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..:; 81 11 ,j£,r. ■ üi ; Ü ti . ; ,v. Y&ç &% , K * K W ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SERVICE PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY J. L. & S. GILLESPIE, Editors and Publishers •"'• r ■* GREENWOOD, LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 17, 1920 QTfBKPPTPTTnN* single k« per month sot Ol|jPlt>IUrilUn. COPY PER YEAR 16.00 VOLUME 4—NUMBER 198 \ WHITE COUPLE WHO KILLED NEGRO TAXICAD DRIVER 1$ CAPTURED STRIKERS ARE RETURNING TO WORK TODAY * I ! * 'S» ! * However Hope For An' Immediate End Is Apparently Lost ly part And STRIKERS MAKE . MORE DEMANDS \ ply age for pulp ture throughout the country, seemed assur- of — ed today. Switchmen, yardmen and the N other employees of the Pennsylvania, the Reading, Baltimore and Ohio lines in the Philedalphia District, one of the ! to Eastern strongholds of the strike, are j \i returning to work under the orders of the strike leaders. An agreement was ! reached providing that the men retain their seniority and not be discriminât- to The strikers at Baltimore ! j In the New York district the rail-j road officials declare the men are re other the j Grand Lodge Officers ; A ^O itlaw" Lead Disagree Associated Press Speedy termination of the transpor tation tie-up, wrought by the unauth orized strike of the railroad workers ed against, have also voted to end the strike. turning rapidly. Reports in parts of the country indicate ^ swing back to work is fast gaining j momentum. This is reflected on thejdian increased amount of traffic handled and a loss of enthusiasm is apparent y in the attitude of many of the strikers. VOTE RETURN WORK PITTSBURG, April 17—The Balt imore & Ohio passenger trainmen vo ted to return to work at noon today. Officials said this action would res tore the passenger traffic to normal. j CHICAGO, April 17—It was repor- j dation headquarters this morning that; the railroad strike would be called off is A mass meeting of the strik REPORT STRIKE IS OFF ted at the Chicago Yardmen's Asso- as today. ers at which they will be advised to of return to work, will be held this after noon, it is said. The men will be told, HI it is reported, that flheir objective obtained and that their has been wage demands will receive the prompt attention of the Labor Board and the! UNTIL MID Union could continue. new STRIKERS GIVEN NIGHT TO RETURN TO WORK. CHICAGO, April 17—Hope for the immediate settlement of the railroad ; strike here is apparently lost at today when the Grand Lodge officers, directors and trustees of the union reiterated their original I noon Out it law Î demands and added new ones to the ( list. The statement was made after \ a meeting of the leading insurgent j leaders and demanded that their or ganization be made the governing The Union lead t body for switchmen. this would take approximate ly 60,000 members from the switch men's union in North America. The general managers of tjie railroads and j the brotherhood have given the men | until midnight to return to work. : u ers say • © - o— I Program For The Community Sing Following is the program for the Community Sing to be held at the Memorial Building Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock: March, selected—Greenwood Prem ier Orchestra. Overture, "Bohemian Girl" (Balfe) —Greenwood Premier Orchestra. Song "Oh What a Pal Was Mary»' Moquin, with accompani I ment by Greenwood Premier Orches tra, and general singing in choruses. Two number by Greenwood Com munity Orchestra, rendered by special request: "Apple Blossoms" (Kathleen Roberts) and "Antique Minuet" (Gound). , Vocal Solo "Land of Delight" (San derson) , with violin obligato by Mr. Deal—Mr. Howard Halley, of West Point, Miss. Selections from V t —Miss M Mile. Modiste (Victor Herbert)—Greenwood Prem ier Orchestra. Gov. Bowen, in selected topics. Community songs, everybody sing ing: (a) "Silver Threads Among the if Gold** (b) "Love's Old Sweet Song" (c) "My Old Kentucky Home" (d) "The End of a Perfect Day" <e) Re quests. "The Star Spangled Banner. <« o H j" Dr. L F. Scott left this afternoon . Jog Crystal Springs to . spend the end with relatives and friends, lot t will attend fee Mississippi ne xt in *************** * WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER * 'S» * * * By The Washington Star Copyright 1920. «1^ «I« «I* »L «L «I» j|^ DAILY NEWSPAPER SUPPLY. * News Print Is Threatened—There Is a Shortage And Bill Introduced To Relieve Situation. WASHINGTON, April 16—The dai ly newspaper has become as much a part of the life of the citizen as his coffee and cereal for breakfast, or whatever else his palate calls for. And now the daily newspaper sup shozfe* ply is __ ff" age of news print paper, and prices for it have soarded. This is due in part to a growing scarcity of wood pulp from which,news print is manu factured. ' The Senate committee on Agricul ture has before it a bill introduced by Senator Poindexter of Washington, which is designed to relieve the situa tion. The measure has the approval of the Department of Agriculture and the American Forestry Association, the aim of which is to protect Amer ican forests, and at the same time see ! to it that they produce the lumber and j j pulp wood needed by the country. This measure authorizes the Secretary of ! Agriculture to makerA" survey of pulp wood lands on the' to prepare a plan for reforestation of ! pulp wood lands. It approprites $1, j 000,000 for these purposes. The bill goes further than this. It permits the secretary to make a sur- ^ vey of the classes and kinds of tim j ber existing on the public domain, iblic domain and _ j including the national forests. I thejdian and other reservations and on private lands intermingled therewith which are suitable for pulp wood for newsprint and for other forms of pa K. j connected with paper production. The importance of the United States j being on an independent basis so far print production is concerned can readily be grasped, is the question of price. try must depend upon foreign sources per. In the opinion of the'Department of Agriculture, the measure offers the first real opportunity to get at the fundamental causes of the difficulties as news First, there If the coun of supply either for pulpwood or news print, the American consumer—in the end the American reading public— will be at the mercy of the foredgn manufacturer so far as prices are con cerned. The American manufacturers of paper, the newspapers and the read ing public will be under the continu ed threat of an embargo by the for In some parts of Can eign nations, ; ada all exports of woodpulp are pro hibited now, and there is said to be danger of an embargo op all woodpulp from Canada. According to the best information obtainable, the fundamental difficulty with the newsprint supply inf this country is to be found in such fact ors as the over centralization of the industry in the northeast and lake states, now being 1 heavily overcut, with little or no provision for con tinued timber production, and the al most total lack of development of the j industry in the West and m Southeast-, | em Alaska, where there are still large : supplies of timber eminently Suitable for newsprint manufacture. The use of wood pulp for paper manufacture is comparatively re cent. The development in the United States and elsewhere has taken place within the last fifty years. Before that time paper was ordinarily made from rags, various fibres, straw and reed. Wood pulp has displaced prac tically all of these materials, except in the better grade of paper, which are still made of rags or special plant Mr. fibres. The importance of wood pulp in the manufacture of paper in the United States is indicated in the percentage of paper manufactured from that ma terial. In 1914, newsprint paper com prised 26 per cent of all the paper produced in this country. But in 1916 17 it had dropped to 22 per cent or something over 6,500,000 tons, •While boards" which also is made of wood pulp, had leaped into first place, with 30 per cent of the total paper produc tion. heavy cardboards used for cardboard boxes, cartons, corrugated boxes, etc, Wrapping paper made up about 17 per cent of the total production in 1916 Boards" includes the coarse; 17: book paper about 15 per cent, writ ing and building papers about 5 per cent each, and all other classes togeth « « M the (d) Re er less than 6 per cent. The total American production woodpulp in 1918 was 3,313,861 tons. The rapidity as' well as the regularity hi thp increase of newsprint consum ption'should receive particular eon^ indicative of future Tequise g to tba jDepartment - '■ '* . .. " . .. the xt 41 Is nr :Lll Day The End of a 1 m m L\HHUU\\«W A Trrm; i 5 AWmum \\ V \V w V 9 \ V / ? > „ ~ " j of of . T sgan m mm T Y mm >\Y \ « ,r ft \' f 0 o o \ % 1 \ » iß» !r L_J (Oltpyrlght ) ^ ' THRIFT P RIZES BEEN AWARDED K. At Meeting Of Parent-Teacher Asso ciation Friday The Winners Were Announced. On Friday afternoon the Parent Teacher Association met in the Chap el of the High School. Mrs. W. M. Whittington presented prizes given by the Woman's Club to the winners of the Thrift Contest. Much inter est was manifested in this contest by the pupils. The following pupils re ceived checks which were given as prizes : Hettie Wall Emmons, second grade; Emma Irene Johnson, second grade; Billy Chandler, third grade; Dovie Overby, fourth grade. The fortunate winners of the beau tiful silver cups were: Christine Eu banks from the Grammar School and Mildred Gray from the High School. Emmet Sutton and Violet Higgins received the Palmer Methods Button as a mark of proficiency in writing. The winners of the county prizes in the Essay and Story Contest of the Modern Health Crusade were Margar et Bedwell and Cornelia Rush. The winner of the State prize was Ethel Keesler. Mrs. Monroe McClurg was unani mously elected as an honorary mem ber of the Association. --jBest" of Agriculture. In 1899 the consum- ; ption in this country amounted to 569,000 tons, and in 1918 it had in creased to 1,760,000 tons, approximate ly 200 per cent, and almost regular-1 ly at the rate of 10 per cent annual- ! ly. The use of newsprint, therefore, j has been increasing much more rapid The United States is still a large j As!not in ly than the population. exporter of lumber, but in wood pulp it has become a large importer, late, as 1909 the United States duced its entire supply of newsprint, In 1919, the country had become de pendent upon foreign sources for two-!it thirds of its newsprint or its raw ma Only one-third of the Amer-; ican newspapers in 1919 were printed | upon the product of American forests, This remarkable change has taken terials. or etc, per place in 10 years. Two recommendations particularly have been made by the department. One is that the woodpulp and news print industry be developed in the Pa cific Northwest and in Southeastern Alaska. The second is that plans for the perpetuation and inproduction of timber, not only in the West but also in the East, be adopted. The indications are that supplies of pulpwood timber in New York and New England wil lbe completely ex hausted in twenty years, and that in per N ew York alone these supplies will be gone j n io years. In 1918 ,the United States bought Marly 1,400,000 tons %f pulpwood from Canada, and pric advanced from $10 a cord to as high as $25. Before the war the low cost of woodpulp and other factors of feftt gp in&o the manufacture of news print made the cheap daily newspaper HUSH CHARGE LLOYD GEORGE WITH MURDER Allies JURY INVESTIGATIDEATH OF MAC CURTAIN RENDERED VERDICT TODAY. tly ered opens will Associated Press CORK, Ireland, April 17—Charges of willful murder against Premier Lloyd George was brought in the ver dict by the jury of the inquest into the death of Mac Curtain of this city, who was assassinated last month. The verdict also charges Viscount French, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Ian Macpherson, former chief secretary and several police inspectors with the murderers. force sure ant -o ARRANGE SERIES BUSINESSS TALKS Mrs. J. W. Quinn Drug Co. Secures Con sent Local Business Men To Make Talks At Their Store. wood Imbued with the Rotarian Spirit that "He Profits Most Who Serves the J. W. Quinn Drug Company ; has arranged a series of business Talks, by some of the Leading busi- orial ness men of our city, fifteen minutes at each, beginning next Monday after noon, at 5:30 o'clock, in their place of j ! business—one talk each afternoon in j during the week at same hour. will Any employers or employees of the Icity who care to, will be heartily wel corned to hear these business talks. j The J. W. Quinn Drug Company is As!not very well equipped with seating are how will ited pro-'capacity, but they are of the opinion that these talks will be worth your while and consideration, even though should be necessary for you to stand for the fifteen minutes. The list of speakers and their sub | jects which appear below, we feel sure are worthy of your attention, and no doubt will be very interesting. Monday, April 19th—The Value of a Dollar Saved, R. C. King. Tuesday, April 20th — Preparing Yourself, W. M. Hamner. Wednesday, April 21st—Preparing To Serve Others, J. S. Love. Thursday, April 22nd—What Extra vagance Leads To, G. A. Wilson, Jr. Friday, April 23rd—Preparing Com mercially, G. A. Wade. Saturday, April 24th—Preparing for the Next Life, Dr. W. C. Tyree. and of of lic J. -o Mr. G. B. Slower, of Itta Bena, was a business visitor to Greenwood yes terday . ****** Mr. L. G. Henson, of Cincinnati, spent yesterday and today with his Greenwood friends. ****** Mr. Joseph D. Cox, of High Point, N. C., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Dvndaa. „■S'!' _;v ïKï-lSâ! ■ : ? 'S CONSIDERTREATY TURKEY MONDAY Allies W T ill Keep One Hundred Thou sand Men In Turkey To Insure Execution Peace Terms. Associated Press SAMREMO, Italy, April 17—Fri day)—The treaty with Turkey, recen tly framed at London, will be consid ered by the Supreme Council when it opens its sessions hei'e Monday. It is understood that the Allied nations will be called upon to maintain a force of 300,000 men in Turkey to in sure the execution of the terms of the treaty. The draft of the treaty is looked upon as susceptible to import ant modifications with the view of re moving of execution. -o CITIZENSHIP IS SUBJECT LECTURE Mrs. Minnie Fisher Cunningham Will Talk To Men And Women Of Greenwood Monday. Every man and woman in Green wood who believes in good citizenship should hear Mrs. Minnie Fisher Cun ningham, who will speak in the Mem orial Building on Monday afternoon at 4 o , clock and that night at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Cunningham has been j organizing the courses in "citizenship" in the equal suffrage states and she will speak on this subject in Green are coming good citizens and teach them how to properly use Whether or not you believe in equal suffrage you should hear Mrs. Cun wood. Recognizing that equal suffrage will soon prevail throughout the Un ited States, the citizenship courses intended to aid the women in be the ballot. ningham. Mrs. Cunningham is a Southern wo man, cultured, charming, entertaining! and intelligent. j i ! ! About fifteen Greenwood citizens! will leave this afternoon for Green-! o Greenwood K. of C. Leave For Greenville ville, where initiation of the Knights of Columbus will take place. Seven of this number will be candidates for initiation. The initiation will take place at the Elks Club in Greenville, following mass at St. Joseph's Catho lic Church there. The following will go to Greenville: Messrs. J. P. Koebv., J. B. Rovenhorst, Jr., Michael L. Busam, John Cassity, J. W. Welsh, Joseph Antoon, Dan Moran, C. F. Costigan, R. L. Clarke, John Hinman, Huntley Hinman, Mun TTiwwmn, George Ristom and Jos eph Cazaioux. A dass of about one hundred can didates will be initiated tomorrow. son ■ ************** * * • COTTON MARKETS * * * ************** NEW TORE COTTON MARKET Open High Low Close C!ose Prev. 42.42^42.10 ; 42.25! 42.25 40.25 39.82 39.85 39.75 May • July ■ Oct. - - 36.85 37.17|36.62j37.00]36.60 42.40 39.82 Closed unchanged to 40 up. New York Spots 43.21. NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARKET Open High Low Close Close Prev May - - 141.40j41.48141.30J41.40 41.25 July - - j39.82 j 40.05j39.66[39.97 39.82 Oct. - - [36.50j36.92j36.43 ! 36.83 36.35 Closed 15 to 47 up. ^ New Orleans Spots 41.75. -o ♦ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * THE WEATHER * in. W. as Oc*4i!|:s«OtS*ÿ4ci|iOtOi MISSISSIPPI—Partly cloudy with probably local showers and thunder storms Saturday and probably Sun day; cooler Sunday. Local Observations. TEMPERATURE—Highest, 87 de grees; lowest, 59 degrees; precipita tion 0.0; river gauge 32.5; rise in 24 hours 0.1. she Miss Annie Long Stephen Local Observer -O BEGIN HEARING WAGE DEMANDS did on Railroad Board Is'Meeting With Vice President Of Brotherhood Of Trainmen. Associated Press WASHINGTON, April 17—Hearing on the wage demands of the country's two million railroad workers, was be gun today by the Railroad Labor Board with W. N. Doak', vice presi dent of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, presenting the employees case. in ed it is a is -o Dr. C. H. Currens At Presbyterian Church Dr. Chas. H. Currens, well known throughout Mississippi and the South, will occupy the pulpit at the Presby terian Church in this city Sunday night. Dr. Rennie, who is a personal friend of Dr. Currens, urges all who j can possibly get out to the night ser vice to be present, as Dr. Currens will have a most interesting message to present. At the Community Singing at the Memorial Building in the afternoon Dr. Currens will speak for a few min utes, Mr. Deal having gladly placed him on the program. Dr. Currens is State Secretary in Mississippi, as well as in Louisiana, for the Near East Relief. At neither service will he appeal for money, so that those attending the services will hear only a most interesting and in structive address. Dr. Currens arrives in the city late this evening from Jackson, and will remain over until Monday. I I 8 be o Fighting Continues South Of Amur River VLADIVOSTOCK, April 17—Heavy fighting between the Russian and Ja forces continues at Ksdarovsk, panese south of the Amur river, according to reports received here which say the causualties on both side are heavy. wo -o NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice of the administrator of the j Estate of Frank M. Sullivan, deceas jed, with the will of said Frank M. i Sullivan, deceased, annexed, to cred ! itors of said Frank M. Sullivan, de ! ceased : Letters of Administration upon the estate of Frank M. Sullivan, deceased with the last will and testament of said Frank M. Sullivan, deceased, an nexed, having been granted to the un dersigned T. C. Sullivan, by the Chan Court of Leflore County, Missis for take Dan Mun Jos can eery sippi, on April 16, 1920, notice is here by given to all persons having claims probated and registered by the Clerk of said Court, according to law, with in six months and that a failure so to probate and register such claims for six months will forever bar such claims. This April 16th, 1920. T. C. SULLIVAN, Administrator of said decedent with the will of said decedent annexed. WHITE COUPLE IS CAPTURED NEAR SWIFTOWN TODAY Woman Admits Killing Negro But Refuses Give Motive k BROUGHT TO CITY AND PUT IN JAIL Sam Mays Negro Tells Story Of Killing To Reporter - * The mysterious white couple, who killed Leonard Golden, negro taxicah driver of Greenwood on Thursday night at Itta Bena, were arres|ed by Deputy Sheriff "Doug" Smith, *near Cwiftjwn this morning at a negro cab in. The couple were brought to Greenwood this afternoon by Sheriff W. S. Vardanian and placed in jail. They gave their names to the officers as R. E. and J,. F. McGraw of Omaha, Neb. The couple refused to make a sta tement, until they had consulted with their attorney. However, they did not deny the killing of Leonard and the woman admitted to the officers that she fired the shot which killed the ne gro. McGraw told the officers that they did not jfet off the 8:30 train which came to Greenwood from Jackson, but stated that they came to Greenwood on the 4 o'clock train which reached this city from Clarksdale on Thur sday afternoon. The trunk which belonged tç the_ couple was sent out to the jail today and was checked from Clarksdale to Greenwood. The couple are young people, nei ther of whom look to be over thirty years of age. They were muddy and dirty from the trip through the fields, in their efforts to elude capture, woman is a brunette and is pretty and attractive. While they admitted that they kili ed the negro, they refused to give the motive or make any further statement until they consulted with an attor ney. They told the officers they were enroute to Moorhead, when they hired the automobile. The j to the in so will in late will Both are northern people ,which is readily ascertained from their talk. Mr. Means Johnston is confident I that the story told by Sam Mays nu lle stated that the gro is not true, negro had told a number of conflict ing stories and is confident that his statement does not contain the true facts of the case. STORY TOLD BY SAM MAYS Sam Mays, the negro, who accom panied Leonard Golden on the trip to Itta Bena and who witnessed the kill ing, story a plausible and straight for ward story to the reporter of The Daily Commonwealth this morning: "I was a partner of Leonard Gold en, the dead boy," the negro said, "and I was learning to be a chauffeur. Leonard met the 8:30 o'clock train Thursday night with his taxi, were separated at the depot and when I went to get into the automobile, a white couple was sitting in the rear seat. I got into the car and we drove down Lamar street and over the brid ge across the Pelucia Bayou, man on the rear seat directed Leonard where to go. When we had gone a little piece that way, Leonard told the man he could go no farther in that direction, owing to the muddy road. The man said he was in a trouble and was in a hurry to get out of town. Leonard told him he could take him to Itta Bena and they could catch a train there. The man assented to this and we drove as fast as the car would run. When we reached the Heard Drug Store, the man directed the negro to drive on and we crossed the track. I supposed there was a cer tain house they wanted to stop at. When we reached the cum, a shot fired and Leonard yelled, 'they I turned around and the my face. I knocked it from his hand and rolled out of the car and ran. I hid behind a nearby house and soon made my way to the Heard Drug Store, where I told of the shooting. I head the car strike something, but I didn't stop to see what it had hit. I went to the Heard store and told them what I knew. They didn't seem to think I knew what I was talking about, but I knew a shot had been fir We The Ja to the the M. cred de the of an un Chan was got me', man thrust a gun in here claims Clerk with to for such M with (Continued from front page.) /