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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-02-17
Parent.Teachers, Shower.

The Parent Teachers Associations
of Barrow and Franklin schools will
give a shower for the sewing and
cooking departments of Union Aca-
DENY Monday, February IS. Any
article suitable for use in either of
these departments will be appreciat-
cd. The members Of the two asso-
cations feel that no higher service
can be rendered the colored people
than the Strengthening of these vo-
cational departments. Every one
who is interested in this type of
work for the negro is urged to con-
tribute some article Please send
your donation to either Franklin or
Barrow schools or to homes of the
committee Monday, February l8.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-02-17
Mary Pickford in "The Little Prin
cess at Princess Monday 18th.

Americas Sweetheart, Mary Pick,
ford, in an elaborate perturbation OF
the famous story by Frances Hodg-
son Burnett.
"The Little Princess" is the attrac.
ton at the Princess Theatre for Mon
day the 18th.
Little Sara Crewe and her adven-
lures at Miss Minchins boarding
school have been brought to life by
Mary Pickford, and Artcraft-Para-
mount again. 1t is a sweet little
story, and will delight both old ant
young alike.
Matinee at 800 and 4:20
Night at 7:30 and S:45.
Admission-Children 10c. Adults
20 cents.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-02-17
Coal Shortage in Austria Causes
Trains to Stop and Schools to Close.

Coal Shortage in Austria Cause
Trains to Stop and Schools to Close
A recent commerce report con
tains the following in regard to tn,
coal shortage in Austria:
"A petition of the Union Of Cine
ma Theaters TO the Emperor, re
questing permission TO heat cinema
in order to AVOID the ruin of the in
rstrv, his resulted in consent be
gwen for the utilization of oil
God es fuel for the cinemas il
arna.
- PRAGUE I'll schools were to b.
'losed for a full month, from De
aember 16 to January Is. At Zizko'
lnear Prague) the schools have al
ready been closed for month, ant
the holidays are likely to last thre'
months. At Budenitz, close to Goa
mines, the school is closed. At Smi
chow stringent measures for econom,
in the use of electricity have beer
taken owing to the lack of coal; 10
example, private consumers are or
dered to restrict their consumption
to single lamp. The lighting o
stairs and vestibules is restricted a
much as possible and must in no cas-,
be continued after p. m; the clos
ing Of the electricity works is threat
ened
"At Lehmberg the electric tram
ceased to run on and from Novembe
%, owing TO lack Of coal The mum
cipal authorities are doing their ut
most to secure sufficient transpor
for coal in order to resume the tram
way service and maintain the gas an
water works. Shops close at p. m
cafes at . p. m. Several school
have been shut, Trains with a ru
Of less than 1-2 hours will not b
heated"
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-02-17
Mr.. Searcy a Candidate.

While no official announcement to
that effect has as yet been made, it is
positively known that Mr.. j. L;
Searcy will be candidate for sheriff
of Lowndes county at the next
quadrennial election. The contest
is still more than a year, distant, and
Mr.. Searcy deems it too early to
commence the active solicitation of
votes. At the proper time, however
he will officially announce his can
didacy and will inaugurate an aggres-
sive campaign for the Office. He is
not only one of the most capable
but also one of the most popular men
in the county, and has hundreds of
friends who will be glad to give him
their support.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-02-17
FARMERS ONLY ASKED
TO HAVE SUBSTITUTES

The Federal Food Administration
interprets the recent order of the
Food Administration as below. This
is most important to retailers and
consumers and especially farmers
"A person who produces his own
cereals will be allowed to purchase of
the retailer wheat flour without pur-
chasing the same amount of other ce.
reals (corn meal, corn starch, corn
flour, hominy grits, barley flour
rice flour, oat meal, rolled oats, buck
wheat, potato flour, sweet potato
flour, soy bean flour, and feterita
flours and meals, provided that he
presents to the retailer a statement
signed by reliable person and him.
self, certifying that he has on hand
other cereals equal in pounds to the
amount of wheat flour he wishes te
purchase. However, he will only be
allowed to purchase thirty days
supply and this must be only 10 pei
cent Of the amount he used during
the same thirty days last year.
"Such persons should use the 9th
err cereals that they have on hand II
amounts equal to or more than tbs
amount of wheat flour that they use
for they will not be allowed to US,
the same cereals twice in purchasing
wheat flour"
State Food Administrator P. M
Harding has ruled that Irish pota
toes may be included in the list Of
cereals.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-02-17

Two most exciting basketball
games were witnessed on the cam
pus Of the Franklin Academy Frida,
afternoon, when the local High
School girls team defeated the West
Point High School girls, and thu
Salem boys five won from the boy
Of the Franklin Academy.
Both games were close and inter
esting. The first resulted IL to II
for the local girls, and the SECOND
was won by the visiting boys by {
score of 10 to Is.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-02-17

St. Joseph, Mo-, Feb. i6.-H. A.
Cooper, carpenter of Sabetha, kans.,
received word today from the navy
department that his invention for de-
tecting submarines under water had
been favorably considered and that
would be forwarded
him for trip to Washington.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-02-17
Little Baby Dies.

Little Mary Leda Pogue, the six
months-old daughter of Mr. Emmett
Pogue, died last evening at 306 Third
street, north, after three days i'll
ness from pneumonia.
Funeral services will be held at the
family home this morning at $3.50
o'clock conducted by Rev. T. L. Hol
comb, pastor Of the First Baptist
church. Interment will take place
at Friendship cemetery.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-02-17
Richards Promoted.

Friends in Columbus Of Captain
w. E. Richards will be interested il
hearing of his promotion to Major
Major Richards, who was formerly a
prominent physician of this city, is
now stationed at Camp Pike.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-02-17

Mr.. Louis Rosenzweig left yester-
day for New York and other eastern
cities to purchase spring and sum-
mer goods for Rosenzweig and Com
pany.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-02-17
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The weather bureau

- The weather bureau in .
p Washington yesterday issued the .
q following forecast for the COM Q
q ing week: g
a For South Atlantic and East 6
q Gulf States Fair, colder Mon {
q day, probably rain Tuesday, fol- g
. lowed by somewhat colder We'd g
q hesday. Conditions latter part 6
. Of week uncertain but without {
q decided temperature changes. {
q q q y q y u y u Il u II u u Il
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-02-17
he
dealers in poultry and eggs;

dealers in poultry and eggs; This
licenses shall not, between February
IL, 1918, and April 80, 1918, pur.
chase, ship, sell. or negotiate the sale
Of any live or freshly killed hens or
pullets; provided, however, that this
shall not prevent the purchase, ship
ment, or sale between February IL
and February 2s, 1918, Of hens Or
pullets which were either killed or
shipped prior to February IL, 1913.
To market for sale as food: and pro-
vided further that nothing in this
rule shall prevent the purchase,
shipment, or sale Of i've hens Or rrl
lets for egg production purposes.
Effective February IL, ls18,'
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-02-17

Senator w. P. Stribling and Rep.
resentatives John r. Frierson, j. r
Thomas and D. L. Erwin, Of Jackson
were in the city the past few days
coming home to look after business
and to spend the weekend with rela.
tives.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-02-17
First Presbyterian Church,

9.30 a. m. Sunday School.
Ii 100 a. m. Morning Worship. Ser
mon: "Are We a Covenant Keeping
People" Kings 23:3
715 ?. m. Evening Service. Ser.
mon: "The Spirit of Adoption" Ro-
mans S:l5.
r. EXCEL FRY, Minister.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-02-17

Mr.. Carl Tesch, Jr., a well known
Mobile and Ohio railroad engineman
is enjoying a short rest and visit tc
Birmingham.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-02-17

The numerous friends of Mrs. r.
Y. Moore regret to learn that she
continues i'll at her home on College
street
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-02-17

MIR. and Mrs. Leonard McKellar, of
Pensacola, Fla, formerly of this city,
are being congratulated upon the ar
rival of son.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-02-17

Policeman j. A. Hudson's many
friends are glad to see him out after
an illness of several weeks.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-02-17

Lieut. Hollis lines, Of Pensacola,
Fla, is spending the weekend here
with his relatives.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-02-17

Be loyal Join the Junior Red
Cross Association.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-02-17

Mr.. Harding in his letter 70 Mr.
Cox further states:
"You have no doubt noticed In
the papers, the rules given out by
the Food Administration with refer
ence to killing Of hens and pullets.
Below "a quotation from telegram
sent us from Washington on this
line:
The following rule has been
adopted in connection with special
rules and regulations governing
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-02-17
FOOD PRICES SET BY
FOOD ADMINISTRATOR

County food administrators over
the state have received from Food
Administrator P, M. Harding instruc-
tions as to licenses for poultry and
eggs dealers and list of prices for
foodstuffs sold by retail groesrs,
which the food administration has
cided are reasonable. t.
The consumer should check the
prices they pay for these articles and
see that they get the benefit of fair
prices. They should also see, the food
administrator says, that the prices
they pay do not exceed those shown
in the list below These prices have
been sent to every county in the
state, with request for publication
Some dealers here may charge more
and some less than those here pub
lished.
Prices here should approximate
those given throughout the state.
The prices announced by the foot
lmini2trator are as follows:
our, "a ID. sack $1.55 a SLIGO
elf rising flour, "a ID sack $160 a
$1.65
Corn meal .0b q 8 IL
Rice, Blue Rose 10
Rice, Honduras 10 l-2 a II
Grits .06 1-2 a OF
Sugar, Y. G. 8 "a a 0
Sugar, granulated 90 "a .09 IL
Irish potatoes .03 IA a. .03 IL
Rolled oats, package 12 IL
Lima beans .l5
Black eye peas 1912
Navy beans .lS
NNavy beans IL 0 20
2-lb. tomatoes, can II l-2 @ l3 l-2
3-lb tomatoes, cans .lS
lib tomatoes 10
Glib corn, cans .l2 1-2 az 10
2-lb Il. j. peas l2 1-2 "a
3-lb. hominy, cans 10 a IL
2-lb hominy, cans 10
No. /. p. X. salmon, tall 80 @ 30
No. P. r. salmon, flat 80 "a 30
l-2 ID. P. r. salmon %
lib Chum salmon 20
1-2-lb. Chum salmon .l5
lib. syrup, can 10
1-2 syrup, can .l5
5-lb<syrup, can .50
| 1O-lb. syrup, can s1.00
5000 Prunes, per lb. 10 g II
Evaporated apples (cartoonsl l3
Dime Milk 10
Small cream .Os a 90
Large cream 10
Compound lard, bulk 27 "a ~
Pure lard 81 "a 33
Creamery butter, lib. brick go
D. s. ribs 80
Hams 80
Bacon bellies 40
4 Breakfast bacon .4S q 50
IL -.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-05
MRS. MINNIE MADDERN FISKE.

looking down at me. where did
you come from"
From home" I informed him
with a suspicious stare. i've come
TO see my mother: she acts here"
He picked me up in his arms and
carried me behind the scenes and
into the wings where he did his
best to keep me amused. No one
knows how hard that man tried to
Amusue me. I don't know now just
who he was or what his name was.
but he probably did more talking
to me in a short time than any
man has slnce-only I did not want
TO converse. I wanted my motherI
How he must have laughed after
ward.
Suddenly I saw her. Conscious of
her lovsliness and her youth, she
was Just emerging from a gorgeous
iridescent electric flower. with no
suspicion OF babies or domesticity
anywhere in her thoughts. With =
whoop of triumph l struggled down
from my captor's arms. giving him
n look of utter wrath, and dashed
out on the stage shouting "Mother"
at the top OF my lungs and looking
backward triumphantly at the tall,
dark person who had dared to talk
to me when l didn't want to talk.
shall never forget his look OF
utter CONSERVATION as calmly pro-
eeeded to break up the performances.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-05
By Garrett P. Serviss.

DR L o. HOWARD. the Chief
Of the Bureau OF Entomology
At Washington, sounds q call
to arms against a common enemy.
which, on the basis OF my own
slight experience. I should be glad
to re-echo. The class OF Insecta,"
says DR.. Howard. includes a host
of species which art most keenIy
competing with the human species
in the struggle for existence.
The insect type is one OF the most
persistent types in nature. Having
its origin in CRrboniferous, or per-
haps silurian. times. It has persisted
and flourlshed. adapting itself to
almost all conceivable conditions,
until at the present time It is, among
all the types Of living things, the
chief competitor OF the recently
evolved human type for the control
Of the earth"
1t is not flattering for US to con-
slider that tht type of terrestrial
creatures composed OF the smallest
individuals Excluding certain mi
croscopic animals not belonging to
the insect trfbe) should be not only
our most effective antagonists in
the battle OF life. but SO powerful
that a slight turn or fortunt might
give them the victory.
The great animals We can ex-
terminate or subject to our will.
but the little sI1-lsgged creatures.
who spin and weave. and bore and
devour, and change their forms like
harlequInA, now dwelling in the
ground or sealed up alive In mummy
cases, now bursting out and taking
flight with iridescent wings and
now crawling in the form Of cater
pillars or Erubs-defy US by their
minuteness, their numbers and their
fecundity.
We have. indeed. reason for look
ing with concern to the outcome.
The mastery Of the world is not yet
finally settled It Is easily eoncsiv-
ably that when our proud race has
run its course and left only the
crumblinC ruins OF its mechanical
achievements, hordes OF beetles,
bugs, arachnids. and ants. will
hold the ground in fee. while their
winged allies, bees. butterflies, mo-
EQuitoes, and the terrible hosts Of
the heas and the dIptsrs. will take
full possession of the air. fer the
birds suffer as much as we do rom
insect enemies without having our
advantages. for carrying on the con-
test One has shrinking sense OF
dim prophetic Significance in the
mysterious old eastern deity. -BeeI-
Eebub." the "ny-god." or the ruler
Cor avsrtsr) of flies"
There are 10000 described species
Of insects against the single human
species. The human species has less
than 1000 million individuals in the
whole world; while a single house
ny may in the course OF a Summer
have 5000 million descendants,
lighting for existence against every
kind Of competitor. including them
selves.
I have Just been reading the re-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-05
By Minnie Maddern Fiske,
Now playing In Service" in New
York City.

TT has been said that no expert
encS with a man can be in
tsresting unless the girl in
question has reached the romantic
age. I don't believe this because
my own funniest experience oc-
CURED when I was just three years
old, and made my appearance. I'M
sIpectedly 1t is true. on the stage
IN New Orleans.
had been put to bed. which fact
I remember hazily I did not fancy
at all. but had fallen asleep only
to wake later with a sense OF my
grievance still upon me and a great
longing for my mother. who was
then acting in 4 musical eKtrava-
CANA. / had learned to dress my
self. even to the difficult buttons.
and managing very well, 1 de-
scended to the street and proceeded
to walk to the theatre. Here l en-
countered a very big obstacle to my
progress. a man. in fact the man Of
my funniest experience.
Bless my soul!" he calculated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-05
The Effects of Alcohol
1T LOWERS THE BODY'S DEFENSES
By Brice Belden, NJ. D. has played an 1nd.nia0 part

has played an undeniabIs part in the
causRtion OF tuberculosis.
There is nothing in the claim that
the poisonous effects OF alcohol are
modified or reduced according to
the degree OF dIIution. Alcohol is
alcohol. whether in wine. beer or
spirits. All that can be said is that
there is difficulty in getting a very
large dose OF alcohol in a moderate
period in the case OF dilute solu-
lions OF alcohol such as beer.
Alcohol has been claimed to be .
food, but II It Is a food It must be
such in a very restricted sense. in
sufficient to offset its drawbacks a.
q producer OF disease
Alcoholic beverages are in no way
necessary for 4 healthy life
In no circumstances should people
whose nervous systems are unstable
use alcohol, for they are the most
likely to be harmed by this seduc-
tive poison.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-05
Advice to the LOvelOrn

United States army. The question
is, shall we marry now. or shall
we walt. perhaps to wait always
for them to come back
The four OF US are waiting for
your answer. and we want you to
give your whole-hearted and
honest opinion. a. and B.
The question you ask cannot
be settled "once and for all" 1t
is an entirely personal matter,
and one in which all the evidence
must be in before a decision IS
made.
The hysteria OF wartime"
makes a great many soldiers
fancy themselves in love with
girls whom otherwise they might
consider amusing companions or
good friends. The hysteria, plus
the feminine tendency to hero
worship, reacts as strongly on the
woman OF today as on the man
who goes. So, when a girl meets
a soldier on Monday and plans
to marry him on Saturday their
Rfrair is as likely to be mere in
fatuatton as IL would be were
there no war. but just youth and
emotion to hurry them so.
Two who have known and
loved for long time may bravely
take their wartime risk and well
come their few days OF happi-
ness.
A woman who loves enough to
wait-and wait-until her man
comes back and then to welcome
him gladly and proudly, be he
MANNED or whole. does we'll to
marry her true love before he
goes. But unless you are sin
cere and serious in your feel
ings-unless there is depth back
OF your emotions, do not marry
a young officer who Is going TO
the front. The solemnity OF mar
riage can never be greater than
IL Is now for the man and
woman who enter upon matri-
mony with a feeling that il Is
holy, and who part brayely for
the sacrifice the world, demands
today Of her young men
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-05

A LcOHoL IS a narcotic and not
~ stimulant It duIIs the feel
IA ings. so that a person who Is
I'll may feet better after its use. not
because he has been stimulated. but
because he has been dOped. Blood
pressure IS actually lowered by II
Alcohol blunts the higher facul-
ties (which harass Us with care for
the future and q too sensitive self
CONSEQUENCES for the present" Con-
seouentIy It induces a sense Of care
less weII-being or bodily and mem
tai comfort. This explains its charm.
Some authorities. like Hare, Jacob
and Beverley Robinson. believe that
An certain circumstances the physi-
elan may take advantage OF the
aoothInE effects Of alcohol. but the
great weight Of professional opinion
IA alphabetically against its use In
any circumstance.
The use Of alcohol to protect" ons
against exposure is a pure delusion.
disaster being actually invited there
by. one feels WARMER after taking
IL simply because the small blood
vessels Of the skin are paralyzed.
the staEnated blood producing a
surface warmth while the Internal
temperature is lowered, which. OF
course. threatens the integrity Of
the vital organs.
There IS almost a unanimous
opinion on the part OF experts that
alcohol in any form lowers the de-
Tense OF the body against the In
vasion Of the germs Of disease. It
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-05
Begin War on the Fly
NOW is THE TIME TO START IN
For One Fly Can Produce in a
Summer 5000 Million
Descendants.

; suits OF a census Of the minute
animal population Of the ground. .
population composed OF insects in
some of their stages. a. well as 9TH
er creatures. such az spiders, mitsE
millipedes, centipedes. and worms,
which many people class all to-
Eether with insects. although natur-
Hlists distinguish them These re-
suits, reported by DR.. George n.
Wolcott. show a population Of from
two-and-G-half to more than three
and-a-hAlf millions of these little
animals to the acre, within a depth
OF six inches. the number varying
with the season aid rising to q mai
mum In May.
1t IL true that the life of the In
sect is brief but that fact is more
than counterbalanced by the effect
OF numbera A hundred thousand
ans, or perhaps only ten thousand,
could kill a man. A swarm of bees.
guided by a fixed common purpose.
could disable and probably XIII a
man or several men. Explorers
have been routed by mosquitoes.
Great areas Of fertile country have
been rendered uninhAbItGbls by the
incessRnt attacks OF blood-suckinE
insects.
But the warfare between man
and his insect competitors Is molly
to a small degree waEed at the
point OF the bayonet: It Is Eener-
ally a struggle for the means of
subsistence. Man has many times
been beaten by focuses dsvourinE
his pastures. meadow and grain.
Crawlers on the ground and burners
in the air. moths with wings like
silver down. and caterpiIlars with
brilliant regimental stripes, nutter
about the gardens and orchards,
and march up and down the trees
and shrubs, either rsvouring al
they go, or planting eggs from
which future devourers will spring.
You watch with Joy and admira-
tion the blossoms on your apple. or
pear. or peach trees, and think of
the Juicy fruit that you shall have
IN the Summer or Autumn, but,
unknown to you, unles you are an
experienced horticuIturist or gard
ener. billions OF insect eyes hav,
been nxed upon those promising
buds and blooms and tens OF thou
sands OF ovipositors have been se-
creuy busy on every twiE, laying
the germs OF disaster for all your
hopes. SO that when the blushInE
fruit Is due all that you will see
will be a crop Of blasted. wIthered.
shrunksn, knotted and rottinE
clumps OF vegetable cells, each with
its swollen white worm at the heart.
I have seen an estimate of the
annual damage to fod crops in the
United States, done by insects,
amounting TO $1,000. 100000. and
do not think It exaggerated. The
insect is q most efficient ally of the
disease germ. 1t is his poison gas
with which he undermines the
strength OF his chief enemy, the
only one intelligent enough to com
prehend him and effectively 10 COM
bat him. Fight the ny this Sum
mer as you have never fought him,
and begin at once.