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The Adair County news., 1916-03-08

they sell the best lines of goods
too.
5. Don't SOW poor seed of
any kind. If you are in doubt
don't sow that doubtful stuff.
Good seed may cost, but it pays
dividends to use it. And buy
your seed from your home deal
ers.
6. Don't pin all your faith,
work and energy to one crop.
Make a speciality of one if you
wish, but have something of an
othor to fall back on in case of
hard luck. You know you might
need it.
z. Don't aim at quantity
alone. Try to get the quality in
to everything that you raise this
year. High quality will always
bring a greater total than high
quality of a poor quality.
8. Buying a dollar pocketbook
to carry around fifty cents would
be fooiishness. So would be
buying a thousand dollars worth
of implements to harvest a five
hundred dollar crop. Be eco
nomical.
The Adair County news., 1916-03-08
Farmers can Bring Pros
perity in 1916.

1. Cultivate every available
acre of land; don't let a field lay
idle because you cannot attend to
all the work yourself. There are
plenty of persons who would be
glad to get a job working.
2. Don't sell off everything
you raise on your farm this year
and then turn around this fall
and pay some one else a profit on
the goods that you placed on the
market. Just sell your surplus.
8. Sell as much of your crop
as you can on the hoof. This
brings price per pound instead of
price per bushel, and besides it
leaves some of the fertility of
your land instead of taking it
away.
A. Don't go away from Adair
county to buy your farming tools
and implements. We have deal
ers who can sell you your things
just as cheap as any one else and
The Adair County news., 1916-03-08
seven Ways to Kill a Church.

l. Don't come. Stay away,
or 60 somewhere else, rather
than come to church. Staying
at home is not only helping to
kill the church, but by degrees is
killing the life of the individual.
2. If you do come, come late.
The faithful few are generally on
time. Getting to church on time
shows an interest in the Lords
work that no one can call in
question.
8. If you come. come with
your mind made up to take a
back seat. Act as if you were
afraid of the front seats and
afraid to be seen.
4. If you come, come with
your mind made up to find fault
with the service, the preacher in
particular. There are some who
never have a good word to say
about the Church nor the preach
ing of the Word, though they go
to church occasionally.
5. If you come, come deter
mined not to give a cent to any
object, not even to keep up the
expenses of the church. Many
say they would go to church if it
were not for the taking of so
many collections, and yet such
people never give anything.
This ought not to keep them
away.
6. If you go to church, return
to your home without shaking
hands with your pastor, or with
any of the brethren or sisters.
The preacher often, after hard
effort to reach his people, returns
to his home with the blues. say.
ing, II wonder what was the
matter with Brother Snyder,
Brother Snow, Brother Simmons,
and Brother Smith-not one Of
them shook hands with me. .
! Z. If you come to church,
come all alone; don't bring you
The Adair County news., 1916-03-08
SIGN Of Good Digestion.

When you see a cheerful and happy
old lady you may know that she has
good digestion. If your digestion is
impaired or if you do not relish your
meals take a dose of Chamberlain's
Tablets. They strengthen the stom-
ach, improve the digestisn and cause
gentle movement of the bowels.
For sale by PAUL Drug Co. Adv
The Adair County news., 1916-03-08
Font Hill.

Quite number are on the sick
list at this writing.
DR.. ]. M. Blair was here on
business Thursday.
]. D. York, a prominent farm
er of Windsor, was here on bust
ness Thursday.
Loren Brockman, of Catherine,
was here on business Friday.
Bert Warner, of Casey Co.,
was here on business last week.
He has recently returned from
the U. S. Army, where he has
spent the last three years.
The spoke mill here has closed
business for a few days.
Hirl Smith lost a fine mule Sun
day.
Hollis Smith. our efficient mer-
chant. is in Louisville this week.
Ira Tarter, one of our promi-
nent farmers, is erecting a new
dwelling. We wish him happy
and prosperous future.
]. T. Bradshaw has purchased
a farm on Damron's creek. We
suppose he will locate there soon.
He is one of our best citizens! We
are sorry to see him leave.
Ed Withers has accepted a po-
sition with the Font Hill Milling
Co.
J. r. Luttrell was at Twins
Store, on business, Friday.
B. F. Rakestraw, of Camp
bellsville, was here on business
last week.
Bert Butcher spent Sunday
with relatives on Green river.
W. A. Yates, of Edmonton,
was here on business Tuesday.
1t is easier to thwart william
on the stage than in real life.
Paper matches are built into a
new paper cigarette box.
The Adair County news., 1916-03-08

1 keep on hands a full stock of
cofins, caskets, and robes. 1 also keep
Metallic Caskets, and Steel Boxes and
two hearses. Prompt service night OF
day. Residence Phone 20, Office
phone SO.
45-1y r J. f. Triptett,
AID Columbia. K
The Adair County news., 1916-03-08

There never was a husband so
fair and generous that his wife's
drygoods bills did not annoy him.
He may not say anything. but he
he is a rebel at heart. Every
month it is wolfe. voile. 1 have
bought acres or tons of it, but
do not know yet what wolfe is
Ed Howe. of Atchison.
The Adair County news., 1916-03-08

It is easier to thwart a william
on the stage than in real life.
The Adair County news., 1916-03-08

Paper matches are built into a
new paper cigarette box.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-03-13
Jose Ma. SALAVERl.
MUERTE DEL DUQUE DE LoSA-
DA, INGLES. E HiSTORIA DE
Nicnc de- la pigina "a

20 de Gran Chambeian IN II Carte
de Carlos II. de las Dos Sicilias. Quien
al subir a trono de Espana, ele-
v6 a su chambelan al range de duque
V Grande de Espana de Primera cha
sc. Al duque sucedio en- e. diSfru-
te de sus honoreS su Sobrino Ma
nuel de Losada, quien vi"io o mu-
enc boato y comfort IN Il poseSio-
mes de Jamaica.
e. hijo de Manuel de Losada, Isaac,
fue confirmado en- e. Ducado por n
Corona de Espana. y dejo varicS hi
jos, el primero de los cuales. Manuel,
lie hered6. E. segundo. que cam
bio su nombre por el de Fran
cisco de LosaGa, fue darante
muchoS amos consul BRITANNICA en- Ia
ciudad americana de Boston. donde
nacieron sus dos hijoS, ei duque que
ACADIA de fallecer. Y 81 hermano ma
vor. ell coronei, el que no quiSo usar
sus titulos. prefiriendo seguir siendo
subdito ingles. Las posesiones lie IA
familia en- Jamaica hace tempo que
pasaron a otros duenos Y Segun ten
90 entendido Ell nuevo duque solo dis
fruta de una posicion mediana. eco
n6micamerte. ' este por haber here,
Sado Il renra no nuy crecida lie 81
madre que fue una mia de N. Tart
Ie Chantillv. en- FranCia.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-03-13
DOS NECROS RESULTARON HERI-
DOS EN- RINA

Anteaver cerca de las once de ia
norhe. fueron ap~rehcndidos por 81
aseu;a de policia Crow. en- cl cruza-
miento de las GALES Montana y
Br0unbiIS. dos individuoS de color,
que preSentaban variaS heridaS eau
SadaS con arma punzorortante.
En- la oficina central de poliria
declararon haber sido victimas de
TN indjviduo. iambi6n de color, Z.
que huy6 deSputs de cometer t! do
bic atentado.
E! departamento de detectives Sc
hiZo cargo de Ia captura del herid0r.
habiendoia lorrado aver tarde,
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-03-13
Ell Ministro de Austria-E7Eungrza sali65
de Lisboa sin pedir sus pasaportes
La huelga de cbreros de Cartogeno serd solHcicHada en- bre-
ue, dice Ell nitro. de la Gobernacion del ~gabinete %espoaol
Los huelguistas quieren que yarios leaders So
c%iaIstas esten presentes en- Ia conferencia

-una~ propo~iriour~ a los H~U'i-ui~-
"a. Iuirnr> han arrrij,io I'll GHr :"
N|rrir.Iur uua ronrrr"n,ia. IN IA
ruai 50 disrutirdn las i"manIa> a."
los gbrcroS.
Fl Minj>tro So m"Sir6 r"rfiaio ~
Iu" i.rho moyImirnto Iur,i"li arr'-
-iadn muy pronto. Los huri-ui>ius
p"r ~ pa"t". piI"n Iur varies ir@-
IrrS s"rlaIi>ta~ ">t"n ~gl,'Srnt'S rn
Ijcha> ronirrrnrjaS. pu"- ,"-l}n pa-
rrrr clos son to> dIr los han r>la-
iu ar~cn>riando haS'a ah"ra.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-03-13
ArtICuI0S
tNiene dc il pigiHa -a.l

Il empezaha 4 cobrar vuelos VI
muy altos. sc reanudo mas tarde e
ano de 1901 en- que fue e. alma del
segundo Congress- Paa-Amcricano,
celebrado en- ID ciudat de Mexico. Sc
le nombro despueS Embajador en-
Washington, :, I pesar de que 81
representation no duro todo 10 ape
tecible-a cauSa de serio qGe5raa-
tamiento de Salud-el senior Casasus
hizo un pape. de 10 mas brillaate '
decoroSo. Nuevamente fue nompra-
do amos despues Embajacor Espe-
cial Y como mejor ga.ard6n ' ORC
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-03-13
pRONTO = f. SOLUCiONARA IL
HUELGA DE LOS DBREROS
DE CARTAGEN.t

SCTVICIO CSFVVIT TdTH II THF.E"E'
MADRID, Mario l2.-EI Minj@ir"
Ir Ia Condemnation del GanInrtr g.
panel. hizo hoy al2una, ~irrlarario-
mes relatives al asunto de- ia hu"lSa
de CartaGcna. que tant"S p"riuicIos
rSta OraSi0nand0 en- aqurlla riudai.
Fl MiniStro manifesto ,Iur Va - han
,iado pasos rnraminaloS a >"lurionar
rSr conflirto. habiinioSr h"rho al
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-03-13
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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-03-13
En- la region de Verdm corptiu11an
librdndose encarnizados combates
AL oriente del Fuerte Douaumont y en- la region del Fuerte
Vaux un UioIerfo bombardeo estuuo efectudndose aver
lEnfformes ~officiales pubEcodos en- las c%apitales
de Francio y Alemania

=raroH po,rsi0narsr Ir y1rias pc
lurnu> irInrhrraS que :" ~ruru"nIran
unto al. raminu dr l.tain.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-03-13

Cuando Sc diriia a alguna dc las
Casas anunciadas, mencione este
periodico.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31
CLEAN UP NOTICE.

The Clean Up Campaign is
now on all over the State.
Greenwood is not in the
State Contest, having been
eliminated by winning the
last year as the clean
est town in Mississippi.
But the State Inspectors
will be invited to again in
spect our city, and we desire
every citizen to heartily CO.
operate with the officials in
cleaning up their premises.
On Wednesday, April 81,
the City Council will inspect
the City. Please get rid Of
all trash, especially the tin
cans. Make the City clean
and beautiful. The city
garbage wagon will handle
trash just as was done in the
last years Clean Up Contest.
Let's make Greenwood a
cleaner town than the win
ner in the State Clean Up
Contest this year. Your CO.
operation will be appre-
ciated. G.. L. RAY, Mayor.
T. II. BAIRD,
Councilman.
G.. P. ELLIOTT,
Councilman.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31
A

So when they continued asking
him, he lifted up himself, and said
unto them, He that is without
sin among you, let him first cast a
stone at her."-John 81.
1t takes more than a frock coat
to make a Christian. All the
sanity garbs devised for men or
woman will fail to cover a little
soul with the spirit of Christ
shriveled up till it's a shred of
what the son of God taught by
His word and deed.
There, but for the grace of
God, stand l." A Chicago Judge
says he never looks down at a
prisoner before him that these
words do not flash through his
mind. Here in this age we see
the crowd gather to stone. with
abuse and all the petty vindict-
iveness of human harpies, the
the woman who has fallen
and who is yet strong enough
to fight her way up again.
It may be little consolation to
the girl who is still keeping her
grip, against odds that would
shake the nerve of many of us,
but when she wins out in the
fight she is making she can run
her chances at the bar. of judg-
ment with any of those who
would cast her back to the level
she is trying to leave behind.
1t does us good to sit here and
think of the girl that had q smile
on her face this morning, and is
ready to keep up the fight. She
may have considered it not worth
the price last night, but she's still
in the saddle today.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31
corns Come OF
Like Banana Peel
Wonderful, Simple "Gets-It" Never
Fails to Remove ANY Corn Easily,

Wouldn't it jar you? Here Two
been going along for years. with one
desperate corn after another. trying
to get rid of them with salves hat
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31
Insure your Cotton and Cot
ton Seed with w. N. Peteet,
the Insurance Man.

Someone has advanced the
opinion that the letter sc" is the
most unfortunate character in the
English alphabet, because it is al
ways out of cash, forever in debt,
never out of danger, and in hell
all the time. But we call his at
tention to the fact that "e" is
never in war and always in
peace. It is in the beginning of
existence, the commencement of
ease, and the end of trouble.
Without it there would be no
meat, no life and no heaven. Il
is the center of honesty, makes
love perfect, and without it there
would be no editors and no news.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31
phis, from which place he re-
turned the first Of the week.

phis, from which place he re-
turned the first of the week.
Mr.. c. P. Bradford is attending
to business in Nowater, Okla,
this week.
Mr.. l.. r. Ray came over from
Boyle Sunday afternoon to spend
the week with his wife here.
Mr.. j. F. Gates a~ccidently shot
one of his eyes out Saturday night
in a scuFfle with a negro. He
thought the negro was trying to
entice labor away from here, and
thought to brighten the negro
away with a gun, with the above
results.
We r glad to see DR.. Frank
Holloman back from Tupelo this
week.
1t seems natural to the many
friends of Mr.. Pink George to see
him on our streets again this
week.
Dick Cole, our city mail carrier,
has been sick for the past week
with a bad tooth, and Ben, his
brother, has been very efficiently
filling his place.
Mrs. l.. r. Ray was a Green
NJ God uiSitor Tha,nolor
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31
ITTA BENA ITEMS.

The primary election to nomi-
nate candidates for municipal Of
ficials was held in Itta Bena yes
terday (Thursdry), resulting as
follows: For Mayor-Riley Ely,
without opposition; for Clerk-C.
P. Bradford, without opposition;
for Marshal IS. S. Mitchell 76, r.
Aboard So, C. V.Tri BILE II; for AL
dermen-J. L. Haley, w. D. Hal.
sell, DR.. A. j. Moore, S. M. Kim
brough and w. P. Kimbrough.
The main interest was manifested
in the race for marshal, and the
many friends of Mr.. Mitchell are
delighted over his triumphant
election to this important position
which he has so long and faith
fully filled.
The Leflore County School
Meet will be held in Itta Bena on
Friday, April 7th, from $50 am.
till 5 o'clock p.m., and a large
crowd is expected here on that
date. An attractive literature and
athletic program has been ar
ranged for the occasion. All
schools, those having one teacher
and more, are invited to be pres
ent and take part in as many
events as possible. The contests
are strictly for individual pupils
and not for schools as a whole.
All are requested to bring lunch.
R. D. Portwood Sundayed here
with his wife and boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. K. Albertson of
Guide were in town Wednesday
shopping.
Mrs. Eugene Beard, of Colum.
bus, is spending several days with
her fathers family, Mr.. j. j.
Long, out on his plantation north
of town.
Hon. E. K. Myrick, the clever
and genial Ford man, was over
from Greenwood Wednesday
afternoon, giving his personal at.
tention to his business here.
DR.. and Mrs. B. F. Mcneil from
Swiftown, were visitors to town
Tuesday afternoon.
We regret to note Miss Carrie
Pullen on the sick list this week.
Miss Cora Pearce spent Sunday
at home from her school on
Culver.
Mesdames Merrill and Portwood
scent Wednes lay morning in
Greenwood shopping.
The many friends of Mr.. Sam
Kimbrough arc slad to know that
his father did have to under.
lso AZ operation last week ia Mem
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31
Corns&q
AWFN
@% H.,
GOnel%


By jiminey! Tn happy-feel like a
young colt-here I've been worrying
about that hard, painful corn for months
and months without knowing that I
could be cured almost Instantly.
Comfort Corn PIasters did the work
and did it well-the old troublesome
n comes out with the root-no cut
ting-no dangerous drugs or acids
just a wonderful medicated plaster
that does the trick-easy to put On
and the corn's gone before morning.
Why continue to suffer-iust ask for
Comfort Corn Pzasters-guaranteed
to give absolute satisfaction or money
back. Only Csc the package.
L. N. U
218 Howard Street
Greenwood, Miss.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31

The "Clean-U Up" slogan
has been sounded by the City
Council, as will be observed
by their proclamation pub
lished in this issue of The
Commonwealth. Get busy
now and maintain Green
woods standard of being
the "Cleanest City in Miss
issippi."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31

BILE way to rid the United States
of the constant unrest and raids
of bandits along its border. 1t is
the northern portion of Mexico
which has always given trouble.
In the hands of the United States,
and end could be put to these dis
turbances.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31

There is a movement on foot
for the United States to buy the
northern portion of Mexico, as
Stunning all liability for indemnity
claimed by foreign countries be-
cause of the loss of property and
the lives Of some of their SUBJ
jects. This would be an admira-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31

Hesitatel Use Sure "Gets-It' for Those
Corns and Save Your Life and Your TOesl
eat off the toes, tapes that stick to
the stocking, ~bandages and plaSterS
that make a package of the toes. try
ing blood-bringing razors. and scis-
and you ought to W. seen that corn
come off-just like a panama peel" It's
simple. wonderful. It's the new way.
painless, applied in two seconds, new
err hurts healthy flesh or irritates.
Nothing to press on the corn. Never
fails. y the Old ways for once any
corns. ~calluses, warts and bunions.
"Gets-It" Is sold everywhere. csc q
bottle. or sent direct by e. Lawrence
& Co., Chicago. Ill.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-10-20
MARINES OF ALLIES
LANDED IN ATHENS
GREEKS PARADE THE STREETS,
CHEER KING CONSTANTINE
AND CHANT NATIONAL AIR.
Greek War Minister Orders oVt
Troops and Marines to Prevent
Any Clash Between the Greek
Civilians and the French.

Athens.-Marines from the ships of
he entente powers to the number of
shout thousand have been landed
At Piraeus and have occupied the rail
way station at Piraeus and several
buildings in Athens.
Immediately this became known the
streets of Athens swarmed with
Greeks frantically cheering King Con-
stantine and chanting the Greek ma
tional anthem. Great crowds marched
through the streets, thousands gather
ing in the neighborhood Of the post
office.
The war minister, General Dracos,
ordered out Greek troops and marines
to guard every approach to the
square and in order to prevent any
clash between Greek civilians and the
French, who occupied that section, es
tablished complete Gordon about the
French and taking all precautions to
avoid any incident or accident ca
pable of starting strife.
II is impossible to predict whether
trouble can be prevented. The Greek
government is fully alive to the fact
that Greece's fate hangs on the pre-
vention of further measures on the
part of the French commander, Vice
Admiral Fournet
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-10-20
GUARDSMEN MUST
STAY ON BORDER
NO IMMEDIATE PROSPECT OF
STATE TROOPS BEING SENT
BACK HOME.
Troops Remaining in state MobIllza.
tion Camps to be Sent to Border
to Relieve Equal Num-
Der of Men.

San Antonio, Texas.-There is no
immediate prospect for state troops
on border duty to return home other
than the organizations already under
orders. General Funston made this
clear on Friday, by pointing out that
national guard troops remaining in
state mobilization camps have been
ordered out and are taking the place
of an equivalent number that have
been on duty for several months.
Troops not relieved in this ex-
change must remain indefinitely mob
ilized unless the war department
changes its policy and decides to de-
crease the strength of the border pa
troll.
The First Kansas infantry on Fri
day left for Fort Riley, and Illinois
field hospital No. 2 and A company,
Illinois engineers, have been ordered
to start back October II.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-10-20
MANY BIRDS UNABLE TO FLY
Having No Necessity to Use Wings
to Escape Enemies, Those Mem
bers Ceased to Develop.

OF the 20 kinds of birds existing In
New Zealand, 80 are found nowhere
else, and of this number by far the
larger portion Is flightless; this, no
doubt, owing to the fact that for ages,
ever since the sea swallowed up a con-
tinent, leaving only the islands COM
prising the present Dominion of New
Zealand, there have been no destruc-
tive carnivora in the land, except those
small ones imported recently to aid In
abating the rabbit pest, and. having no
enemies, the birds also had no use for
wings, which ceased to develop, and as
years rolled by left many species with
only little nubbins for wings and abb
solutely without power of flight.
Centuries ago there were in exist
ence at least three varieties of gigan-
tic birds, two of which were as large
In body as the tabled roc, the rescuer
of Slnbad the sailor. These included
the Hapagornis, the Dinornis or Moa
and the Cnemiornls, which was a gl-
gantic goose. The Moa became ex-
tinct some 500 years ago. It was q
fligftless bird, said by tradition to
have been a hunter of humans, a man
eater, was Of varying size and ex-
tremely plentiful
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-10-20
LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT
Possihss Explanation Of Why Some
Business Enterprises Fall, While
Others Succeed.

1T Is an axiom that 1t is the little
things that count, and never had a
better illustration of such logic than
an incident in cigar store the other
day." said an observing man.
Il wanted to buy box Of cigars,
but 1t was busy tine of day. The
store was crowded and there weren't
enough clerks to handle the rush. Gus
toners We're impatient and complain.
ing, but that did not help matters bit.
for the clerks We're hustling their best.
when my turn came l asked for a
box of cigars Of certain brand. The
clerk got them and started to wrap
them up. AS / did not care to buy
goods without looking them over, /
asked him to open the box. He did,
but lost the small brass tack that held
down the cover, SO when he closed the
box he had to look for another tack.
"Finally he took a tack out of an
other full box of cigars, but bent 1t so
that 1t could not be used. Then he
looked for an empty box with a tack
aeft in 1t, but there weren't any. Other
customers impatiently watched, grum-
bling all the time. At last the clerk
had to open another box of cigars and
take the tack from the box, and with
It he nailed my box.
"Now why didn't that store have
extra tacks on hand?"