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/ i w - HE DAILY COMMONWEALTH » k -- V ' t;P.» ■: PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY GREENWOOD, LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAYTFTERI^O^ ^PT^'lT igia L. GILLESPIE, Editor and Publisher . ,*• ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SERVK — —. " • ■ - , mw SUBSCRIPTION: ■yJ [OLUME 1-NUMBER 13. . _ _____ _ as Kg# IRmSH MIKE lit MINS ALONG ENTIRE LIRE Oil SOMME FRINT >♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ******** ******** ******** . m,, m * llW üü BABE UNIONS ALLIED WITH STREET MR HEW IN HEW YORK MAY JOIN THE BIG STRIKE SÜ ■M N. y, CAR MEN IN NEAR FUTURE; UNIONS MAY JOIN WITH ivmDathetic Strike Will Be Called If Companies Do Not Alter Position Before Tomorrow Night—Plan Endorsed. ) (By Associated Press.) New York, Sept. 15.—Plans were Ijgcussed today by the leaders of the Itreei railway «trike for a sympathet s walk-out of (between sixty and lighty thousand worker* fcejrç jn rades allied to street car operation. 'ames Holland, president of the state | ederation of labor threatened to call j ut workers jn these trades if the loint Commission Strike Snag in Con sideration of Border Pacification. New London §epl: }§.-fr ft cti€ S i jOhfrtJclw} have arisen against the »consideration by the American and Bfexicpn joint commission »£■ sug^. [tipns for the paeific^ipn ^ bp rr ! 8* » » Ö®*. Iftoj. no agreement will ^formulated without p rolonged facuss^ —-. ~ 'ft GRAND LODGE OFFKjRjj MEET IN JACKSQf. of da'-', I Jackson, Miss., Sept.15.—Practic ally all of the grand lote officers of Masons in Mississippi lve accepted; invitation to gather iDJaekson, to-, night. The invitation J S; extended by the local Masonic lock end Gram' Master George B. Powet The object of the gat) grand lodge officers is to' ters that will come bef A Bring of the , , , . , .discuss mat grand lodge aesion in If . . be a "get together" affafc^"^ the officers are anticipa^ and aR of ■ an L Stay "Î tae 8t4te C8 jing a pleas- j Those who are expect* lows: George B. Power,jj arp as fol . ter; E. L. Faucette, of Ne nd mas _ | grand master; G. Cu % n> deputy | lerville, senior grand wal of Wjd _ Wilson, of LaureU juniorfg n , w L den; W g.^LaOfôné, of IT nd waf _ c)jah)aTn; B. B. "bite, oU^ grand grand treasurer; F. G. ; Meridian, i yickaljurg, F™ n Q ®f !r ? t f r Speed, of Williams, pf Houstph; gttniis j Rjce at j ! at ■ I to ^lecturer; j next they meet. ff ATTENTION I2J£e ladies 3 ' IN 1 There is a Fashion, Ga Quality and Price to a riment. Remember that j - handling Ladies SUWe arè at the front in ES for Fall 1 VrS, COATS & DRESS . u mtèr of the latest and very .attractive styles and models. Remember that we carry a large stock of jeady-to wear Ladies Garments for every possible need and they are ready for your approval. Remember That Our Prices Can't Be Beat. Renysmber that we are THE LEADER. You are urged to investigate and then take a choicë. ANTOON'S DEPARTMENT STORE h E. SLIMAN, Proprietor. ) deadlock is not Vroben before tomor row night. Ttye New York Central federation | will consider the question tonight. The j plan must be approved by the local unions before put into effect. The general labor union of Brook lyn has endorsed the principle of the sympathetic strike. The union con trols 95 local organizations. W. E. Pleasants, of Jackson, senior grand deacon; J.ÇÇ .Gfup), of M)jvf Albany, junior grand warden; W. L. Jordan, of Lexington, grand marshal: •J. L; Wilhams, qf Crföffita, sword-bearer; B ! „ , -, • L. Hyde, of P on to-I toe, grand pursuivant; JuhV ' sky, of Shuqua' ' '* ïaret ' I Ifl*« •a k, grand tyler. -o ! j ackson> Mi g M - Charles H. Dulin, of Aberdeen, has been made camp quartermaster at jCa»* Swep Taylor, to succeed Col. E. 'ft Baker, of Jackson, who has be mustered out to resume his duties Quartermaster and disbursing officer of the Mississippi national The men at the ulating on whether th here another mop*' camp, in Te"' claun r* da'-', COL. BAKER MUSTERED FOR OTHER DUTIES. OUT en ; as guard camp are - still spec jy will remain ,i or be sent to some Officers at the camp ,iat they are as much in the any private regarding the probability of orders being received to leave Jackson. AS. .; as of the Mississippi Fharmaceutal as j sociation are going to make a special effort to have strictly enforced the 1916 ]aw mak j ns . it a misdemeanor for | the pi . oprietor 0 f a drug store to have | any person but a registered pharma clgt prepare prescriptions. Officers of the assoc j a tion said today that they had the names 0 f a number of drug K j g t s i n various parts of the state who i had violated this provision of the new pharmaceutical statute, and would toke tliem to the grand juries when TO LIMIT DRUGGISTS. Jackson, Miss., Sept. 15.—Officers meet. PRINCE KILLED IN FIGHT TODAY Frederick w, '»!?">. of Hesse, Killed in - at - Bal kan -~ Berlin, Sept. Ï6. —Prince Frederick William, of Hesse, jvas killed at Cara Orman, it is officially announced today in repprfs jjf the operations <^n the Balkan front. ' .. GO TQ EAGLE PASS. (By Associated Press.) Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 15—Late or ders for the movement of the Ternies see National Guards to the border give Eagle Pass as the destiqstivq of | infprtfpst j^glçnorits instead 'oil F.i. f Clj).rj». iffièy wilj j?o via N.ew| I NÏTlftâTATH -O the -s I CONTRACT SIGNED. (By Associated Press.) Kansas City, Sept. 15.—With the interstate contract ratified and signed the negotiations between coal miners and operators of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas turned today to the formulation of individual tracts. con -o FARMERS MEET WELL ATTENDED How to Beat the Boll Weevil Theme of Experts—Farmers Enthused Over Institute Work. Leland, Miss., Sept. 14.—The sec ond day's session of the farmers' in stitute and rally at the delta experi ment farm at Stoneville was featured by addresses in the forenoon by Prof. J. W. Fox, of Scott, on "Cotton Growing Under Boll Weevil Condi tions," and an address on the same subject by Prof. T. C. Barber of Tal lulah, La. The representation of planters was more than double today what it was yesterday, and practically all sections of the state Were represented today, so live is th subject of boll weevil ex termination to the people of the state generally. This afternoon the pro gram consisted of addresses on clover inoculation by H. M. Parker and soil bacteriology by Dr. C. F. Briscoe, and on judging and showing mules by Prof. H. K. Gale. The old-time cartoon picturing the farmer with long, thin whiskers and "one galllus," holding pitchfork in hand, would be woefully out of place at this /institute, as the attendants compare most favorably with a con vention of any professional class, are wide-awake and fully posted on the live topics of today. The large crowd listened attentively to the discussion on growing cotton under boll weevil conditions by the experts today, and at the conclusion of each address they began to rapidly fire questions at the speakers, until a fuller discussion of theory was necessary. Questions like the following were immediately asked by some who were slow to accept any theory of eradica tion, since years of practical experi ence with them had failed to prove it to their minds: "Will the weevil HU of 3 of grate as far north as cotton is grown?" "Does the weevil remain in the cotton stalks?" "Is there any cer -1 tainty as to the life of the weevil?" j The speaker in each case was ready, however, with answer. Prof. Barber, one of the gevernment experts of the Mississippi Vally, who has been stud ying conditions in Louisiana, discuss ed the spacing of cotton rows and stated that the experiment of grow ing cotton in Louisiana under boll weevil conditions, where a space of various widths had been allowed be tween the rows, has proven that the most beneficial results were obtained are to with 18-inch spaces. The institue visited the plats on the station grounds this afternoon to ob the four special kinds of cot serve ton recommended and grown success fully here, which are: Express, Trice, Lone Star and Columbia. Regardless of theory, it is the senti mefit among the ' greatest number of , R. delta farmers in this section that the ' only way to grow cotton under boll weevil conditions is to prepare the land early and plant an early matur- ( ing variety, aa proven here by the above teats, where rapid and thorough at cultivation are factors when possible to carry out. TODAY'S MARKETS. (Greenwood Cotton Ex. Service.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Close. Prev, Cloa«. 9.28 1-2 9.43 ... 9.27 1-2 9.42 ... 9.26 1-2 9.41 .... 9.26 Spots 9.53—3 down. Sales 7Qf<u, The Liverpool Exchange will be closed tomorrow. Mpty VÔRK MARKET. 'Open. High. Low. Close. Oct.15.44 15.48 15.38 15.46-48 Dec.15.62 15.69 15.56 15.64-65 Jan.15.68 15.75 15.63 1^.71-72 Mch.lfi.sg 118$ 15.81, I5,4f-i|j | %jy r .f&02E {Ajff »•» Clo$<£ | foi dow^ Oct.-Nov. Nov.-Dee. Jan.-Feb. ...... Mch.-Apl. 9.40 ..„„-06 NEW ORLEANS MARKET. Open. High. Low. Close. Oct.15.11 15.18 15.95 15.12-14 .15.34 15.40 15.27 15.35-36 .15.47 15.53 15.40 15.49-50 .15.65 15.73 15.63 15.69-71 .16.85 15.90 15.85 15.88-89 Close 3 to 6 down. New York Spots 15.60—5 down. New Orleans Spots 15.13. Sales 1655. - ' , Dec. .. Jan. Mch. .. May .. New Orleans, Sept. 15.—New York 'Liverpool cables that Neill's wires: tentative estimate of consumption 15, 000,000 bales.' crop at 14,000,000 bales. Neill estimates the GREENWOOD COTTON RECEIPTS. Since Sept. 1, 1916. Same date last year. Week ending Sept. 14, 191G Same week last year. Stock on hand now. Same date last year. .9504 .8995 .4829 .2280 .7996 .....6953 The weather map shows fair in Ok lahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mis sissippi. Cloudy rest of belt with gen eral rains eastern half of belt, heavy over Georgia, parts of Tennessee and Carolinas. Unusually low tempera ture northwest, 42 degress at Amo rillo and 46 at Oklahoma City. WEEKLY CROP MOVEMENT. Overland week—this wk.3,666, last year 5,472, year before 1,199; Over land, season—this wk., 28,213, last yr., 36,700; yr. before 8,608; Insight, week' —this wk., 310,650, last yr., 244,202, year before, 147,126; Insight, season —1,145,491, last yr., 752,954, yr. be fore 339,316; Sou. Consumption—50, 000, last yr., 45,000, yr. before 36,000. .. DAILY COTTON LETTER. Although the press makes no ref erence in anyway to yesterday's ru mor of Sweden entering the war, cen sols in London today show a decline of 1-4, making 3-4 decline in the past 3 days. This suggests that Liverpool's easiness today with futures 7 points lower than due, may partly on poli tics. Spots are quoted 3 lower; sales 7,000 bales. Liverpool weakened near the end, closing about 16 points down. New York wires said that Neill Bros., of Liverpool, give a tentative estimate of consumption of 15,000,000 Ameri can and that Mr. Larmour Neill esti mates our crop at 14,000,000 with Un ters. Weather conditions overnight were unfavorable. General rains over the eastern half of the belt, heavy in Georgia and South Carolina and un seasonably cold weather over the northwest quarter of belt. Indications are for clearing up, except on the At lantic coast; continued cold in the northwestern and north-central belt, with some frost likely. Our market opened 6 to 9 lower on the weakness in Liverpool, but recov ered all loss during Ahe first hour on good support by leading traders on the bullish consumption forecast from Neill Bros., however weather conditions remain the principal influ ence, and as clearing weather is in dicated for the belt, there is more disposition by the trade in general to realize over the week-end. J. F. CLARK & ,CO. Jackson, Miss., Sept. 15.—Lieut. R. R. Pickering, instructor-inspector of the Mississippi national guard, has been promoted to the rank of captain, his commission having just arrived from the war department. Capt. Pickering is senior mustering officer at Camp Swep Taylor, a position he was instructed to fill when the First. GIVEN PROMOTION. Mississippi regiment wos mobilised. VESSEL BURNS 2,00Q,000 LOSS Passengers and Crew Taken From the Doomed Vessel in Pacific. Associated Press.) J^arshfield, Oregon, Sept. 15.—The Pacific Coast Stjeamshjj^ Company's liner, C^y^ vra* anchored at the entrance of Coos Bay today, a burned ° Ut hulk ' aS a result ° f a fire last night Two hundred and «tty-three passengers and 175 members u|- the vrew aboard % wer. ' safelukt ftk* .anded ..ne total loss of the vessel and car go. will total $2,100,000, it is esti mated. PRESIDENT'S SISTER SINKING. (By Associated Press.) Long Branch, Sept. 15.—President Wilson received word today that his sister, Mrs. Howe, desperately ill at New London, Conn., is sinking rapid ly. Tentative plans have been made for the immediate departure of the President for New London this after noon. FITZGERALD DEPOSITS SUM Amount of Alleged Shortage as Ex Sheriff of Coahoma County. Jackson, Miss., Sept. 14.—Attorney General Ross Collins now holds, as representing the State of Mississippi, perfectly solvent and good paper amounting to over $17,000, which lias been paid over to him by attorneys representing the state and W. H. Fitzgerald, Jr., to cover the alleged shortage in accounts which have been charged against the ex-sheriff of Co ahoma County. The exact amount | paid in by the men representing Mr. j Fitzgerald was $17,231.42, which the j state claims is due on state, county and levee district accounts, and which he has volunteered to pay in, pending a reaudit of the books, which is now being made. 1 The payment was made after a I protracted conference, at which At j torney-General Collins and ex-Gov. Brewer represented the state and Frank and Lake Roberson and Gerald Fitzgerald represented ex-Sheriff Fitzgerald. As previously stated, the former sheriff of Coahoma was absent from the state when the suit against his bondsmen was filed, but immed : ately upon notification of the alleged discrepancies in his official accounts he posted homewards and made ar rangements to settle for the amount claimed, pending further scrunity of the books. Just what bearing this will have on the state's case against J. O. Baugh, present sheriff of Coahoma County, alleging shortages in his accounts during his former term, and against whom ouster proceedings were filed by direction of Gov. Bilbo early in this year, remains to be seen, current belief that the Fitz-Geruld outgrowth of the Baugh j It is a case is an case, and the whole looks like a very decided case of mixed pickels, to be followed by probable further develop ments. THE WEATHER Forecast for Friday. Mississippi—Fair. Louisiana—Fair, cooler. Arkansas— Fair, cooler, frost in treme northwest tonight; Saturday— fair, rising temperature. Oklahoma—Fair, continued cooler; frost in north tonight; Saturday fair, warmer. East Texas—Fair, cooler. West Texas—Fair, rising tempera tures. Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Ala bama—Fair. ex i homa, Arkansas and West Tennessee, Clearing colder in Atlantic states pre ceded by further rains on coast to night. The weather map indicates general ly fair central and western states, continued cold, frost likely in Okla ON SOMME FRONT BROKEN TODAY GERMAN THIRD LINE DEFENSES Great British Attack Started Last Night Being Pushed Forward— Fiers, Two Miles North of Ginchy Taken—Big Battles Rage. (By Associated Press.) London, Sept. 15.—The British of fensive along the Somme has broken the German third line qf defense -, have captured Utw. two of (Jiuehy- aecoe« ,s -ng t° reports re „ Reuters Telegraph Company „oday. The British forces are report ed to have gained the outskirts of Martinpuich, a mile and a half east and miles north of Pozieres. BEGIN NEW OFFENSIVE. (By Associated Press.) London, Sept. 15.-—'The British re turned to the attack on the Somme front last night, charging over a sec tor six miles long, the war office an nounced today. They advanced from two to three thousand yards and are continuing to progress. The attack was made along the whole British front, They advanced on a line from Bouleaux Wood, be tween Combles and Ginchy, to a point north of the Albert Bapaume High way. Proceeding this mornings' extensive offensive movement the British last night drove forward, southeast of Thiepval and captured 1,000 yards of German trenches, including a strong ly fortified position. AUSTRIANS DEFEATED. (By Associated Press.) London, Sept. 15.—According to ad from Swiss sources the Austri vices ans have suffered another sanguinary defeat west of Kapul mountain in the Carpathians, says a Rome dispatch today. ]j es kave won a ser j es 0 f successes on ^ Macedonian front, the war office announce d today. The French, Brit SUCCESSES IN MACEDONIA. (By Associated Press.) Paris, Sept. 15.—The Entente Al ish and Serbian forces at different points have broken through the Bul garian defenses. The French have captured a position half a mile deep front a mile in length. over a The Servians captured 25 guns and large number of prisoners. The a BOY HURT WHEN AUTOMOBILE CRASHES INTO HIS BICYCLE Horace Motley, Delivery Boy for City Grocery Co., Gets Severe Cut When Thrown Against Curb This Afternoon. An automobile accident that almost proved fatal for Horace Motley, deliv ery hoy for the City Grocery Co., oc curred at the corner of Main and Mar ket streets at 2:30 this afternoon. Mrs. W. B. Hoffa, of Grenada, was driving a Chevrolet car that belonged to her husband, and a loose steering caused the car to become un gear manageable when she tried to turn into Main from Market. The car "OLE BILL" IS DEAD. "Ole Bill," for many years in the service of the city as a fire horse, has passed to his final reward and is now grazing in pastures new. death of this old horse came last j j 1 The For several years his sor night. vices have not been required and he has practically been on the city pen sion list. wanted to buy him, but the city re fused to sell its faithful servant. He was given a place of honor in ihe sta bles, with a light load to pull awaiting the call of the black angel. The passing of "Ole Bill" will be learned of with regret by the people of Greenwood with many of whom the horse was a great favorite. Some time ago a man This being the first day of the Fall and Winter Opening at our fashiona ble Department Stores—Fountain's ; and Goodman's—quite a number of ; out-of-town uadies, as well as a large representation of our own splendid j visited these popular places, women, Both of these fashion emporiums were thronged fvith visitors all day long. j 1 ' Bulgarians after the defeat retired a distance of 12 miles. FIGHT1NG IN MESOPOTAMIA. (By Associated Press.) London, Sept. 15.— A renewal of navy lighting in Mesopotamia with be British on the offensive is report ed ir, a delayed official statement ia ?aed at Constantinople Sept. 9th. The British are said 'to have lost 2,000 in one engagement. NORWEGIAN STEAMER SUNK. ' (By Associated Press.; London, Sept. 15.—The Norwegian steamer Ethel has been sunk, accord ing to Lloyd's announcement today. SWEDEN ON THE BOARD. (By Associated Press.) Paris, Sept. 15.—The French gov ernment instructed its minister at Stockholm to join with the other En tente ministers in presenting friendly but firm notes to Sweden ragarding that country's neutrality. GERMAN TRENCHES TAKEN. (By Associated Press.) Paris, Sept. 15.—North of the Som me river the French laBt night cap tured a series of German trenches and advancing as far as Rancourt, the war office announced today. On the Verdun front two German attacks were repulsed. BOMBS ON SOFIA. (By Associated Press.) London, Sept. 15.—Five bombs were dropped on Sofia by French avi ators, according to Bucharest dis patches. The airmen flew from Salon iki; a distance of 400 miles. The voy age was made in five hours. STANDARD OIL STEAMER SUNK. (By Associated Press.) London, Sept. 15.—The crew of the Dutch steamer Antwerpen, reported sunk Sept. 13th, have been landed at Plymouth, according to Lloyd's dis patches. The vessel was of 11,000 tons capacity, and was owned by the Standard Oil Co. smashed into Motley, who was on a wheel, throwing him against the curb and cutting his head and completely demolishing the wheel. The car was not damaged. Horace Motley, while painfully hurt about the head, was not seriously in jured in the accident. After receiv ing medical attention, he went to his home, where he will rest until the ef fects of the fall have been overcome. NEWSPAPERS FORCED TO CUT SIZE AND INCREASE RATES. New York, Sept. 14.— From brief investigations concluded last week by a newspaper trade journal, a report issued today showing that the American newspapers have attempt ed to meet the enormous increase in the cost of white paper by two general methods; the larger papers of the country have cut down the size of their publications; the smaller papers, whose size would not permit cutting, have discontinued all copies free to other newspapers and to advertisers and have made slight advances in was their subscription prices. Some news have also advanced their ad papers vertising rates and others will do so January 1, 1917, when most of the existing advertising contracta expira. Of more than 400 daily newspapers that sent in detailed reports as to what steps they will take to meet the i situation, all admitted that their on ; new ; profits will be greatly reduced la spite of all their economies And MtS j advances, unless there ia a large In crease in the amount ofarvertiaing they will carry during th* WlBlt winter andspring. n> Aj.