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The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-10
NEW FOOD RULING IN ENGLAND.

London, May 10-tBy Union Asso-
ciated Press)-The new law providing
that maize, barley and oats and their
products be usdd only for seed or for
human and animal food went into ef-
feet today. Tapico sage and arro-
troot will be restricted to use as hu-
mar food.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-10


Entered at Greenwood p~ostofice as second-class matter
GREENWOOD, MISS, MAY 10, 1917.
Gambler-made-the-gru grub shortage scare.
AAAAsA
Cashing patriotism-jumping the price OF old
Glory.
p "a EA
Our dollars do not 90 as far as dads, but they
70 heaps sight faster.
naHHAaE
Only an unwise government repeats blunders
Of other governments.
AAHAAhA
Things will happen when an American gunner
sights an enemy sea raider.
The Russians now have religious freedom
they don't have to attend church.
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A few members of the British parliament
should take something for that anti-lrish feeling.
nAAAAAA
After sampling it, both branches OF Congress
agree that the oratory of Balfour is the real thing.
To argue that Scent letter postage would in
crease revenues is to buck against official records.
Censored or uncensored, the loyalty Of the
American press as a whole can always be banked
h N
If present laws cannot stop food specializing,
its IN to Congress to make some that can and
will.
Lobbying to weaken Wilson's war plans makes
. noise like treason, and deserves the same treat
ment.
AAAAnAA
Bet Bob La Toilette would not serve as a SOL
dierselector, even if Woody personally requested
him to.
nAHAnnA
The worst thing you can call a man now is to
sav that he is unpatriotic- It's worse than a cuss
word.
Greece wants to be a republic and with the
republics stand; all right, there's always room for
another.
"a h IA "a
A brand new Soloman loudly announces that
the ex-czar was unprepared for his tumble OH the
royal pedestal.
IA m no
It's well to remember that exaggerating the
alleged food shortage merely plays into the hands
Of great p~rice-jumpers.
AAAAAnAAA
And Just think people once upon a time got
hot under the collar over a Congress that appro'
priated one billion dollars.
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Possibly those objecting to sending American
& -A.M .& = r. %LoA thnHy Hnhf q
invading army at home.
a.
An attempt to buy a nations good will-Ger
many's offer to pay Argentina tor a torpedoe'
shin and to salute its flag.
n "a m ~ "a
When a battleship goes into action it's lever!
man in his place." When the nation goes tort
to war it's about the same thing.
HOLLAND is still neutral, and u~ninclined to TAX
any chances of spilling the domestic beans, con
sidering the small supply on hand.
AAAAAA
Mayhap some fellows could be kept conten
with a one-hour work day, and six pay days
week, but it is by no means certain.
nAAAAAA
Family folk won't doubt the bravery OF tn
Princess d'Argan, who was fined $40 by a Lon
Island ]. P. for assaulting her cook.
With all due respect, some men in Congress
need to be reminded that no President OF the y. J
ever betrayed, or abused, a war trust.
nAAAAAA
AL that, the twoGermans arrested on their wa
- hIOw M the New York Stock Exchange are M
the only people who'ye felt like doing it.
Magnanimous Of the District OF Columbia
notify the government Of its willingness TO supp
n he civilian help that may be needed.
s9t
Even the president tells us the United Stat
IL IN the war to the end. Come to think OF It, v
@M ..,A ~..iA~ =. ho,, xo co,,1d do otherwise. 4
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-23
NAVY SHORT 1854 MEN;
IS SPEEDED UP
Efforts Are RedoubIed to
Bring Number Up to Au-
thorized Enlistment
by Associated Press.l

WASHINGTON, March a2.-The navy
is short 1854 men OF it's present au-
thorized strength OF 74.5OO and efforts
TO speed up recruiting are being re-
doubled. This month has been the
largest recruitment on record. with a
net increase of 1.94T. Since congress
authorized the 74,5OO total in Septem-
Der 5,454 men have been added TO the
navy's personnel
II was stated today that the author
lied strength is sufficient to put all
ships Immediately available in commits
sion and no effort will be spared in
bringing the force to that figure
To induce recruiting congress provid-
ed that 100 enlisted men a year should
be selected by examination for appoint
ment to the naval academy. Navy Of
hclals say that a very high type of Off
Ger material is being secured in this
fashion.
The way the commissions in the ma
rine corps and the responsible and
well-paid positions as warrant or petty
Oefficrs Is also being opened as fully
as possible to boys who enlist
a recruit need serve only one year
in the navy to be eligible for examina.
tion for appointment to Annapolis and
and instruction to enable him TO pass
every possible opportunity for study
the examination Is furnished aboard the
ships or at the training stations.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-23
French Drive Wedge in
German Line in West
GERMAN RETREAT
IS CALLED SUCCESS
BY BERLIN WRITER
Major Moraht Says It Has
Shortened Line and Puts
New Difficulties in Way of
the Allies

BERLIN, Mrach 19.-(Via Sayville.
March 22.)-"A German success" is the
Characterization given the German re-
treat on the western front in the headline
of an editorial today by Major Moraht.
military writsr for the Lokal Anzeiger.
"A great resolution was TAKEN" writes
Major Moraht The holiness of the
general who carried it QUE is overwhelm-
ing and only the power of Won Hinden-
burg's personality could cause such proof
of the grand style of initiative to be &C
companied by perfect calm and security.
That the plan of a strategica1 Short
ening of the front was brought. into be-
ing at great headquarters and that 1t
succeeded must give Joy to every Ger
man heart and simultaneouslyEive rise
to a feeling of satisfaction when the
hostile war aims are remembered. For
now the opportunity is offered to infiict
more damage upon the enemy in future
days than could be inflicted upon him at
the moment during a sanguinary defen-
sive.
Although people are often mistaken
as to their surmises regarding Won Hin
denburg's actions, the critics on all sides
who look somewhat deeper into things
admit that the Germans will obtain
economic advantage, an improvement of
the front and a gain of time by this
,4saove Rre British, however, must
again begin the preparation of their Of
fensive. Their heavy artillery must be
moved ahead with enormous pains.
Roads and bridges must be constructed,
often under hostile fire. Ammunition
transport will be possible only in a very
slow fashion. The condition Of the evac-
uated territory makes each advance
movement difficult, as 1T does the lodg-
ing and provisioning of the troops and
observation work.
They will reproach US with the charge
that we acted like the Russians in Po-
land As to this France may settle ac-
counts with England. The law of our
warfare is and will be that everything
necessary and possible in a military way
will be done in this defensive war.
Whether the population of the war
theater suffered more through our meas
ures or the enemy's measures may be
asked them in the time to come"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-23
Hikers Held Here Are
Believed German Spies
AMERICAN RELIEF
STORES IN FRANCE
USED BY GERMANS
People Living in Evacuated
Territory Tell Many Stories
of HardshipS- Charge leu
tons Used Relief Supplies

CwAR CORRESPONDENT HEAD
QUARTERS WITH BRITISH ARMIES
IN FRANCE, Wednesday, March Al
From a STAFF Correspondent of the Asso-
ciated Press.)-"we would have starved
if it had not been for the American re-
lief commission" declared Preach wo-
man in the city hall of Neale today to
the correspondent, speaking for herself
and her two little children, their pallid
faces and high cheek bones giving evil
dence of their privauons
Wherever one went in the territory re-
Gently evacuated BY the Germans the
same story was repeated. There are
many other stories Of hardships being
told. although most of the inhabitants
said the German soldiers had been well
disciplined and kept strictly under con-
troll
IL was repeatedly asserted, however
that within the past few weeks the Ger
mans had appropriated some of the
American relief stores to their own use,
even three-fourths of the supplies. It
was also said that the Germans took
the white flour. issuing black flour in
stead to the inhabitants.
Some OF the peasants encountered in
the evacuated territory were joyous at
their Liberation. Others appeared to have
their spirits broken. Their attitude was
one of absolute submission to anything
that might happen. Many young children
who had seen nothing but German sol
diers in their lives stared today in al
most stupid wonder at the British Tom
mics.
HOMES BROKEN UP.
One of the greatest ordeals the people
said they had to endure was to stand by
and see their homes broken up by the
Germans as the soldiers were leaving.
In some instances the French inhabi
tants who had been held virtually as
prisoners during the German occupation
had ben segregated in certain parts of
the villages while the work of destruc-
tion was going on elsewhere. At Rouy,
however. il was stated and reiterated by
scores of persons that the inhabitants Of
this village and of several other villeges
had been gathered at Rouy le-Petit in
certain houses and told to remain in
them a certain number OF hours while
the Germans got awtv.
While so herded together, they declar-
ed. the Germans had sent 200 shells into
the village, killing several persons. The
funerals which were in progress i'm the
village today lent color TO the story.
People in other villages aisG assert that
they distinctly heard this firing and
thought a battle was in progress.
II was pitiful to motor today through
villages which had been far from the fir
ing line and untouched by any shells
and yet were lying in absolute ruins.
Active steps are bein gtaken by both
the British and the French TO relieve the
people in the liberated zone. About the
only persons seen are old men, women
and children. Boys who had attained the
age of is years or more since the Ger
man occupation and men who were con-
sidered. over the military age by the
French were taken of by the Germans
for work behind their lines.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-23
Philadelphia Girl, Y,
Enlists in u. S. Navy

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March a.
Miss Loretta Walsh, of this city. said
to be the first woman TO enlist in the
United States navy under the new order
Of Secretary Daniels admitting women
to the navy, enrolled here yesterday.
She was designated as chief yeOman and
assigned to open a recruiting station
here. Miss Walsh is twenty-five years
cid.
More than 100 men, most Of them
skilled mechanics, applied for enlis
ment in the newly-organized naval Goa
defense reserve
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-23

neutral vessels and the proffer of fullest
reparation could prevent it.
I'VE may well rejoice that war has
been delayed until the present time.
Now we will not be cooperating with
car, but with the free people Of Rus
STA.
'Our internal conditions are prepared
easily to bear the strain. Our navy is
vastly improved.
NOT A PAPER WAR.
But no one should suppose it will
be a paper war. Our nation must carry
a full part, and our people will give un-
stinted support.
"The war will not be conducted
against the German people. It will be
against the murderous submarines,
against the kaiser and the war lords Of
Prussia. A German democracy will find
the United States ready for peace. May
it soon come
War places It's heaviest burdens upon
the masses of the people. With the
rule of the people established in Russia
and Germany. the danger of future wars
will be greatly lesgAned and we may
look forward TO world side continuous
peace"
Senator Smith dwelling upon the part
we would take in the war said that with
no certainty could this subject be pre-
scented. 1--WE will no doubt extend to
the English and French governments
financial aid which would help them
bear the strain which now rests upon
them" said the senator. We will place
innumerable submarine destroyeTs in the
war zone, clearing out a safe road for
our vessels. We will be called upon TO
watch the shores of this hemisphere and
protect shipping on this side of the
ocean from the German attacks. We
will no doubt summon a large number
of men to camp and train them for any
emergency which might call for their
use 1t will take from six to twelve
months to put men in shape for field
service.
eve will no doubt take whatever steps
are necessary to place the whole power
of our nation in the struggle, to the end
that the war lords of Germany may be
driven from power and the German peo-
pie be free to peacefully control their
own affairs."
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-23
Germany May Declare
War ON II. 6. at Once

LONDON. March 22.-According to
private telegrams from Berlin to the
Amsterdam Bourse. II is expected that
state of war with the United States
will be an accomplished fact within
twenty-four hours, says dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph company from
Amsterdam.
American journalists in Berlin" the
dispatch adds, have been warned to
this effect by the foreign office"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-23
Body Of Girl Found In
River; Young Man Held

TEMPLE, Tex, March 22.-The body
of Emma Staley. twenty a popular
young girl of a farming community near
Temple, was found in badly decom-
posed condition in the Leon river near
Bolton yesterday morning. The body
was not identified until today and an
hour later officers arrested Will Porter.
twenty-five, who lives near the Staley
home.
Indications were that the body had
been in the water four or five days. The
young girls feet were bound tightly
together with baling wire and a veil
wound tightly about her face and head
also was bound with wire. A letter
found on her body gave the first clue
to Identification and 1t is said that
statements therein led to Porter's arrest
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-01-12
LITTLE BETTE MARTIN
HOFFA IS DEAD.

Little Bette Martin Hoffa, the S
year old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
r. Hoffa. died Wednesday at little
before 12 o'clock. She had been
sick for about a week with an attack
Of that dreaded disease. diptheria.
and it was thought until about an
hour before her death that she was
on the road to recovery, but it is a
treacherous malady and there is al
ways danger of it's deadly work even
for days after the worst seems to be
over. The funeral services were
conducted the next day by her FAM
ily's pastor, Rev. J. C. Carothers, af-
ter which her little body was carried
to Odd Fellows cemetery and laid
away to await the final resurrection.
Death is always sad; its visitations
bring tears and heartaches and make
wounds that never will be healed un-
til the final reunion of the just be-
yond this life. This dear little child
was lovely little soul; in her coun-
tenance were written sublimity, joy,
trust, hope and inspiration that gave
her devoted parents cheer and COM
fort which only they can understand.
Her going away leaves them dis
tressed but the Scriptures warrant
the statement that she is not dead.
Her laughing voice now rings out in
Heaven, her company is now with the
Angels of that blessed city where
she will never again be sick, where
she will never experience distress, a
heartache or any of the ills or trials
incident to this life. God makes no
mistakes-He never made one. He
has a right to the sweetest and
choicest of earth's flowers. The
voice of Jesus comes back from the
skies in answer to the bleeding
hearts of the sorrowing parents and
says. "Suffer them to come unto me
y - for of such is the King
dom of Heaven" She now awaits
her parents and little brother, sister
and other loved ones on the other
shore. She stands with outstretched
hands and with pleading voice bid
ding them to join her. 1t is difficult
indeed to look above the clouds in
hours like this but in due season,
when the heart ceases to bleed and
the wound yields to the treatment of
time, consolation comes of knowing
that ones family is represented in
that celestial city above and that God
has seen fit to use one of your own
to be one in that sweet home above.
The sincerest sympathy of the en-
tire community goes out to this sad
dened home They should know that
hey do not sorrow alone. the Sen
tinel mirgles it's tears vita them.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-01-12

naries, struck the happiest chord of
the audience and was Just what WAS
need for the time and the place.
| The musical was all that could be
expected from those most highly
skilled in this art. President Conn.
iss' OF Grenada College, deserved .all
tne congratulations extended him on
MS psrt of the days program. Gre.
NADIA College can always be depended
upon to measure up to the highest
standard in anything.
Mr.. Bolton Smith, of Memphis. a
leading business factor of the Bluff
City and a well known financier. was
present at the annual meeting of the
directors of the Grenada Bank sMon-
day by invitation and delivered
very fine address, his subject being.
Religion and the Business Man"
The writer was unable to be present,
consequently can not follow in detail
MIR. Smiths address, hut all who
had the privilege of hearing him
state that the speech showed very
careful thought and preparation and
gave unmistakable evidence of the
speakers ability ito think under the
surface, as well as to soar above the
ordinary level. He undertook to
handle the most abstruse theories of
thought and make them of practical
value in the life of the hurrying, sue
cessful business man. In fact, he
argued that no great business success
was possible separate and apart from
true religion. He demonstrated very
clearly that religion made no de-
mands that any good business man
could not meet and that it was prac-
tical business in the very highest
sense to make religion control bust
ness and not business control the
practice of ones religion.
At the banquet at Grenada College
that evening, Mr.. Smith also made
another short talk of high order,
this time emphasizing the effective
ness and the power of the league to
enforce peace.
His visit to Grenada was highly
appreciated and The Sentinel sim
cerely regrets its inability to give
fuller account Of his very excellent
SDtcCUs - IN. ~ :
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-01-12
''''' '' AGAINST XcAiSs4 THE Co n7Y.
Alleged that Supervisors Levied Mills More r x.. Th
Allowed BY Law-Iitigation May re
Far Reaching Effect

Two cases which may upset the
fiscal policy of nearly all the counties
OF the state were recently filed in
the office OF circuit clerk Barnes, of
Grenada county. by Hon. Cowles
Horton, Attorney for the illinois
Central and Yazoo and mississippi
Valley railroads against W. II
Crowder, sheriff, in which the said
railroads seek to recover from the
sheriff $4.898.47 for the l. c. rail
road and $779.10 for the Y. & NJ. v.
railroad, which the bill filed alleges
was wrongfully, illegally and ex.
cessively charged against and collect
ed from" the plaintiffs in the case.
The total assessment for Grenada
county Of the l. C. railroad is $685.
2s2.OO and upon this assessment the
sheriff sought to collect 25ls mills
on $625,677 and - mills on $73.-
bl5, or total tax of $l7,734.O2.
The sheriff sought to collect from the
Y. & NJ. V. railroad 28E, mills on an
assessment of $66.395; on $4,535 at
the rate of "a mills and 251h mills
on an assessment of S40,87O, or a
total demanded by the sheriff of
$3.043:29. or, it is alleged, $779.10
more than was legally due.
The suits are predicated, so the
bills allege, on chapter SO of the laws
of Mississippi of 1916, so if Missis-
sippi's solons passed such law, it
Is hardly necessary to say that they
passed statute that they did not
understand the import Of If the
position of the railroad company is
correct, then the board of supervis-
ors have been on slippery ground to
the extent that they have skidded off
into deep water and the county may
find itself in an embarrassing finan-
cial condition. After reciting what
the tax levy is for each purpose, to-
wit: 6 mills for state, mills loan
warrants. 4 mills interest on bond
tax, mills general county purposes,
the bills allege an "excess of the lin
itation by law to the extent of 6
mills" and "that the levy of taxes
for road purposes at the rate of 2
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-01-12

mills was and is e C,iye ~, , r,,l, p,
The taxes for both railroads hav.
been paid. it is understood. nut -
part iof which suit is Instituted was
paid under protest and il is statee
has not been officially turned into the.
county treasury by the sheriff.
Nr. Horton is very cautions
careful, painstaking and calculatipc
attorney and the county lust as well
understand now that a .'bear fiphtn =
IN store for it. Mr.. Horton seeu,s
very sanguine about the outcome of
the cases and the construction he.
places on the law. He is of the
OPINION that If the suits are sustain
ed, 1t VIII be great relief to Gre-
NADIA county in that what the hoard
OF supervisors are now undertakino
10 do almost in one lump sum. will.
be strung out for a term of years
and thereby make it much easier ~,
the taxpayers. If Mr.. Horizons con-
tehtion Is correct. then what applies
to the railroad will apply to every
other property in the county. but Of
course those who have voluntarily
and without protest come acrossr
Will not be benefited for this wear
put the precedent will be made for
another year.
Following is the statute upor
which the litigation is based.
Section l. Be i. enacted bx III
Legislature of the State of Missi..;p-
Pi, Inat the state ad valorem tax :
hereby fixed at six 90 mills on tn.
dollar for the year 1917. The boa rd
OF supervisors may levy taxes for all
purposes texclusive of road. court
house. county common school ana
agricultural high school taxi, WHICH.
added to the state tax, will make
sixteen l6) mills on the dollar fer
the year 1916, and sixteen U6) milrs
on the dollar for the year 1917. and
no more.
Sec. 2. That this act take effect
and be IN force from and after its
passage.
Approved April 3. 1916.