The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-19
COLUMBUS, MISS.

| speed at o'clock yesterday afternoon,
| 10 miles northeast of Columbus, on the
Caledonia road. John Smith and Vernon
, Nickles, two 1S-year-old boys of this
! county, met with bad accident, which
| may prove fatal to the former. The in
jured parties were rushed to a local
sanitorium and had their wounds
| dressed.
| The car in which the two were riding
was being driven at highest speed, it is
said, and turned turtle when it hit
rough place in the road.
Smith, a son of r. w. Smith, of the
Caledonia neighborhood, received deep
cash in the forehead and besides sew
| eral wounds on the body was injured
! internally. After several hours time
he rega Jed consciousness. but physi-
clans think he has slight chance of re-
| covery The Nickles boy, son of W.
S. Nickles also of Caledonia, received
a painful wound on the head and sew
eral scratches on his body. His injuries,
however, are not serious.
Local rains the past week in this
| county did great good to the crops, and
although the corn outlook is poor, the
cotton crops are splendid and fair
| average is promised should the weevil
not play havoc.
Local automobile dealers, garage
men. tire vulcanizers, etc, will hold
meeting in this city Thursday evening
at the K of P. hall for the purpose of
organizing a local association to affil
late with the Louisiana Mississippi Au-
tomotive Trade associa l)n c. U. Nc
Dowell. secretary land treasurer of the
, association, will be here to address the
meeting and outline the plans and pur-
poses of the organization.
Accompanied by Paul L. Wells dem
onstrator for Lowndes county. 20 boys
of this section left here today for the
A and M. college, where they go to
spend nine days taking advantage of
\ the short summer course for junior
| farm mechanics The course includes
| intensive training in the use and ma
nipulation of different modern farm
| implements.
Columbus has been allotted an an
| portionIlent of the food supplies which
| the government is selling direct to the
| people, and Postmaster t. r. Sharp an
| nounces that these supplies are now
| ready for distribution among local con-
| sumers. The goods must be ordered by
parcel post, and purchasers. in addition
| to the price listed, must pay the post
age thereon. All goods must be or
Sharp has arranged TO order full cases
| of some supplies and distribute them
among consumers, there are others
| which must be ordered in wholesale lots
by individuals. Two of these commo-
dities are flour and rice, both of which
come in 100-pound sacks and must be
ordered by consumers in their original
| containers. However. several citizens
can go in together and order sack of
flour or a sack or rice making such
distribution of their purchases among
themselves as they see fit.
comparison of prices above that
while the government is selling some
goods at prices under those prevailing in
the stores of Col mbus. local merchants
are selling some commodities for con-
| siderably less than Uncle Sam offers
them. Rice, for insta nee, is offered by
the government at $50 yer pound while
the market price in Columbus is 16; put
on flour Uncle Sam demands S06 per
pound while it can lie purchased in To-
cal stores at 6h cents. 1t is not neces-
sary, however, for consumers to order
flour or otner staples ON which vovern-
ment prices are higher than thos\ pre-
vailing in the open market. They can
easily order commodities on which Uncle
Sans prices are lover than those IN
effect here, thus saving a considerable
amount of money
The recently Columbus La
Dor and Trades council held a meeting at
the rooms of Tomb bee Lodge No. %.
knights of Pythias. Monday night, the
principal feature of which was an ad-
dress by Hon. James w. Jones of Meri-
dian, vice president fo1 Mississippi of the
American Federation of Labor. Mr..
Jones not only ranks high as an execu-
tive but possesses marked foreEsis abili-
lful and his address was forceful, .ealpful
and informative.
Having failed to amicably adjust %hc
tangle which followed an agreement on
| the part of the local municipal counti
Ito purchase from the American La
France Fire Engine company motor
truck for use by the fire department
here. that cody has decided to turn the
machine back to it's builders, and has
agreed to rent from them for temporary
!. use a smaller truck which was sent here
several months ago to be used until the
arger machine arrived. The council has
agreed to pay s. pei day rent on the
truck and also agrees to pay freight
charges back to Atlanta. from which
point it was shipped here. at the ex
piration of the lease.
The tangle arose when local citizens
contending that the council had exceed
/ ed it's legal authority by mourning al
interest bearing Indebtedness withou
first having submitted the matter to tn
people secured an injunction restrain
ing that body from paying out an,
money on the transaction. This injunc
ion is now in full force and will not b'
finally disposed of until it comes up T.
lbe heard on its merits at the October
| .erm of chancery court
The large truck arrived in Columbu
.everal weeks ago and was installed a
fire headquarters the American Il
france Fire Engine company having. !
is understood, paid the freight thereon
Upon failure to reach an amicable ad
liustment of the tang,c. however. it wa
turned back TO it's builders, and tn
smaller machine viii he used until tn
matter is finally adiudicated in tn
courts.
Mrs Anne Katherine Richards a
elderly and highly estemeed Christia
lady, died at the horne of her daughter
Mrs Katherine Kennedy on Main stree
Yesterday. She was ~ years old and
survived by two daurhters, Mrs. Katf
crime Kennedy and Mrs. Cary Cock
land three sons j. r. Richards, of thi
city, C. B. Richards CT Crawford. Miss
and William Richards of Inverness
Miss Interment took lace at Friendshi
cemetery at O'CLOCK this afternoon
funeral services having heen condrcte
lby Rev W. r. Mott. pastor of the Flrs