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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
CHARGES FOUND BlsELEs,
W. c. BULLOCK WILL BE sup,n..
OF A LUNAcy INQUIRY
Has Been Making Sensational An.
tons Concerning the Managemen,
OF the Confederate Home.
Senator Money Reports

Jackson.-W. c. Bullock. the c0,,.,
crate veteran who oune months Auo :.
TERED all sorts Of ugly charges sg,'ns.
the management Of the Confederate ssa
diers' home at Beauyoir, to ,neb
tent that the board OF trustee, Il.
imPelied to make an investigation vL,.a
was done, with the result that p|,,lla.,,'
charges we're held % be untrue al =
himself declared unworthy Of the bo,'
and protection which it afforded
Some time in January Bullock ,v,o..
a letter to Gov. Brewer and 70 ,svo,,,
members of the house and senate !.
which he repeated his former ebar,..
Of several persons who. he claimos
would substantiate everything which /.
had charged. Thereupon Gov. Brewo,
referred this matter, with the cor,.
spondence, to the new board Of t~rastao,
requesting that they give the matta,
thorough investigation, which The h,,,5
proceeded to do. After this in~ya.Fio,'
ton the trustees reported that none I,
the persons whose names as witna.sa.
had been referred to them had testified
to anything that would tend to s,,tai,
the charges, and reported unanimonslr
the charges to be without foundation !"
Mr.. Bullock then wrote a LENGTHY Ia.
ter to the governor, renewing hs cbargp,
and denomcing the home. its manags.
ment and everything generally. ofrerir,
a copy OF this same letter to npwsoane,,
IN the state, which declined to publish 4
Senator Money took up the matts,
and went carefully and methodiealIy into
the case, and he reported to Coy. Brewer
the strength of his inquiry. that III
statements of Bullock are libeIous and
wholly and utterly without foundation.
With this report on his desk, Cav
brewer has communicated with District
Attorney Ebb J. Ford and Chapeplor
Thad Wood, of the coast district. e.
4uesting that they inquire into Bulloeas
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
u. D. C. GAINS 500
PRESIDENTS REPORT SHOWS PAST
YEAR MOST SUCCESSFUL.
Membership Urged to Aid in the Move
ment for the Erection of a Monu.
ment to the Confederate Vet
Grams at Beauyoir.

Natchez.-Before nearly one hundred
delegates of the United Daughters OF
the C~onfederacy, Mrs. s. +. Rose, presi-
dent OF the state chapter, delivered the
presidents report at the business meet
ing of the convention and recommended
several important steps be taken by the
organization this year. Mrs, Rose
called special attention to the fact that
during the past year the local divisions
Of the United Daughters OF the Con-
federacy throughout the whole state
had made more progress along the diff
ferent lines OF their work than at any
other time in the history Of the or
ganization.
Mrs. Rose complimented the differ
ent chapters on the efficient work that
they had done during the past year,
stating that through the new member
ship contest that the president had
organized, over 500 new members had
been enrolled on the membership list
OF the organization.
Each division Of the organization
showed a marked improvement in their
work and a new interest has been taken
by all members in the work of the
chapters.
For the coming year Mrs. Rose rec
commended that all the various chap
tiers Of the state aid toward the Mar
garet Davis Hayes scholarship fund.
The various divisions Of the organ
iatioH were asked to work harder for
the erection Of the monument to the
Confederate veterans at Beauvoir, and
to start a vigorous campaign for the
preservation Of the old state house at
jackson
These measures will be urged through
ont the whole year and every effort
possible will be made to get the legis-
Iature to pass a bill regarding the
preservation Of the old state house.
The members were also called on to
the Heritage" the official
paper of the United Daughters of the
'onfederacy, as this is the only state
hat maintains its own paper.
After the presidents report the va
'ious committees and other officers, in
the treasurer and secretary,
made their annual reports,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
CAN GET NO PASSES.
Railroad Commission Pestered bv pas.
Requests.

NGHASSlS.
Jacksonville railroad commisaio,
gave out the following signed statement
today:
TO the Public:
We have received many requests from
our friends throughout the state ask.
ing our intervention in their behalf Of
securing for themselves annual pas;es
over the railroads operating in tHs
state.
In order that our friends NAV ap
preciate II situation in regard to tb,
subject, We take this method Of infou.
ing them of the law appertaining toths
matter, and our duties in relation there
to.
There is a prohibition in regard to av
public officer of the state of Mississippi
receiving from any corporation Of t+
lie carrier any gift, gratuity, OF aralr
ment. If it were possible fofaa
procure for our friends such priylga,
such action upon II part would ba
dereIiction of the official power repsi
in us by the statutes creating this In.
portant branch of our state government,
Besides this, there is a federal Law
controlling this subject, that prohibits
the use Of passes by individuals not con-
nected with the employment of rail-
roads.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
1000 Annihilated.

El paso, Textile slaughter Of rebels
at Cuatro CIenegas and vicinity a few
days ago perhaps was the worst blow
thus far inflicted upon the insurrecto
army, A dispatch to the Fl Paso Her
aid declares the rebels under Gen. Sala2ar
were caught in It canyon and his force
OF 1000 was nearly annihilated, Some
escaped by climbing over the rocks ont
of the death trap and others were shot to
death from above, where the federal fire
was continued for hours with terrible
acauracN.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

FL Paso, Tex.-Adyance squads of the
Mexican rebel army have been repulsed
by federal troops in the territory north
Of Torreon. Nevertheless, sharp Skin.
mishes between outposts continue. All
this is preliminary to what probably will
be the most decisive battle of the cam.
paign in the north. Fifteen thousand
men are engaged on both sides. The
rebels under 0rozco aim at Torreon.
whence they hope, by winning a victory,
to strike straight for the Mexican
capital.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
MISSISSIPPI BAR MEETING.
Many Acts Passed by the Legislature
Branded as Unconstitutional,

Jackson.-A remarkable, bold and rig
orous criticism of the statutes enacted
by the Legislature at its last session was
set forth in the annual address deir
cred by President A. f. Fox, of the Mis-
sissippi Bar Association, at the session
OF that body.
President Fox points out several laws
enacted by the body that are clearly un-
constitutional.
President Fox commended the spirit
OF the new statute prohibiting corpors
lions from acquiring large bodies Or
lands in the state, presumably for agri'
cultural purposes, but holds that tho
statute should have accomplished tho
same limit by prescribing a maximum
OF lands that may be owned by corpors
tions.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
CONDITIONS ARE lawful"
Meat Inspector Describes Philadelphia
Packing Houses.

Nashjngton,-J, w, Burroughs, a Tor
mer federal meat Inspector, testified be.
fore the Moss investigating committee
as to conditions he had observed in pack
ing houses in Philadelphia ana in Cum
bertrand, Nd.
Describing his two yeas observations
Of packing house conditions in Philadel-
PhiR, Burroughs refs raj to lard con,
tanning worms, scrapple made OF bad
meat, hog carcasses thai emitted an
awful stencil and revolving sanitary con-
dItions,' He described packing house
conditions in Philadelphia as something
awful"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
Revenues Decreased.

Jackson.-As an indication Of ths
times through which the state is pass
ing now, and has for the past tweife
months, which show the range OF Onsf
ness and commercial activity, the quar-
terly reports of the two principal ray.
road systems operating in the state luz
nish a clear example
The report of the Illinois Gentfsi
Railroad Company for the March quai
ter, 1912, shows a decrease in net III
enue below that Of 1911 amounting Y
$1,s64, $500.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
Good Roads for Lowndes.

Columbus.-The principal thorough
fares of Lowndes county are to be sur
veyed by a government engineer, an
estimate of the cost of building gravel
and clay thoroughfares, utilizing the
nearest material available, is to be
made, and after sample half miles have
been built under government super.
vision, the matter of issuing bonds will
be submitted to the people for them to
decide whether or not the work will
be done.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
DEER FINDS IT'S VINE
Miss Annie Mccormick Recognizes Pet
Rescued From River.

ANS9SACN AlOIl ANVIL
Natchez,-A pet dear which left a
plantation in Concordia parish, La, two
weeks ago. before its owner, Miss An.
ME Mccormick, was forced to abandon
her home and take refuge from the
floods, found its mistress in the streets
of Natchez.
Giving every indication of Joy at the
reunion "Buney' trotted through the
streets behind the woman to her board
ing house here, whence it was sent to
Duncan Memorial Park to remain until
the water ia the parish subsidies. A
silver bell around the deer's neck tim
Killed. merrily attracting a large crowd
to view the unusual sight.
The government tug Teche en- route
to Natchez picked the deer up in the
Mississippi river, The animal was al
most exhausted by its long swim.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

Chicago.-The Frisco is preparing to
eXpend more than $4,000, 900 in equip
ping the system with electric block sig.
nails and double tracking portions of the
divisions between Memphis, st. Louis,
Birmingham and Kansas City.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
WILL EBUlLD DOCKS.

duIfport.-Capt. j. 7. Jones, president
OF the Gulf and Ship Island railroad,
aid that expenditures in rebuilding the
docks on the pier and erecting the new
coai Triple would cost 100000. I'M
work will be completed in three months
The construction Of the new pier On
the west side OF tho government BASIN
which is entirely of c]reosoted timber
Tiled with rock ballast, will approx
mate 100000, provided cotton ware
houses are put up on that side.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

A decision by a Yonkers Judge has
established the principle that a wood.
pecker has a natural and inalienabie
right to ply its regular vocation al
4 a. m, no matter how many people
u rouses from their slumbers. But
the judge may have been ~preiudiced
against the irate millionaire wha
made the complaint.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

At the Federal Front, Coneios, Mex
Twelve hours of brisk fighting on the
desert plains, 800 miles south of the
American border between a force OF
. 200 rebels under Gen. Orozco and an
equally strong body of federals under
Gen. Huerta, resulted in a decided ad-
vantage to the government.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

Chinese officials Of the new govern.
ment have not only cut on thor
queues, but some Of them have ais,
taken to wearing high silk hats. Coyrd
the triumph of the Occident over tho
Orient be more fifty illustrated tban
by this Gaping of the climax
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
Change Steamer Lanes.

Washington.-The photographic of.
flee has announced the changing of the
transatlantic steamer lanes sixty miles
to the southwark of their present posi-
tion as a result of reports of many ice
bergs in the present lanes.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
Report on Smallpox.

Jackson.-Dr. Wood, of the State
Board of Health, has ompiled some
figures on reports of smallpox through
out the state, the records showing that
Lauderdale county is almost in a class
by itself in the number of cases. Since
January |, 2&t cases have been reported,
and among them las cases are recorded
as white people. Though the disease is
prevalent at Meridian, it is a little
north of there that most of the cases are
located.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

Washington-Many millions OF dollars
in taxes We're lost by the state Of Okla.
homa by a decision Of the supreme court
OF the United States that the state can
not tax land allotted to about 5000 less
than half.blood Indians.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

Jacksonville statement of the West.
ern Union shows that company to have
earned S5,03S.62 in this state in the first
three months of this year. while for
the same period in 1910, they lost in
the n~eishborhood of $4,000 on their
Mississippi business.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
L LANDS HIGH.
Northern Farmers invest In Land Nef
Greenville.

Jackson.-That the floods have mob
mad the effect of shaking confidence Of
expert farmers in the delta lands was
SHOWN when Barney & Hines, Incy real
W dealers, sold 900 acres located one
mile or so from the outskirts OF Green.
vile.
Mckenzie Bros. Of st. Croix, Wis, were
the purchasers, and their new acqnisl'
ton includes parts Of the Idalia and
Bowen plantations.
The consideration paid was $4,000.
The tract is known as one Of the high
est cultivated spots in the delta, and
mas been on the market only a short
time.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

Edison has completed an invention
which makes 1t possible TO have NOV.
ing pictures at home, About the only
thing that annot be had at home now
10 home life.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

The legislator who proposes n
make 1t unnecessary for women to tell
how old &ey are when they have bugI.
q In the courts makes It apDaar
that chivalry has not become obso~
iete.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

In Los Angeles a course in mannors
has been made a part Of the cqrrlcr.
lum OF the high school We ggrnoea
Los Angeles boys and girls are being
taught to give their seats In street
cars to tired old people, even II thew
DO not happen to wear jewelry.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

Chicago now has RI all night the.
alter. It Is being largely p~atronlzed BY
those who are afraid to 10 homo eth
er through fear Of being held I'm m
the way or being detected ~tlptoetng
npEtaire.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
Chas. N. Brumfeld Lectures.

CONTAMINATION. Chas n Brumfeld.
director Of the demonstration farms of
the c. R. r. Co, delivered an able
and inspiring address before the
student body of the Holmes County
Agricultural High School and the citi.
zens of Goodman
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

Little boy, work hard, study well, be
good, md you maY grow I'd 10 be i'm.
portant enough to be selected to pitch
the First ball at the opening game Of
the season.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
New Princeton President.

Princeton, N. Jon the steps of "Ola
Nassau" first home of the college in
New Jersey, John Grier Hibben was in
augurated president of Princeton Uni.
versity. Six thousand persons wit
messed the ceremony.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

Marion, ohio, reports that q baby
weighing only one pound was born
there the other day, Unfortunately i,
was a boy. Otherwise II might have
grown up to lead come strong man
around by the ear.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
Seed for Planters,

Natchez,--With a peck of corn for
an acre, peck and a half of cowpeas for
an acre, it is thought the proposed APP
preparation of 100000 for seed to be
furnished the farmers in the overiowed
lands for replanting their ground after
the water subsidies, will not be suf-
tcient for the purpose.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

Canton.-The census of the United
States, in 1910, shows that Madison
county in that year had 25,134 cattle;
that their average value was $14,56,
making a total valuation Of $36s,77S.
The annual losses to Madison county
from ~splenetic or Texas fever is Is
per cent, or 3,7e7 head; their valua-
ton amounting to $55,2s4.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

liverpool.-Pale and haggard, ].
Bruce Ismay, who ordered the cSl.
struction of the steamer Titanic and
escaped when the liner went down, ar-
rived here from New York.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
Effort to Pretermit.

Brookhayen.-Judge D. NJ. Miller is
being importuned to pretermit the June
term of the Lincoln county circuit court,
which is scheduled to meet on the third
Monday in June.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
Georgians Give $4,000.

Columbus, Ga.-At a citizens mass
meeting here, called by Mayor L. H.
~Chappelle, it wa decided to contribute
$4,000 for the relief of food sufferers in
the Mississippi valley.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

A scientific orperimehter ia seeking
q way Of making serial travel safe
There seema to BE- at present bat ons
recipe for that fact, Don't 20 ug.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

The newly discovered deposit O,
iron ore In Pennsylvania Ia said to ba
Il mother lode" Fathers load vas
discovered by him long ago.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

No girl is quite 70 eager 70 frd the
Hrst fTeakte q the FeaEya as the FIRST
dandelion.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

The Cleveland youth who drew pay
from one firm under tbIrty-Gve differ
nnt ans would be a valuable poll
teal asset in a close election.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
Glad to Get Convention

Greenwood Greenwood is very much
plated over the success of her renre.
sentatlves in landing the next annual
convention Of the Mississippi Bar As.
ISOLATION.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

A New York woman says that moth
erR should teach their daughters to
firt, What a chcerleas gtrEh08I tLa.
woman must have had,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
BRYAN Doesn't Want Ii

Lincoln, Neb.-W, ]. Bryan declared
that ne had requested officers of the
Iowa Bryan League not 10 start anv
movement in his behalf.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

Sowing seeds u Kindness Is al
night. and sowing grass seed Ia also
good.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
Cyclone Strike Talladega,

Talladega, Ala.--A cyclone struck Tai.
ladega Saturday night, doing a property
damage of approximately $165,000.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

baseball results are as well worth
worrying about a. most other trou
hles.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-06-04

their left. they espied Callisto ahead and
slightly on their right, a. Deepwaters
had calculated II would be. Applying n
mild repulsion to this-which was itself
quite a world. with lite diameter Of over
three thousand miles. though evidently
as cold and dead as the earth's old
moon-they retarded their forward rush,
knowing chat the resulting motion to-
ward Jupiter would be helped by the
giants pull. Wishing to be in good con-
dition for their landing. they divided
the remainder OF the night into watches,
two going TO sleep at a time. the man
on DUTY standing by to control the
course and to get Photographic negn-
tivos. on which. when they were devel-
oped. they found two crescent shaped
continents, a speckied region and q
number Of Islands. BY A. NJ, accord
ing to Eastern standard time. they were
but fifty thousand miles from Jup!ter's
surface. the gigantic globe flllng nearly
one side OF the sky In preparation for
a sally. they got their guns and accou-
trements ready and then gave q parting
glance at the car. Their charge Of cleo.
triclty for developing the repulsion
seemed scarcely touched. and they had
still an abundant supply Of oxygen and
provisions. The barometer registered
twenty-nine inches. showing that they
had not lost much air in the numerous
openings OF the vestibule. The pressure
was about what would be found at an
altitude Of a few hundred feet. part Of
the rarefactlon being no doubt due TO
the fact that they did not close the
windows until at a considerable height
above Van Cortlandt Park.
They saw they should alight in q lon
gitude on which the sun had Just risen,
the rocky tops of the great mountains
shining like helmets in IT'S rays. Soon
they felt a sharp checking OF their for
ward notion. ana saw. from the
changed appearance OF the stars and the
sun. that they had entered the atmo.
sphere OF their new home
Not even did Columbus. standing at
the prov Of the Santa Maria. with tho
New World before him, feel the ex.lta-
ton and delight experienced by these
latter-day explorers OF the twenty-flrst
century.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-06-04

was theirsi Men had discovered and
mastered the secret OF apergy. and now.
little lower than the angels" they
could soar through space. leaving even
planets and comets behind.
rs It not strange" said DR.. Cort-
landt. that though II has been known
for over n century that bodies charged
with unlike electricities attract ono an
other. and those charged with like re-
pei. no one thought OF utilizing the ooun-
terpart of gravtauon7 In the nine
teenth century. savants and Indian Jug
glers performed experiments with their
disciples and masses OF inert matter. by
causing them to remain without visible
support at soma distance from the
ground: and while many OF these. Of
course. were quacks. some were on the
right track. though they did not push
their research"
President Bearwarden and Ayrauit as
scented. They were steering for an ap-
pirently hard part Of the planets sur
face. about a degree and half north
OF It's equator.
Since Jupiter's axis u almost At
rrgsht angles TO the plane Of It's orbit"
said tho doctor. being inclined only
about ono degree and q half. instead Of
nearly twenty-three and . half. a. was
the carth's TIL so recently. II will be
possible for Us 10 hsve any climate We
wish. from constantly warm At the
equator to constantly cool or cold A.
we approach the poles. without being
troubled by extremes Of winter and
summer"
Until the Calrsto entered the planets
atmosphere its Ave moons appeared IKE
silver shields against tho black sky. but
now things were looking more terrss-
trial. and they began to feel at homo.
Bearwarden put down his notebook. ana
Ayrault returned Q photograph TO his
pocket. while all three Eaxed At their
now abode. Beneath them Wa . vast
continent vsrieKated by chains Of lakss
and rivers stretchinS away In ~ dirso.
tons sxospt toward the equator. whore
iay Q placid ocsan - Tar - their tsls-
scopes could pierce To the eastward
were towering and massive mountains.
and along the southern border Of the
continsnt smoking volcanoes. wnils to-