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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
SAYS NAVY is PREPARED
Fleet Is Adequate, Says President, But
Army Is Not Large Enough For
Even Peace Duties.

Chicago.-The United States has
made preparations for immediate war
as far as the navy is concerned, al
though the present naval force is in
adequate in size, President Wilson de
clared in an address before severa,
thousand persons in the Auditorium
here. 1--WE mean business" he said,
in speaking of the preparedness plans
Of the administration.
eve have given to the present fleet
Of the United States an organization
such as it never had before, l am told
by Admiral Fletcher" the president
said. "And we have made prepare
ton for immediate a SO far as tho
navy is concerned"
"The army" the president said, las
at present constituted, is not large
enough even for the ordinary duties
Of peace"
The president repeated his warnings
that no time must be lost in strength
ening the d%efenses of the nation. He
declared the government was doing
everything it could for preparedness.
when l see some of my fellow citi-
zens spread finder where the sparks
are falling | wonder what their ideal
Of Americanism is" the president said.
America, he said, had been cruelty
misjudged by the nations now at war.
81 know that On the other side OF
the water there has been a great ZEAL
Of cruel misjudgment with regard to
the reasons why America has remain
cd neutral. Those looking at us from
a distance do not feel the strong
| pulses OF ideals and principles that
are in US. They do not feel the con.
viction Of America, that our mission
II a mission of peace and that right
| eousness cannot be maintained as a
| standard in the midst of arms. They
| do not realize that back Of all of our
energy we are a body of idealists
much more ready to lay down our
| lives for a thought than for a dollar
"They suppose, some of them, that
we are holding Off because we can
make money while others are dying
he most cruel misunderstanding that
any nation has eve had to face-se
wrong that it seems almost useless t
try to correct it because it shows thai
the very fundamentals of our life are
not c~omprehended OF understood"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
would Protect Deer.

Natchez.-A special meeting of the
board of supervisors of Jefferson
County was held for the purpose OF
considering petitions for the protection
of deer, which have been forced out
OF the low lands. bordering the Missis-
sippi River. by the foods. The result
Of the meeting was that the supervisors
passed an order making it unlawful
to kill deer in Jefferson County at
any time within the next W. years.
and then reconsidered the order and
rescind.h the action leaving the mat,
ter whore it stood before.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
WATERS SWEEP ARKANSAS
Many Towns Are Submerged and tbs
People Flee To High Ground.
State Convicts Moved.

Little Rock, Ark.-Word has been
levee at the state farm at Cummings,
Ark, broke on the night Of Jan. 81.
Mr.. Burkett said the flood waters will
spread clear across the line into Lou
isiana.
The water pouring through the
break has flooded the lowlands of five
Arkansas counties. The towns of Var
ner, Dumas, Douglas and Lake Village
will be in the flooded districts. All
white convtcts have been removed on
a special train and brought to the pen
itentiary at Little Rock. A steamboat
will transfer the negro convicts.
While the ~Jacksonport levee at
Newport is holding. it is not expected
that it will hold. Three-fourths Of the
residents have left that city, and those
who remain have moved their goods to
the second stories of their homes and
purchased boats.
A special train went out from Pine
Bluff to Cummins to remove the state
convicts there, all hope Of holding the
levees at the point having been aban-
doned. The levee is also expected to
give way at Sarassa, some distance
north Of Cummins. At Douglas the
levee is in good shape. although water
Is tapping owe
Big damage to grain crops and to
livestock is reported from virtually
every section. No knowledge of the
whereabouts of the Red Cross agent
dispatched from Fort Worth, Tex, to
Eastern Arkansas, is known in the
capital.
Telephone and telegraph communica'
ton to numerous points in Northeast
and Northwest Arkansas was cut Off
because Of w~ashed-out pole lines.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
MISSISSIPPI FLOOD
|MPER|LS NA1CHEz
RIVER CLIMBS TO LEvEES' TOPS
AND STOCK is REMOVED
TO HIGH GROUND.
LAUREL GETS MUCH LIQUOR
Reports Sents To Legislature Show
Jones County Consumed Over
$4,000 Gallons Whiskey Last
Year-State News.

Natchez.-An cattle between Nat
chez and Bayou Sara, both on the
Louisiana and Mississippi sides of the
Mississippi River, are being brought
in by local packets to the high ground
near Natchez. Arrangements have
been made with the state veterinary
so that Louisiana cattle may be
brought here without tubercular test
but quarantine regulations must be
observed and the cattle dipped. The
low lands near here are flooded. On
account of difficulty in finding land
ings under flood conditions and to
make as much Of the trips in day
light as possible. local packets are now
leaving port several hours earlier than
heretofore.
In NatcheZ the city Waterworks
plant will be endangered with only
a few more feet of water. A number
Of houses in Natchez under the hill,
are flooded and just across the river
outside the levee. 1t is reported here
that the yer is within only a few
feet Of the top of the levee at Fri
day. At Giles Bend, about three miles
from here, a levee machine is rush
ing to completion the unfinished por-
tons Of the new three-mile levee.
1t is claimed that the levees near
here can stand a gauge of SO feet but
should the water rise higher than this
the result is problematical. The Nat
chez gauge is today 49.11 with SO feet
predicted within the next few days.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
GOES TO SUPREME COURT
Boston Lawyer 10 Named BY President
Wilson To Succeed the Late
Justice Lamar.

Washington.-President Wilson has
selected Louis D. Brandeis of Boston to
be associate justice Of the supreme
court to succeed the late Justice La
mar. Mr.. Brandeis' nomination went
to the senate at once. 1t was a sur
prise everywhere in official circles.
Mr.. Brandeis had not eve been men
toned for the vacancy.
Mr.. Brendeis is a lawyer who has
been much in public life during the
last three years, not only in legal
work, but in various movements for
social betterment. He is a Kentuck-
ian and is 60 years old. He was born
and educated in Louisville, and later
at Harvard university, and in 1873
began practicing law in Boston.
He came most notably before the
public six years ago through his par
ticipation in the Balllnger-Pinchot in
v~estigation in congress-, in which he
was counsel for the forces opposed to
Secretary Ballinger, and sought his re-
moval.
Later he was counsel for the ship
pers who opposed the general in
creases in freight rates before the in
terstate commission, and
during the same period he was at the
forefront of those VINO were demand
ing an investigation Of the financial at
fairs of the New Haven railroad.
He was in 1910 chairman Of the
board of arbitration which settled the
New York garment makers strike. He
has written largely and is regarded as
an authority on public franchises, life
insurance management, labor prob
lens and the trust question. He also
has been at the forefront of the Zion
list movement in the United States
and will be the first Jew to sit on the
supreme court bench.
At the beginning Of President VII
sons administration Mr.. Brandeis was
expected to get a place in the cabinet
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
Loan Tax Exemption Passes.

After three days Of debate and ar
gument, the Mississippi House Of Rep
resentatives has reached a point where
a vote could be taken on the bill 10
repeal sundry exemption from tax
alton clauses Of the general revenue
laws, which included that eXempting
money loaned at seven per cent inter
est. While there was a plurality vote
on final passage some doubt was felt
whether there was a constitutional ma.
jority, and 1t is up to the speaker to
decide this very important question,
The House has voted down the Bar
ry amendment, excepting the six per
CEN exemption clause from the gen.
eral bin, by a vote of so to 40. thus
leaving the act In a fair way OF re-
peal. An amendment by Mr.. Hayes OF
Tallahatchie. substituting seven per
CEN money loaned where six per cent
now occurs, attracted considerable sup
port, and was finally carried. attract
ing men who had been fighting to re-
tain the six per cent exemption clause
A movement is on foot in hatcher
to hire a government farm agent for
A6sMs county.
Detailed To Governors Staff.
The following officers have been
designated by the Acknowledgement as
members of the governors military
staff, detailed from the national guard:
Maj. J.. w. D. Dicks, Maj. e f.
Hogaboom, Maj. w. R. Grady, Maj.
-Chas. r. Dalbey, Capt. G. Frank Car
roll.
MISSISSIPPI STATE RREviTlES
Koumiss Girl 6th. a champion dairy
COW on the I. H. c.. demonstration farm
at Brookhayen, in Isl days produced
362 pounds of butter tat out Of 6.536
pounds Of milk.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
Fir. Burn. 60 Years..

Lansford, Pa.-The famous mine IRE
which has ben raging for more than
so years. and which started at Sum,
NIT Hill, near tho spot where Philip
Ginter discovered anthracite O a in
1871, has burned through the immense
concrete wall which the Lehigh Goa!
& Navigation Company sank In front
Of it. deep down into the earth several
years ago at q cost of more than a
million dollars. It il now threatening
the mammoth vein in the Panther
Creek Valley, the largest and riches
vein Of anthracite in the world.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
ACTIVITY Renewed IN WEST
Germans Claim To Have Taken Adj
vanced Positions From French in
Aapd-to.Aand FIGHT

III tS'A
: mountaineering the trenches with
mines, the Germans have occupied be-
tween 500 and 900 metres of the
French on the Vimy-Neuville high
road. The German official statement
recounts this further success in he
Artois drive OF the kaiser's army.
Some prisoners, a machine gun and
three mine throwers were captured.
Hand to and fighting, with both
sides suffering severe losses, is raging
night and day in this region and Ber-
lin claims to have successfully pene-
trated the French advanced position
in a number of places. In n sector
three successive ines Of trenches have
been captured. They are being held
firmly by the Teutons, it is said. al
though eight heavy counter attacks
have already been launched against
them. The British artillery is especi
ally active. In a single sector, &C
cording to reports. the British fired
LOO shrapnel shells, 100 high explo
sive shells and about the same number
Of bombs within "a hours.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
PoNTOTOc PLANS INDUSTRY.

Preliminary Steps Taken To Organize
Creamery and Ice Plant.
Pontotoc.-At a recent meeting Of
the Business League Of Pontotoc. the
question of establishing a creamery
and ice plant was discussed and it
was decided to install the two COM
bined. The stock was nearly all sub
scribed at that meeting and steps TAX
en- to secure a charter for the "Pon-
totoc Creamery and Ice Plant" and
it is expected that just as soon as
the charter is issued the building Of
the plant will begin. 1t was decided
to make the stock $40 per share SO
that the farmers Of the country may
be interested in the enterprise. Sew
eral Of those present subscribed for
$500 worth Of the shares.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
Presidents Train in Mishap.

Grinnell, Iowa.-President Wilson's
special train backed Ito a crowd of
5000 persons at the railway station
here and knocked down half a dozen
children. several of whom fell under
the train and between the rails. They
were dragged out unhurt. The presi-
dent was on the back platform at the
time, just about to shake the hands of
a baby held up to him by its mother.
The smile on the presidents face
quickly gave way to a look OF alarm
He Strengthened up and shouted "Stop
the traini" .
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
Shell Industry Prospers.

Columbus.-An order has been given
to the Cookeville Veneer Company, Of
Columbus, for se~venty-five boats which
will be operated in connection with
forty similar boats now owned by Iowa
capitalists, who have recently become
interested in securing mussel shells
from the Tombigbee river for the man
u~facture of buttons. There are now
forty-fve men employed in gathering
these shells, and the men are in
charge Of E. E. Thomas, who recently
moved here from the North.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
Cotton Used In War.

4. washington.-Three million bales Of
cotton have been consumed in making
xunpowder during the last year, g.
900 900 In Europe and 1000, 900 In the
United States. Representatives Heflin
Of Alabama has told the House census
committee. He appeared before the
committee to urge favorable action on
his bill to gather and publish statistics
Of cotton used for war purposess.
Director Rogers of the Census Blu.
reau also urged passage Of the Heflin
hill.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
Will Fiuht Preparedness.

Observation-Disclosures Secretary of
State Bryan will take the stump in
the middle west against President Will
sons preparedness program. Repre-
sentative Warren Worth Bailey of
Pennsylvania, one of the leaders of
the Democratic anti-preparedness fac
ton in the house, has announced that
plans had been made to send a group
of speakers. headed by Mr.. Bryan.
through the country to oppose prepar-
edness.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
Waterworks For Philadelphia.

Philadelphia.-At h election held
on the question of municipal water
works and sewerage, the proposition
was carried by a vote Of 142 to Sc.
This is the second election held in
the past few months. The bond issue
was first authorized by a larger vote
than yesterday, but the companies who
purchased the bonds, claimed a defect
in the preparation of the notice of the
election. All preliminary work and
survey have been made.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
ADD LAP TO JACKSON HIGHWAY.
Kinds County Votes $4,000 Road Bond

Kinds County Votes $4,000 ROAD Bond
lssue-Assures Gravel Roads.
Edwards.-At a special election for
road improvements bond for the road
district comprised of township 6 north,
range 3 west, and township 16 north,
range 5 east, of Kinds county recently
held, So votes were cast for and %
against the bond issue. This author
ICES the supervisors to order a bond
issue Of $4,000 to assure the construc-
ton of good gravel roads in the dis
trict, and will add to the Vicksburg-
jackson highway another lap from Big
Black river, on the west, through the
town of Edwards and to a point two
miles east, or a total length of about
eight miles.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
BRANDON MAN LOSES DUEL.
jackson Policeman Gets Bullet in Leg
But Makes Arrest.

Jackson Policeman MCGEE and
Hugh Washburn, of Brandon, were
principals in a pistol duel here on Cap
itol streets, firing four shots each. Nc
Gee received a bullet in the fleshy
part of the leg, but the officel COMPEL
ed the surrender of the Brandon man
and placed him under arrest.
Washburn, who is said to have been
intoxicated, had two pistols on his PEI
son. MCGEE was later taken to the
hospital.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
Mine Worker. Oppose Militia.

Indianapolis, Ind.-Those in control
OF the national affairs Of the United
Mine Workers of America won another
victory in their convention when they
defeated a resolution designed to ex-
clude national guardsmen from the or.
sanitation. Later an administration
Detitioning the American Federation o.
Labor to secure the enactment Of leg
islation that will prevent military
forces and privately armed gunner
from setting IS strikehreakers, WA
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
A SAYS ACCIDENT.
-ouis Patrick Bound Over To Grand

Louis Patrick Bound Over To Grand
Jury for Mrs. Redus' Death.
Senatobia.-Louis Patrick, the man
who shot and killed Mrs. Elmer Re-
dus at e home. near A~rkabutla, has
been given a preliminary hearing be-
fore Squires J. G. Holloway and Jim
Garner. Patrick claims the shooting
was accidental. He says hat he drew
his gun and that someone in trying
to get it away from him caused it to
fire. Considerable feeling vas exhib-
tied at the trial by friends of both the
dead woman and the defendant. Be
fore the trial began a search Of every
one present for concealed weapons was
made by the officers.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
GETS MUCH LIQUOR
Personal Consumption in Jones County
is One-half Gallon Annually.

Personal Consumption in Jones County
is One-half Gallon Annually.
Laurel.-Circuit Clerk Jeff d. Her
rington, has just completed the com
pilation Of the list of liquor shipments
received in Jones county during the
year 1915, and the figures have been
forwarded to Jackson in conformity
with a resolution passed by the state
Legislature.
The report shows that Jones coun.
ty citizens received last year 1913
gallons Of whiskey ard 297S casks Of
beer, and the estimated cost is $S2,-
500. The average per capita consump-
ton for the county was ou-half gallon
of whiskey, or about one-half the aver
age consumption as reported from
Kinds, Lincoln anc Forest counties.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
TURKS FLEE ERZERUM,

Russians Advancing Down the Tlaris
Valley Surround h City.
Athens-The Russians n surround
ing Erzerum. from which city the
Turkish authorities have fled, accord
ing to reports here. A strong Rus
sian column is advancing to the Tigris
Valley, the advices add.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
Col. e Returns.

Jackson.-Col. R.. n. Henry, editor
of the Jackson Clarfon-Ledger, who
went to Europe as a member OF Henry
Ford's peace party is back again in
the old u. S. A. Again Col Henry no
tilted his friends here on Jan. 81 that
he had landed in New York.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
Lifeboat 10 Missing.

Averpool.-The lifeboat with seven
seamen from the American line steam.
ship Philadelphia. which went to the
rescue of the crew OF the British sail.
ing ship Ben Leo. after her collision
with the Philadelphia OF the coas
Of Wales is still missing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
SHOOTING A
L. L. Brown, FIasman, Injured BY Un.
known at Swan Lake, Miss,

Clarksdale.-E. L. Brown, a fagman
in the employ of the YaZoo & Missis-
sippi Valley, was shot in the hip and
painfully injured, at Swan Lake. Miss.
by an unknown party. He was placed
on a special train Immediately after
the accident and hurried to Memphis,
where he received surgical attention.
Brown was about his work when he
received his wound.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
To Probe kuiino.

Ell Paso, Texas.-The county grand
fury will meet to take up the case of
7. D.. White, American customs inspec-
tor. who killed Francisco Perez, a Mex
lean, al Ysleta, Texas. White is at
liberty on bail. White has declared
Perez fired first.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
Need 100000.

San Diego, Cal.-Gne hundred thous.
and dollars is th9 mount REQUIRED
immediate relidf of flood sufferers
in the Otay and f5an Luis Key n
Tiajuana valleys, lit was
here. All floods fre reported su0sid.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
Saw chinaman Had Opium,

Notwithstanding Fung, a Chin
csc laundryman of this place, was ar
rested by Federal authorities, charged
with having opium in his possession
Fung was carried to Jackson, where
formal charges of violating the Harris
a~nti-narcotic law were made.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
reiaI On Fourth Week.

Providence.-The trial Of Mrs. Eliza
beth Mohr, Cecil Brown and Henry
Spellman for the murder of Dr.. G.
Franklin Mohr, has entered on its
fourth week with introduction Of testi.
mony in an effort to refute the contep-
ton of the state that Mrs. Mohr hired
Brown and Spellman to shoot her hus
baud. x
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
Reilly Sells Home,

Natchez.-Hon. Marie" w. Rely.
late defeated candidate for Governor
OF Mississippi, has sold his residence
in this city and is 10Y q resident Of
Meridian
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
Will Erect New Mill.

Ellisville.-J. T. McKinnon, who
has owned a sawmill near Ellisville
for many years, has gone to Pachuta,
Miss. near which place he will erect
another mill.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
IuapIo Depository.

Tupelo.-Notice has been received
thai Tupelo has been made postonice
depository for this section. Postal sup
plies will be furnished the counties OF
Itawamha, Monroe, Chickasaw, Cal
houn. Pontotoc, Union and Lee.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
WARNINGS ARE OUT.

Lower Ohio and Mississippi Station
Get Word.
Washington.-Flood stages in the
lower Mississippi approaching any re-
corded in past years are h predic.
tons here by the weather bureau. For
Natchez a stage of SIS was predicted
by Feb. 20; Baton Rouge, AZ feet;
Donaldson, "a feet, and New Orleans
81 feet, by early in March. Other flood
crests indicated were: Memphis, As;
Helena, SO; Arkansas City. 55; Vicks
burg, 81.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
Ra;.- $4,000 For Schools.

Brookhaven.-A canvass Of this
place for the cause of the Presbyterian
Church schools in the State resulted
In the collection of about $1,000.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04

London.-The number of Monaghan
insurgents has been increased by TO-
600. according to q Mukden dispatch,
says q Petrograd correspondent.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
MAN Losses Arm from Accident.

Hattiesburg.-In falling from a train
one mile north of Lumberton, A. p.
West received a broken arm and Sc
we're bruises. The arm was amputated
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04

Italian In Artillery Duel.
London.-The Italians and Austrians
have opened another fierce artillery
duel along the Isondo front OF the
Autro-Italian line.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-03-13
TEN BROOMS A MINUTE
SALE RECORD SET BY
WHITNEY COMPANY

lnnugurating the FIRST Of a series
of "cleau-up' sales. the Whitney
Hardware company. ll3-lis south
second street. established something
like a rapid-tirc sale record saturday
uight when Iu che twenty minutes inn
mcdiately following the opening Of a
sale OF bfooma. i've hundred were
disposed of. OF at the rat" uf ten
bruums sold to- the minute other
specials offered included meat chop
peers and ~wa~hboards. and these. too.
went like bot cakes. Tn" broom
item. however. was tho remarkable
feature ct the first After Shpp'r
sale that has ben held in %Nlbuquer
que i'm recent years. \ crowd lincl
up in 'front.' OF IN" store n,furc the
sale opened, and a- the hour was
reached there was 90 workable rush
Tor hruums H-uusckoopcrs. t%auitors.
messenger boys, men. women ami
children. Joined IA q scramble to-"
hroums. and nt m, end of exactly
twenty minutes th, last Of q huge pie
of hrooms mtrt,i for the sale hJf
disappeared
The Whitney company viii offer
several important sales ul ARTICLES OFF
everyday household utility during 'uc
next few weeks