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REVIVAL SERVICES First Methodist Church, April 29th to May 16th. Rev. S. W. Walker, D. D., Pastor-Evangelist Mr. P. M. Boyd, Choir Director SERVICES DAILY: 10 O'CLOCK A. M.; 8:00 P. M. Everybody Cordially Invited One of the prettiest parties of the spring season was the entertainment HONORS MRS. W. D. PARKER. yesterday afternoon at the Elks Club, when Mrs. J. D. Duncan wasj hostess to a large number of friends. to meet her sister, Mrs. W. D. Park-! moved to Greenwood I given er, who has just to reside from Moorhead. The guests were received by Mrs. j R. C. Lipscomb in the ladies parlor of the Elk's home, which was transformed . into a rose bower. Roses of all col- ; ors blended together in artistic ar-1 rangement, made a charming setting j i Mrs. j Duncan who wore a handsome dress of white lace and Mrs. Parker, who ; was attired in a beautiful dress of| blue. Both carried lovely arm bou-1 quets. j Punch was served in the rose bower; bv Mesdames A. N. Kimball and R. E. j j for the pretty frocks of the ladies. In the receiving line were A vent. Card tables were arranged in the ; ball room and the guests spent a most pleasant afternoon at bridge. Mrs. G. M. Barrett received the prize forj the highest score, which was a pretty basket filled with flowei's. The guest of honor was presented with the same pretty gift The guests drew for the consolation prize, a dainty hand-made handkerchief, which went to Mrs. o w g f\ Grown and Packed s ! In Mississippi i CRYSTAL SPRINGS STRING BEANS M 2 Pound Tins .25 Cents il I I j I ! N s STEIN GROCERY COMPANY FEEDS GREENWOOD SINCE 1898. j j i j ! Willard Storage Batteries Our free testing and filling service means longer life for your battery. j ! ! ! j GREENWOOD BATTERY CO. 217-219 west Market Street. PHONE Nos. 6 and 477. : mam HI CWillaF TRADE mark StClSTEMEO T HREADED Rubber Insulation, which is al ways to be found between the plates of the Still Bet ter Willard, doesn't know what it is to lie down on the job. Any Willard Ser vice Station will tell you just as we do, that Thread ed Rubber never gives the battery owner cause to abôut reinsulation, worry a statement that cannot be truthfully made of any or dinary insulation. Greenwood Battery Co. Phone 6 219 Market St. Greenwood, Miss. K tS I I m. % ( m the in all , .. , ... Mr. and Mrs. H. Chassanoil and chil-, Shelby Steele. Mrs. E .B. Moore assisted in enter taining and serving the salad course, About 70 guests enjoyed the charm ing hospitality of M rs. Duncan. , Mrs. Sam R. Chew died at her home in Van Buren, Ark., last Friday, she was a cousin of Messrs. B. L. & S. R. Young and J. W. Young of this Mr. B. L. Young will attend her funeral at Athens, Ala. next Tuesday. * * * * * * * * * * * as dren left Friday for New Orleans for g a visit in that city prior to going to the Mississippi Seacoast to spend the j next four months. ; ****** Mrs. B .L. Young and daughter, Miss Mabel, will leave tomorrow for j a visit of two months in^ Chicago. * * * j Let us show you a Sport Model Co- j lumbia Six; nothing bettei or pro j price. Pitchford-Lundy!^ I Beginning May 1st, table board | month at the Stur city. ; tier at the ; Auto Co. j will be $30.00 per gis House. Phone 877. -°-:- , _ The SILHOUETTE-Five and Seven, ' latest Jordan productions, ready for delivery, Pitchford-Lundy Auto Co. * * * * * * WHERE THE CHURCH SOCIETIES MEET MONDAY. Mrs. Methodist All of the circles will meet at the church Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The Young People's Missionary So ciety will not meet Monday.' Episcopal. The Woman's Auxiliary of the Ep iscopal Church will meet at the Rec tory Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock. RUTH SHEARER, Secretary. * * * * * * In firm liberal Mrs. these I and Pate this Pres yterian for The regular monthly meeting of the Presbyterian Woman's Auxiliary will , be held at the church, Thursday, May 6 th, instead of Monday, because of k j the Presbyterial, which will convene the in our city at 8 o'clock Monday night, wQod and last through Wednesday night. f oun As will be seen by the program, these meetings will be held at 9 a.m., ^ and 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and a cordial invitation is extended | all who are interested in \V oman s mQre Church work to attend these meetings ; the speakers \u e ineresingj ^ and inspiung. | tions The program at t e c urc 1 on | c ii day night wi e o ow ® > a re _ | ception at the home of General an <M Mrs * S * R ' Keesler for * he deleg ^ tes I and members of the Presbyterian Con- , as g re gation. Every young woman in Greenwood j s urged to be present at the Wednes day evening meeting, . Christian The Sewing Circle of the Christian Church will meet with Mrs. J. E. Em mons at 2 o clock. ° i of j BAPTIST CHURCH. a j Preaching at 11 A. M. by the pastor; G Tyree. Sunday School at 9:45 I A. M. B. Y. P. U. at 7:15 P. M. No preaching at night on account of | rev i va i meeting at Methodist church., erg of and ... Mrs. H. B. Rush of Biloxi, is vis iting his sister, Mrs, M. M. Warren m Gree nwood. Mrs. Warren is reported t0 quite m . j{c * * * * * us * * * * * * PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Services at the Presbyterian church tomorrow as fellows: Sunday School at 9:45 A. M. Preaching by the pastor, Rev. Jos eph Rennie, at 11 A. M. Subject: "The Unled or Mis-led mul titude." No service at night on account of the special meeting in Church. the Methodist il ****** I Mr. J. W. McClure, President of j the Tallahatchie Furniture Mfg. Co., ! of this city, was a business visitor here yesterday from .Memphis. ****** Mrs. P. L. Cerniglia and bride of Atlanta, Ga., are here on their wedd tour and are the guests of their j ing sister, Mrs. John Dantone. They will visit at Memphis and Birmingham, j before returning to their home. ****** Mrs. Elizabeth Murray of Water Valley, the grandmother of Mrs. F. H. i Smith is visiting here, j to see her great great grandchild, the ! baby of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley McBee. * * =i of j ! I She came here * * * j Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Foster have ! moved into their recently purchased ! home, 800 Henderson St. * * * ! Mr. and Mrs. Max Yates have re j turned home from Deemer, Miss. ****** Mrs. Eugene Mustin of Minter City, spent today in Greenwood. ****** is a * * * : Greenwood Students To Graduate At University i Among the Greenwood students re ceiving degi-ees at this term of school at the University of Mississippi, are Miss Addie McCain and Miss Sarah Miss McCain is one of Ruth Dean, the speakers of the class* who has been selected by the faculty for the Both Miss Me graduation exercises. Cain and Miss Dean will receive the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Dean will also be awarded a two year Miss medical certificate. The graduates in pharmacy include Mr .Townsend S .Mitchell of Itta Bena. All of these young people have many friends in Greenwood and Le flore county who will extend congra tulations and good wishes for future success. -o "WILD MAN WANTED" SAYS CONNIE TALMADGE. "In Search Of A Sinner," starring Constance Talmadge, will be shown at the Greenwood Theatre today. Adapted by John Emerson Anita Loos the picture gives Talmadge, more opportunities for dis playing her personality than any of her previous productions. The action of the play revolves around a girl's somewhat insane de be wrecked" and take the and Miss a sire to wickedest man in New York for a hus band. But being extremely wicked, Constance Talmadge finds, is equally as hard as being extremely good, hence, when she finds the wickedest man available is a member of "The Purity League," she goes in for the delicate art of "making the tame man wild"—and emerges with surprising success. In Seach Of A Sinner" is distrib uted by First National Exhibitors' Circuit mid is guaranteed to hand you a laugh per flicker. « -o . INTERNATIONAL TRUCK—Pit chford-Lundy Auto Co*, Mrs. Yerger Thanks Men Of Greenwood In behalf of the homeless and in firm Confederate men and women of Mississippi, I thank the generous hearted men of Greenwood for their liberal contributions given through Mrs. Sharkey Pate for the relief of these feeble old people. I also desire to express for them and myself deep appreciation to Mrs. Pate for her kindness in collecting this money. It was not an easy task ze for her to ask the overtaxed men for another for it see med there , ,, . limit even to eood deeds ^u^she soon^discovered* ^from ^the j nd j y res p 0nses to her appeal that the bene f icence of the men of Green wQod flowg frQm an inexhaustible oun tai n . Gentlemen> j thank vou again ^ nd ^ ^ g&y you neyer gavg tQ a cause where the need was grea ter, the bene ficiaries more wor thy nor with hearts! mQre g ra t e f u j ! For the of those who did j ^ understand why these contribu-, tions were solicited and therefore de-j c ii ned bo con t r it>ut e , I will e xpl a in tH a t | there a re from seventy-five to one hundred Confede * ate Veterans, their wives and widows of veterans in Mis who are in want> and who cannot be admitted to the Soldier's viskm for the old peop i e on the out save & paltry pension of fifty (dollars for each Veteran and Widow of Veteran, this meagre amount for a years support. So you can readily why we beg for them. MRS. L. P. YERGER, Chairman Maintenance Committee, Mississippi Division United Daught erg ç on f e deracy. Home at Beauvoir for lack of accomodation, the Home is now, and has always been, uncomfortably crowded and the State makes no pro -o CARD OF THANKS. We desire to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to our many friends for the acts of kindness show us during our recent bereavement, when our baby was killed in the re cent tornado which struck near Phila delphia, Miss. MR. AND MRS. MAX YATES. -o AN INTERESTING COURT IN EUROPE Declared One Of d'Annunzio's Secre taries, At Luncheon Tendered On St. Gabriel's Day. Associated Press FIUME, May 1—"This is the most interesting court in Europe," said one of d'Annunzio's secretaries, j luncheon tendred the poet on St. Ga ! briel's Day, when the "liberator" of I Fiume acted his part with courtiers, soldiers and "king's Guards" and the populace acted theirs. Fanfares of trumpets, the rush to of the "king's guard" announc at the arms ed his every entrance and exit. He is always accompanied by a long line of aides and functionaires and wears a happy countennce himself. At meals all the courtiers center their attentian him and listen to the stories lie upon tells, laughing sometimes and crying at others. D'Annunzios wishes in food are al complied with and religious zeal ways i marks the efforts of the entourage to His uniform is always please him. spic-and-span. his clothing from heel to crown. His long Italian cape sometimes calls to mind the familiar garb of the fal len William II in his German military There is not a blemish on cape. On public occasions in theatres, his place is reserved with much attention and .when he enters cheers are given by the men and women who follow When he gives a concert in the him. palace, his place in the front row is respected with the reverence due to a religious chief. His apartments are bedecked with all sorts of presents from the townspeople. Dalmatian flags make up the color scheme. On his name day, he was the recipient of bowers of flowers from admirers in the city. The royal march greets him when he makes his appear the balcony of the palace. Italian and ance on at of -o The China-Japan Military Agreement Associated Press May l-*-A recent dis Tokio, patch from Mukden to the NIC HI NICHI says there exist divergent opinions as to the abolition of the China-Japan military agreement, while the Chinese government seems to at tach little importance to it. General Chang Tso-lin Tuchun ex pressed to Lieutenant-General Nara the desire that military cooperation with Japan be continued, the news states, to meet the menace the paper the Chinese boundary by the Bolshe viki. On the part of Japan not a little importance is attached to cooperation with China at least so long as Japan troops are in Siberia. It is pected that a diplomatic Japanese ficial will be sent shortly to Peking to consult with the government there you ese regarding this agreement. o Commonwealth Jefferson Davis School Honor Roll ♦ Following is the Honor Roll for the * seventh month of the Jefferson Davis $ Grammar School: Third Grade B. Reba Snedeker,, «*► Mary Elizabeth Fatheree, Vivian Nee-> £ Arnett McDaniel. Advanced Third Grade -Mary Alice * Braley, Marian Dickins, Aileen Fogal, 4 » Ethel Keesler, Jessye Stinson, Liz- + ze tte Sandifer, Mary "Whittington, ♦ Cunliffe McBee, Maxwell liâtes, Ed- ♦ W£ trd Turner, Leonora Crook, Corne- % Ra Bush, Elizabeth Montjoy, Vaughn ♦ Ervin, Edward Kee, Grace Exurn,!? Harriet Hamner, Dee Cooley, Julia 4 Bannier, Louise Guess, Alice Barn-i|; well, Walter Pillow, Louise Sandifer. f Fourth Grade B—Ward Feaster, + Billy Gist, Mable Humphries, Sarah ♦ Reginald, Nora Payne, Eleanor Gwin,!* Clifton Hemingway, Harrison Scates, | Fourth Grade A—Laurie HyamJ % Lillian Harris, Josephine Couty, Mary Lusco. . George Meadows, George Pearce, Ves ta Kitehell, Louise Schultz, Fourth Grade A Lawraine Bar bour, Bernard Dacus, Ruth Forman, Clyde Bennett, John Colvard, John C.|£ Cox, Tom S. Carter. Fifth Grade—Mabeth Beaman, Mary Fifth Grade B—Cullen Bedwell, Per ♦ * * ❖ ♦ * * * ❖ Third Grade A—Milton Morehead, «j. ; : ; yer, Marguerite Naaman, Jocelyn Stem, Louise Wilson, Camille Serio, Sara F. Robinson, Emiiy Turner. Fith Grade B—Cullen Bedwell, Per cey DeLoach, Louis Garlove, Billy Gearhiser, Prince McShane, Nichols, Porter Peteet, Eleanor Dulin, ^ Josephine Ellington, Francis Gray, j Sara Gwin, Willie Kh'kland, Jeanette | Leftwich, Jewel Melton, Dovey Ovei'- i by, Sara Prosser, Dorothy Sabin, Sara» Elizabeth Schlater, Mildred Turner Nell Baines Wilson. David j y ' Advanced Fifth Grade—Roanoke Pond, Elizabeth Rovenhorst, Mae Whitman, Dolly Galle, Joe Hyam, Clinton Pepper, George Taylor, Wal-{ ter Samuels, Billy Fountain, Clifton, j Lomax, Lacy Lary, Seila Bruce, John.* E. Gayden, Florence Baglan, Wilson Montjoy, Ira Boswell. Sixth Grade—Lydia An toon, Ida Lee Brown, Lewis Chambless, Christ ine Eubanks, James E Emmons, Frei da Gellman, Montgomery Jones, Jean ette Kornfield, Genevieve Ida Levine, Howard Myers, Innés Mc Intyre, Louis Prophet, Clinton Peteet, Louise Petty, John Stokes, Josephine Ruby Claire Smith, Jewel Lillie Kitehell, Stern, Westbrook. Advanced Sixth Grade—Lucy Bruce Margaret Bedwell, Golda Higgins, Julia Audrey Dacus, Allien Love, Mounger. Seventh Grade—Myrtle Minyard, Ethel Hogan, Margaret Colvard, Lei la Frances DeLoach, Vardanian Brown, Mary Miller. High Seventh Grade—Theodore Anstin, Sam Gwin, Arch Peteet, Clif ford Scott, Eugene Thompson, Jean ette Arenzon, Ethel Baglan, Louise Beaman, Cirvillah Blanchard, Hattie Barnwell, Mary Nash Keesler, Bessie Kornfeld, Mary Ella Magee, Oline Miles, Sallie Williford, Azolee Tupper. Eighth Gi*ade—Frank S. Lurline Fulton, Mary Clarke Moore, Ira Bright, Lyle Williams, Graham Kitehell, Minnie Beall, Walter John , Louise Hambrooke, Tommie Deal, Smith son Mary Bess Guise, Joe Whitehead, Ar thur Galle, Frances Wright, Borsch, Rachel Stansell, Olga Lipo , Mollie Bedwell, Therese Barks dale, Ethel, Colvard, Katherine Fox, Bayliss McShane, Frank Garlove, Ed May Cahn, Annie May Taylor, Donald Dulweber, William Vardaman, Simon Diamond, Annie May Melton, Esther Gelman, Margaret Leftwich. Flora vac na -o MICKIE SAYS S OLD eZRN «ÔCRVXjCtS AUJOMS J f . NS UOV4 UC. NAVVY 0OIVJTN DO Wo\ ' NNORC N.DVtUY\S\V*j ONTtXU VKZ eers sosaï. ucsoct« ^«.OKAnvf < 5\<3M OVA TW evJE-PUNVïT TUNY - ud . V>N\t> <n FOR -tu* -YWKfc VWUSU / Wu' CAUCUS VANS USUS FOOW N6NW5 NQrO I»/ to l o Power Printing Press For Sale Prouty Power Printing Press ii good condition, at a real bargain. Wil print six, seven or eight column folic paper, and Makes a clean, clear-cut impression Reason for se'ling we have installe« a faster press. Commonwealth, Greenwood, Miss. ex of large circular work Address The Dailj -o Take The Daily Commonwealth GREENWOOD THEATRE TODAY O « • - > * PRICES: 17c and 28c. ♦ * $ «*► £ * 4 » + ♦ ♦ % Story of a Perfectly Nice Girl who ♦ Was Tied to an old 'Fossil'—so good that the Angel, had to take him 4 , away. Then She Started out to H unt a "Wild Man and Zowie! f + ♦ | % . ^ 4* C.|£ ♦ ❖ Ye Gods & Pink Devils! j This Is SINNER'S DAY! i COMVFANCE TALMADGE DOES A GOODY-GOOD GUY LIVE LONG SHE WANTED A WILD MAN EVEN IF SHE HAD TO TEASE HIM TO MAKE HIM WILD ❖ * ❖ * ❖ * ♦ ❖ + ♦ ? ..IN.. ♦ ❖ * HE DOES NOT i A Bit Naughty But Lively * ❖ X • ❖ i t * ,1 -IN— Search of a ❖ ❖ * * * ❖ it fy Sinner. ■ ❖ * «hi *:* * ❖ SEE IT! THAT'S ALL. # «j. *> ❖ \v ❖ ; ♦ CHARLIE CHAPLIN : * ❖ ❖ ❖ ♦ # raj ❖ ♦ IN ; v ❖ ❖ il His greatest ❖ V \ ❖ * v. ❖ * ❖ V * Comedy A DAY'S •I* * ❖ ❖ ' K - , » - V J * V ❖ 1 ❖ ❖ ❖ *:• PLEASURE." ❖ j * ❖ ' **!*• *5* *}• \ ^ ❖ A V • V CLASSIFIED ADVS. I FOR SALE— Chandler iauto. extra equipment. Dispatch Run 6,000. $1,500. Car at Myrick's Garage. |B. Janes, Irving Hotel. F. 1007 South Boulevard for Light House j kee pi n g. __ FOR RENT—Two furnished rooms HOUSE FOR SALE — Desirable neighborhood $37.50 per month. J. Caplan. Phone 162 and 319. ROOMS FOR RENT—Unfurnished. , Call 966. FOR SALE-My residence on Second Avenue, North Greenwood. A. N. Kimball. wagon drivers. WANTED—Two Standard Oil Co. Buy the reliable HUPMOBILE, we ! can make immediate delivery—touring or roadster. Pitchford-Lundy Auto Co. TO CELEBRATE ITS ANNIVERSARY 250th Anniversary Of The Founding Of Hudson Bay Company On North American Continent. Associated Press WINNIPEG, MAN., May 1—One of the oldest anniversaries on the North American continent will be cele brated here in pageants beginning May 3. It is the 250th anniversary of the founding of the Hudson Bay Com pany. Sir Robert Kindersley, G. B. E., lat est of the line of Hudson Bay com pany governors that began with Prince Rupert, of the House of Stuart in the Cromwellian Wars, a visitor from England will take part in the pageant on the Red River here and in the subsequent street pageants which will be held successfully in Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria. The Red River pageant will start from the site of old Fort Garry, early capital of the company's once vast empire and about which Winnipeg grew, and pass down stream eighteen miles to Lower Fort Garry, include Cree Indians from Hudson Bay Swampy Créés from James Bay; Ojib ways from Lake Superior, Plain Créés from northern Saskatchewan; Black feet, Piegans and Assiniboines from the prairies and the Rocky mountains and tribesmen from Athabasca and It will British Columbia. ! Sir Robert and his entourage will | make the trip in old-time North can-1 A flotilla of freight boats piled oes. high with furs will trail in their wake in charge of factors and trappers in pioneer costumes. When he reaches Lower Fort Garry Governor Kindersley will seal anew the ancient friendship between the Redmen and the company by smoking the calumet of peace, a pipe, spec ially designed for the occasion. '! -o MORE HOUSES ARE NEEDED. We can"t expect Greenwood to grow unless more houses are built to rent to people who are desirous of locat and making their homes here. It's up to our public-spirited citizens to or ganize a house-building corporation to provide a lot of desirable cottages to take care of the situation. The question is, what are they going to do about it? ii - o-^ Greenwood is the best city in the Delta, and the Delta is the best section of Mississippi. A SPECIAL CLOTHING OPPORTUNITY SPRING & SUMMER Three Piece SUITS In correct styles & and reliable quality, at special prices. See the SUITS we are showing at Æm \ JÜÉÉ <• ' i: : P , I V I . ■ '•Vfô ' 4 Cad. Ac. ! froc u t y Cnmâ ŒUiIljr» * s ' £àfii $29.95, $44.45, $59.95 BERNSTEIN'S Men's Wear of Quality ***•!•* .j. ❖ •!" ?• * HERE * FISHING DAYS ARE SO IS OUR * *:• FISHING TACKLE ! ; ' ❖ * * Everything from a small Fly Hook to a Dowagic Spinner. A lot of Steel and Bamboo * X RODS I ♦ Let Us Show You what we Have Î * * ; j mcintyre drug co. PHONE 446 and 447 We believe the HUPMOBILE to be the best car of its class in the world. We can make immediate deliveries. Pitchford-Lundy Auto Co. X