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Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-03
ELEVENTH HOUR fALSEHO0D
WAS NAILED BY JUDGE TIhON
Makes Reply 10 Charge OF Matthew
Dunn Published m Afternoon
Paper.

pnrnE ihe present c1mpaien some
1f the independents leaders haze
stopped 90 the lowest depths aud have
brought forth eVer effort in the man
uot of Vnncatiou and 3ing bon order
u cos hni dcgent mc Soc the election
tomorrow Happily however their
efforts havc rlou Mf short rcagecta
hie people nre dlssust.d with their
lnD efforts uud TAesday the entire
Democratic ucbot VIII ue elected hY b.
a mnouu ~ more thnu two o. one
stated luder Walter b. rlmon last
night
Sow comes forward" said Judsc
rIunn Matthews lhc Gopd shep
hcrl ouo Nl Ainu Dunn aud ,n the
Monday edition &C The CLARK Peasr
oraau WyH THAI I went o. the restrict
ra district on ei,rtlnn night If 1910 Co.
celebrate my victory want 90 sty
t0 that statement that il ia mAnufac-
tureG from Che whole cloth and } know
~ uo one iu Success county with the
exception az Matthew that would uttei
such DE-
The facts are tbesci
During the time prior in Tie clcf-
lion ~ 1910 there had hrcu number
~ rnbheme4 lu the cts. as Coruns
Chrstinns Win rar,.r,l.r n,a 49,.
~as much hinrm nnnrn r.sia.,ss y,
me a., over as. rr,l,t,i.s 10, ,I,. 49,
elnt4
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Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-03
PERSONAL MENTION


ATS Rnrh WGMma nl WaNlt.rr,e
l. % visitor m uue au 10 -aJ ..i. D.,
Nucccs
u 70 Harrison of KANSAS CHS ana
~ hsndemnd urounsll,s
were amous hHt rs ursais. a, thc
Nurcra
D e. Wreht husiross man of I.atcdo
vas 'm'ns lestrdass Arrivals go tfc
state
~ " liae~eii ~ Au.iin aad ]. a.
"ss"r' "i ""'ees were in tine clay
A"A'r'aA> ainppinr ut the state
Archer oi san Aniouia is in thc
''s 81" shosi husincss trp.
Ar aud AIRS b. m,st Graas .f SIM
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-03
GIRLS! HAVE BEAUTIFUL, CHARMING HAIR
AND NO DANDRUfF---25 CENT DANDER|NE

hrs'des heautiNinE tho hals "a once
nrdeginy dissohes over, rartlels 81
siandruff elcanscs. pusiflc- and in,lr.
crates lac scaln Forever stopping nch-
ink ana falilns half
lNl what Nii please yen mosi viii
n" AFTER Few weeks use when Nou
VIII actually sve new hair nnc and
de"nN az fiFSg scs- bat rcalis new
h1tr grnwirs al over the SCALP u
Hep eare ter prctts. sof, hair aud iogs
- u surely sts IS cent bottle ~
Nnp~i'on's uandetins from any dru-
F'st ~ ieil,i vonuier. aria just ,Iy Il.
Advertisement.
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-03

Al three banks 81 the city viii be
elosd ihfoushoui io,lHs un acenunt ef
Use election.
a builain1 esrmi, vas yesterday b..
AAtd in 4 ll inafa req fhr erection ut
two snnil frHme dwellings, un iinHsu
street go gnai 5000
Tho Devils pantani." two reel
fholriia, Shown ht iee iNrle lh.i-
IN seU'rnlaN wfs p3 mant vho Nltt
'2s.sel q uiet ~ une ~ unuHatl
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-03

NANAs"IA- Commercial clst
WAS fsent'N srganigcd here a,
EAtheiing u numher 81 business
meH The clnh was pus On $50
financial basis and win work M ~
interest u this community.
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-03

Nfs William UerhafAi f.turned
SATURDAY nieht from an extended ttin
ihropeh Washington and citses ~ can.
foruil Air Ge haruf Niu rcmsfn ln
california Cor some time hrins d,tnin .
"a ia business
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-03
DR. A. J. Caldwell

80, Diseases Of the
Gan NCst ARD THROAT ard
a. REFRAcTioN
h0'n~ aoN-s pity Nafl.n.l fs.,.t rta.
'""n"S pffls. SIS ne~ -tk
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-03

% @ % % E $ % % % % BUY %
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13
ROYAL WELSH CHOIR
PLEASES AUDIENCE
CHORAL PART OF PROGRAM Elk.
CEllENT, BUT SOLOlSTS
NOT so GOOD.

The Royal Welsh Ladies Choir
which appeared in recital Tuesday
evening at the New Grand, was greet.
ed by a large and representative au.
dience of the music loving popula-
ton of Columbia. Their program
was varied, and, on the whole, pleas
ing. Many were somewhat disap-
pointed, as they expected too much
from the choir.
The choral part of the program was
excellent. The ensemble made per-
feet harmony, was well balanced, dis
played a good deal of native musical
ability, and rendered all the parts in
an exceptionally effective manner.
One or two of the soloists, also, pleas
ed, but others of the number were
not quite up to the standard. The
duet from the Tales of Hoffman, sung
by Ethel Webb and Esta Wilkins. was
accorded probably the most applause.
The violin selections of Miss Dorothy
Smith were repeatedly encored. They
were brilliant in technique and fault
less in execution.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13
BAND WILL PLAY
AT BOARD MEETING

1t has been announced that in re-
Spouse to numerous requests the
Greenfield Hussar Band will play at
the meeting of the board of Trade
Thursday evening at court house. The
band will be twenty men strong, and
will give the business men of the
town the best that they have in stock.
They will give visible evidence of why
the board should get behind them and
support such an organization in the
city.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13
TEA DRINKING
INJURIES HEALTH
SUCH is THE DICTUM OF THE
LONDON COUNTY BOARD OF
EDUCATION.

Tea drinking in England, which Il
national habit, has just received 6
hard blow, which the sarcastic com
ments Of American papers, in connec
ton with the interruption of cricket
matches so that the players may be
enabled to imbibe the beverage which
cheers are making it more severely
felt.
The beard Of education has issued
a warning against the perils of tea
drinking in circular outlining a
scheme Of health teaching in elemen-
tary schools. After declaring that
tea drinking is unnecessary and that
too much strong tea is very injurious,
the circular adds that a diet of bread
and butter and tea is foolish and nom
nourishing.
One old belief that a cup of tea
is a good pickup, is discounted by
the circular which declares that per-
sons who drink tea continuously to
keep their energies from tagging,
soon become exhausted, since reac-
ton invariably follows.
Now the tea drinkers are haunting
the board Of education with being
like the fat boy in 'Pickwick,e want
ing to make cur flesh creep"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13
RAILROAD Time TABLE
& -
y ISsS;t, a,.l|
arrival AND departure of trains from
CoIumbia.)

arrival AND departure of trains from
coIumbia.)
Main Line-North Bound.
No. 4, limited, arrives at 1870 a. m.
departs 1877 a. m.
NO. 8, Eastern express, arrives a,
5.2O a. NJ; departs 5:25 a. m.
No. 6, Decature accommodation, ar
rives $50 a. M; departs 8::35 a. m.
No. 80, Columbia accommodation
departs HOO a. m.
No. 10, Columbia accommodation
departs 3:05 p. m.
No. 92, Columbia accommodation
departs $40 p. m.
No. 2, fast line, arrives Cos p. M,
departs 6:10 p. m.
Main Line-South Bound.
No. l, limited, arrives 1857 a. m.
departs 400 a. m.
No. 9, Columbia accommodation
arrives 9:25 a. m.
No. 8, fast line, arrives GAS a. m;
departs $50 a. m.
No. 81, Columbia accommodation
|arrives 4:3O p m.
No. 5, Decatur accommodation, ar.
rives 5:35 p. m; departs $40 p. m.
No. SO, Columbia accommodation
arrives $50 p. m.
No. 7, eastern express, arrives
1927 p. m; departs 1892 p. m.
NJ. F. & s. Division-North Bound.
No. "a, Sheffield accommodation,
arrives 500 a. m.
No. 26, Mt. Pleasant accommoda
ton, arrives 2:55 p. m.
No. %, Sheffield accommodation
arrives 4:57 p. m.
NJ, F. & s. Divsion-South Bound.
No. 81, Sheffield accommodation,
departs $50 a. m.
No. %, Mt Pleasant accommoda.
ton, departs lao p. m.
No. %, Sheffield accommodation.
departs 6:15 p. m.
NJ, c. G. st. L. Ry.
North Bound.
No. 267 arrives 500 a. m.
No. 141 arrives 4:51 p. m.
South Bound.
No. 142 departs 1920 a. m.
No. 144 departs 6:15 D. m.
+: L. Walpole, Ticket Agent, Co
lumbia, Tenn.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13
w. J. CUMMINS
BEGINS SENTENCE

NEW YORK, March 11.-Wm. +
Cummins, one time head of the de-
funct Carnegie Trust Company, who
was convicted nearly three years ago
of the larceny of $4,000 was taken
to Sing Sing prison from the Tombs
today to serve sentence Of not less
than four years and not more than
eight years and eight months. By
reason of appeals and other methods
counsel for Cummins kept him out of
Sing Sing for nearly 90 days after
his conviction and sentence. He now
will appeal to Gov. Glynn for a par
don, on the ground he rendered as
sistance to the state in the hearings
regarding the trust.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13
VETERAN SPORTING
WRITER is DEAD

SAN FRANCISCO, Cla., March II.
w. W. Naughton, president of the
San Francisco Press Club, dean of
Pacific coast sporting writer's and
known the breadth of the country,
died today at his home from heart
disease after an illness of fortnight.
In his youth he was notable as a
boxer, oarsman, runner, swimmer and
marksman, and it was not uncommon
for him to win an athletic or shooting
the afternoonportingfieS 7S90$. -. :.
match in the morning, write it up at
noon, and put his own story in type
in the afternoon.
For many years Naughton special
lied on boxing, and he was at the
ringside at all notable contests.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13

JOHN w. MATTHEW'S, Sixth Dis
trict."
The committee is composed of the
following members:
First Observation-Disclosures Johnson
R. S. Mcknight.
Second district-James M. Gregory
C. H. Mckay.
Third district. A. (Doc) Grove
Jno. Odill.
Fourth district-William F. Scott
Clay E. Hight.
Fifth district-Jas. H. Ramon, w
E. Ballanfant.
Seventh district-Jno. E. Brown.
low, Charles S. Jackson, Mumford
Smith, Kennon Hill.
Eighth district-G. N. McKennon,
Jr., Joe F. Porter
Ninth district-T. B. Forgey, John
Fraser, W. J HARRISON, c. T. Looney
Jake Harlan, w. D. Cameron.
Tenth district-Jasper C. Taylor,
George Grimes.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13
LAWYER DISBARRED
SUES FOR 100000

HATTIESBURG, Miss, March Ii
A. A. Hammond, Cleveland, Miss.
lawyer, today filed suit here against
Judge Paul B. Johnson of the twelfth
judicial circuit, for 100000 alleged as
damages. During a trial at Laurel
Miss, last April Hammond was ad.
judged in contempt of court by Judge
johnson, fined 800 and sentenced to
jail He was later disbarred from
practicing In Judge Johnson's court
The fine was RENTED after Hammond
had served few days in jail. He al.
leges false imprisonment. He stumn.
ed Mississippi in the interest of the
progressive ticket in 1912.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13
COMPARE THE TIME

COMPARE THE TIME
as kept by the watches and
clocks we sell with a first class
Regulator" and covlnce your
self of the accuracy of our
timepieces. You know our
watches carry a guarantee,
and we keep them in repair a
whole year free of charge.
Subsequent cleaning and re-
pairing at moderate rates.
Chronometers, split = second
watches and other delicate
mechanism a speciality.
GOTHAM BROS.
JEWELLERS G. OPTICIANS.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13
PROMOTION FOR
FORMER RECTOR
DR.. &. B. ANDREWS CALLED TO
ONE OF LARGEST CHURCHES
IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA.

DE-. e. B. Andrews, for many years
the popular and much esteemed rec,
tor Of st. Peters church, has again
been called to higher station. Dr.
Andrews went from here to the rec
torate Of St. Johns church at Jack.
sonville, Fla, little more than
year ago. He has now accepted
call to- Griffin, Ca, where the demon.
nation has one Of its .ergest and
best churches. He goes there to be.
come the assistant to Rev. DR.. V. W.
Shields, the rector Of St. Georges
church. Griffin is one Of the larges.
and best towns in Southern Georgia,
In the announcement of his depart.
ure the Jacksonville Metropolis car
ries a splendid likeness of DR.. An.
drews accompanied by most flatter
ing tribute: In part that paper says
Since coming here year ago Mr.
Andrew has become very popular 4
episcopally with the younger mem
bers Of st. Johns congregation. He
at once became a leader in the work
of the societies and added much to
their number and influence. He is
powerful preacher and is noted for n
his twenty minute sermons filled
with meaty exposition of the gospe
in light Of modern development It
was these talks that drew large con I'll
gregations to hear him and his aN
sence will be felt in Jacksonville as
he has been a power for good not
only in st. Johns but in the other
churches of the city.
Mrs. Andrews, too, will be missed
as she has become very popular IN a
and out Of the church.
"Mr. Andrews, while he is sorry to
leave Jacksonville, feels that he will
be able to render better services ID
his new field, where he will be IN
hampered and free to carry out his
modern ideas in church work"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13
COUNTY COMMIT Tee
CALLED TO MEET ON
SATURDAY, MARCH "A
INDEPENDENTS WILL ASSEMBLE
AT O'CLOCK FOR PURPOSE
OF ORGANIZING.
MEMBERS ISSUE FORMAL CALL
Body Was Chosen During Last Cam.
paign But Had Never Held a Meet
ing and Organized-WiIl Elect a
Chairman and Secretary.

There will be a meeting of the
county democratic independent
committee held at the court house II
Columbia on next Saturday at ]
o'clock. The call for the meeting
was issued Monday afternoon by sew
eral of the members for the reason
that since the election of the com.
mittee no meeting has ever been held
nor has any chairman or secretary
been named.
This committee was elected pur-
suant to resolution of the county
democratic convention of two years
ago which nominated Senator Church
and Representatives Denton and
Long. 1t has never had a meeting
and been organized The meeting
next Saturday will be for the purpose
of organization and to transact any
other business that may properly
come before the committee.
The following is the call for the
meeting:
THE county democratic (independ-
emit committee of Maury county, is
hereby called to convene at the
county court room in Columbia on
next Saturday, March IA, at l o'clock
for the purpose of perfecting organi-
cation and to transact any other
business that may come before the
committee.
This March 9, 1914.
JAS. M. GREGORY, Second district
&c. E. HIGHT, Fourth District,
"W. F. SCOTT, Fourth District,
~. H. KANNON, Fifth district,
'W. E. BALLANFANT, Fifth District.
bob SWAMI, Sixth District,
&c. N. M'KENNON, Eighth District,
JAKE HARLAN, Ninth District,
&C. T. LOONEY, Ninth District"
u. c. TAYLOR, Tenth District"
81. F. PORTER, Eighth District"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13
STUDENT WEEDS
GIRL In TEENS
JESSE CHEEK, SIXTEEN, MAR
RED TO MISS RACHEL
HUGHES, OF GLENDALE.

| In a sensational, wild auto ride
Jesse Cheek, aged about 16, and Ra
chel Hughes, a young lady about 15
were married Tuesday evening in
Marshall county. Cheek is a son OF
]. o. Cheek at Glendale, and Miss
Hughes is a daughter of James H
Hughes, of the same place.
Having made up their minds to get
married and fearing that they would
be stopped if they attempted to secure
a license in Columbia, young Cheek
telephoned to Lewisburg in the after
noon to secure it there. He and his
bride then came to Columbia ON No.
2 at O'Clock and secured an a,Etomo-
bile from Fry Bros, in which they
made their way over the county line
and were married.
Jesse Cheek has been day student
at the Columbia Military Academy for
the past several months, coming back
ward and forward each day on the
train. Miss Hughes is student at
the Glendale school. They belong to
very prominent families of that cem-
munity.
The marriage was a complete sur
prise to every one in the community
and nothing was known of the affair
until it was ever and they telephoned
back TO their friends that they were
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13
UPHELD INTEGRITY
WOMAN'S IDENTITY
NOT SWALLOWED UP BY HUS
BAND, DECLARES UNITED
STATES SUPREME COURT

! WASHINGTON, March 11,-T1
supreme court today attacked the o
clent legal fiction that woman's dsl
tity Is swallowed up in that Of n
husband.
In England for centuries, it w
pointed out, woman was preven'1
from acquiring a domicile for al
purpose in jurisdiction other ta'
that of her husband, while only in
cent years the United States had
lowed a wife to establish a domn
In a jurisdiction other than that
her husbands for purpose Of SUI
for divorce.
Today the court said the "fct''
is vanishing" and decided that
may establish a new domicile
bring any kind of suit, in event
husband is disloyal to her. The
mediate effect of this decision Va'
approve the judgment for S35,OO9
cured by Mrs. Katherine Ozntol,
Fayetteville, W. Va, against
Margaret H. Williamson. for the q
alton Of her husbands afecV
Mrs. Oznton left West Virginia
moved to Virginia to establish
icile in the latter state and sue u
federal courts of West Virginia.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13
MARTIAL LAW IS
RULING IN BRAZIL,

Hlo DE JANEIRo, Brazil, March
l'-Martial law was proclaimed TO.
day throughout the state of Ceara
FEDERAL troops have been placed on
guard at the principal commercial,
and private houses in Fortaleza the
state capital, owing to the outbreak
OF strike. Martial law was pro-
claimed In this city several days ago.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13

had, when the court adjourned fofr
the day, destroyed much of the ef-
fectiveness Of his testimony.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13
ONE ALLEGED EYE
WITNESS SAYS He
SAW BRADEk MURDER
JOHN FOSTER TESTIFlES IN oW.
EN- CASE HE WAS NER THE
SCENE.
TRIAL EXCITES MUCH Interest
Foster MerciIessIy drilled by General
Garner in the Cross Examination.
Prominent Array of Attorneys on
Both Sides of Noted Case.

The case of the State VS.. Georg,
Owen and Mike Robinson for the muir
der of Bob Braden was taken up Tues
day afternoon in the circuit court. A
jury was chosen after considerable
difficulty and many challenges were
exhausted before twelve men were
finally found who were eligible
Seated with the two defendants were
Holding C Garner, who represented
George Owen, and Will PEBBLES, who
was employed to defend Mike Robin
son. Assisting Attorney General
Frierson were Percy S. Chandler of
Mt Pleasant and James c. VOORHEES,,
OF the local bar. Joseph w Howard
appeared as prosecutor in the case.
The Introductory witnesses gave
the date Of the killing, as August -.
1913, and the place as the intersec-
ton of Blue Grass and Broadway
streets, in Mt. Pleasant They testi-
fed that it occurred at something
like 2 o'clock in the morning when
there was practically no one up. The
first several witnesses were not pres
ent when the killing took place, but
told that they heard the shots, and
one testified that he saw horse and
rider going out of town about five or
ten minutes after they were heard.
There was nothing to indicate that it
was Owen or Robinson.
The first alleged eye witness was
John Foster, who stated that he lived
in house near the intersection of
Blue Grass and Broadway, and that
some time during the morning hear
ing a noise outside, got up in bed and
looked out of the window. He said
that he saw two men, one of them
was George Owen. He heard no
words, but in moment he saw Owen
pull his gun and shoot four or five
lines at man who was in three or
our feet of him. The latter fell on
he pavement, and Owen reached
Town and handled him about the
waist where his pockets were. Owen
hen walked away, according to the
witness, toward Forgey's stable. Just
s he went out of view, the witness |
tated that he saw Robinson, the |
Their defendant, about two or three |
tops from the dead body, coming |
rom toward the square. He bent
yer the body and then walked on
own the street to an alley where he
urned off. The witness, Foster, stat
d that he did not get up, but from
is bed saw others come out and go
, the body.
On cross examination, Gen. Garner
as very severe and had the witness
/ several bad holes on numerous oc-
asions. He acknowledged that he
ad spent one term in the work
ouse and had been arrested several
mes for drunkenness. He denied
nat he had gone to George Owen
nd told him that he would swear for
i'm for $25. He stated that he had
aid nothing of the affair until after
lie preliminary trial, when the grand
Try, hearing Of his testimony, sum-
loned him before them. The wit
ess was very materially confused by
lie cross questioning and made sew Il
'al conflicting statements that were
ard to reconcile. Gen Garner was
lerciless in questioning him, and
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-03-13

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FIGHT GROWS HOT.
CONTINUED From Page Onel
having anything to do with the pay
ment Of this money to the boys.
stroud Pushing Fight.

Harold D. Stroud. representative OF
the Automatic Electric company OF
Chicago, who is pushing the automatic
plan for Topeka, stated today that
were the 300 petitions that have been
placed in business houses in the city
and elsewhere called in 1t would be
found that there would be more than
five thousand signatures favoring his
proposition.
"Our petitions are being circulated
by volunteers who are thoroueniy
posted on matters" said Mr.. Stroud.
And so the war goes merrily on. The
telephone question is common topic
Of conversation on the streets.
To the counter petition being circu-
later by Mr.. Webb and others the FOL
lowing clause has been added: And
ask that our names be stricked from
the petitions for the automatic sys-
tenn"
Petitions Are Missing.
According to Mr.. Stroud a number
of his petitions have been taken from
the places Of business in which they
were left for signatures.
Mr. Stroud brought an automatic
phone of historic interest with him
from Chicago. 1t is the phone over
Harrison Of Chicago in the course Of
the International Dairy show several
years ago. 1t was on the occasion OF
the cutting of q six ton cheese by
President Tart. Inc phone l6 ON eX-
hibition at Frank Curry's smoke house.
With q view to increasing the eff
cheney Of the present telephone service
in Topeka extra operators and repair
men will be put on the pay roll inn
mediately.
Statement From Mackey.
"Engineering and traffic experts
who have been here have declared
that Topeka's service is as good as
anywhere IN the United States" said
Mr.. Mackey today. when there is an
agitation Of the telephone question in
a city, irregularities in service are no.
| ticed and objected to, which under
ordinary conditions would absolutely
| 20 unnoticed. In an effort to give
even better than the highest average
| Of service the company, although it
| has been running with q full pay roll,
| has put on extra operators and re-
| pair men.
'P. H. Hopkins, general manager of
| the company, while here on his regu-
| lar visit, authorized this increased
force. 1t is not that we have not had
| enough operators, that we are adding
more. But we are increasing and en-
larging an already full force to give to
our patrons the best kind OF service at
all times, and minimize Irregularities
| to the smallest possible degree. In
| short we are trying to get away above
the average for Topeka
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