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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-09
SITUATIONS wANrED-FEMALE.

Refined Lady willing to Chaperone or
act as companion durinS summer
months. either in city or summer re-
sort. Small compensation. MRS. X.
Y. T.. care Virginian.
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IL salary of sf0o Per month and Conn
mission. with liberal expenses, IN
,erest YOU, address Dept. is44. sso7
indiana Avenue. Chicago
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All Makes of Typewriters, Second
hand and rebuilt Just like new. I'm
derwoods, Remingtons. divers.
Smiths, etc. Prices from $40 up.
Typewriters of all makes repaired
and rented. Prices on request, THE
AMERICAN TYPEWRITER EX-
CHANGE. COS E. Main Street. Rich
mond. Va.
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IOCKSNfITHS.

We Can duplicate Any Key And Guar
antee IL 10 fit Electric bells ipstailed
and repaired, Estimates free. i'hons
Randolph SsS Work called for and
delivered. RICHMOND KEY WORKS
sos Eas. Clay.
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Distributing Agent-steady Work,
1880 distributing 100 free packages
perfumed laundry starch: no money
or experience required; honesty only.
1858 Blumer Bldg. Lincoln Ave. and
Roscoe, Chicago.
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LOST AND FOUND.
HFLP WANTED-MALE.

Wanted-Two Men to Act as Solicitors
on new premium proposition. Must
have a good appearance and be WILL
ing to work. Experience not neces-
sary. Can easily earn SO daily. See
MR.. MCNEIL at The Richmond Vir-
gilman. between and 10 daily.
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AGENTS.

ktnk-O-Line Agents Wanted, Male or
female. white or colored. to sell
kink-O-Line; grows colored peoples
hair. Large profit. Write pI2 North
Fourth Street. Richmond. Va.
Hurry! Sell GasO-TOnic. the Mystery
OF motordom. Equals gasoline ut
IS per gallon. Eliminates carbon.
Dollar an hour profit. Sales guar
anteed. Beware of imitators! Case
Tonic stands alone. Has no equal,
Chemists baffled at it's composition,
Details free. THE WHITE MFG. CO,
Dept 40. Cincinnati. Q.
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Sweet Potato Plants for snle-Porto
Rico, Southern Queen and Nancy
Hall. $1.45 per 1.e00. In quantities
from ten to twenty five thousand $1.25
per 1000, and any quantity over
twenty-five thousand. s1.25 per 1000.
Can ship promptly. Satisfaction
guaranteed. CARLTON & MURRAY.
p 0. Box All, Ashburn. Ga
Tents for S,Is or Rent, All Sizes, New
and old, for camps and all purposes.
L. ROSE G. CO, 420 Brook Avenue,
Richmond.
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HELP WANTED-F'k.Sf.ALE.

waated--Ioo Color~d Men snd women
In all parts of Virginia to copy
letters, address envelopes. solicit
names and addresses. etc. Nothinz
70 sell: no capital: inciose iects: this
keeps away deadheads. NATIONAL
BUSINESS BUREAU. p. o. Boz sss
Richmond. Va
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blacksmith and Wheeiwright Wanted
at once Good point; present black
smith leaving; will sell tools ana
stock. or stock alone. Apply J. II.
JOHNSON. Quinton. Va.
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FOR SALE.

sweet Potato Plants. Nancy Halls
Porto Rican. Red Vans. Early
Triumphs; 81 per 1000. PROF
WAUGHTEL, Homeland, Ga.
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ministration OF the estate be granted.
thus depriving petitioner of ever prop
erly asserting her right to administer
the estate"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-14
ELKS OFFICERS INSTALLED.

AT the regular meeting of Greenwood
Lodge No. 1854 B. P. O. E., last Tues
day evening. the following officers for
the ensuing year were duly installed
by retiring Exalted Ruler Geo. A.
Wilson, Jr.:
r. H. Cole, exalted ruler; E. l. Cos
som, esteemed leading knight; Garland
Her, esteemed loyal knight; J. M.
Mckay, ? esteemed lecturing knight;
Eugene j. Cox, secretary; John Ash
craft, treasurer; R. l. HUMPHREYS,
tiler; Paul Bergson, inner guard; Dr.
j.. H. Lucas. trustee for three-year term;
Geo. A. Wilson, Jr.,grand represe n
~tative; H. D. Walker, alternate grand
representative. W
At the next regular meeting Exalted
Ruler Cole will formally nnoun his
appointment of the following House
Committee, of which he will be chair
man by virtue of his office: B. B.
Provine, j. A. Tyson, R. P. Parish,
Sam'lJ. Stein, John Ashcraft and T.
j. Phillips. He will also appoint AL
bert Weston to the position of Esquire.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-14
GOOD ROADS THE BEST POSSIBLE
PREPAREDNESS.

The good roads movement is spreading
all over the country. There is scarcely a
state in the union that is not spending lots
of money on it's public highways. The best
preparedness" our country can have is good
public roads-highways that can be travelled
upon twelve months in the year. One thing
can be demonstrated beyond discussion or
debate, and that is that in a country where
the roads are always good the rates the
railroads charge for hauling freight are
much lower than in sections Of the country
where the railroad is the only means of
of transportation. What Mississippi needs,
what LeAore county needs, and what the
whole country needs, is good, solid, perma-
nent public highways, over which an auto
mobile, a buggy, farm wagon, a threshing
machine or anything that goes on wheels
can travel every day in the year. Let every
man who reads this appoint himself a COM
mittee of one to boost for good roads, and
60 to the polls on April 25th and vote for
the Lefore county $500, 600 bonds issue.
Permanent and abiding prosperity will come
when we have good roads. The bills at the
garage will be reduced when we have good
roads. And the southern planters mule
bills will be lower when we have good roads
everywhere. We should see to it that Lee
fore county takes the lead in the good roads
building movement, as we'll as she does in
every line OF progresslveness.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-14
THE NEED AND ADVANTAGES OF
GOOD ROADS.

Editor The Commonwealth:
On the theory. that the average reader doesn't
as possible in what / have to say about the
subject OF the need and advantages of Good Roads,.
FIRST: 1t Is more economical, in that it enables
the farmer to move to and from market much
in wear and tear to live stock and vehicles.
Second: It increases land values by making the
land more available for purposes said land NAV be
designed Tor, and more especially does this apply
to farm property; it also acts as an advertising
medium through which investors are brought into
closer toucn with any community that has good
roaos on account OF Its very accessibility. Without
going into details, we know of several sales Of land
at good prices in Leflore county, that were influ-
enced and located since the building of the Hum
phreys highway, and that in the face of unfavora-
the worlds history.
Ihlrd: 1t evidences a higher state of civilization.
and indicates greater civic pride on the part Of the
people composing the community in which good
Fourth: To all those living in the interior it pro-
notes closer social relations between n%eighbors and
communities, it also makes schools and churches
more accessible, and it has the further advantage of
increasing the postal facilities.
tlltn: The people of our country love pleasure
and those living in the interior are very largely de-
pendent on the horse and buggy, and more recently
on the for recreation and pleasure, and
good roads are under such circumstances absolutely
essential.
Sixth: The profit to be derived from the Tour
Isl o! America Will be considerable, whenever the
pubic highways of America warrant our citizens in
using them instead of crossing over to Europe to
use the good roads of the different countries to be
visited over there. It would also be a great advant-
age to the people of the United States if they could
have completed. before the war in Europe ends, a
system of good roads that would keep the American
Tourist at home, and enable him to see how inter-
estlng his country is, and cause him to prefer it to
going abroad.
In conclusion l won't undertake to suggest the
kind of roads we need will have to be threshed
out later. Up to the advent of the motor car the
macadam road was considered the best, but that
now is in doubt. Very truly yours,
E. r. McSHANE,
President Greenwood Business League.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-14
A SPLENDID SUGGESTION

Greenwood, Lef1ore County, holds
the unique position of being not only
"The Queen City of the Delta" but
also of being the only city with it's
County, in America, named after a
Chief of the Choctaw Nation, and the
last Chief.
These children of Nature-and all
other Indian tribes have had but
little recognition from our govern
ment, and yet, our rivers, lakes and
towns, throughout large tracts of the
country of the New Continent, are
honored by the beautiful names left
by a romantic people. Silently and
with dignity, they have borne the
neglect of ar u%ngrateful people for
the good inheritance they left, when
they withdrew, before the face of
civilization-"unwept, unhonored,"
but not "unsung". They have left
their footprints upon the mountains
their record upon the Laughing
Waters The lovely flowers that
grew upon their green banks, or the
autumn leaves upon their bosoms,
like the shed blood of many warriors,
suggested the poetic fancies and
names.
There is something that we can do
right here in Greenwood that will
give the City distinction, and be a
fitting tribute. In the Court Square,
there is a well from which "Healipsy
Waters Flow" My suggestion Is,
that a beautiful drinking fountain
be erected over it, representing the
grand old Indian Chief,-Greenwood
Lef1ore-drinking from his hunting
horn. / ask no donation from the
County, but think this will be a
labor of love, to which all can give a
mite-from a two cent postage stamp
to a nickel. Children and grown peo-
pie in the town and county will be
interested. Who will take hold of
this, and who will be the cashier for
the fund? This need not interfere
with other good works-but will be
something different and apart from
them. (MRS.) S. M. BLANCHARD
April 8, 1916.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-14
HIS A

The death OF w. C. George at
his home on Runnymede planta-
ton near Greenwood, on Friday
night last, removes from the stage
of life a big hearted, generous, sue
cessful man and a true Mississip-
plan. A son of the lamented Sem
ator j. Z. George, he possessed
many of the sterling qualities of
his illustrious father. Cot
George was wise in counsel, cap
able in directing large business
affairs and generous and genial in
nature. He had hosts of friends
throughout the South who will
deeply regret his death.-Green-
vile Daily Democrat.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-14
R. C. McBEE FOR DISTRICT DELEGATE
TO NATIONAL CONVENTION.

The name Of our distinguished young
|felloW-citizen, Hon. r. c.. McBee, will be
presented to the Democratic State Conven-
tionfor n Of the delegates from this the
Third Congressional District, of Mississippi
to the National Democratic Convention
which meets in St. Louis at an early date to
re-nominate the peerless Woodrow Wilson
for President of the United States, and we
hope that Mr.. McBee may be given this
deserved honor without opposition.
The Commonwealth joins with the en-
tire citizenship Of Greenwood and Lefore
county in commencing Mr.. McBee to the
Democracy of this District as being in every
respect fitted to represent the Delta as one
of her delegates in the forthcoming St.
Louis convention Of leading Democrats from
all sections of the United States.
Mr.. McBee is in thorough accord with
President Wilson on all of the great ques-
tons now confronting the people of Amer
lea; he is a lawyer of exceptional ability, and
is capable Of taking care of himself credita-
bly, in any deliberative body-being withal
a man in whom implicit confidence can be
'reposed at all times and on all occasions.
1t is refreshing in times like these to
know that men of the splendid character and
ability of Cunliffe McBee are willing to
serve the people in positions of public trust,
and we are confident the State convention
will cheerfully name him as one of the dele
gates to the National Democratic Conven-
ton from this Congressional District.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-14
A SPLENDI SELECTION.

G. c. Reid. of Lexington. has been
elected keekkeeper for the Upper
Levee Commission. This is an ideal
selection which will prove eminently
satisfactory to all concerned and of de-
cided value to the district. Mr.. Reid
IS an expert accountant and book
keeper, having for many years served
as office deputy sheriff and one term as
sheriff, and later bank cashier and for
several months past as deputy in the
chapcery clerks office, and is thor
oughly competent to handle every de-
tail Of the duties of the position to
which he has, been chosen. Mr.. Reid
has ever enjoyed the highest esteem
and regard and friendship of all who
know him, irrespective of political fac
tions, and his election will be pleasing
to all. Lexington Advertiser.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-14
IMPROVED ROADS ADD GREATLY TO
LAND VALUES.

Editor The Commonwealth:
The fact that improved roads immedi-
ately add more than their cost to the land
values in their vicinity is we'll established
in the minds of all we'll informed people.
Like all good things, the cost per mile
of improved roads, at first glance seems like
a big expenditure, but when this is distrib-
uted over a period of twenty years by a
bond issue, the load can be borne we'll after
the good effects of cheap highway transport
tation have shown the wisdom of good road
building.
In some parts of the South, particu-
larry in the Carolinas, in order to cheaper
cost, only n side of the road is grave1ed,
concerted, or macadamed for a width of say
eight or ten feet, while the other side of
equal width is a we'll graded and dragged
dirt road which can be used in dry weather.
This saves wear on the hard road at times
when it is unnecessary to use it and cheapens
per mile very materially.
Such roads would probably not be desir-
able for the main trunk lines, but would be
very useful for other than the main roads.
w. R. HUMPHREY.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-14
PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT.

There can be no doub. but that the spirit OF
progress and development is abroad in the land,
that opportunity awaits us on every hand and that
our n%eighbOrs on every side have caught the vision.
To talk with those who know what they want and
are going after it in other sections, makes one wish
that our people were more widely awake and will
ing to join in the march of progress. With rapidly
increasing population, the necessity of travel and
transportation increases in proportion, and we face
the urgent necessity of road Improvement. In the
second district Of our co, nty, the citizenship is de-
termined to have permanent highways and bridges
on a system that will add to the convenience and
comfort of all. A link in the great Delta Highway
from Memphis to Jackson is to be built through
that part of the county, roads leading east, west and
other directions are planned, and one or more
bridges across Tallahatchie river are being contem-
plated. The people of that section of our county
are wide awake and mean to keep abreast of the
times.-Charleston, Tallahatchie Co., Herald.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-14
WHAT GOOD ROADS WILL DO.

Editor The Commonwealth:
Greenwood is already the Queen
City of the Delta, and with a COM
plete system of good roads she
will soon be recognized every
where as the Queen City of Miss
issippi-therefore. we should all
go to the polls and vote for the
issuance of the 100000 bonds on
April 25th for the Improvement
of our public highways.
A.. BERNSTEIN.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-14
THE LATE W. c.. GEORGE.

By the death of W. C. George our COM
munity has indeed suffered an irreparable
loss. For many years he has been one of
our foremost citizens. His interests in bust
ness circles were wide and varied, and his
wise counsel in business and social and civic
affairs was always felt. To many Of us our
city and county will never seem the same
without him. He will be sadly missed by
all: No man entered so largely into the
daily life of all our people or made a deeper
impress on our community. Foremost in
every good work, liberal-hearted and free
handed, sunny in disposition, he enjoyed
life and ever sought to make life for others
worth living. All who knewh him loved him,
and were better for having known him.
Cot. George has gone from US, and we
ne'er shall see his like again, but the remem-
brance Of the good deeds that he did while
with US remains after him as a sweet
fragrance.
The Commonwealth joins with his
legions of other friends in their deep sense
of personal loss at his death and begs to
tender its heartiest sympathy to his family
in their bereavement. :
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-14
THE COMMONWEALTH'S GOOD ROADS
BOOSTER NUMBER.

Fifty attractive special advertisements,
representing the progressive and enterpris-
ing business firms of Greenwood--those who
believe in aiding in the material advance
ment of our splendid city and county---will
be found in this Lefore County Good Roads
Booster Number of The Commonwealth, in
addition to the large number of regular ad-
vertisements carried by our merchants.
To each Of these very liberal and patri-
otto business men, the editor Of The Com
monWealth desires to return his sincere
thanks for their most cordial and hearty CO.
operation in this effort on our part to boost
the great cause OF good roads Improvement
on the eve Of the election April 25th for the
purpose of authorizing the $500, 900 bond is
sue to be used in the construction of a COM
plete system OF good roads throughout Le-
fore county.
Practically every page of this large
issue Of twenty pages contains instructive
ferent kinds of modern highways through
out the whole country, and we commend a
careful and thoughtful reading of every
line on this important subject to each and
every voter in Lelore county, and urge upon
them the necessity of going to the polls on
April 18th and voting for the proposed bonds
issue.
We have been efficiently assisted in get
ting up the advertisements for this weeks
issue of The Commonwealth by Mr.. R. B.
Bradshaw, who has had exclusive charge of
soliciting the support along this line neces-
sary to the getting out of a paper contain
ing so much valuable public roads improve
ment information, which we are enabled to
present for the perusal of our vast number
of readers today.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-14
..COTn GEORGE.

A great heart and a noble mind were stiled
with the death on Runnymede plantation Friday
night of Cot" George, eldest sou of the late Senator
j. Z. George.
The story of the life Of this picturesque citizen.
if put in book form, would be q sermon on the broth
erhood Of man, for if ever any man loved his neigh
Dor as himself, that man was Got" George. He
not only shared the joys of his friends, but he made
their troubles his own. and was always ready to
tighten a brothers burden.
Cot George, like his distinguished father, was
a big, hearty. wholesouled, sunny-natured man, q
veritable mans man, strong in his convictions, pas
~si0nately devoted to his friends, and his death has
left q vacancy forever ID their hearts.Jacksou
Daily New, oth Inst
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-14
WILL HEAD GOOD ROADS COLUMN.

Alarge number of citizens of Leflore county
are of the more progressive variety, to say the
least. The Legislature has just passed an act au-
thorizing that county to issue 100000 of good
roads bonds, and the qualified electors of the county
will soon be asked for their approval. Those hav-
ing the matter in charge are of the opinion that a
majority of the voters will favor the proposition, in
which event Leflore county will within a year or
two be close to the head of the States good roads
column. Other Mississippi counties are floating
large bond issues for the building of better highways.
With the completion Of the ocean to ocean high
way across the southern part of the State, three or
more roadways from the Gulf to the Tennessee line
should be constructed. Now is the time to build
good roads-everybody's dom it!-The Gulfport
Advocate.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-14
A SUCCESSFUL PLANTER.

Mr.. Thos. Lucas was down from his
Glen Burr plantation on business
Wednesday and made The Common
wealth an appreciated call. He has a
few more tons of his improved staple
cotton seed for sale, (of which detailed
Information is given in an advertise.
mentin another part of this paper), and
those interested in planting cotton that
will give satisfactory results would do
we'll to give him their orders at once.
MI. Lucas reports splendid progress
with planting of both corr and cotton
on his plantation-and that his motto
is to produce plenty of feedstuf and all
the cotton possible as his surplus crop.
This system generally results in sue
cess.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-14
BETTER PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE.

The State Railroad Commission held a meeting
in Greenwood today which was largely attended BY
citizens and officials of the Y. & M. " r. r. Co., and
after a full discussion Of the matter, the Commission
unanimously granted the railroad company permis-
sion to discontinue their Owl train between Rose
dale and Coahoma. and to provide a passenger
coach on local freights between said points, and
also to provide q through first-class passenger ser
vice with sleeper between Greenwood and Memphis
by extending trains Al and "A, now having terminals
at Clarksdale. These trains will be scheduled out
Of Greenwood about 8 pm, arriving IN Memphis about
s pm, leaving that city at about 8 am, arriving
here at about 8:15 am; TO become effective 6 soon
= schedules can b arranged.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-14
WHAT GOOD ROADS MEAN TO THE
Delta

Good roads are for the masses of the people
and promote prosperity for the farmer by furnish
ing cheap and easy means of transporting his crops
to market. Good roads help the children reach the
schools and the family the church. Good roads are
primarily for the business and social progress OF
the people of the rural districts; indirectly for the
good of all, including the automobilist. In this Delta
of ours where a majority Of planters own automo-
biles, good, permanent roads mean more to every
body, in town or country, than anywhere in the
recent issue of that always interesting paper.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-14

Mr.. E. M. TONNES was down from
his Seven Oaks plantation home on
business Tuesday and made The Com
monwealth an appreciated call. Things
are in good shape on his plantations he
reports-his throng of tenants having
been busy several days planting corn
and cotton. He says he always plants
enough lori to run his plantation and
puts the balance In cotton, and that he
hAs only failed to make plenty corn two
years during his lifetime career in
farming.