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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-10
AGE LIMITS OF DRAFT
N TO 50 INCLUSIVE,
NO ROOSEVELT ARMY
BERLIN PAPERS
MAY BE FORCED
TO SUSPEND
They Tell Chancellor Won Bethnann-
Holweg That They Have White Pa
per Merely for the End of This
Week or the First of Next.

Copenhagen, via London, May lo.--The
Berlin newspapers have informed Chan
eellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg that they
are in pressing danger OF being forced to
suspend publication at the end of this
week or the beginning OF next owing to
the paper shortage. They ask the chan
cellor to take steps to increase the sup
ply and particularly to furnish fuel to
the paper factories. The situation was
recently emphasized by the newspapers
in refusing to publish the speech before
the Reichstag by Vice Chancellor Helf-
ferieh
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-10
SEBASTIAN SUNK
BEINGTOWED TOPORT
Thomas jerks, Marine Gunman on Gov.
ernment Ship, Having Sebastian
in Tow, Was Lost.

Newport, r. l., May l0-The British
oil tank motor ship Sebastian, which was
being towed by an American gunboat to
the New England port with a fire rag
ing fiercely in her hold, sank to-day.
Thomas jerks, marine gunner attached
TO the government vessel which had the
Sebastian in tow, was lost
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-10
BRITISH SQUADRON
CHASED GERMANS
Eleven Ships, in the Latter Were Able
to Get Away, According to London
0fhcial Statement.

London, May ia British force Of
light cruisers and destroyers chased n
German destroyers to-day, engaging them
81 long range, but being unable to over
take them, says an Official statement.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-10
ZURICH STORY DENIED.
Says No Attempt Was Made to Assas-
sinate the Kaiser.

Berlin, via London, May l0.-A report
recently emsnating from Zurich that an
attempt had been made to assassinate
Emperor William was denied in an Off
cial statement to-day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-10
"FLUcTUATING FIGHT"
Is the Official Designation of Bullecourt
Battle by Berlin.

Berlin, via London, May l0.-A fue-
tuating fight for the possession of Bulle-
court on the French front is in progress,
says to-dsy's army headquarters state
ment. Artillery fire in the Arras sector
is reported on the increase.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-10
MURDERED FOUR RELATIVES.
Then Frank Millen Hanged Himself at
Elkton, Ky.

Elkton, Ky, May l0.-Frank Millen. a
young farmer. to-day killed his father,
mother, brother and brothers wife with
an axe and then hanged himself.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-10
FORAKER is DEAD.
Famous Statesman from Ohio Died at
Cincinnati.

Cincinnati. May lO-Joseph Benson
Foraker, former United States senator.
lawyer, orator. soldier and citizen. died
at his home here to-day at the age of 20.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-10
CANADIAN CASUALTIES.
Have Been se,s4s Since Outbreak of III,
War.

Ottawa, Ont, May lo.-Casualties
among the Canadian expedition army
forces from the time the war began up
to Tuesday had reached a total Of So
S43 killed, wounded and missing. accord
ing to a report made last night by the
war records Office.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-10

Attorney Alexander Dunnett, who was
visitor in Barre Tuesday and Wednes-
day. returned yesterday to his home in
st. Johnsbury.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-25

worse, to waste money in work d
this sort with the use Of bad material
In building a culvert the road
builder must observe three funda
mental requirements:
l. The first requirement IL that the
culvert must be so placed that it will
drain cross the road. and under the
road, of course, all the wafer that ID
delivered to it by the side ditch along
the road. II this be not done, the
ssrth along the road and about thu
end Of the culvert will be wet anG
soggy the most Of the year and the
culvert opening will require almos'
constant repairs. Requiring a high
way culvert is relatively more ex
pensive than similar work In a tcw1
because Of the waste Of time Of thu
workmen in going to and from the
point at which the work must be done
In placing the culvert care must also
be taken that 1t will not be choked
BY brush and leaves, and this duty
must be discharged by the road super
visor, and will be, II he Is worth his
salt.
4. The second and very important
requirement in the building Of q cuI
vert is that its ends must be protected
by some kind Of a wall n facing car
ried down to q arm Foundation. l.
this be done, 1t will be found that the
end Of the culvert will not be under
cut by the water and Will not be
broken. frost will not injure 1t. the
surrounding or superintendent earth
will not slide down into the ditch In
front of the opening, and. with the
further necessary work Of keeping the
feeding bitches clear, the culvert viii
be able to take care Of all the water
alongside the road. o
8. The third requirement IS that the
culvert must be made so strong that
1t will not become broken and 50 tight
that 1t will not leek. These ends can
DO reached by building the culvert Of
masonry, concrete or Of good piping
The material to be used must be de-
termined by the relative cost Of the
several materials at the locality
where the culvert is to be built and
BY the distance from the Top Of thu
culvert to the surface Of thu road.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-25
REDUCE EXPENSE OF HAULING
Improved Roads Put Farmer In POSI-
tIon Where He Can Go TO Market
Every Day In Year.

Permanent road building costa
money, and 1t is well to look at the
c0ld-cash side of the proposition. True.
the beneficial effects upon the social
and educational standards Of the com.
munity r not always susceptible Of
exact calculation, but they are certain
to come; and since a permanent road
costs money, we must know there IL to
be . profit from somewhere to Offset
the cost Something for nothing has
never yet been found.
Profits from a permanent road come
to the farmer In the reduction Of haul.
Ing costs. It puts him In a position
where he can get to market every day
In the year. and where he can haul two
loads at one trip instead Of having n
make two trips to haul one load.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-25
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KA[N
BUILDING OF ROAD cULvERTs
" Not Constructed Of Good Materlst
They viii Have to Be Rebuilt In,
Very Few Years

II the culverts are not built Of good
material they will have to be rebuilt
In a few years, whatever the quality
Of the roads they are made to serve
Defective ~culverts ~vitiate. n Of the
elementary principles of highway eco
Monies, and the interests Of the tag
payers require that the annual cost Of
every part Of the roads built for their
use be reduced to the lowest possible
figure consistent with efficiency. Man.
ifestly, it would be worse than folly
to build culverts OF boards to take
care Of roads that have cost hundreds
or thousands Of dollars the mile and
It would be none the less foolish, o.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-25
POSTERITY o u PAY.


The burdens of this war should not be sad
died entirely upon the people of this generation.
|Posterity, glorying in it's results, should pay its
share of the expense.
To levy abnormal taxes upon all commodities
upon the people when they can ill afford to bear,
for when the necessities of life are"taxed it is the
consumer who pays the bill.
The common people-and by that term we
mean the great mass of the people who EARN
their living from day to dayA-are already stag
gering under burdens that are far too heavy for
many Of them The complacency of congress in
the face of highway robbery by the food barons
is forcing them almost to the point of desperation.
The stomach demands food, and often the pocket
book is not able to supply it in sufficient quaint
ties. The food barons are hogging the substance
and the people are paying for the husks.
Too much Of our war revenue should not be
by immediate taxation. Posterity should
pay its share in interest and principal on long
bonds.
The people have loyalty submitted to the ne
|cessity for economy, and are virtually living on a
war schedule. Luxuries have been eliminated
and expenditures have been limited to bare
necessities. The addition of a heavy tax to this
would be the utmost folly.
If congress would become as patriotic as it
expects of the people, than let it enact laws that
will guarantee the farmer and the producer a
fair price for his products, and the consumer that
|he will not be required to pay. more than a fair
margin Of profit over the cost Of probationary
1.-THE utter elimination Of all spectators and other
lgrasping hogs
And let posterity pay part of the bill.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-25
"JUST AN ENTHUSIAST"

One often hears the expression, when referring
to another who has waxed eloquent on some sub
ject near to his heart: "Oh, he is just an en-
thusiast; you must not take him too seriously"
Yes, just an enthusiast, but what a wonderful
hing is enthusiasm! Dead men have it not. 1t
is the exclusive possession of LIVE men-of men
of power, of dynamic force.
It is hard to imagine what this life would be
without enthusiasm. Perhaps the warden of Sing
Sing prison would have a clearer perception than
most people of a world devoid of enthusiasm.
The quality we call enthusiasm has done much
for the world. Columbus ! ad it, and he discovered
a continent. Fulton had it, and We have the
steam engine. The Wrig. Brothers had it, and
as result the currents Of the upper ether are al
most as we'll known as tho, of the deep. Marconi
had it, and the wireless has eliminated the clement
of distance on this earth. And what shall we say
of Edison, the greatest enthusiast Of them all?
What would be our condi.. on today even without
his inventions?
You call it genius. But who ever knew a
genius who was not an enthusiast on his hobby ?
What is a genius, anyway, without enthusiasm ?
A mere visionary!
Be an enthusiast in your daily business, in mu-
nicipal, state and national affairs. Be an enthu-
last in everything you undertake, in everything
you advocate. And above all. be an enthusiast
in upholding the government in it's prosecution of
this war, and in the end we will reap the reward
of the successful enthusiast.
Enthusiasm is not a gift. 1t can be acquired
by any normal person. It does not take the
place of will power, but is the legitimate child of
the will. Given the desire to succeed, enthusiasm
can be cultivated, and when once acquired its
power is limitless.
Enthusiasm is not the exclusive dover of
youth. Some of the brightest minds the world
has ever known has carried it down to the Valley
of the Shadows.
Neither is it the peculiar heritage of genius.
for many of the worlds greatest benefactors have
been people Of mediocre gifts, but obscessed with
a burning enthusiasm for accomplishment.
Therein lies its greatest lesson. All may pos
sess it, and with its magic power no life need be a
failure.
The strenuous days through which we are
call for unbridled enthusiasm.
Be an enthusiast! Only the derelicts and
will sneer.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-25

That Brftish soldier who captured
12 Of the enemy single-handed may
not have teen a myth, after all. Amp
way, he has been awarded a Victoria
Cross and II he never really sudsted
he would be the Arst decorated myth
on record.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-25

Cancer IA d Hen mans disease. h
was decided at d clinical congress n
philadelphia. and tuberculosis b the
scourge Of the working classes. But
cancel IL still bafiing scientists, while
the prevention Of tub6reuioats requires
only a progressive pubiic hsalth ~
Icy.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-25

40 effectually has medical science
scared the public on the subject Of
~infantile paralysis that II, Is high time
the physicians come out and tell Us
what they really know about it--or
don't know
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-25

You never see a young mother on
the street with her baby wondering
why people don't admire her nice
clothes. She is wondering why they
r not all paying attention to the most
beautiful baby ON earth.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-25
Wont Dunn.

DO you ever lose your temperf'
mot Often" answered the ultimate
consumer, "but I would like to lay my
hands on the dealer who sold me I've
tons Of indestructiblS coalls
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-25

ONE DOLLAR VS.. FOUR DOLLARS.


OlN6 OOAA<1AS VOs TWIN OOAA<1ASCs
Fault finding and railing at congress is not a
pleasure to any editor. 1t is a nuisance-it
leaves a nasty taste in the mouth. But there are
times when railing is not only a virtue, but an
absolute necessity II the people are to be protected
from petty thieves and highway robber barons.
The retail price of potatoes is a fair illustra-
ton of the results of congressional Stacking.
Up in the potato district of Wisconsin farmers
are reported to be receiving a dollar a bushel for
their output. In Chicago, only a comparatively
few miles distant, the consumer is paying four
dollars q bushel.
Who gets the three dollars?
If there was ever time in the hisory Of our
country when the American people should rise up
in their might and demand congressional action
that time is RIGHT NOW.
Robber food barons will suck the blood of the
consumer just as long as congress dallies and
Stacks and does nothing, and with q few notable
exceptions the national law makers will do abso-
1utely nothing until they are literally kicked to the
point Of performing their sworn duty.
Speed W The kicksrl
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-25

Coed Only In Pedigree.
Too many sfres are gUod only n
pedigree. A good grade is better thar
. poor purebred.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-25
hIa ExnerlancA.

Peckem who had loved and won,
Once lot this sentence fall:
"'Tis better to have loved and Lost
Than never to have lost at ALL
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-25

-
Entered at Greenwood ~postodace Is second-elhss matter
GREENWOOD, MISS, JUNE Is, 1917.
Being an ally hasn't cured Japan Of captious
ness.
-
He NAV not be a counterfeit, but the Kaiser
q bad Bill.
It's a superhuman government that makes no
diplomatic blunders.
nAAAAaA
Queer Tom Lawson is not out with q plan to
end the war while-you-wait.
Tickles the French to see Perish and Jof in
in their fat and lean stunt. 8
No, Willie boy; there will be no manicuring
parlors in the training camps. r.
McAdoo to liberty bond subscribers: Thanks,
two billions is all l need now.
AnAAARA
Still, if a people depose a king and are then
ruled by knaves they gain nothing.
Poor Constantine hadn't even rep enough to
get an offer to work for the movies.
Every n,urderous air raid on a city serves to
increase the war spirit in the U. S. A.
AAAAAAAA
Eventually European peddlers will be trading
secondhand crowns for household junk.
AAAAAAnAA
Print paper hogs that can be fair and won't
- -, --I Yf.a1~ Geo. oon IL - g INA
NMAAAAAA
That American steamer missed by two U-boat
torpedoes must have had a horseshoe aboard.
u
Golly, we'd have insomnia sure, If we owed as
much as the smallest of the belligerent powers.
If this attempt to carry beauty and sweetness
into war succeeds, a world-old want will be filled:
49,
Congress has only put it's ear to the ground to
hear the chorus of the people, LET Hoover do 1t"
AAAAAAA
Plenty Of backyard gardeners who were sure
they knew beans have not been able to grow them.
AANAAAA&~e
Besides, should it become necessary, we can
mobilize an army of women, armed with hatpins.
Woody, in effect, to Hoover: Get ready; Pllsee
that Congress comes across with needed authority.
Somehow we always push things a year ahead.
The wars decision is now scheduled to come in
1918.
AAAAAnAn
Just a friendly tip, boys-don't talk economy
to her when she expected you to come across with
a box of candy.
Russia has promised to stick, but just the same
the allies will not be caught mapping should it de-
velop cold feet.
AAAAAAA
All right, the ship Of state can now go ahead
Senator J. Ham Lewis has thanked the people for
coming across with the cash.
Claring Observation-Disclosures had to in
definitely postpone mobilization of its national
guard for lack of equipment.
AAAAAAN
Seems the steel trusts offer Of steel at cost
is not to include the mercantile navy, which is be-
ing charged $50 more a ton.
nAAAAnA
Congressman Borland, of Missouri, is right
national not draft" is the proper name Of our
army that is now in the making.
Many who read this will live to read of Europ-
can thrones being used by street-corner s~pellbind-
ers in their presidential campaigns.
There seems to be no good reason for treating
contractors who are caught robbing the govern
ment different from any other kind of traitors.
Eventually it will have to be done 80 why not
now intern for the period Of war, all who write or
talk tnear-treason, whether they be foreign-born
- ma%;s,n ~ @GLNHA 1I @Fs@ 844#H 8#M8
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-25
Paved Country RoadsL

Many country roads are paved-with
rood intentions, but for the most part
with Jumps Of sod, stone, ruts ard
rubbish.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-25
Bee Brand Insect Powder
RAILWAY SCHEDULES.

Yazoo 4 Mississippi Valley Railway.
Northern Division.j
No. Destination. Time.
40 Tutwiler, C'dale, Mem.
phis, Tvs .....-..-~-..... $40 .. m.
324 Grenada and l. c.. Tvs. 1922 .. m
314 Tutwiler, C'dale. V'burg,
G'ville, Helena & Mem
phis, Tvs. .....----....lO:66a. %.
AZ Travellers Spec, Mem,
Tutwilerand points s.
C'dale, lvs. ..--.-.. 1850 y. m.
1892 Grenada & ]. G., Tvs. 8:oS y. a..
Al Trav. Spec, Mem, V'brg.
T'wiler., Chastn., and u
dale, arrvs. .-........ 8:O5 q. m.
}31 Grenada 4 /. G., arrvs. 8:13 .. NJ.
'23 Grenada & !. c. arrvs. 2:4O p. m
sl3 Mem. Helena, V'burg, G..
vile and Chston. arr. 4:47 p. m.
80 Mem. Hell. Cdale. 4 inter.
pts. arr. ..-....lO:1O p. m.
(Southern Division.)
33l Tchula, Durant, Yazoo
City, Jackson and New
Orleans, Tvs. .-...... 8:22 .. m.
S13 Same ....-..-.- 500 p. m.
For further information apply to
]. w. DONNEI.L. lex. Agt.
Southern Ky. Co., In Miss.
IA Same train, arrives. 1885 q. n.
1872 Same train, arrives. $3.50 p. 10
Greenwood Station.)
WEST BOUND TRAINS.
No. Destination. Time.
3 Winona to Greenville, acc.
leaves ....-.--..7:2E .. m.
leaves 1906 p. m
9 Columbus to G'ville, acc.
il B'ham t, G'ville. thru. tr.
leaves ----.-.o:O6 p. ID.
II G,wood to Webb, dly ex.
Sunday. leaves.....-...2:25 p. m.
EAST BOUND TRAINS. ,
q G'ville to Brham, thru tr.
leaves -w----..-. 800 .. m:
70 G'ville to Columbus, acc.
leayes',..-;-:.--.. l:l8 p. m.
1 G'ville to Winona. acc.
leaves ........ .....7:08 p. m.
10 Webb bch., dly. X. Sun.
Connection for Beizoni branch Tvs.
Greenwood 7:2I q. M, also Tvs. Grren-
wood sos p. m. connecting at Itta
Bena 5:45 p. m.
Sunday service-Webb- Belzoni bchs
alternate, lvug. Greenwood 4:45 p. m.
G. v GAGE. TEX. AIT.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-25
Hen Outdoor. In !,

Hen Outdoors In Winter.
The hen can spend little Of the vin.
ter scas"n In the open air and q prop.
srly csnstsscted house IL necessary.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-25

Take The Daily Ccsnmonysalth.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-25
q ~ wnS1O
Breed

Breed
The manure pile is the favorite
breeding place Of flies. They are
born in filth and live in filth. No
wonder these germ laden scayengers
carry death into thousands Of homes
every year. Protect yourself and
those about you by keeping danger
GUS flies out Of your home. Use
BEE BRAND INSECT POWDER.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-25

II always ser right out what ]
thinks"
"Dat's no lie, bnt youse needn't over
t'ink yourself on my account. I'm tired
hearin' yersalready."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

shown last February by Cheruit, Doucet, Beer
and Bernard, but the American women wore
very few suits made of anything so soft and
pliable. This season it looks though suits
will be made of nothing else.
The colors chosen are deep red, American
blue, dull slate gray, currant red and tobacco
brown. The last named color will be unusually
popular. Women will be glad to welcome 1t,
and yet it is exceedingly dangerous. There
are certain shades of brown that make
woman look sallow, wrinked and dull of eye.
The brilliant copper browns, in velvet and
satin, with their CLINT of gold and brass, are
unusually striking, but they are rarely seen in
woollen cloths.
It looks as though the very smart woman
will be dressed in suit of tobacco brown
velour on the street in preference to the blue
to which she has adhered so steadfastly for
ten years This color lends itself well to the
collar and bands of sealskin which are pitched
over the surface Of clothes by the French de-
sgners, as though petry were the cheapest or
nament in the world
Because the Directoire period of French his
tory is looked upon WIN klndly interest Dy tne
designers, there will be tight sleeves, slim bod
ices, waists that are shorter in front than in
back and redingotes in the fashions for au-
tumn.
This new redngote is as slim as a pencil
mark and opens over a skirt of another color
and sometimes of another fabric.
An immense amount of black panne velvet
will be used over white satin in this fashion.
The underskirt, and the wide vest which shows
itself beneath the drapings of black, will be
fastened with jet buttons in straight line
from chest to nstep.
Other redingotes are made for street use
and are strongly urged as substitutes for the
conventional short coat and skirt. They are
of dull blue velour, for instance, mounted over
currant red velour or satin, fastened with bone
button and beted with a bit of the red en-
broidered in blue
The new waistcoat is an accessory of ex-
IRENE Importance. 1t is longer than the coat
in some models, it is made of all varieties of
material, it is plain or it is embroidered, and
it is often belted
Another fashion that will be in high favor
is the use of the mannish checked jacket with
a plain velvet skirt.
Still another fashion that is worth know
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

enthusiasm and have worked them out with
remarkable results.
The decree for a narrow skirt was actually
made last spring but none paid heed to it.
This time France insists upon narrow skirts
in the name of conservation of material. That
dictum appeals to America. We are not out
Of the commodities of life yet, but we may be
soon. No one is very optimistic about being
able to get great deal of material, food,
leather, trimmings and cotton if this war
keeps on for two years more. Our govern
ment will need everything it can get hold Of,
and the American woman will have to do with
out Rest assured there will be no complain
ing; but it is wise for every woman to put her
household in order now, so that when the time
comes she will not fall from heaven to earth,
injuring her moral resistance and needing
stern adjustment of her plan Of life. Better
begin by wearing narrow skirts now.