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The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-09
FIX TAXI FARES
AT A. QUARTER

Night-life riding in taxicabs and
public cars in Columbus will come
higher than ordinary, everyday
riding.
The city council at the May meet
ing fixed twenty-five cents as the
maximum fare per person to be
charged by public automobiles and
taxicabs within the corporate limits
Of the city.
Children under seven years of age
the fare will be one-half that charged
for persons above the seven-year age.
After eleven o'clock at night, and
to sunrise the next morning, the rate
will be fifty cents per person to any
point within the city limits.
The ordinance also specifies that
these rates shall apply from the de-
pots to the hotels and to the business
section of the city, and that the
owners of automobiles thus engaged
shall post these rates in some con-
spicuous place in their cars.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-09
REBEKAH LODGE
INSTITUTED HERE
Grand Master And State President
Inaugurated Lodge In
Columbus.

Thursday night Mrs. Jessie Blue,
President of the State Assembly, as
sisted by C. H. Barr of Meridian,
Grand Master Of the Odd Fellows and
Mps. Veasey, all of Meridian, and
DR.. and Mrs. Stain and Mr.. and Mrs.
Landen of West Point, reorganized
and Instituted the Columbus Rebekah
Lodge No. 32, giving the old name
and number to the Lodge. Officers
elected for the first term were Mrs.
V. B. lines, Noble Grand; Mrs r. c.
Crocker, Vice Grand; Mrs. L. d. Pat
terson, Secretary and Mrs. |. S. Leech,
Treasurer. The charter was left open
until after the next meeting which
will be next Thursday night May
18th and all who desire to come in as
charter members must be on hand that
night. Quite lot of interest is be-
ing manifested in the Lodge and the
prospects are bright for a live order.
After the charter is closed all APP
pointive officers will be filled. The
meeting nights are to be. the second
and fourth Thursday nights at 7:3O
o'clock and the meeting place is in the
Odd Fellows Hall.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-09
PUBLISH SOLDIERS
LIST LAST TIME

Wednesday The Dispatch will pub
lish for the last time the full list
of white Lowndes county soldiers who
participated in the World War. The
list is published that the public may
cooperate in making it correct.
Relatives and friends Of Lowndes
county soldiers who were in the war
should check over the list carefully
and see that no names are omitted.
Any omissions or errors should be re-
ported to Mrs. Battle Bell.
The list will be used for historical
purposes and will be put in the archiv-
es of the State and be part OF the
imperishable records of Lowndes coun-
ty's part in the war.
The list was published several weeks
ago and a number Of corrections ana
additions have been made since that
time with the aid Of persons reporting
same. ,
Wednesday the list will be published
the last time.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-09
ENGINEERS AR
RIVE AND CAMPAIGN
GINS ON
MONDAY.
FIGHT MOSQUITOES
Sustained Campaign Against
Mosquito Will Be Waged;
Labor Squads Will Be
Put To Work.

Assistant Sanitary Engineer Will
liam komp, of the United States Pub
lie Health Service, representing the
Mississippi State Board of Health, ar
rived in Columbus Thursday, to or
ganize the anti-malaria campaign to
be conducted in Columbus this season.
State funds have been made available,
and work will begin Monday, May
10th. Ditching tools have been pur-
chased, and Mr.. R. NJ. Nickles has
bccn secured as labor foreman. Mr..
Komp viii have with him a Govern
ment sanitary inspector from Gulf
port, Miss, who has had three years
experience in similar work there, and
who will look after the inspection Of
premises to eliminate mosquito breed
ing in tin cans, barrels, and vacant-lot
pools.
Much assistance will be rendered
the sanitary authorities if all citizens
will cooperate Loyalty in carrying out
the provisions of the anti-mosquito
ordinance enacted by the City Council
and assist the sanitary inspector in
every way to destroy all possible
breeding places of the mosquito on
their premises. 1t is not the desire
of the authorities to prosecute for
offenses against the anti-mosquito
law. 1t is hoped that by an intensive
educational campaign it may be shown
that mosquito breeding is local
problem to very large extent, which
1can be eliminated only by the most
willing cooperation Of all the citizens
of Columbus.
A complete survey of the Columbus
community was made sometime ago
by expert sanitary engineers and the
engineers have a thorough knowledge
Of the conditions which are conducive
to mosquito breeding, and the cam
paign will be to correct these condi-
tions.
A sustained campaign will be wag-
ed against the mosquito and malaria
and the cooperation of all citizens is
solicited.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-09

The following is a list of the Ladies
Committees for the Salvation Army
Drive beginning this week:
Mrs. z. P. Landrum, Chairman for
Lowndes county,
Team Captains and Teams
Ward 0ne.-Mrs. Fl. f. Johns,
chairman; Mrs. Carey Cooke, Mrs. J.
w. Carr, Mrs Parker Reeves, Mrs.
Lehmberg, Mrs. VIM. Burris, Mrs.
Pauline Harris.
Ward Two.-Mrs. J. A. Lipsey, cap
tain; Mrs. Albert Loeb, Mrs. Len
Stuart, Miss Gladys MeGeorgc.
Ward Three Mrs. Mullen Knox
Captain; Mrs. Leighton Iide, Mrs.
Waights Ottley, Mrs. Houston Cox,
Mrs. J. H. Cox, Mrs. Terry.
Ward Four-Mrs. Jamison, Cap
tain; Mrs. Chappell, Mrs. j A. Cheat
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-09
''ON TO JACKSON"
DOKEY SLOGAN
Fifty Members OF Fraternity
Leave For Jackson Tues.
day Night.

Con to Jackson is the slogan of
the Columbus Dokeys.
Tuesday night fifty members of the
Dokey fraternity leave in a special
Pullman car for the capital city
where a big state ceremonial will be
staged.
The Columbians will play the most
prominent part IN the event as the
degree team from this city under the
leadership of Mr.. W.. Myrick Cox will
stage the degree work and the entire
dramatic work will be put on by Col
umbians.
Arrangements for the trip to Jack
son are being directed by Mr.. j. r.
Watson, secretary of Saladin Temple.
AT least fifty Dokeys are going to
make the trip and they are going
to put Columbus on the map. They
are having all kinds of literature
printed for distribution in the Capital
City and the Pullman car in which
they will travel will be decked with
streamers.
Incidentally the Columbians are 60
ing to boost the big ceremonial which
will be staged in Columbus on June
16.
Following are the Brigand Team
members who will put on the fancy
drills at the. Jackson ceremonial:
Mr.. w. Myrick Cox, Drill Master;
Messrs. j. B. Love, j. +. Broome, G. L.
Lang, P. G. Ashmore, S. D. Halbert,
j. B. Perkerson, A. Y. Glover, Earl
Jones, w. J. Coleman, Frank Couch
man, Eugene Beaden, j. X. Gray.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-09
ENTIRELY NEW AND NOVEL
SUBSCRIPTION ! CONTEST
ALONG NEW LINES WITH
HANDSOME CASH PRIZES
EASY MONEY MADE
Picture Show Parties And Other
Entertainments Will Feat
ure Event; Enroll
Today.
The Dispatch has hit it.

The Dispatch has hit it,
Not an old voting contest with the
highest candidate coping the biggest
and best prize but a chance to earn
real money with all participating in
the distribution of the big prizes And
you don't have to wait two or three
months to get your money for it will
be distributed every other Saturday
night.
The contest will begin with picture
show party at which all Of the cam
didates will be guests of The Dispatch
and along through the game there will
be other attractive features added,
which all will share and enjoy. 1t
will wind up with big dance at Lake
Park at which all of the candidates
will be the guests Of honor.
You will have to report early for
we want to run the picture Of all the
candidates in The Dispatch and you
will get half dozen pictures besides,
when you to certain amount Of work
Enroll, put on your best bib and tuck
er and report to The Dispatch for
your picture to be "tuck' at Hanna's
Art Studio. Enter now and we will
make the engagement for your photo
graph.
There was never as much money in
the country as there Is now. People
are reading more than they ever did
The big press and fine machine equip
lment of The Dispatch is Grabbing II
to get out a bigger and better paper
than ever in its history. We are los
ing money on the subscription end of
the paper and our only chance is to
run our subscription list up several
thousand and then advance our adver-
tising rates accordingly. Other papers
are curtailing their lists. We are GO
ing right ahead and increase ours and
make up the difference in advertising.
We have all of the facilities for a
great big newspaper and we are going
to issue it.
/ Yes, country boys and girls can en-
ter The geographical area is not
limited. The whole world is the field
and our population is larger than it
has ever been. There is a great field
in which to work right here. Age
h limit not over twenty. Old maids not
allowed.
Come right up to The Dispatch Of
fee tomorrow morning or tomorrow
afternoon and enroll and go in. Start
your bank account No other oppor-
tunity ever offered the little folks like
the present.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-09
INTEREST IN MAY
QUEEN CONTEST
Contest For Selection OF MAY
Queen Will Close Tues
day Night.

Mach interest is being manifested
in the selection of a May Queen for
the high school May Day celebration
which will take place Thursday aft
ernoon at 5 o'clock at the Barrow
Memorial school campus.
The count, up to Friday night fol-
lows: Miss Jaunita Gardner, Fresh
man, 1854 votes; Miss Virgie Me-
Keough, Sophomore, 11O4; Miss
Elizabeth Kennedy, Senior, 52S; Miss
Louise Curry, Junior. 1876.
The contest will close Tuesday
night, the result being announced at
the picture show where the ballot
boxes are located.
Friends Of the contestants are
working hard for their favorites and
close and exciting finish is expect
ed. Miss Mckeough and Miss Gard
ner are far in the lead over the field
but the other two candidates may
show surprising vote in the final
count as their friends are working
quietly in their behalf and it is be-
lieved their strength is being with
held until the last
Admission will be charged at the
May Day celebration and the pro-
ceeds will go to fund for summer
recreation for the children of the
city.
The May Day celebration is being
organized and directed by the eff
cient and capable Director Of Physi-
cal Education in the city schools,
Miss DewEtta Burkett.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-09
: > : - 80 ;
; KNOW YOUR OWN CITY, ;
: DO YOU KNOW THAT? :
: :
, *% ; +*+ = :

Today is the l3Oth day of the year,
X X
"A man may be down but he is
never out"
X
There are approximately l3 miles of
streets in Columbus.
X
In few days all of the paved area
up town will be opened up to traffic,
The only time a woman gives her
husband undivided attention is when
he is talking in his sleep,
The sun rises at 4;57 and sets at
6;57; that at this season Of the year
thc-t are Ia hours of daylight.
The press printing this paper is
clipping them out at the rate Of so
a minute and eight pages at a time.
%
Fifty Dokeys are going to Pullman
to Jackson Tuesday night, and "pull
men" across the hot sands Wcdnes-
day.
X x
The "Reds' will be after you We'd,
nesday morning, and the Wednesday
morning "Blues" will be there too.
Both are separators.
X
The Russian Reds" and the
Danube Blues are going to stage a
little revolution this week in Colum-
bus. They are going to turn on the
heavies, so be ready for the attack.
X X
Here is a perfectly graceful SEN
tence. Punctuate it and read sense
into it. 1t will be correctly punctua-
ted in this column Wednesday; "That
that is is that that is not is not is
not that so.'
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-09
PROGRESS HANGS
ON SOLUTION OF
HOUSE PROBLEM
Secretary Macon c. of c. Advocates
Community Housing Cor
porations.

New Orleans, May S.-"The welfare
and progress, the life of our nation
depends upon the solution of the hous-
ing problem, and must be accomplish
ed in our own day and generation"
declared F. Roger Miller, secretary of
the Macon, (Ga.) Chamber of Com
merce, at the 14th annual conven-
tion here the past week of the South
ern Commercial Secretaries.
eve have ignored the fact that the
housing shortage had been steadily de-
veloping for years prior to the war, .
sad he. 1--WE overlook the funda-
mental causes and the human elem
ents involved"
Thirty years ago, Mr.. Miller said
the average was 110 families to LOG
homes, while today the ratio is 121
families for every 100 dwellings
While 10000 new houses were built
in 1918, he declared twenty times that
number were needed.
"In l919," he added, seventy thou,
sand new dwellings were completed
Meanwhile, weddings continued at thu
rate of 100000 year.
Return 10 Pre-war Average
"a net return to the pre-war aver
age of 1l5 families for 100 homes
would require the erection of S,34O, ,O0t
dwellings"
What the country needs is a rem
edy. Mr.. Miller said. He then ad
vanccd the community housing cor
poration as something for the mex
decade to accomplish and gave "tel
features of the experimental mas
that remain First, that the problem
of housing the 80 pa cent must b
placed on community basis, organic
ed. financed and operated by the initi
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-09
FEDERAL JUDGE HOLMES
SAYS RULE OF REASON
MUST APPLY.
INJUNCTION DENIED
Law of Supply and Demand
Operates; Arbitrary
Margins of Profit
Void.

Jackson, Miss, May 8.-Judge Ed
win Holmes of the federal court here
the past week upheld the constitutions
ality Of the Lever food control act by
refusing to issue an injunction re-
straining T. ]. Locke, federal fair
price commissioner for Mississippi,
from enforcing observance of fair
price lists.
In a special charge to the grand
jury, however, Judge Holmes gave an
Interpretation of the Lever act, in
which he declared that the law of
supply and demand and not price lists
or ''profit margins fixed by any COM
mittce or agency of the government
should be considered in alleged cases
of profteering.
In refusing to grant the restraining
order applied for by R. E. Kenning-
ton, a local department store pro-
prietor, Judge Holmes based his de-
cision on section 26 of the judicial
code. which provides that suits in
equity shall not be sustained in any
court of the United States where an
adequate and complete remedy may
be had at law.
Addressing the grand jury, Judge
Holmes said:
"The test of reasonableness must
be applied to all regulations and or
dors issued to carry out the act, and
any regulation requiring the seller to
disregard the real market value of
the article, ard to sell at the original
price paid therefor, plus and arbitrary
fixed percentage as profit, is unrea-
sonable and void, as in many cases
such regulations would confiscate
property rights which have become
fixed and vested.
"The law of supply and demand
must govern. No human law can
make water run uphill. No criminal
prosecution can prevent the play of
economic laws which have been in
force ever since the markets of the
world were established, nor has Con-
gress intended to deal with anything
except the abuses and fraudulent
practices, which have been too fre-
ouent, an off-shoot of conditions over
which no one individual has control" J"
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-09
B A N ON SIR f N S
MERMAID, WHISTLES
City Council Would Stop Shrill Sounds
OF Motor Whistles.


Sirens and mermaid whistles on au-
tomobiles must 90.
The city council has passed an ord
nance prohibiting the use Of the SIR
ems, mermaid whistles, whatever that
is, and other shril and loud noise
devices on automobiles.
Not within the corporate limits of
the city will these "evils" Of auto
be permitted and violations
will draw fines ranging from So to
$50.
But outside the city limits, you can
go to it.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-09
PAPER COSTS .
TO GO HIGHER

Washington, May 8.-Further adj
vances in print paper prices are to
be made by the International Paper
Company, on July /, said a telegram
from Chester w. Lyman, vice presi-
dent of the company which was pre-
sented to the Senate committee in
vestigating the paper shortage.
The message, addressed to Joseph
Pulitzer, Jr., publisher Of the st. Louis
Post-Dispatch follows:
Alarming rise in prices for pulp
wood, other raw materials and mill
supplies, together with inevitable in
crease in transportation charges will
necessitate higher selling price for
last two quarters. Impossible to fore
tell amount Of increase on account Of
uncertainty of conditions. Increase
in cost likely to continue to turning
point reached in general industrial,
social and financial conditions.
"0nly remedy for present trouble is
rigid economy by the publishers in
their use of newsprint. 1t would be
the height Of folly for government to
attempt to regulate or lower spot
market, onerous as it may appear as
it would result in diversion of many
small speciality mills now making
newsprint to their normal product
This addition to present newsprint'
supplies, stimulated by the higf
prices Of the spot market, is esti
mated at about 100000 tons year.
High spot market prices 'largel,
warranted by scarcity Of raw materia
and corresponding high prices. II
most cases believe the profits are no
linordinate. Small publishers must b.
helped out by large consumers pro
tected by contracts"
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-09
SHAKESPEARE AND
PROHIBITION.

The Dispatch received telegram
yesterday from DR.. l.. G. Painter in
jackson, stating that DR.. Kern, Of
Millsaps College, would deliver an adj
dress in the College Chapel here Mon
day night on the subject, "Shakes-
peare and Prohibition The lecture
will be free to the public and Column
bians are extend most cordial IN
vitation to hear DR.. Kern.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-09
SOUGHT TO UPHOLD
WHITE SUPREMACY

Mobile, Ala, May g. Branding as
false ard without the slightest foun-
dation any allegation that the Mobile
Register or it's publishers, Frederick
i. Thompson, was engaged in con-
spiracy to publish any information
with regard to the race question in
the Alabama senatorial race, the Reg
ister has filed answer to the injunc-
ton proceedings issued out Of the cir
cult court of Birmingham last Sunday
at the instance of certain labor lead
ers In its answer the Register asks
for dissolution of the injunction
which restrained the paper, as well as
several other state papers, from pub
fishing any information with regard
to the resolution adopted by citizens
Of Monroe County, Ala, making allie
CATION that labor unions sought social
equality between the races"
The answer declares that the pub
fisher did learn of certain resolutions
before the convention of the Alabama
Federation Of Labor, in session here
last May, which were construed "as
an assault upon the franchise laws OF
Alabama" The answer further de-
clares that a committee Of the conyen-
tion embodied in a report the state.
Imcnt that "some plans be made at
this convention, to be introduced II
the next legislative session, to make
every man a legal voter in the State
of Alabama" the respondent recitine
in the answer that this information
was communicated to the chairman
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-09
DRIVE IN SALVATION
ARMY CAMPAIGN ON
WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
MUCH INTEREST
Will Raise Columbus Quota In
One Days Drive, Leaders
Believe; Drive Opens
Monday.

Operations on a large scale will be
launched in the Salvation Army drive
for home service funds Wednesday
morning when the Red and Blue solic-
iting teams go into action.
The two squadrons of campaign
ers will contest for honors and the
team securing the smallest amount
of contributions to the Salvation
Army fund will furnish banquet
to the winners at the Gilmer Hotel.
The Reds are headed by Mr.. Percy
w. Maer while the opposing forces,
the Blues Will go into the fray un-
der the leadership of Mr.. F. P. Phil
lips. Both sides are confident Of
victory and each side viii be a high
ly organized body by the time the
campaign starts Wednesday morn
ing. They are working out pre-
leminary and pre-eampaign plans be-
hind q screen of secrecy and some
surprises are expected to be pulled
by both sides
Mr. S. B. Street, Jr., is chairman
for Lowndes county and Mr.. Lee
Game has been appointed city chair
man. The Woman's Committee is
headed by Mrs. z. P. Landrum.
In Columbus DR.. T. v. James has
assumed the 1eade rship in the CAM
paign among the colored people.
Prof. B. G, Hull is chairman Of
the Rural Hin sections; w y. M.
Vaughan in the Dunbat Section; DR..
f. NJ. Jemison, Caledonia Section,
and Mr.. w. G. Evans will have
charge of the county west of the
river.
Following are the campaign COM
mittees:
+ Reds
F. p. Phillips, Captain; Sidney
Loeb, Louis Dosensweig, r. r.
Banks, Claude Neyman, l.. B. Dwell
bis, C. c. Richardson, Brooks Nc
Gowan, Jno. A. Lipsey, John H.
Beard, D. S. Cox, Jr., r. f. Mahon,
L. f. Lide, S. L. Caine, John Frier-
son, ]. c. Meadows, L. G. Painter.
"Blues."
]. w. Maer, Chairman; IRA Gas
ton. J. p. Woodward, f. l.. Kuykendall,
J.B. Cox, R. f. Johnson, |. /. Kauf-
man, Henry Beard, D. S. McClana-
han. Louis Divelbiss, Sidney Loeb,
Claude Richardson, ]. 7. Searcy, 7.
A. McGahey.
Manufacturing Committee; NJ. d.
Thomson, Tom Pullen, julius Marx.
and G. Dempster.
Mrs. Landrum has appointed the
following Ward chairman who will
select their own committees:
/ Ward i, Mrs. H. L. Johns; Ward
2. Mrs. J. A. Lipsey; Ward 3, Mrs.
Mullen Knox, and Mrs. Fl. Cox; Ward
a. Mrs. J. Nj. Jemison; Ward 5, Mrs.
w. s. Lindamood, Ward 6, Mrs. At
well Williams.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-09
LADIES' COMMITTEES FOR
SALVATION ARMY DRIVE

ham. Mrs. H. II. McClanahau, Mrs.
Hollingsworth, Mrs. Norwood, Mrs.
Stevenson, Mrs. Mcintyre, Mrs. Nc
Rae.
Ward Five.-Mrs. W, S. Lindamood,
Captain; Miss Lucille Kaye, Miss
Katherine Hackleman, Miss Margaret
McCann, Miss Willetta Gardner, Miss
Annie Claire Mayfeld, Miss Fannie
Harrison, Miss Martha Harris, Miss
Olivia McGowan.
Ward Six.-Mrs. Attwell Williams,
Captain; Mrs. Willis Pope, Mrs. Oscar
Locke, Mrs, Jno. Beard, Mrs. Rupert
Richards.
College Miss Mildred Hoskins.
Lee High School. - Miss Thelma
West.
Franklin Academy Miss Ella Mos
by
Barrow.-Miss Ruth Senter,