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l VK m v’fe* •>- : r v;.-^. ;«-r fe'- PAGE TWO WIISON GAVE LIFE TO DUTY LIKE some Grayson Relates Circumstances That Broke Late President’s Health. Tells Medical Students How Energy Was Conserved. R'chmond, Va., June 3.—Rear Ad miral Cary T. Grayson, Woodrow Wilson’s physician and confidant for the last eleven years of his life, drew an intimate picture of the former president tonight at. the commence ment exercises of the Medical Cpllege of Virginia. Admiral Graysonjs theme in his ad dress to the graduates was perventa- tive medicine >nd as an example of how a physician may practice the axiom that “a stitch in time saves nine,” he described how former Presi dent Wilson, a frail man when he en- teied the White House, was made physically able to carry on the bur dens of a war president. “1 cannot think of a better or more practical illustration of how a person under medical advice can regulate his daily life so as to permit him to give full scope to all the powers conferred on him by nature than that furnished by the man with whom I had the privilege of being in intimate rela tionship for eleven years,” said Dr. Grayson. “During the eight years that Wood- row Wilson occupied the White House he worked as < few presidents have worked and bore burdens such aa few men are called upon to shoulder. The remarkable thing in the case of Mr. Wilson is not that he broke down fin ally but that with a constitution fly no means strong and bearing a bur den fit to kill a physical giant, he kept well by obedience to the simple laws of health. “Four features of his life and per sonality kept him going under condi tions that would have soon exhausted the powers of younger and stronger men. These four things were: sys tem, exercise, a sense of humor, and proper food. “If President Wilson is to be held up as a model of healthy living how did he happen to lose his life? It is a natural question and I will answer it honestly. When President Wilson took his seat at the Peace Conference he was 62 years old. His whole pre vious life had been moderate and well regulated. Had he considered his health, had he put prudence and cau tion .first, he would never have em barked for Europe December 4, 1918. Then and there he‘deliberately neg lected his health. Then and there he deliberately refused to obey his phy sician and the laws of health which he himself so well understood. “When President Wilson, in Au gust, 1919, was planning his cam paign throughout the country in sup port of the League of Nations, I had a plain talk with him as his medical adviser and urged him on the grounds of health not to undertake it. I had been constantly at his side in Eng land, France and Italy as well as in this country. * I knew perfectly the strain he had undergone. I remem ber how, while abroad, he had to modify his usual health habits, giv ing up golf and walking for a short daily driVe in an automobile and how he devoted to plans and conferences mi—rn THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON, SOUTH CAROLINA Political Advertlaeaent . • V FM Non Open in New Location We have taken over the Casinoette busi ness ne?tt to Theatre, and are now prepar ed to serve you with Quality Eats and prompt and courteous service. Quick lunches, fountain drinks, candies, fruits, tobaccos, etc. . <r . Your Business Appreciated. The Casinoette Bill Etchison, Proprietor How Human Skill Energizes The Bell Telephone Plant $6,834,046 now Invested In the Bell Telephone /11 System In South Carolina would be useless, the switchboards would be Idle and the poles would fall except lor the 669 loyal, efficient .Uephone workers who are devoting their lives to this essential pub lic service. The 72.760 poles, the 92.229 miles of wire and the mil lions of doliarr worth of awitcbboard are energised into a complete, living system of communication by the skill of this human regiment. , vv ' Last year they bu'lt mors than $696 000 worth of addi tions to the telephone system and addad 2.048 new tele- phonos by handling more than 12,000 stations. The operators bandied more than 93,728.244 local and long distance calls at a speed and with an accuracy which makes your telephone service the equal of that anywhere. Moat of the telephone people are your neighbors and friends. They are proud of their State and of their com pany. Your friendly encouragement inspires them to accomplishment. MORGAN B. SPUR, Carolines Manager % ' “bevl System**, IERN BELL TEli(PHONE ^ AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY OesIWfcw, a* and deep thought the hours usually sacred to repose. “I had seen him in the hospitals where our wounded soldiers lay and had sensed the exhausting effect of the emotions on ~ his outwardly un demonstrative but deeply sympathe tic . nature. Never can I forget his silence when he stood for the first time—he the fluent speaker—not dar ing to trust himself to |py a word- before a soldier who had lost his eye sight in battle. The president only wrung the soldier’s hand and passed on; but the man asked the nurse af terwards why the president had held his-hand so long, gripped it so hard snd said nothing. “In another ward I remember a splendid speciment of physical devel opment who stood on crutches at at tention for his commander-in-chief. The president had been struck by the large number of patients he saw everywhere bereft of arms and legs and he asked the handsome fellow how he accounted for it. “Those who were shot higher up are not here,’ was the significant answer. I saw the president’s lip quiver and he pass ed on down the line. “These things told on Mr. Wilson and they worked his soul up to a pitch of passionate resolution. When I urged him to forego his canvass of the country he told me that no per sonal considerations could divert him. I vividly remember our final talk on the subject in his study in the White House. I had made my final protest against the trip across the continent. He replied: ‘You must remember that those soldiers whom I as commander- in-chief sent to Europe did not turn back when they met the crucial test in the trenches; nor can I turn back now. I cannot put my personal safe ty, or my health, in the balance against my duty—I must go.’ He walked to the window looking out toward the Washington monument and stood silent for some seconds. When he turned back to me his face was gray and very grave, and I thought I saw a film moisture in his eyes. But I knew the decision had been made. There was nothing more for me to say. ’ “As a matter of health precaution, of health insurance for himself, Presi dent Wilson should not have gone to Europe, and afterwards he should not have traveled all over the United States. He knew the price he was to pay, but no man could stop him. “If you choose deliberately between health and sacrifice to duty as you see it—as Woodrow Wilson saw it—I cannot blame you. Perhaps it was S sad choice, but it is a noble choice. But if you choose between health and mere self indulgence, or mere care lessness I can only call *your choice foolish. I have used the case of Mr. Wilson as an illustration of the prob lem of preventative medicine as ap plied to the individual. I have want ed to make the point concrete, and so I have told you a little about a most eminent individual who co-oper ated with his individual until he felt that he had a duty beyond the duty to himself and his own life. My ex perience with Mr. Wilson did much to confirm me in my faith that co operative action between a physician and a patient can achieve great re sults.« I know that Mr. Wilson could not have lived out his first term as president if he had not systematically practiced the fundamental laws of health as laid down^ by a physician- I am not boasting of myself. I am simply saying that somebody had to do with Mr. Wilson what it was my good fortune to have the opportunity to do in order to maintain his strength for the burden laid upon him. “There are in this country large numbers of men laboring under heavy responsibility and continual strain who must be advised or they will break ultimately—railroad presidents, great financiers, merchants, judges on the bench, as well as men in high of ficial political office—they need in struction just as much as children need instruction. They are so ab sorbed in their purauits that even if they knew they could not practice what they know unless they were un der the oversight of physicians v^ho study their particular cases and hold them strictly to a* health regimen. Here is one field for the practice of preventative medicine.” THUKSDAY, JUNE 5, gUJ!- 1 "...1' ■" TO THE VOTERS OF CLINTON ,:Aj, 'Vf- * I am a candidate for Mayor in the approaching election and am asking your suffrage. I do not lodk upon the office as a political possession but rather as a business position that carries with it great honor and re sponsibility—that af managing direct or of a big corporation, “The City of Clinton.” And I do not ask your, vote with a blanket platform or prom-! shaking ability, nor have I asked your) vote with a balnket platform or prom ise to do everything that anybody asks me tp do, or to bring everything in Clinton to a state of general satis faction within a fortnight after my election. I seek the votes of you stockholders just as I would seek the votes of stockholders in a big bank or cotton mill or other corporation of which I was seeking the presidency—on the ground of my fitness for the place and my record as a successful busi ness man in the community where I have lived practically all my life. If elected Mayor of Clinton, I pro-; pose to give jmy entire time to the duties of the office, and I shall go into office unhampered by any prom ise to any living soul and under the control of no boss or bosses. I pro pose to stand for a progressive and economical administration and to un tiringly use my energy to see that the city gets a dollar’s value for every dollar spent and that the taxpayers interests are properly protected. I j stand for law, order and decency, for • progress and improvement in all civic! lines, for a safe and conservative handling of the immense business in terests of the city. t I shall stand at all times for the best interests of the city. I shall do everything within reason for the edu cational institutions and churches of the community; I shall give attention to the sanitary condition of the city; I shall co-operate with and support! the Board of Health to make It active! and effective; I shall stand for a con- j tinuation of all street work, giving to each ward its proportionate share; j I shall give my full co-operation to the police department in the impartial j enforcement of the laws and as far as \ possible, will endeavor to run the blind-tigers, bootleggers and other, parasites out of the city. I will show special privileges to no man or set of men. In short—I shall stand for j everything that will add to Clinton’s ' progress and delevolpment and help make of the city a. clean and desirable place in which to live. - In conclusion, let me say that I will give the city a conservative, yet pro-; gressive administration. The city must progress—and if elected your Mayor, I shall untiringly and honest ly use my energy and ability to that end. Every vote cast for me-will be ap preciated. , R. L. BAILEY This Coupon and 5 Cents will admit one person to The Casino when accompanied by one paid admission any day during the week of 9th to 14th. CASINO THEATRE PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK MATINEE 2 P. M.- -NIGHT 7:15 P. M. MONDAY AND TUESDAY—JUNE 9TH AND 10TH “ISLE OF LOST SHIPS” Adapted from “The Isle of Dead Ships” by Crittenden Marriott Directed by Maurice Tourneur, starring Anna Q. Nilsson, Milton Sills, Frank Campeau and Walter Long. A story that strips away' the years and makes you youny again—living in reality the ad ventures o£*yvhich you have always dreamed. Also “FIGHTING BLOOD.” Both Daya—11c and 28c WEDNESDAY-JUNE 11TH “WOMAN’S SIDE” Starring Katherine MacDonald. Love, honor and obey applies to women only—that’s the man’s side. But what is the woman’s side? ». Added attraction—“LEATHER PUSHERS.” £ 11c and 25c . ^ THURSDAY AND FRIDAY—JUNE 12TH AND 13TH “LITTLE JOHNNY JONES” Starring Johnny Hines—at his best, and you will find this one to surpass his others as an entertainer. We boost this one to please better than “Conductor 1924,” and that’s going some. Also two reel Comedy—“FOUR FLUSHERS.” Both Days—Tic and 28c SATURDAY—JUNE 14TH ' “ROMANCE LAND” Starring Tom Mix—What’s the use to say nay more. You know Tom Mix. “Nuff Sed.” Also “STEEL TRAIL” No. 11. One Reel Comedy. lie and 28c The Amusement mace is at The Casino Theatre. We are striving hard to give you the very beet, and if we do not ; receive the support, it “can’t be did.’’ An hour at The Casino will knock out the Wues five hours. There’s a big relief entertainment—plus comfort. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■.rani; Subscribe to The Chronicle—$1.50 per year S s turn ONivsasAL can NEW MANAGEMENT FOR CA8IONETTE The Casionette is now open after being closed for several weeks, with W. P. Etchison, popularly known as “Bill,” in charge. Mr. Etchinaon is a Wofford student and recently located here. He is a son of W. P. Etchison, advertising manager of The State, and has already made a large number of friends and acquaintances in the city. THE CORNER STORE* Only 20 trepe-de-chine and tricolette dresses left on our racks. Get one to fit you while they mat. $4.98 to $9.98. The r * . ± •t? - * TV Back to Nature This Summer The enjoyment you’ll get out cl a Fold touring car this summer, is another good reason why you should no longer postpone buying. You, your family and friends can benefit by pleas ant trips at minimum cost—evening drives, week end excursions or a long tour on your vacation. Buy a Ford, if you want a car that ia always reliable, simple to handle, needs alny^ no care, - and carries you at lowest cost. UmoLmSMS Cm*|S2S TimUtSmlmm$S90 »—«-«-«— ffff AU prtem /.». k DmwM The Touring Cm US F.O.B. Detroit DotmmwM* RImm m4 StaftM SSf esm aenn mmAtmm