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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19
PAY NO MORE
DEDICATED TO THE CALAM
ITY HOWLERS.

The following lines were re-
Gently submitted to the esteemed
Aberdeen Examiner by a Monroe
county farmer, who suggests that
the same be adopted as the Ma
tiona. Anthem Of the calamity
howlers:
Mr.. Boil WeeviI!
You've done me wrong,
You've eat up my cotton,
Now you've started on my corn.
You've lowered the yield,
War has cut the price,
You're as bad as poker,
You're worse than dice.
You've made the banker
Quit loanirg us money,
You've caused the merchant
To think us funny.
When we ask for credit
We. give as our reason,
VI e hope that this year,
Viii be a dry season.
Il ere IS so ne that tell US
You're a blessing in disguise
Rnt we fail 10 see it
w zen food bogus to rise.
You're a nifty little varmint
We respect your nerve
Ne'r, not prepared to greet you
Which We all deserve.
In closing teis little story,
| would like to advise,
fyou Want to meet your equal
Enlist with the Allies.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19
BUILDING Al SCHLATER.

Plans have been prepared for the
Jones Bros. for a block of five brick
stores at Schlater. These will have
pressed brick and plate glass fronts,
cement floors, and will be finished up
to-date in every respect. There will
be q seventeen inch fire wall between
zach building, thus making each one .
separate risk.
The contract will be let in a few DAYS
and buildings completed by July 1st.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19
NOTICE.

The partnership heretofore existing between
the undersigned under the firm name of Hughes
& Bachman, in the dry cleaning business. on
Howard Street. in Greenwood. Lefore County.
Mississippi. is this day dissolved by mutual agree
ment. and the business will be carried on in the
same place by the undersigned. W. A. Hughes. in
his own name.
An Of the assets and property is the property of
said w. A. Hughes and ali debts due the old firm
belong to him. and no one 10 authorized to collect
them but him. He assumes all the legal demands
against the old firm.
This the 18th Of March. 1916.
W. A. HUGHES,
E. b. BACHMAN.
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a 80 49,
The Goodrich Tire,
like the trained
athlete is all Drawn
and muscle fat
(lhEl6(i2
hullEl3


TIME old Olympic Game promoters
were great for what we call 'form.'
Symmetry, proportion. soundness
and proper balance out-bid bulgiEg muscles for
favor-yes, and out-won, too, just as they VIII
today.
Mere, bulk never was synonymous with
endurance-and the truth Of thisst statement drives
home with a bang. when you apply it to tires.
= !:
thick, heavy tires were the last word il
tire construction, we could wipe out Of
existence a Goodrich Research and Test
Department employing seventy people. We
would take Of the road a battalion Of ten
automobiles, that run twenty-four hours a day
and every day in the year, grinding tires Of all
makes to pieces, just for the sake of information
to us and eventual economy to the user Of
Goodrich Tires.
There is where we learn to cut out of a tire
the material which gets the user nothing.
Of course, when we stripped tire price lists
Of their neutrality-suspicious. valres-we expected
sivals to say we had stripped our tires.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Supervisors Of Lefore Coun.
ty. Miss, will receive sealed bids on
the First Monday in April. 1916, for
purchase of corn. hay and mixed feed
for county mules for the year ending
January LIST, 1916.
A. r. BEW, Clerk.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19

The wonderful record
made by Diamond Tires last
year proves that they are
right structurally.
It proves that the materi-
ais we put into Diamond Tires
have the weight, strength and
wearing qualities that combine
to give the most economical
mileage in actual service.
Recently we conducted a
test by mail to find out what
iObbers and tire dealers had to
say about 1914 Diamond Tire
records. The hundreds Of let
tiers received from them show
that Diamond Tires have more
than made good.
These letters from dealers in
all parts of the country, show that
Diamond Tires in 1914 established
a service record which stands
supreme. We have put these let
tiers into a book. They furnish con-
crete evidence Of the big mileage
Diamond users get and the free
dom from tire troubles they enjoy.
Write to Akron, Ohio, for this
remarkable book Of letters. It's a
wallop!-and we want you to have
a copy.
In addition to the extraordinary mileage
and freedom from trouble that you get
in Diamond SGueesee Tread Tires, you
can buy them at the following
TcsT DE-~Ee.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19
SPRING EXAMINATIONS.

For white teachers 1st and Bird Fri.
day and Saturday, and for colored
teachers End and 4th Friday and Satur.
day in April. j. r. HUGHES,
Supt. of Education.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19

WANTED TO RENT-Two or
three furnished rooms for light
housekeeping. Telephone The
Commonwealth.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19
Total

Total 276
About fifteen or twenty dele
gates on the train declined to
vote, most of them being persons
who are candidates for local
offices in their home counties and
did not want to mix up in the
event.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19

FOR RENT-S-room residence
with all modern conveniences on
Depot street. Apply to Mrs. S
+. Howard, 2O5 Johnson Street.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19

Blank Bills OF Sale for sale at
The Commonwealth office.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19
| N EGGS FOR SALE.

Thoroughbred Golden Lace
Wyandotte Eggs, per setting
$3.50 f. o. b. Greenwood, Miss.
Phone 212. r. l.. FOY.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19

Office for rent, over Raines
drug store, $500 per month; apply
to A. F. Gardner.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19

Note the following table Of comparative prices
on non-slid tires. Columns headed A, y 3D. y "C''
and represent four highly-advertised tires
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-19

was their only comeback" They had
to say that, in stripping down prices to
the point where they were fair to dealer
and consumer and left no room for injurious
price-cutting tactics, we had stripped our tires
Of some quality, too.
tNHE Goodrich Tire, like the trained
athlete, is all Drawn and muscle-no
fat. 1t represents an achievement
the ability to cut oct the extra costs of manu-
facture, the extra costs of labor, of extra, needless
material, and to give you the best, long mileage,
high-staniard tire in the world.
There are padded tires as well as padded
price lists.
Don't pay for padding.
Now don't forget this-we are talking in the
main about Goodrich Safety Tread Tires, for
they represent ninety per cent of our factory
output for resale.
Furthermore, while we have put the pad
ded prices on smooth tread tires on the run, the
evil of padded prices on non-skid tires still is in
evidence, as shown in table below:
ri - r ~o~Dnv~rv ~ az.
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II will send for my coat and we will
go together, if you like" he suggested.
She smiled.
Il am going the other way, back to
Georgia square," she explained. "No,
please don't ring. I can find my own
way out"
She hurried from the room. Outside
In the hall she paused for moment,
listening with beating heart. By the
side wall was hat rack with branch
ing pegs, from which several coats
were hanging. She slipped quietly be-
hind their shelter
A moment or two later she heard
the professor leave the house. Very
cautiously she stole out from her hid
ing place. The hall was empty. She
crossed it with noiseless footsteps,
slipped into the study and moved
stealthily to- the fireplace. There was
little heap of ashes in one distinct
spot. She gathered them up in her
handkerchief and secreted it in her
dress and quietly left the house.
At Georgia square she found Laura
waiting for her, and few minutes af-
terward the two girls were examining
the ashes with the aid of Quests mi
croscope. Among the little pile was
one fragment at the sight of which
they both exclaimed. It was distinctly
a shred Of charred muslin embroidery
Lenora pointed toward it triumphant
ly.
isn't that evidence?" she demand
ed. Lets ring up Inspector French!
Laura shook her head doubtfully.
mot so FAST" she advised. French
is a good sort in his way, but he's
prejudiced just now against the boss
I'm not sure that this evidence would
go far by itself"
cts evidence enough for us to go to
Craig, though! What we have got to
do is to get confession out Of him,
somehow"
Laura studied her companion, for a
moment, curiously.
taking some interest in Mr.. Quest,
kid, amt you?"
Lenora looked up. Then her head
suddenly sank into her hands. She
knew quite we'll that her secret had
escaped her. Laura patted her shoul
der.
That's all right, child" she said
soothingly. we'll see him through
this, somehow or other"
Laura" exclaimed Lenora, "we will
save Mr.. Quest and we will get hold
of Craig! I have a plan |Listen!"
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ing to her. She Transcribed It with
beating heart:
O. X. Coming.
The guard swung open the wicket
in front of Quests cell.
young woman to see you, Quest
he announced "Ten minutes, and no
loud talking, please
Quest moved to the bars. It was
Laura who stood there She wasted
very little time in preliminaries. Hav-
ing satisfied herself that the guard
was out of hearing, she leaned as close
as she could to Quest.
"Look here" she said, "Lenora's
crazy with the idea that Craig has
done these jobs-Craig, the profess
sor's servant, you know. We used the
phototelesme yesterday afternoon and
saw him burn something in the pro
fessor's study. Lenora went up
straight away and got hold Of the
ashes"
Smart girl" Quest murmured, nod
ding approvingly. "Well?"
There are distinct fragments"
Laura continued, "of embroidered stuff
such as the Salvation Army girl might
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Come round and see me In the
Tombs, one of YOU"
The ambulance men came and de-
parted with their grim burden, the
room on the ground floor was locked
and sealed! and the house was soon
empty except for the two girls. To-
ward three o'clock Lenora went out
and returned with newspaper. She
opened it out upon the table and they
both pored over it.
Justice Thorpe has refused to con-
slider bail!' He's a guy, that Justice
Thorpe, and SOS the idiot who wrote
this stuff" Laura exclaimed, thrust
ing the paper away from her. 81
guess the professor was dead right
when he told French he was locking
up the one man who could clear up
the whole show"
Lenora nodded thought fully.
THE professor spoke up like a
man." she agreed, "but Laura, 1 want
to ask you something. Did you notice
his servant-that man Craig?"
Cant say did particularly" Laura
admitted.
Twice." Lenora continued, 81
thought he was going to faint 1 tell
you he was scared the whole of the
time"
what are you getting at, kid?"
Laura demanded
"At Craig, if I can," Lenora replied,
moving toward the telephone. please
give me- the phototelesme. am
going to talk to the professor"
Laura adjusted the mirror to the in
strument and Lenora rang up The
professor himself answered the call.
Have you seen the three o'clock
edition, professor" Lenora asked.
Il never read newspapers, young
lady, the professor replied.
Let me tell you what they say
about Mr.. Quest!"
Lenora commenced a rambling &C
count Of what she had read in the
newspaper. All the time the eyes of
the two girls were fixed upon the mir
ror. They could see the professor
seated in his chair with two huge vol
umes by his side, pile Of manuscript,
and pen in his hand. They could
even catch the look Of sympathy on
his face as he listened attentively. Sud
denly Lenora almost broke off. She
gripped- Laura by the arm. The door
of the study had been opened slowly,
and Craig, carrying a bundle, paused
for moment on the threshold. He
glanced nervously toward the profess
sor, who seemed unaware of his en-
trance. Then he moved stealth1ly to-
ward the fireplace, stopped down and
committed something to the flames.
The relief on his face, as he stood up,
was obvious.
Cali can do for Mr.. Quest, young
lady, WILL" the professor promised.
He laid the receiver down and the
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Sanford Quest, master criminologist Of
the world, finds that in bringing to JUS
Ashleigh's daughter, he has but just en-
tered a life-and-death struggle with a
mysterious master criminal. In hidden
hit In Professor Ashleigh's garden he has
seen an anthropoid ape skeleton and a
living inhuman creature, half monkey,
half man, destroyed by fire. In his rooms
at intervals have appeared from nowhere
two black boxes with sarcastic and
threatening notes. signed with a pair of
armless, threatening hands, representing
those which have already figured in a
diamond robbery. With his secretary,
Laura. and his assistant Lenora, he fol-
lows the trail of Macdougal. who escaped
gals dead body in a cave on a lonely
hillside. After a thrilling escape from
to his rooms to find his valet, Ross
Brown, and Miss Quigg murdered, and
Police Inspector French investigating.
French, puzzled, half suspects Quest Of
be crime.
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reflection on the mirror faded away
Lenora started up and hastily put on
her coat and hat, which were still ly-
ing on the chair.
II am going right down to the pro-
fessor's," she announced.
what do you think you can do
there?" Laura asked.
81 am going to see If / can find out
what that man burned" she replied.
II will be back in an hour"
Laura walked with her as far as the
street ear, and very soon afterward
Lenora found herself knocking at the
professors front door. Craig admitted
her almost at once. For a moment he
seemed to SILVER as he recognized her.
"Well, young lady, the professor
said, have you thought of something
can dor
She took no notice of the chair to
which he pointed, and rested her hand
upon his shoulder.
Professor" she begged, Ego and see
Mr.. Quest! He is in the Tombs prison.
It would be the kindest thing anyone
could possibly do"
The professor glanced regretfully at
his manuscript, but he did not hesi-
tate. He rose promptly to his feet.
eff you think he would appreciate
it, will go at once" he decided.
Her face shone with gratitude.
"That is really kind of you, profess
sor." she declared.
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was still sitting. His usually good
humored face was little clouded.
"Professor," he began What's the
matter, Miles?"
A plain-clothes man from the street
had come hurrying into the room.
"Say, Mr.. French" he reported, Our
fellows have got hold Of newsie
down in the street, who was coming
along way round the back and saw
two men enter this house by the side
entrance, half an hour ago. One he
described exactly as the professor
here. The other, without doubt, was
Quest"
French turned swiftly toward the
professor.
"You hear what this man says"
he exclaimed. Mr.. Ashleigh, you're
fooling me! You entered this house
with Sanford Quest. You will have
to tell us where he Is hiding"
The professor knocked the ash from
his cigar and replaced it in his mouth.
His clasped hands rested in front
of him. There was twinkle Of some
thing like mirth in his eyes as he
glanced up at the inspector.
"Mr. French" he said, "Mr. Sanford
Quest is my friend. I am here in
charge of his house, Believing as
do that his arrest was an egregious
blunder, shall say or do nothing like
ly to afford you any information"
French turned impatiently away.
Suddenly light broke in upon him;
he rushed toward the door.
THAT ID Dutchie!" he exclaimed
The professor smiled benignly.
(TO BE CONTINUEDl
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CHAPTER XIII.

Craig's surprise was. real enough
as he opened the back door of the pro-
fessor's house on the following morn
ing and found Lenora standing on the
threshold.
Lenora smiled pleasantly.
81 came to this door," she said, "be-
cause wanted little talk with you. "
Craig's attitude was perfect He was
mystified but he remained respectful.
"Will you come inside?" he invited.
She shook her head.
Il am afraid" she confided, "of what
1 am going to say being overheard.
Come with me down to the garage
for a moment"
He opened the doors Of the garage,
leaving the keys in the lock, and they
both passed inside.
"You can say what you please here
without the slightest fear of being
overheard, MISS" Craig remarked.
Lenora nodded, and breathed a
the door than Craig by about half a
dozen PAGES. Her hand CROPPED in the
little bag she was carrying and
gripped something hard. She clenched
her teeth for a moment. Then the
automatic pistol flashed out through
the gloom.
"Craig," she threatened, "if you
move I shall shoot YOU"
It seemed as though the man we're
a coward. He began to tremble, his
lips twitched, his eyes grew larger
and rounder.
"What is it," he faltered. what
do you want?"
"Just this" Lenora said firmly. II
suspect you to be guilty of the crime
for which Sanford Quest is in prison.
am going to have you questioned.
If you are innocent you have nothing
to fear. If you are guilty there will
be someone here before long who will
extract the truth from you"
The mans face was an epitome of
terror. Even his knees shook. Lenora
felt herself grow calmer with every
moment.
IT am going outside to send mes
sage" she told him. II shall return
presently"
Don't co." he begged suddenly.
Don't leave me! I am innocent.
have done nothing wrong. If you keep
me here, you will do more harm than
you can dream Of"
ct is for other people to decide
about your innocence" Lenora said
calmly. I have nothing to do with
that. If you are wise you will stop
here quietly"
Have you said anything to Mr..
Ashleigh, miss?" the man asked pite-
ously.
mot a word"
A expression of relief shone for a
moment upon his face. Lenora point
ed to a stool.
"Sit down there and wait quietly"
she ordered.
He obeyed without word. She
left the place, locked the door Sc
curely, and made her way round to the
other side Of the garage-the side
hidden from the house. Here, at the
far corner, she, drew a little pocket
wireless from her bag and set it on
the window sill. Very slowly she sent
her message:
! have Craig here in the professors
garage, locked up. IF our plan has
succeeded, come at once. I am wait
ing for you.
There was no reply. She sent the
message again and again. Suddenly,
during a pause, there was little flash
upon the plate. A message was com
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whatever the penalty may be! It is
for her sake-to find her--that broke
out Of prison and that am trying to
keep free. The wisest thing to do,
from my own point of view, would be-
to give myself up. I can't bring N.Y.
self to do that without knowing what
has become Of her."
The professor nodded again.
"a charming and well-bred young
woman she seems" he admitted. II
fear that should only be bungler
in your profession, Mr.. Quest, but IL
there is anything I can do depend
upon me. Personally, / am convinced
that Craig will return to me with
some plausible explanation as to what
has happened"
Quest, for the third or fourth time
moved cautiously toward the window.
His expression suddenly changed. He
glanced suddenly downward, frowned
slightly.
They're after mel" he exclaimed.
'Sit still, professor"
He darted into his room and rear-
peared again almost Immediately. The
professor gave a gasp of astonish-
ment at his altered appearance. His
tweed suit seemed to have been turned
inside out. There were no lapels now,
and it was buttoned up to his neck He
wore a long white apron; a peaked
cap and a chinpiece of astonishing
natura1ness had transformed him into
the semblance of Dutch grocer's boy.
I'm off. professor" Quest whis-
pered. 'You shall hear from me soon.
I have not been here, remember!"
He ran lightly down the steps and
into the kitchen, picked up basket,
filled it haphazard with vegetables and
threw cloth over the top. Then he
made his way to the front door, peered
out for a moment, swung. through it
on to the step, and, turning round,
commenced to belabor it with his Ihst.
Two plain-clothes men stood att the
end of the street. A police autemo-
bile drew up outside the gate. Inspec-
tor French, attended by policeman,
stepped out. The former looked search
ingly at Quest.
"Well, my boy, what are you doing
here?" he asked.
Il cannot answer yet" Quest re-
piled, in broken English. "Ten min
uts already have I wasted. I have
knocked at all the DOORS"
French smiled.
"You run along home" he said, "and
tell your master that he had better
leave off delivering goods here for the
present.
Quest went off, grumbling. French
opened the door with master key
and secured it carefully, leaving one of
his men to guard it. He searched the
rooms on the ground floor and finally
assembled to Quests study. The pro-
fessor was still enjoying his cigar.
"Say, where's Quest?" the inspector
asked promptly.
"Have you let him out already?" the
professor replied, in tone of mild
surprise. II thought he was in the
Tombss prison"
The inspector pressed on without
answering. Every room in the house
was ransacked. Presently he came
back to the room where the professor
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have been wearing. We put them on
one side, but they amt enough evil
dence. Lenora's idea Is that you
should get hold Of Craig and hypnotic
him into confession.''
That's all right" Quest replied,
''but how am to get hold Of him."
Laura glanced once more carelessly
around to where the guard stood.
"Lenora's gone up to the professor
again this afternoon She is going to
try and get hold Of Craig and lock him
in the garage. If she succeeds, she
will send a message by wireless at
three o'clock. It IS half-past two
now"
"Wel1?" Quest exclaimed. "Well?''
"You can work this guard, If you
want to-" Lenora went on. 81 have
seen you tackle worse cases. He seems
dead easy. Then let me in the cell,
take my clothes and leave me here. u
Quest followed the scheme in his
mind quickly.
ut is all right" he decided, "but
am not at all sure that they can really
hold me on the evidence they have
got. If they can't, shall be doing my
way"
'It's no use unless you can get hold
of Craig quickly" Laura said. He is
getting the scares, as it is"
"I'1l do it." Quest decided. "Call the
guard, Laura"
She obeyed. The man came good
naturedly toward them.
Quest looked at him steadfastly
through the bars.
moment" Quest repeated softly. Gun
look the door, please, take the key off
your bunch and come inside
The man hesitated but all the time
his fingers were fumbling with the
keys. Quests lips continued to move.
The warder opened the door and en-
tered. A few minutes later Quest
passed the key through the window to
Laura, who was standing on guard.
Without word, and with marvellous
rapidity, the change was effected.
Laura produced from her handbag a
wig, which she pinned inside her hat
and passed over to Quest Then she
flung herself on to the bed and drew
the blanket up to her chin.
How long will he stay like that?'
she whispered, pointing to the warder,
who was sitting on the floor with his
arms folded and his eyes closed.
Half and hour or So" Quest an
swered. Don't bother about him. I
shall drop the key back through the
window"
Quest reached Georgia square at
five minutes to three. A glance up
and down assured him that the house
was unmatched. He let himself IN
with his own key, threw Laura's
clothes off, and, after few moments
hesitation, selected from the ward
robe a rough tweed suit with thick
lining and 1apels. Just as he was
tying his tie, the little wireless which
he had laid on the table at his side
began to record message. He glanced
at the clock. It was exactly three.
Quests eyes shone for a moment
with satisfaction. Then he sent Off
his answering message, put on dus-
ter and SLOUGH hat, and left the house
by the side entrance. In a few mo-
ments he was in Broadway, and a
quarter of an hour later taxicab de-
posted him at the entrance to the