The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-22
DON'T BE ASKING
 "WHAT'S THE USE" Woodrow Wilson Tells Children Why They Should Study VISITS SCHOOLS OF SELMA Newton Smoke at Evansville Offers No Resistance to Arrest and Will
 Appear to Answer Dur
 den's Charge.
VISITS SCHOOLS OF SELMA

Selma, April 21-(Speeial. )-Senator E. W. Pettus: q am gratifed, Dr. Wilson. to see a great man using so much com mon sense."
 Dr. Woodrow Wilson: Ut is the only sort of sense. Senator. that is worth any thing"
 Commonplace talk, perhaps, was the above between two brainy men of this country, but it demonstrates that in com mon-place occasions come forth many trusms of great worth.
 The exchange of compliments, as it were, occurred this afternoon about 2 o'clock in the room of Professor Harde- way, principal of the Dallas academy Dr. Woodrow Wilson, president of Prince ton university, who was passing through the city from Marion en route to Mont gomery was prevailed upon to accept of the courtesies of Selmans and to make a short address to the pupils of the High school department of the Dllas academy. escorted to the home of Dr. F. G. Du- Bose, where he was rendered a luncheon the following being present besides Dr. Wilson and pr. DuBose: w. R. Nelson, B. II. Craig, P. T. Vaughan, A. G. Par rish, R. E. Hardeway. J. F. Hooper.
 Dr. Wilson reached the Dallas academy about ? o'clock, where he met Senator Pettus, Major w. E. Wailes, Isaac Sehwarz, and representatives of the Selma press. He was immediatly escortd to the room of Miss Chapman, where the High school pupils were assembled, and was introduced to the students by Professor Hardeway. He said:
 T hardly know what to say to you, but all of us are studnets and we ought to feel acquainted. We are undertaking the same thing in the same spirit and ought to know each other. Your table is set with more dishes than was mine, and you look as if your appetites were good. If l were asked to bring you message l would say don't commit the folly of asking what's the use?' l see from your commotion that l have struck some of you
 Dr. Wilson struck the comparison of the use of q gymnasium, saying that none of those who have access to one expect to do the double trapese act in after life with his business partner or to swing Indian clubs at his office, but to get the blood moving so as to be able to do any thing that was desired. Study there fore" continued the savant, lis to get the mind in athletic trim to do anything. So when you ask what's the use of study remember that 1t is to get something in your head and to use what is in your head is the essential in life. If you don't study now some day you will have regrets that you didn't oil the machinery of your minds.
 T never sit down to read willingly would rather much rather be doing some thing, but l would be a petty specimen of humanity if l had been satisfied to be doing something and never had read any thing. Therefore. if you want to be more than a petty county intellectually, if you want to be a sate, '. nation. read and study You look healthy and I doubt that the air of Selma is salubrious and being salubrious you can give much time to study"
 Dr. Wilson left at D. m. for Mont gomery, a reception being held at Dr DuBose's residence during the afternoon at which time many citizens called. among them the members of the various women's clubs.
 Was Not So Bad.
 Officers Townsend and Williams re- turned last night from Huntsville, having served the warrant on MT Newton Smoke, which was sworn out by Mr. Burden. charging the former with threatening him with a pistol. The officers went heavily armed, being warned that MT. Smoke was a desperate character They did not find him so however, no sort of effort to re- sist arrest being made. MT. Smoke stated that MT. Burden has been attempting to connect him with a robbery committed In Evansville many years ago and that he stopped him yesterday morning and told him he had to stop spreading any such re- ports The officers accepted the recogni- zance of prominent citizens ofBurnsvile that Mir Smoke would be at the trial when set and returned to the city.