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GILLESPIE, Editor and Publisher
iInUMBER 230.
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GREENWOOD„LEFLOREJ COUNTY," MISSISSIPPI, SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MAY 26, 1917.
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W IIE III UKSAS TBIIIMI—SEVENTY SIX KILLED III «I
SUBSCRIPTION: BB&SSL* EB!SS»S ,
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«HOT killed by tornado .
THAT SWEEPS SOUTH KANSAS
Two Counties in Path of Destruction With Dead'j
Numbering Between Twenty Seven and Thir
ty— Fully Fifty Persons Injured.
NRhhhN
hundred people lived suffered sixteen
dead, who have been identified. Thé
country die tri ot m e e th a ue t'wt g ed wriek
(By Associated Press)
Witchita, May 26—South Central
is today recovering frames
• So which late yesterday tor* a
i. eee d path through two counties and
jook a toll of human life estimated
,t between twenty seven and thirty.
Andale village where less than 'three
reported nincfUtaHtieewhile two dead
have been identified near Newton.
Conflicting reports are being received
•s to unidentified dead. More than a
hundred persons are reported injured.
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MORE TRAINING
CAMPS LOCATED
General M ood Announces Designation
of Macon, Ga., Aiken, S. C., and
Chattanooga.
By Associated Press)
Charleston, May 26—General Wood
announced today that training camps
selected by draft were
for the men
practically assured at flacon, Ga.,
Aiken, S. C. and Chattanooga, Tenn.
three divisions probably will
Two or
be trained at Chattanooga.
OFFERED POSITION.
By Associated Press)
Washington, May 26—Dr. Lowe,
Secretary of the International High
Commission and professor of oplitical
science at the University, ef Eennsyl
offered the Assistant Sec
vania was
retary of the Treasury today with
charge of the customs.
• SHOULD SUSPEND
REGISTRATION
Pertinent Suggestions
of Business Men and
bration is
WRRIHIhR
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(By J. Blanding Haman)
' The arrangements are being com
pleted to make June fifth, National
Registration Day, one long to be re
membered in the annals of Greenwood.
It is to be made a day of solumn cel
ebration, a display of patriotism and
willingness to serve the Country.
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A parade in the morning at ten of
o'clock will be the official opening of
the celebration. It will begin at the
* Confederate Monument at the Court
House and will terminate at the oppo
Bite corner of the Court House Green,
A great flag raising under the auspi- :
ces of Battery C, will take place on
the Court House grounds immediately
0 upon the arrival of the parade.
flgghttery C, is to be presented with
«to colors by the J. Z. George Chap
\ ter, United Daughters of the Confed
eracy and fitting ceremonies are being
arranged for the event. It ^11 take
place at the same time.
The parade is expected^to be one of ;
the largest ever held ii#this city. It
will be participated in by almoet ev-1
«y organization in the city. It willj
he headed by Battery C, and the Boy 1 ^
bcouts will bring up the rear. Hun-1
dreds of automobiles will'be in hne
between these two organisation!. 'K»« j
machines will be décoratif! only with
American flags.
A committee has been named to se
sure flag pins and to aee that every
one wears one 0/ them on that day.
A large, number of people are ex
pccted to be in the .city for the event,
most of them from Leflore County. I
The young men from the other pre-l.nd
cincts will be unable to be here be
cause of their having to register. Soma
of them probably will éet through ear
ly, in time to attend. The men above
military age and the ladies of the
county however, are «U arr^iging to
come, according to report. . |
And they shouldcome. A.y should
teke part. Thi. i. not a Grartiwood
«« «bration but a demon.tr.tion in
which the entire cqunty is qgpMted
part. _
The celebration 1» not * gala avant
but a solemn oeeasion. The young
of the Country will be eigçttg up
for service »t the frynt or in^rwho»»
* that their Country nm|| -IMI.
One of the best orators in the South
will deliver a patriotic address on the
Court House lawji.
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CORNER-STONE *■
LAYING MONDAY
All Arrangements Made for Ceremony
'at New Jewish Synagogue—Ma
sonic Exercises.
Every arrangement is complete fer
the laying of the cornerstone at the
new Jewish Synagogue with-Maqpnic
ceremonies Monday morning at ten
The Htercises will be
thirty o clock.
most impnaesive. Rabbi Merfeld of
Greenvillipand thé highest Masonic
official in the state will conduct the!
ceremonies. M <*■-' 1 j
Ail members of the Masonic Lodge
aie called to meet at the Lodge Room
Monday tnorning at nine ' o'clock,
promptly and are urged to be there. '
The Lodge is to participate in the lay- j
ing of the cornerstone of the new Jew- !
ish Synagogue at 10:30 o'clock that day
Do not fail to be at the lodge room at
nine o'clock if you are a Mason.
MONEY MAKING
DAY, JUNE FIFTH
Relative to Patriotic Duty
Employees—Big Cele
Planned.
WRRIHIhR
The United Stated is at war and June
the fifth will see the men registered
from whose number the first army of
half a million will be drawn. It ia
Indeed to be a solemn occasion, though
an occasion boiling with patriotism.
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In view of the fact that it is not to |
be a gala day and that a large number
of those employed in the stores will
necessarily have to be abeent from
their work part of the day while they
register, I want to auggeet that the
business people of Greenwood, déni,
factories end all, get together andras- .
pend all business effort on that day
and make it really afld truly a solemn,
patriotic occasion.
Let it not be «aid that Greenwood
has planned a big patriotic celeb»
tion that will draw s large crowd to
town for the sake of eecuring a ttttle
extra trade. Let the bueinese idee he
done away with on thia one day and
everyone turn out to do honor to thorn
who eft registering and those who,
have already enlisted in the service
—THE
; before them, thue elgqifybig
th#ir mdtam to do their "bft> Let
th# .trese the Red CrosO work
and .. maDy 0 f thom-and the me«
1 ^ #0 _ Jwfco v , not members of that or
gBniiation( rv toter thair membenrtd»
|that dty . ^ tha, ts«inesa people *
j the County do* ** pW *f hM
inm alu j mgjS,<IM* «ttMwO *»
forget the Dolle» tfc IW h«»**» *°
those who are showtogs their wlHing
trtas toeèrve in ether way«.
Business should lh fergottonand Ml
employ.« of**M«e
end work fried to Inh« P*H
I celebration on 1*»,^ ""***
pre-l.nd clerk should iMM]» Iff
the parade and one should jr*U as l«»d
a. the other whra <^««1 »• 4«wn
to the top of the
It would be a « *• any
American dtisan to taffiftani to etny
ip the »to»''^«dny^attj^
| places of bu.il.«»
Fourth o( July
Juno fifth is « ^ÎZÏÎjmÏ^
Day now a.
I call on every meratant, e^T
J PM * **"' County to pus
Greenwood end Leflore 1 ^ P"
pend buiiflW m t mH . t,
silt on y«|W
the cs^m nnd to t»k» P«t y ow
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Wgr ^„tment Calls Attention of
INTEREST IN
REGISTRATION
Those Liable to Registration to
Certain Things.
J By Abated Press)
Washington, May 26-In the cam
pnign to stimulate interest m regis-,
tration June fifth for the war army,
the War Department today issued a
memorandum calling the attention to
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30 inclusive who will be required to
register. It calls attention to the fact
jthat registration is a public duty and
distinct from the draft.
TORPEDO WITH
I EARS WONDERFUL
| BV#nt j ve Genius of American Demon
Chautauqua Tent—
Company.
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The inventive genius of the Amen
j g n ow being depended upon large
. find tbe war and the twelve hun
, . tbe chau
dred pe p
tauqua .last night witnesse a emon
stration of, and saw some of the
greatestVhodern inventions by Amer
leans. *
The violet ray, the gyroscope and
the torpedo with ears were demon
strated most successfully on the plat
form by Mr. Montraville M. Wood, in
„„tor of the letter and an experi
ment er with the first two mentioned.
and the gyroscope. The full power of
M ither ol theee wonderful things has l
yet been ascertained.
In his toigffo with ears Mr. Wood
hM an instrument which he controls
by eound entirely. It is keyed to cer
tain eounde. Those sounds start the
ycopellffr* end it is mechanically
(ttawn to the eound. Keyed to the
eound *< * boat'» propellers e r
pad« «III soak that boat and aptac
from ttoe ranr, dieebhng the P««P e er *
and
.^'îhiTiSLÏl »5*
je at to caP^** *_ ose *
. 0th *!. tyP ? * ^
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made. Tfcs gyroe cop«
»«n^to ^ th#tf
„J**?* ü on aIld
| The «?«**» hJhe afternoon and
evening by the Jns. *• «e 1 » *
mu ^ c
^ to Äernw» lovera. ^ ir
wcrfthlirnumbto composedthe
' «^pragram ta thT.ftoraoon and
^SgTrt of the entertainment
and Mr Cubbl .
eefi are string instrument experts snd
.- a*!- „bility most sue
t, . ..ifunv last "<g hL They were given
^rand of «pptause at the
« fcsnrt y yind^of^ pp tause
COTTON, GRAIN
AND PROVISIONS
New York and New Orleans Cotton
Markets Closed Five to Eight
Points Down Today.
The New York and New Orleans «ot
^ marketg c , ogcd five to eight points
Spots were up a few
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poin *' *
NEW YORK MARKET.
Prev.
Open High Low Close Cloaç
21.72 21.65 21.66 21.61
21.20 21.22 21.27
Dec 21.46 21.49 21.29 21.29 21 36
Jan 21.48 21 50 21.31 21.34 21.38
Closed 5 off.
New York Spots 22.00-6 up
j u l y 21.68
Oct. 21.36 21.40
NEW ORLEANS MARKET.
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Prev.
Open High Low Close Close
July 21.21 21.27 21.11 21.14 21,17
Oct 20.62 20.74 20.64 20.64 20.61
DeC 20-76 2 °'!.l on o* on 74
Jan 20.80 20J3 2 . •
Closed 7 off.
New Orleans Spots Zl.ra, u up,
Sales 2193.
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
Close Prev. Close
WHEAT _j u ] y .2,11 2.17 1-2
CORN _j„| y .1.46 3-4 1.62
OATS-July.58 1-2 60 3-4
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CHICAGO PROVISIONS.
close Prev.Close
p0RK _ Ju , . 37 . 25 37.60
' . 21 .67 22,20
J ^5 20.40
WEATHER
and Sunday . Cooler tonight extreme
l northern portion: Some what cooler j
'Sunday in interior.
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE
WEATHER BUREAU. •
May 26, 1917.
Loct| p, u , Greenwood, Mise.
tJ|# 2 4 Hours Ending at 7 A. M. j
L Mrature . Highest ■ 88degrees.
* Lowest - 61 degrees
At 7 a. m. - 76 degree*
Pra'dpitation.0.00 inches'
Rj r 3^,7 a.m - - - - 12.6 feet
Chang. in 24 hour, down - 0-8^»
^ J. H. STEPHEN,
Local Observer.
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MARINE INSURANCE TROUBLE
SOME.
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New York, May 26—(By Union As
pregg) _ The h>g created
an unusual condition in the marine
insurance market and it is growing in
crea.ingly troubtasome as time goes
. on , j t bag to do with the difficulty
American shippers are having in pro
curing sufficient insurance at any rate
to cover the value of thaif cargoes.
A wason for thi» is found in the
|tMdU y »Uing pile« bwmrtitot
20 65 20.64 20.76
20.81
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MONEY GOING
BACK TO BANKS
Treasury Department Redeposited
Over Two Hundred Million With
Banks Today.
(Bÿ Associated Press)
Washington, May 26—the Treasury
Department today begun the practice
of »'depositing a portion of the pro
ceeds obtained from certificates of in
debtedness by placing $218,693,000
among the various banks and trust
companies which subscribed to the ls
lest offering of two hundred million
short terry certificates of indebted
ness.
GRÉNW00D BOY
JOINS THE NAVY
The many friends in the city of Mr.
John Hodges will learn with pleasure
that he has been accepted by the Navy
Department in the hospital corps and
received orders today to report un
mediately at Washington. He left
be re recently for Jackson to enlist and
stan d his examination. He has been
in the state capital since that time,
about two weeks.
Greenwood is not backward in pa
triotism as is demonstrated by tne
number of men <n«tth1 city who a
now in the various training camps.the
first Mississippi Regiment, the Regu
lar A ™y 8 " d th « " avy ^VJÎLrv
Nevy having the smallest on the list.
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John Hodges Ordered to Report to
Washington—Recently Joined
Hospital Corps.
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Are You On One of the Committees
to Arrange for Celebration on
Registration Day7
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Jf f the committees j
/j l nnge the celebration tor
p—jg^yon Day, June fifth, you ere,
e 7 p K ' ct ™ to be pLent at the meeting
" P the businea8 P Lea(rue this afternoon
at fl ve o'clock. Things of importance
a!e to be UP for «liscussion. Notice
iyen ycsterday afternoon that
the * eelln * was to be . held. Don't.
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Those composing the committeos
aw w H Hayg j B H#mani w. K.
chandler, Bains Austin, Scott Crull,
Mrg . P . l, DeLosch, Gen. S. R. K«,
ler , C apt. A .C. Metts, Mra. T. R. Hen
derson, and T H. Baird.
Why not let The Daily Common
wealth visit your home ovary nfter
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GERMANS MAKE SUCCESSFUL
AIR RAIS ON BRITISH ISLES
Sixteen Machines Took Part in Attack, Three Shot
Down—Seventy Six Persons Killed and Hun
dred and Seventy Four Injured.
(By Associated Press)
London, May 26—About sixteen Ger
man airships raided southeast Eng
land Friday evening, seconding to an
official statement today. Seventy six
persons were killed. Three German
airships were shot down. One hun
dred and seventy, persons were in
jured.
The raiding air craft were brought
down by airplanes. Nearly all of the
damage occurred in one town where
the bombs fell in the streets causing
considerable casualties among civil
ians.
Of the killed twenty seven were
women and twenty . three . children,
Nineteen children were injured.
Berlin, May 26—German air squad
dron yesterday dropped bombs on Dov
er and Folkstone, a German statement
says today.
ITALIANS GO FORWARD.
(By Associated %ess)
Rome, May 26—Italians captured
thirty five hundred more prisoners on
the Isonzo front, the war office says.
Heavy fighting continues. Important
progress was made in the region in
the direction of Trieste. Trenches and
heights were captured in several pla-]
DOVER AND FOLKSTONE.
By Associated Press) '
ces.
WILL BUILD THE
SHIPS OF STEEL
Iron und Steel Magnaten Pledge Th«in
to Supply Necessary Materials
for Vessels.
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(By Associated Press)
New Kork, May 26 —Ships that the
American government will build to
beat the German submarine and carry
supplies to European Allies will be
contsructed of steel instead of wood.
The men who control the output of
iron and steel of the country have
given their pledge to supply the neces
sary material.
NEGRO KILLED
IN COLD BLOOD
Allcp Bracket ip Jail for Murder of
Charlie Poe—Body Pieced on
Railroad Track.
in the back of the head with an ax.
' lnv<iiti(ration ahowed blood .tains
n ^ rby A vi . it to the houee where
iPoe and his wife had lived resulted in
^ a Back in which anot her
man> AUen Bracket, had brought
Poa . B ^ gome "greens." The sack
^ Wood on it Bracket was found
and when confronted with the evidence
c(mfc8ged ^ he and Poe . g wife were
regpongjWe for hig deat h.
The man and woman after killing
I Poe by knocking him in the back of
j the heed .turned his deed body over
and crushed in his skull on the side
and forehead to be certain that he was
dead, carried his body and placed it on j
the ««road track and later went to
the residence of Dr. Durden, on whose
plae, the tragedy occurred and report
ed that Poe hed been run over by a
train.
p oe and the woman were married
about «week ago an d it d *^ lpped
j th«fh th. woman and Bracket had teen
friend, prior to her marriage to Poe.
Bracket i. In jail.
Yesterday morning a hurry up call]
was registered over the phone at the
sheriff's office and for a local Doctor
report immediately at Rising Sun
Where a negro has been killed by a
train. They reported.
Examination of the body of Charlie
Poe, the dead negro, resulted in the
discovery that he was killed by a blow,
to
OHIO REPUBLICANS HOPE FOB
REUNION.
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Akron, Ohio, May 26.—(By Union
Associated Pmi-)~A general meet^of
FURTHER PROGRESS MADE.
(By Associated Press)
Paris, May 26—Further pragma
was made by the French in the Cham
pagne region during the night. Two
German counter attacks were repuls
ed and 120 prisoners captured, accord
ing to the war office today.
PARIS WOMEN STUKE.
(By Associated Press)
Paris, May 26—Encouraged by suc
cessful strikes of women in other
trades a thousand women jewelry -
workers quit work today. Yesterday
the women, of the water proof garment
workers won their strike and return
ed to work today.
GERMAN ARTILLERY ACTIVE.
> (By Associated Press^
; London, May .26—Increasing activ
ity of the German artillery along the
IMPROVE POSITIONS,
By Associated Press)
Berlin, May 26—The (ftrmans yes
terday improved positions at Chemin
desdames on the Aisne front, taking
644 French prisoners, the war office
announced today.
British fn*it between the Scarpe Riv
er and Croisilles is reported by the
war office today. The .British effected
a slight improvement in theft position
on the right bank of the Scarpe.
PURCHASE BONDS.
ON INSTALLMENT
Federal Reserve Banka Arranging 4»
Care for Small Purchasers if
Liberty Loan Bonds.
(By Associated Press)
Washington, May 26—All Federal
Reserve Banks are working a plan to
issue memorandum certificates in ten
ten dollar demominations to prospec
tive purchasers of small amounts of
Liberty Loan Bonds to enable them to
pay for the bonds on the installment
plan.
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to "'ÔL,
(By Associated Press)
Akron v Ohio, May 26-Three men
a and two Women, all r e8 ' d enU of Ak
ran, were killed late last night when
an Erie passenger train crashed into
? r A°^ r ^""tho^^trstriOTisft
Nantue. Two other, we re «rieud y
and anoth« is not expected to
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GUARANTEE FOR
THE CHAUTAUQUA
Five Day Program for Next Year is
Already Assured-—Matter Tek
* en Up Last Night.
Next year's Chautauqua is already
assured. That was made evident laat
night by the hearty response of the
audience at the tent to the appeal of
Judge W. M. Hamner in behalf of the
King's Daughters. The committee
named by him passed through the
large audience and in a few minutes
approximately four hundred dollars
worth of season tickets were pledged.
That alone represented half of the
guarantee. A score or more of the
leading citizens of the city and county
signed the guarantee contracta which
were also circulated, guaranteeing to
meet the difference should enough
tickets not be sold.
Greenwood this year brake two
Chautauqua records—attendance, bro
ken last night, and promptneu in de
positing the guarantee. The entire
amount $800, was in the bank three
weeks before necessary this year. The
crowd, over twelve hundred, attend
ing laat night is the largest that has
attended any performance on thia cir
cuit this season.
FIVE KILLED IN WRECK.
ing of tie Republican comratitoe takes
plaee here today for the purpoea ef
trying to bring harmony batmen op*
posing factions before the beginning
meet^of the fall campaign,
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