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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-07-27
MONEY FOR REPAIRS At
LOCAL C0LLEGE FOR GIRLS
WILLIS MeCLANAiAN MAKES
SUCCESSFUL PLEA TO
TRUSTEES.

While the Legislature at its las.
session failed to make any appro-
priation for Improvements at the In
dustrial Institute and College in this
city, Mr.. Willis McClanahan, super
intendent of the grounds and build
irgs at the institution, went before
the board Of trustees having IN
charge the principal colleges Of the
state at their recent meeting at the
"a and NJ. College and so impressed
them with the urgent need for GER
tain repairs at the local school that
they agreed to set aside about
so, 500 for this purpose
The Improvements and repairs will
be Of general character The chap
ell viii be re-decorated and Fenovat-
ed, and the heating system will be
oyerhauled, while necessary repairs
will be made to the furniture in the
dormitories and other buildings.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-07-27
CAtlle Market Report.

National Stock Yards, H., July
90 Todays receipts: Cattle, $500;
hogs, 1000.
Cattle: Generally speaking the cat
tie market is fully steady with a
week ago on grown stuff, while
calves and yearlings are closing -
to DC higher.
Stock Cattle Click free) Good TO
choice quality of steers, s575 to
S6.25; medium to good $3.50 TO
$6; common to medium, 81 to $3.50;
good stock heifers, 1925 to $3.50.
Hogs: Best hogs reached $,0.0b
today. The general market was ac-
tive and full steady Good hogs ls0
pounds up $3.50 to $9.95; $50 to
ITO pounds, $500 to $3.50; rough
hogs, 1925 to $3.50; pigs l20 to
140 pounds, 1926 to $3.50, with
lighter pigs at $3.50 to 1925.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-07-27
LIQUOR LAW STILL
BEING ENFORCED
SHIPMENTS TO 70. 5 m
STATE HELD Ton,
LIMIT.
PETITION FOR
VOTE is FILED
Injunction Asked for by Pro-
hibitionists Has Not Been
Granted.

While press dispatches sent out
from Jackson during the past week
indicate that the law limiting ship
ments Of vinous. spurious and malt
liquors to points within the borders
of the state has been suspended
pending a vote by the people on the
subject at the regular election in
November, local express officials
have received no instructions re-
garding a change, and the law is be-
ing rigidly enforced here.
A petition was recently filed with
Secretary of State Power asking for
a referendum vote on the question,
and prohibition leaders, after hav-
ing carefully examined the petition
and ascertained that it carried the
requisite number of signatures,
sought TO obtain an injunction re-
straihing Secretary Power from is
suing an order suspending the en-
forcement of the statute. The law
provides, however, that with the fill
ing of such a petition the law auto
matically becomes imperative, and
the prayer for injunction, according
to information received here, was
not granted.
If the law has served to decrease
the sale of liquor in other cities and
towns throughout the state as il has
in Columbus it has undoubtedly had
most salutary effect, as violations
of the prohibition statutes here have
been fewer during the past six
months than at any time since booac
was legally banished from the state.
This condition, however, is partially
attributable to activities on the part
Of the local police, as the force was
reorganized last December, and Jno.
Morton, the new chief, has made
things exceedingly warm for the
operators of blind tigers,
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-07-27
ELABORATE PLANS
FOR STOCK SHOW
SECRETARY WEATHERLY
HOPES TO MAKE ExHl-
BITION PRETENTiOUS.
DAILY PARADES
ARE TO BE GIVEN
Blooded Animals From Other
States to Be Brought Here
For Exhibition.

Secretary Westherly, of the
Chamber of Commerce Of Columbus
and Lowndes county, is making
elaborate plans for the animal indus
try exhibition which is to be held
here IN October and states that he
hopes to make it one of tue most pre-
tentious exhibits of similar nature
ever witnessed in Mississippi.
Stock raising has made rapid
progress in the territory contiguous
to Columbus during the past few
years, and it is now generally recog-
nized as one of our most important
bucolic industries. Many farmers in
this vicinity are raising horses,
mules, cows, hogs and sheep both
for breeding and for slaughter, and
the coming exhibition will afford to
them their first opportunity to show
the public just what they are doing
along this line. An unique feature
of the exhibition will be daily par
AIDES, all the fine cattle brought here
being led through the principal
streets SO that they can be seen and
admired not only by stockmen but
by citizens of Columbus as well. Val
liable prizes will be offered and ex-
perts will be brought here from diff
ferent agricultural colleges in this
and other states to judge the cattle.
Secretary Weatherly is planning
to attend the annual meeting Of the
Southern Cattlemen's Association,
which converes IN Shreveport, iia
and while there will come in contact
with prominent cattle and stock
raisers from all portions of the
south. He will endeavor to pur-
suade some of these gentlemen who
own unusually fine stock to send an
imals here for the show next fall
end this will give to the exhibition
all interstate interest.
Dates for the exhibition have not
yet been fixed, but it will be held
some time during the latter part OF
October, and will be in progress
three days.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-07-27
ATTENDANCE At LOCAL
NORMAL IS INCREASING
NEGROES BEING GIVEN VALUA.
BILE TRAINING IN MANUAL
ARTS.

While the attendance at the sum
mer normal for negroes, which open
ed at Union Academy in this city on
July II, was not as good as was ex-
pected, additional teachers are ar
irving daily and it is expected that
there will be fully two hundred pres
ent before the end Of the week.
The normal is being conducted
along modern lines and those who
are attending are given instruction
in manual training as well as in lit
lrary subjects. A specialist from
the famous school for negroes az
Tuskeegee, Ala, Is here for the pur-
pose of delivering course of lee
lures on domestic science and differ
ent physicians, dentists and optome-
trists, who reside in Columbus
have consented to deliver lecture.
on diseases and ailments to which
they have devoted many years
study.
The normal is being conducted BY
Prof. 0. M. Lawrence, a prominent
local educator, who is bing assisted
by Prof. J. 7. Spann, and otheI
competent and experienced men an'
women. The normal will be in ses
sion seven weeks longer and thos
who attend will undoubtedly benefi
materially as the result of thei
studies here.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-07-27
IhFANTIlE PARALYSIS
SITUATION NOT ALARMING
DR.. w. c. BREWER. COUNTY
HEALTH OFFICER, HAS DIS
EASE UNDER CONTROL.

While Columbus and Lowndes
county have had several cases Of in-
fantile paralysis the people do not
feel alarmed, as Dr. w. c. Brewer
has the situation well in hand and
hopes soon to have the epidemic
completely stamped out.
The first local case made its ap-
pearanee in the family of promin-
ent local educator, whose 7-year
old son died from an attack of the
malady, and since that time there
has been several other cases IN var
ious parts of the county. Some of
the children have recovered and now
there are only three cases under
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-07-27
To Chicago in Car.

Mr.. r. B. Claggett, general mana
ger of the Columbus Railway, Light
and Power Company, accompanied
by his wife, win leave at an early
date on an automobile trip to Chi
cago. They viii motor from Co
lumbus to Nashville over the route
Of the proposed Jackson Highway
and will 90 thence to Chicago over
one of several routes leading from
the Tennessee capital to the Windy
City.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-07-27

Mr.. j. Lee Myers, assistant post
master at West Point, who several
years ago held position as clerk
in the local postoffice, has been APP
pointed postoffice Inspector, and he
win qualify for the position within
the next few days. Mr.. Myers has
been spending several days in Co
lumbus arranging to take up his new
work.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-07-27
Mr.. Flynn Invited.

Hon. G. NJ. Flynn. well known
manufacturer Of this city, has re-
ceived an invitation to be present at
Carnegie Hall in New York on Mon
day, July 81, at o'clock p. m,
when Hon. Charles Z. Hughes viii
be officially notified of his nomina-
ton as the Republican presidential
nominee.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-07-27
LARGE CROWD ASSEMBLIES
AT PARK TO LISTEN TO
FAMOUS AUTHOR.
"OLD RELIABLE
GREETS FRIENDS
Vocal Selections by Mrs. Bailey
Hardy Add to Charm Of the
Occasion.

Judge Harris Dickson, of Vicks-
burg, who is delivering series of
lectures in various towns and cities
throughout the state for the benefit
of the First Regiment, Mississippi
National Guard, spoke in the pavil-
lion at Lake Park Tuesday night and
was greeted by large and fashion
able audience.
Rev. w. S. Slack, rector of st.
PauPs Episcopal church, officiated
as master of ceremonies, and inaug-
urated the program by introducing
Mrs. Bailey Hardy, who rendered a
song cycle consisting of three num-
bers, one of them having been given
as an encore to applause which was
so generous as to necessitate a re-
sponse. All three selections were
plantation. melodies which fitted ad-
mirably the spirit of the occasion
and were rendered with exquisite
technique. Miss Annie Nelson ap-
pearcd as Mrs. Hardy's skilled ac-
eompanist.
Mr. Slack then introduced Judge
Dickson, who for more than an hour
kept his audience highly entertained.
The dissertation was coloqulal
pot pourri rather than a lecture hav-
| ing run the gamut from historical
data to negro dialect stories, and
through its entire course the speaker
kept his hearers not only interested
but delighted and charmed. He be-
gan by making an eloanen, pMa ~
preparedness, for large standing
army, which he showed eonclusively
was necessary to the safety of the
country; then told of need of funds
to care for sick soldiers, and wodrd
up by telling a series of negro dia-
ect stories with "Old Reliable" as
the central figure. These stories
were received with enthusiasm, and
those in the audience demonstrated
their appreciation of the humorist's S
Efforts by frequent outbreaks of
laughter and applause.
Judge Dickson has probably at
| tanned greater fame as an author
than any other Mississippian of the
present generation, his "Old Relia-
BILE" stories having appeared in some
Of the best known magazines in the
country and having been widely read
both North and South. Judge Dick
son has been classed with the late
Joel Chandler Harris, of Georgia, as
a delineator of the negro character
and dialect, but he Is, nevertheless
q creator rather than an imitator
for while the gifted Georgian de
picted the negro of the ante-bellun
period Judge Dickson shows him tt
US as he is today, "Old Reliable" be
ing lazy, shiftless vagabond whc
lives largely by his wits and who's,
most arduous tasks are the mixins
of mint juleps and cocktails, a
which he is an artist of no meal
ability. Notwithstanding his numer
Gus shortcomings, however, "Ol'
Relibale" is both good natured AM
! witty, and his quaint humor and un
: failing Difference to quality whit
I folks" serve to make him an ey
1 ceedingly interesting character
e The tour of Judge Dickson is be
ing sponsored by the Grand Lodg
4 of Mississippi, B. P. 0. E., and h
e appeared here under the auspices o
: the local lodge.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-07-27

Mr.. Everett Cummings, son Of
Judge and Mrs. 7. Nj. Cummings, Of
this city, who for several years past
has been with Uncle Sans soldiers
in the Philippine Islands, has com
pleted the term of his enlistment
and is now at the home of his par
ents in East Columbus.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-07-27

After very pleasant visit to
Mr. and Mrs. Z. r. Wells and other
relatives, Mrs. w. +. Mccullough
and three children, Gladys, Willie
and Walter, have returned to their
home in st, Louis.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-07-27

treatment. These cases are beng
kept isolated and everything possi-
Bile is being done to prevent the
spread of the malady.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-07-27
BOIL WEEv|Ls ARE ACTIVE
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY
RECENT RAINS HAVE lNCREAS.
ED THE NUMBER OF PESTS
LOCAL COTTON FIELDS.

Now that the rains have disap-
peared boil weevils have come out
in increased numbers and local
farmers are dividing their time be-
tween repairing damage resulting
from the recent storm and strenu-
Gus efforts to rid their fields of the
pestiferous insects.
For several days succeeding the
storm few weevifs were seen. and
some farmers thought that they had
been drowned out by the rain. Those
versed in entomology, however, en-
tertained no such delusions, as the,
know that the insects thrive in wet
weather, and their prediction thai
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-07-27

Messrs. Roy Miles and Sam Me
Kinney, of Atlanta. Ca. are the
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. b. Beard.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-07-27

Mrs. Hester, who has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. J. 7. Searcy, has
returned to her home in Tuscaloosa.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-07-27

After pleasant visit of several
weeks with home folks here, Mr..
Lowndes Lipseomb has returned to
Vieksburg.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-07-27

the return of sunshine would bring
them out in increased numbers has
been verified.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-07-27

Miss Sara Nelson will leave next
week TO New York to spend a month.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-07-27

Mr.. John B. Patterson, of Mont
gomery, Ala. was the guest of rel
atives here Sunday.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-07-27

Mr.. and Mrs r. L. Stephenson
are visiting friends in Gainesville,
Ala.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-07-27

Mrs. P. L. Berry is visiting rela-
tives in Nashville.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-07-27

Hon. D. w. Houston, prominent
member of the Aberdeen bar. was
visitor to Columbus Tuesday.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04
The First Bomb.

The bomb came into being during the
troublous times In France toward the
close OF the eighteenth century. Its
inventor was a French fanatic named
Cheyaller, who had conceived such an
intense hatred OF Napoleon that he de.
termined 90 kill him.
Being employed at government
small arms factory. he had gained some
knowledge OF explosives. and with this
knowledge he managed 10 construct a
bomb out OF barrel, which he filled
with a mixture OF powder. bullets, bro
ken glass and white arsenic.
Chevaller's Idea was for the bomb
TO explode under Napoleon's carriage as
Il passed through the streets OF Paris.
A mlscalculntion. however. caused II 10
go or a few seconds too soon.
Had Cheynller succeeded In his OBJ
feet the whole history OF Europe would
OF course have been changed.-Pear'
sons Weekly.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04
oettinq Into a serape.

Many years ago the Wild deer that
roamcd through the forests OF England
used 10 dig holes IN the earth with
their forefcet. They paved II out
sometimes 10 the depth OF several
Inches. sometimes foot or more
These holes were called "scrapes," and
travellers nc dusk or night or those who
were careless about their footing often
tumbled into them. They were laugh
ed at for their heedlessness when they
came home covered with mud. aud as
this frequently occurred after they had
been lmbiblng bit they were said 10
have "got into scrape," Some Cam
bridge students took up this express
sion. aud thus II came 10 be applied TO
people who had got into difficulties OF
various sorts.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04
Hospitality In Greece.

Hospitality as understood In the
west Is not characteristic Of the
Greeks. who In their own country rare.
ly invite friends TO their tables. In
her Greece OF the Hellenes" Miss
Lucy Garnets relates how on one oc.
casion she and friend were invited
into the suburbs OF Greece by Gre.
elan lady who was giving n birthday
tea to her young son and his play.
mates. MY share OF the entertain
mcnt." says Miss Garnets, consisted
In watching the little lions feed. for
neither n cup Of tea nor a slice OF the
birthday cake came my way or the
way OF my companion. whose hospital.
ity the hostess herself frequently en-.
Joyed." This apparent nlggardllness
IL. OF course, entirely due 90 the Gus
tom OF the country. Tho writer adds
that the same hostess ON coming TO
England entertained like the average
Britcn.-Iondon Chronicle.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04
A Cavae Of Vnreat.

Undoubtedly for everything there is
an ample cavse. Far be It from the
likes OF me to knock on natvres laws
Bvt why do modern architects assvme
that u is V and carve in stone that
palpable and bold absvrdity7 The Ian.
gyage vsed to be so poor, so terribly
In debt, that II covld not AFFORD U
to grace the alphabet.
Bvt now that we possess the U with
soft and graceful cvrve. Of vnexcelled
docllity and willingness to serve, why
do they carve vnlted States and pyblic
school and svch and make the English
language look as fvnny as the Dvtch.
with restaurant and Pvllmnn car and
university and other marks OF edvca.
tional pcrverslty?
That V imprcsses some OF vs. as
cheap and gavdy blvfr, which parvenvs
may pvll In place OF more substantial
sivff bvt people who are fashioned ovt
OF vnpretentlovs dvst view all svch af.
fection with an ynassvmed Disgust.
Svch exhibitions always make me
very glvm and blve. Now. honest In.
jvn. don't they have the same effect on
yoy2-Printer's Ink.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04
A u,,,sas Advertisement.

An old man, well past sixty, entered
the publication offices OF the Book and
Life and asked to be directed to the
lost and found counter. At the proper
department, he requested the insertion
Of the following elmer adj"
LoST-About forty years ago-an oppor-
tunity. IL Is probably worthless now. but
will reward the honest finder who brings
II 20 me- az I am curious to know what
II might have done for me had ] not been
careless with II.
The clerk read the advertisement
and then looked pItylngly at the old
man.
wen insert your ad.." he said. but
II is my duty TO inform you that there
Is hardly any use in putting II In. We
have no records OF any lost opportunl.
ties ever having been found"
The old man thought for few min
utes. then he said:
well. insert II anyhow. People will
read II and start TO thinking"
Then he went away. - Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04
Cross Eyed Mentally.

DO you ever start TO say something
and find yourself using the word yon
hadn't the falntest Idea OF using? Just
u little cross eyed mentally, aren't your
Did you ever mean TO Jam your foot
on the accclcrator and slam It down
on the brake instead? Have you ever
put salt twice ON the same platcful OF
food when one OF the applications
should have been pepperi Did you
ever laugh at the wrong time nc the
thcatcr, or sneeze unnecessarily at a
funeral, or fall TO sleep quietly In
church, or sollcitously inquire where
So-and.so Is nowadays when the poor
chap has been dead six monthsI Sure
you have. Everybody does H. We're
all Just bit mentally cross eyed some.
times. and we don't look where II
seems that we are looking. What we
really need to look out for Is not doing
queer things too often. IL we do
there's no telling what may happen TO
US. We may get into tho papersl-
Springfield Union.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04
RebheryI

lie WAS did. gray. unkempt, unshav'
en und ioucring. LIS toes protruded
from bis shoes lie crawled up 10 an
old well curb by an ancient homestead
and clung there exhausted. Suddenly
a man IN furs dashed angrily forward
"Hey. gimme them rings" he shouted.
The old man removed three diamond
rings from his fingers and gave them
10 the brute.
"All right Now so onT he ordered
20 a man turning a handle. How'd
you s'pose them rings would look on
the screen. you poor idiot? You're sup
posed TO be broke"
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04
His Elaborate Efforts.

zone should beware OF beginning his
speech IN too loud u voice" said Grout
"If you start or with n yell. when the
time comes 10 roar donuncintlon or
shout hosannas you win have no wind
LETT with which 20 be emphatic. !
once knew man whose wife ex'
hibitcd more than 800 love letters
In court, which he had written her dur
Ing brief courtshlp Of eleven weeks
lie often wrote her six or more IN one
day. and his shortest epistle contained
four pages. And yet before they had
been married two months he had slap
ped her jaws 80 far around that when
she wanted 90 talk into the telephone
she had To back up 20 IL. Ills excuse
was that he had exhausted his affec'
tion IN the course Of the correspond
ence knnsas City star.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04
The Sun In Winter.

In winter we are 100000 miles near
er the sun than In summer. Some
may think that II this statement Is
true we ought TO have warmer wealth
er In winter than IN summer, but IL
must be remembered that the heat we
receive from the sun depends very
much upon the direction OF Its rays.
In summer the suns rays are more
vertical than in winter; hence the days
are warmer
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04
ss.ina Around Corners.

There are many Insects which have
a very much larger field OF vision than
we have. This is due TO the greater
concayity OF their eyes, enabling them
TO see around the corner. so TO speak,
behind and at the sides. This devel-
opment IN man would have its obJec-
tionable points, but also its good ones,
not the least OF which might be the
detection OF Observation-Disclosures
1Ournai
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04
Men Who Wear Fea,hers.

Among the strange tribes OF men
about whom little IA known are the
Chamacocos OF the region about the
upper Paraguay river.
Although the Chamncocos wear but
little clothing, they excel In the art
OF making personal adornmcnts from
the feathers OF birds. Their country
abounds with birds OF the most beauti'
ful plumnge. including parrots. tou'
cans and trogOns. whose feathers are
dazzling In color; rhcas with gray
plumes. musk ducks OF glossy black
color. egrets with feathers OF pure
white and spoonblils OF delicate pink.
All this wealth Of color and grace
ful plumage Is combined by the Cha
mncocos Ia most artistic manner.
Some OF these savnges walk their for
est glndes In colors more brilliant, II
less ample. than any woman's dress
maker could produce. - Washington
Stnr,
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04
AnthonY,s Nose.

Anthony's Nose. at the northwest
corner OF Westchester county, n. u,
reaches an altitude OF 1,22S feet above
the Hudson river The scenery from
this point Just at the entrance to the
famous highlands has been described
as the most beautiful on the globe. THIS
particular point has brought worldwide
fame TO the noble Hudson, the Rhine
of America. Magazine OF American
History.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04

Are the corrupt American inter
ests that are reputed to be standing
behind Villa with a view of forcing
the annexation of Mexico beginning
to discern that the standing is not
so good as they expected II to be?
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04
Monthly Settlements.

"Am | as dear to you as | was dur
ing our courtship, darling| queried the
bride OF six short months.
much dearer," briefly answered the
worried freight payer OF the combine
Ss he proceeded to audit the latest crop
OF monthly bills.-lndlanapolls Star
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04

The president is placed by con-
gress in the position of guarding the
national honor, with hardly anything
more dangerous than a superior
quality of rhetoric. to back up any
challange he may feel compelled to
make.