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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-26
A CLUB MEETING.

The Woman's Club Of Green
wood held its regular general
meeting Tuesday afternoon in the
Confederate Memorial Building.
The first important matter dis
cussed was "cleaning-up week in
Greenwood" Mrs. w. G. McIn-
tyre was made chairman of the
club committee which is to act
with the commissioners, business
men and people of Greenwood in
making this the cleanest town in
the State.
April 18th was set for the dedi-
catory services for the new Com
munity House recently erected as
a Confederate memorial. Appro-
pirate services will be held on the
morning of this day by the minis
tiers of the town; in the afternoon
prominent club women of the
State Will be present and make
talks, and in the evening a gen.
eral reception for everybody in
the town will be held. All inter-
ested are invited to all the meet
ings, and club members are espe-
cially urged to be present.
In addition to the routine bust
ness an interesting program was
given on the subject of Chill
dren," under the leadership of
Mrs. w. M. Wilmington. Mes.
DANES Weller, Osborn, Tyree
and Barry read instructive and
well-chosen articles.
Reporter Pro Tenn.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-26
L AND HARVEY.

We were mistaken last week
in stating that Hon. j. L. Haley
would be reelected Supervisor in
Beat 4 without opposition. After
The Commonwealth had been
printed and mailed out the name
of Mr.. R. w. Harvey was placed
on the ticket by the opposition to
Mr.. Haley, and the battle of bal
lots between these two splendid
men is being waged at the special
election in Itta Bena today, but
our paper went to press too
early to get the result in this
weeks issue.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-26

Lord Kitchener's statement given out recently
shows the seriousness of the position of Britain with
respect to war supplies and the necessity of the
governments radical measures for dealing with
both manufacturers and labor unions. For an un-
military nation to create and equip an army Of mil
lions of men would in itself be an extraordinary
task calling for the utmost effort, but Britain is also
called upon to provide great supplies for its allies.
Russia's manufacturing resources are inadequate
and those of France are crippled, while Germany
has its own factories intact and has added factories
in Belgium, including the famous arms factories of
Liege. The nations that can longest maintain their
supply of explosives, an English expert has lately
said, will win. Britain can keep up the supply in
definitely, but the great problem is to provide for
the present. and Lord Kitchener c~onfesses as to
anxiety for the maintenance Of supplies unless the
speeding up process can be successfully applied
in English factories.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-26
MEANS MUCH FOR GREENWOOD.

The definite location in Greenwood of
the big Paper Pulp Plant of the Economic
Power & Products Co., of Philadelphia, Pa,
means more for this city and her material
progress than any industry ever established
here, and The Commonwealth wants to most
heartily congratulate our enterprising citi-
zenship, through the active and efficient
agency of the officers of the Business League,
upon their rare good fortune in securing a
greatly increase the population and business
volume Of the far-famed ''Queen City Of
the Delta"
The plant Of the paper pulp mill will
represent an investment here during the
spring and summer months of about $780,
600, and during the year for raw material
and labor approximately a million dollars.
Paper pulp is produced from cotton stalks,
from which a good quality of white paper
can be made with the recently improved
machinery made especially for that purpose.
Other valuable by-products are o%btainable,
foremost among which is a splendid fertili-
Messrs. Dyson, Marsden and Mayer, the
Executive Committee of the Board of Direc-
tors of this gigantic new industry for Green
wood, received a genuine Greenwood We'll
come" at the hands of our magnificent citi-
zenship while here, this week, closing up
the final negotiations for the location Of
their immense paper pulp mill, which they
seemed to fully appreciate. These gentlemen
strongly intimated that the construction of
a big paper mill would follow the completion
of the pulp plant, which would convert the
pulp into first-class white paper right here
in Greenwood.
About thirty carloads of machinery has
already been purchased for the big pulp mill
plant, which will be shipped here just as
soon as the side-tracks are laid from the
Southern Railway into the grounds secured
for the factory site.
The future of Greenwood was never
brighter than at present. The securing Of
this vast industry, as already stated, means
a great deal toward the material develop
ment of our progressive city and the splendid
country surrounding us, and The Common
wealth is more thoroughly convinced than
ever that Greenwood will be the largest city
in Mississippi within the next ten or fifteen
years.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-26
NEWSPAPER INCUBATORSWILL SOON
GET BUSY.

The Franklin (La.) Waterman makes
the following forecast Of the Forthcoming
resurrection of the dead newspaper outfits
in that State, which is so applicable to Miss
issippi that we reproduce it for the benefit
of the unsuspecting public, as well as the
various aspirants for Office who are preyed
upon by campaign sheets"-the great ma
jority of them turning their toes to the
daisies" as soon as the campaign is over:
"As soon as the State campaign opens
in real earnest, the newspaper incubator
will get to work, and many a new venture
of 1.-The long felt want variety" will appear
and ask the voters to support some other
aspirant for a place at the pie counter. A
large number Of old newspapers died during
the summer for want of patronage, and a
new supply may be looked for during the
next few months to take their places and
deprive some legitimate journal, which has
stood the test of poverty and served the
public through the trying times of depres-
sion, of the patronage they have earned and
should get with the free hand of liberality.
The earth and the warehouses will give up
their dead printing machinery-as soon as
it can be used as q medium Of noise and
bluster-for q time, and then go back to
its hiding place until another occasion arises
Tor its resurrection
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-26
CLEAN UP WEEK IN GREENWOOD.

At a special meeting. held Wednesday, COM
posed of q number of Club Women and Mayor 6. L.
Ray, a splendid cleanup campaign was adopted for
during the present week. The ladies
and the city authorities have taken up this cleanup
in real earnest, and they should receive the
hearty cooperation of every good citizen in their
laudable undertaking to make Greenwood the clean
est city in Mississippi. This afternoon at 4:3O O'Clock
an automobile parade took place. consisting of about
fifty autos, decorated with appropriate streamers
md placards, led by our splendid city band, the City
C~ouncilmen, two of the ladies of Woman's Club, the
other cars being filled with school children carrying
banners. The city has been divided into
nine districts and committees appointed to work up
a spirit OF. civic cleanliness. At an early date DR..
Valley, of the State Health Department, will be
here to deliver an address at the court house. We
should, therefore, exert every effort possible to
make our city appear to the very best advantage
from a sanitary standpoint before DR.. Valley,
comes, and keep it up to a high standard of cleanli.
ness in the future.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-26
BEST SOLUTION IS TO PUT REVENUE
AGENT ON SALARY.

The recent raids by The State Revenue
Agent have demonstrated the necessity of
correcting the bad features of the law which
makes these raids possible. Tax payers
have, IN some cases, been forced to employ
|estimators to go over their waste lands in
regarding the value Of the few trees which
might be classed as merchantable timber;
others declare they will deaden every tree
of any size on their lands rather than be
taxed with timber which can never be util-
lied as a manufactured product. We want
to preserve our timber, rather than add to
the terrible destruction which is already 60
ing on, and nothing should be done which
would encourage this destruction. In its
blind desire to fight corporate interests, the
fszm;ns ;nta has so af fbe o gERafes + tb has M beee
suggested that the law be amended so that
the tax will be imposed on cut timber only,
and this may be a good solution. At any
rate, it furnishes a starting point. Voters
should sound the candidates for the Legisla-
ture on this question.-Port Gibson Reveille.
The only way to cure a sheep-skilling
dog is to cut his tail off clear up to his ears.
And the best starting point" to render the
State Revenue Agent innoxious is to abol-
ish the office. A law that turns a man
loose to prey at large, armed with a drag
net and tempted by fees that may bring
him in as much as fifty thousand dollars a
year, is bound to run into abuses. Vicious
in principle, it can but prove evil and cor
|rupting in it's administration
The law should be repealed or it's teeth
of greed drawn by placing the Revenue
Agent on a fixed salary; say of $40, 600 a
year, with suitable allowance for hire of
clerks and counsel. Such a law-with the
primary provision that this office be given
authority and e%njoined to audit county,
municipal and district financial accounts
and books, as was the original purpose of
the creation Of the office-would supply a
needed spoke in the wheel Of government;
and at the same time relieve the State of a
method of revenue raising which not only
costs more than it yields, but is a positive
and most demoralizing reproach. -Vicks-
burg Herald.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-26

Senator Cummins;;of iowa, who tells his home
folks that he has not thought much yet about being
in the race for the republican presidential nomina-
ton, does not hesitate to commend President Will
sons neutrality policy. To the Des Moines Register
and Leader the senator said: THE administration
has conducted itself with high discretion in dealing
with this situation, and l consider that the mere
fact that both Germany and the allies think we
haven't done the right thing is the best evidence of
our strict impartiality."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-26
HIGHWAY WORK PROGRESSING.

Contractors Psovine, Morrison and
Jackson have a large force of hands busily
engaged building ~the-ggravel road on the
North Greenwood Boulevard, and will soon
have same completed. They will soon be
ready to renew the work on the remainder
of the Humphreys Highway and complete
that contract. The recent protracted bad
weather has badly handicapped them on this
job, but they will push the work to compile
tion as soon as the weather clears up good.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-26
THE R C OF SHIPS.

John Sharp Williams, during the debate on the
ship purchase bill in the Senate, said:
I'VE might have had this law five months ago;
and if we had had it five months ago we would have
saved during that five months up to this good hour
$8O,OO0,0OO in freights to the American people
twice all the money that is called for under this
bnl-and now senator's are going on and filibuster-
ing against it and delaying it, when it is costing
about SIG, 1000 a month to the American people.
Every day that you delay it you are costing the
American ommerce one-thirteenth of that amount
about half a million dollars a day. Is your love
of talk worth that? Is there a man in the Senate
who does not know how he is going to vote on this
biu?"
There was some attempt on the part of the
Republican press to ridicule these figures presented
by the Mississippi Senator, but they were hardly an
exaggeration. The country has lost much money
from the lack of ships, and what is worse, is still
losing it.
There is no getting around the stubborn fact
that the shipping trust was and is the sole bene-
ficiary of the filibuster which defeated the ship pur-
chase bill. Every bale of cotton and every foot Of
lumber shipped from the South, because of that fill
buster, continue to pay tribute to the shipping trust.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-26

The enterprising and ever alert city of Green
wood has landed another enterprise which will aid
materially in the upbuilding Of the municipality and
surrounding country. It is a mammoth paper pulp
mill, which will utilize cotton stalks in the manufac-
ture of its products. 1t will thus enhance the value
of the cotton crop in the neighborhood, besides dis
bursting a large pay roll each week to its employees,
which will necessarily find its way into the arteries
of trade, and benefit every business interest Of the
city.-Lexington Advertiser.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-26
GREENWOOD BANK DEPOSITS OVER
TWO MILLION DOLLARS.

The recent Greenwood bank statements,
published in The Commonwealth on March
18th, showed that there were $780,
$685. "a on deposit subject to check in these
four staunch and reliable financial institu-
tions. This is a remarkably good showing,
and the low price of cotton during the pres
ent season. 1t is also additional evidence
Of the fact that Greenwood and Lef1ore
county people are capable of getting along
pretty we'll under almost any sort Of bust
ness depression.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-26
COTTON FROM STATE FARMS.

About 3, 1000 bales of cotton from the
Parchman and Belmont convict farms have
been shipped to this city to be compressed,
preparatory to making a shipment of over
5000 bales of State cotton to Germany.
This shipment will be made from Gulfport
at an early date, and Prison Trustee Mat
thews of this District informs The Com
monwealth that he has hopes of the State
getting a handsome price for same.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-26

The recent persistent alternating wet
and cold weather has been awfully disagree
able, and a great many Of our people have
been sufferers from bad colds, the grippe,
etc., as a consequence. Besides, crop prepa-
rations have been somewhat retarded in this
section of the Delta. However, everything
will soon brighten up and be as lovely as a
big sunf1ower.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-26
LET'S HAVE A SANITARY CITY.

The drain bitches along many Of our
streets need cleaning out. They are really
an eye-sore in places, and anything but san
itary. 1t is the duty of everybody to CO.
operate in the praiseworthy State campaign
Of cleaning up the streets, the alleys, the
back yards, the front yards, the cutters,
the ditches-in fact not only put everything
everywhere about us in a frst-class sanitary
condition, but to keep it in that condition.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-26
FOR SALE.

One of the most desirable resi-
dences on West River Front in
Greenwood. Lot lOOx425 feet,
running through from the River
to Strong Ave. Servant and other
Q thouses.. Will sell at a bargain.
Apply to S. r.. COLEMAN.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-26
CHORAL CLUB.

Notice Regular practices eve
ry Monday night 7:30 o'clock, and
every Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock except the Sunday of each
month that a sacred concert is
given to the people of Green
wood,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-26

Had you ever noticed how few Of the
grocery stores, confectioneries, meat mar
by the Civic League and the Health Officers?
It would be anaeasy matter to comply with
the sanitary laws of our city and State.
Then why don't you get busy and do it?
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-26

When the time arrives for the next award of
hero medals, it is to be hoped that the Carnegie
commission will not overlook the fact that the In
diana legislature in a recent session killed 1O1 fool
measures in Is minutes.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-26

The man who gets out after trout with fancy
tackles and swell sporting toys can always secure
fish to take home to his friends,-fron the farmers
boy who goes out with worms and a pole along the
stream.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-26

The millinery openings suggest that progress
has been accomplished toward a safe and sane.
Easter, but some casualties are expected when the
bills are presented.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-26

There will be only one Friday, the 18th, this
year, and that will come in August. Superstitious
persons will, however, continue to keep their fin
gers crossed on other Fridays.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-26

Boost Greenwood all the time. She
deserves it, and every time you say a good
word for her it will make you feel a whole
lot better.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-26
Corn ad7 Use
"eETS.T,"I It's Sure

Makes Corns Vanish Like 1agiol
A hard cap Of skin makes up every
corn. When You put 2 drops OF GETS
on It, 1t shrivels up and comes right
on-and there's your BY thun.
deri Simple ~ taking Oh your haiti That's
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-26

Oe0'e Waste Tine "HoIssms." "CETSn.S
Wos3drs Simplsse Coe.Cws. Nsvse Fafs.
why corn-millions have gone Wild ovef
"0ETS-1T"-nothing like 1t ever known.
Some folks. to this day, putter around
with b~andages, sticky tape. thick plasters,
corn pulling" salves. corns out
with knives. snip them with scissors,
maxi them bleed and then howl because
they cant get rid of sore corns. Use
"0ETS.IT." There's nothing to do but
apply 3 drops. The work 10 done. gets.
IT"d oest the rest. No pain. no fussang. NO
changtng shoes. no l1mplng. Il never
1Alls. Try it tonight for any corn. callus.
Wart or bunion. he sure that you got
sA0NTS-TT" and nothing else.
s0ET6.IT' - sold by drugg1sts evory.
whore, - . bottle or Oont direct ~ ,
IAWrenee = %. Ch1eAgos !
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-04-05
SLAvS CAPTURE 262,Ooo
 AUSTRIANS

LONDON, April 5.-Thc Petro9rad of the Daily Mail wires his paper that the Russian successes in the Carpathians have been unpar- alled. The Austrians are said to have been completely overwhelmed and have suffered enormous losses at all points of contact and are badly de- The correspondent states that the Russian war office chronicles the capture of two hundred and sixty two thousand Austrian prisoners on the Carpathian front since the begin ming of the Russian advance on Janu- arN List.
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PASSENGER STEAMER BELIEVED
 FoUNOERED OFF HATTERAS

NEW YORK, April 5=Advices re- ceived here from the Carolina coast indicate that the Royal Dutch West In dies lines Prince Mauritz with fifty persons aboard foundered of Cape Hat teras during the hurricane of the past three days. The storm was of unusual violence and enormous damage has been inflicted along the whole length of the South Atlantic coast.
 Reports indicate that at least hun- dred lives have been lost in various Atlantic ports. The government has despatched revenue cutter to the scene of the supposed wreck of the Dutch liner.
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.&zaxSszzSa Sax E zsRSssa,zFs

the defeat Of the once mighty Johnson and hardly had the form of the black champion crumpled over the ropes shan the crowd cheering like mad svarmed toward the ring and burst through the ropes. The officers drove the sugine
 rowd back and a moment after R. fierce Welch had given his decision the former champion resained his feet in ample time to escape the wild rush of the excited spectators Who swept oyer the officers in a wild burst nf cnthu# -iasm and tore down the ropes in wild rejoicing at ihe white mans victory ] Was thc old story of south will he s.rYed.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-04-05

PARIS, Aprn D. The War office has unusual success attending the latest aero attacl, on the German submarine base at Hoboken the bombs of the aeros destroying two submarines which were lying in the repair docks and damaging q third tied to the docks. The raiding aviators also succeeded in doing considerable damage to the shops and buildings, woundme and
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WILLARD KNOCKS OUT JOHNSON
 EN THE 26rH ROUND

HAVANA, April bless Willard the Kansas cowboy pugilist, is now heavy weight champion of the world, after d terrific battle which was .Iohuson's night up To end of the twenty-second round, the white hope sent smashing right swing to the jaw of Ihe champion knocking the back titleholdcr biredms and helpless oyer the ropes in the twenty sixth round.
 It Was Johnsoh's dghl aJ almost every stage untH the tWcuts second round was reached and then the hard pace which the champion had set ill the earlier stages of the battle com menced to tell oh him and lie slowed ur preceptibly and WAS painfully weak in the clinches. It Was then that the giant plainsmdn, opened his heaviest attack and carried the fight to the black man, finally dropping him with q succession of rights and lefts To the body. Johnson arose weak and erogg4 and Willard sent a smashing right swing to the black mans jaw which sent the champion reeling helplessiN over the ropes The slowly counted seconds of the gong were no incentive to response and Johnson slid slowly to the floor badly beaten man.
 scenes of great excitement followed
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JOE JoURDEN DENIES FRAME UP

Joe Jourden states that despite fu- mors now in circulation he is not the author of the story that the saloon interests had four men who would control the city council AIr Jourden states that he is not in politics and has no interest in the coming election be yond the natural interest allowable to all business men. He further states that if there is frame-up of any na- ture among the saloon men he has positively no knowledge of if.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-04-05

Throughout the earlier stages of the fight Johnson maintained an eas> Iea3 and Was plainly the white mans su- perior al the boxing game Willard
 however, fought d careful battle. care foIly covering up to avoid he hurrl- cane of blows rained in by the ncgro and always returning to the fray with un easy composure that the taunfs of the champion could not disturb Al no time did Willard book like winner Iulil the saddeu rally tn the twenty second when the black champion N.ls ~oup reeling from terrible swing to line stomach Nftrr that it was VII
 ard all the way. Johnson battled
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SUBMARINE LIST
 GROWING DAILY

LONDON, April 5-The activities of the German submarines continue and each day adds further losses to the long list of fatalities. The Germans have resumed their activities along the southern coast sinking the British steamship Olivine in the immediate vicinity of the Isle of Wight. The Rus sian bark liermes was also sunk in the same locality and presumably by the were rescued
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-04-05
German Submarines Destroy Shipping

SA1VILLE. April 5.-A Berlin flash submarines have today penetrated far into the commerce. channels off the south and eastern English shores and they are destroying all shipping that has not been able to make port Owing to the greater depth to which they can sink the vessels of the allied fleet ara unable to effectively combat Germanv'- latest weapons of war.
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Foreign Officers to Man Russian Boats

BERLIN. April 5.-Decause the of Black sea fleet have been disgracefully unsuccessful in their bombardment Of the Bosphorus and Turkish ports along the Black sea coasts. 1t is reliably re ported that two hundred English. French and Japanese master gunners and navigators are being rushed tn Odessa for use on the Cars Black sea neet
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-04-05

BERLIN. April 5-'fhe War office bulletins the statement that dispatches received from Athens convey the news that the Turks are more than holding their own with the allied war fleet which has again resumed the bombard- ment of the inner forts. The advices state that beside the destruction of several mine trawlers the British bat