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The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1909-01-14

frequently. There must be a chronic
game of checkers in progress up that
way.
Miss Willie Maude Locke and Mrs
Jno. B. Fort visited West Point the
past week.
Messrs. Tate and Askew are saving
up all the wood they can find. with
that new gasoline saving machine.
A recipe for the blues: Just hunt
up our good natured, always-inla-
and have a half hours conversation.
You will return to your business. in
good humor, and thinking YOU are
pretty good fellow after all.
We saw neighbor c. o. Lance catch
a hack and buggy, both full of com
pany. from the Montgomery division,
one afternoon the past week
Mr.. Swanzey is visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs. NJ. L. Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Castles visited
West Point the past week
Mr.. w. V. Connell, Jr., of Birming-
ham, is visiting home folks this week
There will be preaching Sunday.
the 21st, at IL o'clock a. m, by Rev.
A. H. Williams, at the Mayhem Union
church.
Mayhew is looking lovely in her
dress of hyacinths, yiOIets, narcissus.
and other flowers.
With best wishes to everybody.
"PericIes."
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1909-01-14

the sun itself, strong and glorious.
the lesson Of his life shining out to
be absorbed into the hearts, to illum-
inc the souls, TO stimulate and eIe-
vate and inspire the lives of our chill
dren for generations to come.
Gen. Lee died Confederate hero,
and the years that have passed since
have made him national hero. The
great virginian has become the great
American. In the South We have
long held him as the greatest figure
of the nineteenth century. as Gen.
George Washington was of the eight
eenth century.
! What wonderful thing it is for
Virginia to have given a Washington
and a Lee to the nation What
cause for pride in our past and high
resolve for our future. What a mag
nificent inspiration for the young men
of the nation.
President Theodore Roosevelt re-
news his suggestion that memorial
be erected by the nation to his mem
ory at Washington and Lee Univer-
sity, where his body now lies. All
honors to Gen. Robert E. Lee.
B. J. Rogers.
Soldiers Home, Richmond Va,
January 10, 1909.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1909-01-14

Beach Hargis, who is out on bond
in the sum CT $25 900 awaiting a sec
ond trial for the murder of his father,
Judge James Hargis, is in trouble
again. Young Hargis recently got
drunk and went to the home of Har-
Ian South, cousin living on Frozen
Greek, where he proceeded to raise
a rough house. After shooting at
his cousins feet to make him dance
Hargis shot the dishes off the table,
and, his aim being inaccurate on ac-
count of the liquor which he had i'm
bibed, he accidentally shot himself
in the foot. This is the second time
young Hargis has been in trouble
since his release on bond as a result
of his fathers murder. A few days
after the trial he got drunk and shot
up the town of Jackson, and was
lodged in Jail as a result of the es-
capade, but was released as soon as
he sobered up.
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Caledonia Denartmenf.

For the first time in the year 1893
Old Sal has smiled on Mother Earth
after being hid for eighteen days be-
hind leaden clouds. His appearance
was indeed welcome. for it has dis
PEELED the fogs and dampness which
have been the bane of the early riser
for so long.
The farmers have been making
good use of the beautiful sunshine
by sowing oats. There are being more
oats sowed this spring than have
been in several years. Some are done
sowing oats, and are preparing their
corn land. We notice that our neigh
Dor, Mr.. Charlie Morris, has his cOrn
land all headed up, ready to plant.
Our farmers are all hustIing early
and late preparing their land and
hauling out their homemade fertih-
zers. There is always plenty of work
to do on a farm all the time, winter
and summer. There is no rest for
the wicked, says the Book, neither is
there rest for the farmer or any other
man who loves his work and is on his
job all the time. There are so many
things which the average farmer may
liable and pleasant, that any farmer.
whether owner or tenant, may find
occupation every day he MAY wish
throughout the winter. Every load
of barn-yard manure saved End haul
ed out in the winter brings large re-
turns. The winter also gives a man
an excellent chance to be in his farm
shop repairing his farm machinery
and getting everything in ship shape
for the spring plowing, so that there
will be nothing to do when the wealth
er clears up in the spring but hitch
old Maud up and start of to turning
the earth. There is no earthly excuse
except pure Iaziness for a man hug
ging the hot stove all winter.
Last Saturday the writer and Capt
J. L. Egger drove over to Border
Springs and listened to very inter-
esting and appropriate lecture By the
f1eN. MI NELSON Oh ~ udl u q oAA-
day School? And What it Takes TO
Make a Good Sunday School He
also organized a Bible class Bro. \
Nelson is an earnest worker and be-
ieves that a live, working Sunday
school is the life of a church, and a
church without a Sunday school is
Tery nearly a dead church We need
more true, good, earnest Sunday !,
school workers to go out in the high /
Ways and hedges and compel them 10
:ome to the Sunday school
Rev. R. W. Goudelock filed his
egular appointment at Andrews
,hapel last Sunday.
Mr.. Monroe Walters and Miss Par
,er of the Fernbank neighborhood
topped across the line from Alabama
o the home of Rev John Egger at
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1909-01-14
STREET sPRINKLING.

Mayor Donnell'S suggestion as to
street sprinkling, which was publish
ed in last Sundays paper, since it
has been read and understood by the
people, has met with almost univer-
sal favor Sentiment in this city for
a wider and more efficient system of
caring for the dust has been growing
for years, and it has now reached
that point where the city fathers will
be compelled to provide for it.
The plans which have been sug-
gested heretofore have all had some
objection raised to them, even as the
mayors present plan will be objected
to but is seems to be the most equit-
able, fair and just which has yet
been presented, and is the plan which
has been followed with satisfaction in
other cities of the class of Columbus.
The street sprinkIing question viii
not be prominently before the mem
bers of the council before the spring
months begin, but the time to settle
the question is at the present, and
this can be done. The council should
take up the suggestion at their next
meeting and arrange for a transfer
of the present equipment to the city
upon a satisfactory basis, and this
department. should be organized and
ready for operation as soon as the
bad weather is over.
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Judge John l.. Buckley, of the
Tenth circuit court district, is to be
congratulated upon the virile and
forceful charge which he delivered to
the grand jury last Monday. Judge
Buckley did not mince. matters, but
admitted freely and frankly his dis
gust at the laxity with which the laws
on the statute books are enforced in
Mississippi He said that at a recent
court term over which he presided
in another county six men were ac-
quilted on the charge of murder, and
declared that III their veTdicts the
jurymen in each of these cases went
on record as being opposed to a rigid
and righteous enforcement Cf the law
More than ordinary care was eX-
ercised in empaneling and qualifying
the grand jury, his honor having re-
quired each prospective juryman to
answer separately and distinctly the
questions which the law directs shall
be propounded to them. After the
panel had been completed he not only
charged the body to thoroughly inves-
tigate every violator of the law and
speedily indict the guilty parties, but.
urged upon them the necessity of
keeping. secret everything that trans
pires in the grand jury room,
The charge in its entirety was an
earnest appeal for rigid enforce
ment of the laws as laid down on the
statute books, and if the work accom-
plished during the present term of
court does not, haYe salutary effect
upon the county it will not be the
fault of the presiding Judge.
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Delicious Gingerbread.

Children are great lovers of ginger
bread, and grown folks, too, if it is of
the rich melt -in-th mouth" kind The
following recipe by the famous Mrs.
Mary ]. Lincoln, is commended to those
who delight in this delicacy:
Mix two cups flour, one-half level
teaspoon salt, one level teaspoon soda,
one level tablespoon ginger stir in one
cup molasses, two tablespoons softened
Cottolene and one-half cup boiling
water. Bake in shallow pan. If for des-
sert, bake In layers. Fill with whipped
cream, favored with lemon.
he little ones can eat this freely
Lard is indigestible, but Cottolene, the
perfect shortening, makes food that
agpees with the most delicate stomachs.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1909-01-14
TO THE PEOPLE OF PICKEN's

With this issue the Pickens County
Department of The Dispatch makes
its appearance. 1t will be q regular
feature of the paper in the future,
and we hope TO make it invaluable to
you from every standpoint. Each
week it will contain the news from
Pickens county, and it will strive for
the advancement of the moral and
material interests of the section it is
intended to represent and serve.
The department is in charge of Mr..
Hill Williams, at Carrollton, and we
will be glad for the people OF this
section to support him in the work
in which he has engaged. He will be
glad to receive all the news from
every source, and will give it his
care and attention in seeing that 1t
is accurately presented in these coll
umns of this paper.
The Dispatch, rejecting the senti-
ntent of the people of this city, has
long recognized the Importance Of
the Pickens county section in COM
mercial way, and is grateful for the
patronage which it has enjoyed from
these good people. We hope to bring
this section closer in touch than ever
with Lowndes county, and. through
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1909-01-14

A sensation was sprung in the trial
of the two Coopers and ex-Sheriff
Sharp. who are under indictment for
the murder of Senator Carmack at
Nashville, when on last Saturday
Thomas w. Cartwright, one of the
iurymen, was arrested on warrant
charging him with perjury. The war
rant, which was sworn out before
Justice Jake Levine by Attorney Gen
eral McCarn, charged that Cartwright
swore falsely in order to insure his
selection as juryman. On his ex-
animation Cartwright, who was for
merly sheriff of Davidson county,
swore that he had neither formed nor
expressed an opinion in the case, and
it is claimed by the prosecution that
in making this statement he swore
falsely. The trial was stopped Satur
day by the illness of the presiding
judge, but Judge Hart's indisposition
proved to be only temporary, and the
hearing of the case was resumed on
Monday
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Crawford Notes.
Soldiers Home, Richmond
January 19, 1909.

The past week has been an ideal
one, and gardening begun with in
terest. BY the way, the Sunshines' =
spent Thursday at Glover Hill'. and
had for dinner fresh tomatoes and
salad, home grown. Wonder if our
champion gardeners, Mr.. Chas Kfer,
Miss Kate Erwin, Mr.. D. P. Brooks,
Capt. Spaulding. Mr.. S. s. Scales and
Mr. Jack Erwin, can beat this. If so,
We will not give all the praise to
Glover Hill"
Mrs. H. H. Smith was the charming g
hostess of the C. R. Club on Friday
afternoon.
Miss Mary Weatherby, of Macon,
is the guest of Mrs. Kier and other
Crawford friends.
DR.. Broyles, with two of his. chill
dren, returned from Columbus last
Tuesday 1t was quite a pleasant
surprise to find Mrs. Broyles, an old
school mate of ours, so we doubly
welcome her as a neighbor.
Messrs. Charles Evans, Harden
IId1I SUM- ~ IL Ii III anu OI1ISlS
passed through town Friday on their
return from a wolf hunt in Noxubee
county. They met with but little
success.
Mr.. R. R. Brooks, after having
spent some weeks in Texas, is again
with home folks.
Mr.. F. T. Carr returned Monday
night from visit to Birmingham and
Columbus.
Mr.. John Chandler has been right
sick for the past few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baskerville Hardy
were in town calling on last Friday
afternoon.
We are glad to see Mr.. Dock Hair
ston out again after an illness of
about two weeks.
Master Edwin Erwin is again on
the sick list All wish for him a
speedy recovery.
Mrs. G. P. Waller entertained the
'Swastika" Club Saturday afternoon.
Forty two was played, and at the
close of the game Mrs. Spaulding,
Mrs. Gould, Miss Lucie Scales and
Miss Alma MCGEE cut for the first
prize, Miss MCGEE being the lucky
one, and having been presented with
a beautiful white silk scarf, while
Mrs Terry won the BOBBY, box of
talcum powder. A delightful salad
course was then served.
Misses Eel and WestmoreIand of
Columbus are the attractive guests
of Mrs. J. r. Waller.
Juanita, the little daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Melville Kemp, has been
quite i'll for several days with pneu-
monia. We are glad to note that she
is some better today, and hope that
she will soon be restored to perfect
health
Rev Sydenstricker. Presbyterian
evangelist, of West Point, preached
here Sunday and Sunday night. It is
quite a spiritual treat to hear this |
good brother, and if he knew how |
much the Crawford people enjoyed |
his sermons he would come down |
oftener, for we feel that "it is good |
,or him to be here
Mr.. John Lester came last night |
rom the University of Mississippi. |
He is suffering from rheumatism. so
lad to give up his school duties.
With his good mother as nurse, no |
ioubt he will soon be well.
Mr.. w. L. Cook of Penn Station
vas shaking hands with Crawford
riends Friday.
A number of young people from
were in town Saturday.
Sunshine"
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Letter from soldiers, Home.

Mr.. Editor-Virginia is today cele-
brating the birthdays of two of Vir-
ginia's most noted sons, Edgar A. Poe
and Gen. Robert E. Lee.
Lees birthday is State holiday.
State Offices and departments are all
closed, and exercises are suspended
in public schools. n many parts of
the State Confederate veterans and
soldiers are assembled to d. honor
to his name and fame. with Confed-
crate flags displayed on every hand.
In Alexandria, Va, at the annual
banquet of r. e. Lee n. c.. Veterans,
held in Lee camp hall, Hon. John
Sharp Williams of your State will be
the principal orator of the occasion
Well equipped is he for the moment
Gus occasion.
This is a year of centenaries. The
praises of various great ones are be-
ing sung who, whatever their large
services, will not be much on mems
lips again for another hundred years.
The case is different with Gen. r. E.
Lee, to whose memory the South pays
tribute today. Every birthday of Gen
Lee means memorial services in all
hearts. Gen. Lee is the most COM
plete example we have among Eng
1ish speaking people Of high, fine, ma
tured, sturdy, calmly assured man
hood. Lee was a whole man. His
body fitted his mind. Both were mag
nificently handsome and commanding.
He was master of himself. He stands
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Notice to Subscribers.

Subscribers to The Dispatch who
receive their papers either by carrier
or through the mails will confer a
favor on the management If they
will file written complaints OF any
failure of the paper TO reach them
promptly and regularly.
The Dispatch covers Northeast Mis-
sissippi and Northwest Alabama, the
territory tributary to Columbus, like
the dew.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1909-01-14

President Roosevelt announces that
he will not go before the federal
grand jury and testify in the famous
libel suit against the New York
World and the Indianapolis News.
He declares that were he private
citizen, nothing would give him more
pleasure, but is of the opinion that
as president of the United States it
would be undignified in him to sub
nit to interrogations by the inquisi-
torial body. Judge Wood has dis
missed the subpoenas against J. Ag-
nus Shaw and VIM. p. Mclaughlin,
two of the principal witnesses in the
case. but Attorney General Bonaparte
and Secretary Root have other wit
nesses by whom they hope to force
testimony that will bring about the
Indictment of those who are alleged
to be guilty of libel.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1909-01-14

{ eleven o'clock sunday night. where
they were quietly made man and wiie.
The marriage bells have been ring
ing lively for the past week. and Wiu
continue. as the numerous readers
OF The Dispatch viii see ia ne1t
weeks paper
Mr.. Otis Caine and Miss Minnie
/ Halbert were united In the holy
bonds OF matrimony Monday evening.
the 18th. AT three o'clock. by the
Rev, John Egger-
BIr. Walter LalIer and Miss Jennie
May Vaughn were married SUNDAY.
the 18th. at the home of the Hou- J.
l. Williams. the ceremony having
been performed by Esquire WnliaEls-
Mr. Charles Harper OF vernoa ana
Miss Ettie Evans were married last
SUNDAY evening at two O'Clock az the
brides home by the Rev Mr. Nelson-
The bride is the daughter of 1IF- ana
Mrs. John Evans of Border springs
AIr. and Mrs Harper lefy soon after
the ceremony for their home near
Vernon Ala
Mr. csc Jameson and Miss Laura
wayman. both OF Aberdeen. we-e
married Tuesday uIsht. the 1sth. az
the Methodist parsonage. by the Rev.
Dir. Esnds1l- Guy is the son o. Dr.
Jameson OF Caledonia
Rev r. ". Goudelock wm preach
in Caledonia next sunday. the sIst.
at eleven o'clock. in the Cumberland
Presbyterian church
The many friends OF Mr. A l.
Stanley viii be sorry 90 learn that
his wife is still quite sick We hope
she viii soon recover
Mr. Z. o. Harper has bought cat
Mr.. T. F. Richards. paying him six
teen dollars per acre
Mr. r : Dabuey. OF Nashville.
Tenn. paid Our village a business
visit last week
Mr.. Wash smith. OF Baxter. has
the contract TO build Mr. l. a. Law-
rences residence this spring.
Ou< efficient postmaster. Capt. A.
NJ LawrenC1. has been making some
improvements IN the postoHoe OF
Caledonis.
Mr.. Charlie Egger and wife have
returned home from a few DAYS visit
in Monroe county. where they have
been making glad the home of Mr..
Clarence MiEe OF Hamilton
Mr.. Rufus Grissom and wife OF
West Point are visiting In the home
OF Mr.. William Stanley this week.
Alr. Roy EEgsr has accepted a po-
sition in the store of Mr.. a. NJ Law
renee. where Sc viii D. glad to serve
his friends Roy looks az home be-
hind the counter armed with the
yard stick
Mr.. and Mrs. C. o. Eikuer of HAM
ilton were the guests of Mr.. Jim SIM
man last sunday
Capt J. l. Egser and the writer
were royalty entertained In ths hos
pitabIe home OF Mr.. ANDY Duncan
last sunday in the Border Springs
Mr. Frank Harris and wife of
WOOdlawn. spent last sunday visiting
In the home OF Mr- Tom Morris 90
Miss Bertha Yltman and Messrs-
Graham. Logan and Tatman. of Mlli-
port. are visiting Miss Otr this weeE-
Mr. Carter. Of the Phoenix Drug
OF Aberdeen. vas In Gale
ionIa last Friday looking after the
interests OF his arm
Mr. Tom Boyd. a prosperous far
ner Of Monroe county. vas the guest
of Mr. e o. Harper last THURSDAY
Emmett J."
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All who placed orders FOR World
Wonder cottOnssed are urged 70 cali
and get the same. As they are GOV
ready for delivery c. r Curtis. Ms
sissippi Cotton OIL Co l-24-1w
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the medium of this department. hope
to render substantial service to
these people.
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Rabbi Jacob II Raplan. OF selma.
Ala. was in the city on yesterday on
a visit 10 friends in this city.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1909-01-14

The many friends OF Hiss EIIiy
Stinson are glad 10 note that she has
recovered from a few days Illness
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Mr. Al c. Daneey. OF Louisville,
Miss. Is in the city OF business
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-02
A CABINET OF LAWYERS.

The one striking thing about Mr..
Taft's cabinet selections. considered
as Il whole. Is the eminent lawyers
preference for able men Of his own
profession. Mr.. Knox was never a pol.
itician, and entered the Mckinley cab.
met purely upon his reputation as a
strong lawyer. Judge Van .Dcvanter.
Judge Dickinson. Mr.. Wlckersham. Mr..
Balllnger. and Mr.. Nagel, have all
made their careers as lawyers. rather
than as business men or politicians or
ofIlce.hollers. They are all men OF
the highest standing in their profes.
sion. Those Of them who have not
served rs president Of the American
Bar Association would be regarded by
their fellow lawyers as well qualified
for that honor. Even Mr.. Hitchcock
has been admitted to the bar. He has
not. however, practiced law, and has
made his way In the public service and
In political life. The only two mem.
bers of the new cabinet who are not
lawyers are the followers from the
present cabinet, NJ. Wilson anil Mr..
Meyer, both Of whom are highly train.
ed public men OF long experience In
legislative and executive work. With
the personality Of the new cabinet. the
country Is not as yet we'll acquainted,
for Obvious reasons. But there can be
no, doubt MS 10 the tried efficiency OF
each Individual unit In the group. and
the country will soon learn the person.
al traits OF these much.respectel and
exceedingly capable members Of the
learned profession Of the law. These
men are OF high quality Of patriotism
and public spirit, and they will serve
Uncle Sam as faithfully as they have
ever In the practice Of their profess
sion served the interests Of any prl.
yate client. Mr.. Taft has. many and
serious problems before him, md 1t
evidently suits him to have as heads
OF departments men possessing great
legal knowledge and experience, who
are also capable In matters OF bnsl'
ness. A high standard has been set
by the, Roosevelt cabinet, and the way
has been blazed In many directions.
The new department heads cannot cas-.
lily excel their predecessors, = From
"The Progress OF The World" In the
American Review OF Reviews for
March.