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The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-01-02
RAILROAD PUZZLE
BACK TOCONGRESS
CONDITION OF ROADS is
REGARDED AS VERY
PRECARIOUS.
FOUR BIG QUESTIONS
Transportation Lines Are Con-
fronted With Many Prob
lens To Solve, They
Claim.
-FOUR BIG QUESTIONS

Washington, Dec. ga growing
uneasiness that the railroad problem
may be thrown back into the lap of
congress was becoming apparent to-
day among both Legislators and the
railroad men.
Despite the passage Of the Esch-
Cummins transportation law and eff
forts of railroad executives and the
government to work out absolution
four questions, including that rates,
today were listed as demanding an
swers.
The transportation act, as inter-
preted by the Interstate Commerce
Commission guaranteed The roads
earnings of six percent on a valua-
ton of $1S,9OO,0O0,O00. In August,
the Interstate Commerce Commission
fixed the highest rates in history to
accomplish this, but in September
the roads fell $9O0,000,OOO short Of
earning six per cent and in October
| $40, DOC, 900 short. Reports for other
months have not been made up, but
railroad men admit they also will
I show 4 shortage. As w,r4 49,
l No Advance Asked.
Y according 10 Dewitt Cuyler, head
Of the Association Of Railway Execu-
ltives, the roads, despite these short
ages, do not expect to ask for higher
rates. However, according to Rep
rdsentative Esch, co-author of the
transportation act, it is mandatory
ON the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion to fix rates high enough to in
sure a six per cent return whether
or not the roads ask it. The alterna-
tive for higher rates, as seen here, is
payment by the government to the
roads of their deficits.
The second question facing the
roads also arises out Of the govern
ment guarantee under which there is
due to the roads something near half
a billion dollars, the amount Of the
deficit during the first six months
of private operation.
Payment Held Up.
Under a technical ruling by the
treasury, payment of this is held up.
Railroads say they need the money
and have gone to court. If the court
decides against them they will have
to go to congress for change in the
transportation law, or wait years for
their official audit.
The third question is one Of a con-
flict of state and federal authority
and involves possible rates changes
indirectly. Seventeen states have re-
fused to allow intrastate rates to go
as high as the Interstate Commerce
Commission tried to fix them and
have appealed to the courts to up
hold them.
If State Wins Fight.
Railroad attorneys arguing before
the interstate commerce commission
have declared that if the state wins
out the high rates set last August will
not bring as much as expected and so
the six percent return guaranteed the
railroads probably would not be real
lied even under favorable conditions.
The fourth question is brought for
ward by railroad labor organizations,
which recently launched charges that
the railroad executives were not MAX
ing every effort towards economy in
operation. The brotherhoods also are
trying to have continued adjustment
machinery created during federal con-
troll, an effort which is opposed by
many employers.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-01-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Woodward, Of
Louisville, Miss, announce the birth
of son on Christmas Day. The son
and heir Of the Woodwards will go
through life bearing the name Phillip
Francis Woodward. Mrs. Woodward
is pleasantly remembered in Colum-
bus as Miss Birdie Jacob, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Jacob. No. 622
South Second Avenue.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-01-02
sTOCKHoLDERs MEETING.

The annual meeting for the election
of Directors of the Columbus Insur-
ance and Mortgage Co., to serve for
the year 1921 will be held at its Of
fee in Columbus, Miss, on the second
Tuesday, same being the 18th day of
January, 1921. Polls open at o'clock
a. M, close at o'clock p. m.
]. w. SLAUGHTER,
12-S-1m Cashier.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-01-02
CHANCERY NOTICE.
The State of Mississippi,

The State of Mississippi,
Lowndes County,
To J. Randolph French, Post office
address unknown.
You are commanded to appear
before the Chancery Court of the
County of Lowndes in said State, on
the End Monday of April A. d. 1920
to defend the suit of Mrs. Lorraine
S. French wherein you are defend
ant.
This 18th day of December, A. D.
1920. A
(Seal) JNO. j. RICHARDS,
12-29-3w. Clerk.
----------------
Boost Columbus-and keep at it.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-01-02
1921 CALENDARS

Visit our new plant on Monday and
get one.
coCA5coLo BoTTLING WORKS.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-01-02
1921 CALENDARS

Visit our new plant on Monday and
get one.
CocA-CoLo BoTTLING WORKS.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-01-02
LANDRETH's SEEDS.

In planning for your garden, don't
forget that we handle the reliable
Landreth's Seeds.
PITTS, DRUG STORE.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-01-02

Mrs. Christie Sakalari and little son, burg.
James, are visiting relatives at Vcks- weeks
, 1921-06-12
The Loss of Their Daddy
That Preceded Mary's Story

Mnyss story begins with the days of her mothers widwhood.
= "Muvv," Mary had asked what are W going to do whut ddhe?"
s.n. hat M Md wsm T sMa THE the s wmsS head not Met yet gs9 bought Until now few problems worthy the
sly in Toronto HGneSy by name and oht of a dozen sutorr afnnonz in her rnt mol
days :. ~. =.
Mary Ghdy, Smith event them aged five ~ would be tower of urmghf for the mother Not
only was MARY Gladys wise eyond hry years. OF vmB greater importance she was intensely m.
Whatever happned.h however black tef future the mother knew that Mary Ldvsv d he
. cheering helping cowker 1t was as we'll thatt this was @ FOR the ohr tive cndrnLoue
three and Jack Just learning to wah-neant only constant care and trouble and wmd mean
4 The fher had ben an ambition young EngHhuanp uuer on a steamship plying between
Toronto and unhoSs An amateur athlete of no men ahy and oernowngw with rood health rand
spirits he refused to treat seriously the accident which finally resulted in his death until It vas
late
F+s . THE FATAL INJURY re
. Ho~swandd d across Lake Ontario he had bnf oohg about with some of his rhe Of
spar fThe-f force of the blow Knocked him out for few minutes "
On his aml at home he still had a dun pain in his lead. but dismissed it hsghmgy as Of
to an examination by the family physician. Their medical MAJ, promptly and graey oerrode
his mMenee that he rjdn his sp and resume lis dus as puer on the Bufhobomdv voyage
rntb rain specialists TAT the bedddeo of the dying man Butt was too late for human same to avail
1t vas too e.% we for an operation.
, 1921-06-12

- AT H
new art row in rssns san, and more and more ,s proves owe, its its. right asns to ss s1 ;sm as
nares whose experience will be confined exclusively to portrayals OF roles
before the camera.
art. And o al least it is not true that motion pictures include only actors
to whom the spoken drama is a sealed book sE
Uptuted scorn Of Movies
I reauze the prejudice that exists against motion pitures-compared
with III spoken drama One would have to be deaf and blind nt to
For ten years I myself looked upon ii. movies" with all the uptntcd-
nose scorn which only Ignorance a excuse
In those days. of course, motion picture theaters were Of the cheap.
peer show type. The pictures themselves were absurd crudfies- But the
fact renaina hat in those very ami days I vas learnins-as Gladys Mary
smth-an the rudimens of acting which subsequently, were to enable me
to win M present position in the film worad-as Mary Wexford.
Tho Real Me
they pay their money at the box office. I know it Isn't
Would you like to now what really happens n night in any home
In any town where a picture Of nine is being shown
Wen, after supper mother tells father that she is tkins the children
to a picture show and 4ss II h . would like to come along
whats the picture askn father.
"a Mary Pickford3 picture" mother says Mrs. Morrison saw II last
night and says It's good"
mot for me-" ' father. MARY riekford boosi mt 70 dcath-.-,uss
a bunch OF curls and n o brains. / don't TX that kind ~ etun. l ne d
mans story with something to II" 5sT ae
How cn say ouch awful things. daddy" protests tenyearoid
Ruth. daughter II the house Il think MARY Pickfords doraoe
"sonettmes she's good" volunteers Johnny. his fathers son Gee. !
hope hey got a good fight In this pcture-or somethingr
take the children. mother and entoy ourselves says ather' bury.
ing himself In 1.-The evening paper.
And there It r. The next day. inc fr weeks 70 ne anotnef
OF m Y pictures is shoun In that town. hold n o place al a u in he concerns
to hay pforot eome me- 10 YOU t ests h .g ,o I make effective IA been havorabIy
nj O. it serousy-any more seriously than It deserves
1t is all very well. I suppose. hut IT would b tn rankest nonsense TO
more than that the roles 1 play re naturally and necessarily tn kind hat hat
evoke the largest possible measur of sympathy n affection from the
audience. =.
But it isn't me-, he real ms they sympathize with " love MS the girl
OF the authors Imagination, the unreal character l try my best to max
seem real -
I've eve played a pat that even family resenhled myself 1t would
be stupid of me to think Of doing sueh a snns. II ~oua "AAe sA
, 1921-06-12
ny Life

A rare treat for readers of this paper beg inst today. 4 =
Miss t1ckforu tells how herr widowed mother did sewing nd Kent ro,rsrs of h.r
debut at the age of i've; how she jumped from me onenight stand to mother
m cheap notes ant sending home half of her pay; of her ID meeting with
David Griffith and ae days in the old Biosraph studio; her first appearance OF
Broadway. @fpeai""so on
These n other incidents. pathetic, humorous nd heroic. are described With n
OF detail by the worlds sweetheart They were narrated to Havde TaIbot
who set them down OF pape and who supplements in anotherc column MMs PTk,
words with his W interesting i'm preszhns of he famous actress
: What other writer's have attempted to tell about Mary Pnhord from econd-ba
knowledge the little star reveals about herself
4 Never before has n authentic iogra ply of this knd been nublshed Of tho rI
whose smiling face is known to millions and whose charm is everywhere
+. Our Mary
This is her wn, her real story. W
, 1921-06-12

completely embarrassing characterized
ton. That Is the reason / hold firm
ly TO the opinion hat nobody in the
world-outside my family ard personal
friends-can have the slightest inter
est in my real individuality. 1 mold
this to be true in the case of every
actor.
Our Private Affairs.
To be ones self on the screen or
on the stage is moi to act at all
wherefore an actor who really wants
to. amount to anything in his pro-
fession tries always to be as differ
ent as possible-in every role he plays
from his real self.
Doing this. and in the doing es-
.ablishing ones actor-self In the az
fections of ones audience. makes 1t
most inadvisable to destroy all the
illusions so created by deliberately
showing ones self to DO quite a dif-
ferent person in real life.
But altogether aside from the mat
ter Of good judgment, there Is the
matter OF right to DO considered.
How much right has the public to
know ABOUT tne persoHaA oiUc
men and women who furnish their
amusement I realize perfectly that
We are oil servants OF the public
nj isn't our obligation TO our public
paid when we givo to our work the
best that's in us?
I can understand hat public pol
icy demands that tho innermost Sc
crets Of a statesman's lie be mnds
public property. since tho we:i being
Of a people Is In the balance. But
for US HI at most arc unimportant
~vey of entertainment for a pass
Ing hour or so-shou.d this bearing OF
our inner selves be necessary! l
think not. Public policy does not DO
n.and It. And from he actors stand
point. good taste rebels at the
thought.
On the other hand. every n de-
tail OF my professional career belongs
tn the public which has been so gem
erous to me. There Is nothing | am
ret iesdy 10 tell about my work
and It is n tale not too poor In de-
tail inasmuch as since I was 5 al
most all I've known has been work
That Mary Pickford belongs TO the
public-and about her ! am glad to
tell all there is to be told.
, 1921-06-12
How / Got the Story
BY HAYDEN TALBOT

fNorE-To induce Mis- Pickford to narrate, word fer word. the story
OF her remarkable career; Hayden Talbot. the world famous journalist.
travelled nearly 5000 miles. from London 10 Los Angeles. II a Mr..
Talbot who, some years can % America o ret Roosevelt to talk
for London readers and succeeded. and who vas the first journalist to
enter Germany afuer the "a and TO write /, semarkahios seffes Of artf
Giles. Below he gives an intimate glimpse II the way in which Mary
cooperated with him once he had succeeded In winning her consentI
, 1921-06-12

Miss Pickford is a real girl"
The speaker. one OF the depart
mcnta. heads of the vas business or
ganization whose sole reason for be-
ing is tho worldwide appeal OF a slip
of a girl to tens Of millions of cinema
patrons. was concluding his appraisal
of his empioyer-Mnry Pickford.
unwittingiy. perhaps, he epitomized
the most striking characteristic OF
the little screen idol. For above
everything else that is just what Mary
Pickford is-a real girl.
Those whose acquaintance includes
actor folk will appreciate the signifi.
canoe of this statement by recalling
the trait common to almost all mum
mers. a seemingly i~neradicable ten
dency to act at all times. to live un-
real roles in real life. In such as
these the mark of tho actor IS as
plain to see as the oderiferous aura
enveloping the hshmonger. however
far moved from his market stall.
Not SO Mary Pickford.
Yet. perversely enough. the little
girl with the deep blue eyes and visit
full. serious name is strongly op-
posed to letting her world OF wor-
shippers know her as she is As
Tess of the Storm Country" as
"Poiiyanna," as the pathetic heroine
OF Daddy Long LeEs"-as a screen
artist and nothing else would Mary
Irclsford be known.
Often ss she narrated her story to
ne. a faint smile ovorspread her
features. In the twinkle in her eyes
was just the suggestion of the mis-
chievous heart OF her. AT these mo
,nents. I giimpsed the ceit in her
.hs Colt that kept niivo laughter tn
tho heart OF his f7.yea--oId siri-ip
spite of 20 years of the hardest kind
of work.
No printers Ink in all the world
can do justice to this wonder woman.
To use IT is as in%consruous as would
be the use Gt biaeksmith's tools on q
Swiss watch. The nnest velium. an
oN-worid quill pcn-thess the nde
quate equipment and then the grace
OF a Byron. tho poetry of a Burns
the sentiment of a Barrie. the rttins
mental qualifications for him who
would linn the likeness OF the Cir
to whom a world owes land pays
great tribute
The Real Woman.
She told me many things and I ap
, 1921-06-12
A Dream of Happiness.

And thea she added; .It only worn
en-and mon. too. for that matter
knew how easy It is for happiness to
stay. All that's necessary is youth.
Youth Is hnppiners.- It's only when
we lose the one the other gees. And
for married msn end married women
youth can always te. For when their
Years grow mary-shey can always
live in the hearts OF their children"
There was 90 dependency In her
.cnes. The soft light in her eyes
showed plainly enough she had no
thought of being herself In the cate
gnry Il unhappy women who cannot
fluff. their destiny On the contrary
the assurance OF great happiness to
c,:rc .iiumined her whole face.
and you" I asked. you keep
your happiness So"
Her eyes mad answer. There was
no need OF the spoken world
, 1921-06-12


Pickford-howcver scr%upuiously one
tale must be confined to her reel. not
real personaiity-and Danish from
ones mind the thousand and one
warm. human. fascinating. masnih.
Gently simple qualities that go TO make
her the best thing given u to know
n woman.
How can / cver begin my task. re-
stricted as she would have me re-
strict it to a consideration OF her pro-
fessional career-and hops there will
be In the telling OF the tale any part
Of the truth I,lknow about her? And
such truths, They arc too inspiring
and clean to he denied expression,
After Her Divorce.
I saw her one day shortly after her
return to Los Angeles from the lit
tie town in Nevada whore she had
won her freedom from her first hus.
band.
The local newspapers were full of
the divorce. rejecting the whole
worlds morbid interest. Reporters by
the score. In person and over the teie-
phone. were ciamoring for a state
ment. When she received me in the
seciusion of her little bungalow
found her in the tags and dowdy
makeup of the heroine of Hop o
Me Thumb" later to be renamed
Studs"
CThe worlds exhibitors were impa,
tiently awaiting completion OF this
release The play must go on. The
hummer can indulge In no such lux
ury Ms q respite SO long as the cnrA'
ora is In working orderly
For all the world she seemed like
some poor performing little dos. very
tired and very hurt from many un
deserved beatings. And SO / was fol
sparing her that day. We could &C
on with the Interview later. But she
would not have II 50.
I've spent as much as i5 hours In
nx,hotograph studio without stopping
10 ectTs she explained with thnt char
ncterfstio little smile / had come &c
kcow SO well. I've seen tho pho
tograph-r and his assistants cave in
and nv maid quit under the strain
I'm rsed to II. You can get used &c
most anything. you know. What shaI
we talk about today"
, 1921-06-12
The Real m

She told me many things and I APP
preciated and understood her view
point. He would be n very stupid
man indeed who failed to appreciate
and understand anything she said.
And yet
How is one TO tell the story of Mary
, 1921-06-12

Go BE Continued
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1921-07-22

have to hoard his savings to send them
home. The American Jew has no home
except the United States-unless it b.
the New Jerusalem. What money he
doesn't put out for his own profit the
uses for the upbuilding of his COM
munity and for insuring the stability
of the government. So that, although
he is smoewhat slow in taking up the
sword, and is not much gifted as
'fire-eater, his purse speaks his senti-
ments.
Just now that class of Jews who
are the poorest Of all, and who are
deemed the least patriotic, have or
gained a movement to purchase
warship for Uncle Sam. The Russian
and the Polish Jew is looked down
upon by many of his more fortunate
brethren from Germany and France.
Their lot has not been Of the best, in
the Old World, nor is it an enviable
one in France today, but his has been
infinitely worse. The mailed hand that
smote them has worn a velvet glove;
but his back has felt the knout made
Of knotted rawhide thongs. They may
have been pelted with stones, and fol-
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1921-07-22

it up with his goose grease. II it ism.
worth oiling, he hunts some other
place. And, no matter how poor Jew
may be, he always has some oil left in
the can.
Il said a Jew makes a good citizen.
This implies something more than the
mere accumulation of wealth. It car
ries with it also a public-spirited and
patriotic use Of that wealth. He doesn't
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1921-07-22
NoricE-coNsrAelE's SALE
REAL ESTATE.

nv virtue Of an execution issued on the
sth day 81 July A. II. 1891, out Of the Dis.
trict Court Of Tarrant County. Texas
18th Judicial District, In Cause No. sS75s
William Tidhall W. 4. n. Lloyd, I ala on
the sth day Of July A. n. 1921. levy upon
the following described land as the prop.
erty OF the above named defendants. ali.
uated IN Tarrant County. Texas, to-wlt:
Lots ] TO 70 inclusive In BLOCK No 80
lots - and 20 In Block ss.: lots % 10
20 inclusive In Block 1e. Lots II 10 20 in.
elusive In Block los: Lots 90 and &c in
Block sas. all o. said Lots situated In
Chamberlain Arlington Heights second
ruling In Tarrant County. Texas
And ] viii on the End DAY OF Sept. A.
". 1871. the same being the frst Tuesday
IN August, A. n. 1891. between the hours
OF ten o'clock In the forenoon and four
o'clock IN the afternoon, offer the saId
land for sale nj public vendue for cash.
NJ and In front % the Court House door
OF Tarrant County, Texas, In the said
~ c. cANTRET.I..
Constable Precinct No 1. Tarrant Coun-
y. Texas By Dan Dennard. Deputy
Constable.
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1921-07-22
Seven

lowed with curses on the public thor
oughfares but ibis neck has been I'm.
der the hobnailed boot. They, at least,
could expiate themselves when they
had scraped together little money;
but he had to drudge infinitely more
for every kopeck, and run the risk of
being treated as a criminal if he was
known to be in possession of it. 1t is
natural that these centuries of slav-
cry, under the most brutal Of masters.
should have broken his spirit and
made him suspicious and sullen and
revengeful. In the darkness of ignor-
ance, without hope Of either enlighten-
ment or escape, coming in contact only
with the brutal and stupid and des-
pairing serfs, it surely is to be expect
ed that he would degenerate with the
centuries, even though the outer world
progressed the further every year. The
scholar Of Germany and gentleman
OF France were creatures not even
dreamed of in the limited circle of his
rude experience.
THAT this poor creature should have
even desired liberty proves that every
human has trace Of heaven in his
soul; that he should have found his
way to these shores must have been
by the special providence Of God. He
came here TO meet an odium and a
contempt no other Jew ever is called
upon to bear The German Jew might
be a philosopher and rclentist-the
French jew an artist or critic; he
had been only the companion Of slaves,
the servant Of servants, in a land
where every man must, Of necessity.
have some other man for master. He
cared little for sneers and curses, for
he soon realized that in this soil every
seed could terminate, under this sky
every soul could stand erect.
or course, there were exceptional
men who, in Russia and Poland, ac-
quired wealth and station, despite
their environment; but in the main my
picture is correct. And there is a sub
lime pathos in the struggle this des-
pissed and humble jew is making to
have himself incorporated with the
blood and body of this nation. He, too,
would share in its glories and speak
with the thunder-voiee Of its battle
guns; and the creature who dared not
whisper in his Russian hovel now bids
the voice of Liberty go pulsing rouno
the world. II is grand and laudable
desire; one that, trust, will find ia
vor with the God Of Israel"
Next lnstallment, "The Jew in Re-
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1921-07-22

When you are in the market for any
kind Of printed stationery see the
Monitor Publishing Company, 2s7-2s9
West Tenth Street, Fort Worth, Tex
as, We know how.
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1921-07-22
Friday, July %, 1921
DODGE TAXI

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: Our Motto: Quick Service. :
Phone L. 665 Phone L.845
Anywhere, Any Time on Paved
Streets within city limits for l
ONE DOLLAR .
Office 1905 Commerce st. 1
Also new Ford and Dodge Cars
for rent with or without driv-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1921-01-13
WAS NOT HIS TIME TO Die
Indiana Judge, Reported Slain In Civil
War, Still Alive and in Off
cial Harness.

Judge Henry Clay Allen tells a
thrilling story Of the battle at Rich
mond, Ky. He asserts that only a
miracle kept him from being found
shot in the back more than once.
Only a boy Of eighteen, he suddenly
was thrust into this battle with the
rest Of his regiment, unframed and
iundrilled. The fighting was long and
hard, and two-thirds of the regiment
met death. Judge Allen was shot
twice, but once the bullet hit an iron
spoon in his pocket, a spoon he car
iried for his ague medicine, and once
the hard heel of his, harvester shoe,
When the fight was over at last he
dropped exhausted where he stood
his face all northumberland, and
slept for hours and hours. One Of
his comrades, seeing him lying there
reported to his brother that he haG
seen him dead, wounded in the face
but the judge Is still living.-Indian
apolis News.