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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
DeyeIoninp Cut-Oyer Land.

Hattiesburg.--H. II. Gust, manager oil
the Lumber Mineral Company at Arbo,
states that his company, which owns
a large number of acres of land, has set
aside 500 acres to be used for demon
strating the possibilities of South Mis-
sissippi cut-over pine land. This season,
in order to encourage truckers in their
vicinity, Mr.. Gust permitted his farm
manage to put in four acres in cucum-
bers. The yield was abundant, but ow-
ing to the fact that planting was late,
they made nothing on the crop. Follow
ing cucumbers, he planted corn, which
has developed so wonderfully on the en-
riched land, that a yield Of 100 bushels to
the acre is promised.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09

Ia 2 by 6 and Is four feet long. The
point G Is one foot from A and D ID
one foot from B. Make a mark at
c and d and join points with a
chalk or pencil line. Saw to this line,
the result being two uprights three
feet long. After mailing the uprights
securely in the corner OF the trough
the corn bin can be made by mailing
to these u~prights three boards twelve
inches wide. This will bring the
boards one o. two inches from the
bottom, through which space the
grain will pass to the outer edges Of
the trough.
Still another form Of self-feeder Is
shown In plate two. In this case an
ordinary bevel trough is made, to
which Ia nailed two ends, the height
Of these corresponding to the required
height of the feeder. On the inside
Of these ends cleats are nailed to
which the boards are afterwards fas-
tened. 1t Is much better to nail these
cleats on before the ends are erected,
as there will be much less Earring.
The width at the top In this instance
Is about twenty-eight inches, the sides
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
PASSING PARDON PETITION
PREACHER WOULD SET THOMAS
Atkinson FREE.
Relatives of the Murdered Man Will Re.
sist Attempt to Secure Executive
Clemency for Murderer.

Louisyille.--A petition is being circrs
lated by Rev. DR.. Carroll, a prominent
minister of the Baptist Church at De-
Kalb, in the interest OF Thomas Adkin.
son OF Winston county, who is now sery-
ing a term in the penitentiary for muir
der.
An interesting story is connected with
his career. Three years ago the State
militia force were put into requisition
under the ordefs Of GOV. Noel in the
futile attempt to recapture Atkinson,
who had escaped from the parliamentary.
Many tales describing his elusion OF
the militia have been rchashed and it
was said that on a certain night that
the soldiers we're instituting a search for
him he joined them, While going
through the woods he made chalk marks
on the back of one of the militiamen
and afterwards wrote this soldier OF his
~escapade.
Thirty years ago Atkinson was sent
to the penitentiary from Tate county for
the murder OF a young man named Nc
Pherson.
Joe Wynn, his pal in the commission
of the crime, was sentenced to ten years
and after serving two years was par
doned.
Atkinson spent two years in the PEN
itentiary and escaped, and for twenty
eight years has been at large and resid.
ing in Winston county all the time.
The records show that Wynn, whose
father was a man of considerable wealth,
secured severance and was tried sepa-
rately. Atkinson was a transient resi-
dent of the county and was friendless.
The case was not appealed to the SUI
preme court.
The minister, DR.. Carroll, who bap.
tized Atkinson into the church about 20
years ago, with other friends, has taken
up the task of securing his pardon.
The minister says that the man has
lived some twenty years the life of a
noble Christian, that he has married and
reared a family of children, some Of
whom have married and have children
of their own. He also intimated that
Atkinson has the respect of every citi-
zen of Winston county, and referred to
SOM of the incidents of the noted chase
after the man three years ago.
Mcpherson, the murdered man, has
two brothers and an innumerable num-
Der of kinfolks who will resist the par
don, and have notified the governor to
that effect.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
WORKING ON THE ROADS.
Convicts Building a Highway From the
Parchman Farm.

Jackson.-Dr. J. c. Gathings, superin-
tendent OF the penitentiary, reports to
the trustees that he" has resumed the
work of constructing a modern highway
from the Parchman farm to Indianola,
county seat of Sunflower county, and
about 400 convicts are being used at the
task.
This is the first link in Governor
Brewers cherished plan for a north and
south highway through the State from
the Tennessee line to the Gulf Of Mexico.
Superintendent Gathings started the con-
Eics at work on the model road two
weeks ago, but was stopped by an in
junction suit filed by q number of citizens
who did not like the route adopted. This
litigation has been adjusted, and the road
will now be pushed to completion before
it becomes necessary for the convicts to
get into the cotton fields to pick the sea-
crop.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
The WORK OF
TICK ERADICATION
&c REEy REMARKABLY SUCCESS
Full IN MISSISSIPPI
MAKING A CLEAN SWEEP
n, A. Herman, Who Has Jurisdiction
in Mississippi, Gives a Summary of
the Results Accomplished
in This State.

T.rkson.-Dr. ]. A. Herman, chief in
.noctor of the work of cattle tick eradi-
alton, has issued the following circular
letter:
"Tick eradication is going on like a
tidsl wave, it is making a clean sweep,
doing the job thoroughly and doing it
right now' /,
During June, 1912, there were dipped
in a~rsenical solution in Mississippi 374,-
504 cattle.
1.-THE following named counties are con-
ductiup an intensive campaign in eradi-
eating ticks, as is shown by the number
nj herds and total number of cattle dip
ned in each: Adams, Benton, Claiborne,
Grenada, jefferson, Lafayette, Madison,
Monroe. Pamela, Warren, Yazoo, Attala,
Cbickasaw, Coahoma, Kinds, Leake, Mar
shall, Lowndes, Noxubee, Rankin, Wash
ington.
in each county reports continue to
come in of deaths of cattle, which on in
vestiqation have been found to be due
70 tick fever and blackleg. July, August,
September, and October are the months
each year when ticks are most plentiful
and under no circumstances should peo-
pie neglect to dip their cattle regularly
every fourteen days until October 81,
All the counties now engaged in act
i've tick eradication work are lending
every effort to win one Of the valuable
prizes that are to be given at the State
Fair to the counties that obtain the best
results. Up to the present time there
have been promises of sixteen pure bred
bull calves of the dairy and beef variety,
which will be grouped probably in three
prizes.
The counties that secure these valu-
able calves and use them with discretion
will be able to show in a couple of years
the true worth of using pure bred bulls.
"One group prize will probably consist
of four or five Jersey bulls. Another
prize, bulls of the beef variety. All these
bull calves will be exhibited at the State
Fair, and should be carefully observed
BY every person attending the fair.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
To Tell Hogs Age.

Pigs having their conner permanent
incisors cut will be considered as ex.
ceeding six months.
Pigs having their permanent tuski
more than half up will be considered
as exceeding nine months. D.
Pigs having their central permanent
inclsors up and any Of the first three
permanent molars cut will be consid.
sred as exceeding II months.
Pigs having their lateral temporary
incisors shed and the permanent ap
pearing will be considered exceeding
16 months.
Pigs having their lateral permanent
incisors fully up will be considered az
exceeding Is months.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
Poor Cron Outlook.

Meridian.-Reports from the surround
ing territory state that crop conditions
are anything but cheerful, although
many fine fields of cotton and other
crops are reported. The season has been
one of continued wet weather, followed
by hot sunshine, which has done great
damage to the crop through forced
growth and rank grass in the fields. In
sect damage in this immediate territory
is small, although the boil weevil has
been reported from several directions.
The weevil has wrought no appreciabIe
damage on the crop this year, only hay
ing arrived in this territory last year.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
Girls Club Encouraged.

Jackson.-Miss Susie V. Powell, who
has Just returned from a two weeks
trip to the northern part Of the State,
where she has lectured and given dem.
onstrations in fourteen counties, reports
that the girls in all parts Of the State
are very enthusiastic over the new can.
ming clubs. Quite a number Of clubs are
organized over the State, and more than
twenty-eight hundred girls are enrolled
in the clubs in the State. Some Of the
girls have had to deal with the rains
and the blight, but on the whole they
have been very successful.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
SELF-FEEDING HOG TROUGHS
Two StyIes Of Devices Shown In Illus
trations That Are Not Hard TO
Put Together.

self-feeders may be made in a
variety of ways, the plan adopted de-
pending somewhat on the character
Of the material at hand. In plate one
Ia shown a partial view Of a simple
~self.feeder, the end being out In order
to show its construction. In con
structing this an ordinary trough
twenty to twenty-four inches wide
and six inches high may be used. An
upright Is used in each corner of the
trough, the manner Of cutting these
being shown In figure 2 Of plate l,
says the Iowa Homestead. This piece
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09

Jacksonville expected first test case
under the automobile registry law,
which became effective Aug. /, has de-
veloped here by the arrest of II. G. Law
renee, a garage manager. Mr.. Lawrence
purposely declined to apply for and re.
ceive a tag, and when his car appeared
on the street without the State tag he
was met with an affidavit in the hands of
a constable. He was fined $25, which is
the minimum. An appeal will be taken
up to the Supreme Court.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
DRAGGING THE ROADS
Movement Spreading Rapidly
Throughout United States.
King Method Epidemic In Texas and
canada-PhiIIppIns islands lnoeu-
lated and Australia Pushing
GOOD Roads Without Money"

The King drag movement has come
with a rush. Ten years ago the first
speech advocating the King system
was yet TO be uttered. Today the use
OF the King method is spreading over
Maine and California and between; II
Is epidemic In Texas and Canada aud
between; the writer's printed story
been translated into Spanish and
for several years the South American
nations have benefited by It, says the
Technical World Magazine. The Phil
lppines are inoculated, and for two
years or o the newspapers of Aus.
tralia have pushed the propaganda Of
Good roads without money" One
township in Iowa has dragged its en-
tire mileage for three years past and
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
PEOPLE APPRECIATE FAIR
CAUSES LIVE STOCK IMPROVEMENT
AND BETTER IMPLEMENTS.
]. F. Mckay Tells of the Impressions
Prevailing Over the State in Regard
to Benefit to Be Derived From
Annual Event.

Jackson.-Mr, j. +. Mckay, formerly
secretary Of the State Fair, but at pres.
ent field director of A. & NJ. College,
when asked what the people over the
state said of the fair, said:
in my rounds over the state holding
Institutes | find that the Mississippi fair
has been of the greatest service to the
state, for the people are taking up in
real earnest the live stock and poultry
business. They got their start from the
State Fair. Not only this, the people
come here to look up improved farm ma
chinery, gasoline engines and the like.
They make many purchases of improved
implements that they would not make
were it not for the illustrations given
and the lessons taught here IN the state
fair grounds.
''You might say that due to the very
bad season people have been feeling
somewhat blue, but 10Y they are begin
ming to feel that results may be better
than could have been expected in the
spring. And in general, more than ever
before interest is being shown in pro-
g~ressivc agriculture. All educational
forces and influences are attracting in
creased attention.
THE splendid body of men who com
pose the directors OF the State Fair,
without remuneration, do not know what
a vast service they have rendered to the
people of the state. l am sur that if
they had an opportunity of seeing what
a splendid work they have accomplished
they would feel that their services were
amply repaid. The State Fair must
be kept up and growing. The people
are coming here for education and for
husiness.n
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
Prisoner Causes Arrest Of Woman.

Jackson. - Travelling Sergeant Arch
Mcneil, of the ~penitentiary, was in
Greenwood with a negro prisoner wait
ing for a train to the Parchman farm,
A negro woman passed by and the pris-
oner remarked: "Dar goes dat gal what
stabbed a niger ter death at Florence"
Mr.. Mcneil hailed her and she admitted
her identity. He lodged her in jail and
found there had been an indictment made
against her, Annie Spell, for over four
years, on the charge of murder.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
Insect Powder for Fowls.

Here is a receipt for an insect
powder and It can be made a great
deal cheaper than 1t IAN be bought.
Take one pint Of crude carbolic
acid and three pints Of gasoline. Mix
in an earthen crock or graniteware
dish. Sprinkle in plaster Of paris
and thoroughly stir 80 that every par.
ticIe Of It will be wet. Use enough
plaster Of paris to absorb all the
liquid. Spread out on a paper for
extra gasoline to evaporate, then run
through a sieve and the powder is
ready for use.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
SUES FOR LOST BEER.
". A. WEIGH Claims ~Baggageman Drank
1t and Became Abusive.

Jackson.-A rather p"ecaliar and UNI
usual ground of complaint is alleged by
W. A. Welch, a citizen Of Byram, in a
suit which he has brought against the
New Orleans Great Northern Railroad
Company for $4,000, actual and punitive
damages. The action grows out of an
incident of travel which occurred when
Welch boarded a train Of the N. 0, G. n.
at Georgetown, carrying a quantity of
bottled beer. 1t is alleged that the on
ductor of the train compelled him to
deposit his case of beer in the baggage
car; that while his back was turned the
baggagemaster proceeded to irrigate his
system with his beer; that when he re-
monstrated he was abused and insulted
in IN unwarranted manner.
He holds that as a passenger he was
entitled to respect and protection and
puts it up to the court and a jury to de-
eide the point.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
Sow Rape In CornfieIds.

As a feeding proposition there Il
none more attractive than the fatten.
ing Of sheep OF rape In corn fields.
Sow the rape at the last cultivation of
the corn crop. Buy good feeders early
and turn them into the field as soon
as 1t Is ready. Sheep have a great
relish for rape and will make rapid
gains from early fall until the begin
ming Of winter. No grains will be re-
CURED. The rape and the corn shoots
and blades will insure sufficient In.
crease in weight to make a profit we'll
worth seeking. Old eve that have
passed their maternity usefulness can
be conditioned and sold for good
prices from the corn and rape field.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
Plan Road to Nebraska.

Pascagoula.--Advice5 received in tins
city are to the effect that the projected
trunk line railroad from this city to Ne
braska has been decided upon by the
English syndicate and that steps have
been taken to underwrite and sell the
first mortgage bonds Of the proposed
road. The construction, exclusive of the
equipment and motive power, will cost
5000 0 900, and the equipment willSall
for an expenditure of some $1O,oO0I0oC
additional
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
Pastures for Hogs.

Our successful farmers have long
realized that it pays to have more
than one pasture for hogs. Some pas
ture two fields on alternate seasons,
says G. Bolles, and thus allow the al
falfa to renovate while being use,
only as a hay meadow.
A better system, we find, is to have
enough pastures to turn from one to
another Just as the grass gets eaten
down In spots In the pasture In which
they are feeding. BY taking the stock
off from such a pasture and clipping
1t, all the grass gets an even start
and won't tend to become killed out
SO soon through heavy p~asturing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09

.Clinton.-Mrs. A. J. Aven, chairman
of the Mississippi Division of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy announces
that Robert Anderson, of Dumas, has
been selected for the Mississippi College
scholarship, and that w. w. Dickson has
been selected for the Jefferson College
scholarship.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09

Corn Club Prize.

Poplarville.-Superntendent of Edu
cation Charles Il. Bass, of this county,
has issued notice to the Boys Corn Club
members and Girls Tomato Club mem
hers, calling their attention to the prizes
offered. Prizes of $40, S., So and So
for the girls for tomatoes, and $25 down
for the boys for corn have been offered.
The boys winning the two first prizes
will also receive a free trip to South Car
oIina, in addition to the money prizes.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
CutWorns.

During the past two years the cut.
worms working throughout the United
States have destroyed hundreds of
thousands Of dollars worth Of crops.
until the department Of agriculture,
through field agents, demonstrated
that the insects can be controlled,
large areas now being successfully
treated, usually by the use Of poisoned
bats.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09

Jackson.-A meeting for the purpose
of forming a Mississippi association for
the blind was held in the governors
office.
The purpose of the association will be
to look after the general welfare of
blind people in Mississippi, and the
adoption Of practical plans with this end
in view.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
Feeding Value Of Alfalfa.

Az a food for all kinds of live stock.
alfalfa is the king Of forage crops. II
is especially rich in protein, and is
well adapted for use in a feeding ra.
ton with corn, which is relatively
low in protein content. 1t makes an
excellent hay. and is more digestible
than most forms Of rough feed. Mum.
erous feeding trials with alfalfa have
shown that It is worth fully a half
more than clover hay, and many feed.
ers claim that It is almost equal TO
such materials as wheat bran.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
Watermelons and Peaches.

w and peaches
are still being brought into this city
from the surrounding country in large
quantities. The Mississippi fruit seems
to be above the ordinary this year in
quantity and quality, and the farmers
who planted large quantities of melons
and those who have good orchards this
year are realizing abundant yields from
their investments.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
Bull Calves for Prizes.

Jacksonville breeders of the north
and east will give at least fourteen bull
calves of different breeds as prizes to the
counties making most progress in tick
eradication. The calves will all be on
exhibition at the State Fair, and the
successful counties will be decided upon
there.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
Democrats viii Contribute.

Jaekson.-From various points over
the State there come reports that liberal
contributions will be made to the Demo
cratic national campaign fund, for which
National Committeeman Robert Powell
has sent out a call.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
Eninins Altered Railroad.

Meridian.-Henry James has filed in
junction proceedings against the Ne
ridian and Memphis railroad Company,
which is constructing lines between Me-
ridina and Union, Miss, setting forth
that certain lands were secured through
misrepresentation by the defendant'f
representatives.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
Meeting of Woodmen.

Gloster.-Thee Sub-head Camp, W. 0.
W., eonvenes at Woodmen Springs Au-
gust 2sth, and on August goth the
Hotel Woodmen opens. Rates have been
asked for this occasion on all railroads,
and a great crowd is expected from al
parts OF Mississippi and Louisiana,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
Plate Two.

converging to within one inch Of each
other at the bottom. Through this
the grain sits out into the trough.
AS shown in the illustration, cleats
are nailed at the side n foot apart,
this being advisable. Ii It contributes
to greater harmony among hogs at
feeding time.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
Rock Island Behind Road?

Meridian.-A rumor has been going
the rounds from a source that cannot
be traced that the Rock Island railroad
is behind the construction of the Me-
ridian and Memphis road, building be-
tween Meridian and Union. 1t is said
that the Rock Island, through this route,
hopes to reach New Orleans by the east
and west banks of the Mississippi river
and through financial interests in the
Meridian and Memphis secure a route
to Mobile and Pensacola.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
Fine Canning Season.

Biloxi.-The fig canning season Of 1919
will soon be a matter Of history, local
packing plants having about exhausted
the visible supply, and most of the plants
will close down for want of offerings in
sufficient quantities to warrant the OPP
GRAFTON of the plants. The season OF
1912 is said by packers to have been the
best in the past four years, n of the
best in the history of local canning
n1ants
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
Rounds Up aNear-beero Joints.

Biloxi.-Sherif James G. Elmer and
more than a score of deputies came here
from Gulfport, raided twenty-three al
legged "near-beer' saloons, arrested the
proprietors and seized the liquid contents,
ALLEGED to consist partly Of liquors, and
stored them in jail here.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
Will Screen Coaches.

Jackson.-President r. NJ. Sheppard,
Of the railroad commission, has received
positive assurances that the Mobile &
Ohio and the Gulf G. Ship Island rail-
roads will obey the order of the conr
mission relative to screening the coaches
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
Read Negro Out of Party.

Jackson.-White Republican progress.
sives in Mississippi held a State conyen-
ton here, read the negro outro the party
in this State, adopted a platform, named
a national committeeman, elected dele
gates to the Chicago convention and in.
structed them to vote for Theodore
Roosevelt for president.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09

~Jackaon.-Dr. w. s. feathers, director
OF hygiene and sanitation under the aus
pieces of the State board Of health, to-
gether with DR.. w. II. Rowan, inspector.
Is making a systematic inspection of by
gienic conditions in jackson.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
Will Vote Bonds for Railroad.

Jacksonville promoters of the Mem.
phis, Columbus & Gulf Railroad state
that that indications are that the city
of Columbus WILL undoubtedly vote bonds
on Aug. IS in the sum of $4,000 to aid
the building of the road.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
Woman pardoned.

Jackson.-Goyernor Brewer issued a
pardon TO Leora Brown, sent up from
Quitmap county in 1905 to serve a life
sentence for murder. The pardon was
granted on condition that she should
not return to Quitman county.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-09
AGAINST Pardon for Bennett.

Jackson.--A contemplation opposing
executive clemency in behalf of J. G..
Bennett, the former Jackson newspaper
man, now serving a ten-year term in
the penitentiary for bigamy, has been
Received at the governors office.