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TOE DAILY COMMONWEALfH.
J. L. GILLESPIE. Editor and Publisher.
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GREENWOOD, MISS., DECEMBER 18, 1916.
TOO MANY MIDDLE MEN.
Says a leading Southern agricultural paper.
"Fifteen just plain Mississippi farmers got to
gether without any frills and shipped a car load
of very ordinary hogs to St. Louis, getting as high
as ten cents a pound live weight for them."
This item tells a tale that should be of interest
to every farmer who has anything to sell.
Why should it be thought necesssary that ev
erything produced on the farms of our country
should go through the hands of half a dozen;
middle men before it reaches the consumer?
Take the case in point. Ordinarily these
farmers would have sold to a small stock jobber,
he to a shipper, he to another go-between at the
other end of the route, when the stock would pos
sibly have reached the packers for whom it was
intended.
The action of those Mississippi farmers is to
be commended. The farmers of this community
might do well to afford a like opportunity for
commendation.
They would get more for their products and
the ultimate consumer in the end would pay less,
f0r There^re'too^many 1 middle men. And middle '
men are expensive and in many cases wholly un
necessary.
The Grenada Sentinel issued a very pretty and,
well-patronized holiday edition of 24 pages last '
week, and we congratulate Messrs. O. F. and Eilet
Lawrence upon the splendid success they scored
in getting out Buch a creditable Christmas number,
of their always interesting paper.
The 20-page Christmas Number of the Yazoo
City Herald, issued last Friday, was full of a t
tractive advertising and good reading matter and
was creditable alike to the progressive publishers
and business men of that place. j
All the farmers can't be so doggoned prosper
ous-though it will be months before the farm
loan banks are open for business, more than 50,
000 of them have made application for loans.
in asking repeal of the Canadian reciprocity j
act, Congressman Sloan, of Nebraska, reminded
the country that though Canada rejected the
proposition it is free to take advantage of the law
and give nothing in return.
Secretary Daniels asking Congres s to compel '
steel plants and ship-yards to give preference to (
government contracts for military supplies is |
liable to start a new war scare among the timid, i
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We doubt that Congress needs to be reminded
that this is a government by, of, and for the peo
ple—the whole people, not just the members of
some organization.
Legally, the 8-hour law will have been effec
tive eight days before the Supreme court hears
arguments on its constitutionality, January 8, but
nobody need fear a lockout before the court acts,
There was nothing military about the selec
tion of Col. Harper to be chairman of the inau
guration committee—he isn't a soldier, but is a
banker.
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Wilson must be about convinced that the rail-,
road brotherhoods play no favorites in their hold
ups.
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Unique—Chicago's chief of police resigned
without alleging his health to be the reason.
The allies are not sure whether Germany's
chancellor has made a big bluff or has the cards.
Royal George gets the hand-kissing, but Lloyd
George does the bossing.
Czar Nicky isn't expecting Santa Claus to
bring him Constantinople—this year.
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What the people most want are lower prices,
not Excuses for jumping them.
Our volunteer system seems to have no friends
in the war department.
Next thing Hank Ford will be calling courts
enterprise-cloggers.
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Even employees not stylishly inclined like the
prevailing fashion of Christmas bonuses.
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lys with ua—the guy ready to take
6 with third-term gab.
Alai
up your ti
* ' Let the kiddies tell it to you, and then geMt,
if possible. ï
6*tf4ic*nMd peace proposera get little atten-'
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WILL AMERICA REDEEM MEXICO?
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has been entrusted with the reins of government
for another four years, there is one piece of work
that will forcibly demand his attention, and that
is the pacification of Mexico. :
We are well aware that the Mexican problem
P resents * reat difficulties, view it from whatever
we may. But they are difficulties that may
and can be overcome, and as time goes on it be
comes more and more apparent that it is up tO !
the United States to overcome them. i
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The truth of the whole matter is that Mexico'
j s suffering from the same misrule from which |
freed Cuba—the decadent Spanish rule. I
Not the
Now that the election is over and Mr. Wilson
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Mexico is a republic only in name,
first principle of popular rule has ever prevailed
in that country. The forces that have always
.controlled her destiny have been those bequeath
ed by Spain. With misrule and oppression on the
one hand, and sullen hatred and resentment on
the other, it is small wonder that she has been in a
tory who ever maintained a semblance of order,
Perpetual state of unrest and turbuience.
President Diaz was the only ruler in her his
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and dld so s0 ' e * y to llse 01 the mailed
hand. Since his day Mexico has seen naught but
anarchy. Anarchy prevails there today-anarchy
and wholesale brigandage.
. Argue as we may against the idea of interven
jt'.on, the fact is daily becoming more apparent
*tot j* ^ ie ordy solution. That enlightened
America should s.t idly by and make no effort to
remed y the intolerable state of affairs prevailing
there, is inconceivable. Mexico is a blot on the
Western civilization, and only Western civilization
can erase that blot.
Of course every American wishes that the re
demption of Mexico may be accomplished by
P eace ful means if possible. But the progress be
jing made in that direction appears to the average
mind as negligible. The matter seems no nearer
a 3olution tüda >' than il did >' ears ago.
From the days of President Buchanan until
toda >'. every president has had the same difficul
ties to contend with there. Each has had his
vexing "Mexican question," and it is remarkable
how similar have been the circumstances that
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0I to the P resen t generation, but the un
torn generations of the future of that unhappy
and demand of us that we confer upon them
some the blessings that our forebears be
queathed to us.
Twenty years ago Cuba was in pitiable con
dition as Mexico is tod ay. We have remade and
rehabiUtated her, and today she is enjoying that
I**«* and prosperity which her natural advant
8ges mer ^'
We can do the same for unhappy Mexico. We
should do the same for her. But will we do it?
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Bryan and Solicitor General Davis do not think
alike about American peace proposals—the latter j
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To a lot of folk , prosecution of price-fixers j
offers more hope of relief from hold-up prices than
simplifying distribution and teaching economy.
says that at this time they would not only be
futile, but impertinent.
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Speaker Clark and leader Kitchin are on op
posite sides of the holiday recess question, but
will not come to blows over it.
If Br'er Bryan doesn't watch out somebody
will be saying he's impatient with the slow prog
ress of the peace movement.
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Those advocating universal military service
naturally think that every mother should raise
her boy to be a soldier.
Another disappointment for Bryan—award- '
session.
Woody must be beginning to suspect that Con
gress is going to be less obedient than at the last '
in ? the Nobel P eace P rize wi l* again be skipped
this V ear>
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Query for winter discussion—has a member of j ed
the electoral college the right to call himself a
college man ?
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Congress has men in both branches with
monkey wrenches in their hands ready to throw
into the machinery.
Santa Claus will bring them a tender of a cabinet
Some prominent men are wondering whether
portfolio.
Let's hope the announced regular line of
U-boat freighters between Germany and the U. S. |
in the spring will not then be needed. j he
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If the threatened country-wide strike of
vaudeville actors comes, it might prove restful for !
others as well as the strikers. m
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Villa calls Carranza "the bad man of Mexico j
what Carranza calls Villa is unprintable. Each
knows the other well.
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Should there be a base ball strike, the pawn to
shops will be clustered up with diamonds next.
summer.
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Some people are so busy wrestling with prob
lems of the future that they are neglecting those
of today. j
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No, Clarissa, dear; even if we have universal
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military service it will not apply to girls.
What the world would most appreciate in its ;
Chrietma* ftockifi? it won't got—powe,
DECEMBER 18 IN HISTORY.
1715—The Prussians, under F red er
ich, entered Dresden.
lg63 _r. ;tirth(îuake fho , k at Gibraltar.
1884— The text of the Nicaragua
Canal and the San Dominican treaties
: made public by Congre-,
777^7.7^'
1834 _ fn tJle Ullited states Circuit
tWrt at Boston, the Berliner tele
phone patent declared void.
tO ! 1204—Russian officers arriving at
i Cho 1 00 ue f r ^ e furious battie for
! possession of Z03 meter hill; Japs lost
)0& m , n aiiJ Rugsians 2f000; Port
| Ar hur a pi ; e of ruins
I 1915—Belgians ask United States
to protest against treatment of pris
oners in hands of German officials.
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TODAY'S BIRTHDAY HONORS.
Mr. Charles C. Boidt, whose father, I
the late George C. Boldt, was known |
from one end of the United States to j
the other, and in fact throughout the
world, as the proprietor of the Wald-|"of
en' -Astoria Hole', New York, is thir- j
ty-chree years old today. He succeeds ;
to the management of the vast busi
ness interests left by his father upon
the latter's death a few weeks ago.
He has had ten years of training for
the work and is personally acquaint
ed with many of the distinguished pa
trons of the Waldorf-Astoria in New
,
York and the Bellevue Stratford in
Ph ladelphia.
CLOTHING
MANUFACTURERS
GRANT $0,000.009 RAISE.
New York, Dec. 18— (By Union As
sociated Press)—The American Cloth
ing Manufacturers' Association today
met the increased cost of living by
giving an increase in nay to workers
in all branches of tho trade. This
wiii result in an advance of about 36
to 40 per cent., affecting 32,000 work
men representing families consisting
of approximately 160,000. These ad
vances represent an increase of about
$8.000,000 on an output of about
$125,000,000.
MORGAN TO FIGHT SMITH.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 18— (By Un
ion Associated Press)—Frank Morgan
and Gunboat Smith will appear in a
ten-round bout here tonight before
the Clermont Boxing Club.
ASSIGNING MEN FOR ADAMSON
HEARING.
Washington, Dec. 18— (By Union
Ansoicatcd Press) The Department
of Justice today will start work pick
ing out the specialists who will parti
cipate in the arguments connected
with the Adamson eight-hour law
when it comes before the Supreme
j Court 0,1 Januar y 8. Although a doz
I en other cases had to be put aside
in order that the constitutionality of
the Adamson law might be considered,
no complaint was made because it is
j acknowledged that it is a matter to be
Active January 1*
However, the interests of the railroad
nd the railroads are deem
employes
ed amply protected under the stipu
lation signed by railroad and govern
ment attorneys.
TRAINMEN TO WATCH PENNSYL
VANIA LEGISLATION.
Harrisburg, Pa., Dec 18—(By Un^
ion Associated Press)— Interests of
the railroad brotherhoods here threat
en to come prominently before the
next legislature which begins next
month. The same committee that had
charge of the case two
when the sharp fight occurred
the "full-crews" repealer will be at
the helm. So far as can be learned,
the railroad men are not certain
whether they will have any extraor
' dinary work on their hands of not thi*
winter. Some of them state that the
in will make a detcr
years ago
over
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railroads
mined effort to
pass the Baldwin
full-crew" rcpsaler, which was pass
j ed by both houses in 1915, only to be
vetoed by Governor Brumbaugh, while
other predict that some other form of
legislation unfavorable to the men will
be attempted.
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APPLE AND COFFEE ENOUGH
FOR BREAKFAST.
New York, Doc. 18—(By Uftion.As
sociated Press) —People who follow
the diet experts are complaining ter
ribly about the decisions of the
ialists. It seems as if the experts
look over foods and pick out jiist the
things one does not like or care about.
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| breakfast," "y.'JnToJSnK'Si?
j he adds, "if one can ACCUSTOM I
j Himself to no breakfast, better work j
anii h ™ lth will result." Man cannot
! lve on apple a,ong and certainly there i
m no nounshment in coffee, therefore !
the diet specialists seem to be getting,
into the bad graces of their adherents. !
j Tonight at the banquet of the dieti- :
ltians > a ,lumlj er of "patient»" whose
appetites are much more robust than'
their digestions will voice the plaints!
to gVto iimiTa^ta^with such*»!*!'
For the holidays they are 1 going to eat'
and drink, for after New Year's they '
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WILSON RESUMES NEWS TALKS.
1 Washington, Dec. 18—(By Union
I Associated Press)— President Wiloon
today resumed hil weekly conference*
with the various Washington new«
paper correspondents, a custom which
he started soon after entering the
White House, but -abandoned «ome
time time ago to avoid the disunion
{of the delicate international quifctisttf. i
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NEW YORK DEAMAfIC MTICBR.
New York, Dec. ll—(By Union As
sociated Press)—Next week the big
fight in the interest of Sunday moving
pictures will get under way and it
will have the support of many of the
j leading actors ;" nd ™ *"
for
the Sunday nioviea in the State, that
! if the law be invoked as it now stands,
(the result will be that many husbands
and fathers will divert tneir attçn
tion tov/ard the "^fe**** *;
ward the theatres where they can take
their families. The liquor interests
| are being accused of workiftg against
any legisiatibn favoring the presenta
tion of moving pictures on Sunday.
Tonight sees the last of "Seven
Chances" at the Belasco Theatre,
where this comedy of youth and court
ship has completed nearly S half
Seven
New York.
I year's run in
| Chances," with the original cast and
j production intact, will go en tour to
the principal cities, end will fill- part
the time booked for David War
j field, whose season in "The Music
; Master" at the Knickerbocker Theatre
has been so successful that his en
gagement has been extended into Feb
ruary.
On Thursday night, Dec. 21, in the
Belasco Theatre, Mr. Belasco will pre
sent Frances Starr in "Little Lady in
Blue," a new comedy by Horace
Hodges and T. Wigney Percyval, Miss
Starr's supporting company includes
Jerome Patrick, George Giddens, A.
G. Andrews, Frederick Graham, Hor
ace Braham, Charles Garry, Carl
Sauerman, Roland Rushton, Harry
Holiday, Adrian H. Rosley, Lucy
Beaumont and Eleanor Pendleton.
Current attraction for the enter
tainment of holiday crowds are num
erous. Among the most successful are
the following:
Forty-Eighth Street—Baynard Veil
lcr's engrossing melodrama,'"The 13th
Chair," one of the hits of the season.
Fulton—Arnold Daly at his best in
the title role of the Hermann Bahr
drama, "The Master."
Astor—"Her Soldier Boy," with
Clifton Crawford, Adele Row
land and John Charles Thomas lead
ing the cast here for a long stay.
Lyceum—"Mile-a-Minute Kendall;"
has a laugh a minute.
Cohan—Ruth Chatterton in "Come
Out of the Kitchen," duplicating her
"Daddy Long-Legs" success.
Knickerbocker—David Warfield and
"The Master Music" still powerful
magnates at this large playhouse.
Shubqrt—Ninth week of "So Long
Letty" Oliver Morosco's peppery mu
sical farce.
Hudson—'Pollyanna' in third month
of teaching "glad game" to eager au
diences.
Thirty-Ninth Street—Eighth week
of Emma Dunn and Reginald Barlow
in "the sunshine comedy" "Old Lady
31.
Longacre—Fifteenth week of Wil
liam Collier in the farce "Nothing But
the Truth".
Cort—'Upstairs and Down,'' that
highly interesting society comedy by
the Hattons enters its fourteenth
week.
SANDUSKY BARBERS RAISE
PRICES.
Sandusky, Ohio, Dec. 18—(By Un
ion Associated Press)—Shaves and
haireut« have been affected by the
high cost of living and most of the
tonorialists here today raised the
price of hair-cuts to thirty-five cents.
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T. B. MIN YARD
Artesian Well Contractor
Greenwood, Mis^
If interested in an artesian well
write or see me and get my prices
on same.
No contract too small or too large
to handle, especially in the Greenwood
territory.
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Lunch At The
ALICE CAFE
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Spanish Mackerel
Speckled Trout
Fresh Oysters
Kansas City Meat
You'll Enjoy
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TOYLAND
Opens Saturday, Dec. 2
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This year we will offer the seme
thoroughly selected stock of.toys that
have made our toy department Santa
Claus headquarters in the Delta, for
several years. Come and select your
from Fountain's. Notwithstsnd
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ing the toy shortage we offer this
year a very fair range for you to
select from.
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Bring the Children
Suits—Dresses
Very low pric es no w offered
Mr. Fountain has lately returned from
New York where he selected some
unusual dresses and suits that now
await you at prices that are unusually
low for such high grade garments
Come and see.
Buy Now
Xmas Gifts
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Our big store is now teeming with
gifts for the whole family. No mat
ter what it is you wish for a gift here
will you be more likely to find just the
article you desire.
For Mother
Electric toaster or other utensils, slip
pers, coat, waits, toilet sets, umbrel
las, comfortable.
For Father
Smoking set, hat, bedroom slippers,
cane, ties, safety razor, clothes brush,
Handkerchiefs.
For Sister
Embroidered handkerchiefs, hose, rain
coat, furs, work basket, neckwear,
gloves, waist, shoes.
For Brother
Hose, ties, shirts, mackinaw, handker
chiefs, gloves, hat, hand bag, suit
case, steamer trunk, card case.
For Wife
Aeolian-Vocalion, the best talking
machine made, plays all records,
sweeter in tone, .. wim*
For Gentleman Friend
'Les, handkerchiefs, gloves, ash tray,
Ciothes brush, geld knife, stickpin,
cuff buttons, umbrella.
The Whole Family will
find Gifts Here
ART NEEDLEWORK
SECTION
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Now offers an elegant range of 'Royal
Society' packages from which many
pretty and useful presents can be
worked. Threads, silks, stamped
pieces, from which to make presents.
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