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PHONE 141.
MISSISSIPPI
CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION
GULFPORT, MISS.
OPENS DECEMBER 10th, 1917, CLOSES JUNE 10th, 1918.
MISSISSIPPI will have been a sovereign state of the Union just
one hundred years op. the date of opening of the Exposition. It
has been a glorious century of progress for our state. The event will be
celebrated by a great exposition. 146 acres of beautiful ground, front
ing on the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, has been selected for the site.
It will be landscaped and beautified until it is equal to the best parks
of the country. Many of the buildings will be permanent and contain
permanent exhibits for not only the Exposition, but the mhny expo
sitions and events that will be staged later. It is the opportunity of
s cefftury for calling the attention of the world our splendid resour
ces and the excellent products of our farms. Every county, munici
pality, firm and individual in the state are invited to participate. The
fable is set and
benefits that are certain to come. Economical and comprehensive
plans for this participation have belsn worked out. Competent men
will be glad to visit die various localities, and explain them. Write
today for literature and suggestions for this participation.
H. E. BLAKE8LEE, Director General.
invitation Is extended to all to partake of the
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A Sheep Versus
a Man
18 S man worth saving? Should,
try to save himself as John the Bap
By REV. J. H. RALSTON, D.D.
Moody Biblo loot! to to. CUeoso
TEXT—How much thon Is a man
mors valus than a sheep?—Matt. 12:1*
tlst exhorted
men of his gene
ration to do,
should Christian
people try to save
unsaved men
about them? Sal
vage is always
c o in men dulde,
whether of the
forest or the
rainfall, game
the water or
land, or the un
used powers
nature all around
us;.but is potman
worth more than
„thene? . v
In a recent religious periodical there
was a picture of a drove./ot animal»
being driven through a passage In
stock yard. In connection with the pic
ture was a verse of poetry, describing
these ns going to the slaughter with
out a core, without a dream of death,
without a quickened breath, all un
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knowing, and the .last words of tho
verse were these : "And these are
sheep." There was anotherpicture
yoong men marching along a city
streèt. They were in civilian clothes,
but each carried a bundle as if going
on Some very uncertain journey. They
were described as smiling to cover
hearts that faltered. They knew their
fate; they were touched with ftar and
hate. They were recruits going to the
slaughter, too, and the last words
the verse were : "And these are men."
No, not only in the days of our Lord,
but In these days the question may
be asked, "Is a man better than
sheep?"
Popular Estimate.
A man Is worth more than a sheep
In dollars and cents. In the days of
slavery in this country a strong negro
man would fetch more In the market
than a sheep. Today if a man Is killed
by a public conveyance, more can be
recovered on his life than on the life
•f a sheep. The higher valuation is
largely because Intellectually man Is
far above a sheep, Whatever may be
the Intellectual power Bf ft horse or
a dog, certainly a sheep Is considered
the least Intellectual of all animals.
Man has a moral nature of which-the
sheep Is apparently absolutely devoid
his spiritual nature puts him far above
any animal.
Man's Estimate of Hlmeelf.
But what seems to be man's esti
mate of himself as compared with a
sheep? To preserve a sheep is to pre
serve perishable property or material
Interests. To preserve himself, his
whole being, is to preserve his spirit
ual and Immortal interests. How ls a
man acting at that point? Is he not
giving more time, thought and labor
to the things that perish than to the
things that endure? Does the Bible
get as deep Interest as the morning
paper? Is the house of worship or
prayer attended as enthusiastically as
a place of amusement? Is the thought
of making the world better as insistent
as that of pleasing himself? '
Man seems to be quite enthusiastic
In the propagation of sheep, spending
money wlthoutstlntahd giving thought
and time to the: subject, hot how
rarely does he consider the propaga
tion of the, right; -kind of men. Pos
sibly In this day propagation of men
for the slaughter in war would be par
aller to the propagation of sheep for
the food market: ,
God's Estimate of Man.
What Is God's Àtimaté of man'). Did
be not create s hiini hr his pwn* linage
and' likeness? Someone has said' man
Is the paragon of creation. God did
not do so with sheep. It is 1 trite that
everything in creation wag good, but
no creature was in the likeness of God
except man. God made full provision
for the preservation of his own like
ness, making man's environment most
congenial to such preservation, and
when man demanded liberty of moral
choice, God presented the strongest
possible plea for obedience. When man
fell, God still held before him laws of
easy performance and connected wUh
them the fairest promises of blessing.
As man demanded moral freedom In
the garden of Eden, so today every
man is responsible to God for his
standing before him. He is his own
keeper, In a sense, bnt as man looks
on himself and recognizes' that It is
utterly impossible to be perfectly
moral, and is thus rendered hopeless,
there la only-cue thing to <Jo, and that
Is to recognize GodH* gracious provi
sion for him In presenting the salva
tion of, Jesus Christ, before him for
his acceptance. To accept that salva
tion Is to show that a man estimates
himself above a «beep. Many recog
nize the value of this acceptance of
Jeans Christ Iff their own experience,
bnt are there not many of these who
are quite indifferent to those who aro
about them, who have not so accepted
Jesus Christ as shepherd? To save
l\* h **P 0U V* • <Utc V!" "T 6 "* :
able thing, tut .to save the ?oul of a :
.man la something a thousand tlmea j
more comtaeffdable, and is worthy of
Gw most laborious and peralattnt ef
forts. . -
WANTED.
2. or 6 «mail sets of Books to keep
where my entire time win net be. tak
en up. ! have a diploma from one of
the beet çonundrèléi colleges in the
ImEi, end know I can do the work
ip a thorough manpr.
1 T. M. ÄUJNQSLEY.
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SYLVIA'S BREAKAWAY
By ERNEST A. YOUNG.
Sylvia dale, up to her twenty-first
birthday, hud never enjoyed wliut most
girls would cull a good time. On tliut
anniversary her Aunt Dorcas went
with her to (he city, made the rounds
of the department stores, bought Syl
via a $7.1)8 ready-to-wear suit and a
$2.48 hut, und ended the duy's debauch
by going tp a moving picture pluy.
All through the following week Aunt
Dorcas. was kept lu a paulc because
ggytvtu dale would talk of uuthiugelse
put tlla| p j C t U re play.
"You cuu see for yourself Jonas,"
Che told her busbun«, "that Sylvlu has
inherited a restless streak from her
mother. We never oughter let her go
to that play. It's stirred her all up."
The next time tbut they decided to
visit the city they said nothing ubout
it before the girl. She overheard them
talking of their Intentions and at the
same time learned that there were to
he no more such excursions for her.
Then she thought of Dr. Edson
Brooks who had frightened her half
out of her wits almost > year ago by
asking her to marry him, when It never
the doctor's attentions with quickened
! heartbeats,
occurred to her that she waa old
enough to marry anybody.
"Doctor Edson must be crazy to
think of marrying me," she bad thought.
Hut now, as she brooded over Auut
Dorcas' show of distress she recalled
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The afternoon before the projected
trip to the city Aunt Dorcas remarked
to Sylvia :
"I was telling your Uncle Jonas last
night we'd better get a new rug for
your room."
The girl was looking out of a win
dow and did not reply.
"Then," Dorcas Gale continued,
"some new wallpaper, and two or three
sort of cheerful pictures would bright
en up your room."
The next morning Sylvia drove her
■unt and uncle to the railway station,
live miles distant
"Hurry right back, Sylvia," admon
ished her aunt as they heard the whis
tle of the Incoming train. "There's
the chickens to feed and breakfast
dishes to wash.
| table,
When she was out of sight of the
station Sylvia laughed derisively. Then
she consulted a pocket railway time
I "The 9:34 at Hale's Crossing may
be flagged for passengers or express,"
she rend from the folder.
A newspaper dipping In her purse
gave the address, 27 Filmore place,
where young ladles were wanted to
drill for moving picture scenes.
Rut when 8ylvla reached Filmore
place she wps disappointed to find it a
dingy court shut In by cheap tene
ments.
Her ring at the door of No. 27 was
answered by a young man with black,
curly hair, black mustache, aad a face
that looked for all the word like that
of a Corsican bandit in the pic
ture play that had haunted Sylvia's
memory,
"You come to drill for our great
spectacular drama, miss?" said the
man. "You will step In and register."
Sylvia's heart sank In sudden dis
may. Was this the portal, she asked
herself, by which she was to enter
upon her career of fame and fortune?
"I—I don't think I will try It at
all," she sap). "You will have to ex
cuse me. Good-day."
She spent the rest of the day follow
ing up advertisements for "Female
Help Wanted," and found that the sit
uations were either already filled, or
that they were of a sort that she was
too Inexperienced to undertake. When
evening came she slipped with wearl- i
ness Into a moving picture theater In
the hope of soothing her tired nerves.
When she came out upon the crowd
ed street she remembered that she
engaged no lodgings for the night,
, Somehow, In the chattering throng, she ®
could, pot settle her mind upon any- (0
thing, for she was used to thinking jjg
put her problems In solitude. So she
made her way Into a quiet side street.
was.
_ , . . . ...
'.awake, Sylvias aunt said.
Jonas, we'll put what It was go ng to (§
cost to fix up Sylvia's room Into her -
wedding things. We wan t her to have
£ " 0 *^be h.lf as good as she d* S
ln " w "" ' ■ ! 'S?
W^yrixht. rn«. by the McClur. N.w.pa
* par syndicate.)
As she did so a touring car glided
close to the sidewalk curbing and
stopped and the one who was drlv
lng It leaned forward and spoke. With
ont looking at him she knew who it
"Sylvia," said Dr. Edson Brooks,
"hadn't you better ride with me? I'll
take you wherever you say."
The beating of her heart seemed to @
time Itself to the throb of the motor aa
she got Into the car.
"Your aunt and uncle got home ®
early," Doctor Ed told her ln his @
atrong, even voice, "They were worry
ing their heads off about you, so I un
dertook to fetch you home. By the
way, Sylvia," and the tones became (jS
less even, "had yon forgotten what I gj
aaked of yon almost a year ago?" s
"No, Doctor Ed, I hadn't forgotten," ®
■aid Sylvia.
"Then mayn't I tell Aunt Dorcaa (Sj\
to night that yon answered 'yes' to
me this time?' 5?
*T think," said Sylvia, "you may tell ©
Aunt Dorcas that." (@)
After Dorcas and Jones Gale were Jx
In bed that night, both of them stark ©
"I guess, ®
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Coming Attractions:
Flore Belle (Mueical, Comedy).
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Junior Partner—Your wife called
you up five or aiz times over die tele
phone this afternoon.
Senior Partner—Hub! That means
she'll call me down at least a dozen
times tonight before dinner.
and then for the capitalists of this
country." ^
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A Bold Statesman.
"I must say that your congressman
seems to have the courage of his con
victions."
"How is thatr
"He dares to speak a good word now
Enough 8sld.
Dud, will you let me hare fifty
plunks?"
"Do you mean fifty dollars?"
"Yes, if it's all the same to you."
"Well, Jt's all the same to me. Ytm
can't have them."
Music of the Spheres.
Mrs. DcGush—Don't you think my
daughter has a heavenly voice?
Mr. Knox—Well— er —now that you
speak of It, there Is something un
earthly about It. j
Take The Daily Commonwealth.
RAILWAY SCHEDULES.
Yazoo £ Mississippi Valley Railway.
(Northern Division.)
Destination.
40 Tutwiler, C'dale, Mem
phis, lvs
No.
Time
3:40 a. m.
324 Grenada and I. C., lvs. 8:22 a. m.
314 Tutwiler, C'dale, V'burg,
G'ville, Helena & Mem
phis, lvs. ...
42 Travelers Spec., Mem.,
Tutwilerand points S.
C'dale, lvs, ...
332 Grenada £ I. C., lvs. 8:03 p. m.
41 Trav. Spec., Mem., V'brg.
T'wiler., Chastn., and C'
dale, arrvs. .
331 Grenada £ I. C., arrvs. 8:13 a. m.
323 Grenada £ I. C. arrvs. 2:40 p. m.
313 Mem. Helena, V'burg, G'
ville and Chston. arr. 4:47 p. m.
39 Mem. Hel. Cdale. £ inter,
pts. arr. .
(Southern Division.)
331 Tchula, Durant, Yazaa
City, Jackson and New
Orleans, lvs. .
...40:55a. m.
.. 2:50 p. m.
.... 8:05 a. m.
....10:10 p. m.
.... 8:22 a. m.
.... 6:00 p. m.
314 Same train, arrives....I0:35 a. m
332 Same train, arrives.... 8:30 p. m
For further information apply to
J. W. DONNELL, Tck. Agt
313 Same
Southern Ry. Co., m Mias.
(Greenwood Station.)
WEST BOUND TRAINS.
No.
Destination.
3 Winona to Greenville,, acc.
leaves ....
leaves ....
Time.
.....7:25 a. m.
...12:06 p. m.
9 Cqlumbus to G'ville, acc.
11 B'ham to G'ville, thru- tr
ies ves ..5:05 n. m.
71 G,wood to Webb, dly ex.
Sunday, leaves.2:26 p, m.
EAST BOUND TRAINS.
12 G'ville to B'ham, thru tr.
leaves.
20 G'ville to Columbus,
4 G'ville to Winona,
K Webb belt., diy. ex. Sun.
, 10:35 a. m.
Connection for Belzoni branch lvs
Greenwood 7:25 a. m., also lvs. Grren
wood 6:06 p. m., connecting at Itta
Bena 6:45 p. m.
Sunday service—Webb-Belzoni bch
alternate, lvng. Greenwood 4:46
C. V GAGE. Tck. Agt
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1:13 p. m.
acc.
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IF bas been sent to the plumber*
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have missed the pleasure and
t convenience, to say nothing of
g the cleanliness of an up-to
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