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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04
BEGGING IN CITY
BEEN PROHIBITED
City Council Passes Ordinance Max
ing 1t Misdemeanor To Solicit
Aims In Greenwood.

An ordinance was passed last night
by the members of the City Council,
prohibiting any person from solicit
ing aims for himself or charity for
any institution outside of the state Of
Mississippi. This action was taken
after a petition had been read to the
Council from the local Associated
Charities asking that this step be tax
en-.
This ordinance will prohibit all
street begging, and peddlers from
selling shoe strings pencils etc. 1t
also applies to any benevolent asso-
citation or philanthropic solicitions for
aims out side the state. However. To-
cal organizations are exempted from
this ordinance. Violation of this law
is punishable by fine of not less than
20 or more than $100.
The ordinance provides clause
whereby a person needing aims who
presents his petition to the local As
sociated Charities and if this associa-
tions deems him worthy he can then
secure special permit from the
Mayor, to solicit from the citizens.
MR.. RAY MADE TRUSTEE
Mr.. G, L. Ray was appointed one
'f the trustees of the Library Board
% fill the vacancy made by the death
# Mr.. W. 7. Fountain. Mrs. W. B.
0ickins was also appointed trustee
# this board to fill the vacancy made
~ the resignation of Mrs. D. E. Mich
lis.
The salary of the city engineer and
treet commissioner was fixed at 5000
er month with an allowance of 2.14
er cent of the total cost of all paving
nder contract.
Bills and salaries were also allowed
t this meeting Of the Council.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04
Preserve Letter
Written I'm 1903
Associated Press

BERLIN, Feb. A letter written
by Columbus regarding the discovery
OF America, newspaper dated 1903,
which records the discovery of Bra
I'll, and many other centurary-old ex-
hlblts are to be features Of an ex-
addition being organized by the Ger
man Museum of Books and Manu-
scripts in Leipsig relating to the his
torical development Of the newspaper.
The exhibits will indicate the growth
Of newspaper making from its 10th
century beginning down to the ap-
Dearance of the weekly newspapers
and to the achievements of 18th and
10th centuries.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04
COTTON MARKET
Is DEMORALIZED
Prices Broke 1870 Points As Result
Report That England Stopped
Importation.
Associated Press

NEW YORK, Feb, 1.-The Cotton
market was demoralized today by
heavy general selling, which follow.
ed an extreme weakness on the for
eign Exchange and unconfirmed re-
ports that England had stopped i'm
portation Of cotton. AS result the
prices broke fully 1870 points or 5000
a bale under last nights closing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04
VIENNA MONEY
BROKER ROBBED
The Story OF The Confidence Which
Was Worked Is Good As
A Play.

| VIENNA, Feb. A Vienna none
broker was robbed of 100000 ruble
the other day in political plot t.
obtain control of the Ukrainian lega
tion here. The story as worked ou
by the police is as good as play.
The scheme was the familiar conf
dence game of inducing the broker
to violate the law and of seizure Of
the money by criminals disguised as
gendarmes.
A supposed Ukranian general re-
Gently arrived in Vienna and engaged
with money broker to buy up to
100000 rubles. 1t is illegal in Aus
tria to deal in foreign money or to
have it in private possession, and all
foreign exchange is done through
authorized banks. The broker agreed
to have the amount in hand on GER
tain day. He lived and conducted his
business in hotel.
On the appointed afternoon, but a
little ahead of time, a man in the
uniform Of a Ukranian Colonel called
On the broker and saluting said he
mad come for General KS money.
They sat down to table to check the
money, when the door was opened and
two gendarmes walked in and placed
both under arrest on the charge of
possessing and dealing in foreign
money.
The broker begged and protested
and finally was told to appear in
court on the following day, his record
being taken with the greatest care
and particulars. But the Colonel's |
protests were unavailing. He storm
ed and invoked his nationality in vain. |
The two policemen gathered up the
money, counted it and, giving a re-
ceipt, told the broken to appear
promptly before the authorities.
Then, taking the Colonel, they left.
An hour later the broker woke up to
The fact that the Colonel and the two
gendarmes were takers and he had
been robbed of some 100000 rubles.
The Vienna police is efficient in this
xind Of thing and in day or two had
gathered in two Of the swindlers, but
lot the one with the money. Working
N the case they finally ascertained
hat the money was to be used for
political ends. The plan, according
o the police reports, was plot to
eize the Ukranian legation here by
IN opposing political faction, get pos
ession of the records and seals and
Iefy the existing government, plot
Of the present unset
led state Of affairs in eastern Eu-
ope. The legation however, had wind !
L it and was prepared for whatever
night happen. The police say this is
he second plot to the same end fru-
trated.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04
NOT REGARDED SERIOUS.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4--Dangers
OIL an attack on ConstantinopIe by
young Turks of the Red Army, as re-
ported IN London dispatches are not
regarded as serious by the army Off
GERS here. The Red Army is suppos-
ed to refer to the Nationalist army
winch is now practically dependent
on orders from Mustapha. The British
and French troops are in the vicinity
OF Constantinople and the Greek
troops in Smyrna.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04
|eflOre Ex-Service
Men Get Scholarships


Mr.. E. L. Wilmington was recently
ppointed director of the Educationa
ervice Work for the Y. M. G. A. in
eflore county. All ex-service men
no are interested in the vocational
flaming offered by the government
hould coafer with Mr.. Wilmington.
scholarships are obtainable in collie
les, nights schools and correspond
nee schools. Mr.. Wilmington stated
hat 100000 was being spent by the
government in this work and Leflore's
|ortion was approximately $700, bas-
ng his figures at 2 cents per capita
p the 1910 census.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04
MARSH ENDANGERED,

LONDON, Feb, Am Exchange
telegraph from Constantinople under
date of January Both reports an i'm
portant engagement in the region of
Marsh and Aintab, Turkey in Asia,
between the National forces and the
French troops Marsh is seriously en-
dangered, the dispatch says.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04
Y, MISSISSIPPI, WEDNESDAY, FgBUARY 4 1921
BOLSHEVIKI ARE
WORKING TURKEY
he'd Army viii Soon Reach Constan-
tinopie To Throw 0ut Enemies,
Says Dispatch.


LONDON, Feb. 4--The Exchange
Telegraph Dispatch from CONSTANT
nopie says the Turks of the Red Army
viii in the near future reach Constan-
tlnopEe to throw out the Turkish en-
amles. The Turkish Bolsheviki an
nounee a holy war against Great Brit
tian will be undertaken in the Spring
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04
SUBMIT SUFFRAGE
TO VOTE PEOPLE
Without Dissenting Vote Mississippi
Senate Agrees III Put Question
To Voters

JACKSON, MISS. Feb. 4-The Sen
ate today passed without a dissenting
vote a resolution submitting woman
suffrage to vote Of the people of
Mississippi at the November elections.
The measure had already passed the
House.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04
PRESIDENT OUT
FOR SHORT TIME
Has Apparently Recovered From The
Effects Of Cold Contracted
Several Days Ago

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4-Despite
the hail and sleet and wind storm,
President Wilson spent some time to-
day on the South Portico of the White
House. He apparently has recovered
from the effects of slight cold CON
tracted several days ago,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04
THE MOORHEAD
CONNECTIONS TO
Remain Observation-Disclosures Com
mission Rescinds Order Recently
Made-Protests Citizens Granted.

JACKSON, Miss, Feb. 3--After an
almost all-day hearing in the case
OF sundry plaintiffs against the rail-
road commission and the Yazoo g.
Mississippi Valley Railroad COMPANY.
before the railroad commission on
Tuesday, relative to the proposed
change of schedule on the Yazoo &
mississippi Valley, the commission
tuesday afternoon held that the or
ders OF Jan. 8 should be rescinded. The
little IL by 18-foot room in which the
commission conducts its hearings,
when the Senate is in session, was
crowded to the doors, at both sessions.
with men standing two or three deep
around the table. There were men
from Moorhead, Indianola, Clarksdale
around the table. There were men
Yazoo City, Belzoni, Greenwood,
Jackson and other points, who testi-
fled before the commission. 1t was
demonstrated that the going into ef-
feet Of the proposed change of sehed-
lie would benefit certain points along
he Yazoo delta and Clarksdale-Jack-
'on branches, at the expense and in
of other localities, in that
lrea, and that the proposed Moorhead
seemed feasible.
Among the last of those who dis
ussed the matter was Col. A. II.
lagan general superintendent of the
ystem, who was thoroughly impair
lal in his summary Of the situation
lie declared that under present CON
itions in the great delta territory
would be impossible to devise a
,hedule that would be satisfactory
all, that some would undoubtedly
eel the pinch of the shoe.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04
Pound Sterling
Falls Low Record
Associated Press

NEW YORK, Feb THE demand
for bills on English pound sterling,
which dropped yesterday TO low rec
ord of $3.33 fell to 1923 Ia before
noon today, while franc fell to fifteen
and lire checks to 1916 for the dol
lar.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04

Lewis Shelton, brother Of Raymond
Shelton, formerly Of Greenwood, died
this morning at the A. & M. College,
where he was attending school. The
funeral will probably be held at
Greenville, where the two have been
residing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04
B. Gregory Will
Locate In Greenwood

Mr.. J. E. Gregory has returned to
Greenwood from Kansas City and will
70 into business in this city. Mr..
gregory is connected with the Hunter
Miller Oil CO., and an office will be
opened in Greenwood in the near fut-
pre-. Mr.. Gregory will hold the po-
'ltion Of office manager. He form
sriy resided here and enlisted in Bat
'ery G an dsaw service for many mon
'hs overseas. He has hosts Of friends
lere.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04
THREE AMERICANS
MURDERED SYRIA
Were Relief Workers-kiIled BY Bri.
gands But Names Not Given
In Dispatch


WASHINGTON, Feb. 4-The mur-
der Of three American relief workers
by brigands in Syria on February LIST,
is reported today by the State Depart
mont The names Of the American
were not given in the dispatch.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04
Two Persons Dead
Limerick RiOting

LIMERICK, Feb. 1.-Two persons
are dead as the result of rioting here
Tuesday night, when demonstrators
clashed with the armies military pa
troll.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04
Many Transactions
On N. Y. Exchange
Associated Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 4-Transactions
on the New York Stock Exchange up
until noon today totalled approximate
ely 100000 shares, almost double the
recent turnover for full day.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04
Dad WEATHER
PLANNED
hway Bulletin Will Contain Con-
|dition OF Roads And Weeks
Weather Forecast
Associated Press

UST0N, Feb. A highway-wea
bulletin, containing both the pre-
ing condition of roads and &
rs forecast of probable condi-
=, has been inaugurated by the
FED States weather bureau as ar
70 motorists throughout New Eng
For several weeks tourists and
kmen about to start on long trips
been able to learn what sort of
tg to expect in the various sec
y, the depth Of snow, the presence
ce, whether roads are passable or
Rurs necessary, whether roughness
icing worn down or drifts are in
making. The service has been so
fessful that, it is understood, it
be extended to other sections of
country on the same broad scale.
he system of road information
fained in the New England High
\ Weather Bulletin is based on a
p used overseas for the benefit of
|or conveys. 1t is in charge of
lis w. Carroll, who served inI
|nce on meteorological duty which
|uded service of this kind. The
was tried out in a small way in
tern states, but New England is
first section to be included in a
eral forecast and survey and the !
III here has been awaited to de-
pine whether other groups of sta
shall be included under one bulle
Y use of the statement Of road
iitions and forecast, person con-
plating trip by road to any part
aew England may learn what lies
ID. A motor truckman with con-
to move load from Boston to
ger can learn whether there is
h or little snow on the Maine
S, If they are mud-rutted as a re-
OF rain, or in a condition for a
haul; and if weather changes
likely to help or hinder the trip.
lafly, a motor tourist contem-
ng a trip through the White
atairls instead Of starting off into
will know in advance 4
her rain or snow has, or is like
impose burdens on travel, and
postpone the trip or so shape it
avoid sections in which condi-
are shown to be unfavorable.
main routes of highway traffic
Maine to Rhode Island are COW
in the detailed summary of pre- !,
Ig conditions. "
: amount Of snow in the several =
ms is indicated by a map, with o
! shadings arranged to show tt
Ter the snow blanket is less than h
inches, between three and six
J, or over six inches deep. In j
pring the presence of frost and ],
will be indicated; in summer i
ions of rain and road repairs. !,
ervers are posted at 200 places
ghout New England from which !.
send in weekly reports covering 4
ions Of weather and informationi !
roads that are impossible. e
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04

the people Of Greenwood, and to
thank the merchants Of the town and
others who have generously supported
the business managers, in taking adj
vertising space in the Annual, thus
making It possible for the students to
carry out their plans. The Annual
will be published about the fifteenth
Of May.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04

craftsmen Of the Twelfth dynasty, un-
der the Pharaoh Senuseret, however,
have not been outdone in skilled
workmanship by the jewelry makers
Of today, say connoisseurs.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04
LOndOn-Madrid Air
Service Is Coming

MADRID, Feb. Spanish govern
RRnent authorities are planning to in
eugurate London-to-Madrid passen-
Eer service by airplane within a few
months.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04
NOT PUBLISH LIST

PARIS, Feb. 4--1the extradition Of
$50 Germans accused Of the violation
OF the laws Of war, are demanded in
the list handed Kurt Won Lersner.
last night. The Ambassadors Coun-
Gil has confirmed It's decision not to
publish the list.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04
Won LERSNER HAS
RETURNED LIST
informed Head OF Paris Peace Dele.
CATION He Has Resigned And
Is Leaving For Germany.
Associated Press

PARIS, Feb. 4-Kurt Won I.ersror
mead OF the German peace delegation
mas returned to Premier Miller the
list Of the names of the Germsrs
whose eNtradition is demanded by the
Allies, which was handed him last
night, and informed the Premier be
mas resigned and Is leaving for Berlin
on the first train.
Baron Won Lersner told the Asso.
elated Press his decision was in line
OF the attitude he had maintained
throughout, that no German official
could be instrumental in carrying out
e&tradition clauses of the treaty.
AMBASSADORS COUNCIL MEETS
PARIS, Feb. 4-The Allied Conn.
ell OF Ambassadors, was called into
extraordinary session today to discuss
the situation created by the resjcna.
ton of Kurt Won Lersner, head of the
German mission, The official com
muhique i5 expected to be issued tbis
evening.
Meanwhile the official view Of the
situation is lacking. The geaeraI inn
preston among the observers OF the
'eace proceedings is however that the
'cIioh OF the German representative
would not influence the determi alton
II the Allies to demand the extrall
ions, Hugh G, Wallace, America
AMBASSADOR, attended the meeting Of
he Council,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04

Greenwood was represented at the
meeting of the Railroad Commission
by President G. A. Wilson of the
Wilson Banking Company, Secretary
F. Herr of the Chamber of Commerce,
and Editor ]. L. Gillespie of the Daily
Commonwealth.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04

IN every bout with bolshevism pa
Friotism scores q K. o.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04
Local Observations.

Local Observations.
TEMPERATURE Highest, 10 de-
grees; lowest, 81 degrees; precipita-
tion 90; river gauge 1873; rise in I'd
hours 0.3.
Miss Annie Long Stephens,
Local Observer.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04
THE WEATHER

4 r X \ X X II X X x # X n "
MISSISSIPPI -- Fair and colder
Wednesday and Thursday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04

Closed 108 to 120 down.
New Orleans Spots 39,50-25 down
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-02-04

|he Motheu
uld stand
\ as has n
|ould not i
e coughs,
$ thatcou
o1a bol,,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-11-27
gWoMEN's COLLEGES.

The woman who has graduated from
college, looking back to her four years
Of academic life with a non-sentimep-
tai eye, can generally find a good deal
OF specific fOult with 1t. Here and
there ii failed it was too bookish, per
haps, too clustered, too detached from
the real world. But, on the whole.
whether gained at Smith or Holyoke
or Bryn Mawr II dd prepare her for
life. IT taught her scientific method.
II set her free of certain feminine in
hlbidons. II gave her something like
an equal chance in the world Of men,
1t gave her practical weapons with
which to achieve economic independ-
ence, and, on the side Of spirit and
intellect, an entry into a world whose
treasure IS not TO be measured in dol
lars and cents, says New Republic.
That is why Smith and Barnard @nd
Bryn Mawr and Holyoke. and v @Ar
and Wen asley and all the other wom-
ems colleges as WELL each OF which
has an individual and special contrl-
button to make, should be literally en-
lowed by the whole American COM
munity.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-11-27
woRLpLovEs a SINNER.


All the world does not love lover.
1t is cultivated taste, alien to the
natural man, and unknown to child
hood But all the world does love a
sinner, either because he ie convert
ible to saint, or because taste for
law-breaking is an inheritance from
our first parents, who broke the one
and only law imposed upon them, says
Agnes Reppller In Century Magazine.
The little children whom Fra LIppo
Lipp sees standing in "row of adj
mlration' around the murderer on the
altar step express their innocent in
terest in crime Bayard, sans peur
ct sans reproche, has never stirred the
heart Of youth as has Robin Hood,
that bold outlaw who beat and
bound unpopular sheriffs and read
iusted the distribution of property
delightful phrase, as old as the world,
and as fresh as tomorrow morning.
The terrible and undeserved epithet,
"blamelesa," has robbed great Arthur
Of his great need of homage. The
Master Thief" enjoyed and still en-
joys, unmerted popularity.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-11-27

Along the Ohio valley we are Wit
Messing already one effect Of denuda.
Zion Of watersheds which should be a
warning Within the memory Of men
rot beyend middle age every flood left
a thict deposit tof black sediment
9ofest loanr~upon the river bottom
fields afdng tie Ohio. The sediment
sometimes drifed agalnst the Sfences
as snow drifts before wind, and was
Aeit after the flood In black ridges of
fertilizer Nowadays there is nothing
NE as much renewal Of fertility. The
land that once sent leaf loan into the
9ood now bleeds red clay or has been
i3led ,wIlteo upon deforested water
sheds, Yet The destruction Of forests
contipues and nowhere is the private
landowner awnke to the necessity for
.foaseryation as a private project and
aSn state project, writes Tom Wallace
In Southern Agricuturlst. The now
organized farmers would DO well to
give attention to this problem, with.a
view to creating effective state for
estry. which would inculcate the prln-
ciples of conservation among private
owners.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-11-27
WAR AND SUICIDE.

The value of having something be-
sides oneself 20 think about is strongly
illustrated In the statistics Of insur-
ance companies showing The suicide
rate during the war period. 1t was
said al the time that the war was
causing much insanlty-or at least re
vealing lnsanity-by its unsettlng eff
feet on unstable minds, but suicide
mania was not one of the forms which
# took. The fact is that the suicide
rate among white men dropped more
than one-third in the war period, says
Detroit Free Press. The decline be-
ian nhen the war in Europe com
menced to absorb American attention
and continued through the war period,
The fall In the rate for white men and
women indicates that about $500 per-
sons who would have committed sui
eide in ordinary times did not do so
in 1913. The experience in Europe was
similar to that in the United States.
One Of the recognized evils of war
is that II kills off the brightest and
best among the men, but it has hardly
been suspected that 1t tends TO pre-
serve the lives of those who are SO
abnormal that in normal times they
would not even wish TO live.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-11-27

The mule oyerdoes Ills eantanker-
BUSINESS, and it took Il world war to
bring to public notice the hero stuff
in his much-maigned nature. But
let no one escape the fact that Il
certain amount of muliShness Is
good for everyone and that there are
times and places when nothing else
VIII fll the bill. II is all very well 10
be sweet and polite and graceful, but
there come sour and rude and Grass
occasions when only lean and bony ac-
ten can prevail War, for example
Any hard, uphill job in ones life, for
another, For such episodes the mule
sets perfect example. It Is Of the
ESSENCE Of nuhshpess 10 be calm and
cool. to do the worl, in hand up TO the
hast ounce Of energy In enc, to1ignme
everybody and everything IN tho way.
Keep going, and let the other fellow
r,lt. t, satt1 Yl14pa9
'"VN 49, ~ Hrhr...r .rn .taff. .ft
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-11-27

There Is not n more desolate thing
on earth, one would imagine, than the
masculine rlght-hand glove. Every
man will put on the left-hand glove,
hut keep his right hand free to Crap
pie with coins and umbrellas and the
intricacies Of life. Away goes the
rght-hand glove into the pocket or
the drawer. And while thousands OF
lefthand gloves are worn and loved,
equal thousands Of right-hand gloves
are cast into outer darkness. What
becomes Of them? What man wants
the right-hand glove? And-bless me
why should ] pay for pair Of gloves
when | only want 0ne7
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-11-27

General Oberst Won Kluck. the latest
of the German war leaders TO publish
"reminiscences of The great war, de-
scrlbes how on August %, 1914, he
and his staff came under fire near the
front line at Solesmes, when the pro-
cesslon OF Headquarters automobiles,
With great headlights shining crept
into the village while fighting with the
Second British army corps was in
progress, and extricated Eef with
considerable difficulty. Many people
doubtless would like to know why this
veteran general of the old school, in
charge Of a quarter of q million men
In six army corps, each with its corps
commander, and plenty OF llaison Off
cers, should be wandering about any.
where near the front line.