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The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-05-26
The Drowning Saturday.

The terrible drowning Satur-
day, when two of the students Of
the Industrial College lost their
lives at Waverly, has been the
sole topic of conversation IN this
city ever since. Universal has
been the sympathy of the people
Of this city towards those upon
whom this awful calamity falls
most heavily and if human sym
pathy can lessen the load of sOr-
row, or assuage the measure of
grief, surely the sym patty of the
Columbus people is a solace and
comfort in this hour of darkness
and grief.
The bodies of both students
were carried to their homes on
Sunday morning. The caskets
were literally covered with beau
tiful flowers, attesting the sorrow
of the school mates and friends
at the untimely termination of
these bright young lives. The
body of Miss billiard
was carried to her home at La
mont in Bolivar county on Sun
day morning at three o'clock on
the west bound Southern train.
1t was accompanied by Mr..
John A. Nelson, representing
the president of the College.
Misses Annie Purcell and Annie
Moore, mem bers of the faculty,
and a committee Of the student
body composed of the following
Misses Mable Comfort and Mary
Brashear. NJ ISIS billiard s
funeral was held Sunday after
noon. The body of Miss Walton
was carried to her home on the
north bound M. & o. night train
Saturday night. 1t was accom-
panied by Hon. Walter Weaver,
a trustee of the College, repre-.
senting the president, Misses
Estelle Buchanan and Beverly
Price, of the College faculty and
an hOuorary escort of students
as follows; Misses Margaret
Hodges, Annie Miller, Thee.
Hendricks. Leila Shell. Evelyn
Shell and Nettie Smith. Miss
Walton's funeral was held on
Sunday afternoon. The parents
of neither of the dead girls
reached this city before the de-
parture of their bodies. Mr..
Walton was met at Artesia by
Mr.. Weaver on a special train
provided by the M & O. and here
learned for the first time of the
details of the loss of his child.
From Capt. VIM. Burt, a life
time resident of Waverly, Miss,
who spent yesterday in the city
a DISPATCH reporter learned
many things pertinent and in
teresting to this sad affair yes
terday. Mr.. Burt states that at
the point where the drowning
occurred last Saturday nearly
score of lives have been sacri-
feed. 1t is a veritable death
trap and only expert swimmers
can stem the current and escape
the danger of the waters at this
point. The point is below the
bridge and for some distance
below this structure il is an ideal
bathing place with shallow water
and firm bottom. At a point
lower down the current crosses
from the east to the west bank
and here the channel is right
against the blue mari bank
which is on the other side of the
river. The depth of the water is
fully twenty feet at this point
aud there is no incline to it.
1t was in this water that the
drowning occurred. From the
best reports which can be gained
of the drowning it seems that the
girls were in wading and bathing
some in bathing suits and some
ia the bare feet. Miss Holmes,
who was the only one in the par
tY who could swim, was in the
deep water and cried for help.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-05-26
Notice.

Positively no hunting or tres
passing on any of my lands.
CHAS. r. SMITH,
Artesia, Miss.
Nov. 9th. 1903. w1yr
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-05-26
Large Fertilizer Factory.

4dCLuEIuS Pld4t. d Lex lfltLSE lat
tory, which will be erected here
by the Refuge Cotton Oil Co.
President Durham, of the Refuge
company, spent last Saturday in
the city as the guest of Mr.. w.
G.. Mcclure, manager of the local
plant, and the whole situation
was gone over thoroughly with
the result that Mr.. Durham
sanctioned the project and stated
that steps would at once be taken
to carry out the same.
The amount Of capital to be
employed in this industry in
building and establishing and
operating it will be something
close to S25, 900. 1t will require
a large building for the plant and
the machinery and equipment
necessary to operate it will en-
tail a heavy expenditure. The
plant will be operated in connec-
ton with the local mill of this
company and it will employ a
large number of hands and will
bring to this city annually large
business from this section.
The location of the fertilizer
factory in this city is due to the
efforts of the manager of the To-
cal mill, Mr.. w. G. Mcclure, al
most exclusively. Realizing that
this section is a large user of
commercial fertilizer and know
ing that no factory was operating
here and that a fine field was
presented for the establishment
of such an enterprise, he took up
the matter with his company
and succeeded in getting the
high officials interested, so much
so that they promised to visit
Colum bus and look over the field.
Mr.. Durham visit here was for
that purpose and he conceded
with Mr.. Mcclure in every
representation made as to the
advantages of Columbus for a
plant and endorsed his work by
agreeing to the building Of the
factory here.
The fact that such a wealthy
company as the Refuge Cotton
Oil Company is behind this move
ment is a guarantee Of its sue
cess. No doubt work and
preparations for the building of
the factory will begin right away
and it will be ready for operation
by the next fertilizer season.
Mr.. John S. McClanahan spent
Monday in the city. Mr.. Nc
Clanahan is finishing up his work
in Aberdeen and West Point and
will soon return to this city to
assist his father, Mr.. D. S. Nc
Clanahan, in building. Mr.. Nc
Clanahan, Sr., was awarded two
contracts last Saturday, the
PEBBLES cottage OF College street
and the contract for the Keaton
home, contracts involving about
eight thousand dollars worth of
work.
Children's Day services as held
at the First Methodist church
Sunday were enjoyed by large
audience. This is participated
in by the children of the Sunday
school and is looked forward to
with keen expectation by old and
young. The services Sunday
were nicely carried out and the
special collection usually taken
on this occasion added a neat sum
to the Mission fund.
Why do we sell four out of
every five paint bills? Simply
because we are the exclusive
agents for the justly celebrated
Hammar paints. We have
lead and oil if you want that
kind of paint, but if you want a
paint with an iron clad guaran-
tee behind it then buy Ham
mar paint.
MAYO & WEAVER.
DR.. H. NJ Lanier has pur-
chased the lot east of the Infirm-
airy from Mr.. E. E. Buder, aud
will in the near. f1tnrn n1nct q
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-05-26

Will do a general practice in ali the
courts.
e. Special attention given To the
collection of claims, abstracting and
other matters in Chancery.
Money loaned for private parties
without charge. 3-6-3m
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-05-26

OUR GUARA NTEE.-Tske a large bottle of
Botanic Blood Balmg B. B B as 6i-eefed on label.
and when the right quantity IS taken cure IS
certain sure and lasting u not cured your money
will promptly be refunded without argument.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18
MERRY WALKING TOURS
THROUGH THE COUNTRY.


TT fills the woman who must stay at
home with envy to read of the
three and four day walking picnics 1
ladies young and old are having here
and there A party Of women friends
start out early some fine morning in
this most delightful time Of the year.
They are lightly clad, they wear strong,
broad soIed. comfortable shoes built
for pedestrian use. They take with
them small bag containing things
needed for an overnight stay; they also
take materials for a lunch They walk
through sweet country roads till noon;
then they stop in some patch of woods
and have their luncheon. They even
build campfires and cook eggs and
make tea or coffee. What is lacking in
their menu can always be supplied
from friendly farmhouses or village
groceries.
After a rest, on the merry walkers
go, perhaps TO some historic spot or
studying botany or natural history or
even geologizing along the way. At
| night there is always some village inn
or farmhouse where they may be shell
tered till morning. Now and then some
strong, ambitious women pedestrians
+ carry blankets and sleep outdoors in
the sweet, dark silence A wagon with
all the fixtures for camping may ac-
company the party. Then they can
sleep outdoors every night.
It is the custom at a well known
girls school to have a walking tour
every year in the late spring or early
| summer. A number of the pupils, ac-
companied by some of the women
teachers, make the trip. To both girls
/ and teachers the occasion furnishes
1 health, fun and instruction enough to
afford happy recollections the rest of
the year. The school has many friends
among residents on the routes usu-
| ally chosen, and these Hospitality en-
| tertain the young ladies. This year
| the girls went thirty-six miles alto
I gether, no great walk in itself, but still
| considerable of a stretch for women in
this day of physical laziness among the
sex
| The schoolgirls took the journey in
easy stages, walking eight to ten miles
a day. A good walker even among wo-
| men could accomplish that much in
\ half day with the greatest ease. The
! girls, however, enjoyed themselves as
! they went along, and that is the main
/ thing when one starts out to pedes-
/ trianize for pleasure
| Very different is the walking of the
women in the new mining camps Of
| Alaska and the Canadian northwest.
Frequently women accompany their
men relatives to the gold regions.
| Some of the new camps are fifty miles
| away from a base of supplies and
many time a brave woman makes the
1 journey alone along a narrow, danger
1 Gus trail, fording creeks and wading
4 through marshes. The fine lady pedes-
trian who thinks she has achieved
something worth talking of when she
/ goes afoot five miles over a smooth,
beautiful dry road would gasp at the
/ prospect of such a walk as the pioneer
| women in mining camps must always
l take in order to get anywhere
Cycling is the best all round outdoor
| exercise. 1t develops the lungs and
lower limbs immensely; it strengthens
| the hearts action and starts a fine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18

Great Britain it is quite the other way.
The greatest minds among Engifshmen
of the nineteenth century, beginning
with Gladstone were outspolSen wo-
man suffragists. The two ablest books
ever penned in favor of emancipation
for the feminine sex were written one
by an Englishwomap, Mary Wollstone-
craft, the other by an Englishman, John
Stuart Mil The pioneer was Mary
WolIstonec who died in 1897. Her
book was called 1.-THE vindication of
the Rights of Woman" In 1869, sew
enty-seven years after Mary Wolf
stonecraft published her work, appear
ed Mills famous "Subjection of Wo-
man" It secured immediate and seri-
Gus consideration from thoughtful men
who knew the intellectual power of it's
author. It is perhaps due to these two
books that the British people are in ad-
vance of Americans on the subject of
the ballot for woman.
1t need not surprise anybody if wo-
man obtains full suffrage in Great
Britain years before she does in the
United States. In 1866 John Stuart
Mill himself, then a member of parlia-
ment, introduced into the house of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18
AN AGE OF BUSINESS.

A lady writes: We are assured by
those who profess to have given their
time to observation that the capacity
for restfulness has departed from us.
And there is much truth in the remark.
One rarely nowadays sees that placid
countenance and reposeful manner
which are said to have been chara
istics of our great grandnothers- One
cannot say our grandmothers, for to the
present day grandparent hockey, waltz
ing and the cakewalk are in many
instances possibilities. Women I'M
doubtedly fuss far more than men. A
man viii seek rest and enjoy quietude
at his club, but a club existence for a.
woman means nothing gained in the
way Of repose- I have been to many
women's club rooms in addition to my
own and have been struck by the non
settling down" capacity of its mem
bers. They come into the reading room.
flick the pages Of a magazine, make
the few quiet members unhappy by a
purposeless rustling of the newspapers
and after a sojourn of i've minutes or
so, finding the lack of verbal stir in
supportable, go to seek recreation else
where. 1t is the same in nearly every
thing, the fussy woman and the fdgety
nan-for some members of the sterner
sex are born "fussers''-in work and in
play lack repose. And just as the rest
less child should be taught the faculty
for sitting still for a few moments dur
ing the day. so should we have estab-
lishments for the cultivation of restfuI
department.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18
La Freneh saiIor 90.


With a tan linen costume let me ad-
wise you to buy a French sailor hat
trimmed with scarlet flowers or, better
STILL a ribbon ruche composed of the
three tones of coral red. The hair bows
on the band at the back should be of
the medium shade. With this hat, of
course, you must carry a scarlet sun
shade and wear a ribbon belt made Of
two tones of the coral red ribbon
One little hot weather hint before
close. While shoes with thick soles may
appear to you unsuited for hot weather
in town. let me tell you that they are
the coolest things you can put on when
it comes to walking on burning pave
ments. Try them after an experience
with thin soled shoes. and you will
agree with me.
Did you ever hear the story OF the
gay-oh, SO gayl-married man who
wrote down the address of every at
tractive girl he met. OF course. for
fear his wife would see his notebook, he
had to be careful, so this is the way he
managed: If the girl lived at II West
Eighty fourth street he would put down
the IL and the "a and add them; if she
lived at IL East Eighty fourth he would
subtract them. So the pages of his lit
tie book only showed interninable sums
whenever his wife pried therein to see
what she could devour.
KATE CLYDE.
New York.
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perspiration through the clogged up
pores OF the human body. But next to
cycling comes walking especially walk
ing for the walks sake. body beauti-
fully erect chest up, chin In. the lungs
tmbibing all the pure air they win hold.
The deep. slow breath. the breather
taking the same length of time to ex-
hale as to inhale. VIII heal and purify
the body and make joyful the soul.
The easiest. most graceful gait is the
long. swinging step which starts from
the hips, the knees not wabbly, but
held firmly. the foot striking out mer-
rily forward. Even a one days walking
picnic in the green. early summer VIII
bring health and Joy.
MARY GOULD LYLE.
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ABOUT NEATNEss.
KATE CLYDE.
New York.

There is one charm every woman may
possess, and it is a very attractive one
-neatness. The plainest woman is a
delight to look upon if her toilet is one
of exquisite neatness in every respect.
Her hair must be done up securely and
not look as if it were ready to tumble
around her shoulders at any moment.
Her gloves must be always mended, her
boots in perfect condition and never
any tag ends at the bottoms of her
skirts. Most men know nothing about
fashion, but will notice whether a wo-
man is neat or not, and it is the quail
ity they most admire in woman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18
sIatternIy Women.

And yet there IS a popular belief that
women are naturally graceful and
painstal1ing and methodicaIi
sometimes think that if men could
see the sloppy weather states, both
mental and physical. of some of the
girls they admire when these young
persons were off parade, SO to speak,
there would be fewer marriages made
in heaven, or anywhere else.
1t reminds me of a picture I once saw.
1t represented a girl dressed in an old,
crumpled wrapper and wearing very
doWntrodden shoes. Her hair was in
curl papers of the most nninviting de-
scription, and, with all that, she was
inditing very comfortably a letter to
her lance. the burden of which ran:
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duced as part of the reform bill to come
before the house. In this way Sir
Charles hopes to carry the measure to
final victory.
Sir Charles Benjamin Bright ATcLar-
en-, BIT, the women's champion in the
house of commons, is member of the
reform party He is a Scotchman by
birth, a grandson of brave old Jacob
Bright and the nephew OF John Bright.
Thus the live, liberal, freedom loving
blood IS born in him, the best heritage
a man can have. His wife is like him
self. warmly interested in the ballot for
woman and an active worker therefor.
Sir Charles is one of the busiest men in
Great Britain. He has upon his hands
heavy business interests in the iron,
steel and colliery trades. He does not,
like so many American statesmen. make
q. trade of politics, but gets his living
quite apart from politics. Sir Charles
has a noble head and a frank. earnest
eye that plainly sees what's what.
In one respect Englishwomen who
work for suffrage have great advantage
over their American sisters. Here the
women themselves must do all the work
and then as humble. utterly powerless
suppiiants beg what they want from
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18

tie herself right on top of your cher
ished handiwork.
And the girl who persists in wanting
to wash her hands at the same time
that you are washing yours and who
when there is only one mirror simply
lies in wait until you begin to do your
hair in front of it and then rushes up
and declares that she. simply has to do
hers also that very minute!
There are some girls who can't walk
through a room without knocking over
half a dozen things with the trains of
their gowns. and there are others whom
I simply wouldn't trust to open a par
eel containing small things because
know perfectly wen that one-half of
the things would get lost in the most
mysterious way, and. of course no one
would know anything about it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18

one or two young matrons Of the right
sort who intend to stay in town until
August anyway and have a good time
too. When say "of the right sort" I
mean jolly young women, Is full of fun
as any girl and fond of making their
friends comfortable and giving them a
good time. They have their evenings
with the accompaniment of impromptu
music and impromptu jokes, with the
long windows thrown wide open and
the scent of the window box flowers
coming in on the night breeze and with
the lamps carefully shaded and fruit
punch in glasses that tinkle with ice.
Rather attractive picture, isn't it?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18
WHY THE JAPANESE APE VIGoR-
GUS,

Although small in stature, the Japa-
nese are physically and mentally a well
endowed race. This is attributed to
their mode of living. They 20 in
strongly for gymnastics and are ex-
tremely frugal in their diet. The Japa-
nese soldier has muscles like whipcord
and has an excellent memory. one OF
the secrets Of their high standard is
the copious use of water both internally
and externally. They often drink a
gallon day and arc very fond of ex-
ceedlngly not baths followed by cold
douches- 1t is said that such a disease
as rheumatism is unheard of in Japan.
Lhey are very fond of fresh air and in
the matter Of alcohol and tobacco are
extremely moderate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18
Il think it's so peculiar p

for the said object to come home I'm
not filed with envy. I used to think in
the innocence of my heart that all wo-
men married because they were in love.
OF course that was a long. long time
ago; 1 know better now. But there is
still one thing that worries newly
some of them did it at all unless it was
purely and simply to gain the three let
tiers NJ. R. S. And a pretty bad bar
gain tool
And, fpeaking of married women, this
is going to be a hot summer. but know
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18
Hot Weather Costumes.

The great question of how to dress
in the burning hot weather is the cru
cial one The linen suit, white or ecru,
takes precedence for street wear. These
are almost invariably made with the
little, loose hanging jacket, as the
blouse coat is too hot for continuous
wear. These little boIeros are shorter
than ever, giving the effect of mere
blouse waist decorations. Some of
them, indeed, are nothing but little
shoulder capes cut very full, but with
out sleeves. They are embroidered and
incrusted with heavy lace appliqued all
along the edges of the body and sleeves,
and then the fabric is cut away from
below to give a transparent effect. The
shoulder effects are very long, which
doesn't necessarily mean that the
shoulders themselves are long, for that
is awkward. but that the lace trimming
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18

"Oh, my dear. how lonely I am for you'll
How wish you could see me at this
very momenti''
Can you imagine the scene if her
wish had been answered? If I were a
man there is one thing I never should
do-marry a girl who didn't look at
tractive with her hair a bit mussed up
or whose idea of a house gown was
merely any old loose thing, with no re-
gard for the artistic. Deliver me from
the girl who has to be manicured to
death and singed and waved and pearl
powdered without end or else slumps
utterly in the first old thing that comes
handyl
There is a happy medium.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18
The "Catty" Matron.

MY. my, but the married women can
be catty! A friend of mine-nice girl
and nice disposition-was attending
strictly to her own business when Mrs.
Cat, Jr., opened fire after this fashion:
Dear me, I think it's so peculiar!
Nowadays the young men don't seem to
want to talk to the girls at all. They
pay all their attention to the married
women. In my time it was different.
Men married. But now. as 1 said be-
fore, all the unmarried men seem to pay
attention to the married women"
Whereupon the inoffensive one gave
her complacency a severe shock by re-
torting: Yes, isn't it peculiar? And
the married men pay all their attention
to the unmarried girls!"
But the married women needn't ele-
vate their noses in the air. When you
consider what some of them had to take
in order to gain the magic title of Mrs.
and the right to sit up nights waiting
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Wise stav-at-homes.

much. They can sleep or read all day
in their comfortable homes. Just think!
All the room they want and no cramp-
ing in stuffy hotel bedrooms with no
closets! And then at night there are
the roof gardens, and men to take them
there, which little matter of escorts
isn't always so easily arranged at the
nanless summer resort.
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TOMMY KNEW.

''Now, children" said teacher in a.
London school, 'let US see what you
remember about the animal kingdom
and the domestic animals that belong
to it. You have named all the domestic
animals but one Who can tell me
what that one is? 1t has bristly hair
likes dirt and is fond Of getting into
mud" The teacher looked expectantIy
around the room. Cant you think,
Tommy" she asked encouragIngIy
Yes, mum" was the shamefaced re-
ply. Its me"
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MEN aMAIDsERvANTsp

There seems to be a likelihood that
the great domestic servant problem win
~ the END be solved by the employment
on men instead of women domestfcs- It
IS estimated that there are now in Lon
don alone over 1000 men who WELD the
broom and buster for a living. In the
morning the "parlor man" and the
house man" wear aprons, which later
in the day they remove when they as
sumo dress clothes.