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The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-08
FORREST WOODMEN
OFF FOR NATCHEz
DELEGATIONS LEAVE HERE THIS
MORNING AND AFTERNOON
FOR CONVENTION.

Practically the entire delegation
from Forrest county to the convention
of the Woodmen of the World and
the Woodmen Circle, which opens in
Natchez tonight, left for that city this
morning. The remaining delegates
will leave tonight
While the convention proper does
not open till tomorrow morning, big
reception, to be followed by smoker,
will inaugurate the festivities tonight.
The delegates who will represent
the Hattiesburg circle and camp are:
Walnut Grove Circle No. SO, Mrs.
w. ]. York. .
Harmon Grove Circle No. 23, Mrs.
Lille Chairman.
Delegates from Leaf River Camp
No. 2S: A. E. HARRISON, Stokes v.
Robertson, D. c. Odom, Geo. w. Wheel
er, DIR. s. s. Turner, w. E. Estes, w.
r. Cubley, A. F. James.
During the convention there will be
number of receptions, boat rides,
balls. parades and a still alarm by
the Natchez fire department.
Both the Woodmen and the Circle
have appointed committees to meet
every train.
Reception Tonight.
reception will be given by the
Natchez grove to the delegates of the
Woodmen Circle on the evening OF
Monday, March 8, to be followed by a
banquet on March 8. Readers and
musicians who will participate in the
first entertainment are Mrs. Dunbar
Adams, Mrs. Gertrude Wilson, Mrs. R
Lee Wood, Steve Moneith,, Eugene
Peale, G. M. D. Kelly and Misses Jose
phine Martin, Gertrude Watkins ant
Margaret Lannau.
Il Flags and banners will be distribut
ed among the merchants and business
men of the city to be used as decora
tions during the convention. The OF
fetal bureau of information will be th'
Natchez hotel.
The conventions of both the Wood
men and the Woodmen Circle will be
gin at a joint open meeting at tn
Baker Grand theatre, Tuesday morn
, ing, March 8. The program for thi
meeting follows:
| Open at $50. Invocation-Re,
Joseph Kuehne.
,, Music.
. Address of wecome-Mayor W. c
Benbrook.
Il Response-W. A. Martin, head col
sui.
|. Music.
Address of welcome for local cam
v M. w. Reilly.
a Response-R. W. Kelly, Vicksbur
- Address Of welcome to Circle del
@ gates-Rev. Joseph Keuhnle.
" Response-Mrs. Annie Watts.
4 Address-H. F. Simrall. sovereie
o escort head camp.
Renediction-Rev. Fl. B. Watkins.
=. Tuesday afternoon will be devote
:. to business sessions. Wednesday thr'
= boat rides on the steamer Senat,
:, Cordill will he given the woodmen al
. Circle delegates.
The convention will come to clo
Thursday evening with grand ball.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-08
Scott and the Piutes.

Denver, Col. March S.-Brigadier
General Scott, chief of star Of the
army, with an aide and orderly, today
began his 12o mile overland trip to
the stronghold Of the Piute Indians
who have been on the warpath for
some time. Scott hopes to pacify then
and arrest the offenders,
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-08
FALLS TWO STORIES
BREAKS HIS ANKLE
CARPENTER TOPPLES FROM BAY
STREET RESIDENCE
I GALLERY.

) Matthias Geiger, carpenter, of S02
Arledge street, fell from the second
story balconye of building on Bay
street this morning. and received q
fractured ankle. 1t was necessary to
remove several pieces of the shattered
bone.
Mr.. Geiger was ding some repair
work on the residence at the time. A
piece of lumber is supposed to have
slipped which caused the accident
He was taken to his home and Drs.
Turner and Bufkin we're summoned.
They performed the operation. He is
resting easily this afternoon.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-08
National Bank Call.

Washington, D. c., March S.-The
comptroller of the currency today is
sued call for a statement-of the con-
ditions of the national banks of the
country at the close of business March
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-08
bids to Make Swords.

Philadelphia, Pa, March S.-The Dis
ton Saw Company, at Tacony, has bid
for the manufacture of 10000 swords
to be used by the British and Russian
governments in the war. Each has
asked bids for 10000.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-08
TELEGRAPH
BREVITIES
Will Sue For Will,

Washington, D. c., March S.-The
Supreme Court today granted to the
State of Virginia permission to sue j.
P. Morgan for the return of the will
Of Martha Washington.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-08
0FflCIALS ARE CONFIDENT
SHE'S FROM HATTIESBURe
fi(Systery Will Be Solved Before Day
hds, Officials Believe; Copies of
Death Phot graph Given to Police in
Their search-Whether She Was
Murdered, Committed Suicide, Or
. Died From Operation, Unsettled.

in the Vicksburg Charity Hospital last
week of young woman registering
from Hattiesburg continues to deepen.
Photographs received here today by
Chief Bennett, has convinced the po-
lice that the woman is not the person
whom they at first thought she was
Their first belief was based on tele
graphic descriptions from the hospital
I~That she is known in lIattiesburg,
- and formerly lived mere, is believed
by the police, however. Copies of the
photograph have been placed in the
hands of Chief Benefits men, and to-
day they are securing the city and ad-
joining country, trying to find rela'
tives or acquaintances who may iden-
tify her.
"T believe that we will be able to
establish her identity before the end
of the day." the chief said today.
From Vicksburg today came another
report whiss..ends to further entangle
the situation. "It is believed that the
woman OF mystery Mrs. A. A. Thomp
son who died in a hospital here fol-
lowing criminal operation, registered
during the week before at the board
ing house of John Neff, on Grove
street, under the name of Mrs. Z. d.
Cameron" a dispatch to The News
from there says.
Used Another Home.
Neff who is member Of the Vicks
burg police force, is convinced tha'
the dead woman was the same indi
vidual who came to his boarding house
about the middle of the week. anC
Maid a weeks lodging in advance
Acco2ing to him she spent severa
Vay, there. She telephoned him later
hoveyer and declared that she wa'
at the A. & V. depot, and intended de
narting for her home in Meridian say
ing she had changed her plans.
Neff asked hkr what she would d'
about the money that was due hei
and she said she would send a col
ored boy to collect it. In two 0
three minutes negro youth appeare'
,t Neff,s boarding house. The negr'
etated that he had come from the a
q v. depot but Neff feels sure II
wou,d not have had time to DO sc
The hoy was asked to sign receip
fo, the money, which he did and oe
parted. ,,.o,
The police Of Hattiesburg have pee'
unable to ind any clue as to the ioen
tity of the dead woman, and there
no record that Mrs. A. A. Thompson
had resided in Hattiesburg. 1t Is no
believed however, that this was I'll
dead woman's real name.
The nolice continue to investiga'
tho affair, and ], ]. O'Neil' count
rrosecut,ng attorney, will also len
III. Efforts TO solve the mystery
pfforts by the Meridian police o'
partmept to locate any one by IN
r.roe NJ C. D. Cameron, have prove
upavailing. No one of that name eve
"a. heard Of there, and the name ooe
-, .nnear in the Meridian city dire
tory. o,. roce,ve
Jse Photographs made of the dea
~ voman they were shown to sever
uattiesburg persons who thought 'ne
,nov tbe identity of her from her q
no,;rt;on IN every instance hoWeVe
II was positively stated that inc new WI -,
an was not the persoN they foFne'
had thought her to be.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-08
The Wheat SuppIy,

Washington, D. c., March S.-Wheat
remaining on farms on March / was
50,000,000 bushels, or 17.2 per cent
of the 1914 crop. About 60 per cent
of the crop will be shipped out Of the
counties where grown.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-08

Amsterdam, March S.-For the first
time since Admiral Beatty engaged
the Germans in the North Sea in Jan
uary, heavy yum firing was heard there
today.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-08
eILLIs HAS THE GRIP

cbancery Clerk ellis is connneu ~
81. room today suffering with severe
"a .,,ack O, the grip. His conoi''oh -
not serous, however.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-08
Mysterious Woman's S Identity
Continues TO be Unsolued
WHO KNOWS THIS WOMAN?

She died at the Vicksburg Charity
Hospital last week, under mysterious
circumstances. She is believed to
have come from Hattiesburg. She is
% years old, dark hair and eyes,
feet, or inches in height. Wheth-
er she committed suicide, was poison
ed, or died from an operation, the au-
thorities have not yet ascertained.
This photograph has been placed in
the hands of the Hattiesburg police,
who are trying to locate her relatives
here. That she is known here is not
doubted 1t is believed that she will
be positively identified before night
fall. The body is still being held in
Vicksburg.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-22

In response to my request
for ideas for this colu nm, Mr..
Thomas sends in the following;
Responding to Prof.
Windsor's request that others
contribute to the Ed ucatiOnal
Column.
| will say that | agree with his
plan to consolidate the country
schools with the Columbus
school. In union there is
strength and in cooperation
a method TO lessen all un
necessary labor and expense,
which is in keeping with the
spirit of the times. And to take
the children TO school in an auto
is no doubt the proper way, but
in order to do that with much
comfort, some of the main roads
to the country must be graded
and culverts put in, which is the
subject for another article.
Children should not be sent 20
school too young; that is, from
four TO five years of age. My
observation is that / ey soon
tire of their books and lose all
interest in sc craol except to play
and it is then very difficult to get
them to take an interest in their
studies again.
When children are sent to
school very young they should
be given studies which are in
teresting TO them and are very
easy To learn, and then not too
much at time. Otherwise,
much harm may be done by
overburdening the childs mind
l believe that three months
term of school is enough for a
child of six and increase the
term one month each year until
the full school year is reached
If that was the rule, / believe
that the children would do
better, learn faster with less
trouble, and would be anxious to
go TO school and study Lee
! Thomas.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-22

heritance. This does not mean.
however, that we have no need
at all for the consolidation of
schools. Consolidation is some
times an unfortunate necessity
Some one-room schools are 50
small that to continue them is
both an educational waste and a
financial waste. Some cOmmun
tiles, for this and other reasons,
would be benefited greatly by
the bringing together Of two or
three or more weak schools. A
number OF schools IN West Nir-
ginia have already had their
educational facilities greatly im
proved in this way, aud in many
other communities the conditions
are such that consolidation
would undoubtedly prove TO be a
good thing West Virginia Ed
ucatOr.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-22
Road Board Vacancies Filled

Chas. Heath, Of the Luna
County road board, last Satur
day received notification of the
appointment of S. ID, Swope and
N. B9lich of psming, to ill the
vacancies in the board Mr.
Heath has been the board him
self for several months, since
the resignation Of the old mem
bers Mr.. Heath thinks there
can not be much work done on
the County highways this year
on account of the lack of funds.
but the new board will meet
some time in the near future and
will organize and be ready for
business.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-22
Starts Work On New Bank Building

Work was begun on the new
bank building here this week A
firm from Deming will do tha
brick work and the local contrac
tors will do the rest of the job
The building is tJ be built of white
pressed brick and is TO cost iu
the neighborhood of $1,000. The
structure will be of ample size 10
meet all the requirements of the
bank and the work will be rushed
until'same is completed. The
location of the building is on
East Broadway, just east of the
Hoover Hotel
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-22
The Printers Troubles

Did you ever stop To think how
many chances there are 10 make
an error in "A column of typef
There are seven positions beside
the right one that each letter can
be placed. This alone makes a
possibility OF several Thousand
errors in a single column of type.
With transposition there is
hardly any limit to the number
OF chances for errors. Is IL any
wonder, that when the paper
was ready, as we thought, foI
press, some time ago, we spotted
the following; "For Sale 81 Pigs
and broad cows" The item
should have read Pigs anC
brood sows."
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-22
Local Items

Another new. president for
Mexico! The length of the term
seems 10 become shorter.
Boosters are fast taking the
place of knockers in the Lower
Mimbres. Let the good work
continue.
Teacher-What is the principal
export of Mexico?
Willie-Presidents.
God must dearly love fools else
he would not have made so
many.
To keep a cigar lighted one
must not talk too much. That
is the reason women do not
smoke.
Two very nice girls had a
quarrel one day.
Anyhow" said one TO the
other, who was an adopted child,
your parents are not real"
Whereupon the other little
girl retorted, Il don't care, my
papa and mamma picked me out,
Yours had to take you just as
you came"
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-22
Five Troops Of the
Thirteenth Return

Troops A, -, f., G and NJ G..
Troop arrived here early Thurs.
day morning from Naco, Arizona
and have joined the regiment.
These troops have all been
stationed here before, but were
ordered to NacO, some OF them "a
few months ago, when the battle
was raging across the border be-
tween the Mexican factions.
The entire regiment of the
Thirteenth Cavalry is now
stationed here, with the excep
ton of Troop !, which is in Fort
Riley. Kansas. 10 addition TO
the Thirteenth there is Il
company OF the SigEal Corps,
and the Quartermaster Corps
There are more soldiers quarter
ed here now than has ever been
at one time.
We welcome the soldiers back
who have been IN Arizona and
hope they will remain. Several
of the boys expressed them.
selves as being very glad to get
to come back to Columbus.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-22
The Biblical Conception Of
Spirituality

think if we turn to the New
Testament we shall fad clear
definition of Spirituality. The
meaning of spirituality is set
forth in the conflict between
Jesus and the Pharisees. To
them Jesus did not seem to be a
sanity person or even morally
safe while 70 Jesus the conduct
of the Pharisees was very super.
fetal not even touching the
common duties Of daily life. II
we turn TO Paul we shall find
that he does make a very strong
distinction between the spiritual
and natural man so much so that
he holds the things of God to be
unintelligible to the natural man,
The spiritual man receives the
things Of God not because he has
some different faculty from that
possessed by the ordinary man
nor yet beca use he has regard "a
a different set of facts bui
simply because he reckons all
facts, Sits them to the very END
and so discerns their ultimate
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-22

reality. And this process is
described in the Authorized
Version as discerneth, The Re.
vised Version prefers iudgeth
and suggests in the margin ex-'
amineth. We need all three 70
translate the original idea, ex-
amines, Judges and discerns all
things. Spirituality Then ac.
cording to TIE Bible is the
faculty OF true discernment.
Next week / win deal with the
application of this meaning,
using some Of she communlca
tions that / have received ON
this subject G. n Roddingt0n.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-22

A letter from Mrs. Chas. +.
Bennett, written from San Ber
nardinO, California, states that
Mr.. and Mrs. Bennett are very
anxious TO get back TO Columbus
and expect to start back in "a
short tune. Mr.. Bennett owns
some deeoed land in the Lower
Mimbres.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-22

than a disadvantage, The
younger learn from the older
and the older are constantly re.
viewing their studies by listen.
ing to the recitations of the
younger.
The school, being composed of
children of various ages, is more
like a natural community than a
city school composed of only one
or two grades.
Instead of talking about aban-
doning the one room country
school, we should give our best
efforts to strengthening it. The
house should be made more
attractive and more comfortable,
the playground should be looked
after better, the teacher should
be better paid so that he can
afford to prepare himself for his
great work, and there should be
closer sympathetic supervision,
either distric or otherwise. The
work of the country school, with
all of it's limitations, is d glorious
inheritance let Us respect IL as
snch and build upon tnat in
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-22

Last week we spoke of the
benefits of the consolidation of
districts, but this does not mean
that the old plan has not done
much good, for il has, and IL has
its admirers. z brings up to
you and ! many pleasant recol-
lectiOns, so this week we copy
the following;
THE ONE ROOM COUNTRY
SCHOOL.
Nothing ha, had a greater in
liuence in this country than the
one room country school; no.
thing has been a greater bless
ing. And it will continue to be a
fountain of blessing under new
conditions of life as we'll as under
the old True, il can't do much
for football, and its baseball
teams have singular ways of
their own; il doesn't promote
weekly dances, it has no secret
fraternities, and it usually does
not have an official yell or official
colors. The house is small, the
pupils number only twenty five
or thirty, and if biguess we're
greatness it wouldn't count for
much, and yet the one.room
country school is the best place
in the world for a child to gel
his elementary education
More individuality and more
personal initiation are developed
there than is possible in large
school The fact that most al
of the eight grades are taught il
one room is an advantage rather
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-22

We teachers think we are do.
ing some good work and we do
not know of any special need of
calling in the Board, but l still
believe that in every school there
ought to be a meeting of the
Board. Many things would
come up for consideration, the
discussion of which would be
helpful.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-22

favorable, these varieties require
from fifteen to twenty inches OF
precipitation to thrive. Locally
the annual rainfall is ten inches,
which alone would preclude any
chance of growth unless they
were irrigated.
(cl Being thornless and un.
able to resist the attacks aud
ravages of animals expensive
fencing would be required even
it they would otherwise be sue.
cessful Cactus Is so eagerly
eaten by all animals and stock,
such AS rats, rabbits, sheep,
goats, cattle, chickens, etc, that
rabbit tight and bull strong
fence would be necessary to pre-
vent It's annihilatiOn by the ami
mails. ThOrnless varieties are
utterly out of the question 10
cally, for only in humid regions
where fair rainfall is certain
will they thrive.
Therefore the cactus question
easily settles itself into the
thorny natives or none at all for
the Mimbres Valley. 1t will be
interesting 10 many TO learn that
the great acreage that grows in
Texas Is now regarded by eX.
perts not as Il pest, but as one of
the most valuable assets in
natural resources of the state.
In other words the cactus that
formerly was so despised is
coming into it's own and is now
recognized as the most valuable
native forage plant excepting
grass within the state. Now in
addition to using the plant in
winter as AN emergency green
iced il is being planted and cult
waited with as painstaking care
as tile Illinois farmer cares for
his growing corn crop. In this
way IN Il few years an uccumu-
lated tonnage OF from seventy
five 10 one hundred tons of green
Iced stands on each acre and
worth, feeding value, about $40
a ton. Thus AT Is cost of almost
nothing, besides II is difficult TO
exhaust this supply by the small
dairyman as the increased
growth each year will he from
tifteen'to twenty tons per acre.
Thus an acre so planted can
easily be valued at from $500 TO
$1,000, figuring the green feed
alone at the end of few years
from planting.
In a desert country the most
valuable thing grown is feed foI
stock. Sometimes this is raised
at considerable cost, TOO costly
usually for profit 10 tine average
farmer, but here is forage
plant that will make possible the
prosperity Of thousands OF
families in the Mimores Valley
and the Southwest generally.
In "A subsequent article the
writer will treat the subject of
the proper handling of this
forage plant, also its specific
feed value.
A |. TANI ar
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-22

The big league scout will find you out,
No matter where you're playing,
Can you but pitch without a hitch,
Or bat like Samson Staying.
If you excel or do things we'll,
Your services are wanted
And men will seek you by the week,
Although your house be haunted.
And so the town which wants renown
Will have to hump and hustle;
Must advertise for other guys
To help them in the tussel.
Let tourists know your blooming show
Is greatest in creation;
That it's the best in East or West
Or elsewhere in the nation.
Then they will blab and shoot their
CAB
About your favored section,
And other chaps will scan their maps
And head in this direction.
So make noise about the joys
And other great resources,
That men may hear both far and near
And come and join your forces.--Ex.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-22

j. b. Sloan, who arrived here
two weeks ago from Colorado
and was joined later by his
family, has moved out to the
Shay place until he finds To-
cation that suits him. Mr..
Sloan is Intending TO take up a
section of land in the Valley and
is a very valuable citizen.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-22

Mrs. W. King, Mrs, Kniphon
and Mrs. J. J. Moore spent
Tuesday with Miss Floy Moore
and her mother at their home
East of town.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-22
Educational Column
By T. A. Windsor

IL you have any book in your
home belonging TO the school
library, please send it back.