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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-28
Government Dam Breaks.

Davenport, Iowa.-A section OF the
remaining wall of the government dam
at lie Claire has been carried away by
an ice jam, and the area within the
wall was flooded. One Of the govern
ment dredges was submerged. The
loss will be heavy, as the water Gov
ers many acres and will have to be
pumped out after the break is mended.
The wall was constructed as a pre-.
liminary step toward building q canal
over the LIE Claire rapids as an aid to
navigation. The river here is nea the
danger rOint.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-28
NOTE IS UNSATISFACTORY
Germany Does Not Admit Aeeounta-
biiity In Latest Communication to
the United States.

Washington.-The United States Is
understood to have rejected as being
partially unsatisfactory Germany's lat
est proposal In the Lusitania negotia-
tons. Secretary Lansing, with the
approval OF President Wilson. Is said
to have so informed Count o Berns-
torff, the German ambassador, during
a conference at the state department.
The ambassador VIII confer with
the secretary. II - understood AZ Will
then submit another confidential en-
tative proposal for q settlement. hav-
ing embodied In it the requirements o.
the United States. After being con-
sidered by the president and Secrer
tary Lansing. the matter. unless pres
ent plans miscarry, will be transmit
ted to Berlin for the consideration OF
the German government. Five or six
DAYS may elapse before it is known
whether the Berlin foreign office will
assume a view which comedies with
that of the administration
It is considered probable that the
ambassador may forward some rec
commentators with the tentative form
of settlement, which, it IS said, Will
contain every point for which the Unit
ed States has for so long oontendeo.
In many particulars the suggested
form Of agreement designed to con-
| clude the controversy, which was sub
mitted through the ambassador. is &C
ceptable. 1t was stated by excellent
authority. however, that the United
| States insists upon holding the e
man government to "a strict account
ability for the loss OF more than 10O
American lives and desires that the
Berlin government admit, in effect
that it is liable according to law FOL
the lives Of neutrals lost in the com
mission OF an act against a vessel o.
the enemy.
It was indicated that while Teu
tonic diplomatic circles were disap
pointed at the refusal Of the United
States to accept the proposal, a feel
ing Of optimism regarding the outcome
still prevailed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-28
INCOME TAX CONSTITUTIONAL
u. S. Supreme Court Is Unanimous in
Sweeping Aside All Contention.
Decision EIates Congress.

Washington.-The income tax q
been declared constitutional by b
supreme cour in a unanimous decis-
ion which swept aside every contention
raised against it, and. in the opinion
OF congressional leaders, opened the
way for increasing The tax q on
great fortunes to help pay for national
defense.
Proposals are pending in Congress
to tax incomes OF more. than $l,o0O.-
300 as high as so per Ger Leaders
on all sides agreed that out Of the i'm
petus which the decision will give
such proposals is likely to come . defi-
mite movement to levy on the revenues
from great private fortunes for some
raise to carry out the army and navy
increases.
1.-THE supreme courts decision has
absolutely unfettered the income tax
as a source of revenue" said Repre-
sentative Hull of Tennessee, author o
the law. "All doubt IS removed and
Congress is left much freer to act. /
USk1ONO SOh6A ZOE / A"no
of the opportunity to amend the law
materially. Without any unusual or
unjust charges 1t can be made to yield
s1S5, 0OO, 900 to $195, 900 900 a year, as
against $s5, OO0, 900 or $4,000 900 at
present"
Representative Hull is preparing
amendments to carry the tax to in
| comes below 50, 900 and make graded
increases in the surtaxes on incomes
exceeding $40, 900 a year.
So far the problem Of raising the
revenue for national defense. although
approached from many angles, has not
been carried toward any definite solu-
ton because, with the censtitutionality
of the income tax undecided, admins
tration leaders were reluctant to place
too much dependence on it.
In it's decision the supreme court
construed for the first time the s1H
teenth amendment TO h constitution
under which the tax is levied, and gave
it the broadest Interpretation posi-
BILE, rejecting suggestions to con1ine
its scope to narrow limits.
The decision was announced by
Chief Justice White. 1t WAS rendered
in tho appeal of Frank B. Brushabei
from the action Of the Now York fed
eral court in refusing to enjoindef tbs
Southern Pacific, of which Brushabe1
was a stockholder, from paying thu
tax.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-28
Powder Car Explodes-3o Injured.

Bluefield, w. Va.-More than 80 per-
sons were injured, five seriously. here.
when a car loaded with black powder
blew up in the local yards of the Nor
folk & Western railroad. Fire fol
lowed. and before the flames could be
controlled several cars loaded with
merchandise had been destroyed.
Three cars containing dynamite were
on a nearby siding, but firemen sue
ceeding in removing them to a place
of safety. The cause has not been de-
termined.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-28
RNERSHARBORS
BILL IS LIMITED
HOUSE COMMITTEE WOULD HOLD
APPROPRIATIONS DOWN TO
81. 1000.
PRESIDENT FAvORS PLAN
Are Thrown Out BY Committee.
Separate Bill For the Missls-
sippj River.

Washington.-The rivers and har-
bors committee has voted to innclude
no new projects in its forthcoming
bill, but to confine appropriations sole
ly to projects already authorized, thus
limiting the total to approximately
$4,000, 900.
Estimates for new projects aggre-
gate nearly $125 .O0O, 1000. Chairman
Suarkman announced the committee
would begin hearings 500 on new
projects for inclusion N the rivers and
harbors bill for the December session
Of Congress.
This action is regarded as formal
notice that there will be no general
river and harbor bill this year. 1t &C.
cords with the presidents program.
Important projects submitted to the
committee and eliminated by the late
decision totaled 1872, 935.697 for which
an initial appropriation OF $27,622,399
had been asked. Advocates Of many Of
these improvements are expected to
make a fight for them when the COM
mittee's report comes before the
House. No new improvements were
authorized last year, a filibuster in the
Senate having forced a compromise I'M
| der which no money was appropriated
| except to continue work on existing
projects.
Among the proposals cut out by the
committees action are:
Tennessee river, at Muscle Shoals,
$1s, 701, 900; Beaufort-St. Johns river.
Florida, $14.4OO. 900; purchase Of the
Chesapeake and Delaware canal, So,
e0o, 900; Red River, Louisiana and Ar
kansas, $e.o2o,ooO; New York-Dela
ware Bay canal. $50, 000, 900; New
York harbor, upper bay. East River
and He'll Gate, $1~4,230.o00; Sacramen
to and San Joaquin rivers, California
5 ,S6o,Oo Los Angeles and Lone
Beach harbors, 81. 0S0, 900; Cumberland
river, above Nashville, Tenn. $4,000.
900; dam at the foot of Lake Erie, New
York, 50, 500, 900; waterway, st. Georg'
Sound to Rio Grande. $~3,632,910; Bos
ton harbor, $685. 900; Norfolk har
Dor, $1,114, 900; Connecticut river, Con
necticut and Massachusetts,, $1.870,000
Jamaica Bay, N. r., $1,273,0 900; Nawili
liwili harbor, Hawaii, $1,0S6, 900.
Regarding the report of the specia
committee of eight to draft a bill TO
separating the Mississippi river fro1
the annual river and harbor bill, it ha
been learned, that the committee wa
proceeding hopefully AS n con
mltteeman expressed it, there's a he
on, but whether the eggs will hate
is another question"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-28
20 Hurt In 81" Wreck.

New York.-Twenty persons, most Of
them I'M and children. were injur-
ed in a collision between two elevated
railroad trains crowded with passea-
gers on a new draw bridge over the
Harlem river. According to officials
OF the company, one of'the trains ran
past a signal and crashed into the rear
car OF the ether train. There was 4
panic among the passengers and it was
with difficulty that the guards and
bridge employees restrained many from
stepping on to the electrically charged
third rail or leaping into the river.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-28
R.ekwafer Threatens Train Service.

Natchez.-The rise Of the Misslssip'
Of is forcing back water up the hed
river and the section in the north side
near its mouth is being flooded. This
is not protected by levees. The rising
water may cause the disc~ontinuance
of the Texas & Pacific train service
here, as a considerable portion OF its
tracks run through the lowlands.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-28
AGED Nan Robbed.

Pontotoc.-Report ot the robbery OF
Sam Winters, an aged man who lives
two miles west of Thaxton, in this
county, has just reached this place
Mr.. Winters went to bed with his
pocketbook containing $3.50 under his
pillow. When he awoke the next
morning 1t was gone. Authorities
have arrested two young men and
claim to have recovered $3.50 OK the
money.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-28
arookhaven DISTRIBUTING Point.

Northumberland w. p. Cas-
sedy has received word from the post
office department at Washington that
orders will be issued soon making
Brookhaven the distributing point for
postoffice supplies fer the counties or
Amite, Lawrence. Lincoln, Marion,
Pike and Walthall. This will necessl-
tate carrying a large stock of govern
ment stores in the Brookhaven post
office.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-28
Fear Life Loss in Flood.

Luna, Ariz.-First hand reports OF
probable loss of life and great prop
erty damage on the California side Of
the Colorado river Is arriving here
through ysefugees. John Seldom, the
first man in, said his house in the
Bard Indian reservation unit OF the
Yuma irrigation project was washed
away. He said he took refuge on the
roof and floated for six hours. While
ON the house he saw a man, woman
and two children float by, clinging to
a buggy. A relief party left here for
the flooded districts.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-28
HEAVY FIGHTING IN WEST.

Germans Make Effort to Break Brit
ish Lines in Flanders.
London.-The renewal OF heavy
fighting on the western front is an
nounced. There has been a serious
German attempt to break through the
French lines close to the Flanders
coast, and the predictions are that
German activity in the west will prob
ably reach its height Jan. ~, when
the German emperor celebrates his
57th birthday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-28
British Steamer Sinks; All Saved

British Steamer Sinks; All Saved.
Halifax, N. S.-The British freight
steamer P%ollentia, which has been re-
ported in distress about TOO miles off
Cape Race, las founiered. according
to a wireless message received here.
All on board were rescued.
An earlier r~adiograE said that tho
Italian steamer Giusseppi Verdi and
two other steamers were standing by
the Pollentia waiting for the seas to
moderate sufficiently to enable them
to take off her crew.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-28
Porter Charlton 10 Back.

New York.-The Italian steamer
America with two guns mounted on her
after deck and carrying as a passenger
Porter Charlton, the young American
convicted in Italy of killing his wife at
Lake Como In 1910, has arrived here.
Charlton was released from prison in
November, his sentence having ex-
pis ed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-28
1000 TURKS
Recent Battle Near Erzerum Was
Won by Russia.

London.-Four thousand Turks, in
GLIDING so officers, were captured by
the Russians in the recent battle In
the neighborhood of Erzerum, accord
ing to a dispatch from Petrograd. The
Russians are also said to have cap
tured scores Of machine guns and
enormous quantities Of munitions.
The dispatch says:
1.-THE rout of the Turks in the battle
which resulted in their being driven
into Erzerum appears from later &C
counts to have beer even more decis-
i've than shown in the first reports
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-28
Demand Protection.

E Paso, Texas resolution 70
questing the government OF tho United
States to establish an adequate patrol
Northern Mexico to protect the lives
and propery OF American citizens sxas.
adopted by delegates to the nineteenth
annnual convention Of the Americas
NationaI ~yIvastock Association.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-28
Train Kills Neoro.

Sardis.-An unknown negro was In
stantly killed here while trying to
hoard a northbound train. Papers
found in the pocket bear the name OF
walter Martin, Water Valley, Miss.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-28

Supreme Court Takes Recess.
Washington. - The supreme court
has announced q recess from Jan. 81
to Feb. Fl.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-28
New Rural Route.

Fayette.-Mail service on the re
Gently authorized rural free delivery
route out of Fayette will begin Feb
w. w. Ellis OF this place has bee
appointed temporary carrier. K
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-28

OF children born Of parents at the
are OF forty-one years one-thfrd die
during the first year, while the rate
OF mortality among those born Of
parents between the ages OF twenty
one and thirty u less than eight pef
cent
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-28

Four hundred years ago the aver
age length Of human lie was between
dred years ago the average human life
was less than thirty. The average hu-
man life today reaches nearly forty
years.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-28

The emerald IL worth more per carat
than any other stone.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-28

The American steamship Ausable,
from Galveston for Esbjerg, Denmark,
taken into Kirkwall Jan. IA, has been
released.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-28

tiers of Rhode Island is assured.
"A young woman answering he de-
scription of Sister Rita Vincent. the
23-year-old nun who m~ysteriously dis
appeared from the Convent Joseph
Villa, Philadelphia, two weeks ago.
was found in q girls home at Baltt-
more.
| Premier AsQuith announced in the
house of commons the appointment Of
Joseph A. Pease. former president Of
the board Of education, as postmaster
general.
The nomination Of z. NJ. McCarron
"a postmaster at Walnut Ridge, Ark.
vas rejected by the senate. He was
opposed by Senator Clarke.
Two men were killed and three 9TH
ers wounded In q strike riot at the
Edwards Valve company's plant 1t
East Chicago. Ind
Increases In pay averaging s per
cent will be given master mechanics
In the navy yards throughout the
United States. effective probably In
the next two weeks.
One man VA kille dand I doeea
others severely injured by IN explo-
sion IN the nitrate house Of the Du
Point powder plant 1t Hopewen, Va.
The Holland.America llns stsamshlp
Ryn0hAm. WITHIN a3tor N acca6emk
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-25

Suspicion II very often useless pain.
johnson.
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The letter was originally set to Muir
ray -Aunger, Ltd, the Overland deal
er at Adelaide, Australia, who trans
mitted it to the Toledo factory.
"The Overland, which you have
supplied US for ambulance service" Z"
runs part of the letter, from the
Egyptian battle front, have done ex-
cellent work; they have been run
ming continuously since they have
been in Egypt. Four Of them are at
present stationed on the Suez Canal,
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and they are called upon to do very
strenuous work, as, most of the going
is in the sand. The drivers speak
very highly of these machines. The
cars are kept busy, running day and
night. h..
Cup to a short time ago there was
no speed limit in Cairo, and we used
to drive the cars at a tremendous
rate. When we were stationed at
Heliopolis, about five miles from
Cairo, we would have races into Cal
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-25

The Sham Battle is an exhibition in itself.
The Overland Concord Stage Coach chased by
Road Agents and the run for life is great.
grand and thrilling. The Cowboy on the hur-i
ricane deck of the Bucking Broncho- whoop-5
la''-you can hear his tail whop mile. Two of
q kind, but who is master? Great fun. This
exhibition, in nine acts, is given before the races
or between heats to suit time, and positively
agreeable to all concerned, making golden frame
of mirth and jollity around the beautiful Horse
of War and Speed for Glory. BaoNcHo JoHr
is an established reality. Read his war and
OTHER credentials. This attraction draws great
crowds from very far distance every day. rain
or shine.
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70. It was no; uncommon sight to see
is. or 20 ambulances, tearing along
the. main road to the city.
"But now we have a speed limit,
which is being tightened almost
'fortnightly. The best run we have
is a place called Helousan, about rs
miles from Cairo. The road follows
along the banks of the River Nile,
practically the entire way.
zone soon picks up the Arabic
language, especially enough Of it for
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-25
; Climbing q Coeoanut Tree.

Cocoanuts when ripe fall to the
ground and when necessary are pluck
ed by men who climb up. It sometimes
makes ones blood run cold to see
them run up the trees like monkeys.
Two ways are practiced for mounting
the trunk. In the case of small tree
or at an odd moment the man walks
up the trunk. keeping bis feet fat
against it and throwing his weight
back from it as much as possible. re-
tanning his position at the same time
by the tension Of his arms. The other
and safer plan Is to pass loop Of cord
around the feet, which are thus kept
close together. and grasp the trunk OF
the tree. the arms meanwhile assisting
the climber. who moves upward In a
series Of jumps.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-25
Eorea of Habit.

Speaking Of force Of habit, some
years ago there was an iron railing
around the capitol grounds at Wash
ington. The appropriation bill provided
for q watchman 10 close and lock the
gates every night at certain hour and
open them at a certain hour every
morning. In the course Of time the
railing or fence was removed, but the
gates swung between their Egyptian
pillars for a long time, and all that
time the watchman came and went
regularly, closing and opening the
gates according to law and drawing
bis salary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-25
Paper Making In Japan.

Papermaking was one Of the earliest
Industries Of Japan. When Europeans
were writing on the skins Of animals
ana leaves Of plants, ancestors Of mod
ern japanese were recording their
thoughts on paper made from wood or
vegetable fiber. Papermaking in ia
pan was probably introduced from
Korea about 610 A. D. In the reign Of
the Empress Suiko. this being the first
mention Of paper In Japanese history.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-25
CAMERA MEN AL0FT.
How Battle Field Views Are Taken
From an Aeroplane.

How Battle Field Views Arc iaksh
From an Aeroplane.
The camera man in the aeroplane,
In order to get his focus, must usually
work within range of the firing lines.
Few precautions are possible. The bot
tom Of the aeroplane may be covered
with metal sheets, when it is said to
be armored, but the pilot must de-
pend upon his feetness and elevation
to dodge the enemies fire. There Is be-
sides the chance Of encountering an.
other aerial craft, probably armed for
an attack with q machine gun. Calm
ly facing such dangers the camera man
must coolly adjust his cameru, calcu-
late the value Of light and shadow, the
speed of his craft and altitude and
make his exposures at just the right
instant. The photographer who loads
his plate holders and, camera In hand.
takes his place on scouting aeroplane
faces perhaps greater hazard than
any man of his profession, which is
saying a great deal.
The telephoto camera, which has
been especially designed and con-
structed for aeroplane work, is as pow
erful as a small telescope or the field.
glasses available for an army officer
Every one who has ever looked at
the ground glass Of camera beneath
the. focusing cloth knows how the
world suddenly appears in miniature.
As one looks through the telephoto
camera the landscape suddenly leaps
nearer like the stage Of the theater
through ones opera glasses.
With such a camera excellent photo
graphs may be taken at height OF
$500 meters, or rather more than two
miles. From such attitudes the lens
sweeps a broad expanse Of country.
In the photographs made from point
q thousand feet or more up the detail
recorded is often marvellous. A fort or
4 trench iss thus shown as clearly as
though snapped by an ordinary camera
at distance Of but few feet. Many
Of the pictures are taken at high alti-
tudes with the camera inverted and
the lens pointed through hole in the
floor of the car.
Since these fiers can work In
radius of 100 miles their operating base
need not be near the battle line and
the dark room problem Is greatly SIM
plifed. When he has returned to earth
with bis exposures the developing and
printing may be done In some nearby
city or town. It is often necessary.
however, to develop In the field, when
special portable tent dark rooms are
employed, or the films are developed
In special trays without the use Of
ruby light. Developing becomes q
thrilling operation when chance bull
let or bursting shell may at any in
stant enter ones dark room and fog
the plates, If it does nothing worse.
With these aero photographs before
him the modern commander may be
said to look directly down upon the
battlefield. An attack or defensive
movement may be planned like game
Of chess, where every square Of the
board Is beneath the eyes.-"The Cam
era Man." by Francis A. Collins.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-25
THE LEFT" IN ARABIAN
Writes Driver of Overland Ambu-
lance on Egyptian Front.

One of the very best testimonials
in recent months has been received
by the WHY'S Overland Company,
makers of Overland and WHY'S
Knight motor cors, from the Austral-
ian Motor Transport Service, which
is stationed at Gamrah, Cairo, Egypt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-25
FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING
Big Foue Fair Association
Asssst 30. 81, September I, 2, 1905

- Nashua, Iowa, Sept. 2, 1864.
To WHOM IT MAY CoNcERN:-
This is to certify that Mr.. J. a. Suli-
van was engaged by this Association to
give his Broncho John or Wild West
Show at our Fifth Annual Meeting and I
am free to say that this show is very
entertaining and realistic and the people
were more than pleased. I believe it was
the means Of greatly increasing the attend
ance to our fair this year.
I take pleasure in recommending Mr..
Sullivan and his show and the men that
accompany him.
Yours truly,
BIG Four FAIR ASSOCIATION.
By L. E. Eek. Sec'y,
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Descriptive.

Small Tommy had just come frcu
the back yard. where the cook was re-
moving the feathers from a chicken.
"Have you seen anything Of Jane"
asked his mother.
"Sure." replied the little fellow.
"She Is behind the shed husking q
hen."-New York Globe.
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motoring purposes. Such essentials
as 'Imshi," .goaaway; sYemeenak, 2
get over to the right; saShamalak'',
get over to the left; oak",. look ont;
soak rigglak," look ont for your
feet are enough for an ambulance
drivers purpose.
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Are you raising pre-bred poultry
Or mongrels? Pure-bred pays the,
best and is no more expensive to-
keep. " Il; 4. I.