The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-24
COLUMBUS, MISS.

Columbus. Miss, November 23.--CSpe-
 ciaL) )-According to telegram just re-
 ceived from the war department, Corp
 Bankston E. Galloway of this city was
 wounded in battle which took place
 on the western front just before the ar
 mistice was signed. The wound, how
 ever, was slight and he is expected to
 recover soon. Corporal Galloway is a
 brother of E. E. Galloway member of
 the Columbus bar, and before entering
 the service was employed at the local Ford sales agency.
 D. F. Mccullough, manager of the Columbus Lumber company, which is one of the largest concerns of it's char acter in this section, has gone to Chi cago to attend a conference of lumber manufacturers and dealers, MT. McCul- tough went to the Windy City in re- sponse to telegram from Charles s. Keith. president of the Southern Pine association, who stated that a number of important matters would come up for discussion at the conference. Prof. H. G. McGowan head of the horticultural department at the Mis- sissipp Industrial Institute and Col
 lege, Is in receipt Of telegram stat ing that his brother-in-la j. H. Ad-
 ams of Pachuta, Miss, was recently
 killed when a mule which he was driv-
 ing ran away and he was thrown out
 of his buggy. MT. Adams, who was a veteran of the Spanisn-American war,
 went through that conflict without a scratch and later performed dangerous tasks in connection with the construc- tion of the PSnama canal without sus- l ta;t ft,sr iy1i1t .~f lrf froI A ing through these dangers unscathed he finally met a violent death while engaged in farming, which Is generally regarded as an exceedingly safe and peaceful vocation.
 B. A. Lincoln, chancery clerk of
 Lowndes county. who is we'll known in fraternal circles throughout the state,
 has accepted an invitation to deliver
 an address at the Pythian memorial exercises which are to be held in Meri-
 dian Thanksgiving Day.
 P E. Ealey, well known planter who several weeks ago killed Newton Self at his plantation a few miles east of Columbus on the Air Line road, has been indicted by the Lowndes county grand jury on the charge of murder Ealy was out on bond. but was ar rested and lodged in jail soon after the indictment was returned A special ve- nirie of 50 men has been summoned from which to select a jury to try the case, which has been set for next Thurs day
 | The Twentieth Century club has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. H. E. Jonns; vice president, Mrs. J. w. Slaughter; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. 1 J. P. Woodward.
 Miss Gladys McGeorge of this city. who was recently accepted as an aide l in occupational therapy by the medical department of the United States army and who left several weeks ago for New York, has completed her prelim- l mary training and sailed few days 1 ago for France.
 l An airplane propeller must be made l of wood for many reasons, chief of which is that no other material of which l we have knowledge is so strong for it's weight. Aluminium, lightest of the met
 als, weighs 162 pounds a cubic foot. l Walnut weighs 3S pounds for the same quantity. Aluminium has compression i strength of 12000 pounds a square inch walnut 6100 pounds. Aluminium has tensile strength of 15000 pounds a square inch-walnut ruptures at Ii, 300 pounds In other words, aluminium weighs four times as much as walnut
 and hasn't twice its strength.