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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-08

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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-08
TRUSTEES SALE.

BY virtue Of the authority conferred
on me as trustee under the provisions
Of that certain deed Of trust executed
by r. Hyman on the 13th day of No
vembsr, 1911, to secure 1. Hyman in
the payment of a Certain Indebtedness
therein mentioned. which said deed Of
trust is Of record in Book Six (6), page
Three Hundred and Sixteen (316( of
the Records of Mortgages and Deeds of
Trust on Land in the Ghancery Clerks
Office of Lr8ore County, Mississippi,
and having been requested by the ben
eaciary and the holder of said indebted
ness 80 to do, / will. within legal hours.
as the law directs, on Saturday, the sixth
day Of November, 1916, in. trout Of the
South Court House Door, in the city of
Greenwood, Mississippi. sell, at public
suction, for cash. to the highest and
best bidder, the following described
real property. to-wit:
The West Half of the Northwest
quarter of Section Four wv of NV of
Sex. A and Seventeen az acres more or
less in the East Half OF the Northeast
quarter Of Section Five (Eas of NE. Of
Sec. 81, described by metes and bounds
- follows:
Beginning at the Southeast corner Of
the Northea st quarter (NE4.) of said Sec
ton Five (5). and run thence west Two
Hundred t2O01s yards. thence north,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-08
PETITION FOR PARDON.
Hon Earl Brewer, Governor OF i4issi

suppl
The sundersignsd~sespectfullgs ,pAti-
bert NurpAy, .eolosednn nos Mrvi1gssa
life term in the State penitentiary for
the crime Of murder, having been sen
fenced 9t. the February 11n term 81
Circuit Court Of Eeaota county. Reai
sons for exercising clemency in this
Ease are the facts that said murphy
committed his crime in defense Of hia
nome which, after fourtee1 yeafss q
married life, wa invaded BY his victim
wife and who. by other acts Of perse-
cution, causedsthee Stafe Of mind which
caused Murphysto commit his.desd. He
has made . faithful and u5efM PRIV
oner, acting as T. trustV cook and We
believe has been sufficiently punished
for his crime. ALBERT MURPHY,
and others.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-08
PETIEJoN FOR r D

Missiesippj-sne
The Undersigned respectfully petition
your Excellency to grant q parddnst~
one Joe Barry, now servings l4e4tesm
in the State penitentiary. FOR murdaEt
sentenced at the February 1910 term Of
Circuit. Court Of Lefiors. county, Said
negro has been an obedient ~conscien-
chanic. We think he has been suffi-
ciently punished and that il given his
freedom, will make . peaceful law
abiding colored citizen JOE BARRY;
and othexs.sa
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

tions as we believe it should be done it is our duty to attack those condi- tions and do all in our power to make conditions so that business may be done as we believe 1t should be-"
 How strange is this should prove to be my vocation and my present business my avocation or recreation. Certain it is I have so far not been financially successful in my present business and here may as well sign my name for it would be too long a story to tell you why. at this time.
 CAPT. D. E. MORRIS.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

The trail is broke and the Tele- phone No. 85 is working. Did you ever stop to think that every time
 you leave a dollar with your local in- dustry that you have fighting
 chance to get it back, as they live and eat in the old home town and it costs something at that. You may not get lit back directly from him; he may have to give it to some one else who has to give it to you. Try the Val dez Iron Works. fr-tf
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

Holiday goods, wearing apparel, household utensils and articles of ev- eryday needs coming on every boat, and sold at bargain. There will be no half or one-third off after the Holi- days at the Emporium. The goods are now marked at bottom prices; j;
 you will find many articles on our five-cent counter you have been GUS
 tomarily paying 15 and 25 cents for.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10
IS THIS A JOKER?

have the impression that some one told me some time in the past shat every law contained joker This might not be such a terrible thing providing we could all hope te have an equal chance to get the joker and play it for our benefit; but il only certain ones get it then it is g question whether it is good thing for all concerned that a joker be inclosed in our "pack" of statutes.
 Chapter AS, Sec. 19 of our local banking law reads in part as fol lows: 'It shall be unlawful for any banking corporation in the territory of Alaska to purchase in any man. ner the capital stock of any other bank except when it shall become necessary to accept shares of stock of other banks in payment of in debtedness owing to such banking corporation"
 Now will some good lawyer or fin ished business man" explain why one bank is denied the right to own an iuterest-even a controlling interest in another bank, and yet is per mitted to indirectly secure control of it's stock; at the same time compell- ing it to drive the competitor out of business, because it cannot be expect ed that one bank or business assist a competitor to continue in business unless the management of said bank it satisfied that there is room for com petition and that such competitor will naturally limit his competition so as not to injure the established bank; or that said management can in some secret way see where it can re- strict such competition. The princi- pie involved--as 1 understand it-is that no company shall own in any other competing company for the purpose of limiting or controlling the operations of such competing com pany. I claim that such. condition exists generally in business today, either openly or secretly, and l am inclined toward the opinion that this condition is the result of natural laws governing business from which there is no escape; and that therefore laws existing general or local to prevent this serve to kill rather than to en- courage genuine competition and clean business methods.
 It appears to me as though l have arrived at that point in my business career evidently seen dimly by my almost blinded judgment, when on the 23d of December, 1915, I wrote under the head of "The Mutual Com mercial Company" my declaration of independence which reads in part as follows: eff we find that business cannot be done under present condi-
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10
ALAsKA'S COMMERCE.

The large number of vessels being
 added to the Alaska fleet is eloquent
 testimony to the fact that the terri
 tory is at last entering upoa an era
 of prosperity. Although the number of vessels plying on the Northern trade have been added to several times in the past year, further ad- dition of six large vessels is about to be made. These vessels have al-
 ready been purchased and are on their way here.
 Even with this addition. which will bring the number of the Alaska fleet
 above thirty vessels, we are confident that unless the steamship companies
 are in a position to acquire more
 vessels on short notice the coming
 season there is going to be a short age of tonnage to handle the immense
 volume of trade bound nortbward. A great many properties of merit with
 considerable bodies of ore already opened up are being investigated in Alaska, and it is safe to assume that a number of them will be shipping machinery to the ground the coming season., The government railroad
 will be shipping in great quantities of supplies, while the large properties at Juneau are still far from having completed their equipment. Large quantities of copper the past season has had to lie in the bunkers because bottoms could not be secured to han dle it on the return trip. When we add to this army of colonists-farm- CTS and laborers, who will spon be seeking homes in Alaska, and the rapidly growing volume of tourists, it is not surprising that the shipping companies are hard put to 1t to find suitable vessels to keep up with the demands of the territory. A recent dispatch from San Francisco stated that the mayor of Ketchikan was in that city trying to arrange, to have a vessel enter the northern trade that could stop at ketchikan, stating that he had failed to make arrangements at Seattle, as all vessels from that port were crowded to capacity with freight for Southwestern Alaska and no room could be found for food sup plies for Ketchikan. According to the mayor, "the people of Ketchikan need square eal."-Northwest Mining Journal.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10
To Our Patrons.

The Indepent Laundry has pur- chased the machinery, good will and business of the Alaska Hand Laun- dry, and will endeavor to give better service to our old and new custo- mers than ever.
 4-11 HARRY E. F. KING.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10
Colonel Richardson Busy.

In a telegram received recently from Col. Richardson, the old war horse states that he had pleasant trip, and was at the Nations capital making preparations to secure our big appropriation for the Valdez Fairbanks trail.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10
Special Tonight.

A three-reel feature entitled Phe- leasa and Melasiander, adapted from Materlinck's famous novel, also three
 other reels, total of five reels at the Liberty Theatre tonight.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

George Reinke, the jeweler, has moved his store to the Valdez Drug store where he is prepared to serve all his old customers and meet new ones. He has big stock coming on the steamer Northwestern for the hol- iday trade and will continue to make a specially of fine nugget jewelry.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

William Malony, territorial mine inspector, was passenger on the Ad- miral Evans from Seward en route to Cordoya. He will visit the interior copper mines.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

Chas. Knoche returned to Valdez yesterday after spending severa months in the interior.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

Alvah Flames, of Cordoya, was a passenger on the Admiral Evans from the westward en route home after having insperted the postal service to the westward.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

For good home-cooked meals try Mrs. M. Olson. on Hobart Street.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

T. J. Donohoe, of the law firm of Donohoe & Dimond, made a trip down the bay today.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

Valdez Drug Com lany nave a fine line of School Stationery. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

Geo. A. Parks was an incoming passenger on the Admiral Evans this morning from the westward.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

Judge Fred M. Brown left on thu Admiral Evans to spend his vacation in California.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

Fancy Stationery ak Ahe valde Dr01 Store.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

Bert Rutherford is in town from the Ramsay Rutherford mine.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

Kodak Supple. at the Valde Drug Company. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

Big dolls and little dolls for the kiddies at E. Winters. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

Bargains at the Emporium; open from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

You will find the latest novelties in ladies' neckwear at E. Winters. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

See Reinke's fine line of nugget jewelry at the Valdez Drug store. ti
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10
LOCAL BREVITIEs.

George Cristo has returned to Val deg from down the Bay.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

George J. Love, U. 8. commission CT, was an outgoing passenger on the Evans.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

J. J. Finnigan arrived on the Al miral Evans from the westward tn morning.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10
Program at the Liberty.

Program at the Liberty. 1. His Better Self. 2, 3 and 4. Pelesas and Melasian- der.
 5. Bill Jones, the w. w. Wa scream.
 At the Liberty Theatre tonight.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

The tides grow less from now t, the goth of the months, changini Tuesday.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

"Tess of the Storm Country drew a crowded house at the Empress last night, and all who attended pro- nounced it one of the best feature films ever shown in Valdez. It will be repeated tonight and tomorrow night.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10
A Scream.

A scream. Bill Joins the w. w. w. at the Liberty Theatre tonight-a scream from start to finish.
 Select your Xmas presents at E. Winters. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

night, and all who attended pro- nounced it one of the best feature films ever shown in Valdez. It will be repeated tonight and tomorrow night
 Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland's | Prices reasonable. 1 Doe" Burns, who went to Slate Creek three weeks ago to bring Jack Miller's sleds to the coast. reached Valdez today and reports that he found the roau over the divide in fair shape.
 Sergt. J. H. Kirk and Sergt. Doug las of the local branch of the Signal Corps, entertained few of their friends at their home Tuesday eve ming A decidedly good time was re ported by the young men who at tended.
 Why not select one of those pretty silk or wool dresses for your wife for a Christmas present at E. Win ter's. If
 Hats Cleaned and Blocked.
 Hats cleaned and blocked; suits cleaned and pressed.
 If GUY F. CAMERON.
 Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez Drug Store. I Pictures developed at the Valdez Drug Company. If. FOR SALE-Very cheap, one h. p. stationary gas engine, used only 6 months. Apply to Love-Whitley Co. k-16 George Reinke's jewelry has been moved to the Valdez Drug store, where full line of jewelry Is on dis play. If A Scream. Bill Joins the w. w. w. at The Lib erty Theatre tonight: scream from start to finish.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10
TERMS.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1915
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland's Prices reasonable.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

A Scream. Bill Joins the w. w. w. at The Lib erty Theatre tonight; scream from
 start to finish.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

George Reinke's jewelry has been moved to the Valdez Drug store, where full line of jewelry Is on dis play. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

Pictures developed at the Valde, Drug Company. If.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

FOR SALE-Very cheap, one 9 +h D. stationary gas engine, used only months. Apply to Love-Whitley Go. k-16
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-10

Pure Fresh Drugs at the valde, Drug Store.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-07
For Sunday Reading
A7Ssyt, If Opinion,
rh. sundax Mernina Nae.

Johnny Jones was absent from Sum
day school last Sunday. and his sister
Sue got there Just about fifteen min
utes before 1t closed. Johnny wasn't
sick nor did Sue have splitting head
ache. In plain English they were Just
lazy and slept late. The whole family
was in the same boat. Father ana
mother didn't even get to church. they
were SO late. This is not description
Of any particular family. says 1eslie's
but Of many families It pictures a
habit that has been growing rapidly in
recent years, resulting in only an
occasional attendance OF parents at
church. and lateness Of spasmodic at
tendance OF children at Sunday school
and church. What a contrast this is
with the customs Of Q generation or
SO ago, when everybody was in his
place on Sunday morning from sense
Of duty! Have we lost this sense of
duty? Who is responsible for the gen.
eral slackness in the average Ameri-
can household on Sunday morning7
A quite plausible line Of defense may
be presented. There are 30 many
more things going on than there used
to be. There Ii q strain about bust-
ness life, and social recreations make
unusual demands. Substitute school
for 'business" in the preceding SEN
tence, and you have described the lie
Of children also. There must be .
time to relax and recuperate. 20 sum
day morning - taken and the claim OF
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-07
Topics of the Times

Never mind few rainy days Every
thing will be dry as a bone Jan. 1,
1916.
Crane says the way he does it is to
get out doors and take plenty of ex-
ercise. But what's the use of quoting
the men who live long and stay strong?
The fellow who needs most to get out
will stick to the office, eat three har-
vest hand meals day and die early
of hardened arteries or bad kidneys.
Seems like if fireman deserves a
pension after SO many years OF SER
vice the schoolma'am ought to get
something. She has the hardest job.
The Des Moines Capital believes the
Census will not be a disappointment
to Iowa. If it isn't it will be because
the buttinskis have forced complete
count.
Since the doctors began making calls
in aeroplanes the stork has been con-
sidering job where the competition
calls for less speed.
Somebody says that Mr.. Bryan would
have made a great evangelist. True.
but when Mr.. Bryan got his start there
wasn't the money in evangelism there
is now.
If the row against the highway COM
mission was intended for political
ammunition then the ammunition wa
gon has exploded.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-07

The women Of America have taken q
hand in all sorts OF reform movements.
They have been active in the work of
securing pure food laws, sanitation,
correctional institutions, charities,
shorter hours, better working condi-
tions, educational advancement and
honest business methods, but in the
one business where they are supreme.
that Of household employment, they
are still employing the methods Of the
feudal ages. In the house, while ban
ished from every other field Of activ-
ity, there still exists mistress and maid,
master and servant, there is no stan
dard Of wages, no limit to hours OF
work, no difference between efficiency
amid the crudest forms Of labor. In
consequence there is complete chaos.
Household labor Is avoided II possible
by every self-respecting person. The
women call that condition "the servant
problem" and spend a great deal .of
their time talking about it. without
presenting any practical proposition for
remedying the evils of which complaint
is made.
There will never be any improve
ment until the women get out of the
feudal age as far as their own busi-
ness is concerned. In any other occu-
patton there is some standard of effici-
ency, some limit to hours, some respect
paid to manhood and womanhood, but
women still being in the feudal age as
far as their own business is concerned.
seem to disregard all these things and
then wonder why there is a servant
problem"
The first thing that must be learned.
if any improvement is to be made, is
that housekeeping is business" and
if order and efficiency are to be OBJ
tanned it must be conducted under the
same rules as any successful business.
Nursing has become business" The
trained nurse enters a house under en-
tirely different conditions from the
woman who attends to the business Of
cooking. and the cooking requires just
as much skill and is of just as much
Importance as that of nursing Why the
great gap between these two?-Omaha
World Herald.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-07
sDNTIMDNT rs DEAD.
rBurlington Gaxette.1

The old steamer "Burl.ngton." .
relic OF the days Of the old volunteer
and early paid fire department In this
city, has been sold to Junk dealer for
a trivial sum. No doubt the city real
ICED all the machine was worth whom
1t received tS5, but the sale OF the old
fire engine displayed lamentable lack
of sentiment. Some Of the citizens who
worked around the old steamer Bur-
lington are still living and they viii
view the passing Of the cherished old
engine to the junk heap with feelings
of regret. It Is true It was worthless
as far as practical use was concerned.
It was the same way when the old
Zion church was RACED. The old Zion
was located on the present site Of the
Grand opera house, and within it,
walls the first territorial legislature
held its sessions. And the city and
state permitted the destruction Of the
historic building without protest. The
parallel between Old Zion and the old
steamer Burlington may appear Tar
fetched. but the Gazette thinks the old
fire engine should have been preserved.
It did not take up much room and
there are plenty Of fremen with plenty
of time on their hands to keep It bur
nished. Some "woodman spare that
tree" oratory should have been used
on the city council before It decided to
sell the old steamer Burlington. No
doubt some private citizen Of Bur-
lington would have bought the ma
chine for sentimental purposes had It
been known that It was for sale.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-07
the JlrNEY PROBLEM.

The jitney will not down. 1t finds
friends. Thus the federal commission
which has been making inquiry and
investigation into the jitney and its
word is for it. 1t says it has merit
and should be recognized. More than
that the representative Of the great
government of ours is feminist the in
demnity bond. He argues that the jit
isn't more dangerous as a jit than as
a secondhand automobile driven by
the same kind of drivers for pleasure
or on private business bent.
With unfriends 1t also makes friends
among the newspapers and periodicals.
Golfers calls it the we'll known lit
ney" and says cit is out and about like
the flowers of spring over this whole
broad land. 1t may prosper or it may
one or two things to notice concern
ing the craze" as street railway peo-
pie call it, The jitney's success is the
taxicab's failure. The latter has never
peell lnuCQ more tnaN an instrument or
luxury. bluff, or crime in many of our
cities (see the movies for proof. The
taxicab people have not given the SER
vice. Most folks help pay for paved
streets; they like to ride thereon in
autos, and the jitney gives them a
chance as nothing else ever did. If it
gives real service, it will last"
There is something about the jitney
bus that appeals. Partly it is the uni
versal tendency of humanity toward the
under dog of which the jitney is repre-
sentative as against the big dog of the
traction companies But behind and
below that is the conviction that the
jitney holds vast possibilities of SER
vice that it will supply needs that the
traction companies neglect thru inabil-
ity or indifference and the other settled
conviction that the gasolene engine is
destined to revolutionize city and in
terurban transportation by its fexi-
hiIity.
But it needs regulating. That all
are agreed upon.