The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-08
COLUMBUS, MISS.

Columbus. Miss, May 7.--(Special.)
 A public meeting was held at the Chap
 man building on Main street yesterday
 afternoon for the purpose of boosting
 the local Victory Loan campaign, and
 those in charge of the movement
 pledged themselves to do everything
 possible to secure the full sum which
 Lowndes county has been requested to
 raise. The ~county's quota is s365, ,000.
 and there remains about $175,0O0 to be
 raised. Local banks will probably take
 s100.000 of this sum. leaving 5000 to
 be secured from individuals and cor
 porations. The meeting yesterday aft
 ernoon was presided over by l. L. Gaston, county director, while the re-
 port showing the status of the cam
 paign was submitted by F. P. Phillips,
 director of sales.
 Columbus is headquarters for a dis
 trict composed of 10 counties in the
 Salvation Army home fund drive, and
 Mai B. A. Lincoln, district chairman,
 is rapidly formulating plans for an in
 tensive campaign. The district head
 quarters are located in the Chapman building on Main street, being in charge of $. W. Blncoe of Jackson, Miss, who has had extended experience in work of this character Rev. E. Lucien Malone rector of St. PauTs Episcopal church, has been appointed assistant district chairman. while S. B. Jonston is director for Lowndes coun
 ty. The allotment for the district Is s10,000, while the quota for this county has been fixed at $2500.
 Hon. A. II. Longino. candidate for governor of Mississippi, will deliver two addresses in LoWndeS county next Monday speaking at Caledonia in the afternoon and at the courthouse in this city in the evening. While Jackson is the official residence of Judge Longino, his wife and daughters are at present residing here and he has many friends not only in Columbus but throughout the entire county. He was here today in conference with local supporters, whom he assured that reports from diff ferent sections of the state were most encouraging.
 Hon. T. B. Carroll, judge of the Six teenth circuit court district who is presiding over the spring term of court now in session here. says that the local enforcement of the prohibition laws is by no means as rigid as it should be. In his charge to the grand jury the judge declared that, accord ing to information furnished him, large quantities of liquor were being sold here, asserting his belief that there was only one other county in his dis trict where sales of this character ex- ceeded those made in Lowndes. He criticised the judges of local courts for ttzN I of bootlegging, declaring that they ought to be given penal sentences, while records showed that most of them were let off with light fines.
 If plans now on foot are successfully | consumated Tombigbee lodge No. 12. | Knights of Pythias, which now occupies | rented quarters, will soon have a build ing of it's own. Negotiations looking | towards the purchase of a lot on South | Market street, now occupied by a resi- dence, are in progress. and if the deal l is satisfactorily completed the residence | will give place to a handsome three- | story brick and stone structure which | will serve as permanent home for the | lodge.
 One of the largest real estate trans ] actions that has taken place here in | many years was recently consummated | when H. c. Raper, a wealthy Virginian. | purchased from Frank Hurtung large | tract of land known as the Willis | Banks plantation, paying, it is said, | about $6O,0O0 for the property. The plan tation is located in the alfalfa belt, | about eight miles west of Columbus, and it is understood that MT. Raper III | make the place his future home. He has | gone back to Virginia but will take | charge of the plantation next fall, and l when he returns to Mississippi will be accompanied by his family.