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PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY
J. L. & S. GILLESPIE, Editors and Publishers
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SERVICE
GREENWOOD, LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 24, 1919
VOLUME 4—NUMBER 99
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DEPRECIATION OF
FOREIGN PAPER
American Importers Now Buying
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Goods In England, France and Italy
For Shipment To United States.
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Associated Press
NEW YORK,
importers now purchasing goods in
England, France and Italy for ship
ment to the United States, are wax
ing fat as a result of the depreciation
of the pound sterling, franc and lira,
according to stories now going the
rounds of the New York wholesale dis-l
trict. I
the American buyers abroad is the
fact that, by a Presidential order sev
eral weeks ago, United States con
suis are required to keep tab on big
purchases, ascertain the selling price
and cable these facts to the United
States customs authorities. Then, by
figuring the rate of exchange on the
date of purchase, the government is
enabled to set a proper value upon the
goods for the collection of import du
ties. A Court of Claims passes upon
what ai'e alleged to be unfair apprai
sals.
Dec. 24—American
The only "fly in the ointment" for
The situation is said to be some
what like this: An American buying
pound sterling say, on December 12,
needed to pay in American money on
ly $3.66 for British currency normal
ly worth about $4.87. Now he goes
to a factory in Nottingham, Eng., to!
buy laces and there, although prices
of course are higher than before the
war, he pays for them in this depre
ciated British money and makes a !
"handsome" profit. Then he ships the
laces to the United States where, by
reason of the inflation of the Ameri- j
can dollar .they are retailed for from
100 to 150 per cent, above pre-war
prices.
The same importer, on the same
date, we will say, goes to France. In
Paris he has exchanged his American
dollars for francs. Normally there
are 5.18 1-8 francs to the dollar but
now he finds one yankee "simoleon"
will buy 11.25 francs over 100 per cent
more than before the war. The price j
of silks has gone up but he goes to
Lyons and there ,with his depreciated
French money, he buys more than he
has ever bought before at "bargain"
The silkf reach New York
prices.
where they are sold to the consumer
at double their former retail price.
Next this importer visits Italy:
where he finds the lira. 5.18 1-8 of !
which like the franc before the w ar
could be bought for one American dol
lar, now at a vast discount. In fact,
he receives 13.47 lira for one Ameri
can dollar and, well financed, goes to
Naples where he negotiates the pur-1
chase of tapestries costing, of course
more than in 1914 but in reality chea- ;
per when purchased with the present |
Italian currency.
The same finaneial conditions exist
all over Europe and in the former
Central Empires, of course, they are
reported much worse,
countries, however, where there is na-j
tional stability and greater ability to
pay, the depreciated money is effect
ing some strange changes. A dinner j
which, before the war, in Paris could
be had for a nominal sum, now costs j
from 20 to 60 francs.
American manufacturers, mean
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while, who desire to sell their P™- !
ducts abroad are demanding payment,
in American dollars at par Recently j
the Belgian government it is said, j
bought twenty American locomotives, I
for which payment instead of being j
in Belgian money was demanded in j
American dollars ,thus adding from
15 to 20 per cent, to the manufactur
er's normal profit. Naturally this dis
courages foreign buying.
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Poor Not Forgotten
At Christmas Season
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The poor of Greenwood were not for- j
gotten at this happy Christmas time |
and through the King's Daughters
Associated Charity, every needy per- j
son in Greenwood was supplied with j
gifts and food. Great truck loads ofj
provisions and toys were distributed
through Greenwood today.
Never before was the response so
great to this worthy cause as this
year. Among the donations were tur-
keys, dressed hogs, chickens, etc. Ev-
ery family in the city who was in
need was supplied with a box con.
taining, clothing, provisions, nuts,
fruit, candies and toys. Many of the
citizens aided the King's Daughters
Associated Charity by sending liberal
checks which, enabled the organiza-
tion to buy the articles needed and
send Christmas joy to many homes.
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A heavy concentration on ages end
in five and zero are always re
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ported at a census. The Census Bur
has Blade many efforts to over
» this inaccurate tendency on the
' when stating ages
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THE NATIONAL
ORANGESHOW
More Than One Million Oranges Will
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Be Used By Citrus Growers To
Build Their Exposition
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Associated Press
24—More than 1,000,000 oranges will
be used by citrus fruit growers of
California to build their annual expo
sition, the National Orange Show, to
celebrate the 150th anniversary of the
planting of one of California's first
orange trees, by Padre Dumetz, a
I Franciscan.
For 10 years the citrus fruit grow
ers of California have been entertain
ing many thousands of people from
many states at their exposition. It
w'll be laid out in a great garden of
flowers at a park, and citrus fruit
communities of the state will vie with
each other in the splendor of their
work of art created from the golden
fruit,
the spot where the Franciscan padre
planted the first orange tree of the
region,
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Dec.
The site of the orange show is at
Prizes will be awarded to the grow
ers who produce the choicest of or
anges, grapefruit and lemons,
Last year more than 100,000 people
attended the exposition, which has be
come one of California's most fam
ous mid-winter events,
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Paper Tomorrow
The Daily Commonwealth will not
be issued tomorrow. The entire force
is going to take a
day off" on ac
count of Christmas, but the paper will
appear again Friday afternoon.
In the maentime, we extend to our
friends and patrons the compliments
of the holiday season. They have been
good to us ,and there's nothing too
* ood that we can Possibly wish for
them ind-Vidu-lly ar..i cc.kct.veiy
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BE CELEBR ATED
during Christmas and the New 7 Yer ; .
J. L. & S. CILLE SITU,
Editors and Publishers.
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Services Will F ? ITeld In .Tome
Churches.
Chrktma; will be celebrated in;
Greenwood with closing of practical*/I
every business house in city, the usual
j number of turkey dinners, dances and
j Yuletide parties. The social calendar
I is full and the holiday season prom
ises to be a gay one in Greenwood.
However, sacred services will be
held in some of the churches and
! Christ's birthday will be fittingly ob
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at 8:30 Christ
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Holy Communion will be held at the
Episcopal Church
mas morning. At 10:30 a. m.
j morning prayer service together with
I special music will take place at this
! mass will ^ held at the Cath J
^ church toni ht at midnight) sec -
j ond masg christmas mo rning at 8
j & third masg at 10;30 a . m>> fol _
I ]owed the benediction . A beau ti
j ^ ^ ^ ^ presented to the
j Catholic Church by Mr E Sliman of
the
this city, and it will be used in the
Christmas
Christ, the Blessed Virgin, and Saint
It represents
service.
Joseph.
j Tonight a Christmas program will
be rendered at the Methodist Church
; at 6 o'clock. A prettily decorated tree
has been arranged for the children
and the program will be an interest
i ing one.
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Germany Still Has
Letter Censorship
Associated Press
BERLIN, Dec. 24—At last the nak
i ed truth is out, officially confirmed.
Germany still has a censorship with
16 headquarters for testing letters,,
and 10 for examining them. Govern-,
ment officials say "the activity of thej
testing headquarters consists in con- j
trolling the foreign correspondence of j
German business firms," though the
Chambers of Commerce have aready
had a chance to see the correspond
dhave declared it to be free
ence an
from any harm.
"The postal examination headquart
ers have three duties," official circles
farther announced. "These are to hin
der the fight of capital to see whether
the orders of the imperial commissary
Tor export and import have been fol
lowed, and also to stop the ex
change trade with the xed and green
«tamped thousand mark notes.''
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Santa Claus? >
Classic Answer of a New ;
York Journalist Affirming I
a Little Girl's Belief
NE of the finest things ever
written about Christmas was
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the editorial printed 20 years
_ ago by the New York Sun in
answer to the earnest appeal of a little "
New York girl to be told w 7 hether
Santa Claus really exists. Its author,
Frank P. Church, was an accomplished
journalist and wrote much on many
subjects, but his fame will rest chiefly
on this beautiful setting forth of an
eternal truth. With Dr. Clement Clarke
Moore's "A Visit From St. Nicholas,"
it is one of the great classics of the
Christmas season.
The answer to the eternal question
as printed in the Sun follows :
We take pleasure in answering at
once, and thus prominently, the com
munication below, expressing at the
same time our great gratification that
its faithful author is numbered among
the friends of the Sun :
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" 'Dear Editor—I am eight years old.
Some of my little friends say there Is
no Santa Claus. Papa says: If you
■ee it in the Sun it's so. Please tell
me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?
« ^VIRGINIA O'HANLON,
" *116 West Ninety-first Street.*
'Virginia, your little friends are
They have been affected by
wrong.
the skepticism of a skeptical age. They
do not believe except they see. Thej
think that nothing can be which is not
their little minds.
comprehensible by
All minds. Virginia, whether they be
men's or children's, are little. In this
great universe of ours man is a mere*
insect, an ant, in his intellect, as com—
pared with the boundless world about
hlm as measured by the intelligence
ca p ab i e of grasping the whole truth
and knowledge,
Claus. He exists as certainly as love
and generosity and devotion exist, and
you know that they abound and give
to your life its highest beauty and joy.
Alas ! How dreary would be the world
If there were no Santa Glaus ! It would
be as dreary as if there were no Vir
ginias. There would be no childlike
faith then, no poetry, no romance, to
make tolerable this existence. We
should have no enjoyment except in !
sense and sight. The eternal light with ;
which childhood fills the world would
be extinguished.
"Not believe in Santa Clans! You
night as well not believe in fairies !
*on mlchfc «ret your papa to hire men
"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa
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to watch in all the chimneys oh Christ
mas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even
if they did not see Santa Claus com
ing down, what would that prove? No
bo dy sees Santa Claus, but that is no
sign that there is no Santa Claus. The
most real things in the world are those
that neither children nor men can see.
y OU ever see fairies dancing on the
lawn? Of course not; but that's no
nrnnf fRqf Hipv are not there Nobodv
£ an CO n C eive or imagine all'the won
ders that are un seen and unseeable in
tbe wor j d
abiding.
"No Santa Claus! Thank God, he
lives and he lives forever. A thousand
yearsTrom now, Virginia, nay 10 times
10,000 years from now, he will con
tinue tc make glad the heart of child"
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"You may tear apart the baby's rat
tle and see what makes the noise in
side, but there is a veil covering the
unseen world which not the strongest
man, nor even the united strength of
all the strongest men that ever lived.
could tear apart. Only faith, fancy,
poetry, love, romance, can push aside
that curtain and view and picture the
supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is
it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this
world there is nothing else real and
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a day, helps drive "T. B." sway! Buy
Christ Is Born
by
Louise F. Elmendorf
The world, late racked with pair
through bloody years,
Has climbed its weary long-pathed
Calvary,
Where millions died, as Christ,
that they might free
Others from wrong and black op*
pression' s tears.
Once more now through the world
comes to our ears
The song of all the ages, ee Christ
is born."
Mute tongued to notes of joy have
been the bells,
And only childhood and old age
dared try
To sing, so near the threatening
battle sky,
The song that told, though dulled
by shrieking shells
Whose bursting turned a thousand
homes to hells,
Tine wonder of the ages, te Christ
is born.
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Our faith in God has brought to us
the goal;
War-weary lands have peace on
earth again;
And in the scarred and fire
purged hearts of men,
Made sweet and strong by suffering
of the soul,
Through travail of a world once more
made whole,
Anew in human hearts the Christ
is bom.
Dear God, the Christmas songs are
frauqht with prayer
That Thou wilt be with those
were going skating?
Marjorie—So we were, but when he
saw 1 had my hat trimmed with mis
tletoe he asked uj<? to go for a walk.
That men may live their thanks;
whose tears still pay
That we may have the glory of
this day;
that lives may bear
j xjiemod witness for Thee, every*
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where
Proclaiming that in its the Christ [
is born.
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Changed His Mind.
Doris—I thought you and George
Christmas seals.
OPERATORS WILL
ACCEPT DECISION
Will Not Block Settlement Under
Plan Proposed For Settlement
By President Wilson.
Associated Press
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 24—Op
erators of the Central competitive
fields will not block the coal settle
ment under the plan proposed by
Piosident Wilson ,but on the contra
ry, will abide by the decision of the
commission appointed by the Presi
dent to work out a settlement, it is
indicated in a statement issued by the
! spokesman for the operators in the
recent negotiations with the miners.
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Prediction Is That Practically Whole
Country Will Enjoy Pretty Day
Tomorrow.
Associated Press
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J WASHINGTON, Dec. 24—General
ly fair weather is expected to prevail
I throughout the country Christmas, ex
j cept the Middle Atlantic, New' Eng- j
land and Middle
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where snow 7 flurries are predicted.
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Revocation Made
Of War Licenses
Associated Press
effective January 1st, of all licenses 1
issued by the War Trade Board prior
to last September 30th for export of^
arms and munitions to Mexico.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24—The State
Department anounces the revocation,
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BANQUET FOR S. S. CLASS
The members of the Sunday Sihool
class of Mr. J. H. Mitchell of the Met
hodist Church, enjoyed a pleasant ban
quet Tuesday night at the memorial
Building. The table was prettily de
corated in greens appropriate to the 1
Christmas time. A number of stories
j w r ere told and speeches made. Those
present were George A. Spivey, Hugh-;
ey Williford, Lee Mene: s, Stanly Men.
ees, William Cooper, Wade Stokes,
Will iam Vardaman, William Lomax,
Arthur Galle and Mr. and Mrs. E. L. ;
Whittington.
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New Year Banquet
Chamber Commerce
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Tickets to the Chamber of Commer- j
ce Banquet, New Year's Eve are now
on sale—to members only, and can bef
had by either
ing the Secretary, price three dollars.
The number of tickets is limited to
two hundred—the seating capacity of
Memorial Hall, where the banquet will
be held. In response to a general de
mand the hour of 6:30 p. m. has been
calling on or writ
agreed upon for the banquet, and
guests are urged to be on hand prom
ptly. Congressman B. G. Humphreys!
will be present and expected to talk
upon some matters of vital import
ance to us just now, and a number of
other out-of-town guests are expect- .
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARKET
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Mar. - - I35.69j36.42 35.69 36.34 35.6
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jand probably Thursday; not much j
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Local Observations.
TEMPERATURE—Highest, «0 de
grees; lowest, 33 degrees; precipita
tion 0.0; river gauge 34.2; rise in 24
hours 0.1.
Miss Annie Long Stephens,
Local Observer.
jNINE INSANE
MEN MISSING
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Patients Have Not Been Located Since
The Fire Which Occurred Last
Night.
Associated Press
MIDDLETOWN, Conn., Dec. 24—
Nine men, who were among the fifty
three mildly insane patients, accom
modated in the outlying buildings of
the Connecticut Hospital for the in
sane, are missing today as a result of
the fire there last night,
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Controversy Over
Awarding Of D. S. C.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24—Congres
sional investigation indicated today
might result from a controversy be
Associated Press
tween Admiral Sims and Secretary
Daniels over awards for distinguished
service medals in the navy, which
were made public today with the pub
lication of a letter written by Admir
al Sims, declining to accept his dis
tinguished service medal in the navy
unless the list awarded was revised to
include those recommended by him
to receive a decoration. The report
awards has been transmitted to
the Senate Naval Committee. At the
request of Chairman Page, Represen
tative Heflin announced, he will ask
the House Committee to call for a
similar report.
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Striving For Definite
Settlement Of Fiume
Associated Press
Rome, Dec. 24—(Havas) The Pre
mier informed the Council of Minis
t ers yesterday that he would leave
Thursday for Paris and return only
after having obtained a definite set
tlement of the Fitfme and Adriatic
question.
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Bolsheviki Capture
Many Men And Guns
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Associated Press
LONDON, Dec. 24—The Bolsheviki
captured fifteen guns and a thousand
horses, and three hundred men after
defeating the forces of General Mam
antoff and Chelnof in the region of
Staroniensk,
according to wireless
dispatches from Moscow. The dispatch
says a thousand Cossacks, including
Chelnoff were killed.
i s Found Guilty Of
Seditious Conspiracy
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seH, charged with seditious conspiracy
in connection with the general strike
in Winnipeg last May, was today
found guilty on all seven counts in
tbe indictment.
Associated Press
WINNIPEG, Dec. 24— R. B. Rus
John Wrîffht
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Died Last Night
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Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minn.,
John Wright, rector of the Emeritus
St. Poul Episcopal Church and con
sidered International authority
Egyptology, died here last night.
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Wage Increases
Big In Chicago
Associated Press
CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 24—Wage in
creases averaging five dollars weekly,
was granted thirty five thousand gar
ment workers in Chicago today.
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CHRISTMAS RUSH
ON IN NEW YORK
Yesterday Was Record Breaking For
Business, But More Trade Ex
pected Today.
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NEW YORK, Dec .24—New York's
j final day of Christmas shopping star
j ted this morning with a rush that pro
i mised to exceed even a record break
i ing business of yesterday. Christmas
bonuses distributed in the financial
district are estimated to aggregate
thirty million dollars ,amounts vary
ing from fifteen to one hundred per
cent of the recipient's salaries.
Take The Daily Commonwealth.