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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-01-22
IA FOR. COOPERATION OF
THE PEOPLE.

Ne Citizens of Leflore County:
Sar Friends:-We, the Kings
rhters of Greenwood, would
n Is to you the following state
and plea:
Nth your help, we have, for
past seven years, tried to build
~ efficient, up-to-date and safe
NJ 6s3tal in your midst We
seflly appreciate your assistance
and Patronage in the past. We
would suggest the following ways
IN which this assistance can be
given. First, in kind and ap-
proving words. When adverse
criticism is to be given, then come
10 us and in a kindly way tell US
What you think is wrong or could
he Improved. The work with US
ian labor OF love; we are not
employed nor paid to do this
work, nor do we claim to know
howto do it; in fact, we are very
conscious of imperfect knowledge
and consequently of defective
meihods, but we must do the
work as best We can.
Another way in which you can
assist US is in patronage whenever
and wherever you possibly can.
This not only gives our hospital
standing, but helps in this large
work Of charity which we are
doing. You also can help US
with gifts either in cash, or be-
quests. Remember the hospital
III your will. We need a large
endowment for support as we'll
as buildings and better equip
i1ent. Does not this institution
deserve it?
Look at the long list Of those
whose lives have been blessed,
when the institution has given its
services without charge. Do not
overlook how necessary a h0spit-
Ills, that it should be near and
accessibIe. Many cases cannot
wait an hour without jeopardizing
aud often losing the life. If life
isto be saved, immediate and ef-
ficient hospital service is a neces-
siiy. Reader, this may be your
case some day or it may be the
lifeof some one very dear to you.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-01-22

Greenwood and Leflore county
must have a hospital second to
none in the State. VIII you help
us? We thank you for all you
have done, and we ask for more of
your love, sympathy AID assist
ance. Respectfully submitted,
The Hospital Committee,
Mesdames Rowan Thayer, Chair
man, Jos Rennie, J. Gearhjser, L.
?. Quinn and w. P. Weaver.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-01-22
ARBOR DAY EXERCISES.

The Arbor Day exercises, un-
der the auspices Of the Woman's
Club at the Grammar School au-
ditorium tins afternoon at 2:3O
O'Clock, were well attended. The
interesting program, published IN
this paper last week, was carried
out in a most successful manner
in every respect.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31
FORMER MINISTER
 OF GREECE TALKS
 ON WAR POSSIBILITY

Paris, March B 31.-F7ormer Premier Nenizelos, of Greece. who has return ed to Athens after a short visit, has made declaration Ito political friends concerning concessfonss he obtained during his ministry in regard to terri torial claims of Bulgaria, according to the Athens correspondent of the Havas Agency
 Speaking of the participation of Greece in the war on the side Of the aI1Ies, urged by him. the former Pre- 4llier said he believed that with her neet and a division of her army Greece cou1d< have doubled her ter Fitcry.
 After two wars we entered the sphere of world poIft1cs.' he said. tfand we need friends and allies. formerly was accused of dreaming Of dfctatorsnip but all my acts have been protest against this charge
 He is said to have urged his friends to have patience until after the elec- tons when the situation would be- Come reguiarized-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31

Arthur w. Coulson, who has been with the Wheeler & wilson company for the past 25 years. has severed his connection to accept a position with the Electric Light Go.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
NAPOLEON LEAVES GRENoBLE.

NAPOLEON LEAVES GRENOBLE.
 The day after Napoleon's entry in to GrenobIe he reviewed the troops in
 the midst of the population of the whole department, who cried Down With the Bourbons! Down With the Enemies of the People! Long Live the Emperor and a Government of
 Our Own Choice!'
 The garrison of Grenoble inn mediately afterwards proceeded by forced marches towards Lyons. From GrenobIe to Lyons the march of Ma poleon was like a triumph. During this time the Count D'Artois, the Duke of Orleans, and several mar shals, had reached Lyons. Money was lavished among the troops and
 promises made to the officers, but to
 no avail. The Emperor entered Lyons on the 10th, at the head of troops Sent, Out to Oppose Him and was received with every dennonstra- ton of joy. The Count D'Artois quilted Lyons escorted by a. single gen'd arfns!!
 On the 11th Napoleon reviewed the troops at Lyons and with Gen. Brayer at the head, began his march towards Paris.
 Ion the 18th he arrived at Villa -Franche, a small town containing 1000 Inhabitants, but which then Econtained upwards of 6O,00O. On the 1 9th he arrived at Autun; on the I 9th at Avalon; on the 17th at Auxerve, where he was joined by the
 Prince of Moskwa, who had caused the tri-coIored cockade to be hoisted
 throughout his district.
 The Emperor reached Fontainb1eau
 on the 20th at o'clock in the morn 1 ing; at he learned that the Bour-
 bons had quit Paris and that the lscapita1 was free He immediately | proceeded to the city and entered | ill at in <af
 the moment when he was least ex-
 pected.
 Thus has terminated, without the
 shedding of a, single drop Of blood, I without meeting any obstacle, this i great enterprise. which has restored l to the nation her rights and her glory land which has effaced the stain l which treason and the presence o1
 strangers had fixed upon the capd- I tai.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31
BRIDGEPORT AS IT WAS One Hundred, Fzttp arpd 7zoenty Years Ago


ternoon, MT. Tracy had time for lit tie else than to wait upon the squads, troops and squadrons of feminity who called upon him with the an nouncement that they wished to ex- ercise the right of suffrage and to that end desired their names to go upon the lists.
 The total number of women who have taken the electors oath up to noon today is 300. Those who had registered previous to today, were, it is understood, interested in the cleo ltfon of Payne and Youngs, while full lily 1850 who were admitted today are lfsaid to be favorable to the election sof Coggswen and Kins1ey. At 8 p. m. today TOO women had Ilregistered with no sign of a let-up. ~%%&#
 DIAMOND THIEF CAPTURED.
 John W. Roe, the Boston beat Il who stole diamonds and si1verware at Mrs. Ida Sherman's boarding house i on Cannon and Broad streets a week ago, was arrested in New London last night. A description sent by the local auth critics did the work. Detective Arnold went to New London and brought Roe back today. He will be 1 tried in the city court Monday. &@%*&
 ] RECOVERED HIS TURNOUT. 1 Ldveryman WakeIee while walking | down Seventh avenue, New York, saw l the horse and wagon stolen from him i here seven months ago, and will re- cover the turnout. Detective Arnold l who went to New York yesterday, ] succeeded in finding the team. The gentleman who had the team in his possession said that he had purchas- ed it from a gentlemen who said he was from Connecticut and readily agreed to deliver up the turnout
 
 A cab driver known as English Joe'' was rendered unconscious and severely injured through being The horse took fright at a piece of paper.
 Because of it's diversity the meet ing of the English Literary club at l the home of Mrs. Charles s. Cole last any that preceded it. Selections from Browning opened the session, after which sketches from contem- porary authors were read. Miss M. N. s. Rogers read Charles Dudley | Warmers t@Whistling GirI'; Mrs. P. H. Prindle, FItz-James OsBrien's Three of Trade; Mrs. l. A. Stowe, l T. B. Aldrich's Little sviolinist'': and
 Mrs. J. B. Pond, paper on Italian Antiquities, Refreshments were served.
 Jennie Hayes of SS Atlantic street.
 anemploye at Warner Bros.' corset
 factory, had sewing machine needle
 run into the fore finger of the left hand this forenoon. The needle
 broke off short, but was removed by cutting the finger at the Emergency I
 l Arthur w. Coulson, who has been
 with the Wheeler & Wilson company
 for the past 25 years. has severed his
 connection to accept a position with
 the Electric Light Go.
 At the annual meeting of the Park
 Street Congregational church las x evening the treasurerss report show. ed the finances of the church to be in a satisfactory condition. Ofhcerl were elected as follows: Clerk, pr. A , J. Smith; socfety's coznnfttee. A. " Burritt, w. L. Mitchell, w. T. Howes
 collector, Frank M- Woot4on; treas.
 urer, Elmer H. Ravens; curator. J. s
 Wooster. The sale of pegs will be | held April 4.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31
ARGUMENTS ENDED
 IN R. R. WAGE CASE

Chicago, March S1.-James M. Sheean to-day completed his argu- ment in behalf of the western rail roads in the wage arbitration case and Warren s. Stone, head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin- eers, began the closing argument for the 64.OO0 engineers, f1remen and hos tiers who seek more pay. MT Stone expected to conclude before night which will put the completed case in. the hands of the arbitraters. An award will be made on or before April 20.
 Subscriptions 10 the second German war loan total s, ,265, ,Ooe. There are 2.e91, 900 subscribers.
 Diamond and H1gh Ore copper mines of the Anaconda Copper Mining Co. resumed operations. Eleven hundred men are employed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31
PERSONAL MENTION

Fl. T. Graves, formerly with the firm of s. Graves 6 Son has left bridgeport to take a position with the 6C1ermont Lee Cc.. of Hudson. New. Work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31

Accompanied by a drop in tempera- ture snow, driven by north wind, fell in middle Tennesse@.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
COTTON DOWN.

If any of our readers doubt this fact. let them drop into Taylor & BristoPs dry good stores on Main street, and judge for themselves. lishment from morning till night, for the past two weeks availing them selves of the fall in prices and ex- changing their greenbacks for sheets, etc. Cotton has gone down and it will stay. At least we hope so. CORRESPONDENCE were in err TOT in locating the future headquaf- ters of the Internal Revenue man., He is to be over the new PoBtofhce and not at the corner of Main and State streets.
 DEMOCRATS, DON'T
 FAIL TO VOTE. No Democrat should lose his vote next Monday. We are approaching a day when the people will go to the polls to fight for their rights. The statesmen and the principles of the Democratic party will then be want ed. They are needed now.
 COMMITTEE MEN.
 You will have work to do Monday Get out every voter; systenatize your work, doing all quietly and orderly. Whether the day be fair or fou1;f the roads good or bad, get out every voter. Come prepared for a glorious cratic Vote
 TWENTY YEARS AG0.
 WOMEN VOTERS
 Strictly speaking yesterday was ladies' day at the Town clerk'A of flee. From early morning to late af-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31

FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
 BOUQUETS JOHN RECK 6 SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31
CoAnrBE MEN,
TWENTY YEARS AGe.

WOMEN VOTERS
 Strictly speaking yesterday was ladies' day at the Town clerks of flee. From early morning to late af-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-24
SPRING HILL

The bell on the Baptist church, which has been destitute of clapper- spring Tor some time thereby interfer- ing largely with the vibration, is about to be supplied with a new one. This will be greatly appreciated, as the bell has a rich tone.
 A party of young people from Spring Hill is camping at Mason Island
 Mrs A D. Palmer and two small children are at Vernon for few days. Leona and Muriel Palmer have been staying at Alanweld in the meantime and attending the summer school at Storrs.
 Mrs. James Church of New Haven has recently been visitor at the Smith Bellows summer home.
 Misses Clarice DeIning and Bernice Steel of Hartford have been visiting Mrs. Sarah and Miss Ethel Freeman
 Rev. J. W. Payne of Jewett City and Miss Olive Johnson of Bridgeport have recently been visitors at the home of Leonard Smith.
 report a very light crop, and it has of unfavorable weather. Basket Picnic.
 A bus-load of members of the W. c. T. U. of Willimantic had a basket picnic at "Wildfern" last week Fri day. The ladies here were also in- vited.
 The Ladies' Aid Society held so- ciable at the Baptist church last Fri day evening.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-24

Talk about the German drive on Warsaw; it's mildness and innocence compared with the drive the cutworms inaugurated last spring on the gar den Warsa;ws of my neighborhood!
 Nor did the invasion seem limited to my neighborhood, nor to any par ticular part of the country. So far as I can hear. it was pretty nearly ! continent-wide. read of extensive damage being caused by them in Mis- souri; of Maine farmers feeling dis outraged on account of their ravages. and a South Dakota farm paper of recent date notes that never before were so many cutworms known in this state"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-24

The antics of these boys have been referred to as gangsters and roWdies was like unto the game of old maid as compared. with stiff game of poker. Suppose the boys of today, that is some of them, did the tricks their be released on payment of fine in the police court, in the event of arrest ? No. These old time boys, were not content to speak to an unaccompanied woman or to attack and offer to fight some other boy. but they actually hung an alderman in effigy, just be- cause as chairman of the public property, he planted the trees that now adorn Williams park, and caused it's abandonment as a baseball field. Not content with this, they posted notices all over the town that read: "J. B. c. Beware!" The initials of the name of the offending alderman. And this effigy was hung from the limb of a large elm tree in State street, opposite mained until noon of the next day, when it was cut down by Louis Man iere, the auctioneer, who sold cake and pies and lemon beer. That same tree was later girdled, and, so it was said, by the father of one of New London's now leading citizens, and he was never referred to as a gangster or a rowdy, nor were the fellows who hung the alderman in effigy. These little mat ters were treated as boyish pranks. On another occasion a bunch of boys, not classed as gangsters or rowdies, in those good old days, hoisted a buggy to the top of the liberty pole that was then located on the parade, since removed to the front of the county courthouse. But conditions have improved since You and I were young, Maggie.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-24

In the meantime, while we were fighting the worms and bugs and bee ties, the weeds were growing as never saw them grow before. Knot grass and quacl1-g grass: amaranth and pigweed; pusley and planSain; chick week and cheese -mallows; ragweed and SOW thistle; smartweed and wild buckwheat-whew! but didn't they f1ourishi Not a bug nor a beetle nor a worm interfered with single one of them. When we finished cutting asparagus from our bed of only two thousand roots, we hood up and drew off it five two-horse wagonloadS of chickweed. It's heaped in a big pile at one side and I'm hoping with the aid of salt sprinklings to get it to rot into harmIessness
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-24

chism Class Held Sundays.
 Bolton friends were in South Man chester last week Friday attending the funeral of Mrs. Emily Fl. Norton. Little Margaret Franceshina is home from Hartford hospital. where she underwent an operation for appendi- citis.
 William R. Grant is improving and sat up the middle of the week He hHs been very i'll with ptomaine pois- oning.
 William R. French is i'll with
 Mail Carrier Of Duty.
 Gorge Merritt, BoIton's rural mail r'r',' '~- from Andover Is i'll with ty- fever. and his father is substi- r. " for him.
 -~--'as Fryer of Providence. R. l., i~ '~''i-'% at Mrs. D. Jane Finley's.
 r~-- W. C.. Besselievre is spending a r~--- -- in Worcester, Mass.
 Efr~ R. E. Dow of Hartford and ~-- Henry Osborn of Manchester N.
 are with their brother, W. R. 1t.
 Uss Florence Loomis of New York is guest at Charles N. Loomis's
 Mrs. Frances F. Ruggles is in Mar William K. Sumner. son Andross and daughter, Miss Dorothy Sumner of Rockville, were recent guests at MT. Summers mothers, Mrs. Jane B. Summers.
 Robert Loomis and family of Vest field, Mass, are visiting his parents MT. and Mrs. William 1T. Loomis.
 Mrs A. NJ Sperry and daughter Miss A. F. Sperry of Rockville, are in town for a weeks stay.
 Mrs. F. F. Fordyce of New Milford and nephew, Trueman Bigelow of the West, are visiting at Mrs. Louis H sI1evey's.
 Miss W. G. Carpenter is at Exeter Pond, the guest of MT. and Mrs. Will liam F. Alvord of Manchester Green.
 Arthur Carpenter of Watervleft, N Y, is spending his vacation with his mother, Mrs. Louise A. Carpenter al the Birch House at the Center.
 Catholic Sunday Servies. Rev. William J. McGurk of Man. chester is holding catechism class eacf Sunday during the summer at the Center.
 Suffrage Meeting. An equal suffrage meeting was held at the Bolton hall Tuesday evening. The dance in the hall last week Sat. urday evening netted the hall associa. ton, over thirty dollars.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-24

(Written Specially for The Bulletin-)
 Seems to me never knew a year when bugs and weeds were so plenty as they have been thus far this sea- son.
 The tent caterpillars may have been as bad, last spring, as they were this, but with that single exception the other insect hordes have thus far been more Horaeious and vicious than us- ual
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-24
Mill Vacation Ends.

w. Robinson.
 Mill Vacation Ends.
 Following their usual custom the Phoenix Woolen Company closed their plant the first two weeks in July, giv- ing the employees an opportunity for a vacation, and in the meantime do- ing necessary repairs in the mill. They resumed operations Monday.
 Crowds Hear Concert.
 There was a large crowd at Hyde Park Sunday evening to the concert given by the Italian band.
 Many members of Stafford grange are to visit Wilmington grange next Friday evening, when that grange will observe Children's Night.
 Miss Lottie Hatch spent last week with friends in Waterbury.
 Mrs. I. P. Booth is the guest of her cousin, Miss L. s. Cady, of Monson. MT. and Mrs. Harris have returned after two weeks outing at Quaker Hill.
 Mr. and ctrs. William Hassett of Holyoke spent the weekend with Mrs. Nella Weston.
 Frederick Glover is spending a week with the family of William Walbridge at Old Mystic.
 Miss Mabel Colburn is home after two weeks visit with relatives and friends in New Haven, Hartford and Glastonbury.
 MT. and Mrs. Clarence Kingsbury and family of Holyoke have been en- toying a vacation at the home of George Kingsbury.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-24

Years ago read the advice that we all dust freshly -cs1t potatoes with Par is green and distribute them as bait on the surface of newly planted potato fields, so the old bugs could be killed for them to lay eggs on. This seem ed at least plausible, and I tried it two years. No use whatever. The young bugs were just as thick as ever those summers.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-24
1.-THE FARMERS DRIVE. AGAINST PESTS

can control the stinFdng squash bugs by manipulating their eggs and trap ping them at night under old shin- gles. But the cutworms tunneled un- der the covers and we had to. go over the whole half acre and dig 'em out from one to four at every htll!.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-24

It fs well for the daddies of other boys that the police regulations were not as strict in New London in the days when they were boys, or perhaps and rowdy class. The time was when sections of the town were so divided that for a boy to wander beyond his night, perhaps for a stroll with hds Sunday girl, who happened to be a resident of the prohibited section, meant a scrap every time, with the lady in the case a witness. Then the offender would drum up his gang and wait for the other fellow and the trick was returned. Very often there were pitched battles between boys re- siding in different sections of the town, sometimes by previous arrangement and other times merely incidental. Still they were never termed gangsters or rowdies, nor taken in by the police. It seemed to be a custom of the time and many of the real good boys of the town were always on the firing line. But times and conditions have changed since the old men of today were boys, but they were not a whit better be- haved than the boys of the present | time. They must have been more | feet-footed, however. because 1t took a pretty swift cop to catch one of those old-time boys, and the man who caused the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of a michievous boy of that period was a poor politician.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-24

No, brethren; there hasn't been any quick and easy way discovered, yet, to kill bugs or keep the weeds down. We've got to keep on fighting them with main strength and perspiration-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-24

We have always had them more or less plentiful in the corn land, though never so bad but they could be hunt ed down and dug out when hoeing the young shoots. This year they began by absolutely destroying my young onion bed before the little plants got big enough to hoe and weed. They seemed to appear suddenly, overnight as it were, in all parts of the bed and had eaten off fully nine-tenths of the plants before we really knew what was happening. We tried digging than out, and poisoning them with bran bait But, while both schemes helped some, neither controlled the pests. I've had to tear up the bed and SOW it to fodder corn, in order to get some use from the heavy manurfng. applied to it. This is the first time in 20 years ex- perience raising onions that I ever knew a cutworm to injure them. I've had onion-maggots and onion rust and various other onion pests to fight, but a cutworm invasion of the strong smelling bed was something new and wholly unlocked for.
 At the same time the little black Hea-heetles appeared ina swarms and clouds. They finished up my radishes in short order, attacked the early tur- nips, and for a week in spite of Cprayings and dustingS, ate every lit to lettuce sprout1ing off the minute 1t pricked through the soil. They also attacked cabbage, caulidower and eel ory plants in the seed beds, so that for a time 1t seemed doubtful If a single one would be left.
 Later, when we began to set out the saved remnant of the cabbage plants, the cutwornS went for them at the apparent rate of about two worms to one cabbage. In order to get twelve hundred plants to grow we had to set over three thousand And I mixed and applied beside those dred pounds of the poisoned bran-bait had to, to save any at all.
 Tomatoes, foo, you'll observe. The very day we set our first tomato plant big, handsome, thrifty, pot-grown fellows, many of them a foot high and budded, the old hard-shel1ed potato bugs began to chew their leaves off, and the sneakfng. underground cut worms to cut them off at the stems.
 Again, this was new to me. I've had to fight Colorado beetles on tomatoes before. And I've occasionally had a very small plant bitten off by a cut worm. But to have them cut off by the dozen when the stalks were as big as my little finger and about as woody as young chestnut trees we'll we all have to live and learn new things. This was a new thing to me
 Next thing knew the cucumber and melon vines were willing. Cut worms again, drat 'emi can keen off the striped beetles with home made cones of wire mosquito netting.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-24

As to the bugs and worms, it just sinners down to this: that we've all got to fit ourselves out with veritable drug stores of poisons, and arsenals of blow-guns and spraying devices, and fight to the death for eyerytlling we have planted or soWn
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-24

Someone advises fall blowing as a means of checking cutworms. That lucAdess onion bed of mine was fall