davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04
TROUBLE IN CENTRAL AMERICA.

The Panama Canal having been built by this
government, it was urged by many who were wise
that we should acquire from Nlcarauga the ex-
elusive rights to a canal across that country.
This was taken up and in due time a treaty was
ratified. giving us the right to the canal route
and also permission to establish a naval station IN
Fonseca Bay. For this we paid 100000.
Considerable opposition has arisen in Mica
rauga and the coming presidential election in that
country may show that the people do not approve
of the treaty negotiated by their government,
but of that, we are not concerned.
Before the treaty was ratified Costa RIGA, Sal
vador and Honduras sent protests to Washing
ton. Costa RIGA pointed out that the canal route
touched her border in its course, and that her
rights and interests were ignored. The other
two objected because they were not consulted
about the naval station, although their coast line
on the bay is in each instance longer than that OF
Nicarauga.
Failing to get anything by their protest to
Washington, the three nations appealed to the
Central American Court of Justice, and in the
award Of that tribunal, Costa RIGA and Salvador
had their claims sustained. Nicarauga declares,
however, that she will not accept the decision
and it is probable that the three nations jointly
interested may unite in opposing their common
opponent.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04
AUTOISTS WARNED.

7. j. Foley, general manager of the Illinois
Central and Y. & M. V. Railroad, has issued a
warning to those who drive or ride in automo-
biles. The warning is as follows:
The constantly increasing number of auto
mobile accidents at grade crossings prompts the
issuance of this warning to all who own, drive or
ride in automobiles to stop, look and listen before
passing over any railway grade crossing.
Crossing gates, automatic warning bells,
electric headlights and engine signals, if not
needed by those for whose protection they are
intended, are unavailing.
Il will be glad to receive and consider sugges-
tions intended to reduce automobile accidents at
grade crossings, for the railroad is anxious to do
its full part. However, if every person who
owns, drives or rides in an automobile will stop
look and listen at grade crossings, the danger
will be entirely eliminated"
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04

Gil will hear and consider the OBJ
jections of all interested parties, or
property owners, who shall appear
and present. the same, whether the
property owner, or owners, actually
occupy his, or their property adjoin-
ing said part Of said street proposed
to be improved or not, and regardless
Of whether or not said property own-
er, or owners, be resident or non-resi-
dent, owner, or owners
Sec. 7. That each and every prop
erty owner with property abutting
on said part of said street shall have
the right to make said special i'm
provement for himself, within the
time as provided by law and this res
olution, but for the sake of uniformi-
ty in said work, said special improve
ment must be made in accordance
with the plans and specifications now
on file in the office of the City Clerk
of said City hereinbefore referred to
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04
BOIL WEEVIL RAID HURTS
CARROLL COUNTY.

Mr.. T. ]. Huff, a prosperous farm,
err from Beat two, Carroll county, wal
in the city on business a few hours
this morning. Mr.. Huff declares that
conditions resultant from the inva-
sion of Carroll county by the boil wee
vii, r the worst he ever saw.
Last week Mr.. Huff took half of the
ginning report in his beat. The part
of the beat covered by Mr.. Huff had
ginned approximately SO bales. An es-
innate based upon that figure would
make the cotton ginned in Beat two
Of that county, 100 bales. With five
beats in the county and 100 bales
ginned to the beat, a total of only 500
bales for the entire county would be
the result
Cotton receipts at Walden, at one
time n of the leading small cotton
markets in the state, and a town that
Formerly received several thousand
bales, this year, up to October /, had
received the total Of Al bales. Cotton
throughout the entire country is all
practically picked.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04

The entire collapse of the suit to convict
Sheriff Baugh of Coahoma county, of the en-
bezzlement of large public sums, proves it's fac
tional inspiration. 1t was in the prosecution of
the claim against the sheriff that the state mill
tia by direction of Governor Bilbo, broke down
the doors of the sheriff's office, driving out the
legal incumbent and installing a Bilbo appointee.
The termination of the suit but increases and ag-
gravates the odium of an act of violence that had
the sheriff been a defendant in fact, would have
been a crime for which the Governor richly mer-
tied, and merits, impeachment and removal from
office. And the next session of the legislature
will be derelict in duty and oath Of office, if it does
not so proceed against Theodore Bilbo, the most
hagrantly scandalous Of all the misfits that a dis
turbed and degraded political period has inflicted
on the state. So abhorrent was this call upon the
militia, that, while some of the Bilbo organs
apologized for, none defended it.-Vicksburg
Herald.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04
O 4 IN +

l822-Rutherford b. Hayes, nine
teenth president of the United
States bonn at Delaware, Ohio.
Died at Fremont, Ohio, Jan. 10,
1893.
1851-Eight hundred lives lost in a
storm off Prince Edwards Is
land.
18GS-Nearly a third of the city Of
Quebec destroyed by fire.
1eS0-Jacques Offenbach, celebrated
composer, died. Born, June 81,
1919.
MISREPRESENTATION of Bulgaria as an
independent kingdom.
1911-Italian fleet demolished Tripo-
lis forts in two-day lombard
ment.
1914-French troops make gains at
Scissors. First confirmation
that British are aiding Belgians
in defense of Antwerp.
l915-Russia presented ultimatum to
Bulgaria.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04
THE KNOCKER.

Every community has him, every community
cusses him, and every community ~tolerates him.
He is usually an unsuccessful business man
whose Objectionable ways have been the direct
cause of his losing the game of life. He must
needs vent his spleen on some one or some thing.
Admitting no fault in himself, ergo, the fault
must be in his environment-hence he knocks.
He is a pestiferous cuss, and as little as we
may believe it, he really does harm.
He is sure to get the ear of many new men in
town and pours into their ears his abuse of the
place. According to him conditions are all cross
wise. The business men are cheats and swind-
lers. The professional men are quackS and shys-
ters. To his way of thinking there isn't a decent
mechanic in the place. Even the laborers are
lazy and tri1ing. The town is dead and is no
place for a live man to tarry. His soured soul
fairly writhes and squirms with sardonic joy
when he sees that his miasmatic mouthings are
having their intended effect upon the victim.
That is the knocker-that is his story, his
way.
If there is a public enterprise planned that
needs cooperation and united effort he is imme-
diately possessed of superior wisdom and begins
with glee to point out all of the weak spots. No
calculations can by any possibility work out as
intended. Men upon whom the enterprise de-
ponds will prove weak or traitors. The plans are
all wrong. The whole thing is a piece Of stupen-
dous folly, and he for one will have nothing to do
with it.
But what a pity he will not! That would be
all the community would ask of him and his
mouth.
And thus it goes on year after year.
Does it have any effect, you ask? 1t certainly
does. The business life of community, contra
ry to the opinions of many, is susceptible to in
fuence from adverse critics. Perhaps not half
of his hearers know the real cause of his pessi-
mistic knockings, and in many minds a doubt
fingers and things that should go with a rush are
unaccountably slow and tagging.
But what, say you, can we do with him?
May we make a suggestion? Every time this
insect opens his mouth to knock tell him plainly
that there are quite a number of roads leading
AWAY from the town, and cordially invite him
to take one of them and follow it to it's end.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04

Every citizen of this town is interested d.
rectly in it's welfare, for his own welfare depends
upon the prosperity of the town. For that rea-
son, if for no other, we should do as much as pos
sible of our buying at home this winter and
Christmas, and let the mail order houses bleed
some other place. Let's keep our money in cir
~culation at home this Christmas. Better still,
let's keep it moving around here all of the time.
We will make it's acquaintance oftener ourselves.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY HONORS

Birthday congratulations go today
to the following persons:
Hon. John Idington, X. c., Ottawa,
a member of the Supreme Court, OF.
tawa, is rs years old today.
Prof. Michael l, Pupin of Columbia
University, one of the worlds author.
tiles on mechanical and electrical en-
cheering, is So years old today.
DR.. Albert R. Hill, president of the
University of Missouri, is Al years
old today.
Arnold DAILY, American actor, now
starring in a vaudeville sketch en-
titled "Kisses," is forty-one years old
today.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04

and hereinbefore adopted and !,
proved. But, failing therein
Council will cause said special
provement to be made as provide
law, and the cost of said specnl
provement will be assessed al,
each property owner as prescrhaI
law and this resolution.
Sec. 8. That this resolution l
the proceedings herein contempht
are under, and by virtue Of and Y
suant to Chapter 26O of the LMl
1912 as amended by Chapter 2l|
the Laws Of 1914, of the Shal
Mississippi, reference to said
hereby being specially made.
, Sec. 9. That for cause shown
resolution take effect and be II d
from and after its passage.
Approved Sept. 10th, 1916.
g. L. RAY, A,n
Attest: s. H. Montgomery, Chill
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04
PAVING RESOLUTION.

A Resolution declaring the paving,
curling and ~guttering OF that
part of Fulton Street from Mar
ket Street to Washington Street
to be necessary and adopting
plans and specifications for said
Special improvements:
Be it Resolved by the Council OF the
City of Greenwood, Leflore County,
Mississippi:
Sec. /. That in the judgment OF
the Council of the City of Greenwood,
it is necessary that that part OF Full
ton Street from Market Street to
Washington Street be paved, curbed
and guttered;
Sec. g.. That said paving, curbing
and guttering and grading is deemed
a special improvement, for the max
ing of which the General Improve
ment Fund should not be used;
Sec. 8. That said special improve
ment shall be made in accordance
with the plans and specifications now
on file in the Office of the Clerk Of
said City, said pavement to be of As
phaltic Concrete as therein provided,
which said specifications and plans
are hereby adopted and approved, and
shall be considered as a part hereof
as if the same were copied herein in
full, reference thereto being specially
made.
Sec. 4. That said special improve
ment will be, by the Council of said
City of Greenwood, ordered to be
made, and one-third Of the cost of
said special improvement shall be
paid by the said City, and two-thirds
of the cost of same shall be required
to be paid by the owner, or owners, Of
the property abutting on said street,
or part of said street which is to be
specially improved, that is to say, the
abutting property owner, or owners,
on one side of said portion Of said
street to be specially improved will
be required to pay one-third of the
cost of said special improvement and
the AUDITING property owner, or own
ers, on the other side of said portion
of said street to be specially improv-
ed will pay one-third of the cost of
said special improvement.
Sec. S. That any property owner,
or owners, actually residing on or
otherwise actually occupying proper
ty owned by him, or them, and in
cluded within that part of said street
to be specially improved, may file
with the Clerk of the City Council
his, her, or their protest in writing
against said proposed special i'm
provement at any time within ten
days after the completion of the pub
Of this resolution as required
by law, and if a majority of such
property owners shall 80 file such pro-
test, said special improvement shall
not be made.
Sec. 6. That at the regular meet
ing Of the said Council, to be held at
the City Hall Of said City, the same
being their usual place of meeting, on
the 18th day Of Oct, 1916, said Coun-
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04

Australia is going to have a referendum on
compulsory military service. In the United
States the president is empowered, if the reserve
army fails to maintain its size, to call in other
militia. This means anybody and conservation.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04

Secretary Redfeld doesn't regard high prices
as an issue, or he would not have said that the
cost of living has advanced IS per cent in the last
year. There were plenty Of other things for him
to talk about.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04

The entire estimated output of the Lake Su-
perior copper mines has been contracted for by
Great Britain and her allies. 1t was the greatest
sale ever made and called for 44S, 900, 900 pounds
Of metal at a cost of SIZE, 900, 900.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04

The Germans are preparing a protest, says
London, against the use of the armored tanks
which Great Britain has introduced on the bat
tlefield. 1t is based on the slaughtering efficiency
of these machines, no doubt.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04

Children's footwear is scarce, say the author
tiles. All this on account of the sudden demand
OF the ladies for shoes of gray shade, which made
all the manufacturers seize that opportunity of
getting $3.50 per foot.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04

The political circus is now on in full tilt. We
wonder how the average voter keeps up with his
friends these exciting days.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04

New York is experiencing a famine of office
boys. We guess the Alger books have led them
to swollen fortunes.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04

Judging solely by the number of votes cast
by both parties at the New Jersey primaries,
neither has a cinch on it's electoral votes.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04

Every right-thinking man is for the welfare
OF the people-the trouble lies in agreeing on
what will bring It. ;"
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04

The pay of the German army officers has been
cut, but you won't find them striking for higher
wages.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04

When a man is known as a greedy price.
jumper he can't expect to be taken serio,sIv
when he talks philanthropy. 1850
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04

The Allies are making it sour for the Ger.
mans. The authorities in that country have re.
drced the sugar allowance.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04

About the only way the Mexican commission
could surprise the public would be to accomplish
something worth while. ~
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04

Which has the bargain end? Comptroller Of
the Currency Williams says 1--WE hold a mortgage
on the worlds physical assets, and the world
holds a mortgage on our SOUL"
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04

A severe storm swept over the Island of Ber-
muda last week, but we hope it didn't kill the
grass.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04

It's no use handing out taffy to a dead man.
Slap him on the back while he's conscious.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04

Nevertheless, it's doubted that Wilson was as
tonished by his failure to get the O.. K. of George
W. Perkins.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04

An advertising ~break-calling man 'lord of
the household" And the ad was to women at
that.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04

Brer Bryan hasn't said a word in his speech
es about . New York firms lending France $780,
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04

One OF. the mysteries Of human life il whv
some people escape death as long as they do.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-04

The quickest and most modern way Of gettino
rich quick h tho bankrupt" oct,
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03

much above tho recent daily average. n
year ago when tho growing Industrial
boom had not yet made much of an i'm
preston on the plethora Of Idle bank
ing funds the call rate averaged IN
per cent all during the period or the
half yearly settlement This month
huge disbursements in tho form OF IN
terest and dividends, estimated at $780,
coo, 900, are being made. Continuation
of the influx of gold from abroad -
working Rs an important factor In hold.
Ing the money market in a condition OF
moderate ease. Added interest was
given the gold movement last week by
the arrival Of Sl0,O00000 in gold from
London. tho first amount Of any size
received direct since the big movement
last year. Simultaneous with the ar
rival Of the gold from across the water
shipments ceased from Ottawa suggest
ing that the fund in the Canadian capi.
tai had been exhausted. While the gold
has been coming from Canada to New
York there has been similar move.
ment to Philadelphia. and the combined
incoming movement of the metal since
IL began early IN May is close to Sll5.-
600. .000. bringing the imports OF gold
since the war began above the haIf
billion dollar mark.
Foreign exchanges. aside from an
other break in rcmittances on Berlin,
were dull and generally steady. Ster-
ling was maintained al the peg figure
Of S4752i and huctuated narrowly.
French exchange held steady on the cX-
recitation Of an carly announcement OF
the new French government collateral
loan In the case of Berlin exchange
the severe drop carried the rate under
73 cents. compared with a recent high
of IS. and while the bankers were at a
loss 20 interpret the real significance
OF the development. they attributed II
10 the increasing pressure OF the Aimed
forces on the resources of the Contra
Powers. The effect OF the semi-annual
disbursements was reflected IN the bank
statement figures. Loans after four
weeks of continuous contraction, dis
closed an increase Of Sl3,355,O0O Sur
plus reserves which last week increased
$4,000 900, dropped s20,20S,470. falling
back again below the 500, 100000 mark
to sS9 $4,000 They arc still. however,
above the low level of S5G00O,OOO re
ported the first Saturday Of the month.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
SUBWAY CROWDS
AN UNTIDY LOT
Seven Tons of Dirt, Five
of Newspapers, Taken
Up in Stations Daily.

II the cleaners in the subway
stopped work for more than a few
DAYS enough dust and castaway news
papers would collect 10 block the
passage Of trains. according to a
statement issued Yesterday by the In
terborough Rapid Transit Company.
In the last six months FIVE tons Of
newspapers and seven and half tons
of dirt. brought in by passengers,
were collected each day from the
steps and stations in the subway. So
great has the task Of keeping the
subway clean become. yet so essential
is it TO the health Of passengers, that
a careful record is kept Of every
pound Of dirt and litter removed.
This record shows that 72S,000.OO0
feet tramped on the station platforms
between January ! and June 30. Fiji
teen hundred tons Of dirt were brought
in by these feet Discarded news
papers were sufficient TO make $4,000
bundles. weighing fifteen pounds each.
One hundred cleaners have been en-
ployed. at a cost Of $4,000 for the
half year
I'm the six months the cleaners
used forty-two dozen corn brooms.
eighteen dozen hair brooms. l20 cases
OF polish, seventy-two dozen mops,
forty-two dozen scrubbing brushes,
sixty cases Of ground soap. 1900
pounds Of cotton waste. eighteen
dozen wringers, thirty-six dozen
sponges, eighteen dozen large cans Of
brass polish and 18O gallons Of crude
oil.
Each station is cleaned four times
day and at night is flooded and
mopped. In the early morning a dirt
train Of fat cars passes through.
picking up from 800 20 $50 cans Of
dirt and 300 bundles of papers.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
NEIGHBORH00D COURT
PASSES ON FOUNDING
Votes to Send Baby to Hospital
When Mother Leaves 1t.

Miss Mary McGinnis, eighteen, was
sitting in her home at Caldwell, y.
j.. Saturday night, when a young
woman with baby in her arms
stopped and asked for drink Of wa
ter. The water was brought.
Wont you hold my baby while l
run over 70 the drug store?" asked the
mother, placing the infant I'm Miss
NcGinnis's arms. Then she disap-
reared around the corner. and has not
been seen since.
Miss McGinnis carried the child to
the home Of r. L. Florence, where a
consultation Of neighbors resulted in
the decision 20 send the baby TO an
institution. But Mayor Frederick R.
Cook was out of town, and the over
seer of the poor and numerous physi-
clans were not 20 be found.
The neighbors were just on the
point Of appointing a committee TO
sit un all night and keep the baby
from crying. when the Mayor re-
turned. he decided that Mountainside
Hospital was the place for the child.
u was taken there Yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
COTTON GOODS PICK UP
ON BUYING FOR ARMY
Boom Expected to Follow Or
ders-Fine Cloths Quiet.

Fall River, Mass, July 2.-Thero was
distinct improvement In trnde In the
cotton goods market last week. II Is
undoubtedly the improvement for which
manufacturers and brokers have been
looking. II arrived earlier than most
OF the factors anticipated, and was
caused. manufacturers and brokers be-
lieve, by the large government pur-
chases for army use. They believe the
improvement would have come before
the end Of July, however, without any
help from the government. Now they
expect a small boom 70 develop before
July s ended.
There was quite steady trading in tho
print cloth division Of the cotton goods
market, and IL increased in volume as
the week advanced The inquiry was
largely for wide and medium wide
goods in odd counts. Narrow goods
have continued dull. Prices have stiff
ened until they are well up to the
range Of quotations for standards and
have held steady. Buyers who we're
seeking concessions succeeded in get
ting scattering lots early in the week,
usually goods from stock or to be made
from cotton already on hand. Manu-
facturers granted the concessions TO
prevent goods from accumulating.
Buyers who offered reduced prices for
goods after the carly part Of the week
had their offers refused Steady buy
ing AZ prices on a level Of quoted prices
has been the rule for several days. The
total sales for the week are estimated
at 10000 pieces. the largest in several
weeks. Trade in the fine goods divi-
sion has continued quiet. Substitutes
for goods purchased by the government
for army use and to make up for the in
creasing sales for export come from
print cloth grades rather than fine
goods.
Quotations: 28-inch. 64-64. 4i+c nom
inal 28-inch. 64-6O. 4isc nominal; o.