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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-01
SIC EN-, JEEMS, SIC EN-!

tsThe lack Of energy in the administra-
tons policy with respect to making repre-;
sensations to England appalls me-" said
Senator Vardaman the other day in a Wash
ington interview.
Horrible! It appalls us to hear that
Jim is appalled,.
But what are we going to do about it?
Even Jim's declaration, in another por-
ton Of the interview, that he is growing
very tired and impatient Of such treat
ment," doesn't settle the question.
However, it may suggest q remedy.
Why not appoint Jeems1as our special
ambassador to 60 over to England and slap
Sir Edward Grey, IoydsGeoege snduLord
Kitchener three successive blows On their
fragile little w1istlets?
II this doesnft-bring about the desired
relied. then The Great White Chefcould
marchfight up t. the throne shake his flow
7na locks = King GeoEges a1d1t msthie
seee 8 Queen Mary. Thenspnefine would
$500 s
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-01

Mr.. A. r. Cooke left today for Mon
roe, La, . accept position in . railroad
Office in that city, and we regret to
lose tho citizenship Of himself and wife.
He il succeeded %. cashier in the Office
Of the Southern Express Co. in this
city by Mr.. ]. T. Hodges, whose many
friends are congratulating him upon
his deserved promotion
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-01

The Hattiesburg Tribune, aged about
one year, passed out of existence last week.
Ever and anon some fellow conceives the
notion that there is money in the newspaper
business and launches out on the sea Of
journalism only to founder on the rock of
advefsity he IS SURF to encounter. Take
warning ye adventures. There is more
work and worry and less money in the co1un-
try newspaper than in any other ~avocation
owof, truthfully observes the Kos
ciuskoHeFad.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-01
1T DOES PAY TO ADVERTISE.

A 4-line advertisement Of a secondhand
Ford car for sale for $500. was inserted in
The Commonwealth last week. The paper
was mailed late Friday evening and the first
applicant bought the car Monday afternoon
"a second applicant to purchase the ma
chine showing up Tuesday morning. And
still there are some few poor simpletons
continually asserting that ut don't pay to
advertiser
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-01

J. A. Afford, of Minter City, and a
Delta planter of large int erests, was
here yesterday. He reports the cotton
crop rather short but. is well pleased
with the prices, being paid and says
that ut the present figures cotton, if
produced in . business-like manner, is a
profitable crop.-Jackson Clarion-Ledg-
o., Sept. 18th.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-01

FOR RENT Room House North
Greenwood; modern in every respect.
Hot and cold water; large barn and
chicken houses. Lot 10Ox150 to alley.
Phone 307, or 767.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-01

Mr.. j. j. Sims and Miss Verna
Wright were married at 8 o'clock
on the evening Of Sept. 28th, at
the residence Of Rev. J.R.H Hughes,
who performed the ceremony.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-01

Greenwood have a White Way"
say on Market to Main and from
the river to Carrollton ave. on
Howard street? Clarksd ale has
one and jackson is arranging to
have one.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-01

DR.. T. r. Henderson left this
morning for Beauvoir to attend a
meeting of the Board of Trustees
of the Confederate Soldiers Home,
of which he is a member.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-01

Hon. John A. Tyson and family
have returned from Asheville, N.
c., where they spent the summer
months most delightfully."-.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-01

The tropical storm didn't do any
material damage to the cotton in
this section of the Delta.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-01

Hon. Firman Smith has return
ed from a protracted visit to his
Nashville home.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-01

LOST Eastern Star Pin, between
]. D. Lanham's store and residence.
Return to 211 West Market street, and
receive reward.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-01

FERNS for sale cheap; apply to
No. 1O7, River Front, in North
Greenwood.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-01

General Passenger Agent j. L.
Cox Of the Sou. Ry. paid the
League an appreciated call and
stated that in reply to the Secre-
tary's letter Of recent date he
hoped some means could be de-
vised to improve the train
service into and out Of Greenwood
particularly on the Belzoni line.
Supt. Patton started to Green
wood with Nj. Cox for the purs
pose 81 looking over the situation
but receivinQ information ct SER
ious llnessaln his family was com
pelIed toschanee his plans. We
hops soon 10 have some definite
action iaken on this question
Ee1orf = being inside q have
mprovelneuts 1nade q sone
IN n&elain tlle ine of eas
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-01

Nicely furnished rooms with or with
out meals. 400 East Church street.
Phone 7O5.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-01
Diamond Brooch Lost.
Finder will return same and be lib
orally rewarded. Phone 29l.
MRS. w. p. WEAVER.

Don't send your kodak dlms out Of
the State. Leave them with us. We
guarantee promptness and satisfaction.
THE SPURRIER STUDIO.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-01

Nicely furnished rooms with or with
out meals. 400 East Church street.
Phone 7O6.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-01

The price of cotton and seed is
good and getting better.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-01

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Evening journal., 1915-05-28

.christopher Columbus I always halt
an instant and say 'Col-col-col.' and
then the rest OF the name comes to
me-"
why, that Is nothing 70 make you
fail. You may not hesitate at all
when you stand before the audience.
but II you do. 1t will be so brief that
no one will notice It."
"Oh, mother, but Agnes Bonds Just
told me why 1 would fail. 1t has al
most broken my heart I shall make
a failure of 1t and fall down with a
nopl"
what did Agnes tell you?"
"You know. mother, that I refused
nv hand and heart to Mr.. Harrison
because his grandfather was shoe
maker. He is indignant. and wants
revenge. He will be there on gradu-
alton night. and will have front seat
He knows that 1 hesitate over Co
llumbus. and at the critical moment
he intends to call out 'Christophel
Evening journal., 1915-05-28

- HERE had been a game Of base
n ball between the Giants and the
- Boodiers, and one Of the street
cars. going back 20 town, was pretty
well filled with winners who were
very hilarious over their good luck.
About the middle of the car, how
ever. sat a middle-aged man who was
gazing into vacancy. when one OF the
other men slapped him on his shoul-
der and exclaimed:
Cheer up. old mani All is not
lost"
nut I lost" was the grim reply.
"oh, youl make 1t UP another
day"
"Yes. but another day will not DO"
NO bread and butter in the
house7"
"Just as came out Of the house, on
my way to the game, gas bill OF
ave dollars was handed in, with the
threat that my gas will be turned OF
at sharp Ave o'clock unless the bill
was paid. The old woman gave m,
the long green to go down to th'
gas Office"
And you went down and paid th'
bnl?"
"But I didn't, you see. I went al
TO the grounds and bet the money o.
} the Giants and lost. And now IL
! fve O'Clock and after"
But you can take home half
dozen candles for tonight"
sour grocer don't keep candles"
''Then borrow a lamp and som
kerosene from a neignbor."
Evening journal., 1915-05-28
Mr.. Harrison Won't BE Present

Coidwater' and make me repeat the
name after him and shall kernop
and be a laughing stock for the next
ten years"
The mother laid a hand on the poor
girls shoulder. and looking into her
eyes. she said:
MY dear daughter, there will be
no kerfiop-no fainting away. Mr..
Harrison will not be there"
But why. mother?"
because your father will be home
10 supper In about twenty minutes
and before he has eaten one single
mouthful, I will have him go and
break Mr.. Harrison's neck! Cheer up
my dear! Columbus is all right"
Evening journal., 1915-05-28
JUNGLE TROUBLES

JUNGLE TROUBLES
WHAT'S thisf BARBER shop Closed
For the Week Is Barber De Monk
eickf
No. he has inst started to shave
mn Jumbo.
Evening journal., 1915-05-28

q HE was a fair. sweet maid OF
. eighteen, and she was soon TO
~ graduate. She came flying home,
from a call at a neighbor's to exclaim
10 her mother:
"oh. mother, I shall certainly faill'
"Fail? Fail?" replied the mother.
40 YOU mean that you will fail on
your essay on Columbus7"
Evening journal., 1915-05-28

more he could say in the way Of con-
ISOLATION. when the man who had lost,
smiled and frightened up and said:
Il have got n, ] have solved the
problem. II the gas has been turned
on. the old woman and I will lock
up the house and sit under an electric
light pole all night and Jaw Il out
Evening journal., 1915-05-28
rNoueH Is A PLENrY.

little war news now and then
Is relished by the best Of men
Rut now we fain would see surceass
And very gladly read Of peace.
Evening journal., 1915-05-28

HE club bore walked into the
smoking room OF the club ana
~ every member there sank deeper
into his chair, as though to hide, and
perhaps in this way not attract his
Evening journal., 1915-05-28

Il ERERE the roses for the bride
M Choice of Love-of June the PRIDE.
Cluster fair that will be fairer worn by youi
Take them to your dainty SELF
With no thought of sordid pelf
For no matter what they cost. they are your due
Evening journal., 1915-05-28
A Bright Idea

"But I have clubbed their dogs
cats and chickens, until I haven't a
neighbor left"
The other was thinking of what
Evening journal., 1915-05-28

Mrs. wozz-"I hear you're going to
live In the air this summer"
Mrs. ozz-"Yes; Gwaldo rented an
acrobat 21 miles up over his once"
Evening journal., 1915-05-28

"Yes. mother"
"But you've finished that essay two
weeks ago. and you have committed
Il thoroughly to memory"
"Yes. mother, but there is one weak
point about It. When l go TO say,
Evening journal., 1915-05-28
An Adorable Joke

for new conundrums are|
bearable. and once in a while good
one is related-but old conundrums,
that were antique when Noah sailed
the briny deep on the Ark. He opened
FIRE at once:
when is a door not door?" he
asked. triumphantly. A groan went
up from the assembled company, but.
as he had addressed himself to no
one In particular. he was not am
swered.
IT said: When is a door not 4
door," he repeated.
"oh. all right. all right" groaned
old Smith, over IN the corner III
bite. Tell us when door is ajar-
Mr.. Bones. when is door not
door,"
"A door is not a door," announced
the bore, when it's an egress."
The tired and jaded business mei
sat up in their chairs, looked at him
and simultaneously called for th'
waiter. The drinks we're on them.
Evening journal., 1915-05-28
SPENT.

Or EN-
Into his thesis for commencement day
He put 30 much learning, force and
wit,
He carried on In maniacal way
And died before he could deliver III
Evening journal., 1915-05-28
to or not7

Teacher-Bobby, is this sentence
correct: She'll go whether she wants
to or not7
Bobby-No, miss.
Teacher-Why not?
Bobby-Because she won't go II she
lcn't want 10.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-05
Pointed Paragraphs

All news isn't as black as it is
printed.
When some people talk it's a
waste of time 10 yawn.
Neighbors should try 10 do as
they expect TO be done by.
The more talk IL takes to run
things the slower they move.
Many man fails TO arrive be.
cause he started with cold feet.
II a man does wrong he thinks
he's doing right TO keep II secret
II a man shores he has a good
excuse for remaining away from
church.
Don't let the badness OF your
neighbors worry you; they might
do worse
\ babbling brook is probably so
called because 1t can't keep its
mouth shut.
Little outside sympathy IS wasted
on a widcG and a wldOwer when
they marry
IL woman is willing to listen 10
a man it's usually because she has
no more talk to unload.
II all men were compelled "a
practise what they preach the ma.
iority would discontinue the preach
ing habit.
Our idea OF hypocrite Is a per
son who throws mud at man
while alive and puts flowers on his
coffin when he dies.
There is one good thing TO he said
in favor OF the homely glrl-she
ISN'T always going dow ntown to get
herself photographed
The Detroit times., 1915-10-05
Lei the People Rule---And Write

OF 1913. when the present eommis-
sioner closed all the resort iu the
segregated district, it wa my duty
as white slave agent for the depart
ment OF justice 10 make daily visits
10 these places. ami from what !
have seer and heard. have come
a. the conclusion. that the average
man does not know wha' morallty
means. To my mind. the problem is
not one Of morality. but il is a Ques-
ticn OF public health Every family
In the city Of Detroit Is involved
These 100000 men who visit wo-
men OF the underworld are members
Of our families. and inasmuch as we
men all more or less lead immoral
lives, ii becomes Cf the utmost i'm.
pcrtance that Cur health Is preserv-
ed, and the necessary precautions
taken by officials TO limit tho spread
Of disease, and the only known way
to accomplish this is by strict reg.
ulation and segregation.
Let me, if you please. make a
suggestion. to our friends who
The Detroit times., 1915-10-05

would eliminate the evil. You will
have noticed in a former paragraph
@ this article that 90 per cent Of
he men are immoral, and that only
very small percentage OF the wo-
men are not viituous. Does It not
rike YOU az a glance that YOU have
a better field. and a larger field to
work in, II YOU start your reform.
mS on the mon There are more wo-
men i'll Detroit today than there Is a
demand for. The moment you stop
the demand. TIE supply will de-
crease, and IL you succeed in elm.
mating he demand among the men,
there Eili De no more social evil.
therefore. let all the reformers. and
he ministers of the gospel start :.
campaign among the men. Go out
IN the highway and the byways,
and secure pledges from the men,
Oh their honor, thai they will abb
stain from consortinc with women
CT this character, and you will &c.
complish more In q few months.
than ~ continually abusing and
crtIcising our police commissioner.
FREDERICK \. SCHOPP.
Detroit. Oct. 3. 1915.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-05
As Others Fear Us.

Recent visits to Detroit have con
wheel us that street crossings in
that city are dangerous places and
that boarding a street car on Wood.
ward avenue IL n hazardous under.
taking. especially for strangers In
that city. Expecting 10 be 4, erred
slow and poky We have refrained
from criticising Michigan's matropo
lis for her reckle3sness: but with
the statement before us that there
have been In that city since Jan.
uary first. 1910 automobile accidents
and thirty-one deaths. resulting
therefrom. II seems only fair n
raise the lid Does Detroit care
more for speed than for life and
limb? Tf so post the warming:
COME TO DETROIT AT YOUR
OWN RISK" and give the people
a chance for their lives.--Iowell
Ledger.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-05

our smaller municipalities are
ablaze with light. night is for all
practical purposes as light as day
and the primitive instinct TO seek
shelter and repose with the fallinr
darkness has been lost 10 civilized
mankind.
The modern tendency seems 10 be
10 shorten the hours Of work and
extend the hours OF play into those
that in the cosmic schme OF things
were Intended by Nature for rest.
While there Is little truth in the old
saying that IAN hours rest before
midnight Is worth two thereafter
the danger ia that extending pleas
ure and enter ainment TO late hours
Of the night breeds an irregularity
Of habit which Is not conductive to
good health.
Late frolics after a days work
The Detroit times., 1915-10-05
A Poem a Day
THE FIRE or DnIFTwOoD.

We sat within the farmhouse old.
Whose windows, looking DER the
bay,
Gave To the sea breeze damp and cold
An easy entrance. night and day.
Not far away we saw the port.
The strange. old-fashioned. silent
town.
The lighthouse. the dismantled fort
The wooden houses. quaint and
brown.
We sat and talked until the night.
Descending nlled the room;
our faces faded from the sight
our voices only broke the gloom.
We spoke OF many n vanished scene
said,
OF what had been and might have
been.
And who was changed. and who
was dead;
And all that nils the heart OF friends.
When nrst they feel, with secret
pain.
Their lives theneeforth have separate
And never can be one again:
The hrst slight swerving OF the
heart.
That words are powerless to ex-
And leave II still unsaid in part,
or say IL in too great excess.
The very tones In which we sprke
Had something strange. l could but
mark;
The leaves OF memory seemed to
make
a mournful rustling In the dark
OFT died the words upon our lips.
aud1RnlN-
The flames would leap and then
expire.
And as their splendor nasheds and
failed.
We thought OF wrecks upon tho
main.
or ships dismasted. that were hailed.
And sent no answer back again.
The windows. rafting in their frames.
The ocean. roaring up the beach
The gusty blast. the pickering flames.
All mingled vaguely In our speech
Until they made themselves a part
Of farcies floating through the
brain
The long-lost ventures OF the heart.
That send no answers back again.
O flames that glowed. O hearts that
yearned'
They were Indeed too much akin.
The driftwood FIRE without that
burned.
The thoughts that burned and
glowsd within.
Henry Wadsworth Longfeilow.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-05
Comments olIIespie's Vice policy.

10 the EditOr or me itmcs.
Referring 10 your editorial. and
comments OF DR.. Shipper. or the
vice situation, in your yesterdays
issue.
want 20 take this opportunity Of
conzratllatins our police commits
sioner for haFing come out in the
open and making his announcement
that hereafter he will segregate and
regulate the women Of tho under.
world. For two years he has tried
10 eliminate The evil. and all he has
had for his trouble Is abuse and
criticism.
II YOU will be so kind "a 10 allow
me enough space. ! desire To call
your attention, and that OF the pub
lie. to the following facts. from
which YOU will see the conditions
our police commissioner had 70 con
tend with In the handling of the vice
problem.
In the spring OF 1918. when our
present commits sioner was appoint
ed 10 Office, we had about 500 w0-
inen Ia tbe segregated district In
addition TO that We easily had about
1000 women vino practiced prostitu-
ton. who were not In the district.
making In all about . son women
These 500 women in the segregated
district see AZ least 10000 men in
one week. or about 100000 in a
month. making total OF between
40. 900 and 500,00 men a month
who visit women OF the underworld
Looking ~ the problem from a pure
" mathematical standpoint. II
how. that every man In Detroit
visits women ot the underworld on
al average nf Three 10 four times a
month. OF course. this !s not a
fact but Il simply shows the mag
nltude Of the problem and II fur
Their shows that while a little over
o4 Ter cent 81 The male popula ~
lead an immoral life. 80 per cent Of
ire women OF Detroit are pure and
yirtuous
From October. 1912. until the fall
The Detroit times., 1915-10-05

Let's Get MIR. Writ Here to
Tell Us Of His Gary Plan

New York has had long visit from
William Writ, superintendent and origin
ator of the Gary plan in school reform,
and is so impressed and delighted with
his experiments along these lines, that II
is, to a large extent, adopting them
Mr.. Writ has given his services free
and offers to continue them on the same
basis. until the end of the year.
Under present conditions. the school
is becoming more and more
complicated.
Detroit has had some problems of its
own and is likely to have more, as the
population increases in a greater ratio
than Accommodations can be provided.
In New York the old style Of school
ing under the old methods was becoming
absolutely prohibitive.
Mr.. Writ has shown New York that an
outlay of 100000 to re-organize the
schools on the Gary plan would do away
with part time" and provide all children
with educational advantages.
No city can afford to ignore Mr.. Wirt's
ideas.
He has worked them out to perfection
in the small city Of Gary, Ind, and now
is able to apply them to great metrop-
oils.
All cities should watch with keen in
terest the practical outcome Of this sys-
tenn which aims to give the child all the
modern opportunities for work, study
and play, in the city of New York.
Last winter two schools were given
to MIR. Writ on which to demonstrate
his theories and so successful were they
that fourteen more have been added
Other districts are clamoring for par
t;cipation in the same privileges.
II NAV be called an intensive system
whereby the full value of the money IN
vested in the public schools can be real
lied by the children and consequently the
tax payer.
Mr.. Writ is true reformer and gives
his time and strength generously to the
work.
WHY cannot Detroit have the beneht
Of an explanation of his plan In oe'aii
from his own lips?
The Detroit times., 1915-10-05
The Burden of Taxation

The question ~ taxation ~ com
handing more attention ihan ~ any
former sine IN analysis Of the re
ports from all parts Of the state
shows that nearly all cities and
towns 81 ans size are carrying a
heavy buiden in many cases so
large that investments in city prop
eTty have ceased 10 be desirable.
When such a condition b. found II
Is time that the treatment be ad-
mustered The system may be
faulty. bat IN nGlehell the ques-
ton Of tsves becomes one OF eco
nomic administration Seymour Re
publican.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-05
From Another Point of VieiU

Dr. ill hath no fury like woman
scorned.
Bulgaria and Rumania also appear to
be getting ready TO have 1t forced upon
them.
Scoop.
Free Press gives full report this
morning of what someone may ask Com
missioner Cou1ens at meeting to be held
Wednesday night
Half billion war loan all taken. Serves
MS right for putting off our subscription
from day to day.
The long and short of it is they just de-
ferred giving Bush the auto till later
date.
Does 1t Pay to Advertise?
A Detroit firm advertised in Kansas
City: Smoke five Of these cigars and if
you do not say they are the best scent
cigar YOU ever smoked return the bands
and get your money back" The firm is in
receipt of the following communication:
Cents tried FIVE Of your cigars and enjoy
ed them very much. They are excellent smokes.
but az cannot say they are the best ever tried
ask you TO return my money. I enclose bands.
Reported from Quebec that T. r. has
killed the name of his party without even
becoming a candidate.
With the exception of the Falls Of Min
nehaha, Hennepin county, Mimi, remains
wet.
Perhaps W. Z. Thompson has an al
tentative something just as good, at
least, as blank price tag.
~--------- ..
MERELY A TWIG.
II suppose you have family tree?'
mo; intend TO branch out for myself
Boston Transcript.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-05
Veteran Likes The Times.

10 the Editor Of The Times:
was at the G.. A. X. eDcamp-
ment in your beautiful city and
have been reading your splendid
paper from day to day since that
eyentful time.
A paper that takes and holds
the stand you do ought to count It's
subscribers by the thousand; yea,
tens oil thousands. It's a wonder.
fully clean paper.
CHARLES :. HOUGHTON.
Leominster, Mass.