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Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20

that q flock of young turkeys were In
the wood, and off ran Reynard with
him.
One of Mrs. Fox's rugs happened to
be a big g%oatskin, and as it hung or
the line swinging in the wind, Billy
Goat happened to pass by and see it.
Billy Goat gave a look at the rug
and shook his horns. IF I could find
the one who did that" he said, Il
would avenge my poor relative.
wonder who lives here!"
Billy Goat looked around and not
seeing anyone he took the goatskin
and started to run away with it, but
he had only gone as far as a clump
of bushes when he saw some turnips
which Mrs. Fox had in a basket in
the yard, and Billy changed his mind.
He hid the skin of his relative be-
hind the bushes and very cautiously
tiptoed up to the basket and ate up
every one Of Mrs. Fox's turnips.
He felt pretty sleepy when he had
finished this big meal. so instead of
running home he crept behind a rock
some distance from Mrs. Fox's house
and went to sleep.
BY and by Reynard came back from
mis- run with Mr.. Coon and as he did
not wish his wife to see him, he
lodged behind every rock and tree
as he came near his house.
"Well! If there isn't Mrs. Foxs
nice %goatskin rug away over here,
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20
KILLED MANY TO
Get INSURANCE
capetoWn's Most Noted Grim
inal Sew Over Score
of People
TOOK HIS own LIFE
UnrivaIed In the Annals Of Crime for
the Multitude Of His Methods
Probably a Miser Who Hid
His Gold.

Manchester, Eng.-Great murGerers
are more interesting to most people
than they like to imagine. A really
good murderer, a first ranker, is. in q
queer sort of way, a national posses
sion. England has it's Palmer, France
Its GILES de Rail-, the United States
its H. H. Holmes.
And we South Africans have Pierre
Basson, a multiple murderer Of the
most interesting and dangerous sort,
says the writer of a South African let
ter to the Manchester Guardian.
Basson insured. among many others,
the life of a German farmer called
Schaeffer for $500. Afterward
Schaeffer disappeared. The papers
sailed as near the wind of libel as
they dared, but no n would say with
whom he was last seen. One hot Sat
arday afternoon in December the po-
lice went and dug in Basson's fowl
hockje.
Pierre watched them at their work
from his window. When they had
made some progress he ran into his
mothers bedroom, in his shirt sleeves.
Took His Own Life.
he pulled out all the drawers of the
wardrobe on to the floor, looking for
his brothers revolver. His mother
screamed to saw him. His last words,
which he said with his face streaming
with sweat and tears, were tits Toby's
fault"
Toby Louw was arrested after q
long search, and put on his trial. He
was Basson's dearest friend.
The principal witness against him
was Caroline. Caroline was a Hotten-
tot washerwoman. She passed one
night, she said, down the road on her
way to the tiny village In the Flats.
She saw a light in the h%enroost. Curl
ously, she stopped and put her ear
against the partition, which edged the
road.
A voice inside said, '"Toby, gee mil
die kalk." (Give me the lime.)
"And the chickens prayed together
with terror" she deposed. 1t was this
statement which mad the police go
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20

and dig in the hook that hot afternoon.
Toby brought his girl, Miss Oliviera,
a Portuguese, to cry for him, and he
was acquitted.
Probably a Miser.
Basson (whom even the judge called
"Peery'' in his summing up in defer
ence to his family at the height of his
career was a young man, not much
more than thirty, and reputed to be
the fastest walker in Capetown. He
was educated at one Of the best
schools at the Cape, from which he
was finally expelled for tormenting
animals. He was an insurance agent
and e. collector. Many-some say
forty, twenty would be much nearer
the mark-of the people whom he In
sured died suddenly.
Like William Palmer, his own broth
er was among the number.
If he killed them all he was unri-
vailed in the annals Of crime for the
multitude of his methods. In lonely
walks. by pools in the windy sands of
the Flats, in broad daylight. at night.
in the crops at Stellenbosch. In the
sick bed. by sudden falls from high
cliffs, In drowning in the sea-these
people ended their lives.
No n ever knew what he did with
the money. He was supposed to have
smoked opium with Cinnamon in Rose
street under Signal hall. The most
likely theory was that he was a miser,
{ nd hid and cherished his gold alone.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20

T ONGA time g l heara one nan
IL ga "everyting ees come my way
now" Lasa week one my neighbor
move way from da place where he
leeva nexa door, so mebbe da sauna
ting happen weeth me, I dunno.
Dat neighbor when he leave da house
he forgotta cat wot belonga weeth
heem. Now I gotta cat cen my fam
lily. But l lika dat cat pretty good
and eef he no skeedo I feeda heem
beefa steak SO Tonga he leeve nine
times.
One my frien tella me other day he
was Tom cat. I dunno eet before, but
righta queeck I gotta greata idee. I
dunno wot was a Tom cat, but eef he
ees dat kind I lika Jerry cat. too. l
feegure eef I gotta Tom and Jerry
wotell I care for da prohibish.
But ees somating wrong weeth dat
cat. Everytime I scratcha hees head
he getta hees back up. He sleep ALA
day and make love ALA night weeth
ices girl. Mebbe he tink he gotta
night shift job cen my house, l dunno.
And dat s~on-of-a-gun talka too
aneoch lika p~honeegranh. When he no
make love weeth hees girl he go to
odge on da back fence. And l tink
very cat cen town belonga weeth da
same lodge. He talk and fight and
naka more noise ALA night as da fire
rack.
One time heara houta nan wot was
,aisen dickens ALA hees life. But dat
a no gotta somating on my cat. He
yotta nine life and I tink he try do
;oma ting veeth da whola bunch every
light ALA N time.
Wot you tink?
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20
BILLY GOAT & MIR. FOX

Mr.. FOX was lazy; that his wife
Iva knew very well, but she had
mad up her mind that he should help
her with her spring housekeeping If
she had to starve him to it.
You won't get a bite to eat" she
said one morning, until you clean my
carpets and rugs. Now go to work, #
you want your dinner, Reynard."
Out in the yard the rugs and carpets
went with u bang and back to her
work went Mrs. Fox.
Reynard got up slowly from the
ground where he was sitting under a
tree and sighed, for he knew it was
work or no dinner.
He pulled the carpet on the clothes
line and hung the rugs beside it, and
just then Mr.. Coon ran by, calling out
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20

the tales of native life and adventure "be-
yond the pale" India was revealed anew
with a ~brilliance, color and passion I'M
surpassed; Mulvaney and his pals, the
exuberant SOLDIERS Three" captivated
men from sea to sea.
Within the next ten years Kipling trav-
eled round the world, married, lived in
America, England and South Africa, and
finally became so imbued with imperial
ism as almost to destroy his art.
His "BaTack Room Ballads" and Seven
Seas revealed him as an inspiring poet
who "splashed at a ten-league canvas
with brushes of camel's hair
OF his three novels, 1.-THE Light That
Failed" is 81 tale of Suez; Captains Cour-
ageous'' of Gloucester fishermen, and
kim breathes again the subtle and
mysterious fascination of India.
With the Jungle Books kipling en-
thralled a new audience. These, and the
Incompatible Just So Stories.'' written
to his son who was killed IN the war, en-
ehrined him in the hearts of children the
world over.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20


STRICKLAND GILLIAN
(Copyright.)
PERPETUAL DISSATISFACTION.
The man who has to stay at home
Finds that not to his liking.
The drummer" always on the roam,
Is sick and tired of hiking.
1t isn't that the home is bad,
The roads no such a lemon;
It's just that we've always had
Is we're aye condemnin'.
'Twould sure be finer, would it not,
And give the world a rest,
If each declared that What he'd got
Was just the very best?
Couldn't Stand Everything.
A a had just walked under a lad.
der,
A girl split the salt and threw none
of 1t over her left shoulder.
A boy had just kicked a black cat
that crossed the road.
Providence pulled down its veil.
my face won't stand any more fly
ing into" it said.
UH'HUH.
Doctor-One Of those high
heads that run to a sharp peak
at the top is usually a token
of feeble-mindedness.
Listener-Ah, yes! What one
might call pyramidiotic, Ell?
OF, VOL.
From rugged Maine to Golden Gate this
photo-reel stuff is unfurled.
And every jit-show in the land has 1.-THE
best movies in the world"
Oil Stoves.
One time in a careless moment
Luther Burbank. the well-known dou-
~ble-crosser, conceived the unique and
mischieyous idea of crossing the
glow-worm and the skunk.
The result was an oil stove.
The hybrid inherited it's heat from
the glow-worm and it's aroma from
the skunk.
When one retires in a ~fireless, ra-
%diatorless, registerless room away
from home, they sometimes put
one of these kerosene, air-cooled con
sumers in with him for company.
Any time he wakes in the night he
knows the stove is there, because he
can smell it.
He Is glad It doesn't make any
heat. for smells smell wOrse in
a warm room than In a cold room.
They say there are oil stoves that
warm one. But we have not seer
all.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20
AMERICAN WEIGHTS WRONG.

The United States bureau of stand
ards reports that many of the weights
submitted by American makers for test
have been unsatisfactory. This has
caused such great delay and inconven-
lence that a of the largest dealers
- already considering the ~advisabflity
Of importing Mt least those weights
which are to be certified by the bureau.
Apparently the trouble Is mainly due
- insulicient factor. Inspection.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20
Well Named

Wheedle-I say, Jack, what is the
Of the club you've joined?
Guiffer-The "Ofice."
Wheedl@Isn't that rather an odd
name?
Guiffer-Not ut all; you can tell the
wife that you We're detained at the
"ofice' without any pricking of con-
science
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20

Rudyard kipling
was born Dec. 80,
1866, in Bombay,
where his father,
] 9 h n
Kipling, artist and
author, was profess
sor in the British
School of Art. He
was educated at the
United Service Col
lege. Westward Ho,
North Devon, scene
of the lurid Stalky
novel.
At he
was In India once
more, a
Before h e W a S
t~wenty-four he had
completed plain
Tales F m the
Hills and six more
of his best stories.
which established
his fame through
out the world In
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20
Sounds Like Affectation.

This aviator is not conceited?"
Il hardly think so. Still there's q
something in his manner that CRATES
on me-"
"Yes?"
I don't like the casual way in which
he says travelling $50 miles an hour iE
a plane is crawling through the air. y
Birmingham AgeHerald.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20

Accept california; Syrup of Figs
only-loOk for the name California on
the package, then o are sure your
child is having the best and most HARM
less physic for the little stomach, liver
and bowels. Children love It's fruity
taste. Full directions on each bottle
You must say "California."-Adv.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20
Unfinished Busj',ess.

Sambo-Say. Doc, what was that
you gave me! l Dreamed / was chas-
In a large chicken and just as l was
about TO grab i'm I o up.
Doctor-Why that was q quarter
Of q grain Of morphine.
SambO-Pleasa squirt 20 mere
grains In me- wantah ketch that
chicken.-Medicul Pickwick.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20
Beauty Chats
BV Edna Kent Forbes

some other person. Yet, if you lean
close to the mirror you can do it your
self. The lash on both the upper and
under lid should be clipped. This will
make them grow in longer and thicker,
too.
The eyebrows, too, will benefit by
clipping, but this is something most
ONE would hesitate about, as the
short hairs would show more readily
than on the lashes. Vaseline is about
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20
Cuticura Comforts Baby's Skin

When red, rough and itching with not
paths Of Cuticura Soap and touches of
Cuticura Ointment. Also make use
aow and then Of that exquisitely scent
I'd busting powder, Cuticura Talcum,
,ne Of the Indispensable Cuticura
Toilet Trio.-Adv.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20
Woman, Scaiped. Gets Well.

Valparaiso. Ind.-Mrs. Helen Rel
mers of Wheeler has recovered from
being scalped. Over 100 stitches re-
placed her scalp. which was practical
~ torn from her head by her hair
catching in an overhead shafting. Only
q red scar remains on her forehead.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20
Attempted suicide Before Altar.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Financial
troubles prompted Miss Maud RAN
dolph. thirty-five years old, Of this
city. to attempt suicide by drink
ing poison while kneeling before the
altar Of Trinity church, New York
city.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20
Microbes With a Double Life

Microbes With a Double Life.
The transformation of microbes
from one form to another has been
described by many Investigators, and
1t has ever been suggested that the
same microbe in different forms may
be responsible for different diseases.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20
His Most important Function.

IAN editor is a MAJ who puts things
n the paper, isn't he, pa?"
"Oh, no, my son an editor keeps
things out of the apprehension
Transcript.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20

Comet Scared New Enqanders.
In 1914. on the fourth of February.
a very large comet with . long tail,
which had terrified the early settlers
OF New England. who belir1ed it to
be q herald of disaster, relieved their
superstitiOus minds by di, appearing.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20

DR.. Peery's Dead Shot" is not a loz.
mge" or "sirup," but a real old-fash-
oned dose of medicine which cleans out
Worms or Tapeworm with a single DOSE
kdv.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20
Wrono ouestion.

"What'l you be II there's another
varf" "WhatM l be? Better ask me
where I'll be."-Home Sector.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20
Ex-Phy.seian to Mikads Killed.

Ex-Phystcian 70 Mi<adA Killed.
Alton. m.-When an automobile In
which he was riding collided with q
passenger train here. DR.. Harry r.
Lemens. formerly private physician to
The emprror a. Iapan, was killed,
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20

Cheer up! It's only n matter OF
lime until you will be sele2tng q
straw lid.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20

Panied Virtue.
"Jinks has no idea of honesty"
whats the matterY
Hes never returned me the umbrel-
la I borrowed from Jabbs."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-01
UNITED STATES
ARMY WANTS men
FOR OVERSEAS

Scores of ex-service men, and
others whose youth prevented their
service during the World War, will
be interested in the telegram re-
ceived at the Army Recruiting Sta
ton at Bridgeport, Conn, this morn
ing announcing that 759 Infantry
men, IL cooks and 27 bakers are
needed at once fo- the American Elk
peditionary Forces in Germany. 1t
will be remembered that a little
more than a month ago a thousand
men were called for the first week
in August, and this quota was filled
within a week by the General Re
cruiting Service, and the Recruiting
officers urge quick action on the part
of those who contemplate enlisting
for Germany.
In the existing for the previous
quota, the Springfield District, of
which Bridgeport, Conn, is a sub
station, did excellent work and Sc
cured nearly 100 men most of them
old soldiers. The War Department
is anxious to enlist a very high type
of men for it's German Forces, and
only men of more than average
mentality and physique will be taken.
II is planned to send these troops
overseas at once, and consequently
their training will he rapid-hence
the need of high type of man who
can be instructed readily.
The advantages of service in Ger
many are many. Our boys on the
Rhine are splendidly CHARTERED, fed
and clothed, and their amusement is
are the best-Troupes from France
and the u. s. A. entertain them, and
passes are given literally so that the
ough'boys can visit the historic
castles and cities of Germany The
troops of the American Forces in
Germany publish a daily newspaper.
and at present a baseball league,
formed of service teams Is closing its
season.
The low rate of the German money
allows our boys to live like million
aires as all American troops are paid
in American currency-wlich pur-
cf1ases a buShel basket of Marks.
The mark ordinarily is worth a. quar-
ter, but is SO Debated that a dollar
buys fifty of them. The whole SIT
| uation summed UP by saying that an
| Am erican private's pay. (taking into
| consideration the foreign service in
| crease), when changed into Marks
is more than a German Colonel gets
or more than the Mayors OF the
| largest cities.
| The educational system OF the
! Army has followed our troops over
| seas-ard the soldier has a chance tc
| learn a trade and continue his AGA
! denic education under excellent in
structors. Ali in all, the American
doushboy in Germany, is in soldier.
slang, Sitting on the world.
Sergeant Spang in charge Of tht
local station believes that the quota
needed for Germany will be secured
| within ten days, and will be glad tt
| talk over an enlistment with thos,
who are interested.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-01
MINE WORKERS
DISCUSS SALE.

Hazleton, Pa, Sept THE full
! scale committee of the United Mine
Workers of the three anfhracits
districts met here today to decide en-
policy regarding the acceptance Of.
the award of the coal comrnissaoak
approved by President Wilson en-
Monday.
It is expected, according to leaders,
that there will be a fight waged by
some members Of the scale commit
tee against acceptance of the award.s
but leaders predicted final accent
ance.
The scale committee is expected to
formulate a policy before it meets;
the scale committee of the operators.
III joint session.
The situation in the anthracftei
field has been somewhat cenpHcated
by the so-ca1Ied 1nsurgent movement
in the upper fields
Miners in the middle and lower,
coal fields comprising the seventh and
ninth districts, it is said, are general
~ disposed to follow the leaders of
the union most of which are opposed
to any suspension of work
Dissatisfaction with the aware
was shown today when many miners.
refused to go to work pending q.
final settlement of the wage eues-
ton. They say they have not gones
on strike but merely taken a va
cation. Leaders of the union are
urging the men to return to work.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-01
HAWAII NATIVE
RACE TO LAST
ONLY IS YEARS

Honolulu, T. H., Sept 1.-Hawaii's
native race viii be extinct in Is
years if the ratio of births and
deaths set By the official figures for
the fiscal year 1920 is maintained.
This is indicated by the report Of DIR.
F. E. Trotter, president of the ter
ritorial board of health which shows
that during the year the deaths OF
pure-bloed Hawaiians totaled 1908
while there were e7s births.
There are Approximately $4,000
pure1 Hooded Hawaiians living on the
Hawaiian Islands, according to esti-
mates. Reports for past years show
decreases in their numbers.
In marked contrast with the evil
dence that the Havaiians are mem
bers of dying race" are the vital
statistics dealing with those who
represent mixtures of Hawaiian with
Caucasian and Asiatic blood.
OF the Caucasian Hawaiians, 249
died during the last fiscal year,
while there were 500 births in that
section of the territory's population.
The Asiatic- Hawaiian strain--prin-
cipa1ly Chinese Hawaiian recorded
1o3 deaths and 491 births.
The natural increase in the ia
panese population of the territorY
during the year was 1856. During
the year there were 4,963 births and
1897 deaths among the Japanese.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-01
CATTLE THIEVES
ARE ROUNDED UP

Buenos Aires, Sept. 1. - Vigorous
raids on the haunts of cattle rustlers
by roundup parties representing
ranch owners and the authorities are
making clandestine brand changing
as unpopular on the pampas as it be-
came on the plains of the North
American West with ''the coming OF
the law
In roundup just completed by
officers and IS gauchos, as the hard
riding and taciturn brothers of the
Texas cowmen are called, 5000 head
of cattle have been recovered with
brands that showed signs of funny
work"
This was in the province of
Buenos Aires. the most populous of
the Argentine provinces. From the
less settled provinces also there come
from time to time reports of rushing
and summary punishments that lead
one to think Of the old Wyoming or
Idaho DAYS. The rolling pampas of
Argentina, scarcely ever broken by
the sight of a tree, have had much
the same history as the North
American western plains.
In past years, especially in the
more distant provinces. the cattle
r,lstler at times .flourished- One
picturesque outcome of this in the
past was the effort of the Welsh
colonies among the foothills of the
Andes of Patagonia to set up ar
independent authority because rust
ling was not put down by the gov
eminent
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-01
GERMANS CROSS
HOLLAND BORDER
TO SECURE FOOD

O1denzaa1, Netherlands, Sept. l.
Students of the food situation in cen
trail Europe have a good opportunity
to observe the effects of a. long con-
tinued spare diet at this place, which
is the first station on Holland soil
after leaving German territory on the
main route from Berlin to Amster-
dam.
Here Germans have the first OPP
portunity to recoup themselves for
lost caIories. Fifteen minutes ride
to the ease, the bill of fare is mea-
GER: here it Ia plenteous and sus-
timing and the big station restaurant
ia daily damned with hungry cla-
Tno-7us crowds whose capacity for
solid trencher work is amazing.
Mountains of white bread sand
witches melt away like snow and
from score oe points cries arise for
glasses of fresh n1flk-an unobtain-
able luzvry in Germany. The meal
here only serves as a preliminary
smack for an even more plenteous
feast aboard the train.
As The Associated Press CORES
pendent was watching the opera
tons, a German theatrical company
with q contract 10 fill in Holland was
making a vigorous attack on the
luncheon counter. The profession in
Germany is in a bad way; salaries
are low and living is cor1espondingly
precarious, Competition for joining
| touring companies in Holland is
| keen.
| Their delight in facing a square
meal was pathetic. One, holding aloft
! ham sandwich of generous pro
! portions, detained: Beautiful boun
tiful Holland! Behold the ham ir
thy sandwiches Is draped in luxurian
| festoons. far surpa ssins' in beaut,
| and fragrance the roses in the gar
dens of Semiramis!''
| One woman sat with folded hand
! in rapt contemplation of chun}
| of fresh butter the size of a brick
| This is truly paradise" she gasped.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-01
SLAIN ON HIS CRAFT.

Baltimore, Sept. Capt. William
I'll. Foxwe11 of Baltimore. was found
murdered Monday on the deck of his
schooner, the William H. French.
lying at Rappahanock river wahrf.
according to a telegram received by
Vane Bros. agents for the vessel here.
The manner in which the captain met
his death is not described.
Vahe Bros. are at a loss to account
for the murder. as there were several
Isfnembers Of the crew who had been
with Capt. Foxwe11 for some time and
were friendly with him. Their aisap-
peararce adds to the mystery.