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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-10-08
LONG SESSION PLAN IS A
FIXITY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Trustees Decide That it Will be
Impossible to Complete
Work by 2:3O p m.
Copyright. lsll.J

After having given the matter
careful consideration, the trus-
tees of the public schools have
decided not to rescind their action
in adopting a resolution provid-
ing for an extension of As min
utes in the length of the daily
school sessions.
The resolution. which provides
that the daily sessions end at
3:15 p. m. instead Of 2.30 p. m.
as formerly, was adopted at a
meeting held several weeks ago,
but met with such general dis
favor that a petition asking the
trustees to rescind their action
was circulated among patrons of
the schools, and received many
signatures. This petition receiv-
ed due consideration on the part
of the trustees, but it was found
that it would be Impossible to get
through with the work which it
is necessary to accomplish each
day under the short session plan,
and therefore the resolution was
allowed to stand.
1t is the belief of the trustees
that the main objection to extend
ing the duration of the daily ses-
sions lay in the fact that parents
did not desire their children to re-
main in the school room for such
a long period during the exceed
ingly warm days of early au-
tumn. and as cooler weather is
rapidly approaching the cause of
this objection will soon be abro-
gated.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-10-08
WORK OF THE ANCIENT HUNS
stone-Nsllsd Ring That Is Being Ex-
eavated az otsenhausen In the
Black Forest.

A Hun ring, reminding one Of the
Roman castra found in various parts
Of Great Britain, is being examined
afresh at 0tsenhausen in the Black
Forest district. II dates from pre-
Roman times. indeed is believed to
be one Of the earliest works Of the
kind.
IL lies in the hills GIG meters
above the sea, and the wall inclosing
it is over 800 meters long. The
wall is so built as to be completely
hidden by trees, and as il is 30 me
ters broad at the top and ten feet
high. the inclosure is practically hid
den from view. The stones compos-
ing the wall are Of small size and
loosely arranged. 50 that the diff
Guilty Of mrrnounting il is increased
and the cha nee of a night surprise
diminished.
At present there are several open
ings in the wall, but il is believed
that originally there was only one
The site Of the latter has been ex-
eavated and the remains Of Roman
vessels uneartbed. The inclosure
was supplied with wate- from well
at one end and must have Afforded
a refug for a large number of men
and cattle
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-10-08
WEATHERLY TENDERS
HIS RESIGNATION
NOW IN HANDS OF DIRECTORS
Will Relinquish Secretaryship Of
Business League Unless Ger
tain Concessions
are Made.

Mr.. j. G. Weatnerly, secretary
of the Columbus Business
League, has rendered a tentative
resignation.
The resignation was offered to
the board of directors at their
regular meeting last Tuesday
night, and in it Mr.. Weatherly
states that if certain conditions
are complied with he will contin-
ue in his present position, but
unless the directors see fit to
comp'y with these conditions
they must find another secretary.
The most important demand
made by Mr.. Weatherly is an in
crease in his salary. He now re-
ceives $l25 per month, and wants
the amount increased to $3.50,
contending that a man of his ex-
perience and ability is well worth
this sum. lie also wants stem
ogropher. Up to a few months
ago competent young lady was
employed in that capacity. but
about the first of September the
directors, IN an effort to cut
down expenses, abolished the po-
sition, and since that time Mr..
Weatherly has been doing his
own typewriting.
The directors took the matter
under advisement, and are not
expected to make any announce
ment concerning their action for
several days. Mr.. WeatherIy has
made the league a most efficient
secretary, and it is generally
conceded that the directors would
encounter considerable difficulty
in securing a man to acceprably
fill his place. He is energetic,
honest, clever and intelligent,
and should he decide to cast his
lot elsewhere the league would
not only lose most capable Sec
retary but Columbus would lose
a good citizen.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-10-08
Read Lideis Ad.

Those who appreciate purity in
their drugs and reasonableness
in the prices which they are ask
ed 10 pay for them should not
fail to read the advertisement of
Mr.. L. E. Lide which appears in
this issue.
Mr.. Lide has an up-to-date es-
tablishment. and makes a spe-
cialty Of pure goods and accura-
cy in compounding subscriptions.
He sells Druggists sundries and
fancy articles Of endless variety,
cold soda and other
soft drinks and prides himself on
the promptness with which be
makes deliveries.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-10-08
BALLOON kSCeNSIOAS TO
Be FEATURED At FAIR
Ascension Will Be Made Mon
day. Children's Day, and
Again on Saturday

Secretary Randle of the Mis- SIS
sippi and West Alabama Fair AS
sociation announces that he has
secured an additional attraction
for the forthcoming fair. which
begins Monday. October 18th. and
continues throughout the week.
The attraction referred to is a
balloon. and two ascensions will
be made, one on Monday. the day
on which the fair will be inau-
gurated. and one on Saturday,
which marks the final close Of
the exhibition. Monday will be
Lowndes County School Day,
and the ascent Of the balloon
will be witnessed with interest
by the thousands of school chill
dren from all portions Of the
county who will be present to
participate in the festivities in
cident to the occasion. Saturday,
viii be given over TO the eolored
people. and the fight of the bal
loon will be a pleasing spectacle
to the darkies in attendance.
The race track is being put in
good shape. and everything
about the grounds and buildings
will be in fine condition when
the fair opens a week from Mon
dav
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-10-08
Social at Parsonage.

The mGnthly social of the Wo-
mans Home Mission Society of
the First Methodist church was
held Friday Afternoon at the
parsonage. 400 Third street
south.
Mesdames T. L. Lawrence, ID.
w. Mosby, T. F. McBeath and
II. G. Henderson were the host
.esses for this month and the oc-
casion was very enjoyable.
Mrs. Dashiell and Miss Eek
ford and Mrs. Mcclure gave ex-
.cellent musical selections.
Mrs Kirksey read an appropri-
ate missionary selection, and
Miss Russell Henderson recited
That Old Sweetheart OF Mine. "
After the literary part 0f the
exercises, delightful refresh
ments were served and all pres
ent enjoyed tbe social. which has
now become a feature Of the So
eiety.
Children. come to the Catholic
bazaar, and try to guess the
name of The queen doll. The
lucky boy or girl viii necsive q
handsome prize.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-10-08
KILLED AS a WITCH.

News Of a tragedy Of superstition
in an Irish cabin comes to hand
Going to the police at Clonturk.
County Mayo. the other morning.
woman named Mary Anne Feeney
said 10 the officers. Il have killed
q witch" Police vent TO a little
roadside cabin where Feeney lived
With an old age pensioner named No
rAh ConnifFe. and there they found
Conniffe terribly injured She vas
unconscious and died shortly after
wards Investigation shows that
Feeney vas seized with the idea that
her oompanion vas a witch. and il IS
alleged she stripped her Of ell her
clothing and ordered her to fetch
some water The wouan refusing,
Feeney then took a bar Of the door
and beat her numerically, inhicting
terrible injuries
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-10-08
COLUMBUS RIFLEMEN
AT WATER VALLEY
LEFT HERE FRIDAY MORNING
Go to Assist Other Members of
State National Guard in Quell-
ing Disturbances Resulting
From the Srike


In response to a telegram from
Adjutant- General Fridge of the
Mississippi National Guard, the
Columbus Rifiemen left Friday
Morning for Water Valley, where
they go to join other military
companies from various sections
Of the State in an effort to queli
the disturbances resulting from
the strike on the part of en-
ployes of the Illinois Central
railroad.
The telegram ordering the Ri
fiemen to reporC at Water Valley
was received Thursday morning,
but it was impossible to get the
members together that day, and
the militiamen did not start for
the scene of trouble until the fol-
lowing morning, having left at
seven o'clock over the So thern
Railway in Mississippi.
The company left here 28 men
strong, with Capt. w. S. Mullins
in command. First Lieutenant
Sam Swanzy, on account of i'll
ness, was unable to make the
trip. and his duties are being
discharged by Capt. Fernandis
Pope, who is a regular commits
stoned officer of the Mississippi
National Guard. being on the
staff of Gov. Noel
The strike on the Illinois Cen
trail has assumed a most serious
aspect, and Water Valley seems
to be the center of hostilities.
The company maintains repair
shops there, and is making siren
uous efforts to keep these shops
in operation. Men sent there
from Chicago and other cities to
carry on the work have been in.
terfered with by the strikers,
and in an effort to restore order
Gov. Noel was forced to order
out the State militia.
The Caledonia Company left
yesterday morning for Water
Valley.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-10-08
nAry KINDS or KNIVES

An extraordinary thing about the
cutlery trade j. TIE variety Of
knives made. At the Suffolk works
in Sheffield. for instance. they havs
10000 different patterns on the
books They make sometimes 1000
patterns - order al one time. The
same thing BE- true Of the large cut
lery works az Solingcn. Germany.
One frn has 5000 patterns Tor Ger
uiAnv alone Neu ones are cun-
rznily coming out The Sufolk
vOrxs nave averaged Ten ueE pst-
tsrns vrls i1r feo vcars.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-10-08
Miss Bailey's Opening.

Miss Tillie Bailey will have her
fall millinery opening at 8 o'clock
next Tuesday morning. An ele-
CANT line of hats and bonnets
will be on display, and the ladies
Of Columbus and vicinity are ex-
tended a cordial invitation to
be present.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-10-08
CHANGE IN RATES
WILL Be RESISTED
COMMERCIAL BODIES PROTEST
Action of Railroad Commission
in Adopting Southern
Classification" Meets
With Disfavor

Local jobbers met in joint ses-
sion with the directors of the
Columbus Business League last
Thursday night for the purpose
of discussing the action Of the
State Railroad Commission in
adopting the resolution provid-
ing for the establishment what
is known as THE Southern Clas-
:siication" as standard for reg
ulating freight rates instead of
using "The Mississippi Classifi-
cation" which has been the
standard for a number of years.
The meeting adopted a resolu-
ton declaring the action of the
railroad commission in passing
an order providing for "rhe Mis-
,sissippi Classification" to be per-
nicious, inimical and injurious
to the commercial interests of
the State. This classification
greatly favors foreign manufact-
urers and wholesale merchants.
and if put into effect will force
the jobbers throughout the State
tto retire from business.
Final action in the matter is to
be |, AIKEN by the railroad commits
sion a It a meeting to be held in
.Jackso,, on October 18th, and
the leaa ue directors authorized
Secretary Weatherly to at once
begin a Sta te-wide campaign in
opposition TO the proposed
change.
Mr.. Weatherly will write let
ters to commercial executives
throughout the State requesting
them to join in an effort to in
duce the Jackson Board OF Trade
to call a meeting OF fepresenta-
tives of commercial organizations
throughout the State to be held
in that city on Octobe' 10th. At
this meeting plan of campaign
will be mapped out, and a COM
mittee selected to 90 before the
railroad commission when 1T
meets the following day, and
make vigorous protest against
any change from the present
system of regulating freight.
rates.
Secretary Weatherly lost no
time in beginning the work which
he was authorized to undertake,
and has already written letters
to the secretaries of a number of
commercial Or rgani iza t on S
throughout the State asking
them to join the request to the
jackson Board of Trade to issue
a call for the proposei meeting
on October 10th.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-10-08
Revival at Second Church.

Rev. w. C. Carlisle. pastor of
the Second Methodist church.
announces that a revival wi ! be-
gin at that edifce this morning.
There will be services twice each
day until further notice, these
services being conducted by the
pastor and Rev. ]. E. Thomas.
presiding elder of the Columbus
district.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-10-08

FOR SALE CHEAP-One 25
horse power boiler guaranteed to
hold 100 pounds steam pressure;
one good Is horse power engine:
one good corn mill. will grind Is
to 20 husheles per hour. Address
R. E. Ellis, SIT South Fourth
street Columbus.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-10-08
Sadie Coleman at the Dixie.

Sadie Coleman, the clever sing
ing com edienne, will be at the
Dixie Theatre all next week in
popular songs and up-to-date
specialties. Don't fail to hear
her.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-10-08

The many friends of Mrs. NJ.
|. Elder are glad to learn that
she has recovered from an Illness
of sever al weeks.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-10-08
Nc VARIETY.

Matilda, why are you letting the
baby cry that way?"
"Lor, John, the child don't know
any other way Of crying"
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-10-08

/ am in business at my old
stand. 400 College street VIII
run the feed and sale depart
men where | win be glad TO see
my cid friends.
Joe Peaeher.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-10-08

The Culhane Comedy Compa-
ny will begin a weeks engage
ment at the Columbus Theatre to-
morrow night.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-10-08

Are you good at guessing? If
so, try to guess the name of the
queen doll at the Catholic bazaar.
The lucky boy or girl will receive
a handsome prize.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-10-08

-Hox old are TOu. ElsaT
Twelve
twelve: You are well preserved
I must say
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-10-08

Don't fail to see the queen doll
at the Catholic bazaar.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-10-08
CUTTING

FuttOn-Ayres-I pursue the idsal
Miss Ken-1Ou sre a god nanJ
laps behind, aren't yOai
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-10-08

Hon. w. P. Stibling and fami-
ly have returned from q pleasant
visit to relatives in Texas.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-10-08

DIDN'T LOOK IT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-06
POST OFFICES ARE NAMED
TO HAVE SAVINGS BANKS
List of One Thousand Made Public
Today by Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock.

Postmaster General Hitchcock today
made public the list Of 1000 Offices
which have been designated as postal
savings repositories in the several
states and territories.
Repositories have been established in
Maryland and Virginia as follows:
Maryland-Annapolis. Bel Air, Cam
bridge. Chestertown, Crisfield. Easton.
Frederick. Frostburg. Havre de Grace,
Salisbury and Westminster.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Bedford City.
Clifton Forge. Culpeper. Farmville,
Fort Monroe. Fredericksburg. Hampton,
Hot Springs. Lexington. PULASKI. Staun-
ton. Suffolk. Warrenton and Winches-
ter.
At the department today it was stated
that the postal savings bank at Alex
andria, Va. had a record of approximate
ly $1,40O in deposits for the month Of
May. AT Gainesville. Ca. where the
widow Of Gen. James Longstreet Is post
master, the record for southern and east
ern repositories was broken, with $4,000
in deposits In two months.
Westminster. Md, and Lexington and
Winchester. Va. are included in the last
fifty repositories established, which will
probably be the last second-class Offices
to be established for some time. 1t is
said the Postmaster General now pro-
poses to take up the first class or lead
ing offices OF the country for considera-
ton, and within q week or ten days at
most repositories will be authorized
there unless something occurs to change
the program
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-06
Car Platform Mirror.

From the Cincinnati Times Star.
The wisdom of Solomon, the subtlety
of a Machiavelli, the strategy of a Ma
poleon are all TO be found in that Gree
ley (Col) plan for overcoming the femi-
nine prediction for facing the wrong
way when alighting from a moving car.
The scheme is simply to place mirrors
on all car platforms. They will be so To-
Gated that in order to catch a glimpse OF
ones reflection it will be necessary to
face in the direction the car is moving
OF course, the genius who devised this
plan counts upon the, fact that a mirror
has an irresistible attraction for woman
But how about man? Has he so little
personal vanity that he will turn in scorn
from the platform mirror? Even when II
offers Linn an opportunity 20 see how the
new coat fits around the neck and sholl-
ders or whether the new hat IS perched
at the proper jaunty angle?
Feminine and masculine vanity COM
bined may lead to platform congestion
that will prove the undoing of this other
wise clever scheme If the Turing mirror
causes every one passing it to take her OF
his time, revision of the time schedules
will become necessity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-06
The Common Sense of Diet.
From Harper's Magazine


A horse will starve on straw alone, how
ever much it receives; for though II can
digest and obtain nutriment from the
straw, it uses up more energy in SO do
ing than the digested material can sup
ply. SO that the animal is a loser on bal
ance. With human dietartes we never
reach anything like this level, but many
of the unconcentrated vegetable foods do
leave a comparatively small proportion
of their energy available for work. be-
cause SO much is used up in driving the
machinery OF digestion. 1t would be pos
sible to construct a diet which would
contain all the protein and supply all the
heat usually considered necessary for ex-
istence, but which would keep man en-
tirely occupied in the work of digestion
without leaving any margin for external
activities. Now. putting out Of considera-
ton such extremes, we see that civilized
life in it's higher forms does demand sud
den and extreme outputs of energy-not
necessarily of great duration; the call is
for speed and intensity more than for
quantity of work. and this would seem
to necessitate the more concentrated
forms of diet which consume a minimum
Of their value in their digestion. 4 farm
horse at pillow will get along on indif-
ferent hay and Q little maize. but for the
race horse you want the heaviest 81 oats
and the choicest alfalfa forage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-06
MICROBE EXCHANGES.
The Danger of the Common Roller
Towel.

From London Sketch.
Yet another article has fallen under
the doctors ban as menace TO pubic
health This time 1t is the roller towel
whose favori;e haunts are public lava-
tories and the common washing rooms o.
the cheaper kinds of lodging houses,
schools and other public buildings.
Attention has been drawn to the dangers
arising rom tie mscrobe-trans1errihs
propertie; of such towels by the action OF
the Kansas state board Of health, which
is about TO issue an order abol1shing the
use of roller towels in all public lava
tories.
There can be no doubt that common
roller towe,s are real menaoe TO
health" a well known doctor told the
Daily Sketch Skin diseases are par
ticuiarly easily transmitted In this way.
and the danger of other complaints being
passed On from one person 10 another is
constantly present. The system in use
In the public lavatories provided IN the
streets. where for charge OF I'd wash
and brush-up.' including the use of a
clean individual towel. Is provided Is
very satisfactory, but the expense would
be very heavy II this plan were adopted
in schools.
1T might be possible to supply ind
vidual paper towels, but hitherto paper
towels have not proved very satisfactory
to Europeans The Japanese-as is well
but this custom. admirable as 1t is from
sanitary point of view. has not found
favor among western races"
Inquiry at the London county council
offices showed that the roller towels are
in use in the L. C. c.. schools. Precau-
tons are taken to prevent the use of the
towels by child who Is afflicted with
some complaint, and when necessary, II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-06
INFORMAL RULINGS MADE.
Announcement From the Interstate
Commerce Commission.

Important informal rulings announced
today by the interstate commerce COM
mission included the following:
The commission has no Jurisdiction
over claims for damages due to alleged
errors in the transmission of Geographic
messages.
The long land -short-haul provision Of
the law does not apply when the more
distant point and the intermediate point
are in a foreign country; nor when the
point Of origin and point of destination
both are in the United States and the
intermediate point is in foreign country.
A carrier may not lawfully issue free
interstate transportation to one not 9TH
erwise entitled to 1t in order to enable
him as witness to attend a proceeding
in court unless the carrier is party
thereto or has direct legal interest in
the result.
Mileage books issued for intrastate use
in exchange for advertising may not be
used upon any part Of an interstate jour
ney.
Interstate lines may carry free. or at
reduced rates, property for county au-
thorities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-06
makes it easy to work, whether it be at
manual labor or in the culture of the
mind
midas Fighting Men.
From the London Chronicle

From the LONDON Chronicle.
Some Of these sikhs from the Punjaub-
what grand looking fighting men they look.
and are! And in an encounter with the
sword-though this has now to a great
extent been supplanted by the all-equaliz-
ing bullet-even a 'bonny fighter" like
Alan Breck would have Jared at their
hands far worse than he did in the
round house duel as described by Stew
enson. Nevertheless one couldn't help
feeling a thrill of pride at the thought
that the soldiers who could subdue a
fighting race like those gigantic sikhs
could conquer anything. And as for the
complaint to which vent has been given
in some misinformed papers that these
Mohammedan horsemen feel aggrieved at
the conduct of our military authorities in
surrounding their camp with a corrugated
wall fence-why. it is just the other way
about, and argues on the part OF those
authorities a singular degree of con-
sheraton for the sacred caste prejudices
of those turbaned warriors Every kind
Of caste cooks its own food in its own
particular way, and 1t is to prevent any
outsider from throwing his shadow even
on the meal that is being prepared-a
great offense to some reigions-that Sc
clus:on for those Indian fellow-subjects Of
ours has thus been secured