The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07

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vile, H., charged with having given
false testimony in the murder trial OF
Tennill Horr last September, was
found guilty of perjury, and his pun
ishment was fixed at from one to IA
a in the ~penitentiary.
Because of the increasing activity
of Austro-German submarines in the
Mediterranean, Lloyds has tripled the
usual rates of insurance for ships TAX
ing the Mediterranean and Suez canal
routes.
DR.. Helen Nolen, b has been
working in the American hospital at
Nice, said more than 10000 allied SOL
diers had been made blind since the
war began.
James Donnelly, a former dry goods
clerk in ST. Johns, N. F., is the war
hero of the colony. At the Darda-
nelles he acquitted himself so well
that King George awarded the mill
tary cross to aim.
On advices received from Consul
General Sinner, at London, Secretary
Lansing is preparing a protest to Eng
land against the seizure of mail for
the United States from Holland via
Londo
Five Boston children are dead as a
result Of having eaten poisoned
candy. A physician said the deaths
could be traced to sweets eaten at
Christmas.
In a spelling bee between parents
and children given under the auspices
of the Mothers club of the public
schools at Palestine, Tex, the chill
dren were the victors over their par
ents
| l.. NJ. Kaines of Starbuck, Mimi, an
nounced hat he would file the name
of William Sulzer. former governor Of
New York, On the Minnesota ballot as
prohibition candidate for president.
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The Richmond federal reserve bank
has declared a dividend of 5 per cent
on it's capital stock of s. 5000, 900. No
better showing has been made by any
of the others.
Prohibition won in the local option
election in Liberty county, Tex,
which gave the drys a majority of 4s
in a total of Alb votes.
B. w. A. Henson, a retired farmer
near Wichita, Kan, was arrested on
a charge of Staying his wife and his
son who went to his mothers assist
ance when she was attacked.
The king of Bulgaria has instructed
his military attaches in Berlin tt
drive so golden nails into the woode1
statue erected in honor of Field MAJ
shall Won Hindenburg.
After having been thrown into thu
bank vault with his hands tied by two
youths who robbed the Bank of Grant
Ok, of $4,000, Cashier Webb slipped
out Of his bonds, Intercepted the ban
dts. shot and seriously wounded botl
of them and recovered the money.
Petitions to place the name OF
United States enato William Alder
Smith of Grand Rapids on the presi
uSIltIdl pLlIldIy Ddl1Ol DIS IhlCu1SdI :
candidate for the Republican nomina
ton for president were filed in tn
secretary of states office.
Gen Huerta, held for violation o.
neutrality laws of the United States
is seriously i'll, and was removed from
the prison at Fort Bliss to the resi-
dence of his wife.
William Garbe of Brooklyn, pursel
of the American steamer B%orinquen
taken off by the French cruiser Des
cartes in Porto Rico waters Dec.
has been released.
The Kansas Normal school wa
shocked when it learned that Ear
Freeman and Julia Freeman, brothe
and sister and students Of the schoo.
had been married. The couple wer
brother and sister only by adoption.
l Indian troops with the British exp
dictionary forces in France are to b
transferred to another field of actor
Fifty-five bags of rubber consigned
to a German agent in Sweden wer'
removed from the Ford peace ship
Oscar H., at Kirwall.
Two members of the crew of til
Chilean bark Ivanhoe, which wer
ashore on the island of Kauai, WEI
y lost and another is missing. The Iva1
e hoe broke in two.
AS a result of an explosion of a CO;
. stove DR.. w. S. Galloway, a physical
. of Henderson, KY, is seeking to &C
- lect $500 for the loss of his mustact
from an accident insurance compan
q The Holt & American liner Nieu
n Amsterdam, bound from New York f;
r Rotterdam, went aground north of Il
t. Spit, Deal, Eng, but was ~refloate
and proceeded.
r The New YOrk Peace society,
l., which Andrew Carnegie is presider
n has united for 'closer cooperative {
IS forts" with the American branch
the League to Enforce Peace.