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The midland journal., 1917-12-28

might be planted eight or ten inches
deep if the soil had been loose.
After blooming, tulips can be cut off
and geraniums or coleus can be planted
for the summer in the same ground.
After frost, tulips and hyacinths
should remain in the ground over win
ter to be ready for the spring bloom
ing.
Are fences necessary to protect the
plants? Not at all. Public sentiment
will protect a flower if the public,
through it's children, helped in the
planting. Yes, there is an exceptional
Indifferent one now and then, but the
public that has a beautiful school
ground and has experienced a new
feeling because of it will take care of
the Indifferent one.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28

food in some way. A tablespoonful of
condensed milk added to bowl of
cream that has been whipped, stirring 1T
IN well. adds to it's flavor and increases
the amount that much.
A small flashlight is great convent
ance around closets or cupboards that
are dark. They are usefl also in
looking into cupboards and drawers.
When food scorches and spoils
good dish, do not scrape it. but add
tablespoonful of soda and enough cold
water to cover the bottom of the dish,
ooil up and then set it back to soften.
A glassful of hot milk will help
many to remedy sleeplessness, taken
in sips just before retiring.
For tired and aching feet table
spoonful of formaldehyde in bowl of
hot water, allowing the feet to soak
10 or Is minutes, will greatly relieve
them. To rub them with alcohol or
vinegar, will be found soothing.
Add a cupful of cooked rice to q
meat loaf. 1t will make the meat go
much farther.
~ 4ufklSH tower WIullS JUL VI nv
water and applied to the back OF the
neck will often relieve a sick head
ache.
Lubricate your meat chopper with
glycerine. 1t will not flavor the food
or become rancid.
A teaspoonful Of glycerine added to
grape jelly will keep the crystals from
forming in it, which are so objection
able.
If a little cold water is added to but
ter and sugar when creaming it will
cream twice as quickly.
Do no season steak until it is ready
to put upon the platter.
When putting cake into the tins,
push the batter up on the sides If q
layer tin, or from the center if loef.
It will bake with more even surface,
avoiding the hump in the middle which
is so unsightly.
Sliced bananas with sugar and whip
ped cream heaped into baked
shell, is another delicious pie.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28

baby medicine, place the tip of the
spoon against the roof of the baby's
mouth in this way 1t is impossible for
the child to choke or object to the
contents of the spoon by sputtering,
When teaching baby to eat from a
spoon the same method will prove use
full.
An old cook claims that all fish are
better if allowed to lie two hours
or more before they are cooked.
A medicine dropper which refuses
to function will be made active again
by dropping it into hot water. The
heat softens the rubber and expands
it.
A thick slice Of ham parboiled in
a little water, then covered with sweet
milk and a little brown sugar, and
baked slowly, makes a most delicious
meat dish.
A piano tuner advises the use of a
small dish of water in the back part
of the instrument to counteract the
dryness of the room due to furnace
heat. This will keep the piano in
tune.
The old batteries which are useless
and discarded from the auto may be
burned in the CRATE after a wood fire
has been started, making the most
beautiful colors, especially delightful
for fireside party.
A tablespoonful of olive oil with a
few drops of vinegar will ease a mid
night cough when all else fails.
Half of a wooden clothes pin will
keep a wind-rattled window quiet
through the sleeping hours. A clothes
pin or two will be found convenient
to carry in ones suit case for various
emergencies besides noisy windows.
A large market basket kept in the
kitchen and used to carry down cell
lar, will save many steps, canned fruit.
jelly and vegetables may be carried up
in it, Such a basket will be found
useful for carrying things upstairs and
down.
A weighted window that sticks may
be loosened by taking the cords in
each hand and pulling them out until
the weights are at the top, letting go
suddenly, they will drop back with
such force that it will start the win
dow open, when no amount of push
ing will do it.
N.1 hl44~seQ
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
Wire streteher In Use.

hook taken from singletree. The
hook was bent so that the barbs on the
wire could not slip through.
When barbed wire becomes slack it
can be tightened by catching it be-
tween the claws of hammer and
making series of kinks. These kinks
should not be too short to weaken the
wire.-J. L. Pinkston in Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
PAsTURAeE AND LIVE STOCK
Grasses and cIovers on Properly Man
aged Farm VIII Double Crops
New Being Secured.

Grass and live stock should go hand
in hand. There is no farm, which, if
properly managed and kept at least
one-half of the time in grasses and
clovers, ansl gradually brought under
a proper system of rotation, would not
produce more, in fact, double the crops
which it now does, anG yet constantly
be growing better and better.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28

mixing IL Wnlle
still hot with an
equal portion of
lard, stir until well
mixed, and it will
always stay soft
e n ou gh to be
mixed into any
food.
INn :.:
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
COMFORT PAYS GOOD PROFIT
Important That Breeder Feeding Hogs
Should Get Most Out of Feed
Corn Is High-Priced.

Make your hogs comfortable. Hogs
are high-priced now, and SO is corn.
1t is very important, therefore. that
the man who is feeding hogs should
get the most out of his corn (: and in
order to do this he must make them
comfortable.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
roc Much Animal Feed.

While animal feed of some kind is
necessary for good winter egg yield
too much will prove disastrous. If
the dropplngs are dark and watery and
show traces Of mucus, it is an indica-
ton that too much animal feed Il be1
ing fed.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
Handy Orchard Saw.

buy it because you will then be more
likely to get well tempered tool. 1t
can be fastened to long handle by
slipping iron rings over it and driving
them on tight. The saw blade can
be of any fineness to suit the work In
hand.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
Too Weak H. Far.

Catherine had requested, as a (
cial birthday treat, that she be allo
TO have coffee for breakfast.
mother, not at all Hleased with,
idea, was diluting it generously.
Catherine peered ov hinto the
and then exclaimed in. s sa1
ment:
Goodness Don't I
brown"
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
USEFUL TOOL FOR ORCHARDS
Saw Blade Fastened to Long Handle
Will Be Found Satisfactory in
Cutting Limbs.

This tool is very handy when high
limb is to be cut and it is out OF
reach by the ladder. Your blacksmith
can make one, but if the hardware
store sells anything as good, better
The midland journal., 1917-12-28

Use whale oil soap and kerosene
emulsion for the San Jose scale on tree
or shrub. This emulsion may be well
diluted and used on soft wooded plants
to rid them of plant lice, mealy bug,
etc.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28

Gus foods. Potato water
may be used in yeast,
bread, gravies and grid
die cakes. AS the min
eral salts are largely dis
solved in the water while
cooking the vegetables it
is economy to save every
bit and use it in the
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
Hog Knows What He Wants.

Experiments and experience seem to
indicate that q hog knows what he
wants, how much he wants, and when
he wants it.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28

If we could read the secret history of
our enemies, we should find in each
mans life sorrow and suffering enough
to disarm all ostility.-Longfellow
The midland journal., 1917-12-28

Trunks of young fruit trees should
be wrapped so as to prevent the rab-
bits from gnawing off the bark.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
Use .or Undesirable Eoqs.

Small or dirty eggs should not be
placed on the market. Use them at
home.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
Easy Enough.

"Why on earth did yol
play such a name as ..Rfie Musfhrd
Plaster'?"
Because I wanted it to draw.
stupid"
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
HELPFUL HINTS.

Save all vegetable liquors in which
vegetables are cooked to add to vari-
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
Sg TIE
QKlTCHEN
CABINE t Il

They can conquer who believe they
can. Courage consists in equality to
the problem before us.-Emerson.
1t is right to be contented with what
we have; never with what we are
James Macintosh.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
HELPFUL HINTS AND ECONOMIES

A most tasty fat for various uses
may be made by trying out suet and
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
Discomfort.

Every wish unsatisfl|
Leaves human naturY
Every wish that's gra
Gives rise to several
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
IJNNtl
stupid"

Seldom
1 do not like Alexis
He rather pains
For when / under1
He SELDOM contri
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When giving O
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-26
DEATH OF MRS. ARIANA LOWRY.

Mrs. Ariana Lowry died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Riley Ely
here, yesterday at one thirty o'clock
after a protracted illness.
Mrs. Lowry had made her home
with her daughter many years and
had been in poor health a long time.
Several weeks ago her condition be-
came serious and she had since that
time been a patient sufferer.
Mrs. Lowry had passed three score
and ten. She was born at Woodville,
Miss, and with her husband, long de-
ceased, later lived at Helena, Ark.
From there she came to Itta Bena in
1900. She is survived by two daugh-
ters: Mrs. Riley Ely and Mrs. Jennie
Meinkin, and three sons: Messrs.
Bruce and Alfred Lowry, of Memphis,
md Sam Lowry of Helena, Ark. Also
~ many grandchildren. The remains
we're taken this morning for burial to
Ark.-Itta Bena Times, oath
nst.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-26
HIGHWAY FROM LAKE SUPER
TOR TO GULF OF MEXICO.

Gulfport, Miss, Feb. 26-Mr. Nc
Kinnon, of Rockford, ILL.,, secretary Of
the Meridian Highway Association
fathering the movement for a bee line
highway from Lake Superior to the
Gulf Of Mexico, with the northern
terminus at Lake Superior, and the
southern terminus at Gulfport, Miss.
spent a few days here recently look
ing over the grounds of the Mississip-
pi Centennial Exposition, which will
be one of the strong drawing cards
next year for Automobiles in the
north.
Mr.. McKinnon was highly delighted
with the Exposition site and was en-
thusiastic when he declared that when
northern people along the Meridian
Highway became informed about the
beauties of the route and the EXPOSE
ton they would fairly tumble over
themselves in getting headed this
way.
Asked about the highway Mr.. Nc
Kinnon said;
"Most Of the route is in fine shape
right now, and none of it is impass-
able. An automobile can come through
now in fairly good time, but by the
end of this year every mile will be
fine, and good roads will welcome the
Automobiles.
1.-THE Meridian Highway will be
supplied with sign boards and no
autoist can get lost enroute.
II am sure when people up our way
acquainted with conditions,
southwark and northward will
continue all the year around. North
'rn people will come south in winter
md southern people will go north in
ummer. Hot weather really should |
'ut no figure, for even in warm wealth
r automobiling is pleasant, the move
nent of the cars creating pleasant
freezes.
II am sure that during the EXPOSE
ion period, December 10, 1917, to
une 10, 1913, thousands and thous-
,nds of automobiles from the north
will use the Meridian route"
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-26
AROUND THE CORNER.

Around the corne l have a friend
In this great city that has no end;
Yet days 60 by and weeks rush on,
And before I know it a year is gone,
And ! never see my old friends face;
For life is a swift and terrible race.
He knows l like him just as well
As in the days when I rang his bell
And he rang mine. We were younger
then;
And now we are busy, tired men,
Tired with playing a foolish game;
Tired with trying to make a name.
Tomorrow" l say, II will call on Jim,
Just to show that I'm thinking of
him."
But tomorrow comes-and tomorrow
goes;
And the distance between us grows
and grows.
Around the corner!-yet miles away.
Heres a telegram, sir"
"Jim died today"
And that's what we get-and deserve
in the end
Around the corner, a vanished friend.
Charles Hanson Towne.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-26
Mr.. w. H. LOFLIN RECEIVES DE.
SERVED PROMOTION.

Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Loflin and
sweet little daughter will leave next
Wednesday for their new home in
Little Rock, Ark, and we join the
many friends of this most excellent
family in regretting the loss of their
citizenship, and also in wishing for
them good health and prosperity. Nh.
and Mrs. Lofin have resided here for
the past eighteen months, during
which time they have made a host of
friends-Mr. Lolin being the capable
for The Buckeye Cotton
Oil Co. in this city. He goes to Little
Rock to accept a similar position with
The Buckeye people-that of associate
manager and chief accountant. The
Daily Commonwealth congratulates
Mr.. LoAin upon his richly deserved
promotion.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-26

Mrs. John N. Dunn, Of Greenville,
has been the guest Of the family Of
her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Stokes, in
North Greenwood the past several
days.
Mrs. ]. N. Smith Of Sidon, spent
last week with her sister Mrs. w. H.
Gillon, and attended the Deer Creek
Baptist Sunday School Convention at
Itta Bena.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will N. Pillow were
in the city Saturday from their mag
nificent new plantation home near
Rising Sun.
Mrs. W. J. Guise, of Greenville,
come over Friday and spent the week.
end with her sister, Mrs. J. W. Du-
laney.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Barrett motored
in from Schlater and spent Saturday
and Sunday in Greenwood with rela-
tives and friends.
Mrs. J. D. Curren has returned to
her home in Ohio after a pleasant
visit in the home Of her brother, ].
+, Gearhiser.
Mrs. Mary Miller, of Quitman Co.,
is visiting. the family of her son, Mr..
Robt. Miller, who has been confined
to his bed the past week.
Misses Martha and Mary Garrett,
Of Itta Bena, spent the weekend at
the Grandview plantation home Of Mr..
and Mrs. w H. Gillon.
A+s&A
DR.. and Mrs. T. r. Henderson and
Mr.. P. s. George motored to Cotes-
worth, near C~arrollton, and spent
. few hours yesterday.
tAAtA
DR.. and Mrs. W. T. Mathews went
to Memphis yesterday afternoon,
where Mrs. Mathews goes for Medical
treatment.
hE4AA
Mr.. and Mrs. Abe Silver spent Sun.
day with Lexington relatives and
friends.
Spring is in evidence everywhere.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-26
NOW, WOULDN'T THIS JAR YOU
GIRLS?

Editor J l.. Gillespie, of the Green
wood Commonwealth, favors univer
sal military training for young men
and here is his reason:
Universal service wouldn't be S,
bad, after all. Instead of oglin,
young girls on the streets, our nine
t~een-year-old masters would be de
voting their valuable time to the de
lightful occupation of digging trench.
es, pairing spuds, washing dishes, anc
drilling in the boiling sun. Make il
UNIVERSAL"
What do you think of him, girls
Isn't he an old cross patch?
Why Jim, you old scamp, what do
you mean? What are the sweet
young things in the world for if it
isn't to be looked at and admired
yes, even ogled and loved.
If these are your sentiments-and
we assume they are-we are forced
to the conclusion that your education
has been sadly neglected-or, rather,
that your tastes have changed a
pow'ful heap with the advancing
years.
We have always regarded the edi-
tor of The Commonwealth as a
"youngish" man with human in
s~tincts, but, judging from the fore
he is an old man, becoming
peevish, for whom the grace and
the arts and wiles of the
sex have lost their charm.
Cheer up, old chap, there are angles
Heaven, and if you beat US to it
we hope to find you sitting on a
gate post flirting-nay, nay
ogling a whole covey of them when
hike along to pay our respects to
st. Peter.
But say, Jim, just twixt u.s., Jose
tia ooza wooza is oo?-Clarksdale
Challenge.
We will have to plead guilty to jok-
ng the boys just a little. There's no
objection to their 'ogling", the dear
subsequently, if the girls are good
As to the charge of the es-
eemed Challenge that we are "an old
ross PATCH" we are right here to
eny the allegation and to defy the
alligator" We admire the girls as
much as we ever did-and that's a
,hole lot-and we're not ian old
man," nor are we becoming peevish."
We're really just in our prime, and
like a sixteen-year-old!
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-26
FIRE AT BIG BEND COOPERAGE
COMPANY'S PLANT.

A small blaze this afternoon at the
Big Bend Cooperage Company's plant
looked serious for a few minutes but
some good work accomplished by a
bucket brigade composed Of the en-
ployes and managers Of the mill ex-
tinguished the flames before serious
Roadway was gained. The fire was on
the roof Of the shed and the damage
will amount to about $25. Except for
the presence Of the bucket brigade
and plenty Of water q bad fire would
have resulted.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-26

: in the Commonwealth" a newspaper
published in the said City Of Green.
wood, and said Election Commission.
r made report to the Council Of the
result Of said Election, showing there
were rs votes cast at said election,
and that rs votes voting for said o..
dinance in relation to the issuance Of
said bonds, and / vote voting agsinst
said ordinance; and,
1t appearing that there was . ma.
jority Of "a votes of those voting IN
said election voted for the approval
of said Ordinance above set out, said
ordinance being in relation to the issu.
ance Of bonds for the purpose Of Psv.
ing, CURLING and Guttering certain
streets OF avenues, or portions thereof
in the City Of Greenwood, Mississippi
THEREFORE,
Be it ordained by the Council Of the
City of Greenwood, Mississippi.
l. That the report of the Election
Commissioners appointed to hold the
election, as Aforesaid, be, and ts
same is hereby received and adopted.
And it is further adjudged that ~
requirements relating to said election
have been fully compiled with, and
that a majority Of the voters who
voted in said election did vote tor ths
approval Of said ordinance in relation
to the issuance Of bonds for the puf'
pose Of Paving ,Curbing and Gutter.
ing certain Streets or Avenues, o
portion thereof, in the City Of Grss-
wood, Mississippi.
2. Be it further ordained BY TN
Council Of the City Of Greenwood, tnas
the report of said Election Coniras.
and Proof of Publication q
said notice and Ordinance be entefec
on the Minutes Of this Council sh
Ordinance Book of the City I"
Mississippi.
3. That this Ordinance take enes'
and be in force as provided by law
Approved February 8, 1917
G. L. RAY, Mayo.
Recorded February 8, 1917.
Attest: s. H. Montgomery, Cler..
The foregoing Ordinance wa ~ I
10 writing read by the ClsI.
I the City Of Greenwood, at . rsgu1s ]
nd public meeting Of the Council =
City, and vote on its maj n. u
age taken by a Yea and Nay W.:
'ouncilmen G. L. Ray, 9. !. EIll0e A
nd T. H. Baird voting Yea.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-26
FEBRUARY 2s IN HISTORY.

! 1S5S-Armstrong guns first intro
duced into the British artillery SER
vice.
lS71-Treaty of peace signed be-
tween France and Germany, at YER
sailles.
l887-Charing Cross railroad for
mally opened by the Duke of Cam
bridge.
l914-Fire in business district of
Rochester, N. Y, did nearly $4,000
900 damage.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-26
Notify office promptly when you tail
to get your paper.

meeting was held in the Mayors Of
flee on the 7th day of November, 1916
> read and considered by sections, ant
a vote on its final passage was take,
by a Yea and Nay vote: Councilmel
G. L. Ray, G. P. Elliott and T. H
Baird voting Yea, and no one voting
Nay.
Approved this Nov. 9TH, 1916.
G. L. RAY, Mayor.
Attest: S. H. Montgomery, Clerk.
was introduced in the form in which
it was passed by the Council and read
by the Clerk at a regular meeting of
the Council of the City of Greenwood,
and remained or file with the Clerk of
the City of Greenwood, for public
inspection for two weeks before final
passage and adoption, and was finally
passed and adopted by the City Coun-
Gil on the 7th day of Nov. 1915, and
approved by G. L. Ray, Mayor, and
Attested by S. H. Montgomery, Clerk:
and,
Whereas, after passage and APPROX
al OF the above ordinance, providing
1or the issuance of the bonds of the
City Of Greenwood, the Council Of
said City o ~fGreenwood, did, on the
TIN day Of Nov. 1916, the same being
a regular meeting of the Council Of
the City of Greenwood, pass an order.
ordering an election to be held on the
sth day Of Dec. 1916, said day being
thirty (3O) days after the passage
and adoption of said ordinance in re-.
latlon to said bonds, and thirty (3ol
days after the passage and adoption
OF the order ordering an election bv
the said Council of the City of Green
wood for the purpose of submitting
TO the qualified electors of the Citv
OF Greenwood, said ordinance in rela.
ton to the issuance of said bonds.
as az aforesaid, and appointing as Elec-
ton Commissioners, Warner Walls.
Llttleton Upshur and J. T. Foley. In
mold said election, with Warner Wells
designated as Commissioner to have
tickets printed and distributed for
said election; and,
Whereas, the Council Of the CITY
y Greenwood, Mississippi, gave no. !
ace Of said election, as required BY 9
aw, and, q
Wherets, Proof Of Publication a. !
aid notice aforesaid has been fled :
y the Commonwealth" q nswspaner .
published in the City Of Greenwood. =
Mississippi, and,
whereas, said Election Commis,ion. Ia,
saye notice Of said election ~ Il
ellsp'ng notice 'thsrses for / xs,ts !.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-26
HELP KINGS DAUGHTERS.

Mr.. William Sanders, one of the
four successful contestants in the
superfluous letter contest which ran
in this paper last week, when pre-
scented with a check for his part Of
the SIS this morning indorsed the pa
per payable to the Kings Daughters
and left it with The Daily Common
wealth to be turned over to that char
table organization to be used as they
see fit.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-26
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY HONORS.

Congratulations 60 today to:
Ozar Ferdinand of Bulgaria, 81
years old today.
Nine. Emmy Destinn, one of the
most famous of opera singers, 80
yeare old today.
Thomas W. Lawson, Boston finan-
cier and author, 60 years old today.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-26

FOR RENT-60-acre farm, 8 miles
southeast of Greenwood, on Humph-
reys Highway; all in cultivation; 2
houses and artesian we'll. Apply to
Morgan Kimbrough.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-26
TO REARGUE HARVESTER SUIT

Washington, Feb. 26-(By Union
Associated Press)-Rearguments of
the federal suit for dissolution of the
International Harvester Company is
scheduled for today by the Supreme
Court
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-26
SETTING EGGS FOR SALE-1f
you want settings from hens that lay
all winter phone $40. Mrs. Vernon.

FOR SALE-A very pretty bunga-
low with modern co%nveniences, on the
Boulevard in Congress Heights. Part
Cash, balance easy terms. Apply to
J. L. Gillespie, this office.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-26
CLASSIFIED AOVS,

WANTED TO BUY-Residence lot
in North Greenwood, on convenient
monthly terms. Price must be low.
Address "G.H.R.," this Office.