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Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-01-06
IT DOES.

Does promotion work pay! II .:~*
That question used to be asked in all serious
ness by many people in Hawaii.
About the only ones who ask it now are
those who are making money SO fast in local
enterprises that they can't see any use in
spending money on business whose returns
are largely indirect.
In 1915 nearly 10000 steamer passengers
were brought to Honolulu from Pacific ports
an increase of 5000 over 1914. And this was
during period that witnessed the passing OF
the heavily -patronized Pacific Mail liners and
a reduction in the service of both the Oceanic
and the Canadian Australian steamship COM
panies.
There is a steady, gradual and promising in
crease in tourist traffic, the best feature of
which is that Hawaii gets many parties nov
as the result of the visit of individuals in past
seasons The home going tourists spread Ha-
wall s fame among their friends with tangible
results. "M
The doubling Thomases are becoming very
few ..@*..,
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-01-06
PARASITESA ARE
HELPINGEAT UP
DANGEROUSFL FLY

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Showing how the Mediterranean
fruit fy here is baiag combatted by
PARASITES, the report of Superintend
ent OF Entomology E. NJ Ehrhorn fo1
November, read this morning AT the
monthly meeting OF the board OF agTi.
culture and forestry. at III o'clock.
states that ls.964 parasites OF fruit
flies were bred during the month. and
2l.T30 liberated in various sections. to
deyour the pest
The report saws that in the month,
1898 bags of Jaranese rice and la49
bags OF japanese beans arrived and
were passed after inspection for pests.
The inspectors TOOK 80 packages OF
fruit and IA OF vegetables from pas.
senge-s and immigrants coming from
foreign countries. The parcels We're
burned
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-01-06

Under the auspices OF the young
people OF Central Union church. an
outdoor reception and entertainment
will be given on the church ground !,
at 80 O'Clock this evening. A big
tent will house the guests A three
reel movie entitled The Story OF Jo-
seph" win be shown, and large mum.
Der of snapshots OF persons in all
kinds of attitudes will be exhibited b.
Dean II. Lake of the Bishop museum.
A committee OF the Christian Endeav-
or society of the church arranged the
mt ert ainrnent
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-01-06

Not only is it true that Germany raised a
large amount of money for war in the United
States shortly after the outbreak of conflict,
but it is also true that at the very time Teuon
sympahizers were protesting so loudly against
the half billion loan for the Allies, Germans
were advertising their own loans in the Ameri-
can press. So much for the principle Of lending
money to belligerents. The objection that
might be raised to letting any belligerent have
half billion ofsAmerican money is that such
a huge sum inevitably must rivet the interests
of those who lend it to the cause of the belliger
ent which gets it.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-01-06
MAY FIND HENRIKSEN
THROUGH LOCAL FAMILY

7 have hopes of locating Martin
Henriksen." said Norwegian Consul
Netlesen today, referring to the sailor
whose whereabouts are asked by a
nephew who has written from Chris.
tiania, HenrikSen at one time re-
sided at 1l13 Clay street, San Fran
cisco. but has not been heard from
since 1894. II living he would be more
than 20 years Old The consul is now
in touch with the Honolulu family Uf
the same name and hopes to trace a
relationship which may result in To-
eating the missing man.
Great Pritaiu is.,n the market for
"a fn0 t1onOi,pd obalIo
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-01-06

If Japan continues the policy she has begun
in China, Toxic will insist on ''sphere of in
fuence" in Egypt as soon as the Nipponese
warship squadron reaches the Suez canal.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-01-06

Can it be that our old friend Przemysl is
coming into the news again! Stop, Russians,
ere it be too late! ..:#. .~" -. r.:
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-01-06

A good many thousand men have been put
permanently into the trenches since Henry
Ford proposed to get them out.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-01-06

WHY do those English Channel mines always
pick out ships filled with relief supplies for
Belgium9 ....=
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-01-06

Premier Asquith calls it compulsory ser
vice, = but it bears most of the outward aspects
of conscription. H..
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-01-06

The latest wallop at the hyphen is that 81
fine imposed on the Hamburg American line.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-01-06

Strange to say, no New York paper lays the
Panama Canal slides to Teuton plotters.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-01-06

Well, the Ford team got 45 men out of the
trenches before 4 o'clock.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-01-06

Great Pritain is s,n the market for
Fna 6a0 .1S-pound shells.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-21
FACES DEATH FOR STEALING
FROM STEEL COMPANY

Gary, Ind, Nov. n. - c. A. Shil-
linger, sailor, faces sentence of.
death on the charge of stealing
compass from the steamer Jas. J.
Farrell, flagship of the U. S. Steel
corporations ore boats.
Shillinger will be tried under a law
passed in 100. If found guilty he will
either have to be freed or hanged
from the yard arm of the Farrell in
Gary harbor, lawyers stated. ShiI-
linger will be tried before Federal
Judge Anderson in Indianapolis.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-21
!. w. w. CONVENTION ON

The 1916 convention of Industrial
Workers of World is on at Masonic
hall, Bush Temple, with 1873 delegates
from $40 locals in all states of the
union present. Tall, lean, strong,
young men predominant among the
delegates. Most of them have been
working on railroads, in harvest
fields, mines, lumber mills and on
jobs where no mollycoddle gets
along. They will be here all week
and have ball Saturday night for a
wind-up. Membership of some or
CARNATIONS is reported at these
figures: Agricultural Workers Or
ganization, $4,000; Railroad Work
ers' Industrial Union, 10000; Metal
Mines Workers Industrial Union,
5000; Marine Transport Workers,
10000.
Washington.-Sec'y Daniels says
navy saved 81, 900, 900 by insisting for
fair price on armor for four new bat
tIeships.
Washington. - Universal yyonnan
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-21
jackson of Detroit, 400 to 283, in the
first set of an intercity 1872 billiard
match between Chicago and Detroit.
Cochran went out in % innings.

COCHRAN'S COMMENT
ENEMIES OF THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS. - The members Of the
school board who signed away the
rights Of teachers and the interests
of pupils when they agreed to re-
elect Jake Loeb president ought to
hang their heads in shame. Either
they did this with their eyes open
and bowed their heads while the
yoke Of Big Business was put on
their necks, or they are too ignorant
to know what they are doing. In
either event they are unfit to be
members of the Chicago board of
education. Anybody who knows
Jake Loeb knows he isn't fitted by
education, association OF environ
ment to preside over the destinies of
the public schools of Chicago. Jake
is a fire insurance agent, a cunning,
smart business man, who knows
enough to know that the business
patronage Of members of the Illinois
Manufacturers association is worth
having, and worth fighting the Chi
cago Teachers Federation to get.
He has not only that backing, but
also the backing of the Chicago
News and the Chicago Tribune, both
of which have editoriaIly endorsed
him for president. And these are the
two newspapers whose buildings are
built on public school land in the
loop and who benefit thousands of
dollars annually by paying rental on
a valuation much lower than the ac-
tuaI value of the land. Both papers
are in fact robbing the public schools
of Chicago because of the Infamous
midnight lease action of a -news-
paper-cOntroIled school board, which
lease provides that no matter how
high real estate values may golin the
loop the News and Tribune will keep
on paying rental until the COWS come
home on valuation made years ago.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-21

children in the public schools of Chi
cago were waking up and defending
the public schools from this rotten
raid Of crooked Big Business. It is
my judgment that the male and
female members of the ring that
controls the school board are( enc
mics of the public schools.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-08-18
RECEIVERS $4,000
ON SURETY BOND.
YazOo City Receivers on Bond Given
by Fake Railroad Builder.

Yazoo City, Miss, Aug, 11.---A
check for $4,000 drawn by the South
ern Surety company, has been depos-
iteG in the city treasury as result of
friendly suit decided in Chicago last
week, wherein the Yazoo Commercial
club, representing the city, sought to
recover from the surety company $4,-
900 on bond made by one Walter
C. Murphy, Of Chicago, who defaulted
in the building Of a new railroad from
Yazoo City to Carthage.a
Murphy came here three years ago,
and offered to build railroad from
Yazoo City to Carthage. The city
guaranteed the right Of way and
terminals and $4,000 payable upon
the completion and operation of the
railroad, and advanced him $4,000
with which to make the surveys, Muir
ply giving bond that he would have
the road in operation not later than
July of this year. Murphy failed to
comply with his contract, and the city,
through the Yazoo Commercial club
entered suit against the Southern
Surety company.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-08-18
STREET PAVING
IN PROGRESS,
Contractors at Work on West Wash
ington--0rdinance Adopted for
Market and Lamar.

The paving, guttering and storm
sewering of West Washington street
is now in progress, and the Memphis
Asphalt Paving Company, the con-
tractors, have big force Of men at
work on the job.
At the last meeting of the City
Council an ordinance was adopted de-
claring it necessary to pave, gutter
and storm sewer that part of Market
street from Main street to the Pc
lucia Bayou bridge, and Lamar street
from Market street to Carrollton ave-
nue., and the contracts for the work of
improving these streets will be award
ed by the Council at an early date,
At the next meeting of the Council
an ordinance will probably be adopted
providing for the paving of South
Dewey street and West River Front
street--petitions having already been
signed asking for these needed i'm
provements by the property owners,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-08-18

The annual appropriation bill for
the Department Of Agriculture at
Washington just passed BY Congress
contains reenactment, effective Sep
tember /, 1916, of the United States
cotton futures act, with few changes.
Section IL of the present law, which
taxes orders sent abroad for the max
ing of future contracts on foreign
cotton exchanges unless certain condi-
tions were complied with, will be
omitted.
A new section known as Ga is insert
ed in the bill, which provides an op-
tional contract under which parties
may, by agreement, without being
subject to tax, contract that under
certain specified conditions the buyer
may demand delivery of the basis
grade named in the contract.
Another modification which will be
of interest and assistance to the trade
lis the authority conferred on the Sec
Iretary Of Agriculture, in case Of dis.
putes, to include in his findings, ever
Though only one question be referred
Ia complete classification Of the cottor
for the purpose of delivery on future
contracts. Under the old law, the au
thority Of the Secretary was confne'
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-08-18
WILL ADOPT
MANAGER PLAN.
Jackson, Tenn, Votes Largely In Fa.
or of City Manager Plan.

Jackson, Tenn, Aug. 5.--Seven hun
dred and six votes were cast in the
election in the city in favor Of the
city manager plan, as against the
present commission form plan, Only
s6 votes were cast against the pro-
posed new amendments. Just what
status the matter is now in remains
to be seen, gIf
Some contend that the commission
government officers and >sympathizers
will make fight on the proposed
change when it is brought up in the
legislature. 1t is not known just what
will be done.
Some contend that 706 votes is not
representative vote in Jackson, while
others contend that it represents al
most as much as was cast in the con-
gressional election.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-08-18
EDITORS OF MISSISSIPPI WILL
BE INVITED TO GULFPOR1
To Attend the Breaking of Ground for Work on
the Mississippi Centennial Exposition
Buildings, Etc.

A special on the Gulf & Ship Island
will leave Jackson at $50 a. M, with
stops at a number of points for a well
come by the people of South Missis-
sippi, reaching Gulfport about noon,
The fare from Jackson to Gulfport and
return will be only $3.50. Other roads
will make especially low rates to con-
meet with this special and the total
will be the lowest ever offered to the
Gulf Coast.
Returning, the special will leave
Gulfport in the afternoon of the sec
ond day and reach Jackson about 900
p. m. The dates will be early in oc-
tober. Don't fail to take advantage of
this opportunity Of spending a time
pleasantly on your Gulf Coast and aid
ing in giving splendid send off to
the Centennial Exposition.
Truly your friend,
II. 4, BLAKESLEE,
Director General
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-08-18
DEMOCRATS EXPECT TO CAPTURE
MORE SEATS IN THE SENATE
The National Democratic Executive Committee
Hope to Hold Present Seats in Senate ~
and Add More. s.y.'' So

In statement issued from the
Western headquarters of the Demo,
cratic National Committee the other
day, Senator Willard Salisbury, Of
Delaware, chairman Of the committee
which will direct the contest for the
various Senatorial elections in the diff.
ferent States, expresses the opinion
that the Democrats will lot only re,
tain their present majOHty in the
Senate but may gain at least four
seats in the upper house OF Congress
This year thirty-four Un,ten States
Senators will be elected, tNo each in
Maine and Indiana uad onc each in
Arizona, Florida, New Mexico. Wesl
Virginia, Minnesota, Wyoming, Texas
Delaware, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Ten.
nessee, Maryland, Rhode Island, Mas,
sachusetts, North Dakota, Connect
cut, New Jersey, Montana, New York
Pennsylvania, Vermont, Nevada
Washington, Ohio, Missouri, Utah
Virginia, Michigan, Mississippi and
California
The Democratic Senatorial cam,
phigns in the various States win bC
directed from Chicago by committed
composed Of Senator Willard Sauls
bury of Delaware, chairman; Senator
J. Walsh, Of Montana, manager of the
Western Democratic headquarters
and Senator William j. Stone Of Mis-
souri.
Interest in the fight to control th'
next Congress promises to arouse pub
lie interest second only to that Of th'
campaign for President.
Senator Salisbury in analSising Thu
Senatorial situation in the differen
States said:
| "The Democrats now have a MOTOR
lty Of l6 in the Senate and the Repub
llicans' must gain nine Democrats
seats and lose none to have majorit.
in the next Senate, At the last elec
4 III = Z
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-08-18
THE COTTON FUTURES ACT
SPASSED BY CONGRESS
Measure Reenacted With Few Changes as Part
of Annual Appropriation Act for U. S.
Dept. of Agriculture.

to a determination Of the specific ques-
ton of grade, quality, or length Of
staple referred to him by the parties.
In other words, If the dispute involved
grade only, and the cotton was found
to be gin-cut, which is question of
quality, the Secretary had no authors
ty to include statement as to GIN
cut in his findings.
Government officials in charge Of
the matter call especial attention to
the facts that the new act viii not be-
come effective until September /, 1916,
and that the old act of August Is,
l19i4, will remain in full force until
the beginning Of next month.
The rules and regulations Of both
the Treasury and the Agricultural
Department, with slight notifications
and additions necessitated by the
changes made in the law, will be re-
issued shortly after approval OF the
| bill by the President, 50 that there
will be no disturbance whatsoever tc
the trade. The official cotton stand
ards of the United States, heretofore
established, will be readopted ant
promptly promulgated, 50 as to be il
force when the new act becomes opes
! atiye,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-08-18

tion, although the Republicans reduc.
ed the Democratic majority in the
House, the Democrats gained three
additional seats in the Senate and in.
creased their majority from /, to l6,
"fhirty-tour United States Sena.
tors are 10 be elected Eighteen va
cancies occur in the Democratic seats
and l6 in Republican seats. No intel.
hgent observer would claim that
Republican landslide would cause the
Democrats to lose more than ~ of the
Senatorial elections in the States now
represented by Democrats, Should
they lose 10 there are just about 10
Republican seats which the Democrats
have reasonable hopes to win,
"The Democrats will control the up
per branch of Congress for at least
two years longer and no sane Repub-
lican will venture specific prophecy
as to gains they will make in the Sen
ate sufficient to control the upper
branch. There are as many Republi-
can seats in danger in the Senate as
there are Democratic. OF course, the
broad swing of political sentiment will
determine whether the Democrats or
Republicans will lose seats, but taking
conditions as they exist and are likely
to continue for the next three months,
knowing the candidates for the Sen
ate so far as they have been nominal
ed and the States where vacancies oc-
cur, have no hesitation in saying
that It is quite impossible for us to
lose the Senate at this election"
In conclusion Senator Salisbury
said the Democrats expect to hold all
their present seats in the Senate and
have an excellent chance of electing
their candidates to the upper branch
of Congress in New Mexico, Wyoming,
North Dakota, Utah, Washington and
California.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-08-18
STOCKHOLDERS
HOLD MEETING.
Greenwood Building & Loan Associa-
ton Elects Officers.

At meeting of the stockholders Of
the Greenwood Building & Loan As
sociation, held at the Business League
rooms, on Wednesday, August 10th,
the following Directors were elected
for the ensuing year: W. c. Peel, ST.
mon Hyman, J. W. Quinn, L. N.
Chandler, Martin Andersen, J. W, Du-
laney, Jr., and c. W. Telfair.
The Directors thereupon elected the
following officers of the Association:
W. C. Peel president, Simon Hyman
vice-president, J. W. Dulaney, Jr.,
secretary, and J. W. Quinn treasurer.
The affairs of the Greenwood Build
ing & Loan Association are in goot
shape, and the institution has done q
great deal toward building up oul
progressive city.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-08-18
SOME NORTH GREENWOOD I'M.
PRovEMENTS.

Contractors May & Beeman have
Just completed the construction of a
lovely six-room cottage in North
Greenwood for Mr.. and Mrs. /. T.
Mcintyre, which they have moved
into.
Since completing the Mcintyre cot
tage, Mr.. S. G. Wilson has let the
contract to Messrs. May & Beeman
for the building of three six-room cot
tages for him on some of his North
Greenwood lots.
Besides these improvements, there
are several other residences and cot,
tages in course of construction in our
lovely neighboring town across the
historic Yazoo River,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-08-18
BIG MEETING
in MEMPHIS
Merchants of the Cotton Belt Will
Meet and Have an Exchange
of Ideas.

The Cotton State Merchants Asso-
ciation extends cordial invitation TO
the merchants and business men Of
this city to attend the third annual
convention to be held in Memphis
from August % to "a, inclusive.
The association has over 10000 act
i've members, and the Forthcoming
convention promises to be the great
est gathering Of merchants ever held
in the South.
A PROGRAM Of exceptional interest
has been prepared, including address.
ea by men of national reputation, and
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-08-18

Jackson, Miss, Aug II, 1916,
Hon. J, L. Gillespie,
Editor The Commonwealth,
Greenwood, Miss.
Friend Gillespie:
Within short time you will re-
ceive an invitation to be the guest of
the Mississippi Centennial Exposition
for a couple of days and attend the
breaking of ground and the beginning
of actual work on this greatest of all
enterprises for Mississippi,
want you to arrange your busi-
ness affairs SO that the invitation can
be accepted. Upon arrival on the
Coast, rooms, meals, rides on the in
terurban and other eourtesies will be
extended. Biloxi and Pass Christian
will give you a special entertainment
on the first day and the exercises at
Centennial grounds will be held on the
second.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-08-18
DEATH OF ]. G. HEMINGWAY,

Corrollton, Miss Aug, l5,--James
George Hemingway, county attorney,
was found dead in his room at 4 p. m.
today He had not been i'll and the
cause of his death is unknown.
Mr.. Hemingway was serving his
third term as county attorney. He
was the son of L. H. Hemingway, who
was attorney-genera of New Mexico
under Senator James 2. George of
Mississippi. He married in early
manhood at Washington, but his wife
lived but few months thereafter. liz
was As years Of age.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-08-18

a wide variety of entertainment fea-
teres arranged by tie business met Of
Memphis.
IN n word, tha Bluff City is going
to keep open house. for period Of
three days, and the convention will be
clearing house for the exchange of
ideas relative 10 ways and means for
promoting the business and industrial
interests of States in the cotton belt.
The railroads have made special rates
for the occasion, and Mississippi will
no doubt have splendid representa-
tion.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-08-18
DIR. WIGGINS' NEW OFFICES.

DIR. c. M. Virgins has fitted up his
dental Office rooms upstairs in the
Dahmer building next to Wiggins'
new drugstore on Carrollton Avenue,
where he solicits share Of the public
patronage. The special attention Of
the public Is directed to his attractive
advertisement in this issue of The
Commonwealth.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-08-18
MISSISSIPPI JEWELERS..

The Mississippi Jewellers assoeia-
tion at its annual meeting in Jackson
last week elected the following OIL
GERS. A. A. Allen, Of Tupelo, presi.
dent; L. l.. Parker, Of Tylertown, vice
president, and Jack Hughes, Of Yazoo
City, secretary.