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%,/■ THE DAILY COMMONWEALTH. J. L. GILLESPIE. Editor and Publisher. _____The AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE. UNION ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE. Commonwealth Building. ! TELEPHONE NO. 33. Office 207 Market Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES (By Mail or Currier) U Cent* a Week. 50c Cents a Month. $6.00 a Tea*. Single Copy 5 Cents. ADVERTISING RATES ON REQUEST. Entered at Greenwood postoffice as second-class matter. GREENWOOD, MISS., JANUARY 17, 1917. LEGAL ETHICS IN NEW YORK. A prominent and intelligent New York attor ney has been disbarred because of the methods , he used in attempting to acquit a white slat ei • ) A woman who had supported the defendant was instructed by him to leave town and he was fur nishing her the money with which to hide. Then he engaged the lawyer. When the case came to trial the district attorney announced that the female witness was absent and the case went on without her. At a dramatic moment in the, case she appeared in the Court room, suitcase in. hand, and declared that while traveling in the up-state she had seen a newspaper account of the j trial. She had hurried back to save an innocent man from disgrace and conviction. Her earnings had not gone to him and her former charges were untrue. Then the lawyer seized the opportunity and thanked God for what He had done in sending this woman back to save an innocent man. His method was highly dramatic and effective. Un- ; fortunately it wouldn't stand investigation. It shown that the woman was in constant com- j munication with the accused and his lawyer he- , fore the trial and had been coached by the lawyer j as to what she should say and how she must say | it. The act of God was a pretense, a piece of act-, ing for the effect it would produce upon the jury. The distinguished lawyer promoted a perjury,. was ( deceived a court and should have been sent to j prison for tampering in this way with justice. ; His education, his prominence and his experience aggravated the offense. Such things as these are not only pulled off in New York but also in other Give your child a nickel occasionally. It won't break you, and it will give the child its first les sons in the art of handling money. But most important of all, teach it to save two cents of every nickel you give it. That will teach it thrift and the art of saving. Let it take its pennies out and count them over. Every time it counts states. « them it will want to add a few more to the pile. That will inculcate the art of accumulation. But don't let it depend on what you GIVE it. It should be taught to EARN money, and the first lesson should go with the first nickel. That will demoMtrate the necessity and increase its capa city for work. And in after years, when success has crowned its efforts, it will look back over the j lapse of time and tell others that it had the best father arid mother that God ever permitted to live ' Have you ever wondered what the result would be if the people of Greenwood thought and said nothing but good of each other for thirty or sixty days ? Think ! It would work a revolution in both mind and body. People who are constant ly nagging would have lost the habit. The best that is in each one would have unconsciously forced its way to the fore, and nobility of char acter would have made rapid strides toward sup planting the ignoble and vicious in man and womanhood. Greenwood might not be a Garden of Eden, but it would come nearer to it than any other spot on earth. And it wouldn't cost us a penny. ment of Justice—the state of Yucatan, Mexico, which by controlling the price of sisal gouged American users of binders twice to the tune of $26,000,000 last year. One trust seems out of reach of the Depart The detailing of three more officers—two cap tains and one lieutenant—as aides to the Presi dent doesn't somehow square with te oft-heard complaint that the army is short of officers. Un-American as the bomb treatment unques tionably is, it was given to a Toledo hotel at which a bunch of strike-breakers happened to be stopp ing the other day. Public approbation is due the faculty of the Northwestern University for suppressing the "Helluva" number of a students publication. Even the annexation of Germany wouldn't be sufficient to cause the allies to make peace—they couldn't agree on which should take it. > Worst thing about the indictment of Harry, Thaw for kidnapping a boy will be a renewal of the endless discussion of his sanity. 7 Knocking his own game—this New York doc tor who said in court that 50 per cent, of diagnos es of physicians are wrong. Sudden deaths are so frequent in Mexico that It Ifém* odd to-read of our State department's! Investigating one of them. Secretary Daniels must have e sneaking no* tfcn that the real name of bidders for naval steel *N»i>+jiu4à is steelmen. P ■ iüâ REGULATING CAMPAIGN FUNDS. corrupt practices bill as reported by the Senat e committee is a step in the right direction. This measure would limit total contributions in a presidential campaign to approximately $1,500, 000, prohibit contributions by corporations and ! those made within ten days of an election. No individual would be allowed to donate more than $5,000. Another important provision would prohibit contributions to a national committee within ten days of a general election, and require a complete report of contributions and disbursements to be J filed with the clerk of the House of Uepresenta- ' tives ten days before election. Election betting and advertising of betting odds would be made a felony and drastic provisions are proposed with relation to political advertising in news papers and other publications. The bill pro-1 , any peraon or corporation withdrawing ) or threatening to withdraw patronage, advertis mg Qr otherwise, from any publication for the p Ur p 0se 0 f influencing its attitude shall be guilt/ 0I - a f e i 0 ny. The purpose for which disbursements of cam pa j gn f un( ] s m ay be made are set forth in the bill, inc j u ji n g traveling expenses of candidates, speak erg> mem b ers 0 f political committees and their ! ass ista.nts, fees for entering candidates on the ballot, c i er i { hire, telephone, telegraph, postage, j f m ght and express charges, printing and station ery ^ office rent and public advertising, j : I 1 la In ta MORE WAR FOR MORE PROFIT. The colossal profits which are being piled up j n coun t r y niay explain in part the antipathy, man y the discussion of peace. This year 1 ; disclosed a balance of trade in the favor or United States ox over three billion dollars. j ^is should continue for thirty-six years it i , wou j ( j e q Ua j the entire wealth of the Central a!- 1 j lies _ In twenty-nine years it would equal the to- j | wea jth of Great Britain and Ireland, but in : t- vV0 years less it would be equivalent of all of j Germany's wealth. ( Since the war began our balance has reached j huge total of five billion dollars. At the pres-, ; ent rate eighteen months of war will double that! f,g ure; w hich means a hundred dollars more per cap j^ a f or every man, woman and child in Amer j ca This profit is going to a comparative few. Naturally their tendency is towards the gain, but why should you or I hesitate to help the senti men t which may stop the flow of gold? - Senator Hoke Smith is no "porker"—says one Q |- nex ^ year's estimated deficit could be me ^ a economies. », , , , . . - , ,, tt o ' Now that he has been quoted to the U. S. g upreme CO urt, Billy Sunday will jack up his gall a ^ ew no tches. I I No, there is no selfishness about some men. They just grab everything in sight and then howl for the si£rht _ | j Congress might get more time for its proper work b establishing a perpetual investigation commission. j Emperor Charles, of Austria-Hungary, may be no Solomon, but he knows his boss and how to 0 b e y him. | 1 Bull's new war bonds, but there's no guarantee attached. j Victory Loan" is all right as a title for John When your husband begins to treat you with a unusual consideration it's time to go through his pockets, solation to know that we haven't all got the same There are times, bedad, when it's a great con I ; î wife. There is always a better way, but there are so many crooks and turns one often gets off the path. Relations between Russia and China are strained, but it's a cinch China will not declare No fluctuations, however, have been noted in the market quotations on postage stamps. | - ' Congressmen who ask that Lawson's hand be " ■ war. Chasing the rum demon in the District of Columbia is now a favorite Congressional sport. called" might first prove that he has one. Brevity is the source of wit, and sometimes i the origin of a punch on the nose. We gather that the demand for apologies in Washington exceeds the supply. 1 ' I - All smiling along the White House picket line, No wonder some men are always suspicious of others. They know themselves. If you must have variety, make it "Jack of all trades and good at all." the jig really up. ' Only when a man thinks himself "all in" is Evidently the Panama Canal failed to "swear ; off" slides. Get a balloon and go up with the high cöst of living. I Tb« truth bitan hurts but th« hurt will heal. l Pittsburgh «toglm* have gone op. Thiit'e iNiKltlvely itie last straw I iihv** miuur? meniH a «lay? 'Vhnt's tip,■mile of that old-fnstiloiiPd j I If there Is a Khnrtnge nf enhl weath er nnliiKly will mind but the coal man. Tfie eusl nt Id: li living tins a good deal to do with the high eusil of liv ing. So far. no vegetarian has offered a renllj uccepullile snl Kiitute lor 1 ur ' j ke - v ' I up to SCO a pair In iiii.v appear lu rubber. Shoes may go which event we u boots. Firm on the roll id honor In econo my hills of fare h.li M 1 lie meritorious limn bean. Miss Until Law 'ilki'." pride In her well-earned reputation of being * Highly young thing. Ultrti-fnsliionnhle <■!<>tIn'S tire to he chenper. snys h report. Then they can not lie ultra-fnshiiiniil'le. I'intinni* is up to sum i.n ounee and Hie only consolation la going higher. In this la thin we don't eut It. American rentiers of the war news cannot get over the Idea that Ancre ta a queer way to spell anchor. Women may he able to dress rapid- 1 ly. Imt they never do, especially when their husbands ure waiting for them., That women are to run the street' cars in Purls Is no excuse whatever for making remarks about ihe fare sex. ° n<! m,snn ' vIl - v so unmy nmmno j^miiy am't suhsmute'gasoUne'for : soup. | ! ! Parts is to bnve women baggage agents, but It is doubtful if they wilt be able to make Ihe impression men : have. Possibly the nfultlplientloh of talking machines Is due to Ihe demand of hu man conversationalists for peueemak nll . t _ tru , n . mg win help defectives. And we thought ail the army wanted was the Ilbl( " budlu ' 1 - ers. Thé way prices keep going up makes one wish that when Sir Isaac Newton invented gravitation he hud made it a little stronger. Every foreign ruler having firmly an nounced that the war must go on, there's nothing for the people to do hut muke good. A university professor predicts a larRe numhpr of nu , teors . Even the stars of this belligerent age have taken to shooting, The dance craze was said to be on the wane, hut large numbers of gray haired old gentlemen are stm attend mg dancing schools. J The stnrdi trust Is to be dissolved. The time may .vet come when a man h,s «„Tna'lïf shlrt w,thout , brenk,u « llls m,ger - nalls ' 1 Why not get up a diet squad of your own und improve your health by eating moderately, wisely and eco nomically? Or do you? There is ninny a wife who regrets she didn't accept some other offer of marriage, and some other woman somewhere regrets It, too. The chief of the customs service of the treasury department has confirmed a widespread suspicion. He says that. the custo ms service is ineffi cient, The precocious kid who knows more ! than mother has easy sailing nown lmt ln ,1,e old " tlme lllll t sort of | I thing was permanently cured after one ; good walloping. j If the university at Athens really 1 î had to close because the students in tor not throwing n football into the dulgcd In a riot, It's the faculty's fault melee and calling It recreution. A Minneapolis paper tells of a plan for shortening the Mississippi rlv< ' r hJ ' mi,es ' A J°* of tlme anfl money might lie saved by cutting It off about nine miles above St. Louis. I The public has about made up It* mind to accept "aviatrice" as the feml nine of "aviator," but calling u woman street cur conductor u "conductress" 8tln «tick s In the cruws of th e purlsta. j | It ls „„„„„need that women's skirts ' next season will be lower In length " nd hlKlu ''' l! * P rlce ' but 14 '* not ex ' plulned why anyone considered It nee cssm'y to uimouuce the price ten den( ,y : i Rubber eyes have been put to prac tical UHe In Europe among wounded aoldlers. In the American fushlon zone lt R popularity would be limited to gtv lnut ' b ' tieeded rest t0 0VL ' r ' V0rked 1 ut ' Sntne western men have rented 820 acres to be planted to beans and the . . -î- ... «.*!. - pense to see the next world aerie* of ball gullies. Why uot each buy a hen and save the profits from the aute of I eggs? BLANKS. PROMISSORY and COL- j lateral NOTES, NURSES REC- : ftDM * Alil . j .' ORDS, etc., in any quantities desired •t MNMMf priM» ." 7 f t CONTRACT BLANKS FOR SALS. The CommonweeHh office hue for eele RENT, SHARE and WAGES CONTRACT BLANKS, BLANK BILL8 OF SALE, PAY-ROLL l ! JANUARY 17 IN HISTORY. ♦ 1829—Western Australia formed into a British province, with a gov eminent and territorial officers ap j pointed by the crown. I 1834—Mob of women destroyed rail road crossings and bridges at Erie, afterward escorted i Pa., and through the town by a band of music. 1854—Detroit and Buffalo joined by the completion of the Great Western 4 railroad in Canada. 1866—Civil authority held by the were I j Governor of Florida transferred to the 4 I Governor elected by the people, Gen. J Walker. 1884—The new capital of Iowa, re cently damaged by fire, dedicated at Des Moines. I 1905 — Russian troops occupied Haskgar, China, after threat to invade empire for alleged discrimination. t t B. M. JACKSON I * Î Greenwood, Miss. INTERIOR DECORATING Painting & Paper Hanging Canvas Decoratfon a Specialty Estimates Furnished Free j bhnna Sfll 407 Williamson SI GENERAL GIN WORK 1 SOLICITED Sharpening SaWS Si Spe eialty. l Fifteen years with Continental and : | ! Mounger Gin Co. ! Five years as manager of Gins for the Buckeye Cotton Oil Co. All work guaranteed, phone your orders to phone 731. Greenwood Pickery Co., or write post office box 343. : W. E. COOKE, Greenwood. Miss CALL W. E. LANHAM ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR House Wiring and Repair Work a Specialty. Install or Repair Anything from a Door Bell to a Turbine Generator. A Share of Your Business Will Be Appreciated. ROS HENDERSON ST. PHONE fiKI. fcv. I'M m im J y ft m i'l , 1 ■ ■ T. B. MINYARD Artesian Well Contractor Greenwood, Miss. If interested in an artesian well write or see me and get my prices on same. No contract too small or too large handle, especially in the Greenwood territory, RAILWAY SCHEDULES. ! - y azoo & Mississippi Valley Railway. | j (Northern Division.) Destination. 4L) Tutwiler, O'dale, Mem phis, ivs ... 1 m Grenada and L c > lvs g .^ a m 314 Tutwiler, C'dale, V'burg G'v 1 lie, Helena & Mem phis, lvs. 42 Travelers Spec No. Time. ... 3:40 a. m. ...10:55a. m. Mem., Tutwilerand points S. C'dale, lvs. 2:50 p. m. 332 Grenada & I. C., lvs. 8:03 p. m. 41 T ™ v '. I Spe S;! M ® m " T wiler., Chastn., and C - I dale, arrvs. 331 Grenada & I. C., arrvs. 8:13 a. m. Grenada & I. C. arrvs. 2:40 p. m. 313 Mem. Helena, V'burg, G' „„ ,y* de *J ld 1 % t ? n- al T 4:4 7 P arr e ' ^ lnter ' j (Southern Division.) 381 Tdmta, Durant, Yazoo OrUftn» lvs 1 * ^ 313 Same . . § ame J ra f n ' 8rr ) v 8®—-19:35 a. m. : 332 Same train, arrives. .. 8:30 p. m. , For further information apply to J. W. DONNELL, Tck. Agt. .. 8:05 a. m. m. ...19:19 p. m. 8:22 a. m. 5:00 p. m. Southern Ry. Co., in Mina. (Greenwood Station I WEST bÔSd TRAiNS. Destination. Time. 3 W ^ a a ^- GrMnV,lle " A rMunkMdî?» GVtiin'arr * p. . U B.'ham.^ G-vllle, thru. tr. leaves ...5:05 n. m. 71 G.wp'od to Webb, dly ex. Sunday, leave*.„.2:26 p. m. EAST BOUND trains. 12 G'ville to B'h*m, thru tr. leave*- . 7:08 a. m. . Connection for Öeltconi branch lv*. j gj*^ StoStiï'at'îtto : B * na 8:48 p- "■ Btmday eérvke— Wehb-Belzoni bch alUrnat^, lvn*. Greenwood 4:46 p. m. t«fc Affc No. ♦ T» l x w kf : 1 nut jjainJ. I . I It M i 4 LÜJ j L!& THE STEAM HEAT Wi» keeps the doctor away yvTv \ cm Steam heat coal and produces temperature. We 'n the heating line, any time will he glad ^ you the benefit of ence. Call on ways at your service. 4 J consurasi I*, i * n 'M, eves ' «perte ' end ta are I fij give iliU % our «Ptrt U8 > we M« jj. t J. D. LANHAM t I * Plumbing, Heating and Electrical Work Î PHONE 55 *«.|!W'K!!H.*W'H'*W*< h I i ** **** * * *4***4H4H4 GREENWOOD, MISS. R. P. PARISH. Sec'y and Tn|| j W. S. 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