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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-04-21
FIELD DAY AT
CORINTH TOMORROW
MANY GOING FROM COLUMBUS
SPECIAL TRAIN WILL LEAVE NJ. & 0.
DEPOT AT $40 O'CLOCK A. NJ.
RETURN ABOUT | AM.

Several hundred school children
and parents will leave the city to-
morrow morning at 500 o'clock
for COrinth, where they will at
tend the field day meet of the
Scho0master's Club of Northeast
Mississippi. A special train will
be run ander the Management of
the M. & q. r. R., and the school
authorities ill not be responsible
for anyone. The train will arrive
in Corinth abos 10 O'Clock, and
will leave that jty about 7 D. m.
arriving in Colun1us about one
O'Clock. Only schoI children and
their parents are exp,ted on tbis
special train.
Corinth. through thRusiroos
Mems Club and Fair AsSsio+ion
is very generously planing to
make Friday a great day t. tho
schools and frients of Nortaast
Mississippi. 1t notonly furnsh-
es the grounds and al accomna-
dations for the exercises. bt
propose to furnish a Aarbecue
| dinner for all of the crow3.
The following will represen.
Columbus: Music, Miss Jami
Grace, 1st, Miss Catherine Liz
damood, End; elocution, Mi
Mamie Liss Savage; defamation
Mr.. Henry Rechtin; 1st, M
Winston Caine, End; one mi
race, Mr.. William Burris, Is
Mr.. Davis McColloch, End; OF
hundred yard dash, Mr.. Dav
Mccullough, 1st, Mr.. Villa
Burris, End; hammer throw, M
Davis Mccullough, 1st, Mr.. vii
lam Burris, End; pole vault, NJ
| lFerd Hewett.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-04-21

building yesterday and re-
iterated that he would
sell 5000 shares of the capital
stock of the Providence Oil &
Gas Co., in blocks of 100 shares
at 40 cents a share and that he
had certificates of stock in his
possession and was prepared to
deliver same. He has exhibited
his stock certificates to the editor
of this paper. He said, Il am
not selling company stock; but
private holdings in the company.
l am sure Capt. Sharp would
never have made his statement
had he understood the facts. "
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-04-21
W, 0. W. MONUMENTS
UNVEILED SUNDAY
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES HELD
HON. C. [. GARNETT WHO WAS ORATOR
OF THE DAY MADE AN ELOQUENT
ADDRESS,

Several hundred people assem-
bled at Friendship cemetery on
last Sunday afternoon to witness
the beautiful and solemn cere-
monies, incident to the unveiling
of monuments erected in honor
of the deceased Woodmen, who
have passed away within the last
eighteen months. Queen City
Camp No. %, w. O. W. had
charge Of the exercises which
were conducted at the grave ofthe
late J. T. Senter. The members of
the camp assembled at the lodge
at 3 o'clock and marched to the
cemetery in a body, to the taps
of mufHed drum, where they
stood in triangular shape around
the grave while the impressive
ceremonies were conducted.
A selected choir consisting OF
Mrs. Fl. Dashiell, Mrs. JOSEPH
Peacher. Mrs. M. F. McWilliams,
Mrs. J. T. Champneys, Mr.. Geo
+. McCown and Mr.. Eugene
Muslin, opened the services by
singing Nearer My God t
Thee" The memorial was ther
read by Council Commander HO
gan Duncan, assisted by Messrs
H. F. Simrall, S. Schwab, Wind
ham and Smith. Miss Mamie
Liss Savage recited feelingIy
20, Why Should The Spirits O-
Mortals Be Proud. "
Hon. @. l.. Garnett, the orator
of the occasion, spoke on I'm
mortality" Mr.. Garnett who
possesses unusual oratorical pow
ers paid beautiful tribute to the
order of the Woodmen of the
World and also to the memory OF
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-04-21

the deceased members. At the
same time he gave words OF
courage and inspiration to the
living. In his address he made
some convincing arguments In
favor of life after death. Mr..
Garnett proved himself a finished
scholar and able speaker.
The address by Mr.. Garnett
closed the exercises of the even
ing. The monuments unveiled
were those erected over the
graves of Messrs. J. T. Senter,
C. NJ. Barnett, ]. B. Prowell,
Abe Lofts, and j. 7. Cowart.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-04-21

rich relations, as it will sive
others faith in your ability and
your power to accomplish what
ever you undertake. Such a
reputation is like gold-it is cur
rent the world over at par. No
matter what traducers or the en-
vious may say, there is a never
failing demand for the man or
woman who, despite discourage
ment and criticism, pluckily
pushes ahead until they have
gained the goal their ambition
has set out to reach. Be coura-
geous, even with the examples
of failure all around; if others
have failed, that is no reason
why you should not succeed. Go
at it with a determination to win
and nothing can stop you.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-04-21
Find Holes In Vardaman's s
Account.

The following special appeared
in the New Orleans Item of last
Saturday:
Jackson, Miss, April IS" The
report of the expert accountant,
Charles ]. Moore, which was
submitted to the senate and
house Friday afternoon by Chair
man Pollard, of the senate, and
Chairman Hood, of the house,
shows former Governor James K.
Vardaman spent $2721.2 of the
States money for which there is
no voucher or record, except that
it was drawn.
The report also shows that
Vardaman paid some Of his per-
sonal accounts out of this fund;
that he drew expense money out
of the executive contingent fund
to attend meetings of the various
boards of trustees of which he
was an ex-officio member, then
drew his mileage and per diem
from the institution for attending
the meeting.
The report was signed by
every member of the joint COM
mittee, among whom were some
of Vardaman's warm personal
friends and supporters. Sen
ator Pollard, chairman of the
senate committee; Senator Sim
mons and Senator Potter, men,
bers of the committee, are all
loyal Vardaman supporters, and
the fact that the report of the
committee was unanimous was
amazing to some persons.
\ Vardaman made a statement
to the committee, declaring every
cent of the money had beer
legitimately spent. But there Il
J 0ne item where he paid a we'll
known Jackson house over $3C
. out Of this fund for persona
account.
The report covers the full pc
, riod of his administration, an'
there are several memorandum
to detective agencies and othe
concerns for money purported u
r have been paid out, but whlcI
: there is no record, nor is tn
claim even written on statloner
itof these firms.
report was simply sui
e mitted by 10 Joint committt
n without any Recommendation
$ suggestion and ordered spree
: upon the journal of the sena
II and house. There was no di
e cussion of the report. "
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-04-21
Pure Linen

Tailored waists, only SlOO a,
Simon Loeb & Bro.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-04-21
U. C. v. Reunion Special Train

Leaving Artesia at 12:45 a. m.
April 25, 1910. arriving Mobile
at 8 a. M, April 25. Through
coaches, sleepers and dining
cars. For particulars, apply to
Mobile & Ohio 2 gent.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-04-21

The big diamond contest is
rapidly drawing to a close and
the ladies who have remained
in the race will do their utmost
from now on to win the coveted
prizes. The leaders are still run
ming very close together and
their friends are intensely inter
ested in the outcome.
Want the Special Prize.
The special prize manicure and
toilet set, offered by Rombach
Bros, for the most subscription
votes secured during this week,
is causing the candidates to ex-
ert themselves with the hope Of
winning it. The special prize is
well worth extra effort, too, and
the lady who gets It will be fort
unate.
Never in the history Of a news
paper in this section Of Missis-
sippi have so many people taken
the interest in anything as they
have the contest now being con-
Quoted by The Commercial. It
) is no longer merely a question of
winning prize. The pride Of
: the contestants and their large
circles of relatives and friends
has become aroused as never be.
tore over a friendly measuring
J this. = OH OH INN
1t is now a race of the Sc,
and survival of the fittiest. al an
: as such will arouse this whol,
. section. 1t is worth while from
; every point of view and clear
cut, good natured rivalry, wit
0 equal chances FOR all and specia
h favors to none.
e If the contest had closed Sat
Y urday evening, according - IN
totals published in the paps,
D Miss Dismukes would have bee
ee the winner of the big diamor
Or ring. Only six months suI
ad scription would have change
te the standing. Lock out for Il
IS last day that the same little s
months subscription does n
$500 cause your defeat. Get tn
one that you let slip throul
your hands the first of the wee
it might be the sole cause of yo
winning the feature prize.
1t is lucky for several Of 0
contestants that the end is ST
three weeks away, as some
them would have surely be-
disappointed when they saw t
final count and realized the ca
with which the prizes could ha
% been won. AS stated before
six months subscription wou
all have changed the position. HC
no would you have felt
have missed the first pri
by so small a margin? Y
would never forgive yourse
lr Take our advice, it is for 70
own good, and get out and wo
for The balance of the allott
4 time and work as never befo
There is not a single contesta
in the race that could not sect
a five year subscription to sucs
paper as The Commercial a
week of their lives. We wol
much prefer five one year 81
scriptions to one for five yea
n but take the latter if unable
We get the former.
1t will be to the everlasti
gain of all our contestants to
cure the reputation for persi
ency. It will be of more va
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-04-21
Passover + Feast.

The Feast of Passover will be
observed by holding divine SER
vices at the Temple B'Nai Israel
next Saturday evening at 8
O'Clock and Sunday at 7:45 a. m.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-04-21
Sensational Drop in Price Of
Potatoes.


New York, April 19.-The
present Sensational drop in the
price of potatoes may mean
Farn;iisfiood of all kinds.
old potatoes as I6e;essing out their
bushel, which is the low;esents a
in 1rany years. AS a result o.
its Investigations, the American
Agriculturist for April % will
say:
"A marked decline occurred in
we prices Of certain food pro
uue' If this decline continues
niucil ~cger, the commissions
lnVesLleaDiis- higher prices will
ma themselves 1T of a job. "
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-01-21
lg it. Then began struggle

choking it. Then began a struggle
that lasted for more than an hour.
Ordinarily a horse is desperately
afraid of bear, but the cow pony
which Gordon was riding stood the
ordeal fearlessly. 1t maintained its
position while Gordon dismounted
with view of attacking the bear at
close quarters with his knife. He
had no other weapon. The bear put
up hard fight the moment it saw
Gordon on the ground. 1t rushed at
him and struck him terrific blow on
the shoulder which sent him sprawl
ing several feet away and out of
reach of the maddened animal, which
was confined to a prescribed circle by
the rope
Strange to say, the bear made no
attack upon the horse. 1t seemed to
consider Gordon responsible for the
whole trouble. Gordon determined
to kill the animal before he left the
spot. He made several Intellectual
efforts to dash in on the bear and
give it a blow with his knife, but
each time he was struck by the ami
mails paw. Finally he got hold of
the rope and by a sudden pull man
aged to tighten the moose so that the
bears wind was temporarily shut off.
Taking advantage of the moment
Gordon rushed in and cut the jugular
vein of the animal with his knife. He
loaded the bear upon his horse and
brought it to the ranch house.-Kan-
sas City Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-01-21
For the
Younger
Children.

reans won the battle. To remember
the event the men of Korea have ever
since worn nails in the soles of their
shoes. The hats worn by the Koreans
are of several styles, but the kind
most used has a broad, fiat brim, hall
way up the crown. The hats worn al
royal court are like high skull caps
with winglike flaps extending out to
the sides. Such queer belief exists
in Korea that the children of this
country will laugh when they hear OF
it. All through the nation the people
fear bad spirits and demons who they
think can do them much harm.
In order to frighten away these
imaginary beings the Koreans do
strange things. Upon the roof of the
palace used by the kings for so many
years are figures of bronze resembling
different animals, which are as hid
eous as they could be made, so that
the evil spirits might take a fright
and not visit the palace. Some i'm
portant men of the country are al
lowed to hang two pictures of great
generals at their doors to protect
their homes from the 'Fevil ones" The
poor man hangs piece of old rag
and a bunch of rice straw at his door,
believing that the 'bad spirits" will
stop to eat the rice and then work
their harm on the piece of rag, so
will not enter the house.-Washing
ton Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-01-21
ROPING A COUGAR.

went out recently for a beef steer
and followed course up Cougar
Canon. What did I find but lion
track in the snow, the snow being six
inches to two feet in the drifts, so I
could easily track the lion. Then
began to wish for my gun, but I fol-
lowed along the track, and in about
a mile I came to a calf he had killed
about three days ago.
He had just left this calf, could
see, on the run, SO I went on after
him at gallop. 1t was very rough
country, but in mile I got sight of
Mr.. Lion He was 1eaping along,
seeming to go about thirty feet to a
jump. Then down came my Iasso
and 1 began to flank my horse with
it.
He had scented the lion and did not
want to face the music, but the lasso
and my spurs made him go on up
toward the lion. When within about
thirty feet of the lion 1 made throw
with the lasso and caught him fair
around the neck, then took my turns.
The lion grabbed the rope in his
teeth, but the horse was wild with
fright, and with me giving him the
rein and the spur he made such a
hot pace that lion never gained his
feet, and was turned end over end
so he let loose of the lasso and I
never let him get his feet again until
he was dead.
The lasso has the teeth marks
where he grabbed it. Any one can
search his hide for bullet hole. If
any one thinks 1 shot the animal /
will hold this hide to let him examine
it. Then l want to sell it. The head
is on, and the feet up to its knees.
The lion was seven feet from the tip
of the nose to the tip of the tail, and
stood three feet high.-M. Pulsipher,
in the Salt Lake City Evening News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-01-21
LABOR WORLD.

-,
Hungary has almost 10000 trade
unionists.
Union taiIors all over the United
States and Canada are voting for in
ternational officers
Preliminary stems have been taken
looking to the erection of a labor
temple at Fargo, N. D.
As early as 1874 = mechanics con-
vention was held at ITtica N TO
nrotaet against convict Iahor
oonrontion IF tho International
Tranenort WorI,nrr, Taderation meets
in Connnhagen DaDmork next Au-
oust
o. , ~.
~ 5ali!AIl" : 's '' "ol Iil NV, t>e%
y! ~ ~ io' III an iii l''.lol a.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-01-21
"TELLING THE BEES"

Whittier's poem, Telling the
Bees" and Eugene Fields on the
same subject, have puzzled many
readers not familiar with the quaint
customs of old England and that are
still in existence not only there, but
in New England. Of these, the prac-
tice of telling the bees is one. Should
a member of the family die, some one
must go and knock lightly upon each
beehive and tell the little workers.
else, according to the superstition,
they will either fly away or die. In
some localities it is the custom to put
a tiny piece of funeral biscuit in each
hive. The hive is also draped with a
strip of crepe. In some of the rural
districts of England the bees are for
mally invited to funerals, and in Dew
onshire the hives are turned around
if it was the owner who died.
In England there is an almost uni
versal belief that it is unlucky to sell
bees They must be ''given," the re-
cipient making return of a bushel OF
corn, pig, or other equivalent. Sto
len bees will not thrive, and it is un-
lucky for a straying swarm to settle
upon ones land unless they are ulti.
mately claimed by the owner.
1t is an ancient custom to ring
bells, beat upon tin pans and other
wise create an unharmonious clamor
when bees swarm-this usage being
universal in the United States and
England, as we'll as in various CONT
mental States of Europe.
The idea is that the bees will like
the music" and pitch upon near
by tree-an idea which clashes with
the well accepted contention that bees
have no sense of hearing.
AS a matter of fact, the practice
probably originated in the legend of
Jupiter as given in Virgil. When the
infant Jupiter lay hidden in the Gre
tan caves the bees fed him with
honey, while the Cretans, to drown
the infants cries, which might have
attracted his fathers attention to the
spot, danced about and clashed to-
gether brazen cymbals. Or perhaps,
the original intent of the racket was
to notify the neighbors that your
bees had swarmed and that you would
duly claim them if they settled on an
others land.-New York Times.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-01-21
JUST A LITTLE BOY.


There is a boy in our town
(Ard he is wondrous wise),
Who, when the rain comes pouring down
And clouds o'erspread the skies,
Says, "Ill just smile the best | can,
No matter how it pours;
And We'll have sunshine in the house
If it does rain out of doors"
When naughty words swarm through hi:
brain,
And clamor to be said,
He shuts his teeth together tight
And says, "Tll kill you dead,
Unless you will be sweet and kind,
And good and iull of fun;
You can't come out until you are
No, not sir gle one!"
He thinks Wien he's grown-up man,
With wise and sober face,
He'll do some wondrous deed to make
This ca tn q brighter place;
But nothing in this whole wide world
Can give more lasting JOY,
Or male more solid sunshine,
Thai just little boy.
philadelphia Times.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-01-21
THE SOLDIERS PUSHED.

United States soldiers once pushed
a Santa Fe train over the hills in New
Mexico to get to an Indian fight
Avery Turner, who now rides in pri-
vate car over the Santa Fe lines, was
the conductor of the train.
1t was away back in the early sos,
just after the Santa Fe had built into
New Mexico, and grizzled old General
Forsyth was in command Of the
troops in northern New Mexico. The
Santa Fe in those days was not the
wealthy corporation that it is now and
it did not have the powerful locomo-
tives that draw its trains over the
steepest grades without difficulty. 1t
had only a few wheezy little old loco
motives out on its frontier lines and
sometimes they pulled and sometimes
they didn't.
General Forsyth got dispatch that
the Indians were making trouble up
in southern Colorado and he wanted
to move his troops at once to the
scene. Avery Turner was trainmas-
ter at the time and he told the Gener-
al that with the motive power at his
command it would be impossible to
move the number of men desired. In
language more picturesque than po-
lite the General ordered the train to
be made up.
your road has a contract to trans
port soldiers, and by the gods you will
transport us or I will know why"
was his final remark.
''That meant get busy" said Mr..
Turner in relating the story, "and |
did the best I could. I hitched the
little locomotive at my command to
the troop train and we started.
"The first big hill we encountered
the very thing knew would happen
occurred to us. We stalled.
81 asked the General if he would
place $50 men at my command. He
replied that he would place the whole
bunch at my command if | would
only get him to the scene of the fight
instead of stopping on mountain
side to rest.
''When the men were ordered out
I ordered them to get on either side
of the train and push. Well, you
ought to have seen the expressions
on the faces of those soldiers. They
saw I meant what I said, however,
and they pushed-and the train went
up the hill
t'They all got on again and things
went we'll till we came to another hill.
I repeated my request to the General
and got some more real soldier Ian
guage for my trouble, but I got the
men, and over we went again.
''Next time we slowed down the en-
tire command turned out and the en-
gineer actually had to put on the
brakes to keep the train from getting
hot boxes in making the ascent. We
had no more trouble. The soldiers
were ready every time we got to a hill
and we reached the scene of debark-
alton ahead of time.
"Old General Forsyth smiled as he
said farewell and said if we needed
any more United States assistance in
the operation of the Santa Fe to call
on him, but we didn't need it. Head
quarters soon sent out some better
locomotives, and after that we trans
ported soldiers over any hills in New
Mexico and they rode all the way"
New York Sun.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-01-21
THE HOB-NAILED SHOES.

These people living in a small
country just north of China have Of
ten had their home called the Her
nit Nation" because of their dislike
to foreigners. All of the common
people of Korea dress in blush white,
while the rich clothe themselves in
silks of brilliant colors. The men
wear long, loose gowns, which hang
from their shoulders down to the
ground Instead of having buttons
these garments are held in place by
strips of colored ribbons and by stiff
broad belts worn high above the
waist. The socks and shoes of the
Koreans are like those of the Chinese,
except that the Koreans have their
shoe soles thickly covered with nail
heads To explain this the queer peo-
pie tell a story of something which
happened many years ago. Korea
and China were at war, so an army of
5000 Chinese were sent to fight the
Korean army Of only 5000. The
force met on river which was frozen
solid, so there on the ice a great bat
tie was fought.
The smooth-soled shoes of the men
from China caused the Chinese to slip
helplessly about on the CLASSY ice, but
the hob nails which the Koreans had
put in the soles of their shoes enabled
them to stand as we'll on the ice as on
the ground. On this account the Ko-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-01-21
London's GuiIdhalI.

The Guildhall, where our royal
guest is to be entertained, is as
familiar to the Londoner as the Lord
Mayors coachman. But how many
have visited the museum situated in
its basement? GA Wanderer in Lon
don" points out some of its attrac-
tons Relics of Roman occupation,
old inn signs, including the Boar's
Head, in Eastcheap, which Falstaf
frequented; instruments OF punish
ment from Newgate, old utensils and
garments, prints and broadsheets.
and so forth. In fact, the little things
which call to mind our London of the
past.-London Chronicle.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-01-21
Feminine Finance.
owe me ten kisses. Pa,

He-"You owe me ten kisses. Pay
up!"
She-"Explain, sir"
He-"I won them. You know very
well that 1 wagered dozen pairs Of
gloves against ten kisses, and won.
L"
She-"Oh. but kisses, you know"
He (firmly)-"K Kisses should be
paid just as religiously as any other
debt"
She (thoughtfully)-"Just the
same as a note?"
He-"Yes."
She-"Or a check?"
He-"Yes."
She-"Or-or-or draft?"
He" Certainly"
She-"Then, you poor fellow, I'll
give you draft on Aunt Jemima."
He never smiled again.-Judge