The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-01
COLUMBUS, MISS.

Columbus, Miss, December H-(Special) Miss Lily Easly died at the McKinsay sanatorium yesterday morning, her death having resulted from burns sustained the previous day at her home a few miles east of Columbus on the Air Line road. The unfortunate young lady was engaged in the performance of her daily domestic duties when her dress was ignited by coming in, contact with an open fire n a grate in the room in which she was working and was badly burned before the flames could be extinguished She was rushed to the local hospital, where every effort was made to save her life These efforts, however, proved futile, and after having suffered intense pain for nearly 24 hours she finally passed away.
 Miss Easily, who was the daughter of Mir and Mrs. r. E. Easy, was 23 years old and was most estimable young lady. having been held in high esteem by countless friends, to whom her un- timely death is source of the most profound regret.
 Funeral services were held at the home of Mrs. Eliza Oakley, 912 South Third avenue, at lU O ClOtk yesterday 1lOTnlllS, having been conducted by Rev. T. F. Gregory, pastor of the Central Methodist church. after which the body was taken to Rowan cemetery for interment.
 Rev. J. H. Felts, who at the recent meeting of the executive committee of the North Mississippi Methodist confer ence was named to succeed Rev. S. L. Pope as pastor of the First Methodist oh .nn if, oif f1I, bus, and delivered his first sermon here today MT. Felts, who last year was pre- siding elder of the Holly Springs dis trict, has recently been i'll with Spanish influenza, and this fact served to delay
 his arrival in c'glumbus. He is generally recognized as one of the ablest ministers in the North Mississippi conference, ana members of the congregation of the First Methodist church are very much pleased
 at the fact that they are to have such | distinguished man as their pastor. At a recent joint meeting of various local branches of the Masonic body newly elected officers for the ensuing year were installed as follows: Columbus lodge No. 5, F. and A. M: D. F. Mccullough, worshipful master; J. F. Nix, senior warden; B. A. Lincoln junior warden; c. A. Franks, senior dea- con; w. F. Mayo, junior deacon; Haley Reeves, treasurer; w. A. Deale, secre- tary; Mike Kerby, tyler; Rev. w. l. Allen, chaplain
 Columbus Royal Arch chapter, No f.: M. D. Thomasson, high priest; D. F. Mccullough. king; w. M Horton, scribe; w. F. Mayo, captain or hosts; c. C.
 Buder, principal sojourner; c. A. Franks. royal arch captain; Hunter Ellis, master of third veil; E. A. Stanley, master of
 second veil; Isaac Winston, master of first veil; w. A. Deale, secretary; Mike
 Kerby, sentinel.
 Columbus chapter, No 66, Order of Eastern Star: Mrs. Dovie Tribble, worthy
 matron: F. E. Galloway, worthy patron
 Mrs. Dee Halbert. associate matron;
 Mrs. Louis Chappell secretary; Mrs. Elf fife Chappell, treasurer; Mrs. Annie Cal laway, conductress; Mrs. Merle Cotner associate conductress; Mrs. Evie Davis Ada; Mrs. Annie Thomasson, Ruth: Mrs
 Inez Driver, Esther; Mrs. Lucy Horton
 Martha; Mrs. Lurline Crouch, Electra
 Mrs. Belle Erwin, organist; Mrs Leigh Marshall chaplain; Mike Kerby, mar shal; Mrs. Maude Wood, warden: Charles
 Buder, sentinel; installing officer, Mrs Griffin; acting marshal, Mrs. D. F. Me- Cullough.
 Commander James G. Ware of the de- stroyer Truxton, who came home to spend the Christmas holidays with his parents. MT. and Mrs. w. M. Ware, who reside few miles north of Columbus was stricken with an attack of Spanish influenza soon after his arrvel. but is improving.
 Heyman Feinstein, who formerly lived in Birmingham and who was in the air service in France during the war, has written a letter to his father A. Fein- stein of this city, in which he states that he brought down two enemy planes while the war was in progress.