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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03
TRIBE OF HEAD BOILERS
University If Pennsylvania Expeci
ton Discovers Mundurucus
Indians Home.

Philadelphia, Pa.-The University
of Pennsylvania museums Amazon
expedition has forwarded an account
of it's discovery of the original habitat
of the Mundurucus Indians. a little
known tribe of savages who behead
their enemies and then boil the heads.
DR.. William c. Farabee is in charge
of the expedition, which, after wan
dering for months in Brazilian wilds
where white men never before had
penetrated. is now in civilization
again. for a time.
Doctor Farabee passed a long time
among the savages, studying their
language, their manners and customs.
and making a vocabulary and writing
down much Of their folk lore. AS a
result he expects to settle absolutely
the long-vexed question OF the rela-
tons of this tribe to the Tupi.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03

stock to supply it's needs. Moreover
It must be largely bred from our ma
tive mares. This will be q slow and
possibly the most expensive method
In the long run. but It Is the only one
likely to prove practicable.
II we are right that the southern
farmer needs q horse weighing 1900
to 1900 pounds and that such an ami.
NAL must be bred up from our native
a weighing 500 to 1000 pounds,
It is apparent that the sires must be
from the draft breeds. It then seems
to follow that the horse needed on
southern farms Is a draft horse. The
southern farmer has much the same
attitude towards a draft horse that a
mad bull has toward a red flag. but
we offer to him the quieting thought
that a real draft horse. these times,
weighs 1000 pounds or more and
therefore the type Of horse we have
suggested is really not a draft horse,
but q horse with sufficient draft blood
to give him the size required to do
good and economical farm wo9k-
Progressive Farmer.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03
RAISE DEWBERRlES IN SOUTH
Plant Does Especially Well on Light.
Sandy Soii-PIan for Healthy
Canes Next Year.

Dewberries can be grown to advan.
tage in almost all parts of the South.
especially on light, sandy land. Plan
tations are started by setting out the
rooted tips in rows five or six feet
apart. Fat lightwood stakes seven
feet long make good supports for the
vines. which are usually twined about
the stakes and tied al the top.
As the dewberry is very subject to
a~nthracnose, a disease which destroys
the canes. it is a good practice to cut
Off and burn after the fruiting season.
all parts of the plant above ground.
A high-grade fertilizer should then
be applied and the vines cultivated
thoroughly during the rest Of the sea-
son to produce new, healthy canes for
next years crop.
Dewberries. raspberries and straw
berries car be grown to advantage in
the wide middles between pecan trees.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03
HOUSES FOR STORING COTTON
Upon Construction Of Structure De-
ponds Rate Of Insurance Paid On
Staple tt Contains.

The correct designing Of a cotton
warehouse is Of much importance. be-
cause upon the construction Of the
warehouse depends the rate OF insur.
ance charged for the cotton inside It.
The average insurance rate. it is
said. in the buildings now in use is
rs high as " dollars a year on 500.
In standard warehouses. properly pro-
tected by automatic sprinkler equip
ment. this rate could be reduced to rs
cents on 500.
1t Is a curious fact that MANY of the
warehouses now in use cost more to
build than II they had been made to
conform to the standards,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03

1t does not follow that the horse
southern farmer needs Ia the
one he thinks he needs. Moreover.
since opinions differ as to the type OF
horse needed and the various kinds
Of work required of farm horses de-
mand various types OF horses. 1t Is
quite certain no one type Of horse
will do best all the different kinds OF
work required On southern farms.
The horse most needed will. there
fore. of necessity be In the nature OF
a compromise. We must first deter
mine the nos important work re-
car determine the type of horse most
needed, for it is only reasonable that
in his selection his most important
service should be given greatest
weight.
For those who expect to continue
the use Of one-horse implements to
any large extent. the horse or mule
weighing around 1000 pounds is most
needed. He must have quality. speed
and endurance. for with small one
horse implements the only chance to
obtain economical service is through
greater activity.
The class Of farmers who are adopt.
Ing modern methods and using two
and three-horse Implements. because
they do more economical and better
work and saw man labor, is grow.
ing rapidly. but is still comparative
,ly small. Many of those who use
larger implements for blowing and
preparing the land still adhere to one
horse implements for cultivating the
crops.
But the demand for larger farm
work stock is growing and will con,
-tinue to grow rapidly. The average
Tgn who has begun the use of mod.
ern implements and methods now de.
maHts q horse OF mule weighing 100
to 200 pounds more thar was most
popular ten a ago. and ten years
from now a horse or mule weighing
200 pounds more than the popula.
type of today will be demanded.
To do good. efficient and economical
service the horse needed on south.
ern farms must weigh 1900 to 1.4OO
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03
GOOD REASONS FOR DAlRYlNG
Not Enough Butter, Milk and Cream
Produced In Louisiana to Supply
Demands Of Farmers.

(By J. NJ. CADwALLADER. Louisiana
State University
Many people will no doubt be sur
prised to learn that there is not
enough butter. milk and cream pro-
duced in Louisiana to supply the peo-
pie on the farms of the state. to say
nothing of supplying our small and
large cities.
The northern dairymen r enjoy
ing the profits realized by producing
butter and selling 1t to our southern
farmers for 40 cents per pound when
we can produce butter and milk
cheaper than they. II for no other
reason. Louisiana farmers should en-
gage in dairying to supply their own
needs.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03

including a half grown daughter. then
perhaps sixteen or seventeen years
old. She was the typical country
raised girl Of the border day period.
able to ride. shoot, hunt and throw a
lasso.
Jennings conceived the idea. when
announcement of the strips opening
reached him. that this half grown
daughter should make the race for a
quarter section of land. which the
family would homestead.
The race for homes when the Chero-
kee strip was opened to settlement will
go down in the history of the South
e as the greatest horse race that
was ever pulled on under the sanction
Of the federal government.
Few Knew She Mas q Girl.
There were several thousand choice
quarter section farms as the prizes.
and men came from all sections Of the
United States to make the race and
win q claim IL possible. The swiftest
and most seasoned horses were select
ec wherever they were obtainable, for
all the riders knew that by the men
and animals with the best staying quail
tiles would the farms be won.
Among the riders into the Pawnee
country was the half grown Jennings
girl. and che proved her ability as a
horsewoman.
Dressed in mems clothing, with
high-heeled boots and spurs, she en-
tered the race and won a claim. q
tract OF valley land lying between two
long ranges Of low hills. one OF the
prettiest natural spots in the entire
strip country.
Having won the claim, the family
evidently did not care for it, for before
long three-fourths Of it had been sold
to John Simmons and the other 40
acres had been given for a town site
on condition that the new town be
named Jennings. The family then left
this section Of the country. and In Ia
ter years 1t was reported that Joe Jen-
nings was living in Old Mexico.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03
MAN SEES
A GENT WITH FITS
Stranger Puts TrustfM Ones $50
in Sick Mans Wallet to
Show They're Honest.

Chicago.-Joseph r. P~osledsy's es.
TEEN for his casual stranger compan'
ion kept rising as they strolled east
on Blue Island avenue. For instance,
his kindly courtesy to the wretched
sick man, who now speaks:
Good sirs. l am an %epileptic. and
want to get a a at Halsted street.
Will you help me?"
Yes sir" and the poor fellow OF.
fered to throw a few samples in bis
line right there on the curb. He was
eager to do it. But Mr.. Posledsy and
his companion restrained him. The
stranger said that he could not bear
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03
GROWS IN SHAPE OF CROSS
Peculiar Plant In sAejes7ican Library
10 Exciting Much Carl
oslty.

Marquette. Mich.-In the public II.
brary building. in this city. 10 . plant
which 10 growing In the shape Of .
cross. Three years ago Peter Doll.
the custodian. had some clover grow.
Ing in . pot.
Out Of this clover sprang the stalk
Of . strange plant which grew upright
until this summer, when two shoots
branched out near tho top 1t right
angles with the stalk and formed .
ro0
Mr.. Dolf has had amateur botanists
and experts from the Northern Stats
Normal school examine the plant. but
nobody knows what It IL He does not
remember planting anything but
cloyora "a the poG.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03
SKELETON IN BEAR TRAP
Mystery Of Years Cleared by Finding
Bones in the Wilds Of the
Cascades.

Canonville. Ore.-How an old trap
per persisted m~iserably and alone in
the wilds Of the Cascades seventeen
years age was revealed by the finding
Of portions of a skeleton. a leg bone
Of which al held fast in the Jaws Of
q rusted bear trap.
The bones are believed to be those
of an old trapper. Blynn. an eccentric
character. who hunted in the timber
at the headwaters OF Fortune creek
In eastern Josephine county. Blynn
mysteriously disappeared seventeen
years ago.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03
SNAKES IN SCHOOL LOCKER
Scare Girls, Who Now Pick Steps Be.
cause Some Of the Reptiles
Escaped.

La Crosse, Wis.-Normal school
maidens are walking circumspec.ly
since the discovery OF a nest of SO.
called water moccasins, deposited in
a locker by a reptilian mother evident,
ly anxious to obtain education for her
family.
There was real excitement when the
nest of small reptiles was discovered.
With the opening of the locker the
snakes darted out and about the floor
and there was q scramble. Some Of
the snakes met violent deaths, but
several wriggled into holes of safety.
Hence the circumspection.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03

0bsSsSA " oSOVV VSW ttbPbS
to let the epileptic find his way alone
to the cars.
But how" whined the fitful gent.
how am to know you're honest?
carry a large sum of money"
Wen put our money in your wal
let. won't we. Posledsy?" said the
genial stranger as one humors . de-
fective. Then you'll be safe"
Mr.. Posledsy's 500 was accordingly
transferred. At the car junction the
epileptic returned Mr.. Posledsy's wal
let.
Space is tight, and it is scarcely
worth while to relate what the trust
full Mr.. Posledsy found on opening his
wallet, when he reached home at 2215
Sawyer avenue
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03
Beats Men in Famous Race for
Homes at Oklahoma
Opening.
RECALLED BY FESTIVAL
Twenty-Second Birthday Of Town OF
Jennings Brings Back to Memory
of Old Timers Thrilling Story
Of Early Days.

AAAoo ~ oSoSAA6 ooNh AdAACs O0S
Joe Jennings. an early day character
in this section OF the Southwest. COW
boy, horse trader end general rousta-
bout, was the town of Jennings named.
according to Col. George McElroy, the
last of the cowmen still in the business
in this part Of Oklahoma.
The original townsite OF forty acres
was given by Joe Jennings upon re.
ceiving a promise that the town would
be given his name. McElroy says.
The Pawnee Indian country. includ-
ing the old Oklahoma triangle, in the
center OF which Is Jennings. was
opened to settlement along with the
old Cherokee strip in September. 1893,
just twenty-five years ago.. A number
Of the towns within the strip have just
been celebrating the event of their
twenty-second birthday with appropri.
ate ceremonies.
The strip extended westward from
the western boundary of the Cherokee
nation, about thirty miles asst of Jen.
nings. to the Colorado and New Mexico
border, including at one time. it IL
said, the famous No Mans Land, which
is now divided into the counties OF
Cimarron, Texas, and Beaver.
Chose Daughter for Race.
The story OF how Jennings was
homesteaded and named is interesting
therefore, at this time. when the TWEEN.
~ty-second birthday Of the town has
just been observed.
Joe Jennings had been a resident OF
this part Of the Indian country fol
some time, according to Colonel Nc
Elroy, and had raised a family here
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03
MISSISSIPPI BRIEFS

Meridian.-The city tax rolls tabu-
lated by City Tax Assessor and Col
lector &. B. McRaven and Assistant
Cecil CASTOR. show real estate valued
ut $~9.070.755, against $780,, $50 last
year: personal $4.387. 740, against $4.-
Gas. 365; foreign corporations $685.
4s1, against $1.1so,o63, and 1904 poll
and street taxes $23,412, against .S.11e
last year or $24,357.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03
Ground FEED for hoo.

As any animal. ESPECIALLY the hog.
Is being finished for the market. the
need Of ground feed becomes more
imperative. since there will be less
exercise. which makes It necessary
for the animal to be furnished with
. concentrated easily digested ration
for the upbuildins OF fatty tissue.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03

Newton.-Information has been re-
ceived here of the death at Garland
vile, several miles south of here, Of
In old negro woman. who was said to
be ia years old. She was the mother
Of eight children, and there are now
five generations of the family living.
She had a daughter to die five years
ago at the age Of 81. She was able to
hoe in the field this year.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03
Keen cream or MIla. a~,..>

Neop CTeA6 or MIN, 8WeeE
MIX begins to sour within Z few
minutes after Il 10 taken fr,fn the
COW II It 10 not cosaed. Tue bacteria
that cause souring do NOT thrive IN
cold milk. Therefore. to keen voar
milk or cream sweet cool It without
delay.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03
MOVABLE SCHOOLS
TO TWO COUNTIES
TATE AND KINDS COUNTIES WILL
STUDY HOME ECONOMICS
WEEK DEC. 6.
DISCUSS CAPITOL BUILDING
Will be Brought Up in Leeisla-
ture-Some Would Repair
Structure.

jackson.
home economics extension work in
Mississippi, has issued official bulle-
tins announcing the next series OF
movable schools. These will be in
Tate county, and in Kinds, in both
counties Monday, Dec. 6.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03
OVER THE STATE EP,roM,zEr

WE" sGe eVbS Ge0
Two fires within seven hours at Bi.
loxi caused a loss estimated at 5 $4,000.
One hundred entries were made in
the Hazlehurst Live Stock Show re.
Gently held.
Congressman ]. W. Collier Of vicks-
burg has returned to Washington to
resume his work there.
Congressman Percy E. Quin has up.
pointed Lee Stamps Of Brookhaven as
his secretary. to succeed Frank v.
Eisele, who has been elected sheriff
OF Adams County.
from the North to a warmer cline,
roasted en- route near Oxford.
The Jefferson County Agricultural
High School win celebrate Thanks
giving with q "Grownin-M Mississippi
dinoer.
Judge Marion w. Reilly. prosecuting
attorney for Adams county. will re
tire and move to Meridian.
E. J. Alexander Of Monroe county,
charged with having shot at C. C. Day
OF Columbus, has been placed under .
81, 1000 bond to await the action Of the
grand jury.
Brookhaven parties have formed q
company to build . race track for de.
veloping fine horses In that commun-
xy.
Judge Wiley J. Crown, one Of the
best known lawyers IN Nississippi.
died suddenly ct his home In Jack.
son. Nov. IS. He was 50 years old.
Olficials Of the Columbus Lumber
Company at Columbus have announced
the company,s mills woald resume On
erntlons Jan.
u1Gh4 now61Ioe wore. hailk h n,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03
Just Colts.

pounds. This is larger than is thought
best by most farmers, but II future
needs. and breeding requirements to
meet these future needs. are consid-
cred. this weight Is still too light, for
the horse needed ten years from now
will weigh 1900 to 1900 pounds
The farm horse does most of his
work at q walking gait. and he must
have the weight to pull sufficiently
large loads to mor than make up for
any deficiency in speed az compared
with lighter animals. The greatest
need on southern farms is for better
work. Texas. for instance. has used
more horses as q means Of doing
more work. cultivating more acres,
but the real need for heavier farm
horses is to enable the farmer to do
better work. The best work cannot
be done with one-horse plows and
other one-horse implements. Large
plows and disk harrows require larg.
er horses.
But this 1900 or 1.~400-pound horse
must be OF good quality. He need
not have the speed of the 900 or 1000.
pound horse. but he must be OF gentle
disposition. good quality. compactly
built and rugged.
A horse Weighing 1900 or 1.400
pounds is too large for light driving
or saddle purposes. and yet these
services are required OF farm horses.
Il is true that these are unimp0rtant
services. compared with the work OF
cultivating the land and hauling the
farm products to market. and this be-
ins the case II follows that the horse
Of most service ON the farm 10 the
one that will cultivate the land best
and most economically. II the mule
n to remain the chief draft animal OF
the South. We must breed the type OF
mares that viii produce the type Of
mule needed. and hero again. the need
n for . marc weighing 1900 to l.600
pounds
The horse the southern farmer
needs must be bred. for no country
ever can buy sulncient farm woek
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03

OO0oy V0sVOoSsSsu
The most Satisfactory nay Ia which
10 take on the surplus comb-hooey d
~ the nee Of be9eocape honey
board, - this enables the beeo to -
<ape from the surplus chambers ipt0
1he brood body. end avoids the tnev
S4shss uncappone Of combs that oceara
WtAea. the boas oro ounoked down.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03
Survey In Kinds.

DR.. e. N. Lowe, director of the Mis-
sissippi geological survey, has repor,
ed that a thorough and comprehen
sive soil survey Of Kinds county has
just been begun. which will probably
continue throughout the winter
months. It has long been the inten-
ton Of the director Of the state geo.
logical survey TO make this soil sur
vey. which 1t is believed will furnish
some very interesting studies in soil
structure, Of value to biologists. as
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03

Natchez.-Information has just been
received here of the accidental killing
Of Mrs. Bernard Netterville by her
husband at their home about eight
miles from Woodville. From what can
be learned they were handling a re-
volver which they believed to be emp
ty when by some unaccountable means
1t exploded and the bullet struck Mrs.
Netterville In the back Of the head
killing her instantly.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03
Election In Thirty Days.

A to fill the vacancy in
the Mississippi delegation in congress
caused by the death Of Representative
S. A. Witherspoon of the Fifth district
must be chosen in a special election to
be called by the governor within the
next thirty days, according TO all Of
fetal announcement here. Gov. Brew
er was aot prepared to say when the
election would be held.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03

Iackson.-R II. Henry, publisher
and editor Of the jackson Clarion
Ledger, has accepted an invitation
from Henry Ford to act rs Mississip-
DIS representative on . peace commits
sion to Europe.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03

Capitol Building An Issue.
With the approach Of the legislative
session various suggestions are heard
rs to what to do with the old capitol
building. There are those who would
repair and reclaim the ancient pile
regardless Of the cost; others would
tear It down. wipe it out OF existence
and sell the land on which it has
stood for more than three-quarters oil
a century to the highest and best bid
der.
So far as the city Of Jackson is con
cerned it would be better, from a finan
ctal point of view, to teal down sc
that the site could be covered with
modern business houses that would
pay taxes and contribute to the sup
port of the city government, but there
are those known as sentimentalists
who will never consent to such sacri
lege, and insist on an appropriation o,
about 500, 900 with which to make
the old capitol again habitable and tt
be used by two or three departments
of the state government that are nov
crowded for room in the new capitol
Negro Violated Pardon.
John Frank Johnson. a negro par
doned some months ago by Gov. Brew
er of the life penalty for murder, ha!
been returned to the state prison from
Adams county after a conviction of rob
berry. Since Johnson's pardon wa:
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03
Life Termer Freed.

Life TerEner Freed.
Gov. Brewer has granted q pardon
to Peter Sherman. an old negro sery.
ing a life sentence for murder commit.
ted In Newton county. The petition
was Endorsed by the Judge, district at.
torney, sheriff Of Newton county, AMI
by every member Of the jury which
tried his case.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-12-03
BiIbo To Study Oysters.

Governor-elect Bilbo will spent some
time on the gulf coast around Biloxi
during the month of December for the
purpose of Investigating the oyster
reefs, in order that he may thoroughly
familiarize himself with conditions
having to do with the oyster business
SO as to make recommendations to the
legislature hat will be of benefit te
the industry.