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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-04

the right, as God gives US to see the
right
But in all probability Lincoln at
Gettysburg touched his highest with
the written and spoken word. 1t was
great assemblage of the wisest and
best of the nation. Edward Everett,
statesman, patriot and orator, was
| the speaker of the day. He delivered
long, eloquent and notable address.
Then President Lincoln arose and
said just 257 words.
Those 257 words were not appre-
| ciated at the time. They were drowned
by Everetts flood of eloquence. Today
Everett's grafton is known only to
! students. Today Lincoln's 257 words
have been committed to memory by
| the world.
Do not think for one minute that
Lincon's Gettysburg address was
happy incident. His letters, his de-
bates. his speeches-all his papers
proclaim his mastery of the written
and spoken word
Nevertheless Lincoln's Gettysburg
address is in a sense the sublimation
! of all that he wrote and said. 1t is
the utterance of a great soul aroused
to expression by great OCCASION 1t
| touches tile heart. 1t satisfies the
brain. 1t is Abraham Lincoln him
/ self
Lloyd George, in his tribute to Lin
/ coin at the unwilling of the Lincoln
| statue last August near Westminster
Abbey, used these words.
II am not sure that you in America
realize the extent to which he is also
our possession and our pride.
In his life he was a great American,
He is an American no longer. He is
4 one of those giant figures, of whom
! there are very few in history, who
lose their nationality in death. They
are no longer Greek or Hebrew or
| English or American-they belong to
mankind. / wonder whether / will
be forgiven for saying that George
i Washington was a great American,
/, but Abraham Lincoln belongs to the
common people of every land
True but wordy. The same thing
was said better long ago.
| There was great lawyer who de
spised Lincoln, who had reviled and
| insulted him. But Lincoln knew his
ability and his patriotism and took
J him into his cabinet as his war secre-
| tary. The man entered the cabinet,
expecting and intending to run the
government.
/ Truly had Lincoln said, with a
/ task before me greater than that
which rested upon Washington" That
! task was to prevent the Union from
splitting in twain, to bring back the
seeding states by force of arms, and
TO reunite a divided country half slave
and half free.
/ How Lincoln accomplished part
| of that task we all know. In 1865 Lee
! surrendered at Appomattox and the
armed resistance of the Confederacy
was at an end. And during those four
/ momentous years this war secretary,
who had despised and reyiled and in,
suited Lincoln. had quickly come to
I appreciate and love Lincoln and to
obey him.
Six days after Lees surrender at
AppomattoN Lincoln's further accom-
plishment of his ta.sk was cut short
by the assassin's bullet. And as Abra-
ham I.incoln's eyelids closed in death
his great war secretary, Edwin NJ
Stanton, stepped forward and spoke
the proved judgment of humanity:
/ Nov he belongs to the ages
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-04

The truck driver emitted startled
yelp of warning and threw on his
brakes hard
Nanny had resources of speed. With
amazing agility she leaped toward the
curb. just clearing the front wheels of
the truck.
The truck driver leaned over with a
bawling: 'TTey, you"
Nanny whirled on him. "Yo' low
down no count trash. Whaffo yo' mean
tryin' to hit me, yo' wuffIess white
man? Ah1l-n
What she would do NOBODY knows.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-04

known in the American political arena.
81 saw Abraham Lincoln keyed up
to righteous wrath on the subject
of human slavery and / regarded him
as a singularly lofty demon of i'm
mense proportions, stirring strife be-
tween the sections of our sacred union
of confederated states,
II saw Abraham Lincoln admins
tering justice in military and naval
affairs, when he seemed to be COM
pOsite incarnation of Julius Caesar
and the hero of Trafalgar.
Il saw Abraham Lincoln in the
White House tenderly offering to a
mother mercy for her condemned son,
sentenced 20 death by court martial;
! saw him revoking the doctrine of an
eye for an eye and tooth for TOOTH
substituting for it the new command
ment that We love one another and i
believed his face to be the most awe
inspiringly beautiful cameo ever cut
by Almighty God to demonstrate that
Omnipotence had created man in His
own image and then sent His Son TO
say concerning mortal man Father,
forgive them, for they know not what
they do
Future generations cannot see
Abraham Lincoln in marble, in
bronze, nor on canvas, for no human
being can portray him with chisel nor
with brush"
If the time, place and occasion of
this proposed portrait of Lincoln We're
left to q vote of the American people,
what would it choose? There certainly
is wealth of suggestive occasions.
| Take, for instance, the debates of
| 1858 between Lincoln and Douglas, on
which in reality the fate of the nation
| largely hung Vice President Marshall,
when a boy of four, heard the Free
port debate and was on the platform.
He says:
| while Mr.. Lincoln was talking
SAT- on the knees of Senator Douglas,
and he never said one word to me
| just held me. When it came his turn
| to talk / sat on the knees of Lincoln.
I He asked my name. my age, where
! lived whether / knew my A, b, C's,
whether had puppy dog or not,
| and all sorts of questions of a kind
to interest little boy"
At the Charleston debate Douglas
made the mistake of indirectly accus-
! ing Lincoln OF disloyalty by referring
! to the old story that he had voted
against appropriations for the soldiers
in the war with Mexico. Sitting on the
platform as chairman of the Douglas
committee was Colonel Orlando b.
! Ficklin AS soon as it came his turn
to speak Mr.. Lincoln grabbed him by
| the shoulders, dragged him TO the
front of the platform and shouted TO
tile audience:
Il am not going to hurt FiclSlin. but
l am going to make him tell the truth
to this audience about that ten-year-
1 old lie which Judge Douglas has
/ brought up-again Ficklin was mem
/ Der of congress when / was. he knows
the truth, and he must tell it,
And Ficklin did.
Take the occasions of Lincolns fare
well to his Springfield neighbors when
he left for Washington TO assume the
presidency.
Take the occasion of Lincolns sec
ond inaugural, when he uttered the
words: with malice toward none,
with charity for all, with firmness for
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-04

Legion, rose from
the rank of pri-
vate in the Ma
tidnal Guard to
that of first lieu
tenant during his
military career,
which was spent
in various organ
izationS of the
Coast Artillery
corps.
E d u C a t e q at
Thatcher Prepar-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-04

ers in the state
of Washington,
has been appoint
ed field organic
er at national
headquarters, and
left recently for
Nevada to begin
work there.
Mr.. lie Roux is
a newspaper man
and has had con-
siderable expert
ence in the field
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-04

Nobody will know. She started, but
the truck driver started first Mammy's
big jump showed him. He shot the
truck up Broadway, leaving nanny
glazing like an ebony Nemesis.-New
York Evening Sun.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-04

mons, a former
balloon pilot, as
department COM
nlander. Mr.. Sim
mons is now an
attorney in Scots
bluff, Neb.
The former pi-
lot entered the
air service Octo-
Der %, 1917, and
was licensed as a
spherical. balloon
pilot by the Aero
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-04

of ol ganizat.oA. he served WITH
Canadian infantry unit in France DUR
ing the war. He is one of several ma
tional field organizers whose duty it
will be to supervise speakers and 9TH
er organizers in the national move
ment for more members for the Amer
lean Legion. The membership cam
paign to be carried out this year will
be national Pa scope.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-04

ergFcen post, ~.
5, in spite OF the
fact that all OF
it's members are
men who lost
their sight during
the World war.
When F. w.
Galbraith, Jr., ma
tional command
err, heard of the
formation of the
post recently, he
Immediately wrote
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-04

Legion at Younss-
town, o., is said
to have original
ed the Legion's
Poppy day. and
The idea of sell
ing poppies on
the street, 70 be
worn in remem-
brance of our
dead heroes of the
World war.
The poppy was
adopted at the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-04
Had Business Further On
Truck Driver Evidently Couldn't Wait
to Learn Just What Nanny
Intended to Do.

She was buxom nanny. She was
crossing Broadway at Reade street,
moving slowly. She waited for sur
face car TO pass. Engrossed in her
thoughts, she started on again TO cross
the rest of Broadway and stepped di-
rectly ia the path of a motortrucR.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-04

American Legion.
is a fighting
chaplain who has
administered to
the S pirit u a |
wants of Oregon
troops in the
Spanish Ameri-
can war, the Phil
ippine insurrec-
ion, during their
ervice on the
Mexican border.
nd for IL months
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tatives. If Mr. Monahan's resolution
goes through, the portrait painter Sc
lected to make the portrait may well
feel proud over his selection. But few
real artists will be envious of him.
For Abraham Lincoln was so many
kinds of man that his physical body
produced widely differing impressions,
even upon those accustomed to his
presence and familiar with the many
sidedness OF, his character. Moreover,
the whole civilized world has now
come to revere and love the name OF
Lincoln and will be satisfied with
nothing less than a great achievement
by the painter of this portrait.
This is the moral of the recent con-
troversy over the statue of Lincoln
erected in London. 1t will be remem-
bered that the British government set
apart site related to the house of par
lament and Westminster Abbey for
this statue. controversy arose over
the choice between two statues. The
plain truth is that there was feel
ing that one of these statues fell far
short of doing Lincoln justice. The
British government asked the United
States department of state to settle
the controversy. The department of
state referred the question TO the COM
mission of fine arts. The commission
reported to- the British government
that the imam and site call for a
statue representative of the highest
achievement of the American sculptor"
and advised Great Britain that ''such
is the statue of Abraham Lincoln exc
cuted by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and
erected in Lincoln park, Chicago" The
British government accepted the re-
port of the commission.
The world does not want hand
some Lincoln. but it does insist upon
an impressive Lincoln and will toler-
ate no suggestion of the grotesque or
the inefficient.
Lincoln well knew the wide varia-
tion of impressions his appearance
and actions produced. No doubt he
grieved over it. But his philosophy
rose superior and his course was set
according to his declaration:
IF / were to try to read, much
less answer, all the attacks made on
me. this shop might as well be closed
TO all other business. / do the very
hest | know how-the very best
can: and / mean TO keep on doing SO
until the end. If the end brings me
out all right, what is said against me
won't amount to anything. If the end
brings me out wrong ten angels swear
ing l was right would make no diff
ference"
This variance of impression pro-
duced by Lincoln upon even the same
heholder is we'll illustrated by what
Col Richard J. Bright. long an official
of the United States senate, once
said:
mo sculptor has told the story and
no artist has recorded the drama
comedy-tragedy revealed in the fea-
lures of that meteor of humanity and
spirituality which flashed its bright
est iridescence on the field of Gettys-
burg.
Il saw Abraham Lincoln when / be-
lieved him to be the homeliest creature
in human form ever permitted to cum
her this earth oy walking and talking
with the statesmen of our republic.
Il saw Abraham Lincoln on the plat
form engaged in earnest discussion of
then current topics and believed him
20 be the most forceful character ever
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-04

ia National Guard and was a mem
Der of that organization when the
United States entered the World war.
During the latter war he served as
commanding officer of the One Hun
dred and Thirty-fifth and later the
Three Hundred and Fiftieth infantry.
He is now cashier of bank at Yank-
ton, S. d.
Mr.. Ray is charter member of Roy
Anderson post, No. IL, of the Legion.
and served as its commander. He was
elected commander of the South Da-
kota department in 1919.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-04

IIUH UUTIHS IIS StIFIVe UV0I'se''7
was discharged from service at the
Walter Reed hospital in Washington,
D. c., June 10, 1919, and returned to
his home in Mexico City.
An organizer of Alan Seeger post of
the Legion at Mexico City, Mr.. Row
gar was named as its first commander.
He was recently elected commander
of his department and a member OF
the national executive committee of
the Legion.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-04
RAY, VETERAN OF TWO WARS
Commander Of South Dakota Depart
ment of the Legion Has Had
Much Experience.
F. B. Ray, commander of the South
Dakota department of the American

Legion, is a vet
eran of both the
Spanish Ameri-
can and World
wars. During the
days of '9S and
80, Mr.. Ray
served in 10 bat
ties and scrim-
ma geS.
A f ter being
mustered out of
the service, Mr..
Ray enlisted in
the South Dako-
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To Finish the JON

Psme ar-Pretty good, don't you
think? / made it for cover design.
Kritix-Now, if you could only do
sign a cover Cor the picture.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-04

AIikeness in Unlike Things.
Watches and rivers seldom run long
without winding.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-04
GOOD SHOWING IN SERVICE
Commander of Nevada Department of
the Legion Rose From Private to
First Lieutenant.

T. L. Withers, commander of the
Nevada department Of the American
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11iH0
AMERICAN
0ll.I:.GOll@!
Copy for This Department Supplied oy
the American Legit n News Service.l
ALL LOST SIGHT IN THE WAR
Members of Evergreen Post, No. s.,
American Legion, Eulogized by
National Commander.

The spirit of the American Legion
does not lag in the members Of Ey-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-04
DADDY OF LEGION POPPY DAY
Ruckeye Major Credited With Orig
mating Idea of Wearing Blossom
in Memory of Heroes.

Major Wade c. Christy of Youngs-
+o,,-,, Poet M TX of fhp American
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-04
Genius Rlazed in Ace.

Goethe was more than eighty when
he wrote the second part of Faust"
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HAS RENDERED GOOD SERVICE
Commander of Oregon Department Of
Legion, Has Deserved Title of
Fighting Parson."

Rev. William S. Gilbert, commander
of the Oregon department of the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-04
CHOOSE AIR MAN C0MMAN DER
former Balloon Pilot, Lawyer, Heads
Nebraska Department of the
American Legion.

Nebraska members of the American
legion have elected Robert g. Sim
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-04
is PIONEER LEGION WORKER
Washington Man, Field Organizer,
viii Help Supervise National
Movement for More Members.

Robert A. lie Roux, who was one
of the nioneer American Legion work
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-04

Cleveland convention of the Legion as
the Official flower of the former serv-
ice mems organization.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-04
ev JoHN DICKINSON SHERMAN.

OUSE Resolution 621, in
troduced by Representa-
tive James Gideon Mon,
ahan of Wisconsin, au-
thorizes the painting of
a full-length portrait of
Abraham Lincoln and the
placing of it in the hall
Of tho hnlSa of rpnrpSen-
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LOCALS AROUND SLIDE
n. DURING THIS WEEK

The thresher has been very busy
In the community the past week and
has now moved over into the Wood
row community.
Several from this community at
tended the all day services At the
Dixie school house last Sunday
Mrs. Beatrice fuckers sister, from
Lubbock. was out TO spend while
with her Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. c. L. Hale and family, and
Mrs. w. h. Copeland and girls. went
plumb hunting near Southland. lasi
Monday.
Mrs. NJ. J. Adams. Of Fort Worth.
came in Friday for few weeks visit
with her sister. Mrs c. A. Hubbard.
The protracted meeting viii begin
next Sunday AZ the school house.
Bros. oden and hrabham viii do the
preaching. Everybody has a special
invitation 20 come and bring <ome
one with you. Rsmsnber the date.
Mr.. Lenn.s williams and family.
visited relatives a tnhhosk SUNDAY.
vrs n'yIns parents are here Toe
Me- n M Moore and family, ssA
sssi~s Il firs. NJ l, Ws||.~s
Aasss 'he s's'ssss u tuhhesk l>z'
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BIEDSOE AND BALDWIN SAY THEY
WILL TRY TO BLOCK LEGISLATION TO
CONSOLIDATE AGRICULTURE DEPT.

fight Il 20 a inish. He SAYS me G"f-
ernor has no right 20 put his pet
economy over at the expense Of the
farmer, and II this nn per bill was
O pass that - what it would mean
e. actly.
Senator Bledsoe stated that he was
opposed TO any useless tax beng
laced upon the people, but said trat
the appropriations for Maintaining
the various state departments and
institutions would have 10 be cared
for, and the tax route was the only
way in the world that they had to
raise the money and he could give
hem no assurance Of the tax rate the
coming year, except that ne would
be in favor Of keeping II 70 the low
est possible amount.
He called attention 20 the consti-
tutional amendments that will be
submitted TO the people on the fourth
Saturday in this month, as he be-
lieves them 10 be Of great import
ance 10 the people Of the state. The
two that he called special attention
20 was the one asking for the raise
in pay for the Governor and Repre-
sentatives. He is strongly in favor
II the amendment, not that he hoped
70 be benefited by il, as his term OF
Office would expire long b"fore the
time that this raise wid go into cf-
feet even II II should carry, but he
believes Il will be mon, saved the
people Of the state, as IL will not cost
any more in the long run and he be-
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Saturday were: Mrs. ]. c. Stanford
and son, V. j. Farris and family, r.
l.. Northam and two boys, Edd
Schroeder and wife, Joe Akard, w.
d. Arnett, J. X. Milwee and Jack
White.
Mr.. ID. II. Renfroe, Sr., from Lynn
County, passed through the commun-
ity Saturday enroute TO Lubbock
Mrs. w. G.. Harrist and children,
are at layton, for few days visit
with relatives.
Miss frankie Hefner went home
the latter part of last week, after
srendin GA few days with Emmer
Harrist. ~
Mr.. Jim Mabray's daughter, Mira
Pearl Smith and children, from Abb
lenc, are here for short visit at the
Marbray homa
Mr.. Walter Reigers and boys, fronl
near Joe Stokes, were at the store
last Saturday.
Mr.. Bennett Stanford and family.
from near Ropcsville, visited Mira
Stanford's parents. Saturday aud
Sunday.
Several Of the younger people Of
the community. were in Siaton laso
Sunday evening.
Mrs Edd Schroeder spent Monday
afternoon with MrA T. ]. Davis.
Mr.. G. l.. Reiger and family. were
IN town Monday.
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lieves that better legislation viii re-
suit from an Increased pay OF the
Legislators. The usual rush of put
ting lot Of bills through right on
the last hour Of the session. would be
avoided, according TO his idea and
the great expense Of called sessions
would be avoided, then too, the rail
road fare would be reduced TO the
actual amount, which would mean a
considerable saving in mileage, and
he believes that the increased pay
would attract more Of the able men
Of the state, which in itself would
mean closer consideration Of the
needs Of the state. The second
amendment that he called special at
tention to was the one abolishing the
present prison system, which accord
ing TO his statement, is corrupt 20
the core. Mismanagement is evident
on every hand. and he charges q
great lot of graft IN connection with
Il. He says there are millionaires
in Texas made SO by grating on the
penitentiary system Of Texas, taking
from the men that are imprisoned
there things that they should have.
He stated that he hoped 10 see the
old system abolished and new ar
rangement perfected for the oper-
alton Of the prisons. He was in fav-
or Of moving the South Texas prisons
out OF that section entirely and
placing them in a more central To-
cation, and is also in favor Of divid-
ing the prisoners up into three
classes. The first class those who are
familiar with farming. and let them
produce food and such like on the
farms for the support Of the prison.
ers during their time within the
walls, and second TO create factory
in which many Of the useful things
can be made, and sold to the people
Of the state or elsewhere at reason
able prices to help paw the exrenses
Of that institution, and third. he be-
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lieves in the honor system. He be-
lieves that forty per cent Of the prls-
oners are men who viii stick by their
word, and could be worked on the
roads in the state without guards. lie
says this is being successfully car
ried out in the State of Colorado,
and he is sure that Colorado has no
better men in the penitentiary or out
than Texas has.
Baldwin Also Promises to StronGly
Oppose Such Legislation.
Representative X. A. Baldwin also
pledges his strongest efforts to pre-
vent the passage Of any bill that will
be detrimental to the farmers inter-
est, and is strongly opposed to the
merging Of the agricultural depart
ments. He stated that better mar
ketinR system wss neededs eRd that
the organization Of the fnfusSs was
the only means Of getting down to
this pDint. The bonded warehouse
system came In for his approval, and
he believes that this Ia the only solu-
ton TO the problem Of better prices
for farm products. The farmer who
has TO borrow money 10 meet his
running expenses Is not going 20
make much money, and 20 long ~
the farmer does not have any say as
TO what he shall sell his products for,
they cannot hope to make farming
pay. With a well organized marketing
system, whereby the farmer does not
have 20 take just any price that u
offered for his produce, the prices
Are hound 20 improve. and the farm.
ere will zee better times. The grand
rssh from the farm 20 town VIII
stop, and greater pfodnetien on the
farm viii result. Mr.. baldwin stat
ID that thu cossrpaf vss trying 70
practice seonamy. but Wa trying %
ssonsmlss % Ihs wrong th'ns& ts
agreed With che uessrnet thai . ist
4 f,lls~s stsasd Ass''A; Who s.s
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Senator Bledsoe. in his address 20
the State Farmers Union Conven.
ton Tuesday afternoon assured
those present that he was strictly OPP
posed % the idea the Governor had
Of merging the varioue departments
OF agriculture and pledged his Fl
forts "a block airy such legislation
lie stated that he supposed the Gov
ernor would brig this matter before
the special session Of the legislature
which val. convene next week. but
was sure that tie chief executive
would have one lively time Of put
ting any such lcgirla through. ~
there were some strong opponents 20
the idea, who would stand pa AZ