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$pl§ ' v ~ ' â v i. ' " > i ■' ■ w \ IS® - W V-S m MISSISSIPPI'S LIVEST LITTLE BIG NEW SPAPER. _____ PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY GREENWOOD, LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 18, 1919 J. L. & S. GILLESPIE, Editors and Publishers ASSOCIATED "PRESS NEWS SERVICE VOLUME 4—NUMBER 68 SUBSCRIPTION: SINGLE COPY CLn PER MONTH PERYEAR I 60c • 6.00 * ARE FARING LIKE ALL THE PIONEERS Is Report On The American Soldiers j Who Remained In France To Try Their Fortunes. Associated Press PARIS, Nov. 18—Several thousand discharge d American soldiers who re- ' mained in France to try their fortunes are faring as must fare all pioneers. A few have become reasonably weal thy. Some are "reporting progress." The majority, however, like their fa United the States, are trudging on life's way, er around obstacles, with their thers before them in over or carts hitched to stars that are flying g° rather lower than they were when the young men set out to "Americanize of France" * Most of the men really are pioneers because they are striking out for themselves, along new linef. As yet there is no organization to put these men in contact with their fellows for of the exchange of ideas and experiences. American Nearly nine thousand Expeditionary Force men were releas ed here and it is estimated a fourth of these have settled down to work here. The others are visiting, sight seeing or having gone home after a discouraging look at business pros pects. Of the two thousand or so who are ,according hard after French francs to American business men here who know about the new ventures, several hundred found employment with large concerns, chiefly American firms pre to ed l paring to do business in the devastat ed regions. Another group took var their wa y ; while studying. The .majority of the men, it was said, started to make good by capitalizing American methods.: Very many saw what they considered ! defects in French life and made ready ! to furnish the supply,' and, if nées- ! ious small places to pay sary, create the demand. Most of them agree that easj- ; money i/; not one of the natural re sources of France but a few have proved that it is. A negro made 125, 000 francs buying and selling army and navy supplies at Brest. His case is vouched for by a well-known Am erican commercial executive. The most striking success reported is that of "The Fox Trot Kings of Paris," as they term themselves, | Gerald Kiley, who drove the Chicago j n Press Club ambulance, and Harold Fitch of St. Paul, who was at the wheel of one of Mrs. W . K. Vander rived in Paris and nethfd more than ; 10,000 francs on the affair. This sue- j cess, they said, they ofjten duplicated, e at "The Dixie Club" d ances they or ganized with an admission charge of j hilt's ambulances and later went to the front. ; Kiley and Fitch, the former said, got their start over here when the to wife of an American bamker in bus iness here "pressed 500 francs on us" Q when they played in a thr ee-man jazz 1 band at a dance she gave. They or ganized a Wilson Welcome ball at a leading hotel when the President ar 20 francs a person. good things" must a Knowing that not be overworked, the men took over the ice-cream equipment of the Y. M.: C. A., which has a capacity of a thou sand gallons an hoGr and late in Oc- 1 of tober began wholesaling* "Dixie Ice Cream," cutting the market price fif ty to a hundred per vent. They in vested 100,000 francs, ûn the venture, Some of the most interesting of the! American bqsiness. exj leriences here are those of men who 1 aarried French; girls. Three of these at e farming east ( Paris, "making more mi mey than they . ever thought possible* in the United States," their business advisor said, a dairy shop, « One man married into> Another returned to h is trade of tail S Scores of Am tmsiness with j j Rebuilt" typewrit ars, familiar to ; _introduced to ; . the French by Lieu tenant J- L. Me- j Cann, of Tuscaloosa, , Ala., and George E. Howard, of Pasi idena, CaL Their j difficulty is too mi *ch business*. With typical aggressive! seas they are buy ing American use 4 machines from French dealers to sell to other French; dealers. Meantimi j, Hovrtird said, they, are preparing to «rpeai "The American i he i oring in the same way. erican boys are in French fathers-in-law., 44 Americans, have be« m Stenographic 1 Ar reau because, said, an A meric .-a; x business man is up a blind alley trj ring to find a public stenographer os • to get eat his cor « respondence w» en an "English Spok en" variety car t be located. Isadqre. Car jt who was a paper hanger to&at j ^ himself up in the decoratingJb minets In a fashionable it Stevens C. Tyler, of Ifsrfiph* ^ b egaa.a# an ifaport and ex portbjwfai • but Warne a merchandise ' te awaiting shipping fkfcRi with thé 99 ! A V L-À » NOFIGHT AGAINST SALE OF TOBACCO Anti-Saloon League Announces Today From* Southeastern Headquarters In Atlanta. j ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 18—Official denial that the Anti-Saloon League; intends to go after tobacco next SStüß made toda y a t Southeastern headquar- | ters of the campaign for law enforce The statement says in part: "We are not considering and we do ment. not intend to consider any kind of a fight against the cigarette or any oth-i ( er f° rm °f tobacco, and we are not al- j with an y suc * movement. We are' to have all we can do in the g° in £ "ext few years to secure enforcement; of national prohibition and in the di-; ■ rection of our aim to make the world bone dry. "The going into effect of constitu-j tioTial prohibition on January 16 next, added Dr - C. C. Jones, superintendent , of the Georgia Department of the Anti-Saloon League, does not end the fight on liquor traffic. On the con trary we are entering upon our hard , 1 ; I est fight—to see to it that the laws are enforced. "Everything indicates that the liq uor interests have no purpose of aban doning their fight to keep their busi ness alive by any and every means. Enforcement officials must be assisted and upheld. gue's purpose to convert the organiza-i ti0n ^ nto a detective agency. We be Leve that men elected or appointed to office are the ones properly charg ed with enforcement and that loyal "However, it is no part of the lea citizens should back them up in en forcement, retiring them to private Lfe if they fail to do their duty, Popular education as to what the l law means, campaigns to elect dry of- ( ficials .support of the enforcement * Program—all these take time, money and resources, and these it is our .. purpose to supply. -o ATTENTION, ODD FELLOWS. The I. O. O. F. will hold their regu lar meeting tonight (Tuesday) at the Odd Fellows Hall at 8 o'clock. All members are requested to be present. W. M. PETEET, Sec'y. You can't make a mistake in buy n ^ best value on the market for th% demonstration. -0 ed , car l oa ds of automobiles and bicycle tires turned defeat into success by °P e ning a tire sale and repair shop. An- j j other one with the same idea is await- i j n g arrival of a real quick repair and steam vulcanizing plant to give Paris ; He said vir-j Big Six Studebaker car. Th a Call Schilling Auto Co. fo price. adding commercial work. Importing; and exporting ,according to an American executive in that line, attracted scores of the men but most Q f them gave it up as a bad job when they ran into the mess of intricacies, delays and financial difficulties for the beginner. One man who wanted to bring in a taste of fast work. tually all tube repairs here now are j made with cement patches instead of| vulcanizing and take a week instead of an hour. ! "Many men," an American officer still in service said, "are working tern -1 porary good things while seeking real| d openings. The favorite method is get- j j ting hold of army canteen goods and 1 reselling them to the French at sev- ^ eral times cost. Many men make as much as 200 francs a week. } Newspapermen seem to have Ihnded on their feet most quickly. Nearly j ^ all of those who stayed are develop- : ^ in^ outside of office 97 some "idea hours. Several thrifty discharged soldiers made temporary wealth buying "dol lar checks' 'sold to service men at a rate lower than the dollar was quoted. ; One man, formerly on The Stars ànd j Stripes is credited with making a ; small fortune in that way. Arnjy pathos and bathos, put in| book form by Sergeant Melvin Ryder, of Schenectady, became a best-seller and passed the 300,000 mark. — Ideas for great wealth are being mulled over by a number* of men and may result in the establishment of a chain of hotels and restaurants along As an American business man who came in contact with many of^the dis charged men put it, "There aren't any gold dollars in the streets but thefe is a lot of silver scattered about that may be picked up if the Ameri can boys will look for it through French spectacles. Ike French can't be Americanized hot there is a lot of gibd ip oar ^ays that the? need and vtl accept if on the battlefront towns. One young man who missed the American 'small boy "shine" is negotiating a lease for a shoe-shining parlor. r ride we mee their nsnfjf i * 0 . » 0 ]□ Collective Bargaining m rrm mm % m mJMKLÆM If say upy. (AN V// /VIE Hl/NT fO* U RApaiTS ft THIS W cokW { flEtP f. 7> m % A / 7 I \ Pi V / I X a M 4 7 Vi % « / Ù/ X' W-i -j. P * ;7 ÏS % « /, % Uj V, f 7/ 'iZP5b~ W,l n v, A « 7 7 ; rj 71 f Wh 7. i) 7 7 I t V in !I / !*■ (Copyright) BRYAN WILL AID IN PROHIBITION Former Secretary Heads Florida Pro hibition Enforcement Cam ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 17—(5:04 p. m.) - Special To The Common wealth)—William Jennings Bryan has accepted the chairmanship of the Pro hibition Enforcement Campaign for Florida, it was announced today by Edward Young Clarke Southeastern Director at the headquarters here. The former secretary of state now : I lives m Florida and will take an ac .. . . _ . , five part in the campaign. It is prob- ; able that he will speak in the other; southeastern states as well as in Flor-i ida. 1 paign. The organization is proceeding rap- j idly throughout the southeast. Mr. Bryan is expected to announce the names of his Executive Committee shortly. The Prohibition Enforcement cam paign is aimed solely at the illegaliz ed liquor traffic, although workers in the movement will do everything in their power to back and assist the government, state, county and city of ficials in enforcing the law. No detec tive work will be done nor homes in vaded in search of liquor. The cam paign is to be operated against those wbo manufacture and sell liquor ille- ! gaily The program features Amer j can i za ti on an d education as to the j _ Q j-. ., \ f* • ' UC3XTI A. ix* V^rippCIt -««- j » -, Monday Altcrnoon j^j r ^ q (Al.) Crippen died yester dy a f te rnoon at 4 o'clock at the home hig brotber> Mr. E. H. Crippen in Nortb Greenwood, following a long d ] ness jfl r Crippen sustained ser j oug j n j ur j es on j un e 3rd at Clarks, La when he was struck by a f a u in g ^ ree> After remaining for several weeks } n a Louisiana hospital he was brought to Greenwood and placed in ^- be King's Daughters Hospital. La ^ er be was removed to the home of his brother and he'seemed to improve and hopes were entertained for his recov However, a month ago he had a seV ere rigor and since that time he bas g roW n steadily worse and for the p as t f ew weeks his relatives and friends realized that the end p or the past ten days he had been jyf r .Crippen is survived by one brother, E. H .Crippen, a half brother, sheriff T. C. Garrott and ery. was near. unconscious. a sister, Mrs. R. A. Meek of Black Hawk. Mr. Crippen was 49 years old. He was bom and reared at Black Hawk. For the past twenty years he had made his home in Greenwood. H^ had many friends in this city. The remains were taken to the Acona cemetery, for interment thin morning. The service was conducted a t the grave by Rev. W. R. Goudelock, of the Methodist Church at Acona. ■o OFF FOR SEVERAL DAYS HUNT. Dr. F. H. Smith, Dr. Ç. N. Cornick Mr. Van Hatcher and Norfleet Haw kins and Leon Staton of Swan Lake and Mr. Mitchell 'of Clarkadale, left this morning on a hunting trip to h gone for several days. They will make the trip up 6* TaRahstekie in a house boat. Tha party- w31 faun and wild turka » A* 7 - •A NEGOTIATIONS AT STANDSTILL Agreement Not Reached Between Op erators And Miners—Wage Scale Committee Meet Postponed. In Associated Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 18—Negotia .. , . „ ... . , t,0 " S betW f n th ? f» m,ner ® and operatora of the central ' t,Ve " d "Î*?* . tW ay ' ° P *° rS . al if a ? a " obt " ,n,n * postponement of the join «onferenee of the wagir se»le commit tees, on the grounds that their coun . . , , . , ter proposals are not completed, ; j as ; j of to by -o LEAGUE OPPOSER SENT FROM CITY . Associated Press i APPLETON, Minn.' Nov. 18—Earn est Lundeen, Congressman from Min nesota ' who was P laced m a refnger ator car attac ^ ed to an outbound fright at Ortonville last night, when he refused to cancel his appointment to speak in opposition to the League of Nations, is enroute today to St. ! Paul to protest to the Governor. Mr. j Lundeen was escorted to the railroad j station by the Sheriff and citizens of Ortonville and pushed into a Sheriff And Citizens Of Ortonville Minn. Refuse Let Congressman Speak Againsf League Nations. * COTTON MARKETS*! * * car j Trainmen, hearing his shouts, releas-, ed him when the train was about 20 j miles from Ortonville. -o ************** * * ************** NEW YORK COTTON MARKET Prev Open High Low Close Cose 37.00 37.05 35765 35.60 36.88 35.50 35.70 33.70 33.85 35.48 33.90134.00 32.00 32.03 33.90 Dec. - Jan. - Mar. - Closed 128 to 187 down. New York Spots 38.65—100 down. NEW ORLÉANS COTTON MARKET Prev. Open High Low Close Cos ' 37.50 37.60 35.60 35792 37.38 35.75 35.75 33.75 34.01 35.52 34.10 34.11 32.11 32.20 34.02 Closed 146 to 188 down. ~~~ New Orleans Spots 39.25—25 down. / Dec. - - Jan. - - Mar. - - -o ************** i * THE WEATHER * * * » ************** MISSISSIPPI—Fair Tuesday and Wednesday; moderate northerly winds on the coast. TEMPERATURE—Highest, 72 de grees; lowest, 35 degrees; at 7 a. m. x 36 degrees; precipitation 0.0; river gauge 19 l 5; change in 24 hours 0.0. ' '— 1 . - o If you want one of the very best values in an automobile for less than tty the Big Six Stude UgAuto Oft, can make 37 mm 7 THE SHORTAGE OF PHYSICIANS In England Is Giving Women A Gol den Opportunity to Enter The Medical Profession. LONDON ' Nov 18 Shortage o nunuuiN, i\ov. 10 önortage o physicians in this country, which wa greatly increased by the war, is giv ing women a golden opportunity t enter the medical profession. Hun dreds of demobilised war workers, es peciaily nurses .are taking advantag it J. ! I a ! ly Associated Press Before the war, few facilities wer offered Englisih women for training as physicians and furthermore they encountered a prejudice on the par of all classes that was strong enougl to daunt even the most determined That prejudice against "women doc tors" was almost entirely sw r ept away by the heroic and efficient medical service performed by women during the war. secure extremely valuable experience the British universities have opened their medical degrees to women. Hospital schools of medicine from which women students formerly were barred are now open to them. Many ! hospitals and other health institutions i include women on their boards of management, and public positions which used to be filled only by are now open to women doctors as well. Resident hospital posts have been made available for qualified women physicians .enabling them to men Except Oxford and Cambridge, "al <y Teaches How T. B. Should Be Checked HOULKA, Miss., Nov. 18—Dr Henry Boswell, head of the Mississip pi Tuberculosis Sanitorium, spok here recently to a large audience of pupils and patrorts concerning the Red Cross work and the education of the people toward the elimination of tub erculosis by beginning at home. Since he was cured of this disease seven a nea Magee, he has 827 applications and i urging the people to create a senti ment for this wonderful work of re storing 'the helpless" victims that di *by the hundreds every year in Mis r sissippi. Rev. H. M. Collins, principal of th local school, advanced an idea that Dr. Boswell has f i v en his approval, and will urge throughout the state— | the giving of from 25 to 50 cents by J every Mississippi school boy and girl. years ago by going to a hospital in the west Dr. Boswell has given his entire time to the work of establish ing a hospital in Mississippi. With on ly 55 beds in this institution each year for erecting another build-j ing^ to take care of more patients. The ! e Houlka school will send the first con-; tribution and Prof. Collins suggested; that this fund from the pupils all over ; the state be a memorial to them that 1 will mean a wonderful incentive for better health and belter education toward correct living. Q x Auto accidents inust be avoided— Thermoid brake lifting and Spart on horns.—Let us k equip your car! KIMBROUGH AUTO CO. V PHONE 992. Myriefa Vul c a nizing cannot be beaten ; werk gaaranteed ;y our business solicited o COAL SUPPLY IS DWINDLING AWAY National -Freight Embargo Is Being Discussed As A Means Of Con serving Coal. Associated Press CHICAGO, Nov. 18—Director Gen eral Hmes of the EaJroad Admin«-, I tra ? ,on and sev ' n , rey,or,al directors will meet here todav to consider the necessity of declaring a freight em necessity ot declaring a treignt em bargo to conserve the country s mea , . ,. . . , . , sued immediately, which will mean a nation-wide embargo on freight and gre supply of coal. If General Hines approves the recommendations of the regional directors an order may be is ... i a forty per cent cut in passenger ser-; T , . . .. vice, and the closing down of all non- ; essential industries, which will result , . , million workers being ° thrown out of employment. CHICAGO, Nov. 19—Director Gen eral Hines of the Railroad Adminis-, tration is en route to Chicago today to discuss with the Regional Direc in fifteen tor the advisibility of placing a Nat onal Freight embargo as a means of conserving the steadily dwindling coal j supply of the country, except in North ! Dakota, Wyoming, Alabama and West; Virginia. Workers in the bituminous coal. field are said to be disregarding the i recall of the strike order and drastic j steps to conserve the fuel supply will ! probably be necessary. -o Hattiesburg Regrets The Loss of J. S. Love lt will be learned with regret that J. S. Love, State Bank Commissioner, and a well-known and popular resi dent of this city, has resigned his po sition as State bank examiner, and become active vice-president of one of the largest banks in Greenwood known as the Greenwood Bank and Trust ' Company, composed of a number of j the wealthiest men in Mississippi.! While his friends here congratulate him on gettng a more remunerative; position than State bank examiner, they very much regret to lose him from Hattiesburg, where he is held in high esteem both as a banker, a tftle friend and a splendid citizen. Mr. Love was recently elected State bank examiner from this district, de feating a strong opponent by an over whelming majority, and carried this.| his home county, by a practically sol id vote. He is a brother of State Sen- j ! Mr .Love has been a resident of this city for the past twelve years. Be fore coming here he was cashier of the First National Bank of Lumberton and for several years he was vice-presi-! dent of the Bank of Hattiesburg. He ; has been connected with the State Banking Department for the past five and a half years. During the time that he has been with the State Banking Department he has greatly endeared himself to the banking fraternity of the State of Mississippi, and the Greenwood insti tution is fortunate indeed in securing his services. He knows the banking business as few men do; he is a man who makes friends and retains them; he is honorable and reliable in all of his dealings with his fellowman, and is, indeed, a high-toned gentleman who, as a citizen and business man, is a credit to any community.—The Dai ly American. ator M. P. L. Love. ' I JULIAN ELTINGE SATURDAY. How many girls in Greenwood who eould look well as a vampire, a bride, a bathing girl, and a gorgeously gow aed woman of society? Without belittling the versatility of the fair Miss, it may be said that there are few, very few, who have this! range ofi attractiveness. But Julian Eltinge does it easily, To accompany his appearance in these impersonations, Eltinge sings "He Was So Good To Me," "The S - r en Vampire," and "Don't Trust Those gig Gray Eyes," written expressly for him. Eltinge's gowns, considerable comment among femin | ne theatregoers. At the Greenwood J Theatre Saturday, November 22nd. -o as usual, cause a ten dollar bumper has often sav ! e d a fifty dollar radiator. j KIMBROUGH AUTO CO. PHONE 992. ■o ; 1 Serious accident or minor troubles with your tires, Call "Seven Eleven 711 from the nearest telephone, We'll do the rest. 711 Tire & Accessory Co., Inc. o M -o BLANK FORMS—Rent, Share am Lease Contracts; Abstract Blanks Notice of Protest; Promissory Notes Collateral Notes; Nurses Records; Posted Sign Cards, For Sale and Foe Refît Sign Cards at The Daily Com monwealth Office. FINAL VOTE THURS. ON PEAŒ TREATY Senate Will Not Meet Until Noon To morrow So Democrats Can Shape Their Program. Associated Press waqhtmptom xt . „ were shaped ap today tor a final vote in the Senate Thursdi on ^ t l' * compromise program whlch many senatorg th ht mi _ ht result , ratification A group of reservation Republicans opened way by deciding to aid in the bringing about a second vote on the ratification after mdd tb e a resoluton of the Foreign Relations Committee in which rocorvof :„„, . . . t . . tne reservations had been voted down by the Democrats, Jt w as agreed that the Senate will „„«.o _ _* n °t meet until noon tomorrow, so the Democrats could draft their plan of action> P * o Kentucky Bank Was Robbed-Last Night ^ ISVILLE, Nov. 18 The Jeffer son C oun *y Bank at JefFersontown, near Louisville, was robbed last night Liberty Bonds and cash, estimated a * ^ rom $10,000 to $50,000. Associated Press o President Vetoes Another Bill Today Associated Press WASHINGTON, Nov, 18—Presi dent Wilson today vetoed a bill rest oring to the Interstate Commerce Commission its pre-war rate making power. Chairman Cummins of the In terstate Commerce Committee in the Senate, is the author of the bill. It is not likely that any attempt to pass the measure over the President's veto will be made. The power of the corn mission will be restored when the roads are returned to private opera tion, January 1st. troops claim the capture of ten gen erals and more than a hundred other officers at Omsk, according to a state merit issued by the Soviets govem ment at Moscow. Kolchaks army is being pursued, the statement adds, -o Bolsheviki Troops Capture Officers Associated Press LONDON, Nov. 18—Bolsheviki -o MANY IRISHMEN RELIEVE THAT Government's New Irish Bill Will Give Option To Come In Or Stay ' Out Home Rule Parliament. Associated Press DUBLIN, Nov. 18—Many Irishmen believer government's new Irish bill will give an option to northeast Ul ster of coming into or staying out of Home Rule parliament. Part of the inducement for Ulster to come in may be provided by adoption of the plan first suggested by Premier Lloyd George under which an Irish parlia ment would meet alternately in Bel fast and Dublin. It is said here that Sir Edward Carson would vigorously oppose the plan of allowing Ulster to exercise its option by voting by counties. Sir Edward is said to stand out for a clean cut of the six north eastern counties. ment to a country one-fifth of which ut least would rather have civil war than to abandon its present status. The other four-fifth of the country has elected a parliament whose meet lings in Ireland are prohibited as ille The problem is to give self-govern gal* •o THE BETTER 'OLE' DeWolf Hopper will be seen at the Greenwood Theatre on Thursday, No vember 20th, in Captain Bruce Bains father's story, "The Better 'Ole.". A fragment from France in two explo sions, "Seven Splinters," and "A Short Gas Attack. 97 ■O Mr. Adoph Ryan will leave in the morning for Meridian, wheré he will be initiated in Hamasa Shriners Tem ple. From there he will go to his home at Greensboro, Ala., for a few days visit with his parents. •o Serious accident or minor troubles with your tires, Call "Seven Eleven" 711 from the nearest telephone, We'll do the rest. 711 Tire ft Accessory Co., Inc.