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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
TO SUSPEND THE
SENATE DEBATE
Nomination OF General Pershing AS
General For Life Will Take Up
TOday's Session.
Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4-The chief
controversy over the peace treaty and
the League of Nations covenant was
today shifted to Columbus, where
President Wilson was to open the long
campaign of speech making in be-
half of immediate ratification. No
prepared addresses were announced
for delivery in the Senate and it is
indicated there will be a temporary
suspension of the debate on the pro-
hibition enforcement measure.
The nomination of General PERISH
ing to be a general for life, which was
sent to the Senate late yesterday, viii
consume all of today's session.
Pershing Made General.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4-The SEN
ate today unanimously cnofirmed the
nomination of Gen. John J. Pershing
to a permanent rank of General in
the regular army.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
1t. MCUURG BACK
T0CAMP PIKE, ARK
Will Probably, Receive His Discharge
October 1st-Was In Many Fa-
nous Battles.

First Lieut.. Monroe McClurg, Jr.,
who has been home on a three days
furlough from Camp Pike, returned
this morning by the Y. & M. V. The
home folks and his hosts of friends
in Greenwood wede joyously glad to
see him. The Lieutenant is in fine
health and looks every inch a SOL
dier. He wears the epaulets of his
office in the Third Division U. S.
Regular Army, the two years honor
able service bars, and four gold stars
his participation in the
four great battles of the Vosges
Mountains in Lorraine, then in Ger
many, the St. Mihiel, Argonne and
Verdun sectors. He was in the bat
tie line when the famous "cease fir
ing" order was given on November
II, 1918.
While training a battery at Camp
Donovan, Fort Sill, in March, 1918, he
was attached to the 35th Division of
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
Greenwood's Phenomen-
al Building Pace Easily
Leads Other Places
$1,OOO,OOO TOTAL
FOR THIS YEAR
Evidences the Faith Our
People Have in The
City's Future

The building activity in Green
wood is simply phenomenal, consid-
ering the present high cost of labor
and material
Buildings recently completed and
now in course of construction, and i'm
provements on old buildings, agere-
gate the handsome total of more than
$5OO,OOO.OO.
And in addition to the above there
are contemplated new buildings and
improvements for this fall and win
ter which will easily total half mil
lion dollars more-making a round
million dollars expended during the
year 1919 on new business houses and
repairs on old ones.
These new buildings include the
First National Banks structure, the
addition to Fountains Store, the ad-
dition to Klein & Blumenthal's store,
the addition to the Greenwood Com
press & Storage Co., the improvement
on Schilling Auto Co.'S building,
Metts Filling Station, the new resi-
dences of w. R. Humphrey, R. V.
Pollard, r. T. Jones, H. L. DeLoach,
A. Kantor, DIR. w. T. Johnson, J. D.
Duncan, J. G. Peasants, L. o. Cor
bin, Sam Parker, J. B. Haman, Frank
Dorman, M. L. N. Busam, w. C.
Yates, r. Thayer's cottages, DIR. F.
NJ. Sandifer, w. K. Clements, Ben
Piazza, and quite a number of other
cottage homes in different sections
of the fastest growing city of its
size in the State of Mississippi.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

the National Army and assigned to
the command of a battery in the
13Oth Field Artillery. He left New
York overseas in April, landing in
Liverpool thence across the Channel
into France where his division went
into training under the French until
August when it went to the front and
remained until the armistice was
signed. When the 35th Division was
demobilized in March, 1919, he was
transferred to the rd Division of the
Regular Army U. S. A. and placed in
command of battery in the 18th
Field Artillery and is with it at Camp
Pike, where all but the originally enlis-
ted regulars are being discharged.
His own discharge is optional with
the U. S. Government, but he hopes
to get out about October l.
Lieut.. McClurg does not like to talk
about what he saw of the horrors of
the war, simply indescribable"
Dead and dying everywhere; horses
and men hanging in trees, where pow
erful shells had blown them.
Lieut.. McClurg had the distinguish
ed honor of walking between General
Pershing and the Prince of Wales,
explaining to them the operation Of
his battery.
The above picture of Lieut.. Nc cClurg
was taken with the little friend Reni,
in whose home the Lieutenant was
billeted for some time. The two be-
came warm friends during his stay
in this home.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
COUNTY BOARD
DOES BUSINESS
Salaries Are Paid and Accounts Al.
lowed-Supervisors Remained In
Session Today.

The Board Of Supervisors of Le-
hore County convened yesterday
morning at the courthouse with the
following present: ]. L. Haley, presi-
dent; J. G. Peasants, M. S. Wilson,
S. r. Keesler, s. l. Brown, A. R.
Bew, clerk; T. C. Carrot, sheriff.
Salaries and bills were allowed. A
contract for the purchase Of twelve
foot grader to be used on the Leflore
County roads was awarded to J. D.
Adams & Co., at . cost Of 81. .45O.
The Board win remain in session
today.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
COLONEL MERRILL
PASSES TO REST
Veteran Journalist, Author and Con
federate Soldier Dies of Infirm-
tiles at Pewee Valley.

! Lexington relatives and friend:
were panied to learn Saturday of tn,
death of Colonel Cassius Exum Mer
rill, widely known Confederate veter,
an journalist and author, which oc
| Cured at the Confederate Home a,
Pewee Valley, where he has been ar
inmate for some time.
The end came after lingering ILL
ness and was due to paralysis and the
infirmities of age. He was 80 years
old. He is survived by two sisters
Mrs. R. H. Hicks of Greenwood,
Miss, and Mrs. c. R. Moter of Jack
son. Miss; an adopted daughter, Mrs.
A. H. Mizell, of Nashville, Tenn, and
his brotherin-law Charles F. Exum,
and sister-in-law, Mrs. Margaret L.
Exunl, of lexington.
The body will be taken to Frank
fort, where the funeral services will
be held in the cemetery there at IL
o'clock Monday morning. A number
of Lexington relatives and friends
will attend the obsequies
Colonel Merrill was a resident of
Lexington for number of years,
where his versatile lierary attain
where his versatile liertary attain
ments loyalty to the South and active,
participation in public affairs made
him leading figure in the commun-
ity. His wife, who died several years
ago, assisted him in his literary work
and both were frequent contributors
to the newspapers and magazines.
'Who's Who In America" has the
following interesting sketch of Colonel
Merrill and his life work:
"Cassius Exum Merrill, writer, was
born in Clark county, KY, opposite
the historic fort at Boonesboro, on
Oct. Z, 1888, son. of James William
Simpson Merrill and Sophia Merrill
and was educated at the Kentucky
Institute, now located at
Lyndon, KY, receiving both the A.
M. and A. B. degree.
"He married Anna Minerva Exum
of. near Frankfort, KY, Aug. %, 1861.
the cause of the South, he
enlisted as private in the 22nd Mis-
sissippi Infantry, with which he serv-
ed from 1861 to 1862. Later he was
to an Alabama command
and became first lieutenant and drill
master of Company F, 49th Alabama
Infantry. He was promoted to adju- !
tant general. of General Thomas M. !
SCOTS brigade He was promoted to
the rank of major on the field for
gallantry and was twice wounded.
"At the close of the war he located
at Carrollton, Miss, and engaged in
the practice of law from 1866 to 1872.
to Kentucky, he accepted
an editorial position on the Courier
Journal and was city editor of that
paper from 1872 to 1882. After leav-
ing the Courier j ournal, he went to
Tennessee and was editor of the Nash |
Vile World from 1888 to 1885 and la
ter editor of the Jacksonville, Fla,
News Herald and Florida Times Un-
ion for several years.
"He was voluminous writer and
besides editorials and poems was the
author Of several pamphlets, among
them 'Old Nose jefferson Davis and
of the Delta Kappa Epsilon
fraternity, the Masonic and Red Mems
orders. ."-Lexington, KY, Exchange.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
PREPARE RATES
ON COMMODITIES
Director General Hines Gives Order
Regarding Same-Will Equalize
Charges.
Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3-Prepara-
tion of class and commodity rates up
on export traffic from the Middle
West to the South Atlantic and guf
ports were ordered today by Director
General Hines. The rates will be sub
stantially the same as the rates to
New York on domestic freight and
will equalize charges enabling the
Southern gateways to South Central
America to complete on equal terms
with the East.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
AN INCREASE IN
PHYSICIANS FEES
LeflOre County Medical Society Adopt
New Fee Schedule At September
Meeting

DR.. w. B. Dickins,
Sec'y. Leflore Co. Medical Society.
Greenwood, Miss.
Dear Doctor:
have been waiting patiently fol
several months for some of my bro
theirs in the profession to make {
move, but as no one seems to care
to take the initiative, have decided
to do SO myself.
You no doubt, have given the mat
ter that l am going to speak of some
serious thought and you are probably
aware that you are working fo1
practically the same price that you
did five years ago. have looked into
the matter considerably and l find
that there is no other trade or pro-
fession but that have raised the price
of their labor in proportion to the
price of the various articles that they
consume. We are now paying from
twelve to fifteen dollars for a five
dollar pair of shoes, from three dol
lars fifty cents to five dollars for a
one dollar twenty five cen straw hat.
forty to fifty dollars for a twenty
five dollar suit of clothes, and last
but not least, is the thing that we all
have to purchase and that is, someth-
ing to eat. In our vicinity, twenty
five cent chickens are selling at from
seventy-five cents to dollar and in
fact everything that consume, find
has advanced in proportion. There
is nothing that know Of that a man
can buy for the price that he did sew
eral years ago except the service of a
physician.
l would not for anything in the
world believe that we have a man in
the county that would want to profit
eer in the practice of medicine, but
it certainly looks to me that we are
sleeping on our rights to try to get
by and keep up a good appearance,
working for the same dollar that we
did when a dollar had the purchasing
power of a dollar, whereas, today the
purchasing power of dollar is not
over thirty three and third cents.
OF course, we would meet with
criticism if we raised our
prices very much, but cannot figure
out why that we are not entitled to
a raise as we'll as the merchants,
planters and even the commonest
form Of day labor.
l would like for you to give this
matter some thought and would like
very much to know your views, that
we may take it up in our Society at
an early date and try to equalize con-
ditions. To me, it seems that doc
,or should at least receive compensa
ton for his services in proportion to
other classes of professional and busi-
ness men, and as stated before we are
the only people that l know of, ex-
cept the salaried man, that are hav-
ing to suffer from the high cost of
living. If we pay three prices for
what we consume, we will certainly
have to consume less, work more or
charge in proportion.
Please let me hear from you at
your convenience in regard to this
matter.
With all good wishes, am,
Fraternally yours,
G., c.. MOORE,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
325,000 FAVOR
DETROIT STRIKE
This Number Will Walkout Unless De.
mand OF One Dollar Increase
Per Day Granted
Associated Press

DETROIT, Mich, Sept. 4-The
strike vote taken Of the United Bro
therhood Maintenance Way Employees
and shop laborers, shows $685. 900 in
favor of the walkout unless the. de-
mands for wage increase of approx
imately a dollar day are granted.
Brotherhood officials announce that S.
900 voted against the strike.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
Report Machine Not
Over Mexican Territory
Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Sept. "The
American army biplane that was fired
upon by the Mexicans Thursday, was
at no time over Mexican territory"
by Major General Dickman, COM
manding the Southern department.
The Mexican officials claimed that
the machine crossed the international
boundary before the Mexicans opened
fire.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
DR.. Renner Thinks
Austria Should Protest
Associated Press

PARIS, S,Sept.+(Wednesday)-Dr
Karl Renner, head of the Austrian
delegation which received the peace
treaty, said in an interview which was
published today, that communications
made to the Austrians by the peace
conference showed the Allies under
stood the economic situation in Aus
tria and had adopted benevolent at
titude in this connection. He said he
thought, however that Austria in re-
ply should again protest against the
territorial clause Of the treaty.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
NEW FEE BILL ADOPTED.

NEW FEE BILL ADOPTED.
The above letter was indorsed by
The Leflore County Medical Society
at the Kings Daughters Hospital, and
at the Kinks Daughters Hospital, and
on motion the following Fee Bill was
adopted:
Office calls, examination and pres
cription, $500 to $500.
Visits in city $500 day, $500 night.
Two visits per day $500.
Visits in country $1.O0 per mile
plus $1.0O for the trip. Double at
night.
Obstetrical fee, normal, $4,000.
w. B. DICKINS,
Sec'y. Leflore Co. Medical Society.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
Time Extended For
Answer Peace Terms
Associated Press

PARIS, Sept. 4-(Wedensday)-
The Austrian delegation has asked
the peace conference to extend the
time allowed for the answer of the
peace terms. An extension of two
days will probably be granted.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
Mrs. e. w. Moore Hurt
In Fall From Swing

Mrs. E. w. Moore was painfully
injured yesterday at her home on
West Church Street when the porch
swing in which she was sitting broke
and she fell violently to the floor
She sustained q fractured right leg
above the ankle. Mrs. Moore was re-
ported 70 - resting fairly we'll today,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

Miss Martha Forester has return
ed home from a delightful summer
trip to points in North Carolina,
Georgia and Florida. She recently
attended q house party at Wrights-
vile Beach, N. C. She has been gone
for two months.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
Railway Shopmen Strike
In Hands Head. Officers
Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4-While
the railway shopmefl declared by a
vote of: 325,O to $4,000 : that: .:the
wage advance altered by : President
Wilson was unacceptable as q basis
of settlement of their demands, they
have decided to leave the question Of
the strike in the hands of their IN.
ternational officers.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
EXTEND HOLD ON
RHINE TERRITORY
Area Be Twice That Under American
Jurisdiction Since Last Division
Left For Home.
Associated Press

COBLENZ, Sept. 4-Marshal Foch
has decided upon an extension of ter
ritory in the Rhine land to be held
permanently by the American forces.
it's area will be twice as large as that
under American jurisdiction since the
last combat division left for home.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
Mexican Government
Expresses Regret
Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4-The Mex
lean government has expressed regret
over the. firing on an American air
plane across the border Tuesday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
For Governor; Lieut.
Gov, Clerk Supreme
Court, r. r. Com'rs.
THE NOMINEES
ARE DECLARED
Russell, Casteel, Buck,
Morgan and Wilson
Are The Winners.

The State Democratic Executiv,
Committee met in jackson yesterday
and canvassed the returns of the sec
ond primary election held on Angus
26th in the run-off for Governor
Lleutenant-Governor, Supreme Court
Clerk and Railroad Commissioner il
the Second and Third Districts, anc
declared the results as follows: Rus
sell for Governor, Casteel for Lieut.
tenant Governor, Buck for Supreme
Court Clerk, and Morgan and Wilson
for r. R. Commissioners from the
Southern and Northern Districts re.
spectively.
A singular feature of the tabula-
tions showed that, territorially con-
sidered, the tw candidates for gov
ernor had equally divided the state,
although having majority of nearly
5000, Lieut.. Gov. Russell, it was
shown, ha only carried 41 counties,
Lieut.. Johnston carrying Al counties,
AS between Messrs Frierson and Cas-
teel, tn eformer carried about dozen
more than the man who became the
nominee.
The following totals were ascer-
tanned by the committee:
For Governor ...e.
Lee M. Russell ...-.....-......:.....77 n. .427
Oscar G. Johnston ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .69.565
Russells majority ---.----. 1852
For Lieutenant Governor
H. H. Casteel SO .956
Ohm Frierson ----.--............. ,1O3
Casteers majority ity.---..-.-.--.......... S56
For Supreme Court, Clerk
w. J. Buck 1850
George c. Myers .....-....- ... So 1884
Bucks majority --..----------s 10, ,1S5
For Railroad Commissioner, Second
District
NJ. H. Morgan -...--.---..---2 "a 1877
F. M. Sheppard %, ,O9S
Morgan's majority -,----- ,239
For Railroad Commissioner, Third
District
w. B. Wilson ................ .33, ,634
Wilson's majority ..---,- III ,306
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-02-28
VEAzY ACT IS LEGAL
SAYSSUPREME COURT

The decision that the Weary act,
which provides for grand jury inspec-
tions of converts and other religious
and charitable institutions, is consti-
tutional except in one particular not
affecting the constitutionality of the
act as a whole, was rendered by the
supreme court of Georgia Tuesday in
a case coming up from Chatham SUI
perior court.
The case grew out of the refusal
of Mother Clare, who is in charge
of the convent of the Sisters of Mer-
CIV, to allow a committee of the Oc-
tober, 1917, term of the Chatham
grand jury to enter the institution for
an inspection. Sisters Felicitas, head
of the Franciscan Sisters, later re-
fused the grand jury inspection COM
mittee admission to her convent.
When the Chatham solicitor caused
an order to be issued requiring an
order to be issued requiring the heads
of converts to show cause why they
should not be adjudged in contempt
they declared that the purview of the
Weary law did not apply to their in
situations. On various grounds they
attacked the constitutionality of the
act.
In his decision upholding the consti-
tutionality fthe act, the supreme
court ruled that section A, which, the
court held, contained matter not un-
der the caption of the law, could be
segregated from the balance of the
act without impairing the act as a
whole. This section provides for
special grand jury presentments
against the persons in charge of the
institutions before making inspec-
tions.
The case 'came before the supreme
court on appeal from Sister Felici-
tas, who was adjudged in contempt
and fined by the judge of the Chat
man superior court for her alleged
refusal to permit grand jury in
spection of the convent in her charge.
The judgment of the Chairman court
was sustained.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-02-28
DEMAND DECENT DRESS

Whereas" says resolution
adopted by the New Cork City Fede-
ration of Women's Clubs, "the de-
signers of women's evening gowns
have led fashion to the extreme limit
of indecency, and this is having a
most demoralizing effect upon the
youth of the country; Therefore, be it
"Resolved, That we women of New
York do all in our power to urge
women to dress modestly, and that
we, through a committee appointed
by the president of the city fedora
ton, seek to control indecency in
dress by appealing to designers of
women's fashions and the leading
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-02-28
Miss Cortelyou Hostess To
Luncheon Club

The Round Dozen Luncheon Club
was delightfully."- entertained by Miss
Mabel Cortelyou on Thursday. A
color scheme of red and white was
used, and the George Washington
Birthday motif was pleasingly car
ried out in many details. The cen
ter piece TO rthe attractive table was
bowl of paper-white narcissus,
around which was tied fluffy bow of
red tulle.
Red pompons were around the ia
pers in the four silver candlesticks,
and red minis filed the silver bonbon
dishes.
Seated at the table were Mrs. P.
R. Cortelyou, Mrs. John T. Brantley,
of Blackshear, Mrs. John S. Gambler,
of Atlanta, Mrs. J. M. Brown, Mrs.
E. P. Dobbs, Mrs. Henry Wyatt, Sr.,
Mrs. W. H. Trezevant, Mrs. w. A.
DuPre, Miss Addie Seize, Miss Libbie
Cortelyou, of Brooklyn, Mrs. R. j.
Hancock and Miss Mabel Cortelyou.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-02-28
shops and by public appeal to wo-

shops and by pubic appeal TO Wo-
men,"
According to the New York Times
members of the federation, in dis
cussing the resolution, declared the
gowns objected to were the low-cut
evening frocks and those without
corsages. 1t was declared that if de-
signers and shopkeepers continue to
handle dresses of this sort members
of the federation should "set their
hearts like flint, and refuse to wear
the gowns, no matter how becoming
they are"
when women set their hearts like
flint and refuse to obey the dictates
of the tyrant Style the millennium
will be near.-Dawson News.
Whenever the women really "set
their hearts like flint" and refuse
to obey the dictates of foolish fash
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-02-28

er, Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. j. M. Fowler,
Mrs. C. D. Elder, Mrs. Warren Stokes,
Mrs. Herbert Hague, Mrs. Roger De-
war, Mrs. Lawhon, Mrs. S. S. Piper,
Miss Tommie Edwards, of Chatta-
nooga, and Miss Sara Veal, of Rome.
Mrs. Marion Dobbs To Have
Silver Tea
St. Mary's Guild, of st. James
Church, will give Silver Tea from
3 to on Saturday afternoon, at the
residence of Mrs. Marion Dobbs on
Atlanta street
1t promises to be a very pleasant af-
fair, and it is hoped that a large
crowd will attend.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-02-28
Interesting News for
Old Friends

Ol0 TEISnuS
Lieutenant and Mrs. Edwin Will
mont Morgan were the honorees of
beautifully appointed dinner given
by Mr.. and Mrs. N. K. Smith on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan were on an
extended bridal trip through the north
and east, then will go to their future
home in Portland, Oregon.
Mrs. Morgan is the daughter of
Mrs. Webb, of Dalton, Ga, who was
Miss Mary Sistrunk. Mrs. Webb, as
a girl, made her home in Marietta
with her uncle, the late Colonel L.
N. Trammell, and her friends here
will be interested in this news of her
daughter.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-02-28
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE

The Second Quarterly Conference
of the Marietta Circuit will convene
at New Hope, Sunday, March. A
good attednace of officials is kindly
urged John P. Erwin,
Presiding Elder.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-02-28
Society
Mrs. Trezevant's Lunch
A Bright Event


Yellow buttercups in a Tiffany glass
bowl formed the centerpiece for the
lovely lace-covered table at Mrs.
Howell Trezevant's Golf luncheon on
Wednesday.
The color scheme of the beautiful
affair was the same sunshiny yellow,
the place cords, bon-bons, ETC., all
being of that cheerful hue. After
the delicious luncheon, the party mo-
tored out to the club and spent the
afternoon at golf.
Mrs. Trezevant's guests were Mrs.
w. A. DuPre, Mrs. Ralph Northcutt,
Mrs. Leon Gilbert, Mrs. Walter Sans,
Mrs. Reeser, Mrs. Henry Wyatt, Sr.,
Mrs. A. v. Cortelyou, and Miss Mabel
Cortelyou.