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The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

Cku1olAy, ~ yOu AC yOuA p0pCA oe0y
behind. Pay US for a year, help us to get along
with the increased expenditures and we will give
you a better paper.
Ar American Society of Othoepy is being agi.
tated in order to secure uniform pronunciation OF
the English language. The end is well deserv.
ing but we hardly think it necessary to adopt
such harsh methods.
Reports from somewhere are that thirty Ger
man submarines will attempt a real blockade of
Great Britain on the frst'of the month. All who
believe this pass US a quarter.
Washington is expecting much foreign COM
ment on the presidents speech to the Senate and
is looking for most OF it to be unfayorable. 1t is
quite likely.
The recent Russian loan of twenty-five million
dollars missed fire. The syndicate has dissolved
with five million dollars worth Of the bonds un-
sold.
Readers are invited to write short cards to
The Commonwealth on every day subjects. Don't
make them too long, however, as our space is lin
tied.
We saw the wife of a man who makes ten a
week the other day with a ten dollar pair of shoes
on. Talk about the h. c. Of |.
A London munition factory recently blew up,
killing over nifty persons. This is one place more
dangerous than an editorial sanctum.
The biggest ship in our navy is the Mississippi,
launched Thursday with a tonnage Of $4,000. Her
main battery has thirty-four guns.
This country of ours is big enough for all
sorts OF freaks to live in it but you don't have to
make a fool Of yourself, if you don't want to-.
Sir Oliver Lodge says he can talk to the dead.
If he had said he could wake them up we would
ask him to try his experiment in this town.
Colorado has been shipping $3.50 100000
worth OF potatoes east. Gosh! Must have been
at least a car load.
Why not a league to enforce peace? We have
every other kind OF league OF which the human
mlna can concelve-on paper.
We are again emitting our customary gibe
at Carranza. isn't worth 1t.
whats in name?" inquiries a reader. A
divorce, II the evidence is sufficient.
"Godsave' is the name of a student at a Chi
cago biblical institute. And we hope He will.
Gypsy Smith, Jr, is trying to save Washing
ton before Billy Sunday gets around to it.
Meanwhile Denmark has its hand out for
325, OOO,0OO-the price Of those islands.
To listen to some overwise guys, peace might
be supposed to be an ancient myth.
Sometime some Congress may make a tremen-
dous popular hit by failing to create new Offices.
Though by nature an objector, Carranza new
er objects to being helped by Uncle Sam.
Base bali r,agnates might be uneasier If the
fsns were threatened to strike in the spring.
Ma3
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

Those working to get money from Congress
never strike.
But, s'pose we weren't asked to join the con-
cert OF worid-poWers?
Some Senators even think they, not the Presi-
dent, should do the advising.
Wilson doesn't appear to be afraid he'll wear
out his welcome az the Capital.
On, well, after all IT'S very human to want
to gag the oCiler Aeil0W alCer YOU We lau your say.
With so many meetings to discuss farming
here and there we ought TO lind a good FARMER.
We see where an eminent doctor is dead. This
shows the danger OF beng all eminent doctor.
Carranza says he will safeguard the territory
from which our soldiers retreat. We snall SCI.
If Dame Fashion wished to play to the pock-
cts, she would prescribe wooden shoes.
George Washington Perkins does not have tv
hire a press agent 70 get Tree advertising.
Must be heavenly to live in a lieless COM
munity.
Lawyer Whipple is having his turn under the
big spotlight.
That man Villa must be either q humorist Or
q wag. He calls US the 'barbarians Of the north"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-20
CHAPTER u.

A Book, q eannoek, and q Bed.
DLUE led the way straight to the
ID low, dirt rooted stable OF logs and
stopped with his nose against the
closed door. Billy Louise herself was
deceived by the whirl of snow and
would have missed the stable entirely
if the leadership had been hers. She
patted Blue gratefully on the shoulder
when she unsaddled him. She grOped
with her fingers for the wooden peg in
thI wall where the saddle should hang,
failed to find it and so laid the saddle
down against the logs and covered 1t
with the blanket.
Just turn your horse in loose" she
directed the man shortly. Blue won't
fight, and think the rest of the horses
are in the other part. And come on to
the house."
1t pleased her a little to SEQ that he
obeyed her without protest. but she
was not so pleased at his silence, and
she led the way rather Indignantly to-
ward the winking eye which was the
cabins window.
At the sound of their feet on the
wide doorstep her mother pulled open
the door and stood fair in the light,
looking out with an anxious look.
rs that you, Billy Louise? Oh, amt
Peter Howling Dog with you? What
makes you so terrible late, Billy
Louise? Come right in, stranger. l
don't know your name, but 1 don't
need to know it. A storm like this is
all the Introduction a fellow needs, l
guess"
"What about Peter?" Billy Louise
asked Isn't he here?"
mo, and he amt been since an hour
or so after you left. He saddled up
and rode off down the river, to the res
ervation, l reckon"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-20
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
GEESE UTILIZE WASTE FEED
Low, Rough Land Used for Pasturina
Stock is PreferabIe-Fowls DO
Well on Forage Crops.

Geese, raised in small fiocks on
general farms, or non-productivP
land, do not require any material
amount Of grain. Low, rough land,
used for pasturing other stock, and
containing a natural supply Of water.
offers the best conditions.
Geese are good grazers and will do
well on grass and forage crops alone,
except during the winter months, when
they may be fed largely on available
rOughage such as clover, alfalfa hay,
silage, cabbage, mangel-wurzels, or any
waste vegetables. If the grass or for
age is limited it may be supplemented
by light feeds of common or home
grown grains.
Geese do not need shelter except
during cold winter weather, when
open sheds may be provided. Cos
lings are not usually hatched until
good pasture is available, and need ad-
ditiOnal feed only for few weeks.
The range of pasture used either for
goslings or for geese should be large
enough so that the grass will remain
clean, or the stock should be moved
frequently to fresh land. CoOps, bar
rels, or some other dry shelter should
be provided for the young goslings.
Geese are very hardy and free from
diseases and insect pests.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-20
When They Met Again.

Two friends met recently in Flan-
ders. Dan DAILY was one of the
friends. He used to be an advertising
man IN Brooklyn and elsewhere. Just
before the war began he was in Ger
many, lOok-seeing. One night there
was a grand party In Frankfurt-am-
Main. Nora Bayes was there and one
or two other Americans and Arthur
Blaut, who owns the largest tannery
in Germany. He tans most of the
leather for one of the great English
firms. Next day Blaut and Daily went
out in Blaut's car and saw the town.
Then they said gOOd-by.
1--WE were out gathering up the
wounded" said DAILY, "when 1 heard
my name called. There was a German
soldier with u smashed arm.
"Won't you speak to me, DAM" he
asked.
cit was Arthur Blaut."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-20

that it wanted another swallow or two
and lowered It's muzzle again to the
water.
Billy Louise could not form any opin.
ion Of the mans age or personality, for
he was encased in a wolfskin coat
which covered him completely from
hat brim to ankles. She got an impress
sion of a thin, dark face and a sharp
glance from eyes that seemed dark
also. There was thin, high nose, and
beyond that Billy Louise did not look.
II she had the mouth must certainly
have reassured her somewhat.
Blue stepped nonchalantly down into
the stream beside the strange horse
and went across without stopping to
drink. The strange horse moved on
also, as If that were the natural thing
to do-which it was, since chance sent
them travelling the same trail. Billy
Louise set her teeth together with the
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-20
COVER WHEAT WITH MANURE
Top Dressing Is Usually Preferred to
PIowed Under Fertilizer or
Too Much Trash.

Manure should be used carefully in
the growing of wheat and other small
grains. Top dressing on winter grain
is usually preferred to blowing under
manure or too much trash. This makes
a loose Seedbed which is likely to dry
out and injure the grain. A top dress
ing, evenly distributed and not too
heavy, usually gives good results.
Manure spread on wheat late in the
fall or during the winter tends to pre-
vent soil drifting, catches snow, pro-
tects the plants from extreme changes
in temperature. prevents soil heaving,
conserves soil moisture, and adds some
plant food. Next year when the ground
is plOwed. the organic matter is in
corporated with the soil and improves
the texture and fertility Of the land
for producing succeeding crops.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-20
(TO BE CONTINUED)
STOLEN TREASURES OF ART
Germany Will Hold Rare Collections
Taken From France and Belgium
Unless Peace Terms Interfere.

Will one Of the peace conditions in
vOlve a return to Belgian and French
art treasures removed by the Ger
mans since 1914 from the occupied
territories? asks the New York Eve
ming Post.
Until the present wars outbreak,
everyone has supposed the custom of
nations changed since NapOleOn's
time, so that it would no longer be
possible for COnquerOr to fill his mu-
seums with plunder. That supposi-
ton, like so many others, seems to
have been given the lie by the kaiser,
whose agents are said to have emp
tied the Antwerp and Brussels mu-
seumS for the benefit of Berlin. Even
the emperor's grandfather, in the war
Of 1870. took practically no toll OF
Paris art treasures.
Malice has ascribed this moderation
to the lack, in that Spartan genera
ton, Of appreciation for art, which led
those earlier invaders to confine their
activities, for the most part, to Or
mOlu clocks and silver services. The
modern Prussian, however, from the
crown prince down, has become a
dilettante, an art connOisseur. Hence
the very thought of cleanup made Of
art objects. Berlin, willy nilly, is to
be made world art center. If tour
lists prefer Paris because of its great
er natural charm, they will, in any
event, be forced to visit the PrusSian
capital in order to see Rubens DE
scent From the Cross"
A monopoly of the worlds potash
supply, and a collection of stolen art,
is to keep the world at Germany's
mercy-unless the terms Of peace pro-
vide otherwise.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-20
HEN IS GOOD FOOD PRODUCER
Most Economical Transformer Of Food
Into Finished Product-Expert
Tells of Feed.

The hen is an economical transform
lr of food into a finished prod
act. A hen laying 200 eggs In a year
is not at all unusual. A fOur-pOund
hen laying this number will produce
six times her weight in eggs. To do
this she will require from 20 to so
pounds Of feed. H. L. Kempster of
the University of Missouri college Of
agriculture suggests that for economi-
cal production 1t is necessary:
1. That the food be properly Sc
lected.
2. That it be fed ii correct proper
tion and in a judicious manner in or
der that her digestive organs may be
kept in good condition.
8. That she be fed enough 80 that
she has plenty of surplus for egg pro-
ductiOn.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-20

with wsstsr" stories s that they
poeous handsome dead shot He
Of anything matter what the eireum
glutton for hardhPS The heroine h never any
rides like goddess handles
wisdom Of the though she be
not old enough Ranch the Wolverine" there
heroine and the various and
the story perform like regular human beings
and chew tobacco when out OF
sqht The have crying spells and
gospng bees and just like women In real
the and nobody handsome
and good to be will enjoy this serial
THE EDITOR.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-20

"HOw much g 1t goin' to take?" asked
Marthy heavily.
"Oh. piles" Billy Louise spoke airily
to hide her pride in the importance OF
the subject. Fifty dollars, guess.
I've got to have some new clothes,
mOmmie says. I'd like a blue dress"
And your paw cant raise fifty dol.
lars?" Marthy's tone was plainly bel.
| ligerent.
Got to pay interest" said Billy Lou.
Use Importantly.
Marthy said not another word about
debts or the duties of parents. What
she did was more to the point, how
ever. for she hitched the mules to a
rattly old blackboard next day and
drove over to the Macdonald ranch on
the Wolverine She carried $50 in her
pocket, and that was practically all
the money Marthy possessed and had
been saved for the debts that harassed
her. She gave the money to Billy Lou
ise's mother and said that it was a
present for Billy Louise and meant for
"schOol money" She said that she
hadn't any girl of her own to spend
the money on and that Billy Louise
was good girl and a smart girl, and
she wanted to do a little something to-
ward her schooling.
A woman will sacrifice more pride
than you would believe if she sees n
way toward helping her children to an
education. Mrs. Macdonald took the
money, and she promised secrecy-with
feeling Of relief that Marthy wished
it. She was astOnished to find that
Marthy had any feelings not directly
connected with work or the shortcom-
ings Of Jase, but she never suspected
that Marthy had made any sacrifice for
Billy Louise.
So Billy Louise went away to school
and never knew whose money had
made it possible to go, and Marthy
worked harder and drove Jase more
relentlesSly to make up that $50. She
never mentioned the matter to any one.
The next year it was the same. When
in August she questioned Billy Louise
clumSily upon the subject of finances
and learned that daddy still talked
about debts and interest and didn't
know where the money was coming
from she drove over again with money
for the schooling. And again she ex-
tracted promise of silence.
She did this for four years, and not a
soul knew that it cost her anything in
the way of extra work and extra
harassment of mind. She bought more
cattle and cut more hay and went deep
er into debt, for as Billy Louise grew
older and prettier and more accustom-
ed to the ways of town she needed
more money, and the August gift grew
prOpOrtionately larger The mother
was thankful beyond the point of ques
tioning An August without Marthy
and Marthys gift of money would have
been a tragedy, and so selfish is mother
love sometimes that she would have
accepted the gift even if she had known
what it cost the giver.
At eighteen. then, Billy Louise knew
some things not taught by the wide
plains and the wild hills around her.
She was not spoiled by her little learn
ing, which was a good thing. And
when her father died tragicaIly be-
meath all overturned load of poles from
the mountain at the head of the can
yon Billy Louise came home. The Billy
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-20

of her tried to take his place and the
Louise of her attempted to take care
of her mother, who was untitled both
by nature and habit to take care of her
self. Which was, after all, a rather
big thing for any one to attempt.
Jase began to complain of having
"all gone" feelings during the winter
after Billy Louise came home and took
up the whole burden of the Wolverine
ranch. He complained to Billy Louise
when she rode over one clear, sunny
day in January. He said that he was
getting old, which was perfectly true,
and that he was not as ablebodsed as
he might be and didn't expect to last
much longer. Billy Louise spoke OF it
to Marthy, and Marthy snorted.
Hes ablebodled enough at meal.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-20

panionably at last. HE simply can't
lose his footing or his way"
Yes? That's nice"
Billy Louise felt like putting out her
tongue at him for the cool remoteness
of his tone. 1t would serve him right
to ride on and let him break his neck
over the bluff If he wanted to. She
shut her teeth together and turned her
face away from him.
So, in silence and with no very good
feeling between them, they went pre-
cariously down the steep hill Cthe hill
up which Marthy and the oxen and
Jase had toiled so labOriously twenty.
seven years before) and across the tiny
fat to where the cabin window wink
ed welcome at them through the
storm.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-20
PERMIT SoWS TO WEAN PIGS
Young Porkers Are Always More Thrift
ty Than Those Weaned Early
Give Producing Feed.

Pigs that are allowed to run with
the SOW until she weans them herself
are always more thrifty than those
that are weaned early. OF course this
is pretty hard on the SOW, but if she
is full fed on milk-produciRg feed she
will not suffer greatly.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-20
ENORMOUS LOSS BY RODENTS
Damage Caused by Rats and Mice Will
Pay for Excluding Them From
Farm Buildings.

The loss which is caused by rats
and mice will soon pay for the ex-
pense of excluding them from build
ings. When the sources OF food are
protected the number of rodents will
decrease. The importance of protect
ing grain and food supplies from
them Is emphasized still more By high
prices.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-20
Stanehions for Calves

ceedingly useful as part of the fens
in the calf lot. In such cHses tho
calves come to the stanchions ut feed
ing time, and may be safely fed by q
child, since there is no Occasion for en-
tering the calf lot. Persons who haVs
been accustomed'to dealing with husky
bunting calves will appreciate the ad
vantageS of Stanchion feeding.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-20
LEGUMEs ASSIST THE SOILS
Supply Organic Matter and Should Be
Grown for That Purpose-Rye
ls Valuable.

The supply of organic matter in the
soil must be maintained. The legumes
should be grown for this purpose as
much as possible. Rye is most val
liable cover crop for all sowing. Heavy
seeding is required to grow heavy sods.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-20
F:f+ff++f,f+.k+f+.f++-fi-ff-ff4-4
; KEEP UP FOOD SUPPLY
FOR EUROPEAN ALLIES

Our problem is to feed our
allies this winter by sending
them as much food as we Gun Of
. the most concentrated nutritive
value in the least shipping space.
These foods are wheat, beef,
pork, dairy products, and sugar.
Our solution, according to the
food administration, is to eat less
. of these and more Of other foods
Of which we have an abund-
ance, and to waste less OF all
goods.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-20

The peach, cherry plum. and pear all
susceptible to climatic conditions, do
well on the hill tops and sides. Ap-
pies, although harder variety will do
as well there as any fruit.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-20
Strong, Substantial Fence.

build only for the present year. Weak
fences are a nuisance and means of
loss, for they teach animals to be un-
ruly instead Of cOntented.-WiscOnsin
Agriculturlst.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-20
STANCHIONS TO SAVE LABOR
Convenient Means Afforded for Prs
venting Large Calves From Eat
Ing Smaller Ones Feed

Simple stanchlOns for calves are a
convenient means for preventing the
larger calves from eating the small
ones share Of the feed, also fer feed
Ing many calves quickly and without
confusion. The diagram shows tho
construction.
While stanchions are usually Ouilt In
the barn, few panels of them are ex-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-20
WEAK FENCES ARE NUISANCE
Not True Economy to Use Cheap Ma.
teriaIs-AnimaIs Taught to Be
Restless and UnruIy.

The advanced cost of fencing wire
tempts us to make use of the cheap
est materials, but this is not true econ
omy. We will lose in the end if we
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-20
Health and SunIlaht.

Health and sunlight go together,
Remember this when planHing a hog.
house. Glass Is expensive row, but 1,
Is cheaper than sick hOgA
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-20
Acts Like Il.

There is one force which always
wears q fatigue uniform"
'WhO are they?"
Messenger b0ya"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-20

The stranger introduces him
self as Ward Warren, who has
a claim on Mill creek. Billy
Louise has had many day
dreams about a man bearing
that name.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-09
HAHN TO BOX MARINO
IN NONPAREIL FINAL
McCloskey and Garry Meet in Another
Star Bout Tonight-Cambria's
Show Out

Barney Hahn, Of Richmond, and Young
Marino. Of New York, will be principals in
the last bout on tonight's program at the
Nonpareil A. c. Jack Mccloskey and Joe
Garry, also OF New York, are paired for the
drst portion OF double windup.
Johnny McCloskey is TO box Ray Straw,
Terry Hanlon is matched with Hughey Cal
lagher, and Young Henderson opens the
show with Kid Bee.
Harry Boyle will be opposed by Tommy
Carey and Johnny Mahoney is ciinched
with Young Jack Toland IN a double windup
at the Cambria A. c. for Friday night.
Goody welsh VI. Joe Wright Jimmy Dolan
~ Charley Mckee. ana Hilly Bnllnnton W.
Tohilny Golden are the other numhel
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-09
TWOPTTCHERS ARE
ENOUGH, SAYS TAD
That Is What Rowland Told
Him, and Men Are Ci-
cote and Faber
TITMAN CLEANS UP
By TAD
Nav YORK. Oct. 9.

ny IAD
NEW YORK, Oct. 9.
"Cicotte will pitch the opener in New
York and I'll follow up with Red Faber,"
said Clarence Rowland, the snappy manager
of the Sox, last night. Two pitchers Is all
that intend to use"
The Sox were given a wonderful reception
at the Grand Central Station last night upon
their arrival. A big brass band met them,
and after parading about the station they
blew into tho Biltmore, where many of them
will stay until the series is over.
The woodland Bards Chicago bunch,
composed of Sox rooters, came TO town on
special train that they hired.
Joe Jackson is the most surprised player
in the world He thought the Giants were
a tough bunch. but after Sundays game he
figures them about as tough as Brooklyn
was for the Red Sox.
Hypan Perlstone, toho came from Ho,Is-
ton, Tea, to see the series, bet ftty bucks
against 500 tUdShers that FelSch gets an
other homer.
II Felschs homer had been made at the
Polo Grounds, the ball would have landed
in the left.held bleachers between Burns
and Kauff. Some slam, wasn't 1t?
johnny Evers rode in with the Sox from
Chicago. John says that the Sox are as
brainy a bunch as he has the dia-
mond in many a year.
Kauff's weakness at the bat has lost many
a bet for his admirers He was picked to
beat Felsch, jackson and John Collins. So
far, he hasn't hit even a healthy foul.
Zitnm ermdn has hit only one bail out Of
the infeId. That tUds Stoeet little fly to
center.
The fan who caught Felsch's home run In
the bleachers has had the whole White Sox
team autograph 1t and will now sell 1t for
the benefit of the Red Cross
Giant fans are sore at McGraw for the
way he has given the Sox n look at his
whole stan now and has no surprises left.
The Sox feared Perritt more than any
pitcher on the Giant staff but now that they
have had look at him all fear is gone.
The Chicago fans 0Gpe Rdtr a merry
Benny, hear that yer got fifteen suits OF
clothes aud that you change 'em eUery
hour. Change your bats and maybe youll
knock foul"
Emery Titman, OF Philly, will be a mil
| lionaire five times over II the Sox win two
more. He has cleaned up pile as high as
! a telegraph pole already.