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KEEP YOUR SHOES NEAT .< • . ml t £ ; j .j Mg gj ? Ti « [S 9 w '»/J (( SHELBY S. STEELE. Yice-Prea. ft Mgr. T. f. STEELE, i'res. The Delta Insurance & Realty Agency 218 W. Market St, Fire, Tornado, Accident, Health, Life, Plate Glass, Employ ers Liability, Steâm Huiler, Burglary and Automobile insurance. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEJN TO WHITING OP COTTON COVERS. We represent twenty-four of the Leadng Fire Companies of the world. Would be glad to quote you rates on any and all classes of Insurance. -- , ____ . Phone 167 V ( ' MISSISSIPPI CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION GULFPORT, MISS. OPENS DECEMBER 10th, 1917, CLOSES JUNE 10th, 1918. MISSISSIPPI will have been a sovereign state of the Union just one hundred years on the date of opening of the Exposition. It hasbecnaglonouï century of progress for our state. The event will be celebrated by a great exposition. 146 acres of beautifui ground, front ing on ihe waters of the Gulf of Mexico, 1ms been selected for the site. 'It will be landsi aped and beautified until it is equal to the best parks of the country. Many of the buildings will be permanent and contain permanent exhibits for not only the Exposition, but the many expo sitions and events tirât will be staged later. It is the opportunity of a century for calling the attention of the world our splendid resour ces anil the excellent products of our farms. Every county, munici pality, firm and individual in the state are invited to participate. The table is set and an invitation is extended to all to partake of the benefits that are certain to come. Economical and comprehensive plans for this participation have been worked out. Competent men will be glad to visit the various localities, and explain them. Write today fur literature and suggestions for this participation. U. E. DLAKESLEE, Director General. Gulfport, Mississippi. K.TE3E ••>»:•*»:*-:*>:<»:»»;»-:-»>•>» Notiiy office promptly when you tail to get your paper. 4444**' il@®i m (§) © © © © Q © I © © © © 1 © . We want your orders for Letter Heads, Note Heads, Bill Heads, Statement Heads, Envelopes, Shipping Tags, Business Cards, Visit ing Cards, Contract Blanks, Legal Blanks, Notes and Gin Receipts, Time Tickets, Circulars, Hand Bills, Sign Cards, Etc. © © <§ © © © © First Class Workmanship , High Class Material © 1 THE © DAILY COMMONWEALTH GREENWOOD, MISS. I mmmm tit' ' ,t^Ci . i ' Faming Land (èr léit I 250 acre* of new land for rent; three mile* east of Greenwood; ten ant houses and artesian well; small or large tracts to suit tenants. In quire of A. W. Boss or TeL No. 165. RAILWAY SCHEDULES. Yazoo ft Mississippi Valley Railway (Northern Division.) Destination. ] 40 Tutwiler. C'dale, Mem phis, lvs , 324 Grenada and I. C., lvs. 8:22 a. m 1314 Tutwiler, C'dale, V'burg» G'vilie, Helens ft Mem phis, lvs. .10:55a. m 42 Travelers Spec., Mem., 1 utwilerand points S. Cdale, lvs.2:60 p. m 332 Grenada ft I. C., lvs. 8:08 p. m 41 Trav. Spec., Mem., V'brg. T'wiler., Chastn., and C' dale, arrva. _8:06 a. m 331 Grenada ft LC.,arrvs. 8:13 a.m. 323 Grenada ft I. C. arrvs. 2:40 p. m. 313 Mem. Helena, V'burg, G' vilie and Chston. arr. 4:47 p. m. 39 Mem. HeL Cdale. ft inter, pts. arr. ... (Southern Division.) 331 Tchula, Durant, Yazoo City, Jackson and New Orleans, lvs.-" " 313 Same .... 314 Same train, arrives....l0:36 a. m 332 Same train, arrives.... 8:30 p. m For further information apply to J. W. DONNELL, Tck. Agt I iNo. Time 3:40 a. m _10:10 p. m 8:22 a. m. 5:00 p. m Southern Ry. Co., in Miss. (Greenwood Station.) WEST BOUND TRAINS. Time. No. Destination. 3- Winona to Greenville» acc. leaves ._ 9 Columbus i to G'vilie, acc. leaves___12:06 p. m. 11 B'ham to G'ville, thru. tr. , leaves ....5:06 p. m. . 71 G,wood to Webb, dly ex. Sunday, leaves...2:25 p. m. EAST BOUND TRAINS. 12 G'vilie to»M)'ham, thru tr. leaves 30 G'vilie to Columbus, acc. . 1:13 p. m. . „....7:26 a. m. ( 9:20 a. m. leaves —. 4 G'ville to Winona, acc. 10 Webb bch., dly. ex. Sun. ....10:36 a. m. Connection for Belzoni branch lvs. Greenwood 7:25 a. m., also ivs. Grren vood 6:06 p. m., connecting at Itta Gena 6:45 p. m. Sunday service—Wehb-Belzoni bch. alternate, lvng. Greenwood 4:46 p. m. C V GAGE. Tck. Agt. 7:08 a. m. arrives _ (guo "'»N'l-n Hewn ,*«» h»OHTo 1 l-ty This h°v, Li tmb .haw«»* «OM6NT YouV 1 1 rt/svfc- eSJe ► TIM6 ft * OK SOUTH'S COMMANDING POSITION IN THE COTTON MILL INDUSTRY ¥ I N D . <► *#• * Vi r Y • 4 K ✓ -T 2 T ESN.. N. X. c. *. * MISS. A/ L A.. \ !S£3 ISBP~.M F 4 /C^J L sie Map of Southern Railway lines showing location of cotton mills, each dot Indicating 10,000 cotton spindles, Washington, D. C.—•(Special.)—The commanding position of the South with roopoet to the cotton mill industry Is graphically shown by figures and a map presented in the annual report of Southern Railway Company for the ■seal year ended Juno 30th, 1916. "A notable feature of Southern manufacturing development,'' says President Fairfax Harrison in the report, "to the rate at which the 'consumption of cotton, one of the principal raw material* of the South, haa Increased in Southern mills. United States census figures show that in the twelve months ended July 31,1916, the mills of the South oonsumed 3,626,717 bales, as compared with 3,036,949 bales last year, an increase of 490,816 The mills of all other Stetes consumed 2.369,116 bales in the twelve or 11.61 per cent. months this year, aa compared with 2,670,393 bales last year, an increase of 211,792 bales, or 11.** per eent. Fully •eventy-flve per cent of the cotton spindles of the South are in mills along the line« of Southern Railway Company and its associated companies.'* m. BANDUNG OF U. S. TROOPS WAS BEST IN Ml HISTORY lopart Of Qnrtanaasftr Omni Cob pliants Aairicia Italwiys. MILITIA MOVED PROMPTLY ftpiendld Result* Attained by Cordial Co-Operation of Railway Em ployees and Officiate With War Department Washington, D. C.—(Special.)— There has been no case la history where troops have been as well ban died and cared for as In the move ment to the Mexican border during the summer of 1916, says the annual report of the Quartermaster Qeneral of the U. S. Army, which has just been made public. On behalf of tho railways, super vision of moving the troops was In the hands of a special Committee on Cooperation with the Military Author ities appointed by the American Rail way Association, at tha request of the War Department, and composed of Fairfax Harrison, president of the Southern Railway, chairman; R. H. Alshton, president of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway; A. W. Thomp son, vice president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; W. G. Basler, pres ident of the Central Railroad of Now Jersey. Tho report tolls of the uniformly excellent handling given troops and supplies through tho co-operation of railway officials and employees of ev ery rank with the War Department officials. It states that to carry tha first 100,000 of tho National Guard moved to the border, 360 trains, which. If combined, would have been nearly 90 miles long, were required, and that they included 3,000 passenger cars, 400 baggage cars, most of them equip ped as kitchen ears for serving bot meal* en route, 1,300 box cars, 2,000 stock cars, and 600 flat cars. Approx imately 4,000 road locomotives and crewa bad a part in handling this movement, in addition to a large num ber of yard engine^) and crewa. Striking sentences from tho report •re as follows: "Considering the great distances traveled by the mllltta from the varl oua camps to the Mexican border, the fact that there was but a single toy cldent, and that of a minor character, the celerity with which the trains were moved and the entire absence of congestion or delay, it is believed that there has been no case In history whan troops have been aa well and •afoly transported or as well eared for while en route aa la tho recent mob lllaatlon." "Every assistance possible was ren dered the Government by officials and employe** of all railroads c6ncerned, from th* presidents of tho companies down to tho minor employ***." "Although the movement of the Or ganised Militia to th* border came •t a time when the commercial traf fic on railroads of the United States was the largest to years, the trans portation of the militia was performed with very little lnterfennce with reg ular train servies and with no conges tioft whatever, either at Initial or ter minal points or en route." "It to, of course, Impossible to com para the concentration of tho United State« Militia on tha Mexican border with th* mobilisation in Europe In tbs summer of 1014. In Europe nil civil trsiMe was. stopped and tho entire railroad system given over to tho mil I I of ed of aa by foreign owners nerd AMER. CAN CAR .PARTS. 600 tha London, Feb. 26—(By Union Aho* elated Preee)—British ussrs pf Amer ican-made automobiles an In difficul ties over the rophwomant of parts whan damaged or sufficiently worn | to acquire renewal The reason is that no importation of foraign motor car parts ia permitted except for Oevtffyutut vtbiciee. It |i iitlmattA v ' r » ltary movement. The distance* in volved In this movement of ih* Or ganised Militia are very touch greater than those in Europe, the longest run In the German Empire, from one fron tier to the other, being about 700 miles and those In France much leas. The distances traveled by the militia or ganisations of the United States vary from 608 miles, in the case of tho Louisiana troops, to 2,016 miles in the case of tho Connecticut troops. Tho majority of these troops came from North and Northeastern States and were carried over 2,000 miles; most cases in remarkably fast time. "Wife t is considered that these train*' .»re, as a rule, heavy trains of from 17 to 22 cars each, and ware composed of freight, passenger and baggage equipment (which was nec essary In order to enable each unit to proceed to Its destination Intact with all its equipment and Impedi ments), it will be seen that the move ment was made with exceptional ra pidity." In FREIGHT CLAIMS PAID PROMPTLY SAYS HARUN * Miaftir Of litirstiti Cfanirn Cm ■issiai Praises Tha liilrufc NO CAUSE FOR JUSTCRITICISM Mr. Hartan Tells Freight Claim Asso ciation of Surprlte of Conwnleelon at Excellent Showing ao la Prompt Payment* Washington, D. C.—(Special.)— Where the claims of shippers against railroads are well founded they are paid promptly, declared Commissioner Jarnos S. Harlan of the Interstate Commerce Commission to the mem bers of the Freight Cfatm Association in an address In which he told of an investigation made by the Commission and the surprise of Its members at the excellent showing as to prompt payments made by the Vsllroads. "Before taking my seat," said Mr. Harlan, "I wish to make a very trank confession. During the course of my ten years service on the Commission so many complaints had come to mo of the delay In the payment by car riers of the claims of shippers that I had come to think that the matter of elalm adjustments was a very weak spot ia our railroad administration. I waa, therefore, particularly Interest ed in the suggestion that Interroga tions should be addressed by tb* com mission to the carriers for the purpose of ascertaining, among other things, th* length of time taken by them to settling the claims of shippers. "The results that were tabulated by the commission on the answers return ed by the carriers about a year ago wore ao surprising to mo and to my colleagues and were considered by us of such importance that we at one« re ported the facts to the Congress U useful public information. I wish to congratulate the association oa the showing made. "The trouble with us was that w* had made no distinction between claims that had been declined or that were without merit and therefore still pending, and claims that were well founded and had been promptly ad justed. "The shipping publie should know that instead of being a weak spot in th« railroad service, the work of your association has been ao systematized aa practically to eliminate all reason able and fair critlclsaL N to it do tb* will TO by agents of American manufacturera trading in Great Britain that tho •mount of extra parts necessary to bo imported for privet* ownora is about _ , the 600 tons per annum. The difficulty in i n tha matter ia to prove to tha War Trade Department that such parts might not be used to construct new vehicles instead of repairing existing ones, of ftkt JU Daily Commonwealth. CLOSE MARGIN OF PRIH1T in Or run or IN OPERATION OF RAILWAY Ltrgt Alant Of Cipltil llskid Far ïorjr Siall litaras OF VITAL INTERE8T TO PUBLIC Investors will Not Provide Money fog Improvement* Unies* They Am Assured a Reasonable Profit •n Their Investment In Atlanta, On.—(8peciaL)—The cloeo margin of profit for a railroad under present conditions Is strikingly shown by figures submitted by President Har» rison ia the annual report of South ern Railway Company tor tho fiscal year ended June 30th, 1010. In tha 1 most prosperous year of tho Comps- ; ny*s history the not operating Income ($21.004, 006.0») represented only 6.31 '* T " 1 t "" t ( * 3 » 6 ' 721 *- ! 736.00) la tho railroad and equipment whlch produood it "It may perhaps ho said," said Mr. Harrison. "that there ia no industry ox» ' 1 « which solars. . 1 whl< * ,0 capital la risked tor such a return ia ! At a time when the newspapers dal- ' its most successful year." ly are printing article* in regard to lnoraaalng railroad gross earnings, aa' . H.in. »m. rj indicating a rising tide of general prosperity, it to well to bear in mind tho very ssmII return on money ia» 1 vested la railroad property- I Many persona ar* misled into bell«* ' „ prosperous by th* mere sise of the fig» urns In which the earnings of large railroads ar* expressed, but It should b* remembered that an enormous sum i of money was required to construct i •ad equip their plants and that tha return on each dollar invested to rela tively small. It to psnifeatly in tho Interest of th* employees of a railroad and of th* public, served that tho railroad 4b secure now capital for additions and improvements to its plant so that it may give better service and offer en larged employment. However, this can be accomplished only by allowing th* railroad to earn sn amount oa th* capital already invested sufficient to promis* a return oa the additional capital desired. Governmental agencies may depress rates and enact restrictive législation which will deprive tho man who haa already invested In railroads of a fair return on his Investment, but no plan has been devised for forcing the man with money In th* bank to put It Into railroad construction or improve ment. Unlets th* Investment appears attraetlvo to him and offers a fair return he will put hto money In som* enterprise that cannot bo affected by governmontal agencies. Every employee of tho Southern Railway and every shipper served by it who recognises bis true interest will do what he can to Insure such a re turn on the capital now Invested In tb* Southern Railway as will make tha •ecurlttoe of the Company more at tractive to investors, so the Company will be able to secure th* additional capital needed to carry on a consist ently constructive program which will mean Increased prosperity for every Inter*«! la the territory served by It.— Southern News Bulletin. j : TO REARGUE HARVESTER SUIT 7 Washington, Fob. 26— (By Union Associated Press)—Rearguments of the federal suit for dissolution of tho i n t crn stional Harvester Company is ueheduled for today by the Supreme Court There are quite a number of cases of measles and whooping cough among tha children of Greenwood at prwtnL »«. » 4S, <•#«.* CHUM Bon New York, Feb. 28—(By Union As v; so much talk of war, comperattalw «»tie ha. baon Imrd froraftTfi bers of the sporting fraternity garding their plans. Please rales jrour hate to Mr. Frank Mona, hew ever, who has offered to « ,| x gun on the Philadelphia or any other American ship putting out for the zone. Moran was once an expert pointer and his navy record is i impressive than his ring record. He has worked at the big guns and » *t't guns on United States cruisers and battleships. There has been no rush of pugilistic volunteers to join Moran. Lieut. Bob Dibble, former single sculling amateur champion of the Un ited States and Canada, who was un able to defend his title* last year be cause he enlisted in the Can«d <« n army as a member of the Tomoto Sportsmen Battalion was among the prominent athletes recently sent from England to France. Art Magirl, the American welter weight, has returned to this country after a successful tour of Australia, during which he won the welterweight championship of that country from Fred Kay, and is anxious to oppose, any of America's leading welter weight boxers in the ring. He men tions specifically in tile announcement of his return. Soldier Bartfield, Mike O'Dowd, Jack Britton,' Ted (Kid) Lewis, or Willie Ritchie. Jack Barry, who has succeeded Bill Carrigan as manager of the world's champion Red Sox, is not a baseball prophet, but evidently he sees no rea son why the Red Sox, under his lead ership, cannot repeat last year's tri umph. Barry will play seebnd base, with Hoblitizell on first, Larry Gard ner on third and Everett Scott at short field. He will carry a bunch of extra infielders—Gainer, Janvrin, Mc Nally, Thomas and Gill. Thomas played third base for the New Orleans team last year and made an excellent record. Gill was the second baseman I of the champion Buffola International League team and is said to be a r? gun "to in Far comer. j CTO MACH Ailments ^ The Nation's Cursa fog h~~Js7I \ fZ " 1 ; «. ■* \ \\ Y YoZZuTrJZZZ? *- ! There is no ailmerHausing more woe an( j m j sery than Stomach Trou ble. Often Gall Stones, Cancer and Ulcers of the Stomach and Intestines, ' Constipation, Acute Indigestion, Auto . 1 Intoxication, Yellqw Jaundice, Appen dicitis and other serious and £tal ! a ii me nts result from it. Thousands of Stomach Sufferers owe their com ' plete recovery to Mayr's Wonderful edy. It is unlike any other rem JIM M •Vi mm ft J » i j aa' ed Y- 7t »weeps the poisonous bile and catarrhal accretions from the gystem Soot hes and allays Chronic Inflammation. Many declare it has 1 saved their lives, and prevented ser I ious surgical operations. Try one dose ' today. Watch its marvelous results. «««»»!".'ÄftTÄS m | nts / REE Address Geo. H. Mayr, Mfg. Chemist, Chicago. Better yet— obtain a bottle of Mayr's Wonderful i Remedy from I. T. McIntyre Drug Co. i or a , n y re,iable druggist, who will re fund your money if it fails. MEXICO CITY TO BE CAPITAL AGAIN. Querertaro, Feb. 26—(By Union Associated Press) — Gen. Carranza and his staff plan to leave here today for Mexico City. When he reaches ther a decree will be issued re-estab lishing the capital at Mexico City. Remsrksbte Balanced Rock. In Acushnet, Me., are two rock* pe culiarly situated on a ledge and ap parently placed there by glacial ac tion. The larger rock weighs proba bly several hundred tons, and yean j ago It Is said this could bo tilted by : pushing against It There are evi dences that at some time smaller rocks were placed as wedgei to keep tho great rock motionless. FAMILY AVOIDS SERIOUS SICKNESS By Beug ConiUatfy Supplied With Thedford'i Black-Draught McDuff, Va.— "I suffered for seven! rears," says Mrs. J. B. Whiitaker, of this place, "with sick headache, and stomach trouble. Ten years ago a friend told me to try Thedford's Black-Draught, which I did, tnd 1 found it to be the best family medi cine for young and old. I keep Black-Draught on hand all tba time now, and when my children feel a little bad, they ask me for a dose, and it does them more good than any medicine they ever tried. We never have > long spell el eick sariiarünejfjss »I m colic, wl lymptoma. Bin to years tue a million men le. p astwss j U • f r-'fl