The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-16
COLUMBUS SCHOOL
 USED AS MODEL Oklahoma Will Follow Lead Of
 The Institute
BOYS CORN CLUB IS BUSY
Great Interest Is Taken In Lowndes County In the Organization of the Corn Club-LaW and Order
 Meeting Is Held.

Columbus. Miss, March 15.-(Speeial) )- The Mississippi Industrial Institute and College, the great institution located Tn Columbus and of which all Mississippians call with pride "A Model School, Will be taken as a model for the Industrial Institute and College of Oklahoma This idea, so it seems is the outcome of et- forts on the part of Col. Thomas J. O'Nell, a former resident of Columbus who now lives in Chickasha Okla. The bill for an industrial school fI' thls new satte passed their legislative bodies some IS months ago and actual work IS soon to begin. Colonel O'Neill has exploited Missssippis greatness along educational lines with such force that the residents of Oklahoma are SO convinced Of the thoroughness and greatness of the local school that it's prototype will soon be To- cated in their midst and their women re- ceiving the same incomparable adVant- ages the women and girls of Missis- sippi now receive. This is a great com pliment to Mississippi
 The Lowndes County Boys Corn club, of which Hon s. NJ. Nash, county super intendent of education is the official head, has gotten down to work and now has an enrolment of 46 members. Professor Nash is busy distributing seed to the members of the association and he hopes to have the membership reach the hun dred mark before this week closes. So much interest is being taken in this line of work throughout the state that Pro lessor Nash feels he cannot afford to see Lowndes county anywhere else than high up in the column at the close of the corn season and he Is doing a great work ill this line in this section.
 A meeting of citizens was held at the courthouse tonight for the purpose of or ganizislg a Law and Order league in this city. Temporary organization was ef- fected by election of Hon. Henry l.. Whitfield president and w. E. Kennedy secretary President Whitfield will ap- point delegates to attend the state Law and Order league meeting to be held in Jackson Wednesday and Columbus will affiliate with that organization
 $ General John B. Mcfarland, inspector general on Governor Noel's staff, inspect cd the Columbus Riflemen tonight. He will inspect the Caledonia Rifles at Cal edonia, 15 miles northeast of here, tomor- row.
 Mayor E. S. Donnel has issued an ap- propriate appeal to the people of Co., lumbus on behalf of the storm sufferers at Brinkley Ark In his appeal he re- minds the Columbus people that God has been more mereful to us than to the people of the stricken Arkansas town and invites liberal subscription to their relief fund. The Mayo Drug company has a list which is being sub scribed to with generosity and Mayor Donnell is also collecting subscriptions. The money will be forwarded in a day or so.
 Rev w A Hewitt the popular and enterprising pastor of the First Bap- tist church. announced tahis service yes terday morning that about $25,O0O was needed to iquidate the debt on their new handsome edihce recently completed. In 30 minutes the liberal people of his con- gregation had subscribed SlS,000 and a list was started and 5000 more added to It by this morning. The church cost about S45.O00 and is one of the handsomest in the south Only $5000 remains to be collected and the pastor hopes to have this removed within the next month.
 The local Jewish congregation, B'Nai Israel has decided not to call pastor or rabbi to succeed Rev Joseph Herz, who died last month. A. Schwab, one of the prominent members of the congre- eation and one of the most prominent and prosperous merchants of the city. was recently elected as officiating rabbi and he will serve in this position indef- initely.