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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-04-14
LIEUTENT THOMPSON AND
SERGEANT CHAPMAN
VISIT CITY.
GIVE AN EXHIBITION
Perform Many Fancy Stunts
For Amusement of Citizens
And College Students.

Columbians got their first glimpse
of a military airplane Friday after
moor, when Lieutenant H. W.
Thompson and Cadet Z. f. Chap
man arrived here from Greensboro,
Ala, en- route to Memphis and re-
mained over in the city throughout
the night, having been induced to
make the local stop by friends of
Cadet Chapman in this city.
The aviators left Greensboro at 2
o'clock Friday afternoon, and 36
minutes later landed at Tuscaloosa,
where they made short stop They
left the Druid City a few minutes
afterward and, Notwithstanding the
fact that brisk wind was blowing
made the fight to Columbus in So
minutes.
The armen approached Colum-
bus from the southeast and after
having circled around over the In
dustrial Institute and College and
the business district proceeded to the
links Of the Columbus Golf Club,
which are located across the Tom
bigbee river, short distance west
of the city, where they landed. An
immense crowd of people had as
sembled to witness the sight, and
Notwithstanding the sandy nature of
the soil in this vicinity safe land
ing was negotiated. The birdmen
later in the afternoon returned to
the city and gave an exhibition,
having looped the loop and perform
ed other fancy stunts, having again
visited both the business district and
the college.
After spending the night here, the
aviators left early Saturday morn
ing for Payne Field at West Point,
going next to Tupelo and thence to
Memphis, where they expected to
land Saturday night.
Before entering the aviation serv-
ice Cadet Chapman was an automo-
BILE salesman and Columbus was in
cluded in his territory. He made
frequent visits to this city and is well
known both in business and social
circles. He was cordially greeted by
his friends and both he and his com
panion were the recipients of num-
erous courtesies during their stay
here
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-04-14
LIBERTY LOAN SUBSCRIP
TIONS MAKE SATISFAC-
TORY PROGRESS
TOTAL IS $l27,5oo
This Amount Has Already
Been Secured; Ladies Rend
or Valuable Aid.

The local campaign in behalf Of
the third Liberty Loan is being Wig
orously waged, and there Is no doubt
of the fact that Lowndea county will
ego over the top" The county's
quota is S218,000, ard more than
half this sum has already been rails
ed. Had Columbus followed the
same plan adopted in some cities its
quota could have been secured in
one day by having local banks take
the full allotment and then resell the
bonds to customers. This plan was
not resorted to, however, and none
Of the banks have as vet been solicit
ed, all subscriptions having been Sc
cured from individuals and firms or
corporations engaged in mercantile
and industrial activities.
According to an announcement
made by Mr.. Z. G. Chapman, who is
directing the campaign, subscriptions
up to last night amounted to S127-
500 which is more than one-half of
the countty's total allotment. Sub
scriptions are being eagerly awaited,
sand citizens who have not been So
licitad and who desire to subscribe
are urged to notify Mr.. Chapman,
Mr. r. p Phillips, manager of sales,
or any member of the local Liberty
Loan committee.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the To-
cal IgibertH Loan committee. under
the. directioI Of Mrs. H. F, Simrall,
the efficient chairman, is doing eX-
cellent, the sum Of $4,000 having
been secured through the efforts Of
Mrs. Simrall and her co-workers.
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Mr.. J. W. Slaughter is spending
seevr9l days at Mahen, having been
called there by the serious illness Of
an uncle
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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-04-14
WOODMEN INVEST
In LOAN BONDS
mR. s. L. GAME SECURES PART
OF BIG APPROPRIATION
FOR MISSISSIPPI.

The Sovereign Camp, Woodmen Of
the World. is to invest one million
dollars in bonds Of the third Liberty
Loan, and, through the influence Of
Mr.. s. L. Caine of this city who IS a
member Of the executive board, s25,-
600 of this sum viii be expended in
Mississippi and will 40 towards max
ing up the states allotment.
This is a purely patriotic act upon
the part Of the executive officials Of
this great fraternal organization, as
they fully realize the fact that the
money could have been more profit
ably invested elsewhere; but they
deemed it their duty to aid the fed
e,a al government and have decided
to become liberal subscribers to the
bond issue.
Fifteen thousand members of the
organization have already enlisted in
various branches of the military or
naval service and their memberships
are remaining full force Just the
same as though they were at home
engaged in less hazardous vocations
There are nearly $4,000 Woodmen
in Mississippi, and all of them fully
indorse the action OF the executive
officials in making such large invest
ment in the third Liberty Lean bonds.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-04-14
CONCERT BY CAMP
SHELBY SOLDIERS
ORCHESTRA WITH MINSTREL
TROUPE APPEARS AT FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH TONIGHT.

The @. M G. Mnstrels, from
Camp Shelby, near Hattiesburg, will
give q performance in the chapel Of
the Industrial institute and College
tomorrow night, and the band and
orchestra accompanying the organi-
zation viii appear in q sacred con
cert at The First Baptist church to-
night. The concert will be given
under the joint auspices Of the First
Baptist and First Methodist
churches. and there win be no serv-
ices at the latter temple Of worship
this evening
The band Nand orchestra includes
lG pieces and II splendid organza-
tion. The company will arrive in
the city late this afternoon over the
Mobile and Ohio railroad, and the
concert will begin promptly at 1880
O'Clock
III addition to the instrumental
music, there will be vocal solo by
one Of the soldiers who possesses a
sweet and well cultivated voice. The
program in it's entirety will be
thoroughly pleasing. and the people
Of Columbus are extended cordial
invitation TO attend the concert.
The members of the @. NJ. C.
Minstrels will give parade Monday
morning, and owners Of automobiles
are invited to join in the procession
! and follow the soldiers on their march
through the streets. The parade will
form in front Of the Gilmer Hotel at
| 1890 a. m, and all who desire to
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-04-14
PAT HARRISON
MAKES STATEMENT
SAYS HIS VIEWS REGARDING
CONDITIONS AT CAMP PIKE
WERE MISREPRESENTED.

Alexandria, La, April l2.--Con-
gressman Pat Harrison, before leay-
ing for Washington, after visiting
the Mississippi boys at Camp Beau
regard, in speaking of the mingling
of negro and white soldiers at Camp
Pike, said:
II have just read what appears to
me a misleading news story touch
ing my recent visit to Camp Pike
and the charges against Capt. Row
an here. | refrained from giving
any statement to the press, except
to say that ] had a very satisfactory
conference with Gen, Sturgis, |
felt that the conditions at Camp
Pike were so much changed in the
last few days that it would be best
that former conditions there he not
discussed.
: 'It seems that my views have
been so misrepresented that you can
say for me that | talked TO many
Of the officers and many privates at
Camp Pike, as well as Capt Rowan
and Gen. Sturgis. and the conclusion
reached were that under the com
manding officer, Col Shaw, whites
and negroes in the depot brigade
were placed in the same organlza-
tions; that in the brigade no policy
Of segregation, such as prevailed N
other organizations in the camp, was
followed. This practice Of mingline
the whites and negroes in the same
organizations was only recently IN
voked. and as soon as it came to the
attention of Gen. Sturgis, a very
radical change was ordered. Capt
Rowan is a splendid soldier and has
the entire sympathy Of those under
him, as well as his comrades in camp.
There can be no doubt but that his
actions were inspired by high sense
Of honor and with no thought of in
subordination.'
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-04-14
GERMAN ATTACKS ARE
REPELLED AT SEVERAL
IMPORTANT POINTS.
Sends His Men Encouraging
Message, Which is Received
With Cheers.

London, April t3.-The British
counter offensive in the Festubert
sector Of the great battle line along
the Franco Belgian frontier is gain
ing strength and another advance Of
the British lines was noted by the
war Office report today.
Heavy fighting has continued at
Nieuve Eglise and in the neighbor-
hood of Wolverghen, where the Ger
mans have been directing strong
pressure in an effort to shake the
hold Of the British upon the Messi-
mes ridge
A number Of strong attacks were
delivered by the Germans in the
LOGON district, but broke down un-
der the firm resistance of the Brit
ish,
East of LOGON the Germans were
able to penetrate some British po-
sitions, but were quickly thrown out
by counter attacks.
Strengthened by Field Marshal
Haig's stern order that "there must
be no retirement" and by the knowI-
edge that French troops are coming
to their aid the British soldiers en-
gagng the Germans along the Fran
co-Belgian frontier are holding up
bravely against overwhelming odds
n one of the bloodiest battles the
world has ever seen,
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-04-14
BOARD RECEIVES A
CALL FOR Is MEN
FOUR WHITE MEN AND 21 NE
GROES WILL MAKE UP
THE CONTINGENT.

The local exemption Board has re-
ceived a call for 25 additional re-
cruts, who will be sent to Camp
Pike sometime in the near future,
The date Of their departure having
not yet been definitely fixed. The
contingent will be made of four
white men and p negroes, who will
be selected from the following list Of
eligibles:
Whites: Ross Griffin, Irby Taylor,
Cecil Holmes Allen, Reuben G. Egg
er, Robert Luther Taggart, John
Emit Conn, Thomas Atwell Egger
Sam. D. Halbert.
Negroes: Walter Cooper Joseph
Brool.s, Bishop Carson, Eugene Haw-
kins, Sam Odeneal, Albert Branch,
Joe johnson, Win Dowsing, VIII
CLANCY. Alfred Jones, Robert Sand
ers. Frank Fennette, Sam Hinton,
VIII Eggnew, Edgar Harris, Percy
Russell, Willie Aaron, James Hanson,
Johnnie Lee, Turner Lanier, Ollie
Crump, Rufus Miller, Robert Brad
dock. Percy Richards, Walter Lee,
james Gardner, Eddie Summerville.
The following general order which
was recently received by the local
board, is published for the benefit
Of the farmers in Lowndes county;
General Order No, 81 War De-
partment, Washington, D. c., April
2nd, 1918 authorizing Commanding
officers to grant furloughs to certain
classes of enlisted men, in accordance
with the Act Of March 10th, 1918.
For your information and guidance
in connection with above, the fol-
lowing letter from the Provost Mar
shall General is quoted:
Legislation has been enacted
which win enable certain men now in
the service to be furloughed for the
purpose Of resuming occupational
pursuits"
If you are directly interested il
this order, call in person on the local
board at its office. third floor Co
lumbus National Bank building,
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-04-14
LAWYER FACES A
SERIOUS CHARGE
Nv. a. benson, BIRMINGHAM
LAWYER, ACCUSED OF UT
TERINC DISLOYAL WORDS.

Birmingham, April. 12,-William
a benson, prominent Birmingham
attorney was arrested on the streets
Of the city Friday afternoon by fed
crll authorities on charges of vio-
'ating section 3 of the espionage
rct. Mr.. benson is charged with
saving, Wilson is the cause and the
whole cause of the United States
being mixed up in the European
war. Wilson should be hang
Cd and would like to see him hang
cd"
Mr.. benson acted as counsel for
Arnold Jacob Uhl, recently convict
ed on charge of defacing his
QUESTIONABLE and sentenced to a
term in prison. During his trial
Uhl testified that it was on the ad-
vice of benson that he refused TO
fll out the questionnaire and made
an Endorsement across its face,
claiming exemption from foreign
military duty.
When arrested and shown the
warrant for his arrest, containing
The statement he is charged with
M king, Mr.. benson asserted that
the charge was untrue.
nenson's bond was fixed at $4,000
late Friday afternoon, which he
made and was released.
Denson's arrest caused a sensa-
ton here, as he is reputed to be one
Of the most prominent attorneys in
birmingham.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-04-14
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WILL DELIVER A
PATRIOTIC ADDRESS

DR., B. M. Walker president
of the A. and NJ. College, will de-
liver patriotic address at the court
house in this city Monday morning
at II o'clock, and will no doubt be
heard by large crowd.
DR.. Walker is well fnown in Co
lumb1s and he will be given a cordial
welcome to the city.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-04-14
MANAGER OPENS TRAIN
HERE FOR A, SHORT
INSPECTION.
MANY VISITORS
Students Of College Among
Those Who See Concrete
Evidence of Fighting.

The war relics train which is
touring this section for the purpose
Of advertising the third Liberty
Loan was in Columbus Thursday,
and while open for inspection only
short time had many visitors. The
train reached here late "Wednesday
lipht over the Southern Railway,
and, according to schedule, was to
have left over the Noble and Ohio
early the following morning for Re
form, Ala, without giving local citi-
ems an opportunity to inspect the in
teresting exhibit which it has on
board. Through the efforts of
Mayor D. S. McClanahan. and Hon,
r. J. Locke, however, the manager
was induced to open the train from
6 to 7 o'clock Thursday morning,
end Notwithstanding the early hour
there were large number Of visi-
tors.
The train was switched to a spur
track near the Mississippi Industrial
Institute and College, and was visit
ed by practically the entire student
body of that institution, after which
if moved up to the Mobile and Ohio
depot, where it was open for short
time to the general public.
The exhibit carried by the train is
exceedingly interesting, embracing
bursted cannon, disabled air planes,
!. batfered helrsets and other relics of
me French battle field.
The manager in charge stated to
Mr.. Locke that the reason Columbus
was not embraced in the original
schedule of stops was because the
train was sent out primarily to
awaken interest in towns which had
failed to meet their allotments in
former Liberty Loan campaigns.
Columbus has never failed to sub
scribe her full quota to these loans,
and it was, therefore, not considered
necessary for the train to open its
doors here When the manager as
certained, however, that Columbians
desired an opportunity to view the
relics he readily agreed to crafty
this wish.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-04-14
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Mary Pickford at Princess Monday in
Stella Maris."

The attraction at the Princess for
Monday, April 18th, is the sweet
heart of millions, Mary Pickford, in
William J. Locke's novel story Of
sunshine and happiness, Stella
Maris," wonderful production, one
Of the sweetest most wholesome
plays Mary Pickford has ever appear
ed in.
1t is an Aircraft production, and
has Been lavishly staged.
Matinee at 3:15 and 4:25.
Night at 7:45 and 900. .
Admission 10 and 20 cents.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-04-14
BLACKFRIARS GIVE
FINE PERFORMANCE
EFFECTIVELY PRESENT "HER
HUSBANDS WIFE" IN THE
COLLEGE CHAPEL.

The Blackfriar Players, a dramatic
organization made up Of students
of the University Of Alabama, pre-
sented Augustus Thomas delightful
comedy, Her Husbands Wife, at
the Industrial Institute and College
Saturday night, and the perform
ance was witnessed by large and
thoroughly well pleased audience
The performance was directed by
Prof +. Hudson Strobe, Of the I'm.
glish department at the University,
and the cast included Miss Berry Rog
ers, Hiss Irene Waldhurst, Miss Hat
tie Blalock, Messrs Rucker Agee,
Fred Perry, Rowan Oden, Charles
Johnson and Fowler Duggar.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-04-14
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Buy Coal Now.

Messrs. j. T. Wood and w. n.
Pickett, two Of the city's leading
coal dealers, have an advertisement
in this issue urging the people of
Columbus to buy coal now, while the
supply is abundant They are back
ed up in this matter by the Federal
Fuel Commission, which has advised
consumers to lay in ample supplies
during the summer months, thus pre-
venting a possible shortage next
winter,
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-04-14

Columbus, Miss, for method Of pro
eedure.
BY order Of the Board.
J. R. RANDLE, Secretary.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-04-14

participate are urged to be on hand
at that hour.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-04-14
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Mrs. T. M. White, of Holly
Springs, has been called to Coum-
bus on account of the serious illness
of her sister, Mrs. R. f. Funk
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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-04-14
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Small Fire Friday.

A cottage located on North Second
avenue between Fourteenth and Fif-
teen streets, and owned by Capt II.
P. Wilkinson, was damaged by fire
to the extent OF about s25 Friday
afternoon shortly aftetr o'clock.
The loss was covered by insurance
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-04-14

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. BE Kind to Animals Week" :
. Monday, April i5 to Saturday, (
Q April 20. Humane Sunday,
. April 81.
. Help on this national celebra- {
= tor by beirg bird ~ animals {
o and aiding humane societies to :
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The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-21
Thieves Get Meat.

Thieves broke into the meat
house Tuesday night of Squire
John A. Sewell at Waltersville and
stole nearly all the meat in the
house. This is a sad misfortune
for the Squire who had enough
meat stored away to do him for
the year, and the loss falls heavily
on one, like the most of us, unable
to replace it without it being keen
ly felt. We sincerely trust that Of
fcers will recover the meat and
vigorously prosecute the thieves,
thereby giving these and other
prospectives a serious warning of
what is in store for such characters.
A penitentiary sentence is what is
due them, and we hope to see every
man get his dues. Particularly
meat thieves.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-21
College Entertainment.

On the night of Feb. % an en-
tertainment will be given in the
college building at Stanton by the
pupils of the school. As this Is Il c
anniversary of the birth of Wash
ington the entertainment will TO a
large extent be in keeping with the
day. There will be songs, speeches,
plays, drills etc. by the school.
At the close of the entertainment
a service flag will be raised in honor
of the boys from Stanton College
who are now in the service. There
are twenty of them. The whole
meeting will be patriotic rally
generally.
To this entertainment and patri-
otic meeting everybody is invited.
No admission will be charged at
the door, but an offering will be
taken at the close for the benefit OF
the County Red Cross.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-21
Progressive Farmers Buy Tractor.

Messrs. r. w. and Carl Garrett
have just received new oil tractor
to put in operation on their splen-
did farm near this city. This is the
first tractor. ever brought to this
county for farm power purposes.
The Messrs. Garrett will plow,
thresh grain, shred fodder, saw wood
and use this improved piece of ma
chinery for diverse purposes as they
are now being used by up-to-date
farmers in other popular farming
sections. These gentlemen know
how to farm and they know how to
farm for pay. Powell county needs
more such farmers.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-21
Good Sugar Weather.

We have had some excellent
sugar weather the past weeks, and
it certainly behooves us to make all
of it we can, as the prospects are
not very flattering to get all of the
sugar we require again next fall as
was the case last fall. In fact the
situation may be expected to be
much worse as natural conse-
quence from year to year as the
war progresses. While sugar is
tolerable plentiful at this time, we
can not dare to attempt to lay in
an advance supply as the Govern
ment will sure get us for boarding.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-21
To Collect Oii License lax.

The first license LaX on OH has
been placed in the hands of Ex-
Shepiff H. T. Derickson for collec-
ton for the first quarter, ending
October 81. 1t amounts to about
81 800. AS there are four quarters
in a year we may expect S5,600.0O
for the full year. And with more
wells coming in every week, we
would not be surprised to see the
total for the first year amount to
10000. Should it do this, the total
tax would be double that of former
wears
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-21
In the Sunny Southland.

Mrs. G. E. White, who has been
with her sons at Louisville for some
months past, has joined her hus-
band at Mobile, Ala. Writing from
there to have their paper forwarded
to their new home, Mrs. White says
that when she left Louisville the
thermometer was four below zero,
but when she got to Mobile she
found the people there sitting COM
fortably in the parks and on their
porches in full summer clothes.
The change was most surely very
agreeable about that time.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-21
Taking Up Surplus Switches.

TIE l.. d n. Railroad is taking
up every switch and spur of track
not in immedi tc use in this city
and shipping the same away. They
havt even removed the y" which
viii prevent trains from turning
around when occasion demands it,
forcing trains when prevented from
going all the way to Winchester or
Malony to have to run backwards.
The extreme high price of steel is
said to be the cause for this action
of the railroad.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-21

Mr.. c. F. Clark, of the firm Old
endorf, Baunam 4 Clark, of Mt.
Carmel, ILL.,, holders of the G.. w.
Clark lease on Hardwick's Creek,
came in Wednesday morning to in
spect the developments of the well
on the Clark lease reported in the
Times last week. The oil is there
for any one to see and we are sure
Mr.. Clark will find the outlook so
promising as to resume operations
on this and other leases held by his
company in the Spring. The re-
cent strike of the 80 barrel well on
the Even farm at Stanton, and the
overflow of the Clark well on Hard
wick's Creek, has greatly stimulated
leasing in this section and much
drilling in this portion of the coun-
ty is sure to take place in the
Spring Let them come on, we are
ready to cooperate with them in
any way we can. We, like the pros
pectcTs, believe the oil is here, and
will welcome the developers.
Mr.. Oldendorf, of this firm is al
so in the county
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-02-21
Postmaster O'Rear in The Game.

The Peerless Oil Company, incor-
porated under the laws of Delaware
with a capital stick of $4,000, is
composed almost entirely of Win
chester people. The following are
officers: d. T. Matlack, president ;
George E. Tcmlinson, vice presi-
dent; j. III. O'Rear, secretary and
treasurer; George B. Williams, gen.
eral manager; B. r. Jouett, general
counsel; directors, d. T. Matlack,
George L. Tomlinson, John M.
Hodgkin, George B. Williams, M.
T. McEldowney, J. B. Pierce and
J. HI. O'Rear. The stock is owned
by local persons and there is none
on sale by the company, the stock
having been disposed Of before it
was known generally there was any
for sale.
The Peerless has a number of
good leases in Lee county on which
it has already begun operation
Winchester Sun.