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WEEKLY COMMONWEALTH DAILY AND WEEKLY Hr J. L. & S. GILLESPIE . . „ _ . . , — Entered at Greenwood postoffice as second-class COMMON WE A LTII BUILDING 207-205 W'. Market Street matter. SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 A YEAR. WHAT DOES HE MEAN? Edgar Harris of laiurel in explaining why j Laurel lost out In her contest with Greenwood for the meeting of the Mississippi Press Association, quotes the Vicksburg Herald as saying: "The editor of the Daily Commonwealth made a promise which a number of the members trust he will live up to, if they would only come) to Greenwood. They took the chance." I I And then he very uncharitably adds: "Maybe this explains the lacl that the editors , , ... , ... , .. .... , so politely and positively declined the invitation to come to the city of Laurel. Since we come to think of it, Editor Gillespie winked at Guy Clark and Charlie Harris when we were praising Lau 1 rel's splendid artesian water." I Now what the Clarion Ledger wants to know it, just what has Jim Gillespie done anyway to he so suspected ?—Jackson Clarion-Ledger. Guy Clark and Charlie Harris must both be capable of hearing a wink at long range—if we happened to force a wink on the day the Board of Governors met in Jackson to name a meeting place for the editors of the State in 1921, inas much as the editor of The Daily Commonwealth was unavoidably prevented from being present. However, our friends ('lark and Harris, are men of good judgment and decided that Greenwood artesian water was so much better than Laurel's 1 ly it might be better to "take a chance" on coming to the Queen City of the Delta. the not THE STATE PRESS. The Mississippi Press Association will hold its 1921 convention at Greenwood, instead of at Yazoo City, as originally planned. Yazoo City was selected as the next place of meeting at the close of the 1920 convention, held at Gulfport last May. But delay in the construction of a new ho tel has rendered it impossible for Yazoo City to entertain the editors, and Greenwood has gracious ly volunteered to act as host. The decision to hold the next convention at Greenwood was made at a meeting of the Board of Governors held in Jack son, Saturday, and will doubtless meet with the hearty endorsement of the membership generally. Greenwood is a thriving Delta city, with ample facilities and a citizenship noted for its hospitali ty.—.Jackson News, stii will bc ly ly ance al thea. large of -o Grover Cleveland once said: "Of the wonders that 1 have seen during my life none has quite so impressed me as the reserve power of the Demo cratic party, which seems to have the elements of earthly immortality. Whatever your own par ty may do it is always a mistake to vote for a Republican." cial Last year money was the cheapest thing on the market and you could trade a dollar for but little. This fall the "Iron Man" lias come into his own and he has reduced all kinds of merchan dise to the level he occupied last year.—Sun flower Tocsin. cause x'ural pay —O they vative cents The job hunter is again with us. He is at all times most welcome but he has been very much a stranger for a number of years. As a buster of the labor trust, and a fellow for giving the em ployer a chance, he is indispensible.—Sunflower Tocsin. cost and higher enters along at Special sales galore are now on everywhere —but a great many more will follow. If condi tions don't improve materially, special sales will continue for three or four months. It will take rock-bottom prices to get ready cash from peo ple during this crisis. large bills world might the which reach It will take more than the present low price of cotton and the depressed business situation to keep Greenwood and Leflore county at a stand still. Our people will soon adjust things to meet the conditions and begin to prosper again. ments than A Democratic administration has given the southern agriculturist the most prosperous era he has ever enjoyed. We shall now see what the south will receive at the hands of a Republican ad ministration. ped ford because This tion If the while that New -O The Delta planter should take no chances next year in not planting plenty of food crops. If Mississippi will produce her own corn, hay and meat, the low price of cotton will have less terror for us. -0> Cut your cotton acreage and raise enough feedstuff for home consumption next year. This is the only real solution of the problem which now confronts this section. frost They oil have -O The announcement of Congressman Humpb 1 eys that he would hake the race for Governor three years hence met with much favor through out Mississippi. should prospects. fornia, 155, Among other things to be realized from the re-adjustment period is a greater degree of effi ciency. The man who does not do his work well next year may soon find himself out of a job. Robertson employe man One judges from this season's flights of tory that the politicians are after the platitude record. ora two SERIOUS CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTH. Every element of the community is feel ing the effects of deflation in some degree. It would he difficult to say just what is feeling it the least, but there can be no doubt as to which is suffering the most. There need no longer be , — 'any failure to appreciate the fact that the South second-class , . , . . , . ...... has been placed in a most serious situation thru the collapse of cotton values, to 15 cents a pound is far too great a reduction I to be logical or natural. Cotton could not ex From 40 cents pect lo (escape a certain amount of deflation along why j with all other commodities, but there is no reason for why it should undergo a reduction of 62 1-2 per cent in price against 20 to 30 per cent in other | commodities. It means that the pendulum has swung too far in the other direction; and that in, members the course of time there must be a comeback be come) f ore the true balance is determined, During the period of this low valuation those i I having bills against the South must, for their own I, , r . . ,, I sake*, il not for any leas aelfian motive, grant all editors .... , invitation the clemency to their Southern debtors that can to Thousailds of persons j Clark w ho were perfectly solvent in the .spring are now Lau 1 bankrupt so far as the relationship of assets and liabilities is concerned, and would be bankrupt in j i,n t it called Upon to pay their debts at this time, So far as these people are concerned, something j resembling a moratorium should be put into ef- j fect. The cotton people of the South are in the! od be extended. I possibly know to be we Board meeting inas men position where, in a great many instances, they are face to face with ruin if outstanding finan cial obligations are enforced. If, on the other hand, they can be treated with the utmost len iency, there is a strong probability that cotton will recover sufficiently to enable them to come through with a minimum of loss. As a matter of fact, some of them have al-1 it; try so I and 1 cady gone into bankruptcy and others are like-1 an ly to follow. Private reports from the South j coming indicate very clearly that the North has no con ception of what the conditions really are below the Mason and Dixon line. These reports now stiite that the present price of cotton does not even pay the fertilizer bills, and that in some in stances the cotton cannot be picked because it is not possible to get enough money to pay the pickers. done will hold at City the last ho to hold at Jack the work yet | as j be stii Ihete is no reason to doubt their veracity, it the will mean that .some special action will have to j bc taken to meet the situation. The pleas that I eotton farmers made in Washington recent ly met with scant sympathy, because theoretical ly there seemed to be no reason why the cotton farmers should be singled out for special assist ance any more than any of the other agricultur al interests. H conditions are as bad as these reports state, out states son and the have er, what wolf, every and ery is and and thea. Vet it disaster threatens such large part of the country territorially, in such an important industry as cotton, it is to the interest of rest of the so par a ountry to adopt whatever spe cial measures may be necessary to minimize its effects. Some ol these private reports emphasize the seriousness of the situation as it has already de veloped. Negroes are leaving the fields in large numbers because there is no money to pay them. Young people who thought they at last had an op portunity to realize their ambitions for college Careers are being called home from college be lli some of the on but into cause the money has given out. x'ural communities schools are being closed and children sent home because there is no money to pay the teachers. I he collapse in cotton values is not because they were unduly inflated. On the most conser vative basis this crop has cost approximately 30 cents to make. all a of J. The Government estimates the cost much higher, placing it at 28 cents in 1918, and the expectation that it would be one-third higher in 1919, making it 37 cents. The cost of when Kantor en Co,, Mr. was night between plate between The obtained seventy velour of store a played High The test, everything the farmer has had to pay for that enters into the cost of making cotton, increased along with the price of cotton itself, so tjjjgjSl at its maximum price it did not leaV 'en a very large margin. Its collapse to a 15-cent basis for middling, threfore leaves him unable to pay his bills contracted earlier in the season. Rased upon the world's requirements, if the world were able to pay for its cotton, the price might even reach 60 cents a pound. Based upon the requirements of that portion of the world which is still able to pay, cotton could easily reach 30 cents. to Based upon domestic ments alone, cotton is worth considerably more than its present valuation. require As matters now stand the public has stop ped buying cotton goods because it could not af ford to pay the high prices asked, and latterly because it has believed prices were going lower. This is a period of readjustment. It is a transi tion period, full of inequalities and abnormalities. If the South can manage to hold fast for a little while longer, there will probably come that will avert much of the threatened disaster.— New York Commercial. a recovery —O The newly rich of last year are fading like pay day" approaches. ITTA ison train while Valley such to pital performed frost before a July sun as They are rapidly going to the anti-eline, where the oil magnates, those of numerous telegrams fame, have been for some time past.—Sunflower Tocsin. -O Really, Clarice, your 200 and odd pounds should in no way discourage your matrimonial' prospects. Dispatches tell us that out in Cali fornia, Alma, weight 725, invegled John, weight 155, into locking up for life. Mrs. who Bright's and is be The <y Spotlighting isn't new in Congresswoman Robertson who has been the highest paid woman employe of the interior department; the first wo man first class postmaster, and the organizer of flowera I ness ly two I). A. R. chapters. . COTTON GROWERS BANKERS AND ! THE MERCHANTS feel It it which be South thru I ex cents W,u - HOLD BIO CONVENTION IN MEMPHIS, DEC. 7-8, 1920, TO DISCUSS THE BUSINESS j | 1 I ed n't ed I will the the ting am than in five of write along reason SITUATION. per other Hon. Thos. B. King, Secretary of the Memphis Cotton Convention Com | oiittee, has issued the following ur has in, ?l . r ,t request for all interested to at be- tend the Cotton Convention to be held in Memphis, December 7-8, 1920, those i whlch 19 self-explanatory: own I, " Th '' b " m m ? de; the ,T ,, test is on. We can no longer dodge all .behind private interests in order to can escape the hurtful blows, The bank j er and the merchant cannot assume now the att itude of an onlooker, arrogat and in|f to J hemseIve8 safety and aecuri * in j heart and'soul'with^h? fir! time, jmers, in an organized effort that j must and will move solidly and con ef- j tinuously until relief can he obtain the! od ' "It can be done and it will be done. Salvation from financial ruin demands they finan other len come al-1 it; the social, educational and reli gious betterment of the entire coun try requires it. There has never been therefore, a need so imperative and so great but what a remedy has been I found. Our people are wise enough, and big enough to work out their own salvation, and to bring to themselves like-1 an era of sane farming and correct j financiering. con now not in is the "It is believed that this will be done without a doubt at the Cotton Convention to be held in Memphis, December 7-8, 1920. The greatest constructive minds of the entire South will be in attendance to confer and work out a plan that will be simple yet comprehensive. "There is not an over production, | as all will admit, although there may j be an inability of certain portions of it the world to buy and pay for the raw to j material. There is therefore, no ap I parent need for the world to be with Car J. tune her fire the last the ance. out clothing, and the cotton producing states of the United States to sustain financial losses, and that is the rea son why you are called together to confer. "We have not the time to sit down and find fault with the failures of the past, whatever the causes might have been. Speedy action, all togeth er, with not a thought of let up is what is neded. This is not a cry of wolf, when there is no wolf; he is at every door in the South. "We are expecting the governors and agricultural commissioners of ev ery Southern state in which cotton is grown; the bankers, merchants and farmers from every town, city and county in the South to attend." an Six its died clock Dewey Sunday the ree, made The lock, G. Y. The with in TWO ROBBERIES IN GREENWOOD to J. Kantor's Show Window Robbed And Swift & Co., Packing House Entered. Two robberies Were committed in Greenwood during Saturday night, when the show window of Mr. Jake Kantor was broken and clothing stol en and the store room of Swift & Co,, was robbed of a number of hams. Mr. Kantor stated that his store was closed Saturday night about mid night and that the robbery occurred between that hour and day light. The plate glass 8 by 12 feet, valued at between $400 and $500 was broken. The thief reached in the window and obtained the foliowring articles: a seventy five dollar men's suit, two velour hats worth $15 each, a pair of shoes valued at $ 20 . * Someone entered the Swift & Co., store through the rear door and a number of hams were stolen. -—_o CHARLESTON DEFEATS ITTA BENA. ' ITTA BENA, Miss., Nov. 25—The Charleston High School football team played the Itta Bena Consolidated High School team here this morning. The game was quite a spirited con test, the score resulting in favor of Charleston, fourteen to six. One aires dollars, bling, the Alt happy ly health After part healthy blood heart do unhappy. tlie the Dr. Surgical year.: roots remedies, up in cured tablets). Golden covery cause co tic. Negro Brakeman Sustains Crushed Foot similation as are to the sues has American ITTA BENA, Miss., Nov. 29—Jem ison Armstead, colored, brakeman on train No. 73 of the C. & G. R. R„ while making a coupling yestreday at Valley Hill, got his foot crushed to such an extent that it was necessary to amputate. He was rushed to a hos pital in Greenwood, and the operation performed there. MRS. Mrs. leading ed a Greenwood Her Out .. In . William Woods, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Woods on College Street, who has been ill for many weeks with Bright's Disease is much improved and is now able to sit up, which will be good news to his many friends. The little fellow has received many flowera and delicacies during his ill ness and these courtesies were great ly appreciated. Total Mr. Philipp REAL ESTATE MAN ! IS ENTHUSIASTIC! Feel* Better Now Than In 28 Years —"Nothing Beats Tanlac." He Says. IN TO j "Nothing in the world can beat | Tanlac as a medicine," said A. F. 1 Barr, of 4615 Park Blvd., San Diego, Cal. Mr. Barr is one of the best known and most highly esteemed real estate, loan and insurance men of San Diego. "I am feeling better and stronger! than for twenty eight years," he said, "and I can't make my endorsement of Tanlac too strong. "My troubles started with indiges tion and gas on my stomach, then' my nerves went to pieces and at times I couldn't bear people talking in my presence. Nothing I could do seem ed to help me and 1 remained in this condition twenty-two years. I could n't sleep at night; my stomach swell ed up with gas after nearly every meal and I became so weak I had to give up my business almost entirely. I tried everything I knew of but it didn't even give temporary relief. "One day my doctor' said: "Why don't you try Tanlac? I believe it will help you." I acted on his sug gestion at once and before I finished the first bottle I was astonished at the way I improved. I kept on get ting better right along until now I am a well man, after suffering more than a quarter of a century. I eat anything, m ystomach and nerves are in excellent shape and I have more strength and energy than for twenty five years. My recovery is the talk of the neighbors, and if anyone doubts this tell them to see me or write me." Tanlac is sold in Greenwood by all leading druggists. of Com ur at held 1920, ,T dodge to bank assume aecuri * fir! that con obtain done. reli coun been and been own be and may of raw ap Car Mrs. J. L. Foley Burns At Itta Bena ITTA BENA, Miss., Nov. 29—Mrs. J. L. Foley, happened to the misfor tune yesterday afternoon of having her big six Studebaker car burn. The fire is thought to be out before much damage was done, and the car left on the highway just out of town. But last night it burned up entirely, as the blaze was not out when left, as thought. The loss is covered by insur ance. to of is of at Six Weeks Old Baby Girl Died Saturday D D jj Nell Frances, the six weeks old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Pearce, died Saturday evening at 6:30 o' clock at the home of the parents Dewey Street. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the family residence. Dr. W. C. Ty ree, pastor of the Baptist Church, conducted the service. Burial made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. The pall-bearers were Dr. E. E. Bul lock, W. T. Young, R. T. Crutchfield, G. E. Borsch, H. G. Flanagan and M. Y. Aldridge. The Daily Commonwealth joins with the many friends of the family in extending sincere sympathy a was B took the ter The with At er Millions for a New Stomach One of the greatest American million aires said to his physician, "A million dollars, Doctor, spot cash and bling, for a new stomach," and then the sick man groaned and turned Alt his wealth could not make him happy or contented, for happiness large ly depends upon digestion. Without health where does happiness come inf After all the stomach plays a great part in everyday life. Without a healthy stomach and good digestion blood i heart action is weak, our liver does not do its duty, and man is miserable and unhappy. Prevent disease by petting tlie house in order and strengthening the system against the germs of disease. no grum away. liest . tied At salted our thin, watery and poor, our ferns, men of Dr. Pierce, of the Invalids ' Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y„ year.: ago understood diseases and their prevention, and he discovered certain roots and herbs which were nature's remedies, and succeeded in putting them up in a form that could he easily pro cured at the drug store (liquid tablets). This he called Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. This Dis covery gives no false stimulation be cause it contains no alcohol co tic. and guests Horace were: ber, raster, and ry Brown, WhTh or any uar It helps digestion and the as similation of such elements in the food as are required for the blood. It gives to the blood the food elements the tis sues require For over fifty years it has enjoyed the confidence of the American publio. Try it nowl O MRS. BEN HUMPHREYS RECORD AT GOLF. A ed Bufd'ng situation Mrs. Ben Humphreys one of the leading golfers of Memphis, establish ed a new 18 hole record of 84 at the Greenwood Country Club Her score is as follows: Out .. In . cussron cent recently. wao was business met pattonce were 3-5-6-2-4-4-7-6-7—43 S-4-4-4-5-4-5-6-6—41 Total .84 o Mr. E. M. Townes was here from Philipp on business yesterday . j WANTED : * ■ I f j * LARGE PLANTATION LOANS % $40,000 To $200,000. can handle large plantations loans hot* 1 $40,000 and $200,000 at rates varying from ?*** cent to 8 1.2 per cent including commission? cording to security offered and amount of loan Farms must be at least 40 per cent in cultivate and must be worth three times amount of In? including value of timber land and improvement Write us, giving full information security you have to offer, and we will needs prompt attention. t j j j j j 1 4 * regarding the CENTRAL STATES-INVESTMENJ COMPANY POPLAR BLUFF. MISSOURI. + s- v -r v y *;* ■;• -r s- -r v y .y s* g. g. q. 4 . q. 4 . ^. 4 . 4 . 4 . j. -f 4- 4+-> v -i- 4 4 4 -m- 4 - 4 - 4* 4- 4. 4. * ■ G. A. WILSON, President •4-44-4-4*4-4-444"!-4-4-4-4-+4.!.. G. A. WILSON, JR., WILSON BANKIN6 CO. Doing a General Banking Business COR. HOWARD AND MARKET STREETS. GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI. S444-4-4-44-4-44-4-4-4-4444-4-444-444--K-4-4-4-4.4.4.4..M.4-4.4.4.4.. aUHGIBiSBOnOQUBIIIiaBDDBDDBI n Colds ft Headache s n ! , . "For years we have used Black-Draught in our family, I " ana * hav .e never found any medicine that could take to I S £i a< £v w . ntes ^ 1r -A. Siacy, of Bradyvillc,Term. Mr.Sti-I B S'* who * s a Rutherford County farmer, recommends Black- j B P r M^ ht as a. medicine that should be kept in every house D ,2 * o° r us , e in ' he P r °mpt treatment of many little ills to pie- \ " vent them from developing into serious troubles. 1 [ 0 THEDFORD'S S BLACK-DRAUGHT a El II - I t . t0U '(H e ? the h 'Y" and does the work"Mr. Stacy O , It is one of the best medicines I ever saw for a H f° Idand headache. I don t know what we would do in our D 14 W i S i 1 * ,t or Black-Draught It has saved tis many D nul if fS i 1 / ji 1 .* see ,howany family can hardly go with ? u .,; J know it is a reliable and splendid medicine to keep jj never whhout it " recommend Black-Draught highly and At all druggists. Accept No Imitations agBgi anBB BBiaBIBMHHBBBBBBPBB B an I a 1 B BB J.U DELMIS CLUB GIVES DINNER. The Delmis Club of this city enter tained its members with a beautiful dinner Friday evening. The function took place at the Reiman Covers were laid for thirty the colors of the club House, two and were cleverly carried out in every detail. The cen ter piece was a large gold basket, filled with yellow chrysantheinu The handle of the basket was tied with a butterfly bow of purple tulle At each end of the table were small er gold baskets, holding yellow chry santhemums. in-. The table was lighted with the love liest of yellow candles in brass candle sticks. The place cards . . , . were hand painted m yellow and purple and tied with yellow and At each guest's plate baskets i were purple ribbons. were dainty in yellow and purple, holding salted almonds. The ladies were presented r ouquets of yellow chrysantemums ferns, tied with corsage and purple tulle. The men were given button hole bouquets of violets. An elaborate six course menu faultlessly served. Miss Betsie Forrester of Meridian, and Mr. Henry Parker guests of the club. Horace Moore The puests and were: was were special Mr. and Mrs. were the chaperones, members ... present Misses Billie Free, Evelyn Thomas, Helen Kimball, Martha Bar ber, Lucille Fergeson, Martha For raster, Betsie Forrester, Lonnie Bruce and Lera Alexander and Messrs Hen ry Parker, Albert Bealle, Marion Brown, Paul Hill, Wilton Weaver, WhTh a UbbS ' P - F - Alexan rier, Earl Whitehead and Alvin in '-is the all Gumbel. ****»» ROTARIANS HOLD MEETING. WEEKLY A ^- note of optimism was sound ed at the weekly gathering of the Bufd'ng 8 T niKht at the MemoriaI Building, when the situation present business was the main topic for dis cussron Nearly a one hundred cent attendance per wao was Present and it was the concensus of opinion that the business conditions of met in an optimistic manner and with pattonce jintil the crest has passe! Splendid and helpful were made by those Three of Al. G. today must be suggestions present. Field's minstrel MUST PERMIT DEMOCRATS TO FINISH TERI Unless This Is Done A Fight Be Made Against] Appointments PLAN PROPOSED BY PAT HARRISOJfj Conference By Minorit To Be Held in Wash ington. Associated Press j JACKSON, Miss., Nov, 27—9* new Republican administration ** permit the Democratic office bold* 1 to complete terms for which they*** commissioned minority in the Senate will against the confirmation of »Uff^ dential appointments, if the plM 1*1 posed by Senator Harrison of sippi, is put into effect. Mr. Harrison announced today " would endeavor to secure » ence of the Democratic minority1 Washington next week, to consider™ matter. the Deni or Mr. J. N. McLeod, of Jackson,» in the city a few hours yestenM- , ****** Drive your car around and # '-is fill your Radiator with A**: hoi. Schilling Aut o Co._ ^ men were guests of the club and **' rendered numbers of musical tions which were greatly dj 4 ?*; Their accompaniments were pl»y*d « Miss Lizzie Hoover. The singinfj the Rotarians all present and Jane Casey who Gladys Bacon. An excellently prepared diwi« graciously served by the ladies d Episcopal Guild. heartily join** lead by * assisted by > was was « as 1