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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-12

For soreness of the muscles, whether
induced by violent exercise or injury
there il nothing better than Chamber
lain's Liniment. This liniment also re-
lieyes rheumatic pains. For sale BY al
dealers.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-12
PROCEEDINGS CITY COUNCIL,
JULY, 1912, TERM.

The Mayor and Board of Aldermen
of the City of Greenwood, Miss, met
in regular session Tuesday, July 2, 1912.
Present; G, L. Ray mayor, R. H.
Hicks clerk, c. l.. Lomax attorney; R.
l.. Miller tax-collector, W. |. Carr
street commissioner; Aldermen J.. H.
Stephen, Harry Hosmer, D. E. Nichols,
Jno. A. Shute and B. L. Young.
The Board did not adjourn until Mon
day evening, holding sessions Wednes-
day, Thursday and Monday evenings.
ACCOUNTS ALLOWED:
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-12
WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THE
MONEY YOU EARN?

You are certainly pursuing the wrong
curse if you fail to save something
out of every pay check. The money
you save should be your servant-make
it work for you night and day. This
bank extends to you an invitation to
make your money earns per cent. inter-
est compounded semi-annually. $l.W
will start an account. Savings accounts
are our speciality. Bank of Lefiore.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-12

~Dysentery is always serious and often
a dangerous disease. but it can be cur
ed. Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and
Drarrhoea Remedy has cured it even
when malignant and epidemic. For sale
by ALI DEALERS.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-12

Buy it now. Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and D~iarrhoea Remedy is al
most certain to be needed before the
summer is over. Buy it now and be
prepared for such an emergency. For
sale BY all dealers,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-12

Officers salaries, fire dept. sal
aries, etc. .,....., ,.~.......... $1l56 20
Light & Water Plant .m. .......... S 90
| 0 O F Cemetery .~.......~. ........ 80 90
Kings Daughters Hospital ...... rs 90
R l. Miller. commissions ...... IA 80
Ira Biddle, street work ...~....... Al IS
Geo, Classify, mdse, ...,..~.. ..~ 2 Is
c W Crockett, costs ~........ 80 Is
R H Hicks, costs ... 3 50
S c TOof & Co., stationery ...~.. II 50
Gwood Vet. Hospital .. a 90
Engineers Record, advertising IL so
Mfrs Record, 20
Gwood Wagon Mfg. Co, repairs II Is
L P Quinn, mdse,~~~."~..u. u.. 8 Is
] W Quinn Drug Co, vaccine. Is 90
Cumb Tel Co, service ......... 4 40
S L Raines, mdse ........ "a 20
Gwood Gro Co, feedstuff ..... 141 81
Delta Lumber Co, lumber. ...... / 80
DR.. Dulaney, treating smallpox Sc 25
Bank of Lefiore, freight paid 107 80
Wade-Hobbs Hdwe. Co. mdse. II "A
RUBBISH & Co., on school bldg 5000 50
S L McGinnis, sup, school bldg, 1871 rs
The Commonwealth, printing 81 rs
F c Pitts, repairs ......,.... ....... II 90
A W Shultz, blacksmithing ....... 5 IS
J T McAlpin, repair work ...... | 50
W | Carr, street payroll GO. .... 500 90
Blk of Le1ore, money advanced 500 90
Ordinances were adopted to re-adyer-
tlse for bids on street paving, in rela-
ton to the issuance of bonds for street
paving purposes, and raising the salar-
les Of the city clerk and city attorney
all of which are printed in another
column.
The ordinance awarding the contract
for street paving to the Southern Btu
lithic Co. which passed by a vote of 3
2-was vetoed by the Mayor. A motion
to pass the ordinance over the veto
failed-Aldermen Young and Hosmer
voting nay" and Aldermen Stephen
and Shute voting yea" and Alder.
man Nichols not voting. Thereupon,
the ordinances adopted pertaining to
said contract were repealed, and bids
ordered Ee-advertised for to be received
on the first Tuesday in August, 1912.
Tax-Collector Miller reported collec-
tons of taxes as follows; Fines and
costs 500, IS, privilege SAT-. so, adva-
loren $l45.8 80.
Bank of Lelore, city depository, re-
ported funds on hand as follows: Gen,
eral fund 1859. SO, school 1910. IS.
street $l76. 40, interest So, 247. n. school
building 49, 73.6 IS.
Reports Of health officer and street
commissioner received and approved.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-12

Mail orders receive our best
care and attention. Ii you are not
pleased with what we send YOU,
return it promptly and get your
money back. A. Weller & Co.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-12
BETTER TO TAKE THAN GALLO
MEL.
Dodson's Liver-Tone, a Wholesome,
Reliable Medicine That Takes the
Place Of Calomel,

poasen's Liver-Tone strengthens the
liver-it does not drive it to its work
by over stimulating it as calomel does.
Dodson's Liver-Tone does not have
any of the dangerous after-effects of
calomel. 1t is a vegetable liquid-ab-
solutely safe for either children or
grown people. Everybody likes its
taste.
No restriction of habit or diet nee
essary.
Get a bottle at S. L. Raines drug
store, SOC, and try it. If it doesn't sat.
isfy you. if it doesn't take the place of
ealomel, you a get your money back
by asking for it.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-12

The usual low rate excur-
sion during August to Chicago,
Ill.,. St. Louis, Mo, Louisville,
n.y., Cincinnati, O., Evansville,
Ind, Detroit, Mich, Kansas
City, Mo-, Denver, Colo,
Washington. D. C., Virginia,
West Virginia, North Carolina
Resorts, etc, will not be op-
Grated this year.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24
Daysev Mayme and Her Folks
BY FRANCES /. eARsIDE

ton be pinned on those men who have
never married, and that they also bt
slaughtered. 1t isn't fair to compe'
only those who have married to go to
church and hear a preacher tell how
good they are.
Instead of father getting day on
on the only day in the year that is
given him, he is to get another day on
He is to sit on a porch all day instead
of being allowed to go out and fish for
them.
He must go to church, dragged there
by all his women folks, which meesoL
there is no one at home to get dinner
He is entitled to a feast and will
find at night he has been treated to
famine Accustomed to the cold pota-
toes of life all his years, he finds on his
one day that his women folks are too
busy singing his praise to prepare any
thing else.
The only time he likes poetry IS
when he is in love, yet he will have It
flung at him with both feet, and be
compelled to applaud when it hits him.
Has to Pay For Them.
He must wear bunch of white
roses in his coat though they mako
him look like soldiers grave. And
he also has to pay for them.
He must look grateful when toasted
in weak tea, and if he demands any
thing stronger it will remind his. wom-
en- folks of the first song ever composed
in Fathers honor. and that song was
Father Dear Father Come Home With
Me Now
He wants a nice juicy steak he vii
get odes. He wants to read his Sunday
paper in peace he will be compelled TO
attend so many church services in his
honor he won't be fit to enjoy his Sun
day papers before Tuesday noon.
There are some saints whose days
are observed as fasts and other saints
whose days are observed as feasts. Fa
Their is a saint whose day is observed as
a fast, and why? Because that suits
the women better!
The sacred services will not be con-
fined to those at church added Ly-
sander John grmly. when Father
reaches home he will find some one still
taking up a collection, to be continued
at intervals all day, owing to the melt
ing influence this hero worship is hoped
to have on Father"
But his protests viii accomplish
nothing more than to increase his tenn
perature. And an increased temporal
ture will wilt the laurels on his brow
For there is nothing in the world as
futile as the protests of married man.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24
LIS HEB PRIVILEGE.
Dear Miss Fairfax:

Dear Miss Fairfax
For the last year have been visiting
girl and during that time she has
been out only twice with any other fell
low. Lately she told me people said
she was foolish 20 settle down and keep
company with only one. She said in
the future she intended to see all the
fellows Previous to this she always
told me she cared for me only and even
set date for our engagement. r. c.
AT least give her the credit for frank
ness and honesty Of purpose. II she is
showing evidence that she is tired Of
YOU, that is largely your fault You
either have been too devoted, or not de-
voted enough A girl soon tires Of a
man she can walk all over, and she also
tires Of one who doesn't make an Eff
fort 10 entertain her Look yourself
over for the fault If satisfied Your
conduct has been above reproach, give
her up and forget her.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24
The Bathing Girl of Today.
The Wqdlng Suf--A Necessary AdJunct Mouutqn Trip
BY Margaret Hubbard Aver.

TIME newest thing is a wading suit
It's the aristocratic cousin to the
bathing suit and never goes
near the water"
1t can be made Of anything YOU like
from brocGde to ordinary plain silk,
but, Of course. silk it must be, and
there must be all kinds Of pretty things
to go with it like caps and hats and
parasols and reticules and even lunch
baskets. made or trimmed with the
same kind of material as the wading
suit
But why a wading suit? Because
every one can wade, dear reader, and
it doesn't spoil ones beautiful suit, or
get ones hair out of crmp or make one
look forlorn and bedraggled as does
swimming in the wet. wet water.
Another Reason.
Then let me whisper it to you, wad-
ing IS done by our most exclusive set,
so. of course, it has the stamp of APP
prevail aside from the example set by
the major generals daughters in The
Pirates of Penzance" But If you think
wading is just a simple Gilbertian
thing when you take off your stockings
and saunter into the waves up to your
ankles. YOU are mistaken. Wading ne
cessitates the elaborate costume pic
tured above or one equally handsome.
You must wade in silk stockings and
canvas or satin shoes, with parasol
held over your head to protect YOU from
the sun, and your handkerchief, mirror
and powder rag in silk bag dangling
from your wrist and your we'll dressed
and marceled hair showing from under
the prettiest cap in the world.
You step into the water uttering APP
propriate cries Of "Oh how cold" etc,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24

and the entire beach and all the peo-
pie on the pier look on in admiring as
constituent at your perfectly fitting
costume and your extensively corseted
figure
Lest l forget to describe the newest
wading costumes to youths one is
of black satin, thick quality with
trimmings of plaid taffeta; others are
of different kinds of silk heavily en-
broidered. The most impressive one
have seen, designed for the trousseau
of a summer belle, is of black silk With
a rose design embroidered in colored
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24
Up-to-Date Jokes

Dixon-My wife is fearfully cross.
It's sign she's getting better, I sup
pose.
Enpec (resignedly) My wife is al
ways in robust health
Sally Gay-What cunning little fell
low Mr.. Callipers is!
Jenny Swift-Cunning Why he's
dreadfully bow legged.
Sally Gay-Yes. but that gives Him
such an arch look, you know
Messrs. Grinder & Molar teeth ex-
perts were having their premises
painted, and on a card attached to the
door were the words wet paint" in
large letters. MI Molar was wonder
passing by the door and went off laugh
ing
The reason was somebody for a joke
had erased the two It's" from the card,
making the announcement read we
pain"
Say, mate, why did they bring you
here" the old resident al the asylum
whispered cautiously to the new
conner
Me? oh, take fits" replied the
novice.
so do l." the old stager cried. with
Joy Come along and have one with
me-
Comradeship, hospitality and tact
could go no farther. The two fed to
the garden together.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24

silks running around the mem and dec
Grating the wide sleeves
The white silk bathing suit forbid
den on various beaches, when it reap
pears as a wading suit "a be proper
ly appreciated, for it is anything but
immodest Like Madame Sans Gene,
the wader may exclaim Il have fewer
clothes on when I'm dressed than when
I'm wading"
There is no indication that the luxu-
rious bathing and wading suits are
merely a fad or passing fashion.
Those of us who are swimmers view
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24

the increas ingly extravagant bathing
suit NTH alarm because no one can
swim in it, and to wear a serviceable
swimming suit will soon stamp one as
very conspicuous However now that
this elaborate costume has a real pur-
pose of its own there is no reason why
we shouldn't all be happy.
If you swim, stick to the old-fash-
toned, comfortable garment and hide
your lack of fine clothes in the water.
If you can't swim, walk in sartorial
spendor and bask in the admiration of
the crowd.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24

TIME hero who is sung is never SO
heroic and appreciative that ne
is above criticisng the singer
and the song
Lysander John Appleton will be a
hero tomorrow. He is father, and to-
morrow is Fathers day One day in
the year has been set aside to be de-
voted to singing Fathers praises, and
instead of calmly accepting the homage
paid him, Father objects to the manner
in which it is paid.
Lysander John began his protest
against this annual lionization of ia
theirs Gnaugusated, he declaes, to make
up for year of neglecD over d week
ago. He will continue to emit little
squeals of protest from his throne all
day tomorrow.
But that will make no difference to
Mrs. Lysander John and Daysey May
me. He is FATHER, and must be hon
ored in their way If they have to bind
him with ropes. gag him with a towel
and drag him to his pedestal to do it.
Lysander Johns conversations may
begin with an audience, but they all
ways terminate as a soliloquy This
has been especially true all this week in
his walls against being butchered to-
morrow TO make holiday.
Objects to the Flower.
The women have selected the white
rose as the emblem for Fathers day.
It's the flower they send to the
dead" howled Lysander John NO one
live mira ~ -,-l,ito
rose. I insist that our emblem be a
daisy. That's what we men are-dai-
sies-and l want a sprig of boys love
and old man thrown in.
Il also demand that a bachelors but
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24
advice TO THE LOVEI.ORN By Beatrice Fairfax

claim it is only fad, as we have mere
ly loaned to one another, and will re-
turn them at same future date. l am
very much distressed, as mother wants
me to return the ring the next time l
see him. l am afraid of embarrassing
him. and would not care to lose his
friendship. r. Lee.
You do not want to hurt his feelings.
Do you consider your mothers? You
are putting him paramount and 4 am
sorry My dear girl, your mother is
right. 1t is silly to exchange rings with
a man who is almost a stranger. and no
plea that it is a fad will excuse it. Re
turn mis- ring and get back your own
If it offends him. let the incident end
your acquaintance.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24
DON'T MARRY UNTIL YOU CAN
AFFORD 1T:

Dear Miss Fairfax
| have been going with a young lady
six months younger than myself for the
last three years. We love each other
dearly and her parents approve
But am not earning enough TO mar
ry on She says she will be willing to
wait a year or more.
Are such long engagements deslr-
able | may nave To leave the city for
several months. Would it be right to
marry her before | go? JOHN b.
\ long engagement, while not al
Ways desirable. is infinitely better than
marriage on inadequate means.
DohN marry until YOU can remain
with your Wife To marry her and
then to leave her exposes her to the
charge that she is neglected wife, If
she owes YOU she-will wait until your
income warrants the expense Of a home
and wait patiently and faithfully
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24
WHEN YOUR HAZE BRUSHES Gun

Your hair is as sensitive as your skin
even more so. 1t stands up under heavy
hats, curling irons. and diseases of the
scalp. etc. But there is limit.
When you comb and brush your hair in
the morning. watch for the "TRAlLERS'
that turn grey, fall out, and comb out with
the first morning brush.
You MUST know that there something
wrong If your hair was in good health,
il wouldn't fall out, nature never intended
that, There is something wrong at the root
of things-the hair needs tonic-a restorer.
When you are sick you take medicine.
That is your first thought. Its turning grey,
falling out, are both ways the hair has Of
complaining of illness. . II cant do il
in any other way. DO YOUR part. Use
HAYS EAIR HEALTH
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24
MEET INDIFFERENCE WITH IN
DIFFERENCE.

Dear Miss Fairfax
am acquainted with young man
whom l love very much. l have known
him from childhood. At times he seems
devoted to me and then again he seems
Indifferent How can | win this young
mans love? MIRIAM B.
There is one sure way in which you
can NOT win it, and that is by letting
him see you want it. If he is cool. be
cool Yourself Instead of worrying over
his Indifference, let him realize that he
is not sure Of you The man who knows
he can wander off from a girl and come
back when he chooses usually doesn't
choose TO come back.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24
YOU HAVE THE PREFERENCE.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
have been keeping company with a
girl about two years and few months
ago | noticed her attention was being
cooled off by keeping company with
other young men have had many
quarrels with her and still she seems
willing to have my company. while she
doesn't care for any of the other boys
when she has a falling out with them.
j. S. G,
Some women love most the man with
whom they quarrel the hardest. Her
desire to make up with you, and her
Indifference to results when she quarrels
with others. gives YOU every reason to
hope I do not believe, however, that
quarrels-even love quarrels-are safe
or sane If you can't get along now
without fighting, how do you expect to
get along when there are more serious
things to cause disagreement?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24
HOW ABOUT y OUR MOTHER?

Dear Miss Falrfsx
A gentleman friend Of mine whom
haVe seen three times hut during that
ume We seemed go understand one an
other very we'll asked me for my ring
and IN exchange gave me his. My
mother is Very mucF against 1t. but l
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24
something That stirred In the r.


Something That Stirred In the Trees.
! For a moment her meaning evaded him,
then, with a horror-stricken exclamation,
he moved toward her
Betty hush. You don't know what
YOU are saying. He gave a half-glance
over his shoulder, dreading lest even in
| that place Of white loneliness some caves
dropper might start up
Its the truth killed him" Her
voice rang out almost shrlIly, though
with word and sign again he urged her
to silence. 81 can't deceive myself,
though | have tried to do So Everything
came back TO me at the sight OF that bag
which | dropped In my flight. remem-
bered hlng-everythln up to
point-your, coming. The room, the knife,
the blood on my hands Heaven knows,
It wasn't premeditated; even now | can't
understand how 1t happened. But re-
member-the body lay there-there at my
feet, and ! stood with the knife In my
hand"--
Her voice faltered and died Riming-
ton looked at her. gripped to silence BY
the tragedy and horror M the scene his
Numbering had evoked She had never
seemed SO lovely so desirable in his eyes
as at that moment. No doubt now i'm his
heart-this admission which had sprung
20 her lips with heroic self sacrifice at the
first hint Of anothers danger was not
true
But before" he urged once again
"Can you remember what happened be
fore YOU saw the body? Betty darling,
speak So much depends on it. Did this
man insult you"'
IL don't know 1 can't remember she
said duly ITS SO strange l went
L.. gsI
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24

pleading she put out her hands TO him
! you mustn't ask me to tell you that.
for ! can't It's not my own secret. !
/ haven't the right TO tell YOU that"
/ The eaoerness which had famed UP In
/ Riminoton's eyes went out. The memory
Of the story SAKE had told him in the
back parlor Of the curio shop in West
minister came back to him now with a
rush--the tnancier's extraordinary sug
gestion that Fitzstephen and Betty had
not met that night for the first time.
What was this secret that Betty could
not share with him. though she shared II
] with another? Now for the first time dur
! Ing this interview his thoughts reverted
TO the stone he had found In Bettys bag.
the stone that lay securely now for all
time in is sordid setting Of Thames mud.
Did she remember nothing of that? In
spite Of himself, a little creeping doubt
raised its head In his heart It was all so
lnexplicabie-so bitterly hard to believe
that Betty had no knowledge Of how she
had come home.
The watching girl saw how his face
darkened
You're angry, Jack"
The words died in her throat with a
pitiful culver, her hands fell to her sides
with a desolate little gesture that left
bennington strangely cold. lie was hurt
and he told her so, hardly realizing how
| hard a note rang IN his voice.
NO not angry, Betty-but hurt lit
tie confess that you, whom nave
trusted so much, should trust me so 1T
tie
"Jack-aren' you little unjust II is
not my own secret, dear The whole
happiness of another person depends on
my given word
And If your own happiness mine de
pended on your speaking
II have given my word, he girl said
nervously
Your word yes, that's all very well
Betty. Remington said, with a touch OF
lmpatcnce, hut you don't understand
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24

TIME hero who is sung is never SO
heroic and appreciative that ne
is above criticising the singer
The Meeker herald., 1912-02-10
Dissoiution d cs-PsrsnsssAip.

Notice u hereby given that the
co-partaership heretofore existing
bstwssn W. A. Thomas and H. r..
Setter under the arm name, Of
Thomas I Setter d this day dissolved
By mutual CONSENT NJ. Setter r.
tifing.
All bills aeainst The lAts nrm will
b sstt1sd ~ NJ. Thos,aa, Who viii
slso coolest ~ ASeeeats ana ~ ~.
1esals Csiet, - ~ HI
~. a. EAolGAk
r II. n. Hnxrnn.
The Meeker herald., 1912-02-10
SPECIAL IRRITATION

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And then We want 70 figure lumber
for your baildiuga, lime and esuasut
for your foundations, hardware fos
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And tho most important part u all,
We want Ia. show you our stuck % you
can see what you are sst4ing.
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The Meeker herald., 1912-02-10
Almost Lost His Life

s. A. Std, Of Mason, Mich, will
never forget his terrible exposure to
> merciiess storm. ut gave me
dreadful cold" he writes, that caus-
ed severe pains In my chest, so it
was bard for me TO breathe. A neigh
Dor gave me several doses Of DR..
Kings New Discovery, which brought
great relief. The doctor said that I
was on the verge Of pneumonia, but
to continue with the Discovery. L
did 90. and two bottles completely
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Send. THE HERALD east
The Meeker herald., 1912-02-10
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- DH Kings New Life Pills cured
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