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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-01-23
BLOCKS ICE
FLOATING DOWN
YAZO0 RIVER
Sleet and Snow Fall Here
Throughout Early Part Of
the Day.
CONTINUED COLD
PREDICTED TOMORROW
Ground of Ice Throughout City
Low Temperature.
(From Mondays Daily

NfIon mRbuayS ) BalIS.l
With the ground covered with alect
and ice throughout the city from in
cessant sect which began falling here
Saturday afternoon and has continued
through yesterday and today, TIE
weather prediction for tomorrow Ia
cloudy and continued colo for Tues
day.
Blocks OF ice ranging in sizes M to
twenty-five feet in diameter are drift
ing down the Ya2oo river today. This
is regarded as an unusual cold woath.
er scene and is considered rs pre-
diction for another cold wave. This
is the first time in twenty years such
a scene has been witnessed in Grcon-
wood. 1t Is said by old residents that
in 1898 during the cold spell the riv-
er was clogged in places with ice
blocks.
1t Is believed that the iarge blocks
of ice floating down the Yazoo river
today are from the Yalobusha, re-
Gently reported to have been frozen
over, on account of the falling of the
water in that stream near Phillip.
The Ice blocks are Of a variance In
thickness, Some could not be broken
when brick bats were chunked into
them this morning.
The cold weather and sleet today is
keeping the town indoors, regardless
of the holiday,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-01-23
NITRATE SODA
SOLD TO FARMERS
Only Cost Charges are Made for This
Fertilizer Says Announcement
From O'Neal.
(From Saturdays Daily)

County Farm Demonstrator J. r
O'Neal has issued the following state
ment of vital interest to all farmers
of Leflore county:
David F. Houston on Dec. 20, made
the following statement regarding the
purchase of 100000 tons of Chilean
Nitrate for fertilizer used by farmers
to be supplied for cash at cost:
arrangements were completed
several weeks ago through "he War
Industries Board under the immed-
late supervision of Mr., Baruch, to
purchase 100000 tons of Nitrate of
Soda in Chile in accordance with the
authorization for such purpose in the
food control act. Within the last few
days preparations have been cnplet-
ed for the delivery at the sea board
during January of 1900 tons, and
assurance given that the remainder of
the 100000 tons will be delivered in
the near future.
~ cannot state exactly yhat the
cost will be, but it will be apnroXi-
mately $75 per ton on board the cars
at the sea board. Freight charges
to the local station and the state fer
tilizer tag fee will be added to this
charge.
"The Department is now arranging
machinery for the distribution and
viii give full publicity of the details
concerning the matter"
an my opinion, nitrate Of soda will
pay well on our average lands in le-
fore county as a side dressing, and
will give handsome returns on the
poorer soils used on both cotton and
corn" said Demonstration O'Neal Fri
day afternoon. Il will be glad to
communicate with those farmers who
desire to purchase nitrate Of soda
through the government as soon as
possible, in order that requests may
be made in time"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-01-23
(From Mondays Daily)

Chief Of Police C. l., Bonner turned
over nineteen pints of a various as,
sortment Of brands Of whiskey in
front Of the city hall this morning and
the entire contents of the number
were poured into the gutter. Among
the on-lookers at this present-day un-
ique scene were John Davis, colored
gentleman Of whiskey-loving-auecd
tic fame, John looked and fingered
until the final drop of the liquid had
been destroyed.
This supply of whiskey was cap
turned Sunday afternoon by Chief
Bonner from a strange negro, who is
still at large. The owner of the joy
water had jlst gotten off the Southern
train at l;l3 O'Clock and started down
the track in the direction of Main
street He was carrying a black leath-
er bag. His load was so heavy that
it caused him to bend over in its di-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-01-23
YOUNG MEMS BUSINESS CLUB is
APATRIOTIC ORGANIZATION MANY
OF IT'S MEMBERS ARE IN THE ARMY

Mcdonnell and Lieutenant r. w. Fra
z.er, Among the others, of whom sew
eral are non-com. officers, are: ]. G.
Co.son, Ii. Ii. Hodges, j Y, Mccain,
II C, Morris, b. j. Peel, l.. Nice. Trot-
ter, L, G, Thiers, E. b. Todd, II. l..
Stoddard, B. X. Pearce, P. s. Jones,
Jro W. q. Harding, Hanks Flanagan,
V. B, Fisackerly, w. c, Conneil, Ches-
ter Il. Allen, {. W, Durrett, r. 7,
Mar.ett, +, D. Niven and Sam Orlan-
sky, Several Others have tried to
make the training camps and To get
into service in other ways but failed
because of minor physical defects,
among them being: L, j. Coz, Ter
rell r. Wells, Martin Andersen, J..
w. Dulaney, Jr., Finlay Anderson and
j. b Haman
These men who volunteered when
their enlnbay caiied uTo mea who were
making and will make their country
good citizens. Men with the keenest
sense of duty to their Country and
their fellow man. In losing them the
Y. M. B. C. lost just that many of
it's best men for they were all men
capable of and appreciating business
responsibility, men who could and
would recognize the value Of their or
ganization to the community.
The members of the Y. NJ B. c.
who stay at home are expecting great
things from these thirty-one repre-
sentatiyes and while they regret to
lose them from the Club they have
their best wishes and the assurance
Of the Club that they can be spared
for Americas sake.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-01-23
Nineteen PintS Booze
ConfisCated by Police

4 reation and this attracted the chiefs
attention, who Immediately began
pursuit.
The negro looked back and caught
sight Of Mr. Bonner following him
and began walking faster. The police
man Quickened his step Likewise and
upon again turning back, the negro
decided to take no chances Of an in
vestigation of the bags contents, 80
started to run.
His pursuer did likewise.
The negro turned in Main, going
south and at Apostles store, Main and
johnson streets, he dropped the bag.
Upon opening the suitcase Chief
Bonner discovered nineteen pints of
whiskey ard two pints Of beer, The
assortment of drmkablcs had been
purchased from The Island at Vicks-
burg.
The negro was not caught.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-01-23
(From Fridays Daily.)

There may be young mems organ
/ izatlons that have a better record for
patriotism but If one can be found
that surpa5ses the record established
by the local Young Mems Business
80 1t wll be surprise to those
acquainted with the record alluded to-
Here it is:
Out of total membership Of ap-
proXimate.y five hundred, including
men ranging in years from twenty
one to seventy five, with a majority
Of them over thirty-one this Club has
sent into the Army and Navy of the
United States volunteers to the num-
Der Of thirty-one. Among this num-
Der is a major, captain, several first
and second lieutenants and a goodly
uIGber # non-comnissionet officers.
The Aviation Corps and the Ma
rines have not been overlooked by
the patrotical.y included members of
the Y, NJ. B. c. of Greenwood and
onese two branches of service show
several of the young men named be-
low on their rolls. Following is
list of the men who have gone out
from this organization as volunteers,
with number of other subject to
call the fifteenth of February;
Major A. C. Metts, Captain Harry
Hu.en, Lieutenant L. F. Barrier, Lieu
tenant Monroe McClurg, Lieutenant
j. L. Minor, Lieutenant A r.. Reeves,
Lieutenant Ward Hamrick, Lieuten-
ant Minter Aldridge, Lieutenant
Maury Humphreys, Lieutenant 7. Z.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-01-23

the booklets will be sent to plantation
owners and managers and that they
will be requested TO distribute them
continuously among their hands, who
are capable of reading and under.
standing them.
The real purpose Of the entire
movement is to Offset the German
propaganda to create a misleading
impression on the war and why we
are in it now being attempted
.Aysusaou. the country.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-01-23
CIVIL WEEKS or CIRCUIT COURT
TO Be PRETERMITTED; CRIMINAL
SESSION BEGINS MONDAY, FEB. 4

gal profession, were voluntarily serg-
ing on the que5tionnaire and have
given much of their time to the reg
istrants. AS the docket was light ard
conditions generally favorable for tho
pretermlttance, the petition was rep
resentatiyely signed,
Only Two Important Cases.
There are only two cases of any i'm.
portance before the criminal session.
The case Of c. L. E5per charged
with the killing Of Jas K. Knox on
Dec. n will be tried with all proba-
LAty and ther3 is another case
against Joe Smith, negro, burglary
charge, who is now in Jail having fail
ed to make a bond. Smith is from
Schlater, where the burglary is said
to have occurred more than a month
ago.
The remainder Of the docket is light
and of seemingly little Importance.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-01-23
OBSERVES LESS" DAYS.

From Saturdays Daily. J

IFf0m baturday's UalIy.J
The Alice Cafe yesterday afternoon
announced that they would in the fu-
ture observe "Meatless Tuesdays" and
"Wheatless Wednesdays"
The meaning of this announcement
is that this popular cafe is carrying
out Hoover's request in dispensing
with the serving of meat on Tuesdays
and anything made of wheat on We'd
days.
They have established an example
for community establishments of a
ike nature to follow.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-01-23
%+s@+.% .%@*4t&.S2 4
Joyous a Hun
Spy Yacht
Seized.

'tts'@sF4*EE'sfE''s2''9fs' ~ 't''''s'
Associated Press
NEW YORK, Jan. I9--The I'm.
tied States marshal has seized
the pleasure yacht Joyous said
to be owned by Emil II. KleuG,
an unnaturalized German.
Federal authorities said that
the yacht was equipped with
wireless and with Kleuff aboard
was manned by a Swedish crew.
II was cruising recently on the
Atlantic coast.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-01-23
A BIG DEPOSIT.
Nearly $4,000 Turned Over to Treas
urer TOday-Was Needed.
(TroY, C,+,,.In,,t T.;l..

(From Saturdays Daily.)
County Treasurer J. T. Flanagan
today received two checks from the
sheriff's office on taxes collected, one
amounted to $31555 and the other
totaled 24,162.04
Mr.. Flanagan stated at noon that
he would make the county's annual
heavy DEPOSIT this afternoon at the
Wilson Banking Co. He also asserted
that this handsome amounnt would
come in unusually timely right now as
the treasury of the county has sue
cessfully withstood a heavy drain
upon its balance, owing to the tax
paying period running so late.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-01-23
GETS UP AT 5 A. NJ.
s. o. Tanner Formerly Pressman for
Commonwealth at Beauregard,
(From Fridays Daily)

s. O. Tanner, formerly pressman for
The Daily Commonwealth, who was
on the force at the time of its first
publication days, now stationed with
the Hath Engineers Band at Camp
Beauregard, La, writes back that he
is getting up at s a m. in the morn
ing now.
Tanner, while a very competent
printer, was somewhat Of might
owl" while in Greenwood and his
friends admire his tack In going into
his new habits-especislly tas early
bird" sgg.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-01-23
Every Fuel-Burner Must
Save Coal Are Urged to
Store and Burn Wood
(From Saturdays Daily

(From Saturdays Daily.y
c. E. Wright, Of the C. Z. Wright
Ice & Coal Co. this morning re-as.
serted as he did last week that Green.
woodians would have to compel them.
selves to save fuel. His statement
this morning was more emphatic
and he laid stress on the various
! methods that could be used in saving
fuel and in making preparations
against any possible shortage.
Every fuel-burner is soldier. The
war is pinehing US. We must make
preparations that the pinch will not
be too severe" he said "The time
has come when the matter Of getting
a ton Of coal does not depend on the
amount Of money in mans pocket;
bare necessity secures coal. Every
possible way to conserve fuel Of any
kind should be employed"
Mr.. Wright stated that he had let
ters from big mine owners and oo era
tors, personal friends of his. When
these big men in the coal in nlustry
state that for the past ten days they
have been showed out of the mines,
many of them having ceased opera
ton, we know that their statements
are void of nothing but the facts" he
said. The matter has become so
grave and severe that the coal-dig.
gers have ceased giving promises to
the dealers, Their answers are re-
plies of shutdown mines; snow bound
openings and other various troubles
with "orders ahead" and "the
administrations orders"
What Will Be Done Here.
The municipal offices, the court
house, school building and other like
places are going to be kept supplied
with coal. These come first on the list
from the Greenwood coal stack. After
these places of public use are fully
supplied in order that their opera
ton may continue, the homes of
using furnaces will be
supplied. Then the other places where
wood can not be murned will be taken
care of. Then comes the business
houses and the last on the list is the
Of ordinary circumstan-
ces. Others are given preference be-
cause of the fact that mosthomes can
burn wood--really, must burn wood,
1t was urged by Mr. Wright this
morning that wood be used every
where possible, instead of coal
"The axes will have to be sharpened
md wood should be cut and stored
the city-in every home,
business house and establishment,
where it is possible to use it in pref
renee to coal"
Mr.. Wright strenuously urged the
turning of wood by residents in their
omes. He advised the storing and
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-01-23
BUY BIG PLANTATION.
J. 0bergfe.l and ]. A. Nations Purch
ase Tract Arkansas Land.
(From Mondays Daily.)

(From Mondays Daily)
Messrs. J. obergfell and j. A. Ma
tions have purchased a plantation
near Watson, Arkansas, between Nc
Gee and Helena, and Mr.. Nations will
be in charge of the same. The plan
tation has 100 acres in cultivation,
and the new owners have had quite a
number Of new tenant houses built
thereon and filled them with plenty Of
negro labor to cultivate the entire
place in a frst-class manner this year
Mr.. Obergfell was in the city Satur-
day on business, and is delighted with
the purchase he and Mr.. Nations have
made--stating that the soil Is splen-
did sandy loan and ought to grow
cctton, corn, o.c., sbupdsusly,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-01-23
kERENsKY OFFICIAL MURDERED

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21-A. /.
Shinigaroff, minister of finance of the
Kerensky cabinet and former Kokosh
King o. the state and comptroller un-
der Kerensky, has been murdered in
. base marine hospital
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-01-23
SNOW AND SUNSHINE.
Early Today Snow Fell for Short
While--Sun Also Out.

(From Fridays Daily.)
This morning snow was falling fast
for about thirty minutes with the
suns rays playing about the white
fakes as they landed on the ground.
The cold wave remains ever present
with prediction for fair weather to-
morrow.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-01-23

stacking Of it during present weather
conditions and when it could be Sc
cured more easily.
The firm now has car Of coke on
hand and viii supply this to users,
Greenwood's Coal Stack.
At the Wright yards this morn
ing a car Of coal was being unloaded
direct into wagons and being hauled
throughout the city. The stack gives
an appearance of weakening under
the three-weeks constant hauling,
with recess of only one day--one
Sunday. Information in regards to
future orders and more en- route is of
little material assistance.
In an interview over the telephone
this morning, Mr.. Lawrence Stoner,
manager of Stoner & Co. asserted
that he had just received two cars of
coal. Two more cars are enroute, he
stated, The two care on hand have
been sold and the two cars en- route
have likewise been sold. No orders are
being booked for immediate delivery
by Stoner & Co.
Why Net Observe Lightless Nights? J
There are many ways to save coal. y
Only few of these are in practice
here. Towns throughout the state are
putting into practice the "Lgtless
Nights idea. jackson has just in
stalled this fuel-saving system. 1t
is advocated here upon good author
ity.
Cutting out the lights at IL o'clock
each night would save a ton of coal
a night. 1t would inconvenience only
few now, The entire city might be
severely ineonvenienced by another
blizzard.
The patriotic pastors Of Greenwood
have been interviewed by Mr.. Wright
in regard to discontinuing all evening
services into a single union service at
one church, This plan has been spok-
en- Of as favorable by some of the pas
tors. 1t is expected that arrange.
ments to perfect the idea into real
fuel-saving proposition will be COM
pleted here next week.
Every Fuel-Burner a Soldier"
Meanwhile, here's the thought Of the
day and in reality it means m&e than
it signifies in cold type; Every fuel
burner is soldier"
This is the message of the Garfield
If Greenwood and in order to aid him ,
IN continuing the flow of fuel into To-
al furnaces, his warning must be put
INTO practice. Let every fuel-burner
De a soldier--a good soldier, one who
nows his duty not only to his coun-
,ry but to himself as well.
Save coal; burn wood.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-01-23

Found, lost, rooms wanted to rent,
for sale and estray notices get quick
sssulex in Tbs Daily commoawsaNb,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-01-23
G'WOOD SCOUTS
TO DISTRIBUTE
U.S.LITERATURE
VIII Act as Dispatch Bearers for
Government Under Auth
Ority of George Creel.
WILSON'S MESSAGE
TO BE DISTRIBUTED
Causes of War and Number of
Other Pamphlets To Arrive.

every Greenwood Scout to Boost
America, as a government dispatch
bearer is the new slogan for the Boy
Scouts Of Greenwood, who will soon
begin the scattering Of Federal liter
ature throughout Greenwood and Le-
fore county.
The local work will be done in con-
nection with the national scout move
ment for every Scout to Boost
America, a campaign by the Boy
Scouts Of America, endorsed by Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson and co opera
lively managed by the Committee on
Public Information.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-01-23

uss conmouwsslsa want ads.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-01-23
To Distribute Wilson'S Message

10 DISLTiDule W llSOn message
Among the pamphlets nov ready for
circulation and which have been order
ed by Secretary E. L. Wilmington of
the local Y. NJ. C. A. are the follow
ing in red, white and blue covers:
"How the War Came to America"
"The Presidents Flag Day Speech
with Evidence Of Germany's Plans"
conquest and Ku.tur."
1.-THE War Message and the Facts
Behind it,"
"The Nation in Arms"
"The Government of Germany"
"The Great War"
"The War Of Self Defense"
american Loyalty"
"A German Translation Of the
Above"
american Interest in Popular Gov
ernment Abroad"
Home Reading Course for Citizen
Soldiers"
First Session Of the War Con-
gress."
House to House Distribution
The distribution Of these pamphlets
will be done in a house to house man
ner to responsible persons. No street
distribution will be made. The work
is to begin here next week, when
the books are to arrive. 1t is expect
ed that total Of eight thousand of
these patriotic pieces of literature
will be received in Greenwood and
are to be distributed throughout the
city and county by the local order Of
the Boy Scouts.
It Is understood that . HsRbsg ot
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-28
GEO. SUAREz FOUND
DEAD IN HIS BED

Funeral services will be held at
three o'clock this afternoon over the
remains of George E. Suarez, who
was found dead in bed at his home
ia West Zarragossa street, Sunday
morning Death was apparently from
natural causes, as he had been on
the street Saturday night until ten
o'clock, and his sudden death is at
tributed to heart failure.
Servise will be conducted by Rev.
T. w Chalker of the First Methodist
Church, and interment will be made
in st. Johns cemetery. Deceased is
survived by a wife and three children,
father and several brothers.
The pallbearers will be as follows:
Paul Regain, Gus Boursette, Jas.
Moungey, William Yates, Joe Burgess
and Ed. Farinas
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-28
May Increase Marine
Corps to $4,000 Men
(Continued from PAGE One)

Continued from Page One)
the president authorized the enlist
ment of the corps up to 17,400. On
August 10th, last. Congress authorized
still another increase of the Marine
Corps to 10000.
The strength Of the marine corps
now is $4,000 men and 5000 reserves,
a total of 5000 men. Although the
law only authorizes a strength of 10000
men General Barnett has taken adj
vantage of the fact that during sew
eral months shortly after the big in
crease was authorized there We're far
less than 10000 men enlisted which
left a balance of authorized pay over
sufficient to now pay more then the
authorized strength.
Before August, 1916, there We're only
342 officers in the Marine Corps. There
are now 1920. An ironclad rule has
been laid down that all future officers
of this corps must come from the
ranks. This bars the way to all out
siders who may wish to obtain com
mission in the Marine Corps through
taking an examination such as is done
for the army.
The enlisted ranks of the Marine
Corps are full and the recruiting
branch of this service has thousands
of applications on hand from men
waiting for an opportunity to enlist
In this way the service is able to
chose its men and obtain men of the
highest physical and mental fitness.
While IL has been difficult, in some
instances, to obtain men for the army
and navy, the Marine Corps has ex-
perienced no trouble in trebling its
strength, and establishing a reserve
and waiting LIST
The establishment OF the rule that
all officers must come from the ranks
has created an added incentive TO
join the corps, which has now in it's
tanks many hundreds of college grad
yates.
Reports of the manner in which the
Marines in France with General PERISH
ing, under command Of Colonel Doyen
have acquitted themselves have been
gratifying alike to the Marine Corps
officials, Secretary Daniels who has
charge of the corps and War Depart
ment officials who appreciate the fine
cooperation of the sea soldiers.
The Marine Corps is preparing to
send many thousands more of its men
to the trenches in France. War train
ing camps are maintained at the re-
cruiting depots at Port Royal, Paris
Island, S. c., and at Mare Island.
elf. The men as given a preliminary
war training at these camps where
conditions are very similar to those
they will encounter in France and are
then sent to the finishing school at
Quantico, Virginia, where about 5000
men are kept in constant training
At the Port Royal and Mare Island
training camps the land Is low and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-28
SECOND HEATLESS
MONDAY IN THE j. S.

Today. the eastern half of the United
States observes it's second heatless
Monday. under the order issued by the
fuel administration. and while many
Pensacola business houses will be af-
fected by the regulations today, the
saw mills and laundries have been
exempted from it's operation.
1t was unoficially stated yesterday
that elevators in Office buildings would
not be operated today, as the intention
Of the order is to create a holiday,
which cannot be observed If some are
permitted TO work in heatless Offices
Shipments of coal are expected to
arrive In Pensacola today or tomor-
row, as the local administrators have
been prohibited from seizing ship
ments in interstate commerce with
out the sanction of the federal adj
ministrator
Since the order went into effect
Montgomery has Communicated prac-
tfcally every carload of coal consigned
for Pensacola, but under the new rul-
ing this will be prevented, and a good
supply is expected soon.