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The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-25
World Back To
War Bread Basis
Associated Press

PARIS, April 25-Thes increase in
the milling percentage which will vir-
tually put the world back to a war
bread basis for the next three months
has been adopted by the Supreme
Food Council
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-25
THE WEATHER
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MISSISSIPPI-Part cloudy Fri
day; probably showers at night; cool
er in northern and central portions; !;
Saturday showers.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-25

JOHNSTON'S q WiLEY'S
Candies in ! REFRIGERATOR Cahdt
Case 1t Mc1ntyre's- Phone l4s md
lat.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-25
MONEY TO LOAN.

l have a few thousand dollars of
guardians money to loan on good Sc
curity. MONROE McCLURG.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-25

New Contracts)
May 26.97 27.OO 26.75 27.1O &c. .6S
July $3.50 $3.50 1854 1892 25.52
Oct. $3.50 24.12 1915 24.O6 23.75
Closed 80 to 40 up
New Orleans Spats 27.63-13 up.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-25

NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARKET
Open High Iow Close Close
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Prev.
Open High Low Close Close
May 27.85 28.1s 27.sO 2S.17 27.75
July 26.1O 26.67 26.1O 1852 26.11
Oct. 24.60 24.90 24.5O 24.88 24.5O
Closed 40 up.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-25
AMERICANS ON
HONOR ROLL.

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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-05-29
THE KNOCKER

I used to be a chronic knocker;
wore the cynic's gloomy frown;
was a most persistent mocker OF all
the worthy schemes in town. II
some one cried, Lets pave the viii
lage. and make our streets as slick
as wax said, That's but form
of pillage, a scheme to raise the
poor mans tax" blocked the
plans of local boosters, and found in
blocking them much bliss, and crow
ed like fifty-seyen ROSTERS. when
schemes progressive went amiss.
found myself so doggone lonely it
broke my heart and made me sad; !
said, "I'd give my wad II only had
some friends in this here grad" But
no one visited my palace, save when
some gents of sterling worth came
round and asked in seeming malice,
what l would take to jump the earth.
"This town can reach no high con-
dition," my callers said, upon day,
until our skilled, urbane mortician
has come and carted you away" !
yearned for friends, and to obtain
them ceased to knock and learned
to boost; 1t was the proper way to
gain them, and now they hock
around my roost. I put away my lit
tie hammer, ID hangs, all dusty, on
the wall; and when the village boost
ers clamor, my voice is loudest oil
them all.-Walt Mason.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-05-29
WOMEN WITH Barred BACKS

I The latest gowns for the fashion
able have the backs cut down to the
danger point One is described as
having the point of the V reaching
an inch below the waistline. Even
the immodest among the modistes
admit that that is going a bit too
far-down. But some OF the wom-
en- will have their gowns cut away to
produce as near a Lady Godiva (who
rode naked through a certain town.
as possible. They may have more
to show and it is not impossible that
some time they will dare to go to
the limits But is it not a bit pre-
sumptious on the part of those fool
ish women who want to undress
themselves in public? They pre-
tend to dress for the men-they
surely would not care to make and
exhibit themselves for themselves
but what assurance have they that
the men care so very, very much
about their backs? There are works
of art that are more divine than hu-
man backs. 1t is possible that a
back may be worth seeing. But
how many are there? Some have
clabs of fat and othes have masses OF
bones. Some of them ae wrinkled
and others flabby and some are pure
white and pink and others are
splotched and notified so that talcum
powdes are without effect.
Silly, silly, all of it. The women
who wear such dresses are not
blessed with a great deal of brains to
say nothing about modesty or even
common sense. And they misjudge
men il they imagine that they are
"just crazy to see their backs on
exhibit. There may be such. men,
but they must have foreheads and
chins on their faces that resemble
those of the crown prince. Only an
idiotic man would care to look at an
array of backs-and perhaps find
nothing above them except simpering
idiocy Cedar Rapids Republican.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-05-29
AUIGER BROS. BAND

Aulger Bros. Big Show has one of
the best, If not the very best, band
of any dramatic show on the road
today. II is comprised of musicians
of ability who render standard and
popular music, at the two concerts,
which will be given on the principal
business street. Everyone should
try to be present at one or both OF
these concerts, as it will be a treat
to all; whether you are music lover
or not, you can't help liking Aulger
Bros. Band. Their orchestra is
equally as good as their band and
will give a splendid concert before
the curtain rises on the first act OF
1.-THE Tenderfoot Don't fail to
hear it. Remember the date, Wed
nesday, June 4th.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-05-29
GOOD MONEY FROM BAD EGGS

Thar amt nothin' in the world
but is good for somethin'" is one of
the favorite sayings of Jim Buckley
of Bear Lake.
Buckley is thrifty soul. He farms
in summer and traps in winter and
between wheat and furs he is grow
ing rich. One morning his wife
was cooking breakfast. She broke
a rotten egg into a skillet and was
starting toward the door to throw it
away when Buckley stopped her.
Woman, don't throw that egg
away" said Buckley.
But it's rotten" protested his
wife.
Makes no difference" declared
the philosopher Thar amt
nothin' in the world but
James Buckley" exclaimed his
wife. i've heard that a thousand
times"
The wolf never shifts at the doors
of the prosperous farmers of the
Peace river country. But foxes are
different animals--here is something
you don't know-rotten eggs are
rated as an epicureau tidbit in vul-
pine menus.
That night Buckley set trap in
poplar grove near his home and
baited 1t with the rotten egg. He
hoped to catch a red fox or perhaps
a coyote. But when he went out to
his trap next morning. what do you
think he found? The biggest silver
fox Buckley had ever claDped eyes
on. He sold the pelt in Peace
River the other day for $2ie.
"A right nice lot of money to
hatch from rotten egg" remarked
Buckley, as he stuffed the money in
his pocket. 1--WE alters allowed
that thar amt nothin' in the world
but is good fer somethin'."-Chicago
Post.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-05-29
THE TENDERFOOT"

The Tenderfoot is a human story,
presented in a natural manner by an
excellent cast. 1t is full of bright
dialogue, rich humor and is one of
the best comedy dramas ever writ
ten. Ben Warner, the ranch fore
man, is an excellent type of western
err; true, faithful, and always a man
of principle. Alice Clemens, is a
lovable western girl, whose loyalty
and charm win approval from the
start. Joe Clemens, the father, is
a rugged, honest man of the west,
and believes all men honest until he
finds them otherwise. Bud, Bowers,
laugh provoking cowpuncher, is
kept buy making love and thrills for
Clarissa Clark, girl from New
York, who has vivid imagination.
Jimmy Springer, also from the me-
tropolis, who learned the ways of the
west from Diamond Dicks" history
of the wild and woody" finds to his
surprise that there are yet many
things to learn Robert Stanley,
the mysterious "Tenderfoot,"
proves his worth in more ways than
one. Tom Barlow "a man of de-
termination, and Philip Bradford,
the scheming promoter, completes a
cast of characters that furnish mate
rial for a really clever story. A
strong feature of this play is the
abundance of bristling, clean-cut and
breezy comedy that eliminates all
possibility of there being a dull mo-
ment. This is brand new play by
Addison Aulger, who also wrote, I'm
Arizona" Where The Trails Meet, /"
etc, plays that have met with univer-
sal approval in past seasons. Aul-
ger Bros. Big Show, under canvas,
will present "The Tenderfoot," a
play of the East and West, in Audi
bon on Wednesday, June 4th.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-05-29
TUMULTY SCORED FOR TIP
GIVEN LIQUOR MAKERS

Secretary Tumulty and Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor. were accused of
giving advance tips" to the liquor
interests that President Wilson
would ask congress to repeal the war
time prohibition act, in a statement
issued last week by William III. An
derson, state superintendent of the
anti-saloon league of New York.
"The hotel men had to spill the
fact that Mr., Tumulty, the presi-
dents secretary, had given them as
surance of help from him." Anderson
said. "The brewers could not hold
themselves and violated Gompers'
confidence respecting the assurance
from the president he had brought
back from Europe,
"The least that the vets could
have done in return for what the
president was doing for them was to
keep their mouths shut Instead
see what they did"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-05-29
A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT

People kill their dead who never
stop to kiss their living; they hover
over open caskets with hysterical
sobs, but fail to throw the wealth of
affection about those loved ones who
are fighting the stern battles of life.
How unheedingly we permit the OPP
portunities for carrying sunshine
into the lives of those we love to pass
by. A word of cheer to struggling
soul in life is worth more than all
the roses in Christendom piled high
on casket covers The dead cannot
smell the fragrance of the flowers
but the living can; scatter them
broadcast in their pathway, there
fore, and pluck out the thorns. A
welcome smile, a CHEEKY "well DONE"
an affectionate look will cause a rift
to break in the lowering clouds and
permit the glorious sunshine to glad
den the lives of those you love-
Breda News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-05-29
HELEN KELLER's

Helen Keller whom the world has
loved from her early childhood, is
deaf, dumb and blind. Friends,
finding her possessed of a charming
personality, left nothing undone to
give her an education. She has
been petted and feted and she thinks
everything in the world ought to be
as lovely to everybody as it has been
to her. She has written letter to
Eugene V. Debs, and it has been pub
lished by that celebrated patriot,
Gardner Cowles, in the Des Moines
Register.
A reader of the Capital says ANY
reputable newspaper which will as
sit in such work should be eensured
and the support of all law abiding
citizens withdrawn from it,
This statement is true, but we are
afraid it will have but little effect.
However, we regret that Helen kell-
err wrote the letter and that it has
been published 1t will have an in
direct influence in the support OF
Debs and anarchy. Poor Helen
Keller has never known the need OF
law or government. She thinks
Debs has been abused and that the
law is cruel. She is contrasting the
way the world has treated her and
the way she thinks the world has
treated Debs. 1t would have been
fortunate if she had not entered up
on a discussion concerning which she
was not capable of advising The
strong men and women who believe
in the law are those who have taken
care of Helen Keller The DebS
element has been too busy finding
fault with imaginary evils to give
any time to the Helen Kellers. Those
who have the young woman's conf
dence should guide her mind and
thought in more patriotic dlrec-
tion.-Des Moines Capital.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-05-29
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-05-29
GERMANY's BED

Can't you kind of figure it out in
your own mind that We would have
had to pay If we had lost in the war?
You can? Then why should there
be any thought that the terms are
too harsh on Germany? The Unit
ed States is not. asking Germany to
pay us a cent. What the others de-
mand of Germany is no concern of
ours, any more than the rest of the
European muddle is--New Hampton
Gazette.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-05-29
CHASING CHICKENS"

Times certainly have changed and
the boys have changed with them
Twenty years ago a boy was willing
to spend a year, sometimes two or
three or more, learning trade. Dc
you see them doing that now? Not
much. A lad asks you today for a
job, and If you suggest he work a
week or month for experience, he'll
give you the laugh. He must have
wages from the time he doffs his
cap, and half the time he doesn't
even do that, but loafs around the
stors or shop with his hat on the
back of his head and pipe between
his teeth. He can get $3.50 a day
washing your windows or carrying
ashes from your cellar. so what's the
use of wasting time learning a
trade?
Thee 'sn't business today which
isn't yeaniss for one of the old
fashioned boys wbs will treat his ell
ders with politeness and IKE an in
terest in his work beyond waiting
for tho clock to mark up quitting
time. It's Saturday afternoon off
and double pay for every minute ov-
srtime. He doesn't want to learn
tue UuSiHeSSs ne mas no dIuDltlOu W
own II some day. He makes fun of
the dull town and hikes to the city
at every opportunity He can't see
the dear little girl next door who
helps mother. but rushes to a near
by city to chase skirt" The best
girls on earth are right here all
about him; girls who are growing uD
to make true and noble women; but
he chases the chickens" of the
city streets. There is nothing TO
keep him here" so he wastes his
time. money and strength trying to
be a tinhorn sport. ga regular -
o'clock Teller" in the nearby city.
To greet your neighbor with a
clear eye, and to owe no man any
thing; to build a home for the girl
you went to school with, and to sit
with your feet under your own table
occasionally adding a leaf for a new
member of the family who sits in a
high chair and puts bread and milk
into his nose and eyes, is something
worth while. Stick to mother and
the girls who smile at you on your
own streets and let the city skirts"
who walk the streets alone. There's
nothing in chasing the chickens. -
Sidney Herald.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-05-29
TOMORROW

1t is said that tomorrow never
comes being invariably separated
from today by anything from full
"a hours down to fraction of a
second, and then in wink suddenly
springing upon us, but at the same
time changing into day. Here is an
interesting thing about tomorrow:
yesterday today was tomorrow
and tomorrow today will be yester-
day +" This will be understood more
readily by placing comma after the
first yesterday and after the second
tomorrow.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-05-29
CADDoCK is GIVEN SHOWER
OF SAFETY PINS IN FRANCE

When the officers of the SSth di-
vision received the news in France
that Sergt. Earl Caddock, world S
champion wrestler. was a father,
they gave him a safety pin shower.
The grappler was deluged with pins,
big and little. He also received the
hearty congratulations of the Of
ficers, from highest to lowest.
Sergeant Caddock tells of the
shower" in a letter to relatives in
Anita He also mentions having in.
jured one of his hands, receiving q
cut which rendered three of his fin.
gers useless for some time.-Atlantic
News-Telegraph.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-05-29
CAN YOU BEAT TIP

A woman of this city, noting some
advertisements of women's wearing
apparel said, laughingly:
when hats get to be a dollar, !
am going to get one"
She went down town the next day
and in one window was the sign,
Hats. SO cents" A little farther
down the street was another sign,
Hats, 6S cents.V
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-05-29
HOME MADE BEER

Home made beer is becoming quite
a fad, and some enterprising mer.
chants are laying in supply of large
stone Jars, in order that those who
are making the brew may not be
handicapped for the proper sort OF
container. 1t is stated by some
who have inside" information that
the home made beer beats the pur-
chased variety.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-05-29
WILL HOLD BAKE SALE

The ladies of the Catholic church
will hold bake sale at the Alderman
Co. store next Saturday, May 31st.
The sale will commence at 1000 a.
M, and continue throughout the
day or until all things are disposed
of. AS this sale is for very
worthy cause 1t is hoped that the
public will come to the store that
day and make purchases for their
Sunday meals. Remember the date
Saturday, May 31st.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-05-29
REPuRLIo TRUcK FOR sALE

have a Republic truck for sale
at $3.50. This truck Is in the very
best OF condition and is priced at a
bargain. III you want a truck for
farm use, here is what you have
been looking for. Better see US to-
day for this offer will not last long
at the price we have put on the
truck. c. II. WILDE.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-05-29
AS A RULE

Willie-''Paw. what does argu-
ment pro and con meant"
Paw-"The pro Is your convincing
statement. and the con is what the
other fellow uses, my SON."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-16
NATALIE AT LAST BEATEN IN RACES
After Two Postponements Due to Rain, Grand Cir
 cult Resumed

Philadelphia, August 15.-The grand circuit meeting, twice postponed by rain and heavy track, was resumed al Belmont track today with a predr- ranged programme of five events. There were several close finishes, but the time average was not high for tnis class of horses.
 The biggest surprise of the day came in the William Penn stake for 2-year- old trotters, purse 5000, in which the Brook Farm entry. Mir. Dudley, driven by l. Brusie. beat a good field Of youngsters, including Natalie the Great. This was the latter's fifth race, and she had never lost heat until she was beaten in the second heat today in 2:1S.
 Summaries:
 2:17 trot, Swear old, trotters; purse 5000; two in three heats: Mollie Knight, b. f., by General Q
 watts-May Stewart (Geers).. I i Norman Dillon. b. g. (Gregory). 5 Little Lee, b. g. (McDonald) ..... 3 ?
 Pete Worth, Dark Flower, Liberty Peter also started. Time. 2:07&. 2:10h
 2:1s trot three heats; purse s2oOo Wilkes Brewer, ch. m, by Nut
 wood Wilkes Mary Bates
 (Hyde) ..........,...... Roya. Mac, b. g. tmurphy).. Prince Loree, b. g. (McDevitt) 1 3
 The Fodder, Peter June and Busy Lassie also started Time, 2:0515, 2:06 2:05A, 2:07.
 Two-year-old trot, two in three heats; purse $2000:
 MT. Dudley, blk. g., by J. Malcolm
 Forbes Bourbon Todd L-
 Brusie) ................. 2 l Natalie the Great, br f tThomas) IA Dudette, br. f. (Geers) .........
 Day Star and Madam Dillon also started. Time, 2:16A. 2:13, 2:12%.
 2:1S trot. three heats; purse 5000: kerrigan, br- g., by Axworthy
 Carrie Kerr (Geers) ...... 9 6 1 Sam Foreman, br. g. (Carr) 8 1 2 Carmelita Hall, b. m. (Clark). i f [ Ed H., Letta Watts, pr. Elmore Humfast, Olive Fant and Dorothy Da yalso started. Time. 2:10H, 2:091a 211k
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-16
Johnston Predicts Industrial Calamity Unless ConstructiUe
 Relief Extended by Congress

would stabilize the railroads of the country. Without the remedies we propose" he added. the railroads will show such hopeless disparity in re- turns and in service as to compel a continuation of the warfare between the management and organized shlp- pers in the unsuccessful struggle of the rates, followed by wholesale re- ceiverships and high probabilities of that alternative"
 Mir Johnson did not refer directly to the plan of the railroad brother hoods, but indirectly he referred to it as a drastic economic revolution, and its authors as proponents of nor . drastic formulas"
 The Birmingham man painted a melancholy picture of the present con- ditior of the railroads He said;
 "Of the railroads under federal con trol, 56, including all the systems of New England, are not paying opera.- ing expenses Only 20 are earning the standard rental based on the three year pre-war period. The deficit for 1919 under the rentals promises to be $500, 900, 900. If Congress proposes to build a foundation for American pros- perity, it must extend steadyiRg hand to the one great enterprise without which this country cannot go forward"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-16
Coulter Wins Rifle Shoot
 With a Perfect Score

 Caldwell, N. J. August.-Corporal R. c. Coulter, U. S. M. C., today won the first prize, gold medal, In the rapid fire rifle match shot on the navy
 range here today. He made 8 perfect score of 100 and 50 extra bulls eyes at POO yards. While 16 contestants made perfect scores, only the first 10 were recorded as winners and awarded bronze medals. These with their scores and ex- tra bulls eyes were:
 Private R. Moore, U S. M. C., 100 and 40 bulls eyes: c. NJ. Gettvs. Wvom- ing civilian team. 100 and 39; Lieut. L. & Spooner A. E. F., team, 100 and g Lieut.. G. A. Parsons, U. s. M. C., 10C and 3; Lieut. J. l.. Pepper, U. s. Infan- 1 try 100 and 9; Lieut.. s. P. Walker, U S. Cavalry, 100 and 8; Gunners Mate R. R. Ryan, U. s. N. 100 and 8; Lieut. l J. J. Gibney, U. s. A., 100 and 8; ant
 Captain M. B. Humphrey U. s. M. C.. l 100 and 5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-16
GOTHAM IS FACED BY POSSIBILITY OF
 NEW CAR STRIKE
Subway and Elevated Motor men Threaten to Quit Unless 50 Per Cent
 Increase Granted
By AsscrIa,.d Prs.

New York, August 15-New York city faced today the possibility of traction strike more far-reaching than the recent walkout in Brooklyn. The threat of a strike to become effective Sunday morn ing unless a wage increase of 50 per cent is granted, instead of the ten per cent announced Wednesday was made by the motormen employed on the sub way and elevated lines of the Inter- borough Rapid Transit company who are members of the employees brotherhool fostered by the company.
 Announcement that the company had refused the demands was met promptly with a statement issued to the public oy Mayor Hylan in which he charged the strike was being engineered by conclu- sion of the company officials and as part of their program to force higher fares from the city.
 Close on the heels of these two an- nouncements came third from the dls- srict attorney office to the effect that subpoenas had been issued for Frank Hedley. general manager of the Inter- borough and of the New York Railways company, it's surface line subsidiary as well as three officials of the New Yori; Railway Employees association, an or sd0fZallOn SlIfildT lO tilc AtlCtpoiO brotherhood. The Railways company IS in the hands of Job E. Hedges, fedora. receiver
 Assistant District Attorney Banton said his office wished to get more light on the demand of the company's employ es for 50 per cent increase of wages and the simultaneous efforts of the compan y for an eight-cent fare.
 Tonight District Attorney Swann made public letter written to J. P. Morgan and company by Theodore F. Shonts president of the Jnterborough, veal ago at the time the road sought to raise &ss, ,400. .600 on short-term notes, througf the Morgan firm.
 If the facts ill this letter are true, said MT Swann, the company is far Iron being in danger of financial ruin and in stead verges on being a mint" If th- facts are fal< Mir. Swann, added they