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Evening journal., 1915-12-10

VER-BODICES are as fashion
l able for children as they arc for
the grown-ups and this little
dress is one of the prettiest and
quaintest possible In the picture.
the blouse and the skirt are made OF
challis. the collar, cuffs and the over
bodice is made of taiieta. The plaits
in the skirt are laid on indicated lines
and joined to the bodice beneath the
wide belt which serves as effective
trimming. Mothers OF little children
will be sure TO welcome this coat. IL
is very smart one and at the same
time It isa simple one. Beneath the
cape there is a yoke and the full
portions OF the coat are joined to the
yoke. II a simpler garment is wanted.
the cape can be omitted, and in such
case, It is pretty q smock the fulness
in place Of gathering il.
Mothers who are preparing for the
autumn school days will be sure TO like
this little dress. Il is a very simple
and easy one TO make. The plain
bodice combined with the full skirt
makes a notable feature Of the fall
fashions.
Evening journal., 1915-12-10

20 be one and one-half inches vide for
the lower edge and one and one-quarter
inches wide for the upper edge, but Il
You are using thin silk. or would like
them double. you must cut twice that
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1915-07-17
PORCH ROCKERS

The best time Of the year to buy Porch
Rockers. The price has been reduced on
them to very fine point
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02

DIR. VALLEY REPORTS A GREAT
DEAL OF INTEREST IN THE
CAMPAIGN.
ENTRY FEE TO BE POOLED
Grading Will Be Based On Reports
Sent in From County Health Of
ficers and Superintendents Of
Education.

'J0ShSOAs
Thirty-four cities and towns in Mis-
sissippi have formally entered the 1915
"Cleanest Town Contest" according
to DR.. Willis Valley, state sanitary in
spector, who returned from a trip to
several counties on tours Of inspec-
ton.
DIR. Valley stated that a great deal
of interest has been aroused in the
cleanup campaign, and people in every
city and town competing for prizes in
the "Cleanest Town" contest are do
ing their utmost to win.
All towns that have entered have
sent the entry fee of IS, and these fees
will be pooled and distributed as prizes
after winners are announced, follow
ing the grading of DIR. Valley and DR..
w. S. feathers, director of public
health in Mississippi, the grades to be
based on reports sent to them by coun-
ty health officers and superintendent
of education. The contest closes on
April 80.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
INDICTED ON THREE COUNTS
w. r. Williams, Former Sheriff Of
Calhoun County, Pleads
Guilty,

Pittsboro.-Former Sheriff W. T..
Williams, who last fall defaulted with
some $4,000 or $4,000 of Calhoun
county's money and was finally cap
tured after several months at Bingham
ton, Tenn, and brought back here, was
indicted on three counts for embezzle-
ment.
Gov. Brewer appointed Scott Hardin
as sheriff, pending an investigation of
Williams affairs, ~suspending Williams
in the meantime. Now it develops that
if Williams is sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary he will naturally be entirely
removed from office and his successor
will also be automatically removed.
The governor has been ~petitioned to
again appoint Hardin to serve as sher-
if until the board of supervisors can
hold an election which thew will do
at their April meeting. In the mean
time the court cannot run without a
sheriff, and forathis reason sentence, is
being with&eaaNsh Williams until Hars.
din car receive his commission.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
BIG EAGLE SWOoPs UPON DOG
Drops animal, Breaking Leg, After
Carrying Il a Short
Distance.

Hastings, N. Y.-While a maid was
exercising a Pomeranian dog on the
root of Miramonte, the residence here
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Wuppermann,
a big gray eagle swooped down on
the little dog and grabbed it up and
started away with a great Tapping OF
wings. The girl screamed, and the
eagle, apparently startled, dropped the
dog, which fell to the lawn.
The dogs leg was broken, and it
was carried in the Wupperrhann auto
mobile to the Ards1ey kennels, where
it is being treated. After it dropped
it's prey the eagle flew toward the
Palisades.
Miramonte is the home of Frank P.
Wuppermann, son of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
w. Wuppermann. He married Miss
Alma Muller, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. j. Muller Of Monticello, N. Y,
secretly, last March. His bride left
him to study art abroad, and doubly
surprised her friends, when they first
learned of her wedding, by announc-
ing that she had ceased to love her
husband and did not wan to be bound
to him.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
DRESS IS SWEPT
INTO OPEN STOVE
FlNE-YEAR-oLD INMATE OF THE
STATE ORPHAN ASYLUM
BURNS TO DEATH.
PREPARING FOR NEW HOME
Plan For Child To BE Adopted BY .
Cousin Of Governor Brewer, Re-
siding Near c~arrollton, Has
Sad Ending.

Jackson.-Her doll trunk packed for
q journey that was to take her to q
happy home, little Lillian Gibson, S
years of age, an inmate of the Missis-
sippf Orphans asylum here, became so
excited and confused over prepare
tons for dressing that her little calico
dress was swept into an open stove.
The tot burned in sight Of two little
boy orphans attracted to the scene by
the victims cries.
The little girl fingered for several
hours after the accident, passing away
during the afternoon. The body was
taken to an undertaking establishment
and prepared for burial.
It has been many months since a
more heart-breaking death has oc-
Cured in Jackson. Only a few mo-
ments before the cruel flames envel-
oped her little body the child was
in the happiest of moods, when told
that h was to- be legally adopted by
the governors cousin, residing near
Carrollton. Then her dress caught in
the flames, and in a short time she
was dead.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02

Athlete Plunged From Bridge,
High Cliff and an Ex-
press Train. =
DAREDEVIL FOR MOVIES
Capitalized His Neck to snake Good"
and Then Started Film Company. /.
OF His Own-Pxrents Give
Blessing.

New York.-Louis G. McPhee, Yale
athlete, who became a daredevil for
the movies in order to make good
for the girl he loved. has retired from
his perilous occupation and is now
manager OF a moving picture concern
with headquarters in New York city.
Incidentally he has won the approval
of the. McCann family to a marriage he
contracted with Miss Dolores Grace
Mccain before he started on his
career as a high diver.
McPhee's romance. sbegan three
years ago in tPleasantville. s M. Ys
where he was spending the Summer
months. One day he saw approaching
a runaway team. In the carriage he
saw a frightened young woman. Ne
Phee leaped from his automobile,
stopped the team and from that time
he and Miss MCCAIN were close
friends. Three months later they were
married, but Father Mccain declared
the union would never be approved
until McPhee had made good"
Neck His Principal Asset.
McPhee realized that he could not
make good" insa day and looked pyer
his stock in trade. He recalled that
while insYale he won many. prizes as a
high diver. So~he capitalized his neck
and offered himself as a daredevil for
the movies. McPhee's first feat was a
leapsfrom High bridge, New York city.
into the icy waters of the Harlem riv-
er, a distance of 1873 feet. McPhee
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02

These crops can be preserved in the
silo, and thus good s%ucculent feeds are
provided the cows for winter feeding
and when pasturage is short. With
roots, leguminous hay, silage, stover.
tanned by exchanging for cottonseed,
the feed for the COWS is all raised on
the farm.
Climatic conditions are such in the
South that less expensive buildings
for the protection of cattle are re-
quired than in colder climates. This
reduces the expense for care and hous-
ing. The long grazing season and the
many excellent grasses which grow
luxuriantly make it possible to pro-
luce milk, butter, and cream at a low
cost for a large part of the rear.
The scarcity and high price of good
dairy cattle are attractive considera-
tons, fer after a farmer has become
established in the business the sale
OF the surplus cattle can be made a
source of considerable income and
profit.
The skim milk obtained from a nerd
OF cows is n of the best supplement
tary feeds for hogs and poultry, and
these two lines, Of live stock furnish
profitable cash side lines and naturally
go hand in hand with dairy farming.
Large quantities OF milk, butter,
cream, and cheese must now be pur-
chased in other sections. The South
can produce these at home. If the
supply is constant and the quantity
good, southern products will find a
ready market at profitable prices.
Dairying, properly conducted, will re-
store fertility to the southern farm and
equalize the distribution of labor
throughout the year 1t will put the
southern farm on a cash basis, SO that
the cotton crop, free from all liens, can
then be sold for cash whenever it will
bring the highest market price.
The following publications giving
further information may be obtained
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of A~griculture.)
Dairying, properly conducted, is a
profitable business and a safe and
steady line of farming affected less By
uncertainties of weather extremes or
late seasons than many cropping sys-
TENS. 1t is a cash business, furnishing
a sure and reliable income, puts the
farm on a cash basis, n thus saves
the high rates of interest paid for
money on short loans and the high
prices charged for supplies bought IN
credit. On a large proportion of the
farms in the South small herds of good
dairy cows will furnish ready cash
enough to finance the making of the
cotton crop and at the end of the year
leave the money received from the cot
ton as a clear cash profit. Such a
plan, more than anything else, will
eliminate the old line system, which
keeps many farmers one yea behind.
Dairying furnishes profitable employ
ment for labor and ~equalizes the dis
tribution of labor throughout the yoaT.
The gathering OF bedding, hauling of
manure, repairing of fences, etc, fur
nish paying work for the farm hands
at seasons when, on account of wet
weather, help is not needed in the cot
ton fields Oh when steady work is
scarce or lacking altogether. With
cash coming in every week or month
a better class of labor can be en-
ployed.
On farms where there are children
of eight years and older dairying fur
nishes them with profitable employ
ment which does not interfere with
their attendance at school. They can
assist in milking and other work be-
fore and after school and in this way
contribute materially to the income of
the farm.
DairyiIg furnishes large quantities
of anu for the cotton fields and
thereby returns to the land about rs
per cent of the fertilizing value of the
crops which the COWS have consumed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02

his engine a certain homesteader liv.
Ing between Tanwax and Morgan
Lake.
In the most recent occurrence of this
kind-and Bert hopes it is the last
the homesteader was lying on the end
of the ties dead to the world" The
snow plough hit just right to shove
him off the track and not injure him
very badly. He was picked up and
taken in to Kapowsin, and next morn
ing was taken to Tacoma and tried
for trespassing on railroad property.
This makes seven times Engineer
Bagley has hit him, and other engi-
neers on the road have struck him a
total of as many more.
: The homesteader has a dog, and
whenever he gets drunk and lies on
the track the dog keeps watch and
when a train is heard approaching the
dog runs toward it barking and the
engineers know the master" is ir
the way.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
REPENTs AND SENDS BACK SIS
Guest Who Jumped Hotel Bill Writes
Manager That He Did
Wrong.

Detroit, Mich.-Hotel guests have
stolen silver spoons for souvenirs for
decades. Occasionally one skips out
without paying his bill and there have
been many cases in which restitution
has been made later because Of a
guilty conscience. The oldest thing in
this line, however, has been made
known in the Hotel Griswold when
Seth Frymire, the clerk, opened UP a
parcel post package.
He unrolled from the paper wrap
pings two bath towels which bore the
hotel stamp. and inside was a note
printed with a lead pencil and a IS
bill.
II left your house without settling
my BILL" the note read. 81 want to
pay it as it was wrong"
The hotel people think they know
who wrote the note, because only one
guest in the last two months has failed
to pay his bill. But they are not GER
tain. and the S. will be placed in the
miscellaneous receipts.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
woMEN's MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
Memorial Service Feature Of Third
Day of Conference.

Memorial Service Feature of Third
Day of Conference.
Corinth.-The third days session of
the Woman's Missionary Society Of the
North Mississippi Conference was fea-
tured by a memorial service and an
automobile visit to the Cooperative
Home and reception to the delegates
and visitors.
The Cooperative Home in Corinth
is a new institution, enterprised by the
missionary society, and made possible
by various Corinth societies and clups,
without reference to denomination,
and will, it is thought, be continued by
the various missionary auxiliaries Of
the conference.
The Cooperative Home is what it's
name signifies, a homelike place main
tanned at moderate expense for the
benefit of the working girls
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
QUIT JOBS At WIVES ORDER
Spouses Accuse Two Workmen at
Jail of Being "Honor
Prfsoners."

Racine. Wis.-Two men employed
at the court house quit their jobs be-
cause they did not wish to be classed
as honor roll" Jail prisoners. The
men had sought employment at the
court house because they had been
laid of at factories. Their wives. read.
Ing an account of the employment of
''honor" prisoners at the court house.
accused their husbands of being I'M
der detehtion by TIC sheriff. Unable
to convince the women to the con-
trary, they we're forced. to resign.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
sILAGE GOOD POULTRY FEED
Ration Will Do a Great Deal to KEEP
Egg Production Up to Standard
Laying Hens Relish 1t.

Cows and sheep thrive on silage; 1t
is a little too bulky for hogs to eat a
great deal; horses and mules eat small
amounts with profit, and a writer to
Hoard's Dairyman tells that it is the
best ever for poultry. He states: I'VE
have tried it for two years and find
the birds are crazy for it and will
clean up all given them. OF course,
we give a grain ration. oyster shells,
grit, etc., besides, the ensilage." Since
poultry require some green food in or.
der to do very we'll, and lay best when
they enjoy their food best. it a be
seen that ensilage will help q great
deal to keep the egg production up to
the standard, as we'll as stimulating
the milk flow of dairy cows or putting
beef on steers and mutton OF sheep
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
s2s.ooo School eurns.

here was destroyed by fire in the early
morning. When the fire was discov-
cred the. building was enveloped In
flames and those first arriving could
not enter because OF the intense heat.
No part. Of the library. furniture or 9TH
er equipment OF the school u building
could be saved. It is a total loss to
the city of about $25, 1000. except two
policies Of insurance amounting to $10,.
900. The origin of the fire is unknown
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02

free on application to the department
of agriculture, Washington, D.. c.:
Farmers Bulletin 55. THE Dairy
Herd: It's Formation and Manage
ment.'
Farmers Bulletin $40. 1.-THE Dairy
Industry in the South"
Farmers Bulletin 500. Forage
Crops for the Cotton Region"
Farmers Bulletin 541. Farm But
termaking."
Farmers Bulletin SIS. The Making
and Feeding of Silage."
Farmers Bulletin 59S. Homemade
Silos.'
Farmers Bulletin 6O2. Production
of Clean Milk"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
vii, Examine Pharmacists.

University of Mississippi.-Dr. H. NJ.
Faser, president of the Mississippi
State Pharmaceutical Board of Exam
iners, who is also dean Of the phar-
macy department Of the university, an
nounced that the board would meet
Tuesday, April 6, at Jackson, to hold
the semi-annual examination. DIR. Fa-
ser stated that q large class Of applt.
cants is expected to be at Jackson to
stand the examination for the purpose
OF secuing license to practice phar
macy in the state.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
DOG SAVES DRUNKEN
MAN ON THE TRACK
Despite Warning Banks, Engines
Have Hit CANNES Master
IA Times.

Morton, Wash.-Every night when
Bert Bagley, son of the builder OF the
Tacoma Eastern line and engineer on
the n passenger train a day between
Tacoma and Morton, reaches this end
there is q confeb in the reading room
of the Hotel Hits.
Last night Bert was telling about
how many times he has struck with
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02

Likewise the cottonseed meal, so large
ly used as a heterogeneous fertilizer, is
one of the best milk-producing feeds
and loses only a small percentage OF
it's fertilizing value when fed to cows.
Every garden spot in the South is a
monument to the value of manure.
A good system of dairy farming
rests upon the crop rotation, which in
itself restores fertility to the land,
for the raising of feed is necessary to
the profitable keeping of cows, and
the best feeds for them are the legumi-
nous crops, such as soy beans, vetches,
lespedeza and other ~clovers, velvet
beans, alfalfa, etc. These crops r
gather nitrogen, Nitrogen is the most
expensive element of fertilizers, and
it is a valuable part of a ration for
dairy cows. The rotation of crops and
h manure from the COWS continually
going to the land will soon double the
production of cotton per acre and at
the anne time decrease the fertilizer
bills. This Increased production will
enable the farmer to raise On a smaller
area of land as much as he does at
present, or more
Dairying furnishes a good home mar
ket for all the feed crops which can
be. grown on the farm. In rural dis
tricts and small towns the local mar
kets for most of these crops are very
limited, and oftentimes the compare
lively small amounts possessed by the
farmer make it Improbable to trans
port them to the larger markets. This
is especially true if the roads are bad.
In such cases the. dairy cows furnish
the mea for converting these crops
into finished products which are easily
transported and which bring good
prices.
Dairying also enables the farmer to
utilize for feed and bedding large guam
titles of roughage, such as straw. corn
slower, shucks, and coarse and weedy
hay. which cannot ordinarily be sold in
the market.
Two crops can often be grown on
the same land in one season. BY grow
ing such crops as corn, sorghum, pea
vines. ETC., after the wheat, oat, or
rye crop has been cleared OF, excellent
feed crops can be provided at mini
mum 8 of growing, because of the
small amount Of cultivation necessary.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
Trustees Draw 100000.

IruSteeS Draw 9O,UUO
The board of prison trustees drew
$50, 900 from the state, treasury, and it
will be used in paying expenses of
getting 5,4OO bales of cotton grown
and owned by the state to Copenhagen,
Denmark
A recent ruling OF the attorney-gen-
eral thai under the law Of the trustees
drew the money from the treasury it
could not be deducted when money for
the sale of the cotton was received,
thus making a big hole in the general
appropriation for the penitentiary de
partment, did not deter the trustees
from carrying out their determination
to sell Mississippi state cotton in Eu-
rope. They firmly believe they can Sc
cure a handsome profit for the state
by shipping it abroad.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
Dip the Sheep Regularly.

Many farmers have the idea that
after the sheep are shorn the ticks
will abandon them. Certainly they
do to some extent but they immer
diately go to the lambs where they
find q comfortable nest and make life
q burden Il the youngsters. Buy =
dipping tank and dip regularly twice
q year.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
Left LEG Fractured.

Blue Mountain.-While cutting down
= tree Webster Carr. Of Houlka, an
industrial student at the Mississippi.
Heights academy, suffered : fracture
of his left leg three inches above the
knee, thestrees hagine fallen upon him.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
Fire Destroys Residence.

Fire Destroys Residence.
Indianola.-The residence OF Judge
| Cary c. Moody was destroyed by fire
here. Insurance OF 81. 500 on the house
and $500 on the furniture was car
ried.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
Have Fine Meeting.

Have Fine Meeting.
The conference held at the Jackson
Board of Trade between the farmers
of this trade territory and the mer-
chants and business men of this city
was highly instructive and profitable,
and assures the success of TRADE
Day." April 3.
All the talks made wewre notable
for a spirit of perfect candor and
frankness, and showed an earnest de-
sire. to arrive at just what was best to
bring the producer AMI buyer togeth-
er, and how best to prepare and pack
produce so it would be salable and &C.
ceptable to the buying public.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02

Exercise for SoMs.
The brood lows must have exeE-
else every day.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
Leaped From Express and Cliff.

McPhee's final achievement before
the camera eclipsed all former efforts.
In this film he climbed over telegraph
wires to the cross arm of a pole. There
he hung suspended until a passenger
train passed under him. He dropped
to the roof OF a coach n then
leaped into the river as the train was
crossing a bridge. Detectives still
pursued and McPhee, cornered at the
top of a 100-foot cliff. leaped into the
river a Second time. s4ssa~ -,
This film settled the caree Of Me-
Phee as a high diver. He'll jump no
more, as BIS parehtsin-law feel that
any man who will take such risks to
make good" must love their daugh-
ter.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02

made the leap, but broke three ribs,
.dislocated a jaw and suffered a hem
orrhage of the throat. Despite his in
juries he struggled to shore and re-
ceived $500 for the trick, which re-
quired 1 minute and 48 seconds.
His parents-inIaw lived in constant
dread lest McPhee's desperate method
of making good would make their
daughter a widow: His next feat was
to leap from an aeroplane.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02

LESSON FOR APRIL 4
SAUL REJECTED ~ the LORD.
(By e. o. SELLERS. Acting Director OF
Sunday School Course. Moody Bible In
stitute. Chicago.)

LESSON TEXT Samuel ls:lo-2a
GOLDEN TExr-Behoid, to obey Is bet
ter h sacrihce.-I Samuel 15:32