The daily commonwealth., February 23, 1917, Image 2

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BE DAILY COMMONWEALTH .
1. L. GILLESPIE, Editor and Publisher.
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GREENWOOD, MISS., FEBRUARY 23, 1917.
About the wont of her sex—Miss Understand
fav
Profitless patriotism is the 100 per cent, pure
brand.
Der Kaiser to Uncle Sam: Let's talk it over
•gain.
Mustering out the national guard is no war
move.
Humble-pie never had a place on the Ameri
can menu.
Wanted —25,000 sailormen. Apply to any re
cruiting station.
Another suspended vocation—arranging Eu
ropean tours.
Town-looting continues to be Villa's main rev
enue-producer.
Villa's tip to all foreigners—keep out of
northern Mexico.
The bigger the war scare the nearer unanim
ous Congress is.
Some folk are busy proving that a socialist
cannot be a patriot.
Wilson's friendly tip to Cuba: Better not try
to start anything.
What'a El Paso a'gainst Japan that it should re
port Villa bound there?
Washington's somewhat shy on coal, but the
hot air output goes on.
Housekeepers count that day lucky on which
no prices are raised on them.
When Illinois democrats fall out, an ex-repub
lican gets the Chicago postoffice.
John Bull will not stand idly by and see his oil
poured on Mexico's troubled waters.
Another German fizzle—the attempted diplo
matic snadbagging of Ambassador Gerard.
A Washington preacher wants "pull" crucified.
All right, but it will take a lot of "pull" to pull off
the stunt.
Juggling freight cars has a connection with
the new and profitable industry of holding up
consumers.
If it's yellow blood it's constitutional and in
curable; if it's only the "rattles," public derision
will help some.
With meatless days and no American tourists,
Switzerland is convinced war is what Gen. Sher
man said it was.
If a man is not enough of an American to de
fend the rights of Americans he shouldn't ask
the government to give him a passport when go
ing abroad.
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EXPOSITION ACTIVITIES.
Every pupil of the free schools of Mississippi
has an opportunity of winning a season ticket to
the Mississippi Centennial Exposition at Gulfport.
One pupil from each of the four hundred supervis
ors districts of the state will be selected for this'
honor. The best short composition on the sub
ject of the Exposition and how it can benefit the,
state will win the prize in each supervisors dis
trict. Ask your teacher for the rules and regu
lations concerning the contest. If the teacher
does not know, have him or her write your county
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superintendent for the information. i
Construction work on all the principle build- '
ings has advanced at a rapid rate during the past
two weeks and is thirty days ahead of the sched-'
ule contemplated. All of the steel for the Colis- j
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eum is in place, the heavy trusses for the Missis
sippi building are up and the roof is being placed
on the Boys and Girls and Women's buildings.
The trees and shrubbery are being planted and vis
itors now have an idea of the magnitude and
beauty of the Centennial Exposition.
Six ship building organizations with an ag
gregated capital stock of 31,200,000 are being
chartered at Gulfport as a result of the Exposi
tion stimulant. While these vessels will ply the
high seas in carrying commerce there is no water
in the stock of these concerns. The ships are
being built and some of them almost completed.
A special train load of Canadians, one of real
estate men from Michigan and another train of
Chicago business men Have spent several hours
on the Exposition grounds during the past ten
days and been shown first hand something of the,
splendid display that Mississippi will make in
commemoration of her centennial anniversary.
Five of the permanent amusement features
of the "Dixie Reef" are contracted for and from
$10,000 to $25,000 each will be invested in them.
One of these is a skating rink on real ice. A
big refrigerating plant will keep the floor frozen.
The others are rides and will be of service for
many years in Exposition Park.
Two organizations of Associated Press editors
were on the grounds a few days since and ex
pressed themselves as delighted with the progress
made and the size of the undertaking.
The Mississippi editors will visit the grounds
in a body in M^y.
A dozen or more counties made appropriations
for participation during the first week in Feb
ruary. Every county, if it would share largely
in the benefits to accrue, should be represented
and the greater portion of them will,
A number of hotels and rooming houses are
either being built or planned ready for the con
tractors, to take care of Exposition visitors.
There will be ample accommodations for guests
by opening day.
On some days as many as a thousand visitors
throng Exposition Park and view the work of
constructing buildings, grounds, etc.
If you have anything to mend and it's worth
it, go to it now.
A nation-wide movement for the conservation
of talk might help a little bit.
Wilson to the Kaiser; Swear off murdering
noncombatants, if you wish to talk to me.
Our newspapers are mighty good to the yellow
streakers in not showing them up by name.
Most of us know people whose principal oc
cupation is swapping old opinions for new.
Count von Bernstorff is a movie fan and not
sure he will find the shows as good at home.
Rear Admiral Chadwick, retired, rises to
nominate Uncle Sam for boss of all the seas.
Congressman "Cyclone" Davis, of Texas, is
so pacifiic that they are calling him "Zephyr.
n
To judge them by their bamboozling propa
ganda, our noisiest peace-at-any-pricers are not
overstocked with scruples.
PAVING ORDINANCE OR RESO
LUTION.
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to A resolution declaring the Grading,
Paving, Curbing and Guttering of
that part ot Dewey st., beginning at
| he Southern Boundary line of Wash
| nKton St -> where Washington St.,
the, ["LSiLdTry line" 'of
; Henry St., where Henry St., inter
secu Dewey St., and that part of Hen
r y St -. extending from its intersec
tlon Wlth D ev.ey St., to a line which
! would be the western boundary of
i south Boulevard where said South
' Boulevard extended across said Hen
ry St., at its intersection with said
Henry St., and that part of South
j Boulevard e ;; tending from the South
! ern boundary line of Henry Street
I where said. Henry Street intersects
said South Boulevard to the South
of
ern boundary line of Alabama Street
where said Alabama Street intersects
South boulevard and from said inter
section of Alabama Street and South
Boulevard to Mississippi Avenue, and
from said point on Mississippi Aven
ue in a southerly direction to the cor
porate limits of said city of Green
wood, to be necessary, declaring the
same to be a Special Improvement
and adopting plans and specifications
for said necessary Special Improve
ment.
Be it resolved by the Council of the
City of Greenwood, Mississippi:
Section 1. That in the judgment
of the Council of the City of Green
wood, it is necessary that that part
of Dewey Street, beginning at the
southern boundary line of Washing
ton Street where Washington Street
intersects Dewey Street, and extend
ing to the Southern boundary line
of Henry Street, where Henry Street
intersects Dewey Street; and that
part of Henry St. extennding from its
ntersection with Dewey Street to a
line which would be the Western
boundary line of South boulevard
were said South boulevard extended
in
across said Henry Street, at its in
tersection with said Henry Street;
and that part of South Boulevard ex
tending from the southern boundary
line of said Henry Street where said
Henry Street intersects said south
boulevard to the southern boundary
of Alabama Street wherein said Ala
bama Street intersects South Boule
vard and Alabama Street from its
intersection with south Boulevard in
a westerly direction to the west side
of Mississippi Avenue and thence in
a southerly direction on Mississippi
Avenue to the corporate limits in said
City of Greenwood, be graded, paved,
curbed and guttered.
Section 2. That said grading, pav
ing, curbing and guttering is deemed
a Special Improvement, for the mak
ing of which the General Improve
ment Fund should not be used.
Section 3. That said Special Im
provement shall be made in accord
ance with the plans and specifications
now on file in the office of the Clerk
of the said City, said paving to be
of Asphaltic Concrete, Gravel, Con
crete or Bitulithic, as therein provid
ed, which said plans and specifica
tions are hereby adopted and approved
and shall be considered as a part
hereof as if the same were copied
herein in full, reference to which be
ing hereby specially made.
Section 4. That said Special Im
provement will be by the Council of
said City of Greenwood ordered to be
made, and one-third of the cost of
said Special Improvement shall be
paid by said City, and two-thirds of
the cost of same will be required to j
be paid by the owner or owners, of
the property abutting on said parts
of said streets; that is to say, the ;
abutting owner, or ownêrs, of said j
property on one side of said streets I
will be required to pay one-third of j
the cost of said Special Improvement,
and the abutting owner, or owners, on
the other side of said Streets will be
required to pay one-third of the cost
of said Special Improvement.
Section 5. That any property own
er, or owners, actually residing on or
otherwise actually occupying property
owned by him, or them, and included
within that part of said streets to be
specially improved, may file with the
Clerk of the Council of said City, hig,
or their, protest, in writing, against
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completion of the publication of this 1
resolution as required by law, and if '
a majority of such property owners
shall so file such protest said Special
Improvement Bhall not be made.
Section 6. That at the regular
meeting of the said Council, to be '
held at the City Hall of said City, the
same being their usual place of meet
ing ,on Tuesday, March 6th, 1917, said
Council will hear and consider the
objection, or objections, of all interest
ed parties or property owners who
shall appear and present the same,
whether the property owner ,or own
ers, actually occupy his, or their,
property adjoining said parts of said
streets
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proposed to be so improved
not, and regardless of whether or
not said property owner, or owners,
be resident or non-resident property j
owner, or owners.
or
Section 7. That each and evqry j
property owner with property abutt- ■
ing on said parts of said
Streets shall have the right to
make said Special Improvement for
himself, within the time and as pro
vided by law, and this resolution, but
for the sake of uniformity in said
work, said Special Improvement must
be made in accordance with the plans
and specifications now on file in the
office of the Clerk of said City here
inbefore referred to and hereinabove
adopted and approval But, failing
Appropriate Table Silver
About that birthday dinner or family reunion
other special occasions soon to occur. What is the state
of your table silver?
Nothing—after a perfect menu—adds more to the
enjoyment of these occasions than a
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TASTEFUL SILVER SERVICE
Our line of Silverware will satisfy the most discriminating taste.
But if we have not just what you w ant, we will take pleasure in ordering
it for your.
our Stock of Jewelry, Cut Glass, Chinaware, Glassware, Umbrellas
Watches, Diamonds, Etc., is the most complete to be found in the South.
A. WEILER & CO.
TRUSTEE'S SALE.
Under and by virtue of the power
and authority conferred upon and
vested in me as the trustee named in
and designated by that certain deed
of trust executed on the 19th day of
April, 1915, by C. M. Benjamin to me,
as trustee .for the benfit of W. R.
Humphrey and S. L. Gwin, to secure
i the payment of the indebtedness
therein described, all of which has
now been declared due and payable,
which said deed of trust is recorded
in book 17, at page 332, et seq., of
the Records of Mortgages and Deeds
of Trust on Lands of Leflore County,
Mississippi, I, E. L. Mounger, as trus
tee, as aforesaid, will, on Saturday,
March 17th, 1917, within legal hours,
at the request of the owner and holder
of the indebtedness secured thereby,
default having been made in the pay
ment of said indebtedness, and in or
der to pay the same, sell, in the man
ner requirel by law and provided by
said deed of trust, at the South door
of the courthouse of Leflore County, !
Mississippi, in the City of Greenwood, '
at public auction, to the highest bid
der, for cash, the following described
property conveyed by said deed of
trust, to-wit:
Lot seven (7), in block thirty-three
(33), in the Boulevard Addition to
North Greenwood, in Leflore County,
Mississippi, as shown by the map of
said Boulevard Addition recorded in
Book 2, at page 19, of the Record of
Maps of said County, together with
all uses, ways, rights and privileges
conveyed or granted to the said C.
M. Benjamin by the deed from W. R.
Humphrey and S. L. Gwin to the said
C. M. Benjamin dated April 19, 1916,
and recorded in book 45, at page 303,
of the Records of Land Deeds of Le
flore County, Mississippi.
Witness my signature this the 22nd
day of February, 1917.
E. L. MOUNGER, Trustee.
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ALICE CAFE
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Fresh Oysters -,
Kansas City Meat
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The Well
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And Prompt
Service.
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cialty.
Fifteen years with Continental and
Mounger Gin Co.
Five years as manager of Gina for
the Buckeye Cotton Oil Co. All work
guaranteed, phono your «rders to
phone 781, Greenwood Pinery Co., of
write poet office box 348.
W. E. COOKE,
Greenwood. Mint
therein, aaid Council will
Take The Daily Commonwealth.
«use said
Spec j a i Improvement to be made _
pro vided by law, and the cost of said
Special Improvement will be assessed
against each property
as
owner as pre
scribed by law and this resolution.
Section 8. That this resolution and
the proceedings, hereinabove content
plated, are under, and by virtue of
and pursuant to Chapter 260 of the
Laws of 1912 as amended by Chapter
211 of the Laws of 1914, of the State
of Mississippi, referenco to which
said laws is hereby specially made,
Section 9. That for cauee shown,
this resolution, take effect end be in
force from and after ita passage,
Approved this February 6, 1917.
G. L RAY, Mayor.
Attaeti g. H. Montgomery, Clerk.
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PHONE 55
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