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The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-04
%+<<+++++%+++++
= SEWN POINTS ABOUT REG =
= ISTRATION.

= l. There is only ONE day for !
= rsgistration-June s, 1917. 4
= 2. Every male resident Of the :
= United States who has reached
r his 2lst and has not yet reached
- his salst birthday MUST register !
= on that day set-June 5, 1917. !
= The only exceptions are officers !
= and enlisted men Of the regular :
= army, the navy, the marine corps, :
= and the national guard and naval :
= militia while in the service Of the :
= United States, and officers in the 4
= officers reserve corps and enlist !
= ed men in the enlisted reserve :
: corps while in active service.
- 8. Registration is distinct :
+ from draft. No matter what just :
= claim you have for exemption, !
= you must register. I
q 4. Registration is a public !
= DUTY. For those not responsive :
= to the sense Of duty, the penalty
: Of imprisonment, not fine, is pro-
4 vided in the draft act.
= s. Those who through sickness
+ shall be unable to register should
= esuse . representative to apply
= to the county or city clerk for .
= copy Of the registration card. The
= clerk will give instructions as to
+ how this card should be filled out.
= The card should then be mailed
+ by the sick person, or delivered
= by his agent, to the registrar OF
+ Of his voting precinct. The sick
+ person will inclose a self-address-
= ed stamped envelop for the re-
= turn, to him Of his registration
Z certificate.
= 6. Any person who expects to
+ be absent from his voting pre-
= cinct on registration day should
= apply as soon as practicable for
+ a registration card to the county
= clerk Of the county where he
= may be stopping, or if he is in a
= city of over 10000, to the city
= clerk. The clerk will record the
+ answers on the card and turn it
+ to the absentee. The absentee
!! 4 should mail this card to the reg
+ istrar Of his home voting precinct
+ 50 that it will reach that official
= registration day. A self-address-
= ed stamped envelop should be in
+ closed with the card to insure the
= return to the absentee Of a regis
4 tratian certificate.
~ Z. Registration booths will be
+ open from Z I'm. to 9 p. m. on
+ registration day June 5, 1917.
q +*+*A++++*+++*+
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-04
AMERICANS NOT EXPECTED AT
PEACE CONFERENCE.

The Hague, June 2--(By Union As
ISOLATED Press)-It is not expected
that any Americans will be present
at the international pea2e conference
called to meet here tomorrow, the del
egates having been informed by their
home government that their attend.
ence would bring serious results to
themselves. Scandinavian Socialists
will attend in large numbers, however.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-04
BIG SETTLEMENTS CONFERENCE

'Pittsburg, June 2-(By Union Asso-
ciated Press)-The seventh conference
of the National Federation of Settle
ments opens tomorrow at the Lillian
Home, a fresh air camp nea Valen-
cha, Pa. The National Association Of
Musical School Societies will meet
with the Federation.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-12-05
Orleans News Page
News and Views from this
Hustling Village
Concert Proceeds for Flag.

On Tuesday the Girls Chorus will
give a concert in the Congregational
church. The proceeds are to go to-
wards purchasing a flag for the
church auditorium. Admission 25c.
Following is the program:
1. Organ and piano, "Pastorale,"
Misses Lothrop and Wilson.
2. Chorus, "a "The Years at the
8. Reading, "Knee Deep in June, -
4. Solo, selected, Lillian Doe
Woodbury..
5. Trio, organ, violin and cornet,
var. Nearer, My God, To Thee"
Miss Lothrop, Oney Allard, Vera
Billiard
s. Reading, selected, Harriet C.
Myers.
Z. Solo, "The Nightingale Has a
Tyre of Gold" J. Marie Darling.
8. Chorus, Elephant and CHM
panzee."
9. Reading, selected, Lillian A.
Findlay.
10. Quartet, Medley of Southern
Songs, J. Marie Darling, Sadie B.
Lothrop, Beatrice McGof, Ernestine
Wilson.
II. Reading, selected, Rev. R. A..
Hamilton.
y. Solo, Olive Miller.
10. Chorus, "When the Flag Goes
By"
IA. Organ and piano, Finale from
International Fantasy, Misses Lo-
throp and Wilson.
Is. Star Spangled Banner.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-12-05

operating with day and night crews.
It is reported that the company has
an order for ammunition boxes which
will keep the mill going at full ca
pacity for at least year.
The committee which solicited
funds for the Y. M. C. A. wish here
by to thank the people of Orleans for
their willing and generous gifts to
this most worthy cause. Hardly a
family failed to contribute. We wish
to express our thanks to Mr.. Doe for
obtaining the liberal sum from the
E. L. Chandler company. The chair
man of this committee wishes to ex-
press his appreciation for the hearty
support and good work of the COM
mittee in raising little over $3.50.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-12-05
ORLEANS LOCAL MENTION

Roy Howe is working in o. W.
Locke's store.
H. S. Peabody spent the holiday at
Suncook, n. II.
Mrs. F. A. Donaldson was a visitor
in Newport Saturday.
Elmer billiard and Greta Durham
were married one day last week.
Mrs. Jennie Campbell spent Sun
day with friends in West Derby.
Clarence Bushey of WoodsvilIe, N.
H., spent Sunday with his mother.
There will be a meeting of the
Eastern Star Thursday evening.
Mrs. L. E. Spafford is a visitor
with friends here.
Miss Vena Shepherd of Troy was
the guest of G. E. House over Sun
day.
Miss Velma Lance of Newport
spent the weekend with Doris Dick
ems.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harris spent
the weekend with friends at West
Derby.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-12-05
Pnise Gives Power.

The man OF poise is the man of pow
er. He has taken time to find himself.
He knows his abilities and limitations.
He knows when he is encroaching too
far on his reserve vitality; and he
has will power enough to stop-yes,
Guit-when he has gone the limit.
AS you cultivate poise, you
generate power. It is the silent, yet
powerful dynamo that gives momen-
tum to your life and Work.-Edward S.
BabcOck,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-12-05

Max Doe has accepted a position
with the incorporated village as cleo
trician.
Mrs. Lulu Gregory spent the week
end with friends and relatives in
lrasburg.
G.. A. Barney will soon move to
Mrs. C. M. Anderson's tenement on
High street.
Considerable Orleans advertising
of interest will be found on the OPP
posite page.
Miss Mildred Beck of Lyndonville
was holiday guest at the home Of
F. M. Dean.
Hugh Rowell spent the holiday va
cation with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. B. Rowell.
Sidney Provoncha and family have
moved from Irasburg to their house
on East street.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Provoncha of
Windsor are visiting their son, Sid
ney Provoncha.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. J. Gross spent the
holiday at the home of Edmund Gross
in Bloomington.
Miss Ethel Newton of the fourth
and fifth grades is boarding with
Mrs. Minnie Baraw.
Mrs Ella Dana spent the latter
part of the week in North Troy with
her son, Frank Dana.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hermon L. Smith of
Newport Center spent Thanksgiving
with their son, B. o. Smith.
Miss Bertha Richardson, who has
been visiting at H. S. Webster's, has
returned to Norwood, Mass.
Fred Wilkie has gone to a Penn
sylvania training camp to enlist as a
driver in an ambulance corps
Mr.: and Mrs. George Adams spent
in ST. Johnsbury with
their daughter, Mrs. Fay Reed.
Miss Juline Rogers spent Thanks
giving day at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Rogers at Newport.
Miss Genevieve Field and Miss
Mildred Hay spent Thanksgiving
with Miss Hays parents in Derby.
A. A. Patten took business trip to
Stanstead county last week in the in
terest Of the Blanche Heath estate.
A. D. Beede has been taking a two
or three days business trip through
Troy, Westfield and Newport Center.
The many friends of Mabel Tripp
are glad to see her on the street
again after long and severe illness. |
Miss Beatrice Gray spent the holi-
day in West Charleston as the guest
of her friend, Miss Margaret Beer
worth.
The Pythian Sisters will hold a |
regular meeting Thursday evening. |
There will be an initiation and cleo
ton Of officers.
Miss Clara Toohey fell from the
stairs at the Porter house one day re-
Gently and broke her left arm near
the elbow joint.
A first page article regarding the
death of Lynn Sanborn across seas,
son of Mrs. Frank Hardy of this
place, will be found in this issue.
The lecture by Chancellor Bradford
which was to have been given We'd
nesday evening, December 12, has
been postponed until the evening of
March H.
Mrs. F. M. Allchurch and Mrs. o.
B. Dodge have returned from Mont
pelier,, where they were called to at
Tend the funeral Of Charles w. Ben
Dodge, and cashier of the Capitol
Savings bank.
The box shop and dressing mill of
he E. L. Chandler company are now
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-12-05
Fair for Red Cross.

Let all remember the fair held in
the vestry of the Congregational
church on the afternoon and evening
of Dec. 9Th. The members of the
Red Cross will meet the same after
noon and SO per cent of the sales will
be given to that order. Light re-
freshments will be served and anyone
wishing to stay over for the evening
viii be served a light supper. Come
and have a good time. Sale opens at
two o'clock.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-12-05
Tell Weight Of Poles.

Men who have become used to han
ding telephone and telegraph poles
are able to tell almost exactly the
weight of a pole that has been prop
erly seasoned. The poles which are
found to be much heavier than the
experts estimate have not been prop
erly seasoned, for the extra weight is
due to sap still in the wood.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-12-05
Congregational Church Notes.
r. A. Hamilton. Pastor.

At the Sunday evening service at
7.30 some books of note will be taken
up and considered from the ethical
and religious point of view. The
book for next Sunday evening will be
Gerards "My Four Years in Ger
many" At the morning service the
series of sermons based on Jesus
teaching in the sermon on the Mount
will be continued. Mid-Week service
Wednesday evening at 7.30 o'clock.
The Senior Go-to-Church band will
have a social gathering at the par
sonage on Thursday evening.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-12-05
Methodist Episcopal Church Notes
w. S. Smithers. Pastor.

Prayer service tonight at 7.3O
VIII you help to make this in the
largest way helpful meeting?
Sunday services: Sermon by the
pastor at 1870 am, followed by the
Bible school at II m. Junior League
at 3 p. m. Evening service at 7.3O
o'clock
Morning theme, "Christian Educa-
ton in the Home
Evening worship at 7.3O. Come
and help US make it interesting and
helpful to all who worship with US.
The pastor will speak on a practical
Gospel theme 1t is a religious SER
vice. You would be surprised if it
was anything else.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-05-18
MOTHER OF MINE.
A Story, by Elias Lieberman.

now pay the penalty.
"She won't die, she won't die"
blurted Lyons impetuously 1--WE must
get Friedenwald on the case at once"
Listen. Friedenwald or no Fried
enwald, the fight for life will be hard
one. You must hear me out to the
last. AS wife I am bound to cherish
and respect you When l can no
longer do that, how can /"
what are you driving at? My
t1od, isn't there enough for me to
iic sternness.
bear?"
ben, l pity you. I'm tearing my
own heart to pieces, too; how can l
help it? If the worst comes, I must
CO."
"You won't leave me, Lou, you
won't leave me? It's your magma
ton, your disordered Puritan i'm
agination, your conscience sharpened
on seventeenth-century grindstone
that's driving you on God him
self"
Must Decide" she ended with beat
ific sternness.
Bennett looked at his wife. He
seemed to see in her drawn mouth
and open blue eyes generations of
Puritans, Dissenters, Non-C Conform
lists, with whom the conclusions of the
conscience were pursued with a des-
perate finality that stopped at no OBJ
stacles.
May had already warmed itself into
its highest and best when the end
came.
For Lyons the days that passed
were nightmares. And when it was
all over everything to the
last spadeful of earth in the rain
soaked cemetery, for heavy rain had
made the pathways a weller of mud,
Bennett turned back to his lonely STU
dio, and, according to the custom of
his fathers, sat down to mourn for
seven days. His thoroughly chastened
spirit woke to a gray tomorrow.
1t was in mood of fearful resig-
nation, the kind that suspends leaden
weights to the soul, that he rose from
mourning and looked out upon the
sun-lit street. Sunlight seemed to be
such hollow mockery. Better, he
thought, the comforting opaqueness
of a London fog, or even the cheer
less rain-mist of dreary day in New
York. Since Lucy had left him, i'm
mediately after the funeral ceremony
life had lost its purposefulness.
There was Hungarian cafe on the
East Side in which the combination
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-05-18

not stop to reconcile his adherence to
religious tenets for seven days with
the ungodliness that was to follow.
Through the grief-racked brain pulsed
violent desire to forget at all costs.
If his health and morals were shat
tered, SO much the better.
He took a little medallion of Lucy,
kissed it and hid it in an inside vest
pocket. 1t was not to be an amulet
against excuses merely souvenir
of something better and sweeter that
once had been.
Just as he was putting on his coat
for his first trip down town, Gresham
entered. He brought a few letters.
Lyons fingered them indiherently un-
til he recognized Lucy's familiar back
hand. Dropping the other letters
where he stood, he opened her note
and began to read. 1t was addressed
from little boarding house in Maine.
DEAR BEN:
This is intended to reach you after
you have finished the seven days of
mourning prescribed in the Jewish
ritual. You have been punished heav-
ily-I can not say enough-because
the life that has gone can never re-
turn. Perhaps what I shall add may
prove to be the final and most excru-
ciating touch of misery. May God
spare you any more pain
The day before she died your
mother called me to her bedside. 1t
seems that she had a premonition of
death and in the intuition of those
about to pass away, saw everything
clearly.
"You have been a good wife to my
son, Lucy, and real daughter to ME"
she whispered. bend down, I wish
to bless YOU" I can not tell you how
my heart was wrung! O, Bennett
why can't we remodel our yesterdays,
live them over again-really live
them
When I was about to rise, she mo-
toned to me to remain. "Promise
me-" she implored, that you will take
care of Banishel when 1 CO." I kept
silent, remembering my oath. She
stared at me, breathing in pain. I
could stand it no longer. "Promise
me, Lucy, daughter" she again en-
treated, promise me. I wish to die
happy" What could I do? I prom
ised. AS soon as my shattered nerves
I'D had little rest, I shall come back
to keep it.
She saved both of us, Bennett
never would have come back But
L could not have lived without you.
\ X T could not have lived X X
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-05-18
Concluded from last week.

Suddenly his eye caught some
thing of interest on the opposite
sidewalk. A patriarch with rich
white curls escaping from beneath
denied derby was tottering toward
the park On his left arm hung sus-
pended basket of apples; his right
hand was twitching at his beard.
The mans face viewed in the
strong sunlight suggested much that
was noble. 1t diverted Lyons into
thoughts of the heroic high priests
of Israel, who in the wonder days
of old defed Roman centuries. In
terested, Lyons sketched him rapid
ly and began working on prelim-
mary composition of a scene, group
ing the insolent Roman soldiers at
the entrance, and in front of a huge
pillar of malachite, proud high
priest bidding defiance.
In a mood of ecstatic religious re-
vival he worked, hardly noticing the
flight of time. He admitted to him
self that he had been brutal. He
hoped for a renaissance renais-
sance of his own soul.
When he entered his wife's bed
room he found that she had gone. A
note on the dresser informed him that
she had left for the hospital. In the
days past she had never gone any,
where without letting him know per-
sonally. The note gashed into his
newly built structure of self-esteem.
He turned back to the studio. His
wife might not share the beginnings
of the new life. In the gathering twi
light his soul turned to the great God
whose all-powerful hand had smitten
him to the dust 1t was chastened,
spiritualized Lyons that sank to his
knees and kept beating against the
plaster of the LAGOON group prayer
for redemption.
He must have dozed off, for the
very next thing that obtruded itself
on his consciousness was a sound of
~ohbing. He looked dizzily about him
and saw Lucy huddled on the tiger
rug near the portieres. He jumped
forward to help her up. When he
turned on the lights he saw what hav
&C the last forty-eight hours had
wrought upon her.
Mother is worse" said Lyons,
studying his wife's haggard face.
Mrs. Lyons nodded. There was
latent ferceness in her puffed, tear
dimmed eyes.
LOU" he implored, II am heart
broken and desperate. How can l re-
call the nast2 What can I do 2"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-07
WESTERN CITIES
Win HONORS IN
PACKARD BATTLE
st. Louis, Omaha, Youngstown
and Phoenix Garry off Prizes
in Big Sweepstakes

St Louis, Omaha, Youngstown,
Ohio, and Phoenix, AriZ-. won the
Lincoln Highway Sweepstakes, the
national carriage sales contest OF the
Packard Motor Car company, accord
ing to announcement made by HenlY
Lansdale, carriage sales manager
The contest was started February
%. and was an unqualified success.
The cities of the United States hav-
ing Packard dealerships or branches
were divided into four sections. DIV
sion A comprised the largest cities.
st. Louis won with 1l5 per cent OF
her quota sold. The St. Louis terri
tory is controlled by the Packarc-M
souri, Motor Company, Of which W. j.
Parrish is president Kansas City IS
included in this territory. Detroit was
second with 1913 per cent Of quota,
Cleveland was third with 1O2 per cent;
Philadelphia was fourth with 100 per
cent.
The Orr Motor Sales Company o.;
Omaha sold 200 per cent Of quota. The
next four in division B are as follows
Washington 147, Seattle 144, Indian
apolis 1877, Atlanta 113.
In division c, H. S. Thorne o.
Youngstown sold 800 per cent OF, his
quota. San Antonio was second with
IT'S; Montreal third, $50; Denver
fourth, 1873; Louisville fifth, 1875.
In division D, Macarthur Brothers Of
Phoenix made the highest mark OF
the entire contest, with $50 per cent
of their quota sold. Fort Wayne was
second with 266, Texarkana third, 233;
Saginaw, Mich, fourth, $50, Altoona,
Pa, and Elmira, N. Y, tied for fifth
place with 1873 each.
Trophies for individual salesman
ship did not go to the cities with the
highest collective showings. The
master statesmen, with their sales
scores, are as follows: Division A. F.
scores are as follows: Division A, F.
J. Peterson, Cleveland, sold 4S cars:
F. C. Sibbald, Cleveland, 30; c.. E.
Holzkamp,. New York, 81.
Division B-A. s. Blair, Baltimore,
q; H. C. Berg, Seattle, 10; D. H.
Luttrell, Washington, 10.
Division &c. w. Travis, Youngs-
town, %; r. C. Lemm, Denver, 20; w.
r. Hicks, Montreal, II.
Division D-A. r. Dearborn, Phoe-
xix, 10; M. d. Cubbage, Fl. Wayne, g.
B. N. Anthony, Texarkana, Z.
These statesmen will be honor guests |
Of the Packard company on its cruise |
aboard the steamship Noronic, start |
Ing Monday, June Is. Twenty other |
statesmen, the next highest in indi- |
vidual results, also will be guests Of |
the company on the cruise.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-07
coNvIcTs THREATEN
DEATH TO INFoRMERS

JOLIET, nl.-Through underground
channels convicts in the state peniten-
tiary have spread a reign OF terrorism
among their fellows throughout the
institution, 1t was learned recently.
Death to informers," is the word
that has been passed between the
cells. and many of the convict wit
-nesses who were called before the
coroner's jury yesterday to testify con-
corning the recent insurrection have
been frightened into keeping mum.
More letters from women members
of the Oriental Esoteric Library
league to convicts have been found
and from one witness it was learned
that the death sentence" has been
aimed principally at any convict VINO
divulges the name of his correspond
e1ts.
The climax to the. smouldering re-
bellion was brought on by a negro
convict who resented the taking from
him Of a photograph which had been
sent him by a Chicago white woman,
it was learned today.
Names of three Chicago women who
had written to prisoners were brought
out at an investigation by the author
tiles. They are Mrs. Edward J. Kin
loch, Miss Elizabeth H. Steele and
Mrs. V. N. Selig. All the women de-
clared there was nothing romantic in
their letters.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-07
CHINA NOW PLANS
TO BUILD AUTO ROAD

Arrangements have been made fol-
the construction of road from
Shanghai to Woosung, the deep-wate:
port at the point where the Hwangpu
discharges into the YangtZe
AS all vessels beyond certain draft
with cargo for Shanghai have to dis
charge at Woosung, convenient con
nections between the two are impor.
tant. A railroad has been IN opera.
ton for twenty years, but a road pass
able for motor vehicles has been lack.
ing.
The distance is between ten AMI
fourteen miles, according to the route
selected. By the arrangement now
made the Hwangpu conservancy
board, which is In charge of the main
tenance of navigation on the river
and receives the proceeds of a customs
surtax levied for that purpose, Is to
loan from its funds to the public
works office of Shanghai the sum Of
$4,000 Mexican ($23,632 United States
currency, repayable in forty annual
1nstallments without interest. The
remainder of the total cost of the
work, estimated at $4,000 Mexican, is
to be borne by the conservancy board
itself.
1t is understood that immediate &C.
ton on-the project has been delayed
by an Investigation to assure officials
that the proposed work will not in,-
pair the embankment Of the HWangpu.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-07
TOBACCO AND WHISKY

Mount Pleasant Times Review:
Those well meaning but misdirected
souls who wish to deprive the SOL
der boys of the comforts of tobacco
allow their solicitude to get the bet
ter of good judgment. If such re-
quest were complied with they would
next insist that the troops be issued
rubber rings and nursing bottles.
Sometimes someone with nothing
better to do comes forward with a
declaration or assertion or resolution
in which is combined a condemnation
of tobacco and whisky, on even terms.
Now, tobacco may be in some sense
an evil. People got along tolerably
we'll without it for many thousands
of years. But tobacco, even If bad
for some, is good for many. 1t helps
many a lonely man, many a weary
trooper, many a ruminatfve philoso-
pher pass a long day restfully. or
course, to suggest that tobacco is any
such enemy of mankind as whisky
is simply rankest nonsense. Whisky
stupefies, crazes, undermines and de-
stroys millions of men. The whisky
crazed- drunkard kills, robs, burns
and devastates. He pauperizes him
self, robs his family of self-respect,
gluts the criminal court dockets and
makes unceasing trouble for peace Of
ficers. Everybody knows and nearly
everybody admits that whisky wrecks
homes, wrings nickels from the hands
of labor and stunts children as a reg
ular daily routine. To pretend that
tobacco is guilty of any such crimes is
foolish. Just foolish.-Dallas (Tex.)
Morning News.