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THE DAILY COMMONWEALTH.
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PUBLISHED EVERY APTÉRNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY
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GREENWOOD, LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY? AFTERNOON. MAY 4, 1917.
1—NUMBER 211.
SUBSCRIPTION: SaSs&gfy
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PLACE u. d. C. CONVENTION CHOSEN j
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final Session of Twenty First Annual Convention
i fjeid This Afternoon—Selection of Next
! Meeting Place to be Made Today.
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It four o'clock this afternoon the.
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Csarention
tb, selection of the next meeting ^ace
was
been reached... The session
V U taken up with committee reports.
With the selection of the next meet
ing place for the Convention and trans
lation of some
this afternoon the twenty first
tnnual convention of the Mississippi
routine business mat
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ten
Division of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy which has been in
ltl , i nn in this city for the past four
close. The elec
days will come to
tion of officers took place this mom
ing. Those elected and the offices they
will hold for the coming term were: J
, Honorary President, Mrs. Sarah j
Jabney Eggleston, of Raymond.
Honorary Vice-President, Mrs. Mary
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R. Wallace.
President, Mrs. H. S. Quinn, of West
Point.
First Vice-President, Mrs. J. C.
Johnston, of Friars Point.
Second Vive-President, Mrs. H. F.
Simrall, of Columbus.
Recording Secretary, Miss Alice
Lamkin, of McComb.
Treasurer, Mrs. Dubose, of Charles
ton.
Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. T. J.
Dukemimie, of West Point.
Registrar, Mrs. Lloyd Magruder, of
Starkville.
Recorder of Crosses, Mrs. P. L.
Patrick, of Laurel.
Director of the Children of Con
federacy, Mrs. Emma McGregor, of
Hattiesburg.
Historian, Mrs. N. D. Goodwin, of
Gulfport.
Organizer, Mrs. J. T. Burney, of
Waynesboro.
Editor of Official Organ, Mrs. Net
tie Storey Miller, of Forest.
y Associate Editor, Mrs. T. B. Hollo
man of Itta Bena.
A delightful luncheon was served
in honor of the members of the con
vention, Division officers ( and visiting
Daughters at one o'clock ths after
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noon at the beautiful home of Mrs. T ,
R. Henderson. A detailed account of
the lovely affair will appear in the so
cial columns of this paper tomorrow.
Last Night's Session.
A large audience gathered at Mem
orial Hall last evening, every seat be
ing taken and each occupant delight- !
ed with the exercises which was of a
The invocation was lead by Rev.
Josept Rennie, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, followed by a
lovely vocal solo, "A Birthday" by
Mrs. A. C. Metts. Other beautiful
vocal selections were rendered by Mrs.
A. M. Holley and Misses Jane
historical nature and of an interesting
variety.
OVER SCORE OF
BOYS TO CAMP
Captain Foley Met With Best of Suc
cess While Here—Has Gone to
Grenada and Oxford.
Captain Oacar Foley of the Six
teenth U. S. Cavalry, who has been
here for three days in the interest of of
the Officers Training Camp which Dp
ens at Fort Logan H. Roots, near Lit
tie Rock, Ark., May 8th, met with
tauch encouragement while here and
between thirty and forty young men
from this city an dadjoining terri
tory will leave in a few days to stand i
their extrance examinations. |
A list of the names of those who are
going cannot be published af this time
•• no one knows the exact personnel
except Captain Foley. The Captain
promised to advise Mr. Hays, aecre
t«ry of the Business League, and the
press representatives this morning be-1 a
fore leaving but because of a rush to
make a train waa prevented from do
ing So. Captain Foley goes; to Gren
•da from here and will go from there
t® the University.
A great interest waa manifested in of
the training camp plan from the very
first and when Captain Foley reached
here Ke was immediately beaeiged by
• large number of young tuen desirous j
•f knowing requirements, The.Cap-j —
tain was here firit one day last weak i
for one day only and announced that 1
he would spent three days here thli '
*Hk. H* w»i iTHtljr pfte»«d, iritb
Cagey and Dollie Kimbrough, a quar
! tette of Greenwood's own talented
daughters.
One of the features of the program
was an interpretative dance, "The
Butterfly," by Miss Louise Saunders,
of Starkville, whose 'artistic dancing
brought rounds of appreciative ap
plause from the large audience. Miss
Saunders is recognized as one of the
best interpretative dancers in the state
and it was a great pleasure to all as
sembled to witness her dancing last
evening.
* Mrs. Virginia Redditt Price, the Di
vision President, in a pleasing manner
introduced Mrs. Mary I. Goodwin, of
Biloxi, Historian of the Mississippi
Division, JLT. D. C. whose address
pertaining to her years work was
heard with interest.
At jtg c)ose Mrg Carrie WilHng
Ramsey, with graceful speech pre
J sented the medal for the prize essay
j to Beauvoir Chapter, which was gra
i ciously accepted by a member of that
fortunate Chapter.
Mrs. A. McC. Kimbrough, an en
thusiastic member of the Varina Jef
ferson Davis Chapter, made a beauti
ful address in presenting the loving
cup for best reminiscences to Beauvoir
Chapter. Her talk abounding in ten
der sentiment was counched in the fol
lowing exquisite language:
Madam President, Madam Historian,
Daughters of the Confederacy, I
Ladies and Gentlemen:
It is with pleasure and pride that ;
I present to the Mildred Maury Chap* j
ter this elegant loving cup as a testi-1
monial of appreciation for the splend-1
id work, keeping alive the spirit of tty;
"Old South.
The "Old South" has not forgotten
and the "Young South" will ever re
member the great lessons of heroic
foithfulness which , is its finest inher
itance. There are signs already many |
and fast gaining in number and signi
ficance that the "Lost Cause" was nev
er lost, that the principle for which
the men in grey more than fifty years
ago fought to hold high before the
world is working now, to the redeem- f
ing of the nation. Ignorance and pre
judice and the sad mistakes are pass- 1
ing like a cloud and the South is winn-1and
, at , 8st 8 fair recognition, and her
Cause as it is clearly understood will c
The leaven is spreading but a few
short weeks ago a prominent son of j
the North unhesitatingly said that the
success of our country in the war with
Germany would depend largely upoq
Che South. Well did he know that
be vindicated.
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descendants of the men who composed f c
the grandest army the world has ever
known. Napoleon's dramatic words:,
"Soldiers from those piramids forty to
centuries look down upon you" may
cast in a better mold, be applied to the
thinning grey line. Soldiers the cen - 1
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here in our beautiful Southland are
of
HEAVY RAIN AND,'
HAIL YESTERDAY
Three Fourths of an Inch of Water
Fell in Few Minutes—Hail Did
Little Damage.
Three quarters of an inch and over,
fell yesterday afternoon in the space
of 4 few minutes, accompanied by
heavy hail. The exact rainfall, ac
cording to Mr. J. H. Stephen, local
observer, being .77 inches. Reports
from the outlying districts are to the
effect that little damage was done by
the hail. one
It was feared that the growing
crops would be damaged to a consid
erable extent by the fall but judging 1
from the reports only the foliage ifrasj
damaged. The leaves on plants in city
gardens suffered some also,
The River has been steadily falling
since the high mark of thirty four and
a half feet was reached several weeks
ago an dia now four feet lower than
that mark, showing a »tage this morn
ing of 80.3 feet. The fall during the
twenty four hours ending at seven
o'clock this morning being three tenths
of a foot,
ing 63 degrees. .
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the result of hia work here,
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est 59 degrees and at seven this morn
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Workmen- and Soldiers Dissatisfied
With Foreign Minister Milukoff
and Demand His Resignation.
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soldiers have gathered in front of the
(By Associated Press)
Petrograd, May 4—Detachments of
palace which is used as the headquart
erg 0 f the provisional government, gar
ry i n g red . flags with inscriptions de
manding the resignation of Foreign
Minister Milukoff.
| The resignation of Milukoff is de
ma r.ded by thousands of soliders and
workmen who marched in the streets
yesterday and last night bearing ban
ners inscribed "Down with Milukoff"
The discontent has been smoldering
f or some time on account of the belief
that the minister was not in full sym
1 pathy with the views of the workmen
soldiers,
The executive committee later de
c ided that it must take some action
but that there was no reason to de
mand the resignation of the provis
j ona i government,
SEVERELY CRITICISED.
(By Associated Press)
London, May 4— A Petrograd dis
I patch says that Novaia Zhizn, the So
f c j a ] Democrats organ and other ex
treme ]eft newgpaper s severely criti
cjge Foreign Secretary Milukoff'* note
to tbe Allies asserting Russia's deter
mination to vigorously push the war
aga ; nst Germany. The note will be
1 digcusged this evening at an extraor
dinary general meeting at the council
of workmen and soldiers delegates.
WHEAT PRICES
GO MUCH LOWER
Agreement Between Canada and
America Causes May Contracte
' to Lose Twenty One Cents.
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(By Associated Press)
Chicago, May 4—As a result of the
Canadian-Amepcan agreement to reg
ulate grain prices May wheat at the
opening today declined twen ty
cents a bushel, July ten and three
quarters cents and September .six and
one quarter centl1 -
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COMPLETE ITALIAN LOAN.
Wasington, May 4—(By Union As
sociated Press)—Unless plans miscar
ry, the arrangement for the Italian
loan will be completed today. But one
loan, that of $25,000,000 has been ob
tained by Italy in the United States
since the outbreak of the war. Furth
er assistance which she needed has
been obtained from Great Britain. Re
cently exchange between the United
States and Italy has been agains(Éhe
latter country, dollars in Italy having
at one time reached a premium of 50
per cent., although the rate has aomfi
what improved since. Italy has been
heavy purchasers of war supplie* in .
the American market It is probable :
that the money will be aveilable.with
in a week or ten days.
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Take the tyily Crauponwetlth.
COTTON, GRAIN
AND PROVISIONS.
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New York Closed Ten Points Down
and New Orleans Five to Nine
Down—Spots Off. ,
The New York cotton market closed
ten points down today and the New
Orleans market was off five to nine
points. Spots at New York were off
10 points and 25 off at New Orleans.
Bales S,2lS bales.
NEW YORK MARKET.
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Open High Low Close Close
May 19.70 19 91 19.66 19.79 19.86
Oc? 18 72 18 96 18 70 18.86 18 961
Oct. 18.72 18.96 18.70 18.85 18.96
Dec 18.82 19.00 18.76 18.90 19.01
Closed*«) down.
New York Spots 20.05-10 off.
NEW ORLEANS MARKET.
Prev.
Open High Low Close Close
May 19.09 19.20 18.98 19.13 19.18
July 18.88 18.93 18.64 18.85 18.94
Oct 18.25 *18.32 18.11 18.26 18.35
Dec 18.31 18.41 18.23 18.84 18.43
Closed 5 to 9 down.
New Orleans Spots 19.50.—25 off
Sales 3215.
LIVERPOOL MARKET.
Close. Prev. Close
12.42,
. 12.86
May-June.
July-Aug.
Oct-Nov ........
Spot« 12.89 Sales 6000.
12 25
12 21
11.89
11.78
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
Close Prev. Close
2.25 3-4
2,20 1-4
WHEAT-July
CORN-July. L43 1.4 1.44 7-8
OATS-July.
64 7-8
... ,68 1-2
CHICAGO PROVISIONS.
Cloio Prev.Cloa
39.15
.....88.56
PORK-July....
LARD—July ....
RIBS-July.
22.62
...22.85
21,06
.20.75
NEW YORK COTTON OIL MARKET
Prev. Close.
Close.
.... 16.16
16.86
July..
16.09
16.99
Aug.
GREENWOOD COTTON RECEIPTS.
.113,859
.103,492
Since Sept. 1, 1916.
Same date last year.
Wéek ending May 8, 1917.
Same week last year.
Stock on hand now.
Same date last year.
Increase of receipts over
same date last year.
1,158
964
.... 20,108'
.... 12,685
Amsterdam, May 4—(By Union As
aociated Pres^*— Advices received
from Vienna state that several thou*'-,
and workmen who quit work on May
Day have p/omised to return to their
duties today as the result ef an ap-i
peal made to them to resume work
"in order to manifest inshakable sol- j
idarity with the working classes the
whole world ovor end e determination,
to rebuild the 'International' which
h«i been disrupted by the war,
10,367
AUSTRIAN WORKMEN EXPECTED
TO GO BACK TODAY.
USED MACHINE
GUNS ON CROWD
Reports Tell of Serious Revolt in Ber
lin on May Day—Other Reports
Say No Strike.
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(By Associated Press)
Amsterdam, May 4—Maasbode, of
Maestricht, says that se,rious revolts
occurred in Berlin last week. Accord
ing to the paper the mob became so
menacing that-machine guns were
used. The story is not confirmed.
REPORTS ARE CORRECT.
(By Associated Press)
Copenha y geni May 4_As far as can
be from German newspapers
961 P ermitted to reach here the re P orts of
thg faj]ure of the May Day gtrike
movemen t are correct in the main.
The paperg indicate strikes in some
p , aceg
WANTS BANK CONDITIONS.
Call Sent Out to National Banks by
Comptroller.
(By Associated Press)
Washington, May 4—Comptroller
of the Currency today issued a call for
the conditions of National Banks at
the close of business on May first.
COLLEGE BASEBALL GAMES.
Tennessee and A. & M. Play This Af
ternoon at Starkville.
Clemson vs. Auburn at Auburn.
Vanderbilt vs. Georgia at Atlanta.
Virginia vs. Yale at New Haven.
South Carolina vs. Erskine College
at Columbia.
Tennessee vs. Mississippi A. & M.
Starkville, Miss.
(By Associated Press)
Londonderry, May 4—Captain Char- a
les Edwards of the American steamer
Rockingham, was barefooted when he
arrived here late Wednesday night and
thirty two members of the crew were
scantily clad. They were cared fpr by
the American Consul.
SURVIVORS HAD
NO CLOTHING
Captain Charles Edwards of Amer
ican Steamer Reached Shore Bare
footed—Almost Naked.
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THE WEATHER
For the 24 Hours Ending at 7 A. fl.
Temperature: Highest ■ 80 degrees
Lowest - 59 degrees
At 7 a. m. - 63 degrees
j Precipitation.0.77 inches
River Stage.7 a m - - - - 30 i feet
Change in 24 hours down - 0.8 feet
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Forecast.
Mssissippi—Fair tonight and cooler.
Saturday fair.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE
WEATHER BUREAU.
May 4. 1917.
Local Pate, Greenwood, Mise.
J. H. STEPHEN,
Lccal Observer.
BRITISH SHATTER OPPY UNE
IN BLOODY STRUGGLE TODAY
NNIMlailM
Making Desperate Effort to Reach Wotan Line
Before Germans Complete Organizaton of
that Position—French Advance.
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ItalteltalteltaM
(By Agaocifted Pregg)
The British have burst through the
Oppy line and are fighting the blood
iest and sternest battle of the present
offensive in an effort to smash the
Wotan line before the organization by
the Germans is completed.
The Hindenburg line was outflanked
and pierced in several places. The
Germans failed to stop the forward
surge of the British armies toward the
Wotan positions, the last great bar
rier barring them from the road to
Douii and Gambrai and the coal and
iron fields of Lens.
Reports from behind the lines in
Germany indicate that war junkers
are clamoring for the annexation of
Belgium.
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AMERICANS PICKED UP.
(By Associated Prem)
London, May 4— Thé missing boat
from the Rockingham with fourteen
men has been picked up by a British
steamer, the admiralty reports.
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FRENCH MAKE PROGRESS.
(By Associated Press)
Paris, May 4—Further progress was
made by the French last night in the
Champagne region, the war oifice an
nounces. I
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DESPERATE COUNTER ATTACKS,
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British Headquarters in France"
May 4—The Germans made desperate | pi
counter attacks throughout the entire
(By Associated Press)
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BRITISH TWO
WEEKS AHEAD
Balfour Rfceivea Cable Stating Ad
vance on Western Front Greater
Than Expected.
(By Associated Press)
Washington, May 4—The British
forces on the Western front are two
weeks ahead of the attacking sched
ule according to a, cablegram received
today by Secretary Balfour from the
foreign office. The advance, is said,
has been faster than expected and th4
losses smaller. The small loss is at
tributed to artillery preparation and
to the fact that the men are not allow
ed out of the ring of the guns.
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BATTERY C IS
IN NEED OF MEN
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To Puace Organization on War Foot
ing Over Fifty More Are Need
ed-Will You Join.
Battery C, Field Artillery, has al
ready enlisted between one hundred
and forty and one hundred and fifty
men. The peace footing of the Bat
tery is one hundred and thirty three
men. The war footing is one hundred
and ninety men. The Battery has been
accepted by the state and probably
will be accepted by the Federal gov
ernment. When it is called out it will
be called at war strength and will
need fully two hundred and twenty
five men to make the total of one hun
dred and ninety.
Quite a number of the members of
th« Battery are planning to try to
get into the Officers Training Camp
a t Fort Logan H. Roots, which, If they
succeed, means that many less for the
Battery. Some one must fill their
places and some one must fill the
ranks to war strength,
if you can pass the examinations
for entrance to the Officers Training
been
are
has
den
the
ery
have
Camps it is to your interest to go
there and take the work. If you can
not it is to your interest to join the
Battery because you will have to go
anyway and it will be far better to
go with a home organization than to
be placed with some company of con
scripted men in any branch of
the service.
the
other
The artillery is one of the beat and
branches of the eervice an dmen who love
go into that pert of the work apper- tery
ently enjoy the military life more
than those in the infantry. , get
Battery C, he* been organized here,
it is essentially a Greenwood organi
zation though it is not going into the
field with the feeling that it is fight
ing for Greenwood anymore then tot
the other sections of the United dred
States. The fellows in the Battery that
a*« patriotic ud in tddition ape
one
could
in
night against postions won by tho
British yesterday but were repulsed.
BRITISH MAKE PROGRESS.
(By Associated Press)
London, May 4—The British last
night made progress northwest of St.
Quentin and northeast of Hargicourt,
capturing Malukoff Farm, the war of
fice announce«. The British maintain
ed the hold on Freanoi and the posi
tions captured in yesterday's drive.
The British were compelled to fall
back from advanced positions captur
ed in the neighborhood of Cheerily'
and the Astrade-Arras-Gambrai road.
CAPTURE HUNDRED THOUS
AND.
(By Associated Press)
Berlin, May 4—The British yester
day succeeded in taking Fresnoy and
a "small portion of the foremost
trenshes near Bullecourt," the war of
fice announced today. The battle is
continuing today. The German! have
captured morte than a hundred thous
and prisoners.
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V0N TARNOW LEAVES.
(By Associated Press)
New York, May 4—Count Von Tar-
now, unreceived Austrian Ambassador
j to the United States before sailing to
day issued a farewell greeting to hia
I countrymen here and gave them the
advice to "honor the land whoa* boe
| pi tali ty they enjoy and in which they
earn their livelihood.
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HOUSE STRIKES
OUT CENSORSHIP
Espionage Bill Probably WHI P t P i— —
ed—Today's Vote a Toot of
Strength. ' l
(By Associated Press)
Washington, May 4—The House by
a vote of tw6 hundred and twenty to
one hundred and sixty seven today
struck out the censorship section of
the espionage bill.
ENVOYS AT CHICAGO.
(By Associated Press)
Chicago, May 4—The French envoys
arrived at noon. Marshall Joffte and
Premier Viviani were greeted with
cheers when they stepped from the
train. Major General Barry and May
or Thompson received them.
NEW YORK HOPES TO LEAD RE
CRUITING LIST.
New York, May 4—(By Union As
sociated Press)—As a result of the
celebration of "Navy Week," by New
York, which concludes tomorrow, this
city hopes to jump to the lead in re
cruiting. Officers of the navy declare
themselves pleased with results so far,
blit say that there is room for great
improvement. It is hoped that to
morrow will bring the biggest rush in
recruits.
WATCH ALIEN HOMES FOR MU
NITIONS.
Claysburg, Pa., May 4—(By Union
Associated Press)—A rigid watch has
been established over the homes of
aliens in Blair County becausa of the
suspicion that quantities of munitions
are being secretedly stored. The step
has been taken aa the result of a sud
den search by the authorities. At
nearly every house, out of 300 visited,
revolvers, rifles and cartridges were
confiscated. But few of the owners of
the houses were naturalized. Drastic
action has been taken because at ev
ery week-end jollification shootings
have been the most important on the
program.
broadminded. They are patriotic to
the Stars and Stripes which they are
fighting for and are patriotic to
Greenwood, their home. They are
broadminded enough to realize that
other towns are as good aa Greewood
and that the fellows from other place*
love their home town aa much as Bat;
tery C, lovaa Greenwood,
Mow 1* a splendid opportunity to
get into the Battery and you wiU he
welcomed. There has been some idea
Battery can take at mahy at two bun
dred and twenty-five—it will require
that many to get one hundred and
ninety physically fit.
abroad that because the Battery had
one hundred and thirty men no more
could get in but thet is « mistake. Thu
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