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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-05-06
STOvALL PRESENTS CLAIMS
TO VOTERS OF THIS CITY
Candidate for Governor Spoke at
the Court House Here Mon
day Night.

Hon P. S. Stovall, state treas
urer. and candidate for governor
delivered an address to fairly
large audience at the court house
in this city Monday evening.
Mr.. Stovall was introduced by
Hon. E. C. Chapman president Of
the National Bank of Commerce
of this city. and for nearly two
hours held the close attention
of everyone present.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-05-06

The members of the First
Methodist Sunday School will
observe children's day Sunday
morning, and special exercises
will be held at IL o'clock, in the
church auditorium. The public
is cordially invited.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-05-06

FOR RENT-Nice fifteen room
apartment house on College
street. Centrally located. All
modern conveniences. Has three
apartments. Apply to Mrs. c. T.
McElroy, 803 College street.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-05-06
Now Guarantee Deposits.

As will be seen from an adver-
tisement appearing in this issue.
the First State Bank here has
complied with the Banking laws
of 1914 and your deposits in this
bank are now guaranteed. by the
bank depositors guaranty fund of
the. State of Mississippi.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-05-06

The Shu-ko-ta Tom-a -ha Chap
ter, ID. A. r., will hold an i'm
portant meeting at the nome of
Mrs. ]. |. Sturdivant next Mon
day afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-05-06
Recital Friday Evening

Miss Weenonah Poindexter
presents Miss Nema Weatherby
in her graduating recital at the
Industrial Institute and College
Music Hall Friday evening at 8
O'Clock. Miss Weathersby will
be accompanied on the second
piano by Miss Olivia HARRISON.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-05-06
AlloR Lives insp etom 10
Work Full Time During
Summer
IN SESSION TWO DAYS
cili,sns oi District , AsL For
Establishment oi Tuscaloosa
Road Tasing District

The board Of supervisors met
In regular monthly session 1T the
court house at 10 O'Clock Monday
morning. at which time there
were present Hon. w. s. Newly.
president. Messrs II. II. Waters,
K. G. Harris. ]. NJ Ledbetter and
= T. pllkington, associate mem
bers of the board. Battle Bell.
sheriff. and b. A. Lincoln clerk,
when the following proceedings
took place:
Ordered that petition for public
road in district five filed by S.
Askew ct al, at the April meet
ing of the board be granted.
Ordered that the appointment
by the superintendent of edu-
cation of I. j. Smith as a mem
Der Of the county school board be
rat fed.
Ordered that Van Wallace he
refunded S2.76 taxes enormously
paid.
Ordered that from now until
September. Is. livestock inspec-
tors shall work full time except
in districts 2 and 4. where are to
work 20 days.
Ordered that j. J.Loftis be sp-
pointed livestock inspector in
district 3 to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of w.
ID. Reeves.
Ordered that w. Il. Cox be al
lowed a sufficient amount of ce-
ment to construct q dipping
vat.
Ordered that Jno. w. Ussery
be awarded contract to construct
a bridge near w. c. Banks place
for the sum OF $50. .35
Ordered that the sum of S5. 900
be borrowed from sinking fund
for current expenses.
Ordered that when funds Sc.
cured by taxation for road work
in any district are exhausted
work on public roads in that dis
trict shall automatically cease.
Ordered that livestock inspec-
tors invariably be present when
vats in their districts are emp
| tied.
Ordered that salaries of guards
on roads be advanced from S25 to
$50 per month.
Ordered that damages for right
of way for public road through T..
l.. Vaughan's plantation be as.
sessed at $40 90.
Ordered that hanks be extend
ed court off .ers for the econo-
mic administration of circuit
r court.
; A petition from 7. w. Belsher
and other citizens Of district 3
asking for the establishment of
) the Tuscaloosa road taxing dis
e trict vas ordered to lay over for
a period Of 80 days, as the law
requires. Tie petition asks for
/ the creation of road taxing dis
} trict beginning at a point on the
: line dividing Mississippi and
r Alabama where Yellow creek
n crosses this line. running thence
n down and along the meanderings
r of said creek on its south and
: east side to the point where the
d stream empties into the Luxapa-
lila. thence down and along the
/ meanderings of said Luxapalils
r creek on its south and east side
to the point where McBee creek
flows into said stream. thence uE
and along the meanderings oI
). McBee creek on its north side Il
;. the Alabama State line. thence
E north along said Alabama line t
!. point of beginning.
After having allowed the regu'
lar monthly bills. list of which
will be published later. the boart
adjourned yesterday afternoon.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-05-06

Columbus for foot ball games.
Columbus is fortunate in securing
these college events and every
one should feel it incumbent on
him to do everything in his pow
er TO make this visit Of the col
lege students an enjoyable one.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-05-06
A. and M. viii Play Alabama
Here on Friday and Sat.
urday.
boTn ftlus WANT IHt CHAMPIONSHIP
Athletic Contests Will Take
Place Friday AT The |.
|. and &.
THt L. AND v. STUDENT sOOY cOutlns
Parade Headed by Cadet Band
Will Pass Through Business
Section Tomorrow.


What will be the most impor-
tant series of the year for both
teams is to be staged in this city
Friday and Saturday when the
Mississippi A. and M. and the
University of Alabama will meet
at Lake Park in two base ball
games. In addition to the games
Alabama and the Aggies will
have dual track and field meet
Friday morning on the campus OF
the Industrial Institute and Col
lege. At least two thousand
visitors are expected here Friday,
as special trains will be run to
the city.
The entire student body of the
A. and M. will come to Columbus
Friday morning and will be ac-
companied by their famous cadet
band. Their parade through the
business streets of the city will
be a sight worth seeing.
President H. l.. Whitfield OF
the |. |. and c.. will give to the
students of the local institution a
holiday on Friday after chapel
exercises.
A. and M. and Alabama are
the only two teams in the South
ern Intercollegiate Athletic Asso-
citation that have not lost one Sc
ries this spring. and IT either
team can manage to win from the
other in the coming series, that
team will have the best claim for
the mythical championship of the
S. |. A. A.
Alabama has to her credit VIC
tories over Birmingham College,
S. P. u, Mississippi College,
Louisiana State University and
Sewanee, while her series with
Vanderbilt. Georgia Tech and the
University Of Georgia resulted in
an even break, each team vim
ming one game.
Mississippi A. and M. has vir.
tually the same record. The
Aggies have won from Howard
College, Mississippi College,
louisiana State University and
Sewanee. They have played a
ten inning tie game with Wander
bilt and on their trip in Georgia
they broke even with Mercer
University, Georgia Tech and the
University Of Georgia, winning
one game and losing one at each
place.
This will be the first time that
q big college track meet has ever
been held in Columbus and as A.
and M. and Alabama teams have
among their number some of ths
greatest stars of the Southern
track world, this will be a grea
exhibition. The full list of S. |
A. A. events will be run off
which are as follows: 100 yart
dash; go yard dash; 44O yar'
dash. $50 yard run. mile run
2 mile run. 12O yard high hurdle:
22O yard low hurdles. pole, vault
running high jump. runnin
broad jump, 16 pound hamme
throw. 16 pound shot put, throw
ing discus.
The track meet will begi
promptly at 1890 a. m. on tn
College campus. and the admis
sion Mill be 25c. A comDeten
set of officials have been secured
and the events will be run O
promptly.
Altogether this will be the bis
g.st day that Columbus has ha
for several years and will eclips
former occasions when The Z
and NJ. student body came
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-05-06

Hon. w. T. Knox, of Winona
visited his son. Mr.. Mullen Knox,
and family Tuesday and We'd
nesday.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-05-06
Charles Chaplin Comedy at the
Princess Today.

Today is laugh day at the
Princess.
Charles Chaplin, the king of
foolishness, will certainly make
you laugh in The Jitney Elope-
ment," az reel scream. This
picture made 5000 people laugh
all at one time at the New York
Strand.
Vitagraph presents Sidney
Drew and Is Others in a 2 reel
comedy, ''Timid Mr.. Toodles, "
making a program that will make
you feel better.
Admission 5 and 10c. Princess
matinee. Airdome at night,
weather permitting.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-05-06

All makes. typewriters clean
ed. repaired and rebuilt at
Divelbiss'.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-05-06

Mr.. Sam Darnell and two sons.
Messrs. Fred and Edwin, Of Gale
donia, spent yesterday in Colum-
bus.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-05-06

Office furniture which ex.
presses personally at Divelbiss.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-05-06

Your old typewriter made new
at Diveibiss.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-09
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to Herald offiCC.
Setting Out Trees. Bridgeport Telegram. )

A walk along a hot shadeless street in summer time is always provocative of thought, but no thought of a pleasant character. The trend of ones thinking under such circumstances deals with lack of municipal foresight. When new streets are laid out and old streets widened, and trees are cut down in the course of such improve ments, how simple a matter it would be for the city to set out new trees tc replace the old ones And yet it is never done-in Bridgeport at least.
 The city used to have a tree warden but that office has fallen into desue tude. The Telegram is not for the creation of useless sinecures, but it believes that the office of tree warden in proper hands, would pay big divi- dends to taxpayers. Such an official could make it his duty to look out for the setting out of new trees where needed-not that he could attend to the work personally-but it would be his job to protect what trees we have, and to lay before the board of alder men and the board of apportionment the fact concerning new trees, to the end that consistent program might be mapped out and appropriations made for it.
 Shade trees. properly set out and attended, add a gread deal to the at tractiveness of a city. They effect material reduction in the tempera- ture in the summer, which is good for the city's health They keep streets damp and allay dust. They greatly, improve the value of property and augment and looks of city one hum dredfold What a shortsighted policy. to neglect them!
New Britain herald., 1915-06-09
chimes.

chimes. The traffic will become so congested that there will soon be d condition of affairs that will cause a great deal of trouble.
 It might be proven in court, if a test case comes up, that the Main street circle constitutes switch and that machines have right to pass standing trolley car. However the proposition will probably be met by local officers, for the time being at least, by allowing the machines to pass providing there is not large number of passengers getting on or off the standing cars. They must ob- serve the law as far as the prelini- nary stop is concerned, but it would be unfair to make every machine wait behind the trolleys for as long time as tic electric cars stand at the green.
 If the "one way system on Main street as explained by the Herald" is adopted and the trolleys required to discharge their passengers in the center of the triangle no matter in which direction they are going it will be step toward the solution of the difficulty. The side of the trolley that is toward vehicle traffic would then be blind" and the automobilists would be helped to keep conditions at the center much better.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-09
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

Once more the board of public safety has held itself up to public r.dicule. On this occasion it has ad- journed without transacr1ng business that should have been disposed of. A clerk should have been elected yes terday but for some mysterious req son this was not done.
 The board of public safety appar- ently forgets that it was appointed to transact, public business. By allow ing petty, personal or political feel. ing to creep in it is violating the trust reposed in any public body. by the tax payers. By neglecting to tran sact business that should be disp osed Of it is not fulfilling it's obligations to the public. If the board of public safety is afraid to take action on matters of importance or if it is un- able to arrive at an agreement the commissioners should resign and per- init the appointment of men who are not afraid or who can reach some agreement. It Is ridiculous that there should be so much fuss made over a clerkship. The commissioners exag- gerate it's importance and by looking through political spectacles, magnify the job so that it is no longer job, " but dignified position For the past three years the board5 Of public safety has been sinking lower and lower in the estimation of the public. It has lost caste with the policemen and the firemen. It's Hack of dignity is reflected Tn the sheer of every fireman and policeman. It is time now for a change. Cast aside politics. Brace up. Get down to bus mess, or resign. %.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-09
Are Politicians Yellow?
Bristol Press

The libel suits now and again brought against newspaper editors by men actively engaged in the great American game of politics give the public a distinct shock and provoke the query: "Is yellow the natural and ineradicable color of politi- cian?" That and blue do seem to be prevailing and predominating tints that obscure the white far too often. It must be admitted that the saffron streak is so common as hardly to ex- cite comment, yet it is the brand of inefficiency and should, as soon as dis covered, eternally disqualify the per- son developing 1t from further active participation in the game. The in- dividual who cannot play fair, who cannot take as well as give hard knocks who is so thin-sklnned that he will not endure criticism without whining, should have big fat period put to his public career by the voters at the first opportunity. There are white men enough without bothering with the yellow sort and it is up to the voters to see that white prevails over the colors which almost always indicate glaring defects.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-09
That Secret Treaty.
(New Haven lJournal-Jolu lurier.l

(New Haven 1Journal-ejohIrier.
 The difficulty some of our foreign friends have in interpreting our att titude towards matters of interna- tional concern and even our political ideals accounts to a large degree for the patience we have tried to exercise in undertaking to interpret their view upon the same subjects. That mys- terious secret treaty which it is al- legged was negotiated by a predecessor of President Wilson, manifestly Theo- dore Roosevelt, with Great Britain, has turned up again to do such ser vice as is required of it. It is now being used to explain the alleged par tisanship of this country for the bel- ligerent Allies, and it appears to have been taken seriously by some of the German newspapers.
 It requires but few words to dis pose of this nonsense. There is no way known to even the cunningest of our political exploiters to negotiate a secret treaty with amy natin on the face of the earth. We need not discuss what was in the mind of the consti- tutional convention in giving us the marvellous document which protects us against ourselves, but we may be quite sure ,that in forbidding such a thing as a secret treaty it mad in mind the likelihood of some political lead CT trying to negotiate one. Treaties may be negotiated by the executive branch of the govrnment and all diff ferences of opinion between negotiat- ing nations disposed of, but they are of no effect until they have been rati- fled by the senate. No such treaty as is now described and swallowed by the credulous, was ever negotiated by any one.a No such treatyfwill ever be negotiated until the constitution has been amended by the people of the United States.
 An ignorant American citizen, who contributes his nonsense to a Berlin newspaper, which seriously prints it, says: "American citizens will know how to reply to this breach of the constitution by means of the ballot box" Of course they will. We venture the prophecy that when this secret treaty is found, and the author of it is located, both will be hanged to a sour apple tree It won't be necessary to resort to the ballot box. Judge Lynch will by common consent pre- side at tho festivities.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-09

nancial position, when it is necessary. It has been no slight task to secure comprehensive and harmonious leg islation in the commonwealtns. Pres ident Elliott is we'll pleased with the final result and he has a right to be pleased for it gives him now an op- portunity to go ahead with his plans for the improvement of the system along rational lines which mean more and more efficiency in the public ser vice. It is to be hoped that his dream of a rehabilitated and divi- dend paying railroad will be realized sooner even than he himself expects The turning point is some way behind even now and there is a straight road ahead with the signal set at clear.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-09
Babies Rich and Poor.
(New York World.)

An interesting problem involving the cost of living is now before the Surrogate's Court where on behalf of the infant son of the late John Jacob Astor it is urged that $20, ,000 a year is notz enough for his support.
 Tn a family that came into public notice on the same day that this peti- ton was filed there were seven child zen who had been without solid food for three days. The father had craZily committed crime. With no social pos ition to maintain, no great houses, here and there. no costly equipages, re servants, no high-priced regal and medical advisers, no tutors and no business agents, these hungary little ones would find even the income from s20,000 thousand more than enough for their purposes.
 Everything depends upon the scale of life. The Astor baby will be rich man one of these days. He begins where his father left off. The big expenditures whose benefits he shares cannot be said to measure the cost of supporting an infant in New York. They do suggest the price that is paid for the maintenance of the family into which it was his fortune to be born. Taxes alone upon the mansion in which he lives are s33,0O0 year.
 Except as other means arc found to meet the outlays necessary for the upkeep of such an establishment, the heir in this case might easily be as short of food at times as his fellow infants whose father is in jail.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-09

as a class separate from the main body of citizenship. that would teach' them to regard themselves as some 4 how different from and not included in the mass of citizens Assinailation. which is the end. desired. cannots be achieved in that way. Mir Howe \ method would insure the perpetuation of the hyphen.
 There is reason, too, for the gravest doubt whether Immigration comnis- sioner Frederick C. Howe is the righr person to interpret the meaning oN our institutions to those who have come here to enjoy their benefits. Al a meeting held in Seward Park on Sunday evening MT. Howe delivered an address on war. He said that he would never favor any war excep2 enc strictly for defense" That raised very debatable question, since ocl casions may and do arise when wa not strictly for defense can make tn 9 world better. But Comnlissione6 Howe proceeded. ' He would have all the people. ah@ women included vote whether th country should fight or not. If the de elsion were for war, he said that thosd
  drafted for the first line of defensea and that newspaper owners who used their influence for war should be re 4uired to serve in the first ranks. Fur, ther, he said he would make impos sible any kind of private profit feon1 war by having the Government tak4 control of all ammunition works and of all supplies. He said he would als Ca 4oW axykat trt folI t~1n lily on the rich.
 In Commissioner Howe-s audienca there may have been many ill-in% formed persons who would assent ( this sort of stuff. They would not h4 able to see just what it means f< means that MT Howe would haviX war, made in the name of the na ton, of all the people carried on bS} part of the people, just as it seems to be in his theory that taxes should be so laid as to be chiefly paid by thei few. We know Of no newspaper% that are using their influence fo} war: neither does CommissioneI Howe. Yet this pestiferous preachl nient, coming from man holding 2 nigh office under the Federal Govk ernment, may easily influence tha
  able to see wherein Mir Howe's taifI differs from right reasun and com{ mon sense.
 If citizenship means anything patriotism means anything, theX mean that all the citizens shall b affected by common feeling of loyal ty to the Government of the nation There is no surer way to breed civ disorder than by the preaching q socialistic doctrines of tnis natw and the setting up of class distin tlons, which seems to be the purpo of much of the agitation in whic we have observed with regret thq Commissioner Howe is inclined take part. It is of bad example whs under the Federal god crnment make use of their opportur ty and their authority vo instit sud ideas as these in the minds of thoa who have come here to become. ci izens of this Republic.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-09
The Norfolk Music Festivals.
(Bridgeport Standard.)

The Norfolk music festivals have won for the little town in the Litch- field hills a fame that has penetrated into far quarters of the globe. This year another brilliant success has been added to the many triumphs of the Litchfieid County Choral Union, which long since proved it's ability to support the worlds greatest soloists and to attract to it's annual series of concerts leading. musicians and crit ics from all parts of the country and from abroad.
 In view of what Dr. Arthur Mees has done for the Bridgeport Oratorio society in a few short years, it Is not difficult to understand the remark able development of the Norfolk fes- tivals under his guidance, until they have become a world-famous institu- tion The state, may we'll be proud of its privilege in bringing to a first hearing in these concerts works by native and foreign composers that are destined to become famous. A not able example was Professor Edgar Stillman-K Kelley's New England" symphony, first performed in Nor folk in 1913, to be heralded the fol- lowing year as one of the greatest successes of the season in Germany. Itywas fitting that this inspired work should make it's debut in a small New England town. And New England has not been wanting in providing compositions for these concerts wor- thy to rank beside those of the best known living composers. f-f