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Sligilll high COST OF LIVING - i . i n i 1 nt t iii ! m 1 1 . : ' " ' ' . . i i i . - . --. - 1 - r .- j. - - - ' SI HIKES THE NAV Y ten Voi k Triurnail of Commerce.) X. 'Vrl "7:. k pnnea ny the . Navy. Depart - .-;;( oil Tuesday and; made public vos('J dicatBd-tbaC thb hlghjicost of living had reached the government ; m'. incidentally sertedto; emphasize bijs called for -raV mhuberiof Varieties at canned goods and on most of the items muny of- the lirnia refused to bid at all.; . - '' v-'-.' " S The iirst item on the. list was for 640.000 pounds, or :14",(L00cases of -'California peaches. While several Cali :n;ri.' firms put in bids, they yere (itL.-r tr part bnly or were consul er p.hl ;hove the lowest, bidder. .Who in' jliis- instance was Wustui;-vNich.ol & i o.. who bid $50,31 9r or about X4o rer iezen cans. The next lowest bid: I?r was lancis H.vteggett v' Co;! ?52.tS. while other city bidders in clude! Lewis De Groff ' & Son. for ?r4. -7 and Kemp, Jay & jCoJ for srl.:':S. with an alternative bid of .r4.SiS. V r;,.;"r- . -.;.. Only two bids were -received for r randard green Lima beans, of -which :'S5.t'00 pounds, or 95,000 cases, ' are .value d. Lewis De Groff Son' bid ?-?".i'SS. or $1.07 a dozen cans, while set man Brothers bid $21,817. The u.ivt-niment also, wanted . 500,000 pounds of cut refugee No. 2 string beans, or 16.000 cases. String beans this; year are practically a ifailure, and the offerings for tiie general trade have been decidedly scarce, aii;i in some instances canners say f hey will not-be able to supply more than per cent, of a normal pack. There wece-only two firms, that had courage enough to submit bid& to the government, ' and these Vwere . only for part ot tne quantity required. ;Seerj man Brothers offered tojfurnish 57.000 pounds for j $4,4037 or about $1.13 1-2 cents per dozen, while R. C. Williams Co. offered 270,000 pounds fpr $22,120. or $1.22 per dozen. .- j According to all advices in the trade. eaJined corn will command! fam-y prices this year, as the crop j - short and in some States the'ean-j iiiiig w ill amount to very little. New York State being particularly, unfor-1 tun ate. The government requisition! called for 1.140,000 pounds, or 38,000 1 cases, of Southern No. 3. Maine style. There were only two bids and these i were quite wide apart. Lewis DeG-rof Son offered to furnish the entire ! quantity for $85,174, or-$1.13 a dozen, and R. C. Williams & Co. for $93,480, or ?1.23 a dozen. - N Owing to the Vapidly advancing market" of late, considerable interest J (M.tered in the bids for 2,305,000! rounds or "46.000 cases, of Standard j No. 3 tomatoes. R. C. Williams & Co j " ere vthe; lowest bidders at $1,221-2 a cozen, .jor. a iotal-of $122,345. Lewis rxKlrotfeo-; $m.S3S. Austin 4Niiph&;CV-liil570.;Sr HJLevins &T fr'-on of Philadelphia , $125,885, . and I Kempy & Co. $129,650 yi embers of - the-.. trade seen yester-! day pointed out that this gave a very j excellent idea of the market situa tion with reference to canned goods ?t Hie present time and the extreme; caution which the trade was com-j pellr-.il to exercise.. They declared! that it was a question of actual sup-1 plies and that there :has-not -been a time in a generation when jobbers- entered the new season with their i shelvps so bare andwith such poor prospects of replenishing. pi 7&V '7 in reg. u.s.pat.off; CvVe&r SHOES ink.1 it. 'a.' ook for the Store tliatShbse THE MISSOUKI "SHORT HADL" STATUTE Walk m and ask to see the most beaytifu! sjioes that have lesififned for FsJl an - Chicago' Button Boot Made of all black kid Shoes to fit every foot, at prices every woman can afford to pay, A style for every taste no matter how discrimi nating, r You- are urged to investigate, to the fullest degree, the 1 ' 14 claim we make for Dorothy Dodd Shoes - equaled in style, beauty and hSc.; comrort. they are un- -Lattice- JZW Patent with white kid top 2 j.ilyiV"; Lace Boot v . Made of tan calf leather. 4? Stores that sell Dorothy Dodd Shoes may usually be de pended upon to sell the best of everything. We Are Dorothy Dodd dealers and Wei come an early visit from you. THE NEW FALL BOOKLET IS YOURS FOR THE - ASKING ' Mgnouftcto a at; -Elite-Lace Boot Black kid black cloth top BELK-WILDAMS COMPANY 1 'l Vv'ashington, Setr-30. The Mis-: interstate commerce. The railway souri short haul" law is an amplifi ! company, however, declared their cation by the legislature ef state con-; strict enforcement would "burden in ptituticnaldeclarations of 1872 and terstate commerce confiscate the 1S75 and of the enactments of a spe- property of every carrier and drive Missouri's constitution and interferes c.ial railroad legislation session of the? them all -from the state. ; with interstate commerce for each . violation . The "shorf haul" clause, it charged, violates the. "due process" and . "equal ' protection" classes of the federal constitution and The Supreme xourt has" upheld Missouri assembly in 1887. Litigation V ,1 a7 ' "'short haur laws of other states, tw?pn the McGrew Coal Company and " , . rjij which are not confiscatory and do not tfap Missouri Pacific Railroad Com-r " " " . ... -. . . . , intorfpirp! with interestate commerce. pany. the latter contending mat tnei"" .r- . - . . . . co: u,i,-- ratedlscrimtaatio only f:AA"."L" 1 'within that state. r j .V Mn--f -TTw nol chinTYIDtltQ llfu mna rlpolnrations nrnhibitinc: all ru vv e f !?.cnminatinre TOhothor linillfir fir j.-st and reasonable, were void. The Missouri Pacific Company at The statutes were construed in the tacked' the "short haul" sections- of Missouri courts to regulate intrastate ; the Missouri reversed statutes of 1909, freight rates only not passenger or fixing maximum penalties of $1,000 Missouri courts sustained the "short haul", statutes, declaring that they do notburden or interfere with inter state commerce and are a yalidexer cise of the state's powers over-ail roads within the state. They held, also, that the Tshort haul" provisions of the old state1 constitution were not repealed- by the new, nor by the 1887 statutes, which were declared defin itive merely and not restrictive . of what constitutes unjust discrimination. The McGrew Coal Company secured canal, employes, and -the ship on' its judgment for excess charges on which he sailed, flying the Canal coal shipped within the state only, Zone governor's flag was not saluted, but the railroad contended that the It was the first time Colonel Goe Missouri laws ciuld be applied to dis-thals has been entirely through the 'turb interestate rates despite thecanal on a ship. state courts' construction that the law : was operative only upon interstate HIGH PRICE OF PAPER traffic- TO BE DISCUSSED I will be at the Piedmont Hotel. The high price of paper and the scarcity of materials makes, this the most important convention in the history of the association. . .y : . , 4 " HUNGARY SO HE STOLE - A BITOF CHEESE GOETHALS LEAVES Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 30, Reserva- ..... z . tions nave Deen maae ior ouu weie- I Hl CANAL Z-ONc, gates to the annual cdnventidn of tho7! , - National Association of Stationers Panama City, Sept. 30. General and. Manufacturers, which meets n fjopthjiis has lfift th p. Canal Zone for Atlanta October 9-12. inclusive. The New York; saying that he will not sessions will be held at the! Hotel return in an official capacity. Ansley convention nail, but tile off! His going wasV unknown, to the cers ana registration -1 ; Macon, Ga., Sept. 30. Simon Cox, formerly Na member of a local stock company, has been bound over to county court, under $150 bond on a cnarge of having stolen a piece of cheese. Cox claims that he stole to secure -food for himself and his wife when out of funds and withcrat a job. He As in the county jail, unable to headquarters; make bond. ' '- TWO SLICK SWINDLERS" JAILED IN ATLANTA - ' - . . . . Memphis, Tenn., Sept., 30. Jack' Beckwith, aged 20, and .Barton Beck-) with, aged 22, claiming ' Atlanta as ' their iiome, are in jail Jtere charged with getting money' under false pro-, tense. They claimed to be "furnace menders" and called upon numbers ot householders, repairing heating fur- ' naes. The only "Fepairs" , they made was to paint the furnace , front and door, leaving the defective inside -in its original 'condition. , SCHOOL SHOES v Built for Service at Peterson CRulfs. (advt.) - - v r,nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnBnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnrsi iuunuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuLiULiuuuuuuuuuL.i OOOuOOuOUppOuUUUUU u r x , ;-:-;';-' ;.'-;"'::v;:-"W':'-'':n--' ; - r. n t ' FnTi 25c Pr Wbrtli W Never had aoss. Your money always available. Take Stock Today, Books Now Open. ;g m a a n a a a a m m m I. SHRIER J. W. FREEMAN- OFFICERS I. ,W. YATES, President. . J. VanB. 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