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The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-27

nome ~ NluteI Clty.
MAZAL TOW.
Miss Edith Cecil Rennie and Miss
Mary Franklin Beard gave n Of
their beautiful concerts at Charleston
Friday night to a large and appre-
ciative audience, which was a grand
success.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. McGehee are
moving in their home today on corner
Of George and Church SITS. Mr.. and
Mrs. McGehee have been living at
Money for the past few years and their
many friends welcome them back to
Greenwood.
:
MI. and Mrs. C. A. Maxwell will
leave this evening for West Point
where they will remain until Septem-
Der LIST, when they will return to
Greenwood for the fall and winter.
Mrs. N. T. House, of Mineral Wells,
Miss, is spending the week with her
mother, Mrs. R. Thayer. Mrs. House
was formerly Miss Rowena layer, of
Greenwood.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. H. Weir motored
in from their Grandview plantation
home yesterday and spent a few hours
shopping.
Miss Edith Cecil Rennie went to
Ruleville today to lend her sweet
voice in q wedding at that place.
The Woman's Club will hold their
regular meeting at the Memorial
Building this afternoon.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. Portwood and
son spent Sunday In Grenada with
Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer Bell.
Mrs. W. N. Dubard and her daugh-
ter, Miss Roberta, are visiting in the
home Of Mrs. C. L. Lomax.
sAtAS
Nj. John, Ashcraft returned this
morning from Memphis and reports
his brave little son doing al well as
could be expected after going through
with the operation. Mrs. Flora Nc
Intyre is with her little grandson in
Memphis. The father and mother
may return to Memphis tomorrow.
AA&A&
The many friends of Mr.. P. E.
Schilling are gratifed to learn that
he is gradually improving from the
recent severe injuries sustained sew
eral nights ago by an automobile run
ming into him while riding home on
his bicycle.
Mr.. W. H. Shute has returned from
Gadsden, Ala, where he was called
q few days ago by the illness and
death Of his father, Capt. J. D. Shute.
Mr.. P. Cohen, Of Memphis, was here
on business and shaking hands with !
his many friends yesterday.
Mr.. T. H. Jones has returned from
Greensboro Ala, where he spent the
past two or three weeks.
Mr.. E. M. Page was in the city yes
terday on business from his plantation
near Itta Bena.
Mr.. TONNES Duncan was in the city |
yesterday from his plantation near
Philip.
Major NJ. s. Mclean was in the
city from wildwood on business yes
terday.
Messrs. Ed Wright and John Huff
ington, Of Grenada, were visitors to
the Misses Classify Sunday.
|
Hon H. L. Walton vas In the city !,
today on business from his plantation
home near Minter City.
Mr.. j. 7. Kerr was a business Wis
itor here today from Race Track plan
tation.
NJ. James Taylor. Of Peoria Miss,
u visiting Nj. 7. "A. Guy today and to-
anerrpw.
The Philomathic Society will meet
tonight at the Memorial Building at
8 O'Clock. Special lecture BY W. c.
1911 LfLN| N.H ..N"|Hthn u 1
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-27

Reclaimed, even weight whippoor-
wills and clay peas, car lots and less,
write Nicely Bros, Natchez, Miss.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-27
GREENWOOD THEATRE

Neil O,Brien's M~instrels. &. March 9Th
Flora Bella Musical Comedy)........
.-..--..-.....-.."-....-March 10Th
RebsFt Tdsson In His Brothers
Keeper .....--....~.ss..If March nth
HI y Eefenwkey m M 2sd
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-27

Miss Edith Cecil Rennie and Miss
Mary Franklin Beard gave one of
their beautiful concerts at Charleston
Friday night to a large and appre-
ciative audience, which was a grand
success.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-27

Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. McGehee are
moving in their home today on corner
Of George and Church SITS. Mr.. and
Mrs. McGehee have been living at
Money for the past few years and their
many friends welcome them back to
Greenwood.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-27

Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Maxwell will
leave this evening for West Point
where they will remain until Septem-
Der LIST, when they will return to
Greenwood for the fall and winter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11
FLAG-OF-MlY- HEAR1T

Theodore F. MacManus. in Leslie's.
Am I better man than my brother-my
brother beyond the sea;
Re he serf or slave, or prince or knave,
am I better man than he?
Recsuse of bit of bunting, because of
it's power and place,
Shall | hold in scorn, as lesser born,
the man of alien race?
He came from the womb of woman; he
came from the self-same clay
Tn the sight of God be he king or clod,
what will his birthplace weigh?
O flag-of-my-h heart, I love you! Q
beautiful field of blue,
q shining stars and glorious bars,
pledge my soul to you!
r wrap nv love in your fluttering folds
and fling it to the wind;
To the south and north, sent 1t forth,
to the east and west in kind;
TO the lands that live in darkness, to
the peoples sick with fear,
pron, thy heart unfurled, to all the
world, make my message clear
No better / than my brother; no bet
ter this land than thine:
Rut under the stars and ripping bars.
a CLEAN of hope divine;
And we who herd in the cities, who bar
ter our lives for wealth.
who fight for the power of single
hour, with sin, and scheme, and
stealth
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11

We who are all unworthy-we are blaz-
ing a path for you; s
And naught can stay the halcyon day
when earth shall be born anew!
Be not afraid of our folly, be not dis
mayed at our greed; !.
We are children yet, and mayhap forgeu
the days Of our direst need;
But our prentice hands are forging fast
a chain of priceless worth,
Whose links of gold shall bind and
hold the nations of the earth.
We are all unskilled in freedom. but
our eyes begin to see M
Dawn family bright, the far-off light
Of new found majesty.
Have patience. o my brothers. have
faith for little while
We shall learn at length that the truest
strength is love that knows no guile.
If we, Wanted ourselves unduly, twas
the pride OF an eager youth
Fired with zeal for the common veal
thrilled with a mighty truth.
Out of the wreck of ages we snatched
that truth sublime;
1t fires us still, and by Gods will, It
shall, to the end Of time!
1t shall lead and lift us upward, to
sterner strength of soul;
| 1t shall Danish fear and bring us near
| the freeman's destined goal.
It shall help to speed the coming Of q
world democracy
From greed of pelf. from greed OF sen
= it shall give u libertyl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11
BEGINNING A FAMOUS BOOK

Albert Bigelow Paine, in Harper
Weekly.
With "A Tramp Abroad" safely on the
presses. Mark Twain was presently at
work with new enthusiasm on a story
begun nearly three years before az
Quarry Farm-a story for children-its
name, as he called it then, The Little
Prince and the Little Pauper.' tie was
presently writing to Howells his delight
in the new work.
To William Dean Howells in Boston,
Hartford, March II, 1880
NV Dear Howells: - l take so
much pleasure in my story that | am
loath to hurry, not wanting to get it
done. Did l ever tell you the plot of it?
1t Legins at 9 a. M, January q 1876 l'7a
hours before Henry Wits death, by the
swapping of clothes and places, between
the Prince of Wales and a pauper boy or
the same age and countenance (and hail
as much learning and still more genius
and imagination) and after that, the
rightful small king has a rough time
among tramps and ruffians in the coun-
try parts of Kent whilst the small bogus
king has a gilded and worshipped and
dreary and restrained and cussed time
of IT Oh the throne-and this all goes
on fer three weeks-till the midst Of the
! coronation grandeurs in Westminster ap-
| bey. February 90 when the ragged true
| King forces his way in but cannot prove
| his eenuineness-until the bogus King
| bv remembered incident of the frs
dav. is able to prove it for him-where
upon clothes are changed and the coro
nation proceeds under the new and right
1 full conditions.
| Ny idea is to afford realizing sens
of the exceeding severity of the laws
| that day by inflicting some of their pen
alties upon the King himself and allow
| ing him a chance to see the rest or tnen
applied to others-all of which Is to &C
count for certain mildnesses which dis
tinguished Edward Wis reign from tnos
that preceded and followed it.
Imagine this fact-I have even fascl
mated Mrs. Clemens with this yarn 70
youth. My stuff generally gets consld
cradle damning with faint praise out Q
| her, but this time it is all the other way
she is become the horse leech's daughte
and my mill doesn't grind fast enough |
suit her. This is no mean triumph m
dear sir.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11
DON'T LIKE NORTHERN MEN


Now york Correspondence Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The 81 southern beauties from the
sun baked sands of Dixieland have
dome been come and gone" after a
weeks stay in this gay burg. Before
then departure they let go knock on
New York men. All declared that they
were rude. discourteous and what not.
"Undoubtedly, there must be in New
York men who are gallant said one
of the beauties" but those in that cate
CORY are either on a vacation or did not
come under our observation. We
boarded a surface car in your main
street. the one that looks like Rocky
Mountain canyon-Broadway, isn't it
| Well, there were 10 men in that car
| and not a mothers son of them got vi
| to give one of US a seat. What kline
of bringing up could they have had t.
display such gross ignorance Of goo'
manners? In the theatrical district fop
! pish young men, who seemed to thinl
! because they were clothed in silkel
shirts they had special privileges
smirked at us and yelled, "Oh, yo'
squads and such things as that. 1t wa
perfectly disgusting Another girl dc
clared that she did not see one goo
locker in the whole town and not on
that she thought would make goo
| husband They are all anaemc an
pasty faced. and smoke cigarettes" wer
her parting words.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

Soma men are. so mean that they
never tell the truth unless they kno"
that it is going to hurt someone else
1t often happens that man doesn't
think Of behaving himself until he dis
covers that Jail lacks all the comforts
Of home after he gets into 1t.
Sometimes a man gets married and
gets rid of sweetheart and acquires
a boss
Another reason why the SUITS are not
making much Roadway is because man
loves womanly woman.
If the average married man was as
selfish when he is down town as ne
lis when he is at home, he would save
a lot of money He grudges the oime
that he gives his wife, but he cheer
fully spends a dollar with the gang
so they won't think he is tghtwad
| A girl doesn't need anyone to tell
! her when a young man is in love with
| her If he calls on her three nights In
| succession, she knows that he Is gone
gosling.
! No man is willing to admit it, But
! If is a fact that his job influences his
4 sentiment.
I When an old man insists upon dress
| ing and acting young, he is regarded
| as a live wire But when an old woman
does it she is regarded as an old fool
/ or course, there were chores to b
done In the old days. But you SHOULD
never believe a man when he tells yo'
how hard he had to work when he wa
a hoy.
ANY man is willing TO forgive al
enemy But you'll have to wait unit
he has first given said enemy goo
licking.
i About this time of the year the colleg
graduate who expected the world to of
fer him his choice of $4,000 positions o
silver platters has awakened from hi
dream and is hunting $40 job.
The only kind thing you can isa
about the man who is always talkin
about himself is that anyway he ism
talking about you.
There are all sorts of people in tn
world, including the Woman VINO er
Joys going to funerals.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11
MIR. Wilson Signs
Food Control Bill

1t OOQ NULL w VIZ 4SSSA
10y affixing his signature to the
I'D food control bill yesterday
President Wilson ended successfully
one of the hardest fights he has ever
made to force needed legislation
through Congress. He was opposed
not only by malcontents in that BODY,
but had the bitter antagonism of GER
tain business interests to contend
with from the start-men whose sense
Of patriotism is so obtuse that they
were willing to jeopardize the safety
of the American government, IN order
to put more money into their already
stuffed pocketbooks.
Food control will be put into et-
feet Immediately and it's beneficial
effects will shortly be felt. Manipula-
ton of food products, which has be-
come a national scandal, will stop.
The high cost of living will be low
cred for the American people and our
resc,rs.ss will be conserved for the
sussxssrdl prosecution of the war.
The food pirate will be thing OF the
past and his baleful activity will no
longer menace the poor of our large
cities with actual starvation.
That Mr.. Hoover, in whose hands
as food administrator will be placed
the grave responsibility of conserving
our food supply, stimulating produc-
ton and maintaining reasonable
prices. has the confidence of the
American people there can be M
doubt. Mr.. Wilson believes in hin
thoroughly and so does the man IL
the street. Those who have assaile(
Mr.. Hoover did so, not for patrioti
reasons, but for selfish motives.
The food bill, which is now law
marks most radical departure from
our previous ideas of government
but few question it's urgent need an
there is every reason to believe tina
it will accomplish all that it is In
tended to accomplish, will help us t
win the war and will Danish tn
specter of want.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11
Birmingham Negroes
Coming Back Home

q LARGE number of negroes who
GA went north, lured by the
promise of high wages, better living
conditions and other inducements,
have returned to the Birmingham dis
trict. Several carloads arrived during
this week and it is predicted that
within another week something like
one thousand negroes will have come
back to the homes and jobs they left
behind them.
There is plenty of work in the dis
trict and those who have returned are
being given employment. No i'll will
is shown them. They are welcome and
will find that their going away has
made no difference in the attitude of
white employers.
The northern hegira has taught a
valuable lesson to thousands of south
ern negroes who will remember it
wildly as long as they live. The
treatment received in the north was
not what they expected, neither were
the living conditions satisfactory, anc
the idea of spending another winter
in that rigorous climate was too
much for them.
1t is trite to say that the south i
the best place for the negroes, yet tn
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11
camn La Busy Place

II was over at camp Mcclellan re-
GENTLY" said Max Sington, land believe
me it is a busy place. l was waiting
at headquarters to get in touch with
big buyer, and heard him give phone
order for two million feet of lumber
in the same easy voice as If he was
ordering a spool of thread. 1t beats
me the way they go to the phone and
call up Birmingham, Atlanta and Mem
phis and give orders that reach up into
of dollars.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11
Roads in Bad Condition

81 am on my way home from North
Carolina" said John s. Mcmillan of
Greenville. The trip through the coun-
try has not been as pleasant Is 1t
might have been If the rain had let
up. The roads in a number of places
are in bad condition. 1 had to pull
through lot of mud on the trip from
Atlanta to Admission. L feel very much
at home in Birmingham as have some
Investments here that cause me to keep
in close touch with it."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11
Politicians Good
Work Umappreciated

IF republics are ungrateful, is hap
u pens that resourceful politicians
reach the goal of their ambitions, if
thew stick to the game long enough.
But in Virginia, ]. Taylor Ellyson, the
most persistent aspirant for the gov
ernorship, was defeated this week by
a man comparatively little known to
the general public.
Ellyson had made great sacrifices
for the democratic party He had
served as state chairman for twenty
five years and as national commit
teeman almost as long. His activity
meant drain upon his private for
tune.
His name was household word in
Virginia. Thousands knew him per-
sonally and everybody respected him.
He is now lieutenant governor ano
has been for eight years. He had beer
president of the Virginia Baptist as
ISOLATION and prominent in the coun
ellis of the Southern Baptist associa
ton.
Although not reputed to be a maj
of large wealth he had ample means
and it is said that no citizen OF tn
old Dominion was more open-hande'
when it came to helping the needy
His contributions to the party ex
chequer were always generous, an
in every strenuous campaign he was
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11
Helping FARMERS
TO Market Crops


M7OW that bumper food crops are
y v assured, the most important
question in the south is how to market
with economy what has been pro-
duced in this section. In the east and
west the market problem was solved
long ago. In the great grain produc-
ing states the handling of crops is a
matter of business.
In the south cotton used to be the
one cash" crop. Whatever else was
raised on the farm was considered a
side line, mostly for home consump-
ton. 1t is different now. There is
corn to sell, and potatoes to sell; and
feedstuff will be harvested in album
dance. There will be much to spare.
Farmers living within wagon dis
lance" of large consuming cities can
dispose of their products at good
profit. But those who are remote
from markets will need not only
friendly advice, but downright prac-
teal aid. And this is exactly what the
Birmingham food preparedness bureau
is organized to provide. Secretary T..
P. Hay, Jr., invites correspondence.
He will do for the farming interest
what the traffic bureau of city does
for the merchant and manufacturer
who is bothered with competitive
rates.
This year, for the first time, the
farmers of Alabama will find mar
keting conditions approaching bust
ness-like system. Next year and in
the years to follow the south will have
the same food market regulations that
have for years obtained in the north.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11

BEGINNING THE DAY-o God
rive me freedom. Loose me from the
shackles of fear and hate and al
sin. Break my cage and lead me OUT
Let me feel the wings which L nave
dreamt about. Tame the heights ior
me, Give my soul Its proper ayr
show me the fullness and the tar
reaches of life. In Chrtsts name
Amen.-H, NJ. r.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11
Exemptions Must
Not BE Abused

1.-THE law providing for exemptions
u from draft service was meant
to be reasonable. 1t was for the bene-
fit of those who had families really
dependent upon them. But slackers
have been taking advantage of the
section intended for worthy men who
might claim exemption on honest
grounds.
1t makes one ashamed of the young
men of the country when it is seen
that in some districts 80 per cent of
those drafted present reasons which
they insist should "let them out"
The ideal way for democratic
country to raise big army would be
by the "old volunteer route" But
men do not volunteer in numbers suf-
ficient to create vast fighting ma
chine, and this country in its war
with Germany will need millions of
soldiers.
| Two hundred thousand men drafted
| for the national army will be needed
for training by September 1. With
800 900 already in the regular army
and about 100000 in the National
Guard, Uncle Sam will have available
for trench warfare in France this
year 100000 men. Four hundred
thousand additional men will be II
training camps before Christmas ane
these should be ready for the front by
early spring.
Let's have no more shirkers o.
chicken hearted fellows who are de
void of all pride in the flag and wh'
have no thought for the country whel
! it is in peril. Shame on every mai
who, by his attitude toward the draf
law, is giving comfort to the enemy
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11

Il have been running over to An
niston so much recently" said Charley
Pantaze, that folks are beginning to
joke me about being an Annistonian. 1t
is true that / expect to open restau-
rant over there and help feed the great
crowds that are bound to throng the
city when the soldier boys arrive. l
have had hard time trying to get a
suitable location, and most likely will
have to build on leased lot"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11
HOTEL LoBBGES


Il am on my way in my car to Ashe-
VILE" said John B. Knox Of Admission.
Il decided it would be pleasant to mo-
tor by easy stages through the open
country, and while at the Grove Park
inn have the car to make trips over
the beautiful roads in and around
Asheville"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11
A CRUEL BLOW.

Your daughter has given me some en-
couragement. sir
"Weu?"
But I'll be perfectly frank with you.
My finances are in bad shape"
"Aheml"
Il hope you are not disappointed, sir?"
Indeed, 1 am, young man. had
planned to borrow 500 from you for 80
days"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11
EXTREME CASE.

Human nature is certainly queer"
You are not the first person to find
that out
MRS. Flittersby bought two spools Of
thread at department store yesterday
and carried them home herself as a war
sacrifice. She couldn't be better pleased
with herself if she had blown up a
u-boat"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11

Yes, I have arranged to go to An
niston and start a taxicab service from
the Alabama hotel said Henry Jenk-
ms. II thought l might as well get INTO
the game at the start for l belleVe the
town is going to be flooded with visl-
tors of the kind who want ana are VIII
ing to pay for good taxi service.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11
Z STERN EMPLOYMENT.

do you hear from your son regularly
now that he's in the army?"
mo- replied Mr.. Cobbles. Heretofore
when Henry went away an got job he
was always wrltin' to US, threatenin' to
resign an askin' US to back him up in
it, but he's got job now that he can't
,,itr PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11
Do You believe TT

II haven't lost an umbrella in 20
wears" said William A. Davis. Il hear
people continually saying they can
keep one, but 1 find no difficulty in
doing it."
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ADRlFT WITH THE TIMES
DECIDEDLY DETERRENT.

Time was he thought the swimming hole
place that could delight his soul
And bring to him no end of JOY
When he was just barefoot boy.
But that was very long ago
He's made his mark, and pile, and so
A Roman bath is none too good
To cool him off, when in the mood.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11

p. ST. started out Men, Women ana
Books" so let both male and female
how hate the latter word-go through
their books and send at least one boys
book to tho Boys club.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11

hardships of many who went north
were needed to teach them, and the
other members of their race who
stayed at home, that in spite of some
just causes for complaint, they are
better off in the south than any
where else in the country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11
MOTOR PSYCHOLOGY.

MOTOR PSYCHULUG1.
TT may be trick Of the imagination,
but it seems to me that most flivvers
have an apologize air."
Ordinarily they do make that impress
sion. but whenever see flivver towing
a big touring car to repair shop, it looks
to me quite bumptious and superior"