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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-08-07

Messrs. Simon Loeb & Bro.
have an attractive ad. in this is
sue calling attention to their
"Round-Up" sale on summer
shoes. They are offering some
exceedingly stylish shoes at re-
markedly low PRICES. and the
sale offers a fine opportunity for
those who are purchasing foot
wear for vacation trips. Note
the special silk sale this after
noon.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-08-07
City Council Meets.

The city coppeiI met ip regular
monthly session Tuesday night.
The session was devoid Of special
interest. only routine matters
having come up for considera-
tion.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-08-07

Misses Theresa and Virginia
Chambers left yesterday for their
home In Okolona, after a
pleasant visit in the city with
relatives.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-08-07

The Columbus Railway. Light
& Power Co. is now selling books
of 25 street car tickets for a dol
lar. These tickets will prove
very convenient and quite a saw
ing to the patrons of the street
cars. Phone 1917. Ad.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-08-07
A Small Blaze

The fire department was called
to South 18th street and 9Th ave.
nue. Tuesday on account of a
blaze from a defective fiue. NO
damage was done.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-08-07

Judge r. B. Haughton of St.
Louis is expected in Columbus
this week to visit his sisters,
Mrs. F. r. Simms and Mrs. w.
o. Bowman.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-08-07

misses Maud and Mary Lena
Askew of Sesssuns. have
been among the visitors IN she
city the past week to friends and
relatives.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-08-07

Mr.. Henry Egger left yester-
day for Pierre. La, where he
goes to accept a position with the
Crowley-Spencer Lumber Co.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-08-07

Mr.. and Mrs. K. A. Mann. af-
ter a brief stay in Jackson have
decided to make their home in
the Delta. and are at present
on a visit to home-folks before
going there
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-08-07

Mrs. John D. Bradford has the
sympathy of numerous friends
in the death Of her little son,
John D. Bradford, Ir., which oc-
CURED at the home of Mrs. A H.
George. No. 40 South Third
street, about one o'clock yester-
day afternoon.
The funeral will occur at the
George home at nine o'clock this
morning, being conducted by
Rev. w. K. Dakin, rector of st
Paul's Episcopal church, and
Rev. W. ". Woodland, pastor Of
the First Methodist church.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-08-07
Neyman Succeeds Brooks.

Mr.. c. Neyman has been ap-
pointed local freight agent for
the Southern Railway to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the death
of Mr.. N. s. Brooks. Mr.. Ney-
man was formerly agent for
the company at West Point, and
will be succeeded there by MIR.
s. G. Neyman, former relief
agent.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-08-07

Mr.. John H. Mcbride Of Car
-clltcn. Nice. spent Snnday ard
Monday the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. Y. Moore on College St.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-08-07

Mr.. W. N. Ethrldge spent yes
terdey In West Point on business.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-08-07

Hon. Joe Cook Of Hattissburg
5, ent Tuesday in the city.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-06
Joining the Language.

Chicago Inter-Ocean: A mistake
made by linguistic purists is to say
that all slang is bad, illegitimate,
condemnable. There is a slang which
we may Justly regard as good, legiti-
mate and worthy OF a welcome as
Language in the making"
Broadly speaking. we are justified
in saying that any slang phrase which
truly possesses the quality of succinct
descriptiyeness, is picturesquely
graphic and sufficiently terse, is a po-
tential addition to our mother tongues
worthy word stock.
Take the two expressions, MAKE
good and "Butt in" The former has
practically ceased to be slang. The
latter will most probably have been
graduated into real English before
many years have passed.
The acceptance of both as language
lis fairly based on the two-fold fact.
that each is terse and strikingiy
graphic, after an epigrammatic FASH
ion. Indeed, Butt in'' has few rivals
in the field of verbal picture drawing.
To bestoW approval on slang that
meets the conditions of Language in
the making Isl not to indorse the great
bulk of current slang. Most dc it en-
tirely lacks the element OF succinct
descriptiveness.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-06
UPON STATE "
=, RAILROAD REGULATION

New York. Journal of Commerce;
Unchecked by considerations affecting
the general welfare, railroad regula-
ton by individual states is apt to be-
come a public danger. No better il
lustration of that fact can be provided
than in what Is known as the Shreve-
port case, argued before the supreme
court last Monday. 1t is instructive
to note that while the real defendant
in the cas- is, the Railroad Commits
sion of Texas, the complainant is the
Railroad Commission Of Louisiana.
The proceeding was brought under the
direction of the Louisiana legislature
for two purposes. Cd To secure an
adjustment of rates that will be just
and reasonable from Shreveport into
Texas; and (2) TO end, il possible,
the alleged unjust discrimination
practiced by certain interstate rail-
roads in favor of Texas state traffic
and against similar traffic between
and Texas. The gravamen
of the complaint is that the carriers
defendants make rates out of Dallas
and other Texas points into eastern
Texas which are much lower than
those which they extend into Texas
from Shreveport, La. "A rate of so
cents carries first class traffic from
Dallas a distance Of 100 miles, while
the same rate of 60 cents will carry
the same class of traffic but fifty-five
miles into Texas from Shreveport. The
policy of the Texas commission is
frankly n Of protection to its own
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-06

This article, which was run in last
Saturdays issue Of The Forum, is run
again today on the request of several
Of the teachers who are attending the
North Dakota Educational association
convention.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-06

giving undue preference or advan-
tage to n community over another;
that is to say. hat this prohibition
permits these carriers. to- exclude a.
city within the state. of Louisiana
from doing business upon equal terms
with the. cities in, Texas, is to distort
the plain meaning of the act, and
make the regulation of interstate
commerce fa~rcically ineffective; to say
that interstate carriers may so dis
criminate because of the orders of a
state commission is to admit that a
state may limit and prescribe the flow
OF commerce between the states. And,
as Commissioner Lane went on to
say, If n state nay exercise the
power Of fixing, rates SO as to prefer
it's own communities, all states may
do SO. There would thus arise a. COM
mercial condition more absurd and
unbearable that that which obtained
prior to the Constitution when each
state sought to devise methods by
which it's commerce could be localized.
Thus, the commissioners asked: "How
utterly incongruous the results. IL the
interstate carriers of Ohio should be
allowed to make rates within that
state which would SO confine the COM
mefce or its communities as to x
clude ON equal terms that of Buffalo
or Of Pittsburgh; and what national
system of regulation could there be if
interstate commerce could be discrim-,
mated against after such a fashion,
The three dissenting commissioners
took the ground that congress had not
conferred on the commission the pow
er here sought to be exercised and
that it was absolutely imperative that
the commission should confine itself
within the four corners of the law of
Its creation, usurping neither the Leg
1slatiye function of congress- nor the
judicial power of the COURTS The
commerce court, with only one dis
senting voice, upheld Commissioner
Lane and those who with
him, but there are obviously questions
of sufficient moment involved in the
case to make 1t necessary for the SUI
preme court to pass upon them.
Should the court find that congress
has not delegated sufficient power to
the interstate commerce commission to
enable it to check the exercise hy
state commissions Of. what, really
amounts to the power to fix Interstate
rates by the making of intrastate dis
ordinations, there will be, a pretty
general demand that the law should
be so amended as to correct this omis-
sion.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-06

son to note that despite all the years
that have since elapsed his lamp still
stands without a single salient feature
eliminated or added.
Carbonized paper filaments soon
gave way to filaments made from
bamboo, and subsequently to the
present squirted carbon flament, but,
nevertheless, developments in the car
bon incandescent lamp field were rath-
'er slow viewed in the light of those
that have taken place recently. Better
lamps than the carbon 1ilament have
come and gone within the last five
years, the tungsten lamp representing
the survival of the fittest, and here
again 1t is worthy to note hat Edison
himself worked on metal filament
lamps, using platinum, iridium. titani-
UNI and other metals only to discard
them In favor Of carbon.
The wonderful development in the
incandesecent lamp field, especially in
the high candle power tungsten lamps
with nitro filled bulbs, have come
within the present year. How greatly
the industry is indebted to Edison for
the incandescent lamp 1t were vain to
guess. Certainly the a owes him
a debt which 1t can pay.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-06

industries and communities. Knowing
that it was within the power of inter-
state carriers doing business within
h state so to adjust rates as to make
Ie&as entirely dependent upon other
states and thus restrict the growth of
her cities and fix the nature of her in
dustries, the Texas commission sought
to establish a Texas policy and to
make the railroads within thai state
contribute in the manner believed by
hers people to be- best fitted to SUBJ
serve her own interests.
But as Commissioner Lane, now
secretary of the interior, said in writ
ing the report in this case: 1t is not
the function of a railroad to equalize
the commercial advantages of cities.
II Shreveport is so situated by reason
of her position on the Red river and
her proximity to the Mississippi that
the railroads serving her are justified
in extending to her inbound rates
which are lower than those extended
to Dallas and other cities in Texas,
this is her advantage of which she
may take full benefit. The carriers
may not say that they will absorb in
the outbound rates such advantages
as Shreveport has upon her inbound
rates. Railroads may that
they have the right to control the des-
TIMES of cities and limit their jobbing
territory or expand it as they see fit,
but this is not a policy consistent with
the theory of governmental regulation.
If the inbound rates to Shreveport
are compelled by natural conditions
the discrimination in her favor is not
undue. If, however, this is an arti-
fetal relation established by the rail-
roads 1T is unlawful. If natural, the
railroads certainly should not destroy
1t. II artificial, 1T should never have.
been established and should now be
removed. AS a matter of fact, the act
to regulate commerce was largely the
soutgrOWth of a popular conviction
that the railroads had attempted sue
.cessfully to prescribe and define the
channels of commerce in such a way
as to favor certain localities, indus
tries n individuals. Hence the prob-
lem before the interstate commission
was whether it has the power to say
that whatever rates an Interstate car
rier may make between points in Tex
as shall not be exceeded for the same
distance under like conditions be-
tween Shreveport and Texas points.
In other words, may a carrier engaged
in interstate commerce discriminate
against a. city beyond the border Of a
state by imposing upon that city's
traffic, rates which deny its shippers
upon equal terms to the COM
munities of an adjoining state? The
third section of the interstate com
.rnerce act being aimed at the destruc-
ton of undue preference and advan-
tage was naturally appealed to as In
vesting the commission with sufficient
power to redress the grievance of
Louisiana.
This, a majority of the commission
had no hesitation in saying, three
members dissenting, that it possessed.
1T was argued with apparent force
that congress had clearly prohibited
carriers of Interstate commerce from
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-06
LEADERS, THE FARM NEED.
Better Social Conditions Will Come
When Men Start Working Together.

Better Social Conditions Will Com,
When Men Start Working Together.
WalIace's Farmer: IL we wish tC
keep our brightest boys and girls In
the country, and thus-if nothing
mOre-get the home grown labor,
without which we cannot cultivate
our farms profitab1y, we must develop
a better social life in our country.
There are really few things in the
city that are worth while, that We can
not have in the country il we want
them.
We can have, and will have, some
time, better schools, with the teach
ings in the terms of the life we are
to live. We will have this as soon as
We are willing to pay the price. on
the same terms we can have better
churches where the people follow the
same line of business. have much the
same outlook on life, the same wants
and desires. We can have this social
life, with vastly less danger OF moral
corruption; saner social life as we'll,
with a broader view point han any
thing the city Car furnish.
The sane n soul satisfying social
life cannit be imposed on the country
from the city, nor, even from the
country town. 1t must come from the
country itself, from the farms. It
must fit the country as the skin fits
the man. 1t must grow out of the
country. For the farmer Is a differ
ent sort Of man from the townsman,
and must always be, and his social
life must be al outgrowth Of the best
that is in him.
Ten per cent of the men in n
community, and these the best men.
can in ten years make that community
do what they want it to, if they will
only get together and do teamwork.
If they are men of. broad ideas and
high ideals, to whom a life worth while
is much more than dollars or office,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-06

that community will be the one in
which the children will delight to stay:
but they must get together and work
together. What the country needs
just row is just that kind OF leader
ship: and 1T must furnish. its own
leadership. for a stranger they win
not follow" ~
Cities have their commercial clubs
n other voluntary organizations in
which representative men Of the coIu-
munlty get together and work for the
good of the community as a whole!
They encourage new industries, work.
for good sidewalks and pavements and
street lights, and in general stimulate
a community spirit which will demand
better conditions. The country should
have similar clubs and they can be
created If one or two influential men
in each neighborhood will lead of. :
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-06
Suspicicus.

Houston Post: "Why do you adj
wise me not to marry a girl younger
than myself, Q did it?'
II know it,
We'll. then,
And day before yesterday I read to
her the story Of q man who died from
ptoraaine poisoning contracted whila
ing oysters
IL don't see
And yesterday she served me with
oysters for dinner
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-06
Port of Panauaa,

Washington Herald: The suggestion
made in the Southern Commercial
congress that Panama be made a free
port, Is attracting much> attention in
the shipping centerB Of the world,
When the canal is opened it will be
more than a mere passage way for
between the two oceans. IT
will be a point where vessels from ali
points in the world will meet, and
where It will be possible for the ex-
change of commerce.. This will mean
the development of a city Of great i'm
p~ortance, and as a port of exchange
there would be NJ interference with
canal tolls or the customs duties of the
United States, ven though it be desig-
mated as a free port" Commercial
experts believe the plan would be ad-
~vantageous to the commerce of the
United States. =
The other great free ports OF the
world are Hamburg, Hongkong and
Singapore, n it is contended that
their enormous development is due to
the system proposed for the canal
zone. In view of its central location
this canal port would no doubt become
one of the most important in the world.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-06
ELECTRIC LAMP 81 YEARS OLD.
Edison Made His Horseshoe Filament
of Carbonized Thread in 1879,

Kansas City Star: The incandes-
cent lamp Is 81 years old today. Oc-
tober 81, 1879, Thomas A. Edison made
his famous horseshoe ilament of car
bombed thread and afterwards paper
that created such a sensation in both
hemispheres. The problem Of a prac-
tical small incandescent lamp was
then completely solved and it is a.
striking tribute to the genius of Edi-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-06
me FAD 81 fhe Ro,uancc.

st. Louis Republic: Poor thing.
Only married six months and her hus-
la jail,
Yes. and he says he'll die there be-
fore he'll come across with a cent OF.
alinlony.n
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-06

THE uNcRoWNED QUEEN OF THE UNEMPLOYED DOMAIN WHICH
IS BOUNDED ONLY BY A SCHOLARS HOPES. MAY SHE VET RE-
cEVE ON EARTH HER REWARD OF MERIT, HERETOFORE IN
TRUSTED TO THE PLAUDrTs OF PosTERlTY, or A HARP IN
THE HEREAFTER.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-06
TOAST TO TEACHERS

TO THE FosTER-MoTHER OF OUR CHILDHOOD, THE PLAYMATE
OF OUR YOUTH, THE COMPANION OF OUR EARLY MANHOOD,
THE COUNSELOR or OUR MATURER YEARS, THE INSPIRATION
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-06

Liberal discount on art goods for
convention week. Mezirow & Bruce,
10 BroadwaY.-Advt.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-22
Es.REPuBLICAN ARsHAILToWN iowa. DECEMBER = 1913

Fred Meyers. frst; Hugo Bo&tser. SEQ.
ond: dramatic class. Herths Lehfeldt.
first: Harold Poole, second; humorous
class, Ethel Chamberlain. first: Ben
Brodersen. second. Miss Chamberlain.
who represented tho school in the con-
test last year was chosen again. Tho
winners OF first honors were presented
with handsome gold medals. Harry
Meyers. who won first honors In the
oratorical class Is the grandson Of Mr..
j. Fred Meyers. who was editor OF tho
Review for many years. Miss Lehfeldt
is the daughter OF Ex-senator Leh-
feldt. The judges were County Super
intendent Olry. Mrs. Harry Carpenter
and Miss Emma Raine. The district
contest Is to be held at Denison.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-22
1EcoRp LOAD OF OATS.
aojeifod conseot at AeIeisy Results u
Eaennee Aaujina $50 pounde.

acjejtsd Contest at Ael<isy Results In
Farspsr Hauling $50 Pounds'
Spoctal TO mes-Republican.
Ackley. Dec. 22.-Prohably the lafe.
est load OF oats that was ever nauied
ON : wagon Of ordinary size was
brought into Q local elevator last sat
urt,ay about o'clock by Johannen
Cobie. . young farmer living southeast
81 town. The load was 90 large tnat
tho elevator scales would not weigh
III 81 It at one time. together with the
wagon, ana part had to be unloaded
ana two wsishinss made. The total
weigiit Of wagon and oats was d1.22o
pounds, the MT weight Of oats $3.50
POUNDS or 20 bushels. Mr.. Cobie's
load was Just sftftysAve pounds heavier
tihan one hauled ID " VIII Weber.
= farnsr Aynig NET hb1esto Mr.. Cobee.
Nj. wsber's load wss brought IN on 9
sixteen foot wagon on which q special
box had been built.
Th6eS has 1een Considerable rivalry
hetweAn Mn weber and Mr.. Cobie -
10 which ons could hanl the biggest
:load % market Wednesday Weber
6eought s. 1S6 bushels on load and
3h6ssame Day Cobie delivered one that
~ 80 - - bp4hej% Saturday
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-22

vanced men students who have re-
ceived special training from Prof. A.
will take care Of two sep
arate tours over two wide sections Of
the state during the Christmas vaca-
ton. One booster and magic lantern
will travel over, the Illinois Central
probably Stopping at Dubuque. Man
chester. Independence, Iowa Falls.
Webster City. Fort Dodge and Storm
Lake: the other will 80 over the Bur-
lington line probably to stop at Abba,
Charlton, Osceola, Creston, Corning.
Villisca and Knoxville. The alumni
association hopes to see each of the
local meetings lead to local associa-
lions OF Ames graduates and former
students
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-22

Memo Meints, . farmer living In the
same neighborhood az Weber and
Cobie, brought in . load that weighed
out 242h bushels. and Weber and
Cobie both decided to beat It and each
hearing that the other intended to try
net out to make record. News Of
the contest aroused 80 great interest
that q huge crowd gathered at the
elevator to see the two loads como In.
,Cobie arrived first with q 6e.inch
wagon box and forty sacks fastened
around the sides and piled on top. un-
til they would just clear the door OF
the elevator. A short time after Weber
appeared with his load and the ex-
citenent was intense until the weights
and result. were. announced ana the
fact shown that there was
only fifty-flve pounds OF oats diner
ence in the two. Mr.. Weber's weighing
9,225 pounds and the other $3.50.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-22
ROAD OFFERS TO SETTLE.
Rock Island Agrees to Pay 100000 to
Polk County.

Rock Island Agrees to Pay $4,000 to
Polk County.
Des Moines, Dec. 22-The Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific Railroad COM
pany offered Polk county 100000 in
settlement Of the suit It recently insti.
tuted against the corporation to recov.
er $23,000.O00, including penalties for
alleged unpaid taxes.
A secret conference Of members Of
the board Of supervisors, John J. Hall-
eran, its attorney. and Kistle& Wright,
Council Bluffs attorneys. was held Sat-
urday. but an agreement has not yet
been reached.
Further conferences, It - expected.
will be held in a day or two. At the
close Of tho meeting the supervisors
refused to discuss the proposed settle-
ment. They admitted that the Rock
Island had submitted q proposition
looking toward q compromise Of the
suit and that the meeting had been
called for the purpose Of passing upon
1t. The board instituted its action
against the Rock Island on May last.
The company is said to have concealed
$160.000,000 worth Of corporation stock
held In Iowa from the assessor during
the last i've years The Rock Island
Railroad company Is q holding oorpor.
alton for the Rock Island Railway COM
pany. It's officials always have stren-
uously denied they had not paid their
taxes in full and asserted that there
was no merit to the county's claim