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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21
TIME TO CALL A HALT.

The farmers of Mississippi have made such
splendid progress during the past few years in
handling their diversified crops, that another cam
paign is suggested, and one that should be fought
to a successful termination. That is: we must feed
our cotton seed meal, market it through a good
dairy or beef animal and return its fertilizing value
to our tired and depleted soils.
When a ton of cotton seed meal is allowed to
leave the State, we have robbed the soil of fertiliz-
ing value ranging from $l4.OO to $4,000. Our lands
demand this fertilizer if we would even make a pre-
tense of preserving its fertility and constructing its
productiveness.
Even the farmers of Europe, thousands of miles
away, can afford to buy our cotton seed meal, con-
vert it into dairy products and place its fertilizing
value on their soils and make of the transaction a
most profitable one. 1t is needless to state that
their lands hold their original fertility, although cul-
tivated for hundreds of years.
A ton of cotton seed meal fed to a beef or
dairy animal and the droppings taken care of and
replaced on the land, is increased in value 80 per
cent. Then, if prime cotton seed meal is selling for
$500 per ton for export, and is really worth that
much, if fed and handled as indicated its value has
increased to $500 per ton.
We must increase our live stock business to
the point where every pound Of cotton seed meal
produced in the State is utilized at home and its
real value secured. 1t is not only the height of
folly to even dream of doing otherwise, but is bor-
dering on the criminal.
Our tried cotton lands need everything in the
nature of humus and fertilizer that they can get,
and in allowing cotton seed meal to leave the State,
we are allowing ourselves to be robbed of fertiliz-
ing value that our lands are solely in need of. Mr..
Reader, won't you do your part to assist in stopping
this enormous leak?
H. E. BLAKESLEE, Commissioner.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21
CORN AND SORGHUM FOR sILAGE.

The Farm Extension Department of the A. &l
N. College has just recently given out the following
timely suggestions to the farmers Of Mississippi:
There are quite a few crops that may be used
for silage, but corn and sorghum have generally
given the best results. Both of these crops make
q high quality of silage when put up properly and
the right stage.
Corn has generally been considered the best
of all crops for this puspose, but recently sorghum
has made a deep impression in Mississippi with most
of those who have tried it. It is true that corn
analyses the higher of the two and is worth more
per ton, but will not produce so great a tonnage per
acre. Then too, sorghum is a surer crop to follow
oats, clover and other winter crops as it will with
stand more drouth. It can also usually be Guilt
waited at less expense than corn, so these things will
frequently more than offset the advantages of the
corn.
AT this station the relative values of different
Stages were tried. Corn stood first in production
of beef per ton but steers on sorghum were a close
second, taking just as good finish or rather selling
for the same price in St. Louis market and made
almost as good gains. These steers were divided
into lots of five and fed the same amount Of meal
and silage. Those receiving corn slage made
a total gain of 1919 pounds, while those on sorghum
silage made a total gain of 1884 pounds, or a differ
ence of only 125 pounds in a 40 day feed period.
The Kansas City Station carried on this work
for 3 years, taking into consideration the yield per
acre also. The average yield per acre with corn
was II tons, while sorghum was II tons. The re-
suits were practically the same as here, the corn
giving somewhat higher gains per ton but figured
on acre basis sorghum led by 80 per cent.
Under average Mississippi conditions sorghum
will yield from one-third to one-half more tonnage
per acre if the right varieties are used; that is one
of the larger growing varieties such as goose neck,
Japanese sorghum and Texas ribbon seed sorghum
the latter one usually giving the best results. II
would be we'll to get Mississippi grown seed if pos
sible.
IF you expect to use sorghum for silage be
sure to let it ripen well before cutting. In case you
have a concrete silo you should paint the inside
with coal tar as this will prevent the acid from at.
fecting the walls"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21
HUMPHREYS Hlslgs GREENWOOD.

Congressman B. G. Humphreys was
among his many Greenwood friends and
relatives Wednesday and Thursday, and
everybody was delighted to see their able
n popular Representative in Congress, who
is easily one Of the most influential and use
full members of that august body. Mr..
Humphreys is most heartily in accord with
President Wilson in his views on the ship
purchase bill and all other important mat
tiers OF legislation advocated by the majority
of the Democrats in Congress. He has inn
plicit confidence in MIR. Wilson,, and says
the President will handle the Lusitania ship
sinking matter with Germany in a manner
satisfactory to all r~ight-thinking American
citizens.
MI. Humphreys looks remarkably we'll,
and informed Us that he would make several
speeches in the different counties of his Dis
trict during the spring and summer, discuss
purchase bill, as we'll as other leading ques-
tions-both National and local-and our
people will be pleased to hear him. He is
decidedly n Of Mississippi's ablest states
men.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21
VERY N A CROP.

Mr.. Woods Stevens, one of our pro-
g~ressive young planter friends, brought The
Commonwealth, last Tuesday, a sample of
his oat crop from the Stevens plantation, a
few miles southeast of Greenwood. He
has II IL acres of the Appler variety Of
oats, which are as pretty as a picture, alb
sblutely free of smut or rust, and they will
PROFESSIONALLY yield 80 or more bushels to
the acre. Mr.. Stevens reports his cotton
and corn crops also in fine condition.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21
THE SPEAKING LAST NIGHT.

Hons. G.. H. Marlborough, J. M. For
man, T. E. Mortimer and M. B. Grace,
candidates for District Attorney, closed a
speaking tour Of Leflore county at the court
house in this city last night, only about fifty
people being present. Hon. G. l.. Lomax
the candidates to the audience. We regret
that there was not a larger crowd present
to hear the distinguished gentlemen present
their respective claims.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21

Army officers and army contractors are taking
advantage of the present excitement to boost for a
big navy, and already we are told that the only sort
of a navy that we ought to have is one that can
whip anything that comes along, says the News
Scimitar. We signed peace pacts with about thirty
nations; and after this war European nations will be
so reduced that they will not be likely to attack us.
During these spasms of excitement is not the proper
time to coolly and deliberately determine on import
ant lines of public policy. After the rain will come
the sunshine, and after the storm will come the calm.
We can afford to wait.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21
so MOTE IT BE.

The Yazoo County News says "there
are some indications that the letters are be-
ing put on the devil. The opium traffic has
been forbidden in China. The new law
against the indiscriminate sale of opiates
has gone into effect in this country. The
manufacture and sale of vodka is forbidden
in Russian. Absinthe has suffered the same
fate in France. Beer is no longer allowed
to run at large in Germany; and prohibition
obtains in the larger part Of the United
States. England is forging chains for
liquor. It looks like the vision Of John is
coming to pass"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21
JOHN WALL FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY.

The announcement of our young towns
man, MIR. John Wall, as a candidate for the
position of Prosecuting County Attorney ap-
pears in this issue of The Commonwealth,
and the attention of our readers is directed
to same. Mr.. Wall is one of our most de-
serving young attorneys and is we'll and
favorably known to most of the people of
Lef1ore county. He will make a close per-
sonal canvass of the county prior to the
August primaries and place his claims be-
fore the voters, and will appreciate a favor
able consideration Of same at their hands.
If elected to this important position Mr..
Wall promises a faithful and efficient dis
charge Of every duty of the office.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21
L NEXT MONDAY.

Lieut.-Gov. Theo. G.. Bilbo, candidate
for Governor, will speak in Greenwood next
Monday, May Oath, at 10 a. M, and in Itta
Rena at 2 p. M, the same day. Good crowds
will no doubt be present to hear him at both
appointments in this county. There will
very likely be several other candidates for
State, district and county offices at Green
wood and Itta Bena to mingle with the
voters on that date.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21

All the crop of a big plantation would
not supply the material for the gun cotton
expended in a single days contest by ships
and forts at the Dardanelles, to say nothing
of the charges in the floating mines that
haunt the swift channels, says the Aberdeen
Examiner. According to this we may look
for a good price for u cotton next year, as
it will require quite a lot Of cotton to resup-
ply the navies even if the war should close
soon. And then Uncle Sam is putting away
a larger supply of power than ever before.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21
THE CHAUTAUQUA OPENS JUNE 2.

The Chautauqua opens in Greenwood
this year June End, under the auspices of
the Kings Daughters.
Pledges for over $4,000 worth of
tickets are signed up by responsible people.
Half of all money for season tickets, over
Daughters, if sold before the opening.
Buy your season tickets now and save
soc on the ticket, also help the Kings Daugh-
tiers by doing so.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21
THE PRESS CONVENTION.

The State Press Convention was royal
ly entertained by the good people of West
Point this week. The session is reported as
having been a most interesting one, and we
regret that a rush of business prevented our
attending. The officers elected for the en-
suing year were: James Faulk president,
Walker Wood first vice-president, Will
Smith second vice-president, A. c.. Anderson
treasurer, Alfred Bean secretary. The next
annual meeting will be held in Clarksdale.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21

It is a fact that when one evil is
scotched another rises up to take its place.
Following close upon the Harrison drug law,
comes the statement that a narcotic with
an u~npronounceable name, from Mexico, is
being imported to take the place of the
drugs which are under the ban. And so it
goes. Evil is hydra-headed. Smash it here,
it rises yonder. Lop its limbs off, and it
sprouts again. It is a continual fight and
only eternal vigilance secures a modicum Of
safety.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21
HAS THE RIGHT IDEA.

The chief of the St. Louis detective
force puts on this chunk of wisdom: Il am
frequently asked what is the type of man
who goes wrong. The answer is that there
is no particular type. There is a clear type
of man who never is in trouble, however.
This is the man who lives within his means,
who saves a part of his earnings each day
and week and year. It does not matter
much, so he lives within his income and
saves"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21
A PERFECT DAY.

When you come to the end of q perfect
day,
And you sit alone with your thought.
While the chimes ring out with q carol
gay,
For the joy that the day has brought.
Do you think what the end of a perfect
day
Can mean to q tired heart,
When the sui goes down with a fam
ing ray
And the dear friends have to part?
Well, this is the end of a perfect day,
Near the end of a journey. too;
But it leaves a thought that is big and
strong,
With q wish that is kind and true.
For mem'ry has painted this perfect
day
With colors that never fade.
And we find at the end of q perfect day
The soul of a friend we've made.
Carrie Jacobs-Bond.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21

A sage very truly says that opportunity may
come once or more than once, but sometimes we
cannot take advantage of it when it appears. Some
times 4 o'clock in the morning finds us restless and
anxious to leave our bed. We are wide-awake and
must be up and doing. At $50 and 9 o'clock the
same morning we are made to realize the loss of
opportunity when we find ourselves sleepy enough
to repose on a bed of sharp flints.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21
LAME BACK.

Lame back is usually due to rheuma.
tism of the muscles of the back. Hard
working people are most likely to suf.
fer from it. Relief may be had BY
massaging the back with Chamber.
lain's Liniment two or three times q
day. Try it. Obtainable everywhere.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21

Yazoo City recently voted $50, 600 bonds
to aid in building a railroad from Carthage
to that city. Carthage is the county site Of
Leake county, one of the few counties of
the State which has no railroad. The build
ing of this road would prove of incalcula-
BILE benefit to both place.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21

Hon. John l.. Hebron, of Washington
county, insists that he is still in the race for
Z. S. Senator to succeed Senator John
Sharp Williams. Mr.. Hebron is a pretty
dever fellow, but the people will never dis
place a man like Senator Williams merely
II crafty his personal ambition to go to the
Senate.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21
VOTERS ARE

Information from many sections of
Mississippi prompts the opinion that a quiet
revolution is going on in the politics of the
state and that the voters are thinking, and
will vote their honest judgment in the COM
ing state primaries, instead of obeying the
dictates of fractional political leaders.
Greenville Democrat.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21

A coat tail rider should be kicked loose
and thrown into political oblivion for trying
to impose upon the people. It makes no diff
ference whose coat he is on, kick him off,
Kosciusko Herald.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21

The Toledo Blade says much in the fol-
lowing: "A political leader" remarked
a man on the car, lis a fellow who sees
which way the crowd is going and then cuts
across the lots and gets ahead of the process
sion."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21

It seems to be a foregone conclusion
that Hon. j. w. George will succeed the
l6mented R. C. Lee as u. S. Attorney for
the Southern District of Mississippi. He is
in. every way c~apacitated, altogether, deserv-
ing, and The Commonwealth hopes and be-
4eves he will be appointed by President
Wilson.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21

The question is asked what has become
of the June bride who used to prepare for
the duties Of matrimony by practicing cook
ing in the kitchen? Probably her grand
daughter is telephoning from the dress
makers to an agency for a cook and second
girl.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21

Too bad congress isn't in session after
the Lusitania disaster, so that the Kaiser
could be inundated by a lot of members
getting leave to print their speeches in the
Record.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21

Memphis and in fact the people of the
khole country mourn the loss Of Judge
Falter Malone, who died suddenly last
tuesday: He was a great and useful man.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21

There is a widespread belief that oper-
atlng q lawn mower is q glorious form of
athletic exercise for everyone else.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21

President Wilson can not be considered
kholly qualified for the present intense stu
lion without having had a training as a
baseball umpire.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21

The June bride would better take all the auto
mobile rides she can get now. Afterward She is
more likely to travel by jitney bus.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21

FOR SALE-About 1000 bush.
els good, sound, ear corn. $l.O5
per bushel +. o. =. Charleston;
500 per
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21

The high school girls are not worrying
much about their graduation, as the dress
akee s sttepdine to al that.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21
Our esteemed friend. Mr.. J., T. Ker

Our esteemed friend, Mr.. j. T. Kerr,
one of the capable managers on Mr.. S. F.
Jones Race Track plantation, was in the
city on business Tuesday and made The
Commonwealth a pleasant call. Mr.. Kerr
reports the $50 acres of oats and 100 acres
of wheat on Race Track this season as be-
ing extra fine, and that the yield of each
will be very large-he believes equal to any
in the Delta or any other section of the
State. Mr.. Kerr says also that their corn
and cotton prospects are good.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21

Jane Adams claims that house-work is restful.
but the girls will deny themselves several dollars q
week not to do i.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21

AUTOMOBILE FOR SALE.
7-Passenger Pierce Arrow
Automobile for sale cheap, or
will trade. What have you?
Car can be seen at PEOPLES
6. N. BARRETT.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21
Mexican June Corn.

mGXIC0O June (OfU,
500 bushels Mexican June Corn
In the ear, 500 per bushel.
D. G. PETEET &BRO.,
Greenwood, lljos.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-02
AVERLY IS SHOCKED

Copyright, 1915, by the News
After Kitty had left for home I ask
ed Aunt Mary and Mother WaVerly to
go with me to one of the new femin-
list clubs that 1 had lately joined. l
was a little interested in seeing just
how the radical Utterances they
would hear there would affect them.
Mother Waverly is really quite con-
tent in her new quarters, although
she keeps Mollie at home with her
evenings more than is good for the
child.
1 take her out whenever I can
and she has. become much interested
in a card club in the hotel, where
eight women of about her age play
cards every week.
"Of course, 1 cannot play cards
outside the house, being in mourn
Ing" she confided to me, explaining"
the difference between tweedledum
and tweedledee.
The club that I attend is made up
of few brilliant women of the Mrs.
Havelock Ellis feminist school, a
number of clever women who are in
terested in all kinds of new fads and
some women who, like myself, desire
to know what every class of their sex
is thinking and talking about. Aunt
Mary looked about at the queer dress
ing of some of the women with
placid enjoyment, but could see that
Mother WaVerly did not approve of
anything especially when one Of the
women lighted cigaret.
'Margie, there is a woman over
there smoking" she said, in Mortified
accents.
81 see her" 1 answered.
do you think we had better
stay?"
why nOt?" 1 asked. eff you were
at the theater and saw a woman in
the play light a cigaret, you would not
leave, and you don't think Dick is ia
hoo inst bacauSn he SmOIyeC - ...
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-02

ipaper Enterprise Associations
a woman of doubtful reputation"
81 happen to know that the woman
smoking is one of the Russian nObil-
ity-a woman of splendid attain
ments. In her country almost all the
women smoke. She is an ardent
prohfbitionist and is only waiting for
the car to proclaim prohibition in her
country.
"She believes that smoking quiets
her nerves and is "a perfectly all
right (as MoIlie would say woman.
/ admire her very much. Smoking,
dear Mother, is, in my opinion, mere
ly a question of taste-not a question
of morals, either in men or women"
Mother WaFerly looked at me in
horror. 'MaTgie," she. whispered,
you don't smoke, do your"
laughed. mo, my dear Mother,
I do not, but l heard Dick tell Harry
Symone the other night that his
great-grandmother smoked a pipe"
'She did. l have seen her." said
Aunt Mary 1T was Johns and
Richards grandmother. You re-
member, SaIlie, a wonderful woman
the kind that helped to pioneer this
friend got up and made such an i'm
country"
A few minutes later my Russian
friend got up and made such an
passioned plea for the abolition Of
alcohol and told so eloquently of the
havoc that it had made in the world
that Mother WaVerly was almost per-
suaded she might be a woman of
character and worth after all.
Oh, little book, how much more ter
,rible do the most of'us hold those sins
against convention than we do those
sins against the moral code. Even
with all the sorrow that Mother Wav-
erly has had from liquor I know that
today she would not be as shocked
to see MoIlie drink a cocktail as to
light pioarnt
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-19

Leases Slate Plant.
The Standard Slate Corporation OF
Esmont. has leased, with the privilege
OF purchasing. the Arvonia Buckine-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-19
WILL VOTE ON JITNEYs
Repeal Ordinance Comes before Both
branches OF Council To-
morrow Night.

The action of the Ordinance Commit
tee repeating the ordinance governing
and regulating the jitney bus trnfic
VIII come up for consideration at the
meeting of the Common Council to-
morrow night at 1880 o'clock and at
the adjourned meeting Of the Boa I'd
or Aldermen at 8. a committee Of
twenty nine. appointed by the West
End Citizens Association in mass meet
ing last week. viii attend to urge both
branches OF the Council to follow the
lead OF the committee. The stress OF
the fight will be upon the clause re-
curing an indemnity bond Of $4,000
on the part of the jitney operators.
The Charter Change Committee will
meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock to hear
concluding arguments on the plan ad
vocated BY the Civic Association Of
Richmond. The Finance COMMITTEES
VIII meet at tho same hour, as will the
committee on Public Buildings. Prom
critics and Utilities
On Thursday night at 8 o'clock the
committee on Advertising and Enter
prise Will meet. The committee VIII
ee asked 10 help defray the expenses
OF entertaining the Ancient and Hon.
orahie Artillery Of Boston. which is IN
visit Richmond during the first week
in October.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-19
HART is CANDIDATE
H"nnoke Non VIII Run for stnte su-
pcrintendent Of Public Instruc-
ton, to Succeed Stcnrnr.

The candidacy OF Professor Hart.
auncr!nte ndent OF Schools for the CITY
OF itoanoke, for the office or Superin-
nounced IN Charlottesville 1t had been
ruihored since last spring that the
ROANOKE man would oppose Superin
tendent r.. 9. Stearncs and the an.
houncement questioned no surprise in
school circles.
reelection. He has stron sumner,
but II Is conceded by his friends thai
Professor Hart will be a formidable
opponent Both men are we'll oualifi ed
b. ability and training and both arc
experienced Instructors. Professor
Hart was strongly opposed to the pol.
icy of Superintendent Stearnes in the
long controversy over the award OF
school book contracts this year