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guests of honor and another 100 seats for ths
purpose of giving free admission to art-lovnr
young people who cannot afford to subscribe
The Free Peoples Theatre began a modes.
season of Sunday night performances In
hired playhouse. on these evenings
could obtain the service of actors who were
proftaby engaged in the other Berlin
houses. MIR. Reicher has found 1t possible
to employ dscngagcd actors, give perform.
ances on weekday nights and even ylsl!
other cities, such as Philadelphia. The Ber.
lin venture grew rapidly through good re.
port, until the large membership necessitatei
more and more performances and finally the
hiring of a permanent company and per.
manent theatre. The New York critics have
already reported favorably on Mr.. Reichers
productions Of Hauptmann's "Elga" ana Ib-
sens John Gabriel Borhman," and the dl.
rector is looking forward to next seasons
subscription list,
The skcptic who doubts that the perform.
ances at the Little Theatre Friday and Sat.
urday may be the forcrunner of great things
for the American playGOer should read the
history of the Berlin venture as II. X. Mod.
erwell has recorded it in the best book yet
written about the modern drama, "The The.
atre of Today" The Free Peoples Theatre
has done more than achieve the financial
miracle of giving German workngmen the
finest plays at n price within their means
1t has made the audience master of the play.
house, a responsible part of the greatest and
most democratic instrument of art
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not The necessary apparatus for the rescue
and are said to be waiting for 1t. This Is
all there appears to be to the sensational
report that the Japanese have seized Turtle
Bay and are fortifyins It.
Lower California has been productive OF
more yellow peril sensations than any other
part OF North America, and whenever n
Japanese ship appears there the yellow flag
is run up somewhere and an attempt is
made to color the whole western sky with
saffron. hut the sun stll sinks In glow
Of red and gold Just as 1t did before any
one began to dream of japanese naval bases
on the Pacific coast OF America.
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REASONS FOR THE JITNEY
1t Offers Employment to Men and Profit
to Capital.

The rapid spread of the jitney idea is not
unrelated to the subject OF unemployment AT
least that Is one of the partial explanations
and rLns as follows MANY of the bus opera.
tors are men who have turned to this WORK
because hard times have thrown them out Of
a job, and they have leaned to the easiest
thing in sight Many of these men few months
ago held fair positlons-postlon good enough
to enable them to support small motorear'
When the depression came they found them
selves out of work and secondhand 'automo-
bile on their hands-the easiest thing In ssh1
was the bus business which at least promlssd
to enable them to earn enough to suppcH
themselves"
Then, again. womon's invasion of mems oecu'
pations may have something to do with IL ~
many cities women are numbered among ins
Jtney chauffeurs. From Baltimore comes ms
information: Miss Sarah Henderson, younS
girl of %, who opened the jitney service III
Baltimore February I, must be awarded Jus
credit for Introducing the movement into us
East. She is already referred to as The Jl'nes
Girl Miss Henderson decided that BaltlmoIs
was in need of a service which had proved y
successful in the West She has put her smaA
fortune of $4,000 into the venture, engaged hs'
brother upon stated salary as business man.
ager and has resumed her studies in musca,
school. confident that her investment viii yiss
her good revenue The jltney girl does n0'
plan to compete with the street car serves
but to supplement- it, Her cars make a siS'.
run so quickly as to be greatly apprecia'''
by persons in hurry. Upon her present =.
rangement they make four round trips Of
blocks every hour"
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The Real YelIow Perll

MELLOW JOURNALISM menaces the
i United States more seriously than any
ether yellow peril That yarn about the min
ing Of Turtle Bay in Lower California by
The Japanese and the landing of tons OF
ammunition is about credible as the
New York Herald April fool hoax about
the escape Of all the animals from the Cen
iraa Park Zoo A Japanese warship ran
aground in Turtle Bay in December and
ether ships have been sent there 70 see
shat tRey eosld q 70 save her. They have
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EVTFTY years ago the nation was in mourn-
IL ing because Lincoln was dead. Tho
South mourned as well as the North for the
South realized that the great President held
no vindctiveness in his heart Lincoln was
too big for the petty vice of revenge and
too tolerant for the gnoblc emotion of
hatred. He holds high place in the hearts
OF men Of all nations, oven those now at
war, because OF the involuntary and in
stinctive admiration which we pay to a man
who can forget himself in his devotion to II
great cause.
On this fiftieth anniversary of his death
1t is well to think Of these things and proNt
by them
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LIFE FROM DEATH

Had one ne'er seen the miracle
OF May time from December born
Who would have dared the tale 10 ls
That meath iee-ridges slept the eornf
White death lies deep upon the hills
And meanings through the treetops s,l s,ls
The exulting wind. with breath thal en.,'T -,
Shouts triumph 10 the unrestipg sho"
My study window shows me where ~
on hard-fought fields the summer w.
Its banners now are stripped ana DAT
OF even autumn's fading pride
Yet on the gust that surges BY
read a pictured promisei soon -
The storm Of earth and frown Of SKY
WIN melt into luxuriant June.
--Aliaot Judson ssH@s'
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mans are merely attempting to draw Rus
sian attention from Gallcia and to force the
Russians to divert to northern Poland
troops that might give the deciding blow
in tho Carpathians. Pressure in the north
might easily compel slackening Of Rus
sian effort far to the south
But if Ossowetz is u mere demonstration
then at it's close it will be necessary to
record the failure of the whole German
winter campaign in the cast This cam
paign had two objccttvcs: first to destroy
Russian military strength, as the August
and September campaigns aimed at dis
posing of France; second. if Russia could
not be crushed, to get Warsaw and the
Nistula line, and, having conquered Poland
and obtained an admirable defensive posi-
ton, to go west in the spring.
Germans Efforts Fruitless
Two great victories. the Mazurian Lakes
and LODI, the Germans won, but they We're
defeated and checked at the Bzura Their
losses have been terrific, and they have
neither won decision nor acquired the
Vistua line. Indeed. their best efforts
were insufficient to prevent the capture OF
Przcmysl by the Russians and the advance
through the Carpathians
Tho operation against Ossoweta, then, is
of real interest to the whole world audi
cncc whether it is one more tremendous
offensive drive or colapscs presently, and in
Collapsing demonstrates German failure in
the east. after one of the most colossal
campaigns in military history.
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GERMANS RESUME
DRIVE FOR WARSAW
New Bombardment of Ossowetz May
Mean Final Attempt to Capture
Railroads, Drive Russians From
Warsaw and Relieve Austrians.
BY FRANK Il. sIMONDS

| DUSSIAN reports Of new artillery oper-
~ ations by the Germans about Ossowctz
call attention again to the most ambitious
of recent German strategical ventures in the
cast venture which was suspended rather
than abandoned because of weather condl-
tions about three weeks ago.
Conceivably the new activity fore
shadows a final attempt to get Warsaw
and take the llnc Of the Nistula as per-
manent defensive position in the cast.
Look nt any good-sizcd map of Russian
Poland and it VIII be seen that somo so
miles south and east Of the German from
tier and following IT, is tho petrograd-
Warsaw Railroad. South Of this and con-
verging upon it is the Moscow warsaw
Railroad. These railroads are the life
lines of the great Russian army defending
the Polish capital, on the Bzura- Rawa line
a few miles to tho wcst
on two occasions tho Germans have at
tempted to take Warsaw by an advance
from the west. Thc first time they were
defeated almost within the city limits and
driven to the frontier The second time
they were brought to a halt at the Raura
River in December, aud hold there from
December to April.
Third Attempt Fails
Late In February they made a third at
tempt to got to Warsaw and this time they
planned to move south from East Prussia
and cut the pctroerad- Warsaw ana the
Moscow Warsaw railroads east Of Warsaw.
This would compel the Russians to cvacu-
ate Warsaw and so back from the Vistula
to the Bug. The Germans would then hold
the Nistula line from East Prussia to Ga
licia, and holding it could send troops TO
France and to aid tho Austrians
When this drive began the 10Th Russian
Army was i'm East Prugsia. strunr along
the NTaaurian Lakes and SLOWLY working.
west toward Instcrhurr. This army WIS
defeated. completely routed and dfven east
and south toward the Pctrograd- Warsaw
Railroad.
10 reach the raiIroad bowcvor tbo Cor.
mans had still tn brcaI, through tbo Mo
mon Bobr- Narow barrier = sorios ~ forte
and fortified towns stretchinr, from 1<oyno
to Novo Gcorgievsl, on broad somi-
circle $50 miles long. This borricr fol-
lowed t'' eastern and southern banks of
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The predicament in which the British Par
lament finds itself is almost as perplexing
as that which distracted Hamlet ITO pro-
hibit or not 10 prohibit; that's the question;
whether TO endure the evils Of too much
booze or cut It out and hope that 1t win
end the malingering OF the indolent work
men," ana so on, IN the elegant diction OF
the immortal William
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Political Tonsv-turriness

THE position of Organization Councilmen
i seems to be that they are in favor of
any good housing law that will not assure
good housing. In this respect they differ
in direction only from the eminent village
philosopher who solemnly averred that he
was against strong drink but in favor Of
tuhfslsv
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When the Postmaster General decides that
the pOstofice may accept parcels for delivery
without prepayment of postage it will be
easy and Inexpensive 10 play practical jokes
upon your friends
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Is there not war enough in Europe without
the Portuguese revolutionists trying to stir
up more trouble?
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No other community envies Reno its pc
cuar distinction as the great licensing
centre for progressive polygamy.
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MIR, Beveridge says that it is easier to get
TO battlefield in Poland than to a ball
game in Indianapolis, which shows how in
adequate the Indianapolis rapid" transit
system is
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-15

The Baltimore newsboys who gave to the
President a permit certifying that he is old
enough to sell newspapers in Maryland
really intended to compliment him
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Camden County has decided to spend
$4,000 for five new bridges, but not one of
them is to be over the Delaware
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Premier Vivianl of France says that Ger
man militarlsm must be crushed. as If that
were not what the Allies have been trying
to do for the past eight months
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Captain Thierfelder wants to be known as
one Of the kindest hearted men who ever
scuttled a ship, for he saved even the cats
from the vessels that he sank.
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Either the managers Of the Riggs National
Bank are not Mt for their jobs or there
should be a new Comptroller of tho, Cur
rency.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-15

Bethlehem steel shares ought to remind
prudent persons that there is considerable
risk in attempting to ride 4 a skyrockct
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-15

It did not take the recurrence of the an
niversary of the Governors birth 10 con-
vince the Harrisburg politicians that he was
not born yesterday
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II Is not the Hc1cuS, but the Pcuclopcs tcho
hold the iCorid togcthcy
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING
HELD HERE

The board of education of the Nj.
E. Church, North Mississippi confer
ence, met in Greenwood yesterday
at the Methodist church.
The meeting was for the purpose
Of discussing education as it relates
to the church's schools. Rev. DR.. F.
A. Meek, editor of the New Orleans
Christian Advocate, presided, with
Rev. A. w. Bradley, of Winona, act.
ing as secretary.
Among those present were: DIR. A
F. Watkins, president of Milsaps Col
1ege, Jackson; DIR. ]. r. Countiss
president of Grenada College, Gre.
NADIA; Rev. H. S. Spraggins, presid.
ing cid of the Greenville district
Rev. J. P. Jaco, presiding elder Of
the Winona district; Rev. ]. w. Bell
presiding elder of the Aberdeen dis
trict; DIR. J. M. Sullivan, professor OF
chemistry in Millsaps College; Rev
S. L. Pope, of New Albany; Rev. w
W. Woodland, of Columbus.
The meeting was attended by pas
tors of the various churches Of this
and adjoining counties, and a lively
interest and discussion eentered
around some of their proceedings.
The affairs of the Grenada College
Millsaps College and the new Atlanta
University come under the jurisdic
ton of the board.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
SUBSCRIPTION. $1.0O YEAR Cash
A CARD FROM HON. W. S. BARRY.
To the Voters Of Leflore County:

Greenwood Miss, July 21st 1915
To the Voters Of Leflore County:
have been called upon through the press to saw
whether or not am candidate for the Legislature beg to saw
reply that The voters of Leore County elected me rn
absence fill the unexpired P D.
duly the great honor they upon me
served them 70 the best OF ability during the last
Last February announcement for
the Greenwood and has been Withdrawn
although attempt has been SO without nv
Or the consent of my friends. ' ~'~""
have lived in this County since early childhood the
people should know have made
an honorary to be conferred and highly
pzed oy the recipient but not be sought for crafty
sona AMBITION and would only citizens of INV
County select because they had confidence my judgment and
ability further protect their interest solicit your
port on the plea OF personal friendship favosm not nor
ever been candidate in the that goes
socts votes because have been
served the people the House Representatives more than
have felt that the people ought to know they desire
to G them wit hand to hand house
e af an o nave e ne mat!er enre with Them they think
honor conferred and serve them to the best my ability
Thanking you for former honors conferred l am
Your friend, w. S. BARRY
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23

c. J. Healey, bailiff.
Shell Mound-Oscar Bledsoe, w.
S. Wingfield and j. d. McCaskill,
judges; R. S. Wingfeld and E. G.
Hamilton, clerks; Gano Henry, bail
iff.
Greenwood-W. H. Stokes, S. c.
Lenoir and T. H. Holmes, judges; C.
E. Iaurders and Lucius McShane.
clerks; +. H. Cain, bailiff.
Itta Bena-J. H. Godsey, J. H..
Moore and c. P. Bradford, judges !;
J. F. Russell and w. F. Townsend.
clerks; E. r. Beard, bailiff.
Sidon-C. R. Jarman, B. S. Brown
and c. M. Franklin, judges; J. H.
Farmer and E. E. Ellis, clerks; B. d.
Brown, bailiff.
Morgan City. C. Scott, R. P.
Clark and Emerson Gockrcil, judges,
w. G. Poindexter and d. d. McEach-
ern, clerks; J. L. Robinson, bailiff.
Swifrown-M. M. Hall, C. M. Linch
land H. H. Holland, judges; E. L.
Bridges and Fox Swift, clerks; ]. w..
Cartwright, bailiff.
The matter of the arrangement of
the primary ticket came up for dis
cussion and it was finally decided that
names should appear on the ticket
in the order that candidates paid their
assessments to the secretary of the
executive committee, whether this
payment was made before or after
the meeting of the committee on June
Z, at which time the amounts to be
assessed each candidate was decided
upon.
The following members of the
committee were in attendance:
j. D. Dillad and H. Y. Fraiser, beat
two; Walter Pillow, w. M. Hammer
| and I. M. MILESTONE, beat three; G.
Dunn, j. w. Bradford and Riley Ely,
beat four; Douglas Robinson and D.
G. Hill, beat five.
The committee adjourned to meet
again of August 5, at which time the
returns from the primary will be can
vassed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23

would be adjudged as outclassing
Armstrong in suggestive and practi-
cal criminology at least ten to one.
The editor of the Democrat accepts
any criticism from Bilbo as a compli-
ment, for since Bilbo's entrance into
the political arena of Mississippi his
peculiar mania has been to SANDER
those who knew him and had the
courage to oppose his ambitions, be-
cause they knew his unftness for
positions Of honor.-Greenville Dem
ocrat, Goth inst.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
BILBO GOT COLD RECEPTION
AT GREENVILLE

A small crowd gathered at the
court house last night to hear Bilbo
speak.
Even the small crowd was slow in
gathering, and not until after eight
o'clock were any number there to
talk to.
About nine o'clock Bilbo arrived
and was sick, but spoke about forty
five minutes. Not feeling very well
and the letter of John Armstrong, one
of his former political friends and as
sociates, which charged that he Arm
strong, had given Bilbo 500 during
the legislative caucus to keep Bilbo
hitched to the Vardaman wagon, evi-
IDENTIFY preying on the mind of the
aforesaid Bilbo, he took occasion to
criticize the editor of the Democrat,
so we are informed for having pub
lished the Armstrong letter. He de-
MED the charge and denounced Arm
strong, as is his usual custom when
shown up in his political crooked
deals. We hold no brief to defend
John Armstrong; he has been with
Vardaman and Bilbo in their politi-
cal contests of the past and was re-
cognized as one of their most trusted
and effective leaders in 1910 and
1911. We are not expert on compar-
ative criminology, but if the records
and faces of Theo. Bilbo and John
Armstrong were placed before jury
of unbiased Mississippians, we have
no doubt in the world that Bilbo
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
TRAVELLING MANS EXPERIENCE.

''In the summer Of 1883 I had very
severe attack pf cholera morbus.
Two physicians worked over me
from four am to 6 pm. without Civ
ing me any relief and then told me
they did not expect me to live; that
l had best telegraph for my family.
Instead of doing so, gave the hotel
porter fifty cents and told him to buy
me bottle of Chamberlain Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. and
take no substitute. ! took q double
dose according to directions and went
to sleep after the second dose. At five
o'clock the next morning I was called
by my order and took train for my
next stopping point, we'll man but
feeling rather shaky from the severity
of the attack writes H. w. Ireland,
Louisville, Ky. Obtainable every
where.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
SEVERAL NOMINEES DECLARED
AND ELECTION OFFICERS named.

At meeting Of the Democratic
Executive Committee of Lef1ore coun-
ty, held at the office of the circuit
clerk Tuesday morning at II o'clock
all the candidates who are announced
for office in this county that have no
opposition were declared the demo.
cratic nominees and tn ir names were
ordered not to be placed on the ticket
to be voted for on August 3. Those
who are lucky enough not to be op.
posed are as follows:
For chancery clerk, A. R. Bew, OF
Greenwood.
For supervisor of beat one, J. G,
Peasants.
For supervisor of beat two, M. S.
Wilson.
For supervisor Of beat three, S. L
Brown.
For justice of the peace of beat
one, F. P. Stainback.
For justice of the peace of beat
four, j. H. Bledsoe.
For justice of the peace of beat
five, J. P. Jarman and w. B. Posey.
For constable of beat two, Eli Eth.
ridge.
For constable of beat five, A. j
Hatch.
The following were named as of
ficers to conduct the primaries at the
various election precincts on Tue
day, August 3:
Minter City. G.. Peasants, F
P. Stainback and C. L. Townes, judg
es; Eli Abbott and B. M. Crawford
clerks; Liddell Mcmillan, bailiff.
Sunny Side-Lee Simpson, R. Y
Wright and G. w. Evans, judges; j
J. Church and w. G. Ditto, clerks; D
A. Joiner, bailiff.
Schlater-B. C. Youngblood, r. M
Brown and C. A. Hammick, judges
John Wingfield and Ed. Schlater
clerks; R. T. Best, bailiff.
Money-Jim Bush, A. o. Peterson
and H. T. Coward, judges; T. A. Nc
Gehee and R. r. Bernander, clerks
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
)ther fellows faith.

HE does not appeal to that ele-
ment who demand that their can
didate shall acquire the habit of
passing the hat to stimulate the
love of the faithful, and increase
their share of the spoils.
He does not appeal to that ele-
ment who demand that their can
didate shall make as his associates
the herd of grafters and crooks
who have been preying upon our
State and her innocent people.
He does not appeal to that ele-
ment who demand that their can
didate shall bargain and compro-
mise with the law-breakers of the
State.
He does not appeal to that ele-
ment who demand that their can
didate shall sell out the levee
boards to replenish their Golfers.
He does not appeal to that ele-
ment who demand that their can
didate shall barter and sell your
sick and wounded in your charity
hospitals for the filthy lucre.
He does not appeal to that ele-
ment who demand that their can
didate shall engender religious
hatred among the good people of
this State to advance his political
cause.
mo, my friends, the candidate
of this evening does not appeal to
these voters; he does not stand
for these things. He appeals to
the law-abiding citizen-to the
decent citizen-to the citizen who
does not wish, at every hand. to
hang his head in shame and apol-
ogize to the stranger within or
without our gates.
And now, my fellow citizens,
let me say to you that your guest
of this evening deserves we'll at
your hands.
MANY have been the times tn at
your delegations have appeared
before your Legislature with mat
ters of vital interest to your
farmers; to your working men; to
your business men; to your char
ity hospital; to your Confederate
Annex, and to your fight against
Crumplerism, and he never failed
you. He was always a leader in
your cause, and while as speaker
| personally give testimony that he
many times left the chair and
himself arranged the committee
meetings and hearings Of the COM
mittee reports before the house
itself, but above all-he is clean,
honest, broad-minded, clear-head-
ed, self-respecting, safe, sound.
Il have now the pleasure and
distinguished honor of presenting
| to you-not introducing, because
everybody in the State knows
Hillrie Quin, your next Governor.