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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-19
READY NOW!

1--WE can start at once" said the com
mander of the American destroyer f1otllla
to the British commander, at Queenstown,
after the first greetings had been passed.
1t astonished the British that the new
corners should be ready for the eNacting
work immediately. I'VE made preparations
on the Wav over, explained the American,
that is why we are ready.
One is reminded somehow OF 1--WE have
just begun to fight.
Both are typical of .Amcrica-cspeCially
America in this war. Utterly unprepared,
dauntless spirit OF Paul Jones, when his
ship was sinking, spoke when we declared
a state OF war with Germany. And having
accepted the challenge, we have "made
preparations on the way over so that
American power is astounding the world,
in NiViani's happy phrase,
BafOur recognized our singleness OF
purpose when he declared that no treaty
would be sought and none was needed with
the United States as guarantee of our not
seeking a separate peace. America entered
the war for a clearly defined objeCt-tO
right the wrong OF autOCraCy, to destroy
the beast that is preying on civilization,
the common enemy of mankind. and the
United States will not stop until it attains
the goal
Every day brings news Of greater pre-
paratiouS, or explains the magnitude OF
those already undertaken. American
troops will soon be found in Irance-may
even now be on their way. They are
needed. And they will be ready when they
land. Lieutenant Ware, of the Mongolia,
when he hit the pcriscope, the ONLY part Of
the submarine visible, with the inst shot,
gave an illustration Of what American read
mess is--the spirit that has won every
fight, despite the odds.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-19
LACK OF COOPERATION.

SIX army training camps are to be estab-
hshed in the south, according to decision
Just reached by the war department. Selec-
ton OF sites will depend upon transported
ton, water and fuel supplies and available
itv Of the terrain fOr exercising troops and
gun practice.
AS has already been pointed out in these
columns, the NcDavid site is ideal in every
respect. 1t is reached by raiIroad it is
bounded bv river has an artesian water
supply. the timber will satisfy all fuel needs,
the ground, moreover, is hilly, enabling ar
tiIIcry practice with real proiectiles, with
the maximum security, and is we'll drained.
permitting heavy maneuverS, no matter
what the weather. The price is right And
it is welI-knOwn that the officer commits
stoned by the war department. to examine
all locations, favOrS this site.
Vet it is doubtful that the McDavid site
will he chosen-certainlv it will not be. I'M
less a more concerted effort is made than
heretofore,
Political pull has so much 20 do with the
selection, and while we have been conl-
paccntlv rejoicing over our natural ad-
vantagcS, some lustlers in Alabama have
been bringing cytrv pressure to bear upon
an nlinttelv inferior site. for which more
monlv Is asked han the appropriation al
lows for, but If the appropriation is not in
creased, that community is prepared 70
make Up the difference by private cOntrj-
bution-the spirit that succeeds and de
serves to succeed.
Establishment Of an army camp at Nc
David with the business of SUPPLYING
100000 men and horses, year, is a thing
that concerns every farmer within tWent.-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-19
AN EXAMPLE, NOT AN AID.

Appropriately enough, the first great in
duStiaI mobilization to fight the food
problem has been made by the In
ternatiOnal Harvester COmpany-a cor
pOratiOn Of such national fame and whose
purpose is so remote from any selfish
thought that President MCCOrmiCk's or
ders to his thousands of field EMPLOYEES.
not to mention the 10000 dealers handling
the cOmpany's farming implements, may
with prOpriety be made the subject Of edi-
tOrial discussion. He says:
"A special responsibility rests upon organza-
ton We I'm daily close
food producing of the country-n fact we are
part of these forces. Our first obligation is to give
the farmers promptest service in supply
ing needed repairs and expert assistance. aid
less u.s+ IE.7u ,. +l, s. +sgn anu t. +
cultural extension department. been preaching
.ver, International Harvester man should now rrr>
this information community cooperate with
organizations and movements which seek to enlarge
the crop area and production Of the United States,
The service give in this emergency is to
he consjdered not incidental to other business, but
OF first Importance"
Other businesses would be we'll to make
it Of first importancc-banks in floating
crops, the public generally in developing
market.
To help farmers avoid the disastrous
mistake Of EurODe-deCrease of acreage
outside the fighting zone and slaughter Of
breeding stock to save fccd-is made the
further duty OF the International Harvester
Company's employees in a supplemental
order:
~rarr,crs should not let the nt4n price Of beef
pork and mutton temat to breeding stock
and butter each season far more value in food produces
than $ worth purposes. and this Will be
produced largely not o7e' wise avail
able food.
T-~ua the grCy.f If rr- 1a l-r0g one VC1rr
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-19

newspaper, have seriously interested them
selves in the project
Contrast such economic Iassitude with
the we'll pay you to come because it's
worth money to us enterprise Of success
elsewhere
The battle Of McDavid may not yet be
lost, and determination has overcome more
desperate handicaps than this; but even de
feat here would not be without its compen-
sation, if it shocked us into realizing the
need Of cooperation by which we can only
hope to take advantage OF the other oppor-
tUuty
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-19
CIT THIS QUIT IS WORTH
MONEY.

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip. enclose with 81 and mail it to
Foley & Co. 2835 Sheffield Ave. g.,
Chicago, H., writing your name and
address clearly. You will receive in
return a trial package containing
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound,
for coughs, colds, and Group; Foley
Kidney Pills, for pain in sides and
back rheumatism, backache, kidney
and bladder ailments; and Foley Ca
thartic Tablets, a wholesome and
thoroughly cleansing Cashart,c, for
constipation, biliousness, headache
and sluggish bowels. D'Alemberte' $
Pharmacy.-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-19
The SCRATCH PAD
BY THOMAS EWING DABNEY.

The senate is willing to hang spec
uIators, but not to interfere with their
gouge.
Americans in France, when the gas
bombs that bring tears to the eyes
begin to fall, will be reminded of
congress, and then they will be will
ing to die.
AS a printer would say, Hindenberg
no sooner gets his line justified than
that devil Haig comes along and jos
ties his arm, and pies the whole bus
mess.
We always will believe it was the
poetry he used to write that caused
an outraged people to rise up and
throw Romanoff Nick down the back
stairs; and this reminds US that Kai-
ser Bill has frequently assaulted lit
erature himself.
owe Germans" said an officer Of
the kaiser's, recently captured, fight
/ because it is our duty, because we
/ have to. But these Canadians seem
! to be fighting for souvenirs" And
/ America is going into the battle with
/ equal jOyousness-the souvenir we
are after is Kaiser Bills goat, for we
/ already have his number.
As Germany still permits the man
| ufacture of beer, prohibition in this
! country will be especially wise, from
a strategical notwithstanding
. ing thousands of thirstsmiths to en-
! list, and when the order 60 Charge"
! comes they will not stop until they
reach Munich or Berlin or whatever
large brewery town is the objective.
A bank note forger of Germany al
tered the penal clause on the bank Of
one of his productions to read: He
who fOrgets bank notes clumsily, or
who accepts forged ones such as this,
is a donkey, and will be punished
with Imprisonment for life. He who
does the job cleverly will get rich like
the privileged food-hoarding gentle
men in the government departments -
( As President Wilson said, we are
fighting the German government, not
the people, and we feel perfectly
safe in following the dictates of our
heart and declaring, "Shake, bnoth-
err"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-19
ChamberIain's Cough Remedy.

NIILItUEL IaIIi Cough INEIUVJF.
The personal recommendation of
people who have been cured of coughs
and colds by Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy have done much towards
making this preparation one of the
most n0Dular in use.-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-19

Of Sc Ia section 81, TIP. n. R. 81
w.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-19
ODD, ISN'T IT?

FL Centre, Cal.-The once despised
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-04-20
THE GRENADA SENTINEL

glad indeed to see this decided change for the better: me
merchants of Grenada carry as complete lines as can De mao
anywhere; they carry the best class OF everything, tneir prices
are as low as can BE had anywhere, and better sun you can
depend upon their steck coming up to what they say n. You
ses exactly what yoh are buying. You don't have TO walt a
week or ten days to get what you buy, and then perhaps IL Is
not what YOU want and you have to send it back, which takes
another ten days. ~
The Sentinel takes credit for a large measure OF TINS N
crease in the outgoing and decrease in the incoming, we nave
been preaching BUY in Grenada" and 1T Pays to ADVERTISE.
The former we ebleve in some measure has iessened the mum
Using by the local merchants has had a great deal 10 40 WIN
the additional number of parcels post packages olSpatcheo.
There is no getting around it, one way or another, advertising
is the best way in the world to increase your sales. LOOK at
the merchants in Grenada who are doing the iarges, business
and we will show you the merchants who 90 the advertising.
With one exception the merchants in Grenada VINO 90 the pig
gst business are the merchants who do the most advertising.
This one exception is really not an exception Tor there Is no
one in his line of business who advertlses. ms nrm does a
big business, but we warrant the assertion that we can increase
their sales 20 per cent in a years time by the use OF Judlclous
and we'll planned advertising. !,
Postmaster Bell is authority for the statement that the
government will begin the first of June, and has issued an order
to that effect, a motor route leaving Grenada every DAY Tor
Graysport, Kincaid, Susie and all thru the eastern part O. the
county, a distance each day of "a miles. This should be IN
deed good news for our merchants. Use a little printer INK
and get some of this business that is going to Duck Hill, COZ
feeville, Calhoun City, and more especially to the larger po1nts
such as Memphis, st. Louis, New Orleans, Chicago and New
York. 1t is there and you have a golden opportunity IN TINS
motor route. Your customers can get their orders In one day
and YOU can get them back the next.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-04-20
THEN AND NOW.

he Rochester Democrat and Chronicle only a few day
aP. produced an editorial utterance OF the Patriot and Unlol
winch appeared in that publication, an influential newspape
O. deI lsburg, Pa. only a few days after Lincoln delivered hi
celebrated Gettysburg speech. The extract shows how frs
I'M rressious may give way to sober and saner opinion, AM
shO lj he -onsoling to President Wilson in considering what tn
Nei few newspapers who are opposing him, say of his effort
IT. he present great crisis. The editorial of the Patriot AM
Uno read:
be The president succeeded on this occasion be-
cause ne ted without sense and without cOnstraint
in a panorama that was gotten up more for the bene-
fl of his party than for the glory of the nation and
honor Of the dead. y We pass over the
silly remarks of the president; for the credit of the
nation we are willing that the veil of oblivion shall
be dropped over them and that they shall no more be
repeated on thought Of"
81 am sure those of you who disagree with me in
politics will acquit me of any purpose to turn this
meeting into a partisan gathering. have referred
briefly to the work of the president because of the
notable regeneration Of America in the last few
months. In this hour we are all Americans. Noisy
craftsmanship has no place in our national life at this
time. We are solemnized in the presence OF the
great responsibility of America, and it is fitting that
the men of New Jersey should be reminded that out
of their state has come the leader Of this people, the
president of the United States"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-04-20
1.-THE BIRTH OF A NATION"

Quite the most wonderful Of the
many wonderful scenes in The
Birth of a Nation" is that showing
Sherman's march to the sea and the
burning of the city of Atlanta.
Imagine, if you can, a view of a
long. fertile valley extending for
miles. Moving through this valley,
in struggling formation, or lack of
formation, is the army of General
Sherman. The view is so extensive
that the soldiers appear but little
larger than ants, yet the reproduction
is so clear that the form of each man
is perfectly delineated.
Now and then a puff of smoke in
dicates return fire upon snipers in
farm buildings. Now and then a
barn is fired in evident retaliation
for a deadly bullet from its shelter.
and the army of human ants is ever
moving forward, wriggling its way
lige a huge serpent towards its goal
the sea.
Atlanta is reached. Whether the
burning of the city was a military
necessity, or whether the conflagra-
ton was of accidental origin, chron-
iclers Of the time fail to agree, but
| Atlanta was sacrificed to the flames
and the conf1agration is so realisti-
cally pictured in "The Birth of a
Nation" that one can almost smell,
the smoke, and hear the cries of the
terrified people as they flee to the
hills for their lives. Few make any
attempt to save household effects, sc
great is their haste to escape 0the
flames and the hated Yankees. W
the hills they rush, men, women ane
little children, an endless parade Of
misery. drear and hopelessness.
Sherman's army has cut it's fearful
swathe through the heart of thu
South. Another link has been forged
in the chain that shall bind the Con
federacy to the stake. Anothe,
move has been made in the big wa.
game that is to end at Appomatto,
Court House with the surrender o
Lee.
1t is a wonderful picture in Yer.
truth. Nothing like it thas ever ap
peared on the screen, and it took
vast amount of labor and infinite pa
thence to stage such a spectacle.
Coming to Grenada for two night
and one matinee-April 30 and Ma,
J.. On Tuesday afternoon, May ]
there will be a matinee.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-04-20
COAL TAR.

Coal tar fills many of the wants of
man. A new use has become known
in Grenada, and that is, as a promot-
er of physical exercise. People who
hitherto crossed the street at what
ever was the most convenient place.
now go to the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
where sand has been spread. The tar
on the newly laid wood-block pave
ments in Grenada makes crossing a
very hazardous undertaking, for one
is likely to leave her shoes sticking
one inch deep in the tarry mire.
Some folks, more adventurous than
their fellows. do cross, but have the
soles of their shoes coated with a
thickness of tar. BY n of Stats
teal turn of mind, it has been calcu-
lated that one person in Grenada who
is addicted to the soft-drink habit,
has increased his walking per day at
least fifty-five per cent, this being
due to the fact that he has to go to
the sand-bestrewn crossing every
time he slakes his Unsuitable thirst.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-04-20
MISSES WILDBERCER
DIE IN AUTO WRECK.
Daughters Of Well-known Clarksdale
Man killed--Machine Turned Tur-
tle-Car Driven by Friend.

CLARKSDALE, Miss, April 10
Misses Lois and Yvellette Wildber-
ger. sisters. the daughters of Capt.
and Mrs. W. P. Wildberger. of
Clarksdale, were killed almost in
stantly in an automobile accident
here at 5 o'clock this afternoon. In
company with Mrs. Fred Rogers, in
whose car they we're driving. and
Mrs. S. B. Churchill. Mrs. Lawson
Magruder and Miss Eubanks, of
Bowling Green, KY, they had gone
for a drive on the Stovall Dickson
graveled road.
The car evidently was travelling
at a high rate of speed. Suddenly
| the party came upon a bridge at right
| angles to the road. The sudden APP
pearance of the structure disconcert-
ed Mrs. Rogers, it is thought. She
threw on the emergency brake.
! The momentum of the car. sud-
| denly checked. threw the vehicle up
| side down. All the occoupans were
pinned underneath.
Miss Lois was killed instantly.
Her neck was broken and her head
crushed. Miss Yvellette suffered a
broken back and internal injuries,
| from which she died almost imme-
diately.
Mrs. Magruder suffered a dislocat-
ed shoulder and Miss Eubanks was
bruised about the head. Mrs
Churchill was injured slightly and
Mrs. Rogers escaped unhurt.
Negro farm hands who witnessed
the accident gave first aid and helped
remove the occupants from the over
turned machine.
Miss Lois Wildberger was engaged
to be married in June to w. Hunter
Sharpe. of Little Rock. Her last
words before the accident We're
"Mrs. Rogers. don't drive so fast
The next moment the accident oc'
Cured.
About three years ago Capt. anc
Mrs. Wildberger lost a son. Walter
Gray ,Wildberger. IA years old, whit
was killed accidentally by his play
mate. John C. Graham, while the boy
were hunting.
The Wildberger family is n o.
the most widely known in Mississippi
Capt. Wildberger is in the emplo.
of the United States Treasury De
partment and at present is workin,
on bank assignments at Okolona
Miss. Capt. Wildberger was a mem
Der for years of the Chickasav
Guards. Memphis, and was a captain
in the Spanish-American War.
Both the Misses Wildberger wer
born and reared here and both at
tended the l. |. e. c. at Columbus
Another brother, Gage Wildbergei
resides at home.
Both of the Misses Wildberger
, were we'll and most ~favorably know
here, having visited here on a nun
Der of occasions. Their mother wa
Miss Mamie Gage. daughter of d.
John J. Gage. Miss Yvellette grae
uated from the |. |. & c. only las
year. and was said to be one of tn
brightest students in the whole co
lege.
Mr.. Gage Wildberger was in CIR
NADIA only last Friday and was a visi
or at this Office.
The Sentinel joins with the maj
friends of these two girls in exten'
ing sympathy to the distracted pa
ents and brother.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-04-20
LADIES OF GRENADA
FORM A FOOD CAMPAIGN

A number of the ladies of Grena-
ternoon o fthis week for the purpose
of forming a local branch of the AS
sociate Council of Defense. The
meeting was characterized by much
enthusiasm. The following officers
were elected: Mrs. S. A. Morrison.
Chairman; Mrs. J.. W. Willis, Vice
Chairman; Mrs. H. j. Ray, Secretary.
The following committees for the
conservation of food in Grenada were
appointed:
East Ward. North of Fourth St
Mesdames P. E. Irby and Harry
Pope.
East Ward, South of Fourth St
Mesdames H. H. Heath and r. w.
Jones.
West Ward, North Of Margin St
| Mesdames E. l.. Gerard and John S.
King.
West Ward, South of Margin St
Mesdames j. l.. Avent and John
Owens.
The ladies on these committees are
to see that all persons in their re-
spective districts are to raise gardens
and to see that food in their spheres
of influence is conserved in a practi-
cal, consistent name
There have been appointed two
ladies of each of the five beats of
the county, these ladies to seek to
stimulate the production of vegeta-
bles an dthe canning of the same for
winter use and in other ways to con-
serve the food supplies of their Sec
ton. Ten ladies of Grenada, two
for each beat, have been appointed
to act with these ladies of the several
beats.
: During the meeting Messrs. w. NJ.
Dubard, j. w. Quinn. J. A. Blount
and M. McKibben spoke. Their adj
dresses were short but good. A num-
Der of the ladies rose to make sug-
gestions calculated to promote the
prosecution of the work in hand.
The following ladies were named
members of the advisory committee
heretofore referred to:
Beat Mrs. W. H. Whitaker,
Mrs. J.. w. Willis, Mrs. j. C. Jones,
Mrs. j. T. Thomas, Mrs. j. P. Broad
street, Miss Bessie Young, Miss Pau
line Doak, Mrs. j.. l.. Barnard. Mrs.
Baker, Mrs. H. J. Ray.
= Beat Mrs. Maggie Noel, Mrs,
B. o. James.
= Beat 3-Mrs. E. l.. Sanderson
Miss Fannie Clark.
Beat AIRS. w. R. Baker, Mrs,
Annie Collins.
Beat 5-Mrs. Ben Smith, Mrs. ].
w. Wood.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-04-20
MESDAMES SPRACINS AND
HUGHES ENTERTAIN

On Monday afternoon Mrs. Homer
Spragins and Mrs. M. c. Hughes en-
tertained at the home of the latter
in honor of the two brides, Misses
Duncan and Moody. In the r%eceiv-
ing line were: Miss Duncan, Miss
Moody. Mrs. Gordon Williams, Mrs.
w. P. wilkins, Misses Louise Horton,
Mary Moody, Nell Lewis, Kate Dun
can Turnage, Mary Walker Hudson.
Walker Nance and Mrs. Ed Brewer.
Receiving informally were Misses
Ida Cofman and Pauline Doak. who
ushered the guests into the dining
room. Mrs. McGehee and Mrs.
Trusty poured tea while Misses
| Broadstreet and Lickfold served
! delicious sandwiches, bon-bons, etc.
| About forty guests called during the
hour.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-04-20
HOW NEARLY WAS HE RIGHT?

Recent happenings in London whereby efforts were being
to erase or remove everything German caused an exami
nation of the works of Heinrich Heine, the great German poe
and journalist, who resided in London in 1927. When a re
of the poets estimate of the English was disclosed il
several quotations, nothing further was said about destroying
the tablet erected to his memory. Heine did not believe hi
own people knew much about freedom as the following line
will show:
IAN Englishman loves freedom as he loves his
lawfully welded wife; he regards her as a posses
sion, and, if he does not treat her with special tender
ness. yet if need be. he knows how to defend her.
A F%renchman loves freedom as he loves his chosen
bride: he will commit a thousand follies for her sake.
A German loves freedom as he loves his old grand
mother"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-04-20

The state of West Virginia is at fever heat and if revolving
would do any good there are no doubt thousands of the citizens
of that commonwealth that would be ready to do so because
of a recent decision of the L. S. Supreme Court ordering that
state to pay to Virginia S12, 900. 900. the same being its pro-
rata of the Indebtedness Of Virginia at the beginning of the
Civil War. That portion of Virginia, it will be recalled, now
embraced in West Virginia, did not approve of the act of seces-
sion and sought permission of the federal government to with
draw from Virginia and set up a state government of its own.
1t was but natural that Virginia should want the prodigal sister
to pay her proportion of the Indebtedness of the state, a thing
West Virginia refused to do, hence the issue went to the courts.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-04-20
BABY CONTEST TO BE
MAY S, AND NOT MAY 7

1t was decided to change the date
of the Baby Contest to May 5 in
stead of May 7. after circulars had
been printed. All ladies are urged
to bring their babies in and be in the
parade which will begin promptly at
300 o'clock, Saturday, May 5. This
change in date was made for the con-
venience of the ladies in the county
outside of Grenada.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-04-20
COMPANY DRILLING.

The soldier boys who have enlisted
are drilling almost every night in
Grenada and it is their hope that
they may soon have the number to
tender the company, to the govern
ment. They extend G special invita-
ton to the boys in the country and
urge them, too, to come forward to
uphold the country's flag. A BIG
RALLY is PROMISED FOR SAT-
URDAY NIGHT.