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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-27

the United states navy Was a o
cesslon secured by Secretary Of State
Root from the Mexican government
during hts recent trip.
Should the United States acquire
Magdalena bay, as has been recently
proposed, she would have the faciiitieI
for II II the greatest coalihR stations
on the Pacific coast. Located at q
point between Panama and San Diego,
it might be Of great s~trategical value
First visited by Europeans in the
days Of the COnquistadOr Cortes, In
various centuries the gathering place
Of vayagcra from the Spanish main.
e|allcoHs from the Philippines buc
oa pnrs from England and the Neither.
lands. American hIibusters and
vhaIers from New England ports, it
was less than ~ years ago the favored
property Of a powerful Boston and
New YORK; syndicate presided over b.
Gen. John A. Logan. In the sands
southwark. toward Cape San Lucas,
DE buried the surplus riches Of many
a treasure 5.ip.
In 1si1 Lower California passed
into the hands 0f the United States.
t.pon the outbreak Of the Mexican
var Admiral selfridec landed a body
f., marines and two companies Of Ne"
York volunteers and took possession
~ rho country with bgt slight uppnsI-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-27
TOOK TIME TO DO KINDLY ACT.
Proof That New Workers Can on DC.
casions Be Chivairous.

That &ew Workers are not in too
much of a hurry all the time to be
thoughtful and kindly was illustrated
the other day in Nassau street, when
the wind was playing such havoc with
umbrellas that a man with a taste for
statistics counted just ten blown into
wrecks in the space of Is minutes, says
the New York Press. Just as this di
verting spectacle was at its height
in front of the quick lunch restaurant
a poor woman, with a basketful OF
newspapers hung v one crooked arm
and a baby snugged up close to her
body in the other, came down the
street trying to make way against the
wind and still shelter the baby under
a shabby excuse for an umbrella.
Just as she was in front of the res.
wind blew the umbrella backward.
carrying the baby's cap off with 1t.
Instantly one man bOlted from the
door of the restaurant to her aid, two
men on the sidewalk grabbed for the
tiny cap and q fourth started on a
jump across the street to the woman's
aid. Two of the men put the cap on
the baby's head and another held the
umbrella over the mothers head while
they were doing it. The fourth man
looked as If he had been injured deep
" by not having a hand in the good
work. He salved his hurt feelings by
putting q coin in the baby's fingers
Then every one in sight looked as
pleased as Punch, and the traffic went
on its wind.blown way.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-27

the more ~disconcerting, and II seemed
as though the welfare Of the school
depended upon his being found.
All through the long period of fam
Inc which had been marked by the
fierce persecution Of the prophets OF
God, the school had been closed, but
with the revival which had come with
Elijah's return the school had re-
opened and the students had returned.
among them being Elisha. And now
scarcely a week had elapsed after he
had resumed his studies before the
circumstances had arisen which
brought him face to face with the
question as to what was his duty.
There val the strong desire to be
among those who should go In search
Of the prophet, and it was not difficult
for him to argue that such mission
was larger and more important than
any demand which the farm could
make upon him. But Elisha realized
that his own strong inclinations were
not altogether a safe guide, and his
deep purpose to do Gods will and not
his own led him at last to see clear
" that the highest service to God
sometimes led through the homely
humdrum duties of life rather than
into the more conspicuous and dis
Hnctiye religious activity.
Thus II came to pass that when the
searching party started forth Elisha
turned his face resolutely homeward,
determined to do his part there and
to be ready when the school should
again begin work, So the days passed.
And while Elisha wondered what sue
cess attended the efforts of the search
ers, he strove to stay his impatience
and forget his disappointment by earn
estly plunging into the work Of the
farm. He could not help but envy
those who should find the prophet,
and pictured to himself the students
gathered about him and listening to
his teachings. How he wished he
might be with them at such time.
What a yearning there was in his
heart to know God better. How much
he felt he was losing by being shut
away upon the farm.
"Oh, Cod he groaned one day, his
chastened spirit crying out, not in re-
bellion. but in fervent longing after
the privileges he felt he was being de.
MED, "Oh, God, help me to prove
worthy Of thy blessing by faithfulness
to the present duty
And as he breathed the prayer he
took fresh hold upon the pillow handles
and sent his oxen at a smart pace
around the field, turning as true a fur.
row as was ever turned on a Judean
hillside.
So intent was he upon the task in
hand that he did not observe the soil
tary figure approaching in the dis
lance, In fact he was we'll around the
field on his second turn when he OBJ
served that those working with him
had stopped and were looking at
something intently. A rebuke rose to
his lips at this seeming neglect of
duty, his own jealous spirit being al.
ways impatient with anything which
loked like the sighting of ones work,
but it rested there unspoken as he
felt something fall softly upon his
shoulders and turned to see
ELIJAH!
For a full minute Elisha stood as
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-27
BAVond Him.

On the occasion of the production
of Lucia" at the Metropolitan opera
house last winter a well-known club.
man, who had taken a cousin from a
Connecticut town to hear Donizetti's
great work, turned to his relative dur
ing the first intermisslon and asked
how he liked the opera.
"oh, pretty fair" said the visitor;
"but Is the whole blamed thing In
Latin ?"-Harper's.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-27
H STORY.

ITO THE conscientious pcrson there
L often comes the p]erpIexing neces.
sity Of choosing between two courses
of conduct both of which seem right.
Sometimes It is merely a choice be
tween two lines of conduct which per
tain wholly to human needs and obi
cations, aud then again it Is apparent
~ q choice between duty to man and
duty to God. In the latter case there
Is singular distress to the devout, con
scIentious heart, for it Is hard to think
that the plain duty Of life runs coun
Ter to the expression Of real devotion
to God, and it is unreasonable to think
that God would require a service
which would in any way lead to a vlo-
latloh OF neglect OF real duty to
iFleNuS or io'Pd ones IL Is certainly
a SAFE prlhciPle TO lay down that OBJ
hSalloh 10 Hoo never brings violation
o. ""'y TO man. put sometimes there
40 come circumstances "hlch are per
picking ana maze one hesitate IN
ooupt as to which pathway Is the right
one. AT such times n needs to
pause n strive earnestly to clearly
Know the mind Of God and to see
plainly the conditions confronting nj
anu o"eS oo''Eat'ohS tneleto'
1t was to such a p~erplexing period
that Elisha had come. He was at
Bethel attending the school of the
prophets when word came from his
home at Abel Meholah that they were
short.handed and needed his help in
the farm work. At the same time
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-27

Believe under a cloud and wait for
him when there is no moonlight or
starlight. Let faith live and breathe,
and lay hold of the sur salvation of
God when clouds and darkness are
about you. Who dreameth that a prom.
Use of God can fail, fall aswoon, or
die? When We are pleased to seek q
plea with Christ, let us plead that
we hope In him.-Rutherford.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-27

God IS full of compassion to the sin
ner. whose worst of sin he knows. II
is not pity merely that comes from
him, but sympathy; and how wide tho
difference between these the strug-
Cling heart understands. Our com.
fort dos not begin in forgetting oue
sins, PIT in remembering them, and In
bring5ss them all under the view Of
his mercy, Which is as wide and wake
full as his omniscience.-ker.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-27
MANY Methodist Ministers,

While the Catholic church member.
ship In this country reaches 1l,37l.970
and the Methodist only 2,Q36, 1851,
there are more preachers OF the lat.
ter denomination than Of the Church
Of Rome
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-27
NOT YET READY TO BURY.

in WrIghtsyille, had died suddenly.
and was to be buried. The discovery
was, however, made too late for the
relatives to be In at the genuine OBJ
seQuies.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-27
Niue, Look Down from on Hioh.

To see an object on the earth's
surface 100 miles away the observer
must be 6,667 feet above the level a
the sea.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-27
Guess,

He--I think that l have the pleas.
ure of the next dance?
She-You do.
Now, what did she meal by that?-
Harvard Lampoon.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-27

y The doctrine Of Divine Providence
becomes a delusion when it is regard
ed as an escape from everyday duty.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-27
| AM |
A MOTHER

How many American women in
lonely homes to-day long for this
blessing to come into theirlives, and
to be able to utter these words, but
because of some organic derange-
ment this happiness is denied them.
Every woman interested in this
subject should know that prepara-
ton for healthy maternity is
ACCOMPLISHED by the Use of
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-27
LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

Mrs. Maggie Gllmer, OF West
Union, S. C.,writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
~ was greatly rundown in health
from a weakness peculiar to my sex,
when Lydia Z. Pinkham' Vegetable
Compound was recommended to me. 1t
not only restored me to perfect health,
but to ray delight / am a mother"
Mrs. Josephine Hall, of Ba -dstown,
KY, writes:
II was a very great sufferer from
female troubles, and my physician failed
to help me. Lydia E. Pinkhsih's Vege.
table Compound not only restored me
to perfect health, but l am now aproud
mother"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-27

Scripture Authority Kings Chap
10.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-27
FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty Years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
andhas positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, tibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, tiatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1908-05-22
IoVN P0ilTITens.

b. Miss Eva Smith spent Saturday and
Sunday with her parents. MI. and Mrs.
G.. B. Smith. SO
Miss Lee B. Smith, who has been teach.
ing school in Drawbridge district, has re.
turned home to spend her vacation.
Mr.. Enoch Saunders is spending some
time In Hurlock on business.
Miss Myrtle Branuock. teacher Of Dails.
vile school, gave a very enjoyable picnic
to her scholars and friends last Friday
the occasion being to celebrate the last
day of school.
Mr.. Frank Jones, Of Town Point, spent
Saturday and Sunday with friends and
relatives in Cambridge.
The Antioch base ball team will cross
bats with. the Cambridge High School
team on the Antioch diamond Saturday
afternoon.
Some of the farmers Of this section were
compelled to plant their corn over on &C.
count of 90 much rain.
Mr.. Levin Brannock has moved inte
his new house which he has recently built
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1908-05-22
WESTERN MARYLAND COLLEGE.

We publish elsewhere in this paper an
advertisement of Western Maryland Col.
lege. Westminster. Md. The college Is
located in one of the prettiest and most
healthful parts of the state, and has,
moreover, high-in fact, very high
standing among the educational institu
tions of the state. Its courses arc ample
and the instruction of the best.
Almost ever year quite q number OF
students from Dorchester county are en-
rolled at Western Maryland. aud many of
our best educated men aad> women claim
it as their Alma Mater
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1908-05-22
The DAILY BANNER.
FRIDAY. MAY %, 1908
BRIEF LOCAL NEWS
Auditorium tonight.

Auditorium tonight.
Miss Leila Conway, of Hurlock, went
to Baltimore on the boat Thursday night.
Mr.. Thomas Gray. of Cambridge, went
to Baltimore Thursday night on short
business trip.
Rev. J. F. Kirk, of St. Michaels, and
Mr.. Berk, of Baltimore. are at the Dor
chester Hotel.
Mr.. Charles Rowins, of williamsburg,
was passenger on the boat Thursday
night for Baltimore.
Messrs. Daniel H. and Samuel E. LIE.
Compile and Josiah L. Kerr are having
their houses reprinted.
The bugeyes Clarence md j. G. Armi-
ger are at Mr. Webster Richardson's rail-
way undergoing general repairs.
There will be no service at Antioch and
Milton Churches Sunday on account of
the illness of the pastor. Rev. P. NJ. Hank.
Mr.. Charles s. jackson left on the boat
Thursday night for Baltimore, where he
will be for the coming few days on bust
ness.
Miss Elva Collinson, of this city, left
Thursday for Easton, where she will
spend some time as the guest of friends
and relatives.
There will be "Poster Show" with
living pictures of popular advertisements.
at the Auditorium Thursday evening, May
%. for the benefit of the Cambridge Hos
pital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albanus Phillips and fam
lily left on the boat Thursday night for
Baltimore. where they will be the guests
of Mrs. Phillips parents, Mr. aud Mrs. M.
o. Lewis.
Mr.. B. J. Mills, of the Raymond Hotel. at
Atlantic City. was registered at the Dor
chester Hotel yesterday. The Raymond
ia considered one of best hotels of Its size
in that city.
Miss Carrie A. Yoder; of Degins, Pa,
and Mrs Anna Harrod, of Kentucky, both
evangelists, left on the boat Thursday
night after a very pleasant visit to Rev.
and Mrs. T. F. Tabler, Of this city.
At meeting of the Dorchester County
Medical Association held in Cambridge
Wednesday, Dr.. C. F. Burnam, Of the
Johns Hopkins University. read paper
on '.Tuberculosis of the Kidneys." DR..
Chas NJ. Handy, of Cambridge. read q
paper on "The Treatment of Cbildrens
Diseases in Summer"
Company 9 will go into camp at Fort
Howard on June 6. The officers and men
desire to make as good showing as pos
sible, desire in which the citizens Of
Cambridge generally join them. We
trust that the employers of the members
of the Company will throw ss few OBJ
stacles in their way as possible, so that
we shall have good showing.
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sold from Maine to Florida, ready and
amply able to help all in need at any
lime or place Irrespective of nationality
creed or color. Such is the record Of
Rydale's Liver Tablets, made only for
liver and bowel troubles and the best
remedy known for Catarrh Of the Bile
Ducts. Write Rydale Remedy Co for
free sample. Guaranteed by Postoff1ce
Pharmacy.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1908-05-22
ElllnII HENS

Mr.. R. C. Dayton visited Bishops
Head recently.
Miss Edna Gray is visiting friends at
Mt. Vernon.
Mrs Raymond Evans is visiting lela-
tives at Secretary.
Mr.. Willard Kinnamon spent Saturday
and Sunday at Toddville.
Mrs. Polly Dayton is visiting in Cam
bridge.
Mrs. Rusie Moore and son, Dwight, have
been visiting relatives at Cokeland, Md. q
Mrs. Willard Kinnamon and son, Her.
bert, visited relatives 10 Cambridge re-
Gently.
Miss Myrtle Hurley. who has been
spending sometime with relatives in Bal
timore, has returned home.
Mrs. A. NJ. Moore and son, Crawford,
have been visiting friends in Georgetown,
Del.
Mrs A. R. Dayton. who has been visit.
ing friends in Cambridge, returned home
Tuesday.
Rev. T. s. Barrett Is attending the
general conference in Baltimore this week.
Miss Grace Hurley, of Cambridge, ia
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Nc.
Claim Hurley.
Messrs. Dwight and Nolan Hurley and
wives, of Cambridge, spent Sunday here.
Miss Fannie Barrett returned home last
week, after spending few days with
relatives and friends at Mardela Springs
and Salisbury, Md.
Mrs. Albtrry Moore and sons, Harper
and Hopkins, and Miss Leila Gray are Wis
iting relatives in Mt. Vernon, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milbourne Elliott have re.
turned home after spending some time in
Cambridge.
Rev. DR.. W. F. Corkran, of Newark
Del, visited Rev. T. s. Barrett and fami
ly last week. he also preached for us
Sunday evening and gave very interest
ing talk on the Anti-Saloon League.
Mr.. Smith, of Baltimore, who has been
here for sometime overseeing the work Of
the new canning factory. has returned
home.
A very interesting game of base bal
was played here Saturday afternoon, May
10th, by the Drawbridge and Elliott teams
The score was 9 to Z in favor of Elliott.
| We understand that the married Elliot
base ball team have accepted challenge
from the married Drawbridge base bal
team to play on Elliott's ball grounds
Saturday afternoon, May 30.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1908-05-22
NEE TING OF CAMBRIDGE BASE BALL AS
SOCIATION,


The executive committee Of the Cam
bridge Base Ball Association met last
night in the Office of Mr.. Robert Matthews,
on Gay street. this city, for the purpose of
selecting our team for the coming season.
As result Of this meeting four players
were fully decided upon. who are the fol-
lowing: Messrs. Harry Bonthron, catch !;
Gilbert Cooling, first base; Joseph Logan,
of the Union League, pitcher; and Lem
ard Bassett, field.
The committee are in receipt of over
one hundred applications. for positions on
the team, and it seems that they have
good lot of players to select from.
Steps were also taken at the meeting to
formulate league between this and the
surrounding towns, but at present Sea-
ford is the only one that has made much
progress In that direction.
The executive committee Of the Cam
,bridge Base Ball Association is as follows:
Jas. B. Harris. Pres! II. Medford,
Tres. Rob. Il. NATL Sec. Jas. s.
Shepherd and DR.. John ravers.
The Board of Directd Re J. s. Shep
herd, DR.. John Mace, r 0oldsborough.
Dr.. ]. c. Travers, W. ing Mace, Calvin
Harrington. DR.. F. r. Hicks. Edwin Da-
shell, Thos. s. Wilson, F. Watson Webb,
John B. Roszelle, Vennpn s. Bradley, Dr..
Guy Steele, Fnntz Nsylor. and w. g.
Winterbottom.
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might be chosen no could Neither READ
nor write. We would then be confronted
with ridiculous condition of affairs in
deed. To be sure all OF the candidates
thus far mentioned would measure up to
the standard which prompted the inquiry
of Mr. johnson.
May %, 1908. TAXPAYER.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1908-05-22

It is impossible for any drug to digest
food without the aid of the stomach.
Man cannot do natures work he can only
assist her, and any concern claiming
that oskaxe q remedy that will digest
food without the aid of the stomach,
sSeby allowing the stomach 10 lay idle
the! 1T, are claiming the IMPOSE ibls-.
and re- Ss for stomach troubles should
All remedies e sole purpose of aiding
be given with tn the stomach to do
nature and enableidg .sest Stomach.
its work. One Of the ~ 1.-The -
Specialists in the U. 8. wrote
scription from which Rydale's Stod
Tablets are made and they enable the
stomach to do its own work. Two sizes
26c, and 6Gc. Postoffice Pharmacv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1908-05-22
BASE BALL cHAllEnaE.

Mr.. EDITOR:
The Farmers nine challenge the first
nine of Madison to play game of base
ball on Saturday. May 80.
THE FARMERS NINE.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1908-05-22

Fruit of Loom Muslin Rem
nants 93c.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1908-05-22
SAYS COMMISSIONERS SHOULD NOT Be
ILlITERATE

|
Mr.. EDITOR: I n office in yesterdays
issue of the Banner that you are in receipt
of communication from Mr.. Will A.
johnson. inquiring whether man who
cannot read or write would be eligible to
the Office of Commissioner of Cambridge
While your reply to Pc inquiry OF Mr.
johnson is very clear, 20 far as the law is
concerned, it ought to Re equally clear that
1t would be sad refe ftion on the intelli-
gence of the Cambridge public to elect
such man.
Cambridge is large and growing town.
with a, annual expenditure of the peoples
money amounting to about $4,000 and
while the office of Commissioner of Cam.
bridge, from standpoint of salary,
amounts to practically nothing. it is.
nevertheless, an Office of great importance
to the tax payers. It Is quite true that it
is not at all necessary Or man to be a
college graduate OF ZEN High School
graduate to make efficient Commits
sioner. but doesn't em reasonable that
man ought to to add, multiply
and divide an read an ordinance
which, as a Lof the Board, he
would be obi, slider
A great ma o can neither read
nor write hav' natural sense, but
it seems to NJ tire lack OF sdd-
cation shout q man for such
an important on lille Of course not
probable, it is le, that five men
MIGHT he chosen 10 could neither read
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1908-05-22
ANNOUNCEMENT OF CANDIDACY,

hereby announce myself as candidate
for Town Commissioner from the Fifth
Ward, subject to the will of the people.
MARTIN G. SELLERS.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1908-05-22
NOTICE OF CANDIDACY.

hereby announce Itysef a candidate
-fes Town CommisG kr from the Filth
Ward, and M elected, to serve
the best > ward and thp<ity
- B. ,LECOMPTE.
I'd You Have Always BOugh
The Washington bee., 1908-11-14

of receipts. Speak out Who got it?
Who was in the grand divide? Let
The people know.
You will remember that I am one
of the 4 told you So prophets, for
early in the campaign I claimed that
the men who were at the head of
this movement to carry the Negroes
fntc the Democratic party were with
out influence, and could not deliver
the goods. Nobody believed they had
any serious concern about the dis
missed Negro battalion, else they
would not be asking the race to sup
port the very men, and party respon-
sible for the Brownsville affair.
Chas. R Douglass,
The Washington bee., 1908-11-14

groes. 1t claimed that in those sta,es
where the Negro voter held the bal
pc # power, the Negro would swing
hat lower over to the Democracy,
and hose sJa,es would be given 10
gryan.
What are the facts? Not a single
state where It is claimed that Negroes
lo.d The balance of power, went over
TO Bryan. The Negro voter has prov
en- himself. sane and wise. Now let
sh.s high sounding League give an ac-
-oeut to the public of the dollar mon
ev they received in response to their
circlar sent out early in the campaign
Surely from 100000 followers at
least that many dollars must have
been gathered into the treasury of
this League. What did they do with
it? Who got it?
Mr.. Mack. Democratic Chairman,
makes no mention of it in his report
The Washington bee., 1908-11-14

identified with the Democratic par
and it is the custom TO appoint a..
commissioner of opposite polite
faith, he knows no man ~ the color
of his skin. Eevry citizen, high or
low. rich or poor, receives the same
treatment and consideration at his
hands. He is popular with the Citi-
zens of Washington, irrespective o.
political faith. color or condition.
During his incumbency in office his
honesty and integrity have been and
are above suspicion. President Roose-
welt. in the reappointment OF WI
West evidences his confidence in Z
worthy official.
The colored citizens certainly ap-
preciate and indorse the action of tbs
President in the reappointment OF
Commissioner West.