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i .'3 %.-■■■ " ; ; -V-' :■/< 1 m §•* • :■■ ■' .••*'*• 1# - WÊ 1* - / \ / r \ CEPT SUNDAY ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SERVICE PUBLISHED EVERY J. L. & S. GILLESPIE, Editors and Publishers X SUBSCRIPTION: 5c Ç&'ÇjSSWS OON, JANUARY 5, 1920 GREENWOOD, LEFLORE COUNTY, MISS ISSIPPI, MO] VOLUME 4—NUMBER 109 PLANNED SETHE STRIKE OF 1902 Only Two Members Roosevelt's Cab inet Knew Of His Outline For Stopping Anthracite Strike. of Associated Press NEW YORK, Jan 5—Hitherto un published details of the plan President Roosevelt had decided to adopt to settle the anthracite strike of 1902, said to have been known only to two members of his j L cabinet and a few persons who were! to take part in its execution appear; m the fifth installment of the Col onel's own letters edited by Joseph Bucklin Bishop m the January issue j of Scribner's Magazine. The article i also gives some intimate sidelights j Q on Roosevelt's attitude toward union ; labor. drastic I After 20 persons had been killed and about 40 injured during the riot-' p ing in the coal fields and the ap- ' proach of winter brought with it the prospect of a nation-wide fuel fam- j ine, the mayors of large cities and j governors of several states appealed to the President. Mr. Bishop says, to interfere. in the interests of the public welfare and safety. Accord ing to his biographer, Mr. Roosevelt had decided, in case the operators persisted in their refusal to accept a commission, "to assume powers which the constitution did not specifically give him" and to use the United States army to suppress all violence and disorder. Writing to Robert Bacon on Octo ber 5, 1902, shortly after a conference in Washington of the mine operators and the strike leader, the late John Mitchell, in a futile effort to settle the trouble by the appointment of a commission of investigation or arbi tration, he said: The situation is bad, especially be cause it is possible it may grow in finitely worse. If when the severe weather comes on there is a coal fam ine, I dread to think of the suffering in parts of our great cities especial ly, and I fear there will be fuel riots, of as bad a type as any bread riots we have ever seen. Of course once the rioting has begun, once there is a resort to mob violence, the only thing to do is to maintain order. It is a dreadful thing to be brought fac# to face with a necessity of taking »however : Y. I j I J who have been maddened by want and suffering." j In a letter to Senator Lodge he wrote that he was "feeling" his way to solve the difficulty and was deter mined not to be drawn into any "vio lent step ■which would bring reaction and disaster afterward, time, he said: "Most emphatically I shall not compromise with lawless ness. I have been told on excellent il unavoidable, maesures which will mean the death of men At another ** authority, that the disorder has been| very great and of an evil kind. On equally good authority, I am told the ! exact contrary. I shall speedily find I out for myself. I stand against sO | cialism; against anarchic disorder." j Colonel Roosevelt's "drastic" plan of action which Mr. Bishop says he makes public with the late President's permission and authority, included his appointment of an investigating or arbitrary commission without regard j to whether or not. the operators ask ed for it or agreed to abide by-its decisions. He asked ex-Presi en Cleveland m case he were to appoint such a commission, if he would ac- j ik!r Pt tf- ^ aC6 iw n ri an i ' f CC ° °.ed Mr. Bishop, Mr. eve an rep îe - j 0ra ü y .' _ . . J 'This comTmission was only P a ^ | th. *• -duct would take time. order that mining operations might | be resumed as speedily as possible, j the President consulted with Senator ' Quay, who was all-powerful in Penn sylvania politics ,and was assured by him that whenever the President de sired him to do so he would have the governor of the State notify the Pres ident that he could not keep order in the coal region and needed federal in terference. "The President then informed Ma jor General John M. Schofield that in case of fede'-J interference he wish ed to send him to the coal regions with the regular army troops with instructions to act as receiver of the mines, take full charge, put down all violence, and disregard any orders from the operators. He asked the General, if, in case the operators went to court and had a writ served on him, would he do as was done under Lincoln .simply send the writ on to Ö» Pre.id.nt? After » li tth thw&t General replied that he would, j tivait mud: 'All right, I wiU, seffd Pmsident Roosevelt, it was-said, )md all preparations made for start ing the troops within half an hopri " ' tax federal aid was The plan was art executed, ^hi ca dM at the laat Bishop. « was wm If m 1 » » NEW OFFICIALS GO INTO OFFICE Oath Is Administered At The Court House Today When New Board Supervisors Convenes. The county officials and the Board of Supervisors which were elected on November 5th ,were installed in of fice this morning at the courthouse. The new Board of Supervisors con vened shortly before noon and their first official act was to elect Hon. J. j L Hal of Itta Bena> pres ident. Mrj Means Johnston was elected at torne ^ for the Board . Distri ct Attorney J. M. Forman and Means Johnson> p roseC uting Attorney, j ^ re . elect ed commenced their sec i ond terms this morning . state Senat j Q • H E Wom ble of Charleston, from ; Leflore and Tallahatchie counties, suc I eeding W. M. Whittington, took up hig m „ duties in Jackson today. O. p Ble Jsoe> Jr > representative, in the ' j j : State Legislature, left here today for Jackscn to take his seat in the House. The new members of the Board are, H. L. Walton, District One; H. Y. Fraiser, District Two; Wright, District Three; W. G. Poin dexter, District Five, ley of District Four, held over for an other term, having been re-elected as a member of the Board from the citi C. E. Hon. J. L. Ha zens of his Beat. The oath was administered to the county officials this morning and the . new officers installed are as follows: Sheriff'and Tax Collector W. S. Var I daman, succeeding T. C. Garrott; j Chancery Clerk A. R. Bew, re-elected; I Circuit Clerk Sharkey Pate, re-elect ed; Superintendent of Education L. S. Rogers, succeeding J. R .Hughes; Jus tices of the Peace, Judges R. H. Hicks and A. W. Evans-, re-elected; Consta ble S. B. Auter, succeeding C. L. Mc R. M. Bride; County Treasurer, Hi^ht »re-elected; Tax Assessor Leon ard Scruggs, succeeding J. E. Dennis. Bonds'^ for the county officials were approved as follows by the Board: Sheriff, $10,000; tax collecter, $225, 000; chancery clerk, $10,000; circuit clerk, $3,000; superintendent of ed ucation, $2,000; Justice of Peace $2,~ 000; constable, $2,000; county treas urer, $25,000; tax assessor, $3,000; members Board Supervisors $25,000. The retiring members of the Board are: M. S. Wilson, J. G. Pleasants, Gen. S. R. Keesler and S. I. Brown. Sheriff Vardaman has appointed the J following capable corps of deputies: ! p jj Smith of Sidon E. H. Crippen ; j aad Sam Clark of Greenwood, S. S. M j tcbe n j tta Bena . I the Leflore has prospered under able direction of the county officers, ! ! who have just served a four year term and the citizens are indebted to them for the sple-did service perfor med during their terms of office. The new officials who were installed this imorning are all well known citizens; of the county &nd are capable busi _ negg mgn with guch a corps of coun _ ! officials the outlook for Leflore the I c * oming four years is exceedingly | bright and the indications are that j th - g iod will be a pros perous one f county he _ _ RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT. where on the nth day of D e - A cember> . 1919> our dear friend and much beloved brother Kn ight, Mr. Lee Arterb departed this life and, fall - ng asleep> passed from the busy world of men to tbat b i gber ground after a life » s work well done; an d, Whereag in his li£e were exemplifi °.ed the teachings and lessons of the Knigbts 0 f Pythias in the practice of E friendship, charity and benevolence, j we> his brother Knights, feel that the ' t h 0 : e: i for friend and brother. h TV , prpforp be it resolved bv Lodge Nq 4 ' 6 >in mee ting assembled, QUr since ^ e condolence to his . . extended and that this "Sf h^ s sustained â loss in the ,. . brother that is ** d ^ ply regretted . , ep ® further resolved that the ^ Ime ad on the above + ï ^v se nt to a "l mu , , , . nùblished in the ç* ee * wood Commonwealth. ARTHAR BRUCE, LITTLETON UPSHUR, ^ p E jm BROUGH ' _ i _ ' VISITOR HONORED. Mrg A ßall entertail ,*ed four * * hrid Frida „ afternoon "^imentanr tw Mm. Bob Irwin of . Orleans who is the guest of her j ud ' Mrs A McC. . * Mra g p MICÏ refreshments j Injimd _ . * ! moment the operators fchaneed front and consented to the appointment of | a commission. Whether or not they ! go t wind of the President's purpose KAs never been revealed, hut som® powerful influence was responsible ^ tfwfar nàim mmal.» |p « j / ■ __ ¥ faery Walk f'0. A Dozen Eggs I f 'ÿÿ'! jig i I ■ •S3 i Jn**' m i I j * I A l\' m mm JL «Am (Copyright) FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS BUSY SUNDAY Answered Six Calls During Day— Negro Methodist Church Burns To The Ground. Active flue, just after a fire had been started in the stove for the morning church service. The person who turn ed in the alarm, could not get Central Yesterday was, a busy day for the City Fire Departments. They answer ed six calls during the day, two of them being false alarms. The first call yesterday morning was to the intersection of Henry and Cotton Street. A negro cabin had caught on fire but the blaze was soon extinguished and the damage will not ; exceed five dollars. The colored Methodist Church at i the intersection of Gibbs and Howard street .burned to the ground yester- i day morning about 8:30 o'clock. The building caught on fire from a de f° answer for some time, according to the firemen, and when they reached the scene the flames had gained such check them. The building was entire, i destroyed and the loss is estimated at about HT, 000. j At 12:30 p. m. Sunday the depart called to River Front at the j No ! ; a headway that it was impossible to hment intersection of Marye street, where some grass had caught on fire, damage resulted. The fourth summons was to Ave H and Ash streets to extinguish a i blaze at a negro cabin. The damage amounted to about $10. -o—— A rrpT> t« Position With ' ACCepiS ^OMUOIl secre tary-treasurer of the Delta In surance Agency to succeed the late Mr . W . L Dickerson. Mr. Ditto has hggn j n the office department of the E E Myrick for some time and is j an e ffi cient and most capable young ' business man , well and favorably i " " P "" " * V ~ _ Leflore____ BRUNSON ~ «RANNO - T 1 ^' . ,, R Miss Jaylee Elizabe runson and Mr * M ' . Bran "^ , were united m ma ™ ge f 11 , the | Methodist parsonage here yesterday ' I The cerem °^ , waS , P el l ormed b . y Rev ' R * A ' Ttakw * ^ Brann ° n " a P rominent young business . man of ®f acel ; Miss., and the bride is an ac cèmplished school-teacher of Cascilla. POWELL—WALKER WEDDING. Mrs. Evellyn Powell'and Mr. I. W. Walker were hiarried this morning at the courthouse. The ceremony was performed-by Judge R. H. Hicks. . BRIDGE PARTY YESTERDAY. Mrs - wulie Rose Humphreys en tertained sixteen ladies very pleas nntly Friday afternoon .complimen ^ry to Mrs. W. P. Hambsugh of At lanta, Ga. -Four tables were formed ! at bridge. _ The favor went to Miss Mary Gayden, which was a number | 0 f pretty handkerchiefs. The. guest ! of honor was presented with a cut glass bud vase. The hhostess was as slsted in serving by Mrs. S. L. G win ^ Mrs. W. W. Harrison of Ft. Smith, Ark. was Delta Insurance Agency - i M C B Ditto was elected today r ' ' 10 I j '-s? Program Arranged For National Thrift Week The following program is for Nat ional Thrift Week from January 17th to 24th: I I National Thrift Day or pank Day, Saturday, January 17th-f-Benjamin Frnklin's birthday. To emphasize the services a bank renders a Community. That a bank is the fundamental and ■ ? ; tremendously valuable asset to any community, and to the economic wel fare of the country, is a fa ;t.very féw people appreciate and understand. To induce more people to bei ÜQu system atic saving. ; Share With Others Day, Sunday, i January 18th—To emphasize the im portance of sharing with others and to bring out the fact that how a man thinks about his money matters is fundamentally related to his charac ter development. i National Life Insurance Day, Mon day, January 19th.—To emphasize the importance of, protecting one's loved ones with life insurance. The value of life insurance is so much taken for ! i granted in some circles ,we fail to ap preciate that a large number of peo . pie m our country have no conception of its value. This is illustrated by j t! >c fact that over 80 per cent of the men demobolized from the army have j given up their life insurance. Own Your Own Home . Day, Tues ! day, January 20th—To emphasize the ; importance of a person owning his It is estimated that there is home. a demand for a million houses in ; America to shelter those who are unable to get what they consider satisfactory living quarters. To em ' phasize owning one ' s 0wn home wil1 , _ a e ' ay , . . Januar y 21st—To emphasize the im portance f a P^on matang a will.. Few people m, * e wiHsand thereby »f the «eee-d. The failure to make Wills often leaves the families of limited means in embar rassing fi nanc ial straits before the estate can be settled. j Thrift in Industry Day, Thursday, , January 22nd.-To emphasize the | need for factor^ thrift and the ec- ! I onomic value of co-operation be tween cajfttal and labor. On this day it is intended to teach a most im portant doctrine namely, that what . g advan tage to the employer is also of to the employee, and vice versa. Family Budget Day, Friday, Jan uary 23rd. To emphasize the im portance of operating personal and family finances on the budget plan, The average family knows what its earning capacity is, but few know wha t their spending capacity is. The budget plan is a measuring stick, a watch-dog of the family treasury. Business principles should be obser ve d in the bumne* of running » home as well as in running a f ac tory. Pay Your Bills Promptly Day^ Saturday, January 24th.—To empha s ize the moral obligation to pay debts promptly. To teach the deb ^ just ao long as he fs in debt bn credit«» 1 has a mortgage on him, jand that tiwrefon be is greatly han help to relieve this shortage, and at the same time it will make for bet i ter citizenship and happier family life both of which usually obtain in communities where the largest per centage of people own their own .Wednesday, homes. I M OFF FOR JAdaON ! IN AN AEROPLANE i j O. F. Bledsoe, Jr., Recently Elected Representative Makes Trip To Capital In The Air. Hon. O. F. Bledsoe, Jr., recently : elected representative to the State \ Legislature, left his home at Shell- J mound at 1:20 o'clock this afternoon ! for Jackson in an aeroplane driven by ! Lieut. K. L. Leonard, of Piqua, O. Mr. Bledsoe enjoys the distinction of ! bei-ig the first representative in the history ef -the State to have made the trip to the State Capital to take his j n seat in this august body, in an aero- j plane. ; Mr. Bledsoe and Lieutenant Leon- ! in ard followed the Yazoo river down to | Yazoo City and will then cut across the country to Jackson. It was es timated that it would require two hours to make the trip if no trouble was encountered. This is not the first trip Mr. Bled ! soe has made in an aeroplane. Dur ing his candidacy for office ,he tour- ! ed the county in a ship and distribut ed literature in the interest of his i ' ace. Despite the extremely cold day, ; Mr. Bledsoe looked forward with great pleasure to his trip to Jackson and wqe dressed warm for the drive. ; tions . Although sandals may be all right j in the balmy climate of Japan, they're is SC veral feet deep. Still they are bet ter than no shoes at all, declared Tsid ore Hershfield, Jewish Relief I Commissioner in Poland for the Joint j Distribution Committee, who, unable to get enough shoes quickly for his !raillion bare footed youngsters, be ! cause G f the scarcity of leather and a » -o ! Children In Poland i -o Pelief For 40,000 Associated Press NEW YORK, Jan. 5—Foi'ty thou Fan d Q f Poland's barefoot army of a million hungry Jewish children, aren' sbn eless They're wearing sandals made of W ooden soles, leather straps and fur t 1 any more. heel pieces »purchased through funds '■n.i-ed bv the American Jewish Relief Committee and its allied organiza the exorbitant prices, purchased san- j dais from available raw materils in Poland. Peculiar as they may seem in a country noted for its severe winters, the sandals are proving a blessing to these children, shoes for years, field. "We are trying to get more of ; them, for to secure adequate supplies of shoes promptly is out of the ques tion. The tragic army of barefoot waifs will all have sandals if they, are possible to get. a j , , „ .» W wrote 8 Mr. Hersh 99 ! ! 99 rO Mr. Thomas Turner left Saturday for Marion, Ala., where he will.re- j es studies at the Marion In- j su me stitute after spending the Christmas j holidays with his parents here. dicapped in even making a start to ward saving for old age. DOES THIS PROGRAM APPEAL TO YOU? DOES IT? THEN GET BEHIND IT AND HELP US MAKE IT A SUCCESS. CONGRESS FACES A BUSY SESSION! i I Adjournment Not Expected Before Next Fall With Only a Brief <e Recess In Summer. 1, ■ i Associated Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 5—Returning i to work today after a two weeks hoi I iest sessions, in history. Adjournment iest session in history. Adjournment is not expected before fall and the the only break in the session that the Besides the in- j j ternational problems with Germany and Austria to be considered, the pro- CO j gram includes the proposed alliance with France, the Panama Canal set- 1 rer tlement with Columbus, treaties with sa Poland and possibly with Turkey and t • measures dealing with the American, p commercial and financial relations members anticipate is a brief recess coincident with the National Conven tion next summer. j Domestic legislation await- v j ; ing action, includes the railroad re- ^ organization bill, oil, coal, gas and v phosphate land leasing bill, American- ; ization and shipping legislation and control, and a number of investiga tions also planned. The Senate plann ed to take up the selection bill thi* I afternoon. abroad. of -O Wilson Will Send Important Greeting ! i Associated Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 5—The an j nouncement was made at the White j House today that President Wilson will send an important word of greet ing to the Democratic dinner to be held here. o Number Poisoned In Mexican Earthquake : \ J ! by ! Associated Press MEXICO, Jan. 5—Numbers were O. poisoned as a result of the earth of ! quake »which virtually destroyed the village of Teoce Loand Couse in the State of Veraceous yesterday and last j n ight. j the earthquake. Reports indicate that ; the center of the seismic convulsion ! in tke neighborhood of Mount Orizaba to | on a ii ne between the states of Vera ceous an d Puebla, Ten states were shaken by Many were re ported killed in the suburbs of the ! town of Erisabad. ! his ; -o Anti-Saloon League Plarts Work Leflore Mr. W. S. Parks District Director of the Anti-Saloon has organized th? county for the Anti-Saloon Drive which will open on January 16th and will be j * * ,* COTTON MARKETS^! . * are NEW YORK COTTON MARKET Prev. I Open High Low Close C ose Jan . . . j38.60 38.70 38.15 38.40 38.30 Mar. - - 37.00 37.21 36.55136.83 36.75 his May - - 35.50 35.65 35.10 35.40 35.16 be and at which time a campaign launched for raising funds to carry ! Mr. J. G. Colson has ! been named chairman for the county; R. A. Ball, Greenwood Bank and Trust Co -> treasurer; J. L. Gillespie! Editor The Daily Commonwealth, pub-1 licity director. i on the work. Judge A. W. Evans returned Sat a urday from San Antonio, Tex., where of old home town at Cuero, Tex. fur -o he spent Christmas with his daugh ters . He ate Christmas dinner in his t 1 % * sfe * * * ; Mr. N. E. Pridgen left yesterday for two weeks. - -o ************** * Closed 8 to 24 up. New York Spots 39.25. san- j _ in NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARKET a to of ; ... ************** Prev. Open High Low Close C ose j Jan. - - 39.95 40.09 39.50 39.80 39.80 Mar. - - 38.10 38.20 37.50 37.90 37.70, May - - |36.30|36.48!3 5.78!36.16135.96 ! | Closed unchanged 20 up. New Orleans Spots 41.00 to 75 up. i -o * ! * THE WEATHER * ! * * ************** j MISSISSIPPI — Fair and continu In- j e d cold Monday ; Tuesday cloudy and j warmer; probably followed by rain, j TEMPERATURE—Highest, 43 de- J grees; lowest 25 degrees; river gauge 30.2; fall in 24 hours 0.8. Miss Annie Long Stephens, Local Observer. Local Observations. to US ■ 0 - ENFORCEMENT ACT UPHELD BY COURT Declares Constitutional The Volstead . Prohibition Enforcement Act Associated Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 6—The Sup remeCourt today declared the Consti tutional Section of the Volstead Pro hibition Enforcement Act, probing the manufacture and sale of beer and wine, intoxicating malt or vinous liq uors, containing one half of one per cent or more alcohol and beer contain j ng 2.75 per cent alcohol, is illegal un der the Wartime Prohibition Act, the CO urt also decided, Associate Justice Brandeis, who rer , dered the decision in the court, sa jd the right of congress to suppress t be ]jq Uor traffic was not an implied p Qwer expressly granted under a war emergency, but congress has the v j g ht to stop immediately the sale of intoxicating liquor. The court was di v ided five to four, Associate Justices Bayj Van De Vanter, Clark and Mc Reynolds in dissenting the opinior took the position that war emergency under which the National Prohibition was made effective, was passed and the Eighteenth Amendment had not yet come into effect. The proceedings brought by Jacob Rupport of New York to enjoin the government from prohibiting the sale of 2.75 per cent beer, was ordered dismissed. -o Many Are Arrested In Radical Raids Associated Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 5—Although nearly five thousand persons have been arrested since the Radical raids were started Friday night, the De partment of Justice agents over the country are still seeking members of the Communists and the Communist Labor organizations with Chicago and New York apparently the chief cen ters of activity, warrants are still to be served and nearly three thousand of the arrested are being held for deportation. ' Several hundred •o Gregory Weinstein May Be Deported ! Associated Press Jan. 5—Gregory NEW YORK, Weinstein, chief of Staff for Ludwig C. Martens, self styled ambassador of the Russian Soviet Republic, was ar rested today on a "deportation" war Weinstein, according to the rant, Department of Justice officials, is the most influential Russian Communist except Martens, in America. «««»« " othe ^ persons are critically result of d «nk»ng^ wood alcoholjvhis key ' according to Coron ! -o g U g ar Combination Judges As Unfair Associated Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 5—The Féd eral trade commission today held that the Wellins Sugar combination with other goods to force the purchaser to b uy other things in order to obtain sugar was an unfair method of com ; petition. o Wood Alcohol Kills Two in Louisville Associated Press o SUBMITTED TO THE INEVITABLE This Was View Miners Took When They Agreed To End Recent Coal Strike. ! | i Associated Press . COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 5—Internat ional Officers of the United Mine Workers of America in* agreeing to declare the decent miners strike at decided to submit to the in an end, evitable, though protesting in their hearts against what they believed to ll j be an unjust attitude of our govem ment," according to a report Acting president Lewis and Secretary Green J submitted to the convention of min today. Few ,if any developments not . already made public, vealed in the report and there was hint that another strike is eon* template«!. ers were re no