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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1902-11-18
INTERESTING
INFORMATION
PER MING TO THE
CITY SCHOOLS.
Sup perinte endent Cook
Makes an Exhaustive
eport.

Prof. Joe Cook, superintendent
of the public schools, has made a
report to the mayor and board of
aldermen which is exceedingly
interesting and shows that the
schools of Columbus are now
more economical than at many
other Mississippi towns. From
the report we take the follow
ing extracts:
COLUMBUS, MISS, Nov. 4, 'O2.
Hon. MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF
THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, MISS.
Gentlemen: Upon your signify
ing desire that a report up
on the condition of the
city schools be submitted to
your honorable body, the city
school board of trustees request
ed the superintehdent of city
schools to make such report, and
| herewith submit to your honor
able body the following report:
CHILDREN.
In the Columbus separate
school district there are of legal
school age L 1868 white and 2,068
negro children.
During the session of 1901
1902, of the 1868 white children
704 were enrolled at Franklin
academy and 10 at Air Line. The
city superintendent of schools and
the county superintendent Of
education went carefully over the
list of educable children and
found that, of the 1868 white
legal school children 1925 are be-
tween and inclusive of 6 and Is
years of age. Your city superin-
tendent felt that the conditions of
life in Columbus did not justify
such large per cent. of children
of and below is years of age be-
ing out of school; so, with the
faculty of Franklin academy, he
compared the legal list with the
school roll and found in the city,
not enrolled, 167 children, distrib-
uted as follows:
Ward one, II; ward two, IS;
ward three, 40; ward four, Z;
ward five, Z; ward six, II; total
t67.
Believing that the city wished
the schools to touch and benefit
every child, the faculty of Frank .
lin academy divided themselves
into several committees, who
called at the homes of those chill
dren who had not bean enrolled
and tried to induce them to come
to school. The result of this
work, while not entirely satisfac-
tory, IS assuring.
The session of 1901 1902 opened
with $40 pupils present; that of
1902 1908 opened with 621 pres
ent. During the whole session of
1901 1902 there were enrolled at
Franklin academy 704 pupils and
10 at Air Line, making a tolal
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1902-11-18

Hon. JOHN II. BINGHAM, col
lector of internal revenue of Ala
lbama, has been removed from his
office because of the part he took
in excluding the negro from the
late republican state convention
in that state. He Is succeeded
by Joseph o. Thompson, a demo
crat.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1902-11-18
POSTED.

The public are hereby notified
that the following lands are
posted, and parties trespassing
upon the same will be prosecuted,
Place known as the Erwin place,
Mullin place, Odeneal place and
McKissick place.
11-6 4mo J. r. ARMSTRONG.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1902-11-18

If you are bilious and seeking ad-
visers,
Take DeWitt's Little Early Risers,
Just before going to bed.
You viii find on the morrow,
You are rid OF your sorrOw-
That's all; just enough said.
These famous pills do not gripe, but
move the bowels gently and easily,
cleansing the liver. Their tonic effect
gives strength to the glands, preventing
return of the disorder.-E. c. Chap
man.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1902-11-18

There are thousands OF people suHe--
ing untold tortue from piles, because OIL
the popular impression that they canBot
be cured. TABLERrS BUCEEYE PII. E
OINTMENT viii cure thema mand the pa
tient viii remain cured. Prire. 51een-s
in bottles. Tubes, - cents-E- o.
Chapman.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1902-11-18
WEEKLY EDITION..

of ia During the first month
of 1902 1908, 713 have been en-
rolled at Franklin academy and
IL at Air Line, making total of
730. During this school year an
enrolment of 800 Is confidently
expected. This would be much
more satisfactory, for there are
II Columbus girls attending the l.
|. and c., and these, added to the
800 we expect to enroll, would
make a total of about 900 out of
the 1925 who ought to bein school,
and will show that the schools
are reaching the children.
TEACHERS.
At Franklin academy for the
session 1902-1903 there are 10
grade teachers. The present en-
nollment of 713 makes an average
of 48 pupils enrolled to the teach
er. During the first month the
daily avevage attendance has
been 653, making daily average
of 43 pupils to the teacher. If
Air Line be included with Frank
lin academy, there is an average
enrolment of As pupils to the
teacher and daily average at
tendance of AZ pupils to the
teacher.
The average enrolment and
daily attendance of teachers is as
follows:
Miss Mayo 46-43; Miss Worth
ington, 45-42; Mrs. Sale 40-37;
Mrs. Patterson, A al; Miss Ro-
den, 41-38; Miss Albright, 44-42;
Miss Stokes, Abs; Miss Martin,
41-38; Miss Young 5O-48; Miss
Peyton, 1886; Miss Lanier 3d.
so; Miss Halbert 43-41; Miss
Shields, 57-51; Miss Terry; IT.
10; Messrs. Erwin and Nelson,
128- 106.
OF the enrolment of 730, 356
are males and 374 are females.
EXPENDITURES.
After a careful reading of the
report of the state superintendent
of education, | find that, while
Columbus is very liberal in school
matters, yet the cost of mainten-
tenance of schools in Columbus
is probably less than it is in any
other city or town in the state.
Columbus, with population of
6,4S4 and a school enrolment of
1478, collects from her citizens
S4 1926 in taxns for school pur-
poses. Corinth, with about half
the population, has city levy of
nearly $4,000. Yazoo City,
whose population is 1,500 less
than that of Columbus, has a city
levy of over 1900. West Point,
with less than half the population
of Columbus, has a city levy of
over 81 900. Greenville, whose
population is some 1900 more
than that of Columbus, has a levy
of S11, 400. Jackson. with a pop
ulation of some 400 greater than
that of Columbus, has a city levy
of nearly $4,000.
These examples could be ex-
tended, but these will serve to il
lustrate the fact.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1902-11-18

AS THANKSGIVING approaches,
the turkey gobbler begins to think
sorrowfully of that doleful little
ditty, entitled "He got it where
the chicken got the axe"
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1902-11-18

Mrs. Simon Loeb Is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. AdOlph Mon
tag, in Atlanta.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1902-11-18

Corn-huskers' sprained wrists. barb
ed wire cuts, burns bruises, severe lac
erations and external injuries of any
kind are promptly and happily cured
by applying BALLARD'S SNOW
LINIMENT. Price, 25 and 80 CENTS
E. C. Chapman.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1902-11-18

Mrs. W. II. Goodson was
called to Dillburg, Ala. Sunday
by the serious illness of her sis
ter, Mrs. W. V. McCafferty.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1902-11-18
A PORTRAIT OF
GOV. WHITFIELD,

A portrait of Mississippi's dis
tinguished son and former gov
ernor, Hon. James Whitfield, has
been handsomely framed and
will be presented to the state.
1t is the gift of the descendants
of Gov. Whitfield in this city,
Mesdames G. H. Ayres, E. r.
Sykes and L. j. Whitfield, and
will be sent to jackson, where it
will occupy a place in the new
capitol building.
The portrait is sent at the
request of Hon. Dunbar Row.
land, director of the Department
of Archives of the state of Mis-
sissippi.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1902-11-18

Chapman, the druggist, sells
the best variety of lawn grass
seed. Plant. now.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-06-19

dred bushels more corn, which may be
unloaded from corn crib driveway,
thus utilizing every foot of roofing
ca pacity in the building.
Small doors which are kept tightly
closed, are arranged along the tops of
bins next to the driveway and by the
aid of portable chute attached by
hooks and staples to side of bin, the
grain can be unloaded right from the
wagon to the bin very easily. This
saves very much heavy Juggling of grain
at threshing time and facilitates the
handling. The outside row of bins are
arranged in same manner, only the
wagon is driven up alongside outer end
of granary building where the chute
and portfolios are arranged
At A, in the granary compa rtment,
IS left space 6x16 feet where the fam
ming mill is kept ready for use, along
with scales, bag-holder, truck, bags,
measures, etc. The door from drive
way to this room will be found very
convenient if at any time it is desirable
to she'll corn from the crib and store it
in granary bin for feeding. The cost
of construction would be hard for me
to estimate, owing to the difference in
cost of various materials. 1t is bet
ter to put such building as this upon
stone or tile pillars, owing to the fact
that all parts will then be accessible
to cats and dogs, which will lessen the
chances of the enterprising rat or
mouse. The building might be erect
ed of hewn or sawed square timber
framed together, or balloon frame.
Any good carpenter can figure an es-
innate, after knowing the material
that is available for its construction.
George w. Brown, in Ohio Farmer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-06-19
PREVENTING MILK FEVER.
Iodidc Of Potash, Properly Adminis-
tered, Has Proved a Specific for
This Disease.

Some time ago we gave in this de-
partment of the paper full account
of the new Schmidt method of treat
ing milk fever with solution OF
iodide of potash infused into the I'D
der; we are now in position to give
instructions for the prevention of the
disease by use of the same drug prior
to parturition. Where it is feared
that cow will suffer from an attack
of milk fever she should be given
half drachm of iodide of potash twice
day for a week, two weeks ahead
of the expected event and three times
daily the last week, that is for one
week prior to calving This is for
fat cows or such as have had a pre-
vious attack and recovered, for such
cows are likely to suffer second and
fatal attack. The drug is very strong
in its action, and where given for
long time prior to paturition will be
apt to kill the calf and run the COW
dow in condition. It is necessary
to get the COW under the control of
the drug, but it should, if possible, be
done in such way that the life of
the calf is not endangered. We be-
lieve that it is safe to give half
drachm of the iodide of potash night
and morning for one week prior to
calving, and then two drachms at one
dose when it is seen that the cow is
about to calve, and this treatment will
prove effective in most cases, unless
the COW is very fat or predisposed to
an attack by reason OF a previous
attack At the same time the preg-
nant cow should be we'll exercised
daily and should have soft food rath-
er than lot of grain. Corn seems
to be an especially dangerous food
for heavy milking cows that are get
ting little exercise prior to calving,
but bran is found to have a good ef-
feet as preventive in that it does
not fatten but keeps the bowels free
ly open. The iodide should be given
in little water as drench or may
be mixed in the drinking water or
soft food, as it has no bad taste, and
cattle will not object to it's presence
in food or water. 1t will lessen the
first flow of milk, but the flow will
come back in a short time after the
cow gets over the effects of the drug,
and less milk is better than risk of
having case of the fatal disease
mentioned. Cows liable to have the
trouble should be kept off green
grass.-Farmers' Review.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-06-19
Recistered Bulls in Demand.

The demand for registered bulls OF
the various beef breeds ought to re-
main good for years to come, say;
Live Stock and Wool Growers Jour
nal. Breeders of registered cattle
have it largely in their own hands
to maintain good prices, and this they
can do if they will make steers of
the medium to fair bull calves, al
though they are from good families,
and subject to registration. Moth
ing will hurt the registered bull SO
much as selling inferior animals for
breeding purposes. No matter how
good the herd, there will necessarily
be some inferior animals, and breed
ers can i'll afford to sell such except
for slaughter. Breeders should work
to create permanent demand for
bulls, and this can only be accom-
plished by breeding animals whose
progeny will show up all right.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-06-19
INCANDESCENT LIGHTS.
They Will Easily Set Fire to Cloth
ana Paper and Sometimes Even
to Dry Wood.

There is a common belief that cleo
trio incandescent lamps give out very
little heat, and that, therefore, fire
danger from them is practically non
existent.
Hence it is that such lamps are
frequently found disposed with much
unc onscious carelessness in the neigh
borhood of combustible materials, i'll
shop windows, for example, for dec
orative effect, and the wonder is that
fire losses from such use of the lamps
are not more widespread.
In one case where a lighted lamp
rested against vertically placed
white pine board spot, about an
inch in diameter, and of a light
brown color, appeared after about
four hours.
In the case of similarly disposed
strip of well-seasoned, vanished oak,
the varnish became blistered in three
minutes and blackened in about Is.
The wood had the appearance of be-
ing charred at and near the point of
contact with the lamp, but was not
ignited.
With a lamp incased in two thick
uesses If muslin, the latter became
scorche.. in one minute, in three min
utes gave off smoke, and at the end
of six minutes, when the muslin cov-
er was removed from the lamp and
fresd air reached its interior, it burst
into fi"mes.
Where a lamp was. laid on infam-
mable material, the effect seemed to
be more rapid, due, probably to the
pressure exc tied by the weight of the
lamr. A newspaper was, in this way,
carbonized III three minutes aad
ignited in As. The lamps used were
of -16 candlepower.
In one instance it was found that
IN immersing 16 candlepower lamp
in half pint Of water, the latter
boiled within, an hour. Again, with
lamp buried in cotton wool, the wool
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-06-19
what the Dairy Cow Needs.

The relation of the comfort of the
cow to the cash received by her own
er for her products, is one that every
dairyman should study with much in
terest. These conditions-enough
good food and pure water, she tier from
the heat of summer and storms of
winter, and kind treatment. are just
the conditions man demands for his
own comfort, and just what would be
due every animal from every owner,
for humanity's sake, even were there
NO business relations between them
/. Midland Farmer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-06-19

14x26 feet and is divided into drive
way feet wide and corn crib feet
wide.
The crib posts next to the driveway
are fared 11s feet from bottom to top
and the crib will hold between 600 and
700 bushels of ear corn. The driveway
when not in use for storing corn may
be utilized for the storing of wagons
or carriages, and with pulleys, the
wagon box or hayrack may be drawn
up out of the way.
The granary portion is 16x2o, with
alleyway three feet wide extending
along between two rows Of bins which
cover a floor space. each, Of 61Ax14
feet and are feet high. These bins
will hold about 700 bushels of grain.
They are made of hemlock, matched
material; tight floor of the same ma
terial above the bins, and upon this
Aoor may be stored four or five hun
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-06-19
Protein for Dairy Cows.

For many years the German stand
ard established by DR.. Wolff was ac-
copied as final. A 1000 pound cow
was supposed to require 2.5 pounds
of digestible protein. Recent inves-
LEGATIONS have partially discredited
this theory. The best dairymen now
prefer to feed protein according to
the capacity of the individual cow.
1t is understood that some small
cows will make good use of ration
that contains the full amount Of
protein while other cows that weigh
considerably more, will waste part OF
It, because of their inability to con-
vert it into milk.-Agricultural Ep-
Zionist
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-06-19
To Save the Cranberry.

The department of agriculture is
planning half-acre bog on the Ar
ington farm near Washington, recent
ly turned over to it as an experiment
station. Here will be studied the
"scald," which threatens to ruin the
boys of New Jersey, New York and
New England, and is slowly spreading
to other parts of the country. The
regions objected produce seven-eighths
of the crop, which few years ago was
valued at 100000 This scald il
caused by fungus which appears to
enter the plant through its roots, and
cannot be reached by ordinary spray.
ing. Thus far it has not been found
at its fruiting season, and little Il
known of its life history.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-06-19
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a.
GOOD FARM BUILDING.
How to Construct q Convenient Corn
Crib and Granary nj a Very
Moderate Expense.

In the illustration, Figure /, is shown
the elevation of corn crib and granary
which is very convenient on any farm
where much wheat, corn, oats or bar
ley is grown, and as every farmer soon
finds ont that it is not practicable to
store grain in the barn along with hay
and other roughage, owing to the de-
struction from mice and rats and
danger from loss by fire, such an out
building is found almost indispensable
on every farm of 40 or more acres.
The plan covers 2Ox3O feet, with posts
10 feet in height. The corn crib part is
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-06-19

soon began to scorch and ultimately
burst into flame. A lamp in contact
with celluloid fired it in less than
five minutes.
Intimately associated with the cleo
trio incandescent lamp is the flexible
cord connection, and in this we have
a probably even more pronounced
form of fire risk. In two cases short
circuits developed in cords support
ing lamps not turned on, and while
the current was almost instantly cut
off by the blowing of fuses, the mo-
mentary ares were sufficient to set
fire to the cords, which were oily and
dirty with lint.-Cassier's Magazine.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-06-19
THE IDEAL DAIRY COW
United States Department of ARri.
culture Describes How She
Should Be Developed.

This illustration and accompanying
description of the proper development
of posterior regions of the dairy cow
are taken from Farmers Bulletin, No.
143, issued by the United States depart
ment of agriculture: The figure shows
the proper formation of hind quarters
and barrel of the dairy cow. She
through the lower thigh. She should
have long quarter. and, for the great
est utility and service, be wide at the
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-06-19
Greatest of Ocean Cables.

Before the end of the present year
the work of laying the trans-Pacifc
cable to connect Canada with Austr ALA
and New Zealand will be begun b., the
British government. The manufacture
of the cable is in progress, and new
cable-laying steamer, the largest YES.
sci of the kind ahoat, is under con-
struction. The longest span of the
new cable Will he $500 miles, between
Vancouver island and Tanning island in
mid Pacific just north of the equator.
The total length will be about 5000
miles. The cable will touch the Fiji
Islands and Norfolk island, will reach
Australia near Brisbane, and viii cross
thence to New Zealand.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-06-19
Iron Handled with Magnets.

It is now quite a common affair to
use magnets to handle great weights
of steel and iron. The magnets, COM
posed of soft iron, are connected
with electric power circuits, so that
their attractive force can be Instant
ly developed or destroyed by the
turning on or off of the current. At
tached to a crane, .the magnets take
the place of the hooks, or chain fas-
Jennings, ordinarily employed. Lift
ing magnets usually have capacity
of five tons each, although they are
seldom called upon to exert their full
strength. Experience has shown
that magnets will lift and successful
ly handle material in cases where q
chain would slip.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-06-19

ing to be painted a lemon color and
all trimming to be painted white.
Carving sh own is of composition,
planted on.
The heights of first and second
stories is nine feet; basement, seven
feet. The basement is eXcavated 3A
feet in ground.
Hardware is of a neat design, and
plastering is two-coat work.
GEORGE A. w. KINTZ
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-06-19

From the vestibule the entrance to
parlor and sitting-room is by cased
openings. Both parlor and sitting
room have an end of room formed int 0
a bay and parlor is octagon shape. The
stairway leads to second floor from
sitting-room.
Dining-room has china closet and
a six.inch dish shelf extending all
around the room, five feet up from the
floor.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-06-19
Art in Domestic Architec tiIre.
q
DESIGNED WRITTEN ESPECIALLY PAPER
OR THIs PAPER

The entrance to basement is
from pantry. Pantry is well supplied
with shelving. Che kitchen has sink
and small closets. All finish through.
out is of pine for painting.
The floors are double, having felt pa
per between them.
All siding is of finch o. G., laid three
inches to the weather.
The outside walls are sheathed with
fence flooring.
Shingles to be Star A Star brand.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-06-19
Mrs Mamie Herbert So Eln1wood Ave,
Buffalo, N. Y, Treasurer Empire State
Fortnightly, Buffalo, N Y, After Eight
Years Suffering Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

"DEAR Mrs. Inflammation and liberation of the
laid low and robbed life of its joys for For eight
frequent pain and misery and then Lydia p. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound the greatest boon have
known, for brought life and health to used several
bottles of Compound and your Sanave WASH My improvement
slow, but from the bottle felt that better, and
kept and continued the treatment None of friends
dreamed that would be well but have enjoyed life
its fullest extent for three Mrs MAMIE HERBERT.
$4,000 FORFEIT ABOVE LETTER IS NOT GENUINE.
When troubled with irregular suppressed painful
womb that feeling Of the ovares backaohe
an beet with such symptoms dizziness faintn ssude
excitably rtabiity nervousness seeplessne melancholy AL
they should there tried and true remedy Lydia
Pnkams Vegetable Compound at removes such troubles
Refuse to buy any other medicine for you need the best.
Mrs Pinham invites all sick write her for advice
Che guided Address, Mass
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-06-19

pinbones, and particularly SO in the
region of the loin pelvis. The angles
of the body should be evident and
clearly defined, and there should be
no sign of any surplus flesh, while the
udder should be wide. deep, capacious
and strongly attached high up on the
posterior side.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-06-19

the total amount would be 1896, allow
ing the owner $104 additional to spend
for any extras that he may wish.
Sizes of the rooms are as fol-
lows: Parlor, 11x12 feet; sitting-room,
11x12 feet; dining-room 9Ax11 feet;
kitchen, 91Ax9h feet; chambers,
1Oxl3h feet, 9x11 feet and 7Hx1O
feet; bathroom, SKI feet; pantry
5hx6h feet; vestibule, 4x5 feet and
verauda ak1O feet.