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The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1905-09-21
AT HOME.
Famous Old Command
Does Quarantine
Duty.

The detachment of soldier S
from the Columbus Rifemen
who have been doing guard duty
along the banks of the Missis.
sippi river for the past ten days,
returned to tie city Thursday
night. The detachment left here
on the morning of Septem Der
5th under command of Capt. w.
S. Mullins, and notwiths tanding
the fact that the work was some
what monotonous the boys stood
the trip well. and are all looking
fine.
The soldiers guarded that por-
tion of the Mississippi river ly-
ing between Glenora and Ses-
sions, and the men were divided
into four squads, one of which
was stationed at Glenora, one at
Stella Landing, one at Lake
Washington and one at Sessions.
They patrolled the river both
night and day. the object of the
surveillance being to keep Louis
lana refugees from crossing the
river and entering the confines
of the State Of Mississippi. The
local malitiamen will be succeed
ed by a detachment from the
Greenvllle com pany, who will
take up the work of guarding
the river.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1905-09-21
Rural Mail Routes.

Notwithstanding the fact that
Lowndes county already has un-
usually good mail facilities both
Postmaster Wood and Congress
man Gambler are making an eff
fort to increase the efficiency of
the service. With this end in
view Mr.. Wood recently wrote
Mr.. Gambler regarding t h e
establishment of a new route in
the northern section of b e
county, and in reply received
letter from the Congressman
stating that he would do all in
his power to secure the estab-
lishment Of the route.
The new route as proposed by
Mr.. Wood follows the Military
road as far as Cherokee, and
then turns into the Wolf road.
There are a great mum Der Of peo-
pie living in this section Of the
county. and the route is badly
needed.
Mr.. Gambler has been very
Jealous in his efforts to secure
rural mail Sc ervice for his
LOwndeS county constituents,
and in his letter states that he
has recently asked the Postoffice
Department at Washington to
make all the petitions from
Lowndes county special" and
have them turned over to Rural
Mail Inspector Watson at once
in order that he may go over the
propose routes and make i'm
mediate report upon the ad-
visibility of ablishing the
service.
In closing his letter Congress
man Gambler says: IF there is
any territory in the county not
already covered I would be glad
to have petitions circulated there
in. as I am anxious to give every |
citizen of Lowndes county his |
mail six times a week, and l |
feel confdent.that I will be able |
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1905-09-21
BY FIRE.
Fire Causes Large Loss
to Mr. G. Y.
Banks.

The large barn with it's con
tents of five hundred bushels OF
corn on the Gibson place, the
property of Mr.. @. Y. Banks,
seven miles west of this city, was
burned last Friday morning
about 1 o'clock. The flames were
first noticed in this city and soon
after the news of the location
and cause of the fire was receiy :
ed here.
Mr.. Banks with Officer Thad
Brazeall, Immediately went to 3he
plantation. Believing that the
building had been fred by some
one, Mr.. Banks and the. officer
went by the county farm where
they secured the blood hounds
which were carried to the scene
of the fire but they refused to
follow any trail and the origin OF
the flames remain a mystery.
At first it was feared that the
loss had been heavier than it
really was for it was the custom
to keep some of the fine stock on
the place in the building at night.
Fortunately no stock was des-
troyed although the building
which was fine one and the
corn was a total loss unprotected
by insurance.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1905-09-21
BROKERS LEAVE CITY
l.. p. And Wallace Rose
berry Suddenly Leave
The City.

Messrs. l.. P. Rosenerry and
Wallace Roseberry. who for som e
time past have been conducting
a brokerage business in this city,
unceremoniously left the city
Friday night, leaving behind
them numerous creditors to
mourn their departure.
The best infor nation that can
be gained regarding the depart
ure of the two men is that fur
nished by note which was left
by Wallace Roseberry for Mrs.
P. Geraud, at whose house the
two men had room. In this
note the broker, after express
ing to Mrs. Geraud his gratitude
for kinonesses shown him and
his brother, states that his down
fall was brought about by spec
ulation and states that the firm
has assets sufficient to meet all
liabilities. These assets, so far
as can be learned consist of some
desks, chairs and other office
furniture which are not very
valuable. 1t is hard to state or
even approximate the liabilities,
as before leaving the brokers
balanced all the accounts on
their books. 1t is known that
there is one judgment against
the firm for $102 so, and the
brokers told the gentleman to
whom they owe this sum that
they had a lot of money owing
them which it was impossible to
collect. AS stated above, the
accounts on the books have all
been balanced, so that it will be
an exceedingly difficult maner
to find out the true state of af-
fairs.
The two brothers left over the
Southern railway Friday night,
and their destination is un-
known.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1905-09-21
The Mayors Court.

Malinda Smith and Leatha
Williams, two dusky damsels of
doubtful character who reside in
the vicinity of the Southern rail
way coal chute, engaged in lit
tie difficulty last week in which
pocket knives. brick bats and
"cuss words" played equally
prominent parts. The difficulty
took place early in the week but
the Smith woman played a game
of hide and seek with the police,
and it was not until Thursday
that she was finally captured and
given a free ride to the police
station in the patrol wagon. When
the case came before Mayor
Gunter for trial Thursday after
noon the two negroes told such
stories and contradIcted
each other on so many points
that it was hard to tell which
was most to blame in the affair,
but it finally developed that Ma
linda Smith was the aggressor,
and she was fined five dollars
and costs.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1905-09-21

We direct special attention to
the advertisement of the Colum-
bus Dry Goods Com pany, which
is presented in this issue. This
company is managed by Mr.. l..
A. Vaughan and Messrs. Ed.
Hale and p. II. Wakefield are as.
sociated with it and solicit the
trade of their friends. The fall
and winter stock of this concern
has arrived and it is now ready
for the jobbing and wholesale a.
we'll as the retail business. When
in the market for a bill this com.
pany would like to make you
prices. In Merchants Block.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1905-09-21
Terry-Par

Announcement of the approach
ing marriage of Miss Louise Park
to Mr.. Henry c. Terry, of this
city, is made, the wedding to
occur in the Episcopal church at
the home of the bride, Middles-
boro, Kentucky, on the 18th of
October. The bride is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. w. 0. Park, Of that
place and as visitor to the
Moody home in this city has made
a large circle of friends who sin
cerely admire her.
Mr.. Terry is one of the most
exemplary young men of this city,
is superintendent for the extensive
contracting business of Mr.. D. S.
McClanahan and is industrious,
energetic and highly esteemed in
this community, his home, where
he has countless friends. He is
richly deserving of all the happi-
ness which can come to him in
this life and THE DISPATCH trusts
that he and his bride will enjoy
the fullest measure of marital
bliss and prosperity.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1905-09-21

Miss Pattie Cox, of Carrollton,
Ala, Miss Willetta Stevens, of
Birmingham, and Miss May
Belle Cooper, of Brooksville, who
have been spending the past ten
davs IN the city as guests of Miss
Sue May Lincoln, have returned
to their respective homes. Miss
Lincoln accompanied Miss Cox
to Carrollton, and will spend
some time there as her guest.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1905-09-21

Mr.. F. W. Rogan, of Green
vile, Miss. who succeeds Mr.. e.
G. White in Colum bus as fore
man of the Southern shops here.
has arrived in Colum bus and has
assumed the duties of his new
position. Mr.. White and family
left the past week for Asheville.
North Carolina, which place will
be their future home.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1905-09-21
WHAT THE SOUTHERN RY. THINKS OF IT.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
OFFICE THE LAND AND INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT.

Mobile, Ala Sept II, 1905
l. Union, Columbus.
Dear Sir: just today the containing 100
of
q favor the 4th
hardly for appreciation
publication would favorable
the editions local
general get
information and statistical data therein
Cou
md enterprsng city
I sending a them o Washington
Chicago
parties who have lately inquirng your
W. L. HENDERSON,
Agent Land and Ind trials Depar
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1905-09-21
OPEN TO MORROW.
Public Schools Resume.
All Pupils Should
Be Present.

The doors of the public schools
of the city will swing open to-
morrow, and the session of
1905 06 will be formally inaugu-
rated. Mr.. Joe Cook, the eff
cient superintendent of the city
schools, moved in from his coun-
try residence some days ago, and
since his arrival has been quite
busy getting things in shape for
the opening. The buildings have
all been thoroughly renovated
and the grounds nicely cleaned
up. The various teachers have
all returned from their summer
trips, and are ready to enter up
on their winters work with re-
newed energy and increased Wig
or.
Mr.. Cook urges all parents
who intend to have their children
enter the public schools during
the session to send them tomOr-
row, as it is very Important that
they be on hand at the opening
in order that they may be prop
erly classified and assigned to
the divisions to which they be-
long. The pupils who start in at
the beginning of the session have
a great advantage over those who
wait until later to enter school,
as those who delay lose all the
work that is gone over before
they enter upon their school du-
ties.
The following is complete
list of the faculties of the public
schools for the coming session
Mr.. Joe Cook, Superintendent
of City Schools and Principal of
Franklin Academy.
Mr.. L. L. Woodward, Assistant
Principal.
Franklin Academy-Mesda es
A. T. Sale, M. B. Patterson;
Misses Mary Mayo, ] enn e
Worthington, Lena Roden, Alice
Halbert. Selena Martin, Mary
Stokes, Laura Young, Kate AL
bright, Mary Lou Peyton, Ella
Lou Terry, Callie Lanier, Adele
Erwin, Blannie Shields, Sadie
Hudson, Riveland Ellis, Laura
Kennebrew, Myra Lumpkin, An
ME Nelson. Supply teachers: !:
Mrs. Mollie Weaver, Miss Amelia
Mahon.
Union Academy-W. l. Mitch
ell, Principal; Hattie Johnson, O.
II. Campbell. S. M. Harris, Bet
tie Everson. Lula Roberts. NJ. l..
Hun ter, A. B. Morgan, Roxana
Mitchell, Ella Sykes, Josie Tay-
lOr
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1905-09-21
THE FAIR PROGRAM
A Fine Exhibit Assured
For October
oath.

The Filth annual fair OF the
Mississippi and West Alabama
Fair Association will open Tues
day, October oath and will con-
tinue for four days closing Friday,
October 2Sth. The fair this year
promises to be the greatest sue
cess of any ever held in the his
tory of the association. It will
be the last fair of the Southern
Circuit this season, and for this
reason the live stock exhibits aud
races will be especially good.
The people of West Alabama,
Mississippi and especially Lown-
des county, have always taken
great pride in the previous fairs
at this place, and there is every
reason TO believe that the same
interest will be manifested this
year. The display of agricultural
products promises to be the best
ever given in the state. The
farmers of this section are begin
ming to realize that these COM
petitive displays mean a great
deal toward the building up Of
this important industry.
DR.. John Oliver, secretary OF
the Association, has received let
ters of inquiry from racing men
from several of the Southern
states, and it is expected that
many of them will be present With
their horses to participate in the
races. A large number of the
leading stables of this State have
already entered race stock and
the sport promises to be as fine
as any ever offered in this sec
ton.
One of the most attractive
features of the fair will be the
great Floral Parade and Mer-
chants Float exhibit which will
occur in the afternoon Of Wednes-
day, October 25th. The board
of directors have appointed com
mittee of ladies TO work UP in
terest in and perfect this matter.
The committee will begin work
promptly and it is desired that
they have the hearty cooperation
of every one interested in the
work. The murchants are es-
pecially requested TO lend their
help by their decorations on that
day. If the desired encourage
ment is given under the able
direction of the committee, this
feature will be a success in every
respect.
Another very n err estin z
event of the fair will be the foot
ball game which will occur on the
afternoon of Friday, October 27th.
The game will be played between
Auburn and the Agricultural and
Mechanical College teams. This
will be a surprisingly great game
by two of the strongest teams in
the South. The afternoon Of each
day will be devoted principally to
racing and will be largely attend
ed. Fine music will be assured and
a gala time is promised.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1905-09-21

to do so if the people will CO.
operate with me and furnish me
the petitions necessary 70 secure
the service. ("
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1905-09-21

Gunter, FL. D. Foote, G. L. Lin
coin, w. B. Matthews, S. E.
Thrower. B. NJ. Lang, I. w.
Ham pton, J, O. Garfield, W. @.
Pearson, F. X. Austin, Thos.
Harrison, Jno. A. Nelson. A. S.
Payne, G. E. Morris. j. L. vii.
liams, L. Larey, r. T. Ayres, j.
w. Gardner, T. ID. Wiggins, j.
81. Kennebrew, E. T. Sykes, T.B.
Taylor, j. J. Morehead, W. j.
Morton, A. A. Wofford, S. d.
Lee. d. r. McClary.G. n. Smith.
F. M. Bell, w. II. Coburn. T. B.
Franklin. w. w. Westmoreland,
A. c. Halbert, T. A. Eggleston,
w. G. Richards, j. T. Harrison.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1905-09-21
/ NENTY-SIXTH YEAR.
VETERANS PICNIC.
Enjoyable Day Spent by
the Old Soldiers
Friday.

barbecue at the plantation of
Capt. Fl. d. Foote one mile north
of this city last Friday, and dur
ing the day tie Lowndes County
Veterans Association was or
ganized. The object of this as
sociation is to promote good fell
lowship among the survivors OF
the great war.
The morning hours were spent
in exchanging "reminiscences and
experiences of the great war
and after the veterans had par
taken of a delightful barbecued
dinner the assem- blage was call
ed to order by Hon. T. B. Frank
lin, who stated that one of the
objects in view was the organlza-
ton of a permanent association
among the veterans of Lowndes.
Mr.. Franklin was followed by
Gen. Stephen D. Lee, the dis
tinguished commander of the
United Confederate Veterans,
who made a brief but enthu sias-
tic speech in which ne outlined
the needs for such an OrganiZa-
tiOn and said that the plan met
with his hearty endorsement and
support. = pom motion t b e
Lowndes County Veterans As
sociation was organized and the
following officers elected: Presi-
dent, Col. A. 5. Payne; Vice
Presidents District /, Jones L.
Williams; District 2, DIR. A. A.
Wofford; District 3, Ed. Franks;
District 4, 7. G.. Love; District 5.
w. D. Prowell; Secretary, DR.. A.
G. Halbert; Assistant Secretary,
Thos. Harrison; Treasurer, DR..
A. A Wofford.
The following resolution was
unanimously adopted
Resolved, That we urge upon
the legislators of Mississippi the
necessity of appropriating
large sum of money to erect a
memorial in the National Mill
tary Park at Vicksburg. Miss,
to commemorate the valor and
patriotism of the thirty nine
Mississippi regiments and bat
tallons taking part in the cam
paign and defense of Vicksburg
in the year 1868.
Resolved second, That a copy
of this resolution be given to the
senator and representative from
Lowndes county and that they
be requested and urged to work
for and vote for an appropriation
as indicated in resolution.
The association already has
sixty four mem bers, and it is the
duty Of all the vice presidents to
secure the names of the veterans
residing III their respective dis
tricts and urge upon them the
necessity of becoming mem bers
of the organization. After the
adoption of rules and regulations
and the transaction of some
other business of minor impor-
tance the organization adjourned
subject to the call of the presi-
dent. The following is COM
plete list of those who have en-
rolled their names on the mem
bership rolls of the organization:
J. F. Alexander, D. G. Love, j.
G. Ezell, F. w. Flood, W. A.
Brown, James Sturdivant, John
Wells, J. NJ. McQuown. S. w.
Hawkins. A. G. Bush, G. NJ.
Baker, G. G. Reeves. L. G. Har-
vey, j. P. Stansel, w. H. Davis,
j. A. Smell, E. M. Franks, John
Thrower, William Lance, S. NJ.
Godby. j. E. Acker, J. M. Nun
son, w. E. Pope. III. w. Ander-
son, S. F. McClary, w. II.
Youngblood, j. M. Brazealle,
Louis Walburg, John Burke, J.
A. Roden, ]. w. Murrah, ]. G.
Har mond, W. 81. Hearon, F. A.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1905-09-21

Simon Loeb & Bro. have just
received a mammoth shipment
of goods for the supply of the
needs of the students of the Col
lege. They bought from the
factories In laSge shipments. en-
abling this firm to make the low
est price on beautiful line of
broadcloths, serges, silks, ETC..
with trimmings and Innings for
the same. See their line before
buying and write your friends
away from here about it.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1905-09-21

Mr.. ]. w. Bailey. of Wood, was
in town Friday on business.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-08
SALOON AND
GAMING Lie.
ENSES RAISED

Albuquerque Is after more revenue,
The Journal OF "Wednesday morninl
says In connection with the decision
to raise the liquor and gaming II
censes:
After considering them for several
months In and out OF committee, the
city council last night passed ordi
nances making material increases
In the charge for city retail liquor
and gaming licenses. An effort was
made to put the retail liquor license
higher than II was finally fixed In tie
ordinance and It IA v e proposed
to advance 1t to $500, but the original
recommendation Of the finance com
mittee was adhered to on the final
vote and the liquor license goes up ia
$500 per annum, or nm increase OF
500. When the retail liquor license
ordinance was read for the third time
Alderman Wilkerson moved to amend
TO make II $3.50 per year instead of
$500. Alderman Harrison moved an
amendment to the amendment to
make the license $500 per year. Both
amendments were lost, the latter for
lack OF a second and the one by AL
derman Wilkerson on a vote Of the
council, Walker, Wilkeson and Har.
rison voting for the amendment. The
original ordinance fixing the license
at $500 was then passad by unanim.
Gus vote. The ordinance, together
with the increase in the gaming IL
cense, goes into effect on the 18th of
September. 1t affects time forty
four soloons and about an equal mum.
Der of gaming tables.
The gaming license makes an In
crease of from $50 to $3.50 per year
four saloons and about an equal mum.
an increase Of 5000 per year. Alder.
mar Wilkerson moved to amend the
ordinance to make the license per
table $3.50 per year, but the amend.
ment was lost, the council passing
the original ordinance drafted by the
committee.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-08

seniatives have Just dlscoverel q leak
through which In the course OF the
last fifty years, n great many hun
dred thousand dollars have run away.
The loss might figure up into The nil
Tons s'nco the Invention Of slammed
envelopes by the fractional profits
which the stamp clerks IN 10000 pest.
offices have retained for theii own
use.
Third Assistant Postmaster Geu.
eral Madden who invented the stamp
book, stirred the department from
Maine TO California by his recent or.
der in~slructing stamp clerks 10 here
after account for the fractional
amounts received when stamped en-.
velopes and wrappers arc sold In I'M.
even quantities. Before the order
came out the clerk accounted only
for the face value OF the stamped
paper In his possession and the odd
pennies which he picked up from I'm.
even sales he retained for his own
uee.
When you buy a single one cent
wrapper or a single two cent stamp.
ed envelope the clerk charges you
two or three cents, rs the case may be.
The wrapper costs him possibly l.l00
Of a cent and the envelope about 2
2.l00 of n cent, SO that the profit In the
first case Is $4,000 Of n cent and In
the second SS.l00 of a cent. or
course, the profits are not proportion
ate In larger sales, and all the clerk
gains on each sale Is the difference
between the fractional amount.
Some one with a turn for %calcnla-
tions figures that In Chicago alone
the profit from fractional sales Is
about $4,000 a month. and that on this
basis the government ought to get
about $4,000 additional income from
the whole country, or enough money
to nay the salary Of the president.
While the order bears heavily on
the regular stamp clerks, who will
lose their time-honored perquisites,
they have to submit because the
stamped paper Is not theirs and be-
longs to the government from the
time 1t Is received until the time 1t
Is sold. But the men who keep sub
stations are in a different category.
and they are In III humor over the
New York postmaster that even sub
station clerks who buy their supplies
outright must turn in the fractional
profits at the end of each quarter.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-08

The Albuquerque Indian school has
opened for the ensuing term and
started off with 212 pupils. There
are new pupils arriving daily and
within the next few days there will
be about 800 in attendance.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-08
|hARVEY'S
The High Mountain Home

For comfort, health and pleasure
take a trip to this famous resort.
Carriage comes In Tuesdays sind Fri.
days; goes out Wednesdays and Sat.
urdays.. Terms ure $500 = day or
$1,000 a week.. Fare each way, $500.
IRE trip. including passage and .
stay from Saturday TO Friday or from
Wednesday to Tuesday Is $1,000.
Leave orders at Murphey's drug
store or Judge Wooster's office In the
clty Hall. Address n. A. Harvey,
City.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-08
Low Rate to Grand Canyon, Ariz.

On September Goth and 21st, the
Santa Fee will sell tickets from AL
buQuerque to Grand Canyon and re-
turn at $40 for the round trip. Tick
cts for the New Mexico Territorial
Fair at Albuquerque will be extended
for parties desiring to make the
trip. The tickets will be good for re-
turn passage from Grand Canyon for
ten days from date Of sale.
S-125 w. j. LUCAS, Agent.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-08
NEW RULES ON STAMPS

Uncle Sam Is busy rounding up the
odd pennies. His postoffice rcD~e-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-14
THREE PERSONS KILLED
IN A RAILWAY COLLISION

chicago, July MA passenger train
ON the Chicago 4 Eastern Illinois rail.
way leaving st. Louis vt midnight, col,
lldod with q suburban train M Slclgcr,
Illinois, today Throo persons were
hllCd ana Hoyon injured, Some NJ the
injured may die The engines NJ both
Trains Woro demolished, and the first
coach ON the suburban train was
smashed
THE dead,
James Dyke, engineer Of suburban
train
George r.. y, Stcm chicago.
Ferdinand lluyu chicago
Tho seriously injured
John Mlllob Chicago Heights lllH.,
back broken
charles Horn crolo lllso skull hac.
mcd
lanes Crooks chicago, bick injured,
dwight L. Wood, brakeman ON sub,
urban train lex broken ana side
bruised
a. Gilmore, engineer an H. Louis
train. shoulder dlsIocotod ana internal
iulurIo0
IL. H. Ross chicago shoulder Injured,
arm broken and informal Injuries
Tho cause Of the collision iH sald 20
have been AN ouou switch which let
the through train ON IN u siding on
ON which the suburban train wac stand.
inc,