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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-13
DAMAGE SUIT GOES
TO CIRCUIT COURT
RAILROADS APPEAL FROM DECI-
SION OF MAGISTRATE IN
THE MORTON CASE.

The Louisville & Nashville and
Nashville, Chattanooga & st. Louis
Railways have, through their respec.
tive attorneys, G. T. Hughes, Jr., and
Hatcher & Hatcher, appealed from
the decision of the magistrates court
to the circuit court in a damage case
instituted against them by S. T. Nor
ton. In the lower tribunal, Morton
was given $256 in damages tor in
juries done a carload of sheep and
lambs belonging to him. The rail-
roads claim that this was excessive,
and so have taken the case to the
circuit court, where it will be reheard.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-13
LABOR LEADER
URGESSIX DAY WEEK
JOHN MITCHELL SAYS MAN
WORKING SEVEN DAYS is
NOT FREE.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1O.-John Mitch.
ell, vice president of the American
Federation of Labor, in an address
delivered before the republican club
yesterday afternoon made strong
plea for the passage of law COM
polling employees to recognize the
right of the working man to one days
rest out of every seven.
ours is the most prosperous coun-
try on earth and we want our work
ing men to enjoy their full measure
Of this prosperity. hold that those
who work seven days in wekk are
not in condition to appreciate the
spirit of liberty ard justice on which
this government was founded.
Il hope that the New York labor
law will include all working men in
it's provisions for one day of rest out
of seven and that other states will
enact legislation pdoviding that work
ing men shall have the opportunity to
rest one day out of week."
Mr.. Mitchell said also he recon-
mended the enactment of laws enforc-
ing the eight hour day partly because
there are too many men now out OF
employment and partly because the
shorter day of labor is more humane
and economical in the long run.
What actuated Henry Ford" he
added, was a desire to get away from
the opposition that might come out of
the 12-hour working day"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-13
TWO DAMAGE SUITS
IN CIRCUIT COURT

Two damage suits were filed We'd
nesday morning in the circuit court
for trial before Judge w. B. Turner.
John Schade, Jr., in one case, and
Miss Christine Schade and John
Schade, Jr., in the other filed suit
against the Western Union Telegraph
Co. and the Cumberland Telephone
& Telegraph Co. for $4,000. The
suits were for $4,000 each. 1t is al
legged that they had received damages
at the hands of the defendants.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-13
ADVOCATES WORKING
OF ROADS IN SPRING
INSTEAD OF SUMMER
Continued from First Page,

easy to keep clear of distractions. 1t
is especially necessary to keep the
outlets of all bitches open, for the
ditch is damage instead of benefit,
unless the water can escape.
"The tools for building graded and
| drained roads are not expensive and
can be used by any man of ordinary
capacity. The grader is necessary
for both grading and ditching, and
practical experience has proven that
the small grader, handled by one man
and two mules, is better adapted to
our road conditions than the large
machines. With these handy little
machines, road bed can be rapidly
made and given finish and COM
pleteness that can hardly be done in
any other way. The drag is hardly
less important than the grader. There
can be either steel or wood, and
while the adjustable steel drag can
do more work, yet the split log drag
does very well, especially in maintain
ing the roads, and as it costs practi-
cally nothing, and the material to
make it can be had anywhere, it
should be in use on every road in the
state. Too much cannot be said in
favor of this simple tool, whether it
be of steel or wood, and if 1t can be
brought into general use, it would
work wonders in the conditions of our
roads. Once graded, road can be
kept in good condition practically all
of the time by having it dragged after
each wet spell, as it will fill the holes
and ruts, and the road bed will get
harder with each dragging. Wet and
weather will soften any road
bed more or less, but by the frequent
use of the drag, the grade will be
maintained, the road will be drained,
and few hours Of sunshine will dry
it. The cost of dragging is SO small
to it's benefits that it should
by all means be put to general use,
and system should be arranged by |
our road authorities to have it gener-
tlly done. The very simplicity of the
plan is a drawback to many people, i
but it is practical, cheap and eff
Gent"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-13
MITCHELL WILL
ADD T0SECRETARlEs
THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK TO
HAVE EIGHT ON HIS
STAFF.

NEW YORK, Feb. 11.-Mayor
Mitchell is to have, altogether eight
secretaries. He said today that three
was inadequate to handle the rapidly
growing work Of the Office and that
he would appoint one new assistant
secretary at salary of $4,000 a year,
two assistants at $4,000 to act as per-
sonal inspectors for the mayor, one
assistant at $4,000 to have charge of
the work in nthe board of estimate,
and one confidential clerk at $1,000 to
look after the mail
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-13

Just receiver carload Of VIRGINIA
LAND PLASTER in cotton sacks.
STREET, MARTIN & VAUGHAN co.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-13
CLOVER SEED
AND ALFALFA DRILLS

This machine VIII save at least
one-third Of your clover seed over the
old way of sowing. By drilling your
seed with this machine on your wheat
land the cultivation Of the wheat
alone will almost pay for the ma-
chine, as it increases the yield of
wheat. The clover seed, being drill
ed in the ground, will not wash
away, will not freeze out as badly as
when sswn on top Of the ground. and
will stand the druughts better
STREET.. MARTIN & VAUGHN CO.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-13
TWO MORE SUBMIT
THEIR CASES

WEI Pointer, charged in the Grim.
inal court with carrying weapons,
submitted his case to Judge Mcknight
Tuesday afternoon, and was fined $50
and costs
Will Finnell, who was charged on
three counts with selling liquor with.
out license, has submitted his case
to the judge, but the latter has re-
served sentence until the March term
of the court.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-13
"CLARk'S" DOUBLE
CUTAWAY DISC HARROWS

Unquestionably the best double
disc harrow ever offered. 1t is the
only one that thoroughly works the
soil at one going-over. 1t is lighter
draft by one-third than any disc har-
row made. 1t can be used with joint
ed tongue or without tongue truck.
STREET, MARTIN & VAUGHAN co.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-13
SERVE DINNER
FIRST MONDAY

The ladies of the First Methodist
church will serve dinner in Columbia
the first Monday in April.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-13
QUO VADIS COMING
ON FEB. Io AND 20

Manager Hendley announced this
morning that he had secured for the
New Grand the great pictures OF QUO
Vadis," which have been shown with
so much success in the large cities.
The scenes have been reproduced at
great cost and expense. They are
said to be among the finest of all
moving pictures. They have been
shown to large crowds at the Ven
at Memphis at much higher prices.
The appearance Of this great picture
will draw great numbers here, when
it appears on Feb. 10 and 20.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-13
DIAL AND MIGRANT
SUBMIT THEIR CASES

Reese Dial and George Migrant
who were indicted at the last term Of
the criminal court on the charge of
attempting to aid Irish Taylor in e.
Gaping from the county work house,
submitted their cases "Wednesday
morning before Judge Mcknight, and
were fined $50 each and costs. Hicks
Richardson was the prosecutor for
the county.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-13
MODERN WOODMEN
ELECT OFFICERS

At recent meeting of the local
lodge Of the Modern Wocdmen of
America a, delegates were chosen to
the county camp, which will meet in
Columbia some time in April Those
elected were w. O. Witherspoou, Jr.,
J. A. Gosafn, w. B. Blackwell, George
D.Tutt and J.. w. Tanner.
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GOSSIP OF WALL STREET.
A Logical Rise

The annual report OF tho Southern Pa.
clhc company for the fiscal year ended
June 20 showed that the company earned
9.S5 per cent With such q margin Of
earnings over the dividend At least II 10
safe to say that the stockholders need
feel no immediate apprehension over the
safety Of the return. The official figures
confirm the prevailing opinion that the
stock IL probably the cheapest in it,
class In the world all things considered.
Southern Pacific has been selling at an
abnormally low price for reasons which
are well known to everybody. Now there
are unmistakable signs that the technical
conditions which brought this about are
slowly but surely being eliminated from
the market. The huge increase TO tho
floating supply Of the stock through the
Gale of the Union Pacifc's holdings has
been largely corrected by 4 substantial
consumption OF the stock by investors. As
a matter of fact already about three
quarters OF the $4,000 shares OF stock
sold have found an entirely now set of
owners This evaporation OF the stock Is
testified 10 by the era usi rise in tho
price. Southern Pacific has been edging
upward for some time past. II Is In.
teresting to note that the activity In the
past two weeks OF advance has been
market fell from IS almost Immediately
following the sale. This rise in Southern
Pacific Is entirely logical. There IL no
reason why II should not continue until
the stock sells Gin line with other mem.
bers In its class. The only restraining
Influence In sight seems to be the posi-
bility OF renewed talk Of Government &C
ton to force the company 10 give up 1T
ownership OF Central Pacific.
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notes which come due next year (lelD.

notes which come due next year GelD.
and which are amply protected by col
lateral, and unpaid vouchers are less than
ever before. To be sure, We had
q poor corn crop. which Ii bound to af-
feet our earning to some extent, and we
had one or two unfavorable rate de-
cisions. which. however. look O good deal
worse than they really are. speaking
for myself. I am not apprehensivs az to
the future of this property, and certainly
hope that none OF Its stockholders will
dispose OF their stock at Its present price"
The stock and note holders of the company
may md comfort In this confession of
faith by President Bush. The market
for tho stock and the notes has improved
somewhat from the low. But not by faith
alone can the fact be removed that just
at present the price OF these securities
is at level which implies that certain
possibilities are still being considered by
the financial community. The prise OF
the notes maturing next June shows that
they are regarded as a speculation. The
verdict OF the market cannot be explained
away.
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In all the discussion Of tho merits Of
the stock little or nothing has been made
OF the very valuable equity possessed by
tho Southern Pacific in its ownership OF
extensive oil properties. The annual re-
port published yesterday exhibited the in
cressing Importance OF this item In rather
striking fashion. In the table of income
derived from dividends on stock OF COM
panies other than proprietary companies
II 10 shown that $1.760,000 was received
from holdings OF Kern OIL and Trading
Company stock, 1sOl.O35 from Associated
OIL Company stock and $4,000 from
Clark OIL stock, q total Of s2.172.035. This
was an increase over the preceding year.
for from the Bravo OIL stock the income
was $254,S20. the same as In 1912. In the
past whenever the subject OF the Southern
Paciflcs oil properties has been men
toned II seems to have been In conneo-
ton with tho Government suit questioning
the company's title to certain oil lands.
But the lands involved In the Govern
ment suit are said to form only a small
and comparatively invaluable part OF the
whole, estimated by experts to be worth
at least l00,000.000.
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II there In one point on which there
10 unanimous belief II 10 that 1914 will
be one OF big bond market The year
Just ended was a VIGOROUSLY bad one for
corporate financing. Tho railroads Of the
country found the capital market prac-
tically closed to them, and with the pros
poet OF easy money conditions a. re-
suit of the worldwide falling of In trade
II Is safe to ray that the railroads will
take the opportunity of doing an enor-
nous amount OF refunding Of short term
obligations as we'll as Of raising new
money Yesterday for the first time since
tho turn Of the year there were unmis-
taxable signs of increasing activity. In
the bond market on the exchange. This
could hardly be termed broad buying
movement, but the volume of dealings
and the Improvement IN prices was at
least more substantial than has been seen
for some time past. The fact that this
colncided with the release Of the huge
sums Of January interest and dividend
money lent additional interest to the de-
velopment. Tho market was irregular,
but the strength was not simply confined
to the high grade issues. It extended ia
the speculative class of bonds. A fea-
ture was the New Haven Ga "when is
sued" which returned to tho highest level
touched In the last two months. In this
case the advance may have been for
special reasons.
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Coffee Closes slightly Higher, with
Trading Featureless.

Coffee closed l TO 6 points higher yes
terday on sales Of but 22500 bags.
Most Of the sales were In the March po-
sition. The range throughout the day was
narrow and traders showed little interest
In the market. Prices were 4 points
lower to points higher at the opening.
and cost and freight offers were about
unchanged.
Both the Havre and Hamburg markets
wess lower. the former exchange having
been closed since Wednesday. Brasilian
primary receipts continued liberal and
Sac Paulo weather was favorable. The
Santos market for futures was easier.
The Havre market opened ~ to y r..
lower and closed u to u fr. lower.
Hamburg started y to y pig. lower
and finished !. to - pig lower Rio
No. was unchanged at $3.50. At San
tos No. 4 was unchanged at $3.50, while
No Z there was also unchanged at
4s650. Rio and Santos receipts totAlled
$1,000 bags. against $4,000 bags last
year. Sac Paulo had $4,000. against
$4,000. and Jundiahy. $1,000. against To-
900.
New York and New Orleans ware
house deliveries of BraEilian coffee for
He past week totalled 10000 bags.
against 6s4S3 in the preceding week.
and 7o.2s7 bags in the corresponding
week last year.
Prices were:
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there Is no doubt there would have been
heavier buying in the past fort
night had the steel mills been as ready
as they usually are TO book forward con
tracts. subject to specifications at the
pleasure Of the buyer. The mills are hold
Ing OF from contracts and insisting that
tho buyers give them actual specifications
II they wish to purchase. This contest
occasions delay, but Il mills persist a.
their attitude the buyers Will purchase IA
due course.
Shipments of finished steel averaged
less than 90 per cent or productive ca
pacity during December ana THIS is prob
ably we'll below the actual consumption
90 that an Increase In shipments Ia to
be expected for January.
Business In black and galvanized s',eeta
has increased very considerable. Neari'
all mills are refusing to soil al the rreAN
low level beyond February. or March a'
the outside.
Connellsytlle furnace coke has had
good movement, 81 being occurred on
large tonnage, and the scrap markets sIo
tirmeH
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PUBLIC UTILITIES.

The statement Of operations Of the South
ern California Edison Company by years
from 1903 to 1913 shows that during the In.
terval the company has enjoyed uninterrupted
expansion. For the year 1909 gross earnings
were 3s5Sss5 and s'nce then have grown
continuously until for the Twelve months
aggregated H.66o.25s. This IL an increase
OF tt5 per cent in ten years. For the same
higher percentage OF increase OF 400. while
the surplus applicable to dividends and de-
probation Increased stl per cent. III 1908
the surplus was j2s&t67. and for the twelve
months ended s.ptember 30. 1918. was sl,.
5O?.t6s. The present total capacity OF hydro
electric plants 1. t2.boo horse-po~er and Of
the steam auxiliary plants 1890 horse
power. making the total generating capacity
Of the company iissOo horsepower
Application has been made 20 the Ohio
Public Utilities Commission for approval of
the consolidation Of the Twin Cities Trac-
tion Company. tho Midland Power and Trac-
ton Company, the Coshoeton Light and Heat
Company. tn. Newcomerrtown Electric. Heat
and Power Company and the Lafayette Light
that ,sas.ssi I. to b. psid for tn. properties
s,a y: properly , y.s: q them :. s,ssn 81 q;
Scranton. Pa, who control the United Ser
vice Company, have completed ARRANGEMENTS
for the consolidation and Il Is believed that
the work OF the new company and tn. United
Service Company will be closely related
Iue TnlauelpHio tOlnphHy TOT NoNt"UeT'
1918 reports gross earnings of e2.l2gso5. an
increase of SiI5.5S6 Operating expenses
we're e71<. COS. an Increase OF Sas2S, and
net earnings were t2ss.l3S. or 3sT,e25 greater
than for the same month OF 1912 Sub
sidisry properties ~ the Philadelphia COM
pany are also making substantial gains In
earnings, II II expected that the Pittsburg
Railways Company will make record break
ing Increases during the present fiscal year.
On'ciaI estimates Of gross earnings for
1913 OF the Edison Electric Illuminating
Company OF BROOKLYN and the Kings County
Electric Light and Power Company. the hold
ing organization. are placed at approximately
$500, 600. or an Increase Ct nearly $4,000
over the preceding year. The company has
psid hfty-nve consecutive quarterly divi-
bends which foi ten years have been At the
annual rate of Z ns- cent. The electrical
OUTPUT Of the comnany likewise shows large
gains. Sales during 1918 were IA per cent,
greater than In any previous year. More
than 100 privR'e generating plants. ranging
from to 1000 horse-ro each, were re-
placed bv Edison service during the year, and
nesotiations are pending covering prospectivs
/ contracts for inward Of i0.0o0 horse power.
The new Gold street station boiler house has
been compisted and Ia designed for thirty
two boilers ~ Sho horse pows~ each, and coal
bunkers Of 1e. 900 tons ca pscity. A new sub
a,on on Jaw street has been Installed rro-
vidinG an ultima. cspscity ~ 10000 kilo-
wstts In rstarv converters ana also . storsE re
battery. The Ainslie street station has been
| extended to provide for $4,000 kilowatts.
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THE BOSTON MARKET.

BOSTON, Jan. s-The local market wa.
extremely dull and featureless, with a
generally Arm tone. In the early trading
American Telephone declined to 11sN
of \. with a late recovery to 100. up
United Shoe advanced fractionally.
In the rails. New Haven eased to 1914
of y, Inter recovering to I'M, up IS
Boston and Maine declined on ligh
transactions. Boston and Albany ad.
vanced to 1876. up points In two days
trading. In tho past fortnight the stool
has been advanced IL points.
In the copper shares osceola advance
2, Mohawk declined Ia and cope
range dropped y. The summary:
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TRADERS SELL, THEN
WANT COTTON BACK
Market Rallies After Early
Bresk-Aggressive Buying
Late Feature.
II\ ERPOOL BIG SELLER
Bull, and Bears Differ on Prob
able Effect Of Ginning
Report.

-, weakness Of the Liverpool market
brought out heavy volume of selling
during the early trading in cotton yes
terday. but many of those who sold
wanted their cotton back in the later
trading and as a result Of their bidding
a substantial part of the former decline
sas regained.
ASIDE from sharp declines In spot and
futures quotations abroad the cables re-
ported an unfavorable trade feeling at
Manchester. epinners there being pes
s,misto over the congestion OF cotton
goods at Bombay and Calcutta. This
condition has obtained at these impor-
tant centres for some time. and until the
situation improves British manufacturers
are apt to feel rather keenly the effects
Of curtailed demand.
Liverpool was large seller in this
market. supposed TO be for straddle ac-
count Southern hedge selling and the
offerings that came from Wall Street
houses gave the market u decidedly heavy
appearance shortly after the opening, as
the decline that followed uncovered a
considerable number of stop loss orders.
lepression, but sentiment continued more
or less bearish on tho market because Of
the probability OF large ginning returns
being disclosed by next Fridays census
bureau report.
II was contended by those who turned
bullish after prices broke through !?
cents that the ginning factor has been
discounted by last weeks decline. The
Turner estimate Of lS,3s7.ooo bales
gtnned to January 1 indicates ginning
FOR the period OF about 413,39i bales. A
feature OF the estimate Is that for certain
states IL places the amount of cotton
ginned to January / at figures In excess
OF the Governments December estimate
Of final yields. Georgias ginning Tor IN
stance exceeds the estimate OF her hnal
Yield by $4,000 bales; South Carolina by
$4,000 bales: Louisiana by $4,000 bales,
and Arkansas by 10000 bales. North
Carolina has ginned 10000 bales less
than the yield estimate and Oklahoma 10
within 5000 bales OF II.
The May and July positions again bore
the brunt OF tho selling. and both declined
to new low levels, the former to ll.90c
and July to ll.s6c. March sold down to
12o, but at that level aggressive sup
port was given. which proved too strong
FOR the bears to undermine The mar.
ket closed steady, January points lower.
March unchanged and the later active
positions I to points lower.
spot cotton was 10 points lower. Mid
ding uplands l2.30c. middling Gulf.
1885 Spot cotton in the principal
southern markets was unchanged to
t-isc lower Galveston. IL lilo New
Orleans. 12Sc: Norfolk. i2c: Savannah.
1e',c. Houston. 12Ec: Memphis, 1870 !;
Augusta. l2Hc.; st. Louis. l3c.
Futures hero closed unchanged to 8
oo!nts lower.
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THE STEEL MARKET,
NJ nufac turers Somewhat oDtinistic
After Receivins Rail Ordsrs.

Some steel manufacturers are somewhat
more optinistio, duo to better demand
for steel rails and sheets. but conditions
generally present little change consum-
ers are placing orders very sparingly
and are demanding concessions from pro-
ducers on very desirable business.
Specifications reflect some Improvement,
ana there VIII undoubtedly be an increase
in finished steel production during the
current month. II IL agreed. how
ever, that the turning point for Improve
ment is not yet In view. To date about
$4,000 tons OF rails have been bought
and inquiries aggregate $50 900 tons,
which include the Pennsylvania Railroad 8
requirements
Steel buyers show more disposition 10
take hold. This disposition 10 not result
ing In great increase In buying. but