The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-07
COLUMBUS, MISS.

Columbus. Miss. June 6.-(Special) Hon. S. w. Mullins of Holly Springs. secretary of the Mississippi state democratic executive committee mas sent letters to members of that or ganization requesting them to attend meeting which is to be held in Jack son next Monday, June g. The puf- pose of the meeting is to fix date for the party primary to nominate state, district, county and beat offl- cers to serve during the quadrennlll period beginning January 1, 1920, and it is said that Tuesday, August 5, will proba bly, be selected as the date Tor the contest Interest centers in the race for the office of governor, for which there are four candidates. A. Fl. Longino, who has already served one term as chief executive of the state; Lee Russell, who is now lieutenant governor; Ross Collins. the present
 attorney general, and Oscar Johnston.
 who made fine record as a soldier during the recent war. Aspirants for other offices are not so numerous, candidates for several lucrative bertha
 being unopposed.
 Two land deals involving large sums
 of money have recently taken place
 in Pickens county. Alabama. Peebles
 Brothers sold to T. A. Luther of St,
 Louis tract of land near Vienna con
 taini~g 10000 acres, acquiring in the
 deal ownership of a building In the Missouri metropolis which is said to
 be worth s250,000. Walter Windham also sold to an Oklahoma capitalist
 T plantation comprising 297 acres near
 Cochrane. for which he is understood to have received s20,o00.
 Hon. John M. Parker of New Or leans, who was the baccalaureate or- ator at the recent commencement ex- ercises of the Mississippi Industrial Institute and College. not only deliv- cred a magnificent address. but dem onstrated the fact that he is inter ested in educational activities by do- ! hating s75 to the students building fund. It is customary for the insti : tuition to pay the expenses of orat prs who come here to address it's stu dents, but Mir. Parker. instead of ac- cepting the money when rendered to
 him, graciouslv presented it to the | oluOcHlS DulluiHS Iunu.
 | Henry NJ Beard, president of the Columbus Clothinr company. has pur- | chased from Mrs Eloise Bell the prop l erty known as the Dowsing house on South Market street, and will tear down the old structure. replacins 1t with modern store building. Resi- dences are rapidly giving way to buildings which are badly needed for | On n fo1 tl,;- | third piece of property in the same neighborhood which has changed own ershir during the past 10 days 1 O. E. Behymer of the Sheldon school l of salesmanship. Chicago who came
 here IS one of the lecturers with the
 Redpath Chautauqua also spoke re- 1 fore local business men while in the
 city. having delivered an address at a
 luncheon which they gave at the Bell . cafe yesterday
 X letter recently received from Rev. l s. L., Pope, formerly pastor of the l First Methodist church in this city. , who about a year ago rendered his
 resignation and went to France to en- rage in r. M. C. A. work. states that
 he expects to sail for home at an early date.
 l The board of supervisors of Lowndes county is now holding daily-sessions TOT the purpose of equalizing tax as- sessments. After the work has been completed property owners will be ae- corded the privilege of filing com
 plaints if valuations are not satisfac- l tory.
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