The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-07-20
RAILROAD Note

Mr.. w. E. Kennedy, who has been
doing supervising agency work and
soliciting for the NJ. & o., was called
to Mobile the past week to take
charge of the NJ. & o. grain eleva-
tors. Business on the coast appears
to be improving Bad business with
the NJ. & o. is threatening to be good
once more
Mr.. J. c. Sanders, night yard
master at okolona, Miss, was here
during the week, where he was well
coined for short visit by his Co
lumbus friends.
Mr. Alonzo Beard is on the "head
end" Of north local with Sunday
lay-over in this city.
Conductor r. G. O'Connor, Of the
N & o passenger service, il enjoy
ios notor trip to the sea coast He
IS being relieved BY Coma rotor Me-
FarIand the VI o veteran con
ductor.
wen, naighbor, they don't all 90
over the NJ & o. R, r." remarked
the efficient passenger representa-
tive, l., NJ Tribbe, of the S. l. NJ. and
Southern. For thirty moments this
passenger representative and ticket
seller were as busy as a bee in a tar
bucket and the coach, when the train
pulled out, was convincing that 9TH
er lines were doing biz, too
Mr., Fred Colvin, of Birmingham,
was here during the week on visit
to his brother. Mr. Colvin is Just out
of the signal squad of the U. S. A.,
where actual service was encounter
ed daily. He was formerly with the
M. & o. as telegrapher, but more
recently with the A. B. & A. in Bir-
mingham, Ala.
Mr.. Sam d. Halbert of the NJ. &
o., has been off duty the past week
enjoying few days vacation.
Mr.. j. r. Watson, the courteous
and atfable passenger representative
of the NJ. & o.. is receiving the con-
CALCULATIONS during the week over the
arrival of a fine baby girl
Miss Willie Maude Locke is back
at the stenographer's desk at the NJ.
& O., after an absence of 10 days
vacation.
Mrs. Ward Richards and little Eliz-
abeth Zwingle are enjoying a short
visit to her brother in Cleveland,
Miss.
Mrs. w. E. Leech and family are
the guests of friends and relatives in
Brooksville, Miss.
News of the death of Mr.. Whiteing
Ames, well known special agent
and detective on the NJ & O. Mobile
DISTRICT was received here With sor-
row the past week Mr., Ames' juris-
diction at one time extended over the
Columbus district. He was a gentle
man of pleasant address and his pass
ing is recalled as the passing of a
Col Russell appointee, and the friend
ship of that man is never overlooked,
a respect that the NJ. & o. still hon
ors his appeintees.
Trainman Clyde Austin, who left
number of months ago and has been
in service on the Western Front with
the truck contingent, has returned
home. After brief visit to his
parents near Columbus he will re-
port for duty on the Montgomery
District of the NJ. & O. He is being
extended a cordial welcome home.
Conductor Sam Darden, who has
just returned from France, is trying
out the "owl," relieving Conductor
w. NJ. Hubbard who is enjoying a
few days vacation.
The many friends of Trainman
Ebersol, who has been in the freight
service, are glad to see him back in
the NJ. & o. passenger service.
Conductor Wilbanks, of the freight
service on the S. l. NJ, has been in
the passenger service the past few
days.
The death of Mr.. Chas. c. Hays
lette, in Tuscaloosa, Ala, the past
week. is profoundly regretted by a
large concourse of railroaders. Early
in 1900 this well known conductor
came to Columbus and erected the
present NJ & o. passenger station,
which at that time was and is n)w
one of the NJ. & o. attractive mass
enger stations Often times a good
friend of his at the NJ 6 o. depot
would say to him; We'll. Mr.. Hays
lette, this structure viii always stare
me in the face as a monument of
yours if you should pass away first
truly, typical Virginian has passed
away His remains were sent to a