The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-03
Reunion Of Veterans.

Quartered.
Reunion Of Veterans.
Adjt.-Gen. ]. A. Webb, OF the Missis.
sippi division, United Confederate Vet.
erans. gives formal notice hat the
date selected for the annual reunion.
to be held this year at Biloxi. is Octo-
days.
Gen. Webb has beer in correspond
ence with the committee on rang
ments at Biloxi. and that organization
promises to maxi the reunion in every
way a notable event.
1t will be especially enjoyable this
year because of the fact that the vet
Grams can visit the Confederate Home
at Beauvoir, and visit the comrades
who are spending their declining days
ther in peace and plenty.
Demonstration Farm at Fair.
Uncle Sam is going to give a dem.
onstratfon in scientific farming at the
Mississippi State Fair in October. 1t
will take place in a s~ure-enough farm.
in order that tillers of the soil may
see with their W eyes the merits and
advantages Of intensified and diversi-
fed agriculture.
The United States government is
tking an active interest in the state
fair this year. R. S. Wilson, state
agent OF the cooperative and demon
stration farm work for Mississippi, has
been authorized by the department to
take charge of the agricultural exhibit.
all features of which will be under
his personal direction.
Races Are All Decided.
All the races contested in the Sec
ond Mississippi Democratic primary OF
Aug. "a have been decided and Demo
cratic nominees for all offices both
state and county have been named.
Stokes v. Robertson a defeated
| Charles ]. Moore for revenue agent
by approximately 10000 votes, with
every county heard from. Official re-
turns will change the figures but lit
tie. Marc Antony Brown. present in
cumbent, has defeated Henry C. Wood
for land commissioner by 1000 votes.
with returns complete.
George R. Edwards is conceded tho
winner for the railroad commissioner
ship for the First or Middle District
over James R. Mcdowell. The latter
made the best race Of all the defeated
candidates. His defeat was by the
small margin of 366 votes. He has
conceded that Edwards is the winner
1t is not believed there will be ma
terial change from these figures when
the state committee ~canvasses the
vote next Tuesday.
Figures railroad commissioners ace
are as follows: Edwards, 1896; Nc
Dowell, 1870; Edwards majority, 3SS.
In the ~penitentiary trustee race. Stone
received 1890; while returns lin
completely give Matthews 1886.
L. J. stones Majority.
P. E. Matthews, candidate to sue.
ceed himself as a member of the board
of prison trustees, has been defeated
for that position by L. ]. Stone, Of Tu-
pelo, by a majority OF about 1000
votes. This is conceded by Mr.. Mat
thews in a message from Oxford, his
home, where he has kept a careful
count of the returns from the counties
composing the Northern district.
Net Earnings Increase.
Railroad net earnings are picking
up, while express earnings are de-
creasing, in Mississippi, according to
a batch of reports filed in the office
OF Secretary James Galceran. Of the
railroad commission
Several roads filing quarterly re.
ports show gains in earnings over the
same period in 1914.
Former Prison Secretary Pardoned.
Lawrence Yerger. formerly secretary
of the board Of prison trustees, who
was given a 15-year term in The peni
Tertiary when, in May. 1919, he plead
ed guilty to a charge of embezzlins
about $4,000 of state funds, has been
pardoned by Gov. Earl Brewer. The
chief executive. departing from his
usual custom Of late. gave Yerger an
unconditional pardon, which restores
his citizenship. Yerger has BEEF a.
the Belmont farm since he went tr
The p~enitentiary, and has had cnarSe
OF the commissary there.
Automobiles Swell Tax Fund.
Sheriff J. L.. Hyland Of Warren
County has rendered an official re
port to the auditor OF public accounts
relative to automobiles licensed during
1915, which shows that Warren
County paid taxes on Ga new machines
These cars. at the statutory registra
ton fee rate of 81 each. brought $12s
to the general fund. In addition e
the state registration fees paid. they
also paid into the county I'D valorem
prfvilege asssssment $1.73e.ss. which
goes to the road funds.