The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-01-15

In a card issued to county snp&in'
Isndents Of education, teachers aha
school officers Sta,e Superintendent OF
Education Smith calls %attanion 10 ne
great work OF sanitation recanNy &C.
In Forrest county saying
that no hoped other counties In tss
would do likewise. He also a
he believes the campaiGa for bAler
sanitary conditions in tho SCHOOLS WIN
result In people realizing the vaise q
halter homo sanitation, especially In
the rural districts.
Dice Game Taboo
The operation OF a high dice game
In stores, where the element OF nance
IA strong, subjects thu proWietNs "
the store to indictment for ganb1'ng'
The supreme court affirmed the case
of II. l.. Eckles and W. I. Jones, q
H%nttinsburg, against whom atidaVlts
charging keeping a gambling device
were made, and upon which they were
convicted and hned.
The decision 10 by Judge Reed. VINO
discusses gambling in an Interesting
way. There was a device provides
consisting OF a cup and fve dioss OF
craps" A player paid Is cents for
the privilege Of playing the game. and
stood a chance OF winning M dollar
or OF getting nothing, and WAS m
titled to several "throws' or "rolls'
for A certain number which he select.
ed, II, after so many rolls, the player
did not make the number selected no
lost. II he made the number he could
get 81 In trade.
The defendants claimed It was nor
their intention to operate q gambling
device, but the device was installed
"merely as a trade stimulator," and
that the players could have received
somethIng every time they rolled.
indian Claims Rejected.
Secretary Lane reported adverse
ly on claims Of the Choctaw
Indians in Mississippi In recognition
"A citizens OF the Choctaw Nation In
Oklahoma and to share in S7.ooo,ooo
of the latter's funds for distribution
Representative Harrison's proposal
TO defer the distribution Of $4,000, Ocs
among the Choctew Indians OF Okfs-
homa until congress- should have Do
termined the right OF Mississippi claim
.-tnt 1~yun Ia thu hnuAA
70 to 80.
Secretary Lanes report, subnaitted
/, to the house indian committee, stated
, he believed that no legislation shouie
. be be enacted for the reopening OF the
rolls of the Choctsw Nation for to-
benefit Of the Mississippi Choetaw e'e
ments.'
an view OF the large amount q
!, tribal property yet to be disposed o
and of the matters affecting ~
tribes" he said, ut would be inadv's
y able to abolish the tribal organize
l. ton of the Choctaw and ChickAsAv
Indians at this time.
n "The Mississippi Choctaws whe ~
b fused to emigrate with the tribe y
II the new country west and who neve
shared In the burdens and hardship
n OF the pioneer life incident to the q
. tablishment Of the new tribal govern
msnA west OF the Mississippi" be cor
" tinued, at this late date, now tha
u tho tribal property Of the Choeta'
X Nation. made valuable by the ap
grants is being divided per eapH
among the enrolled citizens Of the ri
hon. have 10 equitable right to shar
:. In the property"
Cotton ship Popular.
Gov. Brewer has been absent IN q
n. delta for several days, and whl
p. nothing official has been given out I
.k to the object Of that visit, the supp
OF siticn prevails that 1t is partly IN co
is usction with the details for get'll
ed out . big shipload Of the staple, !
.st GLIDING the p%enitentiary lot and son
IN. $4,000 bales additional.
.al Meanwhile the p~enitentiary trustee
Is. being In q state OF uncertainty ~
ge ne chances for getting their cost'
cd Of their hands. ann realizing the ev
tn, present possibilities for fires, vine
cotton is stored. have made arrane
ments to underwrite the property
taking out Il policy OF 100000 ana
ng consequence they feel much eas'
its than they did a month ago II
DR.. realized that 1t is a Icing way m
Tx, ~Parchman to Bremen. via Rotterda
Ing and that the project il easier to bio
gel. out on paper than 1t Is To carry II
practical eject.
Contract Awarded.
At W. C. Stowell OF Meridian =
dss awarded tho contract for remeasus'
leg. tn. good roads in ,diatrict 2. Tn
alto we're d great many dissatisfied tap
ers in the district causing the chan
r.SA Is jackson. a
,ste Jackson ic extending a cordial '
come to d substantial new citizen
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