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Reynaud, P. Barre, P. G. Songy.
D. A; Cassagne, CyrIlle Babin,
Wallace Lasseigne. Secretary,
Resolution BY Mr.. P. Parre sec.
onded bv Mr. +. Reynaud
Be 1t Ordained. That the presi-
dent ef this police jury IS antho-
rized and instructed toissue q pro
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1917-07-14

Entered as secOnd-class matterFeb-
ruhry lOth 1914, at the Post-Ofice at
lucy La, under the Act of March
8, 1879.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-11
LEARN SECRETS OF NATURE
Some Of the so-caIied Rarer MetaIs
May Not Always Be So, oe.
clare Chemists.

Among the so-called "rarer" metals
the most interesting are those whose
compounds are abundant but whose
cost of obtaining from these COM
pounds is very high. In other words
cheap methods have not yet been
worked out for extracting the metals
from these abundant compounds. In
an article by DR.. J. W. Richards in
Metallurgical and Chemical Engineer
Ing a discussion is given Of the posi-
bilities Of some Of these rarer metals,
among which are beryllium, which is
found as a compound in the gem, en-
erald, but more abundantly as q min
eral called beryl. Magnesium is an
other Metal which has lately been
made'bn q fair-sized scale in this oun
try but not especially cheaply. Others
are calcium, strontium, barium, boron,
chromium; titanium and chromium.
Aluminium in 1885 sold for SO per
pound Today 1t sells for 60 cents,
but normally Is much lower, due to
cheap methods Of extraction by cleo
trielty at Niagara Falls.
The silicon industry furnishes AZ.
example in point. Silica is the
most abundant and cheapest material
In nature, yet silicon val selling in
1900 az q chemical curiosity at over
500 an ounce. At present 10 cents
per pound Is a good price for silicon,
due also to the use Of electricity In
an electric furnace. It is possible that
the coming generation Of chemists will
ind cheap methods Of producing soms
Of The present 'rarer" metals.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-11
Does Scratching
Relieve Eczema?
Itching Places Are Scratched
Until They Become Tender,
Painful and Raw-Ex.
posed to Foreign
Poison.

Itching-the kind that makes yor
scratch-is felt in the beginning Of
Eczema. When this itching begins
and you scratch and rub the places
that itch, they become tender, painful.
and sore. You scratch off the Skin
and leave a state Of rawness-and you
are now exposed to foreign poison and
there is danger of infection. The raw
places r bloody and painful. Scratch
ing has not stopped the itching, but
rather has irritated, excited and in
famed the affected parts. Don't
scratch! Stop that itching immediate
ly with the first applications of Q. B.
Eczema Treatment, formerly. known
as "Kuykendalls TX. E. R.), a liquid
preparation having quick effect; con-
tains no grease to soil the clothes; re-
lieves that pain and tenderness Of
Eczema and heals the old irritated
skin sores. A prominent Meridian
Manufacturer wrote: q" have spent
quite a little money trying to get re-
lief, but this is the best I have been
able to find" Thousands of bottles
sold and customers are relieved. The
first trial will convince you. Guaran-
teed to relieve Eczema, Itching Scalp,
Itching and Sore Toes, letter, Poison
Oak, and all skin eruptions, or your
money paid back. Price Soc. For sale
by your drug dealer. j. W. Quinn
Drug Co., Greenwood, Miss, Manu-
facturers.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-11

Why not let The Daily Eommon-
wealth visit your home even Attn.
noons i3SIs is9ss
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-11

dreamed Of Charles ever since his re-
turn. 1t would be affectation to say
that she had not often forgotten him
during the years Of his absence. But
with his return the memory Of the old
love came back to her and, though she
dared not show it, she fancied Charles
was not Indifferent to her.
She fancied so that night when he
opened his heart to her. He told her
what a wreck he had made Of his life.
II was a fool, Esther" he said unhap-
ply. II squandered my youth. What
is left to me now"
As he said this he looked up, and
suddenly Esther knew that her eyes
had answered him. She blushed furi-
ously. Now that she knew he cared
for her she was afraid. And then
well, then an interruption came
For a girlish voice rang out from
the street: Miss Rogers! Oh, Miss
Rogers, where are you?"
It was Laura, unconventional al al
ways. OF course she was invited In
and presented to Charles, and as soon,
as the man had set eyes on her he
began to dream again. He dreamed
Of a youth that was yet recoverable.
He looked at Laura as If she embodied
all that Esther had been.
After that the man and the girl
often met, and Esther shrank more
Ind more into her shell. It was plain
that Charles cared for her no longer.
As for Charles himself, his mind was
In q whirl, and he hardly knew what
he wanted : he was drawn like q mag
net by Laura's bright eyes and OBJ.
vious interest in him.
Then, one evening, when he had en-,
tered the garden to call on Laura, he
was surprised to hear her in the little
summer house. It was pitch dark, and
before he could make himself known
the words he heard held him spell
bound. Laura raj talking to Esther.
"Of course, / don't love Charles
Dawson" she was saying Indignantly.
Cant I have a little amusement with
the only eligible man left In town.
DO you consider 1t amusement to
ruin a mans happiness and break his
hearth" asked Esther.
"Oh, mems hearts are not so easily
broken" Laura answered. He thinks
he Is irresistible, that middle.aged
man Of over forty, and I am going to
teach him q little lesson which he
sorely needs.
II have been leading him on and to-
uisht I expect he will call, and a little
encouragement will soon bring him to
the proposing point And then )! shall
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-11
Mans
Mistake
GEORGE nuNsoN
(Copyright. 1916. by w. @. Chapmsn.|

rH--
When Charles Dawson left home
with his fathers feryent wish that he
might never return few had expected
to see him again. So when Tom Daw-
son died and left him his entire prop
erty. the flourishing farm and dairy,
and the lots on Midvale avenue. ag-
gregating a sum Of $4,000, everybody
knew that the ne'er-do-well would
turn up .again soon.
He did. Very few people remem-
bered that Esther Rogers and Charles
had been engaged, but the few who
remembered s~peculated. Esther was
now a middlish-aged woman, which Is
not the same as middlesAged. She was
perhaps thirty-seven. Charles must
be forty-three If he was q day. Would
the engagement be renewed-that en-
gagement that Esther had broken at
her mothers i%nsistence?
They met and resumed their friend
ship. People wondered, but little was
to be learned. They seemed just good
friends. Meanwhile Charles proved
that his journey West had sobered
him. He ran the farm Systematically
and made good money out Of 1t.
Then Laura Dean came into his <
istence. Laura had been a little thing
In short dresses when Charles went
away. Now she was a young lady Of
twenty-five, the prettiest in the vii
lage, and the gayest. Esther, watch
ing, saw that after Charles had met
Laura all the welcome in his eyes for
her seemed to fade away.
Like all good women. Esther craved
. husband and a home. She had
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-11

Stse and say. Thank you. sir, for tn
honor you propose to do me. but / al
not taking any,"
Laura" exclaimed Miss Rogers Il
horror. Then, with rising Indignation
II think II is dreadful Of you to pro
pose to break a good mans heart II
that way, and ! don't want to know
any more about It."
II believe you're after him yourself
Esther" sailed Laura, mockingly. Blu
Esther walked past Charles in tn,
darkness, so near that she almos,
brushed him, and he heard her con
vulsive sobbing as she went by.
Charles waited a few moments, but
In those moments he experienced one
Of those revulslons Of feeling that turn
love into bitter hatred. And then
having regained his self-control, he
went forward into the garden. miss
Dean!' he called.
"Why, Is that you, Mr.. Dawson7'
called Laura's voice out of the dark.
ness. Il was hoping you would call
tonight. Do come and sit down be.
side me. won't you, and tell me about
the West"
Charles Dawson sat down on the
seat. he could just see Laura's white
dress.
He cleared his throat. 1.-THE fact is,
I came to speak quite seriously to
you, Miss Dean," he said. 1T Is a
subject l have thought over for a long
time. Now there is the one question
In my mind, and I must ask it."
"What is it," asked Laura, softly.
II am in love-. said Charles, taking
her hand In his. "And I haven't the
courage to ask her."
"Faint heart never won fair LADY,
said Laura, letting her hand rest in
his. "Who is she? But let me see II l
can guess. I should say-well, Esther
Rogers"
you've hit it first time" answered
Charles.
Laura's hand leaped out Of his.
''Wh-whatT she stammered.
1T is Esther Rogers, and I have
loved her all my life," said Charles.
you think l am worthy of her7
you think there is any chance for
meY
"Oh, yes" said Laura, Historically.
Il suppose 80. You are Of an age, you
see." she added venomously.
"Then I~shall ask her." said Charles,
"Of course, a man with my in
come has to be careful whom he asks.
So many women have mercenary In
clinations in this age. There are lots
the young girls about here who
would jump at me-but I'm not taking
my"
How dare you, Mr.. Dawson! !" be-
gan Laura, rising, too. do you dare
o insinuate that T."
"Oh, no. indeed; you misunderstood
me-" answered Charles. "I-but per-
laps I made an unfortunate state
nent. Good-evening."
And, raising his hat, he left Laura
n collapse upon the bench and made
lis way leisurely to Esther's house.
Ills heart was singing, for he knew
low that youth turns to youth and
niddle-age to m%iddle-age; and he
new, too, that his love for Esther,
leep in his heart, had been the guild
ng star of his life.
Esther, standing In the living room,
ooked at him piteously when he came
D. She could hardly restrain the
ears that came into her eyes. She
resolved to go away, never to see
i'm again. =. What was he saying2
She looked incredulously at him;
he felt his arms about her and her
wn heart beating; and then the long,
ong waiting was merged Into the
Apply now.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-11
WEST GIVES COUNTRY BIGGEST
SURPRISE. .

Washington, May 10-(By Union
Associated Press)-During the past
few days the government has been
compelled to sit up and take notice Of
the action Of the Middle West, 80 long
considered asleep IN the question Of
preparedness. That section 10 faith
fully preparing for war. in the big
cities as well d small towns, only the
Aswp " sAs yssYs,stiea y !ust ypseh!
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-11

ing President Wilson and his advis-
ers. The women m denying them
selves, foregoing Injuries, conserving
in every way possible the resources
Of the nation and saving their own
funds to subscribe to the war losn.
The men are just as enthusiastic and
the bars Of sectionalism are down as
never before.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-11
Noble o~cintNMatlons.

Warehouses Townshend, It Is ru-
mored, will soon come to America to
play in flm dramas Of her own com.
position.
The marchioness, who Is pretty,
paints, writes and generally scintil.
lates. Here are the latest Of her scin.
citations to go the rounds Of Anglo
American circles In London:
MEN compare women to lilies, but
remember that Their" are tiger liiies."
"A cup Of tea t. often . reservoir
Of scandal"
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-11
CHANCERY COURT SUMMONS.

State of Mississippi.
To Harriet B. Dawson and L. L. Daw-
son, Defendants:
You are commanded to appear be-
fore the Chancery Court of the Coun-
ty of Lefiore, in said State, or the
second Monday of June, A. D., 1917,
at Rules to defend the suit in said
Court Of the Lefore Grocer Company,
wherein you are defendants.
This 26th day of April, A. D., 1917.
A.. R. BEW, Clerk.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-11

will have fullest Ohio cooperation. 1t
is proposed to a v tin cans chiefly by
speeding up tin can manufacture, and
in using tin can substitutes for pack
ing foods not perishable, and nor de-
handing alright and watertight re-
ceptacles.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-11
70 CONSERVE TIN CANS.

TO CONSERVE TIN CANS.
Columbus, Ohio, May 1O-(By I'm
ion Associated Press)-Ohio Gamers
have notified Federal officials who have
started a movement to conserve the
nations tin cans for the purpose Of an
increased canning this fall that they
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-11
FIVE COLOSSAL REDPATH DAYS.

FIVE COLOSSAL REDPATH DAYS.
Redpath Chautauqua Greenwood, Miss.
May % to %.
PROGRAM.
LIST DAY.
Afternoon.
Introductory Exercises.
Grand Concert, The Merrilees, Sing
ers and Entertainers.
Organization of Children's Hour.
Admission Is. Children 15c
Evening.
Concert, The Merrilees.
Lecture-"At the Front in France,
Lieut.. Donald H. McGibney. (Of the
American Ambulance Corps.)
Admission IS. Children IL.
End DAY.
Morning.
Children's Hour.
Afternoon.
Song Recital, knight MacGregor,
Scotch Baritone.
Reading-"Wind Tossed Sayles",
Clarissa Harold.
Admission rs. Children 15c
Evening. x
Sony Recital, Knight MacGregor, in
Highlander's Costume.
Magic and Illusions, Reno 4 Co.
Admission 60c. Children &c.
3rd DAY.
Morning.
Children's Hour.
Afternoon.
Hawaiian Music, Jas. R. Frew 4 CO.
Admission 26. Children 15c
Evsaiags
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-11

Why not let The Daily Common
wsslth visit your home every after
poea1
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-11

@"tl HHt-t e4E HYma aWNHf4 Ut 4H|44% f-E
Hawaiian Music in Costume, Jas. r.
Frew & Co.
Popular Scientific Demonstrations
Of Torpedo with Ears, Gyosope, ETC.,
MontravilIe M. Wood.
Admission Soc. Children Csc.
4th DAY.
Morning.
Children's Hour
Afternoon.
Popular Reading, Children's Work
er.
Lecture Machinery and Men,
Charles l.. Ficklin.
Admission rs. Children 15c
Evening.
Accounts Overdue, 'In the War
Zone" "'The Man Outside" Parish
Players Co.
Admission soc. Children 25c.
9Th DAY.
Morning.
Children's Hour.
Afternoon.
A Singing Band, Dunbar's White
Hussars.
Lecture-"Th Fortune Hunter" Dr..
William a. Colledse.
Admission IS. Children 16c
Evening.
Circus Time IN Fairyland, A Play
by the Local Children.
Grand concert;;D unbar's White HUI
sars. 4 s8
Admission soc. Children 25c.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
FEDERAL RESERVE
BOARD WOULD CUT
IMPORTS 0F.C0LD
Monthly Bulletin Discloses
Purposes of Amendments
to Laws.

Washington, jan 4-The federal
reserve boards official bulletin this
month discloses that amendments to
the bank law governing reserves re-
Gently transmitted to Congress and
now under consideration by the com
mittee, are intended to aid in con-
trolling the great gold flow into the
country and are connected with the
boards recent warning against bank
investments in foreign war obliga-
tions, issued Nov. %.
tIt was suggested" says the bul1e-
tin, that the inflow of gold into the
United States need not be considered
q menace to the we'll being of the
community, provided that satisfactory
provision was made for the control
of it's movement and accumulation.
The question raised is how to obtain
and exercise sufficient authority in
connection with such control
This. as is now suggested by the
board, can be accomplished by wip-
ing out the fictitious reserves carried
In the form of reserve balances vest
ing the board itself with power to in
crease when necessary the percentage
of member bank reserves carried with
reserve banks and rearranging the
reserve requirements of the country
so az to place all reserve funds, ex-
cept needed till money in the hands
~ the reserve banks themselves
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
TWO men HURT
IN FALL FROM
SIDE OF HOUSE
Scaffold Breaks, Throwing
Workmen to Ground
One Severely Injured.

Thrown three stories to the ground,
when the scaffold on which they
were working collapsed, two carpen-
ters, William Danrow, who resides in
North Main street., next door to the
Elite theatre and w. III. Fahringer,
OF 129 Capitol avenue, had a narrow
escape from death this morning.
The men were employed fixing a
building at 2 Roselle street. They
were standing on the /scaffold about
9:15, when the supports broke and
then plunged through the air. Fab
ringer struck a fence, which he says,
broke the force of his plunge. He
was treated by DIR. J. P. Deery and
was able to go home.
Fahringer, when first examined
by DIR. Deery, was thought to have
suffered fracture of the skull. The
physician took him to st. Vincent s
hospital in the emergency ambulance
and managed to revive him while en-
route. He suffered a brain concus-
sion which will not prove serious, it is
thought.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
New, 9!D!!EI!!GGHTrn'S !!!I!!GGH!T'S
IN Competition
With RAILROADS
New York Concern to Seek
Business Now Monopolized
BY New Haven:

Active competition against the boat
freight service of the New haven
lines has begun by another big ship
ping corporation of New York which
has acquired large dockage facilities
at the foot of Nichols street and has
announced it's readiness to take any
quantity of freight from New York
or other coastal points to Bridge
port.
The new line here will be known
under the name of the Manufactur-
ers & Merchants Lighterage Co., OF
New York 1T already has a large
feet Of towing vessels and steamers,
some of which will be assigned to SER
vice between Bridgeport and New
York on a tri-weekly schedule for the
presents
The docks to be used are those in
connection with the Bridgeport Mo-
tor Co.'s ship-yards in this city,
where large shed and storage ware
houses have recently been constructed
for the purpose.
The Manufa cturers' & Merchants
Lighterage CO. of New York, are well
known among shipping men of this
city who assert that in the recent
loading of ocean-going vessels with
munitions and other cargoes for Eur
ope the company has made an ex-
tremely large fortune which it now
seeks to reinvest in permanent ship
ping lines between points east of New
York and as far as Boston and to
Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Little fear is felt by local towing
companies in the. matter of tow-boat
opposition, the new concern seeming
ly being willing to confine itself in
Bridgeport strictly to the broken
freight business. The steamer Long
island is the first one to touch Bridge
port, but the system of freight trans
portation will be conducted mainly by
barge which offers a more convenient
method of stevedoring and a greater
elasticity of space in relation to pow
er used than the bigger craft per-
nit.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
PASSENGER HURT
when J|TNEY CAR.
STRIKES TROLLEY
Howard Ave. Man Thrown
From Auto In Street,
Severely Injured.

One man was seriously injured and
number Of passengers on a. trolley
car in State street thrown into a
state of panic this morning as result
of a collision between trolley car
and a jitney driven by Henry Maceo,
Of "a Munroe street Michael Rim
ketch, of 219 Howard avenue, the in
jured man, who was a passenger in
the jitney, is at st. Vincent's hospital
suffering from internal injuries.
The accident occurred at State and
Lafayette street at 6:25 this morning.
Maceo was driving his jitney west,
when he turned into the east bound
trolley tracks to pass an automobile
proceeding in the same direction as
his own car. Before he could cut in
front of the other machine, the east
bound trolley bore down upon him.
The trolley struck the jitney at the
back wheels, wrecking them and
throwing Rinketch, who was sitting
in the rear seat, and was the only
passenger, into the street. The force
of the collision startled the passen-
gers, the car hitting the auto with
such impetus that the machine was
thrown 1 feet
Maceo reported the accident to the
police and they are investigating.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
Bind over Girl
Who USED Gun
ON T0RMEkTER
Lena Reck Held for Hearing
in Superior Court t-Fucci
:, Now Out.

Lena Rec, of 1 Stratford court
Stratford, who shot Albert Fucci, in a
State street hotel, when the latter. an
alleged white SLAYER, attempted to
beat her and threatened her life be-
cause she would not turn over to him
the proceeds of her street earnings,
appeared in the city court this
morning.
with assault and violations of the
fects of the bullet which penetrated
his lung and which is still in his body,
appeared in the dock. The Reck
girl is out on bonds.
The girl who has lived in mortal
fear of Fucci for two years, owing to
his oft-repeated threats on her life,
was held in bonds of 1880 for the
superior court, charged with assault
with intent to kill. She claims she
shot Fucci with his own revolver,
when he attempted to kill her
On charges preferred by Lieut.. E.
O.. Cronan, Fucci was held in a like
bond for the superior court. Judge
Carl Foster appeare6 as counsel for
the girl, who dlaims F'ucci forced her
into a life of shame and Attorney
!. .Finklestone entered an appearance
for Fucci.
The latter's attorney asked that the
bond be lowered to enable Fucci to
obtain his liberty. Finklestone claim
ed that the injury to Fuccis lung ne
cessitated his enjoying fresh air,
otherwise consumption would result
from his prison Incarceration. Judge
Frank Wilder refused to entertain the
lawyers request.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
ICE BECOMING A
SERIOUS MENACE
IN HARB0R HERE
Stevedore's Alertness Saves
Cargo of Barge With
Hole In Hull.

Ice in various arms of Bridgeport
harbor is reported to be extremely
dangerous to shipping. During the
last few days three accidents are
known to have occurred, one of which
would have resulted in a $4,000 los,
but for the presence of mind of a
stevedore In the employ of the City
Ice & Coal Co. who used a mammoth
steam-driyen coal bucket to such good
advantage that he kept the barge
Raisin No. af1oat until temporary reA
pairs could be made.
The Raisin No. l had been success
fully towed through the ice by the tug
Robert McAllister and made fast to
the dock. AS the tug steamed away a
large cake Of ice was hurled from the
propeller with such force as to pierce
the barge's bow just beneath the wa
terline. Water surged into the fer
tilizer-laden craft through a hole said
to be a foot in circumference.
AS the boat rapidly sank by the
bow, the captain despairing of rescue
began to remove his cabin furniture
to the dock Suddenly a stevedore
took charge of the situation and with
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