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The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-02-25
main here your cousin.

main here your cousin.
FRITZ SCHNEIDERBAcK.
P. K.-If you don't get dis led
der let me know and I'll write
you another.
times P. K.-Have just re-
ceived that FIVE dollars I owe vou
but have closed up the letter and
can't get it in.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-02-25

Charles w. Thomas of the Lake
mine was in town a few hours this
week. Charlie must have some
thing very good in the ore line as
he is staying with it aud saving
nothing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31
NOTICE OF SALE.

Under and by virtue of the authority
conferred upon me as Commissioner ap-
pointed by the Chancery court of Le-
fore county, Mississippi, under that
certain decree of said court, rendered
at the March term, 1916, in cause No.
1865. styled Mrs. Mary Stevens ct ais
VS.. Annie Lee Stevens ct ais, which
said decree is entered in Minute Book
No. s., at page No. 573, of said court,
to which reference is hereby specially
made. l, NJ. F. Pierce, as Commission
er of said Court, appointed as afore-
said, will, on Saturday, the 22nd day Of
April, A.. D., 1916, within legal hours,
offer for sale and sell, at public outcry
to the highest and best bidder. for cash,
in front of the south door of the court
house in the city of Greenwood, Lefore
county, State Of Mississippi. the fol-
lowing described property, to-wit: Lot
(4) four, in Block (2) two, of the Aus
tin Wright Addition to the City Of
Greenwood, in the county of Lef1ore
and the State of Mississippi. Said sale
will be made for the purpose Of parti-
ton under the provision of said decree
hereinbefore referred to.
This the 3Oth day of March, A. D.,
1916.
M. F. PIERCE, Commissioner.
]. G. Gillespie, Solicitor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31
NOTICE OF SALE. UNDER DE-
CREE OF THE CHANCERY
COTTRT.

By virtue of the authority vested in
me by a decree of the Chancery court
of Lefore county, Mississippi. rendered
on the 2sth day of March, 1916. in cause
No. 2422 on the general docket of said
Chancery court. styled, I'm the Matter
of the Guardianship of the Minor,
Lorene Hillhouse Strong. by 7. r. Hen
derson. Guardian" said decree being
recorded in Book 5, page $50 of the
minutes of said Court, reference to
which said decree is hereby specially
made, l will, on Saturday, the 22nd day
of April, 1916, in front of the south
front door of the court house in the city
of Greenwood, Lefore county, Missis-
sippi, within legal hours, offer for sale,
and sell at public cutlery, to the highest
bidder for cash, for not less than the
sum of $500. 90, the property mention
ed and described in said decree as fol-
lows, to-wit: That certain tract or par
eel of land situated in Lelore county,
Mississippi, described as beginning at a
point on the southern boundary line of
Section nine (9), Township nineteen
Q9), Range one O. East, Lefore coun-
ty, Mississippi, 1899. 13 feet west of the
southeast corner of said Section nine
(9), u thence west along the said
Section line l58 feet and 5 inches,
thence run north to the Yazoo river,
thence run easterly along the bank of
said Yazoo river to the western bound
airy line of that certain tract of land
conveyed by Miss Tallula j. Strong to
S. R. Coleman, which said conveyance
is dated April 2, 1904, and is recorded in
Book IS, page 5 of the records of land
deeds of Lefore county. Mississippi,
reference to which is hereby made, and
thence run south along the said western
boundary line of said tract of land so
conveyed to the said S. R. Coleman, to
the point of beginning, located as afore-
said in Section 9, Township 10, Range l
East, Lefore county, Mississippi, and
containing one and one-third Il 1-3)
acres of land more or less, located with
in the corporate limits of the city of
Greenwood, said county and State.
Witness my signature, this the 3Oth
day of March, A. D., 1916.
T. R. HENDERSON,
Guardian of the Minor, Lorene Hill
house Strong.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND

By virtue of the power vested in
me as substituted trustee, IN that GER
tain deed of trust executed by H. HI.
Hanks, mortgagor, to NE as such trustee,
to secure the payment to w. S. Barry
and w. S. Marye, benefciaries of the
indebtedness in said deed of trust men
toned, which deed of trust is duly re-
corded on page 178 of Book No. 10 Of
the records of Mortgages and Deeds of
Trust on lands in the office of the Chan
Gerry Court Clerk of Leflore county,
Mississippi, the option in said trust
deed granted to US, the owners, and
holders of said indebtedness, to declare
all of said Indebtedness due and pay
able at once. whether the time for the
maturity of all Of said indebtedness has
arrived or not, having by us been duly
exercised by declaring all of said in
debtedness due and payable at once, of
which the grantor has been duly mott
fed; l, as such trustee, at the request
of the holders of said indebtedness, be-
tween the hours of eleven o'clock, A.
NJ, and four O'Clock P. NJ, on the 9th
day of April, 1916, in front of the south
door of the court house of Leiore coun-
ty, Mississippi, will sell at public auc-
ton to the highest bidder for cash, the
following described property conveyed
by said trust deed, to-wit: West half
of the southwest quarter OF section
eight, township nineteen, range two
east wv. J of S. w. ! of S. 8, T. 10, R.
2, E. south Of the ~right-of-way Of the
Southern Railway in Mississippi,
Leflore county, Mississippi. The title
to said land is believed to be good, but
/ will convey only such title IS is vest
ed in me as trustee.
Witness my signature and posted,
this the 9th Of March, 1916.
ROBT. P. PARISH,
Substituted Trustee.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31

Statement of the editorship, manage
ment, ETC., required by the act of Aug.
"a, 1912, of The Commonwealth, pub
lished weekly at Greenwood, Miss, for
April, 1916. Name of editor, manag-
ing editor, business manager, pub
Usher, j. L.. Gillespie, Greenwood,
Miss. Owner, M. L. Gillespie, Green
wood, Miss. Known bond holders,
mortgages and other security holders
holding 1 per cent, or more of total
amount of stock. None. No indebt-
edness of any sort.
j. l.. Gillespie, Ed. & Pub.
Sworn to and subscrib ed to before
me this 31st day of March. 1916.
J.. G. Gillespie, Notary Public.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31
BEATING TIE LINE HOG

The ea~vesdroppef and the line hoe
on party telephone lines are attacked
in the latest of the numerous inyen-
lions to stop the national habit of
listening in The device is small
and simple, inclosed in q little box
attachable to any ordinary telephone
instrument, and It is now going
through the practical test of daily
trial on a number Of rural telephone
lines. A dial On the box gives the
numbers on the party line as well as
a number for central. BY turning a
pointer to any n Of the numbers
conversation becomes impossible ex-
cept between the two numbers so con-
nected. and no other instrument on
the line can detect the conversation.
At the end of the talk the line auto
matically restores itself to normal.
This takes care Of the l~istening-in
trouble In order to prevent the un-
reasonable use of the line by any OF
the patrons, another little device at
the central Office, at the end of three
or five Observation-Disclosures the man
ager sets it for-win throw all the tel
ephones on the whole line into the
circuit, SO the conversation will no
longer be secret. Thus any other per-
son on the line will get a chance to
kick for the use of the line. If no
other person insists on using the line
the original takers can have three
minutes more for secret conversation.
Each of the boxes have an emergency
call, which can be reached only by
smashing a small pane of glass. If a
secret conversation is going on and
some other patron has an important
and immediate call to make he can
send in this emergency call and oh.
tain central's attention without delay.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31

The unwritten law is always liable
to make terrible mistakes. Often it
does make them. That is why the
experience Of men have found that
written laws conserve vastly better
the safety and interests Of society.
It is true the written law makes mis-
takes at times, but it gives itself time
to think and to Investigate. It is the
first characteristic of he unwritten
law that ii does neither.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31

]. G. Bennett, the newspaper writer
who was convicted in the circuit court of
Yazoo county for bigamy a few years ago,
has been pardoned by the Governor. Ben
nett's first wife declared that her state
ments at the trial were untrue. The records
Of BENEFITS divorce had been destroyed in
a court house fire in Oklahoma, and his con-
viction seems to have been a miscarriage of
justice.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31
UNKINDEST CUT OF ALL.
TOBACCO

Mr.. John L. Hebron announces
through the press that he will
to a decision and announce
it by the first of April as to
whether or not he will run for
the Senate against John Sharp
Williams. If he decides to run,
April LIST will be a particularly ap-
propriate day for the announce
ment.-Macon Beacon.
The most unkindeSt cut of ALL"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31

A noted Gotham surgeon is suing
his neighbor for damages because
she called him a dog-killer. Science
ought not to be SO sensitive about
the Technology Of the lay tongue.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31

Congressman Harrison expressed the
opinion at the..sbanquet of the Mississippi
Society recently held in Washington that
Senator Williams was stronger in the State
today than he ever had been. He guages
the situation correctly, says the editor of
the Yazoo Herald.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31

Every English officer is expected to
know how to sew on his buttons. Prac-
tical, but not as thrilling as Lord
Nelson's England expects every man
to do bis duty"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31

Yesterdays war news from the east
ern theater Is quite like that of the
day before or the week before, in the
important particular that it is SO con-
Trajectory that no one can feel sure
OF it.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31

II the nation would engage the
services OF an expert automobile de-
signer it might nov begin putting out
1914 model .dreadnaught and subma.
r1nes.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31
1T is SAID

DR.. Cook only found two things
when he reached the North pole,
and that was coca cola and a
Ford car.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31


There is a movement on foot
for the United States to buy the
northern portion of Mexico, as
suming all liability for indemnity
claimed by foreign countries be-
cause of the loss Of property and
the lives of some of their SUBJ
jects. This would be an admira-
BILE way to rid the United States
of the constant unrest and raids
of bandits along its border. It is
the northern portion of Mexico
which has always given trouble.
In the hands of the United States.
and end could be put to these dis
turbances.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31

Because a woman shot at him 20
times and missed, the st. Louis bur-
glar should not get the fool notion
that he has a charmed life. The wom-
ar in the next house he burglarizes
may shoot at the hallrack and kill
him.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31

Chicago rAysicihs vpres mild
skepticism OF the eA .scovery
by DR.. Louisa Buns 81 ar anemia
germ. Doctor Burns i charge Of
the laboratory work OF the A. T. Sill
research institute, maintained by the
osteopaths of the United States. She
is the physician who only recently sur
prised the medical profession with the
announcement that she can read in the
pulse ones life secrets. The anemia
germ is said TO attack the red cor
puscles of the blood, causing the pa
tient to present a. white washed OUT
appearance, and to feel perpetually
tired out.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31

Mr.. W. p. Kimbrough, wife and chill
dren, Of Itta Bena, visited Greenwood
Tuesday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31

Word comes from Glasgow, Scot
land, of a new mania in music-if
the bagpipes may be called produc-
ers Of music. The pipes are to be
the fashion because of the favor that
Is being given to them by the prince
Of Wales, who has already learned to
skirl "Lochaber No More" "The Flow
ers of the Forest and 'The Land of
the Leal," greatly to the delight of all
true sons of Scotia. A Glasgow teach
er of the bagpipes-to whom a music
master nee remarked there's, no
worse instrument on earth than the
Scotch bagpipes except the Irish bag
pipes-is overrun with pupils, among
whom are a number of Americans, and
the plague will soon be carried to the
United States. a full set of pipes
weighs nine pounds. The learner does
not start OF with the bagpipes. For
a month or more he must play the
chanter, an instrument that Is quieter
and easier TO hsndles Feed instra-
ment. Bagpines range, 10 s,slce from
$40 to $3.50. Ia .ssEsae yes are
asked because o. nesa ivory
and silver and sams !. To
this 1t may be aideasn sa author
ity that ct is not At ary to
know anything of Z the
bagpipes."-ExchansN
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31
The Smoke b
--- IS
Wins!

Ito stirring appeal to the live.
active, youthful spirit makes
Bull" Durham the tobacco
that goes with energy and en-
thusiasm. Roll Bull" Durham
into a cigarette and you have
a smoke that is full of vitality
and vim and deliciously fresh
and fragrant.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31
Piles Cured In 6 to II DAYS

Your druggist will refund money if PAZ1
OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching
Blind. Bleeding or Frotruding Piles in to II days
The FIRST application gives Ease and Rest. SOC
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31
11]&zite&
PILE REMEDY

FIIE NEMEOy
Relieve yourself of this ailment
at home. Easy to use and thorough
ly dependable. Sold only by us soc
and $1.uU..
l. T. MCINTYRE DRUG co.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31

The Memphis NeWs-SGmital
for sale ak Tile RuM0NI.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-23
AUTHOR OF WHISPERING
SMITH," THE MOUNTAIN
DIVIDE" STRATEGY OF
GREAT RAILROADS" ETC.
SYNOPSIS.

Little Helen Holmes, daughter of Gen
eral Holiness railroad man, is rescued
from imminent danger on a scenic rail-
road by George Storm, a newsboy. Grown
to young womanhood. Helen saves Storm,
now fireman, her father, and his friends
Amos Rhinelander, financier. and Robert
Seagrue, promoter, from a threatened
collision. Safebreakers employed by Sea-
grue steal General Holmes survey plans
of the cut off line for the Tidewater, ia
tally wound the general and escape. Her
fathers estate badly involved by his
death, Helen goes to work on the Tide
water. Helen RECEIVERS the survey plans
from Seagrue, and though they are taken
from her, finds an accidentally made
proof of the survey blueprint. Storm is
employed by Rhinelander. Spike, be-
friended by Helen, in. his turn saves her
and the right-of-way contracts when Sea-
grue kidnaps her. Helen and Storm win
for Rhinelander a race against Seagrue
for. right-of-way. Helen, Storm and
Rhinelander rescue Spike from Seagrue's
men. Spike steals records, to protect
Rhinelander, and Storm and Helen save
Spike from death in the burning court
house. Vein in Superstition mine pinches
out Seagrue salts it and sells it to Rhine
lander.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-23

Rhlnelander, Storm and the foreman,
went over to examine the break All
waited on the old miner for a verdict
as to the condition of the roof. He
made pretty careful examination and
seemed satisfied there was no danger
'That roof he declared, will never
cave in
IF that is So" said Rhinelander,
and you ought to know, if anybody
knows-send the men back to work"
Blasting their way into the wall
where the foreman had indicated, the
men, busted with their work, failed to
notice a gradual weakening of the
tunnel roof. Helen, outside the mine
and occupied with other matters,
heard the blasting within, but gave
the subject no further thought 1t was
not until a moment following one of
the heavy explosions that she heard
a great crash behind her, and, look
ing back, was Mortified to see mass
of rock crashing through the roof of
the tunnel. She ran forward in dis
| may. The disaster was complete.
Where the tunnel had opened, great
Men on the outside ran up, white
| faced, to where she stood. Questions
| flew back and forth. A roundup was
| hastily made to determine who had
been caught on the inside. Rhineland-
er and Storm were nowhere to be
| found-they had almost certainly been
caught with the crew in the tunnel.
Spasmodic efforts were made to
clear the opening. Men, losing their
heads, rushed hither and thither, ac-
comprising nothing and adding to the
panic that possessed everyone at the
thought of the tragedy within the
closed tunnel Bidding a man to stop
his useless efforts to tear away the
fallen rock, she gave him directions
as to what to do, Telephone for doc
tors" she said hurriedly, while go
over to the Neighbor mine for help"
Both fastened away. Helen reaching
the edge Of the cliff, where the aerial
railway ran from the mountainside
down to the valley below, stopped. 1t
would take her fifteen precious minutes
to run down the trail. Could she, by
any possibility, ride down the aerial
| cable?
| She grasped the hook of the frail
aerial carriage and clinging to it with
both hands, pulled the release. Like
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-23
TWELFTH INSTALLMENT
BURIED ALIVE

Seagrue's sale to Rhinelander of the
Superstition mine did not go through
as smoothly as he had expected. Meet
ing Rhinelander at the Office of an at
torney in Las Vegas, the details of
the transfer were arranged without
much difficulty. Rhinelander's only
care was to be sure that the convey
ance should give him clear title to
the valuable property, and having sat
isfied himself on this point, the minor
details were easily arranged.
While the attorney was embodying
these items in a supplementary agree
ment, Rhinelander wrote out a tele-
gram to Helen telling her that he was
completing the transfer Of the mine
and would come up OF No. 8. When
the final draft of the contract had been
made in duplicate, and signed by the
two parties, in due form, Rhinelander
handed over a second check t. Sea-
grue, and putting the agreement in his
pocket, left the Office.
Seagrue watched him go with some
thing of relief and a great deal Of
satisfaction. The whole scheme he
had so successfully comprised locked
to him almost toe good to be true, and
he had a hearty laugh with the at
torney before they left the Office to-
gether.
But, unexpectedly enough, opposi-
ton developed in an unlooked-for quar-
ter, namely, among minority stock
holders of the mine itself. Rumors
few thick and fast, and at Oceanside
Seagrue was openly accused of under
handed work in parting with the prop
erty. To afford clear understanding
Of his position, meeting of the stock
holders of the mine was called, and
Seagrue, when the time came, ad-
dressed the gathering in explanation
of the sale.
Il have understood" he began,
there has been some criticism of my
action in disposing of the Superstition
mine to the Copper Range and Tide
water people. Some of our stockhold-
ers have been unkird enough to hint
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-23

that there was treachery in my part
OF the proceedings. have called this
meeting to explain without any mine
Ing of words why 1 was forced to act
as did on my own responsibility and
TO act quickly"
He related in detail the story Of the
sudden word received from the mine
foreman announcing the petering out
of the vein. In more yelled language,
but still making himself plain enough
TO be understood, he disclosed ths
thought that had come to him of get
ting the mine ready for sale by sailing
It, and of his subsequent success in
unloading the property on Rhineland-
er without serious loss to any of the
shareholders.
In spite Of his explanation, protest
was heard almost at once against his
summary action in selling out without
authority from the directors. Seagrue
met the criticisms firmly. IF had
stopped to ask the directors for au-
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-23

bird on wing, Helen shot far out
from the mOuntainside and dropping
at a sharp angle down the line, sped
suspended between heaven and earth.
At a distance on the desert, the
Shay engine of the Neighbor mine was
toiling slowly along when the engineer
saw the figure of a woman clinging to
the aerial carriage of the Superstition
mine as it shot through the air down
to the valley. Breathless, he watched
the wild flight, expecting every instant
to see the slender creature let go, to
fall, crushed, to the rock below her.
But Helen did not let go. Hanging
on with desperation born of the re-
alization that she must save the i'm
prisoned men, she shot across the dan
gerous declivity from top to bottom
and without mishap, jumped in safety
to the foot of the aerial and dashed
away for help. She ran toward the
little railroad, tagged the engine, got
into the cab, and struggling for breath,
appraised the crew of the accident. The
engineer hurried1y started the engine
back to their own mine. Forcing all
the speed that he could get, and with
Helen urging him to spare no effort,
he made the engine bump along over
the joints as it never had done before.
A dozen times, before they reached
their destination, it seemed as if the
sturdy little machine must turn tur-
tie.
Jumping from the cab the moment
the Shay stopped, Helen told of the
disaster. Men ran in from all quar-
tiers, and their foreman-an active
fel1ow-gave directions about getting
the stuff they should need to work
with at the cave-in. With the least
possible loss of time, these neces-
saries were assembled and the train
loaded with men started back.
In the interval, the news te1ephoned
to Las Vegas had stirred the town.
At the hospital motor car was placed
in waiting, and doctors answering the
hurry-up call jumped into the machine
with their emergency bags and head
ed for the mine. One Of the surgeons
recalled that Earl Seagrue was the