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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-16

In discussing the commercial
achievements of this great age, We
shall approach the subject as the
historian chronicling events. This Sc
ries will endeavor to record in writ
ing the supremacy of American men
and industries in the worlds affairs
and perptuate an appreciation of our
marvellous industrial achievements by
presenting simple facts, figures and
comparisons that are overpowering in
their convictions.
America holds her proud place
among the nations of the earth today
on account of her supremacy in trans
portation facilities. The mighty minds
of the age are engaged in the prob
lens of transportation, and the great
est men in the history of the worlds
commerce are at the head of the
transportation systems of the United
States.
In the discussion of transportation,
let us consider separately our Rail.
ways, Telegraph and Telephones, Elk.
press, Public Highways, Steamships,
Street Railways, Interurban and other
forms of transportation, and this ar.
ticle will deal with railways.
The United States has the largest
mileage, the best service, the cheap.
est rates, pays labor the highest
wages, and we have the most efficient.
ly managed of the railways of the
world. They stand as a monument to
the native genius of our marvellous
builders, and most of the railroads in
foreign countries have been built
under American orders.
The railroads represent a larger in.
vestment of capital than any other
branch of human activity. The mile
age in the United States exceeds
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-16
FREE PORTS :
BUILDERS Of
COMMERCE
CONGRESS SHOULD GIVE THEM
PREFERENCE IN APPRO.
PRIATIONS.
BY Peter Radford.

This nation is now entering upon
an era of marine development. The
wreckage of European commerce has
drifted to our shores and the world
war is making unprecedented de-
mands for the products of farm and
factory In transportation facilities
on land we lead the world but our port
facilities are inadequate, and our flag
is seldom seen in foreign ports. If
our government would only divert the
energy We have displayed in conquer
ing the railroads to mastering the
commerce of the sea, foreign bot
tom would be unknown on the oceans
highways.
This article will be confined to a
discussion of our ports for the pro-
ducts of the farm must pass over our
wharfs before reaching the water. We
have in this nation 81 ports, of which
Al are on the Atlantic and 10 are on
the Pacific Coast. The Sixty-second
Congress appropriated over $51 ,000,-
900 for improving our Rivers and
Harbors and private enterprise levies
a toll of approximately s50,O00,00O
annually in wharfage and charges for
which no tangible service is rendered.
The latter item should be lifted off
the backs CT the farmer of this ma
ton and this can be done by Congress
directing its appropriations to ports
that are free where vessels can tie up
to a wharf and discharge her cargo
free of any fee or charge.
A free port is progress. 1t takes
out the unnecessary link in the chain
of transactions in commerce which
has for centuries laid a heavy hand
upon commerce. No movement is SO
heavily laden with results or will
more widely and equally distribute
it's benefits as that of a free port
and none can be more easily and eff
fectively secured.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-16

moved on two-wheeled carts driven,
and ofttimes drawn, by slaves; while
her artists were painting divine
dreams on canvas, the streets of
proud Athens were lighted by fire.
brands dipped in tallow.
The genius of past ages sought to
arouse the intellect and stir the soul
but the master minds of today are
seeking to serve. Civilization has as
signed to America the greatest task
of the greatest age, and the greatest
men that ever trod the greatest planet
are solving it. Their achievements
have astounded the whole world and
we challenge every age and nation
to name men or products that can
approach in creative genius or mas
terful skill in organization, the mar
velous achievements of the tremend-
Gus men of the present day. Edison
can press a button and turn a light
on multiplied millions of homes; Vail
can take down the receiver and talk
with fifty millions of people; Nc
Cormick's reaper can harvest the
worlds crop, and Fulton's steam en-
CINE moves the commerce of land
and sea.
The greatest thing a human being
can do is to serve his fellow men;
Christ did it; Kings decree it, and
wise men teach it. 1t is the glory of
this practical age that Edison could
find no higher calling than to become
the janitor to civilization; Vail the
messenger to mankind; Mccormick
the hired hand to agriculture, and
Fulton the teamster to industry, and
blessed is the age that has such
masters for it's servants.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-16
KNOW THY COUNTRY
II-RailrOadS

the accepted distance from the earth
to the moon. We had in 1911, the
last year in which figures for all
countries are available, on the
earth's surface, 639,9S1 miles of rail-
way divided as follows: United States
241,199, Europe 2O7,432 and other
countries 1880. The United States
seven per cent of the estimated pop
ulation and about five per cent of the
area. The total capital invested in the
railways of the world is S50,000 000,-
600, divided as follows: United States
S13, 000,000,00O Europe S25,650, 900, 900
and other countries 81, $4,000, 900.
Reduced to a mileage basis the cap
italization is as follows: The world
$4,000, United States $4,000, Europe
$124,000, and other countries $50,
A comparison of rates is equally as
interesting and the United States
takes the lead in economy and serv-
Ice. The average rate per ton per
hundred mile haul is as follows:
United States 76c, Great Britain s2.53,
France s1.44, Germany s1.44, Russia
92c, Austria-Hungary $3.50, Italy $3.50
and Switzerland S2S2.
The average yearly pay of all rail-
road employees in the principal coun-
tries is as follows: United States
1857, Germany $685. Italy s345. Aus
tria 1922, Great Britain 1919, France
$3.50 and Russia 1904.
About 80 per cent, or $4,000 miles,
of the railways of the world are
government owned. About half the
railway mileage of Europe is govern
ment owned.
q, A comparison If the economy, in
time and money aid the convenience
in travel, will be made in a later
article.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-16
Is Sickness A Sin!

Ifnot, it's wicked to neglect illness
and means of relief. It's wicked to
endure Liver Ills, Headache, Indiges-
ton, Constipation, when one dose of
Po-Do-Lax gives relief. Po-Do-Lax is
Podophyllin MAY Applet without the
grippe. 1t arouses the Liver, increases
the flow of bile-Nature's antiseptic
in the Bowels. Your Constipation
and other ills disappear over night be-
cause Pc Do.LaX has helped Nature to
remove the cause. Get bottle from
PAUL Drug Co., today. Get rid of
YOUR Constipation overnight.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-16
Bilious Attacks.

When you have a bilious attack
your liver fails to perform its func-
tions. You become constipated. The
food you eat ferments in your stom-
ach instead of digesting. This in
flames the stomach causing nausea,
vomiting and a terrible headache.
Take Chamberlain's Tablets. They
will tone up your liver, clean out your
stomach and you will soon be as well
as ever. They only cost quarter.
Obtainable at PAUL Drug Co.'S. Ad
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-16
Use Of Trademarks.

The general public seem to
take it for granted that trade
marks and patents are one and
the same thing. Certainly they
are both dealt with in the patents
office, for the sake of conven-
fence, and it seems that this fact
has conveyed the above impress
sion.
A trademark is a registration
of a word or designed attacked
to goods of a certain trader max
ing it clear to the public that
they are his manufacture, and
that nobody but he may use that
same trademark.
Its use is almost indisputable
in the commercial world, and
this can be realized better when
one knows what its functions
are in respect to the trader and
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-16
POLITICAL PRAYER MEETINGS

1t is sad day for Christianity when
the church bells call the communicates
together for a political prayer meet
ing. Such gatherings mark the high
tide of religious political fanaticism,
put bitterness into the lives of men;
fan the flames of class hatred and de-
stroy Christian influence in the COM
munity. The spirit actuating such
meetings is anarchistic, un-Christlike
and dangerous to both church and
state.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-16
WEALTH OF THE UNITED STATES.
Exceeds That Of Any Other Ma.
ton in The World.

Washington, May 31.-The
national wealth is officially esti-
mated at S1s7, 799, 900, 900, 81, 965
for each man, woman and child
in the country. Such are the
figures contained in the special
bulletin, Estimated Valuation
of National Wealth, lS50-1912, 4"
which is about to be issued by
Director Samuel L. Rogers, of
the Bureau of the Census, De-
partment of Commerce.
In less than two thirds of a
century-from 1850 to 1872
the total wealth of the nation,
excluding exempt real estate,
increased from S7,136, 900, 900,
or $3O8 per capita, the percen-
tages of increase being 2,658 for
the total and 1876 for the per cap
tia amounts. In other words,
the wealth of the nation as a
whole is nearly twenty-five times
as great as it was in 1850, while
that of the individual is about
six times as great.
The exempt real estate, which
was estimated at S12, 314.0 00,-
600, or S129 per capita, in 1872,
includes the buildings, other
structures, and public works
owned by the Federal, state and
local government, with the land
on which they stand, together
with such real property of edu-
cational, charitable and religious
institutions as is exempt from
taxation.
The total wealth of New York,
S25, oil, 100000, is the greatest
shown for any state, while Hi.
nois and Pennsylvania, with SIS.
4S4, 100000 and s15, $4,000, re-
spectively.
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his customers.

In the first place, being GER
tifcate of genuineness, it pro-
tecrs the public. Second, being
an identifying mark, the trader
is protected by the law against
any competitor Who endeavors to
trade on another's name or goods.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-16

One-thirtieth of the entire
Jewish race is embodied in the
population of New York. ..
United States Lutherans are
raising a fund of $40, 100000 for
general purposes.
All the kings of Prussia have
been called Frederick or William.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-16

Tenant farming is just one thing
after another without a pay day.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-16

Work for the best and the best will
rise up and reward you.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-11

WOmen'S SOC Printed Crepe GOWNS sIfpOVer style,
lace trimmed; plain white crepe, goo
Japanese Embroidered Iongcloth Gowns with
trimmed round yoke. goo
Women's 75c Nainsook Gowns slipover style, en-
broidery trimmed, assorted patterns. SOc
Each. H..
Women's AH-Whte Crepe Gowns dafnty trimmed
lace and ribbons Values up to 15c S0c
A Special Lot Of Regular ST 90 Gowns, comprising
small upwards of a dozen
styles, made of longcloth. nainsook, ETC.
Beautifully trimmed with dainty embroidery. Goo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-11

L. Shirer. She is attending the ses-
sions of the Eastern Star convention.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Wilbur and their
son, who have been visiting friends in
Topeka, will leave Wednesday for
their home in West Newton. Mass
Mrs. Lloyd Reynolds, of Baltimore,
Md. is visiting Mrs. Gaylord Miller.
Mr.. c. N. Wray and Mr.. Arthur
Springer have gone to Pratt, Kan, to
attend the state tournament of the
Gun club.
Mrs. J. c. Simpson, of Kins1ey,
Kan, is visiting Mrs. C. N. Wray.
Mrs. Wiley Taylor, of Louisville,
Kan, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. w.
Travis. She will go from here to Kan
sas City to visit Mrs. George B. Knox.
Guests at the o. L. Moore home
are: Judge Moore's brother, the Rev.
Mr.. L. B. Moore, of Parkersburg, w.
and Mrs. May E. Latham, of Herring
| ton. Mrs. Harris was chairman of the
state assignment committee at the
club convention last week. She is in
She was formerly national president of
the w. r. c., and has been attending
a meeting Of that organization in
Hutchinson. Mrs. Latham is grand
chaplain for the Eastern Star, and is
in Topeka to attend the meeting
Mr.. E. B. Merriam, who is seriously
ill, is slightly improved today.
Cut flowers at Hubbard's.-Adv.
Mrs. E. w. Wilder, of Rockford, Ill,
| formerly of Hiawatha, Kan, has ar
rived to visit Mrs. M. Weightman, ST.,
and Mrs. L. w. Stevenson. Mrs. Wild
er is visiting friends in various parts
of Kansas on her trip.
Miss Helen Casey, who has been
teaching in the Oklahoma AgricuI-
tural college, has arrived in Topeka
to spend the summer with her mother,
Mrs. Stephen Casey.
The Junior Brotherhood of st. An
| III mil h nj
May 16, in the Guild Hall of Grace
Cathedral, at $50 o'clock Judge
Hugh Mcfarland, of the probate
court will make an address. The or
and is a branch of the national or
ganization of the Brotherhood of ST.
Andrew.
The Richardson Art Embroidery
club will meet Wednesday afternoon
with Mrs. A. P. Wolff, ALP Sumner
street.
Courtney's Annual May Millinery
sale will commence Wednesday, May
cluded in this sale. Courtney's, sos
Kansas avenue (upstairs) ADV.
Mrs. U H. Griffin of Nortonville
has returned home after visit to her
daughter, Miss Helen Griffin, at the
Beta house Washburn college.
Mr. w. E. LuSby, formerly of To-
peka, and graduated this year from
the commercial department of Har-
VdT0 university, tldS dCCSplcO d pOSl-
ton as assistant confidential secretary
to the president of the City National
bank of New York. He has left for
New York.
Mr.. Jay Franklin Close has re-
turned to his home in Green1eaf, Kan,
after a short visit to his mother, Mrs.
j. F. Close. His wife, who acconrpan-
led him to Topeka, will remain two
weeks with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ F. Southwick.
Mrs. Guy E. Diehl of Duluth Mimi,
it visiting her mother, Mrs. c. H.
Burge.
Mrs. DeWitte C. Nellis has returned
home, after attending the Federation
convention in Emporia, and visiting
friends in Cottonwood Falls.
Dr. and Mrs. j. H. SQuires of Ell
Paso, Texas, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs
A. A. Robinson. They will remain
Topeka a few weeks. Dr. Squires was
formerly connected with the Mexican
Central Railway company, and lived
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-11

AlOver Shadow Lace Nets in and desirable de-
signs and white double width Specially priced in
this sale at, yard soc
Oriental Lace Edges in and white, three to five
inches wide. Were priced to 30c yard. Special IN
this sale at, yard 15c
Oriental Net Laces, and special number. These
aceS used generally for neck and sleeves. Regular
values up to SOC, at yard Observation-Disclosures. 25c
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silk gloves are extra dainty and pleas
ing. Some are embroidered on the
long wrists, others show little pleated
ruffles The plain, beautifully fitting
silk gloves pictured are admirable with
the lovely frock of repousse embroid-
cred organdie.
The Topeka Federation of Women
will have an all-day meeting Friday
at the Y. w. G. A. The board of
management will have a session at
ten o'clock m the morning.
Previous to the meeting of the
board of management the art depart
ment will have meeting at nine
o'clock in the morning. Miss Ger
trude Barnes viii address the meet
ing on American Sculpture"
At eleven o'clock the home eco
nomics department will have u meet
ing. This session is in charge of Mrs.
H o. Garvey, chairman, and Mrs j.
T. CLANCY, vice chairman, who have
arranged for an address Ivy Miss
Frances Brown, the field secretary of
the homo economics department of
the State Agricultural college. Miss
Brown is al the head of the extension
work in that department, and through
the funds available through the
Smith-Lever appropriation, she has
lately been given three assistants, and
will soon have nine teachers and
speakers added to her force of as
sistants. She will speak at the meet
ing Friday on the new plan for house
hold economics teaching in the high
schools. She lectured in Emporia at
the State Federation meeting last
week, explaining the work to be car
ried on through the Smith-Lever
fund. Mrs. Mary Pierce Van Zile,
who was expected to be a speaker at
the meeting, will not be able to attend
and Miss Brown will have the entire
program.
The music department will have
their meeting from twelve to one.
Mrs. E. G. Foster will have charge
of the program. 1t is to be program
Foster will give notes on the various
composers whose numbers appear
The entertainment for the hour will
be as follows:
Miss Gladys Cav, Miss Phoebe Cay
lord, Mrs. F. A. Derby.
Mary Turner Sa1ter. .....
Come to the Garden, Love
Rogers Love Has Wings
Mrs. r. Parks Bennett.
Hawley All, 'Tis Dream
Mrs. H. w. Putnam
Harriet Ware Hindu Slumber Song
"aro-steve mrs g = Ai Summer Time
Sidney-Homer REQUIEM
Mrs. B. H. Pugh.
Spross $780,. Yesterday and Today
Beach. The Years at the Spring
Mrs T. p. Whitmore.
N''o Mrs.. George H. Pa Gaf%9n songs
Paul Bliss, Chorus from Three Springs
Mrs. Don Wellman, Mrs. E. G.
Foster, Mrs. r. H. Morehouse,
Miss Florence Cravens. Miss Ell
eanor Bartel, Mrs. Morton AL
baugh.
Mrs c. j. Wilson will play the pi-
ano accompaniment.
The afternoon program will be in
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Afee. Prospect Farm. A special car
for the members will leave the trans
fer station for Gage park at two
o'clock.
The Ladies' Aid society of the First
Presbyterian church will have an all
day meeting Wednesday in the church.
The members are asked to bring with
them light lunch, and to remain
through the day. AS it Is at the close
OF the seasons meetings of the society
some important business will be trans
acted, and all the members are urged
to attend.
The Aid society of Assumption par
ish will meet "Wednesday afternoon in
the Parish hall.
The Melrose club will meet Wednes-
day afternoon with Mrs. Bushong, S04
Underwood avenue.
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charge of the department of forestry,
of which Mrs. A. A. Robinson is cchalr-
man and Mrs. M. A. Low vice chair
man. The program arranged Tor the
afternoon session will be as follows:
Vocal solo, Mrs. H. o. Carney; pa
per, Mrs. J. c. McClintock; vocal num-
Der, Mrs. G. H. Allen; paper, Mrs Z.
w. Kouns; vocal solo, Mrs. Albert T.
Mrs Beatrice Nelson Campbell; adj
DRESS Mr.. w. L. Porter, commissioner
of parks.
A cafeteria luncheon will be served
from 1 to 2 o'clock.
The Kappa Kappa Chi girls OF
Washburn college had theater party
at the Grand Monday night to see
Maude Adams in Quality Street"
After the theater they had supper
Whittemore. and announcement was
made of the opening of their new
chapter house, at 1904 College avenue.
The house will be ready for occupancy
by the members of the sorority next
fall at the. beginning of the new school
year.
Members of the sorority and their
guests present were: Mrs: L. H. Van
Vera Campbell, Miss Lucille Chan
dler, Miss Inez Cornell, Miss Emma
Pratt, Miss Cozy Crawford, Miss An
toinette Dean, Miss Mildred Gephart,
MISS Ermd ETlckSOI, MISS NdIy I'LL,
Miss Helen Watts. Miss Margaret
Webb, Miss Frances Woodward, Miss
Florence Hoover, Miss Hazel Jones,
Miss Nara Jones Miss Myrtle Kesler,
owen, Miss Helen Shaver. Miss Mary
Helen Shirer, Miss Ruby Scott, Miss
Eunice Stevens, Miss Whittemore, Mr..
Sheriff. Smith, Mr.. Clarence Richter,
Mr.. Clyde Partridge, Mr.. Albert Fer
guson, Mr. Harlow Price, Mr.. Vincent
Kerans Mr.. DeWitte Smith, Mr.. John
Maynard, Mr.. Robert Whitcomb, Mr.
Merrill Ream, Mr.. George Drake, Mr.
Roscoe Graves, Mr.. Howard Cox, MT
E. E .Euwer, Mr.. William Burnett,
Mr.. Jesse Seaton. Mr.. Alfred Gray, Mr.
Milton Gugler, Mr. Marshall Sanders,
Mr. Frank Peers, Mr.. John Newlin,
Mr.. Frank Sheldon.
Some of the high school young peo-
pie will have a steak roast at the Cor
bet ranch the last of the week. The
party will be chaperoned by MRS
Clyde Miller.
The third division of the Woman's
Guild of Holy Name church will give
a Colonial tea Wednesday afternoon,
May IL, at the home OF Mrs John +;
stanton 1911 Western avenue. All
friends of the parish are invited to
call.
Mrs. c. N. Wray entertained at
thimbles this afternoon in compliment
to her house guest, Mrs j. c. S1mp-
son, of Kinsley, Kansas. Her guests
were: Mrs. Simpson, Mrs. A. b Z.
butcher Mrs. Charles Dietrich, Mrs.
Seymour Levy, Mrs. Orvllle Moore
Mrs. H Hill, Mrs. Gaylord Miller, Mrs
Lloyd Reynolds, of Baltimore, and
Mrs. Arthur Springer.
+
The Washburn college people are
planning their commencement pa
geant All the departments of study
will be represented in the parade
Some of the girls of the botany class
will give a dance representing flow
ers and some of the men students
from the zoology classes will give
dance representative of that depart
ment. The Latin classes will give a
Roman sacrificial pageant, followed
by festival dance. The chemistry
class will have a pantomime dance
DIR. Edith Twiss is designing the cos
TUNES for the biology dance, and Miss
Helen Griffin who is coaching the
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FOR A BAD COUCH

Here is a fine old fashioned recipe
for coughs, colds or catarrh trouble
that is absolutely unequaled. Get from
YOUR druggist 1 OF. of Parmint double
Strength) and add to it "a pint of hot
water and 4 OF. of granulated sugar.
Take one tablespoonful times a day.
No more racking your whole body
with a cough clogged nostrils will
open, air passages of your mead will
clear and you can breathe freely. 1t is
easy to prepare, costs little and is
pleasant to take. Anyone who has a
stubborn cough, hard cold or cafarrh
in any form should give this prescrip-
ton a trial--Adv-
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dancers. will design the other cos
tunes. AE y.
+
Notes and Personal Mention


Mrs. o. w. Ross and Mrs. w. J..
Puett, Of Newton, Kan, are visiting
Mrs. Rol1o J. Parker. They were
guests at Mrs. Parker's party this
afternoon for Mrs. Charles Roland, of
Chicago.
Senator and Mrs. w. H. Thompson,
of Washington, D. c., who are now at
their Garden City home, will arrive
about the 18th of this month for a
visit to Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Kiene.
They will remain in Topeka about a
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Blood Smith
left Sunday afternoon for a weeks
visit to friends in Chicago.
DR.. w. G. McDonOugh has left for
Chicago, where he will spend a week
attending clinics.
Mrs. Otto Kiene, of Concordia, will
come to Topeka about the first of June
to visit Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Kiene.
Mrs. Fred Woodbury., Of Olivet,
Kan, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. H.
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stood convicted of the tobacco habit,
but a crowd of Kansas City women.
Wherefore, the good name of our city
continues in it's original unsulIied
state.
4. + J.
Many of the pretty, summary frocks
now coming over from Paris have
sleeves to the elbow-a most welcome
fashion now that warm weather is ap-
preaching. Long silk gloves will be
worn with such frocks and the new
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in Mexico at the time the Robinson
family were in that country.
OsteOpathy the only cure for neu-
raligia and neuritis. DIR. Elizabeth
Todd, 819 Kansas Ave.-Adv.
The Ladies' Aid society and the
Missionary society of the First Eng
Iish Lutheran church will hold joint
meeting Wednesday afternoon at 2:S0
o'clock at the home of Mrs. Henry Nc