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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21
PICTURES AT CAMP PIKE
TO BE SHOWN TODAY
'Over Here" Showing Our Boys in
Training Will be Seen at Princess.

The program at the Princess for
today is one of wide appeal, as
"Over Here is official moving pic
tres of the building of Camp Pike,
Little Rock, Ark, showing how the
U. s. A. converted a virgin forest
into an ideal training camp for 40,-
900 of our boys in just So days,
which is going some.
Also on the same program, that
delightful little personality, Ann
Pennington, in "The Antics Of
Ann" clever story of life at a
Girls Seminary, that was made
purely for laughing purposes.
Making a program of reels, thai
could not be improved upon.
Admission and Is cents.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21
HON. c. l.. GARNETT WILL
BE THE PRINCIPAL
SPEAKER.
STORES TO CLOSE


Columbus will celebrate War Saw
mgs Stamps day next Saturday by
staging a big patriotic rally, which
will be preceded by a monster parade
in which students of the Industrial
Institute and College, the public
schools, members Of all local civic and
patriotic organizations and citizens
generally will participate.
The exercises will take place on a
stand which is to be erected at the
intersection Of Main and Market
streets and the principal address win
be delivered by Hon. c. l.. Garnett,
an eloquent member of the local bar
The parade will precede the speak
ing, starting from the city hall at 10
o'clock, and all who participate are
expected to be on hand in ample time
20 get in line,
The speaking win begin at II
o'clock, and Mayor McClanahan has
issued proclamation urging all mer-
chants to close their stores at that
hour and keep them closed until noon,
The Boy Scouts will carry the big
flag which is now at |. |. and C,
Following are the other organi-
cations with the chairman in charge
Of each:
Bernard Romans Chapter, D. A.
R., Mrs Sheffield and Mrs. G. w.
Sherman; U, D. c., Chapter, Mrs. b.
L. Owen: Parent-T Teacher Assn, 1.
/. and c., Mrs. Frank Owen; Par
ent-Teacher Assn, Barrow School,
Mrs. Mary Stokes; Parent-Teacher
Assn, Franklin Academy, Mrs j. G..
Meadows; Twentieth Century Club,
Mrs. s. B. Street Jr, Civic League,
Mrs. ]. NJ Kaufman; Woman Suf-
frage Association, Mrs. william
Baldwin; Alumnae Association, l. J..
and c., Miss KERN; Classical Asso-
citation, Miss Paisley; |. |. & c. Stu
dent Body, Miss Bonnie Jean Byrd
Reading Circle, Mrs. F. f. Resler
Red Cross Chapter, Mrs John T.
Sanford; Red Cross, l. l. & c., Miss
Vaughn.
The postofice and stores and
banks of the city will be asked to
close during the hour of the parade
and during the time of the program
on Main street. The Princess orches-
ira will furnish music for the occa-
sion.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21
FRED. ATWOOD TO LEG
TURE ON HAPPINESS" AT
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
PUBLIC is INVITED
Is Delivering Series of Ten
Lectures Throughout the
State. =

AS guests Of Tombigbee Lodge,
NO. IL, Knights Of Pythias. the peo-
pie Of Columbus are invited to hear
a most interesting lecture this eve
ming at 8;l5 o'clock at the First
Baptist church by Hon Frederick
Atwood, The no!ed blind Pythian
orator His subject win be "Happi-
ness" which win be Of interest to
every citizen of this city. Mr. At
wood Is delivering ten lectures ia
Mississippi and selected Columbus as
one Of bills speaking points. He will
probably be accompanied to this city
hy Hon II NJ. Quinn. grand keeper
1f records and seal, Of Meridian.
Mr. Atwood Is o brilliant orator,
and hats made q splendid impression
in every city in which he has spoken.
Coumbians who hear him are prom
ised a rare intellectual treat
Mr. Atwood win be introduced by
Hon ! l. Sturdivant,
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21
Style SHOW Wal.

The big department store Of
Simon Loeb and Bro, Inc, is this
week having its Style Show and
many people, not only in Columbus
but from surrounding sections have
been in attendance to see and pur
chase the beautiful new design
which are on display The newes.
styies for spring are represented in
this advance spring showing Of wc
Is fashionable footwear. They
ya elaborate displays in every de-
partment.
During the next three days this
store will have on sale extra specia
at wonderful bargains,
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21
Fire Damages School.

The new Stephen d. Lee High
School, which has just been erected
at cost of $4,000 and which has
never been formally opened, was
slightly damaged by fire which broke
out in the basement Monday after
noon. A laborer was burning some
trash on the cement when a portion
of the wood work caught fire, and
the laborer, finding it impossible to
subdue the flames, turned in an
alarm. The blaze which was sub
dued without difficulty by the fire
men, resulted in a loss of about 800.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21
LOCAL AUXILIARYOF NAT
IONAL BODY TO BE
ORGANIZED.
TO CALL A MEETING
Meeting to Perfect Organiza-
ton Will Be Called at an
Early Date.

Following the return of the CO.
lumbians who attended the meeting
Of the state auxiliary of the Nation
al Defense Council which was held
in Jackson last week, a movement
looking towards the organization of
local branch of the council has
been undertaken and will be pushed
forward to consummation with all
possible haste.
Columbus was represented at the
meeting held in Jackson by Mr.. F..
p Phillips, chairman of the local
fuel commission; Mr.. Parker Reeves,
member of the state fuel advisory
board, and Mr.. B. A. Lincoln, chair
man of the Lowndes county speak
ers' bureau, and they were very
much impressed with the earnest
ness of Secretary Houston and other
speakers who delivered addresses.
These speakers emphasized the ne
Icessity for carrying on systematic
campaigns for all war activities in
every state, every county, every city
and every rural community through
out the Union, and local citizens are
determined that Lowndes county
shall not lag behind in this work.
A meeting for the purpose of or
ganzing Lowndes county auxil-
iary of the National Defense Coun-
Gil will be called at an early date,
and this call will probably be signed
by representatives of the following
organizations: The Fuel and Food
Administrations, the Speakers Bu-
reau, the Lowndes County Red Cross,
the Junior Red Cross Society, the
Y NJ c. A., the Y. w. G. A., the
Public Service Reserve, the War
Savings Stamps committee, the Wo-
mans Auxiliary iof the National
Council of Defense, the Liberty Loan
committee and the Boys Reserve.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21
STUCKEY OFFERS TO
TAKE UP WAR WORK
VOLUNTEERS HIS SERVICES AS
Y. M. c. A. SECRETARY
ABROAD.

The appeal Of Hon. Phil. Gar
diner of Laurel made in the address
which he delivered here last Mon
day night for volunteers to go to
France and engage in war work has
already borne fruit, Mr.. j. N. Stucky
having volunteered his services as a
Y. NJ c. A. secretary. Mr. Stucky IS
splendidly qualified for activities of
this character. He is state command
er Of the Knights of the Maccabee,
and in that position has had consid-
cradle experience in organization
work and other duties which he will
be called upon to perform among the
American soldiers abroad.
Mr.. Stucky's application for work
in France has already gone forward
and several other Columbians are also
thinking Of entering the foreign serv-
ice for altruistic work among the SOL
diers.
Hon. Phil II Gardiner, Of Laurel,
who is delivering series of address
es in the pricipal towns and cities
Of the state under the auspices of the
Mississippi Division Of the National
Defense Council, spoke at the First
Methodist church Monday night and
his address was heard by a large
and representative audience.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21
DATE DEFINITELY FIXED
AT CONFERENCE HELD
YESTERDAY.
SCHOOL GETS $4,000 SPEAKERS INVITED
Hon. Blewett Lee and DR.. A.
A. kincannon Invited to
Talk.

At a conference which was held
yesterday afternoon and which was
participated in by Mayor ID. S.
McClanahan, Prof. j. G. Meadows,
superintendent of public schools,
Councilman L. A. Vaughn, Contrac-
tor H. G. Terry and Others it was
definitely decided to open the new
Stephen d. Lee High School on Mon
day, April 1.
Two well known former Colum-
bans, Hon. Blewett Lee, general
counsel Of the Illinois Central rail
road, after whose father, the late
Gen. Stephen d. Lee, the school has
been named, and Hon. A. A. Kin
cannon, who for nearly a decade was
president Of the Mississippi Industrial
Institute and College, have been in
vited to deliver addresses at the
opening of the building, and if they
End it possible to be in Colum-
on April /, which is considered likely,
the formal opening will take place
then. Should these two gentlemen
find it impossible to be here at that
time, however, the formal opening
will be postponed to a date which
better suits their convenience; but at
all events the actual use Of the build
ing for school purposes viii begin on
April l.
The new building was erected at a
cost Of $4,000 and Is one of the
handsomest structures of its charac-
ter in the state. The bonds provid
ing for its erection were voted large
" as the result of valiant work or
he part of the Ladies Civic League
and the building will stand as an
everlasting monument to their sue
aa-ful effort to secure adequate ac-
comodations for the educable chill
dren of Columbus.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21
conditione VIII Our Eneml.s

Gon0itfonS WIN OoF GHHfirh'
The Washington Bureau Of Labor
Statistics has been closely watchinr
he enemy press in efforts TO obtain
Jews from the innumerahle utter
ances therein, A remarkable state
ment Of the actual conditions ha~
been given, and we summarize ths
results here.
In Turkey the population faces ac
tual starvation, and the people Of
Germany and Austria are deteriorat
inc from lack Of sufficient nour
ishment. Hungary, while better Of
than Austria, in this respect ha.
caused much resentment upon th
part Of Austrians by refusing to sh
foodstuffs. Profteering transpor
tat'on difficulties AID selfishness or
the part of people plague our enc
mics as well as ourselves.
A bit of satisfaction is obtaine'
from the slaughter Of the animals o'
the conquered provinces by the Ger
mans in the early part Of the war
The Teutons we're sure Of a shor
war, and instead of conserving tn
food supples, killed them to feel
the army, and thus cut off an im
portant source Of future food, thu
causing a great scarcity Of meaf
NIX and eggs
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST
OVER THE COUNTRY
GIST OF THE NEWS GATHERED
HERE AND THERE AND PRE-
SENTED I'm BRIEF FORM.

More than 1000 tons Of anthracite
coal were condemned in Pennsyl-
vania markets by representatives of
the Fuel Administration recently in
the campaign to compel the delivery
of coal.
A division Of "betterments and
additions" has been added to the
railroad administration in charge of
Judge Robert s. Lovett. The di-
vision will have jurisdiction of bet
terments and additions to railroad
lines throughout the country.
From the beginning Of 1914 to
August /, 1917, there was a total
advance of 80 per cent in the retail
price of bread, according to the De
partment of Labor In the last few
months there has been a decrease.
and prices are now GO per cent high
er than at the beginning of 1914.
Firms or individuals paying officers
or business employees portion or
all salaries and wages during the war
period in which they are in the serv-
ice of the United States may deduct
the amounts from their taxable in
comes, according to a regulation b.
the Commissioners of Internal Reve-
nue..
From June 5 to December !, 1917,
only $50 arrests were made or re
ported to the Department of Justice
for failure to register under the Sc.
lective-service act Of these, 1868
were released after having register
ed and prosecutions were begun
against 2,059, of which about 1900
cases are still pending.
Following the plan adopted for
California and Colorado, the Food
Administration has appointed COM
mission to determine the cost of pro
ducing sugar beets in Nebraska. The
commission has no power to fix
prices, but it is expected that its
figures will serve as the basis for
voluntary agreements between grow
.ers and purchasers of sugar beets.
The new "Mexican service badge"
will soon be issued to officers and
enlisted men who served under GER
tain conditions in Mexico and on the
border. Persons not now in the armv
who would have been entitled to the
badge and whose separation from
the service has been honorable NAV
secure authority from the Adiutant
General to purchase and wear the
service badge.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21
Blows Open Safe.

Upon entering his place of bust
ness Monday morning, Mr. Roy Flu
qua, who is managing the Columbus
Brick Company's eommissary, north
east of the city, found that the door
Of the safe Of the company had been
blown off by a heavy charge of nitro
glycerine 1t is thought that the
robbery took place early Sunday
morning, and the burglars who en-
tered the safe secured nearly $500.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21
Cleanup Campaign.

The Ladies' Civic League has IN
augurated its annual spring cleanup
campaign and is urging all house
holders to thoroughly clean their
premises. They have also. published
cards in local newspapers warning
heads of families against the danger
Of the propagation of malarial germs
by mosquitoes and urging them to
avoid this danger by keeping all
doors and windows carefully screen
ed.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21

Urges Yellow Stripe Garb for Stacker
rexarkana, Texas, March, 20.--
9lackers should be forced to wear a
large yellow stripe down their coat
backs and down their shirts, SO they
could be recognized, Judge Gordon
Russell, presiding over the federal
district court for the Eastern district
ot Texas, said Tuesday in denying q
Stacker, Judge Russell was trying a
writ Of habeas corpus to prevent a
lraft board from placing a man in
immediate military service. The APP
nicaton was denied and the man
turned over to military authorities
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21
Columbians in Memphis.

Among the Columbians who are
attending the Liberty Loan meeting
ii Memphis are Mr.. B. A. Lincon,
chairman of the speakers bureau;
Mr.. P.-W. Maer, chairman of The
publicity committee and Mr.. f. p.
Phillips, chairman of the sales COM
nittee. Mesdames P. w. Maer, John
2. Sandford and F. P. Phillips ac-
companied the part to the Bluff City.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21
SENATE CONCURS IN THE
HOUSE AMENDMENT
FIXING DATE.
This Sum is Appropriated for
Institution for Juvenile De-
linquents.

Jackson, March 20.--The Missis-
sippi lawmakers seem to have gotten
into their working clothes Tuesday,
both House and Senate turning out
considerable grist. The fact that
Wednesday week, March 27, has
been finally settled on as the day
for the sine die adjournment has
had the effect of spurring the mem
bers to renewed efforts to get to-
gether. This was Indicated when the
House members passed the important
state, industrial and training school
for juvenile delnquents appropri-
attion bill, carrying upwards Of $45,-
900 for support and maintenance and
$4,000 for additions and improve
ments. 1t provoked considerable dis
cussion and stout objections, but fl
nally passed by safe margin.
The Senate Also in the same spirit
of getting to gether if possible, pass
ed without a dissenting vote the bill
for support Of the state tuberculosis
sanitarium at Magee. The Importance
of this institution and it's acquisition
after so many years of hoping and
waiting and working, has impressed
itself on the legislative mind. The
only regret was that Drs. Leathers
and Boswell could not be spared even
more than the bill allows.
In the hall of representatives
Tuesday afternoon Chairman How
erton Of appropriations presented
some figures that attracted attention.
He showed that there have been pass
ed and signed by the governor bills
appropriating $S,331,324.74. 9th
nr bills have passed the two houses,
or one or the other, carrying an add
cd total of $4,243, ,073.62. This
makes grand total of $12, 2,574, ,427.-
sc, with possible additions before
they are through.
After some discussion The House
passed the highway department sup.
FORT fund bill, earring a total of $10,-
coo for each year, being an increase
over the amount given by the Sen
Gtc. The rider declaring that the
Highway engineer shall not receive
extra compensation for planning and
supervsing public buildings, however,
U-as retained.
The Senate passed the House ways
and means committee bill, to pro-
de for better and more uniform
system Of property assessments in
the counties. 1t requires the tax COM
,'iasion to prepare and furnish to
rnntv supervisors and tax assessors
u Of the necessary blanks and rolls
taking it out of the hands of the
euditor's office The bill sets up the
hest kind Of machinery for carrying
tito effect the public policy of the
state as represented by the tax
equalization commission plan.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21
Aviator is Killed.

News was received here the past
week by Mr.. +. p. Phillips announc-
ing the death of his cousin, Lit. Frank
Whitner, of Atlanta, who was a
volunteer in the army, serving as an
aviator in France. He was engaged
in observation work with the artillery
branch of the service when an ac
dent occurred to his machine and
he was killed in the fall.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21

War has a way of driving on
without regard to the desires or
conveniences Of the individual. This
is no time for hesitation If you
are going to do your part to bring
victory nearer, you must start to-
day. Join a War-Saving Society.
Decide now and cut down the un-
necessary things and lend~what you
have to the government.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21

Children are big factors in the w.
3. S. campaign: Savings which
children make in the War Savings
campaign will by no means equal the
amount saved by adults. The result
to the nation, however, in the future
can by no means be minimized when
one considered the vast benefits
which will be established by this
r'eans in the lives of school children
all over the country.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21
Lott Goes to Mobile.

Prof, + F. Lott, formerly princi-
pal in the local high school, and who
for some time past has been away
from the city, spent the first Of the
week here en- route to Mobile, where
he is to report at once for Coast
Artillery service. he leaves today
for Fort Morgan, near Mobile.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21

Mr.. Joe Alexander, a former Co
lumban, who is now stationed at
Camp Wheeler, at Macon, Ga, who is
in the Quartermaster's Corps, spent
Tuesday in Columbus the guest Of
friends.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21

In accordance with the request of
President Wilson and the Governor
Of Mississippi that Saturday, March
z3 be set apart as War Stamps Day,
SO that our people may devote their
energies toward the sale Of these
stamps and joining in appropriate
patriotic exercises, respectfully ask
shat All business houses of this city
be closed from II until l2 o'clock
on Saturday, March %, 1918, and
that all our citizens participate in the
exercises which will be held at the
intersection Of Main and Market
streets at II o'clock under the aus
p.ces Of the Council Of National De-
Tense Of Lowndes County.
Done in the City Of Columbus,
Miss, this the 18th day Of March,
1918.
D. s. McCLANAHAN,
Mayor
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21

The members Of the Franklin
Academy High School win on April
- give a play entitled THE Junior
The performance will take place in
the chapel Of the new Stephen p.
Lee High School, and win be most
interesting to everyone who attends.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21

DR.. John A. Brown, who has been
spending the winter at Washington,
D. c.. returned to Columbus last
night He states that he expects to
spend the remainder of his life in this
city.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21

Messrs. Brown, Brand, Percy and
Semple, representatives Of the fifton
Tool Manufacturing Company Of
Tiftou. Ca, are spending some time
here displaying the Eclipse Harrow
in the building next to Donoghuo,
Dee and Co., on Market street The
Triton company is represented here
by the Banks Hardware Company
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21

Mr.. Bennie Richardson, who is now
in the Quartermaster's Corps, at
Camp Beauregard, is spending a few
days here, and will visit several
Southern cities before returning to
camp.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21
Negro Before Cummings.

Lonnie Evans, negro, was fined
$50 and costs by Judge T. NJ. Cum
mings, Monday morning, after being
tried for selling booze in the city by
the drink, and or 2 charge Of being
drunk and disorderly
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21
Special Meeting Tonight.

There will be a special and i'm
portant meeting of Queen City Camp,
Woodmen of the World tonight at
Z 80 o'clock. Delicious Refreshments
will be served. Every member is ex-
pected.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21

After spending several days in
Memphis or business. Mr.. Louis
Mccullough has returned to Colum-
bus.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21

Members of the Red Gross Assoc
alton who donated during the Christ
mas drive held here, can before
April / by paying one dollar receive
a subscription to the Red Cross Mag
azine.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21
o o . o o o 100 o o 90 ooo o.
Route Of Parade Saturday.

Q Parade forms at the City Hall Q
9 at 10 o'clock, and moves West .
Q on Main street to Third street: Q
Q South on Third street to Fourth o
Q avenue to Fifth street; North on .
{ Fifth street TO College street; Q
Q East on College street to Seventh Q
o street; North on Seventh street Q
. to Main street; West on Main Q
Q street to speakers stand. .
q o q O o q O o o . o o o . . Q
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21

Paymaster 8. P. Vaughn, of the
U. S. battleship Missouri, left yes
terday after short visit to his moth
er, Mrs. George Vaughn, who resides
northeast of the city.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21

Mrs. T. ] Evans. of Macon. has
been the guest Of Mrs W. f Patty
the past few days.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21

Read our advertisements.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-03-21

D S. McCLANAHAN,
Mayor.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-10-19

In the Matter Of the Estate of
Ann F. Westover, Deceased.
Creditors will present claims with
vouchers. to the undersigned ad-
ministrator at Logan, Cache Coun-
ty. Utah ,on or before the 3Oth day
Of November. 1918.
Date OF first publication Septem-
Der 10, 1918.
JOHN +. MISSIONER,
Administrator Of Estate
Of Deceased.
A. A. LAW.
Adv-10-26 Attorney for Estats
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-10-19
Tanks Get Comp.
lete Control
Of Keys

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oct.
lin complete control Of the Cote
Cliatillon. the Americans now hold
the key to the great stretches to tho
north and northeast. The hill is. In
fact. the final of three keys, all OF
which have been stoutly defended.
The first was Mamelle trench out
side of Romagne, which. when won,
gave access to the equally vital Dame
Marie, and that position. in turn,
gave access to Chatillon.
From the latter position the great
mass of German defensive positions
to the northwest can also be con-
trolled and the line can be exploited
farther without organized attack.
because each position Is on a slop'ng
hill that can be swept with an co.
filading fire.