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The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-11-09
CAN, NOT CAN'T

The man who first said that the
word impossible" was not in his die
tionary may have been a good deal of
a boaster, but he showed the spirit of
the true man. There is a good deal
Of naalism in the word cant" and
the sooner it is got rid of the better.
There has never been an enterprise
or a movement to do something but
some nerveless and ~incredulous peo-
pie have said ut can't be DONE" and
these statements, sometimes have had
such a discouraging effect that the
success of some of these movements
has been held back for years.
When Columbus said he was going
to cross the ocean and discover new
lands he was told that it could not be
done. When men talked of crossing
the ocean by steam, that men could
fly, that locomotives would take the
place of horses there were always skep-
ties to shout from the housetops that
it was impossible.
One great thing about this present
war is the splendid way in which both
surgeons and wounded men rise supe-
rior to cant" and achieve the impos-
sible. A very large proportion of the
wounded men recover simply because
the surgeons refuse to grant the i'm
possible. Rather than give I'D thew
put all their skill and ingenuity and
patience to work, with the result that
astonishing percentage of even
badly wounded men ultimately recover.
and those surgeons are helped i'm
mensely by the men themselves, who
also refuse to believe in the impossi-
bility of a thing.
Take again the men who have lost
limbs or eyes. Instead of fretting and
losing heart by saying st can't be
DONE" we find them full of hope.
and determination SO that
handicapped though they are, they
learn various trades or arts which
serve to make them helpful instead of
What can be done and what is done
men SO disabled ought to shame
able bodied men who give up at the
irst difficulty and whine that it can't
done. The man who bucks upand
buckles down to it is the man who at
asst wins in spite of all difficulties.
Almost any man can win if he makes
Up his mind to knock the apostrophe
md the t. off of can't SO as to make
t 'can'.-Selected.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-11-09
RED CROSS NEWS

Perhaps you have been noticing our
appeal to the women for canned stuff
Tor the support of the French or
phans. These children in France must
be cared for. The .ss will use
Tor them all the money we send for
that purpose. We are hoping to send
one hundred dollars from our county
every month. We sent that amount
the first day of October. It supported
tnlrty-three A~pless orphan children
tnat whole month. We have just turn
ed over to the Red Cross chairman Of
this county, Mr.. R. N. Bond, another
y hundred dollars to forward for the
same purpose that u thirty children
may have food through the month !.
November.
This canned stuff we are ask
IS u hope to feed them through De-
cember. Shall we let them go hun
CRY when we have an abundance
our pantries, which cost us SO very
little, but can be sold for more. and
thus carry across the waters much Of
the hope and cheer for the children of
those men and women who have died
for their freedom anu ours?
The ladies in town have contribut-
ed over 200 cans Of fruit and vegeta-
bles, and they have given their best
and prettiest jars.
We divided the town into neighbor-
hoods or streets and assigned a lady
each street or neighborhood t. So
hclt the fruit, so that it might all be
brought in that week. Now we will
the districts Of the county, az
point a lady to each district who lives
IN that district, and try to collect the
fruit and vegetables from the county,
which We firmly believe every woman
will be glad to donate. ElsewneIe N
this paper wiz be found a list of these
District Leaders.
However, do not wait to be aske,
give. If you can and viii give ~.
or more, just send it along to the
curtis Drugstore before or during next
week. A number of Jars have already
leen sent from the country. Put your
and district on your jar, or ask
me of the obliging men at the drug
to do it for you.
Respectfully.
Committee on French Orphans
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-11-09

viii finally fail, she is bound TO fail
To illustrate his belief that everything
Is more or less a matte- of magma
ton, he told this story:
Having been tagged by the en-
traordinary heat of the summer Q
young bank clerk went to see a physi-
clan. After examining him, taking
note of the condition Of his lungs,
heart and various other organs and
a%skinging him a number of questions
the man of medicine gravely dismissed
him with the promise to write him
the following day.
When the doctors letter cam the
young man was scared nearly to death
for ne read that one lung was gone,
that his heart was in an alarming con-
dition and that he would do well to
put all his affairs in order. The letter
informed him that he might live sew
eral weeks more but adv seu tIlaG no
important matter be neglected a mo-
ment longer than necessary.
The bank clerk did not go to work
that day; a man as bad off as the let
ter indicated him to be was in no con-
dition for work. When noon came he
noted that his respiration was becom-
ing weaker and that there were sharp
pains in the region of the heart. About
midnight a sinking spell came on him
and his family, greatly alarmed, sent
a hurry-up call for the doctor.
why" gasped the ~astonished doc
tor when he reached the bedside, II
found no symptoms of this kind yester-
day. What in the world has happen
ed ?
The sick man pressed his trembling
hand to his breast and said in a fee
BILE voice: 1T must be the heart, doc
tor"
The heart" exclaimed the M. d.,
why there was nothing the matter
with your heart when | examined you.n
Il suppose it's my lungs, then"
groaned the sick man.
Tell me what you've been drinking
demanded the doctor, for he couldthink
of nc other way to account for the
strange symptoms and words of the
man before him.
"Ih-the letter, doctor, you wrote
that had only a few weeks to live.n
Man alive, | told you to take a
months vacation to the seaside and
that would put you on your feet, in as
good condition as ever"
The sick man brought forth the let
ter and handed it to his medical advis-
er without a word. After a glance All
the other remarked:
well, well, this is a fine mess. /
wrote this letter to another patient Of
mine and my secretary evidently got
the envelopes mixed"
With a bright, hopeful laugh the
sick mar sat up in bed and within an
hour or two he was feeling fine, quite
well as usual.
Of curse the letter prescribing 4
month at the seaside and predicting
That it would bring back old-time
health and vigor went to a consump-
ave patient for whom the other letter
lad been intended. The recipient Of
his glad word lost no time in pack
ng his trunk and getting off to where
.. could Whit the ocean breezes, 1'
lears-havs elapsed since aAas Ah ssa
is still alive, enjoying fairlJ
lealth.-Selected. III
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-11-09
SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

1t takes twenty months to bring mar
from the state of embryo, and from
that of a mere animal, as he is in his
ilrst infancy, to the point where his
reason begins to dawn. 1t has taken
thirty centuries to know his structure:
1t will take an eternity to know any,
thing of his soul; it takes but an in
slant to kill him.-Voltaire.
have been more and more ~convinc-
ed, the more | think of it, that, in gen.
eral, pride is at the bottom of all great
mistakes. All other passions do oc-
casional good; but whenever pride
puts In its word, everything goes
wrong and whatitIaigh san be- de-
sirable to do, quietly and innocently.
it is mortally dangerous to do proudly.
-Ruskin.
Mind is the great lever of all things.
Humhn thought is the process by
which human ends are ultimately an
swered,-Daniel Webster.
To be conscious that you areignorant
is a great step to neutrality-suspicious.
eli.
We are firm believers in the maxim
that for all right judgment of any
man or thing it is useful-nay, essen
tial-to e his good qualities before
pr%onouncing on his bad.-Carlyle.
Wisdom is the conqueror of fortune.
-Juvenal.
lie makes no friends who nevermade
a foe.-Tennyson.
1t is impossible for a man to be
cheated by anyone but himself as for
a thing to be and not to be at the same
time,-Emerson.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-11-09
500 Reward. 500

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure In all its stages, and that Is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken In
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system, there
by destroying the foundation OF the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength by
building up thec constitution and assisting
nature In doing Its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that II fails TO cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
Address: F. J CHENEY q co. Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists, tie.
Take Halrs FamiIN lltlt fnr nnn stlna.Inn
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-11-09
OUR GOVERNMENT SAYS

The most economical way of ship
ping stock to market in carload lots.
A bull with a good beef form and
a marked tendency to early maturity
is a prime requisite in producing baby
beef.
Wool growers should cooperate in
order to obtain the full market value
Of their product; enough growers
should until so that several thousand
pounds of each grade Of wool can be
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-11-09
SAVE LABOR AT FEEDING TIMf

Instead of going to the loft twice a
day to throw down hay, 60 only once.
Arrange a door in the hay chute so
that hay can be thrown down in the
morning. Then let the chute door close
and fill the chute with hay for the eve
ming feeding. When ready to feed in
the evening let out the hay from the
alley way below.
In this day of food scarcity and high
prices, farmers are working in the
felds as late as possible, and every
thing to save time and labor at feed
ing time will be found of great value.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-11-09
PREPAREDNESS.

This is the slogan of the wise man.
Stock are continually exposed to cuts,
wounds, scratches, etc. The mar who
is prepered has his healing remedy on
hand to stop all chances of blood poi
son. Farris' Healing Remedy is High
" Antiseptie. 1t is economical. One
SOC bottle makes $500 worth of a
healing oil OF ointment. Money re-
funded if you are not satisfied. L. NJ.
Snort and K. E. Martin. nov
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-11-09
FARMERS BREEDING
WILT RESISTANT
- COTTON
Individuals Cooperating with U. S.
Department of Agriculture in Pro-
dueing ADEQUATE Supply of Imnrav-
ed Seed.

Washington, D. c., Nov. 7.-As a
part Of its work in combating the de-
structive cotton wilt, the United States
dept'm't of agriculture is supervis-
ing the production for sale of wilt-re-
sistant cotton seed by about so farm
ers in South Carolina, Georgia and AL
ALBANIA. These cooperative breeders
agree to secure proper seed, to follow
the breeding methods outlined by the
field pathologists, to exercise necessa-
ry ARE to maintain the purity Of their
seed, and to offer it for sale at q a
enable price, not to exceed an amount
previously agreed upon. They also
agree not to sell seed not grown by
them unless SO stated.
A field pathologist, as a representa-
tive of the state and of the department
of agriculture, provides these coopera-
tive breeders with small quantities of
planting seed in the beginning, or re-
fers them to other breeders from
whom they can purchase such seed at a
reasonable price. He visits the breed
ers several times during the season to
advise with them regarding the work
and to show them all the details, from
the planting through. the selection,
note-taking and ginning. He will also
soon take up the work of inspecting
the seed fields and will give the breed
ers seed certificates.
Breeders who carry out in all de-
tails the methods of breeding advocat-
ed by the United States department of
agriculture will be given certificates
for registered seed" All other seed,
where the standard of variety in wilt
resistance, productiveness and purity
is being maintained, but where the
plant to row method is not being fol-
lowed in all its details, will be certi-
fled as improved seed"
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-11-09

A good Jersey COW will be valuable
to you the coming year. | have six
grade Jersey heifers by registered
bulls and safe with calf by registered
bulls and will sell to right parties for
half cash and balance next fall. Pri-
ces reasonable. Mann Wills. 40
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-11-09
THE POWER OF THE
IMAGINATION

Postmaster General Burleson, re-
spending to a toast not long ago, spoke
OF the power of the imagination and
OF its Importance in making for success
or failure. Germany, he said, won her
successes in the war against large for
ces of powerful foes largely because
OF her will to conquer" but now that
she is beginning to imagine that she
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-11-09
CUT THIS QUIT is WORTH
MONEY

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip, enclose with Sc to Foley & Co.,
1886 Sheffield Ave-, Chicago, ILL.,, writ
ing your name and address clearly.
You will receive in return a trial pack
age containing Foley's Honey & Tar
Compound for coughs, colds, and Group
Foley's Kidney Pills and Foley's Ca
thartic Tablets. Sold by j. D. Curtis
Drug Co. nov
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-11-09

r0ley's Honey and Tar is great'
writes w. L. Day, 65 Campbell, Ave,
E. Detroit, Mich. 1t relieves bronchi-
It's quickly. My complaint is almost
gone and | hope never to have it
again" Time and the experience of
thousands have proved that there is no
better medicine for coughs, colds or
Group. Get the genuine. J.. D. Curtis
Drug Co. nov
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-11-09

Regulate the bowels when they fail
to move properly. HERBINE is an
admirable bowel regulator. 1t helps
the liver and stomach and restores a
fine feeling of strength and buoyancy.
Price SOC. Sold by all dealers. nov
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-11-09
vINOL CREATES
STRENGTH
Positive-Convincing Proof

1t is all very we'll to make claims,
but can they be proven7 We publish
the formula of Vinol to prove the
statements we make about it.
y Cod Liver and BeefPeptones, Iron and
- Manganese Peptonstee Iron end Am-
monium Citrate, Lime ana soda GIycero-
p~hosphates, Cascarin.
Any doctor will tell you that the
ingredients of Vinol as published
above, combine the very elements
needed to make strength.
AL weak, rundown, overworked
nervous men and women may prove
this at u expense.
There is nothing like Vinol to re-
store strength and vitality to feeble
old people, delicate children and all
persons who need more strength.
Try it. If you are not entirely sat-
isfed, we will return your money
without question; that r-ov~s orr
fairness and your protection.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-11-09
~IhfPLAINT ALMOST GONE

IAN II at q Time
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-29
sERUM 10 COMBAT POLIO.
chUd RSeovsrs From lnfantils, Par.
alvala IN Few Hours. q

chjid RSeovsrs From lnfantiIs, Par
a1ysls In Few Hours.
Minneapolis, Dec. 2s.--Announcement
OF the recovery Of the 10 months old
child of MI. and Mrs. Earl Parker Of
Kochester. after being helplessly strick-
en- with infantile paralysis, by the use
Of q serum discovered BY DR. =. q.
5Roset,ow OF tho Mayo foundation. today
led to further announcement that 80
cases Of this disease have been treated
with this serum with such beneficial
results that the experimentation can
Ioon be declared success.
Medical experts at the Mayo foundA-
tion today said that, while twas early
10 declare unqualinedly the serum was
tho long looked for specific for this
hitherto uncomfortable disease. the re-
suits obtained 70 far gave great prom.
ise 70 this end.
Another case where . child. whose
life waS despaired 81, being almost In.
staY,tly relieved by this serum was re-
ported In the recovery Of the I year
old child OF Mr.. and Mrs. George ".
0oetling, Rochester, = which was par
alyzed ana totally helpless when treat.
.msnt was started. Til TX
IN DR.. Charles +. Granger. Rochsstsr.
who observed the condition 4 Of the
Parker child Ecfore the serum was In
jsctod, said that paFalysis, ,had ALREADY
Iset In when treatment was startsd ana
that within four hours after the ms
aectlnn II, .. ana
that Within IS hours the child Wa tll.-;;
rs ,,I
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-29
RAILROADS ] | SHIFT
WAGE: PROBLEM.
Transfer Question Of 40 Per
Cent Increase In Pay to
Government.
Rail Executives Admit Government
Control 10 Step Toward Government
Ownership Of Lines = McAdoo Busy
Assembling STAFF Of Advisors and
Executive Officers.

Washington. Dec. 29.--Thc railroads
have definitely refused the demand Of
their organized employees for 40 per
cent increases In pay and have turned
over the responsibility entirely to-the
government.
The railroad executives here today,
in lottIng their decision DO known,
made no concealment pf their feeling
that government operation lis a stop
toward government ownership, and
made clear they felt the public and
stockholders would demand 1t. At the
same time 1t was learned the railroad
workers had decided not to press their
request for period Of thirty days or
until 1t Is seen Just what the railway
situation will be. I
One Of the plans under consideration
for handling railroad finances Is the
formation OF government corporation
under tho director general Of railway
to buy and market railway securities.
Direct General McAdoo spent today
assembling a staff OF advisers and ex-
ecutive officers to assist him In ad-
ministering the railways an a national
unit. He conferred with John Bar
ton Payne, counsel for tho shipping
ii,oard, ana Interstate Commerce Com
missioner Anderson. An announce
ment OF the plans is expected soon.
The railroads war board went to
work on general plan OF operation.
A few reports reaching here today told
OF the first effort BY local railway offi~
cials to haul freight BY shortest routes.
as requested by the director general in
his frst tclegraE 20 railway heads.
A cold wave. accompanied by a snow
In many localities. probably VIII pre-
sent noticeable Improvement in
freight congestion under government
operation for . week or more, officials
said.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-29
SORTING CONTRACT
PROBE continues
Msmbsr Of supply COMMITTEES Who
Protssts Against Cancellation
Of Contract, Brother Of Man Who
Had Contract, Tsstimeny Shows.

~ Washington, Dec 29-The possible
scrap sorting contracts" in connec-
tion with making army uniforms, which
testimony at the senate committee in
vestigation Of war activities has led
into the. committee Of the council of
national defense came up again at to-
days hearing when Quartermaster
General Sharpe was still under exam
nation.
It was developed that Samuel Cap
Ian, a member Of one Of the supply
committees. had protested against can
collation. OF a sorting contract in which
his brother was Interested. ard It was
further developed that his brother was
treasurer OF the Mill Brook Company,
mills commandeered by the govern
ment.
u Senator McGill asked whether En-
rnanue! Caplan, treasurer Of the Mill
brook Company, was not q brother OF
Samuel Caplan, a member of the sup
ply committee. General Sharpe said he
thought he was. The other mill was
the Thames River Woolen Mills. Both
were ordered to devote their machin-
cry to government work, canceling pri-
vate contracts.
did you know that Samuel Caplan.
of, the council Of national defense, Is
president and owns two thirds Of the
stocktof the Mill Brook Cmpany!" ask
ed Senator Mcclellan.
General Sharpe said he did not.
Senator McKellar inquired whether
Chairman Rosenwald. of the supply
committee, or Chairman Creel, Of the
committee on public information, had
protested to him against evoking the
contract or manifested any interest in
II, and General sharbe said they had
not
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-29

London, Dec. 2S.-Special dispatches
from PetrograA bearing date Of Thurs
day aim to give an impression as to
how the German reply was received
there, but the statements are mex
plicit and seem to le based Purity on
surmke. The reply. according to the
correspondent OF the Daily News. Gre
1s4ed favorable impression generally
ana ne believes that II the bolshevikl
conyenes the constituent assembly now
they, win have Russia solidly behind
them.
Roady For Peace at Any Price.
Representing the people as disspir-
1ted:s owing to the miserable conditions
~ life. Including the shortage Of food
III u. the co5rrespondent Of the Morn
~ epSt says that a. Tar - northern
Russia - concerned II will accept peace
"a NY sferns the Germans niay impose,
3oy the remainder OF Russia win act,
- ~ al; 10 another question. The COR
isycspondent 81 the Times Is OF the
sopInton that gthe holsheviki are dis
fbartened 0Her the German refusal to
a1lov nationsl lities hitherto without
rolitical affiliation to decide their own
future. He says that as the Russian
delegates will adhere to this demand 1t
III 4 likely 70 be q serious stumbling
block 10 further NEGOTIATIONS.
I pstrograd Full Of Gsrfhans.
Petrosrad, the Post correspondent
adds, II full OF Germans who speak the
Berlin dialect mostly. the Russians
DOT protesting. In Eeneral. he saws the
feeling 1of the allied residents in north
ern Russia at the present moment finds
IT. nearest parallel in that OF the
European residents In PeHng during
4lye Bozer troubles. He quotes q res
spresentatiye of one OF the allies as
saying to him last week:
sWe sl1all put up with any affront to
keep Russia IN the war"
zJt is reported that the bolshevih at
Niev are endAayoring to establish a
rival rada to be composed OF workmen
ana peasants. a congress OF work
sssen:s and soldiers delegates held In
Kartov, has declared itself the supreme
power III the Ukraine, deposing ths
stikrainian rada The Ukrainian milf
Try commander d. Kiev has requested
Ensixn~Kryiinko, the bolsheviki COM
jaDnder- IA chief to release q number
sof Iikrainian officers and soldiers he
e;sD,rirested At Minsk. Pskotf and else
whore. "a reply was demanded within
foSty -eight hours