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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1912-10-10
THE RACES ARE PROMINENT
FEATURES OF FALL FAIR
Racing Program at Fair This
Year is an Unusually At
tractive One

A large number of fast horses
are participating in the races
which are being held at the
fair grounds. Many prominent
race horse men from various
parts of the South are here with
their runners, trotters and PAGERS
and the races are the best that
have been seen here for several
years.
The first races took place Tues
day afternoon and resulted as
follows:
First Event Road race, half
mile heats, 2 and 3, owner or
non-professional to drive: Pay
Bell, Goolsby, 1st; Gray Eagle,
Montgomery, End; Sampson,
Hannah, 3rd; best time, Ill.
Second Event 2::24 Glass Stake
Pace, 3 and 5 heats, Woodville
Lad, lst; St. Clair, 2nd; Dollie
Hal, 3rd; best time 2:22}s.
Third Event-Three minute
trot, 2 and 3 mile heats, Enwen-
hart, lst; Eckerhart, 2nd; Lady
Bell 3rd; best time 2;294.
The races yesterday afternoon
resulted as follows:
First event-Gents' Road Race,
trot or pace, 2:40 class; Pat Bell,
lst; Claiborne, End; Trotwood, Sd.
best time 2::32la.
Second event-Three-year-old
trot or pace, mile Eeats, best two
in three, Mabel G., lst; Howard G.,
End; Dollie r., 3rd. Best time 2:20.
Third eyent-Half mile running
race; st. Caro-, 1st; Spitfire, 2nd.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1912-10-10
Death of Mr.. Ed. Hodges.

Mr.. Ed Hodges died at the
home of his brother, Mr.. Sam
Hodges, about nine miles north
of Columbus, last Tuesday. De-
ceased, who was eighty-five
years of age, was a member of a
well known family, having been
a brother of the late Buford
Hodges, who for many years was
in charge of the Lowndes county
Jail.
The funeral occurred at the
Vaughan cemetery at 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning, having
been conducted by Rev. j. E.
Worley. nastor of til Cc'umhv,
circuit. q
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1912-10-10
FALL TERM CHANCERY
TTIIS,r RoEi;iaa;r iar'' "rCeInN
CASES RAPIDLY DISPOSED OF
Chancery Court Convened at
10 O'clock Monday Morning.
Chancellor James F. Nc
Cool Presiding

The fall term of chancery
court convened at ten o'clock
Monday morning and is being
presided over by Judge J. F.
McCool.
Judge McCool has been on the
bench for a long number of years
and is considered one of the best
chancellors in Mississippi. He
has a reputation for transacting
business with great rapidity,
thereby saving money not only
to litigants but to the State, and
the present term is no exception
to the rule. Business is being
dispatched as rapidly as is con-
sistent with a thorough probing
into their merits permits and
quite a number of cases have
already been disposed of.
A good part OF the court has
been consumed in hearing testi-
mony and argument in the case of
Louis A. Nelson VS.. w. H. 0ttley,
in which complainant seeks to
recover certain valuable lands
which he claims passed from his
control through a series of deeds
and transfer that were illegally
executed. The case was taken up
Tuesday morning and argument
concluded shortly before noon
yesterday, when Judge McCool
announced that he would take the
matter under adyisement and
render his decision later. The
complainant was represented by
Messrs. Frierson & Hale and Hon.
James I. Harrison represented
the defendant.
Among other matters disposed
of are as following:
The petition of VIM. Baldwin,
administrator of the estate of
Mrs. E. B. Waddell, asking for a
decree authorizing the sale of
certain property belonging to
said estate was granted.
J. W. Loving was appointed
ad litem of Minnie Lee Bank
head, Willie May Bankhead,
Richard Werner Bankhead, Zona
L. Guthrie and Minnie Kate
Guthrie.
In addition to a number of di-
vorces granted negros the bonds
of matrimony existing between
the following white couples were
vacated and Dissolved:
Minnie Lee billiard VS.. Thomas
Franklin billiard.
Susie Avent VS.. John Avent.
Eta Palmer VS.. Walter Palmer.
Bessie +. Carson VS.. Henry NJ.
Carson.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1912-10-10
DR.. Egsleston Coming Soon.

DR.. X. B. Eggleston of Rich
mond, Va, who was recently call
ed to the pulpit OF the First Pres
byterian church in this city, has
written a letter to Mr.. Brooks
MCGOWAN, secretary of the board
of deacons, stating that he will
soon be in Columbus. DR.. Egg
lection does not state the specific
time OF his arrival, but he and his
family are expected at an early
date, and a most cordial welcome
awaits them.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1912-10-10
BUFFALO BILL SHOW
NOW IN COLUMBUS
WILL EXHIBIT TWICE HERE
This is the First Tented Exhibi-
ton to Appear in Columbus
this Season,an will At
tract Large Crowds

This is circus day in Columbus.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West and
Pawnee Bills Far East were
scheduled to arrive in the city at
an early hour this morning and
will give two performances here,
one in the afternoon and one at
night.
The show this year requires
three trains for the transporta-
ton of the army of people, live
stock and paraphernalia used in
the the presentation of the
prodigious production.
The show is headed by Buffalo
Bill, whose exploits have fired
the imagination of small boys for
two generations and whose repu-
tation as a cow boy. crack shot
and all round frontiersman has
never been equaled This noted
man will make his first and last
appearance in Columbus. He
has never visited this city on any
previous occasion and it is claim
ed that this is positively his last
tour of the country.
There will be no street parade.
this feature having been elimin-
ated by the management a num-
ber of years ago. However the
sightseer who may care to visit
the show grounds this morning,
near the Mobile & Ohio depot
will see much that is out of the
Ordinary in the collection of
orientals and the Dahomeyan,
Indian and Malayan villages, to.
together with leir strange ami
NAL accompaniment.
A special feature of the show
WI be- The equestrian feats.
Every possible line OF horseman
ship is presented, from the meth
cd of riding wild bucking bron-
chos, which is such a gage and
test of skill as to register the
American cowboy pre-eminent in
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1912-10-10

Although the twelfth annual
exhibition of the Mississippi and
West Alabama Fair Association
did not formally begin until
Tuesday, the grounds were open
Monday night and a fairly large
crowd assembled there to hear
the band concerts and see the
different attractions on the Mid
way, which were I'll in full blast.
One of the most interesting
sights Monday night was the
high dive by Captain Cherry,
who is here with the Greater
Sheesler Shows. Captain Cherry
dived a distance of eighty.two
feet. landing in a net only
eleven feet long. These exhibi-
tions take place twice daily at
4.15 p. M, and 10:30 p. M, in
front of the grand stand and are
exceedingly interesting. Other
attractions with the Greater
Sheesler Shows are The Edna
troupe, of vaudeville artists; an
old time circus consisting of wire
walking, a contortion act, uni
cycle riding on wire, knife throw
ing and other features; a minstrel
show; Beautiful Dorine; Enix,
That Girl"; and Pleasant
Rides for All.
Another feature Monday night
was the opening concert of the
German-H Hungarian Band of Gin
cinatti, which is furnishing
music for the fair. This band
came up town Monday afternoon
and evening and played several
selections at the corner of Main
and Market streets. On Monday
night they gave a concert at the
fair grounds, having rendered a
program made up of both classi-
cal and popular music in most
acceptable manner. The band
will visit the business district
each afternoon and evening
throughout the progress of the
fair and will also play at the fair
grounds. The band with the
Greater Sheesler Shows, while
rather small, is composed of ex-
cellent talent and the music is a
distinct feature of the attraction.
The program for the fireworks
has been changed. According to
original plans displays were to
have been made on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday nights, but
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1912-10-10
Porter Purloins Perfume.

The love for perfume, which is
inherent in many negroes, caused
Tandy Crigler, a coon who for
nearly year past has been EN-
ploped as a porter at the store of
Mayo Drug Company, to come to
grief. Tandy purloined a lot of
perfume and other toilet articles.
and the discovery of the theft led
to his arrest. He had a trial be-
fore Mayor Donnell Tuesday, and
was sentenced to serve sixty days
on the county farm.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1912-10-10

owing to the fact that the Buffalo
Bill show appears here tonight,
there will be no fireworks display,
the displays taking place Tues
day, Wednesday and Friday
nights. An elaborate program
was given Tuesday night. One
of the most novel features having
been comic device entitled, "A
Merry Acrobat. This was a
life size figure performing won-
derful feats on the horizontal
bar and furnished great amuse-
ment to the childre0. A feature
of last nights display was the
Battle in the Skies" This was
created by aerial batteries one
hundred feet in length fired by
electricity, each battery dis
charging a mammoth aerial gun
with a flash light effect. The
reports of these guns were very
loud, having been distinctly heard
in the business district of the
city. These aerial batteries were
surrounded by brilliant ruby
fires, and with the report of the
guns and their binding flash
lights created a vivid battle scene
and formed most decidedly inn
pressive display. The fireworks
display has been growing in
magnitude each night and will
reach its climax tomorrow night
for which occasion an exceeding
ly brilliant program has been ar
ranged. The feature of this
program will be "Niagra Falls"
a roaring mass of shimmering,
splendor, one hundred
and-fifty feet in length. A misty
blue radiance similar to the effect
of Niaera by moonlight, with
the following current of fire,
emitting irridescent rays and
brilliance vari- colored stars, fill.
ing the sky with dazzling bril-
lance. Another feature will be
the Columbus Boaquet," con-
sisting of fifty specially made
rockets, fired simultaneously,
one of the most beautiful effects
Imaginable, and a fitting close to
the beautiful display will be the
words Good Night" in large
block letters of fire.
The fireworks display is in
charge of Mr.. Alfred Mobbs. the
clever representative of the New
ton Duffield Co. of Chicago.
The horse show took place on
Tuesday and Wednesday nights,
and the names of the prize win
ners will be announced in Sun
days Commercial.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1912-10-10

the saddle, to the highest hurd-
lers and most exquisitely trained
horses giving the exhibition a
post graduate rank. Not all the
riders are men, some of the most
difficult of the equestrian feats
being performed by the cow
girls. a whole bevy of whom are
with the show.
Reserved seats will be on sale
from 8 a. m. to 5 p. M at the
store OF the Mayo Drug Company,
corner of Main and Market
street at the same price as
charged at the show grounds.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1912-10-10
OUTLINE OF PROGRAM

The following outline of the official program ground today
and tomorrow:
Today North Mississippi Day. large the
northern section OF the state expected here
Owing to the fact that the Buffalo Bill show the city today the program
has been somewhat changed o'clock this monno
instead OF this afternoon, originally advertised
Carnival and Band Concert tonight
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1912-10-10

DR.. w. H. Eubanks returned
Tuesday morning from a busi-
ness and pleasure trip to Birm-
ingham.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1912-10-10

Tomorrow will be Tournament Day and Lownd
forenoon there will be contests participated by the school children
afternoon will be awarded the the gentle
mems tournament will take place. football game between team
from the A. M College, made Columbus boys Academy
High School, AT night there will be magnificent display Of fireworks
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1912-10-10

Il dont believe you svsr did any
thing In your life BY way Of provi-
don dor q rainy day."
'Yozss .ss=.e wrc-g the-e. J 81
vsys get q rain check for the ban
esma"
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1912-10-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Parker Reeves
have returned from a pleasant
trip to New York.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1912-10-10

Mrs. j. 7. Senter has been i'll
the past several days at her home
on College street.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1912-10-10

Mr.. H. c. Choates of Corinth
is in the city attending the fair.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1912-10-10

Mr.. T. A. Wilcox of Ethelville,
Ala, spent Tuesday in Columbus.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-29
OLD WAR JUNKs IN CHINA
Several Hundred Ships of Ancient De-
sign Are Still Doing Service In
New Republic.

Pekin, China.-In spite of the in
PRODUCTION Of modern ideas of war
fare into China there are still sew
eral hundred wooden VIZ junks" on
the active list" most of them being
owned, manned and armed by the
higher order of mandartns, whose pen
nants are flown from the masthead on
special occasions.
These junks are from thirty to
eighty feet long, eight to thirty feet
beam and carry from four to twelve
muzzle-loading guns, many OF which
are made of wood, In some cases
bound with hoop iron. Each junk has
from two to five masts Of different
sizes and stepped ! various direc-
tions-one to port, one slipping for
ward, one aft. n to starboard and
the other vertical.
They have cry high poops, the
sterns being decorated with curious
colored paintings, and plankings ex-
end forward and upward in a curved
amer on each side OF the bows. The
plankings are painted red and are
furnished with two painted eyes, one
each side-evidently to guide the yes
sci to a safe anchorage. Dhe junks
carry large crews, who are very
skilled in maneuvering the craft in all
sorts of weather.-Wide World.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-29
SoIace in Books.

A una who used to drag through
the, day in a vainglorious effort to Kill
time" was persuaded to take recourse
to a circulating library near at hano.
Until this solution of the time prob
lem was virtually thrust upon her she
was ignorant of books, especially cur
rent editions, as she was of the fourth
dimension, though she had been
something of a reader in girlhood days.
After forcing herself to wade through
three volumes, the old love OF books,
lying dormant, suddenly awakened to
renewed activity, and the life OF the
woman, from being one of many hum
drum days, given to watching the clock
house, has come to be one of an end
less succession of exciting and inter.
and aimless wandering through Nthe
esting events, while her hours are peo-
pied with an ~everyvarying procession
of unusual personalities which march
through the pages of good fiction.
For her books have given a new zest
to living, and she is anxious to pass
along the suggestion to her sister
''stay at homes" who have more time
than they can possibly spend.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-29

the tower, and nearly completed, stood
the combination Office, living room
and battery house.
This building was a marvel OF
construction, exhibiting walls more
than three feet thick, composed in or
der of timber, tar paper. felt and as
bestos. Over the roof and aroun
each of the four corners heavy iron
cables were passed and made fast, aft
er which they extended to the ground
and were anchored in buried founda-
lions Of rock and cement.
"Thus every %precaution was taken
in constructing this d%esolate habita-
ton to defy the cold and the winds,
while in the cellar underneath suf-
fcient food was stored to maintain
those six polar prisoners through the
weary length of the dismal night.
BY means of the wireless station
polar parties equipped with their own
outfit can be traced and watched, and
in case of danger can be located and
reached. Greater risks can therefore
be taken and greater results be OBJ
tanned.
Them there is the commercial
phase Of the subject. For as yeu
know coal of a fine quality has been
found in Spitzbergen, and ever now an
American-Norwegian company is min
ing coal here and shipping it to the
continent at a handsome profit"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-29
WIRELESS IN NORTH
Norwegians Have Station at
Green Harbor.
Purpose Of Establishing communlea-
ton In This Arctic Region 10 to
Give Warning Of Approaching
Storms and Aid Explorers.

Copenhagen.-The N~orwegians are
making the experiment of maintaining
a wireless station at Green Harbor.
Sp~itZbergen. Six men are stationed
there n for more h half the
year they will be cut of from the rest
of the world. DR.. Sigel Roush Of
Troy gives the following account of
the station:
Strangely incongruous was the up
stretching iron arm Of this wireless
telegraph station here at Green Har-
Dor as it gradually, foot by foot, arose
pointing to the sky. 1t is a Norwegian
government project and when COM
pleted will constitute one of the most
powerful wireless stations in the
world.
THE promoters hope by means OF
the 800 foot tower and powerful bat
teries to be able to span the Arctic and
touch by the waves of the atmosphere
the ear of the listening instrument on
the mainland. I met the superin-
tendent and he very obligingly ex-
planned the plant in process of con
struction.
1.-The great steel tower was braced
by scores of metal guys, that in turn
were fastened to anchor pins deep
driven into the earth, for the winter
winds even in the sheltered cove OF
Green Harbor are terrific. Alongside
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-29
is NEW YoRK's OLDEST HOUSE
Building at 1922 William Street Erected
About 220 Years Aeo-First Blood
Of War Shed Here.

New York.--Attention is called in
the latest number of the Real Es-
tate Board Of Brokers Bulletin to the
building at 1872 William street, which
is said to be the Oldest building in
New York city. It was built in 1892
or thereabouts, of narrow Dutch brick
imported from Holland and laid in
cement. When the city opened the
streets in the vicinity of the William
street building 1t owned the property
and placed restrictions in the deeds,
such as some modern developers make,
that the lots should be improved with
buildings at least two stories high.
There Is a shed in the rea of the
building which, the Bulletin says,
marks the spot of first bloodshed in
the Revolutionary War. This section.
then known as Golden Hill, was the
camp of the Sixteenth regiment Of
Foot British G~renadiers), and al
most two months before the battle Of
Lexington the Sons Of Liberty at
tackled them, with a result of five Brit
ish soldiers wounded and one Ameri-
can killed and three wounded. The
event is down in history as the battle
of Golden Hill.
The building is on the east side Of
William street between John and
Fulton streets. It has been owned
for many years by the Clifford fam
lily.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-29

tions obtainable at the inner shrine OF
fashionable life in America. the au-
thor absolutely ignores P%ittsburg. Obi.
cago and Boston, the home Of cultnre
and refinement, as social centers of
this country.
The highest pinnacle In the leader
ship of New York society rs conferred
by Mr.. Nichols upon Mrs. Ogden
Mills, ST., who. since the death Of Mrs.
William Waldorf Astor, has assumed
complete leadership here.
Such persons as Mr.. and Mrs. J. p.
Morgan, Sr., and Mr.. and Mrs. j. p.
his son. John D.. Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. An
drew Carnegie. Mrs. Edward H. Har-
riman. members of the Pell family and
various others equally as widely
known are not mentioned among the
1853"
The author explained the omission
by saying that in compiling his list
he had kept as close as possible to
persons whose names have figured in
times gone by as entertainers. Mr..
Morgan, Mr.. Rockefeller and the 9th
lers, he explained, did not go in for en-
PERTAINING to any lavish extent, and
therefore could not be included as so
cial leaders.
In Philadelphia Mr.. Nichols gives a
place in his list to thirty-two persons.
Many persons, otherwise generally
recognized as members of the upper
set, are omitted by the author because
of their manners. He explains that he
does not mean to imply they are with
Iout them entirely, yet he is certain
their etiquette does not permit them
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-29
church sues for $25o,ooo.

st. Louis, Mo.-Suit for $3.50, 600
damages has been fled in the United
States court at Danville by st. Peters
church OF Belleville against the Ameri.
can Waterworks and Guarantee Hold.
Ing company Of Pittsburgh. owner Of
the Belleville Water Supply company.
The suit grows out Of the burning Of
s.. Peters cathedral January 1.
Criminal negligence and failure to
comply with the city ordinance provid.
ing that q certain pressure must be
furnished for fires are charged in the
seit.
The proceedings were fled by At.
torney George Q. Rehhen Of B~eIleville,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-29
Lost Time.

s The late Sylvanus Miller, civil engi-
neer, who was engaged in a railroad
enterprise in Central America, was
seeking to give the matter point. He
asked a native: How long does it
take to carry your goods to market by
muleback?' Three days" was the re-
ply. That's the point said Miller.
with our road in operation you could
take YOU goods to market and be back
home in one day" Very good, sem
or answered the native. But what
would we do with the other two days?"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-29
Severely Witty.

Henry" remarked Mrs. Henry Pack.
I'VE are going to have some company
this evening. and l do wish you would
brighten up and look less like al hon.
orary p%allbearer. Say something hui
morous."
The company came and with a few
preliminary coughs and wtnks, which
were intended to announce to his wife
that the witticism was about to bo
pe-petrated. Henry said timidly:
Mary"
"Yes, dear, what is it," asked Mrs.
Peck expectantIy.
Have you got all of your hair on
this evening ?"-Boston Globe.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-29
Happiness Postponed.

An awkward predicament in which
q sailor bridegroom and his bride were
placed in ST. Mary Majors church. Ex-
eter, Devonshire, England. recently.
caused the postponement of their we'd
ding. The banns had been duly called
at the church, but when the parties
presented themselves at the altar the
bridegroom, who had been recently
paid of from his ship at Portsmouth,
was unable to produce the necessary
permission from his commander. The
bride swooned, and eventually re-
turned home, while the bridegroom
left for Plymouth to get the required
document.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-29
MRS. MILLS SOCIETY LEADER
New Roster Of Americas 469 Gives
Her the Highest Honors-eos-
ton 10 Ignored.

New York.-This city claims 800
of the 469 members Of the fashion
able set, according to the revised list
Of Who's Who in society evoked by
Charles Wilbur de Yon Nichols. for
mer clergyman and governor general
Of the National Society of Colonial
Cavaliers, in his book. THE 400 Ultra
Fashionables Of America"
In selecting the three hundred New
Workers, who, Mr.. Nichols says, are
the occupants OF the highest posi-