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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-13

the school teacher is of long dura-
ton; it has been bitter, unfair and
miserly."
And again, warming up to the
subject:
The teacher has in his care the
souls and characters of our children;
the hodcarrier has in his care brick
and mortar. He works and handles
nothing but the cheapest grade of
material things. The school teacher
handles priceless human lives and
souls-whom would you say should,
by every law of fairness and decency,
receive the greater pay, the hod-
carrier or the teacher? But at the
present time the hodcarrier is get
ting the most money, and we must
stop this discrimination, this unfair
ness, this niggardly treatment of our
school teachers. They should be
placed, as far as salary is concerned,
upon the most favored plane of the
most honored professions and not
held down to the plane of the hod-
carrier or of the mental, and The
Post is going to be one that will join
with the public and see that the
school teachers of the State of Colo
RADIO are properly paid for the fine,
spiritual influences that they exert in
the lives of the youths of this state. {"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-13
Why do You Wait?

ITO those he said, who are
hestitating in selection because of
the chances to get stung, let us say
in the FIRST place you are not such a
prize as you think you are." He
was talking to the men and a pretty
good wallop It was, we'd say. "And, !"
continuing, ''the. other folks may be
infinitely better than you have sup
posed. Connubial partners don I
really know each other until they
have been married good many
years; before that they Just think
they do, so why try to solve the
whole mystery of character and dis
position during brief courtship of
a few months or even year? There
is just one discouraging feature that
we have ever discovered about mat
rimony, and that is that woman
once married and released is usually
satisfied; but man in similar cir
cumstances loses no time in getting
hitched up again. From this we
reach the conclusion that the male
OF the species has the best of it and
that one experience proves it to both
parties. That may be the reason for
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-13
THE RADICAL ANTI
RADICAL

A few weeks ago the New York
state legislature unseated five duly
elected Representatives of the people
of the state because primarily of
their political affiliations with social
list movements. Since that time the
press of both parties all over the
country has rallied in chorus of dis
approval of this summary action, and
the case has gone to open trial in
court.
Charles Evans Hughes and Sena-
tors Thomas and Borah were the
most weighty and emphatic voices
raised to condemn the action of the
New York assembly, whose action
has been called worse than lynching,
more harmful to American principles
than "all the blatant mouthings of
the reddest of the Red" by editor
ial writer's. The Dallas Journal de-
clares that 1.-THE New York incident
would not be worthy of extensive
comment were it not for the fact
that it is symptomatic of a widely
prevalent disease"
We cannot see but what the radi-
cal anti-radical is about as bad for a
free country as the radical Red him
Self. We can always nullify the
scattered efforts of malcontents, but
we cannot escape danger when we
all catch the mob disease.-F. c. K.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-13

adopting the custom of having the
men do the proposing and the plac-
ing upon him the burden of winning
the love and consent of the one he
chooses. In the face of these facts
1t takes some courage for a girl to
propose, but society gives her that
task and privilege on the twenty
ninth of this month"
Having got this rather lengthy in
PRODUCTION off our chest and for the
benefit of the young and otherwise
ladies' of the community, several of
our most promising bachelors are
listed, with their qualifications. We
are doing all we can to help you, but
we can't tell you which one to work
on; look them over, pick one of them
out and II you follow instructions
closely, you ought to win.
Fred Kennedy
Looking back over the files Of
1915 and of the issue February 26,
we find Fred Kennedy, at that time
a hardware man, but it seems that he
was practically spoken for. If he was
it's perfectly all right and he may be
now, but he has successfully got by
four years without taking on the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-13

halter SO there's chance. At the
present time, Fred is one OF our
promising bankers and not a hard
ware man, but as the 1916 article
says, HE is a fine fellow, never mas
neglected his duty since he has been
on the job and has never entertaind
a thought that wasn't alright and
WIN you have known him for week
or ten years you will find he is al
ways the same old Fred, always busy
If he is busy and always delivering
smiles II he. is going somewhere.
Fred hasn't changed since then and
he is one of our best prospects.
A Jeweler Brunette (1916)
Says the bachelor column OF March
8, 1915, "Blackfoot has a jeweler,
who is a brunette and his hair IS
curly. He has worked and Travelled
had experience in business and al
ways succeeded, has been much IN
society and is universal favorite.
His name is Reiff Christ" The only
difference between Reiff now and the
Reiff of 1916 is that he is no longer
jeweler, but an automobile man
Continued on page three
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-13
IN BRYAN'S OWN
WORDS

The great Commoner has not been
noted for his sound ideas on prac-
tical matters of political and social
economy, but he has inadvertently
given a handsome boost to the game
of advertising in his speech at the
Hotel Aston, New York. He aimed
his darts of oratory at the railroad
executives, who have been telling
their side of the railroad controvers-
les to the people in a legitimate way
by paid advertising. Three of these
ads ran in The Republican several
weeks ago. Bryan said, with -four
ish, as he whipped from his pocket
a newspaper page bearing. one of the
railroad advertisements,
This" he said, lis an advertise
ment. 1t occupies almost page of
space. 1t is an advertisement of the
railroads. It is openly signed by
practically every important railroad
head in the country. 1t is the adj
vertisement of the national railway
executives and it tells the story of
the railroads to the people. What
chance has the people in the face of
such propaganda as this?"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-13
ORIGIN OF THE
PIANO

The instrument upon which Bach
and Mozart worked out soul-moving
harmonies for their own and all fol-
lowing ages of men was a fiat box,
without legs, with a limited range
over few strings running from end
to end. You may see them on street
corners Of our great cities even now,
and sometimes one comes to Black
foot forsnickles. That old fourteenth
century box was called clavichord
and was first developed in Italy.
Next, along in the sixteenth
century, came the virginia., the
favorite instrument of Queen Eliza
beth. 1t still had no legs, but more
style. The spinnet was harp
shaped instrument, with legs at last.
In the evolution of any species the
members and qualities most needed
do finally sprout and grow. The
spinnett also originated in Italy, in
1903.
The harpsichord, of which we have
often read in novels of the seven
teenth century, was perfected at
Antwerp in 1890. The great COM
poser Handel owned harpsichord
and labored with his matchless melo-
dies over its short keyboard This
instrument had both wire and catgut
strings, and in appearance resembled
most infantesque baby grand.
About 1890 the modern hammer
action was invented by Cristofori in
Italy. Up to this time the strings
had been picked by a quill or struck
with tiny brass hammer. The
name pianoforte was given to this
instrument because it could be made
to play softly (piano) or loudly
(f0rte.) A large pianoforte was
brought into use in 1850 by Fred
erici, of Saxony, famous piano.
forte maker.
The first successful upright piano
arrived in 1907 from the land of
Wliiiam Sonthweil, in England, after
n,any ludicrous attempts to make the
old style grand boxes stand on end.
From that time on de7 :'cpEent
never relaxed until we had the mod
erI high grade musical instruments,
found in nearly every home.
This information was taken. al
most word for word, Pom an adj
vertisement by the house of Lyon
and Healy of Chicago, appearing in
the Saturday Evening Post of Janu-
airy 81, 1927. C. X.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-13
TO TEACHERS
AID

The teaching profession is one
that has not made any great fuss
over its pay. 1t has not threatened
to close our schools and let the kid
dies run idle and lose the most valu-
able time in their lives. But, partly,
because they have not raised a fuss,
magazines and newspapers in all cor
ners of the United State have taken
up the cudgel for teachers and pro-
fessors, with continuous line of
publicity that must have it's perman-
ent effect
The lead editorial of the Denver
Post last Sunday said:
at has really been a financial
crime the way the public has under
paid the school teachers of the
country. The discrimination against
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-13
Goat.

SO THEY GOT THE BUTTER
in the silo and chased him
around and kept him butting
all they could and it was great
sport ''tromping" down the
silo. When the keen edge of
the fun wore off, the boys put
up Jobs ON the goat to keep him
travelling around to pack the
silO. Dad didn't care who did
the tramping, SO long as it was
packed, and that Is why they
made the goat do more than his
share. Ever since that it has
been understood that the fell
low who did more than his
share or the fellow who could
not help himself, was the goat.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-13

We have been 1T lots of times
and so have you, only we didn't
always know it. In the good
old days when silOs were new
and little understood, it was
thought that the material In a
silO had to be ''tromped" down
hard and fine, and that nothing
but boy could do 1t. Men get
queer ideas about keeping boys
out Of mischief, and this was
one way the early silo fellows
had Of saving themselves from
the hard job Of tramping. But
boys are inventive little
''cusses" and they are forever
scheming-. to .-cOntrive-. some
labor-saving device.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-13
Talk About Being the
Goat


In these days Of high costs,
everybody is the goat to some
extent. Increased production,
less cost and less waste all put
together will help our indiyid-
ual problems and get us ahead
of the game. The silO is q
great helper in such matters.
We like to think of progressive
things like silos; we like to
talk silOs, and we shall be glad
to have you come in and visit
with us about silOs in general
and how to build and operate
them. We have machinery
now days that very happily
plays the part Of the goat.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-09-19
CIVIC DINNER
MONDAY NIGHT
DINNER AT COLLEGE DIN
ING ROOM JUST BE-
FORE DRIVE.
TO BE BIG EVENT.
Hundreds Will Gather to Give
Impetus to Big Campaign
Drive Tuesday Morning;
Much Interest.

Lowndes county's biggest dinner
party is scheduled for tomorrow even
ing. Under the name of Civic Din
ner, it will be served in the dining
hall of the Women's College at 1880
o'clock. 1t will mark the close of the
preliminary work for the organization
of the Columbus and Lowndes County
Chamber of Commerce.
For three weeks the campaign and
other committees have been making
preparations for the actual solicita-
ton of the men and women of this
community to give their support to
the new chamber. The Civic Dinner
is the final effort to inform and in
spire the community. On Tuesday
morning the teams which have been
organized will start out to enroll the
memberships.
Every indication promises that the
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-09-19
REV. J.C. ROWAN
ACCEPTS CALL
SOUTH OAROLINIAN COM
IN GTO COLUMBUS
IN OCTOBER.
ACCEPT Passionate
of First Presbyterian Church In
This City-Is Noted and Dis
tinguished Carolina
Prelate.
ACCEPT Passionate

Rev. Jesse C. Rowan, Of Greenville,
South Carolina, has accepted the call
to the pastorate Of the First Presby-
terrain Church of this city. He will
assume his new duties here the first
Sunday in October.
Rev. Mr.. Rowan is one of the fore
most prelates of the Southeast. AT
Greenville he has accomplished mar
velous results for his church, and his
work there has been distinguished for
its progressiveness and finished
mastery.
He is man of pleasing and charm
ing personality, and an orator and
preacher of fine ability. He preached
before the local congregation last De-
cember, and made a most profound
impression upon all who heard him.
Rev. Mr. Rowan is graduate of
the Presbyterian Theological Semi
nary, and he. has had large and ex-
tensive experience in ministerial
work. The Presbyterian Church Of
Columbus, as well as all the religious
forces of the city, are indeed fortu-
nate in having secured him. He
succeeds Rev. Excel Frye, who re-
signed his pastorate here to accept a
call to Mobile.
Rev. Mr.. Rowan and his family will
be most cordially welcomed to Column
bus by all of our people.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-09-19
COTTON REPORT.

The Columbus Cotton Exchange
makes the following report on cotton
for the week ending September 10th:
Receipts last report, So bales; re-
ceipts this week, ID bales; stock on
hand August LIST, $50 bales; total. 64s.
Last years report shows 81, l23 and
$50; total, 1853.
We are informed that the normal
cotton production of Lowndes county
is ten thousand bales, and that this
years crop will not total more than
five thousand.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-09-19
ZERO HOUR
TUESDAY

Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock is
Zero Hour in the Chamber of
Commerce campaign.
Every member Of every team;
every Major and every Captain
is expected to be at his post of
duty at that hour.
1t is supreme moment of the
campaign; the vital and critical
stage and every man must be
ready to play his part.
A fast, hard hitting campaign
machine has been perfected and
every member has vital part in
its makeup.
If you ever expect to do any
thing for your community, Tues
day morning at 8 o'clock is the
time to do it.
NINE O'CLOCK TUESDAY
MORNING.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-09-19

dinner will be a great event. Men
and women are coming from all over
the county and many from outside
the county lines. The people of Col
umbus will be there in force. Though
most of the tickets have been taken
1t is still possible to make a reserya-
ton at the campaign headquarters in
the City Hall, if anyone has neglected
to do so.
Two speakers are on the program.
DR.. j, G. FAINT, the new president of
the Women's College, and Champe s.
Andrews of Chattanooga, Tenn. This
will be DR.. Fant's first talk to his
new neighbors of this city and county
since he became president of the col
lsge. His subject whl be "The Ed
Iucational Ideals of Community"
There is much interest in his remarks
Mr. Andrews is a manufacturer. He
operates mills which make underwear.
hosiery and paper. His interest in
civic affairs dates from the time he
was enlisted as team worker in a
reorganization campaign for his home
Chamber of Commerce. Being a bust
ness man, he has made a practical
study of community effort and speaks
of it from the practical standpoint.
He is described as a speaker of un-
Usual charm and force.
DR.. j. w. Lipscomb will preside at
the dinner and Rev. f. L, Malone will
act as the POSTMASTER. The Colum-
bus Orchestra viii play.
Not until the following morning
when the teams start out will there be
any effort to enlist memberships in
the new chamber. When the enlist
ment does start, it will be pushed with
lvigor. 1t is hoped to clean up the UNI
dertaking in two or three days. The
campaign committee has set the goal
at 600 memberships. But there is a
record involved. Greenville now has a
Chamber of Commerce with 1872 men,
bers. If Columbus and Lowndes
county has enroll 800 it will have the
largest Chamber of Commerce in the
state. In the opinion of members OF
the committees, that's record worth
going after.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-09-19
WOMEN INTERESTED
Their Civic Activities in Other Places
Put Into Little Folder.

Representative women of Columbus,
believing that the organization of the
Chamber Of Commerce presents an
opportunity to bring together every
body interested in the welfare Of the
city, have taken up the question of
obtaining women members.
A woman's committee has been or
ganized and a large number Of women
members Of the Chamber will no doubt
result from their efforts.
A little folder outlining some of the
civic activities of women elsewhere
has been prepared. Copies may be
obtained at the campaign headquart-
ers.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-09-19

The fate of Henry Redus, charged
with the murder of Town Marshal II.
X. Rosseau, Of Starkville, was in the
hands of jury of his peers last night.
The case, which had occupied the cir
uit court since Thursday morning, was
argued yesterday afternoon by four
able attorneys and went to the Jury
just before six o'clock.
The Redus trial was changed to this
venue from 0ktibbeha county.
county on motion for change of
Yesterday afternoon, Redus went on
the stand in his own defense and made
a sweeping denial Of every vital factor
in the prosecutions attack. He stuck
to the plea of self defense all through
not know that it was Rosseau, an Off
his testimony. He claimed that he did
Ger Of the law, who followed him to his
cabin on back street in StarkyilIe;
that It was dark, and when the officer
and Deputy Sheriff Mckee approached
him to effect his arrest he told them
to stop and not to come on him. AS
they advanced, he said, he fired the
fatal shot.
The State attempted to fix Redus'
arrest by the Starkville officer for
&set-l4ggsas ii Al underlying motive
for the crime. 1t was shown in the
testimony that Redus' home was raided
in December and that at the time of
the killing he was under bond charged
with making whisky.
Judge Carroll, of Starkville, was
called as witness for the defense, but
was not placed on the stand.
The widow of the dead marshal, Mrs.
H. X. Rosseau, sat through the entire
trial and wept intermittently as
various witnesses and the lawyers re-
ferred to the tragic death of her
husband.
Redus is young man--about thirty
six years of age. He is single, and
S rather handsome. He was perfectly
calm and composed while relating the
tory of the tragedy in which he played
the leading role. He steadfastly de-
MED that he knew the men who APP
preached him on the street when the
killing occurred, and he maintained
throughout that he shot in defense of
his own life.
The slain man was a first cousin of
Mr.. Ran Shropshire, of this city.
Hon. W. w. Magruder and District
Attorney B. f. Bell conducted the
prosecution and argued the case for
the State before the jury. For the de-
Tense much legal talent was arrayed.
Messrs. Daniel and Green, of Stark
vile; Hon. George Mitchell, of Tupe-
10, and Hon. Tom Brady, Jr., of Brook
haven, represented the defense.
The following gentlemen composed
the jury; w. j. Friday, S. C. Driver,
j. f. Burke, |. v. Cockerham, H. A.
Freeman, ]. A. Robertson, C. K. Jor-
dan, c. W. Jernigan, ". NJ. Dowdle,
j. T. Baxter, ]. D. MeNees and Willie
Wells.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-09-19
CLARK THRILLS
AND INSPIRES
LARGE AUDIENCE AT CITY
HALL THURSDAY
NIGHT.
G r E A T MEETING
Civic Conscience Quickened by
Powerful Address of Master
Observation-Disclosures
Ran High.

IA city is known by the Chamber
of Commerce it keeps"
Inspired by this statement, made at
the smoker of the Chamber of Com
merce Thursday evening, nearly 200
men then and there. pledged them
selves to put the chambers drive for
memberships over next week, and to
do it with rush.
More than that, they voted UNI
animously to raise the goal Of the
drive to 800 memberships, in order
that Columbus and Lowndes county
may take rank as having the biggest
civic-commercial organization in the
state of Mississippi. The campaign
committee had met in the afternoon
and decided that the goal should be
placed at 600 memberships, feeling
that this was conservative figure.
Mr.. ]. |. Harrison disagreed with
this estimate of the Lowndes county
community. After the first of the
smoker speakers had delivered his
message, Mr.. Harrison asked if he
might make little speech. 1t was
brief and to the point. He said he
felt that Columbus and Lowndes coun-
ty constituted the finest community in
Mississippi and he was not content
to let it take second rank to any
other. He therefore moved that the
goal of the campaign be made 800
memberships, in order that Green
ville's 1872 might be beaten out. The
motion was put to the house and car
ried with whoop.
The smoker was one of the most
notable and attractive affairs of the
kind ever held in this city. The court
room of the City Hall was literally
crowded far beyond the doors, many
of the late corners being unable to get
beyond the stairway. Hope was ex-
pressed and the promise made that
when the new chamber has been or
ganized and has found suitable quar-
tiers it will give other such entertain
ments for the discussion of local
problems.
While the crowd was gathering the
Columbus Orchestra won new friends
by playing several selections with fine
effect. One of the most attractive
features of the evening was two solos
by Miss Pearl Harrison. The ap-
plause given her was both sincere and
highly deserved.
DR.. J. w. Lipscomb, the presiding
officer, again proved that the new
Chamber of Commerce means what it
says when he called the company to
order exactly on time. He said he
was determined to "teach Columbus
people that o'clock does not mean
any old time up to g."
Ned Holmes, secretary of the
Greenville Chamber of Commerce, was
the first speaker. He put lot Of
enthusiasm into the meeting by max
ing 10-minute talk that was an in
spiration to Lowndes county folks
For one thing, he told what Green
vile has done to secure national
reputation. He recalled that almost
every state in the union has a Green.
vile and until year ago the one in
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