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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-05-15
SUIT COMPROMISED.
Railroad Agrees to Pay Mrs. Alles
Rogers Sum Of $500.

Railroad Agrees to Pay Mrs. Alice
Rogers Sum Of $500.
Jackson. There was little activity
about the federal court. Judge Niles
having discharged all juries. The
grand jury presented It's final report
having been In session five days, and
investigating a number Of cases. 70.
turning some twenty.three indict
ments, including those against men
In custody. The grand inquest was
finally discharged for the term.
z A compromise was reported In the
case OF Mrs. Alice Rogers Va. tho
vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific rail.
road, growing out OF the furnishing Of
a train by this company. some three
years ago. by which party Of men
travelled from Bayyille TO Tallulah,
La, removed by force the husband of
the plaintiff from the custody OF state
officers and lynched him. The suit
presented claim for $4,000, andI
after conference between lawyers|
and the plaintiff the defendant cor.l
poration agreed TO the payment Of S7,I
900 to Mrs. Rogers. The lady fs nowi
resident Of Jackson and is q stem.
ographer in the office Of prominent
law firm here.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-05-15
CIRCUIT COURT.

Circuit Court has been making pretty
good progress this week dsposng Of
cases on the civil docket, and it is quite
likely that the civil term will be com
pleted by the middle of next week.
The following is list of the petit
jurors serving this week:
Jury No. |. C. w. Davis, A. o. Pet
erson, W. F. Townsend, r. W. Harri,
son, J. D. McCaskill, T. J. Phillips, /,
l.. Jones, Peter Christensen, r. Il. San,
ford, r. B. Hutchison, J, X. Fowler,
E. M. Birdsong.
Jury No. 2. H. W. Pettey. II, G.
Kitchell, W. H. Byers, W. H. Pace,
John Prophet, W. C. Peel, w. P. Com.
stock, E. T. Morgan, W. E. Bealle, F.
f. Sway2e, J. D. McLemore, Jr., O.
o. Smith.
The criminal term of one week will
probably be pretermitted by Judge
Everett on account Of the busy season
with the farmers and the small number
Of cases to be disposed Of
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-05-15
IN GALA ATTIRE.

This community is surely to be in gala
attire Chautauqua Week, according to
plans now being perfected at the Red
path Chautauqua headquarters in Chi
cago.
Ten pennant streamers will span the
business streets.
Three hundred small banners for use
on awnings and the like are also being
sent to each Chautauqua town.
There will be a general supply of
cloth pennants for autos. In many
towns these will be used first in an au-
tomobile booster" trip around the
country.
A neat and unique pennant printed on
good paper in blue and orange colors
and bearing the words: This home be-
lieves in Redpath Chautauqua, " will be
furnished for the windows of the homes
seven days in advance Of the coming Of
the Chautauqua. The pennant measures
two feet in length and is ten inches
wide at the top. In the foreground is
typical Chautauqua tent, filled with
people.
The number Of pennants will be lin
tied to 25O in each town. This pennant
is very appropriate inasmuch as the
Chautauqua is an institution which ap-
peals directly to the homes Of a com
munity.
On the opening day Of the Chautau-
qua, tags will be hung on the door
knobs of each home and also on the
harnesses of the horses on the streets
and on autos and bicycles.
Fifty neat hats in colors and bearing
the words. "Redpath Chautauqus,
will also bs given swsy as advertising.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-05-15
MANOR'S BOIL WEEVIL REMEDY
ATTRACTS ATTENTION.

After having given the matter a
thorough test on his own plantation,
Mr.. G. M. Manor, of Anding, station
a few miles south of Yazoo City. gave
to the public in February the result Of
his work in exterminating the boil
weevil. The publication of the story
attracted attention throughout the
South, and Mr.. Manor has received
hundreds Of inquiries for details from
planters and others interested from al
most every Southern State. In re-
sponse to these inquiries, Mr.. Manor
has prepared a circular letter outlining
his plan of procedure, and the indica-
tions are that his remedy will be gener-
ally used in many sections this year.
1t will be recalled that last year Mr..
Manor made forty seven bales of cotton
with four families, while his neighbors,
who did not follow his method, made
only bale and half to. the family, in
section that was badly infested with
weevil. Mr.. Manor has a number Of
voluntary testimonials from those of
his tenants who used his method, and
from Others of his neighbors, who are
personally familiar with his work.
As stated before in these columns,
Mr.. Manors plan to get rid of the weer
vii is unique and simple. His plan is
simply to attach to all plows, as soon
as the cotton is high enough to work,
a gunny sack or heavy cloth, saturated
wit mixture of lubricating oil and
moth balls. The oil and moth balls are
first boiled together, and pint of tar
added, and to this mixture is added five
gallons of coal oil. After thoroughly
saturating the sacks with this mixture,
Mr.. Manor attaches them to the single
trees and as the plowing progresses,
the sacks are dragged over the cotton
plants.
At the recent farm demonstration
held in Yazoo City under direction of
Farm Demonstration Rich, of the u. S.
Agricultural Bureau, Mr.. Manor demon
strated his method of applying this
remedy, and it attracted much atten-
ton. Many planters who saw it ex-
pressed their determination to try this
simple method this season. 80 Yazoo
Sentinel.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-05-15
A FIFE AND DRUM CORPS AT
CAMP IRVINE.

Thanks to the interest of Mr.. A..
Weller, two new drums and four flies
have been ordered for use at the Boy
Scout Camp at Valley Hill, May 2S to
June 1lth. These added to the two
drums recently furnished by the Y. M.
G. A. cabinet for the Scouts will make
possible the organization of good
size corps that should be useful on
many occasions.
The preparations for camp are well
under way and campers will be inter-
ested to know that the incline cable
spoken of last week has been installed
over the swimming hole, also that the
best cook in many miles has agreed to
provide for the hungry ones.
The girls camp June ll-25) is assured
providing enough register at once.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-05-15
ILLINOIS CENTRAL TAKES STOCK
Plan for Recognizing Company II
Successful.


Successful.
Canton. The plan OF reorganizing
the Mississippi company seems to be
meeting with general approval among
depositors and a large amount Of the
necessary stock In the New Missis.
sippi company has been placed this
week
The Illinois Central railroad, which
has done so much for Mississippi, sub.
scribed for seventy.two shares Of the
stock, or total OF little more than
Its entire deposit in the closed bank.
This action on the part Of the road
shows that It wishes to do all II can
to help Canton out Of It's present dif'
ficulty, as the Illinois CeDtral's Do.
posit was secured and with the road
II was not case Of Hobson's choice.
Many other large depositors, realis'
Ing that the proposed plan Of reor-
ganizing the banks industrials and
paying depositors so per cent cash
and the balance In stock In those In.
dustrials was the most expedient way
OF liquidating the bank, have subscrib.
ed literally and out Of the. 100000
preferred stock necessary to carry
the proposition through, $4,000 has
been subscribed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-05-15
GREENWOOD
THEATRE
Friday, May 22nd.
LAUCHLAND
THE HA.HA IA ROUTE
The SHORT Line
TO HAPPINESS
Take short vacation to Laugh
land" and build up your tired and jaded

Take short vacation to Laugh
land" and build up your tired and jaded
nerves.
A pleasant journey insured to all.
Stop-oyer privileges allowed for
hearty laughs only.
No dust; no discomfort.
The Ha-Ha Route is the "only way"
to Joy and Mirth; direct connections
made to Happyland.
Finest service guaranteed to Fun
Tourists.
Pack your troubles in storage and
take trip to Laughland.
Fare, Adults 25c; Children 15c.
N. B. No sleeping cars in operation
on the Ha-Ha Route.
An AMATEUR MINSTREL, com
posed Of the very best talent of the
young boys of Greenwood, under the
direction Of Miss Bessie Portwood.
All the latest songs, Tango dances,
new costumes.
These boys are now faithfully work
ing and promise to make this the very
best amateur entertainment ever put
on in our city.
Miss Tillie Borchardt, talented lit
tie Toe dancer engaged specially for
this entertainment. She will appear
in Spanish dance, the Glow Worm and
the Goblin dance.
Watch for further announcement.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-05-15
DIR. MOORE WILL SPEAK HERE
MAY 9th.

Rev. W. w. Moore, D. D., president
of Union Theological Seminary, of
Richmond, Va, one of the most de-
lightful and attractive speakers on the
American platform, will visit DR..
Rennie the last of this month, and will
speak on Wednesday evening at
o'clock, May 27th, at the Presbyterian
church. The public is cordially invited
to attend this rare intellectual feast.
Greenwood people are especially for
tunate in having an opportunity to hear
this distinguished speaker, and we hope
they will take advantage of it.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-05-15
4 Neuro klllinu.

Paulding. - Trouble arose between
Jim oFlynD, who was experimenting
the dipping, and Henry Cruise, colored.
Cruise had taken a bell of Of one Of
his cows and star ed toward O'Flyun.
when O'Flynn drew his gun and fired
killing him instantly.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-05-15
KINGS pauohters Meet.

Natchez.--All arrangements for the
entertainment Of the delegates to tho
fourteenth annual convention Of the
Mississippi branch, Kings Daughters.
which meets in hatcher, hsve bssp
completed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-05-15
Death al hazlehurst.

Hazlehurst.--M Ona Atwood, age
I IS years, wife OF w. T. Atwood, Of this
place, died suddenly. She is survived
by a husband and four children.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-05-15
cHAUTAuQuA WEEK HERE. MAY 81 TO JUNE 4

Mr.. Schear. one Of Schlater's clever
young merchants, made The Common
wealth an appreciated business call
while in the city Tuesday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-05-15
er,tton Acquitted o. Murder

Toccopola. The preliminary hear.
ing Of the case in which Rube Brat
ton was charged with killing John Co
for near Dallas In Lafayette county.
was held at Tula, and resulted n tAs
scquittsl Of Bratton. /,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-05-15
EVERY WOMAN
sH3RsD H9RH $500 WEEK RER

introducing our very complete Spring line Of
beautiful wool suitings. wash fabrics, fancy waist
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Dealing direct with the mills you viii find our pr-
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required. Exclusive territory. Write for partjc.
1 STANDARD lsi Il DRESS fGsSi GOODS COMPANY,
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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-05-15

mr. = Cohen, Of Memphis, made his
many Greenwood and Lefore { ounty
friends visit this week,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-05-15

Hon. H. II. Nabors, Itta Bena's pop
ular Mayor and splendid citizen, was
among his Greenwood friends last
Tuesday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-05-15

Mr.. e. E. Kersh, one of the second
districts best citizens, was in the city
on business Saturday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-05-15

Mr.. Firman Smith spent few days
with Oxford friends the first OF the
week.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-05-15

4 deputy Y. s. Marshal r. E. Walt, Of
anlarksdale, y was in the city on business
S''s Week, and made The Common
wealth an appreciated call.
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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-14
When Ketchel Beat Thomas in 81 Rounds

Steve lies sleeping III the city OF
his birth-Grand Rapids. Mich.
1t might be we'll to say a word
about the only blur OIL Ketchel's es-
cutcheon-Langford. Rampant sus-
picious made tut that the siX-round
battle in Philadelphia was n fake and
that Steve" lived in fear of his dusky
rival. We nave it from the mouth
of Ben Benton (Rob Roy, who was
instrumental in making the match
and who was in a position to know
more about it than any other man,
that such was not the case. ~
''The fight was OH the level" lie
said. An attempt was made to
frame it. it is true, but ketchel re-
fused and vent in the ring and fought
Langford off his feet. No, it was
Langford who was afraid after that,
not Ketchel."' - ,'7
All of which. seemed reasonable
enough when one knew the kind of II
man Ketchel was. Then, too. he GER
tainly did not show any fear in tack
ling Jack Johnson. who outweighcd
him some tifty-fivc pounds.
But back to business. The truth of
that M%arysville bout leaked out
enough to warrant Jim Coffroth re-
matching Thomas and Ketchel to a
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-14
AMERICAN COLLEGE ROWING SEASON
WILL Be UNUSUALLY INTERESTING
Events are FairlyWell Outlined, Although There are Still
Dates For Various Dual and Triangular Meets
Other Collegiate Activities. 4

New York, Feb. 14.-Witl1 the an
,noulicement of the date for the inter-
collegiate regatta, at Poughkeepsie as
Friday, June rs. the American college
rowing season is fairly we'll outlined.
Although there are still dates for va
cious dual and triangular %regattas yet
% be fixed it is apparent that rowing
'ts steadily increasing i'll popularity as
college sport. In the east, middle
west and Pacific coast sections the va
.rious college and university crews are
already well advanced III their Indoor
and machine training and are await
ing the first opportunity to dip their
sweeps in lake OF river.
Reports Of unusually early practice
mild weather continues and once on
the water. the progress of both the
crews and the final arrangements for
the preliminary and championship re-
gattas will be rapid As viewed at
present the 1914 rowing season prom
Uses TO equal if not exceed in number
and variety of races that of the pre-
vious year. Several of the leading
eastern, universities. have completed
tentative rowing schedules while 9TH
ers are still in making. Neither the
United States military academy nor
Syracuse have as. yet announced their
arrangements FOR the coming season.
The dates for the Harvard. Cornell
and Princeton crews have been fixed.
Pennsylvania and Columbia are still
working on their schedules. several
dates OF which have already been an
nounced. The schedules. for. the: va
rious colleges supporting crews ar
ranged. from the fixed and tentative
dates are as follows:
Saturday, April IS.
Pacific coast intercollegiate regatta,
California, Stanford and Washington
universities at Oakland Cal.
Week Of April se-sS; ,,o,, =.
training races, with United States ma
val academy. crews. ~:
40 50 e, saturday. May o..
SP~ennsylvahis in triangular regatta
Carneeie Lake, Princeton, n. j..
saturday, May 10.
: American Henley a Pliiaael-
phia. Pa. with races for college.
saturday, May IS.
Cornell. Yale and Princeton in tri-
angular regatta on cayusa Lake, It'll
AGA y. y.
Tassd.y. Nay g:
or, Boston. Mass.
Saturday, june 10.
Harvard Va. Yale. Thames river,
New London Conn.
Friday, Junc 40. ;<i.i.5
, intercollegiate regatta, Hudson riv-
a.. sPoughkeepsie, NJ T., , Cornell;
Pennsylvania, Columbus. Syracuse.
Wisconsin and winner Pacific. coast
lnterCollekiata 8ceRatta. ~
Wolvefine Football Men Rusy.
assoefation IL already planning an
elaborate campaign ofa;ssprepafationi
For next autumn In view Yf the Iiar.:
ward game 10 he played at Cambridge
on October 81. At a recent meeting
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-14

contest that made it such hard one
other battles have lasted. longer--but
never at the pace hat Ketchel and
Thomas maintained that day in
Frisco town. 1t was IL thirty-two
round sprint-a combination of clever
boxing. hard punching. and intervals
of excitement closely crowdins upon
one another. The crowd held their
breath and their seats. not daring to
take their eyes from the sladiators an
instant for fear of missing the end.
Thomas depended on his %cleverness
as 81 boxer, and ketchcl, wiry. rugged.
and evcr ready to force the milling.
left the result always in doubt. For
fifteen rounds tho tide Of victory
ebbed and flowed, but v rolling
quite high enough for II to overcome
the other.
Thomas Near Knockout.
Thomas was leading in the sixteenth
round, when the agile and catiike
Ketchcl crossed him. He fell face
forward, rolled over on his back. with
o,tstrctchcd arms as near to n
Knockout AZ Il wallop could bring a
man, At mine" Joe got up out" and
instinctively with "a dying effort he
sent out his last sasp--a straight left
To Kctchel's chin. 1t put the latter up
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-14

When Packy' Mcfarland meets
Mike Gibbons early next month the
fans will look upon the first welter-
weight battle of considerable proper
tons it has been their good fortune
to view in several ears past The
fans expect to see a great fight. I'm
doubtedly they will. And undoubtedly
II they do it will serve to recall to
their minds the greatest Of all well
terweigl1t battles-the greatest bat
tie OF any weight in recent years
that thirty-two round contest between
Stanley Ketchel and Joe Thomas.
1t was ketchel's hardest battle. 1T
was Thomas's hardest battle. and it
was the hardest battle the spectators
eve saw. The west claims it as the
greatest conflict OF the game, greater
than the famous barge fight Of Cor
bett and %Choynski, and at different
times since 1 have heard these same
sentiments expressed by such. experts
as Jim Coffroth, Harry b. Smith.
Jimmy Britt, Eddie Grancy, Joe Cans,
BILLY Jordan, W. w. McNaughton,
and many others. All 7 know is that
am glad of the good fortune that
enabled me to be at the ringsidc that
day axis,
On 1eo7ss Fourth of July Joe
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-14
ATHLETICS HAVE
PENNANT C|NCHED
in New York is that
no Team Can Stop Them
Next Season.

New York. Feb. 14.-1u scanning
the American league prospects as they
loom up now it ia hard to see any
thing but the Athletics. The Scua-
tors no doubt must be considered. st.
Louis would have to be considered if
il had Walter J~ohnsou-not infcrring
that without Johnson the Senators
are not a better ball club thar the
Browns, because they are by several
blocks, but Walter Johnson is just
about 80 per cent of tho defensive
strength of any organization that he
is associated with.
Give Griffith another top-notch
pitcher to help out Joe Boehling, who
should do just as good if not better
work this year rhan he did last. and
johnson and the Senators would be
in a position to make the Athletics
do a Highland fling all along h pen
nant highway. But without this ex-
ira pitcher it is hard to see how any
assortment of American league play
ers AS they are now distributed, can
stop the onward rush of Edward Col
Inns, j. Franklin Baker, Charles Ben
der. Joseph Bush. Edward Plank and
some half a dozen others whom Mr..
Mack has imbued with a lot Of use-
full baseball knowledge.
Cleveland won't be amy stronger
than it was last season and possibly
not as strong. 1t was fortunate To
finish as we'll as it did, considering
the erratic style OF game it played.
It would not be surprising. however,
To see the Boston Rcd Sox show some
of the same form that caught the
Athletics mapping i'll 1911 and carried
the SoX through to a worlds cham
pionShip.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-14

finish fight at Mission Street arena in
San Francisco on the following holi-
day-Labor day, September =, 1907.
Young ketchcl. as he was known
then. did not create much of an I'M
preston in his training camp. and
SO the public adhered to their belief
that the newcomer had been. IA little
lucky in catching Thomas off his
guard before; AS a result "Ketch"
entered the ring will, The odds against
him-two to one.
Both Clean .NtllIctcs.
tt was a beautiful day--au ideal
day-idcal fighters and an ideal tight.
The cool breeze tloalcd past refresh
ingly, Just strong enough 10 gently
wave Thomas's curly locks and fla
ketchel's red trunks. TRULY, more
handsome and finely built athletes
never faced each other in the ring.
Clean, tall, and unmarked, they stood.
each in the prime of life. and filed
to their weight of lla pounds with
determination and ronragc.
Billy Jordan . introduced, Billy
Roachc refereed, Dick Harding rang
the gong. and they were off.
Supcrlatives. have. their rishtful
place in describing the battle. that fol-
lowed, 1T was not the length of this
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-14

OF the candidates to discuss the hard.
est schedule that the Wolverines have
ever attempted Director Bartelme
talked on the necessity of all the men
seeing to their scholastic eligibility.
Trainer Farrell spoke of the prepar-
alton that the Michigan. athletes
would have to make. to meet a team
of Harvard's caliber on equal terms.
The Michigan trainer expressed him
self as far from satisfied with the =.
titude Of, the football men towad de-
xeloping. themselves to the greatest
extent. He advanced, in support Of
this. the fact that the veterans on
the squad never put in an appearance
at the gymnasium in the winter but
they are satisfied with the condition
they can attain with the fall training
alone: He said that Harvard mon
train all winter and summer, and il
Michigan does not want to be dis
gracefully routed in her first clash
with the peer of eastern universities.
her athletes must show some ofethis
same spirit. 4
The third year veterans, called up
on To speak. all dwelled on Athc need
of n long training season Is Epnttus
said the Michigan f%ootbalIs players
had the chance i'll their graspEto make
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By Ripley

was handling himself in mastery
style and had not tho end come whom
il did There is no telling but what he
might have eventually Worn ketchcl
down before for1y-tive rounds In the
thirlN-scrond and las, round, Thomas
came out Of his corner with s%prightly
step, and even Harry Foley, his nan
aser. who heretofore had been walk
ing To the center of the ring with him.,
only patled him IN the back.
He al onc .iabbed tho battered
Ketchel in the eye aud the blood
spurted . Ketchcl clinched In the
breakaway Thomas stepped back With
his stomach in p%rotrudins position.
and kctchcl. like a fash. swung a
low, long right hand wallop to the
solar plcNus. IT, was The most vicious
blow that cvcr n man received in IL
fight that had gone the distance this
one had. II the good. game Joe
Thomas fell to rise no more.
kctchel watched n~nstcadily AZ Eilly
Roache counted. There was Il loo of
! pity in his eye and tho sign of en-
haustion in every move. but his fca-
! lures lighted up when he realized
that he had won. II turning to the
newspaper men. he said:
II guess I'm in the business now"