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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-28
DAVID w. GRIFFITH,
By HENRY IMAGINATION.

n n OST remarkable of recent changes
NH in the theatre has been the appear
lE ance of kings that knew not
Joseph; of sceptres seized from
dying dynasties and welded by new hands;
of rulers with Aladdin-like fortunes who dash
from coast to coast, build transitory cities, en-
gage and dissolve armies overnight and Gre
ate ephemerai en:erprises-all to make an
American holiday-beside the magnitude OF
which much historical pioneering and concoc-
ton of actual events seem but child's play.
Among the mightiest Of the new amusement
kings-kings of the outdoor theatre-is David
Wark Griffith A tall, clean-cut Kentuckian,
thirty-hve years Of age, Griffith has no tricks
Of manner and no vanities. His father, Gen
eral Griffith, commanded brigade on the
Southern side in the Civil War. The son had
good but not a liberal education, was an
actor for decade, then became scenario
writer, finally director and ultimately an in
dependent producer of silent drama" The
executive ability to handle men in the mass
must be a paternal inheritance; the poets
vision animating Griffith undoubtedly comes
from some obscure Welsh bardic strain.
How is big motion picture produced7" he
was asked.
Endless work-endess detail! Let me
illustrate by the concrete example of The
Birth of a Nation which you have just had
run of on the screen First comes the scena-
rio or written outline Of the plot. In this case
there was a previous stage play. If we are
WISE we forget that as much as we can, for
the motion picture is a novelizing or story
telling FORM not strictly stage form; it is
epic rather than dramatic; much of the work
is Of the great indoors. We have period of
history to cover, the scenes of wide territory
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-28

to revivify. Therefore, we must prepare the
locale as we'll as the actors--the tasks Of the
landscape artist and, in some sense of the
civil engineer are before us. For a month
the actors rchearse without the camera.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-28

"camerss are everywherel we
exhibit the panorama OF battle
field Hung over many miles OF
mountain and valley, show the op-
posing intrenchments and the ar
tIlIery fire, the charges over brok-
On around, the bayonet rush TO the
trenches, the single acts Of nero
Ism at close ranse-and all on a
screen a few feet In sIKe!"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06
Youth and Crime.

The question Of what 10 do with our
cX-presidents has been a popular topic
of discussion for some years. but the sol
wing of that enigma is nothing 10 com
pare with what To do with our young
boys" the local sherifl's department re
ports that this feature causes more anX-
iety. greater attention and more alert
ness in that department tan any other
delinquent function connected with that
feature of the public law mill.-Gaines-
willie Register.
Few men past - years of age choose
criminal careers. Most Of the habitual
and hardened criminals got their start
in boyhood or youthhood. Young fellows
who grow up without any respect for
the authority Of their parents or the
officers of the city or community are the
material from which most of the bad
men are made. Therefore any judicial
system which promotes boy outlawry 10y
making things easy for boy outlaws is
but mapping the roads for mature bur
glars and train robbers and ~pickpockets
and assaSsins and horse thieves. The boy
who steals an automobile is Il thief and
ought TO be prosecuted as a thief Such
prosecution may save him from growing
up and becoming a bank ypbbcr or a
dynamiter. Too many boys Pack discip-
line. Too many are permitted to gang
up and become petty marauderS prclim-
mary To growing up and becoming foot
pads and murdcrcrS. Some of uS with
tender hearts are Mortified nv the sug-
g%cstion of humiliating punishment for
youthful bandits. but wherever the fear
of punishment il obliterated there il a
center of characterization News.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06

adequate and should be strengthened.
not been agreed upon. Those charged
the duty Of arranging them are o at
work. and will be ready in time with
their reports. Piecemeal discussion. and
based largely on h~earsav and unofficial
suggestions. is altogether inadviSable.
Hitherto Mr.. Hay has not been svmpa-
thefic toward appeals for increases in
our fighting establishments. but he has
now thus declared himself To a repre-
sentative Of the Star:
Whatever is necessary from a com
mon sense standpoint with regard to an
adequate army or larger army, | am
willing to do"
Like many others, Mr.. Hay has, prob
ably been studying the question in the
light Of the European war. and his future
course viii be Influenced nv the develop
ments Of that titanic struggle, and he in
harmony with he administrators pol
icies.
Mr.. Hay was not educated for the
army: but he has had long service in
the house and az 4 member Of the Mill
tary Committee ami r. that account will
rs chairman again Of that committee, hc
both prominent and influential i'm the
contest when Congress assemblies and the
House gets into action on the army hill.
Let the friends of preparedness see that
their side Of the question is ably reprr-
secuted ON the committee over which Mr..
Hay will preside.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06
Facts About Cancer.

III nest eases of cancer, contrary to
|commcn relief, lhorc is no history of can
Ger IL the family.
Cancer j, lot q definite disease; il i a
group of different diseases. all more or less
malignant or Fatal If not promptly recog-
|nized and properly treated.
Epithelioma. or skin cancer, l. the least
malignant and the most durable. Carol
mona, or gland cancer, develops usually in
some internal organ, but it often appears
in the breast. 1t spreads by "metastasis"
which means the breaking off from the
parent lancer of a minute fragment of
cancer cells, and the carrying of these
seeds to fresh soil. neal 10 or far from the
parent cancer; carcinoma also spreads by
roots of a cancer do not nourish the can
Ger: the cancer nourishe. he roots. That
i To say the growth i an extension of the
cancer through the roots. As many of
these roots are invisible to the naked eye
1t il impossible 10 say that any given treat
ment has destroyed all the roots; time only
Will tell. Sarcoma i the most rapidly ia
tai form Of cancer. Ii will develop any
where, at any age: it i likely to give rise
Ito secondary growths ut distant places in
the body very early-the first few weeks
owing TO the ease with which minute seed
fragments break of and enter the c%ircula-
|tion.
Although any kind of cancer may occur
lat any age, sarcoma l. Enthusiastically
IA disease of young persons or children !:
carcinoma l. a disease Of middle age; cpl
Ithelioma is IA disease of advanced age.
Eplthelioma appears most frequently
upon the cheek, the face or the lip AT
first, perhaps for months or years, it is
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06
HEALTH
(BY WILLTAM BRADY, NJ. d.

Just a ''pimple," a ''wart'' or IA "sore'' that
fails to heal, or bleeds easily. At this
stage clean surgical removal i trifling and
almost certain to cure, especially If a few
X-ray treatments of the scar follow the
little Office operation. Pastes Of various
kinds will sometimes prove curative, but
at great risk of death from blood poison
ing. which l. 20 hard to guard against in
n necessarily dirty treatment. and almost
invariably at the cost of much pain and
prolonged anxiety during the slow healing
of the ugly ulcer left by the caustic in
gredient of the paste.
Personally, when we discovered a near
cancer on our precious hide a few months
ago, did we sidestep the knife? Not for
an hour. We had it neatly and painlessly
carved out by a cruel, but thorough col
league, and now we are happy all the day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06
FINE AGRICULTURAL WORK
OF A TEXAS HIGH SChO0l


w. s. TAYLOR. Professor OF Agrlcultu-
raj Education in the University Of Texas
is enthusiastic in his praise of the work
in agriculture being lone py me Gle
burne High School. under W. ;. ownsby.
a graduate of the university. lie saws:
"That agriculture in a high school can
be made Of great practical value to a
community il being demonstrated oy the
Sgcburne High School. Mr.. ovnsby,
head Of the Department OF Science of the
Clebnrne High School. Mr.. Onwsby.
burne and Johnson county what should
be done for every town and county in
Texas through agriculture in the high
school.
Mr.. Ownsby wrote me recently as
follows: Our gardens were very fine We
made 90 bushels potatoes on ITO Of an
acre of ground. We sold The potatoes for
800 and the ground is now covered with
a crop of f~eterita eight inches high. |
wish YOU could see our High School
crops. 1t would really be a show 10
YOU. We have ten acres in a fine state
Of cultivation. This ten acres is covered
with cotton, corn. pop corn, COW peas,
fcterita. peanuts tomatoes Sudan grass
Our crops are better than any farmers
in the county. We are cutting our Sudan
grass the second time. The first cutting
gave us 5000 pounds cured hay from
SO of an acre. We shall buy our own
team Of mules in August
These results are good but they are
better than many other schools could
The agricultural department Of
the High School at Clcburne has been
doing things that are worth noticing
since il was installed. Many other school,
have the same opportunity. Cleburne
has recognized and grdsped an oppor-
nifty To serve. Many other schools with
just as gdod opportunities failed TO see
their chance. Clcburne is planning 10
build and stronger in agriculture
every year. Mr.. w. G. However. a grad
of the University Of Texas. and
assistant in Agricultural Educa-
ton at the University, will assist Nj.
Ownsbv mex year
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06
Typhoid.

Jf
Typhoid fever costs the country $780,
000, 900 a year. The city of Pittsburgh
alone has been shown by careful inve-tiga-
tion to have lost S3.l42,000 from typhoid
in one year. The discovery that typhoid
i produced by a special germ, which j.
usually got from the water or milk supply
or from flies, has made il possible to con
troll this expensive disease. A. soon as all
citizens have good sanitary training, this
$3.50, 900 900 expense for typhoid can be
eliminated. Ii has been shown that in the
numerous cities in which the water supply
alone has been made sanitary, typhoid has
been reduced on the average of III per cent.
This disease i estimated TO be 81 per cent
pcventablc BY modern sanitation. The new
typhoid vaccine now affords practically
perfect immunity and will soon eradicate
this dreadful and expensive disease. In
1911, the first year Of the use Of vaccine
in the army, 60 per lent Of the typhoid
fever eases disappeared: in 1912, 6s per
cent of the small remaining fraction dis
appeared; and during 1913 there were only
two cases reported IN the entire army Of
10000 troops. One Of these was contract.
ed before the man was immunized. The
other was reported in China and the case
j. in doubt.
In a similar manner the diptheria anti
toxin treatment discovered by DIR. Behrens
has reduced the death rate from diphtheria
from 81 per cent 70 10 per cent. Where
I Treatment l. oiven promntlv tho loss - loss
than one per cent. This disease has also
been shown TO be 70 per cent preventable
by the use Of modern scientific methods
of sanitation.
This l. the third of a series Of state
ments prepared by DR.. Ellis. Other mum
bers viii follow dealing with small pox,
yellow fever. malaria, etc.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06
Hot End of Poker.

Southern potato growers flooded the
New York market. Now the potato sells
a 81 a barrel. and Southern growers get
nothing after freight and expenses are
paid. On July | there Was practically
no market for seconds M from 10 cents
to 15 cents a barrel. Think If it, 1t costs
around 60 cents 4 barrel freight. -
cents for the barrel and cover and 10
cents a barrel picking. After expenses
at the New York end of the line are de
Quoted the Southern grower gets nothing
for his labor and fertilizer bills. What
the potato grower needs is a marketing
system. He needs organization. Why
should all the Southern potato growers
rush TO the market and dcluge the same?
They dropped 60.000 barrels Of potatoes
in New York in one day and then the
commission merchants reared a harvest.
Fort Worth Record.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06
FRIDAY AUGUST 8. 1915.
TIME FOR ENERGETIC MEASURES.

The robbery of the post office at Sc
bastian and killing of a farmer and his
son near there today look more like
the acts of vicious outlawry than any
thing that has vet been reported dur
ing all these weeks of bandit scares.
These acts demand immediate investi-
CATION and prompt and energetic ac-
ton on the part of both the state and
federal forces. 1t is time that some
thing effective be done for the sup
preston Of outlawry III this section.
The sheriff and his small force of de
nutieS have been as active and fearless
IS possible in the pursuit of the sup
posed bandits who have been reported
rom time to time during the past few
weeks as committing various depreda-
ton and lawless acts. But, they are up
against a "hard proposition. - chasing
evil doors through the thickets Of the
lowSrs i,or4sui~IH those sections lying
outside the various towns and farming
communities which dot the Valley. If
the miscreants are really Mexican ban,
dts, as charged, they have every adj,
vantage of the peace officers. They are
aS much at home in the brush as a rab-
1T. and il is almost an impossible task
cor the handful of peace officers which
the law allows to police a single county
TO cope with them Waided. They should
have the active cooperation of the mi
litary i'll this work. if il be possible for
the war department TO permit it.
The ditizcns should lose no time IN
taking prompt and energetic measures
for the suppression of the trouble,
whatever its nature may be.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06

OPINIONS OF OTHER PAPERS
UnrecOunized GenjuSeS.

There are plenty of men IN this bloom
ing country who could give President
Wilson and Secretary Of State Lansing
cards and spades in the game IF state
craft and beat them by several points
But somehow these great genuiSes are
never called upon To exercise their skill
in "A practical way. else they might prove
as great failures az they presume those
at the head Of affairs to be.-San Anto-
Mo Express.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06
OrOzcO'S Money Value.

General =. OroZco il reported in north
eastern chihuahua with u small bunch of
followers and as long as hearemains over
there no regrets will he expressed on this
side Of the border. We had rather have
that $500 than the doughty general. In
fact. we have some other Mexican gen
erals we would be willing TO part with
on the same terms.-El Paso Times
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06
; THE PROBLEM OF +.
NATIONAL DEFENSE Z
From the Washington Starr

Two statements appeared in print
Yesterday on the all important subject
OF the national defense. One was by Sec
retarv Garrison. who is preparing rec
concentrations TO Congress and the other
Representative Hay of Virginia. who
probably will again be chairman of the
House military committee
The secretary Of war speaks very per
suasively. As he sees the matter. the
point AT this time in public discussion is
TO show hat the national defene is in
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06

Just see what the war is costing
Europe. Quite probably, had not the
most of her titled men been engrossed
in the war, one of them might have been
the groom at the wedding Of the $780,
100000 American heireSS who married
just a plain, every day American at
Newport the other day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06
Sees 10 Cent Cotton Ahead.

If the governments estimate is cor
rect-and il usually is-the cotton crop
this year will be- less han twelve million
bales. compared with more than sixteen
million bales last wear This means that
the price this year will be around ten
cents per pound. because the price il
controlled by the visible Supply.-Brown-
wood Bulletin.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06

Can the average man he absolutely
certain that he is not a fool?' an in
Post. Well. if h. really wants an an
swer, just let him call a few average
men fools. and he will find out whether
they can be certain about il or not.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06

Fifteen deaths from heat in Phila-
delphia. Better stay close To. the Texas
gulf coast and avoid the danger Of Vi
sitting any OF those overheated northern
cities while the dog star is in the as
cendant.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

tail to receive The Herald regularly are re-
quested TO notify the office promptly. Telephone
No. z. New subscribers should receive their
6rst paper not later than the second day after
the order is in the office Of The Herald. Every
subscriber, even in the most distant sections of
the city, should receive his paper not later than
6:45 p. m.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06

A Minnesota woman declares I'm her
divorce petition that the person who
kissed her husband was a female in
pants. Oh, the ingenuity Of folks
Houston Post.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06

Ii j. no pleasure for a man to do as he
until after he gets married, and
then he can't
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06

The Farmers Union il being talked
to in Houston this week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06

The Chance of Survival-Please state il
statistics throw any light on the chances
OF survival for a person now thirty-one
years old.
misunderstanding to the American Ex-
p%erience Table the odds are fitty-ftty he
will live thirty-six years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06
THE MONEY COST or
PREvENTABLE DISEASES


prepared for The Herald ~ DR.. A. g..
Ellis. Director Extension Department.
University of TeXaS.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06

Even a man may be emotional-if he
isn't married.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06
Questions and Answers.

The Passing Of Liver Complaint
Why j. il, muses. a Thoughtful correspond
ent, people have less liver complaint than
formerly, One rarely hears of a case
nowadays, whereas we used to be quite
unanimous about it, leastwise in spring
time.
Answer-Well. we don't drink 80 much
as we used to, and besides the doctors
have learned TO call it gall stones and APP
pendicitis-which acts somewhat a a de
terrent.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06

Do tho ID ypu can. You will probably
not break ~ Valuable records anyway.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06

Checks should be made payable 10 The
Brownsville Herald Publishing Co. Business
communication should be addressed TO the
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Herald, Brownsville. Texas. Letters intended
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of good faith on the part of the writer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06

The Herald is delivered by carriers reg
ularly employed by The Herald To suhscri-
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Herald, Brownsville, Tex.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-08
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR DISTRICT

We are authorized to announce j. r
RANKIN as a candidate for District
Attorney of the First Judicial District,
subject to the action of the Democratic
Primary, 1915.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-08
Mrs. E. f. Sale

Mrs. E. E. Sale died on Friday last
at the home of Miss Mamie and Henry
Tison at Baldwin at the advanced age
of SO years. Mrs. Sale was a sister OF
the late Mrs. w. H. H. Tison. In early
life she resided in Monroe county,
where she was married. Her only
child, Mrs. James Page, died several
years ago in Memphis. =
Mrs. Sale was a lifelong member OF
the Cumberland Presbyterian church
and a devout ond ardent Christian
During her long life she held the love
and esteem of a wide circle of friends
who admired her for her noble Christian
character. She leaves several grand
children and her niece, Miss Mamie
Tison, and nephew, Henry Tison, and
many friends to mourn her death.
The funeral services were conducted
by Rev. j. E. McShan, the interment
taking place at Baldwin.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-08
For Bailif, 3rd District

We are authorized to announce
John Filgo IS a candidate for re-,
election to the office of bailiff OF
the third supervisors district.
Mr.. Filgo has served the people
of the district as balllff during
the present term and in the dis
charge of his official duties he
has displayed a fitness for the
position which his friends insist
fully iustifies him in coming be-
fore the people and asking for
reelection. He has been active
and fearless in the discharge OF
his duties and should he be re-
elected he will continue the same
course as heretofore. He submits
his name subject to the August
primaries.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-08
A Gard

To the Voters of Lee County:-The
time for the 1915 primary draws near.
1t is but natural that those s~elf-sacri-
ficing patriots who are always willing
to serve the dear people would let their
wants be known, and as | hope | have
served you satisfactorily in the past as
your representative in the Legislature,
| have decided to ask for an endorse
ment of my course in that body. |
shall, if elected, try to pursue the same
sensible and conservative course in the
future that | have tried to do in the
past, that | may gain the friendship
and confidence of my co-workers from
other parts of the state, without which
| can do my people but little good.
| want to thank my friends for the
large and complimentary vote given
me in the last election. | want to say
just here that | regard it as no small
honor to represent such a county as
Lee in your state law-making body, a
county that has no superiors and but
few equals in our state. With her rich
and highly improved farms. her nice
villages and towns, her progressive and
wide awake business men, and last, but
not least. her intelligent and beautiful.
women, who is it that would not be
proud to represent such a people:
With my past experience | think
could serve you satisfactorily.
Thanking you for any support gwen
me, | am yours for service and work.
P. E. CAROTHERS.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-08
Public Works Notice

Notice is hereby given that the Board
of Supervisors of Lee county will on
Monday. the 1st day of February, 1919,
within legal hours. at the court house
door, in the City of Tupelo. Miss.
award the contract, or contracts, to
the lowest responsible bidder for doing
the following public works, the Boarl
~reserving the right to reject any and
ali bids and re-advertlse, to-wit:
For bridge across Leeper Ditch on
Nertleton and Tupelo pike.
For repairs on Smith Creek Bridge
on Nettleton and Tupelo pike.
For new bridge over ditch near
Mount Bass on pike.
For new bridge 40 it. span across
canal in Camp Creek bottom on Bir-
mingham and Eliistown road.
Done in open court, this Jan. Z, 1915.
AZ JOHN NJ. WITT. Clerk.