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The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-09-19
Cotton Takes a Tumble.

The government report which was
+ recently issued shows a decided i'm
provement in the cotton crop, the
condition having been placed at 72.7
against 70.5 last month. The report
naturally had a bullish effect on the
market. and prices fell off nearly one
hundred points. having dropped from
1915 TO 11.S0. The decline from the
top notch was greater still. New York
spots were quoted last week at Is
points. but there was a decline OF
about thirty points in anticipation of
a bulhsh report, and when the report
finally came and showed such a de-
eided Improvement in the condition
of the crop the big slump quickly
followed.
Local cotton men maintain differ
ent opinions regarding the permanent
cy OF the present low state of the
market. Some claim that a further
decline in prices may be confidently
expected, While others aver that the
crop has deterforated since the fig
ures on which the report was based
We're compiled, and that the market
will soon regain its full strength.
There is no doubt of the fact that in
the territory Immediately surround
ing Columbus there has been a mark
ed deterioration in cotton during the
past two weeks, but in order to affect
prices this deterioration would have
to be general. The decline in prices,
should it remain permanent, will
prove a great disappointment to the
farmers, many Of whom believed that
the staple would continue to advance
and that maximum Of fifteen cents
would eventually be reached.
Yesterday brought a perceptible de-
cline in futures, New York quotations
for October having dropped from
11.60 to 11.54 and New Orleans quo
tations for the same month having
tumbled from 11.90 to 11.65. Spots, |
however, remained firm, the closing
figures yesterday afternoon having
been 1850 in New York and 13 cents
in New Orleans. In the local mar
I1et middling was quoted at u 1ac. +
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-09-19
PRICE: FIVE CEN rs
Prominent Suicide.

Canton, Miss, Sept 10.-Dr VIM
Yandell, one of the most prominent
physicians in this section and mem
ber of an old and aristocratc family,
committed suicide last night at his
home here by taking an overdose Of
morphine hypodermically This act
was the elimination of some domestic
troubles which have created consid-
cradle talk in the community during
recent weeks. His wife and their
two younger children have been at
her fathers home in Lexington. Miss,
for two weeks. Their elder children
are staying with his mother here. and
he was residing in his home and taxi
ing his meals with his fathers fam
lily. When he did not go to breakfast
this morning his mother went over
to his house to investigate and found
his dead body in the bathroom. clad
only in his night robe. He had been
dead since about II o'clock the night
previous and his bed was untouched.
The coroner was summoned He inn
paneled jury, they viewed the Dody
and made an investigation, and ar
rived at a verdict of suicide from
The hypodermic syringe
and a bottle OF morphine tablets We're
found on the floor by his body, silent
witnesses of the cause of the tragedy.
DR.. Yandell left two letters, one to
his wife and another to his father.
Their contents are not known to the
public. He was % years of age, a
social leader, and a member of the
Elks and Masonic fraternities. His
funeral will be conducted tomorrow
at 10 O'Clock under the auspices of
he Masons. Mrs. YandeH, wife of
he deceased, is a daughter of Geo.
Wilson, a very wealthy and eminent
lawyer of Lexington.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-09-19
MISUNDERSTANDING.

Mr.. Hugh Fitzpatrick and Miss
Mary Gardner were recently married
at Aliceville, Ala. The bride is a
member Of a prominent Alabama
family and is an exceedingly pretty
and vivacious young lady. The groom
is a young man possessed of unusu-
aisv fine business qualifications and
holds lucrative and responsible Pc
sition with the Alabama, Tennessee
& Northern Railroad. Both the con-
tracting parties are well known in
Columbus, and The Dispatch joins
their numerous friends in extendif
congratulations and best wishes fos
a long and happy married life.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-09-19
Jshn l.. Buckley aor Jn1ge.

Stonewall, Miss, Sept. ia The
wuters of Clarke county and the at
torneys of the Tenth judicial district
of Mississippi, with almost concerted
action. have brought strong pressure
to hear upon Hon Joha L. Buckley
Ieof Enterprise to become an applicant
at the proper time for the appoint
ment of the judgeshfp of f91fs (Tenth)
district, as successor to .gudge CIoch-
Ean, and it IS understood by several
OF his friends that he has practically
consented to make the application
Mr.. EuckIeY is a graduate of the
literary department of the University
OF Mississippi EOxford) and is also
a graduate of Law from the Cumber-
land University at Lebanox. Tenn
He mas had a large and lucrative
practice in the law since 1858 and
has ben employed in some of the
most prominent 1itigations in his dis
trict. Mr. Buckley stands high as a
citizen, and takes an active part in
politics and has held nlany political
positions, among which is repreSan-
tatiye from this (ClarkeD county, in
the legislature during the sessions of /
1896, 1897 and 1898. He is a past /
grand master of the Independent Or /
der of Odd Fellows and represented I
The State of Mississippi at the SOW
areign grand lodge of said order in
1908 at Baltimore. and in 1904 at
san Francisco. His friends believe
hat he would be a splendid piece of
Judicial timber, as they know he is
thoroughly qualified and we'll fitted
n every way, especially from a moral.
and legal standpoint. and
would make q moral, conscientious /
nd able circuit Judge; Iikened unto ,
he lamented Judge S. Fl. Terral1, a
ate resident of this county, who wore /
he judicial ermine for SO many years {
II both the circuit and supreme /
enches, and with so much honor and {
istinction, and who was loved and i
espected by everybody on account of t
Is hagh moral standing and fairness a
TO the litigants and attorneys. S
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-09-19
Was Truly a Bad Negro.

That there is no doubt of Henry
Wilson, negro who was killed on
the night of September End in the
local yards of the Southern Railway
by Special Agent s ]. Mcconnell of
this city, being a bad negro, is fur
ther substantiated BY a letter which
was received by this paper from Mr..
w &C. Miller. mayer of Woo6ville,
Miss., in which he asks far cepy Of
.Tne ,DIspatcn coHf51blng lie accou u1t
of the killing. and Informing this pa
per that the negro was known as
bad character in that town. and did
on the night Of August both, CAST,
burglF rize it.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-09-19
EXPERTS TALK
TO THE FARMERS
MIR. GAMBLER AND PARTY VISIT
CALEDONIA AND COLUMBUS
AND TALK OF MODERN
FARMING METHODS.
Little Prospect That Congressman
Gambler viii Have Any Oppo-
sition for Reelection TO
His Present Office.

Congressman E. S. Gambler, accom-
panied by five experts from the agri-
cultural department at Washington,
visited Lowndes county the past week
and talked TO the people about those
/ problems which most concern them
as farmers and agrfculturalists. The
party. besides Mr.. Gambler, was COM
/ posed of Messrs. A s. Meharg, of Gre
NADIA Miss, who is now engaged in
government work; r. S. Wilson, R.
S. Kellogg, o. EIdrige and J. A. Bon
| stell. They arrived in this city last
Wednesday evening about dark, stop
| ping at the Stone Hotel, from which
they were carried to the Bell Cafe
and given an elegant supper by few
friends. Covers We're laid for twelve,
and besides Mr.. Gambler and his party
there were present Mayor E. S. Dom
nell, Col. John P. Mayo, Col. William
Baldwin, Mr.. Walter Weaver, Mr..
Warren c. Mcclure and P. w. Maer.
On Thursday at ten O'Clock the
speaking began at the courthouse,
when the members of the party
addressed the assembled crowd upon
the various topics assigned to them.
The crowd was not very large, but
what was lacked in numbers was
made up in interest and earnestness,
and the experts were favorably i'm
pressed with this city and the farm
ers whom they met. They addressed
a good audience at Caledonia the day
before their visit to this city, and on
Friday morning they left for Stark
vile, where they spoke in that city.
The party is composed largely of
the same men who accompanied Con-
yressman Hobson on his canvass over
his district, and they discuss good
roads, timber resources and the value
thereof, soils, seed crops, and in fact
everything which pertains to success
ful rural life. Their lectures were
listened to here, and the |
fund of valuable information impart-
ed to their hearers viii be of incalcu- |
liable benefit to them in the future.
Mr. Gambler was in the best of |
spirits He says that there is little |
prospect of him having any opposi-
ton next year. There is some little /
ak of District Attorney Mitchell run
ming against him, but Mr.. Mitchell /
will hardly be SO rash as TO undertake /
any such thing. Mr.. Gambler is in
Tenched in the good viii and good
traces OF his continents as few pub
tc men ever are, and it would be
oily for any man in the district, no
natter how strong, to undertake TO
Iefeat him.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-09-19
Singing AZ Mi. Harmonr

In the last issue of this paper
there was a statement to the effect
that the singing at the Mt. Harmony
church in Western Alabama which
had been advertised to occur on next
Sunday, had been cancelled, and the
statement was made upon the author
ity of telephone message from some
gentleman in that section who stated
it as fact. Now it is Iearps "a that
the singing will occur as heduled,
and the people of that see 81 are cor
daily invited TO attend
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-09-19
Reoeiver Is Asked for the Gulf Com
press Company.


Vicksburg, Miss, Sept. 10 Not
contented to rest upon his first bomb
shell golley fred at the Gulf Com
press Company in which James d.
Thames, the district attorney of the
Ninth district, who several days ago
created a great sensational furry
among the cotton men Of the State
by attacking the corporation as ille-
gal and ruinous to the cotton trade,
and charging violation of the Missis-
sippi antitrust laws, the official
comes along with another hard blow
at the alleged trust by going into the
chancery court and asking for a re-
ceiver TO have charge of the Gulf
Compress Company's interests. Mr. |
Thames, in his ehaneery suit, asks
that the Gulf Compress Company be /
any way of its property and belong
ings in this city and State, or at the
several cities where they have inter-
ests pending. In the first suits, which
set forth that the concern is owning
property and operating in violation
Of the antitrust laws and claiming
s2,000,00 penalties for alleged op-
srations carried on in its presses here
n violation of the laws OF the State.
The district attorney also prays that
his company be restrained from fur
her carrying on its business In Vicks-
lurg, which is designated as illegal,
nd asks that a receiver be appointed
o take charge of the company's af-
airs. Mr.. Thames further prays to
he court in his bill to set aside the b
aIes and leases of the Gulf Compress d
company here as Illegal and fraud a
lent. L
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-09-19
Cattle Thief Sent I'm.

Justice Beverly Matthews gave a
hearing to Rich Mayhew on Wednes-
day last on the charge of stealing
cattle from negroes in the southern
portion Of the county, and sufficient
evidence being introduced against
him, he was convicted and sent to the
county farm, where he will have to
spend the next four or five years re
penting his sin.
For the past three or four months
notices from time to time have been
brought to Justice Matthews of miss
ing cattle, and as the losses contin-
ued he spread the net for the cap
ture of the erring one. There were
reported about sixteen missing cat
tie in all, so Justice Matthews and
Ohcer Abe Lofts got busy and work
ed up the case thread by thread, and
their 1abors were finally rewarded on
last Thursday week by the capture of
Rich Mayhew.
When placed in custody Mayhem
denied the theft, and was
placed in jail TO await his trial. At
his hearing Wednesday such strong
evidence was shown where he had
stolen seven head OF cattle that he
confessed to stealing in all seven of
the cases. He was given $500 and
six months in each case.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-09-19
sneciag Supervisors, Meeting.

There was a special meeting Of the
Board of Supervisors last Thursday,
the meeting having been called for
the purpose OF taking some action in
regard to the erection of a prison at
the new county farm. After a thor
ough discussion of the matter the
board decided not to award any con-
tract, but to purchase the material
and have the building erected under
the supervision of the county Off
cials. It is believed that the build
ing can be erected in a most satisfac-
tory manner by pursuing this course,
and that at the same time 1t will re-
suit IN a great saving to the county.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-09-19
Runawav Resnlt. serlonslr.

Shortly before six o'clock yester-
day afternoon a team OF mules hitch
ed to a wagon which belongs to Mr..
Joe Bishop became frightened by o.
passing automobile and ran away.
The accident occurred on Main street
between Market and Fourth, and the
team ran into a buggy which was
standing in front of Streets drug
store and in which there were seated
Mrs. Beverly Matthews and her mo-
ther, Mrs. Sallie Whitfield. Both
ladies We're painfully bruised. and
it is feared that Mrs. Whitheld's in
juries may prove rather serious.
Jones Greenlee, the old negro who
was driving the wagon, also received
painful Injuries as a result Of the
accident.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-09-19
Columbus Yarn & Textile Mills.

The Merchants & Farmers Bank is
to be congratulated upon financing
the Columbus Underwear Mill, buy
ing in the property, and re-selIing il
to a company OF local capitalists,
which will give to the city a perma-
nent industry in the Columbus Yarn
& Textile Mile, which has been or
ganfzed with Messrs. W. 1. WeIIman,
T. w Hardy, Jno. A. Stinson and 9TH
ers as stockholders and incorporators.
The charter of the new company is
elsewhere published in this paper,
and it is to be capitalized at fifty
thousand dollars and is to be devoted
exclusively to the manufacture of
yarns and boxes therefor. Mr.. Well
man, who is one of the chief promo
ters of the new concern, is the expe-
rienced secretary of the Rowe Knit
ting Mills of Huntsville, Ala, the
company that leased the underwear
mill, and since his connection with
the local enterprise he has demon
strated that the manufacture of yarns
in this city is a profitable venture,
and from the showing that the mill
has made under his management no
has been encountered in or
ganizing the new company.
The mills equipment for the man
ufacture of underwear will be sold
and replaced with yarn machinery
thro ughout, and when completed the
new mill will be one of the best in
the South, employing a large number
af operatives, and it viii be upon a
selad and enduring basis, with ample
capital and with experienced men in
charge, and it is assured of q pros
porous future. The new company win
assume control of the mill on October
-Ee 10Th, just as soon as they can Or
ggaize under the present law
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-09-19
After the CuInberland.

special from Jackson says: At
torney General Fletcher is very busy
studying up on the facts and author
tiles in connection with the injunc-
tion suit in the federal court of the
Cumberland Telephone Company VS..
The Mississippi Railroad Commission,
and is preparing to fight the Nashville
corporation as far as possible on the
night rate proposition. The Cumber-
land people some time ago decided
TO revise their rates and place the
night toll rate for long distance mes
sages on an equal basis with the day,
and SO notified the railroad commits
passed an order denying the right Of
the company to make the increase, as !
It would be an imposition on the pub /
lie, which order was met by the COM I
pany going into the federal court and F
restraining the commission from in
-erfering with the rate, which the
court did, issuing an order to operate
until the injunction can
oe heard on its merits in the court at
erm time.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-09-19
4 Small Fire.

A small fire at the home of Mr.
d. S. McClanahan last Thursday af-
ternoon called out the fire depart
ment. The flames started in an out
house, where the children were play
ing, but did no serious damage.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-09-19

he Alaska Packers Association,
VII can the Argo Red Salmon, has the
largest fees ii number of any ship
ping firm selling under the American
flag. II owns ffty-five steamers and
ifteen sailing vessels and charters
more.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-09-19

Miss Jessie Johnston returned to
her home in Clinton, Miss, on Thurs
day last, after a pleasant visit to Mr..
and Mrs. P. W. Maer and Miss Mamie
Davis in this city.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-09-19

Miss Fay Keaton returned home
on Tuesday last after spending two
weeks very pleasantly at West. Point
and Ko1ola Springs.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-09-19

Mr.. H. F. Simrall is hor om
trip to Vicksburg and othe iee In
the State.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-09-19

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-08
Where Is the Fluynnna river,

Editor of the Tlmes-Dispatch:
Sir-Marshall, Botta and other writ,
ers tell us that tho British destroyed
g g large quantity of army stores dur
ing tho Revolution at the point of fork
be tween the Fluvanna and Rjvanna
Rivers. Many are puzzled to know
what stream IL meant by the Fluvanna
notes" that James River CONGO called
Powhntan). from It's confluence with
the Riyanna up to the mountains. was
called Fluvanna, and IN the monn-
merly B'luvanna has been called Jamea
River now for many years. Jackson's
River, we believe, still holds its name.
Our fathers. It seems, had fancy
took Fluv, tho stem OF Fluy-ius trun-
ming water), added anna, and gave us
Tluvanna. now known only as coun-
y. sometimes called the State OF Flu.
girls and the best persimmons In
America. They also took riv.. tho
stem of rtversl small stream). added
anna, and gave us Rivanna. Going
North Anna and Rapid Anna. usually
spelt Rapid Ann. without the final a.
General Lee wrote 1t Rapid Ann in his
dispatches during the Civil War.
Alas! tho railroad man got hold OF
her, cut off one of her MS, changed big
A. into little a, and put what was left
tan), to Rapid and called her Rnpidan.
And that Is not all tho fellow did in
his folly. fuss and hurry. He went
on to the good old county Of Culpepper,
that furnished tine minute men for
General Washington, and OF whom
minute. fought In minute. and con-
quered in Q minute Then he found
three PSI Yin the name OF the county,
the only way in the world to spell 1t.
TOO many p's," said he. SO he cut out
the middle "p" and left us Cul-pe- per,
instead OF Culpepper. Didn't he know
that In forming syliables and con-
scnunt comes between two novels, the
vowel. Pepper can no moro spell
pepper than bitter can spell bitter.
ASTIQUARY.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-08
CITY EXCAVATIONS.

While the work OF excavation is go
ing on in the annexed territory OF Rich
mond. many citizens are asking why
one ditch is not sufficient for all the
mains that are to be laid. They argue
that this would be in the interest Of
consulting with Superintendent Boiling,
of the Water Department, we are sat
isfed that 1t would be neither practi-
cable nor economical to place the sewer
mains. the water mains and the gas
mains in one ditch. because OF the house
connections, but we are equally salts
fed that the work of laying tho sew
eral mains on single street could and
We're the practice. the street would be
torn up once instead OF three times.
Why is this not done? why not put
all the forces to work and lay all the
tearing up the street for a sewer, and
later on for water main, and still
later for gas main? The answer is
lack of coordination and cooperation
between the several departments. I'm
der our curious system of municipal
government each of these departments
acts independently of the other, and
each works according to its own con-
venience.
We urge upon the Council the i'm
portance of taking action to remedy
this serious defect In our mode of oper-
alton. The members of the various de-
partments should be called before a
special committee from the Council, a
conference held and plan mapped out
by which their work may be co-ordi-
mated, and the public saved. from the
annoyance. Inconvenience and nuisance
of having the streets dug up on three
different occasions when ono digging
would be ample for all.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-08
aod,s POOR.

Sill have visited several times
lately an old and sick Protestant lady
ct the Little Sisters OF the Poor, an
Richmond for the cure OF the aged and
innrm. She has now passed away from
earth
had known this lady for two or
church. and until .cnfeebled by dis
ease, an interchangeable worker in be-
halG OF her own support and In minis
terihg to the wants Of others. She
had many friends among It's members.
In old age and broken health she
found refuge in this beneflcent institu-
ton. where she was tenderly cared for
u was a surprise to find herself there,
but she met such sympathetic kind
ness and attention that she thanked
God for this provision in her declining
days. Praise to her Heavenly Father.
gratitude to those who ministered to
her. appreciation of the gentle ntten-
tion OF friends and nn assured hope
OF salvation marked her latest earth
lly experience.
The question now obtrudes itself, why
was 1t necessary for this godly old
Protestant to be cared for in Catho-
| lie institution The answer, of course,
Is because Protestants had no ado
quate provision to offer her. and the
Catholics gladly opened their doors for
her comfort. Then the inquiry rceurs;
Is this creditable or Il reproach to Prot
estants? Evidently the latter. for II
there is ono plain obligation, under, under
Scripture warrant, resting on Chris
tians OF every name, Il Is the duty OF
lconsidereth the poor" (the weak, the
sick), saith tho Psalmist. Protestants
in Richmond and Virginia, perhaps,
have ten. or maybe moro, times tho
wealth of Catholics. and as separate
denominations make some provision for
churches: but unless I nm much mis-
taken in my observations, overlook to
q considerable extent the poor, the
weak, the sick. Our Catholic brethren
seem nearer the standard of right
eousness in this important and impera-
| tive duty and are setting us shining
example in looking after tho poor and
| fliatlon. Is 1t not time for Protest
ants to awake to broader view OF
what pure religion and undenled be-
| fore God and the Father" really is; to
| tho claims Of "the least of these. My
brethren" and como together In u
| large, persistent and enduring effort
to serve God in this direction more
fully?
It seems to me that II our Methodist,
other men and women OF piety and
wealth Will get together. plans can be
evolved. funds secured and a work
done for the glory of God and the good
| OF man, which Will add greatly to the
advancement of religion. The Catho-
| lies are doing noble work, but they
cannot do 1t all. Such service Is SER
RICHARD M'ILWAlNE.
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