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PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON, EXCEPT SUNDAY
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SERVICE
J. L. & S. GILLESPIE, Editors and Publishers
GREENWOOD, LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TUESDAY? AFTERNOON, JANUAR* 20, 1920
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VOLUME 4-NUMBER 122
SMALL STRIPS
ARE TO BE SLICED
From Boston Common, The Training
Ground For Troops In Revolu
tionary Days.
Associated Press
BOSTON, Jan. 20—Boston is pre
paring to alter some of its
cherished historic
the demands of modern
most
features to meet
conditions, a
from
Small strips are to be sliced
Boston Common, training grounds for'
Revolutionary days, and
Old}
troops in
a reading of the tower of the
South Meeting House, where the fa- j
is !
hatched,
Traffic problems, ac- j
cow-lane''
mous "tea party'' was
contemplated,
ute in this city of narrow
streets, in each case are responsible. 1
The paring of the Common on two
been ,
has
sides of its 43-acre area
sanctioned only after the overcoming
of long-standing opposition by those
considerations of
who held that no
development should disturb
this revolutionary landmark and pre
sent day breathing space in the city's ;
center. Several years ago the voters ;
turned down a proposal to shrink the
order to swell the streets. [
modem
Common in
But in the recent election the voters
in all but two wards declared in fav
of widening the streets from Com
or
The two wards which op- j
Charlestown, j
mon lands.
posed the plan are in
seat cf another historic shrine. Bunk
Lfiider the plan, which is a compro- '
the street
Boston Com- <
or Hill Monument.
nose arranged between
commissioners and the
Spciety, Tremont and Boylston
sti'eets, which bound the Common on |
two of its sides, will be widened to ai
of 43 feet instead of 50 to |
60 feet as first proposed. This will j
be acoi mplished without sacrifice of j
, ward or trees, as the cuts will [
be made from the broad malls of the j
Common. The compromise plan car- j
ried with it an agreement that no j
the Common
mon
maximum
greer
of
further invasion
w T ould be made.
British Common was bought in 1634
by Governor Winthrop and others as
pasture and training
a common cow
ground, and was one of several such
tract* of communal lands and plant
ing grounds. Today it is the sole re
mainder of f hese ancient commons,
other holdings having passed into pri
vate hands.
It wras on Boston Common that re-|
It wras on
> volutionarv soldiers drilled; from its j
limits at Park Square, when the Back
Bay in fact as well as in-name and
made land," the British started j
for Lexington on April 19, 1775. On :
the Common the British mustered j
attack Bunker Hill and |
to
now
«.heir forces to
British artillerymen set their guns
Flagstaff Hill during the seige of j
Boston. Colonial expeditions set out
against Louisburg and Quebec from
the old Common, and Massachusetts
regiments assembled there prior to
going to the front in the Civil 'var.
The proposal to cut into the Old
South Meeting House which was built
in 1729 to obtain partial relief from j
on
Washington j
traffic congestion on
streets, is still under consideration.
Mayor Peters approved the idea; the
Old South Association, guardians of
the édifie* ,fell in with the plans un
der certain conditions, and the street
commissioners reported in favor of the
conditions named by the
a
change. The
association, however, including a de
mand for payment for the property,
which is in the section of highest val
uation, have delayed acceptance.
Under the plan the main part of
^ the church, in wdiich the colonists
worked out plans for the "tea party,
and which was later used by the Brit
ish as a riding school during the siege
of Boston, would not be disturbed. The
tower which juts out some twenty feet
from the front of the edifice, would
be arcaded to provide a passage for
foot traffic, the street line would be
extended to run flush with the tower
front and the sidewalk moved back to
leaä directly to the arcade. An addi
tional 20 feet of street space at this
point would ease considerably the
crash of traffic in the bottle-mquth
of Newspaper Row.
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Third Number Lyceum
Course, January 24th
The third number of the Edwards
Lyceum Course will appear at the
Confederate Memorial Building
Saturday, January 24th, 1920, at eight
• o'clock.
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This number is the Trinacria Con
cert Company with Raoul S. Bonanno,
Baritone, late of the Paris Opera;
JKiss Gwendolyn Bayless, Piano Solo
ist» Accompanist, and Reader, and
Mias Charlotte Simpson, American
Soprano, o fthe English Opera.
This Trio of Artists will furnish
' My. excellent program to the music
lovers of Greenwood.
HffT Tickets are on sale at the Memorial
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THE AMERICAN
STR. LIBERTY GLO
Blown Up Enroute To Germany, De
cember 5th, Torn Almost In Two
Parts By Explosion.
Associated Press
NES, AMELAND ISLAND, Hol
land, Jan. 20—The American steamer
Liberty Glo ,which was blown up by j
a mine in Ameland Island channel i
while en route to Germany, Decern- ;
her 5, was torn almost in two parts;
by the explosion. Eventually her af-,
ter part broke away and went on the j
was !
beach while the forward part
held at anchor. Captain J. Stomsland :
and two of the crew were left on the
forward half and were saved. The |
other members of the crew left the j
wreck in the small boats and all but
four of them reached land. The four
perished at sea.
The Liberty Glo was the third Am- ,
erican steamer sunk by mines in these j
waters within a few weeks, the others j
being the West Armanda and the
Kernwood.
"The mine cut the Liberty Glo tom
pletely in two up to the water line,
said Captain Stomsland, telling of the
She was held together by
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disaster.
the desk and upper plates.
had anchored, the after half twisted
desk plates,
itself free, the iron
j beams and
girders breaking like
sticks of wood . I and tw r o other were
left on board the forward half. A few
' hours later we w r ere taken off by a
Dutch motor boat.
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THRIFT WEEK IS
NOW IN PROGRESS
dress Saturday—Interesting Meet
ings Held.
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The first of the Thrift Week pro
gram was carried out on Saturday.
Mr. Pollard made a most interesting
and instructive talk on banks and
what they do to build up a communi
One thing he called attention to is
that because of the thrifty habits of
! the Dutch people ,a great Savings
Bank in Holland is now' lending at
ty.
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Bank
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least $80,000,000 to the people of this
community, and that if the same
thrift prevailed here, or even a small
degree of it, there might be m Green
wood a large Savings Bank which
could get for the people of this sec
tion the interest which is now going
to the people of Holland from us. He
interesting .account of how
j Rave
children might be trained from ear y
childhood into business habits by the
parents themeslves, instea o a ow-.
ing them to grow up m per ec l^nor ,
anee of sue , am compe e
learn, î t e> J 6 '® 1 eailb . y ;
hard knocks which the world in xater ;
j life will teach them with.
Each day this week there will be
equally interesting program, instruct
lines of
an
,
an
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advisability of owning your own home
instead of merely havings a shelter
go along. Tomorrow Mr. Ham
the parents along the
ing
thrift, that their children may have
a better chance in the progress of the
world than they have had.
Mr. Mounger will talk on the
This aft
as you
ner will talk to us about the necessity
of making a will, even though we
7: home should" ' Tuender thete
1 a . , , ,, ,
meetings, \v ic are e eac
noon at m e on e e
ial Building.
MRS. T. R. HENDERSON,
Reporter.
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Mr. E. B. Clark, of Morgan City,
left Sunday for Hot Springs, Ark.,
where he will spend the next two or
three weeks for the benefit of his
health.
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SAYS DUTCH WONT
GIVE UP KAISER
This Is Belief Expressed by Kurt Von
Lersner, Germany's Representa
tive In Paris.
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PARIS, Jan. 20—Belief that efforts
of the Allies to get the formej Em
peror William out of Holland yill
prove unsuccessful ,was expressed to
day by Baron Kurt Von Lersner, Ger
many's chief representative here. "I
absolutely sure the Dutch gov
ernment will never surrender the for
German Emperor for trial
on
mer
charges that are not provided for in
any- constitution, laws or treaties, re
garding . extradition," he said.
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GOV. RUSSELL
IS INAUGURATED
Favors $25,000,000 Bond Issue For
Road Improvement And Woman
Suffrage Amendment.
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the
Jifts
Associated Press
JACKSON, Jan. 20—Lee M. Rus
sell, who was inaugurated Governor
of Mississippi today ,recomjnended in
.his inaugural address, the issuance of
$25,000,000 bonds for good roads, the
ratification of the I?ede>ral'' Womap
Suffrage Amendment, the abolishment
of the Prison Board of Trttateieftgjimd
the -sale of the prison
ley, Belmont and Rankin.
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YOUNG PEOPLE
TEACH SEDITION
Socialist Leagues To Instruct Children
Are Formed Throughout State
New York.
NEW y 0 RK, Jan. 20—Agents of
, joint legislative committee inves
tigating seditious activities have dis
; covered that Young People's Socialist
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Associated Press
, Leagues to teach Communism have;
Ibeen formed in all the important cit- ;
ies of New York State, says Deputy
In Roch
Attorney General Berger,
ester, and some up-state centers, he
declared, Junior Leagues have been j
the Communist seed
investigators
Rochester and ;
up
organized to sow
among children.
"The
have discovered in
some other important centers
state that the Young Peoples' Social
ist League, an off-shoot of the Social
ist Party of America and commonly
committee's
called'Ypsels," has aligned
the Communists and is devoting its
time and attention to spreading the
principles of Communism," Mr. Ber
ger said. -
"The investigators have discovered
that the 'Ypsels' have formed Junior ;
leagues of girls and boys between 12
and 16, to teach them the principles of
Communism. There is evidence to in-;
dicate that a large part of this m-,
struction is given m schools conducted
Sundays, some of which are called
Sunday Schools.
Those whose memory extends back
farther than a day will recall that
during the war the 'Ypsels' were quite!
prolific in teaching and encouraging
young men to become 'Conscientious
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The leagues are all over
Objectors.'
the state, in all the important cities.
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Grand Jury Recesses
Until Thursday
The Grand Jury put in a very busy
half day's work yesterday, and at the
conclusion of the afternoon session
recessed until next Thursday morn
ing, when they will return to inves
tigate one more case, make their re
port and adjourn for the term—unless
called back by the Judge, which he
has the authority to do should he deem
Em
yill
to
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for
fit.
The Court is proceeding with the
civil docket, and the business-like
manner in which Judge Beams dis
patches matters is gratifying to the
public.
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jCLASHOCCURS r
OVER OIL LAND
Territory Along Red River Is In Dis
pute Between Texas and Okla
homa Claimants.
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Associated Press
AUSTIN, Tex., Jan. 20— A clash
between claimants to oil land along
the Red River in dispute between Tex
as and Oklahoma, is threatened, ac
cording to advices received today. The
State Rangers- have been ordered to
the s*:ene... The ownership of the land
Jifts been submitted to the U. S. Su
arfc^-for disposition. ^ Both
Texas and Oklahoma claimants are re
ported to have threatened to shoot
anyone, who interferes with their oc
cupation of the territory.
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LOUISIANABTO
ELECT GOV. TODAY
This
John M. Parker and Frank P. Stubbs
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Are The Opposing Candidates j
In Race.
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NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 20—John M.; ^
; Parker, Progressive Party candidate ;
for president m 1916 and Col. Frank
P. Stubbs of Monroe, are the oppos
Associated Press
ing candidates for governor of Louis
j iana in today's Democratic primary
to select nominees for the state of
fice. Stubbs is credited with being;
the "organization candidate. Park
; er is supported by the anti-organiza
tion forces.
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Mississippi—Fair Tuesday; Wedne
sday increasing cloudiness, probably
rain.
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Local Observations.
Temperature—Highest, 73 degrees;
lowest, 45 degrees; precipitation 0.0.;
river guage 27.3; change in 24 hours
Miss Annie Long Stephens,
Local Observer.
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Frank Hitchcock is trying to "come
back" ns a President-maker.
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NOT IN FAVOR
OF PROHIBITION
Governor Of. New Jersey In His In
augural Address Urges Legisla
ture Not To Ratify.
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the
more
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TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 20—Govern
or Edward I. Edwards, democrat, in
his inaugural address today, reiterat
ed his campaign pledges. He said the
present condition of affairs with re
spect to prohibition, fcad been illegal
ly force*! upon the peddle çf this state.
He urged £&*
ed.
and
of
. the
to
dment.
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CONFERENCE IS
NEARING CLOSE
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This Is Due To Fact That Committee
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Disagrees Over Reservation In
Treaty Compromise.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 20—Senate r0
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leaders participating in bi-partism
conferences for a compromise of re- j
servations to the peace treaty repor-,
^ today they were cloge tQ the sus _| itg
; Qf thg conferences beca use of
di reement over the Foreign Re-;
lations Committee regarding the res
ervation of the equality of voting in
the League of Nations.
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Rev. H. V. Carson Spoke
On "Hell" Last Night
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An audience which practically fill
ed the Presbyterian Church last night
is no Heaven,
y° u believe in one, you
the other.
heard Rev. H. V. Carson's discourse
"If there is no Hell, there ;
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must believe j
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Dr. Carson spoke on Hell in all its ,
He stated that he believed
Hell.
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horrors.
in calling a spade a spade and Hell !
was not Hades. He pictured it a j
place of horror where memory lived j
forever and where the inhabitant 1 :f- ;
fered remorse throughout the ages.
a most convincing j
Dr. Carson is
speaker. He carries his audience with ;
him and expounds the gospel truths
in a simple and straight forward;
manner.
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We Must Conserve
Use of Print Paper
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News print paper is so scarce, and,
the price continues to soar to such j
extent, that we are forced to insist ;
advertisers using less space in or- j
der to get a sufficient supply of paper j
to continue the regular publication of;
The Daily and Weekly Common
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wealth .
Therefore, we will appreciate the
indulgence of our patrons in this mat
ter until the paper situation has been j
relieved. As soon as it is possible to
get more news print paper we will
then be in position to take better care
demands which may be made
What to do with home-born reds is
of our livest problems.
of any
for advertising space.
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BOMB PLOT BEEN
. NIPPEDPi N.Y.
Officials Arrest Eighteen "Reds'' and
Get Evidence That Plot Against
Govt. Officials Was Planned.
Associated Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 20—Police, bomb
squads and Department of Justice
Agents are today searching for half
a dozen Radicals believed to be lead
ers in a bomb plot, which is declared ;
have been nipped yesterday by the
arrest of eighteen Reds. Two of
the men > being sought, it is said, were |
members of the Russian Reds when j
Lenine and Trotzky seized the Rus
sian government. Raids yesterday are
said to have disclosed evidence that a |
bomb campaign against government ;
officials had been planned. j
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Martin Andersen, Jr.
With Associated Press
Martin Andersen, Jr., who some
time ago went to New Orleans from
the Beaumont (Texas) Journal, as a
reporter for the New Orleans States,
has accepted a position as night edi
tor of the old reliable Associated
Press at New Orleans.
Andersen left a promising position
as news editor ot a 24-page daily in
Texas to enter the field of journalism
in the Crescent City. He started at
the bottom rung of the ladder—as a
reporter—with the New Orleans
States. Since that time he % has been
promoted to copy-reader, rewrite and
assistant city editor.
The Associated Press has drawn
many able men from the lure of the
street and newspaper desk. In fact
the w r ork is quite similar,
painstakingly accurate, as that
Andersen was
if it be
more
on a newspaper,
tempted with an offer and he accept
ed.
The young man is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. Andersen, 710 Main St.,
of this city. He served The Daily
Commonwealth two years ago as both
"star" and "cub" reporter, city and
telegraph editor and "make-up", fol
lowing his ^disability discharge from
. the service.
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Roads In Fearful
Condition Everywhere
The roads throughout this section, j
a j
•ondition than in many years, j
The j
which are not gravelled
are in
w r orse
according to many
heavy rains of the past month have : but
impassable in
of Drew
residents.
I ltiade the highways
A citizen
! many sections.
I who w^as a visitor in Greenwood yes
vicinity
his
j terday, stated that in
I three valuable mules had been killed
by miring in the mud in_ the public :
r0 ad. Two of them, he said, were j
were unable to j
from the mud. j
drowned when they
j estricate themselves
The third w'as entirely exhausted in
_| itg strug cr} e to get out of a ifole and
died after being rescued. in
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ProflteeF Is The !
Desp j se( l Man
! The profiteer took blood money dur- ;
j ing the world's greatest tragedy. He i
exacted usury from the toiler at home !
I and the fighting man at the front. He :
drew dividends out of the tears and :
w'ails of broken-hearted women and
He minted |
fright-stricken children.
; his gold out of
starvation.
agony,
j heartaches. He stands today the j
j Judas of the war, the most despised
I man of earth.—From "Problems Fac- j
, ing a Stricken World," by Frank C°- ;
merford.
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:f- ; the intersection of Fulton and Cotton
Streets last night. The call was a
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FALSE ALARM TURNED IN.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 20—Surgeon
General Blue of the Public Health J
the Service ,said today there was nothing
j n the present influenza situation in
j the United States w hich would cause ;
to an a iarm of state ,city and health of-:
will fi c i a i s .
care General Blue said the situation ap
j pea red to be well in hand. While
Chicago and a few other districts re
j port the increase of the disease, there
is * j s a large area of the country in
1 which only a few cases are reported.
STATEMENTS
MADE PUBLIC
Rear Admiral May Testifies Before
Committee Investigating Naval
Awards
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20—Rear Ad
mirai May Commander in Chief of the
U. S. Fleet during the war, told the
Senate Committee in investigating the
nava l awards today .that his letter to
Secretary Daniels, declaring that the
Knight Board did not give sufficient
consideration to the service at sea,
was not to be considered one of pro
test . Admiral May took the view dia
metrically opposed to that expressed
by Rear Admiral Sims, who told a
committee of the Knight Board, in
granting awards, that he gave too lit
tie consideration to the records of the
officers who served ashore.
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Judiciary Committee
Nearing Close
Associated Press
ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 20—The as
sembly of the Judiciary Committee
which is trying the five suspended
Sociàlist members, refused today to
note the appearance of the commit
tee headed by Charles E. Hughes
which asked to be received in the in
terest of the public. The chairman
of the committee said the committee
had decided that it could not consent
to allow committees to appear, rep
resenting any parties outside the in
quiry.
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To Use Sleeping
Cars For Tourists
Associated Press
BERLIN, Jan. 20—The Central
Tourists Bureau of Berlin suggests
the use of idle sleeping cars which are
in the freight yards of Berlin for
ttrurists quarters, in view of the very
Congested condition of the hotels.
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British New Guinea
Associated Tress
MELBOURNE, Jan. 20—The Aus
j
j tralian government has been trying
j since 1915 to find oil in paying quan
j tities in Papua (British New Guinea)
: but thus far the English expert in
charge of the w r ork has obtained only
about 3,000 gallons.
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Retreating Eastward
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PARIS, Jan. 20— ( Monday) —Bo -
sheviki troops occupy all the territory
in Siberia east of Kranseyar^, accor
ding to latest dispatches. The Kolcak
! forces are reported to be retreatin «
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Passing Through
Commercial Crisis
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pass j ng through a bitter commercial
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result of the shortage of
Leading commercial houses
change.
j n ^ be ca p}tal, instead of experiencing
usua i 33 per ce nt holidays increase
j business during December, reported
; sa i es 45 percent less'than November.
I Without paper currency, the
I try depends on gold and silver coin
and the high pirce of silver has caus
to ed an acute shortage of small change,
coun
due tQ }]ii c j t exportation and opera
a
tions of speculators. Money chang
i ers are now charging as high as sev
cent to change gold coin into
I en per
; silver, and it is reported that gold also
Some business
^ is growing
houses who tried to use postal and
documentary stamps for change found
kJ* t hemselves breaking the law.
scarce.
Thus far no method of facilitating
! small purchases has been discovered
and> acco rding to semi-official state
; ments, the country will be forced to
wait for the price of silver to decline
The silver content
been cut
j to secure relief.
! of the lower coinage has
during the last six months but
% I even the new coins are being hoarded
exported. While
once
f or speculation c
J the mint has been working overtime
for months, it has been found impos
in sible to keep up with demands,
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of-: Mr. W. W. Neblett, of Morgan City,
was here yesterday morning, return
ap- ing home from Memphis where he at
tended the 86 th anniversary celebra
re- tion of his mother, who resides in the
there Bluff City. The event resulted in a
in j most . enjoyable family re-union, most
0 f the members thereof being present.
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