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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
WILL FIGHT!
new STATE LAW
RECENT ACT OF LEGISLATURE
WILL BE TESTED BY COURTS.
ITS PROVISIONS ARE DRASTIC
Provision Which Bars From Honors All
Who on Entering State School
Have Joined Fraternities
Meets Opposition.

jacksonville eyes of University OF
Mississippi men and fraternity men in
general are on the institution at oxford,
much interested in the reported pending
trouble over the anti-fraternity law
There is nothing secret in regard 10 the
movement said to be ripe for consumma-
ton, that the fraternity men will take
legal proceedings TO prevent the expulsion
or ousting of fraternities IRON the SUI
dent body. These men have been up III
arms and exceedingly sore ever since the
legislature of 1912 passed senate Dill ~,
otherwise known as the Russell bill,
which became chapter IT., OF the laws
of 1912. to abolish and prohibit Greek
letter fraternities, sororities and all
other secret orders among students al
the university and all other educational
institutions supported by the state.
The most drastic section OF the act OF
adjustment provides,
THAT no student in the university or
in any other educational institution sup
ported in whole or in part by the state
who is q member of any of the orders,
chapters, f]raternities, sororaties, socie-
ties and organizations hereby prohibited
shall be permitted to receive any class
honors, diplomas or distinctions conferred
by the institution Of which he is a stu
dent, nor to complete nor contend for
any prize or medal offered by his re-
s~pcctivq school or any association or in
~diyidual." r
Any student who is a member OF the
repudiated orders must, on entrance, hle
with the chancellor, president or superin-
tendent, as the case might be, a written
agreement that he will not, while he is
a student there, affiliate with such so
~cieties or attend their meetings,
1t is understood that Hon. A. +. Fox,
ex1president of the Mississippi Bar Assoc
citation, has taken charge of the proposed
litigation, and a fight on the anti-fra-
t~ernity act wall be made.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
CALL TO VETERANS.
Mississippi Division Urged to Attend Re
union at State Fair.

union at State Fair.
Jackson.-General order No. 10, just
issued by Maj.-Gen. Patrick Henry Of
Brandon, commanding the Mississippi Di-
vision, United Confederate Veterans, has
sent out to all brigades and camp com
manders in the division, staff officers
and others The order is as follows:
"Comrades-Your attention is called to
the twenty-second annual meeting of the
division, which is called for October 81
and 22, being the first and second days
of the state fair, The meeting will be
called to order in representatives hall,
in the new capitol, at 1890 am, on
October 81, and a full attendance is
urged to be present. The fare for the
round trip is one frst-class fare, plus rs
cents, tickets to be on sale October 10
to October 26, good to return until Octo-
Der 80. These dates were selected on
account of pates and limit of tickets,
and because of many letters received ask,
ing that the reunion be held during the
state fair.
Tuesday, October 20, will be Confed,
crate Veteran Day, which will entitle all
Confederate veterans to a free entrance
to the fair. The staff officers, sponsors
and maids of honor named for the gen
eral reunion at Macon, Ca, will report
for duty on October 21 in full uniform"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
AMERICAS FLEET LARGER
Mobilization at New York Will Surpass
German Review.

Woshington.-Both us to number o.
vessels aud weight of guns, the Atlantic
fleet which mobllizes in New York har-
Dor, October 1918, will surpass the Ger
maj fleet which Emperor William re-
viewed Off llcIigolond ip the North Sea.
Of the 122 American ships to be mo-
bill2cd next month, "a are battlcships,
as against the 20 German bNttlcships as
scmbled in the German review. Tho
American feet viii be armed with eight
l3inch guns, while the German ships
have no guns Of that bore and only 4s
l2.inch guns, as against 148 l2-incb
guns on the American vessels.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
YALE GETS BIG REQUESTS
Will Benefit by Almost Million Dollars
in Three Wills.

New Haven, Conn.-At the September
meeting of the Yale Corporation, it was
announced that since the last meeting
three wills have been flied for probate
from which the university should re-
ceiye during the year about thrcc-quar-
ters of a million dollars. These include
$2jO,ooO unrestricted by bcQuest Of Mat
thew c. D. Borden, Yale 1864 $4,000
from Cyprian Brainerd, of the class Of
1850, for the use of the medical depart
mCnt, with ultimately an additional $40,
600 after the death of certain benef-
Charles, and the Mcpherson fund of be-
tween 100000 and $780, 600, "to be EN-.
pIoyod in assisting worthy INDECENT stu
dents"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
NEVER PAID A DIVIDEND
So Says President Of National Harvester
Company.

Chicago. Although it sold 500 ,0oo,.
600 worth Of farm implements, the 10
tcrnational Harvester Company Of
America last year p~,to only $4,000 in
profits, or G(tcon-hundredths Of / per
cent. ncurdiUg to X. G. Haskius, tho
president, who testified before a special
examiner in the governments suit to
dissolve the corporation.
rs it not you object to buy from tho
New Jersey corporation at such n price
as will enable it to sell 50 that you will
have neither a loss nor a proft2' asked
Edwin p, GrOsyenor, special assistant at
torncy general.
"Our object ia to buy "a chcapIy ns We
can and to make as much as possible.
We try to buy from the New Jersey
company at prices WI could get from any
other company" replied Mr., Haskins.
"But you never have paid a dividend?'
NO, We never have"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
NOGI AND HIS Wife
KILL THEMSELVES
JAPANESE TRADITION EXAcTS THE
LIFE OF HER BRAVEST SOLDIER.
FELL ON THEIR SWORDS
Suicide Followed Conclusion Of Emper-
or's Burial Ritos--No Attempt to
Prevent Tragedy Was Made.

Tokio.-Gen. Count Marezunk Nogi,
supreme military councillor of the en-
pire, and his wife, the Countess Nogi,
committed suicide Friday in accordance
with the ancient japanese custom as a
final tribute to their departed emperor
and friend, Mutsuhito.
The death by their own hands of the
famous general and his wife was as dra-
mats as it was sad. rhe general cut
his throat with a snort sword and the
countess committed hari-kari.
Following the SamuraI custom, the
couple had carefully prepared their
plans for killing themselves, and timed
them SO that they would be coincideat
with the departure forever from Toxic
of the dead emperor.
Gen. Nogi and the countess had at
tended the funeral services OF Mutsuhito
at the palace.
First the general wrote a letter to the
new emperor, Yoshihlto, which later was
found beside his body. Then he draped
in mourning a portrait of the late en-
perOr, which hung on the wall, and al
terward he and his wife dressed them
selves in full japanese costume and
drank a farewell cup of sake from cups
which had been presented to the general
by Mutsuhito,
Darkness had fallen and Gen. Nogi
and the countess sat and awaited the
signal they had agreed upon to announce
their leave taking. This was the boom
ing Of a single gu. in the palace grounds
at Toxic, which was to let the people
know that the body Of the emperor was
starting on the funeral car for its last
resting place.
As the boom of the gun r~esounded
through the still, clear night, Gen. Nogi
arose, and, grasping in his hand a short
sword, plunged it into his throat, while
the countess stabbed herself through the
body. A student who resided in the Nogi
home heard the fall of the bodies and
rushed into the room. Lying upon the
floor were the hero of Port Arthur and
his wife.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
Uncle Sam After D~ynamiters.

Jackson.-An entirely new phase has
been put on the dynamiting of the cattle
dipping watts in the state, when il was
learned that the federal authorities have
agents at work gathering evidence and
at the proper terms of the respective
United States courts this evidence will
be laid before the Federal grand jury at
each place,
There has been some opposition to the
work OF cottle ticS eradication in Missis
sippi, but IN Monroe and Leake counties
ii went as far as open violence.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
Has Made No Move.

Washington.-While there is DISPOSE
ton to assist in every proper way the
restoration of peace between Italy and
Turkey, officials of the state department
were obliged to confess that so far the
United States has made no move what
ever in that direction. If any Ameri.
cans, officials, or individuals, have used
their good offices to bring Italy and Tur,
Key into a position where they might
at least be induced to listen to overt.
ures for peace, that has been done in.
formally.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20

Minneapolis, Minn.-Thirteen million
bushels of grain received in thirteen
business days in Minneapolis was the
crop movement which shattered all rec.
ords, after railways had reported in i.
b43 cars of grain Monday. The sustained
movement of a million bushels a day on
the average makes the figures greater
than ever totaled so soon after the be.
ginning of the new crop year, which
starts annually on September /.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
COURT EA0IAs GoMRlssl
RAILROADS WILL NOT oBRy a.
OF THE COMMISSION.
Roads Claim That New Rate On {.
and Gravel Are confscatory ii a.,
acter-Litigation Will Be sts,s
by Other Roads.

Jacksonville New Orleans a NJ.
eastern and the Alabama 4 vieL.h1
roads have enjoined the Mississ;nnI !.
road commission from enforclng 4.
der of August goth, establishing I,
freight rates for the trsnsportatioa
sand and gravel in this state.
The restraining order was is,,,sa
the federal court by Judge Henry
Niles, and Is returnable at the M.
Der term of court in this CITY.
The injunction bill of complain,
leges that the rates fixed by he q
mission are unreasonably low anl J,
fiscatory in character, and that The !,
roads cannot haul these Commodities
the rates fixed without sustaining y
heavy losses.
Railway traffic officials state Ii
they are willing to bee1 even more II
vleir just share OF the work Of bpi
ing good roads in Mississippi, VIII
these rates are supposed to promote. /
the tariffs as fixed by the commission
pose on them the very heaviest port
of the burden.
1t is expected that other railway lii
in the state will also institute min
ton proceedings within the next i
days, and it is a certainty that the il
cation filed will prevent the enfor
ment of the rates for several years,
they are ever enforced at all.
During the past eight months m,
litigation in the state and federal cou
has resulted from orders of the II
road commission than for the entire ID
years of the previous administration.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20

Chicago.-Mtss Virginia Brooks, the
West Hammond reformcr, won Il victory
when the city council of the suburb at a
stormy meeting discharged Chief of Po-
lice john Kulszyk. A special committee
appointed to investigate charges against
the chief of police reported that he had
been guilty of neglect OF duty in failing
to close disordcrly resorts, and recon-
mcuded that he be dismissed. The chief
Of police in the meeting denied that he
had been ordered by the mayor to close
the resorts.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
Alleges "Quadbigamy."

Philadelphia.-A divorce was granted
to Mrs. Robt. P. Easterly on the grounds
Of bigamy. She presented evidence show.
ing her husband had four wives. He
married one woman in Tennessee and an.
other in Canton, Ohio. He has another
wife in Washington and still another in
Oregon. Mrs. Easterly met him in this
city in 1908 and in the latter part of
1909 a child was born. Shortly after
that Easterly disappeared and the wife
has made a countrywide search for him
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
School Term Begins.

Jackson.-The school and college sea.
son opened in Mississippi during the
week. Millsaps College and Belhaven
College, in this city, and Mississippi Col.
lege, at Clinton, ten miles west of here,
opened Monday, while the University of
Mississippi at Oxford, the A. & NJ. Col
lege at Starkville, opened on the day
following The new State Normal Col
lege at Hattiesburg throws open its doors
on Wednesday, and the Industrial In
stitute and College will open on Septem.
Der "a.
In all of the separate school districts,
and many of the rural districts, the pub
lie schools will start on Monday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
Sold Home to Visit Son.

San Francisco, Cal.-After m~ortgaging
his home in Nashville, SO that he might
come to San Francisco and join a son
due to arrive here on the transport Lo.
gan from Manila, William H. Greer, an
aged man, reached the transport dock
this afternoon to find his son, j, w.
Greer, embaImed in a casket. He had
died Of fever IN his way to this city. The
aged father was overcome with grief and
had to be led away by people on the
dock.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
CROP DETERIORATED
ALL OVER The BELT
PRACTICALLY NO CHANCE FOR TOT
v CROP IS LEFT.
SHEDDING HAS BEEN HEAVY
Oklahoma and Mjrthcrn Texas May
Make Late Crop, but All Late
Cotton in Danger Of Frost.
Texas YiCld Good.

Memphis.-Tbc cotton crop deterio
rated heavily over practically the entire
belt during the week. The hot, dry
weather has caused q cessation OF growth
and fruitage-savc in a few scattered
lowlands-oyer all the belt, except in
oklahoma and Northern Texas, Rains
served to check deterioration somewhat
in some sections, but the damage had
already been done and could mot be rem
edicd.
East Of the river the crop is made
except in some lowlands in Mississippi
and Tennessee and to a lesser extent in
Alabama and South Carolina. The late
crop on these lands is in danger from
a frost of average date, which renders
the final yield of even the small portion
of the top crop that holds forth any
promise a matter of speculation, The
middle and bottom crops are not so
heavy, owing to heavy shedding of
squares and young bolls, as last year,
Boil weevil have destroyed any hope OF
top crop in Southern Mississippi. Pre-.
mature opening caused by the heat is
causing complaint of short staple.
West of the river about the same cOn
ditions as those east Of the river pre-
vail in Arkansas and Louisiana. In Okla.
homa and Northern Texas the crop de-
Perforated heavily, but the plant was
heavily fruited, and with favorable
weather there is a chance for recupera.
ton and a fair yield of the late crop.
Bottom and middle crops in these see
tons of the belt are heavy aud are yield.
ing satisfactorily.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
Wants State to Make Exhibit.

Jackson.-Thos. f. Mahoney, conusef
ed with the Land Show to be given w
der the management Of the Chicago
Tribune, in Chicago, from November Y
to December 8, was a caller at the cihes
of the commissioner of agriculture MI
Mahoney states that the land SHOW w
year is going to be bigger and Detiel
than ever before. He is in Mississippi
for the purpose Of arranging an eznlD'
from this state.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
win Break Up Company.

Observation-Disclosures COMMISSIONS
NJ. Henry is determined to break "
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance \
pany, formerly Of this state, but now,
ing business in Mississippi througl
branch office.
The company in question wa
tered by the secretary Of state sess
years ago, when the insurance conn
sioner had no authority or supefNl,
over such concerns. It's headqlaf'
were at Meridian and for a time Y
d iiourishing business among ths
groes Of the state
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
Boy Excels in Fruit Canning.

Jackson.-Miss Susie V. Powell, who
has charge of the Girls Tomato Club
work, as part Of the school education,
has learned that a boy has fairly outdone
the girls when it comes to canning to-
matoes. His name is Hiram O'Reilly,
and he lives in Yazoo county, He put
out a quarter Of an acre of tomatoes and
worked them thoroughly. He got a
bumper crop, and went to work canning
them. When he got through he had
Q 600 cans of tomatoes, in the two
pound size.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
SAYS OYSTERS ARE ALIVE
Dr., Wiley Claims They Would Plead for
Mercy If They COulG.

New Iork.-"Oysters served on the
half shell are alive and kicking when
they are swallowed, and they suffer pain
when eaten. Salt and pepper make them
vince, the fork hurts when it is jNbbed
into one OF the bivalves, and if they
could taIke they would plead for mercy"
according to DR.. Harvey W. Wiley, one
time pure food expert for the United
States government.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20

Los Angeles, Cal,-Francisco del Vale
F~rasQuiIlo, a matador, lies dying at a
local hospital, gored by a bull which he
attempted to throw by the horns.
With thousands of Mexicans gathered
about the inclosure at a local park, Fras.
quilo sprang over the wall, reused the
bull to rage by waving a red flag and
caught its herns. The bull threw him
into the air, catching him on its horns,
Then 1t dropped him to the ground and
aored him through the side.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
Word Kills Man.

Waxahachie, Tex.-A word whispered
to him in a moment of intense suspense
killed Andy Ellis, a butcher, aged about
10 years.
Ellis and a deputy sheriff were lying
in wait for cowh~le thieves at Il slaugh
ter pen here. Both were peering through
the darkness, when the deputy at Ellis
side whispered: BE lniet, l think
hear them coming"
Ellis stifFened, and then with hardly
a sigh, dropped to the ground and died
almost Instantly.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
GOVERNOR OFFERS REWARD,
$500 For Party Firing the Smith Count
Courthouse.

MISUNDERSTANDING that the burning
of the county courthouse at Raleigh i
Smith county, some time ago, was thl
work of incendiaries, Lieutenant Coy
ernor Theodore G. Bilbo, who Is at pres
emit acting Governor of the state, Offered
a reward of $500 for the arrest and con
viction of the party or parties firing III
building.
The citizens of Smith county are eyi
IDENTIFY of the same opinion as the Coy
ernor as they have raised $500 for N
same purpose and deposited the nopsI1
with the Smith county bank.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20

Jacksonville doctors of Clarke coun.
ty have sent u testimonial to the state
board of health, in which the hookworm
crusade in that county has just termi-
mated under the auspices Of the state
board, is Endorsed emphatically the opin.
ion expressed that an incalculable deal
of good has been accomplished, and the
field agent of the board, DIR. II. Fl. How
ard, is a very thorough and competent
man. The field of operations has now
,een moved to Wayne, the adjoining
ounty.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
Tallahatchie Agricultural School.

Jackson. - Tallahatchie county =,
voted the necessary tax for the agrleul
ural high school for that county, y !
perintendent of Education Powers T. I
formed, and the school will be loeateu
Cascilla. Work will be started ItsI
soon as possible. Prof. Powers hopes \.
this time next year to have an agrieul 1
raj high chool in every county y \
state. There are now about hall o. J
counties which have them, either y !
Grafton or under construction, or Y
voted to have one.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
Revenue Cutter Wrecked.

Pensacola, Fa.-The worst storm ex.
perienced in this section since the me- M
orable hurricane of September, 1909,
swept Pensacola's water front Saturday
night, doing thousands of dollars dam.
age in the shipping interests. The
United States revenue cutter Pcnrose is
4 total wreck, and a number of other
vessels were seriously damaged,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
RESCUED FROM FAMINE
American Marines Go to Relief of Girls
College.

Washington. - American b~lueiackets
and marines have been called upon by
Minister Weltzel, in Nicaragua, to rescue
from famine a college of girls at Graa,
da. The girls have been isolated for fotry
days and are facing an empty larder,
The college is under French control and
many of its inmates are foreign resi-,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
Kill Another American.

Douglas, Ariz.-The thirty-ffth Amer
lean to be killed by Mexican rebels with.
in the past three months met death while
attempting to escape from the insur-
recto infested country around Colonia
Morelos. The victim was Edward HAM.
more,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20

Columbusc.--Col. John P. Mayo ~
succeeded in getting together oil q ~
petitions which were circulated anon
the soldiers during the encamplient |
this city in August, asking for the ioea
ton of the permanent camp site n "
city. The petition is signed BY esp;
officer of the state guard and prae'
cally every private in the ranks " Y
should have some weight with the on
Gals in the matter Of locating tne "
manent camp site.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
A CHAMPION CORN GROWER.
Monroe County Boy Raises 200 Bushel
Per Acre.

J.
Jackson.-Mississippi's champion i
yenile corn grower this year, a%ccordinI
to reports thus far received, is Grated
Pickle, of Monroe county, aged eleyel
years.
This youngster has titled one acre Il
corn on his fathers farm about svyea
miles from Aberdeen, and, according Il
information received at the state II
partment of agriculture, his crop d
that one acre will, according to good n
Inmates, yield about 200 bushels,
When only nine years Of age this bod
raised 80 bushels Of corn on one are|
Last year his crop showed a yield Of i23
bushels per acre.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
a b Show at Fair.

acknowledging the most lrtei'
ing annual event at the Mississippi p
Fair is the baby show. There are !
number Of mothers in this city WING J
already grooming their little ones /.
this great day, when baby may anu !.
not win a blue ribbon for being the ~
soonest chap at the fair.
1t is expected that there Will =
much interest displayed this yea
last and the baby show will not %
least popular exhibit Of the far Dy !
means.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20

Any burglar with pride In his call.
ing will blush when he reads that one
of the profession broke into a butcher
shop, got away with the cash drawer
and overlooked a heefstcak that way
lying in plain sight.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
Women Tar and Feather Girl.

Norwalk, "a young girl of Clarks.
field, O., was the victim of eight mar
ried women, dressed as men, who on
Sunday night induced the girl to take Il
wink and then tarred and feathcred her.
The girl needed their warning and disap-
poared, She was charged with flirting.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20

Blucfelds, Observation-Disclosures sail.
ors from the guntoat Tacoma were fired
upon on the streets here during an anti
American demonstration incident to the
celebration of the anniversary of Cen.
traI American independence
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20

A Pennsylvania doctor has after
many experiments come to the con.
clusion that the sting Of a bee will
cure rheumatism. Pesslmtsts will as.
sumo that bees may be expected now
to refuse to sting.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20
Negro Odd Fellows Row.

Atlanta, Ga--police interference in the
national convention Of negro obi Fellows
prevented some of the delegates from
mixing in a frse-for.all fight over the
election of a grand master, The con.
vention adjourned for sixty days with.
out a master being chosen.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20

Charleston, W, Na--Goy. GIass,ock ap.
proved th" finding of the military com.
mission IN sentencing thirty-seycu strik-
ing miners, nearly all Of whom ars
Greeks, to sixty days in jail for intimi.
dation of workmc0. The men sought to
prevent mIaers from entering the mines