, ambassador to Bel.
Piumj Whitcmw Reid, ambassador 10
Great Britain; AndIew Carnegie, Frank
Munsey and others were among contribu.
tors whom Mr., Hitchcock named.
Before the system Of collecting money
by finance committees organized in each
state was put into operation, Mr.. Hitch
cock said, friends Of the party came for
ward with large contributions.
The first "fricnds" he mentioned il
that connection were Charles P. Taft,
brother Of President Taft, who contrib.
,,tD1 GEn DHG, LI,JI.,-, k.J.., T+-.,.-1l
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
Bryan Campaign Fund $500, 644.

Observation-Disclosures Ridder, treas
urcr of the Democratic committee in
1908, produced for the inspection of the
senate committee investigating campaign
contributions the official reports of the
committees receipts and expenditures he
had filed with the secretary of state IN
New York in 1908. j.. j. Martin, pri.
vate secretary to the secretary of state,
produced the reports as official custodian
for them. These showed the total re-
ceipts were $62O, 044.T7 and the total
eXpenditures were %$6lQ,41O.O6.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
WOULD AID COTTON GROWERS
Congress May Issue Bulletins on the Cot
ton Condition.

Observation-Disclosures OF the senate
and house have agreed to a bill which
they think will give to the cotton grower
the same amount of information on act,
ual cotton that the cotton spinner now
gets on cotton crop conditions.
The bill would require the census bu-
reau to issue a monthly bulletin showing
the actual amount of spot cotton on
hand and the number of spindles in op.
Grafton.
The spinncrs now get the statistics %
the growth of cotton from the agriculb
urRl department.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
las TO GOOD ROADS bonn,
IMPORTANT RULING FROM
ToRNEY GENERALS OFFICE
Applies to the Issuance Of Bonds bv n.
tricts, and Is Of Especial Intere,,
to Al Counties,

Jacksonville present era Of 49,.
road building in Mississippi ia brinss
many questions relating to the bond y
ing issued for the work to the aftsn.e.
o. the attorney generals office. sna
recent opinion by Assistant Attorn.a
General Frank Johnston is Of gens,.,
interest at this time.
The question was ~propounded by YAM
county, that where a district had elge.
ed to issue bonds, were the bonds Il i.
issued in the name of the county 4,
merely of the district? General ,Job,.
ston holds that where any one or mar.
road districts of a county come With,
the operation of the road law, the bond,
are to be issued in the name Of II.
particular district, and not in the pana
of the county. In such cases thew ara
to be district, and not county bond.
This view was held by the supreme court
in the case of Lee County vs.. Thomas
0S Miss. reports, 1872, decided at tbe
NNtOD'i III; I0iV, uHuEI ne road Law
of 1910 commonly known as the An.
derson road law"
Under recent opinion delivered by Al
sistant Attorney General Claude CLAY.
ton, these district bonds are held to bs
receivable under the state depository
law as securities, provided for by said
law as indemnity for public funds placed
in state repositories.
In the case of Lee County VS.. Thomas,
the question whether the bonds were to
be issued IN the name of the district as
the obligor in the bonds, was not eE.
p)ressly treated in the opinion of the
court, but these questions were raised
directly and expressly in the pleadiEgs,
and the precise question was before the
court. The decision thus necessarily
covered this question affecting the va.
lidity Of the issuance of the bonds as
district bonds. The court held that
bonds thus issued were valid and constt
tutional and in conformity to the pro
visions of the road law Of 1910.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
Plan Big Farm Rally.

Itta Bena.--At a meeting of the pub
licity committee of the Itta Bena Bus'
ness League tentative arrangements
were made for a big agricultural rally
to be held here July 30. The purpose OF
the meeting is to stimulate interest in
diversified farming and to advise against
planting cotton exclusively next season
as a result of the absence Of the boil
weevil this year.
The railroads have been asked for eN
cursion rates on the date of the meeting.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
DR.. HUMPHREYS DIES.
Greenwood Physician Well Known
Throughout State.

Greenwood.-Dr. Davis Smith Hum
phreys died at his home in this city,
after an illness of three weeks of heart
trouble. DR.. Humphreys was a son of
the late Gov. Ben G. Humphreys and
Mildred Hickman Humphreys, and was
born at Port Gibson, September 25, 1860.
He was educated at the University of
Mississippi in the class of 1882, and
graduated from the medical department
of Tulane University in 1885. He i'm
mediately took up the practice Of his
profession at Itta Bcna, at that time n
plantation owned by his fathers Children.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

Agricultural College.-President G. R,
Hightowcr has just received a commu,
nication from r. S. Wilson, state agent
of the United States bureau of plant in
dustry, to the effect that the Washing
ton office of the bureau is in thorough
accord with the local authorities with re-
gard to the general roundup to be held
here in the first week of September.
Mr.. Wilson states hat the sixty local
agents of the bureau will be present and
that he is urging each of these sixty to
prevail upon his n~eighbors and demon
strators to come also. He expects that
he will add at least two hundred men
all told to the regular attendance at the
roundup.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
MAJOR WOODRUFF RETURNS.
After Attending Meeting of Mississippi
River Commission.

Vicksburg,-Maj. ]. A. Woodruff, en-.
gineer in charge of the Third engineers
Mississippi river district, returned from
St. Louis, where he was called to attend
a special meeting of the Mississippi
river commission to confer regarding the
proposed allotment for the Third district
for the coming year and the closing Of
the levee crevasses in this district. The
commission agreed to recommend his plan
of the government paying the largest
share of the expense of closing crevasses
and the state levee boards paying a part
of the cost. The matter will now be
taken up by the secretary of war and
Chief Engineer B&by for approval, and
if approved the crevasses at Salem, Beu-
lah, Panther Forest and Lake Jefferson
will soon be under way.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

The last h]orsecar, or, to be Sac
the last horse omnibus, has disappear.
ed from the streets OF Paris and motor
buses and electric trans now hold IN.
disputed sway, If Paris has another
eiege. the inhabitants won't be able
TO get much n]ourishment out OF rub.
Der tires.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
Cotton Warehouse Cases.

Columbia, s. C.-The South Carolina
supreme court declared unconstitutional
the act passed at the last session of the
legislature to create and operate a state
warehouse system for storing cotton
and other commodities. It carried with it
an appropriation of ~s25o,OOo for putting
its provisions into effect,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
American Launch Seized

Victoria, h. C.--The American gaso.
line launch Bonita of Seattle was cap.
tured after a running fight while poach.
ing Off the west coast of Vancouver Isl.
and by the fishery protective cruiser
N~ewington. Many shots were fired from
each boat and the launch was finally run
down aad lapsiEed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

It is reported that western farmers
are Directing to college students as
harvest hands. They do not have to
hire them. The objection may be
based on the fact that college students
are not fond OF 10 hours a day worE
and BleepirT In the barn,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
NEED OF A BANKING LAW.
Five Failures Since Legislative Session
Adjourned,

Jackson.-Five state bank failures
have occurred in Mississippi since the ad'
journment of the legislative session at
which a bill providing an adequate sys'
TEN of supervision and inspection Of
banking institutions was defeated.
While all of the defunct institutions
had been in solvent shape for several
months prior to the legislative session,
and none of the failures created any sur
prise in financial circles, their closing
serves to illustrate the utter inadequacy
of Missis5ippi's banking laws. ~
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

The orator at a recent college com.
mencement warned the graduates
against despair. That was rather an
unnecessary warning. II the gradr.
Rtes could only take for their future
lives one-half Of their present assur.
ance and self-contidence, the world
would be a much more energetic place
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
John D, Humanitarian.

Tarrytowu, n. N.DIohn D, Rockefeller
has suspended John Riley, foreman on
his estate, for being cruel to his family.
Riley recently drove his wife and seven
children, all under 12 years Of age, out
Of the house, and they had to find shell
ter for the night elsewhere.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
Washed Bills. Too.

San Bernardino, Cal,-Whcn his laun.
dry bill showed a charge for washing
four g~reOnbacks, George b, Rowan gasped
in astonishmeut. He looked through his
laundry and found that a neat pile Of
carefully ironed and starched bank notes
had come home with his weekly wash.
They amounted to 500.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
ATTEMPT TO Kill Isabella.

Madrid,-An attempt to kill the In.
fanta Isabella by means OF a bomb,
which was exploded in Catalonia Square,
Barcelona, failed. Several buildings in
the vicinity were wrecked and a few
persons slightly injured, but the infantp
ESCAPED.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
Rebels Attack Train.

Mexico City.-0vsr sixty persons are
dead and many more wounded as the
result Of an attack by Zapatistas on a
passenger train between this city and
Cuernayaca, Morelos, The relief train
brought back only eleven passengers,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

A woman physician OF Worcester,
Mass. has been writing Of the cat rs
n transmltter Of disease In n manner
likely to put Tabby into the category
Of tho typhoid fly.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

The aeroplane Of the future, wo are
told, will carry 1000 passengers. This
Information will be received with dig.
nifed but nevertheless enthusiastic Joy
by the undertakers.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

Prince Henry Of Reuss says that
American girls are the prettiest in the
world. When he gets home he may
have a busy time explaining to n
enraged feminine populace that he
never said It.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
Christian Workers Assemble,

Biloxi.-The Sea Shore Assembly for
Christian Workers convened at the Sea
Shore Camp Grounds, These classes will
be continued for ten days, and every
evening there will be a lecture at the
tabernacle on subjects of interest to the
many people visiting the grounds.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
Mrs. Hartman May End Strike

Chicago,-upon a woman's shoulders
the shoulders of Mrs. Alice Hartman,
widow of L. II, Hartman, the Little
Giant" Of the railroad world-rests the
tremendous burden of ending the long
strike of the shopmcn and operatives of
the Illinois Central and other Hartman
lines.
An appeal to Mrs. Hartman will be
taken by the officers of the Federation
of System Feaerations, composed Of
shopmen on forty-two of the largest and
most powerful Western railroads.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

Tokio.-Thc critical illness Of Mutsu.
hito, the emperor of Japan, is causing
tho grnvest anxiety. The court physi.
clans have pronounced the case acute
nephriHs, with alarming symptoms of
uraemic poisoning.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
To Fight Auto Tax.

Jackson.-Three hundred automobile
owners in Mississippi have joined in the
plan to attack the constitutionality OF
the clause in the new privilege tax law,
assessing a special tax on AUTOMOBILES
graduated according to the horsepower
of the machine.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

An enthusiastic young woman In At
Iantlc city turkey trotled hcreeli to
death.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
Lightning Hits Oil Tanks.

Beaumont, Tsx.-Two oil tanks were
struck by lightning here, destroying the
tanks and $1,000 barrels of oil. The Gulf
Pipe Line C~ompony's loss is $4,000 and
the Sun Oil Company $4,000.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
Two Children Shot.

New York.-Two children were shot
and fatally injured when a gang OF
rowdies became involved In a running
gun fight in the East Side. The thor.
oughfare was crowded when the shooting
began.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

ASmaR OF 70 writes to the Now York
Times to complain because a reporter
referred TO a nan Of 60 as aged" To
the cub reporter It seems all right to
refer to n man OF so rs venerable"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

The strawberry crop has set a good
mark for the potato fields, but this
may be a year when nature is more
confederate Of luxuriea than of neces
sarlea.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

A Massachusetts woman died by
her W hand because her son would
not permit her to work in hIs wood.
yard. And yet they say that there 10
nothing new under the sun!
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
LIGHT Snow in Michipan.

Grand Rapids, Mich,-A dispatch from
Carp Lake, twenty-cight miles northeast
Of Petosksy, says that a light sprinkle
Of snow fell there Saturday night. Crops
were damaged by the cold.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

A supreme court somewhere has do.
ctded that n woman who gets of a
street car backward has no claim for
damages, And yet they viii continue
TO do Il,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

A prominent cancer specialist In
England has sued the British Medis
cal Journal for calling him a Qunck.
II he can produce a real cure for can,
Ger he can dIsprove the charge.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
]. c. Will Not Appeal

J~ackson.-It may be stated authorita'
lively that the Illinois Central Railroad
Company is not going to appeal from
the figures fixed by the railroad commits
sion in valuing the railroad property in
the state and upon which figures the
road will pay taxes.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

A sparrow attacked an eastern
painter and knocked him on n scat,
fold. Size doesn't count II you can
choose your own fighting ground.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

A scientist says that a baby Is not
talking when the sound mamma" ia.
sues. Ho has a terrific task ahead
II he wi-hes TO convince young moth.
ers.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

Some day n great American genius
VIII produce Il typewriter ribbon that
an amateur can pat on without soIling
HIS fingers or his language.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

Mahoncy City, Pa.-At least $4,000
changed hands here on the result of the
22O-yard race in which Nat Cartmcll, the
former University Of Pennsylvania run.
ucr, defeated VIII Martin, OF Walla
Walla, Wash.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

Jacksonville, W.-Thc Rev. c, G.
Snow, horn in New York n~inoty.dve
years ago, a personal friend Of Abraham
Lincoln and stephen A. Douglaa and the
oldest school teacher in Illinois, died here
Monday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
Lumber Business Good,

Meridian.-The demand for lumber in
the Mississippi market continues in adj
vance of production and lumbermen are
very well satisfied with the outlook.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
Cholera Among Hogs.

Strongs.-Cholera among the hogs here
has caused considerable loss to several
stock growers. |. N. Pulliam REPORTS
a loss of about $4,000 worth of pure
hred Berkshires.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
LIQUOR Bill,

Atlanta, Ga.-By yoE, Of to s the
senate temperance committee of the
state legislature decided to recommend
COR passage the Alexander .Tippins bill.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

An Italian slayer was sentenced to
hfo imprisonment to begin with ten
years in solitary confinement. There
won't be much life after that.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

Italy Is trying 10 end her war with
Turkey. Il has never been over pop.
u!ar even In Turkey.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

In Boston'b new appendicitis hos,
pitai ward patients viii be charged
but $40 a week, This Is an e]ncroach.
ment on tho rights OF the rich.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

Boating academia are now the or.
Der tho day at the hummer resorts
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
Bishop Murrah to Orient.

Jackson.-Bishop w. B. Murrah and
Mrs. Murrah will leave on Tuesday over
the Illinois Central for Chicago, from
whence they will make the journey to
the Golden Gate of San Francisco bay,
from which the bishop expects to sail
early in ugust for the Orient. Bishop
Murrah expects to be absent and busily
engaged with the Chinese missions for
several months, and does not expect to
return to the United States until early
in the coming year. He is one of Jack
sons most popular and lovable citizens,
and leaves with the heartiest wishes of
all in the community for a successful
mission and a safe return with his
charming wife.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

Kissing may be a diseaEe, as eastern
tavants say-but Il Il ia. II IL tho most
prevalent.