The Columbus dispatch., 1908-02-13
CALEDONIA DEPARTMENT.

| and another child only five years old,
were playing in the room and that
they had bolted the door on the in
side The little ones clothing caught
fire at the fireplace and her mother
had to go through a window in order
to get into the room where the chill
dren were. Rev. W. G. GalceTan
conducted the funeral on the after
noon of the same day. The burial
was at Egger Cemetery. We feel
for the sorrowing family in this sad
bereavement.
Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade,
Death came with friendly care;
The opening bud to Heaven conveyed,
And bade it blossom there
Married at the home of the brides
parents on Wednesday, February 5,
Miss Lutte May Smith TO Mr.. Ernest
w. Vaughn, Rev w. c. GaIceran Of
ficiating. The bride is the beautiful
and accomplished daughter Of Mr.. r.
w Smith. who lives on the Military
/ Road; the groom is a son of Mr.. H
/ B. Vaughn and is worthy young
| home marriages we have had for
many a day The room was beauti-
/ fully decorated and was lighted arti-
| ficialIy The attendants were:
Misses Annie Lance and Hattie
Vaughn, bridesmaids: and Messrs.
Floyd Lofts and Leonard Vaughn,
! groomsmen.
Happy they, the happiest of their
kind
| Whom gentler stars unite. and in one
fate
Their hearts, their fortunes and their
beings blend"
We understand that the Christian
church at this place has raised about
$500 on the fund for a new building
DR.. n. B. Wood was confined to
his room several days last week, but
we are glad to say that he is now
able to be up again.
Messrs. Charlie Egger and Guy
Jameson made a trip to Aberdeen
| Friday.
Messrs. J. l.. Williams and ". c.
| Galceran left Monday for Hatties-
burg to attend the Masonic Grand
Lodge which convenes in that city on
| 18th inst.
Miss Kittie Crow, teacher at Lone
Oak, has been sick and the school
has been suspended for a week.
Stanley school, in charge of Miss
Beulah Smith, is temporarily sus-
pended in fear of an epidemic of
| measles in that neighborhOod.
Mr.. Sam Myers was in Columbus
on business last Saturday.
Delegates from the various Farm
ers' unions of Lowndes county met
here on February s. This is the first
county meeting Caledonia has had.
1t seemed to be well attended. we
| understand that the committee on
the location of a cotton warehouse
was continued and that the union
has not yet determined whether It's
warehouse shall be located at Steens
or al Columbus. The next meeting
is to be held at DowdIe schoolhOuse.
Mr.. Lamar Ruther of West Point
was in the Flint Hill neighborhood
lately on business. Mr.. Ruther buys
| livestock
Sunday was a bleak day with a
heavy downpour of rain; but Bro Ell
| lis filled appointment here, and Bro.
Galceran filled his at New Hope.
Mr. r. E. Grisham of West Point
visited his father-in-law, Mr.. W. J.
Stanley, last Friday.
Mrs. w. H. CASTOR has been with
her son. Roy, in Columbus, Like
almost everyone else, Roy has been
sick.
Mr.. Burnie Rye, who rides to
school from Monroe Co, on the other
side of the river, had the misfortune
TO lose his horse last week.
Mr. A. J. Fuqua of Columbus was
here on business for day or two
lastweek.
Our High School received a pleas
ant visit last week from Miss Glenn
ME Lofts, principal of New Salem
school, Misses Bessie Dowdle, Cora
Smith, Lola Egger and Jessie Cald-
we'll
Mrs. Augusta Harris is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. y. B. Wood.
The United States Department of
Agriculture has located at Columbus
a branch, in charge of Mr.. H. e
Savely, to do Farmers Cooperative
Cotton Demonstration work This
is your chance, friend farmer, TO have
the department at work on your own
e.
ing the most approved method Of
cotton raising from the preparation
of the seed bed TO the picking. As