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THE COMMONWEALTH. OUR MOTTO: "BE JUST ARD FEAR NOT. A Reliable Local Newspaper. II J. L. GILLESPIE, Editor and Publisher. VOL 20—NO. 28. GREENWOOD, LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1916. Subscription, $1.00 Year Cash BmUSi&MX£SlJ&..US E. K,Myrick has installed a 5 gal, stroke gas- I oline filling station, adding to effeciency of MYRICK SERVICE is BEST GRADE GAS AT OIL COMPANY'S PRICE 11 IMPORTANT NOTICE TO THE PARENTS OF THE CITY OF GREENWOOD. Your child may contract Infantile Paralysis unless you are very careful during the next few months. Keep him out of crowded halls; Keep him away from the flies, and the flies away from him; Remove from your premises all filth and litter; Sprinkle lime in all low and damp places, under the house and in the stable; Clean your stable and remove all manure from your premises; Buy a fly trap and a fly swatter your babies from this dread disease. L. F. BARRIER, and help us save City Health Officer. ONE TO FIVE IN FAVOR OF INDIANOLA. The big baseball game between Indianola and Greenville in this city yesterday afternoon resulted in a victory for the Indianola team, the score being one to five in their favor. The game was very interesting up to 7th inning, the score being 2 to 1 in favor of Indianola, when the Greenville team on errors let their opponents run their score up to five in the 8th and 9th innings. The winners received the $2000 cash purse offered on this game. A crowd of about 1500 people witnessed the game. PREVENT INFANTILE PARALYSIS ■ Dr. L. F. Barrier, City Health Officer, has an im portant notice to the parents of Greenwood in this issue of The Commonwealth. He urges upon them the necessity of using every precaution possible to prevent their babies from contracting the dread disease, infantile paralysis, and tells them what to do to avoid this awful affliction. We hope every reader of this paper will peruse carefully Dr. Barriers timely suggestions relative to this important matter and act upon them promptly. ' THE UNIVERSAL CAR Ford service for Ford owners is worth while Fifty-one Ford branches; over 8,500 agents all through the country, each with a com plete stock of Ford parts and supplies on hand. No delays, no holding up for days to get parts, but prompt, reliable service at a low, fixed cost. Runabout $419.40; Touring Car $469.40. Coupelet $625.00; Town Car $675.00; Sedan $775.00, f. o. b. Greenwood. Why pay more? •FOR SALE BY E. K. MYRICK. 115,Main St. Phone 315. î '-...8 v ti J m I s 4 ^M** * + * + + + +* * * ** * +4+ GREENWOOD GROCERY CO. WHOLESALE GROCERS GREENWOOD, MISS. 11 H If 41 in H {» » 4 4 » 1 < 11 > » THE "ACE OF RUBBER" IS NEAR AT HAND. Akron, ()., July £0,—So many indus it h eonstantlv trieB nre face to face decreasing supplies of raw materials and ever increasing demands due to popula tion growth, that the contrast afforded by the rubber businet loom« up vividly. Iu 1905, according to figures given out fur publication by The B. F. Good rich Co., uncultivated "native" rub ber comprised (>0,800 tons, while in 191V the proruetion had dropped back to 60, 000 tons. But cultivated plantation rubber in the same space of time had risen from 145 tons to 64.000 tons. In 1917, the Goodrich Company esti mates that while native rubber produc tion will have fallen to .'J4,5()0 tons, plantation rubber will amount to 117, 000 tons. By 1921, it is predicted thnt 209,000 tons of cultivated rubber will be available while but 30,000 tons of native rubber will be produced. Thus .1917 will show total increase of 50 per cent in crude rubber supplies over 1914, due to the fast-growing pro duction on plantations. And whçn ruv rubber reaches that level of cost which vastly increased supplies would indi cate, myriad new uses will be added to a A those for which the present relatively limited production is required. As ranches and open ranges become converted into farms, and the number of cattle decreases, lessening the sup ply of leather, while the population which must wear shoes and the factories which must have belting increase, rub ber will step in more and more to fur nish better service at even lower coat. Illustrations of these changes are al ready at hand. The B. F. Goodrich Co., has announced Textan, a composition sole which outwears leather and is su perior in many respects. Goodrich Bub ber Belting is fast supplanting expen sive leather belting and is performing the work as well or better. Keenly alive to the importance of ' * tomorrow' '' in the rubber field, the Goodrich Company states that it be lieves in holding to fair and moderate prices upon all it produces, as for ex ample its prices on tires, which range 15 per cent to 50 per cent below figures which their quality could command through comparison with other tires listed at 15 per cent to 50 per cent higher prices. Thus it hopes to hasten the " Age of Rubber/' which, In its conviction, means greatly increased benefits to all humanity. Taking Big Chances. It is a great risk to travel without a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, ns this prepara tion cannot be obtained on the trains or steamships. Attacks of bowel com plaint are often sudden and very severe, and everyone should go prepared for them. Obtainable everywhere. WHISKY CHECKED AS BAGGAGE. A suspicious looking trunk at the Union Station, cheeked to thin plane from New Orleans, win opened yestcr day by the police authoritiea and was found to contain 64 pints of vrhiakey. The liquor was seized and taken to p> lice headquarters and will be destroyed unless the owner can be found in the next ten days. The trunk had no name on the cover, but was eent a few days ago to New Orleans. It came back yesterday and the baggage master thought It might contain a shipment of liquor. Hie sus picions were verified when the trank was broken opon. It is thought by the police that this method of avoiding the liquor shipment laws has been practiced for some time, and they have been on the lookout for such tricks. The party or parties who attempted the smuggle apparently were tipped off and failed to call for the trunk.—Jackson News, 14th inst. The Strong Withstand the Heat of Sommer Better Then the Weak Old people who are feeble, and younger people who ere weak.wUl be etreagthened and enabled tp go through the depress ing heat of summer by taking regularly Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. It purifies and enriches the blood end the whole system. 50c. op Optlmletle Thought, Independence without wealth M man «mumk UM »Ufr & BOLL WEEVIL IN NORTH MIS8LS sirri. Reports have reached this office from different ports of the country to the effect that the })ill weevils are very numerous and are beginning their work of puneturing the cotton squares. We were shown n bottle this morning hy Mr. F. A. McBryde, containing a weevil which was found by his son, Albert, in his field north of town. Mr. McBride says they arc quite numerous ia his col ton. In the eastern part of tho coun ty sovcrnl have noted their appearance and the chances are they will do great damage to the cotton crop in Tippah County this year unless some precau tion is taken to check them.—Southern Sentinel. This is, we believe, the first appear ance of the boll weevil In a Mississip pi county adjacent to tho Tennoese« line. One feature of the phenomenon oma significant: While boll weevils appeared in the Mississippi river coun ties some years before they reached the eastern boundary of the state, they have advanced a full tier of counties farther north in eastern than they have in western Mississippi. We do not pre sume to explain the significance of the erratic movement. We would only re mark that it furnishes one more con tradiction to the expert prediction— that > n the Delta the boll weevil would do their worst. They have in fnct proved more destructive, and spread faster, in the Mississippi hill than the river counties.—Vicksburg Herald. DEATH OF MRS. J. H. COLE. Th« community was greatly surprise« and pained to learn of the very unex pected death of Mr«. J. H. Cole, Thurs day morning. Hhc had been apparently well until Eaturdny when ahe had a chill. Sunday and Monday ahe had oth- I er chills, which resulted in congestion t that terminated in her death early j Thursday morning. The remains were interred in the Ittn Bcna cemetery Thursday evening. Hbe is eurvived by her husband and two sons, Ben anti 8 Richard. The last named recently en listed In the National Guard and could not bq at home in the last hours of his mother's illness. Mrs. Cole was s very amiable and worthy lady and leaves many friends in the community, who deeply deplore her death.—Itta Bena Times, July 15th. Take The Commonwealth. Don't Be.... Disappointed! Nothing is more disappoint ing than to press the bulb and find out later that you did not get the picture that you wanted. This won't happen to you if you buy your « Kodak and Photo Supplies at our store. We sell the Best Makes of Kodaks at Prices to Suit All. Our Sup plies are Fresh and just what you need to make good pic tures. We have the never-failing Ansco Films. •** LT.McIntyr&Drikj COMPANY. tftexaU**" §1 animai _ A nwwi MN vwnmgi«! «•< aï';. BUSINESS LEAGUE FLANS A Opr ACQUAINTED TRIP, ETC. At a meeting of the Hoard of Dir.- tors of the Buain.;«, League on Monday, Bwrd wi mr* ii il." ,-iTv" "rr"nr! .•«opt two. vie- Fro«i, loot T. h iV, I ; proaidi'd in the absom-o of Frosidn,' ' number of com in McSlmne. The Secretary cad munjentions amongst them dance had with President Harris. the Southern Kail invitation from the liusi was entended Mr. llarrisoii to visit, ■solution instructing that thia be dune having been passed at the May meeting of the League i Harrison promised an early visu at j date of which he w jll advise luler. Home correspondence was concerning freight rates, that the Memphis Freight, about to attack Mississippi Stute rates claiming that they ure so low that they debar Memphis from doing ns business in this state ns they they should. The efforts of the Secre tary ure directed towards any disturbance of present slut adjustment. The Secretary stated that had suggested the idea of an trip by the busine to tile trade territory served by Green wood, for the purpose of people who buy their goods here, nor with a view of soiling anything, but to era, the motion of Mr. A. Weiler, seconded by Mr. Root, Herman, a committee of throe consist ing nf Messrs. J. D. Dune and O. A. Wade were appointed fur I he Greenwood, a reply Mr. ilwu r^n-1 It Bum mini i . think proven rate ihe a nn lobib wood of G reel moi Ilf* g«t acquainted with their custou idea met with favor and upon n b a A. Weiloi a h purpose of arranging for the trip, out lining an Itinerary, arrange for hotel accommodations and fixing .Into«, ll it, I pru p USt .j t0 visit a certain fixed terri t ory each day, have music by the Green, j * 00( ] Band 'and short talks by capable mpmber8 ,, t tho , )8rty wi( fi r0ep011 „,, „ 0( ,cnsiou suggests. «„.<[ \, y the committee will The date to be west, six just probably be some time early in August, sibly late in July and early August, The committee will report at a meeting 8 p. m. Friday, July 21st. One of the most important matters acted upon was the appointment of a permanent Standing Committee on Mu nicipal and County affairs, which was done upon motion of Mr. C. E. Wright, seconded by Mr. J. D. Duncan and oth ers. The chair appointed on this com mittee Messrs. C. E. Wright, J. D. Dun can, Kobt. Herman, W. F. Weaver G. A. Wade, This committee will ban pus y md ■; die all matter« of every description, concerning County or Municipal af faira or complaints that may come to their attention, making recommenda tions to the County and City officials as they think worthy or may be suggested for the general welfare and upbuilding of the community interests. y V t; : y V ? : Chamberlain 'a Cholic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy. - i. Every family vithout exception should keep this preparation at hand during the hot weather of the summer months. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is worth many times its cost when needed and ia al 2 ■ :: 9 most certain to be needed before the summer is over. It has no superior for the purposes for which it is intended. Buy it now. Obtainable everywhere. 1 V : ;; : SUMMER SCHEDULE SUNDAY EV ENING UNION SERVICES. l .. July 23rd, Presbyterian church, I)r. Wa. C. Tyree. July 30th, Methodist church, Dr. Joseph Rennie. August 6th, Baptist church, K- v J. A. Hall. August )3th, Methodist church, Dr. Wm. C. Tyree. August 20th, Presbyterian church, Rev. J. A. Hail. ! f I . I ? X August 27th, Baptist church, Dr. Joseph Rennie. September 3rd, Presbyterian church, Dr. Wm. C. Tyree. September 10th, Methodist church. Dr. Joseph Rennie. AU are eordiaUy invited to attend thiee services. The Memphis for«** The News-Scimitar CrumonL ... NEW OIL MILL CONTRACT LET AND OFFICERS ARE ELECTED. The contract for the large and commodious build inps °. f 1,10 nt>w p|anters Oil Mill & Manufacturing Com has awarded to Contractors Humphries & Mc ' jlni11s > w "° will proceed at once with the construction of same and complete the job in time for business at the opening of the cotton season next fall. The following officers have been elected for the new -I. B. Perry, of Grenada, President; G. W. Coving ton, of Hazlehurst, Vice-President; John H. Pettey, of Indianola and Greenwood, Secretary, Treasurer and Gen eral Manager. Our people are delighted to know that Mr. John H. Pettey will be actively in charge of this new industry, and that he w ill move his excellent family back to Greenwood from Indianola and make this city their permanent home. mill: JUDGE DICKSON'S LECTURE. Judge Harris Dickson, of Vicksburg, delivered his Old Reliable" lecture to a very good crowd at the Green wood Theatre last night for the benefit of the Mississippi National Guard, under the auspices of Greenwood Lodge No. 854 B. P. (). Elks. The distinguished speaker introduced in a few well chosen ana eloquent words by Hon. W. S. Barry. The audience were delighted with the magnificent lecture, as well as with the following splendid musical and reading program: PROGRAM. Grand National i . Medley Overture Greenwood Band n "Aloha-Oe" b "Down In Jungle Town" Hawaiian Song Messrs. Schilling, Wells, Colmerry and Dennis Reading. -"A Judith of the Sixties Miss Gertrude McShane Victorian Cornet Solo a "Where My Caravan Has Rested" h "The Little Gray Dove" Greenwood Band Miss Rennie America. , .... . Greenwood Band Audience please rise and siiik My Country Tis of Thee" "OLD RELIABLE MR. HARRIS DiCKSON >» DESI KAHLE LOTS AND DWELLING FOR SALE. Two lots fronting River Front, just west, of Cotton street; also the new six room dwelling on Market street just west of Cotton street. For further particulars apply at Presbyterian Manse, 401 West River Front. The Greenwood Theatre is runninf features every day but they also adc. one or two single reels which give ■ variety to any first-class picture pro gram. Cypress Shingles for sale by C. G. Nichols, Swiftown, Miss., Phone 14-5 rings. . . . 4 ES . r , 4,-44 • • • • -j, y R ■; Sis y m -, 3" iS w V t; B : ■ 3E-& y km V mß ? : - i. 2 y) m ■ f/ 4 :: , ■ 9 ll 1 V : Save dollars ;; : l .. ro .save a dollar \s to make a ! dollar. YOU CAN MAKE MANY DOLLARS IN OUR «STORE T H 1-5 WEEK BY BRINGING YoUR f dollars to our .store and .swapping ? I THEM TOR OUR GOOD, .STYLISH GOODS ; WE HAVE REDUCED OUR PRICES AWAY | DOWN LOW I . I ? X IA. Dahmer GREENWOOD'S BEST CASH STORE