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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14
LEATEN SERVICES WILL
BEGIN THE COMING WEEK
Ash Wednesday This Year Falls
On the Seventeenth Day of
February.

Lent will begin next Wednes.
day, February II, and special
services have been arranged by
the rector, Rev. w. L. Slack.
On Ash Wednesday, litany,
penitential service, holy com.
munion and an address will occur
at 10 o'clock, and in the after.
noon at 4:30 evensong will
take place.
During Lent evening song will
be at 4:3O p. M. on Mondays.
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fri.
days; Litany, Wednesday at 10
a. M, Bible Class. Fridays, $3.50
p. m, and Mission Study Class on
Tuesdays at $3.50 p. m.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14
Francis Bushman at Princess
Monday.

The program at the Princess
for Monday, 18th, will consist of
5 reels, embracing 2 subjects.
Essanay presents. Francis X.
Bushman" and Beverly Bayne"
in a 2 reel romance of college life
entitled. Dear Old Girl"
Vitagraph Broadway Star
Features offer "The Sage Brush
Gal. a strong story of the big
West, where a mans a man, and
the best man wins. Exactly as
shown at the Vitagraph Theatre,
New York. with big success. All
star cast. Admission 5 and lOc.
Coming:- Exploits of Elaine"
or the "Clutching Hand" /" We
don't care who you are OF What
your taste is you will like this
one.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14
NO CHANGE YET MADE N
THE SHIP PURCHASE BILL
Struggle Shifts From Senate to
House, but Without Any
Progress.

Washington, February l2.-
The ship purchase bin fight
shifted tonight from the Senate
TO the House. In the Senate. the
measure blocked by republican
opposition, was displaced as un-
finished business and a clotu re
rule, designed to terminate
forcibly the filibuster, was taken
up.
Administration forces began
work on a compromise House
bill but House leaders were far
from confident it would unite
the divided Senate democrats or
win republican support. They
declared the administration did
not concede enough in the pro.
posed compromise to secure ifs
passage.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14
Ask Mr.. Foster?
AlRMfM RAID ON GERMAN
POSITIONS IN BELGIUM
Thirty-four Naval Planes Take
Part in the Ooerations..--
Drivers Unhurt.

London, Feb. II. Aerial war
fare was waged today on the
largest scale in its history and
under adverse circumstances
from the standpoint Of wealth
er. British airmen, buffeting
snow in the air, swept over cities
of northern Belgium held by the
Germans and dropped bombs on
Ostend, Bruges and other places.
Thirty-four aeroplanes and sea-
planes of the British navy took
part in the operations and all
returned to their base without
tothe drivers. although
two machines were damaged.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14
School House Roof Burns.


The roof of the Old Zion school.
located about ten miles South of
Columbus in the Dunbar neigh.
borhood, war destroyed by fire
about noon last Wednesday.
The blaze was caused from a
defective flue.
The school is taught by Miss
Cora Lee Davis. and the dam
age or the building caused BIZ
fire was repaired Thursday and
studies were resumed Friday.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14
TWO FRAME BUILDINGS
DESTROYED BY FLAMES
Origin of Fire Yesterday Morn
ing Supposed to have Been
Incendiary.

A large frame building for.
merly used as negro skating
rink, located on the corner of 9tf
avenue and 10th street. north,
and a small store nearby, were
destroyed by fire shortly after
2 O'Clock yesterday morning.
The cause of the fire is un
known. but it is supposed to
have been of incendiary origin.
When the fire was discovered
the larger building was a com.
plete mass of flames. The fire.
men were quickly called out and
did excellent work in saving sur
rounding dwellings.
Both buildings were owned by
Mr.. Fl. II. McClanahan, and the
loss amounted to about $4OO.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14
Brinker Commits Suicide.

The West Point Leader of Fri
day, says:
"On Thursday afternoon the
whole community was shocked
when it became known that Mr..
J.R. Brinker, one of West Points s
most prominent and esteemed
citizens, had taken his own life.
Mr. Brinker has been in de.
cllning health for several years.
gradually becoming more and
more unable to attend to his bus
mess. which he closed out last
year. In addition to his bad
health, he, like many others, had
lost heavily from the financial
strlngency, and in his shattered
and weakened condition. his rea-
son became unsettled, resulting
in the act that has plunged the
whole city into gloom.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14
WEST POINT VISITED BY
$4,000 FIRE THURSDAY
Two Large Buildings are De-
stroyed and Others
Damaged.

West Point, Miss. Feb. IL Fire
at 2:30 O'Clock Thursday morning
destroyed two two-story brick
buildings, damaged adjacen,
buildings, destroyed and dam.
aged office furniture, etc., en-.
entailing a loss of about $40, 600,
about nalf of which is covered by
insurance.
The stores burned were occu-
pied by P. FL. White & Co., and
W. 1. Turnipseed, druggist, the
upper floor being used as Offices
by several physicians of the city.
The adjacent buildings dam.
aged by the flames were theFirst
Nationnl Bank and the Brinker
building.
Inc hre occurred in the heart
of the business section of the
city, and for a time threatened to-
sweep all before it, the fire de-
partment being hampered for
some time because of low water
pressue, but by hard and efficient
abor thes flames were confined
to the buildings mentioned.
The origin of the fire is un-
known. 1t is understood that the
work of rebuilding will begin at
In early date.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14

MANY VISITORS EXPECTED
Meeting 10 lie Co-operalsd In By
State, Home and Foreign
Mission boards.

Many visitors from over N,
county are expected here tomor.
row to attend an associationaI
campaign to be held by the mem.
bers of the Baptist churches of
this district. An interesting pro.
gram has been arranged and
sessions will be held in the morn
ing. afternoon and evening.
The conference will begin at 10
O'Clock Monday morning and
quite a number of important sub
jects will be discussed. The
morning session will be attended
mostly by men. but from 2 to a
o'clock in the afternoon a con-
ference will be held by the wo
men in the parlors of the church.
AT the evening session an in
spirational address will be deliv-
cred.
The conference promises to be
most interesting. Enlistment
Missionary j. P. Harrington and
other workers are planning TO
make the meeting successful in
every way.
Among the prominent visitors
who are expected to attend the
meeting will be Rev. j. B. Law
renee, of Jackson. and Rev. Neil
son. returned missionary from
Brazil.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14

Miss Alice Riding left Satur.
day for Corinth. Misses Matte
Lee holland, Maude Smith and
Pearl Malone will join her Mon.
day and they will 20 to St. Louis
where Miss Riding will select
her spring stock of millinery.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14
Funeral Here Monday.

News was received yesterday
OF the death of Mrs. Thomas
Llpscomb. which occurred at
five o'clock yesterday afternoon
at her home in Starkville,
The funeral will occur from the
residence of DR.. j. W. Lipscomb
tomorrow morning at ten O'Clock.
The enterment will be made in
Friendship cemetery.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14

Mrs. j. r. Tackett's beautiful
voice will be heard at the service
of the Presbyterian church this
morning at IL o'clock. Mrs.
Tackett, is well known here as
Miss Jaunita Ayres, and is visit
ing her parents. Mr.. and Mrs,
Claud Ayres. on North Third
avenue.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14
Basket Ball Game at Colleee.

Next Saturday afternoon TIE
Varsity of the Industrial Institute
and College will play a basket
ball game with the Goods of the
University, on the local campus.
The game will be refereed by
Mrs. 7. Bailey Hardy. who is a
graduate of the of the IL. and
c., and who has had much expert
ence in playing basket ball.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14

The Epworth League of the
First Methodist church will give
a George Washington social
Friday evening at 7::3O in the
Baraca room. All the young peo-
ole of the church are invited.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14

Hon. B. A. Weaver left
recently for Cuba, where he goes
for his health. He was ac.
companied by DR.. w. r. Nc
Kinley.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14

Mr.. Jake Kaufman leaves to-
day for New York. where he goes
to purchase a complete line of
stock for Kaufman Brothers.
The Peoples Money Savers"
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14

Mr.. Marsden Waddell leaves
this morning for Birmingham,
where he goes to accept a posi-
ton with the Birmingham Rail
way. Light & Power Company.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14

Mr.. A. c. Myers has been
confined to his home the past
several days on account of ill.,
ness. His friends hope soon to
hear OF his recovery
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14

Mr.. George Ezelrs friends are
glad to know that he is much
better after several days. illness
in the Columbus Hospital.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14

Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Shapira
left this morning for Helena,
Ark, where they will attend the
wedding of their niece. Miss Myr-
tie S. Solomon.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14
Telephone $50

Suits pressed 25c. suits sponged
and pressed Soc. Called for and
delivered promptly. and you
don't have to pay in advance.
Sanitary Laundry.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14

Sunday evening dinner, New
Bell Cafe from $780, to 7:3O
o'clock. 4Oc. "Nuff Sed."
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14

Miss Julia Prewitt's many
friends regret to learn that she
has been i'll during the past
several days.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14

Su nday evening dinner, New
Bell Cafe from $40 10 7:30
O'Clock, 40c. "Nuff Sed"
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14

Mr.. W. c. Beard leaves to-
morrow for eastern markets to
purchase stock for the firm of
W. c. Beard, Inc.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14

Sunday evening dinner, New
Bell Cafe from $50 to 7:3O
O'Clock, 40c. "Nuff Sed."
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14

The many friends OF Mr.. d. s.
McClanahan regret to learn of
his illness the past several days.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14

Sunday evening dinner, New
Bell Cafe from $50 to 7:3O
o'clock, 40c. "Nuf Sed."
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14

New arrival large line of white
goods. New weaves in VOLS,
crepes, etc. Lipsey & Chapsky.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14

Mr.. ii. ?. Williams, of Ethel.
vile, Ala. spent yesterday in Co.
lumbus.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14

Regula r ST. so skirts now $3.50.
Lipsey G ChapSky
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-14

The greatest bargains in new
shirt waists. Lipsey & Chapsky.
Evening star., 1915-02-28
AUNT DICEY'S SKEPTICISM

A BIG blue norther shook the board house,
Z \ and the red light over the prairies was
fading into yellow as Mary seated herself
close to the lcaping flames of the post-oak
fire.
@Now, Aunt Dicey" she announced.
"What, Honey?' queried the old negress,
shifting the burden of white flannel on her
lap and stopping the monotonous swing of
her low rocking chair.
"Hoodoos!' came the answer in a mys-
terious half whisper
@Hoodoos! Good Gawd, Chile, what you
talkin' 'bout?' exclaimed the old negress,
scandalized
"Why, thought all colored people knew
about hoodoos,' answered Mary in real
amazement.
4Miss May, you knows dat Is white
folks an dat doan believe in no sech fool
ishness.'
@But your friends
"Miss May, yo' NAV ken tell you dat
Dicey nebba runs wit no lowdown hoodoo
trash.
Mary hastened to recognize Dicey's en-
tire respectability and oneness with the
white race, and then fell to listening to the
shudder of the house in the beat of the wind,
and the ghostly tapping of a coral honey
suckle against the windowpane. There it
waved in anachronistic beauty, real
"hant" from summer.
From time to time Dicey looked fearfully
toward it. At last she said in cautious
voice, @Honey!'
Evening star., 1915-02-28
BY ADELE STEINER BURLESON

"Yes, Dicey,' encouragingly.
"Efyou doan nebba tell nobody, Honey"
YES no, Dicey,7 eagerly.
"You done promise?' solennly.
ayes, Dicey,' and the girl placed her
hand coaxingly on the bent old figure
"Well den, Miss May, dis ve'y old
woman foun' hoodoo wunst!"
Mary's look of sympathetic interest lost
itself on the whites of Aunt Diceys eyes.
AN TO the Lo'd, Miss May, it were
human bones and human ha'r wrop up in
flannel red as hell fiah an all sewed up in
lii silk bag!"
Mary gave an exaggerated slliver.
AN when my husband see hit he say
right sof', 'Dicey, dat's a hoodoo Some black
debbil's tryin' to work de Goofa on u.s.
and l drap it like hit was a live coal" y
Mary's look of horror crossed Dicey's
vision.
3Yes'm, dat's sho what l DONE, said the
old woman, with stiff pride in her own act.
1An' | taken me leaf fun ole mistis'
Bible an pick dat outrage and carry hit out
an de muskeet an berry hit"
But, Dicey,' said Mary insinuatingly,
"if there was no harm in it and you don't
believe in hoodoos-"
Il nebba fools wild de debbil, Miss May"
interrupted the negress, casting another
glance of caution around, 3an' l done git
on my knees right dar, an l gifts on 'ep
every night, an prays tub de good Lo'd tub
purteck ole Ike an ole Dicey fun sech deb
bills instruments"
Evening star., 1915-02-28

he was soon to pass on, soon to give an ac-
count for the deeds done in the flesh. He
hung his almost white head, and his eyes
were misty.
John Ledworth saw that his father was
weakening. He shook the old man roughly.
@Are you here to act fool, or are you
here to fight a third Battle O. Bull Run?"
he said scornfully @Take look out acrost
the valley and see what you see!"
Absalom Ledworth wiped his eyes with his
palsied, knotty fingers, and looked. He saw
a Dunbar dodge back behind big poplar;
he saw the ends of three rifle barrels CLINT
in the morning sunlight. The enemy had
come!
THE child of Sadie the Peaceful saw his
l grandfather's face 60 ashen with a re-
turn of the old, old bitter hate. He grasped
at the one idea that presented itself.
3Wait!' he exclaimed. aDont you all
shoot until l come back. I'm goin' over
thar and ak the Dunbars if they'll be willin
to shake hands and be friends if you all will
Now don't you all shoot afore l come backl"
Before a restraining hand could hold him
he was flying down the mountainside. The
two clans watched him with bated breath
even the determined and grim John Led
worth. They saw him go to the bank of the
swollen creek and halt there. Then they
saw him race for treetrunk that spanned
the roaring, turbulent stream, mount it, run
like squirrel along its slippery body, STUN
Bile, claw wildly at nothing fall twenty
feet and disappear into the seething torrent
below!
The Dunbars showed Immediately that
their love for him was greater than their fear
of death by the bullets of the Ledworths.
They left their rifles, and hurried down to
h. ~, -
into the water and swan after the little
figure, which was now on the surface and
now under.
Suddenly Absalom Ledworth went to his
feet, and there was no rifle in his hands.
"Down thar every soul O you!' he
shrieked. "The man who stays ahind I'll
kill"
Even John Ledworth went
1t was Absalom Ledworth who recovered
the slender, wiry little body. He ran ahead
like young man, and like young man
plunged into the wild waters. He held to a
stone that lifted its rugged nose into the air,
and with the other hand caught the swiftly
moving boy. And the man who rescued
Absalom Ledworth from his perilous posi-
ton in midstream was old Jasper Dunbar
he did it with long grapevine. Formerly
old Ledworth would have sworn wiclledly at
even the thought of accepting favor at the
hands of old Dunbar; but now-the baby
hands were feeling at his heart now, and
when he came out of the water with his
grandson in his arms he seemed grateful to
the man who had thrown the grapevine.
But the spirit of the Civil War was not
yet dead. Absalom Ledworth put the limp
body down on the ground and made as if
to turn away. An exclamation from old
ATTA1" DT(Txsc cDT
Evening star., 1915-02-28

Dunbar, who had knelt beside the child,
caused him to turn back.
"My God!' was what Jasper Dunbar said,
and it was cry of agony; for in his secret
soul he had loved the boy.
@What?" asked Absalom Ledworth, be-
fore he could catch his tongue.
Hes dead!" Dunbar pointed to the rag
like figure, to the youthful face, silent, but
still sweet and hopeful.
The two old men stared at each other
The two sides stared at one another They
were not men OF the water; they knew moth
ing of rolling a supposed drowned person
over barrel, and moving his arms to restore
respiration.
aShall this boys life work be for nothin'2~
whispered old Dunbar. Hes died for us
blood o his own blood, flesh O. his own flesh
and it's whole life's work to die for some
body else!' He held out his hand toward
Absalom Ledworth, and tears were stream
ing down his gray, scanned cheeks.
Absalom Ledworth turned his old ewes
toward the sweet, hopeful, youthful face.
Two sentences long forgotten sentences
flashed into his brain. They were "A little
child shall lead them,' and Greater love
hath no man"
He took Dunbar's hand and shook it. The
dove of peace had alighted on what had
promised to be a battlefield. The enmity
of forty years was ended.
MO man of them spoke. John Ledworth
took the limp body up and put it over
one of his herculean shoulders and set out
up the creek. The others followed silently,
soberly, some of them walking as men partly
blind
Buck Ledworth met them at the door,
Both he and Sadie seemed to know before
they were told. Sadie took her boy into her
arms, and sank to the floor, a light that was
not like a light of earth on her fine, dark face.
Buck put one hand gently on her head.
at is the will O the Almighty!' he said.
Then he turned to the crude little center
table that his own hands had made, and
opened the family Bible he had bought for
his wife a few years before. With a pencil
he wrote in big, scrawling letters on the
Deaths page:
robert E lee Il Grant lcdworth
dide
by the erase of god
on julie the thurd l9 and ten
When he had finished he turned back to
Sadie the Peaceful. He saw the arms of his
son steal up and go about the mothers neck!
wife, and looked, praying in his heart and
with his lips-and saw that his son was
smiling For carrying a body across her
culean shoulder is about equal to rolling it
across a barrel.
Buck Ledworth turned to his people and
to his wife's people. He saw that they saw.
"Well,' he said, and somehow his voice
was terrible, "are you goin' to let this make
any difference
For answer the Ledworths and the Dun
bars shook hands again.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-30
cARRANzA's ROUND TRIP.

The Mexican merry oround was
giyel another whirl yesterday when
Provisional President Cara told the
national convention the incompetence
81 the commander of the Zapata
forces made it inevitable that the
Carranza armies would very soon oc.
cupy the national capital. He asked
that he be made commander or
some substitute selected. but without
waiting for developments he there
upon betook himself to Cuernayaca,
Where he has set mp a new seat OF
government Hardly had the evacuat-
ing troops quit Mexico City than the
opposing army Of occupation appeared
in the outskirts.
This means. it is understood, the
return Of First Chief Carranza TO con
troll OF the capital. a feat none of the
other provisional presidents has yet
been able TO achieve. When Huerta,
Carbajal. Gutierrez and the others
whose names escape the memory, fled
from the seat OF government they had
only one way ticket. Carranza ap.
PEARS to have provided himself with
q round trim
Whether with Carranza in control
of the capital and the south of Mex
leo and villa In control of the north
the result will be. as limited, the es
Establishment Of two republics car
only be guessed. But no one can ex
pect a permanent peace on that basis
The constant warfare and interna
tional filibustering and revolution
that used to mark the relations be
tween the Central American republic,
is sure to be duplicated between tw,
Mexican republics.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-30
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Having taken QUE letters OF admin.
istratio1 upon the estate OF Nathan
bud Thomas, dead: now all persons
having or holding GAINS against the
aforesaid estate are hereby duly mott
fled and requested 10 present their
claims properly verified TO me as
such administrator, so mat they may
be properly closed and passed upon,
within six months from this date, or
they may be barred; and II not pre-
scented within one year from this date
said persons will forever be barred
from participating IN tne proceeds OF
said estate.
Given under my hand as sucn adj
ministratrix OF said estate on this
goth day of October, 1914.
JOHNNIE ETA THOMAS,
Administrative Estate Of Nathan
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-30

The happlest victims OF the war are
those who exercised judicious knOwl
edge of the climates in which they
are to be interned Almost any mar
could tell how much better it would
be to pass the winter in Puerto Rico
or Hawaii than in St Michaels OF
Iceland.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-30

In the heart Of the Rocky noun
tains may be seen the Mountain Of
the Holy Cross, $4,000 feet higA. It
derives its name from the gigantic
cross on one side, near the summit.
formed By assures in the rock. The
assures are usually filled with snow.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-30

If wheat and cotton could get to-
gether and strike an average on their
booms it would be more encouraging
for the general public and make a
better living price on bread.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-30

The presidents intention to name
Tammany men for jobs rather than
wait for Tammany to make the selec-
lions will satisfy Tammany better
than it will Bryan.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-30

Because OF the war Canada is al
ready in need of drugs aad chemicals.
Scarcity of olive oil has led to the use
OF American cottonseed oil as a sub
stitute.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-30

The effect Of the war on the her
riag fishery on the east coast of Eng.
land is indicated by the fact that the
total catch to date this season is 40
1900 fish fewer than usual
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-30

The Philippine government recently
granted its first concession to foreign
capital, an English company getting a
20.year right TO develop hardwood
forests.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-30

There is a market fl Europe just
now for miniature American flags in
the form of sin or cotton bunting
and sticl1pins. American citizens
there find the flag most convenient
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-30

Mexico might relieve itself Of the
pressure on its list of possible eN
presidents by establishing literaey
test for that column.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-30

English soldiers report a new and
certain cure for neuralgia. II is to
have German shell burst nearby
and render the patient unconscious.
The soldier who discovered 1t was
named Palmer. and German shells
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-30

No reaetionary is enthusiastic
enough to bring Joe Cannon out for
president until these charges about
buying votes in Danville are fully in
vestigated.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-30

Use Hggett'6 Golden Tip tea for
making iced tea. This tea Is pro
cured only from the early rowery
piclings, which in this country is
found in but few Of the most exclusive
stores, AID then ct prices varying
from $500 to $500 pound. Price
s100 a pound. For sale by K. G. Nor
his Drug Co. Phone 242 s-10-H