The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-08-20

family, also looking for a business I
house and none could be found as all |
were occupied We need some wide |
awake men with the cash WHO will |
see far enough ahead to build some |
good bungalows a'nd business houses
for rent We know of two men that
are anxious TO go into business here,
but are forced to go elsewhere as
Caledonia offers no inducements to
any enterprise to locate here. This
is a good business place as shown
by the crowds daily on the streets.
The people who own property here
should not be satisfied at the
size of Caledonia. People are anxious
and will come here to live and take
advantage of the consolidated school
here if they can find good housing
conditions and good prices, and they
will also rent the store houses.
school a success if those who own the
property don't put it on the market.
Let's one and all take off our hats
and boost Caledonia and the spirit
of the age and make things hum.
There is a bright future for us if
we will only hustle and keep things
going.
Mr.. Geo. Werner and two sons of
Tyler, Smith county, Texas, spent last
week in the home of his brother, Mr..
Chas. VeIher. They made the trip of
over seven hundred miles in their
Henry Ford in three days. Mr.. Werner
is a successful farmer of the Lone
Star State. He reports a bumper
coIh crop but the cotton is short
fully half. He reports the roads in
fine condition.
Prof. S. S. Sargent, principal of
the Guntown high school, was a most
welcomed visitor in Caledonia Thurs
day of last week. 1t will be remem-
bered that he was principal of the
Hamilton high school few years ago,
and it was while there that he made
many warm friends in Caledonia.
He was for a humber of years a sub
scriber and reader of the Dispatch.
The Professor has by hard work
built up the Guntown school from
four teacher school to faculty of
ten teachers, teaching shorthand and
typewriting. The patrons of this
school are made to fully realize the
fact that the school is not only a
place where facts are learned from
the text book, but where habits are
formed that mean far more to a
child's life than what they get from
books Come again, you are always
welcome.
Mr.. Hunter Jernigah has purchased
the DIR. Pickett store house and lot
and also the stock of dry goods owned
by Mr.. r. L. Egger, the efficient pro-
prietor of the Caledonia Ice cream
parlors. Mr.. Jernigan is making
some improvements on the house and
will soon have a full line of fancy
groceries.
1t will be remembered that in the
early spring Mr. T. l.. Dowdle's store
N Caledonia was burglarized and
the cash register and contents was
taken Last week a negro log cutter
for the W. c. Nickles Lumber Co.,
found the drawer belonging to the
register. A search was at once made
by Mr.. Dowdle and the register was
found near where the drawer was
found, also some War Savings
stamps and papers The register was
badly battered up. Mr.. Dowdle sent
it to the factory for repairs.
Mrs Fannie Booth, after spending
sometime IN the home of her sister,
Mrs Lou Lawrence, returned to her
home in Amory Wednesday.
Miss Kathleen Hays of West Point,
was the honored guest of her friend,
Miss Bessie Walters during the past
week.
Mr.. Ray Egger, the efficient mail
carrier, has a public taxi on the road
from Caledonia to Columbus, making
two trips a day which will be quite
an accommodation to the public.
Miss Mertal Wells is welcomed
home from Tupelo, where she has
been attending the teachers normal
Hon l. L. Tigett of Hattiesburg,
has spent the weekend as the guest
of his sister, Mrs. w. w. Harterfield.
Mrs. Perla Lawrence, Mrs. j. E.
Thomas and Miss Annie Lawrence,
motored to Amory Thursday. While
there they were entertained at dinner
by Mrs. Made Horgtoh.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Booth, of Ham
ilton motored to Caledonia Friday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Honnell of West
Point are welcomed visitors in the
Caledonia section this week.
DR.. B. Owen, wife and daughter
spent few days the past week max
ing glad the home of the Doctors
mother at Becker.
The numerous friends of Miss
Mollie Rye will be sorry to learn that
she is seriously i'll. We hope for her
a speedy recovery.
Mr.. A. M. Lawrence transacted
business in Columbus Wednesday.
Miss Carine Kolb spent last week
in the home of her aunt, Mrs. Edg-
worth of the Mormon Springs section.
Mr.. l. L. CASTOR of Columbus spent
Sunday afternoon in the home of his
mother.
Everybody is rejoicing over the
rains which did a world of good TO
the crops that were all needing rain
fall. Gardens are being planted.
Everything has put on new life since
the rains.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. D. Barrentine
J spent Wednesday shopping IN Col