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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-11-11
Ten Years Ago. 1905.

Married in this city, Thursday eve
ming, Nov. 2, at the home Of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs, j. r. Paynter,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-11-11
Steer, for Sale.

Nine Short Horn yearling steers,
also four two year ODDS Inquire Of Wm.
Hartford, Route 2, Mineral Point. 2wF
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-11-11
FOR q RE LIABLE
AuCHOHeer
MPLOV
III. w. NICHOLAS
Route 2. Mineral Point. WIS.
Cow for sale winter mixer. In
quire of Albert Bray.

For watch and jewelry repairing
call on j. j Mauger, All work guar
anteed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-11-11

A nine-room house in good condition,
good location in first ward, large lot
with barn on. Inquire Of owner,
45w4' GEORGE WooLRICH.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-11-11
Stove for Sale.

OAoFE foF Odits
Undersigned has a good stove for
sale which will burn either cool or
wood. Inquire Of
45tf A. r. SPAEG.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19
STRIKES THE

The esteemed editor Of the Kosciusko
Courier, Col. M. G. Campbell, in comment
ing on the article entitled 1.-THE Reason Why
Unemployment Exists" recently published
in this paper, makes the following timely
and sensible suggestions in the last issue Of
his always interesting journal: .
'The above, from The Greenwood Com
monwealth, represents a political and bust
ness sentiment that should control every
vote cast in Mississippi this year. It strikes
the very keynote Of state and national pros
perity and it's h%indrances. If the EN-
PLOYER prospers the EMPLOYEE will
likewise prosper; if big business with its
hundreds and thousands of employers sue
ceeds, then little business and individuals
will likewise prosper. But so long as the
and pettifogger are allowed to
legislation and the execution of it,
prosperity will be a stranger in this God
country.
"Wake up, dear reader, and if hitherto
you have allowed a prejudice against wealth
to control your vote, cast it out. Away with
the %demagogue and pettifog and let good
common sense, reason and christianity rule"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19
CAN FIND NO EXCUSE FOR jim.

They are giving me hell about jim; they
say | am disloyal to him, but to save my
poor life and that of my wife, l cannot agree
with them. I've defended his cause for
years, and never for once had fears, that I'd
ever regret, the course I had set, which l
thought led up to the spheres. I've given
the best Of my days, in following his devious
ways, I've closed up my ears, to his enemies
jeers, and embraced each alluring craze. I
thought when in Senate he'd get, he'd make
the radicals sweat, and fan out their crowd,
till they beg for a shroud, and offer their
seats For Let" l thought with his fam
ing tongue, and the wind from his leather
lung, he'd make it SO hot, they'd prefer to
give up and be hung. But much to my keen
surprise, if the record has told no lies, he
has joined their ranks and learned their
pranks, and gone back on the South and her
cries. With the guns of all Europe aboom,
there should not be an idle loom, in the mills
Of the South, nor a hungry mouth, with cot
ship on the deep, there's nothing to do but
to weep, and let our white yields, go to rot
in the fields, while the winds Of adversely
sweep. Then, why can't / ~critcise, and ask
Sunny Jim" the why's, he refused to con-
sent for the dough to be spent, for ships of
every size, to carry across the seas, before
every ocean breeze, the staple we grow, as
white as the snow, in the land Of his birth,
if you please? And help out the South in an
hour when she seems to be shorn of her
power, and the wolf at her door, eats the
bread of the poor, while the clouds of uncer-
tainty lower. All, we'll he is far from home,
beneath the great capitops dome, where the
glitter of gold, makes the heart get cold,
and as bare as the limbs of Salome. And SO
in the glare of that life, he has forgotten
the tedious strife, Of the red neck boys, who
gave him these joys, and loved him next to
their wife. And turned the back of his
hand, to our dear sunny land, and joined the
focks, who handle the rocks, Ito hell with
the hayseed band. And now since Jim has
done wrong, l shall never regret the song,
that | feebly wrote, to tell of the vote, he
cast with radical throng, who worked to balk
the plan, Of that greatest American, under
whose hat sound wisdom sat-Woodrow the
ideal man. -"POET OF THE PINES"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19
ONE WAY FOR THEsOUTHERN FARM
Err TO WIN.

The Cotton and Cotton Oil News, a
trade paper devoted to cotton and the cotton
seed oil industry, is fair enough to give ex-
preston to a business condition that should
be needed by the southern farmer. This
trade paper says the only way to play safe
this year is to plant corn and emphasizes
this advice in the following editorial:
1.-The time to plant corn is near. 1t is
thereforem order to impress our farmers
with the Importance of increasing the acre
age in corn as much as possible.
There can be no doubt that the de-
mand for all kinds Of grain will be great
while there is little prospect for the demand
for cotton to improve much. It follows
then, that grain will command a good price
while cotton will not unless the war should
close. Of this there is no assurance and
very gloomy prospect.
ut is the part of wisdom, accordingly
for our farmers to grow as much grain as
they can.
"Should the war in Europe continue, all
forms of food for man and beast will COM
mand the highest prices ever recorded since
the Israelites in Egypt sold to Joseph all
their possessions for corn.
"Plant corn, plant corn, is the safest
for our southern farmers to do. Whether
the war lasts long or peace comes soon, there
will be a market for corn at a profitable
price.
"Why should the southern farmer take
chances on a big cotton crop when he is dead
sure to win on a big corn crop?"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19
KEEP THEM UP.

The Commonwealth has been requested
by several citizens to call attention to the
fact that a good many cows and horses are
allowed to run at large in the city at night,
regardless of the fact that we have a rigid
stock law. These animals, which are either
turned out or get out at night, have right
recently destroyed a lot of rose bushes,
flowers and other plants in different yards,
have labored so diligently in their efforts to
beautify their lawns. You had bstter keep
your horses and lows at home at night, be-
cause they are liable to be held for damages
if you don't.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19
A POPULAR PROPOSITION.

The agitation of the adjustment of the
fee system for county officers is meeting
with pretty general favor throughout the
State of Mississippi, and quite a number of
the candidates for the Legislature are max
ing this much needed prosposition the fore
most plank in their platforms. It is we'll.
There is no excuse whatever for paying a
seven to twenty-five thousand dollar salary
to afellow who could not command exceeding
eighteen hundred a year at anything else he
could possibly undertake to do. It is sim
ply ridiculous to squandar the peoples money
like we are doing now under the fee system.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19
LAND OWNERS
OPPOSE DRAINAGE DIST.

Ruleville.. Miss, March 17.-At q
mass meeting of the land owners Of
Ruleville and vicinity. held In the pub
lie school building, strong opposition to
the proposed Culver Basin Drainage
District developed, and committees
were appointed to devise ways and
means of defeating the organization of
this district in so far as same affects
this locality. This was due largely to
the financial condition of this locality,
occasioned by the low price of cotton
the past year and the meager hope Of
conditions changing materially.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19
NOT DEPENDENT ON COTTON.

The possibilities of the one.rnan farm in
the piney-Woods region of Mississippi are
shown by the success that attended the eff
forts of Clifton Ellzy Of Pike county last
year. When the boil weevil found MIR.
Ellzy's farm he. did not surrender, but with
the assistance of his two sons, has proven to
the satisfaction Of all his neighbors that
their section is not at all dependent on cotton
for a livelihood. The result of the farming
1000 bushels Of corn, 1000 bushels Of oats,
100 tons of hay, 300 bushels of potatoes, 500
bushels Of peas, 5000 pounds Of pork which
sold at 9 cents per pound, while the oats
sold at IS cents per bushel. Turnips to the
amount of $4O.O 90 were also sold.
The showing made is a good one and
the crop at market prices was worth SIS, $40.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19
AN APPRECIATED COMPLIMENT.

Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Gillespie, of Green
wood, were here Tuesday, having been
called on account of the death of Mrs. Cor
man, Mr.. Gillespie's aunt. It was a pleasure
indeed to see Jim walking the streets of our
little city, which was only a town when he
formerly resided in these parts. While he
Biz B;il1 eaa sW|ea. but 6e IS htt tsor st1ll 1zy imBd tsi With With
the idea that there is mo place like Green
wood" He is the power behind the throne
in editing and publishing The Greenwood
Commonwealth, and it is a saying among
people that he is excelled by no
one in the State. -Pontotoc Advance.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19
PROTEST AGAINST PROPOSED
CULVER DRAINAGE DIST.

To Editor Commonwealth:
Pardon me for calling attention
through the columns of your paper to
the meeting in Indianola on the 3Oth
of this month. before the Chancellor to
organize what is to be known rs the
'.Quiver River Basin Drainage Dis
trict-" l notice that practically all Of
the land near and east of Culver Greek.
in this county. for some distance is to
be embraced in this district. It be-
hooves the people of this county. who
are affected, to look into this matter
before it is too late. and see if this
district is not an impracticable one. In
my opinion the proposed district 10
thoroughly impracticable, and when es-
tablished, as it will be, if the people in
terested do not object, it will be A MILL
STONE AROUND THE NECKs OF THE
LAND OWNERS o NEARLY A LIFE
TIME. 1t will take a stream the size
of Sunf1ower River to do the work
proposed to be done by little Culver
Creek. The work can be done better
~ We o.
ready have, Oh smaller drainage dis
tricts. which can be controlled and
looked after better than a large cum
bersome district. The first thing he
new district proposes to do, is to issue
$500. OOO. 90 in bonds at 6 per cent. in
terest. When this is done the value of
the land in the proposed district, in my
opinion, will be reduced from twenty
to twenty five per e in value. Now
is no time to issue bonds, AS we have
n assurance that We shall have any
market for our cotton next fall, in
which event such taxation will be CON
FISCATION PURE mi SIMrLE Let the
drainage district rest; the surveyors
can find something else In do in the
meantime, until we see what will be
the final result of the present war.
Our taxes are 10 appalling, so don't
add 81. SO per acre more to what we al
ready bear. which is what will have to
be paid if the district is organized.
Wait; there is no hurry, no instant de-
mand. except from those who are f.
nancially insterested in the organize
ton of this district. We ARE BOND
CRAZY. and somebody ought to stop
this craze before it is too late. After
the bonds are issued and a mortgage
placed on our lands to secure these
bonds $500. 900. OO) it will be then too
late to protest. Those interested
should either go. or send q representa-
tive to Indianola on Monday the 3Oth of
this month and object to this district,
as it will be too late thereafter. This
district is UNNECESSARY, IT is IMPRAC-
TICABLE, IT is CUMBERSOME AND OUGHT
TO BE DEFEATED. See if your land is
not embra .ed in it? Now is the time
to act before the court passes on it.
Those who are interested in the organ
~ization are active and will certainly be
on hand to look after their interests.
The land owners who will have to ''pay
the freight" had better be on hand al
so. or they will be too late. ANON.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19
BIG DRAINAGE PLAN ON.

Ruleville, Miss, March 15.-On
March 80 the chancery court OF
this county will, in the absence Of
a majority Of owners affected OBJ
jecting, organize one of the larg-
est drainage districts ever formed
in this section. The proposed
district is known as the Culver
Basin Drainage District and will
include lands in Sunflower, Le-
flore and Tallahatchie counties.
Culver River, asmall, meandering
stream in summer, is practically
overlooked all winter and delays
farming along its shores until
spring is well advanced. 1t is
about As miles long and drains a
large area lying between Sum-
flower and Tallahatchie rivers. II
is proposed to dredge this stream
its entire length and make several
cuts that will straighten it out
make several cuts that will
generally and make drainage
more satisfactory. Using this as
a main, many miles If laterals will
be cut to it. The area benefited
is estimated at 100000 acres.
Much of this land is now in such
condition that cultivation is i'm
practicable, and it is expected that
thousands of acres not now in
cultivation will be reclaimed. The
estimated bond issue to cover this
work will be between four and
thousand. dollars.
To get such a matter before the
courts it is necessary that 10 per
cent of the land owners petition
it, and the fact that this petition
was circulated and signed princi-
pally since the present financial
crisis speaks well for the conf
in drainage in the Delta.
The tax incident to drainage is
usually about $50 per acre and
: divided over : period Of 20
reeJOs
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19
SPECIAL ELECTION FOR SUPERVISOR.

Supervisors M. S. Wilson, H. L. Walton,
S. F. Jones and Douglass Robinson were
here Monday attending a special meeting Of
the Board. The Board ordered an election
to be held in Beat 4 on Friday, March Goth,
for the purpose Of electing a successor to
Hon. J. L. Haley, the position being de-
clared vacant by a recent decision of the
Supreme Court. Mr.. Haley is a candidate
to succeed himself and will be reelected
without opposition.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19
OPPOSITION TO DRAINAGE DISTRICT

AS will be observed by reference to an
other column of this paper considerable op-
position is developing against the proposed
Culver Basin Drainage District on the part
of quite a number of the land owners in the
territory named in the petition being pub
lished. Those interested will have to pro-
test on or before March 30th, as the matter
will be acted upon by the Chancery Court
on that date.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19

the measures which | advocate? You are q skilled
Idebator, and if yoa are correct in your statement,
then you WI have nogtrouble in making clear to the
people the accuracy of your statement. Surely
Theodore, you will not be So ~recreant to your duty
to the people whom you profess to love. Surely
you viii accept my proposition and do your duty to
your people.
Now my boy
Come In the evening. come in the morning.
Come when you are looked for, come without
warning.
A good crowd and a welcome you will find be-
fore you,
The oftener you come the more I'll adore you.
Now my boy, l beseeck: you to accept this
proposition and defy you to do it.
Hoping that happiness and good health shall
always be yours, l beg to remain
Yours anxious for the fray,
NJ. w. RELY.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19
D. C. PETEET FOR SUPERVISOR.

The many friends of D. C. Peteet are
urging him to allow the use of his name as
a candidate for Supervisor from this the
Third District of Le1ore county. Mr.. Peteet
is a large taxpayer and an excellent busi-
ness man, and would make a frst-class
member of the Board of Supervisors. We
hope he will consent to allow the people to
vote for him for that responsible Office.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19
WE THANK YOU.

Mr.. and Mrs. James L. Gillespie, of
Greenwood, were here Tuesday, having
been called on account of the death of Mrs.
Mildred German. Jim" is some older than
he used to be, but on the whole the world
has served him we'll, and as the editor and
publisher Of the Greenwood Commonwealth,
he is easily among the most successful news
paper men of the State. -Winston's Weekly,
Pontotoc, Miss.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19

In view Of the exposure Of the great
bonded debt Of Sunfower county, the ex-
|travegant amount of interest the county is
paying and worthlessness Of county warrants
we think the books of the county officers
should be audited by an expert accountant.
$500. 90 to audit the books Of the COUNTY and
the formality Of collecting the warrant is
about the hardest work done. Just imagine
a public officer auditing his w books and
those of his fellow officials. OF course the
grand jury occasionally looks owe the books
and they report During our limited time, we
find the books are nicely kept" They have
neither the time nor ability to properly audit
them. The board of supervisors should en-
ploy an expert accountant to examine and
correctly audit the books of all the officers
and cut out the perfunctory audit of the chan
Gerry clerk for $4,000. The experts would
be cheaper and better.-Sunfower Tocsin.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19

When you are tilling the rich soil think
how much worthier is the cause you are
prosecuting than-to crowd in to some al
ready over-stocked business or profession in
your home town, with only one object IN
view-to have white hands and immaculate
clothing and to be ALWAYS struggling with
your limited means to keep up with those in
outward seeming appearances who are much
weather. than yourselves.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19
CLEAN UP NOW.

Now is the time to begin cleaning up
yonr premises. Let's unite in an effort to
make Greenwood the most sanitary city in
Mississippi. Our streets and alleys should
also be kept cleaner. Nothing adds more
Is the appearance and the health Of a city or
town than clean premises. Get busy and
clean up, and do it right now.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19
A WORTHY CAUSE.

Mrs. G. E. Williams, Of Jackson, repre-
senting the Mississippi Children's Home So
ciety, was in the city Monday and made
The Commonwealth a pleasant call. The
statistical report of this splendid Society
shows that:
"219 children have been received and
protected; 200 have been placed in selected
family homes; 81 children operated on in
local hospitals; 2 transferred to Institutions;
II children remaining in the Receiving Home;
State want children. We must investigate
these homes"
The Society is supported in it's noble
work by voluntary cash subscriptions from
people in different sections of the state.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19

the same time evade meeting me.
Referring to the statement concerning the
crowds which | have addressed recently, beg to say
that | am reliably advised that | have spoken to
larger crowds than you have. In fact my informa-
ton is that your crowds have not only been small
but distressingly undemonstrative
As to my consulting Judge Powell and Gov
ernor Brewer, before answering you, will say that
the fact that you are unable to obtain the support
of these gentlemen is no reason to justify your in
situation that they are directing my campaign.
Other candidates are claiming the support and adj
vice of these gentlemen, but you know as well as |
do that their support would be gladly received by
You.
Now | want to invite you and every other cam
1didafe Ia meet me at every place at which ! shall
speak Ii. the day time And 50 far as ynu are con-
cerned, Theodore, / will make an exception in your
case and invite you tocome day or night, providing
that you win extend me the same invitation. vii
gladly divide time with you. II you will do this, you
can name HE rules. Of the debate, providing the
rules shall Be the same each time we meet
Nov n,eodore, you are telling the people that.
I'm adyacaIipg measures which are calculated TO
nan hnrlen and destrpy theirrishiss
i o not oNe1t e 1be pecple q ms
10y - sfsacyg1e1k
Warren sheaf., 1915-12-15
DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Brings Tender Memories OF
Years Ago.

In these strenuous shopping days,
writes Louis James, have you caught
yourself remembering suddenly, in all
sorts OF queer, unexpected places, all
sorts of queer, half forgotten things?
Have you remembered how these days
before Christmas are the wonderful
days in the life of the child, more
wonderful days, perhaps, than any
that are to come?
You know that yourself. You cant
help recalling how time went by those
days before the great day. You re-
member how each day seemed some
how more wonderful than the one be-
fore, each day prelude of real Joy
to that first marvellous moment of
Christmas morning, when, after a
night of little if any sleep, you scram-
bled up and stood breathless on the
threshold of the room which had been
forbidden you all those interminable
hours that went before.
The child you take with you through
the wonderlands of the modern toy
department wants what you did. The
little girl stops before the baby doll,
wide eyed, still with desire The boy
stands flooded with happiness before
an ark in which is every imaginable
creation. You remember what small
thing your own was, fourth the size.
But his JOY is no greater than yours.
He pushes toward the rocking horse
Now it runs by machinery, when once
you ran your own across the floor to
the imminent danger of total destruc-
ton to persons and furniture that
might stand in the way. But Christ
mas day was your day. The day when
"don'ts' were not and you we're king
or queen in your kingdom of toys.
You pass on to trains and there
again electricity is running them. You
pulled them yourself
Then you catch the look on the face
of your boy. He is watching the huge
engine move slowly, smoothly along. It
passes under infinite tunnels and
bridges and over made hills that pre-
sent intricate difficulties of passage.
Your tunnels were of chairs and the
table in your kitchen made splen-
did bridge to cross.
He turns to you, the child of this
twentieth century. His smile is be-
atific He wants it-that train. He
never wanted anything 80 much be-
fore. He never will again he is
sure.
And as you move away you smile, q
little sadly, a little gladly. You are
proud to be able to make him so
! wonderfully happy, this child of yours.
but you are sure, too, that he is no
happier than you were these same pre-
Christmas days, those years before.
Warren sheaf., 1915-12-15
ARRESTED

Many people suffer the tortures of
lame muscles and stiffened joints because
of impurities in the blood, and each sue
ceeding attack seems more acute until
rheumatism has invaded thewhole system.
To arrest rheumatism it is quite as i'm
portant to improve your general health as
to purify your blood, and the cod liver oil
inScott S Emulsion is nature great blood
maker, while its medicinal nourishment
strengthens the organs to expel the
impurities and upbuild your strength.
Scott's Emulsion is helping thousands
every day who could not find other relief.
Refuse the alcoholic substitutes.