The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-06-11

% % sad fs~ will vaat 10 serve In that
Wien It comes 20 hoidiuE ONCE. Ne
~ 5 ,t- ~. Nant % b-o.me jueses
sna Se should Eot hold am rublc .fiIcr
49, men No-et % g, ~ there be
candidates for that position.
QUESTION Of RsEonsibnity.
.,...H,,e are told n We are Erantsd We
e9lld no longer demand the EMS airy W.
IS5siasI.y 5eesiyed from Hian. Sat a
would willingly stand ID The car on
nef Nay home from work II she received
TIE Pay that nan would have received
had he done the sane NorE-
The tuffragctte- Of today or GER
10y ne more modern suffraEist does
pedestal that man has been baildfn,x -.
nsr throlEh the ages she likes 70 -
me en- ioo4iment ~ his ideal Of al thaJ
protected b. her husband and 10 kssp
Us mouse a. the woman OF a c.nfury
aEo she ~snts merely 20 take hcr
a. In the home II l. not 20 much a
c.es 1iyh on privilege a. % respon-ibil-
6Si dvefsed Her "G po,s IinS 1f S nan 9's
ITsieht, hss gitts - mind are different.
Ihe blending Il the two voices h. nee
o. the household why -hSuld n mi
- 80 IN the government OF soclefvF
mink u IL newly awakened sense OF
woman just now 80 eager Tor the Lsii.,,
as a means Of usefulness.
Grafton or Lincoln.
At the conclusion OF another must
cal selection. Mr.. Rider delivered his
Grafton concerning the life and chieve.
ments OF Abraham Lincoln. He en-
phasized the great fortitude OF this
man, and the qualities that he pos
sessed. His Grafton in part. follows:
~ requires the most gracious pages
the history OF this world TO record
the hte and achievements OF one great
Nmsrlcan. The story % his simple life
~ the story Of a plain. honest. maniy
statesman. who believing with an the
sIenSth OF his nightly soul IN the I'm
- ,t.lohs OF hl5 country. won. because
on lnen; the highest place In is govern
ment-thcu fen "a precious sacrince 10
the Union he held 80 dear and which
i sIovl9ence had spared his life long
SO tonight let us consider the life
ana character ~ this immortal hero
Abrahan Lincoln. whose achievements
nave heightened human aspirations and
broadened the field OF Opportunity 10
All races OF mankind.
seems 20 me that IN this man We
see the sironEest character that Amer
lean Civilization has produced know
no other man In American history who
has been called upon to meet snrb o,,,,-
Whelming obstacles and who mas over
come them with truer courage. fner
~ H q
When on considers that the United
states exists TODAY largely through ths
faith. hope and indomitable will of-thIs
man. he may Justly be termed. The
Greatest American"
Born In Poverty.
norm IN poverty and surrounded on
every hand ~ barriers seemingly inEur-
ountable, except FOR the Intervening
hand 81 Providence. Lincoln grew ~.
cry year into greater and Erander in
tellectual power and vigor. His life un-
til ne was twelve years Of age was spent
IN a halt facet camp OF cabin. and vet
the boy learned 90 read. write and think
~ manner Tar beyond his times All
his days In school house added To-
Eeth would not make a single year
bIt every day In his life was "A constant
arill IN the school uf nature and exp.r-
fence. Finally he entered palitich Its
success only srurred him on tire making
himself more worthy Of public trusf
and ne ended his illustrious career in
manner well known 70 all
II H. the simplest. plainest truth IA
All history-the greatest man in the
world Is he who loves his fellow men.
Lincoln loved the American people and
had sunhlime faith In them. He recog-