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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-12-25
GAMBLER EXPOSES
The SEED LOBBY
Congressman From This District
Makes GaIlant Fight. /.
(By James s. McCarthy.)

(
Washington Dec. 21.--During
the recent hearings before the
Committee on Agriculture of the
House Of Repres natives on the
free garden seed appropriation,
Congressman r. 81 Gambler. Of
Mississippi, laid bsre the nefari-
Gus methods of enc seed trust
which il fighting the Congress-
ional distribution of garden seeds
BY cross examination of witnes-
ses and production of doeumen-
tary evidence AR. Gambler PROV
ed conclusively that the seed
trust maintains large lobby m
Washington ~ nupa
opposinr th -
cry package 81 ae ~
members OF Cong -each en-.
Der Of the House Of RepreseLt4.
tives ana each Senator is entitled
under the present law TO 1900
packeges-deprives The trust Of
the price Of the same, hence the
activity against the Legislation. :
At the last session Of Congress,
a majority Of the Committee on
Agricuitu' Of the House OF Rep
resentahves vo.ed to leave out
the item for free seeds, but Con-
gressman Candler and other
members Of Congress from the
South carried the fight to the
floor Of the House, and won out
on q yea and nay vote.
ConRres ssmau Gambler has AL
ways led il this eight tor free
seeds for the farmers, and he-
cause OF his intersN ln taeir ce-
half he is oonslauQy receiving
letters Of thanks from every Sec
ton Of the country. la an inter-
view with your correspondent, he
stated that be dii not know
whether the oomni zee would de-
eide il favor gropriai9g
on the n5or }ouse, and
he is hopeful Of victory.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-12-25

Mr.. and Mrs. W. c. Shedd,
two of the best young" Peep e
in the world, are going out TO
steeas q spend me holiday Win
their children and great-gr no.
children.
On Wednesday a family reun-
ion viii be had al the home of
Mir. w. M Harris, at which az
members Of the family viii be
present. To this young couple
and tbier of7pring The COM
MERcIAL tenders congratulations
and expresses the hope that
they may livs 30 enjoy many
more similar occasions.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-12-25
Mississippi Banks.

The banking institutions in
Mississippi, over 800 in nu nber,
are now winding up the years
business preparatory to the me ell
ings of the stockholders and
boards of directors early in jan
uary, when dividends will be de-
clared and officers elected.
The year in banking has been
one of exceptional prosperity.
There have been only two bank
failures during the past twelve
months, both due to bad man.
agement, and not in any way to
poor business. In fact criminal
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-12-25
Reception at the Manse.

On Thursday from 800 to 900
o. m. Rev. j. j. Hill and wife re
ceived the members of the First
Presby terian church in honor of
the house warming of the Manse
just completed and occupied, and
the occasion was most pleasant.
During the evening large
representation of this church 5
membership called and were
given a hearty welcome to the
elegant home of the pastor just
built by them.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-12-25
Morgan Pepple Company.

On Monday night the Morgan
Pepple Company opens a week. s
engagement at the Columbus
theatre presenting an Indiana
Romance in which Miss Eileen
r ,sar will be seen in the leading
role; high class vaudeville will
be introduced between acts, in
Guiding the Rosar Trio, De Ar
mond sisters.
On the opening night a special
ladies' free ticket with each paid
reserved seat ticket bought be-
fore 6 p. m.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-12-25
PATRICK STILL
IN DEATH HOUSE
win Be Removed to Main
Prison Later.

A special from Oassining, n.
Y, says that although. Gov.
Higgins has commuted his sem
tence from execution TO life i'm
prisoDment Albert 7. Patrick
continues to occupy the steel
cage 10 the death house of which
he has been the occupant for
nearly five years. This was be-
cause the notice of commutation
of sentence had not been receiv-
ed at the prison. When it comes
Patrick will be taken to an ordi-
nary cell in the man prison
and later be viii be put 10 work.
1t is expected that he will be as
signed to the sash and door man.
in the prison as he is
helived TO be better fitted for
work in that department than in
the foundry.
Warden johnson said that he
had not observed signs of any
mental arrangement in Patrick
as the result of his long imprison-
ment, although the fact that Pat
rick had been dissatisfied with
the Communication of his sentence
instead of the grant of a full par
don had given rise to the report
that his mind was unbalanced.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-12-25

great constitutional argument
on the resolution he has present
ed. Senators Culberson, of Tex
as, Bacon, of Georgia, Daniel, of
Virginia, Carmack, of Tennessee,
Morgan, of Alabama and proba
bly, all the other Democratic con-
stitutional lawyers will follow
Mr.. Rayner's lead.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-12-25
The YazO0 Mississippi Valley

Is the title Of q new pamphlet
now ready for distribution and
published by the Illinois Central
Railroad Company.
1t describes in tne re-
sources and poss .oilities of the
richest valley in tie United States
For a free copy ADDRESS the un-
dersigned at Manchester, Iowa.
j. f. MERRY,
General Immigration Agent.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-12-25
Good News for the Ladies.

During the coming Christmas
season the ladies of Columbus
and vicinity will be busily engag-
ed in shopping and the baking oil
cakes will simply work them
overtime. We can IKE this wor-
ry eff your hands. Just phone
or leave an order for fruit, pound
chocolate, ,coeoanut or any special
order cake, and we guarantee to
please you. Also q variety OF
small cakes.
COLUMBUS BAKERY,
T. d. HANNoN.
Phone 100.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-12-25
NO PAPER THIS WEEK.

THE COMMERCIAL has always
tried to be just to everybody !;
for that reason has always ex-
pressed sympathy for the laborer,
whether clerical or manual; and
for this reason as we'll as to give
the writer a rest, We now an
nounce as heretofore on similar
occasions we will issue no paper
until January 3rd.
We wish all of our friends and
subscribers a Merry Christmas
and a very happy New Year.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-12-25
Early to sed.

And early TO rise, makes one healthy,
happy and wise-especially il you take
Herbine before retiring. A positive
cure for Constipation, Dyspepsia and
all liver complaints. Mrs S., CO.
lumbia, Tenn, writes: '1 always keep
a supply OF your Herbine on hand. Am
50 pleased with the relief it gives in
constipation and all liver complaints,
that words can't express my appreeia-
ton. Sold by Johnston &c Caine.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-12-25
Holiday Bargains.

Having a surplus in Holiday
goods which | do not want to
carry over another year. | am
going to sell them tomorrow
Monday, regardless of cost. The
first comes gets the pick. Every
thing is new nice and clean and
will make a good Christmas pres
ent for any one.
l.. E. MAYFIELD,
the druggist, Market street.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-12-25
THE RIGHTS
OF STATES
Democratic Senator'S to Combat
Mir. Roots Views.
A New York special says

"A NEW OEh 5JSC4dt .
The whole force of the Demo-
cratic constitutional lawyers in
the Senate is to be enlisted in
opposition to doctrines advanced
by Secretary Root in his recent
speech. Secretary Root, on Dec.
Il, at the annual dinner of the
Pennsylvania Society, took the
ground that State lines were fad
ing and that the States should
cease to frame their laws with
reference to their own special
need, but should look to the ef-
feet of such laws on their sister
States. In short, Secretary Root
pleaded for an extension of the
centralized powers of the Federal
government. This p has
aroused the antagonism of the
Democratic Senators, who adhere
TO the States rights theory of
government.
Senator Rayner has introduced
in the Senate a resolution that is
almost aimed directly at the Root
speech. 1t goes further, too, and
is pointed at the Presidents poll
oy of exerting a strong influence
on the legislative branch of the
government and in overriding
with the Federal powers the
powers of the States.
The Rayner resolution is in
tended to express the sense of
the Senate that the executive
branch of the government should
keep within the powers pre-
scribedsby the Constitution, that
there should be a strict separa
tion of the three different
branches of the government, and
that the Executive has no right |
to interfere with the reserved
rights of the States 1t aims at |
a Senate expression in favor of |
the strictest constitutional lini.
tation of the powers of the Ex-
ecutive, and of the Federal gov
ernment generally.
The Democrats in Congress,
and especially in the Senate, have
set out to combat the whole pol
icy of the extension of the Fed
eral power to the elimination, in
greater or less degree, of the |
powers of the States The Ray
ner resolution is a concrete ex-
preston of the sentiments of the
Democrats in Congress who op-
pose the policy of the admins
tration in this respect.
The Democrats in the Senate
feel that Secretary Roots speech
has awakened the public mind
the Importance of the question
whether the States are to lose
their identity, and that now is
the time to enlighten the coun-
try on the subject.
They are determined to do all
possible to emphasize to the
country the dangers involved in
the administration rs evident plan
in favor of a gradual expansion
of the Federal powers over vari
Gus activities that in the earlier
days of the government were
never considered as fit subjects
for the exercise of Federal con
troll.
Senator Rayner plans to make
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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-12-25
What's.

Worth doing is worth doing well. If
you wish to be cured of Rheumatism,
use Ballard's Snow Liniment and you
will be "well cured.'' A positive cure
for Sprains, Neuralgia, Bruises, Con-
tracted Muscles and all the ills that
flesh is heir to. A. @. M. Williams
Nayasoto, Texas, writes: 81 have used
Snow Liniment for sprained ankle and
it gave the best of satisfaction. | al
ways keep it in the house," Sold by
Johnston &c Caine.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-12-25
that's It.l /

Cough yourself into a of spasms and
then wonder why you don't get well. If
you will only try bottle of Ballard's
Aorehound Syrup your cough viii be
a thing of the past. 1t is a positive
cure for Couahs. Influenza, Bronchitis
and all Pulmonary diseases. One bot
tie will convince you-at your druggist,
25c, soc S1.00. Sold by Johnston &c
Caine.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-12-25
Dying.

Thousands Of women are dying
from using old style, heavy rum
ming sewing machines. Buy a
SINGER and live long. The
SINGER is the only machine
that gives satisfaction for light
running. See
j. Fl. BELL, MGR
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-12-25

The business OF the Columbus
Insurance and Banking Compa-
ny has increa sad to the extent of
requiring a receiving teller and
Mr.. Gains Whitfield. Jr.. has
been employed for that position.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-12-25
1T IS A VERY
PLAIN INSINUATION
Board Of Control Addresses A
Pointed Letter to Governor.

The Jackson News of the 1911
says The penitentiary board o.
control held special session this
morning and directed the secre-
tary to address a letter to Gov
ernOr Vardaman in which it is
insinuated rather plainly that
the chi f executive has been
writing falsehoods concerning the
governing body of the prison and
it's method of transacting the
states business. The letter is
self-explanatory, and is in full
as follows:
Jackson, Miss, Dec. 10. 1906.
sGov. James K. Vardaman,
Chairman Board OF Control,
jackson, Miss.
"Dear Sir:-I am directed by
the board to write and request
that you furnish for the records
of this office all correspondence
you have had with parties ex-
pressing desire to bid for the
states cotton seed, and especial
ly correspondence with Mr.. j. III.
Hobart, of Vicksburg, and par
ticularly the letter you wrote him
in reply to his request to be CIV
en- chance to bid on the seed
in which you stated that you had
but little influence with the board,
also furnish copy of his letter to
you, dated Nov. 18th, which is
as follows:
"Some ronths ago | wrote you
a letter with enclosure from the
Hon. Murray F. Smith, of this
place. In reply you stated that
you had very little influence with
the board of control, and that
you were not in position to o.
fer me any seed.
I" In the last few days, / un-
derstand from Mr.. Bradley, that
you and Mr.. McNair constitute
the committee TO sell :hes-ess teiss
seed, and virtually it is in your
hands. Ii this is a fact, | will be
very much oblige if you will ex-
tend me the courtesy to wire me
at my expense, and allow me to
at least make an offer on the
states seed. Representing the
mills as 1 do at Vicksburg, Green
vile, Claksdale and Columbus,
composing the Refuge Cotton Oil
Company, | think | am at least
entitled to be allowed to offer
price," "Yours very truly,
JOHN t. WELLS, Sec. T"
The members Of the board are
at loss to know why Governor.
should state that he
has no influence with the board
when he has sold all of the cotton
seed raised on the state farms
this year, with exception of ten
car loads; that almost at the
time the letter above referred to
was written the governor was
a deal for the sale of cot
ton seed to w. S. Barry, of
Greenwood, one Of his appointees
and a man who was actively en-
gagged in the management of
the Vardaman campaign three
years ago. The records of the
board show that the governor is
a member of the cotton seed COM
and he has dictated in
every instance to whom the seed
should be sold.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-12-25

For chapped and cractad hands Moth
ing is quite as good a. In application
Of DeWitt's witch Haz8l Saiye. Put
1t on before going TO bed, use an old
pair OF gloves and see wna5 difference
the morning wlA bring. Sold by l.. e.
Mayfield.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-12-25
Skates For Sale.

We have stock Of Skates
which we will sell for a reason
able price. For further informa-
ton cali on
T. J. LOCKE & SON.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-12-25

WANTED-A Few regular Gus
toners for dairy products. Tel
ephone 31S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-03
Wilmington and His Cat

INHERENT versions of the tale assign
- different locality to the cat transaction
Barbary, Morocco, Guinea and a remote island
being named in turn the scene of pussy's
exploits, all of them, however, pointing to the
north or northwest coast of Africa or its neigh
boring islands The tale evidently contem-
plates a country previously little known.
Now, when those shores first visited
by the English and other Europeans? The
Monk of Malmesbury, who flourished in I3I5
and wrote the " Life of Edward H. (forty-
seven years before Wilmington was born and
full sixty years before the voyage of the cat),
says English ships visit every coast, and
English sailors excel all others both in the arts
of navigation and in fighting" This shows the
extension of English commerce at that date
Machan, an Engishman, discovered the ISL
and of Madeira off the west coast of Africa in
1914, and sailed along the coasts of Morocco,
and gave an account of his discoveries to the
King of CASTLE, upon which information
many Adventures went out.
In I348 (twenty-seven years before the cat
voyage) Jean Betancourt, Frenchman, OBJ
tanned grant from the King of CASTLE and
went to conquer the Canary Islands, long
before discovered. and made himself master
of five of them.
Monsieur Jean Barbot, as late as 1892. tes-
tilted to the enormous number of rats in West
Africa, and the comparative scarcity of cats,
whose breed the natives distinctively stated
came from Europe"
From what part of Europe and at what
date, let the tale of Wilmington of England
and Alfonso of Portugal supply the answer.
There is no doubt, from Ovalles Narrative of
Chill, that the first imported cats brought
great prices in the countries where they had
been previously unknown, and of course these
animals, for some few voyages at least, were
no bad article of commercial speculation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-03
When Forks Succeeded Fingers

TABLE-FORKS are a comparatively mod
ern invention. Tkey have been in general
use only during the last few hundred years
They were first used by the Italians as early
as the twelfth century; but it was not until
the end of the fifteenth that they came into
general use
In other countries at that time the use of
table-forks was considered a contemptuous
vice, and in 1850 Marius praised the King of
Hungary for eating with his fingers without
soiing his clothes. In the sixteenth century
forks were not used in Sweden, and at the end
of the same century they were novelties at
the French court, where the French beauties
soiled their dainty fingers in conveying their
food to their mouths.
Strange to say, our parent country England
was one of the last among the larger nations
to adopt the use of table-forks, and Ben Jon
son. in his play, The Devil Is an ASS" saws:
The laudable of forks is being brought
into custom here as in Italy, to the sparing of
napkins"
In monasteries the use of forks in eating
was considered sinful, and was strictly for
hidden, and it was not until Shakespeare had
been in his grave for twenty years that forks
came into general use in England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-03

ITO France belongs the credit of publish
ing the first regular newspaper This
paper, which was called The Gazette of
France, was founded in 1922 in the reign of
Louis XIII, by Theophrastus Renaudot
In England the first newspaper was published
IN 1902 by Nathaniel Butter. The name of
the sheet is uncertain. In $50 the first Dutch
paper was printed 1t contained two small
folio pages of news. In the Imperial Library
at st. Petersburg are two copies of the first
Russian newspaper, which have the date 17o7
There are also some proofs of the same paper
on which are corrections written in the hand
of Peter the Great. This monarch took great
interest in the paper, and personally superin-
tended its editorial composition.
The first paper established in North America
was The Boston News Letter" which first
was issued April "a, 1904. This paper was
printed on sheet twelve inches by eight, and
contained two columns of news. 1t survived
until 1916. 1t advocated the cause of the
British Government at the outbreak of the
Revolution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-03
Foo1scap Paper

A Ii know what foolseap paper is, but no
"A doubt the reason for its name has
puzzled many eager inquirers. Charles /. of
England granted many monopolies for govern
mental support, among which was the manu-
facture of paper. The water-mark of the finest
sort was the royal arms of England.
The consumption of this article was great,
and people who secured the sole right to sell
it soon acquired immense fortunes. Parliament
set this monopoly aside, and when Charles l.
was brought to the scaffold they ordered the
royal arms taken from the paper, and fool
with his cap and bells to be substituted.
1t is now about two hundred and fifty years
since the fools cap was taken from the paper,
but that size of sheet still retains the name
and the water-mark placed there to the in
dignity of King Charles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-03
S O M E
C u R 10 u S
F A G T S
An Odd Worship

A T an ancient church at Valsbo1, Russia,
n it has been customary for the congre-
CATION, before leaving the church, to turn to
a perfectly blank wall and genuhect reverently.
The origin of the custom was lost in myth.
Inquiring travellers received no answer, even
from the old priest who officiated there,
except that the custom had been handed
down from father to son for ages. No one
knew how or when it started.
But while some repairs were being made
recently, beneath many layers of whitewash
and paint was found picture of the Virgin
Mary, which must have stood out brilliantly
on the wall five or six centuries ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-03
A Peculiar Book

nNE of the most curious books in the world
" sbelongs to the De Ligne family of
France. This book is neither printed nor
written. All the letters are cut out of the
vellum and interviewed with a peculiar shade
of blue paper. The work is so carefully done
that the book is read with the greatest of ease.
Rudolphus H. of Germany offered eleven
thousand ducats for it; but it was not sold.
The most peculiar thing about this volume is
that it bears the royal arms of England but
as far as can be traced it has never been in that
country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-03
Chinese Amazons

THE Amazons were not the only fighting
women. In 1883, among the armies of
Chinese rebels in Marking there were over half
a million women of various nationalities, who
were formed into regiments and brigades under
the leadership of female officers.
Of these ten thousand were picked women
who were thoroughly drilled, and who gar
risoned the city. The rest composed con-
structive brigades, and were obliged to dig
and work on the Notifications.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-03
Perfumes

DERFUMES have been used from the earliest
L times. The burning of perfumed incense
was one of the rites of the Hebrew and pagan
religions, and perfumes of various sorts were
used by nearly all the nations of antiquity
Both the Romans and the Greeks were skilled
in making perfumery.
1t was from the Arabs, who possessed the
art of preparing perfumed waters, that the
use of perfumes was introduced into medieval
Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-03
Salt a Luxury

GAIT is the greatest luxury known in Central
~ Africa. In some sections among the poorer
inhabitants salt is never used. Even among
the better classes, man who eats salt with his
food is considered rich individual.
In some tribes where salt is not so scarce
children are SO fond of it that they may be
seen eating it like our American children
would pieces of lump sugar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-03
Some Blue Laws

MO woman shall kiss her children on the
L Sabbath, IS an extract from the
Puritan blue laws of Connecticut.
Another law from the same source which
would seem to point to untidy households
reads: No one shall travel, cook victuals,
make beds, sweep house, cut hair, or shave
on Sunday"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-03
And Still They Lived

nNE of the customs practised by our
" Puritan forefathers was that of in
ficting ludicrous and terrifying names upon
their children.
One Puritan damsel, when asked her baptis-
NAL name, answered Through-Much-Trib-
ulation-We-Enter- the Kingdom of Heaven;
but for short they call me Tribby. Another
unfortunate maiden bore the name, The
Gift-of-God Stringer.
A sickly boy was christened, Faint-Not
Hewitt. Another labored under Fight
Acknowledgements White A little girl
who had propensity for crying was at the
There also were Thunder Goldsmith, The
Work-of-God Farmer, neutrality-suspicious.
Morton, Be-Courteous Cole, and, worst of all,
Kill-Sin Pimple.