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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07
WOMAN HELPS RossER.
Buys Railroad Ticket When Man
Gains Freedom.

Meridian Prank Hand, who vas
in the county Jail pending an appeal
TO the state supreme court on a con
viction for highway robbery, made his
escape and is supposed to have left
on the A. @. S, train on a ticket pur'
chased for Cincinnati.
The case is being investigated by
the county authorities and there are
hints OF sensational developments.
Much interest has been added by the
arrest of Mrs. Laura johnson. about
"a years old, charged with aiding the
prisoner to escape.
Hand had sawed out one of the iron
bars to a panel and after the other
prisoners had gone to sleep he squeeZ'
ed through the hole, which was 63a by
is inches, and having in some way
secured a duplicate key, passed
through three heavy iron doors. which
the same key fitted, and then out
| through a hallway to liberty.
1t Is said by the officers that Mrs.
Johnson had gone to the union depot
and had purchased with money sup
| piled by Hand, a ticket and a sleeping
car berth to Cincinnati. This ticket,
1t is said. she furnished to Hand, who
is supposed to have been disguised In
some way, and it Is believed that he
then went on toward Birmingham and
possibly to Cincinnati, but there Is no
clew as to where he got off the train,
Mrs, Johnson's father, ], W, Lee,
says his daughter acknowledges buy
ing the ticket, but declared that she
furnished no duplicate key for Hand.
The mystery that the officers are
now trying to solve Is who gave Hand
the duplicate key and how they Sc
cured a a suppression to have q
key made. Mrs. Johnson confessed
that she was fond of Hand and that
she had visited him with his sisters
and others while he was In the jail
and had also talked to him from the
outside through the iron bars.
In her statement she duplicates an
other woman as to the key, and the
officers are Investigating. along this
line and II the statement Of Mrs,
Johnson proves true, 1t means a big
sensation. Mrs. Johnson Is being held
at the sheriff's office, where a further
investigation Is being conducted, but
had not made bond, which Justice
Foster had fixed at $4,000, provided
she wanted a preliminary trial.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07
Green Gives $4,000 Bond.

10. J.. Green, cashier Of the Green.
wood State bank, which closed Its
doors following Mr.. Green's arrest on
a charge Of defalcations the evening
before. has made bond in the sum OF
$4,000 pending the action Of the La
flore county grand jury at the No
yember term OF circuit court, and has
left the city for hin former home In
Franklin, Tenn.
Mr.. Green claims bis apparent
shortage Is covered BY securities
placed by him with the Greenwood
State bank 10 loans made to
himself. Some OF these securities, II Ia
understood, were not approved By the
loan committee.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07
state Finances Tight.

State Finances Tight.
The frightened condition Of the state
finances still continues, according to
the last official count and check as
made by Treasurer Stovall and yeri.
fled by Gov. Brewer. The balance was
found to be sos, 1927. 46. made up OF
land redemption fund. banking depart
ment fund, bank guarantee fund, cash
items on hand and general fund ae-
count.
While the item general fund"
showed a balance OF $57,273.69, practi.
cally all Of this is In United States
government funds, to be devoted 70
educational and agricultural and farm
extension work, and can not be used
for meeting general obligations. The
banking department fund on hand
amounted to $t4,736.1 rs, which can not
be used otherwise than in meeting the
expenses Of conducting this new de-
partment and cannot be used to cover
general expenses.
Treasurer Stovall does not antici.
pate relief Of the present financial
stringency until after the new state
bonds are delivered, and the remain.
ing $725,000 belonging to the bond
issue fund is paid in by the bond buy
ers, which will not be for some week.
yet.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07
TO Purchase Supplies.

The prison trustees will hold a most
important meeting of the year during
the coming week. when supplies for
the next six months will be purchased
on competitive bids.
The largest contract to be awarded
will be for the cloth used In the manu-
facture OF winter clothing for nearly
1900 prisoners. This contract amounts
to more than 10000 yards Of cloth Of
various kinds.
Bagging and ties to be used In pre-
pairing the seasons cotton crop for
market will be purchased, also the
usual supplies Of coffee, rice, bacon,
sugar, tobacco, and other groceries.
The prison board has advertised for
offers on two automobiles to be used
at the Parchman farm. and n port
able saw mill.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07
Yerger May Get Pardon.

Lawrence Yerger, former secretary
OF the state board OF ~penitentiary trus.
tees, who got into trouble through the
iniudicious handling of funds for prod
uce passing through his custody, and
thereby incurred indictment on a
charge Of embezzlement. for which he
was sentenced or his plea OF guilty
to ten years penal servitude, may be
freed soon. Yerger was sentenced by
Judge Henry at the June-July term Of
the circuit court for Kinds county last
year, since which time he has been at
work at the Belmont place, where he
has done good work of a clerical ma.
ture. His friends are now circulating
q petition for his pardon, which is be-
Ing numerously signed, and will reach
the governor some time during the
present month.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07
Favorable for Crops.

The weather during July near Meri.
dian was more favorable to agricul
tural pursuits than that experienced IN
June. The hot spell that prevailed
during the last week Of June continued
during the last week Of July.
Examine Banks.
State Bank Examiner ]. X. Arm
strong has been in Lexington. The re-
suit OF his examination is that he gave
the Merchants & Farmers & Trust
company a certificate as a guaranteed
bank under the Mississippi guaranty
law. and advised the liquidation Of the
Bank Ok Commerce.
Court Il Meridian.
The six-week term Of criminal cir.
cult court convened II Meridian,
Judge John L. Buckley presiding.
There ars ! srsAt number 81 inipor
gtsnt cases "A TIE docket, md A ~ XXI
pscted ths docket viii MI ~ clsAreA
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07
GuARpsMAN WOUNDED.
George Hammock Of Natehez Shot by
James Wilson.

h
Natchez.-Sergeant James Wilson,
company /, Vicksburg, attending the
Mississippi national guard encamp.
ment here, shot George Hammock OF
Natchez through the neck, infiicting
what will prove a fatal wound.
Hammock is 40 years old, married.
and his eight children. Sergeant VIII
son had placed Robert Ray Fink of
Scooba, Company L, under arrest for
being out Of camp. He had taken
Ffnk's revolver.
Fink declared he raj a better man,
and 1t Is said Wilson wanted to strike
him with the revolver, but he pressed
the trigger.
The bullet missed Fink and struck
Hammock In the wind pipe. He was
taken to the hospital, but Drs. Cham
berlain and Sessions say there is no
hope for him.
Wilson was placed under arrest and
Fink is held as a witness.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07
Meridian Gets Bryan.


information received from Senator
John Sharp Williams and Congress
man S. 4, Witherspoon Is to the Of,
feet that Secretary Of State William j,
Bryan will make one Of the three
speeches that he IL to make in this
state during the month OF October IN
Meridian. Hon. N. A. Mott OF Yazoo
City, secretary of the Peoples Rule
league, also assisted In getting Mr.
Bryan to agree on Meridian as n OF
the places where he would speak. II
Is understood that Mr.. Bryan will also
speak In Jackson. though no announce
mont to this effect has yet been made.
The third place has not yet been Sc
lected, but II will be left to Mr.. Mott
to make the selection.
The speeches that Secretary Bryan
will make viii be In the interest OF
the proposed amendment TO the state
constitution which will be voted on In
November In reference to the tnitia'
tive and referendum. Secretary Bryan
IL quite anxious that the state adop
this amendment.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

property Is owned BY the Helena nc
Livingston company. Recently . big
chunk Of plaster fell from the cell.
Ing Of one OF the houses. Fish found
ii W. very heavy, and he had i as
saysd. the returns were satisfactory,
and then be obtained from the com
pany ! lease. with the right 70 sme1
iii 81 the plaster IN III Of the houses
In the town. "a the town has long
since been abandoned and the houses
were going to decay the leases DID nor
disturb any one.
Fish has alrsady Ghipped eignt t0ns
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

Belmont.--A farmers institute was
held here conducted by /. w. Carpen-
ter and y. B. Aycock OF the AgricuI.
tural and Mechanical College at
Starkville. A number OF farmers
were In attendance and showed much
interest in questions pertaining to
farming, stock raising, etc.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07
Ready for ~Eneampment.

Natchez.-Company B, with 40 or
50 men under command OF Capt. W.
M. Harper, marched to Duncan Me.
mortal park to pitch tents for the
state encampment. They were de-
tailed to report for duty and will be
allowed three days pay for the work.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07
Candidates Are Assessed.

Meridian.--The Lauderdale County
Democratic executive committee met
and fixed the assessment Of candi-
dates for the August primaries at SIS
each. There are two candidates for
congress, two for circuit judge and
four for chancellor, who will have to
pay this amount.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

According to the department of ag-
riculture, astrology Is a s1- erstition.
Furthermore, it has no bearing what
eyer on the kind of stars a man ices
when his head comes into violent con.
tact with an immovable object,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

Natchex.-Constitution and bylaws
we're adopted BY the Adams County
Stock Breeders association, and The
following OFFICERS elected: James NJ
Ogden, president; J. r. Preston, nee,
president; waldo Henderson, sscrs'
tarys Dr. 4. ri. Lamkin, t~reasurers a
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

Of the plaster to the East Helena
shelter, and the returns r said 70
be satisfactory TO him. The richness
OF the plaster 10 not surprising.
When Gregory was On the map and
! booming camp and houses weFs
built the sand used was taken from
the tailings. The methods or getting
the values out OF the ores were crude
and the tailings were rich. This sand
comprises the larger portion of he
material In the plaster, and nov \
pays to smelt it.--Helena tMont.J
Dispatchst 70 the New York Bun.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

Byhalia.--This town and surround.
Ing country have been greatly ~
cited Tor several days over The nv.
ages of ! mad dOs, which After fonR
days md nights ~ After bfting tx
|sraI head AZ stnsH And s100 Nv mleg1
I6ore ~ TIT N ssaS 4 Y SSSsI sSs
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

A contemporary points with pride
to the fact that not a single umpire
has been mobbed this Now,
watch out for some old fogy to gay
the game isn't what it used to be.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

The prevalence OF gray silk gloves
indicates that an unprecedented mum.
Der of, men are suffering with cold
hands this summer.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

A milliner devised a hat that cost
WIS and was a beauty, but 1t wouldn't
sell, Then she marked the price up
% 1850, and she couldn't make them
fast enough to supply the demand.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07
-
Murphrees Hold Reunion.

Rittsboro.--The big Murphree re-
union, held at Oldtown church, five
miles east OF Pittsboro. was a most
highly successful affair. This was a
reunion Of all the Murphrees and their
kinsfolk and also a general social
picnic.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

An Ohio man advises girls to marry
plain, ordinary men. II the girls hadn't
been doing that since the time of Eve,
where would most Of US be now?
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

Some young men who say they are
willing to carry a girl through the
tango forever wouldn't support her for
a year.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

Any time the scientists produce a
practicable apparatus to dispense fogs
they will be able to do a land Office
business with the shipowners.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

Laurel.--The rural schools Of Jones
county will reopen On Oct. $ for the
sessions Of 1914.15. This was decided
at the recent school board meeting
held in Ellisyille,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

1t is said that aeroplane rides are
prescribed for some nervous ills.
But they carry the risk OF curing all
human ills at once and forever.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

Some good people would refuse to
hear the dove Of peace cooling even II
II had a voice like the siren on a fire
tug.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

Meridian y. w. Faulkner, a car
repairer at the New Orleans & North
eastern shops, died suddenly while at
work on a car. 1t is supposed that
he died from heart disease.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

When moved to tell your troubles to
the world, remember how you felt the
last time you had to do the listening.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

A New York paper gives some di.
rections on how to carry the baby
for men only, Of course.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

A mar never realizes how helpless
he is until he is sent out to match a
sample Of dress goods.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

And very often the horse that is left
at the post is ridden by a wooden
headed jockey.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

A health expert says the family bath
tub must go. As a receptacle for coal
in winter It has Its use.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07
Cutting Down the Vote.

The revision Of the registration and
poll books OF Adams county has been
almost completed by the commission
ers. Up until the present about 12b
names have been taken OIL.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

If a politician doesn't look after hia
fences the bottom rail may get on
top.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

Now the Bible students are worrying
over the kind Of grass that Nebuchad-
nezzar ate. We fear It was garlic.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

when a lamb strays into Wall street
either the bulls or the bears soon get
it, goat
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

When tong leaders fall out they
never try heaping Goals Of fire on each
others heads.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07
Court Term Delayed.
New Automatic steps.


The front entrance OF each coach Of
the q. & s.. L. passenger train leay-
ing Gulfport for Jackson was equipped
with automatic auxiliary steps. by
this device all steps are lowered or
raised by compressed air.
clarksdsle Rejoiees.
There was general rejoicing in
Clarksdnle when announcement came
over the wires that Secretary OF the
Treasurer McAdoo had awarded the
contract for the federal building to
b built IN Clarksdale.
Politicians d Newton.
Tho We political picnic attracted
hundreds ~ people to Newton. and
everything passed Or orderly and
Dlsa1antly. Ihs political speeches were
6syfvxred on tiie public school grounds,
aH1 IN. u. N. HArrelson served ~
u esfsnonies and introduced
|2H As9Aas IN
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

A lot Of meanness is excused in this
world on the ground that 1t is bust.
ness
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

Only the lawyers. Jason. get rich BY
attending to other peoples business.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

The strike leader that all OF us ad'
mire Is the one on the baseball team.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

The following candidates for COVER
nor have been invited to attend a
picnic to be given at Clear Branch
church, In the southwest corner Of
Rankin county. Marion Reilly, II. l..
Blakeslee, II. M. Quin, Lieut.-Gov. T.
q. Bilbo, p. s. stoyall and John r.
Tally.
Court Term Delayed.
On account Of the fact that the Ack.
erman term OF circuit court comes dur
Ing the first primary for congressman
and judges OF the circuit and chancery
courts, the citizens generally have pc
titioned that the term be pretermitted,
which has accordingly been done.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

The Sunday JOY ride is pretty likely
TO end In misery or the cemstsry.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

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The Sentinel=record., 1914-06-24
ROYAL THEATER

The matine idol all of the ladies ter today ia all his past glory and with additional honors. We refer, of course to Francis x. Bushman, star of the Essany company, who won the popular prize contest a few weeks ago. He has been starring in series of detectice stories bearing on the adven- ture of one Richard Neal, and in the two reel Eessany feature that you will see at the Royal today you will find Bushmal doing some very clever detective work Furthermore, you will note, too just how finger prints are used to detect criminals, for the camera tells a remarkable clever story in this respect It is Essany's s best two reel production of the month and when you see Finger Prints, you will have q more higher idea of the system for catching criminals than ever before. Then. too there is Bar ry O'Moore, who as "Octavius," the boy detective with wild theories but who also always makes good, also on the program Octavius has new mystery to solve today, "The Missing Legacy He gets tangled up in a clothes line, but at the end of the rope there Is the missing gold Nellie sends the Royai His Wish Fulfilled, q very interesting story.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-06-24
LYRIC THEATER

Lovers of good motion pictures have become intensely interested in the great serial picture story "Lucile Love" which have been a big weekly feature at tho Lyric.
 Today the tenth installment of this world famous story will be shown in the animated screen drama and the announcement will be sufficient to bring the crowds to the Lyric.
 Everyone has grown to love Lucille whose very name is Love" and the more you see her the greater wil be your admiration for the greatest char acter yet portrayed in the silent drama.
 Join the crowd of satisfied motion picture habitues, see the next install ment of Lucille Love- and enjoy the cool comfort of the Lyric, the entralc- ing music and the splendid theatri- cal atmosphere which always prevails at this beautiful pleasure house.
 Other comedies and dramas will complete a program of marked excel lence
The Sentinel=record., 1914-06-24
Cbe Cbeaters
STAR THEATER

Tn "The stolen Code" the two reel feature diplomacy, that comes to the Star theater today as the headliner of a very worthy program, the follow ing facts will be noted with interest:
 When the political spy (F. A. Turn er) was trying to obtain information possessed by the diplomatic agent of another country (Courtenay Foote) he engaged a woman (Irene HunD to help him. She helped get the infor- nation, but feil in love with the dip lomatic agent quarrelled with her employer. shot him while defending herself but finally escaped. Pleasing pictures of life in dipiomaue circles in a nations capital
 On the same program today is a Keystone comedy and one extra reel, making four in all.
 "The Servered Thong" Thursday is a picture commended for it's artistic beauty and reverent treatment, having at the same time q remarkable series of moments of intense suspense, in- troducing Mary Alden, George Seig- mann and Dark Cloud
 The Little Senortia," also Thurs day, with Muriel Ostriche and Boyd Marshall in the leading parts, is a love story of the tropics staged with a care for very detail and produced in fanltiess manner It is one of the big picturesques. good acting features of the week and you should not fail to see it.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-06-24
FRENCH POSTMEN GO
 OUT ON A STRIKE
PREVENT MOVEMENT OF MAILS BECAUSE SENATE REFUSED
 TO VOTE BENEFITS.

Paris, June 23. For seven hours
 last night 600 angry postmen held the lcentral postoffice and prevented the
 movement of all incoming and out
 going mail. The troubie arose over | the refusal of the senate yesterday to 1 include in the postal budget certain | increased al lowances for which there had been a strong agitatic...
 1 News of the vote in the senate was lreceved by the men with groans and misses. Then they sallied forth into
 the yard to prevent the mail automo-
 miles from going out The authori- 1 ties had established guards but they Eould not prevent the postmen from oyerturning machine and blocking
 the gateway.
 The dissatisfied postmen rapidly lgrew in numbers and the police were
 beaten and driven ont of the builting Ali doors were closed and barricaded Groups of postmen stood at the win | dows and shook their fists at the
 police who had gathered helpless y
 outside The men sung revolutionary hymns jeered the authorities and con
 tinued to hold the postoffiee against
 all attempts to dislodge them.
 l The minister of commerce., Gaston Thompson. accompanied by the pre- lGect of Paris, Celestin Hennon, sought
 to induce the men to withdraw He lpointcd out that the senate had voted
 an increase in their salaries to the
 amount of 12,000000 francs $2,i00,-
 o00) and that the government favored the extra allowances and he asked tlem 10 trust him to look after their 1 interests. The minister's words had little effect and he was constantly l Interrupted Finally about midnight,
 the men left, having Accomplished
 their purpose of completely paralyz-
 ing the mail service of the city from , olelock.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-06-24
CYCLONE KILLS NINE.

Sioux Falls. $. D., June 23,-Nine persons were ki led and forty injured some fatally, and 300 buildings de- stroyed by tornado that swept through watertown, & lD., tonight, ac- cording to infiImation received here by telephone. The twister destroyed all communication by telegraph and telephone with the city direct and in, formation was meager.
 The same despatch said the tornado did much other damage in the vicinity with probable loss of life.