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THE COMMONWEALTH.
4—
WEEKLY
WEEKLY EDITION
Local Newpaper.
tOMk&- NO- 51
daily
J. L. & S. Gillespie, Editors and Publishers
Subscription. $1.50 YEAR
1:8, 1921
GREENWOOD, LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, WEDNESDAY, D^C.
4NDQN PLANS
POR LIMITING
OF SUBMARINES
Agates Now Turn To
Eerican Proposals
ffother Craft.
ICRAFT LIMIT
pOW CONSIDERED
p Delegates Waiting
For Instruction on ..
Question
of
of
of
be
be
of
Associated Press
U8HINGTON, Dec. 29- —With
hLtg plan to limit tonnage of
sETpowers in submarines and
Hades definitely abandoned, the
rums committee today resumed
Lie 0 f collateral subjects, up
rilitll proposals werq offered yes
Efhv American delegates,
r wgg understood that proposals
knit any auxiliary craft to a size
ten thousand tons and airplane
iera to twenty-seven thousand
i will be considered first.
L French, Italian and Japanese
gates announced they will have
limit instructions before deciding
W proposed ten thousand ton
trf craft below the capital ship
IIES PAINT
CENTURIES AGf
ty Cases Found That Contained
Face Paint Two Thousand
Years Ago.
1ND0N, Dec. 29. —A consign
; of eastern vanity bottles 2000
l old has just reached England,
s were found with mummies of
rtian women of fashion; others
■ from a Roman tomb in Naza
tiny are stibium pots from the toi
tsbles of vanished beauty. Stl
B is a preparation of finely pow
ad antimony with which the Egy
darkened their eyelids
tan women
8 penciled their eyebrows.
Time has made these little vanity
teles very thin and irridescent.
ley shine with beautiful prismatic
Its of rich gold, green, blue, purple
d red. When they arrived, they
Held a
i full of desert sand,
st the light( they show that
; deposit has eaten its way into
glass; it a 20 centuries old eye
a
t.
ie Kiwanis Club
Will Install Officers
The Kiwanis club will install ts
*w officers at its regular meeting
Might. Thjs meeting is ladies
ight and all Kiwanians will bring
heir wives and sweethearts to the
mcheon at the Reiman.
Each lady will receive an atten
dee prize.
r ould Prevent The
Germans Carnival
Associated Press
[ BERLIN, Dec. 29.—The German
government has been asked to for
pid the annual pre-lent carnivals
Milch for four days are held in vir
bully every South German and
Rhineland city.
i Complaint is made that the carni
Md season is '"too frivolous and im
poverishes the population which
hot refrain from participating."
During these carnivals the whole
•population of country and city parad
the streets, dance, throw confetti,
Wow whistles and feast. It is neces
*ary to purchase tickets for the res
taurants in advance and all stores are
closed for the four days.
"It is impossible to keep aloof
from the merriment if these carni
vals," said a resident of Cologne,
trhere the merriest of the merry car
onca was held. "The people
tlwss up fantastically and celebrate
with utter disregard for strangers.
A gloomy countenance is the cue for
» bobardment of confetti, or rib
boned paper, until its owner laughs
*»d joins the frolickers."
The complainants declare this is
time for frivolity in Germany
that it would waste money which will
« sorely needed. .
A number of municipalities forbade
the carnivals on their own accounts
"it year, but preparations for Bcores
«f celebrations this year prompted the
appeal direct to the central govern
ment.
can
rivals
no
and
Hardly any of these rocks on the
Iriatrimonial Bea are cradle rocks.
A little kindness has to go a long
ways because the supply is short.
The longest and shortest day we
f*»ve is She day before payday.
Best way to get rid of your duties
to discharge them.
Only eight months since June and
Some of the vniinc eoiinles are nearly
of debt. "
BEN HUMPHREYS
WITH HOME FOLKS
Congressman Spends Holidays With
Relatives and Renews Old
Acquaintances.
Congressman Ben Humphreys is in
Greenwood today to spend a portion
of the holidays with relatives and to
shake hands with hi* many friends
and former fellow townsmen.
Mr. Humphreys was looking hale
and hearty after his arduous session
of Congress. He was very hopeful
of the present congress doing some
thing for the people during the pres
ent industrial and financial depres
sion.
Questioned as to the
the Soldier's bonus bill,
reys stated that it was his belief that
the bill would pass and the bonus
be provided, but that the bonus would
be paid by allowing the sale of light
wines and beer, was not possible, he
said. "Liquor has gone," said Mr.
Humphreys, "and we might as well
make friends with the boot legger, if
we expect to get any."
That the Arms Conference now be
ing held in Washington would bring
results Mr. Humphreys was very
hopeful. "They will scrap a few
ships," he said, "and save the people
of the United States $600,000 a day.
When I listened to Secretary Huglies
speech at the opening of the confer
ence, I said, that 'that is going
through' When you talk to the Japs,
and the Chinese and the English and
the French, and they understand that
the present building programs are
costing them $600,000 a day, they
can all understand it."
"The present budget of the United
States, running into billions is be
yond comprehension of the tax pay
er, but when you talk in terms of
$600,000 a day, which the taxpayer
must borrow money to pay, every
body knows what it means," Said
Mr. Humphreys.
Questioned as to his rumored can
didacy for governor Mr. Humphreys
said that right now he was a candi
date for congress, and that another
year would elapse before the guber
natorial campaign, for him to make
his plans. "You can't run for but
one office at a time," he ssidi
of
r. Humph
Many Are Killed
By Lisbon Bomb
Associated Press
LISBON, Dec. 29. —. Two persons
were killed! and five wounded by ex
plosions! of bombs, which it is alleged
are being manufactured in a build
ing belonging to the Lisbon Gener
al Confederation of labor. Some ar
rests followed. The government is
maintaining order. Elements from
which violence is feared are under
surveillance.
BANK OF ITALY
CLOSES ITS DOORS
Partial Moriatorium Is Declared By
Court and the Bank Suspends
Payment.
Associated Press
ROME, Dec. 29. —.The Banca It
aliania Di Sconto closed its doors to
day following the declaration of a
modified moratorium permitting sus
pension of the payment of obliga
tions of a certain corporation thru
a court decree.
WARN LABORERS
AS TO CONDUCT
.
the
•"S-T^TVada related
f ^ P Se° f i a *^
theTugar plantation strike^here £
the^uga^ production of
"I am in sympathy witn
rtSS-MS
.art
the"planters
8 f t oW ,a |ndustrial warfare.
conduct on you
„ resentment
ally there will be
ill feeling between
and Japanese. The
striita last year is direct
Hawaii Will
Misconduct By Japs in
Strained Relations Be
Cause
Two Nations.
tween
HONOLULU, T. H. Dec 29. ^
Misconduct on the part of Japanese
laborers in Hawaii will •««*«*•*
ly not only their mtercsts here but
the relations between the United
States and Japan Chonosuka Yads,
sr'ss
no
the
we
and
waging m
"Any Munderoos ullcu „
part wlU in j U I a turally there will be
planters and naturauy —„„„
•prejudice and
Americans
plantation
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MAKES MODEL OF
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FAMOUS SHIP CONSTITUTION j
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MODELLED BY COL. SPICER •
AFTER EIGHT YEARS
WORK
Associated Press
BOSTON,Mass., Dec. 29.—A forty
nch model of the United States fri
gate Constitution, conforming exactly
in every detail and proportion to the
original *0* IWMjdg ^
ifnTftfaSTT
ton" Navy Yard, has been added to the
collection
""St If $£ys
tenant Colonel William F. P
(he Marine Corps eight years f , '
And so faithfully, so patently and so
well did he build that his model has s
been sailed on the ocean.
The ship has been pronounced per
feet in line, in sheer, in proportion,
and in every detail of her irttncate
rigging. c " lone1 .. Sp . lee 5, U , 8 „2
blocks in making the tackle and 2822
hitches in the ratlines. Two Pieces
of Mexican mahogany make the hull.
The 44 guns are wooden, carefully
l n on that their weight would not |
great to pernht the sailing of
8 1 works are of
of silk,
be too _
the vessel. The upper
lighter wood, the sails sre
and every one is to scale.
Colonel Spicer said he made the
model because he "loved the old fri
gate."
OLD GOLD FIELDS
WILL BE WORKED
Will Go Partners With
Government
Private Owners of Ancient
Mines.
VIENNA, Dec. 29. —Gold fields
that have not been worked since the
15th and 16th centuries are to be ex
ploited by the government,
denosits lie in the Ziller and
valleys on the Tyrol-Salzburg fron
tirrs and prospecting has given a
v jeld of slightly more than an ounce
of gold to the ton. The showing is
o satisfactory that the government
will join with the owners of the land
in the development.
ization established in Hawaii, he
lza , , , „TMnk of the times and
^nges
and'
^ inV« mind^j
3 "t hi'^ dvic T and principles enuncia
Consul-General Y ada, howe
jS?n,o« t***
j^[.^ng^Vf'l
1 General's argument, the del
• consul^g j erencei hereby declares
of egatc® o ■ the principle
that it wi ^ t j on an d enfor
capita -lab w j th ju convict-!
c e it m accoroa
,ons.
ly
that it
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;COTTON MARKETS*
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NEW YORK COTTON MARKS')
Open High Low Close Clow
Jan. - - 18.73 ipO 18.73 ilf.81 jllrigTj
Mar. 18.80 18.82 18.63 18.75U8.74i
Ma y - - 18.33 18. 33 1 8.18 18.31118.31 [
"closed unchanged.
New York Spots 19.10—6 up.
ORLEANS COTTON MARKET
Open High Low Close Close
Prev.
rr]l8:66:l¥O2;17.80 17.90(17.93
- - 18.05118.08 17.77117.97 17.951
May - - ]17.73|17.75|17.63|17.67|17.65|
Closed unchansred.
New Orlean Spots 17.75.
Jan.
Mar.
Ngw ORLEANS COTTON LETTER
(from Jno. F, Clark & Co.
Silver.!
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 29.-We are
at present in a Period of great con
Ju^rioos 6 " iuT'tiie rule. On lost
tain fundamental matters of agree
ment between the ruling Nations and ,
, of financial and economic
s p e «, lems ^.arently delayed until
February or March, the belief arose ;
^day that tile market might:j
a _ a j n stop w ithin a cent or two of;
thfi 2Q cents level where freer market- i
ing of spot cotton is expected, and on ;
hj gr0UIK t the idea of some restrict
ion £ the mar ket developed. How-;
e r it Bcems that consideration of a
e ™hVical nature are so strong that
| bey may take command of the price :
Movement over the influences In
this category we have the stock and
ontract situation at New York, the i
closely hedged trade revival and cx-,
pansion bullish, statistics and deficient i
stocks of raw material nd goods.
Liverpool particulaarly is ill-fitted f
for any trade revival as England es
necially hasa lagged in importation
of cotton and the Liverpool stock ib
100,0(10 bales less than this time laast
year and 210,000 less than in 1919.
This probably accounts for the good (
Liverpool this morning showing fu
tureB 2 to 10 up against 10 to 12 down
due and spot prices 10 higher sales
5,000 bales despite the rather detract
ing political news, w.th toi«cejrtmn
of those concerning Ireland *'h«n
treaty ratification seems to be con
sidered practically a certainty. The
majority of traders went home last
niJht iTnecting Liverpool to join our
late eastoefs and facts this morning
art^ therefore quite striking. ,
There was evidence yesterday of
more Liverpool demand in the spot
market and some interior advices arc
that freight bookings for the English
market are increasing. This action
by Liverpool is liable to encourage
bullish feeling existing on technical
grounds.
STriae 0.3.
FRANKjkBBOTT^Observer,
NEW YORK CITY I
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3 " d M
YORK, Dec. 29—Robberies
&)ld bo)d upB in jqew York during the
0*;?^ five days have resulted in tfce!
! fj ve m en and seriously
woun 5ii-g of four others. Of the
two are hold ttp men .
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l THE WEATHER *
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FOR MISSISSIPPI—Fair to-night
and Friday much colder tonight,
probably frost to the coast.
LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.
For the period ending 6 p.m yes
terday.
Temperature, Maximum, 62; Mini
34; rainfall 0.00; River gauge
i
dent
of
for
in
but
MUSIC CLUB HEAD
OUTLINES PLANS
FOR COMING YEAR
PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL FED
EKATION OF MUSIC CLUBS
WOULD BRING MUSIC TO
EVERYBODY
Associated Press
FORT WORTH, Texas, Dee. 29. —
Recognizing the universal and prac
tical value of music, Mrs. John F.
Lyons, President of the National
Federation of Music clubs, in a
letter to the individual clubs of the
Federation, sets forth the aims of
that organization for the coming
Eleven hundred clubs, with
^"cim.toly 200,000 member, are
r:srLtr. , .r* 1 •
„j want to see the mu8 j c c lubs
nmperly as the greatest and
™ nct, °"S U 1single asset for the
**^e CO mSty and for the
¥ . tho community life
'^Xtonhases ''saidMrs Lyons,
in all I > ommun j ctt tion to
()V(Jr wh j ch ahe took charge
h j left be
this yor f wa „ on .,
hind^ us^ the idea thaji music was on^
ly for the tavorea anu cum
and have conw to recognize its uni^
versal and practical value.
must make good as a community as
se t. The music clubs have been
chiefly instrumental in the advance
men t thus far and future progress
i 8 largely in their hands,
-'As a national organization,
f (i( q that our strongest efforts must
be cen tered for a time along the
]j ne extension, education and great
er emc j c . ncy> f or the national, state
and individual organizations. We
mugt havt , more clubs, stronger
( ,] ubg g rea ter uniformity of plans
, ' general coordinating and
stl . t . n „thening of federation machm
before our organization can com
J d the consideration that is right
f m u « nd Zn and take iU proper
y « history of musical Am
place in ine r« v y Frankel Los
erma Mr®- C c.l Frankel^ ^
Angeles, < a 1 . , arry on
tension and will plan '.""X
the work through the district and
state presidents, according to Mrs.
Lyons.
Attention to the cause «I *
; n the public schools *** *?* ed
]^ r8 . Lyons hb first among her poll
c j e8<
I
Continues
'' Don't forget to vote for officers
L/ r the chamber of Commerce for the
HASCMEWAVIi=2%ESS§
of ^officers and directors possible
; resentativ* of the entire interests of
| the community and county. Select,
the same clasB of men to entrust with
- our public affairs that you would
choose to administer your private af
fair*,
Elliott Clark, of
chairman of
William John
Mrs. Frances
Camden, New Jersey, _«
the education, Mrs.
Hall, St. Louis, Mo., is ehaiman of
tain the hands of Mrs. Ella May
Smith^ Columbus, Ohio.
s Three matters of legislation were
called to the attention of the indivi
dual clubs by the national president,
Mr- Lvons urged a protest against
Mrs. Lyons urge
the proposed tax
ments and, support of tie Towner
Sterling bill for a department of ed
destablishment of a nat
on
ucatop an
ion a l conservatory of music.
GREAT IN'
IN THE BANQUET
Xli
Y]
s
Chamber of Cum mem 1 Will Have
Facts and Figures By Kvperts
I
On Flood*.
tnamfest
f the Chamber of
is Willi!
Grt'at interest
ed in the banquet
Commcre
Hall at I
Of tile 2
half will be fron
be held ul Mem.
. 0th.
ISO p. m., Friday, J
ii guests the hall will seat
outside
rood, and a large number fi
lter counties. Kvery effort is be-1
ring made to get a thoroughly .
jsentative crowd of those directly in- £
terested in the drainage problems of
ithe Delta, and particularly of Green
(wood und Lvflore county, which fates
,the almost inevitable certainty el
'having the New River project dis
| charge its waters into the Yalobusha
riit a point about three miles from
: Greenwood.
| Eleven of the
banka und industrial firms of Green
wood, have bought ten tickets each,
which they are sending to friends
and patrons throughout the terri
tory, who are most directly inter
ested.
The Ovamber of Commerce has
placed 25 tickets with the county
committee for distribution, and ex
tended over fifty invitations outside
the county.
Among the engineers expected to
attend aro Mr. L. A. Jones, of Wash
ington, D. C. and Cnpt. 11. M Mar
f Vicksburg, both tJ. S. En
gineers; nnd Mr. J. I!. Harmon
the Elliot-Hartnon Engineering Co.
Peoria, and Mr. 1.. L. Ilidlinger, pres
dent of the Morgan Engineering Go.
of Memphis, the f inner identified
with the New River project, and the
latter with a proposed drainage plan
for the territory between Sidon and
Yazoo City; Hon. B. G. Humphreys,
Ex-Gov, Noel and other prominent
guests are expected,
lives of every Delta county south of
Leflore will be present.
Attorney 1 S. G. Salter of Clarksdale
will present an entirely new propos
ition—to enlarge the powers and ju
risdiction of the levee board to take
in the entire territory, and build le
vees, dig canals, and construct dams.
The object iB neither to oppose or
advocate any special plan or project
but to have all of them presented as
clearly and briefly as possible, arid
then thoroughly discussed,
nest effort will be made to get at the
merits and demerits of all proposi
tions offered.
An effort will bo made first, to as
certain as definitely as possible, just
what we, from Leflore county south,
expect if nothing at all is tone
Secondly, what the probabilities
that the New River project will
materialize, and what effect it will
this
f Ureen
ot
pre
diolesule houses
shall
I
Representa
An ear
•
.,
may
are
have upon us, terminating in
county und practically in this city.
Third, tho most rational course to
pursue in either event.
Only a limited number of tickets
;ured
These can be
remain.
from the Chamber of Commei
LIQUOR SEIZED
WITH SCHOONER
Cutter Captures British
Vessel With Illicit Cargo In
Boston Harbor.
Revenue
I
rtJaoeiBtcd Press
BOSTON, Dec. 29. —The British
schooner, Golden West with a cargo
of alcohol and liquor aboard
seized by a coast guard cutter while
at anchor outside the port and towed
Customs officers
wan
into port today,
took charge of the Veftsel.
SCIENCE FIGHTS
INSECT GROUPS
the
of
with
af
Ento mo legists Called to
Washington to Assist in the
(Classifying of Bugs
Kansas
of
of
of
LAWRENCK, Kan., U-,, 2>.-A,
the result of the development of a
new and practical system of classi
fying the hemitera, group of insects
H. B. Hungerl'Orfi professor of ento
mology in the University of Kansas,
h&i, ten called to Washington, D.
by Dr> L . 0 .Howard, director of
the National Museum, to assist in
classifying a large number of insect
specimens in the National Museum.
The hemitera group insects in
cludes the chinch bug, squash bug
and San Jose scale, the most destruc
tive group of insects from an econo
mic standpoint For years scientists
have been unable Jo develops a sure
system of classifying members of
this grouji which is important be
cause of the methods used in com
bating the different insect pests
which affect crops.
made
Associated Press
ed
Originally, classification
by color, but this has not been a,
sure index. The method of classifi
cation worked out by Profeaaor Hun
gerford is according to the internal
structure of the insects.
wa
First information concerning Pro
fessor Hungerford's experiments was
published in the University of Kan
sas Scientific Quarterly with the re
suit that scores of letters of inquiry
have come from scientists throughout
the country and in Europe.
IV HMD USE
OF SUBMARINES
ri/ii TOOD1
NOW
ii
Americans Urge That
Conference Adopt
Resolution.
reilCfl, JilDS ailu the
. TI ,
ltUllHUS HOllling
A Innt'
xVH/Ul.
ENGLISH AGREE
WITH OUR STAND
iuted Press
Asi
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. --The di
rect issue of whether future subma
rine warfare will be conducted under
the civilized rules wuii raised by the
American delegates before the arms
conference naval committee by urg
ing the adoption of the Hoot resolu
tion regulating the use of submar
ines against merchant craft. Great
Britain also suported the resolution
but the French, Japanese and ltuli
iii delegations urged a reference of
tile mutter to the commission ex
perts.
LITTLE HEADWAY
MADE BY POLICE
Mob Who Beat Birmingham Attorney
Not Yet Run Down By The
Alabama Officers.
Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 29—
The eily and county officials reported
oday that they had made little head
way in their effort to run down mem
bers of lhe masked mob who lured
W. E. Tumlin, Birmingham attorney
to Red Mountain, near here, Tuesday,
night and beat him until blood flowed
•ore of laceration* on his
from a
body.
Tumlin told solicitor Tuto, that the
mob demanded that be marry hin di
vorced wife or be killed, when he re
fused, he said, the mob beat him with
laths. After beating him the mob
left him but he was too weak to walk
for some time and was not able to
reach a telephone and report the oe
currance until yesterday.
Church Federation
. After Undertakers
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 29..The Church
Federation of St. Louis has taken
steps to reduce the cost of funerals
following receipt of a .communication
from the local presbytery catling at
tention to high funeral charges. The
following passage was Included In
the communication: "When groat
grief comes no one is in a bargaining
mood but wants the best."
A committee of ministers was ap
pointed to confer with a delegation
of St. Louis Undertakers' Associa
tion which claims that "undertakers
do not fix funeral charges but take
orders from relatives of dead per
sons."
Chicago Report Shows
Drunks Increasing
CHICAGO, Dec. 29. —. The An
nual report of the municipal courts
of Chicago, submitted today showed
51,300 persons were arraigned for
intoxication in the year 1.921. Ap
proxiately 19,000 more than were
before the courts in the preceding
year. The report followed the ac
tion of the city council ill demand
ing that congress and the state leg
islature authorize the sale of whole
beers and wines.
some
Oil Associations
YORK Dec 29. —Italian
' cd ^n point, to 4.23
^ * rec '[ t „* hi . si „f the do
g k f the Ba P cg jtaliana Di Sconto
the declaration of a modified
morator j urn l,y the Italian Govern
ment The closed bank has more than
one hundred anil fifty branches in
France, Italy and other countries.
Plead for Tariff
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 29
Import duty on Crude oil of one dol
lar per barrel was urged before the
Senate finance comittee today by a
representative of the Mid-Continent
Oil and Gas Asociation and the Nat
ional Association of independent oil
refiners.
Italian Exchange
Falls in New York
a, , . .
j (jOrrCSDOndent Ot
_ „ i
Italian Bank LlOSeS
Associated Press
Assouaven
NFW YORK, Dec. 29. — The Ita
Uan Discount and Trust Company
h( , TPj tbe correspondent of % Banca
• j t aliaani Disconte of Rome, closed its
doors today following a run-