The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-26
COLUMBUS, MISS.

Contendng that a negro porter in the
employ of the Pullman Palace Car com
psny. "rudely, insolently, mpudently, in
sultingly. angrily and defiantly" shook
his first in the faces of herself and-sev-
eral other ladies and ordered them to
| leave the dressing room of a Pullman car
| on the Pennsylvania railroad, Mrs. Vida
V. Bell, wife of the Rev ]. II. Bell, evan
geliSt of the north Mississippi Methodist
, conference and a resident of this city,
has filed suit against Walker ID. Hines.
director general of the American rail-
roads, and the Pullman Palace Car COM
pany for damages in the sum of SIS 900.
| The insult alleged to have been offered
! Mrs. Bell took place on July l, 1919. when
she was a passenger on a Pennsylvania
railroad train between ST Louis, Mo-,
and Columbus, o. The bill of complaint
sets forth that the water on the passen-
ger coach gave out just before the train
reached Columbus, and that Mrs. Bell
and other ladies secured permission from
the Pullman conductor, who was in the
dining car at the time to use the toilet
room on his car. While they were per-
forming their additions the negro porter
is alleged to have pushed open the door
of the toilet room and to have ordered
them to vacate at once. Mrs. Bell and
her companions told the porter that they
had secured permission from the Pull
man conductor to use the toilet room.
/ whereupon the negro replied that 1.-THE
| conductor had nothing to do with it, that
he was running that part of it, and
they must get out"
Plaintiff AYERS that she has been act
TALLY damaged in the sum of $1,000, al~i
also that the defendants should be com
PEELED to pay punitive damages in the
sum of $4,000 for the gross mistreat-
ment and reckless and wanton careless
That Columbus has been selected as the
loca ton of Saadin Temple No 142, ORA
maticl Order, knights of Khorassan, is
now an assured fact, telegram to this
effect having been received here by ]. r.
Watson, acting secretary, from the I'M
perial secretary, A. l.. Frey.
In few weeks called meeting will
be held for the purpose of eecting Of
ficers. and a building suitable for the
temple will probably pe decided on at
that time.
H. M. Quin. state secretary. is expected
here within the next few days from Me
ridian to look after the signing of papers
and other matters necessary for the
transfer of the temple. which for many
years has been-located at Jackson Lack
''NiN@ -
have brought about the change of loca-
ton, and it is a fact that 200 or more
citizens of Columbus and surrounding
towns have pledged themselves to work
in behalf of same.
That some definite action should >at
once be taken for Columbus to have
central place for it's young men in the
form of Y. NJ c. A. building, reading
room or rest ROOM and that more inter-
est should be taken in the Baraca classes
of the city, were the subjects most gen.
orally discussed at get-together
meeting held on the campus of the In
dustrial Institute and College campus
Representatives from practically every
church in the city were present, there
being about rs in all. The following
committee. with ]. l. Sturdvant as ex-
officio chairman, was named to meet ana
devise the best methods to take in bring
ing about the plans talked OF: w. N.
Pickett, First Baptist church; Bnooks
MCGOWAN, First Presbyterian church; =.
Fl. Sherrod, First Methodist church; 5.
R. Hopkins. st. Paul's Episcopal churcn'
James Perkerson, Christian church; j.
T. Clardy, Central Methodist church.; w.
p. Stribling, Cumberland Presbyterian
church; d. F. Baker. Second Baptis'
church: Capt II. A. Harvey, American
Salvation Army.
Informal talks were made by several
prominent citizens, and late in the even
ing a delicious dinner was served.
prof TT a. MCGOWAN, for the past nine
wears head of the agricultural and hortl-
cultural department at the MISSISSIPPI
Industrial Institute and College, has de-
cided ITO be travelinek man instead OF
teacher and farmer, and has been grant
ed a leave of absence for one year Mr.
MCGOWAN, who will continue to make
Columbus his home, will travel IN MIS-
sissippi for the Read Phosphate conn
pany of Nashville.
That Iowndes county is the coming
Nock-raisng section of this state was
shown this week when Sc head OF cattle,
and many wagons loaded with hogs
were driven through the streets Oh 20
lumbus to be shipped to the East ST.
I.ouis stock market In all there were
four cars of steers owned by w. u.
Evans. one of the most prominent cltl-
zens of the prairie section west of the
citv and one car of hogs from the plan
tation of C. It. Evans & Sons, who also
reside several miles west of Columbus.
Citizens of this city anxiously await the
arrival the coming week of the carload
of food supplies from the government
purchased the past few days by j. }.
smith and j. r. Gray, local men sent
tn New Orleans for the purpose OF IN
specting the government supplies there.
The first bale of cotton to be brought
to Columbus this season arrived Satur-
day from the farm of Sandy Butter,
negro residing four miles south ct the
CITY on the Pickensville road, and weighs
497 pounds.
butler who also was the first one to
bring bale to Columbus last season,
states that while he has only 10 acres IN
cotton. he expects to get 10 bales OH
Of same.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Carothers announce
the engagement and approaching mar
rage CT their niece Lucille Frazier Sy-
monds TO Mr.. Henry G. Reed, of Me-
ridian. The wedding will take place in
September.
Capt. Philip Fox Of Camp Shelby. who
with a recruiting party from the United
States army has been in this cay the
mast 10 days, left today for Aberdeen.
West Point and Tuscaloosa where they
20 to spend the coming week.
Quite a number of enlistments were
made here and Captain Fox states that
the prospects in Columbus look so good
that he expects to at once recommend
that a permanent recruiting office be es-
tablished here
Nearly 90 Victory buttons have been
given out here to discharged officers and
enlisted men of the army. Silver buttons
have been presented to the following,
who nave been wounded In action;
Lieut. ". Feinstein. 166th aero squad;
Frank Perkins, Hath infantry: lanes b
f.,,r 1Acf,, Il A Thomas c. Blake. In