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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-11-05
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IN HOUSE IS CUT
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Indicated a Party Majofi-
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As twenty five.
NEW PARTY DOWN
Progressive Vote Falls Away
! Off Everywhere But In
California
NEW PARTY DOWN

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in the shistDfy Of New York. He n
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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-11-05
THE WEATHER

South lak6ta air tonight and
Thursday continued mild tempera-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07
SCHOLARS IN ENGLAND.

So many Innovations have been
made in educational methods and
courses of study that there is some
doubt In the public mind as to whether
the changes have been beneficial or
otherwise. This is entirely due to
the lack OF comparative statistics OF
educational efficiency. The Rhodes
scholarships. however, enable a COM
parison OF the effectiveness OF modern
American methods as compared with
the English. which are more conserva-
tive and less subject to changes. Re-
ports show that the American Rhodes
scholars at Oxford last year took five
out of seven irst honors In jurispru-
dence and took nine university prizea,
among them the Matthew Arnold
prize for an English essay and the
Oldham prize for a classical essay.
However, the growing neglect Of the
classics in this country gave the Eng
fish students, as a whole body. some
advantages In that department. Amer
lean students have been received In
England on a fair footing and given
all the honors they have earned on
merit. Presidency of the Union,
which Is regarded as the highest un
d~ergraduate Office, was conferred up.
on al American last year.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07
SHALL WE SLEEP,

The doctors are debating a question
on which there Is profound difference
Of opinion. but much greater uniform
lily OF practise. The Issue Is, shall man
the average. healthy, moral person
sleep much or little. Some men have
succeeded in getting themselves into
. condition where they did not sleep
at all. The result has been an early
death. Man is still akin to the ami.
mails In his physical system, and while
we cannot make accurate comparisons
~ to the mental or nervous system,
We find that these go awry when de-
prived OF sleep. It is true that In.
dividuals vary as to their need OF
sleep. but those who get along with
four hours or less very soon show the
results. The professions or occupa,
tons which turn night into day have
a lower average OF longevity than those
which set aside from seven to nine
hours for unconscious regeneration.
We, at all events, have no desire for
the acquaintance Of a humanity that
has cured itself Of sleep. The predic,
tion is hardly hazardous that 1t will
at least be very quarralsome. Domes.
tic peace will vanish and we will be
squabbling about seats in street cars
till the vote will be unanimous to OBJ.
tain peace by all going to sleep In the
old way.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07
TAKEN FROM HOME
BEATEN AND SHOT
JESSIE SNYDER MAY DIE AS RE
SUIT OF AssAulT--sELisVEs
NE KNOWS MEN.
CLINT C0LEY IS ARRESTED
Wife and Children Witness Assault on
Victim by Masked Men-Tied to
sapiins and Ftogsed--Fam-
lily Seeks Assistance.

New Albany.--As a result of the
whipping and shooting of Jessie Sni.
der by three men at his home, Clint
Cooley, brother-in.law to Snider, Is In
Jail charged as being n of the men.
and the arrest of two others Is e x
pected. 1t seems the little i~3,year.oid
girl who shot at the %intruders as they
left the house and the wife think Coley
was the leader. Sheriff King says he
has proof that Coley purchased a
buggy whip two days before the
whipping at Jim Franklin's store, and
that Coley does not a buggy. A
buggy whip was found worn out at
the tres where Snider was held until
he was numerically beaten. Parts OF
his shirt were found Embedded in the
bark of the tree where he squirmed
from the lash.
Ceiey expressed a desire to be car
ried to the hotel where Snider is be-
ing cared for, but this has not been
granted.
The officers have their plans and
they think they will yet get sufficient
proof to take thesother two in charge,
| The names of three others have been
implicated. but only two others were
present and this is causing caution on
the part of the officers, They made
examination of the backs Of all the
horses at the places where they made
their examination and say they know
just what horses were ridden.
There appears a fighting chance that
Snider may survive, and a public sub
scription was made by the local citi
zens and a trained nurse was tele
graphed for from Memphis.
The real cause of the trouble Ia yet
a secret, but 1t is limited that there
were family troubles.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

Barristers r complaining of a
shortage of work. Sir Edward Clarke
recently remarked that throughout his
fifty years at the bar he never knew
the special jury list so small. But If
litigation is growing smaller, trials are
getting longer, says London Answers.
Ten years ago the average number
of actions tried by each kings Judge
bench was 1877. In 1912 1t was SO low
as lie, while during the same period
the average number Of actions tried
by the chancery justices fell from 80
to SIS. Though arrears have been al
most banished from the kings bench
courts, the same can not be said of
the criminal courts. The latest vol.
ume of criminal statistics shows that
ETA accused persons were tried at
the assizes in 1912, after being kept
In prison for three months or more.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

Some weird fashions have made
their appearance in London. The ci-
gazette habit among English women is
held responsible for some bizarre
smoking suits, One style resembles a
pierrot suit of black charmeuse COW
cred with a startling design of emerald
green leaves, with flashes of yellow
and white. The trousers are loose
and baggy, the collar is cut rather low
and is made Of black satin with a
green ruffie, Another suit looks like
a Chinese vase, having a background
Of blue covered with a hawthorn de-
sign. Some futurist handkerchiefs
have a wide border OF some striking
color with a flower OF unusual shade
In the center. On other handkerchAefs
are embroidered chickens, beetles, pea
cocks, storks, elephants and similar
designs In natural colors. Handker-
chiefs decorated with a carrot, a head
of asparagus, a strawberry n some
other product of the garden are find
Ing favor with vegetarians who are
thus enabled to f1aunt their idiosyn.
Grassy in the face of every passer-by.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07
osYkA MAYOR SUICIDES.
Clinton Thomas Kills Self Beside
Sleeping Boy.

DISTINGUISHING his t~hree.year-old
son good-by, Clinton Thompson, law
yer, mayor and professor, fred a bul,
let into his brain. The sound of the
shot attracted the attention of Mr..
| Thompson's father, who rushed into
the nursery to find his son lying across
the child's crib In a dying condition.
| Mr.. Thompson never ~regained con
seriousness, and no explanation can
be advanced for his act.
Mr.. Thompson was a leader In the
commercial and political activities OF
this section. He was 43 years old
and a few years ago was married to
| Miss Dora Bennett of Crystal Springs
His wife and young son survive him.
Mr.. Thompson was born on hts
fathers farm just beyond McComb
City and was graduated from the
| Mississippi College, He taught school
until about 10 years ago, when he
moved to Osyka and engaged In the
practice of law. Eight years ago Mr.,
Thompson was elected mayor and has
continuously succeeded himself. Last
year. he filled the position Of principal
In the Osyka High School. Recently
,e was rendered the principalship OF
the McComb City High School.
About a month ago Mr.. Thompson
suffered a nervous collapse as a re
suit of overwork and went to a resort,
from which he returned a few days
ago.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07
BUILDING IS
At CRITICAL STAGE
MISSISSIPPI COMMISSION URGES
CONGRESS TO PASS BILL FA.
VoRlNG LEVEES,
SPECIAL MEETING Is HELD
Resolution Sets Forth That Failure TO
Enact Pending Rivers and Aarbers
Measure at This Session May
Be Followed by Disaster.
Jackson.


At a meeting of the board of Missis-
sippi leyee commissioners. held in
Greenwood. especially called to con'
slider the status of the rivers and hRr-
bors bill IN congress-, all OF the mem.
bers being present, the following reso-
luton was unanimously adopted and
the secretary instructed to send a copy
OF the same 10 the two senators and
all the representatives from the state
of Mississippi IN the national con
gress:
1--WE view with alarm and distress
the possibility of this congress adj
iourning without acting upon the riv'
ers and harbors bill. The failure Of
this bill to pass at this session will be-
fraught with most disastrous conse'
uuences to the entire Mississippi val
ley south of Cairo.
This country was devastated and
its levee treasures emptied by the
great floods of 1912 and 1913, in their
efforts to repair the damage wrought
upon the levees by these destructive
floods. The leyee boards of Arkansas,
Mississippi and Louisiana have in
creased their bonded Indebtedness to
the limit. Further bonds could not be
sold nor their payment provided for
by taxation. Every dollar raised by
taxation and from sale OF bonds has
been used to strengthen the leyees.
with explicit reliance upon local eff
forts being supplemented by federal
| aid, realizing that without such federal
aid the great burdens imposed by the
people upon themselves would be In
vain.
'.The entire levee work has been
mapped out upon the faith of this fed
erul aid being extended. The with
drawai of this aid or its delay until
after another high water seriously
jeopardizes leyee lines. 1t requires
the appropriation carried by the pend
ing bill to be expended in strengthen
ing weak places, raising low stretches
of levees and constructing reyetments
and threatened points In order TO put
the 'leyees In position to go through
next winter and spring floods,
"Levee building along the Mlssissip.
pi river was never at a more critical
stage. The taxpayers, through their
levee boards, have expended their all
In the determined effort TO build the
levees up to safety standard, antlci
pating the cooperation OF the federal
government. Without this cooperation
the sacrifices are u~nayailing and a
flood similar to that Of 1912 or 1913
would find them powerless TO make
a fight and would result in a tragedy
which would shock and appall the na.
tion.
1--WE therefore feel Justified in urg'
ing upon our senators and representa-.
tiyes in congress that they use every
influence possible to hold congress- In
session until action Ii had upon the
pending rivers and harbors bill"
President Walter Siliers, Attorney
Walton Shields, Commissioner J.. d,
Smythe, former Senator Leroy Percy
and State Senator w. Fl. Clements
were named az a committee to go ia
Washington In the interest Of the pass
age OF the rivers and harbors bill.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07
showing the effect modern fashions

Showing the effect modern fashions
are having on certain kinds OF bust
ness, a buyer for a large department
store, when asked to buy q line Of
standard goods, replied: We are not
selling pearl buttons OF lingerie taps,
because they do not 9 underwear.
We do not sell any dress shields, be-
cause the thin, lacy waists make them
look unsightly II they are lei We
do not sell collar forms or collar sup
ports, because necks are now dressed
low. We do not sell hooks and eyes,
because waists are not now hooked,
We do not sell featherbone, because
1t is put on corsets. We only sell one
spool of silk, In the place Of three
ordinarily used In making a dress, be-
cause there is only N seam, and that
Is only sewed halfway"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

The fire loss In the United States
and Canada during May, as compiled
by the New York Journal Of Com
merce, amounted to $15,507, 800. This
was favorable compared with May OF
last year, when the figure was s17,-
225,s50. But for every previous month
OF 1914, with the exception of Febru-
airy, the fire loss was heavier than for
the corresponding month of 1918, and
the total for the first five months of
1914 is $1O3, 670,250, compared with
500, ISL $50 for the similar period a
year ago. Insurance men have no rea-
son to feel gleeful over the fire record
of the expired portion Of the current
year, Notwithstanding the fact that
there has been freedom from conf1a'
grations. e.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

Popular sympathy In this country
has been with Kaiser Wilhelm In the
disagreements between himself and
his eldest son, the Grown Prince, but
in the disagreement between the kali
ser and his fifth son, Prince Oscar,
Americans are likely to applaud the
young man who marries the girl he
loves, in spite of the anger Of an aris-
tocratic father. But the American
idea of the morganatic character OF
the union will be that It is deplorable.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07
The Emporia Gazette thus lays dow

The Emporia Gazette thus lays down
the duty of rooters' In the national
game: THE first duty Of rooters Is
not to encourage the home team but
to encourage good baseball. 1t hap.
pens this year that Emporia has a
splendid team. 1t happens that the
home team Is leading the state league.
And 1t usually happens that in roofing
for the home team the rooter is root
ing for good baseball. But It is to the
credit Of Emporia that the handsome
plays Of the visitors are always good
for applause. This is as 1t should be.
II helps the home team to play good
baseball to know that any good play
is sure to get a glad hand"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07
-,eEa o. lnsEcr WORLD.

~.a governments scientists who
80 been engineering the warfare
...,nst the destructive gipsy and
,souu tailed moths IN this country are
..nodept that within q few years they
n, have these pests entirely under
.o,trol. The insects known as moth
.l.yers, which have been brought here
,,on other lands to MD in the work
s determination. are said 70 BE- siaugh'
,.ring the moths BY wholesale and
,hriying at their sanguinary task
IA Of the most noteworthy OF the
.l,ep insects, and one which has been
most active in the slaughter, accord
81 / a writer In the Century. IL Z
.reen beetle, a veritable tiger In the
moth world! His nominal two sea
.ons Of active life I q Wild orgy Of
,l.yIng and feasting. His span Of NOR
atty includes . mere fortnight Of
,aryal life and two brief summers Of
.ault existence, representing less than
sye months Of activity altogether; but
durinR this time he will normally de
YOUR nearly $50 gipsy moth caterpil
lars or pupae as big as himself. :
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07
Agsiopees AGAIN Ousted.

For the second time In a week Chan
cellor P. z. Jones removed Louis Cohn
and H.. II. Baggett as asstgnees OF the
defunct Commercial Bank & Trust
company which failed here january 5.
First they were ousted by the chan.
cellor for their refusal to pay Al order
for $3.50 to Special Commissioner and
Auditor ", p, Wildberger. Later they
were removed for cause or a petition
filed by depositors after a trial last
ing all day, The sheriff was ordered
to again take charge until the ap.
pointment OF a receiver.
II ~ understood that the asSignees
will attempt to appeal the cause to
the supreme court, asking for a writ
OF prohibition. This last action vas
taken In their case, Judge Cook grant
ing the supersedeas,
During the trial OF the case an affi.
dayit was made against Louis Cohn,
one of the %asstgneea. for carrying con
cealed weapons, While leaning over
talking to Julian G. Wilson OF Mem
phts, Tenn. a pistol in his hip pocket
became exposed and was witnessed by
d number of spectators.
An affidavit followed by Constable
Ed Smith, who served the warrant aft
err the judges decision, Thomas Brady,
Jr.. and A. Cohn represented the dc.
positors and II. Cassidy and ]. w,
Cassidy the %assignees. with Julian G.
Wilson appearing as special counse'
for Louis Cohn.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

OF all the Swiss prisons, perhaps
the %jolliest is that Of Kreuzlingen, in
the Canton OF Thrugau, and an inter.
pellation will be made shortly by dep
uties in the grand council concerning
the liberty which the inmates Of this
establishment enjoy. They have
weekly smoking concerts, when the
latest music hall songs can be heard,
and good music, with the result that
at evenings the townspeople--Kreuz
lingen has nearly six thousand inhab,
itants-gather enviously under the
prison walls and promenade in the
street enjoying the. free entertainment,
especially as some of the convicts
have good voices. Packets Of cigar
cites and other small luxuries not In
the regular menu find their way over
the walls, and this custom, though
strictly forbidden, is winked at. These
pleasant little "soirees musicales" are
now threatened.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

.EE HHN#M.Hh AWfHNN- sLNhNE IL- ~
The Edison Monthly reports this un-
usual use for electricity: Electricity
Is being employed to help out the sun
In California and Arizona. Date grow
ers have discovered that the natural
temperature in the desert districts is
not warm enough to ripen dates prop
erly. Now this process Is accom-
pllshed artiicially by means Of cleo
tric ovens. The unripe dates are put
into these ovens and allowed to re-
main three days at a temperature Of
i22 degrees Fahrenheit. At the ex-
plration of this period they are fully
ripe and ready for market"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

Over two-thirds OF the babies born
in New York city In 1910 had foreign
born mothers. Nearly rs per cent had
Italian mothers, and 20 per cent had
mothers from Russian Poland, Only
6 per cent were of Irish maternity and
less than 4 per cent German. These
figures throw light upon the difficulty
experienced by those seeking to re-
duce infant mortality. A large pro-
portion of these mothers are compare
lively recent arrivals. They have had
small educational opportunities and
their methods of living r not condu-
Give to the survival Of their offspring.
New York has no bigger problem than
the adequate handling Of this rapidly
growing element of its population. It
is a supreme test for the finest efforts
Of a great city.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

The doing away with superfuous
noises. so shat the nerves Of citizens
nav relax in peaceful complacency
would not be nearly SO bad as a good
many Of the suggestions which have
.smanated from professional reformers.
II there is no other way to swat the
noises why, then, the only thing is
10 pass a law" commanding them to
cease. Seriously speaking. however.
there are too many nerve-racking
noises in towns and cities, and 1t seems
that every new device adds some
thing to the general hubbub. From
early morning until far into the night
there is usually a ceaseless clatter In
our streets that drives sensitive peo-
Die nearly distracted at times. Most
Of these noises 7 inseparable from
useful occupations and r Incidental
to development and progress. But
some are needless and ought to be sup
pressed by the simple process Of ar
resting and fining their authors.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07

Some surprising statistics were sub.
mitted to the fourth alcohol congress.
recently in session In Paris, by DR.. G.
Bertillon, who showed that the annual
consumption of alcohol per inhabitant
of the different Europeans countries
is; France, 1888 ~litres; Italy, 1909;
Belgium. 1918; Switzerland, 11.96;
Denmark, 1884; Spain, 1885; Ger
many, 9.44; Great Britain, TIT. swe-
den, SOL, and Russia, sci. In spite
of Great Britain's low average 1t was
contended that there Is az much, II
not more, drunkenness among her peo-
pie than In any other of the European
countries.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07
is PLANNED.

Yazoo City.-The invasion OF the
boil weevil has had a tendency to
cause the farmers to turn their atten-
ton to other products to Offset the
losses from the little Mexican pest.
One OF the chief things considered
was the cattle industry, and there has
been a general expansion OF this busi'
ness, especially for beef.
Recently, however, there has been a
considerable investigation OF the pos
sibilities OF the dairy branch OF the
business, and for the purpose OF Sc
curing additional information on the
subject, Secretary Douthat Of the
Commercial Club took up the question
with Prof. j. s. Moore OF the dairy
~husbandry department Of the A. and
M. college, and recently received a
letter from that gentleman giving DE.
tailed information about how the
business lis handled there.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-07
ASK RECALL OF MAYOR.
Much Talked Of Action Taken Against
jackson Executive.


Jacksonville much talked Of petit,
ton for recall of 8. j. Taylor from
the office of mayor commissioner OF
Jackson, which some citizens thought
probably had been abandoned, made
Its appearance at the office OF City
Clerk l.. A. Scott. The petition bears
the m OF some so citizens OF
jackson, two of whom, Charles Kerr
and James r. Mcdowell, bore the
document to the city hall and formally
presented 1t to the clerk.
Divested Of the formal p~hraseology
employed, the petition respectfully
asks the removal from office Of mayor
OF the city s. ]. Taylor, present In
cumbent; that he shall tender his
resignation of the said Office, or upon
failure to do 30, that the commission
council order a special election in or
der to permit the people themselves
to Indicate their position.
For cause 1t is complained that the
said s. j. Taylor Is untitled by tenn
sacrament to hold the position; that he
is neither competent nor impartial In
the discharge of his duties.
That he is p~erniclously active In
politics, to the detriment OF the city
of which he Is mayor, and although
he is a sworn officer OF the law, he Is
frequently engaged In efforts to inter
fere with the orderly administration
Of the law by the courts, and Ii &C
tive in behalf Of persons indicted for
high crimes"
This latter clause In the petition Is
based on Mayor Taylor's activity in
the interest of Messrs. Bilbo and
Hobbs after they were indicted and
while on trial for bribery, Of which
each was acquitted.