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The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-21
E UPTOWN RINK
IS SOON TO OPEN
: OLD CONCORDIA HALL HAS
BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO
MODERN SKATING RINK
IN EVERY RESPECT.
te Flooring Laid. Walls RedecO-
rated. Dressing Rooms Built,
and All Modern Comforts
Assured the Public.


or the past ten days a large force
arDenteFs, piasterers, painters, pa
hangers ana others have been at
on the old Concordia Hall on
IN Market street transforming the
dlng into modern skating rink
icient progress has been made at
task 10 insure the opening of the
( early next week, and when the
RS open The. people Of Columbus
be afforded AS fine place for
ting as there is in the country
he work OF renodeling the build
was no small task. 1t had been
d for years - store room, and
y recently was possession OF it Sc
ed Tor the purpose of building the
K The skatiae fad is sweeping
= country, anu the promoters of
enterprise realized that if they
e TO reap the benefit of the desire
the pleasure here the rink must
completed ~ me earnest date.
Accordingly the very finest maple
1rlng was te4eSraphed for, steel
l-bearing skates OF the best make
re ordered, anh everything neces-
' Tor the competition OF modern
k was bought The floor when
apleted will be one of the finest
the country. 20 insure a perfect
or' first Acme felt deadening was
1 on the old dpor' and upon this
ioor, bringing The whole space to
evel, was built. and now upon the
. OF this the maple flooring is being
j IN small strlos- When the last
or goes down, 1t VIII be finally
fsSeo ana Smo'ihed win sand pa
:. once competed 1t will improve
n use, Tor the hoor is cemented
VIII be as o"e solid piece
MI II T.. spencer mas oeen en-
yea 10 manage the rink he mas
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-21
THE SCHEDULE
BEING REMODELED
GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT j.
NJ. BEALL MAKES A MUCH
NEEDED CHANGE IN Nj.
AND o. SCHEDULE.
Few More Changes to be Asked for.
Which if Allowed will be Sat
isfactory to Columbus and
the Travelling Public.

| Mr.. L. H. Sykes, secretary of the
| Progressive Union, is in receipt of a
| letter from Mr.. John NJ. Beall, gen
eral passenger agent of the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad, in which he an
nounces that several of the defects
in the present schedule on the lines
of the NJ. & o. main line and the
Montgomery extension are to be rem
edied. Mr. Beall states that it is the
desire of his company TO give the
people Of this city and the patrons of
his road the very best connections
and service possible, and he stands
ready at all times to respond to any
reasonable demand which is made
upon him.
Mr.. Sykes took up the question of
better connections at Artesia for the
Columbus end of the line, and al
ready Mr.. Beall has announced that
several changes will be and have been
made. Heretofore the train on the
Columbus branch, the "owl" train
has been leaving Artesia at 4:10 in
LHe 1uOIn just d lew
ahead of the main line train north
Mr.. Beall has issued the order and
the Columbus train now waits for
the main line train which arrives at
Artesia at 4:15 a. m. Train No. %,
instead of leaving Artesia in the af-
ternoon at $40, before the fast train
from the south reaches there, will
after today be held until 622, which
will enable it to make connection
with not only the main line fast
train from the south bringing the
mails from New Orleans. Mobile, Me
ridian and other places, but it will
meet and connect with the Starkville
train as we'll. These changes, which
do much to remedy the situation, will
become effective today.
Mr.. Sykes, in behalf of the people
of this city and the travelling public
generally, has thanked Mr.. Beall for
these changes, and has also taken
up the question of securing better
connection for the local traffic trib-
utary to this city. AS it is now, the
fast trains in the morning and in the
afternoon do not stop al the small
towns between Macon and Artesia
and West Point and Artesia. In this
way it is impossible for the people
at these places to reach Columbus
without taking the local trains to Ar
tesla and waiting there for several
hours until the fast trains arrive
which connect with the Columbus
branch. Mr. Sykes suggests that the
fast trains stop at these stations (few
In number) in the morning south
and in the evening north, and If this
IS done our schedules will be all that
we could desire.
The matter has been taken up with /
Mr.. BealI, and while the railroad
are averse to stopping fast
rains at small towns, yet as there
ire only very few of these places
which desire this connection. it Will
probably be allowed.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-21
Best Ever Tried.

Nauvoo, Ala, Nov "a, 1906.
Tennessee Valley Fertilizer Co,
Florence, Ala:
Gentlemen-Yours is the best qua
no / ever used, and | have been using
ton on the same land with the same
amount of guano than I ever did be-
fore, and | do want to deal with you
again. Yours truly,
l.. It. HopsOn.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-21

Dark, liver-spotted pointer dog, is
about ten months old; has common
black leather collar: answers to the
name of prince" Strayed from my
home Monday, February 3rd. VIII
pay liberal reward for recovery
W. A. Stepp.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-21
For Men.

Beginning the first of February and
lasting until the first of March, we
will give away one extra pair of pants
with every suit ordered. Metropoli-
tan Tailoring Company.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-21

The Dispatch Will publish the OFF,
cial proceedings of the meetings of
Your honorable body for the year
1907 for the sum of $11.9g, copy of
said minutes to be furnished us by
the secretary. We thank you for the
opportunity of bidding on the work.
Yours very truly,
The Dispatch,
Per P. w. Maer.
The bid of The Dispatch, being the
lowest and best bid, the contract COW
ering the publication of the minutes
for the year 1907 was unanimously
awarded to that paper
! Councilman Gardner offered the
| following motion, which was second
| ed by Councilman McClanahan:
That Mr.. l.. 7. Lang, the chief of
the fire department, be reprimanded
on accounted of his condition on the
night of the 18th inst, and that it
be impressed upon him that in the
future, if he or any other paid fire
man, while on duty, take a drink of
anything intoxicating, the one so do
ing is to consider himself dismissed.
So ordered.
The finance committee made writ
ten report as follows, which, after
being read, was ordered spread upon
the minutes:
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council of Columbus, Miss:
Gentlemen - We, your committee,
honorable body at its last meeting
to have /. H. Sykes, the present sec
retary and treasurer of the city, to
assume the balances of II. M. Wad
dell, ex-secretary and treasurer of
the city, at the several banks where
the city's funds have been and are
now kept, beg to report that they
have performed that duty, and |. H.
Sykes, secretary and treasurer, has
issued his checks and assumed the
balances of the former secretary and
treasurer, as follows:
Columbus ms. and Bank'g
Co., w & S. acct. S 2,021.19
Columbus Ins. and Bank'g
Co., gen'l fund . 10,S67.13
First State Bank, w. & S.
account =. . . 6,8O1.65
Merch's and Farms Bank,
general fund account. 3,204.O7
IOtdI Z, o34.O4
Respectfully submitted,
J. S. Stevens,
E. S. Moore,
Finance Committee.
e. S. DonnelI, Mayor.
Columbus, Miss, Feb. IA, 1907.
Councilman Moore, duly seconded ,
by Councilman Gardner, offered the I
following motion:
That each committee of the council !
furnish written specifications as to
the needs CT their special depart
ments at a meeting to be held Mon
day evening, February IS, 1907. So .
Councilman Moore, duly seconded
by Councilman McClanahan, offered
the following notion:
That the amendment as read by
Moore to section 49 of
chapter s of the city ordinances, en-
titled the mayor, be adopted, was by
unanimous vote adopted, and the
ordered treated as the
law directs.
Amendment - To amend section 8
of chapter of the city ordinances,
entitled THE Mayor"
BE it ordained by the mayor and
Tity Council of the city of Columbus,
that section 40 of chapter
; of the city ordinances be amended
o read as follows, namely: 1T shall !
be the duty of, .er Santr III
ye his duty to suspend from duty any
policeman or salaried fireman when
le thinks the public interests require
t,
Motion by Councilman McClanahan 4.
nd seconded by Councilman Gard ,
Ter that the council adjourn till 7:30 !
}, IN, Monday, the 18th inst SO ;
l. Fl. Sykes,
Secretary and Treasurer. ,
Best Ever Tried.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-21

Mrs J. B. Wilson and Miss Louise
Fuller left last week for st. Louis,
where they go to purchase new spring
and summer styles of hats and mill
1inery goods.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-21

Every citizen of Lowndes county is
invited to hear the Hon. Chas. Scott
speak at the courthouse here on next
Friday merning at eleven o'clock
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-21
For Sale.

Single comb black Minorca eggs.
$3.50 per setting. Phone, residence,
No. 535; Office, No. 692.
1-30-1m. f. o. Harris.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-21

Early Morning Star Peas are the
earliest and most productive variety
on the market, at L. e. Mayfield's.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-21

Hear the Hon. CHARLES Scott speak
the courthouse on Friday morn
at eleven O'Clock.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-21

All Confederate soldiers are cor
aly invited to hsar the Hon. Chas.
)tt present his andidacy for the
iition of governor at the court
lse next FridaT morning (Wash-
tons birthday at eleven o'clock.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-21

Every citizen . lfowndes county is
tied 10 hear tha Hon. Chas Scott
ak at the courthouse here on next
Idav morning a eleven o'clock.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-21

Fine billiard table at Hopkins
Place, with genuine ivory balls.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-21
Gil. City of Colum bus. Miss.

CIT, CITY OF IOIumbus, MISS.
The Dispatch will publish the OFF,
cial proceedings of the meetings of
your honorable body for the year
1907 for the sum of $119g, copy of
said minutes to be furnished us by
the secretary. We thank you for the
opportunity of bidding on the work.
Yours very truly,
The Dispatch.
Per p w MaPr
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-01
DAIRY NOTES.

The scrub farmer will keep scrub
stock.
Starving the young animals in the
dairy saves feed, but that is all.
The savage dog has no license on
the farm and especially around the
dairy.
A few good rules consistently fol-
lowed will accomplish greater re-
suits than much wisdom and little
practice.
1t is a mighty poor COW that will
not respond to good care and good
food. She should be sold to the
butcher forthwith.
Milk with dry hands. The man
who milks with wet hands is usually
very careless as well in the other
details of the dairy business.
A man who abuses his stock has
about as much chance of reaching
that Better Land as the Golden Rule
has of being worked to death.
It's pretty good plan to have ar
engagements made so that the stock
can get in out of the storm should
one come up while the family is
away.
An exchange tells about a man who
becomes i'll at the smell of butter.
Now, we feel sorry for such man.
Either he has not had any of the real
article or he has a complex nervous
system that we hope isn't contagious.
The first. and all important, point
in selecting COW is to note the size
of the udder: whether 1t Is large, uni
formly placed with teats placed at the
proper distance, to note whether the
udder is fiabby and not feshy. which
is particularly apparent Immediately
afssr milking.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-01
A HIGH-CLASS DAIRY.
Fine Quality of Milk Supplied &c Sc
Iect Trade.

A Massachusetts physician owns
and operates dairy farm where ever
200 COWS are kept the year round. The
milk is sold to a high class of buyers
in Boston. Four kinds of whole milk
are sold, also two kinds of skinned
milk and three qualities of cream. A
special grade of milk, testing six per
cent, is produced for convalescents
and sick folks, who need the richest
milk possible. Jerseys and Guernseys
supply this high grade of milk. The
milk furnished especially for babies
contains about four per cent. butter
fat and is MIXED from Ayrshire COWS
Jerseys, Ayrshires, Guernseys, Devons
and Shorthorns are all used in this
dairy. Every stable and barn on the
place is kept neat and clean, and no
fosll odors are allowed to permeate
them. The mornings milk from this
dairy is cooled, bottled and delivered
to the many customers in time for
their use on the breakfast table. But
couple of cents more per quart is
charged for. this milk than for that
coming from less sanitary surround
ings or that of unknown quality.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-01
MAKING OF A GOOD COW.
First Fifteen Months Of Calls Life
Determines Her Future.

A wise old dairy farmer once said
to Gov. Hoard, THE COW is either
made or unmade in the nrst Is
months of her life" Questioned far
ther he stated that he had come to his
conclusion after years of observation
and practice. He had noticed this:
That where farmer took the best
possible care of his heifer calves, kept
them dry and clean, fed them well on
good growing food and kept them
going in strong. growthy manner, II
they were well bred from good dairy
stock, nearly all would make good
cows, whereas, if they were eyer sc
well bred, if they were neglected, and
badly cared for, it was rarely any Of
them would make good cows.
I'VE believe firmly in the truth Of
what this old farmer Es1d." odds Gov
Hoard. More good cows are spoiled
by neglect, insufficient food, during
the first 10 months than from any
other cause.
Good blood, dairy heredity and all
that is necessary. 1t Is the founda-
ton. But il we are going to make
good cows out of these heifers we
must pay close attention to how we
start them on the road.
"ITor years we have been rearing
heifer calves. Some of them we have
sold and some of them we have kept.
We are greatly impressed by our ex-
Ierience with the truth of the old
farmers theory. 1t is true that we
take great pains that the heifer shall
be well born. But that is only half
the proposition, the first half.
"If she is to have good, large capac-
ity she must be steadily well nour-
ished from the beginning to the time
she is first in calf. This done she has
a greatly increased chance of profit to
her owner. In buying heifers 1t is
worth a good deal to know how they
have been reared. OF one thing we
are certain, and that is that it pays to
feed the heifer skim milk daily till
she is 10 to IL months old, together
with a pint to quart of oats. Such
feeding with good care turns out
much finer COWS than does the treat
ment heifer calves usually receive"
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-01

some sort of an agreement at last,
for he waved his hand pleasantly as
he left her and she returned his sal
utation by throwing him kiss a.
coyly as a schoolgirl.
The first thing the woman did after
entering the house was to extinguish
the lights, no longer necessary, as the
rays of the sun began to touch the hill
tops, and I was Just lowering my glass
when l caught a fieeting glimpse Of
another man, dart1ng around the cor
ner of the building and disappearing
behind the woodpile. watched In vair
for him to show himself again, but
he did not, and finally, turned and
ing all possible haste, lest / should
lose it when the frost disappeared.
The foot prints led me up on the
hill and around to the side away
from the house and, at length, be-
came lost in a grove of hemlocks un-
der which there was no tell-tale frost.
For a time it seemed that my eff
forts were to prove of no avail, and
that l might as well return home,
DuI Juc lhOuShI VI tAlC bihl-
ter the more l was convinced that
these people had been out for no
good purpose, and that 1t was my
duty to learn, If possible. what mis-
chief they had been contriving At
this early hour and where they had
been.
In fact, l suddenly realized that
had not taken proper interest In
the mysterious happenings at Carney.
Croft and that while it had seemed
quite enough to bring them to stand.
still, as far as outward appearances
were concerned. they were. in reality.
of far too great Importance to let
pass so easily.
Miss Weston's connection with the
affair gave new aspect to it, OF
course. and while was bound by my
! word to respect her secret there was
nothing in my promise to her to pre-
vent me from using every legitimate
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-01
Different Types of Udders.

the posterior portion of the body. 1t
should, of course, have good circnm-
ference and if properly proportional
it will add beauty as well as utility to
the COW.
At B is shown the udder as it should
collapse on itself, like glove, after
the milk has been extracted poorly
balanced udder is shown at C; it is
hung too far forward on the stomach,
and the teats are not evenly placed,
resulting in a great inconvenience in
milking At d may be seen an udder
deficient in the front part; at & an
udder that is also lacking in balance,
the teats are not evenly placed, and
there is not sufficient development of
the anterior region. At f is shown
small udder. There is not enough
room here to permit the rapid elabora-
ton of milk, which is of prime impor-
lance, as it is well-known fact that
a comparatively small quantity of
milk is in the udder when milking
commences. 1t is likewise thought by
scientists that the ability of a COW to
produce milk abundantly is deter
mined by the number of cells, and
hence the area available for the dis
tribution of blood and other fluids
through the udder tissues is too re-
stricted in this instance. small
udder is therefore poor sign of deep
milking powers, though large udder,
owing to the character of tissues that
n,o,- optor into tic fprmo tipn is NOT al
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-01

means to find out all that I could
on my own account and make use Of
such knowledge as | might ac-
quire in any way that would best
serve my purposes without reacting
on her.
| wandered about, more or less aim
lessly in the grove until, as | was on
the point of leaving in chagrin, | again
discovered the tracks in the frost lead
ing across little open space from an
other and denser grove near by. l
plunged at once into this and had no
trouble in directing my steps through
the underbrush, which was broken
and bent in many places and showed
plainly the course taken by the man
and woman but a short time be-
fore.
After going on in this way for some
little distance l suddenly found my
branches of the overtowering trees,
and saw, to my horror an oblons
space of newly turned earth which
bore every resemblance in size and
general appearance to grave.
For several minutes | stood spell
bound with fear and dread and then,
summoning up all my courage and
with cold sweat standing out on
my body, l began to dig down in the
soft brown earth, using stick that
was lying near by, and even my
hands, to remove the stones and
larger clumps of soil.
About foot below the surface l
came upon bundle wrapped in cloths
of the same kind in every way as
those found by MacArdel and myself
on the night when we first saw the
ghosts and shot at jerks.
l could bear no more for the mo-
ment, and quaking visiby. I rose
from the ground and leaned against
tree for support. Then, for the
first time, saw that there were many
other little mounds surrounding the
one 1 had opened and-but l had
reached the limit Of my endurance.
and, with pallid face. dashed mad
ly down the hill toward Carney,
Croft.
CTo BE CONTINUED
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-01

will. writes correspondent of The
Farmer. The opening may be as wide
as desired. Two by two-inch plank are
nailed to the fence posts about four
or six inches from the ground and
two extra posts are set out from the
fence about foot. The plank is
nailed to the inside of these posts and
this plank should be about four feet
longer than the one fastened to the
fence, so as to go by the opening at
each end about two feet. The hogs
cannot jump the two planks and small
hogs that go between them cannot
jump over, as they are lengthwise of
the opening. The cattle will readily
step over. The same plan may be
used for sheep, only three planks
may be necessary to retain them, al.
though l only use two for them also.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-01

showing the hoar-frost on the grass
and bringing clearly into view many
distant objects which stood out sharp
ly in the crisp autumn air.
l glanced from my window and saw
what appeared to be two people walk
ing slowly down the hillside in the
direction of the Bruce cottage. A
hasty scrutiny through my field
glasses confirmed my suspicion and
it seemed that one figure, that of a
man, carried an implement like a
spade or shovel, while the other was
evidently woman of about the wild
ow's size and general appearance.
l dressed rapidly, and, slipping out
of the house, made my way as quick
ly as l could to the point where l
had seen them passing, feeling sure
that l would have no difficulty in
following their trail through the frost
covered grass.
1t was all l had expected, and I
walked rapidly up the hill, retracing
the path they had made, and, occa-
sionally leaving the trail where it
led too directly through the open, and
sinking along IN tne SnauoW Vi tHe
hedges until l could again take it up
with safety.
About half way up the incline
turned and looked down toward the
Bruce cottage, from the chimney of
which black column of smoke was
pouring and whose windows were
brightly lighted as If something of
Importance was going on within.
AS looked, and l had taken the
precaution to bring my binoculars
with me, a man emerged from the
house and I had no difficulty in max
ing him out to be jerks, the stage
driver. He was followed in mo-
ment by Mrs. Bruce and the two
stood for some time in earnest con-
versation, after which the man strobe
RAPIDLY down the road and the~woman
reentered the house.
1t had seemed to me that the widow
and jerks were quarreling, for. dur
ing their talk. he had gesticulated
violently and shown every evidence of
extreme earnestness, II not Of actual
anger; but they must have come to
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-01
Be Gentle with the Cow.

Be gentle with the COW, for you will
feel better about it and the COW GER
tainly will. There is money value
about gentleness also, but this should
not be the first thing to be considered
The quiet COW is the one that will pro-
frightened has her digestive processes
interfered with, and these digestive
processes are the ones that control
the manufacture of milk. A bad-tem.
pered hired man should not be tyaued
loose with the dairy cows.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-01
THE UDDER.
Varying Types Which Are Desirable
in the Dairy Cow.

The illustrations show some of the
types of udder that are more or less
desirable in the dairy COW. At A is
shown as clearly as possible an ideal
,,udder. The udder need not be over
large. 1t should have sufficient capa-
city, however, to allow the continued
growth of numerous cells for the man
'ufacture of fat and its emulsification
with the other constituents of milk. 1t
should be evenly balanced before and
behind, and the central suture should
be well developed and strongly at
,tached to the body. 1t should be COW
cred with soft, fine hair, be free from
freshness and closely attached to the
body. 1t should come well forward
on the stomach, stand out well behind
the thigh and be carried well up on