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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-22
CHILD labor
Man Visits the City Of Wheel
ing to Confer about Pro-
posed Legislation.

WHEELING, Dec. 22-Harry NJ.
Bremen, a representative of the Ma
tional Child Labor Committee, is In
the city, comforting with a number
Of local organizations and individuals
in regard to child labor legislation
which 1t is proposed TO have enacted
at the coming session of the legisla-
ture. 81;
Some Of the measures which Mr..
Bremen is advocating are as follows:
Limitation of the number OF
hours child may be employed. (At
present West Virginia is on OF three
states that does not have Legislation
of this kind). 81 y
Prohibition Of night work for
children under 16 years. (West Wiz.
ginia is one of twelve states that does
not have such law on its statute
booksl. 5i
s. Extension of the 14-year age
limit to occupations other than fac
tories and workshops.
4-The passage of statute which
shall specify what recommendation
shall specify what occupations are
considered dangerous for children
Mr.. Bremen states that these meas.
ures are all in line with a child labor
bill now before Congress, which, ~
passed, will prohibit Interstate ship
ments of articles made by children
under conditions contrary to these
laws. The woman's clubs, of this
city. the State Federation Of Labor,
and many other associations are be-
hind the movement, he said.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-22
! rifle MATCH
is Postponed by the National
Association Ten Days from
the Original Date.

MoRGANDowN, Dec. %. Sergeant
May OF the university military depart
ments has received word from the
officials Of the National Rifle Associa-
ton at Washington that the first
match in the intercollegiate shoot
has been postponed ten days from the
original date, making the date Of the
first match January II instead Of
January as formerly announced.
This is done to give the college teams
plenty Of opportunity to shoot OF their
matches after they return from the
Christmas holidays. The students Of
the university will return here Janu-
airy and this allowed but two DAYS
in which to complete the shooting.
The new date viii give plenty OF time.
The cup presented by the NJ. C.
Lilley Company to the company ofthe
university cadet corps making the best
showing in the inter-company contest.
will arrive here this week ana VIII be
placed ON exhibition in q local store.
The cup is a handsome trophy and
one which will call forth q most sbirS
tied contest from the company mark ).
lslen. h n
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-22
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.

Traction Company express cars
leave Clarksburg for Grasselli, o'Neil,
Mt. Clare, Weston, Shinnston, Fair
mont, Fairvlew, Pennington, Man
nington and intermediate points daily
except Sunday. Shipments for Man.
nington and intermediate points
should be delivered in station not
later than $500 a. M; Fairview ane
intermediate points, 1880 a. M; Wes-
ton and intermediate points, 1900 M.
Quick service, reasonable rates, and
care in handling make this an ideal
line for shippers.
MONONGAHELA VALLEY TRAC-
TON COMPANY. @
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-22
POULTRY SHOW
Will Be Held Five Days the
First Week in January at
MorgantoWn.

dORGANToWE, Dec. 22.The
seventh annual exhibition Of the
Morgantown Poultry and Protective
association will be held in Phillips
Hall, corner Of Peasants and Chest
nut streets, January s, 6, 2, 8 and 8.
The officers, committees and members
of the association are making efforts
to have the show fully up to the high
standard set in past years and have
already secured many high class en-
tries.
The premium lists for the exhibI-
ton have been issued, and are being
mailed to fanciers throughout this
section of the country. Entries close
on the evening Of January A. S. g.
Case. of shreve, o., will be the Judge
of the exhibits, and will give demon
STATIONS in scoring. Thursday and
Friday afternoon.
The officers of the association are:
L President. Harry L. Smyth; vice
president, w. K. Hoffman; secretary,
q. M. Ollie. s.
The executive committee is compos-
ed OF the following members:
L GeorgesW. Jamison, J. L. Jamison,
Jr., L. B. Harner, B. b. Hildebrand,
Joseph Lohry, b. A. AIackey, Ed p.
MILAN and e. i. Andrews.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-22
Personal

Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Given, Of sutton,
are visiting in the city.
w. H .0'Day, of Warrington, is a
guest at the Waldo.
Miss Grace Haymaker has arrived
home from Baltimore to spend the
Christmas holidays with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B. Haymaker.
Willard Hamilton, of Parkersburg,
travelling freight auditor for the Bal.
timore and Ohio Railroad Company,
is a city visitor.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-22
ELKs 10 MEET.

A regular weekly meeting OF the
Elks' lodge will be held at O'Clock
tonight in its lodge room Ia the Ells
home on West Pike street west OF
| Fourth street. All sojoufning Elks
Eare invited to attend.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-22
HAS ToNsn1TIs.

Mrs. cannie Marley. who has been
kept at her home on First
street for several days with tonisiltis,
is able to be out her many friends
are glad to know.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-22
FIRE !! WATCH YOUR
FIRES.

This is the time of the.
year when we have fires. In
g great many cases there is
no way to prevent it. You
can be protected in case of
loss il YOU have a fire insur.
ance policy.
Don't delay, look up your
policies today and if they
have expired or if you are
not fully covered, call me up
and i will write you a policy
on your household furniture
your residence, or in fact
anything insurable. Don't
wait until it is too late.
If you get my policies you
set the BEST only.
Here you are for. a nice
home before Christmas.
Five room cottage with
bath and basement, lot and
cold water, nice lot and close
to new high school. This
property is going to be sold
as the owner has been COM
PEELED to leave the city. lie
you want a REAL BAR
GAIN, see this one.
PRICE $1,000
LOCUST STREET
Eight room house on lot
40N1Op feet. House is fin
ished in hardwood. Paved
street and close to center OF
the city. Here is a chance
to own q good property at a
enable price.
PRICE $4,000
HOWARD POST
SEAL ESTATE BRoKrK AND
GENET II INSURANCE AGENT,
Rooms So5-soa. Con isldx.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-10-20

the bill above alluded to, and if tina
was the meaning of the platform, thi
million miles of roads and over wa
lett out and not considered by the plat
form builders. Moreover a rural FREE
delivery route is not necessarily a pub
lie road. 1t may be a private road, OF
no road at ALL if the congressman ha,
constituency so rural as not to live
on road Besides, these routes follow
the fluctuations of population, and are
therefore constantly being revised. What
rs free delivery route today may be
abandoned tomorrow. Again, many OF
these delivery routes will follow a
neighborhood road up to a certain house
or small settlement and end there, al
though the road may extend miles be
yond. There are As of such dead ends"
of delivery routes in Jackson County
Missouri.
1t is clear that if the national reve-
nues are to be appropriated to the con
structlon and maintenance of the public
highways generally, congress must look
for authority to other constitutional
provision than the clause empowering
it to establish postohices and post roads.
But, congress has full and complete
to appropriate the national
revenues to national purposes" under
the commerce clause of the constitu-
ion, such as navigable rivers, harbors,
ETC, and such roads as are interstate,
or national in character. This is no
onger an open question 1t has been
20 held by an unbroken line of decis
ons See 14S U. S. Rep. 241; las L. |
). $50; 135 U. s. 6gs.
In the case of California VS.. Pacific |
Railroads, 127 u. S. 139, the Court says
1T cannot at the present day be
oubted, that congress, under the power
0 regulate commerce along the several
tates, as well as to provide for postal
ccommodations and military exigencies,
ad authority to pass these laws. The
over to construct, or to authorize in
ividuals or corporations to construct.
ational highways and bridges from
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-10-20
n. n. Brown L. X. Brown
BROWN & BROWN
Attorneys at Law
Wheeler Bldg Phone 2s3

present potential value. The terms
are attractive, but one-fifth of the
purchase price being required as a
cash payment, the rest being in de-
ferred annual installments at 5 per
cent interest for a period of forty
years.
The one defect in the speculative
proposition as adumbrated by the
experience of purchasers of such
lands in the sales of Texas and Gin.
arron counties last year. is that the
tounty boards of equalization ale
inclined to value these lands for tax
ing purposes at the price fixed by
the successful bidder as the purchase
value of the lands. This makes it
practically impossible to realize
enough rental from the land as pas
ture to pay the taxes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-10-20

struction, it is certainly stretching il
some to have these words of plain
unambiguous meaning at the time the,
were written into the constitution, tc
cover free delivery routes" first es,
tabhshed in 1893, as was proposed in
bill defeated in the present congress
Congress has express authority, under
this provision to establish post roads,
that is, roads leading to the postoffices,
where everybody went to get the mail,
and no other. Justice Cody includes
railroads and steamboats, IN his defni
ton of post roads, for, although not
in existence when the constitution was
adopted they now fill the purpose had
i'll view, as roads upon which the mails
were carried from postoffice to post
Office. Star routes come within the eX-
act definition of post roads, but are
daily becoming of less Importance. Free
delivery routes are routes over which
the mails are carried from the post
office, and could not have been CON
templated by the constitution, as they
existed at the time of its adop-
tion, and their purpose is exactly op-
posite to all human experience or in
tellectual contemplation up to that time,
and hence do not come within the un-
ambiguous meaning and purpose of that
instrument.
There are 2,199,646 miles OF public
roads in the United States, and 1912
M miles of these may be rural free
delivery routes. Assuming that these
delivery routes are the post roads con,
emplated in the constitution, then there
ire 1,157,1s9 miles of public roads un-
provided for, which although they may
,ome within the exact words of the con
titution, would receive no benefits from
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-10-20
PUbL|CLAND
SALE Of NE "
COLLEGE LANDS
lHACTS IN BEAVER COUNTY
AMOUNTING TO TOTAL ACRE
AGE OF 237,555 WILL BE SOLD
BY STATE.

Oklahoma City, Oct. 19.-About
the first week in December the state
school and land department will hold
a sale in Beaver county of public
lands known as new college lands.
These lands have just been appraised
and the pamphlet of advice and de
scriptions is being prepared for the
printer. A sale of new college lands
was made last year in Texas and
| Cimarron counties.
All the new college lands are in
the counties that formerly made up
the panhandle Of oklahoma and which
was known as mo Mans Land" after
the admittance of Kansas as a state.
The lands were then considered of
little value and were not included
either in Texas, Kansas or Indian
Territory. Included in the sale are
several sections of common school
lands.
The new college lands, unlike any
other public lands in Oklahoma, that
were donated by congress to the
state, are in large tracts, amounting
to many thousands of acres The
school and public building lands of
the state are certain sections in
each township. The new college
lands were made up of any appro-
priated lands in the region named.
up to a specified acreage.
Leased as Pasturage.
Most of these lands that are to
be sold in December are leased as
pasture and grazing lands and are
not limited by the preference right
of the leases to buy, which right
has been attached to all the agri-
cultural lands owned by the state.
The common school lands in the sale
are nearly all occupied by preference
right lessees.
The lands to be placed on sale
in December amount to 237,555 acres.
all in Beaver county. The appraised
value of common school lands is
$50 an acre of the new college
lands$2.2S. The new college lands
amount to 159,73O acres; the common
school lands to 77S25 acres. The
sale of common school lands will
be in tracts of 100 acres. The
other lands will be sold in much
larger tracts.
AS the other lands are in extern
sive bodies, it is likely that the big
pastures will be preserved to a GER
tain limited extent after the sale. But
the sale is expected to mark the break |
ing up of the pastures and a further
reduction Of former "No Mans Land"
to farming territory.
Deep Interest Manifested.
Deep interest is being manifested
in the coming sale and it is likely
that the lands will be bid in by
buyers at a price in excess of their
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-10-20

t state to state, is essential to the com
S plete control and regulation of inter
S state commerce. Without authority il
% congress to establish and maintain sucl
c highways and bridges, it would be with
q out authority to regulate commerce
r This power in former times was ex.
5 erted to very limited extent, the Cum.
? berland, or national, road being the
7 most notable instance Its eXertion was
, but little called for, as commerce was
then mostly conducted by water, and
many of our statesmen entertained
doubts as to the existence of the power
to establish ways of communication by
land. But since, in consequence of the
expansion of the country, the multi
plication of its products and the in
vention of railroads and locomotion by
steam, land transportation has so vastly
increased, a sounder consideration of
the subject has prevailed and led to
the conclusion that congress has plenary
power over the whole subject. OF
course, the authority of congress over
the territories is, and ever has been,
undoubted. But the wider power was
very freely exercised, and much to the
general satisfaction, in the creation of
the vast system of railroads connecting
the east with the Pacific traversing
states as well as territories, and en-
ploying the agency of state as well as
federal corporations
In case cited in 14s L. s. BAL, the
court says
The power which congress possesses
in respect to this taking of property
Cemnent domain) springs from the
grant of power to regulate commerce
and the regulation of commerce implies |
as much control, as far reaching power,
over an artificial as over a natural
highway. They are simply the means
and instrumentalties by which COM
merce is carried on. Wei
are so much accustomed to see arti-
hcial highways, such as common roads,
roads, and railroads construct
ed under the authority of the states, and
the improvement of natural highways
Criyers and harbors) carried on by the
general government, that at the first it
might seem that there was some in
lerent difference in the power OF the
national government over them. il
But the grant of power is the same"
All yol who have torpid liver,
weak digestion or constipated bowels
Iook out for chills. The season is
here and the air is full of the dis
ease germs. The best thing to do |
IS to get your liver in good condi-
lion and purify the stomach and
bowels. HERBINE is the right rem
edy, it answers the purpose COM
'letely. Price soc. Sold by Bomar
Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-10-20
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:: WHAT is A POST ROAD? {:
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(By Judge ], NJ. Lowe President Ma

(By Judge ]. M. Lowe, President Ma
tional Old Trails Road Ass'n)
The national democratic platform
adopted at Baltimore in 1912 contained
the following clause
I'VE favor national aid to state and
local authorities in the construction and
maintenance of post roads, Evidently
the author of this declaration knew
little of the subject about which he was
writing, and had in mind the words of
the constitution, which authorizes CON
gress to establish postofiices and post
roads, and he thought it safe ground
to keep 6''within the letter of the con-
stitution." Justice Story, in his great
work on the Constitution, lays down
the following rule of construction:
Look to the nature and objects of
the particular powers, duties, and rights
with all the lights and aids of contem-
porary history, and give to the words
of each just such operation and force,
consistent with their legitimate mean
ing, as may fairly secure and ,attain the
ends proposed"
Story Const. Sec 4O5a The consti-
tuition was adopted in 1887. What was
a post road at that time, which con-
gress was authorized to establish? Evi-
IDENTIFY any road over which the mails
were carried to the postofiice AT that
time there was not a steamboat or a !
railroad in the world, and of course
no such thing as free delivery routes.
Allowing for great feasibility in con
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-04-10
TO HOLD BAzAR AT OPERA HOUSE
Congregation of st. Mary's Church
Plans to Eclipse All Previous
Efforts

On next Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, afternoons and evenings
the congregation of st. Mary's church
lis to hold a grand bazar at the op
era house.
The bazar will open with grand
supper beginning at 500 p. m. Tues.
day evening. Those who have attend.
ed Catholic suppers in Ladysmith on
former occasions, know that the
Catholic ladies have reputation fOl
their suppers and this one is to be
fully up to their standard. Luncheons
will be served on the other evenings
Of the baZar.
A contest between two of our pop
ular young ladies will be in progress
each evening and will be decided on
the last evening.
The various booths and other at
fractions will be 'open for business;
amusements will be on hand and no
effort will be spared to make the
evenings enjoyable to all. A cordial
invitation for all the evenings is
given.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-04-10
MAKE AN EXCELLENT BEGINNING
Cooperative Creamery Makes Good
Showing for March, Its First
Month

During it's first months operation,
the Ladysmith Cooperative cream
cry received 1888 pounds of cream
with an average fat test of 28.76 or
3O94.3 pounds of butterfat. 54S pounds
of cream were sold retail, or 1855
pounds of butterfat. 3,549 pounds of
butter were made. The butter was
all sold in the city of Ladysmith with
the exception of $40 pounds which
was shipped to Chicago.
Three cans of cream We're refused
at the creamery. The reason for this
was because the cream was old and
unwholesome, not fit to be made into
food.
Considering the time of the year,
we think this is good beginning
for the concern and we sincerely
hope the farmers will faithfully pa
tronize their home creamery, so
that during the month of April we
will be able to double the output OF
butter
We also take the liberty in call
ing the attention of the people OF
Ladysmith to this: that we will do
our very best in turning out a high
grade butter and we will try to i'm
prove the quality from day to day.
We would like to see our fresh fan
cy butter eaten in every home in
Ladysmith.
G.. P. ANDERSON.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-04-10
Death of Former Resident

E. A. Kirvan received word Sat
urday of the death of his brother,
J. W. Kirvan, which occurred at the
latters home at Merriefield, Mimi,
the day previous. Deceased had
reached the age of 55 years. His
death was caused by spinal trouble
which he contracted several years
ago while lifting heavy weight at
Port Arthur, where he was running
store. He leaves a wife, two daugh-
ters and two sons. The funeral took
place Saturday at Merriefield.
J. w. Kirvan was formerly a res
ident of Ladysmith, having worked
for some time in his brothers store
here, now the store of F. E.. Martin
Co.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-04-10
WILL REMODEL THE CREAMERY
Electric Power Will Be Used and
Other improvements Made

The Ladysmith Cooperative cream
cry is to be entirely remodelled from
one end to the other
El ctricity will supercede gasoline
as the motive power used, which will
certaicly be a great Improvement. A
new II horsepower boiler will be in
stalled to furnish steam for the many
purposes it is needed for around such
q liant and many other improvements
will be made, including putting in a
3)-gallon starter can.
Tn.s new equipment has already
been ordered and will be installed
as quickly as possible.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-04-10
VOTE $4,000 FOR new HIGH
SCHOOL BUILDING AND SITE

call for the special meeting, Rev c.
| H. Sanders, for and as a member OF
the school board gave a detailed
st statement, explaining the urgent need
of better and larger quarters for the
schools of the district; showing how
the cost of our schools compared
with schools of other cities; show
| ing cOnclusively how our schools
were flagrantly violating the mini
mum requirements set by the state
! in the way of the amount of floor
space, fresh air and glass area pro-
vded per pupil He showed clearly
the impracticability of building adj
ditions onto either of the buildings
we have as a solution of the queS-
ton and drew the obvious conclu-
sion that building a new highschool
was imperative at this time. His
statements were ably seconded by
other members of the school board
then and at various times during the
discussions that followed. The mem
bers of the board were very we'll
prepared with facts and figures sub
stantiating their position in every
particular.
Their recommendation were car
ried, with one exception, which was
in the reducing of the appropriation
for the building from 100000 to $780,
900. With the smaller appropriation
proposed, the 100000 loan for the
building was voted down, 21S to 146,
although quite a number did not
vote either way, being undecided.
The proposition to build a $4,000
building was then carried, 200 to
105.
The matter of location then came
up and on this the greatest fight
developed. The advocates of the park
site, across the river, got their site
before the meeting first, in the form
of a resolution, which had to be act
cd on before any other site could
be taken up. After considerable ora
tory and discussion the matter fin
ally came to vote and the site was
rejected 1876 to 110.
A motion to adjourn was then de-
feated Block 4, two blocks east OF
the courthouse and between Lake
and Miner-avs, was then selected as
the site, by vote of 103 to 80. The
adoption of this resolution carried
with it the authorization of maxi
mum bond issue of $4,000 for the
purchase Of the site.
Personalities were INDUCED i'll
little too freely at times, but, con-
sidering the Importance of the ques-
tiCns involved and the conflicting in
terests at stake, the meeting came
as near being harmonious as one
could we'll expect under the circum-
stances. We believe the people of the
city are as whole we'll satisfied
with the result of the special meet
ing and we feel sure that all, re-
gardless of which site they may have
preferred, will be glad tn It Lady
smith is to erect such a building and
will be very proud of it when it is
completed.
1t will be but another eXemplifica-
ton of the Ladysmith spirit. That
spirit is still very much alive.