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The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-03-16

yielded to nobody. He has compromis-
ed with nobody except the American
people. Abused and vilifed as few
presidents have ever been, denounced
by his enemies alternately as a weak
ling and despot, coward and die
tator, he has gone his way if not Sc
renely at least with a sure and certain
step.
His critics are fond of pretending
that they cannot understand what he
is trying to do, but no doubts assail
him. He knows what he wants to do
and how he wants to do it. When he
cannot reach his goal by one path, he
abruptly changes his course and fol-
lows another path, but always with an
eye single to the goal itself.
No other president ever so complete
ly controlled congress or made so
little ostensible effort to control con-
gress. He has shaped legislation from
none of the old familiar devices. No
body has been bribed by patronage to
support his policies and measures, nor
has anybody been punished by the with
holding of patronage for opposing the
administration. There has been no de-
nunciation of congress or of individ-
ual members of congress- Yet on ev-
cry important issue, no matter how Vi
olent the opposition, the president has
managed to have his way. He has
ruled by the sheer force of ability
because his is the biggest brain and
his the broadcast vision in Washington.
His victories over a sullen and reluc-
tant congress have been veritable tri-
umph Of mind over matter.
Even his bitterest enemies are COM
PEELED to acknowledge his extraordina-
ry intellectual power. When Mr..
Roosevelt INDUCED in his outbursts Of
foam and fury at the general reluc-
lance Of the American people to plunge
blindly into war he could give no rea-
son for this state of public opinion
except that President Wilson had
"chloroformed the conscience Of the
country" In other words 100,0O0,000
people had been so hypnotized by the
president that they thought only what
he wanted them to think, believed only
what he wanted them to believe and
did only wha he wanted them to do.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-03-16
WHY ONE MAN
WENT WRONG
Absence of Wholesome Social Inauen-
ces in a Neighborhood Often Re-
sponsible for Human Dereliets

saw an old man out on the farm the
other day whose career set me think
ing. He is naturally a man of kindly
impulses, a good-hearted man. He i
good neighbor. He has never been q
sot, and has never figured in any court
as lawbreaker or disturber of the
public peace. Still this man has ruin
ed his life by acts of dissipation and
immortality.
What / wonder is whether this man
is to blame for his broken life. or
whether the community or the state is
to blame. | doubt whether that man
is at heart any worse than you or l.
possibly better than you or /. But he
grew up unlettered and in an individ-
ualistic neighborhood, a neighborhood
without community spirit, and without
well developed social institutions, and
the craving of every human heart is
for variety, color, something to break
the monotony of the common life and
work.
IF that man had had an education,
if some worthy and ennobling interest
had come into his life to engage his
thoughts, doubt whether he would
ever have gone off into those practi-
ces whose consequences now shame
him and his kim" said one of his
friends. And | am inclined to believe
that this friend was right Or if there
had been wholesome social life in the
community, if he had gotten interested
with group of others, in singing, or
base ball, or social parties, or any
thing that offered change from the
regular routine of life, doubt whether
this man would ever have gone off
after the baser things of existence.
And all this suggests the moral du-
ty resting upon each of US to help de-
velop neighborhood organizations and
wholesome agencies of recreation.
Your child is going to get interested
in something besides eating and drink
ing and working. And the way to
keep him from getting interested in
something bad is to see that he gets
interested in something that is not bad,
The best way to keep down useless or
obnoxious plants on any piece of land-|
is to set it to growing useful plants
The land is going to grow something,
and your child's mind is going to grow
something. Get your child to take up
some hobby; get him or her genuine
ly interested in something-in school
studies; in reading good books and
papers; in playing the violin, the piano
or in singing; in baseball, basket ball |
or tennis; the corn club, canning club,
pig club, or debating club-and you
don't have. to worry much about that |
child getting into bad habits,-C laF |
ence Poe, in The Progressive Farmer
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-03-16
WOODROW WILSON.

Woodrow Wilson today completes
his first term as president of the Unit
ed States.
No other four years except those Of
Lincoln have been so eventful, and nc
other four years except those of Lin
coin have made so much history of
first Importance.
One may like Mr.. Wilson or dislike
him, approve his policies or detest
them, but nobody can deny him a place
among the masterful presidents who
have stamped their genius for all time
upon the government of the United
States. The courses of American his
tory have been changed nightly by
the fact that Woodrow Wilson was
president and because he has been
pesident the processes of American
government will never again be quite
what they were in the past.
Whatever the verdict of history may
be upon the various policies Of the Will
son administration, no difficulty will
be experienced in fixing the esponsi-
bility. Since March 4, 1918, Mr.. Will
son has been the government of the
United States in as great degree as
Jefferson or Jackson and in even
greater degree than Washington or
Lincoln.
Mr.. Taft was never president dur
ing his four years in the White House;
the republican party was president.
Mr. Roosevelt was president part of
the time during his two terms; the re-
publican old guard was president part
of the time, and there were glorious
intervals in which Wall street reign
ed supreme, after the manner of Fred
erick the Great, who did what he
pleased and allowed his subjects to say
what they pleased-Mr. Roosevelt
playing the roll of the garrulous but
obedient populace.
The president of the United States
during the last four years has been
Woodrow Wilson and no other-not
the democratic party, not Wall street,
not the cabinet, not congress, but
Woodrow Wilson and he alone. What
is good is his, and what is bad is his.
: sssyer for moment has he relaxed |
ln.~&lff Ny~--A4t
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-03-16

a superman, indeed, if this be true-s
superman above all other supermen in
history; yet it is not true. Mr.. Viii
sons influence over public opinion lies
in the ability to understand it, and give
it adequate expression, not in the abil-
| ity to dictate nations sentiments.
Nevertheless Mr.. Wilson has exer-
cised a greater influence over the polit-
ical thoughts of the American people
over the political thoughts of the
whole world, for that matter-than
any other man of his generation. He
has become in a way the universal
spokesman of democracy and univer-
sal leader of democracy. When Eu-
rope speculates as to what the United
States thinks or what the United
States will do, it asks what Mr.. Wilson
thinks and what Mr.. Wilson will do.
Even his political opponents at home
pay the same tribute to him. In each
crisis they have looked to him for de-
ciSion and admitted that his decision
must necessarily be final
In all the attacks that have been di-
rected against his foreign policies, it
is singular fact that the republican
opposition has never ventured to for
mulate a definite foreign policy of its
own as a substitute for his. Nor has
any republican member of congress
ever introduced war resolution to
force the presidents although
the power to declare war is exclu-
sively a prerogative of congress.
The chief complaint OF Mr.. Wilson's
critics is that he is not belligerent, that
he is not warlike, that he is too proud
to fight" For the welfare of Ameri-
can institutions this is happy failing.
A president with Mr.. Wilson's genius
for government and his power to i'm
pose his political will upon others
would be a grave menace to the re-
public if these extraordinary gifts
were supplemented my military ambi-
ton and passion for military glory.
1t was the great good fortune of the
United States during the civil war that
it had Abraham Lincoln for president,
all of whose principles and habits of
government were incorrigibly civilian.
Thus president who might have made
himself an absolute military dictator
held steadfastly to the creed of the
Illinois country lawyer, and that creed
was the creed upon which all the foun-
iation stones of the republic rest. 1t
S still the great good fortune of the
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-03-16

fhve decided not to handle the Bras
.ziI;an beans which the committee re-
Gently placed on the market.
An increase of | cent a pound, from
6 to 7 cents. in the price ofrice, brought
statement from Geo. w. Perkins,
chairman of the committee, today to
the effect that any rise in the price of
rice must be the direct result of col
fusion and the Federal government
should act"
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-03-16
POTATOES BOUGHT
ON A HUGE SCALE
Added to List of New YOrk's Food
C0mmittee-Grocers Belligerent.

New York, March t0-Potatoes have
been added to the foods that are be-
ing purchased in large quantities and
sold at retail at the lowest price pos
sible by the mayors food committee.
Word came from Boston today that
the committee had purchased 10000
bushels Of Maine potatoes at price
said to be more than $225,000.
The committee faces a fight with
local members of the New York State
ASSOCIATION Of Grocers, According to
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-03-16
Coppedge Drug Co. Brownsville.

my ma won't allow me to play W'n
you," said the boy with the frccl les.
"She says you're a bad boy"
"My ma don't allow me to play with
you, neither" retorted the red he.
one. "She says you're the worst b y
in town"
Gee! We're both regular fell
amt we psf. Louis Post Dispatch.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-03-16

No, we are not bowling for war and
we're not believing against it, for we
don't want to be darned food either
way. But if it comes, there is only
one flag for US.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-03-16
SCHOOL TEACHER
Wards OFF Nervous Break Down

Alburtis, Pal am teacher in the
public schools, and l got into very ner-
vous, rundown condition. / could not
sleep and had no appetite. ! was tired
ali the time. My sister asked me to try
Vinol / did SO, and within a week my
appetite improved and could sleep all
night and now / feel well and strong"
Rosa M. KELLER, Alburtis, Pa.
We guarantee Vinol, which contains
beef and cod liver peptones, iron and
manganese peptonates, and glycero-
phosphates for rundown conditions.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-03-16

Yes, Austria is willing to keep
peace with the United States provided
we are wiling to back up and be kicked.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-03-16

We might discuss the high cost Of
living, were it not for the fact that it
is too high for comment.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-03-16

If you can't be patriotic, just try to
keep silent.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-23
NATIONAL LEAGUE
WILL NOT ASK FOR
PLAYER EXEMPTIONS

NEW YORK. Nov s2.-rhc National
lcaErr will not ask special exemption
for any Of its ball players and is not
In sympathy With any. scottish plan" of
Discrimination il fnvor Of ~ bus mes D.,
or players. declared John *. Tcncr
president of the lCngTr herr today.
Il would not go an inch t"~ani Wash
ingtun 10 nik PERSISTENT Wilson or the
Secretary Of War for special favnrs Cor
baseball" said the "Nrrutivr nf the Ma
tional league in discussing IN" proposal
tn exempt eighteen baseball pl ,ycrs on
zach club Of tie Two major leagues. rs
suggested by President Johnson OF tho
American league.
81 think It most unratrihtic." contiEu
I'd Mr.. Trncr, tn SuGScGt that baseball
should even appear 10 shirk n duty al
this time. when 50 many parents arc
giving their SONS and when other bust
ness interests are giving their best zen
tn tho s!rvic" oi "Gr arnIEd forces. and
are making other Snrrilcrs for the hcur-
lit nj our country.
1T Stems Ia me- nothing could br
further from III" purposes OF baseball
w, r.:rnnot ask Nh" government To grant
US thr slightest favor Any amusement
ur singlr hu*incs: Is trif!lnE thing
compared 10 the obtaining of liberty for
all tho nations sc II" world.
Il cannot stat. TOO strongly that the
National league is not III symnnthy with
favor Of its bushes or players. The
National league Will continue 70 help
tn" government in m" way possible.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-23
Who Are the Champions?
N, z, A. c. and Henry A. c. VIII settle
This Question At Tunnel Green
Sunday

On Sunday afternoon the Henry A. c
will do battle with the y. +. ~ c or
Martins Ferry ~ the Tunnel Green
grounds for tho scrni-prcfesstonl foot
hall supremacy of this section. Neither
.tcnn has been scored upon BY any team
IN this valley during the past season
and both hope to keep this record IN
tnct. However. unless the teams emerge
from tho contest without either team
scoring. another game Will be arranged
for the following Sunday. larEe deF-
rotion Of roo,crs will accompany the
Errrv team 10 the Pike grounds, while
rho usual crowd ~ Henry rooters will
he -hcr. to cheer them on TO victory. One
hi, of dope which points 10 mighty bat
,l.. is tho fact tina; each team has jour
ncvcd to Padrn city. and both OF them
defeated Paden City by the. same score
If 7, TO Q.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-23
BIG LEAGUES WILL
PROTECT THEMSELV YES

/ PHILADELPHIA Pa. Nov. 2c.-Ne1t
years contracts Of the Philadelphia Ma
tional League Baseball club probably
will contain a clause providing Tor re-
vision Of cancellation should the war
interfere with the playing out or the
season or cause 4 lack of attendance. &C
cortiinS to ". Fl. Baker. president on tho
club. Although Mt. Baker SAID Nc does
not believe tho war will cnec- oasepall
AZ much as . it predicted. he deciafed
nil precautions should be- taken 70 pro-
tect the club owners.
Tho subject Mr.. Baker said. Will b
discussed by tho owners at their annun1
meeting next month. He Eddcd that he
ahclicved the form nf contract adopted
by the National League will contain .
clause similar 10 that proposed by tho
Phillics and that all clubs will sunscFhe
10 It.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-23
BELlAIRE ATHLETICS
TO BATTLE FERR|ANS.
OLD RIVALS MEET ON THE GRID
IRON POR THE FIRST TIME TA15
SEASON AT LEAGUE rAHA.
Enormous Crowd Will Be Present-Ae-
suit very EEuch In Doubt-Ths
Teams Evenly Matched

Tho rr.:a:rSt local battle al the war
ring football sea son Will b. Staged mt
League mark next Sunday wirn the Bell
airc Athletics VIII lin" up against the
Martins berry Athletics in tn" first OF
a lw0 gam" S,'~jrS I" decide III" cham
p;onShip al tnc ,tli"H.'
In III" l;cllairc liz" UP viii BE- found
1--WE former Ferry stars. nancy. boelm,
urrschirr. II. Eau": ANA k,ndclocrSer.
They will make supreme Effort to
fore, their former team mates taste me
bitter cup o. defeat. The B"llairc team
will also has" thu. services Of Mean
tlr.wS. DunkIrk, Wh"mtl"y and Hcnry.all
former college stars who have the class
10 strengthen any team in III" country.
The Ferry boys will present their
strongest lineup. with Captain Nerder-
mack ami lrady IL ends Mcti!nniss..
stewart a,r, Gillespie al guards, tate
O'Mallcy and Shirr AZ tackles. ana Null
lancy. O'cunn"Il. Ryan. Thompson anil
Murray IN tho back ;irld. While the
Bcila!rr boys Iavr Il battle-ground as far
as games Won ar" concerned. tho Ferry
boys have play ""'i:inS bu; high class
teams. hav;na - - shy %: seas son. OF
the second rat ;"":n%.
ARRANGEMENTS h:,v" been made - take
carr. oil an enormous crowd Tn" game
will be called =; . T. II. Thomas VIII
rctcrcc. Lotus will umpire. and Hodge
will ACT as head in"S!na!'.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-23

Succinl TO The ln;nlliS"nccr.
BETHANY. W. W.. Nov. 2@.-The
bethany rm,ihali team leaves Friday for
Marietta 10" thr final college games or
the season. .Jaky Jordan. star end.
who's leg was broken Yesterday mas
been sent 10 hospital III "he"ltnE
His loss is sever" one at thiS time.
Jordan stepped in Il hole going after
forward mass and was not touched by
any Other player. Bethany hopes oL
winning w"r" materially lesscned BY
this accident.
Thr:" r"u will lray" tomorrow for
Wheeling. where they Will Spcid the
night an dthcn will go OIL (" Marietta
Saturday morning: Roach. Gwinn. Lat
"a. shepherd. Price. krnn"y' Stevenson.
Wrcknin. Elder, y. :-'ws"r. +. B!wscr.
Marshall. i.:l.Ii,i,tu. Wolff. Kay. Mad
du> Shutter. Thomas. ,:ramblct. Cham
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-23

Will Battle With Wheeling High
SchodF mtbuu the Island Grounds Tomorrow
ARaHI1TA
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-23

In t OF the difficult HIGH naE" prl"'~ we went IN
every itti,i III pain fgLrr> thar there is
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-12-14
Death of Oscar Lewiston.

In the death of Oscar Lewisohn
Of New York city, whose marriage to
Edna May, the actress, was one of
the sensations of the day in 1906,
footlight romance comes to an end.
Young Lewisohn was but twenty
two years of age, eleven years ago,
when he left his studies at Harvard
and ran off with Edna May, consid-
erably his senior in age, and a di-
vorcee. Edna May was at the height
of her fame as star in "The Belle
of New York." where her appear
ance as a Salvation Army lassie
singing, 81 don't know why, but
they always follow me" created
furore. Young Lewisohn became in
fatuated with the actress and against
the protests of his relatives, married
her. At his fathers death he inner
tied $5,000,O00
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-12-14
ESQ

with the forces in Europe. Rabbi
Voorsanger has already begun his la
bors with the army in France.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-12-14
IMPORTANT ZIONIST CON-
FERENCE.

New York-A special Zionist con-
ference will be held at Baltimore on
December 10th to discuss a number
Of practical questions which have
arisen as result of the British Dec
laration for a Jewish homeland in
Palestine. The conference will be pri-
yate.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-12-14
Mother of Rabbi Stephen S. Wis
Called bv Death.


Mrs. Sabine de Fischer Wise,
widow of Rabbi Aaron Wise and
mother of Rabbi Stephen S. Wise,
died in the German Hospital Mrs.
Wise was born in Austria eighty
one years ago. She is survived by
three sons, three daughters, nine
grandchildren and two great-grand-
children. Her daughters are Mrs I.
Asher, Mrs. Edward Davis and Mrs.
G. C. Fischer. Her sons are Rabbi
Wise, Otto Irving Wise, of the San
Francisco bar, and Joseph Herbert
Wise, of New York. Her father was
one Of the founders of the porcelain
industry in Austria, and was made
baronet by Emperor Francis JOS
eph.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-02
ORDERS GIVEN
FOR BATTERY c
Members of that Organization Do Not
Have To Register Tussday-Big
Parade.

Captain Albert C. Metts, Of Battery
G has been officially notified that mem
bers Of his organization do not have
to register next Tuesday. This ques-
tion has been mooted one and to
be on the safe side the Captain took
the matter up with Adjutant Gen.
eral Scales with the above result. He
has issued orders that members of
Battery C who are between the ages
Of twenty one and thirty do not reg
lister on that day.
Additional orders have been issued
by the Captain ordering the members
of the Battery to report at the Armcry
at nine o'clock Tuesday morning to
prepare for the big parade to take
place at ten o'clock. This order is
urgent and every member should be
on hand at the Battery promptly at
nine o'clock.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-02
HONOR S0UTH'S
ONLY PRESIDENT
Memorial Exercises Tomorraw, JEFF.
ferson Davis Birthday-Flowers
on Monument.

The hour for the Memorial Services
to be held tomorrow afternoon at the
Confederate Memorial Building under
the auspices Of the Varina Jefferson
Davis chapter, U. D. c., was changed
from four o'clock to four thirty at the
request of the committee in charge
Of the address of DR.. Wenner to be
delivered at the Court House at three
o'clock.
The members of the varina Jeffer-
son Davis chapter extend cordial in
vitation to the members Of the J. z.
George chapter, U. D. c., the Mildred
Humphreys camp, Sons of the Con-
federacy and the Hugh A. Reynolds
camp, U. c. v. and the public in gen.
eral to be present at the ceremonies.
At five thirty o'clock the flowers will
be placed upon the Confederate Monu-
ment in the Court House yard. The
Municipal Brass Band will play.
The following program will be rem
dered at the Memorial Building: 7 ,
Prayer by DR.. W. c. Tyree.
"How Firm q Foundation" by the
Choir.
Address by Judge s. R. Coleman.
"Just Before the Battle, Mother, by
Miss Jane Casey.
Somebody's Darling" by Miss Ger
trude McShane.
Solo by MrS. A. N. Holley.
Selection by Choir.
Prayer BY Dr.. !. a. Hall. n,
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-02
FIRST FACTORY
ON HONOR ROLL
Buckeye Oil Mill Will Be Closed June
June Fifth-Two Others Place
Names on Roll.

The first manufacturing plant ir
Greenwood to signify an intention Of
closing down June fifth, to take part
in the big demonstratiop, to be .givsr
here and to pay respect to the millions
Of young fellows offering their servi-
ces to the government goes on the
Honor Roll today. The plant is the
Buckeye Cotton Oil Company.
Two other names also go on the roll
today. They are T. H. Craig Cotton
Co., and ]. J. Cowan, Cotton Dealers.
Slowly but surely the list grows and
by Tuesday it is expected to contain
the majority of the business places in
the city. Below is the honor roll:
Honor Roll.
Stern Brothers, Market Street.
Antoon's Dept. Store, Carrollton
Avenue.
Robert Herman, Howard Street.
Barnwell Bros, Cotton Buyers.
C. I. Carr, Carrollton, Ave.
McShane Cotton Co., River Front.
Bank of Commerce.
First National Bank.
Wilson Banking Co.
Greenwood Savings Bank.
Greenwood Bank & Trust Co.
Buckeye Cotton Oil Co.
T. H. Craig & Co., Cotton.
j. J. Cowan, Cotton.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-02

Other cities and towns are going to
make June 9Th holiday, why should
Greenwood be an exception.
At least you should be patriotic
enough to close your place of business
during the parade and speaking.
You can not expect those who are to
register and subject themselves to Sc
lection Is soldiers to fight for you, TO
do 80 with enthusiasm unless The folks
at home display patriotic sentiment,
which can only be done by turning out
no June 9Th in the parade and at the
flag raising and presentation and hear
the patriotic address Of Mr.. 6. T. Fits-
hugh, our guest for the day.
Every man woman and child In
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-02
BOY; BROWNS IN LAKE.

Efforts Of Companions to Rescue
David Branham Prove Futile.
Itta Bena, Miss, June david
Branham, aged 10, by sinking of a
skiff in the middle Of Roebuck Lake,
was precipitated into the deep water.
Being unable to swim, he sank and was
drowned.
Hilliard Bledsoe and Max Alexand-
er, two 14-year-old companions, hero
ically went to his rescue and swan
ashore with the little unconscious boy
and made considerable effort to revive
him by methods they learned at school.