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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-07
BARDS AND TESTERS
THE DOOR.

Dedicated hy Edwin Markham author
The Man With the Hoe" ~ the coura.
grou> women who are struggling ~ raise
funds tn erect Young Womcn'S Christian
Association buildings a. homes for work
ing girls.
Wh.i j. the word on the wind today.
What j. the rumnr of dare aud do?
Women. YOU come with n dream they say
Blended 10 see that The dream comes
true.
Then gather ~ one 90 Your rallying camp
Here il your chance e. give God praise
Here j. the hour 10 lift u lamp
Ia light the march OF the coming DAYS.
Women. YOU work for the girls that strive
Girls un The battle line early and ate
You are helping them keep heir souls
alive
As they take their chance IN the fight
with Fate.
Nou are working for unborn sister bands
For Il great host thronging the human
road:
You are reaching hands 70 their unseen
hands.
To level the Way anh Tighten the load.
And This ne your praise aS the years 90
Nv
(Aud enough il viii be FOR 4 souls r..
nuWnn:
You opened 4 door when there came 4
cry.
You huildoi 4 wall where the wall was
down.
and then at the end az the WAYS that
wind
One iov will stay thro' 4 worlds H.
feat
To know - you 20 that Won left hehirl
4 friendly door on 4 fricndlcSS street.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-07

Financirr> are claiming that The fall
Of Torrcon puts ihr dollar mlrk un con
stitutionali> MONEY Another result oi
that vicforv viii hc an organized attempt
IT, secure the recognition ~ thr Carranza
government. n ~ claimed that r%crp-ui.
tion ~ this government would put an
end Up amy attempt to start - counter
revolution iu the event At 'arrauza'>
success. N w held that very little money
~ Mexico !. available for financing new
revolutions. lhc mere fact that q rccoe
ni7cd government i> ALREADY Foe The rom
thy VIII discourage people otherwise dis
posed to invest .n revolutions. \ new
revolution must haze . long. hard. up
hill pull hcfor" h can have n chance Ca
be recognized a> independent. 10 sue
cecd "a all II must succeed ~ SOME sud
den. Observation-Disclosures That i~ hardly
possible under present conditions. An
uprising which cam take Mexico hl storm
At tlis lair day Ivy hardly rpnrci,ahl,
However W VIII hr Time enough 10 take
M that question when liucrta IN duwm
aud out and 'arranza i> inside lacking
out.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-07

How shall the federal general. We
la>co. gct himself aud his army ont of
the Turrcon region? Ills friends should
advise him not 10 get out. Let him stay
right where hc t.. The rebels will not
let him Slarve ii he will drop his eun.
job ii his men are looking for work.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-07

Thing, arc NOT harmonious among the
constructioniSts. - ia Was sand. There
rs a growing feeling chat IN " not pcs
SIblc to hp honest ~ eunlurs. cunSiruc
tive III tn interest III ihe most dcstrur-
tive thing in modern civilization. There
j. a sort ol expectation lurking around
the corner thar c,cr, h,rl, r. getting
ready ~ knife ever, body els. Not the
sort 81 feeling that wins ANYTHING hut "a
foot race.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-07
ENHGRTATION


To-day I went into the market place
And there I found 4 little inylcSS child.
who had not know ~ laughter and %,
love.
Her stcn had naueht If childhood's win
some grace
And mono was stricken from her starved
face.
Then swift my spirit cried aloud FOR
faith
TO see Gods hand III this inhuman thing
10 read his mercy where was only pain.
To catch the impal~c If Gods living
breath
Imprisoned in this child for life and
death:
Then quick the answer came "lous i the
task
70 right the wrong and meet The cry of
need
Nhnui Won. It's for this YOU hold Your
Gift
of life: M more for comfort pause "a
ask.
But. G"Ilikc. sct You forth and 10 your
task.
Francis McIlinnon Morton.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-07

Other places in Mexico are marked for
the woodman's axe. After Tnrrcon Mon
terrcy. Saltillo. ZacctecaS. san Luis po-
to>i and Tampico. arr all sentenced 10y
the victorious rebels. Nv the time these
are al gathered IA there will not b.
much left 10 gather. Stiil The gathering
ma, prove a hot oh.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-07

Temperance people N general are not
about e. find fault with thc Arkansas
supreme court Tor sustaining the validity
nf the Guiug law. The Law requires that
petitions for saloon license must con
tain names ~ 4 majority of the white
inhabitants n aut territory where ID H.
sought a. establish 4 saloon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-07

Nowhere in Texas do We sec any Symp
toms NJ frrrr ar iellou>v over the sclcc-
tinu "a Dallas a. the home ~ i reserve
bank. Texas makes il unanimous.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-07

Wen suppose they ~ iuit The cxcrn.
tive habit What them Thc people can
worry along without it. D or they think
they can, There mas BE- some values ia
Ne executive session which the people
viii miSS AMI lament when il j. tuo late.
In that rase they can petition the senate
fn retsnre lhcln-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-07

~lIucrta still denies the fall If Torrcon.
Tie lust won't believe ia. and that settles
II. Villa may think he took the place.
hut that T. merely one MAS opinion
against The opinion ri another man.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-07
BUSINESS NOTES

Since the wireless telegraph apparatus
was FIRST rpni reI practicable III l>h il
has been gradually perfected and il u>.
has extended % every large hody ~ wa.
ter amt ~ many large land areas. I'm
such regions ~ South America and Al
rica. where the construction ami main.
lrnancc of thg ordinary wirv-tclc-rapl
lines are difficult. II j. proving VT value
for land communication: but IT, great
ct ~>crVic. H.. of ruurS- inrH
fore "a the oceans. particularly the Al.
lantic and Pacific.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-07

Sivciy. What question would YOU like 10
ask"
We'll" said the woman. I'D like to
know how you GOT that smooth effect
over your hipS?"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-07

How large j. Torreon some one a>k>.
That i not the point How lafer wis art
or the APPROXIMATION courthouse 4.
Milwaukee journal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-07

The Baltimore X Ohio has issued 4
compr hcmSicc code of rules 60 crossing
wairhmcn. defining their duties. The
watchmen report To- the track %supcryi>
orS AMI are required 90 undergo nm "a
animation a. 10 operating rules. signals
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-07

On the Monogahela division ~ the
Pennsylvania last week II freight train
crews IN wards left their work because.
il W said. ono man ha been taken of
from each crew. II Is said that thr nfiic-
crs of The hrothcrhoods d%isaprroYed the
strike and that il quickly failed: but ac-
cording To some %accnuntS there was "A
good deal of disturbance of freight traf
fic.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-07
TIE LOOK.


(By Sara Tca>dalel
Strphon kissed me III the spring.
Robin III the fall.
But-colin only locked M me
Aud never kissed II all.
~trcnnhon'> kiss was lost in Jest.
Robins lost in play.
But the kiss IN Collins ewes
IIauniS me night and dav.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-07
MATTERS OF SCIENCE

CoHrr,f, Pot,> HithSfood Si9rm.-Thc
great sirri.gth II reinforced concrete
tci graph poles Was proved "a u demon
sirniion DARN. the violent storms of this
winter fhr Pennsylvania railroad cuM-
plny states that This was shown in the
ease ~ their telegraph lines. where a
number az reinforced concrete
poles were exposed "a the resent heavy
storm which practically isolated New
Work city. Though MANY Of the wooden
poles were broken down hy the wind. in
- ease did a reinforced concrete pole
fall. and this in spite of The fact that 80
severe WAS The stress that the wooden
arms upon some az these poles were
broken. The, are made % Portland G.
mcnt. reinforced with steel rods. They
have lhe further advantages. in addition
"a heir strength. that they ao not rot
IA the ground and that they never rust
is dn the steel poles.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-07

Mrs. Jesse o. Wheeler. Postmaster.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-06-05
SPRING FEVER.

The above name Is often given to
the langour that attacks most people
with the fist return OF sWmmet
weather. 1t IS o time of reBtlessness
The trammels Of daily work appear
particularly iksonie. It seems a
crime to work on some Of these love-
ly days. s. y.'
Shrcwd sellers Of patent medicine
long ago capitalized that tired feel
ing. Who can make even a wild
guess ut the cuormous amounts Of
money spent for remedies and nos
trums, good and bad, supposed to
counteract this physical WEAKNESS.
Old fashioned people have fayorite.
traditional remedies vhicl, they al
ways take at this period for a general
internal house cleaning.
Years ago. when industry was less
highly organized aud specialized,
people would listen to the spring
time call Of outdoor life o freely.
The spirit Of the season would seize
hold Of a merchant and his clerks. or
a room fun Of mechanics. They
would lock up and 60 fishing OF PFC
nicking for the day. Probably their
product at tie end OF the year was
just as large as II they had stayed
in and yawned the afternoon away,
Modern life is more intricate, Few
people al yield to the call Of the
woods and streams for q holiday of
idleness, Every mans daily task is
fitted into his neighbor's. II n
quits his task It would throw a dozen
out of work. So the mechanic or
the business man has to put out Of
his head the dreams Of vagrant
ease, and keep digging to the task.
This regular labor in the face Of
all counter attractions has discipli-
nary value. 1t creates an industrial
machine whose product surpasses
the world, But II excludes many nat
ural enioyments and wholesome
primitive sports,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-06-05
A SERMON.

- | aa .+
An intensely practical sermon was
delivered at the BaDtist cnurcn last
Sunday night by Rev. J.. r. Hughes,
OF Greenwood, He departed diamet-
really from the average orthodox
sermons one hears In these days 81
frenzied ecclesiastical finance and
stated that the church OF today wal
being, commercialized and that some
appeared to . r more for the COM
mendation and advertising they
would receive from the various
boards for q great sum Of money
raised than they did for saving souls.
It brought to mind very forcibly
Winston Churchin's great book .The
Inside of the Cup" The preacher
stated that there was apparently, as
much work for an evangelist On the
inside of tile church as thete was Oh
the outside. for the world would not
stand for what the church mast en-
dure. There does appear b be some
hing wrcny fcr an adult convert 10
religion IL about n scarce ~ the
Great Aux nov ! days. The sermon
was rcpletn with sound Theology;
practical sussestfons and intense In
terest to the congregation and was
delivered along new lines BY an Old
fashioned preacher. -fad.anola Tor.
sin.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-06-05
FIGHTING THE WEElIL.

The Department of Agriculture has
Issued u bulletin warning cotton
Planters Of al expected early cmcr,
Hence of bell weeyils. This is said
to b" better frr tie farmr. Than n late
and gradual one for the reason that
the fight on he weevil cal be con-
centrated into q shorter period and
can be won while the cotton Is still
small. The successful control Of tho
WcctiI means On intensive fght to
prevent the overwintered weevi1 from
raising the first brood in the cotton
squares, Therefore the earlier that
the o~verwintered weeviIs emery
the easier the control as the cotto.
Is small and the squares are scarce.
The life OF the ovcrwintered Wcevi,
alter emorEcnce Is comparatively
sh It, being about fifteen days.
The lVljetin advises that the fol-
lowing points should be ligidIy fol.
lowed,
lRanid, intensive cultivation ad
&pted to the condition Of liant, soil
and climatic conditions.
2. Persistent picking of the admit
WceVil from the bud of the Young cot
ton unttl rapid squaring begins,
The irst wecvil sign is the blacI,
wtthered terminal bud TIcn begin
IN" picking, This work can be donn
'aptd'y and cheaply by children. Tn.
cotton should be picked over at leas.
once Il Nc"E, and twice would lc bet.
ter. The only good wce,il is a dead
enc.
:, All InnctuIA; .yellcw squares
SHOULD he picked from the erourd and
stalk. Thus work should commence
when the cotton first begins souarins
y pint OF squares picked UP In late
MAY or early June Is worth a bushel
licked after Young weevil have been
allowed to hatch. Again, let me say
mat the fight is to prevent the v
WintcrSd weeyil from reproducing
themselves, When you prevent this
hy picking and burning all squares
ruu"t"red by them. Victory Is ypurs
and a crop Is the reward.
The fight on the punctured squares
should be kept up intensively until
July - and to August /, II necessary,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-06-05
\ CALIFORNIA (pIrANo

Redding, Cal, June Mount
Lassen, u peak in the Sierra Nevada
between Plumas and Shasta conn,
Ties, Cal, Is in eruption. A new
crater has opened in the side OF tho
mountain with lateral assures. Ash.
es cover the ground for three miles.
Large boulders have been eiec,ed
from the crater. A cloud OF smoke
and steam hangs over the mountain.
Word OF the eruption was ON.
veyed to this city In an Official report
from forest rangers. No great dam.
age Is possible as the country In the
vicinity OF the ancient volcano ia
sparsely settled,
Mount Lassen is l0,447 feet high
and OF volcanic origin. There Is ev-
dence that II was In eruption at a
comparatively recent period although
ansedating the entry OF the white
man into California,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-06-05
DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR.
+. V. HUGHSTON

More than q year ago the Bank OF
Leflore of Greenwood, Miss, failed.
The depositors have now received
every dollar that Is due them. We
know nothing Of the causes Of the
failure, but the fact that the president.
A. F. Gardner. personally furnished
$780, 900 and the other directors $27, 500
speaks well for their courage and de.
sire TO see no misfortune ONT over
those who entrusted the bank with
their money.
Instances such as these show that
after all character is a big asset in
business. Character makes for conf
dence between banker and depositor
just as it does between lawyer and
client, dry goods seller and purchaser.
The Commercial Appeal congrstulates
Greenwood that every depositor in
the Bank Of Lefors has been paid in
full. The act Is a tribute to the solid
worth Of those people Of Greenwood
who made IL possible. - Memphis Com.
mercial Appeal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-06-05
DESTKOY TIE MEENILS.

The boil weeyils are pretty numer-
Gus In some sections OF the county,
but the planters are having them
caught and destroyed an fast as they
appear, This Is the wise thing to do.
Don't sit down and spend your time
discussing the pests, but get busy
and destroy them. The time to act
IL Just as soon as you find them on
your cotton The progressive, ener-
getic farmer can and will make cot.
ton despite the boil weevils, The IN
dolent. trifling fellow won't do Il, OF
course. He doesn't deserve to sue.
coed. The sooner the country gets
rid OF his sort, the better on Il win
be.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-06-05
SACRED A. THE MINISTRY.

Rev. DR.. Washington GLADDEN., al
Columbus, Ohio. addressing the ma
tionHi newspaper conference al law
renee. Ky, referred TO the profess
sion A. = calling "hs sacred as the
ministry He urged that the news
papers FhouId teach people 10 a'oln
eNagr"Fati"h ana '!oieht speech.
htonbi resist ~" tendency 10 suNsil-
'Vtc MOI Wr't Tor dehr'fAtlo'
should upho'h chafa'ur az agalhHt
money ana popularity, 'h"u'" 'ufh
a"dF from ID" negative
virtue % "hpoS'hk ''"' " I'VE posi-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-06-05
HANK OF LEFLOItE DEFUSiTbKS
AND CREDITORS PAID IN Full.

What Is considered uni rcceICutc,
under similar conditions In the rcla
ton OF a defnnc, financial institution
settling dollar for dollar with it,
creditors and dep0sIturs nos beer
effected In the case OF the Pank OF
Lrtiore failure In Greenwood. On
January %, 1919, tho Bank of lie
fore closed its doors and the CON
sens OF opinion was that the dcpos.
itors and creditors WI I'D hardly yet
IT per cent, on their claims.
In a short whils after the closing
Of its doors Hon. r. V. Pollard. one %
cur leading lawyers, vas unanimous
" named receiver OF the dofunct IN
,tltn'j"n, and began the admmRtrt +
ton o. iS affair.". AIS Fer cent. d.
Nid'nd VAS declared Irly, 1918, and
n dividend 81 AN per cent followed
in January, 1914. Last Monday tho
balance duo thu 'iep1sitora and cred
itors. 37h per cent vas paid in full.
This last dividend was made pos.
tible ty a few OF the directors Of Il
defunct bank, A. +. Gardner, G. |.
Ray, ", r. johnson. W. T. Fountain.
s. l.. 1'rister. and 6. e. Leroir, guar.
nnteeing the payment OF a 100000
note executed by Receiver Pollard,
and loaned TO HIM ty the First Na.
iIonal Bank OF Greenwood. This was
after Receiver Pollard report
Cd condition OF the remaining assets,
1t is doubtful II = dcfunct banking
!nstitrtion IN Mississippi, certainly not
within the past few wears, has paid
its claims dollar Tor dollar and within
this course of time. This was mad,
uOsslhlc by the better conditions NJ
the banks assets. II o cooperation Of
several Of It's directors with the no.
ceiver and Receiver Pollard's clean.
1usiness-bEe administi alton af It's
AFFAIRS Greenwood is d~elightcd over
the result and this merely ir1icutps
that the Queen City Of the IcIt, nj
Ways humps to accomplish tde ri.h,
and best things and Is COMPOSED Of
I c%itt5nnry ~CaParitatAd mentally ami
morally to bring about such &ccyn-
| lshmeuts.
We congtatulate Receiver r,larl
nroa the ~S"lerdid manner In which
he has banded the "iudirg an Of tho
hanks affairs, the drposito.s and crrl-
itors upon having received every ccp,
on their money. The ONCE rs AID III.
:rctors -! the late hank, VITO aided sn
rc9Stsntialy in making IL 20 ssible +,
bring about tl,ts complete stttiemeut
cannot be comment led too highly for
'h"l1 nraiscworthN conduct through.
cut the trying ordeal they hgyc I'm.
dergonF In the unfortunate bank ta,,.
utr.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-06-05
TAKE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES
TOO LIGHTLY,

The testimony given by Charles s
Mellen, concerning his relations with
the late J. P. Morgan is an illuminat-
ing picture OF the way In which biz
corporations are often dominated by
one man.
Although the head OF the New York
New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Mr..
Hellen could not secure any detailed
statement Of how $11,l55,N 900 wa7
spent in acquiring q e line. Other
directors "f the road were also in the
dark. They had entire confidence in
Mr.. Morgan and did not feel like in
sisting on definite information.
Ordinary business life does not con.
tain these spectacular instances. Still
a crest, many directors OF large cor
porations take their responsibilities
too lightly. Their names give cont
dence to the public, when their con
nection with the corporation may b,
too perfunctory to add strength to the
management.
Tine man who holds directors posi-
lions In a dozen corporations may be
strictly honest in hi, relation to each.
but II the stockholders get the notion
that Il corporation is getting the fun
heneft OF his ability. when It actually
gets only a small fraction Of his at
.ention and II he Is not permitted 70
know too much Of its real workings.
the corporation gets an Endorsement
to which it is not entitled.
Every director Should he from Mis-
souri,. He awes 1t to the stockholders
and public, to ask a great many ues-
lions. II he perceiv.s a tendency to
deny frank answers let him take
ALARM.
There are too many ornamental d.
rcctors. There are too many who
have implicit confidence in the man
at the head 10 lrdorse any report he
may make.
A director sohuld be what the title
implies. an active. nnt a passive force.
He should thoroughly understand tho
ahairs OF any corporation to Which
ne gives the prestige Of his name, a,..l
should not take Oh business positions
which he can not All in this compre-
lensive way.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-06-05
SWAT THE Fly.


]. Don't buy food from any deal
er who refuses to fight the fly.
q Don't purchase fruits or vege-
tables offered for sale unscreened.
3. Don I patronize any dealer who
hauls your food through the streets
and alleys unprotected.
T. Don't eat fresh fruits without
thoroughly washing or peeling them,
.. Don't keep garbage or refuse
around the house.
s. Don't throw dish water and
similar Stops in the yard, as this
draws" flies,
Z, Don't allow flies to st on the
baby,
s. Don't allow your neighbor 10
be careless as to tiies.
.. Don't forget to notify the local
health officer Of any ny nuisance,
Swat the hy,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-06-05
HON. F. V. HUGHSTON ANNOUN.
CES FOR CHANCERY JUDGE.

To the voters Of the Seventh Chancrry
District Of Mississippi:
In announcing my candidacy for the
Office Of Chancellor Of the seventh
chancery district, ] DO 30 without any
fads or isms annexed TO my platform. !
feel that the Office ought to be removed
and divorced from ali clap trap, and
that the only issue should be the qusli-
feations OF the sspirants.
Az to my qualifications for the office
refer you TO a thirty years exper.
fence in the courts Of this state; to the
lawyers with whom ! have come in con.
tact In the forum, to the judges before
whom | have practiced. and to my rec.
ord a. special circuit Judge and special
chancellor,
II elected for the said office | will
promise to give the district a clean nd
ministration, and will use my utmost
endeavor TO pass upon all questions
coming before me impartially, without
fear or favor, and return the judicial
ermine back to the people unsoiled and
unsullied.
The eyes Of the country are now up.
on the voters OF Mississippi. watching
10 see II they shall elect Judges and
chancellors to compare with those here
tofore appointed by the Governors,
You are therefore on trial and 1t be.
hooves every one to cast bis ballot aft.
er a careful study.
Yours truly,
4. V, HUGHSTOk.