The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-30
COLUMBUS, MISS.

| Columbus, Miss. July 29-(SpeciaI. !
 Whether or not the Columbus Railway,
 Light and Power company will be all
 lowed to make contemplated changes in
 the routing of it's trolley cars will
 probably be left to patrons of the com pany to decide. The purpose of the l proposed changes is to get rid of the
 expense which the corporation would De called upon to bear in connection | With the paving of certain portions or Main, Market and College streets. and if these changes are made. sery- Ice Tn the business district will be ma teria1ly curtailed, the only line re- tained being that which is operated on Main street. The municipal coun- ell has requested the company to se- cure from its patrons expressions of their attitude regarding the proposed changes, and unless majority of these expressions are favorable. cars will continue to operate over their pres
 ent routes If, however, the routes of cars are changed, the new trackaee must be laid by September 1, as the street paving work is to begin on that date, and it will be necessary to have the tracks in permanent locations. district Sunday school rally was held at the First Baptist church in this city yesterday, it being the sec ond of series of similar, meetings which are to be held in every district throughout the county. These meet ings are nterdenominationaI. being held under the auspices of the Lowndes County Sunday School association, of which W. N. Puckett is president The meeting yesterday was presided over by Prof. Dabney Lipscomb a member of the faculty of the Mississippi Indus trial Institute and College, who is vice president for the second district
 While the injunction restraining the local municipal council from com pleting the purchase of a motor truck from the American La France Fire En- zine company has not yet been served, it is said that service thereof will inn mediateIy be made if any additional steps towards the completion of the transaction are taken. The truck has been shipped from Elmira, N Y. and is expected to reach Columbus soon. It is said, by attorneys representing A. J. Lussey, in whose name the re- straining order was issued. that no re- sistance to the unloading of the truck will be offered, but if the council at- tempts to pay out any money, either to builders of the machine or for freight thereon, service of the injunc- tion will at once be made.
 
 The propitious weather which has prevailed during the past few days has materially improved the condition of crops throughout east Mississippi and west Alabama. and farmers, who for sometime were exceedingly blue are now more hopeful There has been just enough rain to promote the growth Of plants, and cotton, corn and other products are doing nicely Farmers in this section have pursued a policy of diversification this year and great deal of country produce has been shipped to western markets The wis dom of this policy is being questioned. however, as many farm products. es- pecially butter and eggs, are exceed ingly scarce and are commanding ab- normally high prices The sweet po- tato crop is unusually good and is ma turing rapidly. In fact. a few farmers have already dug small quantities of the tubers for home consumption, but none have as yet reached the local market.
 Rev. s. L. Pope. who about two years ago rendered his resignation as pastor of the First Methodist church in this Y. M c. A. secretary. has returned home. After having paid Columbus a. exceedingly brief visit, he left for GreenwoodS Miss. where his family has been sojourning during his absence He has not as yet made any definite plans for the future.