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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-30
/ -SING TIE MISSISSIPPL

% aroused Widespread interest the other day when
ord went oat from 81. Louis that new steel oarses
left tow Of eminent steamer. with several
thousand tons OF coal for ST. Paul IL was SEQ Ions
NICE had been carried The great that resi-
cuts Of Mississippi valley had almost forgotten
och q Trims WAS possible
The present activity IS meant as test II IL proves
feasible there viii EFFORT made Co develop naNsa-
ga ON b,eser scale alons the Father or Waters and
IS tributary streams The chief didcuIty is that Of
ndbars snd shifting channels % is thought thst they
be overcome by am adequate dredging system ana
be- use of bs-ee, Of shallow draft
There IS particular incentive lu>t ooe Tor the re-
sal ~ such vatsr trafc owing 20 THE congestion 90
siiWs' transportation Bulky freight can bt carried
water BOZ general III one-dfh Of the railroad
harges The incidental relief 60 the railroads would
s1lt more rapid nlo.ensnt and lower prices Of
p sorts Of commodities
THIS = merely set,as back to nret principles 81
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-30

Paul and Minneapolis once important river ports.
several other cities the Mississippi
Missouri. Steamers used 10 run regularly as far
into the northwest Fort Benton. Mont 1t 4
careless and suicidal policy that permitted inland nav-
lapse. and gave the railroads monopoly OF
mid continent trsrfc. The whole country is now psyt
the penalty or that shortsghted policy. could
well anord 10 spend several hundred million on a
ereat. comprehensive waterway deveopm ent
IA system without any pork" IN it undertaken as
seriously as undertook the building the Panama
canal.
meuts is panunl to-day 20 the seine into great
canal Paris export Every European coun-
try has gone much farther along this line than We
have
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-30
MINER is ELECTR0CUTED
nternatInnaI Nens seryice :

international News Service:
BICKNELL. Ind. Aug. 30.-WIl-
liam Singleton. % years old OF
Plainyille. a miner al the Fourth
Vein coal co. mine east or Bick
nell was eleCtrocuted Wednesday
when he fell against = live wire
singleton was working nm the mine
for the nrst time.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-30

oulv 20 make my face look worse. Fina.
ly a French lady gave me beauty recipe
which she had obtained from q doctor in
Paris who told her the reason most
things failed was because they lacked
the power % get down into the skin and
renew the youthful activity ~ the tis
Srcs II was only q short time after
that my husband exclaimed. Sweetheart.
When shown the above. the following
war. they could supply Creme Tokalon
articles mentioned.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-30
The RoyaI PrerOgative.

Hot baths are now forbidden the
German people, but the Hohenzol-
Tern boys manage somehow TO get
into hot water almost every Gay.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-30
Taking Long Chances.

The Kentucky woman who shot
likely 10 get into pretty serious trou-
BILE. beef being al the price it is
now.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-30
Sweetheart, You Look
Ten Years Younger"
Complexion BlemiSheS BdniShed- Sign OF
Wrinkles How She Did Ii

only a woma N
who has watch
cd her complex
ion change from
wrinkled Coarse,
ssllow uSlines s
To clear. soft
Youthful beauty
can realize the
feeling or ioy
that came over
me when first I
saw that my ow ~
care worn aged
looking skin was
actually regain o.
ing its xirliSh
freshness Yer
prior to this
there was scarce
ly q preparation
including treat
menr az rhe high
est prices which
I bad not tried
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-30
Just Sauerkraut and Pretzels

frequent the mniormed that this confirmation
uhat said will certainly he of
We FROM Cincinnati Enquirer
and ePrcens world OF investigation
asned as blatant boosh barbah vet in nearly every case the speakers
@ ed to their myectv such expression as But when comes to brains
will have o j o them they have made science"
Then goes the balance is his:
German origin stamp which inscribed Made Germany
engine has been greatest a
the haces slaves mingled the the world made nshbor
Newcomer native Deyonshre obtained patent for par
tally engine perfected Gune
Trevhhck the locomotive SOIL
Stephenson EngShman the apply the locomotive
g railways traffic France England and America applied
I'll? telegraph which brings us the daily history of the world was invented
by Morse suggested
queni ~ y "' ,. -, I'1 ~ - ~. I!t liz ~
Cd moonng the new world alongside the old by Lord Kelvin the prince
Bell the telephone Scotland
grew o n
young Italian Marconi gave wireless biography
Cyrus Mccormick Of Virginia produced rapng
chine which hares the world Mei England brought forth
the hrashing machine; thus famine banshed
Whitney OF parenge gin;
EngHsman made the spinning Arkvgh also English
supplied its deficiency with his famous spinning the Engman Kay
introduced the shuttle who devised the knitting
chine and Cartwright inventor the loom British subjects
lie
Although Germany mHardc vops o Mars
offering has she made the God
gunpowd powder percussion
rogcene gncouon dynamite torpedo Shapne automatic
rifle bhIoadng Cang revolver, Maxim Slencer
hammerSS gun gmboat Honcad batteries or ship mor plate revolving
arplane.
Germany did produce the fire anHme dye ucanzed rubber liquid
gas gas barometer piano forte
wire nails plate glass circular cable electric sleeping
nfntum
The greatest thing Germany falsely
The light the world
No the light light
the Kerosene light the chgh the hhsht the candle
England other unuoei nations performed these
tasks
The
according the the
PLACED them in the armament
Daguene, Frenchman, presented with photography.
Our Edison brought picture delight
and the phOnOsmph please and Calico
the heavens with telescope Italian
The who the earth teemne microscope
microscope, biologist
So demonstrated connection between
bacterolog had gradu
important antsepic surgery
Edward Jenne the Harvey
the circulation o The blood EngIshmen.
.
all others They employed
ha>
engineering French who cut
the Sz canal the American who joined the Atlantic
The system by Germans their measure
meats gift France
Be>semer
England
Many vegetables OF enormous quantity
brought forth by peerless Burbank.
Iavode the father of modern chemistry
botany OF origin Hutton Of
England indebted geology Mau Virginia phyog
ap the Descae French paenag geometry
sociology o
Her did not the Mgeans
navigate the globe
did pole the way toward the
south pole.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-30
Cool Cellar
Good Place to
Store Vegetables

Every pound of ,eecta blee prop
erly put ny for future use. every
jar of fruit preserved. add that
much To- our insurance Of victory"
Priest Wilson.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-30
Spelling a Pastime.

selling real estate 10 the city used
To he an easy and short road to
wealth until grand juries began TO
get unduly inquisitiye.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-30
THE MEL TING POT
Come Take Pot Luck With U.s.
TURN. BOYS. TURN:


Th-
Is this frequently mbCed
With heated INDIGNATION the foe whose hateful
speeding
And often DO the forces thus inccntinenty chased
~
the optimistic hunter trails
Who uoncotnbatiNely desires the
But the poi>e
a WaIlike
81 which the hungry hunter rapidly
the
Perhaps gentle .iend ungraciousiy pursued
luck that's incouHderate
d would front them manfullv them
They possibly would knee and for and for
long
The forces OF the universe will right
rocks
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-30

LOTUS EYE BALM, Grows Long
silky Lashes- Strengthens and
Clears the sight safe Always Zoe
and soc Bottles st-COoNLEY
-AdVt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-30

won ten
wears Younger
That Frnnt n
beauty recipe f~
o marve 4 am
certain that most
any woman rar
successfully uss
The same plan 81
gladly rcDest 70
here FOR tho ben
~ m Others
fereI~ wash
vour face with
clear warm We
ter and rub in
q teaspOonfuf ~
Creme Tokal0n
Rose7ted Vioe
the face snd an
nlv poudrc Pc
TALES very
hne complexion
powder prepare
especially z o r
shiny noses an
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-30

two or three weeks with Yaphank
mosquitoes they are mad enough TO
fight the most formidable army that
ever was mustered into action
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-30
The stars incline. but 90 act compel
HOROSCOPE

The stars incline but do not
compel"
THJRSDNN. VIC. So. 1917.
Although this Is counted an an
certain day, Venus ana Jupiter are
ia benefc aspect during busy hours.
Early in the morning Neptune and
Saturn are adverse -r1nus. Also
exercise sinister power.
The sea threatens disa ste. con
tinuously ir these last GAY or sum-
meI but there Is a prophecy that
the United states y.in gain In a
strsteSic move nat VIII make fame
for the navy.
Unusual storms are prosnosticat-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-30
EncctiNe Preparation.

Most Of the boys already al zap
hank declare that after battling for
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-30

bad COMPILATION = YOUR fs0e n 01d
D. wriDkled get box o. japanese Ice
Pencils % use in connection with the
rOseated cream have seen MANY
wrinkled. hollow checked faded LOOKING
woman Danish every sign ~ wrinkles
and complexion blemishes end marve'
ouSlv increase her beauty through his
simple and inexpensive recipe
local mer chants stated that, despite the
ROsested and the ether French-created
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-30
OF Course.

War Costs Switzerland $4,000
600 a Year.-Headline Probably
for the maintenance Of the navy.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-30
Inside Information.

Germany predicts world wide
famine in two years. Being closer
20 il than any other nation she
ought 20 speak with authority
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-30
Their Full Quota

Hens are not laying very well this
summer. but they feel that they are
doing all that they ought 10 do i'm
view Of the sort Of rationS that are
being served out TO them.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-30

morning one cup ~
and one tea spoonful 2
Fully explained iu
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-30

Apply night and
clear. warm water
~ ro>eated cream
this article
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-30

tCopTrilhi lal7
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-30

euulation may be secured ~
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-30

OH tranquil Tabby. amber-eyed
And soft and sleek, and roundly furry.
You rambie by the garden side
Serene and calm, and free frcm worry:
But all. with steak at eighty
Aud ham and mutton past all reason
While millions cry for sustenance
I wonder where you'U be next season
All faithful Fido. placid pup.
SuspectnS untoward disaster,
YoJr bright devoted eyes look up
To meet the fond ones OF your master.
But eggs are getting high and few.
And ducks and chickens cost like thunder.
And hsh is costly. too;
Will YOU he here next year, ! wonder?
Oh. Canary Bird Of tender voice
30 bright. swift. light winging
u makes our weary hearts rejoice
To hear the carols you are singing;
But milk is rising every day.
And bread and buns ruling stronger,
And YOU pipe your roundelay
doubt that you will sing much longer
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-05
The great American peanut Is broad.

The great American peanut ls'broad.
ening its empire. The crop grows even
faster than the peanut-eaters multiply.
The demand which buIges ut county
fairs and baseball games and joys
along steadily in every town and hain-
let all the year through is not equal to
the increased supply. But the pen.
nut does not suffer. The oil industry
balances the score, says Cleveland
Leader. The nuts the millions Of pea.
n~ut.eaters don't eat can be swallowed
easily by the mills which make pea
nut oil and peanut meal. The oil 10
a welcome and very good addition to
the food supply Of the country. The
meal gets the same end less direct'
~. Cattle and swine eat It and then
they are eaten In turn. This year Texas
alone expects to make about 10000 bar.
rels of peanut oil. There will be>4O.'
900 tons of peanut meal as a side prod.
uct. These figures will doubtless hs
Tar surpassed before long. Ultimately
q great deal of soap may be made In
the United States, as It Is In France
and other countries Of Europe, with
peanut oil rs one Of its ingredients.
So the peanut Is not only holding ita
own. but widening its field of useful
ness. It Is n of the products of
American agriculture which are al
promising as they are popular.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-05
COLUMBIAN
THE YOUNG GIANT. OF THE
SOUTH"

Has in its Reserve Fund e 100
per cent. of its liabilities.
Absolutely Strong, Safe, Sane, Sure
and Permanent.
viii take boys and men, girls and
women from 16 to IS years of age.
Cirls ard women on the same terms
as boys and men.
You will eye live long enough ia
see the rates raised.
ISSUES SIX DIFFERENT KINDS
OF COVENANTS tPCLlCIES) AND
EVERY COVENANT tPGLICY) A
PARTICIPATING COVE
(POIICY).
1.-Ordirary Life, with permanent
Disability Protection.
2--Who.e Life, with Special Acct
dert BENEFITS and Conditions.
3-Monthly Income, with Special
Accident Protection and Conditions.
4-Term to Age IS, with Special
accident Protection and Conditions.
5-5 Year Renewable, with Accident
and Special Conditions.
6--Maternity, every time a child is
born the mother gets $500, if twins
$4,000, if triplets $500.
WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN THE CO.
lumbar WOODMAN
BECAUSE it is oftencr and more
favorably mentioned by the Press Of
the country than any other Insurance
ORGANIZATION in America.
BECAUSE you get in one Covenant
at the cheapest rate possible, consist
ant with safety to yourself and the
Society, more protection for every
dollar you put in it than any other
Insurance Organization known.
See me. ] want to talk with YOU
and explain these Covenants.
If you do not see me, leave your
name with Wilson Banking Co. and
l will gladly call on you at your res
idence or place of business.
I. will be in Greenwood only a short
while, therefore, take advantage of
this opportunity while it is yours.
RAXTER WILSON.
Deputy Consul General and Organizer
Permanent Address Lexington, Miss.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-05
VAST SUM APPROPRIATED FOR FLOOD
CONTROL.

After q siege of many years, and the ex-
penditure of much energy and effort, the gov
eminent has appropriated a vast sum of money
for the reclamation of lands in the Mississippi
valley.
The appropriation was made honestly and
openly and the purpose Of it was understood.
There is no authority unce n the constitution for
the appropriation, but the constitution has been
set aside in many instances on previous occasions,
and conspicuously in the matter of appropriations
for the reclamation Of lands in the west.
The American people viii feel all the better
for it, because the ~specioug plea of appropriating
raorey for the Improvement Of navigation, has
been abandoned. 1t was never true, and it was
used to whip the devil around the stump, as the
saving is, and in order to avoid coming into direct
conflict with the constitution.
It is estimated that 100000 acres of land
will be reclaimed in this manner, and most of this
is of great richness and fertility. II means much
for the lower Mississippi valley, and, in fact, for
the entire valley, and for this reason congress
men and senators from the upper reaches of the
Mississippi, Ohio and their various tributaries
joined hands with the South, which would never
have been favored with so large an appropriation
without assistance.
This amount of money will do away with
theories by subjecting ttem to actual tests. Thec-
ries prove nothing, and cannot be depended upon
unless indicated by experience.
There are those who believe that the levee
system is a rank failure, and that the more money
that is spent on it the greater will be the newt
able disaster. There are those who believe that
the levee system will ultimately cause a WIDEN
ing of the river bed as a result of riparian lands
tumbling into the water, and that in the time ma
vigation will be quite as impossible as it is on
the Rio Grande, that has spread itself out over
a vast area, over which the water flows in a far
flung sheet.
Expert engineering authorities employed by
the government are firm in the conviction that by
raising the levees to a standard height flood con-
troll will be accomplished, and the current when
held firmly in bounds will wash out it's own chan
mel, and in this way bring about and perpetuate
deep water navigation.
The dream of the people Of the valley has been
of a water route from such points as Chicago, st.
Louis, Kansas City and the farther West all the
way to tidewater at New Orleans, and if the theo-
ries of the engineering department are workable
the time is not far distant when this dream will
come true.
Now that the appropriation has been made, and
the money is to be spent, all conflicting theories
must be thrown aside, and the theory adopted
by the government of standardized levees on
either side Of the river must be the only one that
can be considered. We must give it a fair test,
and if it proves a failure we will have to try some
other method. If it proves a success, as it's ad-
vocates claim and expect, the great valley will
be bountifully blessed.-Memphis News Scimitar.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-05

An official report upon the rise Of
prices In the various countries since
the outbreak Of the war, issued 10
London, shows that In England 1t has
heen 6S per cent in the cost Of food
alone. for rents. which enter into the
cost Of living to a very large degree,
have not risen. In Berlin the rise has
been about 1853 per cent, In Austria
17S per Gent, in the Scandinavian
states about 81 per cent, in Australia
8Q.b per gent, in New Zealand 1913
per cent. while Up Canada the rise has
beep only IS ner cent. The very great
rise In Germany and Austria Is attrihs-
uted to flooding the country with .
vast amount Of paper money. There
was 20 report on the rise In prices Ia
the United States, remarks Omaha
World Herald, but the ordinary wage,
worker is inclined to insist that II Il
about 500 per cent,
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-05
NO CHARITY FOR US.

There are some people in this community who
think when they advertise in The Commonwealth
that they are doing out generosity to the editor
They say they want to support a home enterprise
and keen the paper going, meaning that they new
er expect any good out Of the advertising, but
hone II will help to keep us from starving.
Now. we are not doing business on the begging
Man. We solicit advertising from local merch-
ants because it will do them good-we ask 1t IN
the name Of progressive business. We know
that il i man spends his money here and gets no
returns he will stop trying the columns of the The
Commonwealth.
Every now and then we have a man to tell us
that we deserve support. We appreciate his way
of looking at it but if the only reason our subscrib-
ers took the paper was to help us along we would
be starving in three months. They subscribe to
the paper because we give them something to
read, tell the news about their people and write
q little on current topics OF the day.
They probably find it interesting. Now a
merchant, can get them to read the news about his
store if he makes it snappy and entertaining. He
can get them to buy from him because they know
him through our columns as an honest, fair man
II he can do this he is willing to pay for the ser.
vice we render-that is why advertising pays.
Now if you don't believe this you ask any
merchant who has ever given advertising a fair
trial. AS one Of them said to us, Il never cal, see
where any certain advertisement pays me a GER
tain number Of dollars, but l know my business
falls off when l cut out the ads" Another merch'
ant told us that one time he stopped advertising
and an old lady came into his store one day and
said: 4 thought you had gone out of business be-
cause / don't see any of your news in the paper
any more" AS he told us, he remarked that he
had been advertising regularly since that time.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-05
CHANCERY SUMMONS.
The State of Missis

The State of Mississippi.
To the unknown parties in interest,
named as defendants, in the suit
hereinafter mentioned: =.
You are commanded to appear be-
fore the Chancery Court of the Coun-
ty of Lefore, in said State, on the
Fourth Monday of March, A. u. 1917.
to defend the suit in said Court of
Wilson Banking Company, a carpor-
alton, wherein you r defendants,
said suit being numbered 3049 in said
court.
This the 18th day of February, A.
D., 1917.
(SEAL) A. R. BEW, Clerk.
y HILL & WITTY, Soils. for PITTS.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-05
GERMANY AND MEXICO AND JAPAN.

The news that the hand of Germany had been
stretched into Mexico, with offers to Japan, that
these two nations should aid Teutonic, empire in
the event of war between the United States and
Germany over the submarine question, is, start
ling although not entirely unexpected. That such
q move would have been made was to be expected
and military leaders naturally expected such a
move as soon as war between the two countries
became assured.
A reassuring feature is the fact that the COM
munication was not to have been made to Mexico
until it was certain that there was going to be
war between Germany and the United States, but
this is not enough to satisfy Americans. We
must have an army prepared to defend our terri
tory at all times and a navy which will be able to
fght on two coasts. This means a fleet in the
Atlantic as big as Great Britain's and one in the
Pacific equal to Japan's.
On the land the only solution Of the vexed
problem is universal military service, which Is
democratic and just. Under the law all men would
have to serve their country equally and for the
same length Of time. The new development only
brings to mind the things which may be expected
whenever we Join into any war, and the people
must not be surprised at anything that happens
when war is declared. The safest plan is to be
prepared, but above all else. to be peaceful, but
above all else, to be peaceful and try to live al
PEACE with all the world.