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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16

beans, but to the north of this point the seeds should be sown in boxes, hotbeds, or greenhouses from the first to the middle of March, the young plants being transp1anted to stand 2 by 2 inches apart as soon as the first true leaves appear. When they begin to crowd in their new po- sitions, shift them to 4-inch pots or to cans such as are used by canners of tomatoes, and keep them grow ing slowly until about May 20 to June 1, when it will be safe to place them in their permanent locations in the garden. Set the plants in rows IS inches apart and place the plants about 20 inches apart in the rows. Each plant as it grows should have all side branches removed and
 the main stem tied to a stout stake, about feet tall and at least an inch
 square, driven firmly in the ground.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
BE NOT DIsHEARTENED
Dear Miss Libbey:

Dear Miss Libbey:
 Am a girl of nineteen. considered good looking. talent for singing. Have few or no gentlemen friends. My girl c1lums go to dances. I sit home. People say I Aam particular. I refuse to run after fellows. They seek a girl if interested. sArnsI toiibe an old maid :? I would really like a. person who real ly knew, liked, respected me, whom I took a liking to- Please advise
 DISHEARTENED T. B.
 think you are quite right in the proper way to look at a girls inter est. A man will respect a girl he seeks. True proposals of marriage re- suit thus. seldom such girls are old maids.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
ToDAY's POEM
TOMORROW.

Tomorrow, he promised his con- science, "tomorow I. mean to be good;
 Tomorrow I'll think as I ought to; to- morrow I'll do as I should; Tomorrow I'll conquer the habit that holds me from heaven away.'' But ever his conscience repeated one word, and one only, To-day Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, thus day after day it went on; Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, till youth, like a vision, was gone; Till age and passing had written the message of fate on his brow, And forth from his shadow came death with the piti1ess syllable, NOW
 Justin Mccarthy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
EASTON

The Dorcas society of the Baptist church, will meet with Mrs. Willard s. Gillette on Thursday afternoon of this week.
 At the Baptist Sunday school meet ing it was voted to hold an Easter concert in the church Easter Sunday evening.
 held in the hall Wednesday evening of this week.
 Miss Minnie o. Sherwood and Err win P. Edwards were guests on Sum day of MT. and Mrs. Clarence B. An drews.
 Arthur D. Wheeler has purchased a new Ford touring car.
 The Misses Mary and Dorothy Gi1-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
WHAT THE FUTURE
 WILL REVEAL
Dear Miss Lib.bey:

Dear Miss Libbey:
 Please advise me in problems of the heart. I have called on 9 girl twelve years my junior for more than a year She treats me nicely; we've no i'll feelings towards each other. Her parents are kind to me, in their home and out of it. I love this girl. She loves me. II proposed. She won t say she will or not A friend calls, she knows longer. than me They quarrel over me. She answers my let. ters promptly. Insists that I call. I work in good company. My salary I think told her, would provide her a good home. I would be kind to her. I don't understand her. Please advise.
 w. e.
 Some girls are given to much re- fIection after receiving prop posal. This may be so in her case. Have patience and confidence that she will inform you of. her intentions in the near future.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
WHAT SHE FEARS
 TO TELL HIM
Dear Miss Libbey:

am a woman of twenty-three. Wed one year. Loved husband dearly until he drank and struck me. Cared not for him since. He quit drinking, is self conceiteds vain. We quarrel all the time; owe bills I fear to tell him of. We have no children; a boy of five stays with us, adopted before married. He was my sisters child. Kindly answer if we ought to part.
 MA BEL ;, Both of you should have carefully considered what your duties and strict martial obi gations were. These troubles should have been avoided. Make up, and do what is considered your best for each others good to make a happy future
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16

When a mother is young of face and young of heart, is the proud pa rent of a daughter of sweet sixteen, nothing pIeases her more than to hear people say, They look like sistersE' Hearing this on every side, the mother is ,hattered. She takes the pretty tin SeIed speech for E1ure-gold slncer1ty Those words work havoc with her judgment Instead of garbing herself as a matron and sensible mother, she dons fluffy ruffles and strives for girl ish effects that she may keep up the illusion of being almost as young ap-i bearing as her daughter.
 Somehow women fall naturally into the characters they initiate in dress The woman who combs her hair straight back, wears plain, dark dress es with simple linen collar at her throat, is pretty sure to be a sensible thoughtful woman disdaining the worlds frivolifies. The woman who powders and rouges her face, puts a sixteen-year-o1d hat on her forty-year- old head, wears tight skirts, sheer lace waist and French heeled shoes is often of a gigg1ing order of women, innitat- ing a girlish lisp and the artIessness of a maid in her teens
 The mother who insists upon being a pal to her daughter loses much dig nifty in the girls eyes, no matter how much affection she may have for her. If they are promenading the streets together and meet a couple of young men acquaintances of the daughter, the giddy mother thinks it quite nec- essarys to be as jovial as Sher daughter and certainly quite as entertaining. Her conversation is on a, par with her get-up. She talks of the latest dance crazes, of the pretty young girls who were at this affair and that one much after the fashion that a sixteen-year- old girl would pratt1e. This only hap pens when a. mother insists upon being her daughters pal or companion. Such parents are brought to their senses, soon or late, when they find that young men do not hold them in reverence or proper respect, and dub them silly.
 There cannot be too much affection between mother and daughter. Yet the wise woman would rather be known eas the girls mother than her pal. If the mother is giddy, her pres ence can have little or no influence over the: young men when they pay their calls at her home to visit daugh- ter. There seems to be no head for the home unless father happens to be about.
 It is well for a woman to look as sweet and fair as is possible. But she should know where to draw the line. The woman who is old enough to have a daughter well along in her teens should be pleasant yet dignified in the society of young folks if she would gain their esteem There is no closer tie in this world than that between mother and daughter Most girls would be different about whisp- ering in her ears their budding love affairs unless she had a sympathetic way of drawing out their confidence
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
THE PAY OF
 STENOGRAPHERS
Dear Miss Libbey:

Dear Miss Libbey:
 am a girl of twenty clerking in a country store. A young travelling gentleman who sells goods to my boss writes me should come to the city and learn stenography. He says that after have learned he could easily get me position and the pay would be $50 a week at least maybe twice that How shall I go about to grasp this fortune, is it easy to learn
 E. E. N The smooth talking stranger is de- ceiving you cruelty. Do not go to the city; have nothing further to do with
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
PROLOGUE.
~ Who is she ?"

Who IS she
 Hows did she get there? ?''
 These ere fhe questions fzae- Fool asked of the corefaker. o5 fhe venerable castle of. fhaf high handed old robber baron, the first of the Rothhoefeas.
 And these are the questions tae interested reader starts to ask and Keeps o7 dsktng wJafze Author McCu1cheon depezops one of fhe nzost n1ysterious, h4- n1orous and sprfghfzy stories thaf ever came from hfs pen.
 Who IS she :? ;" r
 How did she get there ?
 Reod o1s and you VitL find n1uc1a entertainment as wezL as the ansver fo these pertinent queries.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
HE OUGHT TO TELL HER so.

Dear Miss Libbey:
 am seventeen. Met a young man a year ago; learned to love him. He acts as if he cares for me now; other times not. He calls; took me out a few weeks ago If he cares for me do you think he would tell me SO? Thanks for your advise.
 There ought to be no reason why he should not tell you how much he cares for you. Perhaps he regards voI1 to young and wishes to wait a, year or so.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
CURRIEp PoTAToEs.

Melt three tabIespoonfuls butter, add two slices onion and cook two minutes, stirring to prevent onions from burning; then add three cups cold boiled potato. cut in one-haIf inch cubes. Pour over one cup of chicken or broth stock and season with one teaspoon salt, one-fourth teaspoon pepper and one teaspoon curry powder. Cook until thorough ly heated, when potatoes will have absorbed stock.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
CoCoANUr PUDDING.

Bring one and one-half pints of milk to boiling point, then add three tab1esp oonfuls of milk. the yolks of four eggs beaten with one-half cupfu1 of sugar, one and one-fourth tea spoonfu1s of salt. Now add one cup full of. chopped cocoanut and one tea spoonful of vanilla extract. Pour into a buttered pudding dish. Beat up the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, then beat in one-half cupful of sugar turn on to the top of the pudding, and brown lightly in the oven.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
ALMoND CooKIEs.

Cream one-half cup butter and add gradually, while beating constantly, one-haIf cup sugar; then add one egg, well beaten, one-third cup Jordan all monds, blanched and finely chopped. the grated rind of one-haIf lemon, two tab1espoonfulsT brandy and two cups flour mixed and sifted with one teaspoon baking powder and one- fourth inch in thickness, shape with a round cutter, first dipped in flour, and bake in slow oven until deli cateIy browned.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16

One dozen red peppers, one dozen move seeds from peppers chop fine or put through meat chopper: let stand in boiling water five minutes; drain; add three tablespoonfuls salt, cover with cold water and cook 15 minutes. Drain, add one and one-half cups sugar and vinegar enough to mix. Cook I5 minutes and seal
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
MISS LIBBEY'S REPLIES
 TO YOUR LETTERS

Correct name and address must be given to insure. at-. tentiOn, not to print. Use ink. Write short letters, on one side of paper only. Address Miss Libbey, 916 President Street, Brooklyn. N. Y.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16

can experts in all lines Banks and Boards of Trades will recommend plenty of men who will give loyal service, and see that this country's business reputation is not permanent tly injured by these abuses.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
wHERE eoNTRAsT s MosT EFFEcTIYE

and yard of ngwed net for the gIztnape.
 Beginning with the underbody, close the under-arm and shoulder seams, then hem the back. Gather the neck edge of the front and draw in as de- g4red.
 The pAeats are laid on shoulder edge of front Of outer blouse by placing ''T''' on double Soo'' perforation. Lap shouI- Ger edge of back on front, matching small perforatfons, and stitch Close the under-arm seam and turn in the hem at the back
 Now. find the double ssT1''' .perfora.- lions and gather the lower edge O6 the waist between them. Center and un- der-arm seams are next placed at sirni- Lar points on the underbody and the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16

lette of Bridgeport, spent Sunday in town with their parents, Mir and Mrs. Edward D. Gillette, at Adams Corners
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16

It is greatly to be feared that many centuries will e1apse before a monu- ment is erected to the memory of the German professor who is said to have discovered a. process for con verting straw into food.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16

It is not of much moment, but a. few persons here and there are sure to put in a little time wondering what that Denver girl who walks barefoot in the snow every morning will do in the good old summertime.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16

lower edges of both stitch together. Sew stay to lower edge of waist and bring single large 70" perforationS at shoulder together and tack.
 For the skirt, close the back seam from large -O' perforat1on to lower edge and finish edges above for open ing. Turn under lower edge s9s inches for a hem Gather upper edge between double "TTs' perforations. Close back seams of bands, adjust on skirt, cen ters even; stitch upper edges along crosslines of single small '+o'' perfora- ttons. and, if shorter length skirt is made stitch bands inches higher. Sew to lower edge of waist over stay, centers even, small 'o'' perforation at under-arm seam. Gather back edge of girdle between double 'eTT'' perfora- lions and adjust to position, closing on left side; large "O'' perforation in gir- de indicates upper edge.
 The design of this frock makes it adaptable to making over gowns from 8 past season, because two or more materials can be combined effectively tn its construction.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
IF MOTHER AND
 DAUGHTER ARE PALS

.erife is a. waste of wearisone hours, Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns;
 the dow'rs Is always the first to be touched by the thorns."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16

There will be only one Friday, the 18th this year and that will come in August. Superstitious persons will, however, continue to keep their f1n- gers crossed on other Fridays.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
Laura Jean Libby's Daily
 Talks on Heart Topics Copyrighted. 1915 ndecuure reurp.per espa'o-'s

him. They pay flor the best steno- graphers, after long years Of exper-
 fence is from $1o to $25. per week. ,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16

Brick and red make splendid com banae4oa for dressy frock for spying t1ne Chnon cloth and chaTuaSsase aattn are used in the development of tl1ts model, satin being used for the hand on tlae hlx1xf, the gtrdIe and pip zn<B 1sr the skeleton blouse. Two yards of 96-lneh ea<tn arc required for the pexfpoaa while the dress calls for Waxzs Of eh1nron c1eeh A inches wide
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
FOR ADVANCED PUPILS.

All Of the latest variations of the modern dances, hesitation, fox trot, and one step are taught to advanced pupils in classes at Quilty's School of Dancing at the Colonial Ball Room. Fairfield avenue. every Thursday and Friday evenings from g to 12 o'clock. This instruction is thorough and includes the very latest figures in these dances. Dancing follows the lesson until midnight. Friday even ing class is private.
 GREEN ORDINATIONS FOR
 ST. PATRICKsS DAY
 JOHN RICK & SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16

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CORNER FOR COOKS
PERFECr PEPPER HASH.

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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-13
WHY NOT PAY CASH?


1t is a great struggle with many country
publishers to keep their papers going financially.
The business is made up of such small accounts
that many people think that the trifling amount
due from them does not matter much whether
paid promptly or not, forgetting that there may
be a thousand entertaining the same idea, and
thus withholding from the publisher his hard
earned dollars, while not particularly meaning to
work a hardship. The better plan is always to
pay promptly in advance for a newspaper the
moment the subscription expires. The paper
will be all the better for promptness in this mat
ter, for no editor can get up a real good news
paper if his mind is continually harassed by bills
coming due, and which, from the negligence of
patrons, he is unable to meet promptly. The
Commonwealth is not troubled but very little
the two latter annoyances. Our patrons
are practically all good and prompt pay, and we
pay all our bills promptly and get the benefit of
the cash discounts on same.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-13
WE MUST BUILD A NEW HOSPITAL.

There is urgent need for larger and bet
ter Hospital facilities in Greenwood, and it
is up to our people to rally to the assistance
of the Kings Daughters Circle in their pro-
posed effort to build a new and more COM
modious hospital building some time during
the fall or winter. The present Hospital is
practically all the time, and the attention
given them is as satisfactory as could pos
sibly be expected with the facilities the lad
les have-but the facilities are inadequate,
and The Commonwealth is confident that
when the Kings Daughters begin their cam
paign for subscriptions with which to erect
a hospital building in keeping with the needs
of Greenwood and Lefore county, that our
big-hearted, magnanimous citizens will glad
ly give them every dollar needed for that
purpose. A new and up-to-date Hospital
here is a public necessity. Let's furnish the
money to build it.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-13
WHERE THE SOUTH BEGINS.


At New Orleans a few weeks ago the South
ern Hardware Jobbers Association met to cele-
brate their silver anniversary and sang the fol.
lowing song:
Down where the hand clasp is a little stronger,
Down where a smile dwells q little longer,
That's where the South begins.
Down where the sun is a little brighter.
Where the flowers that bloom are a trifle whittier
Where the bonds Of home are a wee bit tighter,
That's where the South begins.
Down where the skies are a trifle bluer,
Down where friendships q little true,
That's where the South begins.
Down where a fresher breeze is blowing,
Where there's laughter in every streamlet flow
ing,
Where there's more Of reaping and less o
sowing,
That's where the South begins.
Down where the worlds in the making,
Where fewer hearts with despair are aching,
That's where the South begins.
Where there's more of singing and less of signing
Where's there's more of giving and less of buying
And a man makes friends without half trying.
That's where the South begins!
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-13
POPULAR ACCLAIM WORTHLESS.

No man is a truly great man who
courts applause and seeks to build a monu-
ment to his WI memory.
The consciousness Of power carries in
itself it's own reward. The breath of popu-
lar acclaim is but a breath, vain, uncertain
and feeting, while all the marble and bronze
monuments of earth are to the dead less
than the dust they seek to commemorate.
The applause of multitudes, the praise
of the world, falls UNDECIDED upon the cold,
unhearing ears Of death.
The mortal remains molder silently and
swiftly into dust, while the spirit has passed
into another existence so far removed from
the brief, vain life of earth that it ceases
to acclaim attention or. even, probably a
memory.
When one is born the world begins, and
when one dies the world ends.
It is a weakness, and not a strength,
that makes one long to live in memory after
the grave claims its own.
Nothing has more marked the charac-
ter and career Of mankind's greatest men
than their dignified indifference to the opin-
ions of others as to what they were striving
for and achieving.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-13
THE PEOPLE PAY THE TAX.

We talk about the people DEAR" and pat
them on their backs, and then without a sigh or
tear, we burden them with tax. We tax the
trundle bed and crib, where sleeps their little kid,
we tax their shoes, their coats and bib, and hat
upon their lid. We tax their land and cattle, the
roof above their head, and every single chattle-
we tax their very bread. We tax the sweat upon
their brow, the muscles in their arm, and also
tax the honey COW, a brewing around their farm.
We tax the lawyer in his shop, the butcher in his
stall, we tax the farmers garnered crop, we tax
his each and all; we tax the merchant in the
article he'd sell, we tax the rich as
well as the Door, this thing of tax is hell. We
tax the man who sells the shroud, the man who
drives the hearse, we tax the mourners in the
crowd, of these We drain their purse. No matter
what man wants to do, to earn an honest dime, a
tax as tight as any glue, is stuck on him each
time. We tax the labor and the brain, of almost
every man, and then we raise all sorts of Cain,
to get it in the can. l sometimes think it isn't
right, we should change about a whit, and put a
tax upon the knife, who doesn't work bit, and
take it off the poor old skate, who works
till hands are sore, to make of this a glorious
State, and give his family more. For honest
working people, with burdens on their backs, as
high as towering steeple, are the ones who pay
the tax. POET OF THE PINES.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-13
PERSISTENT ADVERTISING.

The man who IS starting in on an adver-
Using campaign frequently fails to appre-
clate the necessity Of persistence. He is
more apt to pay for a big splurge for 4 few
numbers and then quit for a time. The
general trend Of advertising opinion is that
a smaller space used regularly paws better.
The results Of advertising come in one
or two ways: A buyer may have in mind
some particular purchase that it is desired to
make at that. M The newspaper is
searched to seeswhat merchants are adver-
Using in that line. The most attractive Of
ferlngs are noted IN the memory. The Gus
toner visits those stores. While this is the
kind OF thing that happens every day, it is
not the whole result or effect of advertising
by any means.
The other result is the creation of a gen
eral impression that a certain merchant is
e~nterprising and is using much effort and
intelligence to give good values. That kind
OF advertising Is cumulative, the outcome of
driving a certain idea into the public mind
day after day. A Woman may read adver-
tisements for many weeks, and not buy any
thing in a certain line, simply because she
is already supplied with those goods.
All at once she concludes that she must
notices Of that kind Of goods she has been
seeing in her newspaper. The man whose
advertising she has seen week after week or
day after day is the one that has made the
impression on her mind.
Slight impressions govern trade. It is
next to impossible for a man who does not
advertise to convey the idea that he is an
enterprising dealer. His ~townspeople will
not push his business for him, if he is too
slow to push it for himself. The only way
to convince people that you have values, is
to tell the public what you have and let them
judge. The newspaperwill talk to hundreds
of people while you are explaining things to
one. Give it a trial and see.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-13
FIRST BALE OF NEW CROP COTTON.

Mr.. Oscar F. Bledsoe, Jr., one OF Le-
fore %county's most progressive planters and
enterprising citizens, ginned out two bales
of new crop Express cotton on his extensive
Shellmound plantation, Tuesday. morning,
August 10th, and brought one of them to
Greenwood-the first new bale of the sea-
son, and the earliest date a bale of new crop
cotton was ever received here in the history
of this market.
The new bale is of the Express variety,
weighs 400 pounds, classes strict good mid
ding, measures l 1-16 inches, and Mr.. Bled-
soc gave the crop the benefit of the most
modern cultivation.
Mr.. Bledsoe very generously donated
the new bale of cotton to the Kings Daugh-
tiers Circle of this city, and as soon as our
buyers return from the East and other points,
(where they are spending their vacations
and looking after business interests) the la
dies will have same auctioned to the highest
bidder at the Greenwood Cotton Exchange.
The Commonwealth congratulates MIR.
Bledsoe upon sending in the first new
bale of the season, and the Kings Daugh.
tiers request us to thank him for his kind
ness in presenting same to them for the ben
eft of the noble work they are engaged in,