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THE UNIVERSAL CAR Reliable service for Ford owners can only be had where experienced Ford workmen using genuine Ford part 13 , or materials, have charge f the work. This is why we urge you to bring your Ford car to us when it needs "go ti . rj ing over" and fixing up. I H3Î I 3VS careful attention given to your car wiil lengthen the period of its usefulness-—prove to be money well invested. We have every facility to meet your wants and we give you of star' dard Ford prices. The Service the benefit E. K. MY RICK 1 1 ! ROOK PARTY. Young entertained eight roung friends very pleasantly ht at the home of his parents, Mr. ai.d Mrs. S .R. Young on Walthall Street. Two tables were formed at rook and the function pleasant one. Delifcious ed by Mrs. Young, the party the young people attended the picture show. .lonn last mg was a most refreshments After were at the reported in No improvement condition of Mrs. Maude Hodges who is critically Daughters Hospital. was the ill Ki! The ladies of the Sepior Guild of the Episcopal Church will have a sale and children's wear, rom aprons, bootees, sacques, bon nets and caps on April 3rd. of babies' Miss Pearl Smith will arrive to- night from Belzoni, to spend the week end with friends. -o- The White Sale is on and will be still on the balance of this 1 month at Goodman's. The White Sale is on and will ! —o he still on the balance of this month at Goodman's. -o In every bout with bolshevism pa triotism scores a K. O. 1 j ! * s Unired States Food Administration License No. G. 146566. BSj § HELP US Ü fsS By giving us your afternoon grocery order bifore 3 o'clock. The unpaved streets are getting in a very bad condition and it takes us 3 to 4 hours to make a trip. iS a gl g!j p p J 1 i STEIN GROCERY COMPANY ■m M Lli'J % ' m ( I ! j T HERE'S only one kind of service here, and-that is the sort we'd look for if we stood in your shoes. W e serve as promptly as we would ask to be served. We give the sort of advice we would value as to battery care. We make repairs as carefully as we would ask to have them made. j » i ! I « j ! i ; Greenwooa Battery Co. Phone 6 I 219 Market St. t Greenwood, Miss. I I I I a I STORAGE BATTERY rmmom 'mum WCifTCMO^T » 1 . • -... . y-' 'M I he DEATH OF FLOYD BRANCH. Mrs. P. E. Schilling and her nep new, Mr. Pope McCorkle, terday afternoon for Little where Mrs. Schilling was called on ac count of the serious illness of herj]VI. left yes Rock. reaching I brother - Mr F loyd Branch. eived this moi-ning that Mr. Branch | o died yesterday afternoon at 7:30 News re- j »'clock, Mrs. Schilling not huile Rock until 3 A. M. this morn-;j ing. It is said that the death of Mr.! Branch I was due to an attack ot ap- ! per.dicitis, the operation for was made too late to sa we his life. which J Di. L. \\ . Rose and Mr. ^ . T. Eg- ] gleston returned home last night from j Vicksburg, where they have been al week attending a meeting of the Ep -conal Council. O » Mr. J. W. Dulaney will arrive this eveni ig from Tunica, to spend the j week end with his parents, Dr. and i Mrs. J. W. Dulaney, 1 ***** i j j Mrs. J. H. Haynes, of Kosciusko, is j visiting her brother, Mr. Ira Boswell. : ! We have the best Kentucky and ! ! Alabama Coal and the most prompt : j I * Phone us your orders. STONER & CO. service, WHERE THE CHURCH SOCIETIES MEET MONDAY. Methodist. Circle No. 1 with Mrs. J. Gearhiser; at 2:30 o'clock. Circle No. 2 with Mrs . J. E. Col mery at 2:30 o'clock. Circle No. 3 with Mrs. Glazier at 2:30 o'clock. Circle No. 4 with Mrs. Barber at ; 2:30 o'clock. Circle No. 5 with Mrs. E. G. Ham ilton at 2:30 o'clock. Circle No. 6 with Miss Emma J. Harding at 2:30 o'clock . Circle No. 7 with Miss Margaret Rovenhorst ât 7:30 p. m. Presbyterian. Circle No. 1 with Mrs. R. B. Dorman at 3 o'clock. Circle No. 2 with Mrs. Will Peteet at 2 o'clock. Circle No. 3 with Mrs .R. P. Parish at 2 o'clock. Circle No. 4 with Mesdames Hope and Kinnebrew at 3 o'clock. Circle No. 5 with Mrs. Mamie Me Intyre at 2:30 o'clock. * * * * * 5jc PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Preaching at 1-1:00 a. m. Sunday! morning ,subject ."Mother's Christ." I Preaching at 7:30 p. m. Sunday! Evening, subject, "The Unpardonable i Sin." Both services will be conducted by \ Rev. Carson. All are welcome. DR. JOS. RENNIE. Pastor, * * * * * Jf: 1 1 Civil Term Closes ! Criminal Monday V. The civil term of our Circuit Court ('one week) was concluded today. The last jury case disposed of was j that of W. J. Thetford vs. the Y. & ! R. R. Co. for damages in the ; the Co. being char- j with having plaintiff arrested imprisoned without just cause, j The jury promptly rendered a verdict! o- e d sum D f 820,000 an : n favor of the Railroad Company.: Hill & Witty represented the plain- i tiff, and Gardner, McBee & Gardner! the ii_ R c o. The criminal term will convene here j next Monday morning, and the dock et contains so many cases that it will j re q U j re the full three weeks in which i ,]i S p OS o of same. -o Dr. W. W. Liddell Died Greenwood Last Night Br. W. W. Liddell, one of the most prominent and best known citizens Carrollton, died in Greenwood last night at the home of his sister, Mrs. | J. T. McCain in North Gi'eenwood. He ! had hosts of friends throughout Le flore county. He had resided in Car roll county for many years wdiere he .vas greatly beloved. Dr. Liddell was 02 years old. A wife, two sons and one daughter of ! I ! I j ! I j ~ . _ . : special IS otice lo ! TfiP Riwinp«« M^n A lltc DUMIlcsa lilcll 1 i survive him, together with his sister ! nere. The remains were taken to Carroll ton this morning and the funeral was! held there this afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home. Interment was made in Carrollton. rill j have petitions in every store in Green wood,next week, asking the Railroad; Commission to re-Ynstate Äs ^former rder compelling all passenger trains ; of the Y. & M. V. and the Southern Railway to meet at Moorhead, as heretofore. Every citizen of Green wood is urged to sign one of these petitions. Eevry merchant and busi The Chamber of Commerce \v ness man is urged to secure as manj signatures as possible. I o CARD OF THANKS. We take this means of thanking the good friends, who sent flowers to us in our great bereavement, and j whose cards have been misplaced. MR. AND MRS. M. W. STROUD. MISS ELIZABETH STROUD. -o ATTENTION TO AUTO OWNERS. There are a great many people who have not paid their license and got- j ten new tags for their cars; and only; Until January 31st remains in which to pay sème. Please do not over look this matter. W. s. VARDAMAN, Sheriff and Tax Collector. -o FOR SALE—At a bargain, one. Ford Roadster, newly painted, n£w | top, in first class condition. Apply ! E. H. Grippen. WANTED TO RENT—One furnish- j ed room or two furnished rooms for ight housekeeping. Call F. J. Mor an, Irving Hotel. FOR SALE1—Good two horse wag Price $55.00. Phoiie 537. J. H n. Hope. l Commercial Appeal ■ I i Bills Now Due Must Be Paid Before February 1. N. A. QUAIN Agent. % ❖ * * 4» + |4 4 * A 4* ❖ ,|i 4* * 1 4» ni ❖ * ❖ ♦ 4* 4* 4« f ❖ 4* 4» * * 4* * TODAY t * ♦ * 4. ❖ 4» First Run Photoplays Continu- f ously 4* f * 3 TO 11 _ * SATURDAY, JANUARY 24TH ❖ THE SMACKING MUSICAL % COMEDY SUCCESS t u THE KISS BUR GLAR 4 * ❖ » 4 * * ■A Vit.. 'mm* V I\ & « [ I 1 I m * I 75c, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 Plus the War Tax. v ~ ^ i . GWII f N MAKES ASP! n i A L. !l Of Responsib ity Gf Woman In The House And Urges Strictest Economy. Thrift Week! I spender of the, statistics' ; Despite the leaden cl "easing rain, there number of women at th< Meeting yesterday. Mrs. S. L. Gwin made a fine talk on the responsibility of the woman as the family. She showed that show that out of every ages one is wrecked. loes not always lie with the man, who | is often hard woi'king, and thrifty in his habits, but unfor- J tunately married to a girl, who has, taken the responsibility of the runn- : ing of a house, the making of a home | !f itirely ignorant of the duties she | j ias undertaken as a life work. Know-! ing nothing of how either to make or! ,1 and never oodly were -1 ? . eleven marn That the blame ! self-denying «pend money. " Not until woman has put her! profession of home-making on a sys-j hematic basis, run like any other big business concern, can she make it a j *v* •>* *** *5* H JUST RECEIVED —Two Car Loads of— I TENNESSEE MULES 4* j .j. AND— H O RSES S ADDL l* r? ; j It will be to your inft-r t to see us before buying. % •> F. H. SCOTT & CO. Walthall Street »> % j Phans 333 4* «£•» ♦J* «5* «J* »J» *2* *♦* *♦* *♦* *i* •** *♦* ** 4 ** 4 ♦J 4 «2 V s 4*4 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* » 4^44^44^44^44^4^44^4^4^44j4^4<2 4 ^ 4 4* 4* ❖ t 4* f 4» ❖ V | ! 4 M» f ' - 1 4» tim j I:; 4» m K V 4 * m A * * 4» - ❖ 4* 4* t I 4* * Better Place Your Order !Now For a % * 4* 4 ❖ 4* ¥ * A railmotiU 4 ❖ 4* 4* * ❖ ♦ : I 4> 4» 4* : 4» 4 4* ■ I ♦ 4» i * ♦ 4* 4 | So As to Have It Ready for Use When You Need It. 4» 9 ♦ ♦> * t J- R. FORRESTER & CO. GreehwMd, Miss. * 4» 4» 4» t Phone 601 4, I r ■ M ' \ The Last Appeals • • t • • • Mr. Carson Will Close His Series of Gospel Messages 2 • To the People of Greenwood • J SUNDAY : « » 9 9 11:00 "Mother's ! he Ur pard Christ nable Sin 9 11 'i * » 7 : 30 , U ^ » 11 D i « * V O OOO OOOC»»ee&g»»Oaea ^À99T>090Q99999C990<399t9999^999999999 i success," said Mrs. Gwin. "The world j war has taken women out into the ! j "pen, has shown that women are ab- 1 solutely necessary to the success of i any big undertaking of mankind, the old marriage service we said, love, honor and obey—but the revised In ver Look and Listen. sion reads, Stop, Let's apply that to Let us lookand see our daily lives, where we have failed to adapt ourselves to the pres listen to those who n'edict greater hardships in the fu ture, if we return to the thriftness ways of 1914 ent conditions; and before; stop and 00k to the daily routine of our homes. "Bolshevism, graft and nublic expenditures are the direct re- ! •ult of lack of home training in value. ! "Use a budget plan in 1920 and • o/npare present prices with your bills, io_r last'year and see whether we allow ourselves the luxury of w^aste. But be careful not to get the nagging habit over it, consider it a new and wonderful adventure. Let it apply to the conservation of energy, of time and of nerves." waste in can The meeting w r as thrown open to an informal discussion, which brought out the fact that w r e are not expected to put our families on short rations, °. ub to throw out our lives the extra ' agances, which are not only useless, but hurtful. That we are to be sure that we save something as we go f hong, and then see to it that we get the worth of every dollar that we pend. The budget books will be distributed rs soon as the weather permits and he committees can get around with 'hem. Each household is urged to try this at least for a year. MRS. T. R. HENDERSON, Reporter. o YOUR LIBERTY BONDS— We are Government Licensed Brokers for the handling of Lib erty bonds. We buy, sell,, or loan you on bonds. J. R. Forrester & Co., Kantor Bldg., Phone 601. I Greenwood Theatre s s 3 Nights, Starting Monday, Jan. 26 S s \ s Uo ijou believe in gho-rt./* £ ~ ^ " * ' Vo the spirits retur Clan the dead ^sjoeah. ? <? r ■ » V S s ra] « » to s 1 N. O »•V ' [•»^ rv < .. . Carload, of sceneru . xJj h aru^amazmg effects m 'll) iooisisssioa'':I U 4- . Govg OU.S fui \J f soassa "to av M /j Positivelii the largest, UYk m most costly elaborate P show o£ its l<ind now ^ touring -America m \ : X i t m m /G Laughs - Thrills Music - Mystery \ < * FREE! BABY GIVEN AWAY. During the Company s engagement here a real live baby will be given away. This is no pig, dog or any animal, but a real live baby, of good parentage and eleven months cld. POSITIVELY A GUARANTEED ATTRACTION. Prices 25c, 50c, 73c, war tax extra. Curtain 8:30 REDUCED PRICES on Men's and Boys' Suits and Overcoats Will Last Only a Short Time t This sals of Clothing has been a magnet for wise shoppers with a correct insight into the very abnormal conditions prevailing in the Clothing Market. The*' year 1919 showed us high prices, indeed, but "we want to impress upon ycujiere, and this goes with the fullest warrant from this house, th it prices for 1920 will break all records. Digest this fully and come in for your share of a big saving. Remember our safety policy, 100 per cent sat isfaction goes with «very garment. BERNSTEIN'S MEN'S WEAR Of QUALITY : The White Sale is on and will je still on the balance of this month at Goodman's. _ _ Have yon seen The New Speeial Six : Studebaker? Schilling Auto Co. We have two of the best cooks n Greenwood. Kandy Kitchen. The White Sale is on and will )e still on the balance of this month at Goodman's. \ Where to next? Myrick's Garage for a set of Good year Tires. Greenwood, Winona, Itta Bena, Rule ville, Indianola, and Rolling Fork, Miss. -o The White Sale is on and wil >e still on the balance of this nonth at Goodman's. • -o Let your next car be a Stade baker. Schilling Auto Co.