The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1921-06-29
ROTARY CLUB
MET LAST NIGHT
Good Attendance Was Recorded And
An Enjoyable Gathering
Held.

The Rotary meeting yesterday ev-
ening was the regular business meet
ing of the month and with few ex-
ceptiOns all Rotarians were on hand.
The presence of Misses Ruth Gal
breath and Jane Casey and Mrs. Rod
ney Prosser, who furnished the mu-
sic and singing for the occasion, add
ed much to the meeting and was very
greatly enjoyed.
Rotarian Frank King, son Of R. c.
King Of this city, Of Forest City, Ark.
was present and made a few minutes
talk on what the Rotary Club was do
ing in this town. His father was also
present and the Rotarians always
look forward with pleasure to having
Mr.. King with them.
John Ashcraft brought along Mr..
Will Harper, who played Judge
Hugh Ston" in the minstrels and Mr..
Harper was particularly good in his
portrayal Of Greenwood's Lord Mayor
1t would seem that Greenwood has
within its bound some who have
missed their calling and Mr., Harper
is one of those,
Your reporter desires to correct a
mis-statemcnt made in the last week
write-up of the Rotary Luncheon. DR..
Moore says that the trout caught
near Water Valley weighed one half
pound more than was stated at that
time,
Robert Herman got the floor again
last night and he talked for several
minutes on the benefits that Green
wood would derive from a curb mark
ct, that is a place to be provided by
the City Fathers for the people from
the surrounding counties to come with
their vegetables and produce, park
and sell them to all who wish to buy.
For once Albert Weller agreed with
Robert, who was followed by several
others on the same subject. 1t would
seem that even tho the matter of the
curb market should fall through that
some place should be provided for
those from outside of Greenwood to
hitch their horses and leave their
buppies at any rate. Not all who
come here to shop have automobiles
and some place should be provided
for them. The coming of the auto
mobile seems to have caused some to
forget that there are still horses,
mules, buggies and wagons left.
These people spend money and old
timers can recall when places were
provided for such.
Professor Saunders gave few
facts about the school situation IN
Greenwood and it will be noted with
interest that there are close to 1000
white and colored school children IN
Greater Greenwood, which does not
incIudn those of the North Green
wood school. President Pollard con-
trosted this with the enrolment the
first wear Professor Saunders came
here It seems that the school Duiid-
inc was a small frame building dlrsc-
Itlv in front of the present Methodist
Church and that there were only %
n,niIs enrolled at that time When
# came time for the erection OF larg-
or quarters considerable opposition
was met with because Of the fact that
itbe present high school building was
"so far" out and that too much land
was bought for school purposes Ihe
time has come now when it is gong
to he necessary to build still more
buildings to take care of the future
citizens of Greenwood. Professor
saunders leaves today for Columbia
University to take a six weeks course
in order to better prepare him to meet
his duties here.