The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-11-26

called out twice last week Nothing
| serious happened. only a few panels
of fence having burned for Mr.. s. l..
Darnell.
| Mr.. Jack Egger is sick with la
grippe, but is reported as improving.
| Mr.. Sam Egger, of Deer Greek.
and Mr.. Heney Egger. of Columbus.
were at home last week, being called
home by the sickness of their father.
| Mr.. Hoyt Boyd and Miss Perla
Cockerham were married last Sun
day evening at three O'Clock at the
residence of the Rev. John Egger.
Mr.. J. w. Rye, of Hamilton, was
| in Caledonia last Sunday.
| There were four cabins burned at
Kolola Springs last week. caused by
| fire from the woods.
We are glad to welcome Mr.. and
| Mrs. s. j. Thompson in our commun-
ity. Mrs. Thompson was formerly
Miss Bessie Vaughn.
Last Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. John
Murphy, Misses Essie Egger, Laura
Hines and Mr.. Lem Stewart spent
the day with Mr.. and Mrs. John
Stewart
Mrs. Livingston, of Kennedy, Ala,
| is visiting Mrs. Kate Livingston this
week.
Mr.. Geo. Nuffer papered Mr.. w. s.
| Nichols house last week.
Mr. r. NJ Nichols, OF Columbus,
was the guest of his brother, Mr.. W.
A. Nichols, last week.
Mr.. w. A. Nichols made seventy
gallons of Louisiana molasses on
quarter of an acre OF land.
All members of the Caledonia Ri
ies are urged to meet in Caledonia
on Thursday evening, the 26th, at
two O'Clock, for target practice. BY
order of Capt. A NJ. Lawrence.
The many friends of Mr.. Malvin
| Andrews will be sorry to hear of his
getting his left hand caught in his
cotton sin last Tuesday, and was so
badly cut that it had to be amputated.
His arm was also broken.
1t affords us great pleasure TO an
nounce that on Friday night, Decem-
ber 4, next, the Hon. Luther Man
ship, present lieutenant governor of
| the State of Mississippi, will deliver
| his latest lecture, Lights and Shad-
ows of Slavery Days." in Caledonia,
| for the benefit of our high school.
In presenting Gov. Manship TO the
| people of this section for the first
time, let US say that his is not a lect-
ure, but rather an evening of enter
| tainment, blending humor and pathos
in most charming and original way
He is at his best when he presents
| the old-time darkey of the sunny
Southland He takes a sunny view
of life, Frightening and bringing hu-
man hearts closer together. He is
complete master of the negro dialect.
and can actually make a negro
ashamed of himself We hope every
man, woman and child living near
Caledonia, who desires to hear the
greatest impersonator on the Amer
ican stage, will take advantage of
this opportunity to do so. As this
lecture is to be delivered for the ben
eft of our high school, a small ad-
mission will be charged, the special
rate of twenty cents being made TO
all school children of the county who
may attend, and only thirty-five cents
for adults. As this will be Governor
Manship's first appearance here, and
as the proceeds are to be used for
the benefit of our school, let's greet
him with a large and appreciative
audience. The lecture will be de-
liyered in the Presbyterian church.
The two literary societies of the
Caledonia high school, Stephen d.
Lee and Robert E. Lee, had their
first joint meeting last Friday after
noon, November goth. Several vis-
itors were present to hear the fol-
lowing program rendered: Reading,
"The Life and Character of Robert
E. Lee by Miss Lula Stanley; rec
itation, Rock of Ages" by Miss Ru-
by Egger; debate, Resolved, That
the President and Vice-President of
the United States Should Be Elected
by the Peoples Vote" affirmative by
Mr.. Norman Stanley and Miss Annie
Lee Ussery, negative by Mr.. Fenton
Vaughn and Miss Birdie May Still
man; instrumental solo by Miss Mat
tie Garner; reading, Life and Char
acter of Stephen D. Lee" by Miss |
Maggie VIII Ussery; recitation by
Miss Mary West. Miss Matte Gar
ner entertained the school and vis-
itors with some very pretty instru-
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