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The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-12-14

duced the lease on his lot. now owned
by Mr.. Blanche Weaver, By moving a
two-story residence back across the
10Th section line, which ran through
the lot, ard after the reduction NOV
ed the house back again.
Keeler's Almanac for 1850 contains
this item, 1.-THE school fund amounts
to between $500 and $1,000 an
nually, lEder the supervision of a
board Of trustees elected every two
years by the resident voters Of the
township
oldest Inhabitants Continued Next
Sunday.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-12-14

original deeds contain the words,
Recoverable Forever as an adj
dition to the term of lease Of Ninety
Nine Years," contained in the Act.
However this irregularity in ex-
tending the term Of lease may have
occurred, the validity Of the deeds
containing this extension, has been
ratified By legislative acts, both Of
the State (Aet Of ls30) and general
government (Aet Of Congress 1851
The State Act Of 1880 not only
ratified the past action Of the trustees
Of the Franklin Academy but con-
tinaod their authority to collect and
control the sixteenth section school
money and to inssrt Renewable For
ever in their future deeds.
Another fact connected with this
10th section e-hold property in the
town Of Columbus, is that from the
time If leasing in 1921 TO 1889, it was
not considered subject to taxation Of
any kind and that from 1921 to 1899, a
period Of eighteen years, no taxes Of
any kind were collected although dur
ing that period Lowndes county had
been organized and the town Of Col
umbus selected as the county seat
This exemption was recognized By
the municipal, county and state gov
ernments.
In the year 1899, the town of Col
umbus, hnding itself in need Of
money for municipal purposes mot
ably TO purchase a fire engine) APP
piled by a petition from the mayor
and board Of selectmen TO the State
Legislature, to grant them the pow
er to levy q tax on these exempted 4
school lots for this purpose. In ae-
cordance with the petition which was I
n the Act, the Legis-
lature Of 1899 authorized the mayor
and scleetmen to collect . municipal .
tax Of IA Of I per cent. from year
to year.
This right to tax lease-hold school
owners and in 1914 the Act
81 1889 was repealed, but IN 1916 il
was reenacted with the authority to
tax extended to the State and County
as well and ia 1857 an act declared
lease hold property subject to tax
alton like any other property. This
act was sustained by a decisi0a of
The Supreme Court Of Mississippi in
1898, in the case Of Street and others
versus City of Columbus. The attor-
1eys were Hon. J. A. Orr for plain
.iff and Col. VIM Baldwin for the city
For a verifcation of these statements
md facts, the reader is referred to
his decision of the supreme court.
The amount Of lease arising from
he lots in the 10th section in Col
INDUS, at one time, reached an APP
'roximate of $4,000, but has been re-
luced by forfeitures and releasing to
he present amount of 50, 39s.54. For
thirty years back the trustees Of the
Academy have maintained
he policy Of not allowing the leases
o fall below this amount In all
orfeitures, their agent is instructed
0 bid the lease due, as the lowest
id TO be received.
The last instance Of a reduction
fas that in the property now owned
y Col. T. J.. ONeil many years
revious. Mr.. A. X. Wellington re-
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-12-14
CHAPTER III.

Survey and Plan Of Town Continued
Leases and Lease-H Hold Titles.
I The sixteenth section, township IS
range Is west, ordered by the above
act to be surveyed and laid off ntc
town lots of not more than one acre
or less than one-fourth of an acre
each, is situated within the present
limits of the City of Columbus and
may be bounded as follows: Begin
at point near the west end of Fourth
avenue, south, formerly Lafayette
street, running thence one mile due
cast (passing Immediately in front of
the old Barry residence facing What
was then the south end of Market
street, to a point near tht southeast
corner of the grounds of the Indus
trial Institute and College, thence
north, on line passing alorg the
east boundary Of the old graveyard
at east end of Main street to a point
on the corporation line one mile from
the southeast corner, thence west on
the corporation line, running through
DR.. Hardy's residence, to a point one
nile west of said northeast corner,
thence one mile south to the point of
beginning on the Tombigbee River.
These are the boundries as they APP
pear on the present maps of the city.
1t is plain that the surveyors did
not lay off the streets and squares
parallel with the section lines. The
most apparent reason for this diver
gence is that they desired to con-
form to the longest lines east and
west, and north and south on the
Tombigbee bluff, or wished to make
the principal streets, Main and
Market, continuance Of the import
ant country roads entering the town.
The streets fail to conform with
the point of the compass, the section
lines being our guide, by about two
hundred yards in a mile. This ac-
counts for the fractional squares on
all sides Of the section. The survey
made about fifteen streets running
east and west and the same number
running north and south, thus di-
viding the section into about 225
squares and fractions. To CORRIDOR
ate the idea that the surveyors had
regard to the long distances on the
crest of the bluff, we find that most |
Of the sites of the early residences
we're located on this ridge running |
northeast to southwest. This prefer
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-12-14

ence for residence sites on this ridg,
continued until all the ridge was oc
cupied to the base Of the hills tw,
miles north Of the town, at which
point in 1886 there was a survey made
by Walthall, Hodge & Co., for towr
to be called prospect Hill.n The
town Of Prospect Hill included the
big spring en- Military road, two and
/ half miles from Columbus. These
gentlemen bought this property frem
a Chickasaw Indian named Immaho-
bob, who Received it as his reserva-
tion from The United States govern
ment.
In the original survey Main street
occupied its present location, running
east atid west across the section, be-
ing 100 feet wide, and terminated on
the west at the ferry across the
Tombigbee, as it does now by the iron
bridge over that stream, ard on the
east by connection with the county
road crossing at a ferry on the Lux
apalila, now spanned by an iron
bridge. This road connects Colum-
bus with Pickens and Fayette com
ties, Ala. Market street, eighty feet
wide, crossed Main street at right
angles, and at its southern extremity
was a continuation Of the lower Tus-
caloosa road, which running diagonal
ly across squares left the town ut
the Palmer Orphanage, thence south
to ferry across the Luxapalila at
a place where Blewett's bridge, built
in 1897, formerly stood. This road
was first over which the stages pass
ed bringing the mail and passengers
to Columbus.
Market street, at its northern ex-
tremity, connected with the Hamil-
ton road, which leads to old Hamil-
ton, the county seat Of Monroe coun-
ty. The only point on these two
streets that can be relied on as cor
rect, from the original survey, and
the proper direction Of the
survey, is the brick building on the
southwest corner Of the Main and
Market street crossing built by Henry
w. Hunt, in 1881 or 1882, the walls
of which still occupy their original
site. The building is now occupied
as Hirshman's dry goods store.
About 1880 an additional survey
was added to the survey of the 10th
section, at its southwest coluer, and
called Moores survey. Moore's sur
vey was bounded on the north by the
10th section line, on the east by st.
Johns, now Fourth street, on the west
Dy the Tombigbee River. This survey
was laid off into streets and squares
10 correspond with the plan Of the
town, with one exception, the sub
llNiSiOh VI lilS SduaiS hhduS IliS ioeo I
run east and west instead Of north /
and south. The date of the survey
s located at or before 1880, when .
-owndes county, was established and /
Columbus became the county seat, be-
.ause the residences of some of our
,ldest citizens, notably T. M. Tucker,
1. S. Bennett, Roddy Smith, L. G.
Hatch, and others were located on
hat survey at that time.
Next, at later date, prior to 1886,
anne Barry's survey, joining the
own on the southeast. This survey
vas bounded en- the north by the six
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-12-14

II
teenth section line, on the east by Al
extension Of the section line south
seven squares, thence west to ST
Johns street. The squares and street
in Barry's survey do not cot,esponl
exactly with those in the plan Of tn,
town. The east and west streets ap
pear to have been named for SOM
of the female members Of the Barr!
family.
The next survey, which was made
in February, 1886. was that Of Hop
kins and Grigsby, and comprise,
that part Of the present plan ans
not included in the other surveys
The public sale Of the squares anc
lots in Grigsby's survey was accomp-
anied with all the attendants Of a
modern city boom, such as a brass
band, free whiskey, champagne, etc
The present City of Columbus
(l90D, includes within its limits, all
Of these four surveys, together with
a strip OF land on the east, one fourth
of a mile wide and one and three
fourths miles long making a city
block one and one-fourth miles wide by
one and three-fourths miles long. The
strip Of land on the east has not been
regularly laid off. and the streets and
squares do not correspond with the
streets and squares Of Columbus, ex-
cept in Robertson's Addition, a recent
survey, wei laid of and rapidly fill
ing up with comfortable cottages and
thrifty people.
Lease Hold Titles and Property.
The commissioners having complied
with the provisions of the Act re
lating to the survey of the section
end it's division into lots, the next
most important duty in the Act Is Che
leasing Of these lots, which duty was
performed by three agents, appoiut-
ed by the county court Of Monroe
county, Hon. Stephen Cooke being
the only one Of these agents whose
tame is at this time pyocarable.
These agents are supposed to have
complied strictly with the provisions
Of the Act and leased at public out
cry to the highest bidder these lots
for a term of ninety-nine years, for
specified sums to be annually col
lectad and properly secured, and to
have appropriately applied the
thus raised for school pur-
poses.
1t also appears probable from sub
sequent facts, that these agents turn
ed over the money first received from
these leases to the trustees of the
Franklin Academy, an Institution in
corporated by the same act, and for
which the trustees had been appoint.
This board of trustees was composed
Of the same persons who were com
missioned to survey and lay Off the
lot.
1t is also probable that these
agents not only turned over the
money to the board of trustees but
that they also empowered them to
make deeds or lease-hold titles for the
ots which had been leased 1t is
true, that the original deeds
,r lease-hold titles were signed by
he trustees Of the Franklin Acad-
my, and that the money arising from
he leases, was collected by them.
Another fact is also true, that these
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-12-14
HISTORY OF COLUMBUS
IN NINETEENTH CENTURY

(contInued from page ave
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-06-21
THIS THEDA BARA-WHo
IS SHE? READ AND SEE

If Webster were alive today, 1t is
not unlikely that he would incorporate
in his famous lexicon another sydCnyln
for vampire, the root of it being Bara
Everybody of the female species who
goes into the mavies today ycdIHS for
Theda Bara s laurels, and, although Ior-
tunes have been spent BY producers
in more than one instance to elevate
aspirants to Miss Bara 5 ait1tudInous
artistic perch, failure has been Iniform.
This unique personality of the screen
is really an American, although every
evidence of manner and demeanOr seems
to stamp her foreigner rom the border
land of clustered nations. BloUds Of
many races have flowed through her
veins, in cinema sense, but in real
life the corpuscles are strictly Ameri
can.
Cincinnati is Miss Bara's matte heath,
and her name inn PREFECTURE days was
Theodosia Goodman, although now she
has legally adopted the one which Will
liam Fox, the noted movie magnate, has
made q household world the world over.
An opportunity to see Miss Bara in
action will be afforded photoplay fans
# this city ON Tuesday, June "a, when
"Salome, magnificent mounting of the
of the scriptural siren, will be shown
at the Victor Theatre. When first re-
vealed in New York, the production
created a stir on account It's wonder
fully reproduced scenes Of Old Jerusa.
lem and its sensationally dramatic cpl.
sodes.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-06-21
LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES

a wise and honest man, tdah ~ ahl-
itv and earnestness, Is net t:onolcd
about looking for opportunities. Many
and great opportunities everywhere aye
ON a constant outlook for suca men. Il
is the numb-skull and street 'pafer VII
is continually talking an "-'l aiming
lbout the lack of oPP0, -GH't'rS. y q
.ule his native town is too slow and nc
feels compelled to leave his parental
backyard for some hustling, bustling
metropolis in order to show the world
the stuff he is made Of. Mush.
We have several such young fellows
standing aroudn the post office wit,
their hands in their pantaloon pocket
up TO their elbows, smoking cigarettes
feeling confident that our home town
has no opportunity for them. II - d
sad fact, but every village and town
has such serious parents Remember, no
village is sa small enough for every non
est man of practical ability TO be nappy
and do something noble and useful
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-06-21
CAL MEL SALIVATES
AND MAKES YOU SICK
acts like dynamite on a sluggish
liver and you lose
days work.

There's no reason why q person
should take siekening, salIrating Gallo
mel when few cents buys large bot
tie of Dodson s Liver Tone-a perfect
substitute for calomel.
1t is a pleasant, vegetable liquid
which will start your liver just as sure
ly as calomel, but it doesn't make you
sick and can not sRlivate.
Children and grown folks can take
Dodson's Liver Tone. because IL is per
fectly harmless.
Calomei is d dangerous drug, II Is
mercury and attacks your bones Take
dose of nasty calomel today and you
will feel weak, sick and nauseated to-
morrow. Don t lost a days work Take
a spoonful of Dodsons Liver Tone In
stead and you will wake up feeling
great. No more biliousness, constipa
ton, suggishness, headache, coated ton
rue or sour stomach. Your druggist
avs if YOU don't find Dodson's Liver
Zone acts better than horrible calomeI
your money Is waiting for you. Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-06-21
FIRST WARD.

Odilion Broussard, ! acre, acquired from
Feregust Champagne, val. $1,000
state ~, con. vet. .O2, good roads
81, parish 20, Nermilion school 90
total Al.
Evciina Broussard, 1874 acres, north by
Harrington, south by BrouSsard, val
$4,000; state 81, con. vet II, gooC
roads 04, parish $l.70, NermiliOl
Vermilon school 81, b. 7. Drainage
50; total 1924.
Aida Comeaux, | acre, north by Corp
of Erath, south by road, and Imps
Val. $4,000; state 90, Con. Vet II
good roads .03, parish $3.50, Eermil
ion school SO, b. I. Drain. 80, tota
$500.
Edward Decoup, Is acres, north by De
coup, south by Dore, and Imps. Val
100000; State $l.73, Con. Vet 80
good roads .O8, Parish $500, Nermil
ion school go, B. I. Drain. sl.50i
total SOL.
Aida Reaux, "a acres, north by BiHn
Ghetto, south by Leblanc, lmps. Val
$4,000; State S242, Con. Vet. AZ
good roads 10, Parish s4.20, Nermil-
ion school sl.25, B. I. Drain. $2.l0;
Total $1,000.
Mrs. Jules Reaux, 20 acres, north by
Comeaux, south by Stout, Imps. Val.
100000; State $l.73, Con. Vet. 80,
good roads ,0S, Parish $500, Vermii-
ion school 500, B. T. Drain. also;
Total $751;.
Petitier Robert, Est, acre, north and
south sy Bfoussafd, fmps., y acres,
s. w. a of S. w. n, Sec Is, TIP. IL
RAE. Val. s9s0.00; State s2.s1, Con.
Vet. 40, good roads IL, Parish $3.50,
Vermilion School sl.47; Total 1919.
Philbert Romero, 20 acres, north by
Duhon, south by road; Imps. Val
$4,000; State 1927, Con. Vet. 81
good roads IA, Parish $3.50, Vermil
ION school $l.7l; Total sl1,39.
Aida Niator, 3 acres, lot 8, Act Of Par
tition Sue. 7. Viator. Val. $4,000
State 81, Con. Vet. IL, good road,
.03, Parish $1.20, Vermilion SchoO
SO, B. T. Drain 80; Total $500.
ELENA Vincent, 32-100 acres, Lot l;
Act Of Partition Sue. of Ursin Vim
cent. Val. $4,000; State 35, Con
Vet, .06, Parish so, Vermilion Schoo
rs; Total sl2l.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-06-21
SECOND WARD.

Columbus Broussard, 81 acres, north by
Dronet, east by road, and lmps. Val
$4,000; State 81 60, Con. Vet. so
good roads 20, Parish $500, Vermil'
ion school s. 40; Total $1,000.
Arthibus Broussard, 2l2 acres acquire
from ClcophaS and Leouce Broussard
Imps. Val $4,000; State 81 "a, Con
Vet. is, good roads 05, Parish $50
Nermilion school "a, Z. G. Drain. 10;
Total 1910
Adna b. Conner, l6O acres S. E. Il Sec
3, TIP. Is, r. 3 r. Val $4,000; State
Sl.l5, Con, Vet. 20, good roads .O5
Parish $500, NermilioR school go, p
G.. Drain. $500. Total $1,000.
0des Hebert 30-i00 acres, Act Of Par
tition Sue L. d. Hebert, Val $4,000;
State IS, Con. Vet. 10, good road:
.03, PARISH sl00, Vermilion school 80
P. G. Drain 40; Total s246.
Aristide Landry, $4,000 acres, NORTH
by road S by Broussard, Val sj0.O0i
State rs, Con. Vet .0j, good roads
OF, Parish 80, Vermilion school 10
Total 3 90.
Mrs Robert Smith, 80 arpents, acquired
from Doris Broussard, Val. s3.S0.00i
State $219; Con. Vet. .Ss, good roads
90, Parish $3.50. VermiGon schoc
sll4, S. B. I. Drain $3.50; Tots
$l2lO.
W. H. Whitaker, SO acres, n. 4 of S
+. u See. II TIP. IL r. f. Val
$4,000; State IS, Con. Vet. 10, gooC
Continued on last PAGE
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-06-21
ENGINEERS AN DSURvEYoRs
QUALIFIED TO PRACTICE

BY request of once of the local sur
vevors, we call attention to an Act to
regulate the practice of civil engineers
and surveyors, as is defined by the
State board of Engineering Examiners,
which requires civil engineers and sur
vevors to comply with Act No. 200 of
1914, requiring them to be registered
and hold a certificate. According TO
the attorhey-genersl, practicing without
complying with the law is a misdemeau-
or and subjects them to a fine or i'm
prisonment.
Invitations to the Soldiers and Sail
ors to attend the big Celebration on July
4th, as the guest of the citizens Of the
Parish, at home and overseas, have been
sent an invitation. The invitation is
neat and attractive and will serve well
for keepsake for the boys.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-06-21
TELEGRAPHY FOR YOUNG
WOMEN AS WELL AS MEN

knowledge Of Tclcgraphy and skill in
II, use makes "a man valuable iu many
lines TO-DAY. American business men ani
women are engaged and must continu,
ON "A large scale in the production and
distribution of commodities for the
world The increase in the voinme of
distribution of the American commo-
dtticS has necessarily caused specia
demand for tclcgraps operators as well
as other commercial help. The Tyler
Commercial College is placing their
operators in responsible positions be
ginning at excellent salaries The Ty-
Ter Commercial College is visited per
sonally by officials of different railroads
and is asked to supply many more OPP
rators than is possible. MIR. Leutz,
Supt. Middle Division, Sante Re Rail
road, in a visit to tdis school, recently
asked for six of our graduates il tele
graphy and requested that we send
more later if possible. We cOald not
refer him to even six who did not have
other positions already in view, and
may not be able to send any mere
later. In fact, Mr., p. +. FreHger, SHpt
Tel, Union Pacific r. r., came III per
g. We can use all you can cerl of such
high class students as you have sert US
heretofore.' The St. Louis Snuthwes.
tern Railway Co. whose general Offices
and shops are located herc at Tyler,
give us their strong endorsement aud
hearty support. We have a main line
tain wire over which our students can
get their operators messages Just as
.hev come to the Offices Of this great
railroad. We are allowed 10 use every
blank, form, report book, etc, used in
railroad telegraphy and station work
! Just as this great railroad uses them,
as well as all the blanks, record books
rate books and sheets of the Western
Union Co. Mr.. r. d. Cobb, Aud. St.
Louis Southwestern Railway Co., says:
There is a shortage of clerical help,
particularly at large freight and ticket
stations and any young man or woman
proficient i'm railroad clerical work, viii,
no doubt, find it easy to obtain employ
mcnt on the railroads both in Texas
and elsewhere, as similar conditions pre-
vail through out the entire country.
Mr.. W. j. Williams. Supt. Telegraph OF
the same road gave us a gooG recon-
incubation.
With the support Of this great rail
road, We have built up the greatest
scAool of telcgraphy and station work
in America, teaching under their iirec-
tion everything an operator needs to
know and use Fill in and mail for free
catalogue. A good position is awaiting
you.
Name
AuureSS '...'.'
Tyler Commercial College, Tyler, Texas
Il
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-06-21
SATURDAY, JULY IL, 1919,

and continuing on each succeeding day,
until sales are completed, all immovablc
property on which taxes are now due
to the State of Louisiana and Parish of
Vermilion, TO enforce collection Of the
taxes assessed in the year 1918, together
with interest thereon, from the 18th
day Of April, 1919, at the rate Of 1870
per annum until paid, and all costs.
The names Of said delinquent tax
payers the amount due by each on the
assessment of said year, and the i'm
movable property assessed to each, to be
offered for sale is as follows, to-wit:
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-06-21
CORPORATION OF ERATH.

Victor Busy, ] Lot acquired from Al
bert Comeaux, Imps. Val. $4,000;
State $3.50, Con. Vet. 40, good roads
10, Parish $500, Vermiliou School
$l2O, b. T. Drain. 81 90; Total $500
y. o. Hebert, Lot IL, Imps. arpents
north by IIebert, south by st. Val
$6J0.OO; State $3.73, Con. Vet .65
good roads IL, Paris 1925, Vermilior
School $l.95, b. I, Drain 1925; To
tai 1920.
Celestine Primeaux, ! Lot in Corp
tmps. Val $4,000, Con. Vet. .i5,good
roads "a, Parish -, Vermilion schocI
As, h. T. Drain. -, Total $500.
Eusebe RichardI Lot ,, Imps, Val 1920
State Sl26, Con. Vet. 30, good roadc
.O6, Parish $l.l0, Vcrmilion school 90
b. +. Drain. Sl.l0; Total $40.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-06-21
MoRBID1TY WEEKLY REPORT

Typhoid: Allen .. Beauregerd I, Bos-
sier 8. Caddo 9, Cslcasicn 2. +. Baton
Rouge l. +. FeliciAna !. Franklin .
iberia 2, Lafoafche 0, Lincoln 3, o.
leans :, Piaqurn,ipes ). Rapldes /, -
James /. st. John /, -. Landry |, 81
Tammsny 4. Tangipdhop !, Union !.
Poliomyalitis: st. Landry !.
Pelagra: Assumption !, Coddo :
Morehouse |, Red River !, Union ,, W
Fellcisna |.
SMALLPOX: sAllen 3, Caddo ;, Calea
sieu /. Caldwell /. +. Baton Rouge ]
Ibeia /, Iberville !, Orleans ?, Rapide'
., Richland !, Vernon 2.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-06-21
State Of Ohio. City Of Toledo,

State of Ohio, City Of Toledo,
Lucas County. 81.
fysssJ -chessy ..iases oath that he
is senior partner OF IA. arin - Y. j
Cheney & Co., doing business In the
City of Toledo, COUNTY on1 State sfotr-
said, and that said firm will pay the sum
f ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use Of HALL IS
CATARRH MEDICINE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9th day of December,
A. d. 1886. A. W. GLEASON,
(Sesll Notary Public.
Hall Catarrh Medicine is taken in
'ernally and acts through the Blood on
he Mucous Surfaces Of the System.
Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.