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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
WASHINGTON JURY REPORTS.
Examined got Witnesses and Returned
70 True Bills.

Greenville. - The grand jury of
Washington, county has made its final
report, which proved OF unusual inter
est, because of the special references
contained In the report. The report
shows the examination of 291 wit.
nesses with 70 true bills, 13 for muir.
der, returned into court. The jury re-
ports that blind tigers have flourished
in certain parts OF the county, notably
at Leota, Arcola, Isola and Belzoni.
The jury made a thorough inyestiga-
tion, but expressed the opinion that
many had p~erjured themselves to pro-
tect ~yiolatsrs Of the prohibition law.
The jury also charged that many of
the justices of the peace Of the county
are apparently Indifferent to this vio-
lation Of the law. They also call at
tention to the fact that many Of the
stores OF Greenville, including pool
rooms, are kept open on Sunday and
calls on the city and county officials
to stop 1t.
The Jury reported the county jail In
splendid sanitary condition with the
prisoners well cared for and compli.
mented the county sheriff. circuit
clerk, Judge, district attorney and coun-
'ty attorney for courtesies extended.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
oRPHANAcE GETS MONEY.

Columbus.-According to a decision
recently rendered by Judge J G. Mc
Gowan, presiding at a special term OF
the chancery court Of Lafayette coun-
ty, the Palmer orphanage Of this city
Is legally entitled to The sum OF $4,000,
which was bequeathed to the institu'
tion by Mrs. AWE B. Anderson,
wealthy Oxford woman, who died a
few months ago Under the laws Of
the state of Mississippi neither money,
real estate nor other personal Dropar-
ty can be bequeathed to religious and
charitable institutions, but the case in
question is an exceptional one, the
heirs having agreed to the terms OF the
will. However, the administrators Of
the will did not care to pay the money
without legal authority.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
G-E-J .-
Poison Buster.

q the poison Is shaken and which
settles on all parts OF the cotton plants.
While such a treatment cannot destroy
al boll-worms on the cotton, yet II
Even at the right time It will kill 80
many Of the young worms az to great
v reduce their injuries. This appa-
ratus Is entirely practicable for the
farmer who grows up to about so acres
q cotton. An application Of the pois-
cned dust about the frst Of August
may serve other purposes. for It may
check the first ravages Of the cot
Ton worm, or the new cotton beetle
Or other leaf-feeding insects which
might be gaining . start. The poison
may be applied pure or MIXED with an
equal quantity Of iour or air-slaked
lime, but should be applied at the rate
OF from two or three pounds Of the
paris green to the acre. It Is easier
70 apply the poison when mixed than
70 apply paris green alone.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
FIGHTS DEsPE RAoo.
Fresh Hounds Put On Man Chase as
Tired Pack Falls.

Leland.--Aithough Jack Farmer, fu-
gitive negro desperate, being sought
by mer posses for shooting Earl
Case, was reported as having been
seen in the woods between S~toneville
and Leland, bloodhounds, with the me-
gro's pursuers, were unable to strike
a trail when taken To the enc
Manuel Rump, an aged negro, re-
ported to Mayor G. Standifer here that
he saw a negro answering the descrip.
ton OF Farmer sitting on . log. The
posse with the bloodhounds was i'm
mediately advised, and came here from
Shaw. The dogs we're carried to the
log pointed out by Rump. but they
made no response. .l y,
The hounds have been running hard
for the last three days, and 1t Is be-
lieved they require a rest. A fresh
pack will be secured.
The Leland posse, headed by Mayor
standifer, and a posse from Greenville
are working with the Shaw posse. AL
together there are more than 500 men
seeking Farmer. The negro Is certain
to be caught. Citizens throughout
this section openly declare they want
to be in at the finish. .
The popular desire Is that Farmer
be lynched In regulation style-with
rope and other effects. However, as
the negro has a plentiful supply Of
ammunition, he is expected to put up
a fight, and In that case the people
may be cheated OF the prospective tree
ceremony. II Farmer uses his gun.
his pursuers will take no chances Of
capturing him alive. 1t will then be a
question OF who fires first.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
FAaMsas rleAr .
Grady shsffisid believed to Be Fatally
Wounded.

Marks.-Rspoft reached here OF a
shooting which took place hear Dari-
Ing between Grady Sheffield and Lloyd
doom. This duel was the sequel to
an old grudge. Sheffield fired the first
shot, 1t Is said. from behind . tree.
striking odom In the arm. odon used
q shotgun, while Sheffield had a pis-
toll. Sheffield IL believed to be fatally
wounded. odom Is In the county jail
at Marks pending the result OF the
shooting OF Sheffield.
Sheffield and Odom had long been
enemies because Of discussions in
business. Odom was q tenant OF Shelf.
field, and the two men frequently quar-.
relied over the working OF crops and
disposition OF the proceeds,
For several days the men had gone
about, night and day. heavily armed.
Sheffield usually carried a brace of
revolvers and Odom had conveniently
nearby a double-barreled shotgun
loaded with buckshot.
Shortly after sunup, whlle the "
men we're proceeding to the field from
their respective homes. they came to-
gether at a rail fence corder. 0dom
leaned across the top of the rails. let
ting his gun barrel rest,
Sheffield, suspicious OF the move
ments of his enemy, kept both hands
to his gun pockets,
After a few words, during which the
lie was passed back and forth. both
farmers flashed their weapons and
fired simultaneously.
Sheffield was shot in the lower part
of the abdomen with two loads of
buckshot A stray bullet struck him
under the right eye. He is not ex-
pected to live. Odom was wounded in
both arms, and received a shot in the
cheek. His condition is reported seri'
Gus.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
FOR RAISING CAMPH0R TREES
Many Idle Acres In South Adapted to
Purpose According to the De.
partment Of Agriculture.

Investigations made by the depart.
nent OF agriculture show that the
southern part Of the United States ia
the best locality in the world for grow
ing camphor trees. Practically ali
the present supply comes from For
mosa. The camphor tree will stand a
teno erature of over one hundred ana
five degrees without injury. Even
II a hedge is killed down to the
ground, camphor may be extracted
from the wood and leaves and a new
growth will spring up in a year to a
height of eight or ten feet. The trim
mings from hedges yield a large per-
centage Of camphor. An acre OF cam
phor hedge will yield about eight tons
Of trimmings a year, from which about
two hundred pounds Of marketable
camphor gum a be extracted. In
most cases the production from an
acre Of hedges exceeds this quantity.
Camphor Is used In the manufacture
OF celluloid and nitrocellulose prod
ucts, especially smokeless powder. As
a drug, antiseptic and insecticide, 1t
Is also valuable. According to the de-
partment, there are thousands OF
acres of light soil in the South. not
we'll adapted to general agriculture.
on which camphor trees could be
grown profitably. The government
has over inc hundred thousand young
trees in Florida. There is a constant
ly increasing demand for camphor,
and the fact that the gum and oil
can be extracted by a simple process
Of distillation makes camphor grow
ing an industry that promises large
financial returns.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
POSSE SHOOTS MAN
WHO KILLED CREED
OSCAR MORMON PROBABLY RE,
cEivEs FATAL WOUNDS Ar
HANDS or POSSE. 4
TRAGEDY ON THE STREETS
Pontotoc Marshall, 1. c. Creed, Killed
Because Of An Old Feud-Siayer
Holds Pursuers At Bay and
Makes His Escape.

Pontotoc.-For the second time
within the last three months the town
OF Pontotoc was shocked by having
one OF Its citizens SHOT down to an
instant death on one Of the principal
streets Of the town, Oscar Mormon
shot the marshal of the town. John G,
Creed, and left him a corpse before
any aid could reach him.
Mormon was talking to two other
young men across the street from the
Robertson Hotel when Greed passed
by, and 1t is said that Mormon walked
along with him a few minutes. They
stepped around the corner by the side
Of an old sample room and almost
Immediately a shot vas heard and
Creed began begging Mormon. in a
voice that could be heard for blocks
away, not to shoot him.
The shooting continued, 1t Is said,
not rapidly. but slowly and deliberate,
ly until FIVE shots had been fired, all
taking effect In Creed's body, one
striking the heart and killing him in.
stantly. Ag people ran up Mormon
held them at bay until he could get
away. He first went to his home, a
mile east of town, eluded a posse
which had beaten him there, got a
mount, but left It when he saw the
posse was there and got away. Sher.
if Wood and his deputy. Frank Wood
were soon on the scene and organized
posses and sent them In every direc,
ton in automobiles. g
The posse headed by Prof. John A.
Donaldson, principal of the school, eff,
fected Mormon's capture after stub
born resistance.
At the Jail the doctors waited on
him and are treating him. He has
from 40 to so shot holes in his aldo
men and lower limbs, some OF them
being buckshot and some of them
smaller. He also received one pisto1
wound In the right thigh, which is the
wound that they consider the most
dangerous. All of the shot went In
from the front.
Mormon has talked very little aboul
difficulty. He said the other man was
dead and that he was going to die
30 there was no $ talking,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
Josh BILLINGS PHILOSOPHY

Learning and genius combined are
the traits ov the gods.
Migrants and loafers are thoze who
hav made themself so.
II takes the smartest kind ov q
mar to be a suckcessphull phool.
Truth haz been konplimented the
most ov ennytLing. and needs It the
least.
II thare wax no vanity thare would
be but little pride, and perhaps no pc"
likeness,
Sum mems plumbers. and even vices.
are the most agreeable part oy their
karakter.
Eloduence Ia the art ov expressing
the best ideas In the choicest and few
est words.
Yu will git snnbbed for II every
once in q while eanyhow. still polite.
ness IL ailwuss a good risk to take.
Honesty liz the rarest ov all posses
shuns; and stlll, on the highway. It IL
not a lawful tender for n loaf of bread.
Vulgarity, II possible, IL more loath-
sum than vice, Loafers are the vile
and ragged ends OF the devils retinue,
The CRATE glory IL. not the amount
ov virtew that a man haz on hand,
but the amount he haz put out into
the world on interest.
Thare IL only one thing on this
earth meaner than rum. and that Ia
the ina who retails It for Ave cents
a drink and won't drink emmy ov the
kussed stuff himself,
II liz very very safe to say that
either self-luv or %self.interest liz at the
bottom ov everything we do. 1t ~
therefore good Judgment. not only to
watch each other cluss, but to watch
ourseifs. too+~New York Weekly.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
CyNiCISMS

It's practise that makes perfect. not
preaching.
Help Others, and others viii help
themselves.
The way OF the transgressor IL hard
on the JOY rider,
Some people only g happy when
they have bad news to tell.
A woman's idea OF good form Ia
largely q matter OF anatomy.
No man can face the world with =
good heart unless II IL backed up by
a good liver.
No matter how fast q young man
Ia, he seldom catches up with his
good intentions.
When It comes to an argument a
man generally give In. but a woman
seldom gives out.
Many a man puts his best foot for
ward 30 far that his other foot never
catches up with II.
The world Ia full Of dead ones. but
none are 10 defunct ~ those who
are killed by kindness.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
HERE AND THERE

Utah has six mountains which rise
more than Is, 0 feet above sea level,
Nearly 500 acres Of land near Paris
are devoted to raising young trees Of
peculiar shape for umbrella handles,
Gannett Peak, Wyoming, nearly H.
900 feet In elevation. and the highest
mountain In the state, is on the divide
between the Bonneville and Bridger
national forests.
A mink farm has been started near
Pritchard. Idaho. In the Occur d'Alene
national forest, and similar expert
ments are under way In the national
geological park In Washington. d, G.
The fire loss OF New York last year
was over 5000, 900, 900, and half Of the
fires causing this loss were traced d.
rectly to carelessness. matches and
cigarettes leading In the careless list.
- aFHF.H I"'. TINn. So
In an article In the Railway Age
Gazette on the steel passenger car
situation it Is stated that 1t will be
necessary to provide $1,000 r to
replace all the wooden and composite
cars In use. The cost Ia put at $6l4.'
619,100.
Jermiah Mccarthy OF North Attic
boro, Mass, owns a hen which not
only insists on roosting on a branch
Is feet above the ground, but has a
nest up there and lays It's eggs there,
Every time Its owner gathers his
eggs he has to take along a steplad,
Ter.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
BIG LOSS or FARM ANIMALS
During Past Year Approximately SEA-
900 Head, Or ! Total ~ $5s,toor
900 lost to Farmers.

The losses Of farm horses and mules
Rom disease during the past year are
estimated 70 b about 20.6 per thou
sand. which compares with 22.6 sim
larly estimated = year ago. II the es.
timated loss 81 20.s per thousand be
applied to the numbers and values Of
horses and mules on farms, january.
!. It would indicate q total loss Of ap-
Droximately $4,000 head. 4 3113 per
head, or . total Of $5S. 100000.
The condition - to healthfulness Of
horses and mules on April !, 1914, was
estimated ct 96.4 per cent Of normal.
which compares with s6.7 similarly
estimated . year and about 96, the
io-year average.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
WORDS OF WISE MEN

The quarter of an hour before
dinner In the worst Ruitors can
ehoose.-Iimmerman.
We enjoy ourselves only In our
work-in nj doing: and Jul best
doing Is our best enjoyment
Jacob.
There Ia nothing that a man ca
less afford to leave at home than
his conscience or his good habits.
--Packe. n
What Ia strength without .
double share of wisdom? Vast. I'M
wieldIy, ~burdensome, proudly se.
cure, yet liable to fall by weakest
s%ubtleties; strengths not made to
rule, but to subserve. where wis
dom bears standardization.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
WORTH KNOWING

Prasue's street railway covers a dis
tancs OF 40 miles.
Tunis in 1919 exported phosphates
valued at $s.ai6,70s.
The population of Korea is now es.
timated at 14,055, 500.
The national debt OF Salvador Is
more than stl, 900 .o00.
The government test for bunting Is
six hours In salt water and then six
hours exposure to the sun.
Hiram Percy Maxim, the inventor.
has taken out q patent for a silencer
for gas engines.
There are In Britain III. 800 miles
OF telephone lines, Receipts last year
aggregated s4.43s.s t2.
Chile has 5,T22 manufacturing estab'
lishments. employing an aggregate OF
74.6lS persons,
In 1911 there were 80 cotton mills
In Japan. with an Investment OF ap'
proxtmately $4,000. 900
The people OF the United States read
and support as many newspapers IA
England, France and Germany com
bined.
Cleveland has a city hall complaint
bureau. More than 10000 complaints
were registered there In the last IL
months.
The volume of water estimated to
be contained In the can and the
inland seas connected with them is
1928, SOC, 900 cubic miles,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
KILL COTTON INSECTS
APPARATUS FOR BUSTING
PLANTS WITH PARIS GREEN.
BY Use Of homemade Device Good
Operator Can Work Rapidly--Given
at Right Time Many Worms
Are Destroyed.
fRy 4 o r. I. SMITH.

A homemade apparatus for busting
cotton plants with paris green is
made from a one-inch board, four and
4 half feet long and three inches
wide. Bore an inch and a half anger
hole five inches from each end and at
tach under each hole q sack FIVE
Inches wide by about fifteen inches
long. These sacks can be made from
unstarched sheeting. II 1t is found
that the poison Ii being applied too
fast or too slow the proportion Of lime
Tor -four and paris green must be
changed 80 that the required amount
Of actual posion will be applied per
acre. Gloves should always be worn
BY the person making the application
Fof poison.
BY the use Of this apparatus a good
operator can treat cotton very rapidly.
The laborer walks along, swinging and
shaking the duster from which a cloud
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10

Young weeds are easily killed.
Their root growth 10 small and 2
days work In the early spring will
Ave many days Of work later on
This IL especially true in the corn
neId. Blind cultivation can be sue
cessfuIly practised- The first cult
vation en- BE- deeper than the fol-
lowing ones. The main thing. how
ever. II 10 keep everlastingly At Il
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
The Fourth al Hattiesbcrg.

Hattiosburg. - Practically all the
stores were closed to celebrate the
Fourth. All the merchants signed a
closing notice that the employees
would be given the opportunity Of
spending the Fourth at the various pic
mics and barbeeues which were ar
ranged for around this acity.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
on MIL Sold.

Newton.-The property Of the New
ton OIL and Manufacturing Company,
changed hands when It was purchased
BY E. H. Henderson, president Of the
city Bank and Trust Company, Of
Natchez. the purchase price being
S6e, 900.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
Met Horrible Death.

Batesville.--Green Greer, q driver
OF a log team at Sutton's camp, near
here, met a horrible death there while
loading a log wagon. The chain slip
ped, causing the log to roll over him,
seyering his head from his body.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
Acouittcd Of ~DynamitIna.

Laurel.-The case Of Allen Nolan,
charged with dynamiting the dipping
vat near Fox mill. occupied the court
here. The trial resulted in q peremp-
tory instruction being given in favor
Of the defendant. III
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
NorweoI,n Youth Gets Fortune.

Biioxi.--Elfis Norman. q nineteen
year-oId Norwegian youth who has
been in Biloxi for the past year,
learned that his father who died re-
Gently Ia Christiania, Norway, had
left him a handsome fortune.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
Fountain Presented.

McComb City.--The Civic league Of
this city, always working for the beau
tifying of the city, has completed a
nice drinking fountain at the head Of
Main street, which was presented to
the city.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10

The care Of the mare prior to foal-
Ing in the matter Of work and feed and
then making no radical change In the
ICED for ! week after foaling except
perhaps 10 cut on shout half the grain
tase the determining factors IN secur-
ing strong, healthy colts.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
Nice Distinction.

II have four more sons" said q wit.
ness at q Westminster England in.
quest the other day; two In America
and two alive"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
Importance Of Trihes.

After q mad chase the escaped Iun-
attic was carried back to bis ward and
the affairs Of the asylum were re-
sumed az before. beats ALL" painted
an attendant, how the wheela OF 4
large institution a be stopped BY 4
loose nut
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10

The fertility which i've stock makes
"a the farm n ono 0f the advantages
so BE derived from this class Or farm
rs and n ~ i've stock farming dairy
~ II supreme. 3SSs
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
HstesvjHe Celebrates.

Batesyille. The gloricus Fourth
was observed here al general holt
days The banks and business houses
closed and the clerks went To The
EvSfIcus picnfcs.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
summer Normal opena.

Brookhayen. The Southwestern
Summer Normal opened at Brook.
haven and will be in session for four
weeks.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10

Artichokes contain twice the amount
II protein that turnips do, more than
twice as much carbohydrates and an
equal amount Of fat and require very
little cultivation.
They are valuable as feed for horses
and cattle, but the labor involved in
digging makes them undesirable for
this purpose. "
Where hogs are allowed TO do their
own digging. artichokes make an ex-
callent feed and can be raised with
profit.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10

GrsenviIe.-Ar. wv. G. Gill. of Del
IL CITY near the Sunfiower River. Aent
q Morris Rosenstock, several bolIs "
ertton alIncst mn GROWN n Siss.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
sest soap used with Concrete.

4 solution 81 soft soap instead OF
water was used IL making ! water.
proof concrete In building the POUNDS.
ton Of . grain elevator on ! river
hank u budapest
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10

II IL better t make some sort Of q
noise In the world ven II you have
to use a hammer,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10

"A girl tugs harder at the heart
strings than a boy" declares a writer.
70 say nothing Of the purse strings.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10

"A mans - old y he fsels; but :
woman's q Old - hsr best friend
says she iA"--Dstroit Free Press.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10

The spender's creditors may be said
to be the ones who put the prod in the
prodigal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10

He that bsstcws ! I'm should tor
get 1t: hs thst receives ons should
ever hold " u NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10

And we presume It was the fellow
who Is too swell to make garden who
nut the dig-nit in dignity,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10

GATHERS Contamination.
Every instant that milk stands n
stable ii gathers cortasninaticn-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10

The mule Is no coward. even II 1t
does like to show Its heels to the
enemy.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10

OF course. time ID money when
fellow can pawn his watch.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10

When the following begins to shrink
the leaders O. the new political party
WI SeneraTly yell louder than ever.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10

Some strongminded women seem
able to subdue everything about them
but their voices.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
IN-sHooTs

II does not take much Of a hunt to
find fault.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10

They will feed on the artichokes
long after the tubers are sprouted in
the spring, and will eat tops and all
II allowed to run upon them freely.
They are best fit to feed as soon as
the blooms fall, and they may be eaten
by hogs at all times when the ground
is not frozen until pasture Is ready
the following spring.
While not best for fattening, they
give a pig a good appetite and If fed
with corn and other grain, possess un-
doubted value.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10

Speaking Of the mule. It wouldn't be
30 bad II more Of us were like mules.
Then people would get out Of the
habit OF saying things behind our
backs they wouldn't say TO u faces,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
REFLECTIONS

Old stun and nonsense, Ell? See
beauty hint. .
Beauty hint: Grin, anyway. You
look better smiling.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
INTERNATIONAL
SUNDGySQlOOL
LESSON

(By 4. .. SELLERS, Director OF EVENING
Department. Ths Moody Bible Institute,
Chicaso.l