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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-20
THE FORD CAR.
Usefulness and General Utility
Purposes Make Motor Very
Popular.

Those considering the purchase of a
Ford car are urged To attend to it at
once. While conditions after the war
are not known, one thing appears assured
and that is that Ford cars are bound to
continue popular and will be in demand,
because of the many purposes for which
they can be used
A farmer can own a pleasure car and
also use it for dragging a plough around
his field, They can be used for pumping
water. so that for the farmer there is no
car that seems to fit the bull SO we'll for
both work and pleasure.
+. B. Norman Company, III Shipley
street is the local agent for the Ford and
on display there are many models of this
car with supply and service department
capable of taking care Of any trouble
that may occur.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-20
AUTOS AID FUEL SAVING.
Trucks Used to Transport Freight
Proving Big Help to Rail
roads.

"Tbe ability of the automobile to
meet the demands for dependable in
divIdual transportation between cities
and towns is accomplishing wonders,
say White Brothers distributors OF the
kissel kar Co.
"1t is relieving the railroads from
hauling thousands of passenger coaches
thus helping TO solve the fuel, food and
freight congestion problem.
Imagine the relief tins mea ms to hun
dreds of thousands Of people. IL gives
one little idea of the aid the automobile
Us render ing the government"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-20
Wnter in Crank Case

Few motorists realize that a compare
lively large quantity of water gradually
accutnulates in the cranking case, mix
ing with the oil and forming an emulsion,
which has impaired lubricating qualities.
This accumulation of water is more pro-
nounced IN winter than in summer, an d is
found to greater extent as the num-
Der OF cylinders increases.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12

hoping l wont have to stay over
here all winter. | don't think
they have built a house for the
last 800 years, but they sure will
have to build some after the war
or let a lot of their country lay
idle for there sure is a lot of it
shot up till you can hardly tell
where some Of their towns were
only by the rocks piled up. but /
guess you have seen all such be
fore. | can't tell you much about
myself. | got a very slight
wound in my hip the other day
out it is. all OK. now, in fact, !
never did go to the hospital with
it, for at the time I.felt lots bet.
ter where | was. in a shell hole,
than | would hunting a dressing
station. guess you can see in
the papers how things are going
on here. Having forgotten your
address will send this to mother.
and let her send it on. | must
close for this time, so write soon
from your brother with love-W.
r Schlicher, Co. B. 10th Eng
A. E. F. via y. y.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12
Sunset Hill.
Last weeks items:

We are having nice weather.
The pie supper at the Spence
school was .wali attended: their
program was a perfect success
Mrs. Jue Fry and daughter O.
pal called at Tom Bosart'S Mon
day to see the sick.
Mrs. j. NJ. Moutray was taken
with the tlu at Tom Bogart's and
was taken home Monday; she is
real sick.
Mrs. joe Fry called at Everett
Spenc.'s Tuesday to see their
sick baby.
Claribel. Opal and Ellen Fry
entertained a crowd Of young
folks Sunday. Those present
were Leila Cole, Lizzie and Nellie
Floyd, John and Wesley Marshal
George Floyd and Cecil Bratcher
Miss Ellen Fry is helping c ar.
ibe1 at JimT's Cafe this week as
Mrs. Att, inson is on the sick list
Miss Gertie Stout spent
Thanksgiving with Opal and FL
len Fry.
Mrs. Sam Spence is on the
sick list and Mrs. Claud Smith
is spending a few days with her.
SLEEPING BEAUTY.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12
Weather Forecast

Rain about Tuesday and prob
ably Wednesday, possibly snow
in the extreme upper Mississippi
Valley; temperatures will remain
above normal. During the sec.
Ond half of the week the weather
will be generally fair with nearly
normal temperatures,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12

S. A. Shelton of Marshtield
Republican candidate for con
gress in this district at the No
vember election, has filed contest
proceedings against Congress.
man Thos. l.. Rubey of Lebanon,
because of alleged Irregularities
in Phelps and Pulaski counties,
says the Hartville Democrat.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12

Mrs. Harry r. Williams, route
6, box 2l2 B.. Tulsa, Okla, writes:
II have neglected writing you
our new address so have missed
a couplaof papers. We had a lit
tie bad luck. Harry slipped in a
sewer of boiling water and scald.
ed both feet pretty bad but he is
improving now and able to be up
a part of the time. We hope he
will be O. X. soon. | will close
with best wishes to home folks"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12
For Gray, Streaked, Fad
ed and Worried Hair

A pleasant, safe, effective prepare.
tion-has been used by thousands
gives wonderful results-obta a bottle
at any drug or toilet counter of the ia
nous DeLacy's French Hair Tonic for
$l.00, or direct, prepaid, from DeLacy
Chemical Co., st. Louis, Mo. Will not
disappoint you-will restore evenly and
gradually the gray and streaked hair to
it's former natural beauty and charm.
Also destroys dsndruf-stops hair
from falling out-and will keep you
looking Young. Sold by all dealers
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12
Pleasant Flat
Last weeks items.

Last week : lttulS.
We are certainly having de-
lightful weather COR this time in
the year.
The inluenz, in the Thorp dis.
trict is not so bad as last week.
Mr.. Skinner and wife of Hart.
Vile were in this vicinity looking
70. a farm I'VE would be very glad
to welcome them in our neigh.
borhood as they seem to be very
good people.
Rex Caldwell is improving
very nicely since he was operat'
ed or in Springfield. Dr.. l.. T.
Vannoy brought him to Norwood
where he will remain at his
Grandfather Chadwell's for a
while.
Robt. Imhoff and wife visited
their niece, q. G. Raber, east OF
Denlow from Friday to Sunday.
Had fine weather both days in
which to make the long drive, land
a splendid visit while there. They
were not too late to eat the din
ner which was. supposed to have
been served on Thanksgiving day
ia. Williams is building a fine
stone fire place which he expects
to have ready for service soon,
Robt. Imhoff received word
that ". H. Giyens of Skiatook,
Kans.. will make him a visit this
week. Mr.. Owens formerly
lived near Deniow.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12

Gas in the stomachcomes from
food which has fermented. Get
rid of this badly digested food as
quickly as possible if you would
avoid a bilious attack; HERBINE
is the remedy you need. 1t clean.
SEES and strengthens the stomach
liver and bowels, and restores
energy and cheerfulncss. Sold
by all dealers in Fundamentally.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12

Virgil Enright of Pampa, Tex g,
closed a deal last week for the
J. A. Klineline farm north of Ava
consideration, $4,000. The farm
contains 800 acres and is. one of
the best farms in the county. Mr..
Enright will make a large stock
farm of the place. and expects to
take possession Aug. /.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12
In Wright county the dry

In Wright county the dry a.
mendmenL, No. 6, was defeated
by the smallest vote and the sin.
gle tax, No. 8, by the largest.
Mansfield cast the biggest per
cent dry and Van Buren, the
largest per cent wet. Boone cast
the biggest per cent against the
single tax and Norwood the
Every precinct voted
against single tax, but over half
the precincts voted wet.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12

Lame back may come from ov-
er work, cold settled in the mus.
cles OF the back, or from disease.
In the two former cases the right
remedy is BILLIARDS. SNOW
IMMINENT. 1t should be rubbed
in thoroughly over the affected
part, the relief will be prompt
and satisfactory. Sold by all
dealers in medicine. adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12

Do you get up at night? SanOl
is surely the best for all kidney
or bladder troubles. SanOl gives
relief in "a hours from all back.
ache and bladder trouble. SanOl
is a guaranteed remedy. SOC and
81 90 a bottle at the drug store. ad
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12

When you have Backache the
liver or kidneys are sure TO be out
of gear. Try San0l, it does won.
ders for the liver, kidneys and
bladder. A trial SOC bottle will
CONVINCE Won, Got it at tho drug
stUre.-ady.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12
Organ
For Sale

The L f. Lines Music Co. OF
Springfield. Mo. has one good
used Chapel Organ. Crown make.
This organ can be purchased
worth the money. Any church
that would be interested let that
fact be known at the Mansfield
Mirror office.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12

crops OF 1910 ied 10 tue oSof
ton of this surplus. but the dis
appointing 1916 crops caused
quantities OF Binder
to be carried over into
1917, Meanwhile another accu'
mutation of unsold hemp in Iu-
ca,an had taken place. There
fore in 1917 there was not only
an enormous stock of Binder
Twine, and of raw material. but
the price was maintained by the
Monopoly at the top notch figure
IN the history Of the trade.
COME down to the present day
with a price of l6c per pound for
Sisal. o. about 30OT of its value
before the Monopoly was estab
lished, there is enough Sisal in
the United States and iucatan
today to bind a crop equal TO
aha, the 1917 crops were. Not
withstanding this the American
is up against a 80 price for his
Binder Irvine. which price the
Food Administration has been
forced By this Mexican Monopo,
poly to countenance.
Although the price OF Sisal
was advanced nearly 5000 in the
United States by the Monopoly.
land is nov maintained at more
than 2OOfb in excess of its pre-.
war yaluej. the unfortunate Sisai
farmer of Yucatan has not been
paid by the protiteers a price
high enough to even cover the
cost of production, and conse
guently the plantations are de.
teriorating and are threatened
with extinction. Owing to the
military despotism which has
existed in Yucatan the farmers
there have been helpless. Those
who endeavored to oppose the
dictatorship of Alvarado were
either forced to Leave the count
ry, had their properties seized
or were put in Jail.
Although American efforts to
kill the Monopoly have failed,
the latest news from Yucatan
indicates that the unfortunate
Sisal farmers may help them,
selves. Tecently an association
of Sisal farmers, representing
over 6O% of the production, sue
ceeded in getting an appeal be.
fore President CarranZi. They
said that the Monopoly was il
legal because the contracts i'm
yosed by it we're signed under
duress: that the Monopoly had
not paid the farmers the money
which it had contracted to pay.
They also charged graft and the
expenditure of huge sums for
Socialistic propaganda in Mexico
and South America; also for the
furthering of the aspirations of
Alvarado to be president of
Mexico. 1t also appeared that
American agents Of the /. W. W,
were actively working in Yucca
tan with the Socialists. The ap
peal wound up by reciting in
stances of outrage and assassi
nation which have gone unpun.
Ished, and which mad their orig
in the fight for the Sisal busi
ness.
President Carranza has prom.
ised an investigation. If he
makes it the way may be hoped
for the deIiyerance of the Amer.
lean grain farmer from the ex.
actions Of a vicious foreign mo
nopoly.
Every farmer in the country
should do what ha can to help
himself and the Food Admins.
trat,on in this serions mattar
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12

Womans friend is a Large Tri.
al Bottle of SanOl Prescription.
Fine for blackheads, Eczema and
all rough skin and clear complex.
Jon. a real skin Tonic. Get n SOC
trial bottle at the drug store ad
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12
Money to Loan

N. j. CRAIG HAS SOME
MONEY THAT HE DESIRES
TO LOAN ON GOOD, I'M.
PROVED FARMS IN ETH.
Err WRIGHT OR DOUGLAS
COUNTIES. N. J. CRAIG
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12
CHURCH or CHRIST

Bible school ut S:45 .. m. every snn'
Day. J. A. Riley, superintendent
Preaching every fourth Sunday.
Ladies' AID society every Wednes
lsy Alliances.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12
Z. O., o. 4 8. RY.
BAPfIer CHURCH.

Sunday school every Sunday at
o:45 q. m. W. B. F~uilington, Supt.
Preaching I'd and 4th Sundays.
Rev. T. b. kitzinger, Pastor.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12
CUMBERLAND PREsBY
TRIAN CHURCH.

Preaching every 4th Sunday.
Rev. John T. Younger, Pastor.
Sunday school every Sunday al
rs Q. m. G. W. Freeman, Supt
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12
Reliable Trees since 1887

Has been our aim. Best varieties; best
methods Of growing and packing. SPEC
cia' Prices. Catalog to planters. Agents
wtd. I'cytOn Nurseries, BOOnviile, Mo.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12
THE TABLES.
FRISCO LINES.

FklbCO L1NA.
East Bound.
No. 1O1-Passenger 10:l0p. m.
No 41-Locai freight 9:40a a. %.
No. 1O3-Passenger $40 a. m.
West Bound.
No O2-Passenger 5:36 a. IN.
No.24O-Local freight $40 a. N.
No. 1O4-Passenger $40 p. n.
L.. F. LIVINGSTON. Agent
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12
CITY OFFICIALS.

Second Ward, DR.. j. A. Fuson
Second Ward L. F. Livingston
President Board. J. 8. Freeman
Board of HEALTH. B. Freeman
Dr.J.A.F uson, L.. F. Livingston
Council meets the second Monday
evening Of every month.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12
METHODIST CHURCH.

Preaching services every Sd
Sunday morning and evening.
Rev. g. W. Holmes, Pastor.
sunday school every Sunday at
9:45 am. I'D. Reynolds, Supt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12
The Roosevelt Challenge

The Postmaster General challenged
Mr. Roosevelt to name the papers or
magazines which, while on the one hand
uphholding the war and on the other
criticising the administration for it's fail
ure to conduct war in an efficient man.
ner, had been punished" by the Post
Office Department. Mr.. Roosevelt has
replied in characteristic fashion. He
gives more than was asked for. He puts
the Post Office Department on the defen-
sive, not only as to loyal papers and
magazines that have been punished,
but as to the VIGOROUSLY dsloyal ones
that have not been punished. He puts
the whole government on the defensive
as to the singular and sinister immu-
nifty of William Randolph Hearst.
The Hearst newspapers have been the
most insidious and dangerous anti-war
influence in the country. The govern
ment, as Mr.. Roosevelt says, has had
ample notice Of the facts, both officially
and unofficially. Great Britain and
France had barred the Hearst news
papers from circulation in their mails
and the Hearst correspondents from &C
cess to the cables, on proof of PROF. Ger
man Justification of the news Both the
British and French governments have
been prevailed upon to lift the ban and
take him back. This could have been
accomplished only by the good offices
of the American government, or of in
fuential members of the government.
Mr.. Burleson and Mr.. Tumulty, Post
master General and White House secre-
tary, respectively, are believed to have
been active in bringing about Hearsts
restoration. Lately, Mr.. Burleson has
publicly embraced Mr.. Hearsts man Fri
day, Arthur Brisbane. So has Mr.. Dan
iels The Hearst papers have printed
their congratulatory messages.
Mr.. Roosevelt now challenges the gov
eminent to define its position as to
Hearst The sooner it does so the
better.
If the Administration wishes to be
upheld in the Hearst way, let it say so,
and we shall be upon notice.
If the Administration wishes to be
supported as Hearst supports it, let it
say so, and we shall know what to do
If the government thinks Hearstism
is loyalty, all the rest of us want to
know it,.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12
The Law

Few will read Mr.. Leary's story of the
Stielow case, which we publish this
morning, without disturbing reflections.
In the chief state of the Union, with en-
tire correctness Of legal procedure,
man now held to be innocent, is saved
from execution by twenty minutes, and
finally set free only after all recourse to
the law has failed. And all this, not in
star-chamber obscurity, hut in the white
light of unusual publicity The case had
attracted the widest attention, the news
papers had given it hundreds upon hun
dreds of columns, and at last the Gov
ernor of the state is compelled to inter-
vene and do what the whole judicial
machinery of the state apparently could
not do.
This is but half of this strange case.
Those who in their zeal to infict punish
ment for crime brought the wrong man
to the death chair are themselves i'm
mune. Unless the Legislature gives him
grant Of money, their victim will have
no redress for three years of torture and
imprisonment; and, finally, it seems now
unlikel thaty the real murderers, even
with the confession Of one of them, will
be brought to justice.
Which seems to make clear that our
lawyermade law is not without it's de-
fects, and that even in the twentieth
century justice seems at best but fun
bling approximation. This single case
seems to have entailed a loss to the state
and to the individuals who interviewed
of not less than $4,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12

in conquered lands as has Germany,
but he, too, destroyed independence, de-
prived states of their seacoasts, nations
of their provinces, and when at last
his mighty structure was raised it was
raised only to fall withsthe first great
defeat. Another Battle of the Nations is
being fought in Western Europe to-day.
1t is tenfold greater than Leipsic, but
the issues are the same, and a German
defeat will free Europe again, as a
French defeat freed it just a century
ago, and the Rumanians, the Belgians,
the Poles, the Serbs will repeat the his
tory of the German tribes in 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12

whole nasty mess Of accusation and sus-
picion in two articles of three or four col
umns each--no, not the whole, but as
much as it's respect for the law of libel
will permit it to print. And on May 2
"The New York Times" utilizes this same
material on which to build it's accusa-
tions against the Aircraft Production
Board of "a gigantic conspiracy" and
clamoring for an inquiry by "a Federal
grand jury"
1t will hereafter be shown how far the
charges discriminating Mr. Borglum are
supported But this at least seems clear,
that, while Mr.. Borglum's wild accusa-
lions were being made public by the War
Department and exploited in the pro-Ad-
mnistration "World" and the pro-Ad-
ministration "Times," the accusations
against Mr.. Borglum were apparently
suppressed. They do not seem to have
reached the President, for he seemed to
continue his confidence in his unofficial
Investigator until April Is, and it is not
until May 1O-that is, six or seven weeks
after giving out Mr.. Borglum's defama-
tory charges-that the accusations
against Mr.. Borglum are revealed.
1t is a tangled skein.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12
Reprisals


began to talk of bombing open Ger
man towns in reprisal for London air
raids a pharisaic outburst in this country
denounced the bare, brutal thought; the
welkin rang with the righteous protests of
the safe and superior. But We are not
three thousand miles away from the war
to-day; rumor persists that American pris-
oners are being cruelty treated in German
camps, and the cry for reprisals bids fair
to be as loud as was the protest against
them, the clamorers insisting,
though on some new discovery, that reprisal
in this sense is not actuatcd by feelings of
anger or revenge, but by justifiable desire
to protect our men, This is precisely
what reprisai has always been. "Retala-
tion," reads our own Instructions for the
Armies of the United States, will never be
resorted to as measure of mere revenge,
but only as a means of protective retribu-
ton" England has but recently notified
the German government of her intention to
put measures of reprisal into operation in
which English prisoners have been receiv-
ing in German camps, but the motive s
nothing so puerile as spite. The only pos
sibe argument against reprisals is that
they do not accomplish their purpose; if
the employing of German prisoners on work
within the nineteen mile zone behind the
firing line does not force the German gov
eminent to adhere to it's agreement Of April.
1917, in regard to British prisoners. then
this particular act of reprisal will have
proved useless, but no amount of moral
specializing decide the matter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12
Tennyson Foresaw Poison Gas
(From The Montreal star

tFrons The Montreal STAR
Most people are aware that Alfred Tenny-
sor predicted aerial warfare in mis- Lock
sley Hail." but how many know that he
also predicted the use of gas in warfare?
The first mentioned prediction is the well
known couplet:
Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and
there rain'd CHASTITY dew
From the nations airy navies graphing in
the central blue"
The second prediction is the penultimste
verse of the famous poem and is in these
words:
Comes vapor from the margin, blacken-
ing over heath and holt
Crammng all the blast before it, in its
breast thunderbot."
But these are not the only prophecies OF
the late Poet Laureate. In "The Princess"
he foreshadowed the women land workers
when he said:
the land, he understood for
miles about was till'd by women"
And again:
and close behind her stood eight
daughters of the plough, stronger than
men; huge women bowed with health and
wind, and rain and labor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12
For Gree" Political Teaching

Announcement is made that the
wealthy patroness Of liberalism who has
financed semi-socialistic weekly in New
York-very successfully, it appears
will try another venture. This will be a
new and "free" college of political sci
ence, unburdened by college presidents or
trustees tainted by reaction or associa
ton with ''the interests" The college
faculty will run itself, and its professors
may not be summarily fired" at the be-
hest of some grouchy old money-bags on
the board
1t is chroniced that of expenditures
100 per cent will be for brains and 10 per
cent for administration" We take this
to mean that the president will not be
lodged in a 5000. 900 house while the fac
ulty is allowed the privileges of very
modest cottages.
We cordially welcome the experiment,
if only as protest against the fatuous
introduction of the "star" system into
American scholastic life. No one ever
heard of president" of Oxford or
bonnie. And it is to be noted that
scholarship and research seem to thrive
in an inverse proportion to the promi-
hence, power and emoluments of this
peculiarly American institution.
We doubt not that the reaction against
it would have come long ago but for a
curious fact. The public victims of the
System" are the hearings and their like,
whose exit excites scant sympathy frcm
more sober thinking folk. We hear little
of cases like that Of Simon Patten or Pro-
fessor Veblen, and not at all of hundreds
of lesser Sights to men Of Independent
mind. The real bale and bane has been
the subtle sitting of the collegiate mind,
and this the larger public understands
only in the vaguest way.