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The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21
WnlSAEY GIVING OUT.


Stockholm, Get. 10.-(Cor. Associ-
ated Fress.(-Great Britain's export
prohibition on Whiskey has moved
Swedish dealers to take account of
their stocks, with the result that they
have found that six months more will
about Sc the 9ndo fthe available sup
ply.
In no frst-class restaurant in Stock
holm can Whiskey-and-soda be had for
less than one crown, or about % IL
cents at the present exchange rate.
Some places charge as much as 1.3O
crowns or 36 cents.
~lligh-grade liquors-particularly
certain brands manufactured by
monks-are scarce and dear. The
same is true of French Cognac and
French wines, which have increased
wholesale from 25 to 40 per cent.
This is due in large part to a scarcity
OF bottles, not only in the countries
Of origin, but also in the diminished
capacity of Swedish glass-makers,
since a great part of the liquors and
VINES imported is brought in in Swe-
dish bottles.
No shortage Of Swedish punch, the
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21
ROOSEVELT ASSAILS WILSON
ANEW,

Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 21.-(By Union
Associated Press.)-An enthusiastic
welcome awaited former President
Roosevelt upon his arrival here today
to speak to the voters of this city in
the interest of Charles Evans Hughes.
Mr. Roosevelt assailed the Wilson ad-
m"lnlstration anew and said that the
democratic talk about Wilson's hav-
ing kept the country out of war was
nonsense, as it seemed nearer the
verge OF war the longer Mr.. Wilson
continued in office. Mr.. Roosevelt is
speaking wherever he feels that an
address will do the most good and will
go from here to Albuquerque, N. M,
where ne is scheduled to speak next
Monday.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21
PROGRESS IN ROAD BUILDING.

On the first day of January of the present
year there were outside the limits OF incorpOrat-
ed towns and cities in the United States about
2,452, 900 miles of public roads and of this total
but about 277, 900 miles were improved with any
kind of surfacing. So declares figures furnished
by the public roads and rural engineering bureau
of the department of agriculture.
But this was a substantial increase in roads
of this class, about 10000 miles a year for the
past dozen years, much of it coming under the
supervision of state highway commissions which
nave made the good roads propaganda popular in
almost every state of the Union, and is probably
more responsible for such great highways as the
Lincoln, the Jackson, the Davis, the Dixie and
other popular long routes now under construction
through various states than any other factor.
The report of the bureau Of public works shows
that the states have increased their expenditures
for road and bridge work, from $2,550,OO0 in
1904 to more than S53, 900 in 1915, and that
during 1915 more than S27, 00O, 900 local funds
were spent under state supervision on good road
and bridge work.
The report calls attention to the growth and
Importance of state highway departments and
also to the falling off in the value of road work
performed by convict labor from 100000 in
1904 to about $751; 900, 900 in 1915. This would
indicate that roadmaking has come to be looked
upon as something requiring exceptionally we'll
skilled labor for that sort of work, rather than
the Indifferent labor usually performed by con-
victs under politically appointed guards.
An increase in the use of better and more ex-
pensive types Of roads also is shown by the re-
Gently compiled statistics. This development has
been due, in large part, to the great increases in
automobile traffic. It is estimated that there are
now approximately 2 IL million automobiles in
use on the roads Of the country, or one car for
every mile of road. This present motor traffic is
in excess of traffic of all sorts IL years ago.
The cash road and bridge expenditures of the
United States averaged only $2S per mile of ru-
raj roads in 1904. In 1915 this average had
grown to $3.50 per mile. New Jersey led all the
other states both in 1904 and in 1915 with 1921
and $475 per mile respectively. Nevada made the
least expenditure in both years, 1912 per mile in
1904 and $17 per mile in 1915.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY HONORS.

George Edward Drummond, of Mon.
treal, steel magnate, banker and cap
italist and author, and one of the
greatest leaders in the development
of Canada, was born in Tawley, Ire
land, October Fl, 1858. He went to
Canada in his early youth and was ed
ucated in Montreal. When only %
years of age he established a develop
ment firm, which he Incorporated in
1908, and controls the iron and steel
interests in Nova Scotia, New Bruns-
wick, Quebec and Ontario. He is a
member Of many trade boards, direc-
tor in banks and has written several
works on Canadian industry.
Congratulations 60 today also to
Leonard Ochtman, the well-known
landscape painter, who was born in
Holland, October 81, 1854. He makes
his home in New York City but spends
much time in Europe.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21
\IUpyiiSlll.)
DIR. BANKS TELLS
OF GREAT WORK
Detailed Account of Measures Adopt
ed to Prevent Spread of Infant
lie Paralysis.
by Associated Press.D

Milwaukee, Wis, Oct. 21.-A de-
tailed account Of the measures adopt
ed by the United States Public Health
Service to prevent the spread Of IN
fantile paralysis through interstate
travel, from New York City, during
the recent epidemic, was given at the
seventh annual meeting Of the Amer
lean Association for. Study and Pre-
v~ention Of Infant Mortality, today, by
DR.. c. q. Banks, Senior Surgeon, I'm
tied States Public Health Service,
Chief Of the Field Staff assigned to
duty in New York City. The cpl
demic extended, he said, for a radius
Of one hundred miles in every direc-
ton from it's original focus in greater
New York until there was a total of
about 10000 cases, making it the
greatest epidemic Of infantile paral-
ysis known to the present generation.
"The plan adopted" he said, was
essentially n of notification to local
Health Officers, informing them of
the expected arrival of travellers ac-
companied by children of the age of
16 years or under thus enabling the
local authorities to deal with such
cases as the conditions Of their COM
munities permitted, either through
daily inspection, or close quarantine
for a given period. A close guaran-
tine Of children travelling from New
York City was not attempted, al
though the geographical situation ia
vored its application. Certifcation of
travel was based on the freedom of
the traveller from infantile paralysis
ION the statement of the local Board
Of Healthy and examination of the
condition of children when starting on
their journey.
"Seventy-tive thousand children
were examined and certified for travel
to every state in the Union and to a
number of foreign countries, compris-
ing over 1000 localities. At the same
time about twenty-five thousand
adults were given like certificates
largely in response to requests to en-
able them to pass local guarantees
which had been passed in adjoining
States.
1.-THE entrance of the Federal
Health Officials in this epidemic tend
ed towards sterilization of public
opinion which had become, at times
and in certain places, hysterical on ac-
count of the rapid spread of disease,
and furnished a central authority to
questions regarding the advisa-
bility of restrictive measures could be
referred with the feeling that judg-
would be Unaffected by local
conditions.
1T demonstrated the need Of a
strong central authority in the man
agement Of such a widespread cpl
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21
WILSON TELLS FARMERS THEY
NEED DEMOCRATIC VICTORY

Shadow Lawn, N. j., Oct. 21.--(By
Union Associated Press .)-One of the
largest gatherings that has ever been
held at Shadow Lawn was witnessed
today in celebration Of Farmers Day
by President Wilson. The President
gathered the tillers of the soil about
the summer capital to tell them his
views on subjects in which they are
vitality interested. He said that his
message was not only for the farmers
to whom he spoke directly, but to
farmers all over the country. The ma
TONS prosperity, Of which the farm
ers are enjoying such a large share,
can only continue, said President Will
son, under a continued Democratic
Administration.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21
O 81 IN HISTORY.

1797-Famous frigate Constitution
launched at Boston.
1805-Battle of Trafalgar; Nelson
killed on his frigate, The Vic
tory.
1S13-General Wade Hampton in
vades Canada from Lake Cham
plain.
lS2l-Jenny Lind, famous singer
born. Died Nov. 2, 1887.
1S59-Surrender Of Picking to British
and french.
l86l-Battie of Balls Bluff, Union
forces defeated.
l810-Chartres occupied by the Ger.
190O-Count Zeppelin's first airship
successfully tried out.
1915-United States soldiers were
killed by Mexicans near Mis-
=. sion, Texas.
Austrians and Italians in fierce
battle around Goeritz.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21
AMERICAN GIRL TO DRIVE AM.
BULANCE FOR ALLIES.

New York, Oct. 21.-(By Union AS
sociated fress.) - Belittling the
thought Of danger from U-boats, Miss
dorothy Treat Arnold, daughter Of
bfnJamin Woolworth Arnold, Of AL
oahy, sailed for Europe today in the
steamship Lafayette. She is going to
france to drive an ambulance for the
American Fund for French Wounded.
MISS Arnold is the first woman to un-
aertake this mission. In applying for
ner passports, she stated her pros.
pective occupation q packer and mo-
tor truck driver"
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21
PAPER USERS FEELING THE PINCH.

Perhaps nobody has been hit harder by hioh
prices TINS year tnan men who use paper. The
war IN Europe, which excuses and explains everv-
thing, Is offered only as q partial excuse bv the
paper makers. They say that raw materials are
every year becoming scarcer, and manufacture
Ing processes more expensive. Paper, they de-
care was bound to be higher priced any way, and
the aoded war cost OF certain sulphides and COL
olAns chel1lcals IS only one among a number of
causes OF the paper famine. ~
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21
If ANY one Has,

Died,
Married,
Left town,
Had a fire, /
Sold a farm,
Come to town,
Bought a home,
Had an accident,
Been seriously i'll,
Committed murder,
That's news-telephone 50, q
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21
so-called national drink, threaten,

may become necessary, however /
drink in November and Dees.,
some punch not properly aged, On,
count Of the difficulty the manuf,,,
ers experience in getting sun,,
sugar. 4
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21

NO matter what is done in a public way. or
when, 1T is always the people that have to come
across with the cost.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21

"a. Green. isn't as young as he was, but he's
MADE some start as a spender by putting a half
million of his late Mas money into a Yacht
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21

hughes hasn't said he'd be satisfied with one
term, out that may be because he hasn't been a.
sured of getting it.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21

81. Louis has a mighty mean thief-he SWIM
ca the SUIT case, containing his clerical robes. of
an English bishop.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21

A laxative French general says, eve now
nave the Germans by the ears" But they don't
shoot with their ears. WIN
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21

Don't know that the m commissioned as
second officer Of a German gunboat is married,
but, it she is, bet a cooky her hubby isn't a mem
Der of the crew.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21

What about Greenwood's proposed Great
White Way? Let's get busy and put it in, and
stop the taunts of our sister cities of Greenville
and Clarksdale.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21

Greenwood's banks are OVERLOOKING with
money on deposit subject to check. In TACT, the
deposits exceed those Of any date in the history OF
our always prosperous city.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21

The best investment you can possibly make
is to buy some Greenwood or Lefore county real
estate. It's cheaper now than it will ever be
again.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21

wasn't somebody "scooped" when the Presi.
a = SAID, There is nowhere recorded a single
Wilson ~policy?" ''s
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21

newest Wilson aphorism-"The best wav to
doing yourself" V "''
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21

Business is unusually good in Greenwood
ana that's saying something, because business il
always good here. "
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21

woody very properly directs attention to the
OF a President. 90 '""'
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21
TO LEND.

We can make loans on farm la1
charge unless loan is made. No 4
at 3 IL per cent. Long time. \
spection fee. !.
GARDNER, McBEE &'GARDNER1
Attorneys.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21

Greedy Senator Salisbury refuses to give
hughes a single western state, even putting Utah
in the Wilson column.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21
WILSON CAMPAIGN FUND.

The Wilson campaign contributions from
Greenwood and Letore county have not been as
liberal as is customary for our people, and those
Who would like to give something to this cause
should send same to The Daily Commonwealth
at once. Below is the amount received to date:
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21

i, everybody believes in correct policies, though
rs mighty hard to agree on what constitute
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21

A cablegram says Germany is short of pota.
toes. 80 IS the U. s., if we may judge by the
price. "e
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21

May be truth in the story that Wall Street
out of it. wy pionts
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21

\ \ =. incidentally remarks that the greatest
union OF all is the union of the American states
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21

rev olg league magnates are chesty over last
seasons profits, though some are sore over it's
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21

~ who. sees two U-boats where there is,onlv
one can't expect to be called a public benefactor
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21

lnls German advance advertising of another
ZIP Tor the Deutschland is SO bold it sounds
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21

II risk adds to enjoyment, passengers on mn.
nislon'carrylng ships should be having a GOOD
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21

washington talks Of widening sea rules. All
ssa5' out fnishtnt it be better to tighten them
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21

Man has two t~ireless things-javbone..
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-21

Take The Daily CommopwealAI
The Washington herald., 1916-06-04
MAXWELL firm GETS
Big MUNICIPAL ORDER
Kansas City Contracts for Twenty
seven Cars Through William
c. Weaver.

The Maxwell Motor Company closed a
contract last week with the municipal
government OF Kansas City for twenty
seven new motor cars The order was
placed by William c. Weaver, purchasing
agent for Kansas City, after he had made
an investigation extending over a field Of
cars Of various makes. He found the
Maxwell best adapted to the needs of the
exacting municipal service, because of its
durability. its dependa and its great
ecopomy in operation.
Another factor that entered into the
closing of the contract was the PROMPT
delivery guaranteed by the Maxwell Com
pany. A promise was made that the cars
would all be turned over in three days,
and this promise was fulfilled to the let
ter.
In the consignment are twenty-one run
ahouts and a touring car, the remainder
being chassis for special commercial
bodies.
Last year Kansas City used a number
of motor cars of make other than Max
well in Its municipal service. For several
months Mr.. Weaver. the city's purchasing
agent, has been keeping a close tab on
gaE0line consumption and he knows a
good deal of what the Maxwell can ac-
complish along this very important line.
He wisely concluded that the use of Max
well cars for the city service would cut
down the municipal gasoline bill to an ap-
preciable degree.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-04
ELECTRIC APPARATUS
WILL SAVE BIG SUM

The average motor truck owner will
save, during 1915. about SOS on every one
of his motor trucks that is equipped
with electric starting and lighting appa-
ratus, according to H. c. Hart, truck
sales manager Of the Thomas B. Jeffery
Company.
Three years study OF motor truck op-
Grafton in the city Of Chicago disclosed
the fact that the average machine covers
about sixty miles a day in about five
hours Of actual running time. During the
remaining five hours of each working
day the motor is kept running from one
to three hours while the truck is standing
stiIl. At the prevailing price of gasoline
this means a loss Of about 20 cents a day
for. the time the truck is not doing any
useful work. Figuring 800 working days
TO year. this loss amounts to s225, or the
interest on a capitalization of s3,75o at
per cent
The new light Jeffery truck models are
furnished with electric starting and light
ing apparatus as standard equipment, and
even the famous Jeffery quad can be fit
ted with the Jeffery-Bitur 2-unit starting
and lighting system at the nominal cost
of 500 extra. although this equipment is
not considered quite as necessary on a
heavy duty motor truck. where under av-
eTase conditions longer runs are made.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-04
REBUILDING OLD CARS
Offers GREAT field
Opportunity for Money-making in Re-
building Antquated Machines
to Look Like New.

There is a field opening at the
present time which will provide an
opportunity for money-making and
which will assist in taking care of
the demand for cars. This is the
field Of rebuilding old cars to bring
them up to the last minute in appear
ance. Big profits are already being
made in some quarters.
J. Elmer Pratt, former sales man
ager of the Pierce-Arrow company of
Buffalo, and about to embark in au-
tomobile manufacturing for himself.
told of numerous cases, when in De-
troit recently, that had come to his
attention. where chassis of we'll
known cars of the highest grade have
been fitted with new and up-to-date
bodies throughout. The rebuilt car
was SO little changed from a brand
new model OF the company that the
owners were more than pleased with
their investment.
AS a matter of fact, these recon
structed cars brought up to date
might easily prove an equal to the
new car. Where a chassis has not
been abused the addition of up-to-date
body and equipment throughout will
provide a car that will prove relia-
BILE and which will give satisfactory
service and be of far more value a
few years after than would have been
the case with the old body equipment.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-04
OLD HAYNES CAR HAS
HISTORY OF CRUSADER

An old two-cylinder Haynes car. be-
longing to L. o. Robertson, Dallas, Tex,
has history that would do credit to
crusader. There is no way OF telling
how far II has run. since 1t has never
had a speedometer on It. Mr.. Robertson
has forded rivers with the car. crossed
mountain ranges, hunted antelopes on tho
plains on the eastern border of New
Mexico. and pulled the fifty-rile stretch
Of sand dunes from Cap Rock on the
east Of the Staked Plains below Amarillo
to Clarendon, in Donley County.
"On a mission to Plainwell In the
heart OF the staked Plains, the Haynes
car followed the old COW trail that for
rnerly led to the plains proper and the
buffalo range west of Roswell, N NJ.
Near Guthrie, in the mountains of
King County. the old car crossed the
BraZos River with water over the run
ming boards. 1t pulled through the loose
sand at the waters edge, but Just at
the top Of the river bank, one Of the
drive chains broke.
Two spans OF mules were required to
pull the motor car to a safe place, and
here Mr.. Robertson and his party were
required to camp for two days, while
their automobile and baggage dried out.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-04
MITCHELL firm
HAS fuel TEST
Company Devises Plan to
Show Number of Miles
to the Gallon.

With gasoline selling at its present
prices, IL Is natural that the prospective
car owner inquiries as to the number OF
miles that the car he has in mind makes
on a gallon Of this most precious fluid.
The average dealer. in his enthusiasm
over the features of his machine may ex-
aggerate slightly when It comes to the
mechanical features though he seldom, IL
ever. varies one iota from the truth when
1t comes to stating the number OF miles
per gallon that the car gives. He knows
that II he did so II would be but a ques-
ton Of a very few days before the Gus
toner would be back demanding an ex-
PLANTATION.
In stating the miles that can be gotten
from one gallon OF gasoline. the dealer
repeats what he has learned from his
own experience and that OF other owners
No two statements agree exactly, for no
two men drive a car exactly alike nor
do they cover the same ground under the
same conditions.
The Mitchell Automobile Company. OF
Chicago have solved the question of deter
mining the miles per gallon that can be
gotten from Mitchell car. They have
taken a demonstrator and fitted 1t with
The Washington herald., 1916-06-04
1916 PULLMAN
delivery A HIT
Latest Model Expected to Du-
plicate Success of This
Season S Pleasure Car.

Encouraged by the success which at
tended the introduction of the 1916
pleasure car model the Pullman Motor
Car Company mas just made formal an
nouncement Of the completion Of plans
for the production of the Pullman light
delivery car, embodying the many fea-
lures of the touring car, combined with
the latest improvements in light truck
construction.
The Pullman light delivery car Is
brought out on a special chassis, sturdy
for maximum loads but light enough for
plenty of snap and ample speed. The
wheel base, ia inches, is exceptionally
normal load capacity is 1000 pounds. hll-
ing all the requirements Of a hundred
different forms of business.
An important mechanical advance,
usually found only on cars Of much high-
er price, is the independent magnetic sys-
TEN of the Dixie waterproof, high-ten-
sion type, wholly Independent Of the
starting and lighting system.
The motor of the light delivery car Is
Of the four-cylinder. 81 h. p, cast en-
bloc, 3-4-inch bore and 4l-4-inch stroke
with enclosed valves. The Stromoers
carbureter is used. thermo-syphon cool
ing system and Pullman honeycomb radi-
ator. 1t Is a left-hand drive car, with
center control, with emergency brake
lever forward OF center and out OF the
way. A sl-4-gallon gasoline tank is car
ried in the cowl.
Two standard bodies are provided, the
car complete with the express type body
at $50 and the panel type body at $40.