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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-24
!''MY PEN OR YOUR
 ], L|FE"THE ISSUE FOR, MIR. WILSON
Detroit News Says He Chose Between Sending Lives
 and Sending Notes.

Detroit, Oct. 24.-"His Pen or Your life" is the title, of strong editorial lpdorsement of President Wilson that Is published in the Detroit News, a paper of independent politics. The News says:
 "A great deal of fun has been had over underwriting, although we used to be fond of quoting ''rhe pen is might fer than the sword" But President Wilson has had just two tools he could use-Ais. pen with his brain behind 1t, or your hfe. L
 That is AI he had. He could send notes, or he could send human lives. He had to use either the tools of dip- lorhacy, or he had to use American fathers and brothers and sons r. of whom you likely would have bee& one
 'Now, aside from partisan prefer- ences, which would you prefer a Pres ident to risk first-his pen, or your life? President wilson tried his pen first. If the pen had failed through any weakness in it's handling, heiwould have had to fall back on the bodies of American men, offered as sacrifices on the altar of battle. {, @-But the notes did not fail, because they were not weak notes, and they were not written by weak man."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-24
SUPREME COURT :,
 JUSTICE FORD IS FOR WILSON
Life Long Republican Says It Is Unwise to Change
 At This Time.

New York, Oct. 24.-Supreme Court Justice John Ford, lifelong Repub- lican and one of the leading Irish Americans of this city, announced to- day that he will vote for President Wilson.
 Justice Ford served two terms in the State Senate as a Republican and was elected to the Supreme Court on the Fusion ticket in 19OS.
 "I am a Yankee" said Judge Ford to-day, "but I am proud of my Irish blood. l. was born in this country but my father was born in County Ros- common and my mother in County Mayo. This makes me pretty much of an Irishman but am no hyphen- ate and the propaganda which has been started against our President in certain quarters entirely disgusts me-
 In his letter to the President Jus tice Ford says: N \"You will perhaps recall at the Press Club dinner in New York, told you that was seriously thinking of voting for you. Well, after months of deliberation, including two months in the solitudes of Alaskan mountains, I have finally concluded to do so.
 Since my first vote for Blaine in 1884 have consistently voted for the Republican candidates for President, Including MT. Taft in 1912.
 "But this is an election which de- mands of every citizen the casting off of partisan ties and a merciless search of conscience to determine how his vote may unselfish1y and honestly be cast to serve best the interests of the United States. of America without re- gard to the effect it may have upon any other country or any foreign in- terest. N
 T have endeavored to bring to my mind to view the issues from such a standpoint and have concluded that it is my patriotic duty to vote for you.
 t1n my opinion, it would be most unwise to change the national Admin istration in tho midst of this unprece- dented world crisis.
 Moreover I would be false to my lifelong allegiance to the cause of the plain people if failed to support you, to whom is mainly due the long list of progressive and beneficent laws enact ed during your administration"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-24

stocks of other countries look like
 small change;
 Our total exports for 1912 were $2,- 1OO,00O,O00 and for 1916 were $4,-
 2OO,O0O,O0O, of which only II 1-2 per
 cent. consisted of munitions of war; In addition to the billions of dol
 lars worth of American securities
 brought back from European nations,
 this country during the past two years
 has loaned to European countries $1,- 0O,OOO,O0O;
 The total wealth of the United States in 1912 was estimated at 187,- 7OO.000,000. It is now estimated at $22S, 10000, 1000, 900, or an increase in
 four years of forty-one billion dollars. Before the outbreak of the European
 war it was estimated that the wealth
 of Great Britain and Ireland was $85,- 900, 100000; of Germany $80,O00,0 ,000,-
 900; of France s5O,OO0. 900. 900; of
 Austria s25,OOO, 100000. Therefore,
 taking into account the destruction of
 property in those countries, the wealth
 of the United States is now probably
 far in excess of the combined wealth
 of all these nations.
 As compared with the Wilson brand
 of prosperity, the much-advertised and
 boasted prosperity of the Mckinley, Roosevelt and Taft eras, looks like a
 poor relation"
 It has been said that we are living in "a fools paradise" The business paradise in which we are now living is a fools paradise only if we are fools enough to make itsso. If we are ln- te1ligent as the world gives us credit for being and as-we believe we are, then to-day we are living in what might truthfully be called the prelude to an industrial and business future
 as much more splendid than anything we enjoy to-day, as our present busi- ness prosperity is more wonderful
 than anything we can point to in the past.
 Prosperity to stop at the end of the European war? What a grim jest!
 The prosperity that stretches out be- fore this country for years to come is so dazzling that it almost appalls one. Our greatest problem from now on will be not to secure for our country osperity-Providence and the Wilson administration have taken care of that but rather to prevent our unprece- dented prosperity from rotting our moral fibre.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-24
MOOSE VOTE OF IOWALINESUP
 FOR PRESIDENT
Progressive Candidate For Governor Busy Corraling
 Votes For Wilson

New York. Oct 24-The Progress sive vote of -Iowagwfll be cast almost so1id1y for Presadedt Wilson. This in formation comes to the Woodrow Wil- son Independent League from one of its members, S. N, Bashor. candidate for Governor of that State on the Pro- gressive ticket He says
 While the fact that am running on the Progressive ticket for the Gov ernorship keeps me very busy, am nevertheless giving considerable of 1ny time and attention to enlistfng the voters in our ranks for Mr.. Wilson. I am pleased to state that the vote for the President among our party Will stack up almost as unit. Things in Iowa look mighty good for Wood TOW Wilson.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-24
Danbury Presents
 Parker With Hat

New York, Oct. 24.-Great excite ment was caused at Democratic Ma tionai headuarters Friday when word was passed around that Roosevelt and Parker" were having conference with Robert w. Woolley, publicity di- rector. Visions of a Bull Moose Har- mony meeting drew a large crowd in the corridors until it became known that only one half of the Bull Moose ticket, Colonel John M. Parker, had called to tell MT. Wooiley of the tre- mendous Wilson sentiment he had met on his speaking tour through New
 York and Connect e1t. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, was the other visitor. When Colonel Parker spoke at Dan- bury, Connecticut, the matters took his hat away and gave him one made in that city,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-24
COUNTRY BANKERS IFAvORINC SECOND .iTERM FOR WILSON
will Stand by the Admins
 tration That Has Given Them Security

Clinton, Wis, Oct. 24-Country Ipankers are strongly in favor of the re-election of President Wilson, says Henry A Moeh1enpah. prominent Wisconsin banker. who was a delegate to the recent convention of the Ameri- can Bankers association MT. Moeh- lenpah is an American of German ex- traction and while at the convention made it . point to sound the political views of the delfEates from all sections of tho country
 s -The country bankerz.~ says Mr- fMoeh1enpah, "are saying. Why not re- ward the Admfn1stfat1on which has given us security? Why change ? And they are going to support inc Adniinis-
 The farmers arc independent Rrsc4s are good and crops are diversi7 of the Department of ofiAEricu1ture- The 7axners are not going to seek change
 ~Go among the people and see what they think of what President Wilson has accomplished in the foreign field. l know of the attempts that are made to be1ittle his feat in keeping us out of war but the people pay no atten- tton to those efforts They know that he has kept us out of war.
 1. "One hears much regarding the sen- 1rnent of Americans of German extrac- Ition, but the tpropaganda of the Ger man-Amerfcan Alliance has absolutely tn& appeal foS the men of the second Igenerat1on- have never made po- l1itica1 speech. but th1a year I am so strongly moved bNwhat President Wil- son has accomplished that feel the balsfnep men lof fhe country ought to be informed as to the facts. and shall therefore make a few. speeches" :"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-24
Take when bilious, headachy, for colds, bad breath,
 sour stomach.

Instead of nasty, harsh pills, salts, castor oil or dangerous calomel, why don't you keep Cascarets handy in your home? Cascarets act on the liver and thirty feet of bowels so gently you don't realize you have taken cathartic. but they act thor oughly and can be depended upon when good liver and bowel cleans ing is necessary-they move the bile and poison from the bowels without griping and sweeten the stomach. You eat one or two at night like candy and you wake up feeling fine, the head ache, biliousness, bad breath, coated tongue, sour stomach, constipation, or bad cold disappears. Mothers should give cross, sick, feverish or bilious children a whole Cascaret any time they are harmless and safe for the little follk1
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-24
BAD DIGESTION

Why suffer from dyspepsia and other ills that are caused by a slow working or inactive liver? A sluggish liver keeps the food you eat from giving you the right nourishment Take Leonardi's Liver-Aid to tone, strengthen and stimulate your liver. Contains no calomel or harmful drugs. A purely-vegetabley remedy that is fine as a stomach and bowel tonic. Delicious to take. Does not gripe. Relieves you of dyspepsia, constipa- ton, nervousness. depressed spirits, flatulency, belching, headaches, coat ed tongue. muddy complexion and all disorders caused by lazy liver Gooa for both young and old because it fs the pure, safe and surel liver help. soc at your druggists or Hindle's Drug Stores. ss7 Main street and s09 Main street.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-24

Eighteen bodies have been recover ed from the Marvel mines at Ala bama, wrecked by gas explosion Sunday.
 Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific passenger train No. 2, eastbound, was held up near Rayvilla, La., by five robbers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-24
ROME PRAISES WILSON.

New York. Oct. 24-A special cable dispatch from Rome to the New York Times, gives the following esti- mate of President Wilson:
 '"The press continues to comment or, the German-American situation, won dering what attitude will be taken by President Wilson, whom the Tribune calls 'the standard-bearer of the law nations, with fine traditions of correct judicial diplomatic\action in defense of the rights of neutrals.'"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-24

Col. Horace Newton Fisher, for 40 years Chilean Consul at Boston, and writer of note on n'Latin-American sub jects, is dead.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-24
LOSS OF APPETITE, ' LOSS OF WEIGHT,
 SLEEPLESSNES, ETC.

are all overcome by Recupertabs, they are made after the formula of Dr. AL bert Robin, the famous French physi- clan. and are being used very largely in Paris and other European capitals
 When taken for 8 short while they will give positive relief in all cases of nervous exhaustion. mental depression, lack of vitality. general debility. ane- mia, etc.
 The Encyclopedias of which Recupertabs. are composed contain the element necessary to overcome these conditions. They are now being prescribed and recommended by many physicians in this and foreign coun- tries as the best, quickest and surest nerve and blood tonic that they know of. l
 Recupertabs are for sale at all drug stores at soc and $1.00 per package or will be sent direct upon receipt of price. \ Curts Chemical Co.,. No. 414 West 23rd St., New York. Distributed in Bridgeport and vicinity by J. D. Harti- gan. No. 81 Fairfield Avenue.-Adv.
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The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-09-20
DID THIS THING REALLY HAPPEN?

We have pointed out the danger Of trouble in
the retaliatory amendments recently passed by
Congress. Under date of September II, the New
York World published this story from Norfolk,
to the effect that an American tug towed a Nor
Weglan steamer into Norfolk right recently,
which had been laid up at Bermuda because the
British authorities refused to sell her coal, and
she could not get up steam to leave.
Not only this, which is enough to show the
workings of the British blacklist, but the tug de-
c'ares that when it started into the harbor of St.
George she was fired upon by the forts although
filing the American flag. Inside she was not al
lowed to provide coal or provisions to the Norwe-
gian steamer although later they got a line
aboard her and towed her bodily out of the har-
Dor.
The explanation of the British officials is that
this Norwegian vessel had carried cargoes to Nor
way for firms which are on the British blacklist,
and for this the vessel and her owners were plac-
ed on the blacklist. When she put in at Bermuda,
says the dispatch, "the British refused to allow
her to take on either provisions or coal, although
her crew were all but starving" To make mat
tiers worse, the steamer had not intended to make
a stop at Bermuda but chad been compelled to
put IN BY stress of weather and shortage of coal"
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-09-20
THE NOVEMBER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

The electoral college this year will consist OF
53l members and a vote Of 266 will be necessary
to choose the president and vlce-presldent OF the
country 1r the term beginning March 4, 1917.
Tie New York Herald, an independent rather
than a neutral newspaper, starts a campaign re-
view by concedlng republicans l19, the democrats
149 in the electoral college. This would make it
necessary for the republicans to gain but 81 votes
from the doubtful states, While 1T would be nee
essary for the democrats to gain III votes.
The doubtful states as computed by The
Herald contain 203 electoral votes OF which 1t
says l54 incline to the republicans, 49 to the
democrats. These states are from the west to
the east: With republican leanings-ldaho, Mon
tana, South Dakota, Kansas, Indiana, Ohio, West
Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts
anu connecticut. With democratic leanings-Ne-
vada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska,
Missouri, Maryland, Delaware.
The Herald figures that President Wilson t.
win reelection at this election, will have to
carry all the states named as reasonably named
as democratic together with New York, Indiana
and West Virginia, Or he could get in by winning
Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Connecticut, New
Jersey, Ohio and Kansas.
Judging from this distance we should say the
presidents chances are better for carrying the
first named combination than the latter and for
this reason we expect to see the most determined
fighting of the campaign in New York, Indiana,
West Virginia, though there will be plenty Of it
in Illinois, Ohio and other states for the demo
Gratis may be expected to leave no stone unturned
to bring about the reelection Of the president.
Neither will the republicans leave any stones I'M
turned IN efforts to encompass The defeat of the
president.
The progressive vote will probably determine
the result. Ii Roosevelt can swing the great bulk
of +ho+ ,,o+o 70 u,,,hac thn forp,or. Nor Vor1
governor and supreme court justice will win; ii
he cannot, or if Parker can INDUCE enough t.
either stay away from the polls or to vote fo1
Wilson, the democrats will win.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-09-20
PRISONERS ARE MENTALLY DEFECTIVE.

4 recent Investigation into mental conditions
Of $50 PRISONERS lii q Wei Known aLIt. pf4SUl,
leads to the interesting rev citation tina, more llaI
fifty per cent. OF the criminals are mentally de-
f~ective, and should have been placed III some de-
tention hosplta! before the crime for winch tiiey
were arrested occurred.
1t may be Questioned whether the state should
incarcerate such individuals IN a penltentiary at
hard labor for a CRIME which the defective did not
understand at the time OF its commits 4on, or for
one which was produced by ali abnormal condi-
ton Of the mind. In fact the guilt is unnistal-
ably to be found in the society which allows such
persons to roam at large in possession of such a
mind, and capable OF crime.
We are somewhat behind in this study of the
proper treatment of prisoners, and it behooves
every citizen to lend his influence towards any
scheme which viii look to a more humane treat
ment Of men arrested for crime, and those con-
v!ctcd Of it, when they are proven to have been
mentally unbalanced, or naturally defective.
The presence OF several heredity diseases
among those convicted Of crime is such that it is
right for the state to take steps to prevent an in
crease of the offspring Of such persons. While
It may not be very interesting to look at this mat
ter in this way, it is best for the race in the end,
and we might as well begin to solve the issue.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-09-20
GREECE ON THE VERGE.

Recent indications point to the entry of
Greece into the war on the side of the Entente.
According to newspaper rumors King Constan-
tine is to be placed in command of the entire AL
lied armies at Saloniki.
The Hellenis kingdom has furnished the most
persistent puzzle of the war. Clearly her first
impulse was neutrality, but the Allies charged
that this was merely the attitude of the King.
Whoever is to be credited with that policy at the
beginning is to be thanked for Greece's exist
,ence.
If Constantine had followed the Allies ad-
vice and aided Serbia Greece would have been
numbered among Montenegro, Serbia and Belgi-
um. The new policy follows a period of persist
ent Allied pressure amounting almost to inter-
vention. Whether it is the will of the people or
the government remains unknown, but enough
has been seen to show that the Entente navy and
the Anglo-French army at Saloniki are potent
factors in swinging a neutral government into
war.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-09-20
Centennial EXPOSITION A
STRONG EDUCATIONAL FACTOR

One of the strongest drawing cards
for any large exposition is always its
educational possibilities. With the
Mississippi Centennial these possibil.
tiles have doubled in value since it Is
the means by which Mississippians
will be placed for the first time in full
touch with the limitless promises Of
their own State, while outsiders will
stand amazed as at sight of a new
world.
Here In every department will BE-
found the highest perfection yet at.
tanned in America-agricultural, me.
chanical, artistic, domestic, ingenui.
ties, stock, poultry, everything worth
while. The best manufacturers, from
all the world over will bring their fin.
est products here to be admired and
emulated.
For the young people and many of
the old there will be a liberal educa.
ton In the sight Of countless things
before undreamed Of. Electrical and
mechanical contrivances and new farm
implements will be Inspiration for
newer and better inventions.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-09-20
FUNDS FOR NATIONAL
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN NEEDm
Greenwood and LeAore County Democrats Arc
Urged to Respond Promptly to Appeal Of
the Campaign Committee.

The Democratic National Campaign Commit.
tee is appealing to the patriotic citizenship of tba
United States for voluntary cash contributions
with which to pay the legitimate expenses of ths
campaign being made in behalf of the reelection
# president Wilson and Vice-President Marshall
md it is the duty of every good citizen to respcnd
-.berally and promptly to the urgent call of tho
committee.
The money is needed badly, and it's needed
low.
The editor of this paper has been endeavorirp
or some time to get our people interested in thu
natter of making a liberal contribution to this
-~lr'd from Greenwood and Ledore county, but
Iery few of them have responded-the following
icing a list of those who have subscribed and paid
rs for that purpose the amounts opposite Their
names:
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-09-20
The pure bred Hereford, Shorthorn, Angus, Jersey Ayrshire ana
Hoisteln roam Mississippi pastures at present in place IT tn seruns
Of only a few years hence. The above HoIstein herd is on a North Mis-
sisslppi dairy farm.
MISSISSIPPI HAS THE CHAMPION HEREFORD BULL
Where One Can Be Grown Successfully There Is
No Reason Why Many More Should
Not Be Produced

plant in the State 10 kept running full
time with ample room for the estab-
lishment of other like enterprises.
Among the many agencies actively
engaged in this campaign Of live stock
education, and by far one Of the most
potent factors, has been an intelligent
and energetic citizenship which has
eagerly seized upon and made The
most of its opportunities. A lions
share of the credit for the remarkable
%forwardness shown in such lines must
truthfully DO accorded to the various
State and county fairs which have been
held throughout the State. With po-
tential aim they have brought all the
States best possibilities and lined
them up in full force where the wise
man might see and grasp the benefits
and where even the lightest skeptio
must give way to the powerful argu-
ment of his own vision.
This campaign is only In Its infancy,
There is still much to be done. The
Mississippi Centennial Exposition Of
fers at the present time the best
means of continuing the work and
bringing it to the climax to be most de-
sired. Here the progress of the cen
fury can be shown and the doubter
given an inspiration that will urge him
to an effort to at least equal what has
been accomplished by his more enter.
prising ~neighbor. Here in sight of the
very best is every department, where
merit meets with merit and excellence
is to be found on every side; the very
pride OF statehood must fire a mar to
competitive effort, and it does not
seem that in all Mississippi there
would be a mar with soul so close to
earth that he would not feel a sacred
duty to give his own best effort to
add fresh honors to this century-old
commonwealth which has crowned
with glory herself and himl
An invitation is cordially extended
to every nook and corner of the earth
to take advantage of this splendid op.
portunity offered to participate in the
unparalleled benefits that will come
to those who will visit this Exposi.
ton. The table is luxuriously spread
for the feast and the invitation Is
spoken for all to come! But to the
man, women and children of Missis.
sippi, it is meet to further say YOU
CANNOT AFFORD TO STAY AWAY!
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-09-20

We don't want the job of being president of
hese United States. It isn't half as soft a berth
IS editing The Daily Commonwealth. Germany
las a Crouch at Us; Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria
IRE ditto; Mexico is a thorn in our already fester-
ng flesh; Japan is opening her eavernous mouth
% gobbe up China and is thereby menacing our
commercial interests in that country; Central
md South Africa are suspicious of us because
We have an army in Mexico; England and her
lilies are boarding our ships, rifine our mails,
md stealing our trade secrets for their own use;
he conflict between labor and capital has brought
is almost to the brink Of civil war; votes, power
'ul financial interests and foreign Hobbies keep
congress In a perpetual state of terror, and the
Lord only knows what it will be next. No, stree!
Take the job-we're not in the running.