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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21
SPECIAL NOTICE.

Those who are annoyed by
stock and cattle running at large
in this city should call Phone TIA
and the Pound Keeper will come
to their rescue promptly and take
charge of the depredators and re-
quire their owners to pay legal
damages in order to get posses
sion of them again.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21

Pathe News is the one ~unerring re-
corder of the worlds most important
events The eye of the Pathe camera
peers into the uttermost of the
earth, gathering items of universal ia
terest. See it every Wednesday and
Saturday at the Greenwood Theatre.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21

Have you heard the delightful music
that is being rendered by the Green
wood Theatre orchestra? II you have
not then, you are missing a treat. The
music alone is worth the price.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21

Office for rent, over Raines
drug store, IS, 90 per month; apply
to A. F. Gardner.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21

the greatest ease, the greatest
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Every ounce OF energy,
every bit Of intelligence, every
flash Of genius, every atom
of efficiency in the whole
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been concentrated on this
proposition Of making tires
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cost.
The Goodrich tire user
kno.0s that right now, today,
with all the stan,pecc to
meet Goodrich prices, Good
rich quality IS NOT NET and that
his dollar buys moro tire
service in Goodrich tires.
GAS good as Goodrich"
is today the plea.
Let us say to you, in all
good faith and with every
confidence in the fair-mind-
ed judgment Of the tire user,
that no other tire made has
in it and of it the expert
ence, the know-hou and the
know-.Ohy which govern the
selection and the comb;na-
ton of the exact quality and
quantity of rubber and fab
rio which constitute Good
rich Tires.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21

Posted" signs for sale at this
office.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21
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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21
For Rent.

Furnished Room, with private bath.
Apply to this Office.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21
The Verdict

-convincingIy and Overwhelmingly for Goodrich.
This company alone through the daily press of January 31st gave TIC the con-
Stunning public the most syeepirg Production ever made in tire prices. This
established the only genuine FAIR LIST Il eishnceo On non-Iidt tires today.
Goodrich prices were daed February st in ordinary course. Other tires we're
redued in price a fmv days cer and ne educdond dated back to FEBRUARY LIST.
very real prce1educton on tires las fo- You pay money! FOR your tires You want
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AS aIway,G Goodrich policy ad Goodrich Goodrich Tires arc 6t to.deivrm laee
first gave the tire user the benefit of at the ht cost per ne and tod deliver With
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-18

Reports from New York, appar-
emily authenticated, are to the effect
that ]. Ogden Armour, the packer,
is to line up with Charley Weegh-
man in taking over the Cubs in the
peace amalgamation and moving
them to the North Side.
Armour and Weeghman have been
connected in business way for some
time, and the Whale boss, it is be-
lieved, was unable to swing the COM
binatfon deal locally single-handed.
The initial expense, buying the West
Side franchise and fixing up Charley
Murphy, will be very great.
Armour has no baseball experience
but knows the angles to finance. But
he will find out that there are some
things he has never heard of before
when he goes against crew of base
ball magnates. He can depend on
them to teach him few new pOlit-
icaI and financial angles.
Nothing of a definite nature has
developed from the peace confer
ences in New York so far. Each side
has been jockeying for position. Each
seems to have the foolish idea that |
the public is going to give a boot |
which side has to make concessions |
and will remember which appears to |
have lost the most during the war
fare.
All of which is bunk. If the mag
mates are wise to their own inter |
ests, and want to do what is best |
for themselves and baseball gener-
ally, they will drop all talk of victory
and forget the nasty things that have
been said in the past. Only in that
way can even a portion of the fan
army, aHenated from the game by
the peculiar tactics of the magnates,
be won back.
The public is long suffering and
easily forgetful. The limit of endur-
ance has not quite been reached, and
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-18
.BASEBALL-sPORTs OF ALL KINDS BOXING

given. And the sooner the political
talk is throttled the sooner the pub
lie can begin to forget.
As a result of a meeting between
owners Of the National and Amer
lean, the national commission will
carry on all negotiations for organ
lied baseball Garry Hermann, Ban
Johnson and John Tener have re-
ceived their instructions.
For the Feds, Gilmore, Sinclair
and Weeghman will be the arbiters.
This will make the negotiating body
more compact and it will be better
able to do business. A conference
between the two wings of baseball
will be held today.
Another report from New York is
to the effect that not more than 20
Federal players will be retained in
the big legues, the others going to
the minors. And in all this amalga-
nation talk the dopesters seem to be
overlooking outfelders like Zwilling,
Flack and Mann of the Whales.
Those boys, of course, would be
shunted to the minors, and fellows
like Pete Kniseley would continue tn
draw big league salaries. Oh, yes.
There still seems to be disposition
in some quarters to admit the Fed
eral ever Appropriated a major
league. And, strange to say, many
of the people talking along that tack
watched the National league in
action in 1915.
1t is about time that line of talk
was dropped, the boards wiped clear
and real effort made to put salt on
the tail of the dove of peace.
A New York report is to the effect
that Roger Bresnahan will be placed
at the head of a club in Toledo of the
American Assn, leaving the local
field clear to Joe Tinker. That
would satisfy Roger, who has been
anxious to get back to his home town
The Washington herald., 1915-01-01
BRILLIANT SCHOLARS
FAILURES AFTERWARD
Savant Declares School Record |.
No Criterion of Child's
Ability.

Philadelphia, Dec. 31.-If a child is
exceptionally brilliant in the lower
grades of school; If he leads his class
in lessons, it does not mean that this
child will be a success in life. The
chances are that he will be just the op-
posite.
This is according to DIR. Maximilian
P. Z. Groszmann, educational director
OF the National Association for the
study Of Education of Exceptional
Children. who spoke today at the meet
ing OF the American Association for
the Advancement of Science.
The children who lead their class
mates in study" explained DR.. Grosz-
mann, ARE often endowed with a good
memory. largely of mechanical kind.
In school work which consists mainly
Of recitatiOns and the requirement OF
book knowledge. they are apt to make
rapid progress through the grades.
They learn because they retain the
lessons and can reproduce them. as a
sponge retains the water ii absorbed,
when squeezed out. Certainly, there are
good minds lucky enough to be also en-
dowed with a good memory. and weak
minds whose weakness is augmented by
lack of memory. But it does not in
frequently happen that very mediocre
minds yes, even distinctly feeble minds
will through having a good memory out
shine their betters in school work, at
least during the elementary period. be-
fore the higher reasoning faculties come
into play.
AT that time they will he hopelessly
left behind, much the worse for their
learning which does not represent any
live value to them. and the acquisition of
which has prevented them from pre-
pairing themselves for the life in their
own lowly fashion. In their case, it is
matter of early diagnosis to direct them
along really eduCative lines.
The most difficult type is the 8bne
where these special endOwments are
coupled with a nervous temperament
Here" said the speaker, I'VE have
the genius and the crank; the great
leader Of men-the prince Of commerce.
the poet and the philosopher: the musi-
cal prodigy and the artist of high de-
gree. with his Bohemian contempt OF
conventionalities Sentiment is apt to
overp0wer the reasoning faculties in
many. and hysterical characteristics are
frequent Or, there is cleverness of eN-
OF heart. There is lack of poise which
may cause distinct mental derange
ment In this sense genius is akin to
insanity.
The most famous criminals belong
to this class. whether international
crooks, or sitting on thrones or in
counting houses. The moral tone is
often unhealthy, self-cOntrol weakened.
tho ego exaggerated. and morbidly
sensitive.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-01

vent. and have made 1t worse. am
glad l cannot get well. I hope 1 may die
quickly"
She told more, before she had finished
the only statement the doctors would
allow her to make. She toll Of her en-
trance into a secret Romance with Rog-
ers and made no attempt to conceal the
fact that she knew it was wrong.
II have known Mr.. Rogers since child
hood" she said. Il have lived in the
place of a wife to him. And his wife
has known Of 1t for two years She has
been to see me. and 1 have been to see
her. She agreed, when Mr.. Rogers ful-
filed certain conditions which she laid
down, to get a divorce and allow us to
marry. He fulfilled those conditions last
October and they were hard ones. Then
she refused to divorce him.
Her action broke my heart. Up to
that time we had believed everything
would be all right, and we could live ouS
Our lives happily and honorably.
But why, why did l do this awful
thing. 1 wanted to set him free to make
the most of n life which was afraid l
had ruined. l did not want him to sac
rifce his reputation for my love. And
now
The Washington herald., 1915-01-01

On the streets professions organized
for din only forbed. were dispersed,
and formed again. The noisy ones
marched themselves fOotsoTe.
And over all the moon; ah, the moon!
AS that luminary dropped westward
many arguments arose as to its num-
her. Some declared there were many
moons, others declared there was
none. But that at the approach of
morning-and mourning.
Among those who reserved tables at
the Willard were Congressman r Ans
berry. whose party included Miss Gene
We've Clark; G. NJ. COnger. Gen. Cham
MORO. Col. John II. Carroll NJ. ]. Coron-
ado, Gov. Joseph w. Folk. Preston Glib
son, Lieut.. s. p. Hopkins, Justice and
Mrs. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior lie
Fevre. Congressman LathrOp- Brown,
Commodore Peary, Representative Vim
son, SiGnOr Conception, and Monsieur
Wang.
Those at the Powhatan included DR..
J. J. Richardson. Gen. Maxwell Wood
hull, Miss Ellen Woodruff, Charles h.
Woodruff, Frank p MiIburn. James Du-
val. MIR and Mrs G. w. lie Valley. of
Milwaukee: Mrs. Theodore Kave, of New
York: Charles A Post and Mrs. Duncan
Gambler, of Bayport; Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles s. Brown. of New York; Enrique
L. Llorente, the Mexican Minister, with
Miss Llorente, and Mr.. and Mrs Pedro
Cuadro, OF Nicaragua.
At the Ebbitt tables were reserved by
DR.. FUlkcrson, f. ]. Ellis. J. r. Watt.
J. Z. FOle, f. ]. st. jacques, jan Hen
ley, F. l.. Cover. II. II. HollandeT, Rep
resentative Lozaro. DR.. A. II. Glennan,
George r. A. Wiley, H L. Simcoe, ].
r. Hildebrand, and X. r. Lesh.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-01
LID OFF IN NEW YORK
AS BOUNCING BABY. 1915,
BOUNDS INTO BROADWAY

New York, Jan. New York City
welcomed a bright and bouncing baby
at midnight. His name is 1915, and,
though he sported a black eye labeled
European war" he was a merry
youngster for all that. His entrance
was the signal for such a blast of
noise that it is a wonder the stars in
tho heavens didn't fall out of their
places. And such a greeting. Bells
rang, horns blew. rattles Clacked,
bugles trilled. tin pans ratified, gongs
changed and claXon horns on automo-
biIes blared until the tumult was
enough to almost crack ones ear
drums.
On Broadway the crowds formed a
solid black line. moving on like a
stream of ants. Overhead the electric
signs lit up the scene until the side
walks were as bright as day. Police
1hen, placed at intervals along the curb,
kept the press moving with tolerance
and boundless patience. The fun
makers shuffied along in a slow endless
procession, for there were so many OF
them that they could not move other
wise than with a short, choppy half
step.
The crowds extended from Columbus
Circle down to the lower part of the
city. Madison Square was alive with
laughing folk. Many also went down 10
Trinity Church to hear the chimes at
midnight. As early as II o'clock they
began to gather, and when the sonorous
notes from the steeple rang out they
went wild with joy. The restaurants
welcomed the New Year. The means of
hilarity provided by the mayor consisted
of no fewer than 2O2 special all-night
licenses for restaurants and cafes. So
far as known this number breaks all
records in New Years lid-removing.
Fifty special licenses has always been
considered a large number, and Mayor
Gaynor drew the line around forty.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-01
ENGLAND MAKES LISTS
TO RUIN GERMANY
Senator Walsh Says Contraband
Schedules Are Framed to Injure
Teuton Nation Commercially.

The direct charge that England had
framed up contraband lists with the idea
of running Germany commercially, rather
than to deprive her of materials for
munitions of war, was made in the Sen
ate yesterday by Senator Walsh, OF
Montana. Walsh attacked bitterly the
holding up and searching of American
and other neutral ships on which car
goes of copper were being transported
abroad.
1T is scarcely to be doubted that
these lists" said Senator Walsh, after
reading the list of contrahand included
in the British proclamation. ARE thus
swelIed in order TO accomplish the eco
nomic ruin of Germany rather than
because of the fact that the commodities
included in them will be used, If i'm
ported. in the prosecution of the war.
"a state of war imposes no obligation
upon neutral nations to cease trading
with the belligerents, nor is it any breach
of neutrality on the part of the former
to permit their citizens to sell either to
the government at war or to their citi-
zens any commodities, even such as are
to be used directly in prosecuting it, like
arms and other destructive agencies.
1T will be the duty of our government,
as conceive il will be recognized, as a
duty by every government among the
family of nations outside of Great
Britain, when the questions presented by
these seizures are being solved, to bend
every effort to maintain the integrity Of
the law governing neutral trade as 1t has
been developed through three centuries OF
struggle for freedom"
The Washington herald., 1915-01-01
SAYS GIRLS co HUNGRY
WHO GET BUT Sc A WEEK
Boston Woman Declares Vast Major
ity's Wages Far Below De-
cent Living Needs.

Princeton. Dec. 31.-A girl who earns
only Sc a week must go hungry unless
she receives some outside help, Mrs
Glendower Evans, of Boston. declared
today before the American Economic
Association. Mrs. Evans has been
connected with the work incident to
the establishment of a minimum wage
scale in Massachusetts and has made
an extensive survey OF conditions there.
The vast majority of wage-earning
women work because they must" she
said. And the vast majority earn
wages far below the requirements Of
a decent living"
Mrs. Evans then told the story OF a
girl that made Sc a week whom the min
imum wage commission of Massachu-
setts interviewed. The girl admitted that
she received money from Illicit resources.
She declared she was forced to go hum
cry when she tried TO live on IS week.
Il do not tell you this story that an
inference may be drawn in regard to low
wages which do not draw" Mrs. Evans
said. II tell II to illustrate the point I
have made-that a girl who earns S6 a
week, unless she is helped out somehow.
must 60 hungry
The Massachusetts commission recently
agreed upon S1 as a living wage for
women, but as yet this amount is not
being paid as a minimum in that State.
Adoption of a law similar in principle
to the Canadian Industrial disputes act
was advanced before the association by
Prof Frank II. Dixon. of Dartmouth
College, as a means OF diminishing labor
troubles in this country.
Mr.. Dixon expressed the view that
Presidents of the United States should
seldom take the initiative in injecting
mediators into labor disputes.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-01
'ENOCH ARDEN MAY BE
DECLARED LEGAL GHOST
Wife He Deserted for Many Years
Plans Action Against Wal
loping "ProdigaI."

New York, Dec. 31.-If Thomas W.
Nethercott, Canarsie's "Enoch with a
wallop," tries to make more trouble for
his wife, he rlawyer, John NJ Wilson,
said today, he not only will be arrested,
but efforts will be made to declare him
legally dead.
NethercOtt. being legally dead, it was
pointed out, he will have no more stand
ing In the world than IL he were a ghost.
The wife, Mrs. Mary F. Cook, was
Frustrated today in her home, 1877 East
NInety third street, Brooklyn. She was
under the care of a physician, and her
husband was guarding the Cook home.
We will welcome the appearance Of Mr..
Nethercott in these parts" said Cook.
Il would like very much to see him.
His last visit was unexpected and l
was not prepared for him. II he comes
beck the law will take its course"
Nethercott hasn't been seen since Sun
day evening. when he went TO the Cook
home. found his wife married to another
and began fighting, instead OF bearing
the blow silently, as did TennysOn's hero.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-01
FOOTBALL WARRIOR
Wins RICHEST Girl"
"Wallie" Trumbull, Poor but Athletic
Harvard Student. Reported Engaged
to Miss Phyllis Sears.
Special to IN. Washington HenId.


Boston, Dec SL-The romance OF a
poor but athletic Harvard student and
the richest society bud in New England
has progressed to the stage where the
engagement of Miss Phyllis Sears and
"Wallie" Trumbull is reported. 1t is eX-
pected that the formal announcement OF
the engagement will be made within a
few days.
Phyllis Sears is a beautiful, accom-
plished girl, worth nearly 5000, 600 in her
own right, fond of outdoor sports and
almost as good a tennis player as her
distinguished cousin. Miss Eleanora
Sears. "Wallie" Trumbull was acting
captain of the Harvard varsity football
team last fall and is marshal OF the
senior class.
Young Trumbull Is one OF the most
popular men in the university. He has
won his way by perseverance and per-
sonality. His acquantanceship with Miss
Sears grew out of chance meeting fol-
lowing one of the big football games.
Miss Sears had watched with great ad-
miration Trumbull's handling of the
team, and Ghe captain OF the football
eleven proved to be as good a strategist
in love as on the gridiron.
Miss Sears is one of the two daughters
OF Herbert NJ. Sears, of Commonwealth
avenue Her sister is Mrs Bayard War
rem. They inherited 100000 each from
their mother, and their grandfather
Francis Bartlett, who died a little over
a year ago. left them $4,000 apiece. Dur
ing his life he made his two favorite
granddaughter many valuable presents,
including a 10000 necklace to Miss
Phyllis and a 100000 residence at Prides
Crossing to Mrs. Warren.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-01
Wilson UFAarly to Open
New Years Fair in West

The New Year called President Wilson
out of bed at o'clock this morning to
press a button which, by electric COM
munication with San Diego, Cal, opened
the PanamaCalifornia Exposition there.
When it was midnight in San Diego 1t
was a. m. here, and the President had
to make use of an alarm clock.
It was thought probable last night that,
once up. the President would take an
early breakfast and go to the golf links
to begin New Years Day with little
healthy exercise.
Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre, the Presi-
dents daughter, will be with her father
today In the afternoon Mr.. Wilson
probably will motor into the country.
No guests have been invited to the White
House for New Years dinner.
The only New Years resolution Presi-
dent Wilson has made-and divulged-is
to get his ship purchase bill through
Congress before 1t adjourns. Other fea-
lures of his legislative program are in
cluded in this resolution.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-01
THIEVES ESCAPE IN AUTO.
Steal Handbag from COiored Girl.
Machine Stolen from Park Road.

After robbing Hattie Brown. a colored
domestic. employed at 23O5 Calvert street
northwest last night as she was leaving
the place, two unidentified young white
men made tehir escape in an automobile
The colored woman had a handbag OH
her arm, and this was snatched from
her
Shortly after 9 o'clock a four r-passenger
Buick automobile was stolen from in
front Of the postoffice in Park road. be-
tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets
northwest. and the police think it is
probable the two men took the car and
used 1t in their hold-up.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-01
washington HAD
HEALTHFUL YEAR
Mortality Rate Goes Down
Slightly Below thai of
Previous One.
DEATHS TOTAL 5,853
Fewer Infants Die-Suicides and
Fatal Accidents Also Decrease
from Record of 1913.

The year which died last midnight
was a banner one for the District of
Columbia from a standpoint Of health
fulness the mortality rate for the
twelve months having been decreased
from II to 1855.
This gladstone news was announced
by DR.. William c. Woodward, District
health officer The total number of
deaths from all causes was 5.S53,
which was 153 less than the number
reported in the preceding year. The
deaths among white persons numbered
3,4S5, a decrease OF SO since the pre-
ceding year. The deaths among col
Ored persons totaled 1855, a fall Of 20.
The white rate was 1861 and the col
Ored was 24.26.
There was an increase of 22i births,
the total number for the year being
7,l2. Despite this fact there was an
actual decrease in the number OF deaths
among infants under one year of age,
the total number being III, against S2s
reported the previous year. This makes
a decrease in the death rate from l1
to lOl per 1000 recorded births.
Suicides decreased from seventy-twO u
sixty-seven, and deaths by accident from
- to 2l4, put hOmicides rose from
twenty-five to twenty-nine.
Some cases of disease and death were
more active during the year just ended
than during the preceding year, the num-
ber OF recorded cases of whoOping cough,
for instance, rising from 3l9 to 5S7, while
the number of deaths from this disease
rose from 16 to IS. Recorded cases Of
pollagra increased from to 20, and
deaths from this disease increased from
4 to l3. There was an increase in the
number of reported cases of smallpox
from 14O to 15O but the usual mild type
OF this disease prevailed and 30 deaths
occurred either year.
Cases of communicable forms of tuber-
culosis reported curing the year just
ended numbered ISL. a decrease Of rs
as compared with the proceeding year, and
deaths from this disease fell to GAG,
decrease of 1l0. Cases Of typhoid fever
diminished from 46l to $40, and deaths
diminished from fifty-tve to fOrty-hye.
Scarlet fever cases showed a decI ease
from $50 to 80, and deaths dropped from
fourteen to one. Measles, which prevailed
in epidemic form in 1915. showed a mark
ed decrease last year, reported cases fdll-
ing from 5,7l3 to 9i7, aud deaths from the
disease falling from twentyfour to one.
While diphthoria was much less pre-
valent, reported cases falling from so
to As, 1t was of a severer type, the
deaths increasing, notwithstanding the
diminished prevalence of the disease.
from twenty-five to thirty-two