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> 'Äi Ökmuwroö iv - c J. L. & S. GILLESPIE, Editors and Publishers > v.. PUBLISHED EVERY AÉT1 NOON EXCEPT SUNDAY ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SERVICE GREENWOOD, LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, WEDNESbAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 7, 1920 VOLUME 4—NUMBER 111 SUBSCRIPTION: SINGLE COPY PER MONTH 60 c ^ PER YEAR « 8.00 ä*. FILE INCOME TAX FORMS BY MAR. 15 All Single Men Receiving A Net In come of $1,000 and Married Men $2,000 Must Make Returns. Blanks for income tax returns for 1919 are expected'to be sent out to income taxpayers over the state and nation during the next week or two, so the returns can be made by March 15, as required by the federal f?ov-| eminent, according to Revenue Col-1 lector A. O. Blalock, writing from At-; lanta ,Ga. i Whereas the tax on incomes over the stated amounts were on the ba sis of 6 per cent, for 1918, last year the basis wil lbe 4 per cent., thus re- j suiting in a saving of one-third m the amount paid in income taxes, Mr/ . Blalock says. Returns must be made by single persons receiving an income of $1, 000 or more, and by married persons receiving a net' income of $2,000 or . . Single persons in the position of head and chief support of a fam ily are given the same exemptions as married persons. In case a wife re ceives an income of $1,000 or more, she is usbject to make a return, the husband required in such cases to pay on the basis of $1,000 exemption, unless one of the two waives the right of exemption in favor of the other. The exemption for the two cannt be more. ' more htan $2,000.00. The time for filing income returns is between January 1 and March 15 the tax being due at that time, or may be paid in four equal annual in stallments, the first by March 15, the second by June 15, the third by Sep tember 15 and the final payment by December 15. A single man receiving a net in for 1919 of exactly $1,000 come must file a return, but is not requir ed «to j£Jy income tax, the tax being per- cent, of the income of a sin- : le ma * oVer that amount, Mr. Bla- ! j • lock explained. • w married man must file a return i#*lfe»receives as much as $2,000, but unless his net income was moçe than L $2,000 he is not required to pay in If he has only one child « come tax. in addition to his wife, he receives an additional exemption of $200 or $200 j for each dependent child under 18 years of age. The amount on which' a man must pay, over his exemptions specified above, may also be reduced by the amount he pays in city, state and county "taxes, on both poll and per sonal property, as well as by the amount of interest paid on money borrowed to pay for such property, Mr. Blalock stated. ' A married man, with no children, re reives an income ui'$2,500 last Y ear \ He owns a house and lot on which he pays taxes, city, state and county, which, with his poll taxes, amount to He had to borrow, -say $1,000 j to pay on his home and during the year paid $60 interest on the money borrowed. His exemption, because of being married, is $2,000, while his taxes and interest amount to $1, 000, leaving $400 of his income that is taxable. At 4 per cent, his in come tax would amount to $16. He offers the following example: $40. Another example is given: A s * n_ gle traveling man works on a salary having received $1,500 salary an commissions amounting to $1,500, He had expenses, outside of hotel and cafe charges, including railroad fare, driver and team hire, entertaining prospective customers and like expen ses, amounting to $1,000. With a gross income of $3,000, his net income is therefore $2,000 and his exemption i is $1,000, leaving $1,000 on which to ! pay income tax, which will amount , . Additional allowances are made for contributions to esteblished church, | charitable and benevolent institu The example is of to $4. tions or causes. fered in the case of the last man mentioned above. If he gave $30 to his church, $10 to an orphanage and j $10 to the Salvation Army during | the year, totalling' $50, this amount; is deducted from the $1,000, leaving j tax due on $950, or $38 due in income i tax. -L ■o Warren County Officers Salaries Warren county's offioers and depu ties salaries have been fixed as fol lows: Sheriff—$3,500. Chief Deputy Sheriff—$1,750. Other deputies sheriff — $100 ! monthly. Assessor—$2,250. Chancery Clerk—$3,000. Deputy Chancery Clerk—$1,500. Circuit Clerk—$2,500. Deputy Circuit Clerk—$100 month- V: SITUATION GROWN WORSE AUSTRIA © Republic Is Facing Its Second Year With Considerable Appre hension. Associated Press VIENNA, Jan. 7—The Austrian re pub ii c faces its second year with fore- I bo ding. Both the political and econ om j c situations are believed here to have grown daily worge gince early Autumn The holiday season found Vienna i a reduce d bread ration, virtually nQ fats and without fuel . The ex j public utilities we re kept partly in op- ! . pected supply of coal from Czecho- j Slovakia has not been received and eration only by great efforts and ec onomies. High hopes had been entertained from the visit of Chancellor Renner to the Supreme Council at Paris. The pe >ple expected that Austria would obtain sufficient credit, food, I fueJ and raw material for the re . life. industrial sumption of their Now that the result of his journey has become known the newspapers sound a note of despair. One of | them remarks that the decision of the Supreme Council that Vorarlberg may not separate from Austria means that that province is condemned to suffer along with the west of Austria until the ordinary native will have hardly sufficient for food and clothing becomes a luxury for even the com-1 paratively well-to-do. While Austria seems unable to ob tain foreign credit for rehabilitation, there has been much comment here upon the fact that foreign private capital has been diligently exploit ing the country. It is asesrted that the country has virtually been strip ped of articles deluxe while its re maining factories are unable to ob tain raw materials. According to : ! • common report, foreign interests, j principally Italian ,have acquired en ormous hobi' industrials L ^_ . __ , . To Begin Taking of stock in Ausrtian In g. . Pod ; nines. -O— ■r j ^ j e j ay as po ssible. It is not necessary that the owner or lessee of a house or ! Greenwood Census Enumerators will being taking a census of Greenwood within the next few days. It is of the utmost impor tance that this census be as full and complete as possible. Not only this, but that the necessary information o given enumerators with as little home should give the infrmation per -1 snally. The wife ,or any competent member of the family, who may be ! presen t will answer. Not one second i mQre of an enumerator » s t i me than is j necessary should be taken. Every f am j] y and every person who may be j ca j] ed upon should, for one thing, bave the age of member of that j family and household, written dowl, in advance> vit h p l ac e of birth in eluded, and have this information rea- { dy for the enumerator.. It has been not uncommon in the past for en umerators to lose half an hour getting such simple details as these. Their time is limited. Their work must, be completed that time. A (j ecen ^ census of this Greenwood can n ot be obtained without the thorough co _ operation of every citizen in it. if j have a pride in your home town __ if want to gee it make a cred _ j itable showing, and get all credit it j . g entitled to, 'get interested in this j ma ^ ter „gilt now. If you find a per i gQn Qr & home-that has been skipped, ! report it, and see that it is counted! j T . ' Hvp interest in this work n u , , n thron irh Don't be a slacker. Dont through indi f ference or any ot her cause dis | credit ' town> and don » t p ' e rmit nvone e j se to do so a y The Chamber of Commerce. j _ __ | oCIiatC and H.OUSC j i Greenwood, Miss. o Formally Organized The S^Ti*ce and the House of Rep- resentatives of the Mississippi Legis- lature were formally organized yes- terday byjthe election of the follow- ng officers: -L Senate—J. D. Fatherree of Clarke /county, president pro tern; \ Joe P. Willis, of Holmes county .secretary; t. S. Cotton, sergeant-at-arms; W. P. Reese and W. H. Benton, doorkeepers Mrs. R. L. Fischel, postmaster . House—Sennet Connor, of Coving- ! ton county, speaker; Geo. B. Power, clerk; Miss Henrietta Mitchell; post- master. The House adjourned and will today elect sergeant-at-arms and doorkeepers. -o License was issue J * today at the courthouse to Miss Elizabeth Doro thy Thomas and Mr. J. Edward Da> 0 0 The End of a Day *.C gV A\ i 1 A M % 7^1 HAROLD!" UM TH 51SÎ1 iT€ tesg weVEft I '"""Vjo SltAtB, 5: 60 v it rtOittß/L 3* :• V tfft; V ■ 55 h •vy.-; • • c ' { 2. J r i* V ' /. I r> (Copyright) PREPARE FOR OLYMPIC GAMES I Contests Will Be Held At Antwerp, Belgium During Next Summer —England Getting Ready. « Associated Press NEW YORK, Jan. 7—Reports from England indicate that the English athletic authorities are actively en pation in tim Olympic pa tion ni the Olympic, mer. mes to be ml* to .be. Despite the fact that Great Britain lost hundreds of her vest ath- j °tes during the war the United King-1 dom in making selections for the ; games next year, will have more ma- j terial to draw from than ever béfore, ' This somewhat i lead > and others are too old to com It is also true that the ma ! ! rpi. _ t A-flnra fVkiiTa'fvr A ne l-<eiiOre uniniy i PpiKUlQ Tmnnrfiinf ' _ j according to experts, anomalous situation is due to the ■ athletes as the result of military training and outdoor life at the front. Very few of the Olympic team of 1912 will be available for the com i g games. Some of these iron are te iority of the new athletics are ^reen" men. However, English sportsmen believe that they will be well represented on the cinder track, although admittedly weak in field ; events. It is understood that Aus tralia and New Zealand, which have ] strong teams, will unite to enter the games as separate from the mother country, ..... appointed -in this*county, to take the j census ' So far there are onl y about : three applications, whereas nineteen j enumerators are needed. The Super- j visors of each beat are . Personally ap- j P ealed to to take an interest in this j matter and see tbe y cannot secure a PPÜcants. Leflore county cannot af-jfill ford not to be represented *in the 1920 census. There is too much .at stake. ... ,, For one thm ^* the remuneration is much better than is generally be lieved. Reports coming in show that enumerators are earning from eight to doHars a All the public officials, all the prea chers and teachesr of the county, are urged to take an interest in this mat* ter an dsee if enough applicants can not be secured at once. It can be done if proper effort is made. Informa tion is that Leflore county is show ter and see an interest in this matter than any other county in the state. Applications may he made to the Chamber o Commerce at Greenwood, or to Mr. Eemmett Harty, Supervisor of Census, for the Third District, at GreA ville, Miss. o Appeal «ifter appeal has been made ; to the citizens of Leflore to get busy | and see that enough eftumerators are ■o The Department of Agriculture as B j gted the Census Bureau in prepar ng the list of'questions to be aske ef every farmer at the coming census o The Sixth Decennial - Census, taken in 1840, was the first one to cove agricultural statistics, now one of the most important parts of the en •O An enumeration of the mines an> quarries of the United States wa for Un first time te lMQr ' COUNTY BOARD DOES BUSINESS This Session Has Been Bufy One For ! New Members—Appointments Are Made. \ This has been a busy section for the new Leflore Board of Supervisors which has been in session all this week at the courthouse. The fixing county of the salaries of the various deputies, appointments an ' _ _ _ . cu *" ed ^ he B ° ard - , „ , , _ Flrst National Bank of Green wood was selected as the county de pository and a rate of 5 1-4 per cent ; ' n ^ eres t P er annum will be paid by this institution for the use of the coun ty money. n T "v? I ; Circuit Clerk-12,500; two depu ties each to receive $1,250 each. ! 1 Superintendent Education —$1,800. County Attorney and Attorney for Following are the Justices of the Peace for Leflore County: District No. 1, F. P. Stainback, Min ter City. District No. 2, W. E. Ethridge, Sch i ater aIld L. f. Frederick, Money. District No. 3, R. H. Hicks and A. j W. Evans, Greenwood. j District No. 4, J. H. Rainey, Itta COUNTY OFFCIALS SALARY. The salary of the county officials for Leflore County is as follows: Sheriff—$3,500; six deputies, three of whom receive $1,750 each and three who receive $1,500 each. Chancery Clerk—$3,000 three depu ties each to receive $1,500 each. Board—$2,000. Tax Assessor—$2,250. JUSTICES OF PEACE. . , Mr. C. E. Allen was re-appointed superintendent of the County Convict! Farm with a salary of $100/per month, Dr. J. W. Dulaney was re-appointed county physician with a salary of $40 ; per month. x Mr. E. B. Clark was appointed to the unexpired term of Mr. W. ; G. Poindexter, resigned, as a trustee : of the Ben L. Jones Agricultural School. —---o - - Mr. and Mrs. G. Carithers amvea in Greenwood this morning from Denver Colo>f for a visit with Mrs. Carither's mother, Mrs. B. Moore and family. They formerly 'resided in Greenwood, where they have many friends, Bena. The constable? for District No. 3 Greenwood, is S. B. Auter. 1 9 i * * * ** * Mrs. H. G. Kitchell was taken to the King's Daughters Hospital this morning, where she will undergo an operation. ***•*♦ Messrs. S J. Brown, R. L. Foy and J R.. Flemons, of Sidon, f were business visitors here this week. ****** Messrs. Ed. Jones, Eli Ethridge, W. E. M a nahaw 3 . H. Schlater, and W. E. Ethridge were business visitors here from Schlater this week. 000000 Mr. R. P. Clark was here on bus- iness from Morgan City Monday. *-*. * ♦ * * The statistics of the first census o he United States were published te small volume consisting ef 5$ The statistics of . the W10 one "wges. mnsns 12 ef «M WARRANT ISSUED FOR LC. MARTENS Self-styled Ambassador To Russian Soviet Govt. Will Be Deported When Caught Associated Press » WASHINGTON, Jan, 7—A warrant for the arrest and depo# 4 - >,ion of Lud wig C. Martens, self-st' Vsnbassad or of the Russian Soviet government has i^en Ordered ««ecuted by the Dé partiront ot Justice.'Martens, the of ficials say is regarded as the real lead er of the Communist Party in the U nited States and ig said to be in Wasb . j n g^ on The officials of Leflore and Talla hatchie counties believe they captur ed last night the ring leaders of a band of negro thieves, who have been , conducting a series of robberies m this vicinity , when three of the band were caugh t and a fourth was fat-!, „ J J a. w,, -it* . ,, ally wounded at Phillip when they were appre hended when breaking into a store . Willie j ac kson of Greenwood , . was wounded eight times and he will r b bl d' ^D^ing The past ten days stores were robbed at Minter city, Ruby and p b i]i pp and t; be officers have been bo t on the trail of the thieves. Jim j Aldridge one of the leaders is in the county jail here on a charge qf robb- | j ng a store at Ruby and two negro youths, participants in the robbery at ■ p b jij pp l a §t night, are in the city jail I His arrest is expected soon. Believe Leaders Of Band Thieves Caught Mr. J. W. Young, Sr., yesterday purchased twenty five acres just east Q f Greenwood, near the corporation limits, from Mr. J. L. Lary. The land ^ bought for $7,000. Mr. Young expects within the near future to t ^ , erect a residence on this newly aç quired purchase. Mr. Young recently sold five acres here. o Buys Twenty Five Acres Near the City Limits East of G**nwood to Mr. R. L. Roel| for $2,150. -o Mr. Embry Quarels returned home yesterday from a two weeks visit to relatives in Columbus and Birming ham, where he spent the Christmas j holidays. ****** Mr. R. C .Townes was a recent bus iness, visitor here from his Omega plantation home near Philipp. - j ****** Mr. D. S. Jones was here from Hghlandale on business Monday. ****** Mr. S. F. Jones was here from Race | Track on business Mçnday. ****** Congress extended the scope of th pproaching 1920 census by providîn hat a census of forestry and fores iroducts should he taken. These sub jects were never specifically covered >y any past census act. -O The statistics gathered jby the Cen tms Bureau in regard to farms ar . used quite extensively by the Depart ment of Agriculaure in its work o fsrmsrt, * ANOTHER CITIZEN OF U.S. KILLED ■s. Gabriel Porter Was Shot By Mexican Federal Officers On Dec. 21st —Case Being Investigated Associated Press Porter, American citizen, in the em ploy of the Penn-Merr Co., was shot apd killed by Mexican Federal Offic ers at Tuxicamp, December 21st, ac cording to advices received by the State ^Department today from the A njierieâfc Consul at Tampico. The Con jg^çdemc^^oxepOTt^fvn^h^a- . , urgel-^^caTaijthSSrat Tampico to/direct the arrest and pu, nish the* gàilfy persons. 'This makes today twenty ^bpieyicans killed in the'tails Tampico District by Mexicans; rfince ! r-- , —- - I Yesterday the Consul at Tampico reported the murder bf j F. J. Roney jand Early Boles x^jl menyin the Tam-»Kearns pioo fields. The State Department im- ! mediately instructed the Embassy at Mexico City to urge the Mexican gov eminent to take prompt ' steps to bring the guilty to justkfe. Similar ac-i tion is expected^ ih the Porte# case, when additional information is repor ted.; . ^ j WASHINGTON, Jan. 7—Gabriel ran! o T. T Mine'Workers Ratify ' j ' AMm °< p '" kknt Associated Pness COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 7—The Un ited Mine Workers of America in con vention here today, ratified the action of the International officers in ac accepting President Wilson's proposal to end the coal strike. ■o Humphrey and Baird Buy Big Plantations . The McMahon Land Company ha» sold to Messrs. W. H. Baird and J. C. Baird, of Sunflower county, Miss., the j "Island and Vaucluse" plantations in Chicot county, Arkansas, and have sold to Messrs. W. R. and J. Marison Baird, of Greenwood, the Lake Hall and Myrtle Grove < i Humphrey plantations in Chicot county, Arkan- ) sas. These plantations have a sev en-mile front on ° f t îf Se + landS 1 a , re Said t0 be ° f m °f excelle " t . < * Uallty /, The a ^iegate a ™ ount P ald the new f ° r a bese P lantatl0ns 18 . ov ^ r 00, and the acreage is about 5,000.— ... ^ „ , rr Gr ' env ' I Ie A > " l î y D ™°T T w-f Mr - J - Madison Baird and wi e have moved to Lake Hall, where Mr. „ . . , , , „ ., air , as , C f r ^ e °TViA - r Humph . rey & Baird plantations. T eir ../many Greenwood friends regret the . . . ... , . , . . . loss tbeir citizenship, but all join in wishin f f ° r them continued piness and P rosperit y ° Hon. W. S. Barry is in the city from his home at Biloxi for several days looking after his extensive bus interests and minglng wth his Lake Chicot. All Hon. W. S. Barry Here Few Days on Business I j mess many frends. Mr. Barry reports the members of his family in good health, and enjoying their protracted stay on tlïh Mississippi seacoast. -o ************** j * * * * COTTON MARKETS* * * I ************** NEW YORK COTTON MARKET Prev. Open High Low Close C ose - 37.95 38.1037.40 38.08 37.70 Mar . . . ^36.00 36.50:35,70 36.48 36.07! ■ - |34.40 3 4.95i34.17134.92j34 .51l Closed 38 to 41 up. New York Spots 39.00—25 down. Jan. Ma ! NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARKET Prev. Open High^Low Close C ose !^^7^^0:39.80 39^!39.60:39.52| Mar " ' ' *6.95 37.78;36.90:37.70|37.3l| May - - 35,1 0 3 5.82 35.04 35-75 35.53 Closed 8 to 39 up. New Orleans Spots 41.00. * o ;************** * * THE WEATHER *j * * * **♦**' ****»i«* 5 l c * Mississippi—Rain and warmer Wed esday; Thursday, probably rain; cold r in the north and central portions. -— Local Observations. Temperature—Highest, 41 degrees; owest, 30 degrees; precipitation 0.0.; iver guege 29 feet; fall in 24 hours |03. Miss Annie Long Stenhens, Local Observer. CARPENTIER MAY MEET DEMPSEY Efforts Being Made To Arrange Bout To Take Place in Tikuana, Low er California. Associated Press LOS ANGELES, Calif., Jan. 7— James D. Coffroth, promoter, ia to day awaiting confirmation from his representative in Paris, of cablegrams received last night sayings Manager Georges Carpentier had agreed W meet Jack Dempsey in a fifteen round bout at Tikuana, lower California, be . fo^^mwmicing definitely plans for sta^Î^fight sSoVas the aï 'be constructed, Coffroth V?.: Arrangements have been Without de the'tails by his representatives ! * * 15 ROUNÏ1 BOUT. I LOS ANGELES, Calif., Jan. 7— James Coffroth, promoter for Jack ^Dempsey and latter's •matrager Jack Tam-»Kearns ,announced today* they would ! accept' Georges # 0jbj^ntiers sugges tion .to limit the proposed dî&ajpion ship bout between Carpentiers and Dempsey- to r fifteen rounds. They favored Julÿ 4th as the. date for th^ figh£ which wiH be staged *%t Ti jorfn, Mexico. Coffroth's original of fer was for a foAy five round bout. •Carpentier suggester that ifte^i rounds would be long enough to de cid % * t * TO ASK EVEN BREAK. . PARIS,, Jan. 7—Manager £>esch amps for Georges Carpentier in .an j nouncing the acceptance of the terms offered by James Coffroth, promoter fpr the championship bout with Jack Berppsey, indicated that he will ask an even break or the $400,000 purae offered«by Coffroth» <# »* ' the to will So far in Paris. j ■O JP National Committee To Indorse President Associated Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 7—A reso vntkrrving HuttW Wilson*, stand on the peace treaty and com . j men ding his efforts to establish a lea gue of peace> is to ^ laid before the ' < i Democratic National Committee at a meeting here tomorrow with the backing jof committee official^. "If I have anything to* do with it, ) cbairman Cummins said today after ve no doubt of our position that we are beh i n d the President". The gen eral expectation was that the commi tlee will adopt the resolutions. Bdbo ' in hia bi «nnial message to the Mississippi legislature today, ar yuet or it atop ion o eu »? consultation with party leaders, ''the resolution will be so clear as to lea o Bilbo Argues For Suffrage Amendment Associated Press JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 7—Govern san B. Anthony Woman Suffrage Amendment. -o Issue Call For The Condition of Banks Associated Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 —The I Comptroller of currency today issued a call for the condition of National j Banks at the close of business, De cember 31st. j -o Bolsheviki Make New Peace Offer I STOCKHOLM, Jan. 7—Nikolia Lenine, Russian Bolsheviki Premier, has made a new peace offer to the Allies which is being taken to Lon Jon the Brjtish repre8entatives in (he J Wc Stau , s . o MANY LIVES LOST IN AN EARTHQUAKE ! Hundreds and Possibly Thousands Killed In State Of Vera Cruz Saturday. Associated Press MEXICO CITY, Jan. 7—Hundreds possibly thousands, lives were lost as the result of the earthquake which shook the state of Vera Cruz Satur- da y night. The number of killed ia one town alone is estimated at one ranches were inundated by the floods and a number of persons were re ported drowned. Three slight shocks were tecorded at the astronomical ob servatory at Tacobaya, in the suburbs of Mexico City yesterday. thousand. Several villages and many %