The commonwealth., 1918-05-01
Attack on G'wOOd
By King Camoufieur
of Clarksdale Fails

lFr0m SaIuruays DdIly'D
Country Clarksdale's Rural Regis
ter, the farm and fireside favorite OF
( Coahoma cotton growers, has really
had the audacity to label "Mississip-
pi's Livest Little Big Newspaper as
a Sandwich daily" and the center Of
the cotton growing section, Green
wood, as SLEEPY Hollow" in SEN
sational William Randolph Heart re-
ply to a statement published in this
newspaper recently, in which discl IS.
ures were made to the facts in the
matter Of Clarksdale and Coahoma
appealing to a Greenwood business
house to help them put their bond
issue over the top.
In a nutshell, the editor of the
leading journal Of the town that once
attempted to slogan itself as "the Chi
cago of the South" has really put
himself in the light of more than one
Windy City" He, in his preposter-
GUS statements, resembles a fock of
windy cities built around the clouds
IL the skies--utte. ~ without four
iation and being substantiated awey
up yonder on nothing but wind aud
$50 light does his attempted ;l-
gument present itself to US.
We want to reiterate that the head
quarters Of the Coahoma County Lib
erty Loan Organization sent letter
not circular, as was said by the
II IN. Guy-er Clsrk--to a GreehW ood
irm asking for help in the Loan
irive. Guy-er comes back and almost
wears that the Greenwood house must
nave been a branch Office Of Clarks-
iale store. Of all the spring hum
)rists, the Rural Register recr lit is
the most resourceful. Any man that
oan attempt to four-fush like that
and then fool himself into thinking
hat he can get away with it, is cap
able Of succeeding Frank D. Lander
as generalisshno of our junior sena-
,ors publicity department.
The fact of the matter is that .he
'irm is not branch Office Of Clarks-
iale house; and it has no business
connect Vn in the WINDY" burg, what
Oever. The truth, if told, would re.
ate that there are many Greenwood
concerns, cotton firms, etc, who act
lally maintain branch Offices in the
own up the road.
He says so much about his cotton
receipts Of that place were little
JIarksdale has a copyright on the
ale Of cotton. For few years the
eceiptsof that place were a little |,
arger than Greenwood's. This was
"A the worst days Of the boil weevil
md when Lefiore was the unfortunate.
6ut the figures now show-snd we're
lot afraid to advertise them regular
= every week down here-that we are
II the lead over our modest little SIS
,er city and that we will ever continue
y be so.
Speaking of having such a large
'ond quota. Why man, Greenwood
nd Letore had the second to the larg- il
ST amount in proportion to its size,
4 any county or town in the entire
.ightn Federal Reserve District.
And the wonderful manner in which
nomlcker was attached to our little
aliy. Fraternal brother: Breath this
lto your system: The quality of our
ally Will remain memory long after
ne quantity of most sheets have
cen thrown into the discard.
And Greenwoods no Sleepy Hol-
W." Our population, as compared
lth Country Clarksdale, evidences
MS.
Attacking at various angles the Ru-
Al Registers Resourceful Humorist .
ad Int upon our bank deposits. Fact
, with the Yazoo-M mississippi Delta
eyee Board deposits and ali Others,
lere's really nothing to the exalted
figures of the "windy" city.
Tor
AICer all, it is the credit rating
lat counts.
It's the AL mark Of excellence in
un's and Bradstreet's that procures
lie proceeds by actual monetary mer-
S.
Greenwoods credit rating among
ercantlle firms is unquestionabie.
IL towns can't say this. Especially
D when the proof is 30 darn handy
snatch from the top of ones desk.
In conclusion, we would not advise
Irther, but will state that the letter
1der question is now on file at the !
eadquarters of the Liberty Loan Or
And remember, it's a let.
r-not a circular.
We thank you most respectfully.