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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-10-21

i! u ding in House OF
4 January II, 1920.
81. eading in House of
Ees January %, 1920.
' M reading i'm House. Of
& 81 Hives january 20, 1920.
1st reading in Senate,
~ w A, 1920.
Ped End reading in Senate,
February 5, 1920.
Passed 3rd reading in Senate,
February 6, 1920.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
to amend section 272 of the
state constitution with refer
ence to pensions of Confederate
soldiers and sailors and widows
of such soldiers and sailors.
SECTION 1. Be it resolved by
the Legislature of the State Of
Mississippi, two-thirds of the
members of each house concur
ring therein, that section 272 Of
the state constitution be and the
same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
SECTION 272. The legislature
shall provide by law for pensions
to confederate soldiers and sail
ors who enlisted and honorably
served in the late civil war and
who are now resident in this
state. Pensions shall also be al
| lowed to the widows of such SOL
diers or sailors now dead on con-
ditions to be prescribed by law.
Pensions shall be allowed to the
wives Of such soldiers and sail
ors now living upon the death of
the husbands ON conditions to be
prescribed by law, but pensions
granted to such widows shall
cease upon their subsequent mar
riage.
SECTION 2. That this amend
ment to the constitution be sub
mitted to the qualified electors of
the state for ratification or rejec-
tion at an election to be held on
the first Tuesday after the first
Nonday in November, 1920, in ac-
cordance with section 273 of the
s.: tie constitution.
Passed House first reading
March II, 1920.
Passed House second reading
March 10, 1920.
Passed House 3rd reading,
March 10, 1920.
Passed Senate first reading
March Is, 1920.
Passed Senate second reading,
March 26, 1920.
Passed Senate third reading,
March 20, 1920.
And the same is published and
will be submitted as required by
section 273 of the state constitu-
ton.
Given under my hand and the
Great Seal of the State of Missis-
sippi, this the 18th day of OctO-
Der, 1920.
JOSEPH w. POWER,
Secretary of State.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-10-21
The Facts of the Telephone
s Cex -. -.
Situation in Mississippi
Preside
CUMBERLAND
The Company's Meager Profit

Since 1916 the cost of labor, material and
all other expenses of operation have con-
stantly increased.
Operating costs have increased at q
higher ratio than the gross revenue.
The margin of safety between expenses
and income, essential for successful opera
ton, has steadily disappeared. The danger
line has been reached.
In 1916 the Company's investment, used
by the public, in its territory, including the
states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Kentucky
and Tennessee, was 1913 ,O39, Sits
Its gross operating revenue
was S,799, 4582O
Its net operating revenue was 1,211,O19.72
In 1919 the Company's in
vestment, used by the pub
lie, in that same territory
was 9,493, 78O.95
Its gross operating revenue
was Northumberland. 12,547344.01
its net operating revenue was 1882 663.46
On an increased investment of 6.4539 20
The Company's gross revenue
increased ........ 3,747,885.SO
The Company's net revenue
increased ............... 121 ,643.74
The Company's operations exclusively
within the state of Mississippi tell the same
story.
In 1916 the Company's investment, used
by the public in the state
of Mississippi was. .....$ $3.50 ,313.98
Its gross operating revenue
was OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1,6O0,412.69
It's net operating revenue was 180,101.O0
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-10-21

In 1919 the Company's invest
ment, used by the public in
Mississippi was .......... 6,829, 1899
was .............. 1896, 1853
Its net operating revenue was 208,959.84
With an investment increased 1,O1O,475.41
And gross revenue increased 687,O32.69
The Company's increase in net
revenue in the state of Mis-
sissippi during 1919 was
only 28,85S.S4
All of these figures are actual operating
figures. They represent only physical prop
erty, and cash received and expended in
furnishing telephone service They have no
relation whatever to stocks, bonds, or other
forms of capitalization, franchises or tin
tangibles."
The Company earned BOG per cent upon
its investment in Mississippi during 1919.
The difference between this meager profit
and fair and just profit is what our BUSH
ness contributed to your business last year.
We hope that you will study these figures.
They are your figures as much as they
are ours.
They are as vital to you as they are to us.
You could not conduct your business with
out our business
Our business can not continue to serve
your business unless these figures are
speedily changed.
No one could. The United States Gov
eminent tried it, and failed.
You must help US change these figures il
you want us to serve you.
We have accounted to you for the money
you have paid US.
# you want more, or other facts, we win
gladly give them.
nd sOhat you can do to Insure telephone
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-10-21
The Brandon News
Entered at Brandon, Miss, post
office as second class matter.
ADVERTISING RATES
V. S. MAY, Editor.

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matters of this kind for publication,
count the words carefully and send mon
~ to cover cost of publication with your
copy. We havn't time to keep books on
these little accounts.
Foreign Advertising Representative
THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-10-21

lars each poll No the poll
proceedings shall be allowed to tax ill sIlN
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Truck Route Plan Is
Transportation Boon
Merger of Associations Will
Greatly Increase Long-Distance
Haulage. Manufacturer Saws

Through action taken in New York
there is to be connected in one great
nationwide truck route the trucking
organizations which have in the past
been working Independently. This will
place motor truck haulage on a plane
never before attempted but oftentimes
seen in a vision by those interested
in the manufacture of commercial
vehicles.
The vice-president and general man.
ager of large automobile manufac-
turing corporation believes that in
bringing together the increasing num-
Der of truck haulage companies the
business Of transporting merchandise
long distances will receive a boom of
the greatest value to the industry as
whole.
"When the Ship by Truck Assoca-
tion and the Commercial Haulers' AS
sociaton met to bring about the
merger Of these bodies with the plan of
joining the National Haulers' Associa-
tion," says this manufacturer, "there
was started movement Of far-rcach-
ing moment to the industry. With
country connected by well conducted
motor routes freight will be shipped
for longer and longer distances.
Success in the business of freight
ing by truck will mean increasing sales
to private owners, who will carry on
their own work of hauling their mate
rials and their finished product"
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Manufacturers Say
Credit Situation
Is sLoosening Up
Encouraging Reports on the
Trade Conditions Made at
the Quarterly Convention
Here; Show Space Allotted

The annual automobile show here
nromises to be the largest in point of
individual exhibits next January of
all hitherto held. With q list of an
plications far in excess of any previous
vear. manufacturers at the quarterly
meeting Of the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce last week drew
for positions at both the local and
Chicago shows. The space at the
Grand Central Palace here provides
for eighty-seven companies, leav-
ing two on the waiting list, and for
Chicago eighty-two applications were
accepted leaving six on the waiting
list.
The manufacturers, in session from
Tuesday through Friday. took occasion
to discuss all phases of the automo-
tive industry The most encouraging
reports brought out at the meeting con-
cerned the credit situation. These dis
closed that the financial situation has
loosened up considerably since the last
quarterly meeting, and that in the West
and the Middle West, particularly
the farmers, are in much better posi-
ton to buy than at any time during
the summer months This is due to
the completion Of crop movements in
many instances and subsequent fnan-
cial returns.
In the matter Of gasoline it was
shown that crude oil production is
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Travel Southwark
To Be Heaviest
Ever, Says 4. A.A,
Numerous Requests Made on
Touring Bureau for In
formation Regarding Con
dition of Roads i'm Dixie

For the benefit of motorists planning
to spend part or all of the winter in
Florida the touring bureau of the
American Automobile Association here
has prepared schedules and up to the
minute road information covering all
the Southern states.
The many inquiries already being re-
celved daily at the A. A. A. headquar-
ters indicate that travel southwark
will be heavier than ever before.
There is considerable Improvement
Of the section between Washington and
Richmond, and with the discontinuahcc
of the ferry formerly operated between
Darien and Brunswick, Ga, through
travel below Savannah will 20 further
back in that state to reach Jackson
vile and the east coast resorts.
The first stage-New York to Phla-
delphia - includes some avery poor
stretches, but, on the whole, it is bet
ter than q few weeks ago From Phla-
delphia to Baltimore the finland" route
through Kennctt Square and Conowin-
go is good practically throughout the
road work in process near Rising Sun,
Md, being almost completed, Between
Baltimore and Washington is mostly
boulevard in good condition.
Traverses Battlefield Area
Below Washington the direct route
through fredericksburg now carries the
hulk of southbound travel, the long
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10

option through the Shenandoah Valley
being tnkrn mostly by tourists coming
from the Central West through Pitts
burgh or Wheeling and Hagerstown.
This traverses considerable part of
the. battlefield area in Virginia and
passes through Richmond. Running
out of the Old Dominion through
Petersburg and Clarksville. it crosses
the Carolinas through Durham, Raleigh
Pinehurst, Camden, Columbia and Aiken
to Augusta, Ca
From Augusta two options are
ofFered-the longer but preferable way
through Macon to Waycross and the
shortcut through Waynesboro and
Swainsboro. The advantage Of the
former is that it keeps as long as
possible on the higher grounds in the
interior. Az Waycross both routes
southeastern Georgia and north eastern
from ideal. With care, however, this
may be negotiated.
At jacksonville, TINT most important
gateway to the state, automobiles
shipped direct by boat are put on the
cars driven through. The greater
IlNilDtl NtIlliuuC iCW ii tllC ldiutuS cuhJ
coast through st. Augustine, Ormond-
Daytona, Titusville and Rockledge to
Palm Beach and Miami. Probably a
larger number than ever before are
bound for Cuba, where prohibition Is
still unknown.
Florida's Roads Improved
Northern Florida, west of Jackson
Vile, is reached from Atlanta and
Macon through Valdosta or Thomas
Vile. This route is used largely by
tourists coming down from the Cen
trail West through Louisville, Nash
Vile and Chattanooga to Atlanta,
though it is still an option on the
routes from Virginia through about
the center of the Carolinas.
If central Florida or the famous
west coast resorts are the destination
the visitor from the North usually
makes Jacksonville first by road or
boat, and then turns inland to the
lake district, or reaches the west
coast section at Tampa, St. Petersburg,
Punta Gorda or Fort Myers.
A considerable mileage of improved
roads has been built in Florida within
the last year.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10

comm onweaIths. ther are 1872 concerns
IN other states making passenger auto
mobiles
The sudden rise of Indiana and Ohio
indicates that skilled motor builders
and other workmen essential to the
production Of fine passenger cars are
finding wider field for their talent.
Indianapolis, long known TO la
boring men as desirable home, has
attracted thousands Of experienced
craftsmen.
The standing by states in the pas
senger car race is as follows: Michi-
gan, 35; Indiana. %; Ohio. %; New
York, Is; Illinois, 10; Pennsylvania,
10; Missouri, 3; Wisconsin. s; New
Jersey. 3; Connecticut, 8, and Massa-
chusetts, 3.
Kentucky, Oklahoma, Georgia and
Virginia have two each; the states
having single plants are South Caro-
lima, Vermont, Texas, California, Ala
bana, Mississippi, Louisiana, Delaware.
Arkansas ana Maryland
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10

now at the rate OF 575 900 900 barrels
year. as against 377,0o0,O00 barrels
last year. Oil from Mexico is coming
IN at the rate Of 100 900 900 barrels.
almost twice last years frure, SAMPLES
from various parts of the country in
d'cate that the quality of gasoline has
not oeen up to standard, but i'm
proved quality is promised for winter
use.
Much attention was given to the
transportation problem, and reports of
recent survey were given which list
Ioouoo cars and trucks coming into
Manha'ean daily over fifteen ferries
ana seventeen bridges. The average
ior All motor transportation was rs per
cent OF the total, and in the case of
one of the bridges the motor traffic
was 9s per cent of the total.
Foreign Demand Largest Ever
At the meeting of seventy export
managers on the concluding day of
.he quarterly sessions it was shown
'hat taere is constantly increasing
WoIia area where American auto
monies are becoming vital means of
transportation for both passengers
and commercial products. The value of
exports OF American cars during the
nsoal year 1920 was nine times greater
than that of such exports before the
war.
Difiicultics Of shipping and interna
tlonal .a! finance are only temporary
handicaps of reconstruction, and it
was the opinion that the American
motor vehicle manufacturer therefore
faces a great opportunity as we'll as a
great responsibility in supplying this
growing foreign demand The Euro
pean factory capacity is inadequate to
satisfy that demand
The export managers adopted a new
attitude with regard to tariff regula-
tons on automobile imports and ex-
ports. A solution declaring for low
er tariff schedules on American cars
and new commercial treaties which
would effect greater reciprocity be-
tween the United States and other mr.
tlons was offered at the convention and
Will be presented to Congress. The
adoption of the resolution means that
the American manufacturers are dis
satisfied with the existing protection
ist policy
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
New York Is Fourth
In Auto Production
Indiana and Ohio Are Growing
Rivals of Michigan, the
Biggest Producer

OF the 157 varieties of passenger
cars manufactured in the United States,
thirty-five come from Michigan. Indi-
ana is next in line with twenty three
passenger car factories Ohio has
twenty-five, New York has fifteen. with
Illinois and Pennsylvania tied at ten
These figures. supplied by s.h In
dianapols motor car company, "dispel
the popular notion that the bulk of
the automotivc industry is located in
the Detroit region Although Michi-
gan holds big lead over her sister
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10

recently "to restore the motor car mar
ket to normal basis"
Moon cars have also been reduced,
the cuts on various Moon models aver
aging $500.
The Standard Motor Truck Company
IL one of the latest commercial vehicle
concerns &C, to announce price reductions.
me me cuts on four models range from
1925 to $3.50.
The Templar Motors Company an
nounces that it cannot reduce the
prices of its cars now, and that it can
give no assurances of reductions in the
future; A similar announcement is
made by the United States Trucks.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
GOOD Will TRIUMPHANT Under TEST

AS this message is being written,
Dodge Brothers daily, weekly
and monthly production, is at the
highest point in it's history.
The most casual sort of inquiry
will satisfy you that this pro-
duction is being absorbed as it is
delivered.
Within sight and sound as we
write, a great addition to Dodge
Brothers immense works, is
being rushed TO completion.
The interesting thing about this
situation is, that it is not likely
that half a hundred people have
ever bought Dodge Brothers
Motor Car just because they
wanted a motor car.
Of the more than half a million
who have bought 1.-THE over
whelming majority did SO be-
cause of the name it bore.
1t has always been treated, by
the American people in particu-
lar, as an exception-always set
apart, and singled out, and never
judged by ordinary standards.
1t has always been thought of,
and is still thought OF, first, and
foremost, and all the time, only
in terms of it's goodness, and the
results it gives.
ALI of this is wonderful, in one
way, and quite natural and logi-
cal in another.
1t all dates back to the day when
John and Horace Dodge con-
ceived and designed and finally
built the car-after warning each
other, and their associates, not
even to think Of it in any other
terms than the best obtainable
value.
They began with few almost
absurdly simple principles,
bluntly expressed and rigidly
executed, about decency and
honor and integrity - such as
most of us wrote in Our copy
books at school.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Three More Companies
Announce Price Cuts

The directors Of tho Westcott Motor
Car Company have decided to reduce
the prices Of all current Westcott
models from 5000 to $500, in line with
action taken by other manufacturers
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10

They reduced these old copy
book rnaxi1rls to a splendid and
scientific system, pouring more,
and more, and still more value
into the car, and then marshall
ling all the resources of modern
massed manufacture to get their
product into the hands of the
people at an honorable and an
honest cost.
These policies and principles
have never been changed, and
never will be changed, by so
much as hairs breadth; and
they have come to be recognized
and accepted as Dodge Brothers
principles wherever motor cars
are driven.
It has all happened as John and
Horace Dodge planned it quite
simply, naturally, and automat-
ically, all over America, and all
over the world.
People do discriminate, as Dodge
Brothers contended they would;
people will find out when a
motor car is we'll built and gives
good service and great good
value.
Dodge Brothers market today is
where they planned to locate
and establish it in the mind
and the heart of every man and
woman who adrnires good work,
well done
1t will last, and it Will keep on
growing, as it has kept on grow
ing for five years Easter than
Dodge Brothers works could
keep pace with it,, as long as
the number of those who believe
that manufacturer should build
to serve and not merely to sell,
continues to increase.
All is we'll with Dodge Brothers
today, because John and Horace
Dodge builded well in the Begin
ming, and because their business
will continue to build we'll until
the end.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
No Truck Show for Dealers

because canvass of factories and
dealers showed strong opposition ex-
lsted, the truck show committee has
voted against any truck show being
held this season under the auspices of
the Automobile Dealers Association of
New York City.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-01-09
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dillo militar". y no como verbO e ide6-
logo.
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traria hoy a tres admiradOres, y un
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el sabotage" peOr que pesa sObre La
cOnciencia del sindicalismo, puesto que
ha condenado al paro a las activida-
des del alma que nnnca, nj en- los peo-
res despOtismOs, cesaron de trabajar.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-01-09

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que compense al hombre de este paro
forzoso de los espiritus, de este "sabo-
tage" pedestre, de este agotamiento
intimidation de todas las idealidades.
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El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-01-09

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