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(Smuuianb Hath} (Commonutpaltb PUBLISHED EVERY ÂFTÊRNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SERVICE J. L. & S. GILLESPIE, Editors and Publishers SUBSCRIPTION: GREENWOOD, LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 8, 1920 SINGLE COPY 5 ,, PER MONTH 50t ^ PER YKAKSb.OO VOLUME 4-NUMBER 163 - î-Â REV.J.T.BAGBY LECTURES HERE Speaks Upon "Birds Of A Feather" —Mr. Love Discusses Object Of Rotary Club. Thoroughly interesting, full of hu mor and most irspiring was the add ress ably delivered by Rev. J. T. Bag ley of Tennessee, Sunday afternoon at at the Presbyterian church. A large i crowd attended the lecture and heard Rev. Babby discuss "Birds Of A Fea ther." He was brought to this city under the auspices of the Rotary Club ly and he discussed at length communi ty work. Rev. Bagby is an original humorist, and he held the undivided attention The lecture was held in the Presby terian Church instead of the Green wood Theatre as was first announced, owing to the fact that the theatre building was not heated. Rev. Bagby was the guest of the Rotary Club today at noon at their weekly luncheon at the Irving Hotel, TELLS OBJECT OF CLUB. of his audience. The main purpose of a Rotary Club is to develop the best interests of a town,*' said Mr. J, S. Love this morn ing. "We believe that Greenwood has great possibilities and that great things can be accomplished in a busi ness way if we all pull together. The object of this organization is to bring the business interests closer together, "We started the Rotary Club with twenty three members here. One man is chosen from each profession. Three new members will be added each, month and we believe that this or ganization will do much toward gett- j ing the business men interested in each other and promoting the com munity spixât." Each week the Rotary Club will On have a guest at their luntheon. next Monday Mr. Hillary M. Quin, president of the Rotax-y Club of Meri dian will be present and deliver a short talk. o STRIKING SCENERY FOR BIG STORY IN "THE MIRACLE MAN.' Crooks in Clover in Dramatic George Loane Tucker Production. of New York's Chinatown to the grandeur of high mountains and the majesty of the ocean—that is the range of the setting in "The Miracle Man," a big new Paramount-Artcroft picture, pro duced by George Loane Tucker, which to the Greenwood Theatre week, From the sordid slums is coming Thursday and Friday of this The same expansiveness of vision is reflected in the absorbing story, writ ten by Frank L. Packard, later dra matized by George M. Cohen, and pro duced with striking success on Broad way. The central figure is a white haired patriach, who lives in the hills near the sea and who has reputed to heal the sick and crippled. their power Tom Burke and his band in haunt in the New York underworld read of his miracles and conceive the idea of capitalizing them for their own gain. So they go to theh town where the ol dman lives and frame up a miraele for him. To their surprise they discover that he really passesses the healing pawers accredited to him. Gradually under the beneficent in fluence of their new env,runment there is worked a transformation in the hearts of the crooks that makes Rose, the gangster's beautiful decoy,; the charming girl she is at heart, that evolves a farm hand out of a dope fiend, and finally, bring out the bet ter nature of even the hardened, sop histicated Tom Burke himself. In the hands of such capable artists as Tho mas Meighan, Elinor Fair, Joseph J Dowling, Betty tompson, and others j of similiar merit, this powerful story becomes a vital .living thing and one of the greatest dramatic spectacles the screen has yet revealed. o FRANCE PAYING $10« TON FOR COAL j PHILADELPHIA, March 8—France J is paying $100 a ton for coal, said ; Miss Anne Morgan, daughter of the j late J. P. Morgan, in an address to the French War Relief Committee and the American Committee for dévasta ted France citing the high cost of nec essities in that country. She said the general attitude in America is "now we're through." gha declared America can never be through while France is in its present ! Says Daughter of The Late J. P. Mor- 1 In Address To French War gan Relief Committee. Associated Press condition. FOUR FIRES HERE SUNDAY MORNING Department Has A Busy Day—Two Negro Houses Burn In Gritney, But Contents Were Saved. ughout Sunday morning and respond-; ed to four alarms. The first call came at 8:30 o'clock yesterday morning from Depot street, just back of the 1 Juchheim Wagon Works. The shing-1 The fire department was busy thro- j les on the roof of a negro house had caught on fire. The blaze was quick ly put out and the damage will not ' exceed a few dollars, The residence occupied by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Webb on West Market ! street caught on fire from a defective flue. The department extinguished j the blaze and the damage was slight. ; Sparks from the flue, ignited the j roof at the home of Mrs. J. H. Stev- ' e:.s, 500 South Main street. The roof was on fire in several places when : the fire department reached the scene, j Thb interior of the house w T as not dam- i aged. At 12 o'clock the department was called to Avenue G and McLaurin | streets. The department encountered mud and impassable streets in many places and were greatly delayed in reaching the scene of the fire. Upon the arrival of the firemen, the blaze; had gained too much headway to save the two houses which were occupied ■ by negroes. j The two houses are owned by Lily Barber, negress. She occupied one and Pat Harman, colored, lived in the oth- j er. The two houses were valued at about $7000. All of the contents of j both dwellings were saved, BOTH CANADA AND ARGENTINA ; - I May Soon Prove Serious Competitors ! j ! ! Of The United States In The Dairy Industry. Associated Press WASHINGTON, March 8—Canada and Argentina may soon prove ser ious competitors of the United States! in the dairy industry, Government of ficials believe. The industry in both countries is in its infancy yet Can ada is producing 70 per cent as much ! cheese and 12 per cent as much butter as the United States, while Argentina j is producing 18 per cent as much cheese and seven per cent as much ! 1 ; i ! butter, 41 per cent as large as those of the United States while her cheese exp-; orts greatly exceeded exports from : the United States. Argentina's but-! ter exports were double those of the ; United States and her cheese exports equalled 32 per cent of those of the United States. Canada's butter exports were It is generally believed, government officials say, that Argentina and Can ada are capable of extensive develop-j ment of their industries and it is prob able, therefore, that the United Sta s ; may experience in the future parti- ; cularly energetic competition. Ar- j gentina, 21 days distant from New York, they say, may not be thou-. ght of serious y at t is time as a l- ; met competitor m the dome S t.c mar-, ket, but indirectly Argentina butter may supplant Canadian butter in the j English market, in which case Cana-j dian butter would find a logical out-1 let in the United States. ! Canada is in a better position today i n the world's markets with her butter ! an d cheese than is the United States officials declare. Moreover, Canada's policy with her returned soldiers and ; j immigrants toward land development j s bringing results which eventually w ill mean larger production. j In the United States available lands ; are scarce and all lands generally ex- j pensive. It is reasonable to believe, J government scientists say that in the, future production will not increase in proportion to the population, as the greater part of the really productive .land is now utilized. Mr. J. Dreyfus, sales manager and buyer for the F. Goodman Dry Goods j Co., has tendered his resignation to J take effect March 31st. He has held ; ^his responsible position for the past j seV eral years, during which time he ; made a host of friends among our; people, who regret the loss of his cit- ! : Z9ns hip. Mr. Dreyfus will leave ear-, j y in April for his native home in ! Alsace Lorraine, France, and he will j represent American manufacturers) and dealers in the capacity of sales man j n Europe. -o — Take the Daily Commonwealth Resumption »of j the importation of European butter is ! again giving real competition to our 1 products. o MR. DREYFUS RESIGNS. x DC The Spring Literature Arrives JU IT T— 1» • tJ p % x>\ mi I t:: 4 J % \m ik % % ! ///A ! i ! c 1 7 us m HAIL NJj W I -\\ V/ 'rrAJ\ % 0t l 0 If f-*. .> 7*/f *:«C g. A 0 / I "-•L f •;..V —-HU r , I V c k \ iff i X r. % -A 3 ap I jlCopyrtyin > _J DENYPLANISTO RESTRAIN TRADE American Hardwood Mfg. Associations Say They Are Wholly Within Law 'In Exchange Information. Associated Press MEMPHIS, Mar. 8—Denial in de tail of allegiance made in the govem ment biI1 complaint that "open com petition" is the plan of the American Hardwood Manufacturers Association involves conspiracy and restraint of ! trade, was made in an answer filed , j ! in the Federal Court today, on behalf j of more than 300 lumber companies and individuals named as defendants. The contention was made that the lumbermen are wholly within the law ; in their exchange of basis information ; ! j ! concerning production, stocks and 1 prices for which sales were made and ; that their Association is for this pur pose and is not violation of the Sher man law under which the suit was brought. The answer was filed in open hear ing of the government's application for a temporary injunction to restrain i the lumbermen fro continuing an ex ! change of sales, production reports and other statistical matter. : ; ! TO CONSTRUCT A DOUBLE PIPE LINE - I _ ! ; | ; French Government Has Sanction- 1 j ^ -p be p roD osition. ! j 1 ; Associated Press. i LONDON, March 8—The French ; j government has sanctioned the con-1 struction of a double pipe line for oil between Havre and Pans, a distance ; ! of about 150 miles, it is stated by the American Chamber of Commerce m ; ! London. One of the pipe lines, with an internal diameter of 10 inches, is : to be used for heavy fuel oils, and ; above it will be a smaller pipe line of four inches, for petroleum and mo tor spirit. j It is anticipated that 4,500 tons of ; heavy, and 1,000 tons of light oils and j spirits, can be pumped through these J lines daily, thus materially lightening the ^ supping Pans wrt coal by facilitating the use of heavy oils in its place. It is hoped to com plete the lines in time for next winter. i j j j daily newspapers published at Selma, Ala., recently consoli4ated and are now issuing under the name of The Times-Joumal. This merger was brought about by the business men of ; g e ]ma who preferred to concentrate j ; their advertising in one daily newspa- j per> making it possible to adequately ; ! supp0 rt same. ; Selma is a city of 18,000 population ! and should be able to'~Support one j j dady newspaper handsomely. But two ; da ü y newspapers cannot be published;to successfully in so small a field under present conditions. The cost of pro ducing a daily newspaper just now is something simply fierce. j o Selma's Daily Papers Have Consolidated The Times and The Journal, the ■ RAT HUNT OCCURS ON CRAIG PLACE: Negroes Kill One Hundred and Fifty j Pests, Saving $600 Worth Of Corn During Year. Determining to rid his plantation of rats, Mr. W. L. Craig offered the ne-j groes on his plantation, five cents for ! every rat killed and Saturday a rat 1 hunt was inaugurated on his place, ! : The negroes went to work in earnest ■ j and succeeded in killin" 150 rates. tu thäfa rat will eat It is estimate two bushels of corn during a ! According to this estimate by the ex termination of the rats on this place,! year. j three hundred bushels of corn valued ; ; at * 2 P er bushel enabled the owner to ; ac tually save $600. The ridding the plantations of these pests is a splendid idea and the farm ers will save grain by doing so. -o VERBAL SPATS ACROSS BRIDGE ! Conflicts Resembling Back Yard Fence Family Feuds Occur Be tween Troops At Fiume. I FIUMEf March 8—Verbal conflicts' ! resembling those which take place ov | e r back yard fences ip, family feuds 1 occasionally occur between the Ital ! ian regular troops and d'Annunzio's j on the bridge over a narrow 1 canal which separates Sussak from i Fiume. The regulars occupy Sussak while ; d > AnnuRzio 's men hold Fiume. The } with a j side and a space of ; &bout 2Q feet ^ for vehicu i ar traf . ^ middle Qn one gide stands ; ^ : ^ u]arg> Thg brid ig barr i ca ded on both sides ! ^ gtrands of barbed wire placed in guch a way that vehicles can pass across only by making a serpen de tour. ^ attack from the re gulars' side*i rumored throughout the poet's do-; ^ d&y The poet himse if ^ & detail of ardit i an d several nr ^ hagtened to Associated Press 1 i a detail of d'Annunzio's guards, while the other stands the sentinels of loyal to the King."; the scene. D'Annunzio stood aside while his j arditi went forth to battle. They went j out on the bridge and called the re j gular soldiers all sorts of pet names. The regulars in turn returned the vol leys of colored verbiage. A few gen erals appeared on the regulars' side, These were made the subject of in creased and heavy verbal fire from the arditi. The latter pressed nearer the generals, rubbed their shoulders ; against them and otherwise insulted j them. j In the thickest of the fight, one of ; the regulars discovered a choice bit ; of ammunition and shouted, "Long; live the King." , j All his comrades joined in the cheer ; mg. The arditi had nothing to reply that and retreated while d'Annun z i Q returned to his place. The day's «battle " was over. —-o Take the Daily Commonwealth STATE POSITION ON RESERVATION A is President Wilson Will Disclose Same In A Letter To Senator Hitchcock. ent Wllson wil1 state his Position on the Lodge Reservations, in a letter to Associated Press WASHINGTON, March 8—Presid Senator Hitchcock, administration lea ders announced at the W'hite House j . , m, D ., , ... , „ today. 1 he President did not see Sen- ; ator Simmons as requested by Sena tor Hitchcock, but will write Senator: Simmons, telling him the matter is sufficient l y covered in the letter to l The President s letter is being put Senator Hitchcock. in final form this morning. The Ad ministration officiais said the Presi- ! dent would not accept the Lodge res ervations. They disclosed the fact that he discussed the so-called Res ervation Article Ten in a recent con ference with Senator Glass and while he would not state approval, he did | not say he would not accept it. ; ; j o NEGRO ADMITS MURDERTHREE OI J Wl11 Lockett, Slayer Of School Girl Near Lexington, Confesses To Kill- ; fDDYVII I F Kv March 8—Will Lockett negro " under a sentence of /will ? I 7 ? V a Lexin ^ ton > toda y confessed murder ° f B C&r ' - Thrift F ood Plots Important in 1920; ing Two Other Women. to the miell several years ago and another woman near Louisville last year. Lockett said his true name was Petrie ; Kimbrough and his home was near^ Penbrook, Christian county. -o HOME GARDENS VS. FOOD PROBLEMS ; j Begin Now To Make Your Back Yard Busy. I Special —One way of reducing the 1 cost of living is open to every man, and child who can get the use of an idle plot of ground. That way throu gh the planting and cutivation of a, home garden—a Thrift Garden. War gardens played their part in great mobilization of resources in war j time—Thrift Gardens now have their own big job in helping households to feed themselves. | The reasons for Thrift Gardens are many and various. The same reasons; j that existed last year and the year before still are present. Thrift Gar- , ; dens will produce food where nothing - otherwise could be produced, they will reduce family food bills, they will re turn abundantly in proportion to the j time and effort devoted to them. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 8— the ORDER ARREST 2 GERMANS HIGH UP ! Are Charged With Assault Of French Officer, Attending The Interallied Mission. Ass »elated Press BERLIN, March 8—Gustav Noske.j minister of defense, has ordered the provisional arrest of Prince Joachim Albrecht of Prussia, cousin of the for mer Emperor William and Baron Von Platen for engaging in assault upon Captain Rougheven, French officer the Interallied mission in this city at Hotel Adlon Saturday. The assault occurred in the dining; room. The Prince and friends hurled ! missiles at Roughevin and party, who i refused to stand while the orchestra! was playing, "Deutchland Uber Al lies." TO PROTEST ATTACK. LONDON, Mar. 8—General Nollet, i head of the French Military Mission ; to Berlin, has demanded an immediate; audience with Foreign Minister Muel«j 1er to protest against the attack of the French party at the Hotel Adlon, Saturday, according- to a Daily Mail Dispatch from Berlin. -o Big Fire Occurs Cattlettsburg, Ky. Associated Press CATLETTSBURG, Ky., March 8— A block in the center of Catlettsburg was destroyed by fire today, is estimated at half a million. The loss ■ j j ; o FOR ROADS ON ISLAND OF OAHU An Expenditure Of $5,000,000 By The United States Army On Military Roads Been Recommended. j • Associated Press diture of HONOLULU, T. H, Mar. 8—Expen $5,000,000 by the United States army for military roads on the Island of Oahu has been recommended to the War Department by Major Gen eral C. G. Morton, commanding the Hawaiian department, according to i the General's announcement at a re cent Chamber of Commerce dinner. In conformation of recent reports, he said, it was the intention of the de partment to station a full division of soldiers on the Island. "It is for your protection, for the protection of the United States," said General Morton, "that we are devot ing so much thought and money to strengthening this far outpost of our country." ■o Meeting Levee Board Clarksdale Tuesday ! A meeting of the Mississippi Yazoo Board ^ b(? held tomor _ r0 w in Clarksdale. At this meeting Mr. Vassar Dacus of Greenwood, re cently appointed member of the board, /will leave in the morning for Clark, the old board members will be checked ; out and the new ones installed. Elec tion of officers will also take place. dale to attend the meeting. -o ************** * ■ COTTON MARKETS * ^ * ************** Prev. * NEW YORK COTTON MARKET Open High Low Close C ose May - - 135.90 36.43 35.55 36.20 35.82 33.02 33.53 33.00 33.42 32.97; July - - Oct. - - 130.25 30.95 30.25130.80 30.15 Closed 38 to 65 up. New York Spots 40.90. NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARKET Open High Low Close C ose Prev * ********* MISSISSIPPI Partly cloudy Mon day and Tuesday, probably rain near the coast; gentle moderate northeast winds. , - grees; lowest, 20 degrees, precipi - tion 0.0; river gauge 24 feet; fall in 24 hours 0.4. Mias Annie Long Stephen i 36.48 36.76 36.47 36.71 36.38 May - - July - - !33.35;33.88 33.35 33.83 33.34 Oct. - - 130.26 30.77 30.22 30.70 30.08 Closed 33 to 62 up. New Orleans Spots 40.50. o ****:;:* ******** * * THE WEATHER * 1« * Local Observations. TEMPERATURE—Highest, 37 de Meal Observer. JTl— SUPREME COUNCIL CONSIDERS NOTE President Refuses To Agree To With drawal Of The British-American Memorandum. Associated Pre WASHINGTON, March 8 expressing satisfaction at th While e "unal tered desire* of the Allied loaders reach an "equitable solution," Pr» ta 11 - dent Wilson's last note to the French and British premiers accepts, with re observations the proposal that Italy and go-Slavia themselves, be permitted to settle the Adriatic dispute. The President refused to the withdrawal of the British-Amer roe ican memorandum of December 9th and indicated an unalterable tion to the execution of the terms of the secret treaty of London except in so far as the United States opposi govern ment "may Ife convinced thus»- terms are intrinsically just and consistent with the maintenance of peace and settled order in Southeastern Europe." The President's reply is now under consideration of the Supreme Council at London. -o Provision Income Tax Unconstitutional Associated Press WASHINGTON, March 8—Provis ions of the income tax of 1916, taxing :is income, stock dividends declared by cor p 0ra tions out of the earnings and profits accruing subsequent to March 1st, 1913, was held unconstitutional today by the Supreme court. o Many Thefts On Cargoes of Vessels Associated Press LONDON, Mar. cargoes of vessels are now that several meetings have been held between representative ship man agers and merchants to devise of stopping it. 8—Thefts from prevalent so iieans The Cost Of Adverse o— Exchange On America Associated Press LONDON, Mar. 8—The Daily Mail calculates that the adverse exchange on America is costing the Kingdom 225,000,000 pounds a year, which is more than the administrative cost of the whole country in pre-war times. U nited Bathers Must Not -o— Loiter On The Sands Assoeiated Press Bathe BOURNEMOUTH, Eng., March 8 rs at this famous holiday will not be allowed to loiter on the resort sands or bask in the sun during the coming season, for the corporation has drawn up the following new by-laws: When intending to bathe persons are to proceed direet f rom their ban galows, tents or bathing screens to the water; and after bathing to return direct without loitering on the sands. O City Has Leased Old Royal Stables Associated Press BERLIN, Mar. 8-—The city has lea sed the former royal stables opposite the palace as a public library. These stables figured prominently during the recent revolutionary street fighting in Berlin as a stronghold of and the the notorious marine guard Spaitacan troops. The former Kais er,s horses, court equipages anti mo tors have been disposed of by auction. O WILL NOT SELL THE WEST INDIES LONDON, March 8 Premier Lloyd George in replying to questions in the .Icuse of Commons today, regarding ; he suggestions that the West Indies be transferred to the United States in ..... est intention on the part of the Brit ]S h govemmen to barter or sell any part of the British West Indies. i o This Is Statement Made By Premier Lloyd George In The House Of Commons. Associated Press paj ment of part of the British war debt, stated there was not the slight Take the Daily Commonwealth