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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
You Do More Work,

You are more ambitious and o get more
enjoyment out of everything when your
blood is in good condition. Impurities in
the blood have a very depressing effect on
the system. causing weakness. ~laziness.
nervousness and sickness.
GROVES TASTELESS Chill TONIC
restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying
and Enriching the Blood. When you feel
its strengthening. invigoratine effect. see
how it brings color to the cheeks and how
It improves the appetite, you will then
appreciate its tru tonic value.
GROVES TASTELESS Chill TONIC
Is not q patent medicine. it is simply
IRON and QUnNINE suspended in Syrup.
So pleasant even children like it. The
blood needs Quinine to Purify it and IRON
to Enrich it. These reliable tonic prop
critics never fail to drive out impurities in
the blood.
The strengthening Power of GROVES
TASTELESS Chill TONIC has made il
the favorite tonic in thousands of homes.
More than thirty-fve years ago. folks
would ride a long distance to get GROVES
TASTELESS Chill TONIC when a
member Of their family had Malaria OK
needed a bodybuilding. strengthening
tonic. . The formula is just the same to-
day. and you can get it from any drua
store. 60c PEI bottle.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
THE WAR AND THE RACES.

No doubt the Springfield Republican points
straight to one of the chief causes of race fric-
ton and mob violence in this country since the
world war when it says: "The war will have a
profound effect upon the relations between the
white and colored races is generally acknowledged
by students of this group of problems. The eff
fects will not be felt in America alone. Great
Britain, United States and France all employed
colored troops in the war zones. Among the
French people there was an absence of social in
equality as between races which our negro SOL
diers especially were quick to observe, in compar-
ison with the social conditions at home. They
have come back with more self-confidence and
and more racial pride. The reactions of such a
state of mind will be felt from one end of the
country to the other"
If we recognize this .greater-- self-confidence
and increased racial pride of returning negro SOL
diers on the one hand and, on the other hand, no
change in the social coalitions at home race pre-
JUDGE among the whites remaining as marked as
ever. much light may be thrown upon the origin
of the recent race rioting in Washington, Chicago
and elsewhere. Fortunately the reports from the
South, to which the bulk of the drafted negro men
returned, have been mostly encouraging. A South
Carolina correspondent, for example, reports no
serious race conflict in his State since the war.
He admits that it was expected and that the auth
critics were on their guard, but says that 50 far
there has been little friction and adds that
most of the returned negro soldiers are bearing
themselves very WELL"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
AS TO DESERTERS

It has been urged, and not without reason, that
the public should maintain an open-minded atti-
tude in connection with the alleged ~cruelties charg-
ed up to the keepers IF American prison camps in
France. No doubt the men confined therein were
in no few instances guilty of very grave offenses,
including desertion. Everybody that was a SOL
dier in France Lieut-Col. Edgar P. Grinstead is
quoted, "know that thousands of our men were
running away from the front lines and that had
the war continued many executions would have
been necessary before these assertions could have
been stopped" That men thus guilty would in
vite severe discipline was inevitable, and that they
would %contrive to send complaints or later COM
plain to their families of unnecessary cruelty was
equally inevitable.
While the Grinstead estimate of thousands"
of deserters may be exaggerated, even taking into
consideration the fact that our expeditionary for
ces numbered two million men, it is safe on the
other hand to regard as an underestimate that
of an American intelligence officer who, writing
to the New York Sun, declares that he did not
hear of a single desertion during the eighteen
r,onths of his active experience in France and
doubts if convictions for desertion could have
been secured against 100 men in the American
Expeditionary Forces" Even a hundred desert
ers would call for measures of severity and the
very name prison camp" implies crime. No doubt
the conduct and morale of the vast bulk of our
forces were excellent and often beyond praise,
but to expect all of two millions, mostly drafted
men, to be heroes is manifestly absurd.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

For Group Motker,--
Ahoays Keep this Handy

The day Of h Group scare 10 ovs3
for those parents who wisely koeD
roaey's Honey end Tar COMPOUND h
". C. Allen, Boseley. No.. writes: II
have raised q family Of -FOUR children.
nd have used F9ley,s Honey and Tar
the best Group and cough medicine /
aave ever used and / have used Il for
eight or ten pears. and can recommend
If toward nightfall the little ones
grow hoarse or croupy. IL tho1rsore4th-
fng becomes -Wheezy a stu6y. give
promptly Snd It win ward o3en att2c4
OF CUP
II you are awakened by the hoarse
hrAsSy cough that means Group gtVo
FuleySs o and Tar COMPOUND 1t
d It VIII eAse the little sa6eretD
and 8 tlsy viii have oasy bg0atht1D
.aS 2s:ssssa 800 iIsieaaa
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
COMMITTEE CAN
INVESTIGATE H. C.L
Federal District Attorney w. S. Hill
Says Pr%ofiteering Should Be
Taken Up BY Citizens.

In response to numerous queries
as to why the high cost of living was
not Investigated in Greenwood, a
Commonwealth reporter discussed the
matter with Hon. w. S. Hill, District
Federal Attorney.
Mr.. Hill stated that this matter was
a community affair and should be
taken up by committee Of citizens.
"There is no Federal law giving pow
err to conduct such an investigation"
said Mr.. Hill," but the matter could
be satisfactorily handled by the citi-
Ems Any committee which might be
appointed could investigate whether
local dealers were making an unrea-
moral effect.
"No dealer in the city would refuse
to give the desired information to
such a committee. He is dependent
upon the public trade of this commun-
ity for his business and he could not
afford to refuse to give such an Or
g~anization the information they are
seeking to obtain.
AT present there is a law making
it a criminal offense to hoard or store
food supplies. l am sure none Of this
is done in Greenwood. There is a bill
now before congress, which if passed,
will make it a criminal offense to pro-
fiteer.
"There is no law which prevents a
man from purchasing a horse for
$3.50 and selling it for a thousand
dollars. It is up to the fellow who
wants the horse whether he will pay
the price, yielding the enormous prof
it.
"The local merchants are depending
on the trade of this community for
their business and it is the citizens
privilege to appoint a committee to
investigate the high cost of living,
fix prices, publish the result Of their
Investigations and in this manner
handle the matter. A committee from
the Chamber of Commerce or say h
er organization could serve as such a
committee"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
ROADS AND PROSPERITY.

Good roads agitation is very old. Julius Cea-
sar was a good road fanatic, and some of his
highways are still in use in England and France.
Today there isn't a more vital subject than
that of transportation, and the great bulk of food
products and raw materials of industry are, at
some stage of the distribution process, hauled
over country roads.
Now that the motor truck is being utilized to
speed up distribution to link producer and con-
sumer wherever possible-good roads are of par
amount importance.
In older countries than ours, all roads are good
roads. They have to be, to feed the population
from crowded acres.
Bad roads have been accepted as a matter of
course in unsettled communities, and good roads
have been luxuries.
But the best possible highways are now sternly
necessary, in every part of the United States.
The federal government, the State, the coun-
ty, the township and everyone who eats food and
wears clothes are vitality concerned in good roads.
The question is not Gan we afford to build
good roads"
It is, "Can we afford to support bad roads %
Meridian Dispatch.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
COTTON RATES
ADVANCE AGAIN
Another Advance of Ten Cents Per
One Hundred Pounds is Made on
Cotton Shipped Eastern Points.

Notice of an advance in rates on
cotton to eastern points was received
yesterday by James S. Davant, COM
missioner of the Memphis Freight Bu-
reau, in a tariff from the United
States railroad administration. The
advance is 10 cents per hundred on
uncompressed cotton and 20 cents per
hundred on compressed cotton. The
new rate is effective September 25.
The notice of an advance came by
surprise to the cotton shippers Of
Memphis as no warning had been
given them that the rates were to be
increased. The advance affects all
cities and town in this territory and
while it is only to eastern points,
shippers believe that this is the first
Of a series of increases to be an
nounced by the railroad administra-
ton.
The former rate to eastern points,
for instance Boston, was "a cents per
hundred for uncompressed cotton and
"a cents for compressed cotton. The
new rate is the same for both COM
pressed and uncompressed cotton. The
carrier will in the majority of cases
have the cotton compressed. This
point is not assured, however, in the
tariffs received here yesterday.
It is probable that a protest will be
filed by local shippers to this advance
as being unfair and especially that it
was made without the shipper being
given an opportunity to protest
against the increase Commercial
Appeal, Aug. 30th.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
THE SOUTH MUST RAISE MORE FOOD
STUFFS OR COTTON MAY PROVE A CURSE.

THE SOUTH MUST RAISE MORE FOOD
STUFFS OR COTTON NAY PROVE A CURSE.
Only through a continued development of di-
versified farming can the South attain it's largest
measure of prosperity. AS a one-crop system,
cotton has meant economic slavery to the produ-
Ger and mental thralldom to the South, which has
thought in terms of cotton to such an extent that
its educational and religious contributions are
largely influenced by the ups and downs of the
cotton market. Even if cotton were double the
present price, it would be unwise for the South to
concentrate upon cotton production as in the past.
Diversified farming, bringing about a larger
production of wheat and corn and hogs and cat
tie, means a broadening of agriculture through
a steady increase in the fertility of Southern soil
and the rounding out all the activities which make
for the largest growth Of every interest of the
south. With advancing cotton prices and the
worlds cotton famine ahead of US, there is seri-
Gus danger that lured by the temporary prosper
ity which might come from high prices of cot
ton, the South will again make the mistake of
or lessening it's diversified agricul-
ture and centering its thought wholly upon cot
ton.
For years to come the price of food stuffs
must remain high. Therefore, if the South keeps
it's "corn crib and it's smokehouse in the West"
as formerly, oven high-priced cotton will leave
only a narrow margin OF profit after the South
has paid for Western flour and corn and bacon the
very high prices now ruling and which in all
probability will continue to rule. Unless the South
is largely self supporting in the way of foodstuffs
and feedstuffs, high-priced cotton will prove but
a delusion and a snare only to forge again the
chains which enslaved the South in the thralldom
of cotton.
1t becomes, therefore, the solemn duty, a duty
to the people of the whole South, a duty to mill
ions of other lands who are compelled to look to
the West for foodstuffs, that the South shall turn
more and more to food production and become
self-supporting in the raising of livestock, grain
and legumes.
Cotton drains the soil of its fertility; diversi-
fled agriculture enriches the soil. Shortly be-
fore his DEATH, Edward Atkinson, the Boston po-
litical economist and statistician, in a letter to the
Manufacturers Record, took the ground that the
a%ll-cotton system had brought about such a de-
terioration in Southern soil that if this loss could
be stated in dollars and cents it would at that time
exceed the total increase in the manufacturing
interests of the South.
Until the South is permanently fixed in all of
it's agricultural activities to the raising of food
stuffs adequate for it's needs and the shipment
to other sections and other parts of the world, it
will not have attained the full measure of it's po-
tentiality in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Record.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
Not So Old AS She Looks

Women do not like to look older
than they really are. Neither do men.
Both are subject to kidney trou-
BILE, and kidney trouble makes the
middle aged look old, Foley Kidney
Pills act promptly to restore weak,
overworked or disordered kidneys and
bladder to healthy condition and BAN
ish lameness, aches and pains. Sold
Everywhere.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
Cottage Home And
Farm Sold For $1,000

Rev. J. R. Hughes has sold his 21-
acre farm and cottage home, one mile
east of the city limits, to Mr.. J. Win
tor Young-the consideration being
$4,000 or approximately $3.50 per
acre.
This is a good property, and the
price paid for it was reasonable.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

Mr.. Ralph Lembo, a clever and
prosperous Itta Bena merchant, was
in the city today, having brought
Mrs. Lembo to the Kings Daughters
Hospital for treatment. Their friends
are congratulating them upon the re-
cent arrival of a pretty little daugh-
ter in their home.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

If seeking an able, but not widely known man
to boom for President, those boosting John W.
Davis, American Ambassador to Great Britain.
are on the right trail, even if unknown men are
seldom nominated.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

Could not swear gas and electric companies
had anything to do with the repeal of daylight
saving, though it is certain that none of them
will 90 in mourning when it dies.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

666 has proven it will cure Malaria,
Chills and Fever, Bilious Fever. Colds
and LaGrippe.. 1t kills the germs that
cause the fever. Fine tonic.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03
No Worms in q Healthy Child

All children troubled with worms have an I'm
healthy color, which indicates poor blood. and as
rule. there is more or less stomach disturbance
GROVES chill ONIC given resularl,
for two or three weeks will enrich the blood. i'm
prove the digestion, and act as a General Strength
,nine Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then
throw of or dispelthe worms. and the Child will be
IN perfect health. Pleasant to take. 6Oc Der hottie
DR.. and Mrs. j. w. B~arksdale and
children, have moved into their newly
purchased home in North Greenwood,
which they bought two months ago
from Mrs. F. NJ. Aldridge.
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Mrs. Sam Burkhalter is reported
critically ill at her home on West
Washington street.
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Fancy recleaned Crimson Clover
Seed $3.50 Blu. No. / at $500 bu.
Write US for prices on all kinds of
field seeds. Collins Seed Company
Winchester, Tenn.
For Men Who Work Hard.
Men who work at hard physical la
OoI are SuUJcCI W kIOIlty CIOuOAC. -.
G. Wolf, 734 S. Jackson ST., Green
Bay, Wis, writes: Foley Kidney
Pills relieved me of a severe backache
that bothered me for several months.
A few bottles fixed me up in good
shape" They also relieve bladder and
urinary ailments. Sold Everywhere.
Mrs. N. M. Sims left today for
Miss, where she has ac-
cepted the principalship in the schools
there. Her two daughters will join
her there on Sunday.
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Kodak Finishing Trial Offer send
one roll of Films any size and ten
cents we will develop and mail six
pictures, this offer not good after one
week from date. Franklin Studio 1923
Ave, Birmingham. Ala.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

AS q rule sticking to friends is a good trait,
tut it should cause no man in Congress to forget
tlat the cornerstone of this government is the
greatest good to the greatest number.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

Because our army officers captured by Next
can bandits are safe and unframed doesn't les
sen the insult the slightest bit, and insults are
not palatable to Americans.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

Careful reading of the stenographic report
of the White House conference fails to find any
thing to get excited about.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

The source of our greatest troubles right now
may be found in the large number Of men who
recognize moral nor legal obligations.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

We are proud of the confidence doc
tors, druggists and the public have in
SO Cbjll ard Feyey Tonje,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

Our idea of . silly guy-the grandson Of Dom
Pedrox, last Emperor Of Brazil, who thinks he
can set up the old throne again down there.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

Boston's police commissioner and organized
labor are playing a game of bluff that isn't a bit
amusing to other residents of the Hub.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

To say the least, it was ungallant of the gov
errors conference at Salt Lake City to refuse to
give Mrs. Abby Scott Baker q hearing on equal
suffrage.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

Several eminent gentlemen to the contrary
Notwithstanding, calling ourselves "a nation Of
MASTERS" won't get us anything.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

After one foozzle, the House summoned cour-
age enough to vote its convictions, and OVERRIDE
the daylight saving repeal veto.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

Because Of its tonic and laxative effect. LAxA-
TIvE ROMO QUININE II better than ordinary
Quinine and does not cause nervousnsss nor
ringing In head. Remember the full name and
look fog the signature Of e. W. ROW. &e.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

They say England's radical labor leaders have
lost control-maybe that accounts for their seek
ing lecture engagements over here.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

In buying land in South and Central America
countries, Japs are playing no favorites-seem
wiling to colonize 'em ell.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

Aside from the merits of the case, those Porto
Ricans in Washington asking for home rule have
not chosen an suspicious time.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

China, not being able to drive Japan out of
Shantung. foxily announces that it will look to
the League of Nations for justice.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

Mayhap there'd be q decrease in auto stealing.
if those guilty were treated ~ the west used to
treat horse thieves.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

Look here, Mr.. Gronna, this is no time for .
U. S. Senator to be talking revolution, even if he
believed in it's possibility.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

And then again, Rumania's crown prince may
thSunot
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

Short hair for women is New York's newest
fad, ard it has the milliners and hair dressers
scared into q blue funk.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

Colds Cause Grip and Influenza
LAXATIVE BR0M0 oUnsnE Tablets remove the
cause. There - only one Promo ouinine."
Z. W. GROVES signature on box. Soc.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

Mrs. Hicks and two daughters and
Miss Lee Hutchinson Of Inverness,
were visitors in Greenwood yesterday.
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Mrs. G. R. Holman Of Carrollton, is
the guest Of friends in Greenwood.
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Mr.. "Pat" Hemphill was here yes
terday from Valley Hill on business.
a. 4
666 has more limitations than any
other Chill and Fever Tonic on the
market, but no one wants limitations
in medicine. They are dangerous.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-09-03

Mr.. s. D. Fuson, membership secre-
tary Southern Alluvial Land Asso-
citation, was here from Memphis yes
terday.
Mr.. Townes Duncan was in Green
wood yesterday on business from his
near Philip.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-04-13
been substituted By something 40 good
II not better.

been substituted By something as good
II not better.
Mr.. Roscoe and his orchestra and
the big organ have furnished excel
lent music all the time in addition to
tho special numbers ana attractions.
The pictures have been OF the highest
class and the other attractions have
been OF character to please. Not
please everyone. oh no. nothing ever
does. But that 10 the beauty OF O
|Chautauque program. there IL always
something to suit different tastes.
Probably by next year the country
win have settled down and things be
on q basis that Will admit Of tho old
time excursions. Last Saturday. with
no excursions. tho streets were crowd
ed all day and the business men all
report excellent trade conditions.
II may have been that Superintend-
emit Bruce purposely saved the best
part Of his program for the last. and
1t might have just happened 20. but
anyhow 1t II 80. and the program
Tuesday and last night was OF a char
acter to please all. The Hawaiian
Singers are q troupe Of instrumental
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-04-13

ARMY or 4ooo REVENUE AGENTS
WORKING ~ ZONES WILL oGG
TO ENFORCEMENT Or Paot4I
LAWS.

Washington. April s.-Thrse thou
sand internal revenue agents wo9k1no
in specially arranged xonos THROUGH
out the United States win enforce pro-
hibition after July I, according 20
plans announced today by the revenue
bureau. Nearly 900 inspectors win be
trained for the work. to be aAded to
the force Of 2,2e3 revenue agsnts all
ready available for police regulations
and the machinery 1e~ enforcement
win be In working order before the
date when abslute prohibition becomes
effective.
This force of special agents win be
distributed among the districts where
law violation is threatened to the
largest extent and special attention
will be paid to cities whore revenue
omcials look for most persistent ef-
forts to mae whislxey illegally. In ad-
dition the revenue authorities plan
to cooperate with local police and e
leave the greater part Of tho enforce
ment work to these authorities In To-
Client. without such q plan. the force
o. even 1000 federal agents would be
fnsuflcient to police the entire coun-
try.
Although manufacture OF liquor FOR
personal use win be equally illsgAi
with the production for sale. revenue
agents ar6 expected to devote most of
their time to the commercial traffic.
and to leave the enforceemnt Of the
law against personal manufacture 70
local police.
Internal revenue bureau agents now
are working on q plan to divide the
country into zones which win be In.
dependent In many cases from the
sixty four collectors zones already e.
tablished- One chief inspector win Be
assigned to each zone. with as many
assistants as the character Of the tor
ritory indicates necessary. Although
heretofore. liquor violations have been
found by revenue agents mainly
among moonshiners OF Southern
mountains prohibition Is expected &c
stimulate Illicit distillation enormoiie-
~ in cities, where the demand win be
most constant and consequently where
greater profits from the occupatioa
can be reaped. =
One aspect Of liquor law violations
has grown out Of the hundreds OF rec
ipes for home manufacture Of bG>r,
ale. wines and even distilled liquors.
now being circulated In All parts OF
tho country. Booklets and printed