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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1917-04-18
BAD YEAR FOR E


ed States and a great part of Europe, the winter
wheat crop is definitely a failure.
We are to harvest SO, OOO,O 900 fewer bushels of
winter wheat than last year, it is officially reported
by the Department of Agriculture, which means
24O, 900, 900 bushels less than in 1915.
Great Britain is depending upon us to feed
it's population this year; and we will do it. But
at the same time, it's going to be a hard task.
There is a strong probability that wheat may sell
at $3.50 a bushel in this country-perhaps IN the
neighborhood of So.
On the other hand, it is probable that before
these tremendously high prices occur, the nation
will be under the jurisdiction of a food dictator,
who will dictate prices. In time OF war nobody
can we'll object to any methods taken by the
government to win the war; and it is likely that
even the farmers, strong as they are at the polls,
will not voice disapproval in the name of patriot
ism.
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OUR >UNGUARDED METROPOLIS
New York the other day settled down to
serenity and satisfaction. 1t appeared that a
piece in the newspapers that the sixteen-inch
guns were to be mounted at Far R~ockaway for
the protection of the city.
New Workers know enough about gunnery to
understand that sixteen-inch guns are the largest
on earth.
However, they didn't use their think tanks,
as usual; and they were misinformed to boot
1t was only six-inch guns that were to be mount
ed. And it happened that sixteen-inch guns
could not be mounted at Far Rockaway in two
years. In addition, the coast guns at Far Rock
away, it has since been learned, haven't the gun
carriages by which the guns can be used to their
full range.
It is asserted that one hostile battle cruiser
could stand off New York and shell the city.
And this species of unprepardness has been
on while politicians talked politics and courted
publicity.
What we need in this country in the worst way
is more action and energy directed by brains and
less discussion.
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Sure, most of us would be glad to buy q stack
of u. S.rwar bonds-had we the price.
Absolute confidence in the commander-in-chief
is the first requisite for success in war.
Senator ]. Ham. Lewis viii not even conceds
hat Germany ehapcellcg i > nd In.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1917-04-18

should not have preferred stock on patriotism;
the man Of wealth should be forced to volunteer
his money by taxation, with no interest in return
and no payment back to him in the future. This
is the way to pay for war.
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NATIONS NEED is FOOD.
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The insistence with which the farmers are be-
ing urged to an enlarged production of staple food
products should help to make them realize the re-
quirements of the world.
Even If hostilities end unexpectedly in Europe
it will be a long time before the production of food
stuffs in the continent can reach a normal basis.
Because of the shortage Of such crops throughout
the world, Secretary Houston declares "there is
no risk Of excessive production" at this tine.
1t is apparent that the farmers of this country
have a job on their hands. They have, besides
the United States, most of the belligerent nations,
to feed. That they will periodically respond to
the need IS known without question.
To do this they are urged to plant wheat, oats,
barley, rye, grain, sorghums, flax, corn, COW peas,
soy beans, potatoes and all other crops which can
feed men or animals. Flax, for instance, mention
ed above, is not a human food, yet it's seed consti-
tutes an important element in the dairy food sup
ply, and releases other grain products for use as
food.
Vegetable crops of carrots, rutabaga, turnips,
onions, cabbages, etc., should receive more atten-
ton than they generally receive. They are cap
able of large production on suitable land under
intensive culture throughout the more densely
populated portions of the country.
Consumers living in villages and in the suburbs
of cities do not appreciate their means of adding
materially to their food supply by utilizing suit
able idle soil in yards, vacant lots and unused out
lying fields. Gardening is an industry in which
the family and community may share with help
Ifulness and benefit.
We urge our readers to the importance of
these facts. War privations are bound to become
necessary unless enough is raised for ourselves
and our allies. The government will see that the
farmers are we'll paid despite the hugeness of
their crops.
The best thing that America can do is to plant
food enough to feed the world and in that case
the farmers of America will reap the profits.
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PAYING THE PIPER
"They fight and you pay is the title to a car
toon depicting Uncle Sam talking to a man at his
desk and pointing to the battle lines in the dis
lance.
With wheat going way above the So a bushel
already, with a slack winter crop, and a multitude
of other necessities seeming to be members of the
aero corps, it looks as though the man that stays
out of the army is paying for the dance.
There isn't the slightest doubt that the stu
alton is shaping it self exactly as it did in Europe.
We will have high prices and then in response to
popular demands, the government will begin
regulating things.
One can already hear the rumblings.
~
The government is using newspaper advertis-
ing to attract men to the colors.
Mals is Cupid's rival. sure enough!
The Dolores star., 1917-02-23
AN ANCIENT SYSTEM

A hundred years ago money was
scarce. Banks were scarce. Wealthy
neighbors, there were none. There
was no parcel post. There were no
magazines, few books, no catalogues,
no national advertising campaigns.
Storekeepers had to be bankers, ac-
commOdate customers who had no
money till crops matured, extend credit
and add the cost to the price Of goods.
Times have changed. Conditions OF
merchandising have changed even
more than conditions Of farming, and
not one thing is now done on the we'll
managed farm as 1t was done 20 years
ago. Even bossy eats silage or chop
while compressed air does the milking.
Merchants have no source of profit
except quick turns of their stock Of
goods. If the stock is stopped by ell
ther friendship or enmity and quick,
turns are prevented profits become
losses and tradesmen find It increas-
ingly hard to make decent living out
Of their service to their friends and
neighbors.
Square up every outstanding ac-
count. Money lending institutions can
sell the use Of money far cheaper than
can sell the use of their
stocks. Cut every string that holds
back the stream Of prosperity. Get
away from the ancient system that has
hurt more than ninety out of every
hundred men who have started in COM
mercial enterprises.
The Dolores star., 1917-02-23
GIRLS! GIRLS! TRY It.
BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR
Make Il Thick, Glossy, Wavy, Luxur-
liant and Remove DandruM-Real
Surprise for You.

Your hair becomes light, wsvy, huf.
~. abundant and appears a. soft, lus-
trous and beautiful as Q young girls
after q "Danderine hair cleanse" Just
try -moisten . cloth with . little
Danderine and carefully draw It
through your hair. taking one small
strand at . time. This will cleanse
tho hair Of dust, dirt and excessive oil
and in Just few moments you have
doubled the beauty of your hair.
Besides beautifying the hair at once,
Danderine dissolves every particle Of
dandruff: cleanses. purifes and invig.
crates the scalp. forever stopping itch.
ing and falling hair.
But what will please you most win
be after . few weeks use when you
will actually see new hair-fne and
downy ut first-yes-but really new
hair-growing all over the scalp. II
you care for pretty, soft hair and lots
Of It, surely get rs cent bottle Of
Knowlton's Danderine from any store
and Just try It. Adv.
The Dolores star., 1917-02-23
FRUIT LAXATlVE
FOR SICK CHILD
California Syrup Of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

, Every mother realizes. aftsr giving
her children California Syrup oe
Figs" that this II their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
and It thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach. liver and bowels with
out gripping. =
When cross. irritable, feverish. OF
breath n bad. stomach sour, look at
the tongue. mother! II coated, give .
teaspoonful Of this harmless "fruit
laxative" and In . few hours all the
foul. eonstipated waste. sour bile and
undigested food passes out OF the bow.
els, and you have . well. playful child
again When its little system 10 FUN
Of cold. throat sore, has stomach-ache.
diarrhoea. indigestion. colic-remem-
ber. good "insids cleaning should
always be the first treatment given
Millions Of mothers keep "California
Syrup Of Figs" handy: they know .
teaspoonful today saves Q sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for 90
cent bottle Of California Syrup oe
Figs" which has directions for babies.
children Of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
The Dolores star., 1917-02-23
NAVY MARKsMEN ACCURATE
American ounners Never Showed -
Great Proficiency as They Have
In Recent Trials.

Data made public recently by the
navy department show that at no 9TH
er time in its history has the marks
manship Of the United States navy
been SO good as it is ut present. The
new superdreadnaught Nevada gave an
example Of the general shooting eff
cheney Of the Atlantic fleet. In recent
target practice this ship fired SO shots
from her 14-inch guns, and the target,
at varying ranges, was smashed 43
times, record that is believed to
equal. II not surpass, any record with
similar guns in any other navy.
The following table shows at q
glance what the gunners Of the Allan
tic fleet did with the big guns In the
recent target practice:
1A.TlrSEl-lSC
The Dolores star., 1917-02-23
SHIPBuILDERS TO RUSH
WORK ON U. S. WARSHlPS
Big Firms Double Their Forces and
Put Contracts for Navy Ahead
Of Al Others. z

washington.-Constructio Of navy
craft BY the Newport News Shipbuild-
ing and Drydock company, the Fore
River Shipbuildlng company and the
Electric Boat company will be speed
ed up to the limit Of the plants. Work
on two battleshlps at the plant of the
Newport News company, at Secretary
Daniels suggestion, already Is proceed
Ing under doubled crews, and the Of
fers Of the other two companies to
take similar steps met with the secre-
tary's hearty approval
At the Newport News plant It Is
estimated that the battleship Missis-
sippi, recently launched, can be COM
pleted BY midsummer instead Of jan
uary /, 1918, as called for in the con-
tract. The keel of one Of the four
new battleships recently contracted
for will be laid ON the slip vacated by
the Mississippi instead Of q merchant
vessel, as had been intended.
Representatives Of the Fore River
and Electric Boat companies called on
Mr.. Daniels, Offering to rush work on
destroyers and submarines for which
they have contracts. setting aside 9TH
er private work to that end. They
were told to 60 ahead at full speed.
The plan Is to get the vessels launched
as soon as possible. freeing stocks for
the new set Of destroyers and subma-
rines to be authorized In the pending
navy bill.
The Dolores star., 1917-02-23
BUSINESS OBLIGATIONS

II don't work. any more over busi.
ness. ] used to. I've walked the floor
many night wondering how on earth
I was going to get the money to pay
bills which were almost due, and not
cent In sight.
"One morning, when I came to the
store after sleepless job Of worry.
ing, backed myself up against the
counter and talked some plain sense to
myself. said, Henry, what are you
making such fool Of yourself fort
You don't owe that money. It is not
debt. The business owes It, not you.
II there's any worrying to do, let the
business do it. II the business can't
pay its debts it's bankrupt, and If it's
bankrupt you don't want 1t and you
ought to let it 60 and get another one
that can pay its debts. II the business
doesn't pull itself together and pay
its bills as they fall due, II you've CIV
en- the business n fair chance to make
good for itself, you're not to blame.
You've no cause to worry. And any
how what sort Of q chance are you CIV
ing 1t with your bloodshot eyes and
brain all tired and mussed up. Henry,
don't be q darned fool
"From the time had that little con-
versation with myself, talking as a
man to the merchantman, I've not had
any trouble with my business. I've
given it better chance. It pays its
bills. Its debts are not debts till
they're due when they are covered by
notes or acceptances. I've gone home
.at night knowing that the business
owed six or seven thousand dollars,
and to save my life I didn't know
where the business was going to get
the money to meet the accounts when
they became debts due and payable.
But the business keeps right along pay
ing its bills, paying me and my family
good living and chance to help
bobst the town, and best of all, there's
not merchant in the state who has
better time, feels better, gets more
fun out Of his work, and stands better
with the creditors of the business than
does little old Henry W."
The Dolores star., 1917-02-23
'CASCARETS' ACT
ON LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache, biIiousness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get q 10-cent box,

Are you keeping your bowels, liver,
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing .
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg.
ulate the stomach. remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases,
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
In the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight viii make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep-never grippe, sicken
or cause any inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents . box from your store.
Millions Of men and women take .
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, ,Biliousness. Coated
Tongue. Indigestion. Sour Stomach or
Constipation Adv.
The Dolores star., 1917-02-23
TOO MUCH CHARGE
This Handy Way Of Buying Often
Cause for Those S.eepless
Nights Of Worry.
WHAT ONE DOLLAR WILL DO
Every Person Realizes Part Credit
Plays In 'cemmsres and Bad re-
suit Of Unpaid 0iils-se Pay.
Up Yours Now.

The Practice Of having q sPay Up
week" each year has taken well all
over the country-an 1t has now be-
come a national habit to consider the
importance. In . business sense, Of q
Pay Up week.
Too mary Of us get in the habit Of
having things charged" It is 30
handy, 30 convenient-seems like ret
ting things without pay. We are all
inclined to feel that we are going to
have much more money some other
day than we find in our pockets today.
The reason that Pay Up week takes
so well Is because II has been found
Of inestimable help to the world Of
credit One Of the principal slogans
used for the occasion has come to be !:
'Tn Pay My Bills, So You Can Pay
Yours" A moments reflection will
show what a splendid things this Is.
Think Of how many times a single dol
lar may turn over in a single day,
with a practice like this.
You may owe the jeweler a dollar
for repairing clock; and the jeweler
may owe the shoemaker a dollar for
repairing his shoes; and the shoe
maker may owe the butcher q dollar
for the last bacon he got; and the
butcher may owe the timer a dollar
for the last garbage can he bought !;
and the timer may owe the clothier
for shirt; and the clothier may owe
the druggist for bottle Of medicine !;
and the druggist may owe you q dollar
80, don't you see, you get back your
dollar-and what wonderful lot of
debts 1t has paid In the meantime, and
you still have 1t.
And you can 60 ON for yourself in
this line, showing the illimitable good
that merry Dollar" can do in a
day, by paying neglected bills. Every
thinking person realizes the part that
credit plays in modern commercialism
and the baneful result Of unpaid bills.
Credit has been SO abominably abused
that every business man and citizen
feels the drag Of the heavy credit load
he Is forced to carry. ..
Hurrah for "Pay Up Week"
The Dolores star., 1917-02-23
laator Roat DAD Ready,

The navy department has made q
eomplete inventory for military use Of
American merchant and sailing vessels.
including pleasure craft down to the
smallest motor boat. It Is said that 30
fhorough has been this preparation
mt tho records shoW every boat, its
gpeed and capacity, its owner and pos
eb1s method Of use. The motor boat
lnventoey WAS begun some months. ago
nnAee snayy department. directtoos,
~ d vlew b the utilization o3 these
aa1k ~ - foEznafion q . motoe boat
p1sssL
The Dolores star., 1917-02-23
IndustrIai canvass Complete.

Both the war and navy departments
have available the report Of the com
mittee on national defense. headed by
Herbert Coffin, which made thorough
canvass Of the industrial facilities Of
the country with view to their utiliza-
tion and mobilization in time Of war.
It became known only recently that the
government was making q careful In
ventory Of munitfon-making machinery
In the hands Of manufacturers through
out the country. Whether this report
has besn compieted st Iris tims cannot
b said.
The Dolores star., 1917-02-23
New York to Train Big Army.

Albany, N. Y.-When New York
states plan Of universal military train
ing. with the changes now projected.
u in effect. 100000 boys from sixteen
to nineteen years Of nge will be under
instruction. This is q larger force
than the regular army.
Only in the third year Of the course
win the boys use regular rifles and
ammunition. Great pains will be TAX
On to get instructors who are gentle
manly In manners and conduct and
whose influence on their charges will
" good In every way.
The Dolores star., 1917-02-23
BUILDING PROSPERITY
The First Step Necessary b to
Settie Book Aoootnts.
County Ought - aeales 0esd ohssv.
Ing DUsine Pay-up Wsess-Nse
DIil should RsmaIn Unpaid
After This Period.

seven olot8 o1eOclauOn9 - retail
dealers In different lines Of trade. req.
resenting about one-half Of the total
number Of responsible merchants, are
advising their members to prepare to
follow the definite recommendations OF
the federal trade commission for sue
cessful and economical merchandising
and then to concentrate their efforts
on endeavoring to increase the pros
perity Of those who trade with them.
As the public Ii interested In having
the best service from the retail dis.
tributers, the public II invited to help
start the movement.
The bankers were the first consulted
and have offered to do their part. The
w0men's clubs, civic organizations and
farners' associations are going to help
too.
As a first step the local dealers set.
tie up their outstanding local accounts
with each other and at the same time
with everyone else in town and the ad-
Joining country, including what they
owe to farmers. the lawyer. the doctor,
the newspaper, contractors, mechanics,
etc.
In other words, II the merchants
are to begin with clean balance sheet
at given date they will have to start
passing the money along to reach
everyone they owe on open accounts
and at the same time request others to
pay them, SO that all book accounts
can be wiped out-everything settled
up as far out as local trade reaches,
either with cash or with notes.
The fact that all the neighboring
towns and trading places In the coun-
ty and surrounding counties will be
doing the same thing simplifes the
matter. us book accounts which reach
back and forth for some distance into
the country can be settled by the ex-
change Of checks or notes which are
good at the bank.
Everyone gains by starting fresh,
ready for the next step, which prom
ises to be even more interesting, for
In addition to making the towns bet
ter trading centers, 1t will lead up to
subjects for general Improvement
which should interest everyone in this
CVuuIys
1t Is understood that an effort will
be made to ind how completely all the
communities in the state will succeed
In cleaning up their open accounts.
There IL no apparent reason why the
people In this county cannot make as
good Q showing as any county in the
State.
Modern business methods and secur-
ing wholesale cash discounts make It
possible to keep good stocks of mer-
chandise and sell at lower prices. This
benefits everyone and the local patron
age should 60 to the business houses
which display. the campaign slogan.
"Ill pay my bills SO you can pay yours"
and cooperate with enthusiasm.
So hurrah for Pay-Up week!
The Dolores star., 1917-02-23
Fixing the Time.

Bill Icoming to after a shell has hit
his dugout)- 1 ben long uneon-
scious, william?
William-Oh, a goodish bit, Bill.
Bill--What do you call a "eoodish
,it," William?
William-Well, longish time, Bill.
Bill-Well, what's that white on the
hill? Is it snow or daisies? +.
The Dolores star., 1917-02-23

were at fault, SO took Dodd's Kidney
Pills. They were the means of saving
my life. write to say that your
medicine restored me to perfect
health" Be sure and get "DoDD's,"
the name with the three DIS for dis
eased, disordered, deranged kidneys; |;
Just as Rev. Warner did, no similarly
named article will do.-Adv.
The Dolores star., 1917-02-23

cramps in my mus
cles, pressure or
sharp pain on the
top Of my head,
and nervous dizzy
spells. I had 9TH
er symptoms show
ing nv kidneVa
The Dolores star., 1917-02-23
A MINISTER'S CONFESSION

Rev. w. H. Warner, Myersville, Nd.
writes: "My trouble was sciatica. My
back was affected and took the form
of lumbago. I also had neuralgia,
The Dolores star., 1917-02-23

Husbands Qualities.
Agnes-The ostrich doesn't zee much
and digests everything.
0race-What an ideal husband.
The Dolores star., 1917-02-23

The Masculine Way.
He-Men never gossip.
She--Of course not. They merely
rumors.
The Dolores star., 1917-02-23
GOOD FOR HUNGRY CHILDREN

Children love skinner's MaearonI
and Spaghetti because Of its delicious
taste. 1t Is good for them and you
can give them all they want. It is a
great builder Of bone and muscle, and
does not make them nervous and irri-
table like meat. The most economical
and nutritious food known. Made from
the finest Durum wheat. Write Skin
ner Mfg. Co., Omaha, Nebr., for beau
tiful cook book. 1t Ia sent free to
mothers.-Adv. ..
The Dolores star., 1917-02-23
EQUAL to the Demand,

EquuI 70 the Oemahd.
Il never use any but pasteurized
milk in the city," said the new board
er; "can you furnish itT'
Eyes, indeed {" was the confident re-
ply: "our cows re kept in the pasture
all summer."-TheC Christian Herald.
The Dolores star., 1917-02-23

Color Of u,
Hes in a brown study"
II wonder II it's over a blue funk
or a black thought?"
The Dolores star., 1917-02-23

Logical Conclusion.
"He Is not out Of the woods yet"
That is why they think they can
Ree him"
The Pensacola journal., 1917-06-28
174 CASES OF LIQUOR
CRAVE AN OWNER

For the purpose of giving any
claimant opportunity to set up legal
ownership to the TIA cases of booze
which were seized from a box car, on
June 13, district court will be held
in the federal court room, next Mon
day, July 2, and any and all persons
who may desire to set up a claim for
the shipment of Shingles" will be
expected to do so, otherwise the en-
tire lot will be confiscated IS prayed.
This is the lot which was-found
half-buried in a carload of shingles
and which were destined for Mont
gOmery, when the officers discovered
the lot in a box car, then in course
of loading for the entire capital city.
The liquor, which is now held at
the county Jail at the service of the
federal officials, will remain there
until an order is issued providing for
the permanent confscation or de-
struction of the liquor.