The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-04-25

lumbus was staged here Tuesday
afternoon to mark the coming Of
the band from the Great Lakes Naval
Training station which is touring
this section to boost the sale Of
bonds for the third Liberty loan and
which led monster parade through
the streets of Columbus. This pa
rade was participated in by both
white and colored people and at its
conclusion two separate mass meet
ings were held, white citizens hav-
ing assembled at the First Bap-
church, where they listened to a
magnificent oration by Judge Percy
M. Bell, of Greenville, while the ne
groes went to the Lowndes county
court house, where they were ad-
dressed by two of the leading local
members of their race, Prof. T. P.
Harris, principal of Union Academy,
and Rev. E. R. Miller, pastor of St.
James Methodist church.
There were fully 5000 people in
the parade, and the marchers in
cluded men and women from every
walk of life, the banks, business
houses, industrial enterprises,
schools, patriotic and fraternal or
ranizations and the city and county
administrations having all been rep
resented.
The band, which is one of several
chat have been trained by John Philip
Sousa, the world-famous composer
and conductor, arrived over the
Southern Railway at 2 O. o'clock p.
m. and went Immediately to the city
hall, where the musicians took their
allotted place in the parade, which
had already been formed under the
direction of Grand Marshal 7. Fl.
Sharp and his assistants, DR.. F. M.
! vaugasarsy aIesssas t -IsstsAsya G-..-Y.
Banks, T. G. Blewett and A. ]. Err
win.
The first section of the parade
was led by platoon of mounted po-
lice, who were followed by the local
Boy Scouts under the command Of
Assistant Scoutmaster Kaufman, and
then came the Great Lakes Naval
Training Station band, followed by
carriages containing Judge Percy M.
Bell, the principal orator of the oc-
casion, Mayor McClanahan, officials
Of the third Liberty Loan campaign
and other prominent gentlemen. Fol
lowing these carriages came group
of marchers including city and coun-
ty officials, ministers of the city and
county, members of the Columbus
Bar Association, local physicians and
the members of the Columbus Red
Cross chapter in full uniform.
The second section was led by stu
dents and teachers of the Mississippi
Industrial Institute and College,
nearly one thousand strong, and fol
lowing them came pupils of the pub
lie schools, in charge of their in.
structors.
Local industrial, financial and
commercial interests were represent
ed in the third section, which was
led by the prominent bankers of the
city, including Hon. .. IT. Wood,
vice-president of the Columbus Nat
tional Bank, Hon. w. N. Puckett,
vice-president of the National Bank
of Commerce, Mr.. Ira L. CASTOR,
cashier of the First State Bank, Mr..
Parker Reeves, cashier of the Mer-
chants and Farmers Bank, and
others. Next came the local mer.
chants, nearly all of the prominent
firms Of the city having been repre-
sented and these were followed by
representatives of local industries
the Columbus Lumber Company, the
Tombigbee Cotton Mills and other
leading manufacturing concerns
having had officials and employees In
line. Next came employees Of the
Southern Railway and Mobile and
Ohio railroad led by Messrs. Irby
Leech, Claud Neyman and Tom Pull
en-, and carrying banners showing
that they had not only been liberia
purchasers of Liberty Bonds bu
had furnished Uncle Sam a large
number of recruits for his army ant
navy
The fourth section was given ovel
to the fraternal organizations of tn,
city, and included Columbus Lodg,
No. S, r. and A. NJ, led by Worship
full Master r. N. Gibson; Unioi
Lodge No. 35, |. o. o. F., led b,
Noble Grand FL E.. Hoffmeiyer
Tombigbee Lodge No. IL, Knight
of Pythias, led by Chancellor Com
mander W. A. Deale; Queen Cit,
Camp, No. 90, Woodmen of tn,
World, led by Concul Commando
J. T. Stepheson. and Columbu
Tent No 2, Knights of the Macca
World, led by Counsel Commando