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The Columbus dispatch., 1921-03-27

"Elderly married men have pretty
hard time of 1t. Their wives care for
them no longer, and pretty girls ac-
tually despise theM."
The speaker was George Ade. He
went ON:
"In the lounge Of fashionable res
taurant overheard one night low
voiced conversation between an elderly
married man and his wife.
"'Bill,' the wife hissed. I don't like
the way you looked at that girl In the
outrageous yellow gown
"'Well.' said Bill savagely, she
didn't, either"
The Columbus dispatch., 1921-03-27

An unusual suit, involving the use
Of cross-mark AS a signature. was
tried at Atlantic City. N. j., before
Judge Ingersoll. The action was
brought by the estate Of Michael Quinn
against Mrs. Mary Henry for $3.50 for
rent for an apartment, and Mrs. Henry
displayed receipts for the money.
Quinn, when living, was unable To-
write, 1t was testified, and was In the
habit Of signing papers with a cross
mark
The estate avcrred that the cross
marks on the receipts were not made
by the same person as marked the
lease. The handwriting expert from
Philadelphia testified that the cross
marks on both were made by the same
person and we're therefore authentic.
Judge Ingersoll gave judgment for
Mrs. Henry.
The Columbus dispatch., 1921-03-27
OIL AND GAS LEASES.

We have a supply Of approved Mis-
sissipPi forms Of Oh and gas lease in
stock and ready for delivery. They
are guaranteed to be absolutely cor
rect and they are the approved forms
now being used in this territory. Send
US your orders. The Dispatch, Col
umbus, Miss.
The Columbus dispatch., 1921-03-27
FOWLER KILLED
BY FATHER-IN-LAW
Killed at Spruill Home in Pickens
County Thursday Night.

Mr.. Ben. Fowler, aged forty years,
was shot and almost instantly killed
by his father-in-law, Mr.. George
Spruill, at the latter's home just across
the line in Pickens county last Thurs
day night about 8 o'clock.
Fowler had gone to the Spruill home
The Columbus dispatch., 1921-03-27

When youth and springtime meet In
the mind of the, designer of millinery
we are presented with such concep-
tions as those in the group of hats
shown above. One >of the new shiny
fabrics makes the draped turban with
Its audacious dropping bow at the right
side. Knife-plalted ribbon is response
BILE for the cheerful hat in rose color
that looks as II 1t might beRmade Of
sea shells at the right. The odd and
dashing shape at the left has a satin
brim and fancy braid crown with a
cluster that comprises fruits, flowers
and foliage posed against 1t. The
wide-brimmed braid hat boasts OF
lovely lines not interfered with by
rosette and ends Of satin ribbon posed
at the side. These are only four
among the myriads Of hats made to
grace the heads of young women. but
from them may be gathered something
Of the vivacity and the general bright
ness Of new shapes and materials for
spring.
The Columbus dispatch., 1921-03-27

Mrs. S. B. Street, Jr., and little
daughter, Frances, will leave today for
Birmingham, where they will join Mr..
Street in their future home. Count
less friends wish the Street family a
happy and prosperous future.
The Columbus dispatch., 1921-03-27
First Baptist Church.

Sunday School at $3.50. Usual ser
vices at II a. m. and 1880 p. m. con-
Quoted by Rev. H. T. McLaurin, Of
Newton, Miss. A large attendance
is desired
The Columbus dispatch., 1921-03-27

Mrs. Herman Owen and daughter
eturned from a visit to Mobile last
friday.
DR.. C. d. Goodwin has returned
rom business trip to Oklohoma
City.
The Columbus dispatch., 1921-03-27

course are contemplated
All members and other interested
in the same are urged to be present
Monday night.
The Columbus dispatch., 1921-03-27

Mr.. c. C. Cole, of Steens, was among
the business visitors in Columbus on
Friday. ~,ts,
The Columbus dispatch., 1921-03-27

Boost Columbus-and keep it up.
The Columbus dispatch., 1921-03-27

Boost Columbus--and keep it up.
The Columbus dispatch., 1921-03-27

Dispatch ads are winners.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-15
ChiffOnier

Attractive1y designed, sp1endidly constructed and finished in your choice of Mahogany or Walnut. Has 5 large s5sss5s @ @lss $st>, S225o pulls.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-15
(By I. N. Service.) )

London. Aug. Is - Germany is making the most of the greatest industrial opportunity in history. Thanks to hard work, combination and skillfu1 direction her trade is advancing by leaps and bounds. Even her shipping industry is booming. The result is that our own world trade is in peril. In every country in the world Germany is underselling Great Britain. Our goods are being driven from markets which were almost ex- clusively ours.''
 In this manner the Daily Express sums up a leading article on Ger many's astonishing trade revival. Ap- pended to it is the following dispatch from the Berlin correspondent of the Express, who has made a special study of the subject;
 Berlin, July 16-In every country in the world Germany is undersell- ing Britain. British goods are being busted by German competition from markets which were formerly proud to display the trademark, Made in England"
 I have many vivid impressions of a short, stout man dressed in black. The first time I saw him he was coming down the broad staircase of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-15

Germany's working people are eco non1fzing, sacrificing and throwing themselves into real production
 A student of economies who re- trict told me how the German work man rises at a. quarter to five every morning and puts an hours work into his garden before going to the factory. In the factory he voluntarily binds himself to his machine to se- cure economy of motion and increased production. Returning home at he works until dusk in the garden to econom1ze his expenditure.
 Lesson in Steel.
 Is it to be wondered that Shines and his fellow magnateS can throw into Great Britain @ ton of steel five pounds cheaper than it costs Great Britain to make it?
 The latest statistics of wages show that the average wge of a German workman is about seven marks (Six pence) an hour. In many cases this is a hunger wage against which the pete. Labor costs, therefore, are infinitesima1 compared to British This is where the 'cheap mark plays an important part.
 There was signidc cant dispatch from Capetown the other day. It re- ported that a German steamer had arrived with merchandise, including textiles. dyes. electrical material,
 
 prices quoted were 50 per cent. cheaper than those of exports of a similar nature from Great Britain.
 Besides Stinnes. the Big Seven" divide up Germany's industries be- twen them. They are Klockner, Thvssen, Wolff, Haniel and Kruppe and the Stumm group and Phoenix group. These magnates or groups control what Shines has left of in dustrial Germany. They have factor ies which deal with the raw coal down to the tiny flask of exquisite perfume which $ produced from one of the many by-products of coal tar.
 The Big Seven."
 The Big Seven'' have interests in more than 800 coal, iron, steel, trans port, copper, shipping. chemical ma chic, glass stone and paper busi- nesses They employ nearly s7,500,- 100000 in capital They are for ever ama1gamating, buying and extending in order to coordinate their interests into one powerful whole. They and Shines have reached such a pitch of development in Germany that they are forced to seek fresh outlets abroad, and are rapidly acquiring important concerns in Austria and Poland
 It is the old plan of peaceful pene- tration again.
 Recently a head waiter in one of the numerous Berlin hotels owned by Shines sidled up to me. He pro- duced from his trousers pocket a small but beautifully polished nickel case with an interior of plush velvet. It contained a wel1-fnished pocket safety razor. The walters price was
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-15
FAMOUS CALIFORNIA OIL LAND CASE UP TODAY
 

Visalia, Cal, Aug. 12-Actihg an. der instructions from President Hard ing, the famous Honolulu Consolidat- ed Company Elk Hill land title case was today reopened before Register Ellen and Receiver Ferguson, of the United States Land Office here. The suit, which involves title to A. $50 acres of alleged oi1-bearing land in Kern County, valued at approd- mately $10,o00,00o, is directed by the United States Government against the: Ruena Vista Land and Development Company, the State of California and the Honolulu Consolidated Oil Com pany as intervenors.
 The State claims title under ir1- demnfty selections made prior to the Taft Withdrawal act of 1909, which. placed the land in Naval Oil Reserve No. 2. The Buena Vista company is the assignee of the State. The Hon olulu company claims the right to drill for oil under Government lease granted by reason of filings made prior to the withdrawal act. The hearing is to determine whether or not Sle land Is oil bearing. Upon that point rests the decision.
 In the first hearing the States claim was not sustained, and the new hearing was granted on petition, of the Buena Vista company for a. re- hearing. It is expected several weeks will be occupied in taking the tesd-, mOny.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-15
BRIT TAIN BEING SWEPT AWAY BY
 GIANT INDUSTRIAL STRIDES OF
 GERMANY, LONDON PAPER SAYS
Tremendous Revival of Trade by Teutons England World Trade in Peril-Germans Are Under
 Selling All Nations, Asserted.

Berlfn's most fashionable hotel clean ing his finger nails with a jack-knfe. l have seen him at other times eating simple repast of milk and eggs in the public dining room.
 When he went up in the lift to his room there was a whispered com ment: ''Ehere goes Hugo Shines forming a new trust,' and ''Stinnes will have made another million by the time he gets to the third f1oor.''
 Herr StinneS.
 Hugo Shines, Germany's industrial dictator, and a group of his fellow magnates, are gradually welding all the coal. iron, steel, chemical, ship ping, banking and paper industries into one vast machine which will capture the worlds trade.
 Shines, it was announced recently, controls 1 ,340 companies. whose cap ita1 exceeds s2.5o0,0o0. .00o. He em- ploys directly and indirectly a mil lion and a half workmen. There is not one single article in everyday use which is not produced in one of Shines factories. He has built up since the armistice a commercial oc- topus far mightier than Hind enburg or Ludendorff ever dreamed of in their widest fantasies of world con quest. sSzsl@k
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-15

eight marks-about seven pence-if l taken in lots of a hundred dozen. Thirty or forty factories controlled | by Germany's industrial magnates | are engaged in producing 2,ooo,00o of | these razors yearly, with 30,0o0,o0o blades to match. Their regular sales
 men cannot deal with the great out put, and thousands find their way into the hands of middlemen like my head waiter. who comes daily into contact with British buyers.
 There are many other samples of goods have seen produced at prices from one-fourth to one-tenth of those ruling anywhere else in the world. I was shown a water-tap, such as is in use in every British bathroom and kitchen. It was 40 per cent. brass and 60 per cent. cop per. The export price is Sd each. It could not be manufactured in Great Britain much under three shill- ings.
 Dumping Trusts.
 Another sample was an ordinary electric switch which cost three half pence to produce in one of Shines factories. There is little profit at half a crown on a similar product British made.
 I saw at the same time a patent electric switch with six holes for plugs, so that if the wire is fused the switch can be used five times without calling in an electrician. This switch costs seven pence to produce. but thousands will shortly be dumped on the British market at five shil1ings each because the willy German pusi- ness man knows that it can only be manufactured in Germany.
 Some details of the 1920-1921 shipping, banks and railway reports are available.
 The port of Bremen has regained nearly 60 per cent. of it's pre-war trade. Hamburg has regained over 60 per cent and. it is estimated, will exceed its pre-war figure in less than IS months. Rotterdam cannot com pete with Bremen or Copenhagen with Hamburg.
 Latest reports of Germany's eight greatest banks show an increase of 6s,0o0 depositors, compared with the previous total The gross profits are s565, 100000, or 5O,oO0,0o0 more than in 1919. The net profits exceed SITS, 100000. The German banks al- ways played the most prominent part in Germany's strangle-hold on the world trade.
 Finally, Germany'S train services are very nearly up to normal.
 Is labor in allied countries sleep ing while Germany is availing herself of the most brilliant opportunity in all history?
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-15
China Closet

A pleasing period mod el that is attractive in appearance, substan- tial in construction and well finished in Jacob can. Is 42-in. q -
 wide and has ~A 3 shelves. .a~
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-15
CAR DERAHED.

The New Haven car leaving Reads corner at o'clock last evening was derat1ed at Washington bridge. In- spectors were soon on the Job and su- perintended the transferring of pas sengers until the car was put back on the rails, travel via trolley not being delayed more than 12 or 15 minutes.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-15
WAS KILLED AFTER
 BREAKING RECORD

Toledo, O., Aug. 15.-Less than half an hour after he broke the worlds dirt track motorcycle record for one mile, covering the distance in 46 sec onds, Albert W. Burns. 27, of Oak land, California, was fatally injured, when in the first lap of a 25 mile race at the fair grounds, here yester- day, a fellow rider crowded him, fore ing his machine to skid and crash through fence Burns neck was broken and he died en route to the hoSpital
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-15
ROAD WORK PROGRESSING

Work on the construction of the new road from Devon to Walnut Beach has reached a point in front of the No. 3 engine house at Walnut Beach, together with the work on the part of the trolley company in chang ing the double track rails to the cen ter of the highway.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-15
HIT BY AUTOMOBILE.

Tony DeBrasso of 113 North wash- ington avenue was sthrnck by an au- tomobile owned and driven by Lane Frankel of 426 Harral avenue Satur- day. The emergency ambulance was called and Dr. Bruce Coy1e took the man to St vincent's hospital where he was found to be suffering from cont fusion of the back
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-15
LAYING NEW SIDEWALK.

The front of the confectionery store at Fort Trumbun Beach is being treated to a cement sidewalk, work being started to-day.
New Ulm review., 1921-03-23
NEW THEORY IN ASTRONOMY
Possibility That There Is 4 Tail At.
tached to Our Earth Leads, to
Ingenious Suggestions.

r % X
Opposite to the. sun there is very
mysterious glowing patch, which is
thought to be attached to the earth
ass a cometlike tail.
The highest regions Of our atmos-
phere consist Of very light gases, and
the impression is that some Of these
were driven away by the sun or by
other means, and that they stream Of
from the earth into space just as the
light gases do, from the head Of a
large comet. IS II +
Naturally, this theory has aroused
much controversy, and has led to all
sorts of ingenious suggestions. One
Of these is that swarm Of nleteors
(of the kind we know as shooting
stars) keeps us company through
space at distance of about million
miles, or four times the distance Of
the moon. But tailed earth is an
ideal vehicle for imaginative flights.
It might be argued that If our globe
has tail why should not the planets
Mercury and Venus, and even Mars,
have one. Well, perhaps they have,
for all we know to the contrary. Our
earth's tail would be much more
easily seen by us because OF, its near
ness and brightness.
New Ulm review., 1921-03-23
w. SOIL NEEDS CAREFUL
PREPARATION.

An ideal garden soil has rich,
sandy loan surface, with silt or clay
under that The surface soil should
be from to, 10 inches deep and free
from sticks, stones, sods, and rubbish.
1t should contain a large amount Of
decayed vegetable matter and plenty
of plant food. This means the addi.
tion of stable manure, hen or sheep
manure, or other fertilizers. CONNER.
cial fertilizers should be distributed
before the crop is planted. They should
not be allowed to come in contact with
the foliage. All rubbish having been
removed, the soil should be spaded or
disked both ways, or plowed six or
eight inches deep, and then raked OF
narrowed several times to form fine
firm seed bed. 5
The best time to kill weeds is before
they appear above the surface of the
ground. Stirring the soil with rake
or similar tool destroys thousands OF
weeds that are not seen, and keeps the
soil in good condition to encourage the
growth of garden plants. r. S. Mack
intosh, horticultural specialist, Exten
sion Division, University Farm, St
Paul
New Ulm review., 1921-03-23
BLACK RUST ON WHEAT.

Black rust On spring wheat costs us
two hundred million dollars a year.
When black, the spore is in its winter
stage. The winter spores cannot ger
inmate at once, but lie dormant on
stubble or straw until spring, then
they germinate, but they cannot di-
rectly infect grains or grasses. This
black stage Of the rust can infect only
the common barberry (and one or two
closely related shrubs which are not
naive.)
1t cannot maintain itself in the
Northern states in the red stage dur
ing the winter and the red stage is i'm
possible unless it passes the cup stage
on the barberry.
Destroy the common barberry and
the black stage Of the rust becomes
harmless. 1t cannot infect wheat.
Wheat can be infected only by the red
or summer stage. Get this clearly in
your mind. Without the barberry the
black rust cannot live. With the bar
berry it gets an early start in the
Spring.
Therefore we must dig up all the
barberry, first in the spring wheat
states and next in all of the other
states, from which spores can come by
wind or from grass to grass until
grain is reached.
This will require an appropriation
of at least five hundred thousand dol
lars a year, which is little enough
when we consider that we are thereby
saving two hundred millions.
New Ulm review., 1921-03-23
First American stock Market.

The first congress Of the United
States, while in session in Federal
hall on Wall street, New York, in 1888
80, authorized and subsequently issued
bonds (then called stock) amounting
to $S0,OO0,0OO for the purpose Of dis
charging debts incurred by the Con-
tinental congress and the various col
onies. This naturally led to orders
for the purchase and sale of these
bonds being sent to New York. These
orders first came to merchants, at
torneys and others, but later, as the
transactions increased, some men be-
gan to give special attention to this
business. becoming the first brokers
in America.
New Ulm review., 1921-03-23
Water Affects Varnish.

The varnish on some furniture is SO
hard and smooth that finger marks
and soiled places may be removed
with a cloth wrung out Of lukewarm
suds, made with white soap, and the
finish restored by rubbing with a cloth,
on which q. few drops of light lubri-
eating oil or furniture polish has been
sprinkled. In many cases this is a
good method to use on the tops Of
dining tables, but in general it is un.
wise to put water on vanished, oiled
or waxed surfaces. Painted and en-
ame1ed furniture may, of course, be
washed like any other surface so I'm
ished.
New Ulm review., 1921-03-23
PREPARING The SEED BED.
Wheat Must Have a Shallow, Loose
Seed Bed and Firmly Packed
Root Bed.

Spring wheat should be soWn as
soon in the spring as the seed bed
can be properly prepared. Germina-
ton takes place in the ground when
the temperature is about AZ to so de-
grees.
Generally. the quantity of seed per
acre should be six to eight pecks.
Your own experience will tell you how
much. Drilling is better than broad
casting. The seed bed should be loose
on top and the root bed firm under
meath. The use of the corrugated roll
Ter is recommended.
Marquis is an early variety, ripen-
ing from 9S to 135 days after sowing,
the average being about 115 days This
makes it three to ten days earlier
than most of the other fife varieties,
but it should be put into the ground
just as soon as the seed bed may be
prepared.
The seed usually should be sown
about two or three inches deep The
important thing Is to get it into soil
sufficiently moist to insure germina-
ton. In heavy wet soil, one to two
inches will be deep enough.
Old or stubble land should be plowed
in the fall or early as possible in
the spring. Sandy soils, with a ten
dency to drift, should be plowed early
in the spring. When land is fall
ploWed, it should be left rough to
catch and hold the snow and to pre-
vent soil blowing. Plow six to eight
inches deep, covering all weeds and
trash.
New Ulm review., 1921-03-23
ROMANCE BEcKoNs TO ALL
According to Theatrical Star, Men and
Women Never Really Forego
Their Childhood Dreams.

"We are all more or less only grown
up boys Or girls" Mr.. Ditrichstein
said in an interview given recently to
New York Evening Sun reporter
"The less grown up we are the more
we enjoy life and the thrill of living.
1t is this JOY Of human experience
which makes the stage possible and
which particularly aids the actor of
melodrama.
"The life of the rowing buccaneer of
adventure or the suave cavalier with
his romantic conquests is denied to
most Of u.s." Mr.. Ditrichstein said al
most sadly, "but there lives in us all
the desire to do the rash, impossible
and delightful things of our great he
roes of fiction. The wisened, colorless
little man you see on the commuters
train, who tolls by day over his prosaic
books and figures, possibly may be a
d'Artagnan or a Don Quixote within
the Infinite realm Of his nocturnal
imagination. The shop girl during
the daylight hours may be the rein
carnation of Cleopatra or Helen of
Troy over library book during the
evening. She may practice before her
mirror the walk and manner of a Eu-
ropean Queen and, in extreme cases,
where the imagination buoys hope to
the highest point, even go so far as
to think Of herself as a queen of the
movies.
ut is not too much to say" Mr.. Dit
richstein said, with a sly twinkle of
his buccaneering eye, "that even the
famous tired business man is occa-
sionally subject to hope that there
is something in life more romantic and
exciting than the cutting Of coupons
and worry over the. high cost of ste
nographers and other business COM
modities.'
Disciples of "the good old days"
when men and wine ran free; when
dashing cavaliers plunged through the
guardian moat to the castle walls and
carried the lady of their hearts de-
sire away through the moonlit lanes
OF the whispering forests and matched
their lances against the bravest men
Of the enemy forces simply for the 10y
of gallant fight or to avenge a lady's
honor-of such, according to the mel
odramatic star, is the kingdom Of the
orchestra and the gallery wherever
melodrama is produced.