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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
ALL TOSSED INTO THE SEA
Prisoners Are Given No Chance for
Their Lives, Says a Former Turk.
lsh Naval Officer.

Only recently retired as a command.
er Of the Turkish navy, after having
seen thirty-five years Of service under
the s%ultan's Gag, James Kalafat Is
now a resident Of Fort Dodge. Al.
though offered a handsome income to
remain a naval adviser, Kalatat re.
tired nine months ago, when he was
seventy-one years old.
Direct from his native Greece,
where he had served the required
three years, Kalafat went to Turkey
and there established himself in the
Turkish navy by taking command Of
a sailing slOop Of twelve guns. His
first duties consisted In sailing along
the coast, protecting Armenians from
the onslaughts Of the Turks. for the
sultan was nverse to such massacres
in which his people reveled. In later
years Kalafat had charge Of q modern
vessel, the Kaplin, which recently op.
posed the Italians entry OF Triuo'i.
More than one thousand persons
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
Why Old Myths Survive.

The destroyers of fine dramatic
myths tell us nowadays that the
Caliph Omar did not burn the ancient
library of Alexandria, and therefore
did not have a chance to say that all
the books in It that agreed with the
Koran were superfluous, and ali that
disagreed with the Koran we're PERM
cious. Doubtless the perennial fresh
ness and vitality of the tale are due
TO al everlasting normal human ma
tired Of weed-grown, literary grave.
yards.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
Princess Models In CLAW.

The Princess Mary OF England has
som talent in modelling In cray and
Is taking lessons from a professional
In order to become a sculptor. She
got her inspiration from the Princess
Louise. duchess OF Argyle. VINO gave
her the first lesson. Little Princess
Mary is said to be particular about
her studio dress and looks quite pref.
ty In her long apron that entirely
covers her dress.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19

This is a good example OF what Is
a common phenomena in the polyglot
Balkans: A man named Pavel--that
is, Paul-had FIVE sons; one settled in
Athens, called himself Pavopoulo, the
Greek form Of Paulsch; the second
went to Belgrade AMI called himself
Payloyich; the third In Sofia called
himself Pavloff; the fourth made his
home In Bucharest lnder the name
Paviescu, while the youngest set UP
In business in Conshntinople, assum.
Ing the TurkislstorH Of Pavloglu.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19

have lost their lives by being dumped
over the sides Of vessels ! have com.
manded," said Commander Kalafat. 81
was an unwilling instrument In the
hands Of the sultan, for the military
took charge Of my vessel on such ex.
petitions. The prisoners, without
trial and ignorant OF their fate. were
marched to the ship In the dead of
night When a secluded spot In the
Black sea VAS reached. heavy iron
bars were tied on their necks. and
they were tossed e the side, one
by m The world has known moth.
ing OF these outrages. neither did
sleeping Constantinople, but they still
are going on."-Council Bluffs Non.
pAreil,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
Tax Commission Measure.

Senator Potter introduced one OF the
most important bills OF the present state
legislature, which is n measure to ere
ate a state tax commission in Missis-
sippi. This bill provides for a commits
sion of three members TO be appointed
Nv the governor. The chairman will
hold office for six years, one associate
Cor four years and one for two years.
The salaries of the commissioners is
So, 500 per annum Five county tax
commissioner are also provided for, one
Ia each supervisors district, and in every
county in tho state.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
Put SheriHs on Salaries.

A rocky road for the shcrtIrs and tax
collectors of Mississippi is being p' mnc&
in the legislature. Bills will be intro.
duccd Nbolishiug the fec system that
has prevailed in hi. office for so many
years and placing all sherlfra and tau
collectors on salaries, Salaries, it is I'm.
dcrstood, viii be based o nthe volume
of tax collections in each county, with
maximum and minimum salary fixed for
performance Of the duties of sheriffs.
In some counties shcriffs and tax col,
lcctors row receive Us high as $4,000
PEI year. y
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
Abolition Of Local Offices.

Perhaps the part of the organization In
which the greatest economy In public ex-
penditure is possible is to b found In
the numerous local offices Of the govern
ment, In some instances the establish
ment and the discontinuance Of these To-
cal Offices are matters Of Administrative
discretion. In other instances they are
established by permanent law ir such a
manner that their discontinuanee is be-
You'd the power OF the president or that
OF any executive officer.
The responsibility for the maintenance
OF these conditions must naturally be d.
vided between the congress and the exc
cutive. But that the executive has per-
formed his duty when he las called the
attention OF the congress 10 the matter
must also be admitted. ReNll1ing my re-
sponslbility In the premisik, l have d.
rected the commission to prepare a re-
port setting forth the Positions in the
local services Of the gov4nment which
may be discontinued with advantage. the
saving which would result from such ac-
ton and the changes In law which are
necessary to carry into eject changes in
organization found to be desirable, On
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
TEACHERS WANT MONEY,
Wait on Legislature to Make an Ap'
preparation.

jackson. The school teachers OF the
state are writing appealing letters to
some Of the representatives and sen
aors, asking them for goodness sake ia
hurry up the appropriation for III" com
o school support. In some Of the
counties of the state there has been no
none since September, left from the
last distribution of the school fund
which was in July.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
WONENOFCONGRESS
Their Club at Washington Is a
Lively Organization.
MRS. CLARK CHARTER MEMBER
Struggle Over Amendment OF Their
ConstltutIon-Mrs. Cores Wide
knowledge Gained by Acting
az Eyes for Blind Husband.
BY GEoRaE CLINTON.

BY GEORGE CLINTON.
Waghipgton-A rrropeDt yIsltor to
the mcmbers' y~aII.rv q, ,be bouse Of
TeuTegcDtatIyes ia Mira CbamD Clark,
wife n, thu gr.,Lor m whou n IL
possiblo as all tbi,gg ,oI,,,cot oro nos-
eibIa TIM, tho uon,io NJ m. presI.
dency ,nav ian U,s CIork IL much
,n,ores,od n tha no,,,IoaI AoI,ga AT
tho c~anlto, aur-1a aha t. aaoanII,nv
donostLc E, bor ,aa,oa gba Ia ron.
vorge,t wnh +. a,o~, ,,,on,,n,o ~
Tho dov md h.a dona,o, ha,o.,t IN a
coraLJoroLIa $50 ~. a~oaardt,g
~ bor bu~Lauh,a .S,wo
M. C1aun ~. .r
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q O1on uo"" " "ou'e" i'e'"'e'S "
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" !" 'no'e 'nah ''Aeiy thaI Inc hoS'
az" pest woman III ohsFe
SI"'"' II'ics Is NrS. iuothaS + core
WV Vi '"e junior SENATOR from Nh'",
nol'H' 'oi ia ""u''ioh 10 ~u'Schh'B'hs
"oi ""'"o "nu So''Hl uutlos, sue ue-
'oloa many mourS o' each uay reno
ms " "o' "''n" h"Su"nd 30 Ina' ne
po,nra hon - '' 'oo" ~
Gore was Miss Nina Kav daugh+er NJ
Thomas Kay OF Teyaa She was edu.
Gated in the hubble normal schools but
her wide kpowIedgo or nconle and af.
fairs bas boen eaIned ,rom her wears
of reading aloud 70 her husband
Senator Gore has beer in the senate
ouly since the admission NJ Oklahoma
AZ n state. hut in TINT time ho Inns
made A name for himself ma a eroaLer
He was especially promineut in the
nlibuster Of 1908 inst bofnre tho ciose
Of that session when Senator Ia Fol
iette of Wisconsin made n reoord
breaking speecb OF pearIv "a hours on
The currency bin.
The wonderful memory M senato,
Gore enables him to remomher and
even to repeat verbatim whatever his
wife reads to him once. He rarolv asks
for n second reading unless II ia for
the p,easure Of hearing n moan M
passae from n favorite author
H.. c.ln.. u,a. r..
RI" 'ro" oe,nS II! OBJECT OF pity
MRS gore consumers herseiI fortunate
III oeins "o'o 10 Ncep ~ 'ouch with the
WORK OIL het nuSo"nu' Il she also
se'S sFe". p'eaSu'e from studying the
isSues before inc national lawmakers
one mas reao al inc oiu puoiIcat1ons
on the ."''n anu vi po'itic"i economy
Sehera'y, ""u 'ne CONSTITUTIONS MIS-
tory OIL ne onI'eu STATES and she
vnrks Che ran djsruss with bor 49,,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
Actual Saiesmanshju.

A nan may make $25 a day in his
regular business, and not think much
about 1t, but he always feels like a
leading flnancier when he sells the
old bottles in the cellar for Al cents
Ohio State Journal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19

Love Is the sort Of thing that makes
men do the most desperate things
cut their threats and shoot them
selves, and even break out into poe
tryi-Tom Gallon.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
WastefuI Use of Properties and Equip
ment.

The use of equipment Is a matter which
also has been investigated. Up to the
present time this Investigation has been
in the main confined to the subject of
electric lighting. The government pays
over 100000 per year for electric current;
1t has made large capital OUTLAWS for wiz
ing and fixtures. With tho increasing de-
mands in many buildings the present
equipment Is taxed to its limit and II
the present methods are continued much
OF this wiring must be done over; in
many places employees are working at a
great physical disadvantage, due to In
adequate and improper lighting, and
thereby with reduced efficiency. In every
place where he inquiry has been con-
Quoted II appears that there is large
waste: that without the cost of rewlr-
ing, simply by giving proper attention 70
location Of lights and the use OF proper
lamps and reflectors, the light efficiency
at points where needed may be much In
creased Inc the cost OF current reduced
from 30 to 90 per cent. Other Inquiries
into the use which is being made OF prop
critics and equipment are contemplated
which promise even larger results.
Lack Of Specifications.
The Importance of establishing and
maintaining standard specifications Is
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19

ne coming IN Of the report, such ofnces
as mag be found useless and can be abol-
ished viii be so treated by executive or
der,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19

found not only in tho possibility ~ y.rx
materially reducing the direct cost Of roy.
trading. but also In ~insuring "a
the service materials, supplies and egu,n.
ment which are better adapted TO Il.
purposes. One Of the results Of fndesn.
iteness OF specifications Is to impose con.
tract conditions which make It extra ha-
zardous for persons to enter into con-
tractuai relations. This not only deprive,
the government Of the advantage on
broad competition. but causes It 70 nav
an added margin In price to vendors who
must carry the risk.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
Lack Of Specifications.

The Importance of establishing and
maintaining standard specifications Is
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-14
GEORGIA TECH WILL
HAVE 700 STUDENTS;
OPENS WEDNESDAY

The campus at Georgia Tech will be
crowded next Wednesday with students
who will assemble at the opening Of
the twenty fourth year of the institu-
ton.
With indications that the attendance
will be upward Of 700, representing
more than twenty states. the school is
preparing for the most successful year
Of its history. Eighty students are now
on the dormitory waiting list.
Eight new instructors will be added
to the teaching force, making total Of
so professors.
The cooperative engineering course
will be inaugurated at Tech this year.
It is the first attempt made in the
South 10 provide a plan whereby an
ambitious worthy student can work
one-half Of his time in a manufactur-
ing plant and the other half at the col
lege. A student begins to earn money
when he enters the school and it will
take him six years instead Of only four
to complete the course.
President Matheson and family will
return in the next few days. after
spending a brief vacation at Culver.
Ind.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-14
.HUTT|G W|LLHE
BANKERS Of j. s.
Andrew M. SouIe, of Georgia
Agricultural College, Makes
Address to Association.

DETROIT, MICH. Sept 13.-The
election of officers was one Of the fea-
lures on the program when the last
days session OF the American Bank
ers associations annual convention
was called TO order at 10 o'clock to-
day.
The general nominating committee Of
the association met last night and
nominated a president, first vice presi
dent and vice presidents for the vari-
Gus states and territories represented
in the organization. % members of the
executive council for three-year term
and one member for two-year term.
Charles H. Huttig. president of the
Third National bank Of ST. Louis, at
present vice president of the associa-
ton, was nominated for president; Ar
thur Reynolds, president of the Des
Moines National bank of Des Moines,
Iowa, present chairman of the execu-
tive council was nominated for first
vice president.
The state and territorial vice presi-
Dental and executive council nomina-
tons will not be made public until to-
morrow afternoon.
The feature today was an address by
Charles A. Conant, Of New York, on
Land and Agricultural Credits"
Mr. Conant described the workings of
the European banks which deal in ag-
ricutural credits. Following Mr.. Co
nant Andrew NJ. Soule, president of
the Georgia state College of Agricul-
ture, spoke,
The report Of the committee on ag-
ricultural financial development and
education, by Joseph Chapman, Jr,
chairman, ended the morning session.