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The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-07-14

the City of Greenwood, and two thirds
of the cost of same will be required
to be paid by the owner, or owners,
of the property abutting on said parts
of each streets to be specially improv-
ed; that is to say, the abutting own
er, or owners, of said property on one
side of said parts of, said streets to be
specially improved will be required to
pay one-third of the cost of said spec
ial improvements, and the abuttine
owner, or owners, on the other side
of said parts of said streets to be
specially improved will be required to
pay one-third of the cost of said spec.
ial improvement.
Section s. That any property own.
er, or owners, actually residing on Oh
otherwise actually occupying propert.!
owned by him, or them, and include'
within that part of said streets to b.
specially improved, may file with tn
clerk of the Council Of said City his,
or their, protest in writing against
said proposed special improvement at
any time within ten days after the
completion of the publication of this
resolution as required by law and if
a majority Of such property owners
shall so file such protest, said special
Improvement shall not be made.
Section 6. That at the regular
meeting of the said Council, to be held
at the City Hall of said City, the same
being their usual place of meeting, or
Tuesday the 18th day Of August, 1917
said Council will hear and consider thu
objection, or objections, Of all interest
ed parties property owners who shall
appear and present same, whether thu
property owner, or owners, actual!
occupy his, or their, property adJoln
ing said parts of said streets proposed
to be so improved or not, and regard
less of whether or not said propert!
owner, or owners, be resident or non
resident property owner, or owners.
Section 7. That each and ever!
property owner with property AUDITING
on said parts of said streets to b.
specially improved shall have the RICH
to make said special Improvement TO
, himself, within the time and as provid
; ed by law and this resolution, but TO
the sake Of uniformity in said work
said special improvement must b
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-07-14

County and State; also n lot 20
pound rail located on the tram road
and right of way thereof and on the
mill yard and lumber yard formerly
owned by the Ruby Hardwood Com
pany.
Said sale was made as directed by
law under decree of said Chancery
Court on the Bird day Of April, 1917,
in No. 3O16, styled F. M. Witty,
Trustee VS.. National Ct. Bank, ct al,
and at said sale Of Kemler Lumber
Company, became the purchaser OF
said property at and for 100000
This July End, 1917.
A. r. BEW,
Special Commissioner.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-07-14
CONFIRMATION OF SALE.

To c. G. Finley, administrator OF the
estate Of C. D. Finley, deceased,
and C. C. Finley and W. W. Finley,
whose post office addresses are
No. 5, Kirkland Avenue, Memphis,
Tennessee, and Dorcas M. Finley,
whose post Office address, is India
napolis, Indiana, all heirs Of said
C. D. Finley, deceased, and ]. A.
Hull, whose last post office known
was Tulsa, Oklahoma, all non-res-
idents of the State Of Mississippi,
and whose places of abode and
post office address are not better
known to me; and all unknown
persons interested in the timbers
and other property below de-
scribed:
You will take notice that on the
oath day of July, 1917, before Chan
%cellor Joe A. May, at the Court House
in the town of Sumner, Tallahatchie
County, Mississippi, l will move the
Chancellor to Confirm my report Of
a sale made by me as commissioner Of
the Chancery Court of Leflore County,
Mississippi, IN the 4th day Of June,
1917, Of the following timbers and
property, to-wit:
All the right, title, claim and inter-
est of C. c. Finley, Administrator Of
the Estate of G. D. Finley, deceased,
of Dorcas M. Finley, of C. c. Finley,
and of w. C. Finley, heirs at law of
G. D. Finley, deceased in and to the
Following described property, mention
ed and described in that certain deed
from Ruby Hardwood Company to said
C. D. Finley, dated September TIN,
1915, and recorded in Book 45, page
431 of the Land Deed Records Of Lee
fore County, Mississippi, towit: All
of the timber of the species, grade,
sizes and quantity mentioned in said
deed on the following lands, to-wit:
West IL of Lots 8, 4, 5, 6, II, IL, ID.
and IA, in Section IL, the same being
1928 acres; the North IL of North
west IA and Southwest IA of North
west IA or Lots 8, 4, and 5, in Sec
ton 10, being 1870 acres; all Of Sec.
ton IA, except the South IL of South.
east IA, containing 562 acres; all OF
Section Is, containing 654.76 acres, all
being in Township 81, Range 1 East
Lefore County, Mississippi, and also
tn following described person al prop
erty, to-wit:
One $50 horse power fire box boil.
er; 1900 horse power marine boiler, ]
Sinker and Davis engine, pump and
equipment; / saw mill, 3 block CARR
ages, one 4 saw gang edger and live
rolls; one Gold Dust Bank Wheel ane
all equipment; one 2 saw trimmer; ]
rip saw; / steam niger and a trap;
bull wheel, and all belts, saws and
equipment used in connection with tht
aforementioned machinery and ap
planes, and also one log loader, on'
Climax locomotive, n lot Of black
smith tools, including forge and al
equipments and appliances; all Of tn
above personal, property being locat
ed on the E IL of the s E Ia, Section
10, Township 81, Range l East in sale
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-07-14

The coal shortage has been felt in
Scandinavian as elsewhere, but Nor
way hopes this winter to do without
much British coal, and Sweden with
less than usual. A new source has
been tapped in S%pitzbergen, where, in
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-07-14
PAVING RESOLUTION.

p~.solution Declaring the paving
A:.r o~uttering and grading that
,s' ~ carrollton Ave. extended from
.s.d Street to Fulton Street, ano
:. , nsrt Of Fulton Street from Mar.
. street to Washington Street, and
!. mart of Dewey Street from Wash
'..on St. to the southside of Henry
t,sst; and Henry Street from Dewey
.,sst to the west side Of South Boule.
a: and South Boulevard from
,sary Street to Alabama Street. te
necessary, declaring the same &c
. Snecial Improvement, and adopt.
nlans and specifications for said
knecial Improvement.
Re- it resolved by the Council Of the
rty Of Greenwood:
Section /. That in the judgment Of
IL Council of the City of Greenwood
i, necessary that that part Of Car
ALTON Avenue EXTENDED from How
a to Fulton Street, and that part Of
milton street from Market street tc
Washington, and that part of Dewey
Etreet from Washington street to the
South side of Henry street, and tina,
bsrt of Henry street from Dewey
tset to the west side Of South Boule'
md and that part Of South Boulevard
hpm Henry street to Alabama street
aid city Of Greenwood be graded
bavsd, curbed and guttered;
Section 2. That said grading, paw
jng, curbing and g%uttering is deemed
special improvement, COR the max
ing Of which the General Improvement
Fund should not be used;
Section 3, That said improvement
shall be made in accordance with tn
plans and specifications now on fill
In the Office of the Clerk of said city
bald paving to be of asphaltic concret'
as therein provided, which said plan
and specifications are hereby adopte'
and approved, and shall be considers
Is a part hereof as if the same wer
copied herein in full, reference theret
being hereby specially made.
Section 4. That said special i'm
provement will be by the Council 0
the City Of Greenwood ordered to b
made, and one third of the cost of sal
special improvement shall be paid b;
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-07-14
Optimistic Thought
Independence without wealth y
more common than with It

Bridge suiIt to Last.
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The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-17
WORDS THAT HAMPER.

We make this assertion without qualification: The general use of the words Transcription" draft" and compulsory" have done more to prejudice the public against a system of universal training than any influence thus far designedly exercised against it.
 There is something peculiarly ob- horrent to any red-blooded man, and distasteful even to the timid, in the thought of being prodded to fight, which is transcription" dragged to the fighting line, which is draft ing" of being forced to fight, which is "compulsion."
 There is something peculiarly all turing to any true son of democra- ey in the thought of being prepared, trained ready at any moment to serve in any way within his power the government that protects him in his rights and liberties or to defend the ideals for which that govern ment stands; and this is universal training" universal liability for service, preparedness"
 Under system of universal training specifically for mili- tary service, but for any service the government (which is the people, may require-the highest and best ideals of democracy are preserved; every citizen stands on an equal footing. The government selects him for the service to be rendered, and he goes promptly to perform that service efficiently. He is not a "conscript," he is not drafted; he is not compelled" He is a free American citizen acting in concert with every other citizen under a de- cision of the majority, playing a mans part in the government of his country, defending the ideals that make his country worth fighting for.
 As first step in Preparedness" let us avoid the use of terms that history has loaded with reproach and ill flavor Let the President and Congress and every public speaker and newspaper and periodical ban ish from their vocabulary such hampering, undemocratic, even un- truthful words as "conscription,n drafting compulsory" etc, when speaking of the duties of American citizens.
 Universal Training" covers all the ground Preparedness is the aim of such training. There is no occasion for using even the term military Just let every citizen know that he is liable for service" al any time and in any capacity his government may select for him, then train him for the fullest pos sible measure of that service.-The Valve World, published by Crane Co, Chicago.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-17
Sheen and Lambs.
GARDENING EVERY INCH.
Mrs. VI. R. Dunn Gives Example of
 What Can Re Done.

Without doubt the finest example of intensive back yard gardening may be seen at the home of Mr. and Mrs. NJ. R. Dunn at the corner of Maple avenue and Ninth street, and it may be stated at the outset that Mir. Dunn lays no claim whatever to the plan, the work, or the results, being positive in stating that all the credit belongs to Mrs. Dunn.
 The intensity of the work is dem- onstrated along several lines. First, in the utilization of every foot of ground, leaving only sufficient space for paths and walks. Second, in having as many as three kinds of vegetables growing on the same plot of ground at the same time. Third, in the high state of fertilization and tillage under which the ground is kept, and fourth, in a system of rotation which will keep the ground working all the time.
 In some of the beds Mrs. Dunn has onions, lettuce and parsnips grow ing. The lettuce is growing between the rows of onions, and the par snips were sown in with the onions and they will be left after the onions and lettuce are gone. The plan is followed turnout the garden so that as soon as one crop is matured or out of season another is there to take it's place. The plan is not all utilitarian either, for cannas, chry- santhemums, violets and other flow ering plants are given a large place in the garden In the potato patch, beauty and utility are especially combined, for at the end of the rows and between them has been planted sunflower, and at the base of this plant there are going to be pole beans. Likewise, on a trellis where English peas are now growing, are already fine tomato plants following up, which will be trained to the trellis as soon as the peas are thru bearing. Mrs. Dunn also has charge of large garden, but there she is simply doing the planning and sug- gesting, and things are not done so intensively as is the home garden.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-17
Push Cultivation ofNCorn and Cotton.

Persistent early cultivation large ly determines the success of the corn or cotton crop It not only makes it possible to control the grass and weeds which must not be tolerated because they hinder the growth of the plants and utilize the fertility needed for the crop but stirring the soil helps to warm it by permitting a circulation of air which is necessary for the roots. Warm soil hastens the growth of young plants By all means do not let the corn become stunted in growth. Good early cultivation al- so helps to put the cotton in a thriving condition and enables 1t to resist disease. Push the cultiva- tion of both corn and cotton without delay. Do your work thoroly Gull tivate after each rain. as soon as the soil is in condition to work, and in dry weather it will be we'll to go over the field every ten days or two weeks
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-17
NO MILITIA FOR MENA
Prime Movers Tn Effort Have Joined
 the Regular Army.

The opportunity for Mena to have a company in the Third Arkansas Regiment, the formation of which has just been authorized, will prob ably come to nought, in view of the fact that Henderson Jackson, Grady Forgy and Little Riding, the prime movers in the undertaking, have all enlisted in the officers reserve corps and are now at Fort Logan H. Roots. The boys had done considerable agi- tatiOn for the formation of a new company, but there was little re- sponse, and then too. il did not seem likely that the formation of the Third regiment would soon be authorized, so they turned to the regular army Mena may yet have Il chance to get a company, if the mat ter be taken up with Adiutant General Lloyd England at once.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-17
~sKIINKsv IN TRADE.

Special attention is called to an article in this issue treating on the high prices prevailing for food pro- ducts. In this Herbert c. Hoover, who has. in behalf of the govern ment. been investigating food con- ditions in the United States and in Europe, declares that if the gov ernment should be given control of prices, they would be cut from 70 to 50 per cent, and, on the other hand, if this is not done, there will be great increase before the year is out. He brings out the point that while the man who grew the wheat received less than Si.30 per bushel, it now is being sold at $3.25. He asks that patriotic men be clothed with power to force the skunks of trade out of business, and gives as surance that if this is done pro- ducers may be treated in liberal manner and yet give the people bread at a reasonable price.
 Certain it is that these "skunks" have strong friends "at court" in Congress and in the high places, but it would seem impossible that they would be so powerful as to allow such condition as is pictured, and as we know is existing, to long con- tinue. Certain it is that if reme- dy is not found, the proof that our government is weak in the protec- ton of it's own--the people-will be Conclusive.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-17
PUBLISHERS PROTEST
 NEW POSTAGE RATES
Proposed Increase of 100 to 500 Per Cent Declared an Effort to Close Mails to Newspapers - News
 Print Public Utility.

Washington, May ii.-Newspaper publishers were here today to pro- test to the Senate finance committee against the increase in second class mail rates by application of the par eel post zone system proposed by the Si .sOO0O00O0 war tax bill.
 \ statement prepared by a com mittee of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, headed by Don c. Seitz, of the New York World, said the proposeo postal increase was "cold-blooded proposition to close the mails to newspapers
 The proposed increase, the state ment says, is not a war tax but an effort to suppress and embarrass the newspaper industry. The rate pro- posed is an increase of from 100 to 600 per cent, an increase beyond np0padpDt
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-17
~IN \ RAD WAY"
Many Mena Reader Win Feel
 Grateful for This Information.

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 Price 5Gc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that Mir. Hendricks had. Foster-Nil- burr Co, Props, Buffalo, N. Y.-- Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-17
WOULD TAX UNWORKED LAND.
Would Help Solve High Cost of Liv-
 ing, Committees Brief Says.

New York, May 1.-The problem of the high cost of living can be solved by increasing the cultivation of the tillable land of the country thru the taxation of unimproved land, and untaxing improvements and other products of labor, accord ing to a brief filed with the Federal Trade Commission by the committee on the high cost of living and made public here yesterday. The brief urges the commission to recommend that some such action be taken by state legislatures. The general com mittee of the organization includes Frederick c. Howe, commissioner of immigration of New York, and J. J. Pastoriza. mayor of Houston, Tex.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-17
Work or Fiuht.
rom The Texarkanian

From The TeXarkanian.
 With a foreign war on our hands and possible famine staring up in the face, every man in the United States who is physically and mentally able should be required to either fight or work. If a chronic loafer is found who will neither fight nor work, then it is incumbent upon the authorities to take him into GUS tody, put him in a field and compel him to aid in the production of the vast quantities of foodstuffs that are required to keep the wolf from the American door. No sentiment or friendship should be allowed to sway those whom we have placed in authority over us, for the public welfare must predominate over ev- cry other consideration. To put the case bluntly, America must work or StarVe.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-17
FOR TERRORISM ON SEAS.
\ German Urges That Crews of Neu'
 traI Ships Be Slain.

Copenhagen, May l5.-Prof. Os- wald Flamm, privy councillor and a resident of Charlottenburg, Prussia, in an article in Die Woche of Der lin. advocates harsher treatment or neutral ships by German, with the object of intimidating them into re- maining in their home ports and compelling the British to risk their own ships.
 Such reaction against British tonnage" he says, would be more quickly enforced if fewer crews of torpedoed neutral ships were saved. If neutrals were destroyed so that they disappeared without leaving a trace, nofror would soon keep sea- men and travellers away from the danger zones, and this save many liN pS
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-17
War and Business.
From The Arkansas Gazette.


 If you have an idea that business is going to smash on account of the war, just remember that $7,000,000,- GOO is about to be spent in the Unit ed States. Part of this huge amount will be expended directly by our government for it's military needs and the rest will be spent by our all lies, who urgently need our food, coal steel and other commodities. In effect we are lending them money Co spend in our own markets.
 The United States that Is, the Northern states was never more prosperous than during the civil war In the four years of that struggle the federal government spent the gigantic sum of S3,000000,- 7 000 While we are engaged in the present war we shall probably spend Si0000.000000 every year. This will mean extraordinary demand for products of farms, forests. mines and mills. the employment of all labor and vastly increased buying power among the people.
 IL is true that in the end the coun- try will have to pay the bill for war by means of taxation. but it is also true that the tremendous eXpendi- lures that war will cause will mean unusual probably unprecedented activity in commerce and industry.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-17


 Down in Little River county near Ashdown, lies a tract of timber land, wholly unimproved, that was offered for sale about year ago for S7 an acre. A highway was built along one side of this tract, and the tax on the land was i0 cents an acre per year. shortly after the road was finished, it sold at Sii an acre, and now since the people whereabouts have found how fine thing that road is. it is stated that the land is to be cut up in small farms and the average sale price will be $50 per acre. Think it over.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-17
Why Not T. R?

From The Fort Smith Times Record.
 Senator Stone said frankly that the reason he opposed the Harding amendment proposing a volunteer division for immediate service in France was political. He said he did not propose giving Colonel Roosevelt this opportunity. Other senators were not so frank but they did oppose the amendment. The country has right to know how many senators were so influenced.
 Colonel Roosevelt has not asked for any particular command. He simply urged to he sent to France. He declared that he was willing to go as a second lieutenant if neees- sary.
 Now is this to be in any measure a political war? The country has an idea that the object of the war was to achieve certain things for democ- racy This being the true the hum blest and the hightest citizen ought to be able to say it was his war Con- gress has not drawn political lines in backing up the president and it should not President Wilson is showing most wonderful capacity for leadership. But at the present time he cannot afford to let his ad- ministration curb the American people in their efforts to end the war. When lS0000 men above the military age express Q dceirc to go to the front with Teddy, ii was the most significant thing that has happened in this war.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-17
JOSEPH H. CHOATE IS DEAD.
End to Ambassador to Britain
 After a Brief Illness.

New York, May il.-Joseph H. Choate, ex-United States Ambassa- dor to Great Britain, died at fl 80 o'clock tonight at his home in this city.
 MT. Choate had been ill only since this morning He had taken a very active part in the entertainment in this city of the British and French war missions and attended services at the Cathedral of St. John the Di- vine with Foreign Minister Balfour yesterday morning.
 MT Choate was referred to by Mayor Mitchell at one of the enter tainments in honor of the war mis- sions as the foremost citizen of New York"