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Mn. W. A. Mothershead enter-1
te fated the young people last 'evening
wifi an enjoyable dance at the Kitch
ell 'Hotel honoring her attractive
guest, Miss Lurline Booker, of St
Louis. Big Six furnished the music
for the lovely affair.
The g u es t s were received by Mrs.
Mothershead, Mrs. Jones, of St. Louis,
Miss Booker, Mr. .Ward and Mr. E. R.
Wifcgins.
Punch was served by Mrs. Gideon
and Miss Roberta.
The following were present:
-Miss Lee and Mr. R. H. Wilson,
Miss Emma Jones Harding and Han
lift Stoddard, Miss Dollie Kimbrough
and Mr. Stuart McCIeskey, Miss Adele
Barnwell and Mr. Thiers, Mias Hen
rietta Pate and Mr. J. P. Kennedy,
Miss Vaahti Matlock and Mr. J. B.
Webb, Misa Torrey Lear and Mr. Phil
Clements, Miss Elma Jones and Mr.
Maury McIntyre, Miss Potts and Mr.
Gordon McIntyre, Miss Marion Baird
and Mr. Arthur Bell, Miss Lucille j
Wad«'and Mr. Quin McIntyre, Misai
Hortense Stoner and Mr. Hill Pegues,
Miss Brooke Hunter and Mr. Bernard
Beafie. Stags—Harry Hodges, Har
per Stoddard, Jas Colmerry, Robert
De Loach, Lavem Purcell, Otto Dacus,
Steve Barnwell, C. R. Butterick, Bryan
Henry, Bains Austin, B. H. Bacon, of
Schlater, Henry Durham, of ScMater,
R. B. Taliaferro, of St Louis, Jno.
Brogan Finley Anderson, Willard
Harding, John Minyard and Floyd
Kemp.
Dainty refreshments were served to
the delighted guests at the conclusion
of the dance at one o'clock.
LOVELY DANCE IN HONOR OF
MISS BOOKER.
PICTURE SHOW PARTY FOR
GRADUATING CLASS.
A fitting climax to the happy days
of the Graduating Class of 1917, was
the lovely entertainment given by one
of the most popular of the sweet girl
graduates on last evening, when Miss
Mildred Cassity was the charming
hostess of a Picture Show Party in
their honor. After enjoying the pict
ures, the jolly party were invited to
the Crumont where a two course sup
per was faultlessly served with the
most beautiful surroundings. Artistic
hands had transformed this popular
resort into a bower of beauty with its
fragrant flowers and graceful ferns,
making a lovely background for the
pretty maids and gallant knights. The
table was especially pretty with the
class colors, red and white. The cen
terpiece was red and white carnations
in a handsome silver basket tied with
red fluffy bows of red meline. Salted
almonds and olives were in pretty
dishes.
Chicken salad and ice cream and
cake were heartily enjoyed.
Mrs. G. D. Cassity, mother of the
little hostess and Mrs. F. M. Sandi
fer chaperoned the happy occasion and
Mrs. Sandifer presided as toastmaster
in her usual easy and gracious man
ner. All the class were present ex
cept three boys, two of whom were
out of town, and "Phil" had a date.
This happy event will ever be re
membered by the class of 1917, and all
voted they were indebted to little
"Marguerite" for the pleasant even
ing.
BRIDGE PARTY.
Mrs. W. A. Mothershesd was the at
tractive hostess of a lovely bridge
party on Tuesday afternoon, compli
menting her house guests, Mrs. J. Mc
Dade Jones, and Miss Lurline Roberts
Booker, of St Louis.. Five tables of
bridge were arranged for the pleas
ure of the guests. The double par
lore were decorated in exquisite taste
with quantities of Dorothy Perkini
roses. After spirited games Mrs. T.
B. Marx won the first prize and dainty
guest prizes were given the honorées.
A beautiful salad and ice course was
heartily enjoyed, the touch of pink
added to ita beauty.
Mrs. W. A. Mothershead and her
guests, Mrs. J. McDade Jones and
Mias Lurline Booker, Miss Mary and
Miss Roberts and William Mother
ahead left today for Moon Lake, where
they will «mp and fish for several
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Mr*. N. A. Dodge, the capable man
| ager of the local Western Union Tel
egraph office, returned yesterday from
à delightful visit of taro weeks to rel
atiVet and flrtends in Chicago aad oth
f er Illinois pointa.
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Mb and Mrs. R. F. Sabin motored to
Grenada yesterday evening and re
turned thie morning with their little
daughter, Dorothy, who has been vit
ttbtf ' relatives in Grenada.
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îi Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kline have as
H «meats, Mrs. Cullen Itodw<N and ehil
■ dm -ft GmmwwmL—Y asoo Sentinel,
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Mr*. A. Q. Quinn and little daugh
ter have returned from a delightful
visit to Memphis relatives and friends,
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Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Walker returned
today from a visit of three weeks to
Hot Springs, Ark. j
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Miss May Brown, of Sidon, is the |
guest of Miss Mary Brown in North
Greenwood. t , 11 I
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Rev. W. K. Clements left yesterday
f or Como where he goes to deliver an
address at the commencement exer- j
cites at that place. He wiil go from
ther to Senatobia to deliver a series
of sermons.
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Mr. Eugene Estes went up to Green-,
wood Sunday and joined the Light Ar
tillery Company. He expects to leave
for training camp with this organiza
tion during the first of August.—Ya- j
zoo Sentinel, 23rd inst. |
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City Sentinel, 23d inst.
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Mr. Marion Stubblefield has enlisted
his services with Battery C., Light
Field Artillery, of Greenwood.—Yazoo
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Messrs. R. P. Clark, W. W. Neblett
and E. B. Clark, of Morgan City, were
Greenwood visitors yesterday after
noon, and favored The Daily Common
wealth a pleasant call.
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A great number of out-of-town peo
ple are teking in the great Chautau
qua which started yesterday with
success, seating capacity being full.
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Capt R. L. Foy was in the city to
day on business from Valley Farm.
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County Treasurer J. T. Flanagan
was here on business today.
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Sloan Stroud is visiting friends in
Brookhaven.
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COMPETENT TEACHER will coach
limited number of grade pupils during
the summer.
Rates reasonable. English and mathe
matics, a specialty. Open June 4th—
Mrs. J. B. Smith, Phone 201.
Personal attention.,
SELL TWO SUPER-SIXES.
Valley Motor Car Company Now
Awaits More Machines.
The Valley Motor Company of this
city, managed by Messrs. Collier and
Castro, this week delivered their last
two Hudson Super-Six cars they and
Mr. Collier is now in Memphis trying
to get more cars. The machines de
livered this week were to Mr. Robert
Herman of this city and to a party in
Greenville, whose name could not be
secured today.
These young men have enjoyed a
great deal of success since locating in
Greenwood and have sold and deliver
ed a large number of these cars.
Why not let The Daily Common
wealth visit your home every after
noon?
IF
You Buy out of Town
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T.
and
I Buy out of Town
and
He Buys out of Town
and
We all Buy out of Town
What is going to
happen to our town?
Buy in Greenwood.
Bernstein's
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Men's Wear
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Now bi our
New Mon'*
Shop of
• STATE BANKERS CONVENTION.
Greenville Meeting Cl o s e s O fficer*
Elected—Bankers Urged to Fin*
a net Farmers.
Greenville, Mi**, May 23—The Mis
sissippi Bankers' Association, after a
strenuous day, closed its annual con
vention tonight
W. H. Smith, president of the Mis
sissippi Agricultural and Mcehanical
College, was the first speaker at the
morning session, discussing "The Re
lation of Capital to Rural Develop
ment." The central idea of the talk
wgg rora i education is of most
V | U | to the present and future
and developement of our coun
{try and especially in agricultural Mis
g j M j p pj > aild that the banks and the
citles ghojld aid in building up the
j coun try schools and making the coun
I try life more attractive.
| George r. James of Memphis held
^ attention of the bankers for near
I ly an hour in discussing the great
I question. "A National Plan for Food
p^p^fgdness." Mr. James discussed
q Ues ti on learnedly in its different
j pbagea (,ut emphasized especially du
tjeg of the bankg and buginegg men in
agg j a tj ng an( j financing the farmer for
diversification .stock raising, and es
I pec j a jj y at tb ; g time 0 f tbe gr« a t world
war c j g j g jj e asked the bankers to
f orget f or the moment interest rates
and excbange charges and enter their
thoughts upon the development of this
j country and in doing the things that
| will aid the United Stetes in bring
ing to a successful termination this
war Germany. He spoke of the
ç erma n efficiency on the farm, and
hUe the Germang had begun the
work of instructing the farmer how
I to do it, at the same time that such
work wag tregun by the United States
tbe Germang adopted the policy of
teking fpom the farmer hig land and
p ] ac j ng jt j n the hands of some one
wbo wou i d do ag instructed when the
owner failed, while the United States
eo „tented itself with offering the in
^ructions .while the free born Amer
ican f#rmer took the advicei if he g0
desired, or rejected it at his waking
j up and with the co-operation of the
bankers and merchants will solve the
problem of food preparedness and at
! the same time prosper as never be
f ore
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows: W. P. Kretchmar,
president Commercial Savings Bank,
Greenville, president; R. C. King of
Greenwood, vice president; Thad B.
* Lampton of Magnolia, chairman of
. the executive committee; R .S. %Ic
1 Columbus, W. D. Davis of Brookhaven,
a
Knight of Gunnison, E. C. Chapman of
George R. Ray of Bay St. Louis,
group vice presidents. New members
of the executive committee, D. R. Pat
terson, J. F. Hall and D. L. Bingham.
CUrksdale was selected as the meet
ing place for 1918.
The entertainment closed with base
] cept j on and dance at the Country Club
ball and golf and a visit to the Delta
Experiment Station at Stonevilie this
afternoon and a barbecued lunch, re
this evening.
HAM SALE EXTRAORDINARY
Friday and Saturday, May 25th and
26th we will offer 250
SWIFTS PREMIUM HAMS
at 27 1-2 cents the pound
which is less than wholesale
SPOT CASH ONLY
STEIN GROCERY COMPANY
HIGH COST OF BRIDES IN BEL
GIAN CONGO.
Washington, May 24—(By Union
Associated Press)—Belgium is feel
the high cost of brides, according to
advices received by the government.
They are taxed 2 frans a head (the
first wife being exempted) by the
Belgian government. The high cost of
dressing and eating cuts no figure in
the Belgian colony, because the wom
en only dress up for palavers, and the
main diet is casava, a root which is
pounded up into flour, the leaves be
ing cooked ae a vegetable. On rare
occaeions roasted monkey ie served,
taking the place in the menu that
chicken or veal occupies on the Amer
ican or European bill-of-fare.
WALTER D. FOX, O. D.
A. Weller ft Co. wish to announce
to their friends and patrons, that they
have secured the services of Walter
E. Fox, O. D„ lately of Kansas City,
Mo.
Dr. Fox has had years of exper
ience in the testing eyes, and is fully
capable of handling any case, where
glasses are needed to give relief to
your eye trouble. If your eyes pain
or the tide burn, your head aches, or
your visioft is poor, you can get
prompt relief et a reasonable expense.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
A. WEILER ft CO.
Jewelers and Optometrist
TUCKER BOLL WEEVIL CATCHER
FOR SALE.
Will catch weevil and increase cot
es« crop M per cent.
Apply to
THOS.H. JONES
cue of
& D. WALKER AUTO CO, Green
WHY NOT HAVE A CARDEN?
Motion Pictures Will Show You How
to Start Gardena, Bath Flower
and VegoUMe, Friday Night
May 25th.
Every home should have a garden.
Every section of the city should have
an organization, actively enegaged in
promoting this sort of work.
Friday night, May 25th, at the Court
House, a motion picture and stereop;,
ticon lecture will be given under the
auspices of die Business League, out
lining how every person in the city
have a garden, no matter how
small, in their yard.
The story of how Dayton, Ohio, has
become the city of flower and vege
table gardens will be shown with mo
tion pictures and stereopticon views.
The pictures will be explained by an
expert from the plant of The National
Cash Register Company.
This lecture has been secured by the
can
Business League for the express pur
of creating greater activity in
pose
this community along garden lines.
Every person who has an opportunity
should see these pictures. They are
the only pictures of the kind now be
ing shown, and in them selves, are a
real novelty.
In addition, another film entitled,
"The Troubles of a Storekeeper and
Htfw to Correct Them" will be shown.
These pictures are especially appli
cable to merchants and clerks, and arc
exceptionally valuable from an educa
tional and instructive standpoint.
There will be no charge for admis
sion, and all are cordially invited to
attend.
AMERICAN NAVY
IS DESCRIBED
(Continued from Page One)
Miles away the projectile struck
gun.
the target.
"Guess that's bad," said an old man
o'-war-man looking on admiringly at
the third shot, as the gun's crew got
the range and the pillar of white wat
er leaped into the air.
"How would that do for Fritzy?
Suppose that had been a submarine
The buzzer, the roar of the gun and
the hiss of air interrupted him.
"Another hit! Gee whiskers that's
shooingt."
On the after deck latest arrivals
aboard the ship were set to work that
day, and every other day, in fact, upon
the loading machines. They consist
principally of a breach and block and
a slide that carries away dummy pro
jectiles and powder bags.
Officers with stop watches in their
hands set one crew after another to
work; the idea being to develop ex
treme loading speed by competition.
The newest members of the ships'
companies work for days at these load
ing machines. The next step in their
new training carries them to the
guns. But they are not yet ready to
fire the regular charges. One pound
ers, that go off with a sharp crack,
are lashed on top of the big guns and
the crews go through all the motions
of firing, but insted of a big shell, a
little one weighting a pound speeds
for the target when the buzzer sounds
or when the turrent captains in charge
of the bigger rifles yell "Fire!"
After a period of firing with the
sub-caliber arrangement the crews get
down to real battle practice. There
are few busier places than a turret in
action. Concave steel walls are all
around, and a' steel roof is just above
the heads of the gunners. The point
ers sit far forward, underneath the
barrels of the guns. Little seats like
those on a motor cycle are there for
them and on all sides are instruments.
As the turret, begins to fire, a lift,
bearing the huge projectile, bangs up
from below, great bags of powder silde
from the magazines into a long brass
trough. Husky bluejackets toss the
powder into another brass trought
that is slipped into position at the
gigantic breach. The projectile, al
most as large aa a man, meanwhile
has been roiled into the trough, a
long automatic rammer has jumped
from the rear and shoved it into the
barrel. The powder bags are driven
home, a man at the breach swings a
lever, a ton of steel swings up with
a hiss of compressed air. The breach
block turns and locks, a buzzer eounds,
the charge is ignited and with a rush
of air the guns recoil about a yard
and then jump back into position.
There is a loud "swish
as the guns come back and then go
forward. Inside the turret not much
more than that is heard.
Outside, it is much different. There
is a flash, a roar, a ring of smoke
and the loud whistle of the projectile
rushing through the air. So great is
the concussion that every man out
side has cotton or some other sub
stance in his ears to save his car
drums from being broken.
Fifteen second from
swish"
'Commence
firing" to "Fire" is considered pretty
good time for the guns in the navy.
They have new guns' crews in training
now who never saw salt water until
three weeks ago who are doing thing
easily in sixteen seconds.
While the gun*' crews sre being
trained on soml of the (hips, abroad
others are being trained men to ran
the hundred or rtor* German vessels
the United States will operate as soon
as repairs are made to their engines;
and the fleet of merehantmen being
built to carry food and supplies to the
Allies.
A Urge majority of the men in the
fleet, their officers said, have coat
m u «wo.*.
FIVE COLOSSAL BEDPATH DAYS.
Rcdpmth Chautauqua Greenwood, Misa.
May 23 to 28.
PROGRAM.
2nd CAY.
Morning.
Children's Hour.
. Afternoon.
Song Recital, Knight MacGregor,
Scotch Baritone.
Reading—"Wind Tossed Sayles",
Clarissa Harrold.
Admission 25.
(
Children 15c
Evening.
Song Recital, Knight MacGregor, in
Highlander's Costume.
Magic and Illusions, Reno ft Co.
Admission 50c.
Children 25c.
3rd DAY.
Morning.
Children's Hour.
Afternoon.
Hawaiian Music, Jas. R. Frew & Co.
Admission 25.
Children 15c
a
Evening.
Hawaiian Music in Costume, Jas. R.
Frew & Co.
Popular Scientific Demonstrations
of Torpedo with Ears, Gyosope, etc.,
Montraville M. Wood.
Admission 50c.
Childrén 25c.
4th DAY.
Morning.
Children's Hour.
Afternoon.
Popular Readmg, Children's Work
er.
Lecture — "Machinery and Men",
Charles L. Ficklin.
Admission 25.
Children 16c
Evening
"Accounts Overdue", "In the War
Zone," "The Man Outside," Parish
Players Co.
Admission 50c.
Children 25c.
5th DAY.
Morning.
Children's Hour.
Afternoon.
A Singing Band, Dunbar's White
Hussars.
Lecture—"The Fortune Hunter," Dr.
William A. Colledge.
Admission 25.
Children 15c
Evening.
Circus Time in Fairyland, A Play
by the Local Children.
Grand Concert, Dunbar's White Hus
sars.
Admission 50c.
Children 25e.
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HONOR VICTORIA'S MEMORY.
London, May 24—-(By Union Asso
ciated Press)—Empire Day, the an
niversary of the birth of Queen Vic
toria ,was celebrated today. Flags
were displayed everywhere and there
were special services exercised in the
schools and memorial services in the
churches.
West. On any ship may be found
youths who until the war began were,
following plows. '
"In this fleet," said one of the offi
cers, "more than ninety per cent, of
the men are native-born Americans.
There are few foreign-bom men here."
On one of the ships is a Wall Street
broker. He graduated from Annap
olis many years ago, resigned and lat
er came back into the service during
the Spanish-American war. He com
manded the Hist in several fights in
Cuban waters and knows how it feels
to be under fire.
On another ship is a little man with
gray hair—a grandfather—who wears
the uniform of an ensign.
The President's yatch Mayflower
has just visited the fleet. Aboard it
were Secretary Daniels and Secretary
Baker. The Presidential yatch, glis
tening in sharp contrast to the dirty
business-looking gray of the fighting
ships flipped into the waters one Sun
day morning.
There are other recreations besides
those found ashore at the base of the
fleet. Every day mail comes and goes.
There are band concerts each evening,
and every ship has a moving picture
machine. Screens are set up on the
decks and for an hour and a half com
edies, dramas and dark mysteries are
shown. The men crave amusement
after a hard day's work and they get
it. Pictures of children are especially
popular and loud "Ha-Ha's" resound
from each ship showing a drama as
the villain is foiled. So-called cus
tard pie comedies are greeted with
howls of delight.
The navy has many mascots, some
times it is a goat; more often it is a
dog, or several dogs. One big dread
naught has aboard a litter of bull pup
ies, sons and daughters of the ship's
chief mascot. When the ship rolls
the pupies slide across the decks and
into the scuppers ,to be fished out and
set on their feet again by the blue
jackets, their mother all the while
watching the proceeding with a criti
cal eye from around the comer of a
hatchway.
Then there is a dog, half terrier and
half something else, that answers to
the name of "Pork Chops." He fol
lows squads of sailors all over the
ship, but he hasn't become used to the
guns yet.
When a five-inch gun went off al
most over his head, he lit out for the
mw'a galley, skidded around the door
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and disappeared for the rest of the
day. Whereupon the crew began to
"ran" hla owner.
"A hell of a fine mutt to be afloat
in thia packet," yelled one sailor.
The owner, himeelf, had no reply,
The disgrace of "Pork Chop's" retreat
had overwhelmed him. It is trsdi
tion that the American navy never
run* away from anything, and * navy
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Also two-reel feature film on community better
ment, showing the planting of gardens, the
beautifying of homes, etc.
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The New Automobile
Ninety miles on a gallon of gasoline. Think
of that. Twenty to twenty-five miles an hour.
No gears to shift.
PRICE $125
You must see it to appreciate its worth. Call
phone 4802, and we will give you a demon
stration. Machine made in Milwaukee.
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SALE AGENTS
for Leflore, Sunflower and Tallahatchie Counties
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There Are
Three
Names—
In this ad that mean
something.
First is that of the Kahn
Tailoring Company who '
make chothes to measure in
a way that always satisfies.
Second is that of Palm Beach, the
summer cloth ideal.
Third is that of the /nan to meas
ure you for your made-to-order
KAHN Suit of Palm Beach Cloth
A.
Reale Taylor
CITY TAILORING CO.
Phone 485
CLASSIFIED ADVS.
FOR SALE—Good, Horse and Wag
on. Phone 666.
FOR SALE—A very pretty bunga
low with modern conveniences, on the
Boulevard in Congress Heights. Part
Cash, balance easy terms. Apply to
J. L. Gillespie, this office.
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ly conresponding for newspapers; $40
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ience unnecessary; no csnviNing}
subjects suggested. Send for particu
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house corner Church and Fulton Sts.
Apply to Earl Kinnebrew
FOR RENT—One 5-room house,
with bath, on Mississippi Avenue. Ap
ply to Dr. W. T. Johnson.
FOR RENT—Two fumiehed room*
for light housekeeping—with lights
tend bath. Mrs. D. A. Elliott. 70S
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