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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST
OVER THE COUNTRY
GlST OF THE NEWS GATHERED
HERE AND THERE AND PRE-
SENTED IN BRIEF FORM.

Denmark and Norway have official
ly recognized the republic Of Fin
land.
/ The Bank of Belzon, Of Belzoni,
Miss, is reported to have been rob
bed Of SAT 900 Thursday night
The national prohibition amend.
ment was adopted by the Virginia
senate, 80 to 8, after an all day de-
bate. A resolution to submit the
proposal to popular vote was defeat
ed 28 to 10.
The motor ship Portland, whi@h
left Seattle September n for South
ern American ports. has been burned
at sea, together with 100000 feet
of lumber, according to cablegram
received by the marine department
of the chamber Of commerce at San
Francisco.
Contracts for 100000 pairs Of
half soles and 100000 topIets for
heels were let Thursday by the sec
ton on supplies of the Advisory
Commission of the Council Of Nat
ional Defense. The half soles viii
cost $4,000 900 and the toplets Sill
100000.
Clarence Willard, Of st. Louis
now at Camp Funston, received by'
parcel post letter from his friends
which was 800 feet long
A price Of 20 1-2 cents a pound
for copper for the next four months
was fixed Friday at a conference IN |
New York between federal author
tiles and copper producers,
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13
SEVERE STORM
SWEEPS ALABAMA
SCORES OF PEOPLE KILLEDANp
INJURED AS RESULT OF
RAGING BILLIARDS..

Alabama and portions Of Georgiu
were swept on Friday by an exceed
ingly severe storm which left death
and destruction in its wake The fol-
lowing summary of the blizzard
ravages appeared in yesterdays
Birmingham Age-Herald:
Fifteen persons are believed To
have lost their lives, score or more
were injured and extensive damage
to property is reported as result
of tornadoes in Alabama and Geor.
gia and blizzard sweeping east
ward across the southern states. Sew.
en- persons were reported to have
been killed and rs injured at Cowart
in windstorm, which, according 10
meagre advices, virtually wrecked
that town late yesterday
"Six children were killed and 40
injured two miles east Of Dothan,
when schoolhouse was demolished.
One man lost his life at Webb, q lit
tie town in the same vicinity. which
is reported to have been almost com
pletely wiped out and 70 were injur
ed. The death list may be increased
when reports from other sections are
received.
"one man was killed at Camr
near Macon, Ga, and many
Of the hospital tents flooded and
blown down, but all patients escaped
injury The wind did little damage
to the camp with the exception Of
the corral whRsh was damaged. Some
damage was also done in the suburbs |
and city of Macon, and several were
slightly injured"
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13
UNUSUALLYSEVERES SNOW.
STORM VISITS THIS
SECTION.
TEMPERATURE LOW
Mercury in Government Their
mometer Drops to Two De-
grees Below Zero.

Ihc worst snowstorm in the his
tory of this section ragged here Fri
day afternoon Traffic Of all kinds
was impcded, street cars having
talled and taxicabs having found il
difficult to transport passengers on
account Of The slippery condition Of
the streets.
a heavy rain descended Thursday
night and Friday morning the rain
turned into sleet, having been fol-
lowed early in the afternoon BY
snow A fierce wind blew through.
out the afternoon and evening. and
lhe icy flakes were hurled ruthlessly
into the faces of pedestrians.
The snow ceased to fall early Fri.
day evening but the weather grew
steadily colder, the mercury, accord
nE to Mr. j. b. Love, local weather
observer having dropped to 2 de-
ree7 below zero, This was the low
est temperature recorded here since
February -, 1899, when the mer-
cpry went to eight below zero.
The sun came out early Saturday
morning and the temperature natur.
ally rose, having reached its zenith
about noon, when the government
thermometer registered Is degrees.
The mercury took another downward
ahooi aa night approached, however,
AMI at z o'clock last evening the gov
thermometer stoor at zero.
The cold weather has as usual,
ransed much suffering and inconven-
lence. Water pipes generally are
frozen up and it is understood that
several boilers have bursted.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13
BOY SCOUTS CALLED
In NEW WAR WORK
PRESIDENT SUMMONS THEM TO
ACT AS DISPATCH BEARERS
DIRECT TO THE PEOPLE.

The Boy Scouts Of America ar,
again called upon to do active ser
vice for their country Under tn,
slogan of Every Scout To Boost
America" each scout is to act as Q
Government dispatch bearer.
Every one of the 2s9,S59 scouts
and 1872 scout offaials has beer
summoned by Presidtst Woodrow
Wilson, Commander-n-Chief of the
Army and Navy, to help spread the
facts about America and Americas 8
war.
The scouts are to fight lies with
the truth. They are to help create
public opinion--more effective than
many machine guns--and to stir pa
triotism--the great force behind the
swords and ships,
The scouts are to keep their eyes
and ears open and find out what the
public wants to know The Cover
ment may later ask them JUS; ---s
question, and they are to "Be Pre-
pared" to answer.
Washington expects to reach at
least ten million people through each
of these Boy Scout distribution cam
paigns.
The Committee on Public Infor-
nation will then from time to time
call upon the Boy Scouts of America,
through its National Council and the
local councils, with the aid of all ofI
the scoutmasters, in carrying direct
to the people other matter of nation
wide interest.
The initial service is to be al
house-to-h house distribution of s.
100000 copies of specially printed
Boy Scout edition OF President Will
sons remarkable Flag Day address
as given at independence Hall or
June Ia, 1917. This document has
been pronounced one Of the most eff
fective publications in answering
natural questions as to the causes
which led to our Government entert
ing the war.
The week Of January goth has
been set aside as the time within
which the Boy Scouts of America
will perform this first service for the
Committee on Public Information in
response to President Wilson's earn
est request
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13
GREAT ANXIETY IS
! CAUSED BY DRAFT
NANTERS 'ESITATE TO CON
TRACT NEGROES, FEAR
iNI Cell TO ARMS.

Jackson, Miss, Jan. 1.-THE ex
tent to which the next selectiy,
draft will interfere with farmin,
operations in Mississippi, especial,
the employment of negro labor, i.
now a subject of much anxiety.
Numerous inquiries are being re-
ceived at the acknowledgements office
as to the probable date of the next
call, and the order in which the va.
rious classes will be called.
On the first point Adjt.- Gen Scales
is unable to give information and
will not be in a position to answer
until the call comes from the War
Department.
Gen. Scales states, however, that
the classes will be called in the or
der of their number For instance,
there is no likelihood of the third
class being called ahead of the first
class.
Be9ause Of the uncertainty as to
the date for the next draft call, agri-
ftlltural interests are very much de-
moralized, especially tenant labor.
The landlord is in doubt as to whether
to make contracts with his negro ten
ants who are liable to draft and may
be in federal service before then can
get the spring crops planted, while
tenants don't know whether to start
crop planting in face of a prospect
of being called away at any time.
An interesting report has been re-
ceived by Adj.-Gen. Scales from the
Office of Judge Advocated General
Crowder showing Mississippi's status
in the selective draft.
The states registered quota is
139,321.
The number called for examina-
tons is 31,205; ratio to registrants,
22.40 per cent.
The total accepted is 15,201; ratio
to be called, 48.71 per cent.
The number who failed to appear
is.2,095.
The cost of the draft thus far has
been $55.660.63, a peg capita cost
Of 40 cents.
The per capita cost for called men
Is S1.7S, the per capita cost of ac.
'.apted men $3.50, and the cost per
man per quota due is $5.15.
In this respect Mississippi has
made a remarkable showing, the ex.
Dense of taking men into the draft |
IN this state being much lower than
he average shown in 3S other states
If the Union. In other words, Mis-
'issicpi exceeded only nine other
'tates in expense of administering i
he draft. In some states the eX-
oense ran as high as SIS per man.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13
OF THIS NUMBER 5,s67 ARE
POSSESSED OF PROFESS
SiONAL TRAINING.
OTHERS WANT IT
industrial Institute and Col
lege is Prepared to Give the
Necessary instruction.

The fnalreporto of Miss Emma Cd,
Pohl, a member Of the faculty of the
Industrial Institute and College in
tls cty, who supervised the registra.
ton OF women for war work. shows
that l2,l03 volunteers enrolled thei,
names for service, 522 of them being
negroes. The total number of reg.
istrants includes 5,S67 women who
have had special training in more
than one yc' 'ation, the data secured
showing that on an average, each
one of these registrants possesses
technical knowledge in three branch
es.
Occupations in which the greatest
number of registrants possess special
training are as follows: Agricultu-
raj work, 1858; clerical work, 2,95l:
professional work, 2,S7S Red Cross
and allied relief work, 2,704; social
service work, 2,635; industrial work,
1886; public service work, 96S.
Of the 6,092 registrants who de-
sire special training in various
branches preferences were expressed
as follows: Clerical work, l,461; Red
Cross and allied relief work, Ola:
public service work, 773; domestic
work, 1885, social service work, $50;
professional work, 451; industrial
work, 247; agricultural work, 1877.
Reports Of the registration have
been forwarded to DR.. Anna Howard
Shaw, chairman Of the woman's aux
ilary Of the National Defense and to
Mrs. Edward McGehee, the state
chairman, and within the next few
days Miss Pohl will send to the vari-
GUS county chairmen throughout tht
state a list of the women registered
in their counties.
non. ii, l.. Whltheld, president OF |
the Industrial Institute and College, |
win make every effort to meet the
demand made by women of the state
who desire special training in vari-
Gus activities. The college has for
a long time past offered courses in
profession, clerical and agricultural
branches, and last fall Red Cross and
allied relief work was added to the
list.
A list of the women who desire
training in various branches will be
forwarded to Miss NJ. C. Covington,
Of Hazehurst, chairman of the edu-
cation department, and Miss Coving-
ton will take the matter up with
them by mail
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13

Prof. T. j. Brooks, who for severa
years past has been a teacher at the
A.. and M. College, and who recent
~ announced as a candidate for Con.
gress from this district, will speak
in Columbus at 1880 o'clock Tues,
day evening, January %, and will nc
doubt be heard by large crowd.
Mr.. Brooks will also speak at the
following places in this county: Ar
te-ia, Monday, January 81, 10 a. m.
CT awford, Monday, January 21, p
M Steens, Wednesday, January %.
10 a. M; Mt. Vernon, Wednesday
January %, 2 p, M; Caledonia.
Thursday, January "a, 10 a. m.
Mayhem, Friday, January %, 10
m.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13
SUPERVISORS HAD NO LE-
GAL RIGHT TO APPRO-
PIRATE MONEY.
AUTHORITY SOUGHT
Bill Authorizing Contemplated
Expenditure To Be Intro
duced at jackson.

A number Of counties throughou
the state Of Mississippi, Lowndes be
ing among them, have recently mad,
provisions for pollution surveys, anc
since the appropriations were votec
i has developed that the variou,
boards Of supervisors in the differ
ent counties overstepped theil
authority, there being no law on tht
statue books Of the state giving then
the right to appropriate money fol-
work of this character.
At meeting Of the Lowndes coun.
ty board of supervisors held Mon.
day, January 9, DR.. Chaillos Cross
Of Meridian, associate director of the
Mississippi Board of Health, which is
sponsoring the campaign for pollu.
ton surveys throughout the state,
went before members ofthat body
and arranged with them,to provide
for survey in this county at an
e-timated expense of $4,000, which,
under the provisions of the agree
ment, is to be equally shared by the
county and the state.
The work is considered very i'm
portant, and in order that it may be
legally prosecuted Hon. T. L. Bailey,
one Of Lauderdale county's represen-
tatives of the legislature, has pre-
pared for presentation to that body
4 bill delegating to boards of super
visors throughout the state authority
to make appropriations for surveys
in their counties, 1t il generally
contended that the bill will promptly
pass thus giving Lowndes and other
counties which have already taken
favorable action in the matter the le-
gal right to proceed with the work
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13
Several Fire Alarms.

The extreme cold weather yester,
day caused hot water tank on q
stove at the home of Mr. w a.
Stepp, in North Columbus, to ex,
plode yesterday morning. The fire
department was called to the scene
to extinguish a small blaze.
Two alarms were ksasI ssgs alIaas
six o'clock last evening. The first
call was from the home Of Mr. Dave
Sessums, on Main street The
blaze, which was caused from a de-
fe,stive flue, was quickly extin-
guished. The other call was from
the Propst home on South Sixth
street, no damage having been done
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13
Geraldine Farrar in Her Greatest
Photoplay at Princess Monday l4th.

Geraldine Farrar in Her Greatest
Photoplay at Princess Monday i4th
"The Woman God Forgot" with
Geraldine Farrar and Wallace Reid
is the attraction extraordinary, al
the Princess for Monday the 14th
This big photoplay was produced by
Cecil De Mile, who was responsible
for Joan the Woman and many
other noted successes of the screen.
"The Woman God Forgot is a
burning love story of the land of
Montezuma, and has a cast of over
a thousand people. 1t was staged in
the beautiful Yosemite Valley, and
some Of the settings required many
months of labor by skilled mechanics
and artists to build. 1t would take
many columns of space to properly
enumerate the many wonders Of this
masterpiece, SO we will only say that
it is a wonderful picture in every
sense of the word.
In order that nobody may miss
this production, we are going to of
fer it to our patrons at the cheapest
admission that II has ever been
shown in this or any other state. We
are going to make 10 cents to chill
dren and 20 cents to adults.
Matinee at 800 and 4:30.
Night at 1880 and 8:55.
Try and attend the Matinee. II
will be crowded at night,
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13
Death Calls Little Boy.

Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Hildreth, who
reside one mile west OF Columbus
have the sympathy of many friend
in the death of their six-year-old
son, Oscar Palmer, who died last
Wednesday evening at Z o'clock
from pneumonia, Funeral services
held on Thursday at o'clock
were conducted by Rev. T. L. Hol-
comb, and the remains were tender
ly laid to rest at Tabernacle ceme-
terry.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13
Rev. r. J. Clark at St. Paups.

Rev. Franklin ]. Clark, secretary
of the General Board of Missions
Of the Protestant Episcopal Church
with headquarters in New York city,
twill preach here this morning at
st. PauPs church. Mr.. Clark is one
ofathe big men Of the Church and is
making a tour of the South in the
interest of the missionary campaign
which is being conducted throughout
the country, and at Bishop Bratton's
request he is including the Diocese
of Mississippi in his campaign.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13

The four local banking institutions
bid the same last week for the con-
tract for the county depository, and
the board Of supervisors decided in
favor of the First State Bank. The
decision was made by the drawing of
one name from hat bearing the
titles of the four banks, and in this
way the First State was luckily
named as depository for the year of
1918.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13
Two Wheatless DAYS a Week

New York, Jan. 12.-The nation
is to have two wheatless days a week
instead Of one, according to State
Food Administrator Arthur Williams,
who has just returned to New York
after a three-day conference in
Washington with Food Administrator
Herbert A. Hoover.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13
First Methodist Church.

Morning subject at IL O'Clock
"The Vision Essential"
Evening subject at 7:l5 o'clock,
"How God Keeps His Children"
The Every Member Canvass Com
mittee is called to meet at the Pas
tors Study at 8 O'Clock this after
noon. 1t is especially desired that
every member Of the committee be
present.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13

Mrs. Charley Jacob, who has been
teaching school at Meridian, and
who has been spending the weekend
here with her husband, leaves today
for Washington, where she goes TO
accept government position.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13
WOMEN OF COUNTRY WIN
VICTORY BY VOTE OF
274 to 1856.
SENATE is TO ACT
Predicted That Upper Branch
Will Concur in Measure Be-
fore Adjournment.

Washington, Jan. 12.-Womar
suffrage by federal constitutions
amendment won in the House Thurs
day night with exarstly the required
number of affirmative votes.
While members in their seats and
throngs in the galleries waited with
eager interest the House adopted by
vote of 274 to 1876 a resolution
providing for submission to the
states of the so-called Susan B. An
thony amendment for national en-
franchisement of women.
But for the promise of Speaker
Clark to cast his vote from the chair
for the resolution if it was needed,
the change of single vote to the op-
position would have meant defeat.
Republican Leader Mann, who came
from Baltimore hospital, where he
has been under treatment ever since
Congress convened, and Representa-
tiv Seims of Tennessee, Just out of a
sick bed as a result of fall and
hardly able to walk to his seat,
brought the votes that settled the Is.
sue.
The House hardly had adjourned
before the suffrage champions began
their fight for favorable action on
the Senate side of the capitol. Re-
cent polls there have indicated that
the necessary two-t thirds could not be
mustered, but, encouraged by the
House victory and counting upon the
influence of President Wilson, who
came to their support Wednesday
night, the suffragists hoped to bring
the Senate into line, so as to have
the amendment before the state leg
islatures during the coming year.
They feel sure, at least, of forcing
a vote in the Senate before the pre-
sent session ends.
Advocates of the amendment had
been supremely confident of the re-
'ult in the House after President |
Wilson advised the members who call
ed upon him Wednesday night to
support it. They were soon conf
dent that the close vote was receiv-
ed with amazement, and some of the
opponents were almost as much sur
Drised.
The resolution, as adopted, fol
ows:
Joint resolution proposing an
to the constitution of the
United States extending the right of
outrage to women. Resolved by the
Senate and House, etc, two-thirds
# each house concurring therein,
hat the following article be propos-
ID to the legislatures of the several
tates as an amendment to the con-
titution of the United States, which,
When ratified by three-fourths of
aid legislatures, shall be valid as
'art of said constitution, namely:
article, Secfion THE right
# citizens of the United States shall
,ot be denied or abridged by the
United States or by any state on ac-
cunt of sex,
"Section 2--Congress shall have
ower, by appropriate legislation, to
nforce the provisions of this ar
icle."
1t was a day of triumph for Miss
eanette Rankin, as she was acting
loor leader for the Republicans
avoring the amendment and as such |
ecided debate and assigned the time
D be allowed to each one On the
esk before her was bank of flow
RS. When she voted aye to the res
luton galleries and floor rang with
pplause.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13

The Patron-Teacher' Association
of the Barrow Memorial school will
meet next Wednesday afternoon at
. o'clock An address will be de-
livered by DR.. ]. S. Hill and Miss
Martha Eckford, of the |. |. and C..
Eg ryone is invited to be present.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13

Mr.. Louis Hirshman has returned
fro n a business trip to st. Louis and
Chicago. While away Mr.. Hirsh-
man purchased niee line of spring
ard summer stock for the firm of H.
Hirshman.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13
Mad Dog Killed.

A mad dog, which is said to have
bitten several dogs and a number Of
head Of stock, was killed IN South
Columbus Thursday. The head Of the
animal was sent to the state board
of health, which found that the dog
had rabies.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13

Maj. j. W. Leigh, Of Portsmouth
Va, is spending the weekend here
the guest Of his brothers, Messrs. R
E. Leigh and w. F. Leigh. Maj
Leigh has many friends where who
are giving him cordial welcome
back TO the city
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13

Copenhagen, Jan. l2.--The armis-
flee between Russia and the Central
Powers has been extended for anoth-
"a month on all the fronts yhere the
troops of the respective powers face
each other
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13

0wirr 20 the inclement weather,
the meeting Of the Civic League for
last Friday afternoon was deferred
until next Friday at $3.50 p. m. at the
Chamber Of Commerce. Members
viii please take note and be on hand,
as there is important business on
hand
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13

Capt W. r. Mckinley, who is in
the medical reserve corps at Camp
Macarthur, at Waco, Texas, is spend
III several days in the city with his
wife and daughter
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13

Miss Willie Maude Smith, Of Bir-
mingham, is visiting her cousin, Mrs,
Maie Smith, on Main street, and her
aunt, Mrs. Arthur Marshall, on
North Thirteenth street
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13

The Ezeli Clothing Company mas
an advertisement in this issue and
many fine bargains are offered.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13

Prof. Z. " Hollis, of the A and
NJ College. spent yesterday in Co.
lullbus on business.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13

'lrs. Allen Walton left Friday for
Gleenville and Helena, Ark, where
she goes to visit relatives,
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13

After . weeks "trip on the road
Mr. R. A, Mann is at home for the
W. weak-end
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13

Mr. II. C. Terry's friends regret TO
learn Of his illness for the past few
days.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-13

We viii appreciate it if you will
read our advertisements.