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The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-02-11
SCOUT CAMPAIGN
ON THIS WEEK
Recruiting Station Opened on
South Market Street.

The recruiting station Of the local
troops Boy Scouts of America is do
ing a big business. School being
closed enabled Scouts to get around
over town and hustle for members
with the result that on Monday an6
yesterday saw a large number
enrolled.
Activities began in earnest follow
ing a meeting Of members Of all three
local troops in front Of Troop No. J
headquarters on Sunday night. Al
public gatherings were prohibited
about fifty Scouts responded to the
,all and assembled in the open, nearl!
all of them in uniform. At $3.50
o'clock, standing at attention, these
fifty splendid American boys repeated
solemnly together the Scout oath:
Ito do my duty to God and m!
country, and to obey the Scout law;
2-To help other people at al
times;
3-To keep myself physically strong
mentally awake and morally straight
At the meeting, Rev. E. Lucien Ma
lone made a short but direct and to tn
point address to the boys. Then Jacl
Senter, Scout Master, outlined SOM
olans for the future wor!, of the loca
Scouts, with special emphasis on th'
big recruiting to be done this week.
Monday morning, bright and early
dozen energetic Scouts, with Jacl
Senter at the head, erected a tent or
The vacant lot just south of Loebs de
partment store. And just here it l.
well to illustrate that great principle
If the Boy Scouts of America to "do
good turn daily" The lot the.
were to use was untidy; had ole
bricks, sticks, rotten timbers, cans ant
other varied kinds of debris scattered
around over it. They went to worl
in true Boy Scout style and cleaned
t up. Now i is spiek and span or
she lot. They did a good turn; ir
act, they do every day. That is, yor
see, part of the Scout pan-"do
good turn daily, That is one reasor
why more than one noted man has
characterized the Boy Scout move.
nent as "the sanest idea of .
century"
No money is asked by the Scouts in
Columbus. They have plenty. All
hey want is members-and they GER
tainly are getting them. Before the
week is out they expect to enroll al
least 100 new members. That viii
fill up the three troops to full
strength so that By the time summer
3ncampments, scouting expeditions
and picnics are on there will be large
number Of boys to enjoy them.
Camp Hamilton, situated three
niles northwest of the city, will be
The scene Of many merry and sane
Boy Scout operations during the com
ing months. This camp, named for the
late Hon. w. B. Hamilton, organizer
of the Boy Scouts in Columbus six
years ago, and considered the rea
father of the local organization, is an
ideal place for such a camp. A com
camp house occupies the cen.
ter of an ideal camping ground on
the top of a hill on the Aberdeen
road. The camp is now open for in.
spection, and all persons interested
are cordially invited by the Scouts to
visit their lovely camp.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-02-11
LEAVES FOR MERIDIAN.

Mr.. W. A, Deale, who recently was
promoted to the position Of District
Manager of the Meridian District of
he Cumberland Telephone Company,
caves the latter part of the week for
that city to familiarize himself with
his new duties.
Mr.. Deale will be succeeded in the
management Of the Columbus office
by Mr.. W. j. Sstterwhite Of West
Point, who arrived in Columbus Sat
urday.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-02-11
COTTON MARKET

Cotton is not making any apprecia-
bic advance since the recent slumr
said to be caused by foreign exchange
markets. AT the close of the market
yesterday good middling grade was
quoted at 80 cents a pound
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-02-11
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The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-02-11

Mr.. Edward Kennedy is spending
few days at home preparatory to
departing for Milwaukee for spring
md summer shoe samples which he
i'll exhibit to his extensive trade in
this territory.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-02-11

Mr.. Sam Irwin is reported to be
rapidly recovering from the effects
Of an appendicitis operation which he
recently underwent in a Birmingham
hospital.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-02-11

lf you haven't been enumerated
telephone s76 and give in your name,
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-31
THE WEATHER
GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS

The weather has been generally
fair over the eastern half of the coun-
try, under the influence of high bar.
ometric pressure covering the upper
Lake region, Ohio valley and the
south eastern states Temperatures
have risen slowly. Light frosts were
reported this morning at Gainesville
and Eustis and killing frost at Jack
sonville. The lowest temperature re-
ported in the State was "a at Gaines
vile.
III the west pressure is low over the
Dakotas, and high over the Pacific
coast The weather has been gener-
ally fair, except for light rain on the
north Pacific coast, and light snow in
North Dakota, Wyoming and Utah It
is warmer over the Plains states, and
slightly cooler over the Plateau re-
gion and the Pacific states. No zero
temperatures are reported anywhere
this morning.
Indications are for fair and contin.
ued cool weather in the vicinity of
Tampa tonight, and for partly cloudy
and warmer weather Saturday.
WALTERN J.. BENNETT.
Weather Bureau, Tampa.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-31
Iuskegee Institute Gives Out Re-
port Showing Number Of Illegal
Executions in United States
Texas Leads With Ten-Flor-
ida Is Credited With Seven
Victims Number 81, Including
8 White Men and One Negro
Women.
(By Associated Prass.l

Tuskegee, Ala, Dec. 31--Lynchings
were less numerous in the year 1920
than last year, the Tuskegee Insti-
tute's records show.
Sixty one persons, including eight
white men, and one negro woman,
were lynched, compared with SO last
year, and Ga in 1918.
Authorities prevented lynchings in
56 instances this year, of which forty
six were in the south. Armed forces
were used to repel mobs on fourteen
occasions.
In four instances mobs were fired.
upon. Seven attackers were killed
and a number wounded.
BY states the lynchings were.
Texas 10, Georgia Q, Mississippi, Ala
bama and Florida, seven each; Mime
sofa, North Carolina, Oklahoma and
California three each; Arkansas, Kan
sas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio,
South Carolina and West Virginia.
one each.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-31
PARSON RECEIVES
PERMISSION FOR
FLIGHT TO CALF,
(By Associated Press.)

Douglas, Arizona, Dec. Lieu.
tenant Alexander Parson, winner of
the last years air race across the
continent, today received + official au-
thority to attempt a flight from Jack
sonville, Fla, to San Diego, CAL, in
"a hours. He will leave Jacksonville
Feb. %. He plans to make the trip
In three laps, with only forty-five
minutes consumed in making stops.
An aviator will also start from
San Diego for Jacksonville on the
same day. The flyers will stop only
at Houston and Ell Paso, Texas. From
Jacksonville to Houston is 804 miles,
from Houston to Ell Paso is $50, and
from Ell Paso to San Diego 615..
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-31

fact that at present If an autoist
through no fault of his own kills a
cow on the public highway he must
pay for the cow, while il he under ex-
actly the same conditions runs over
and kills child it is an accident,
proving that cattle at present are Civ
en- more privileges than human be-
ings. 4
A paper endorsing the No-Fence
movement was presented and read
and proved of much interest. This
paper was from Dundee which has a
total registration of 43 voters and
everyone had signed it.
Among those present and taking ac-
tive part in the discussions were J..
w. Sample of Haines City and Vet l..
Brown of Barlow, respectively Presi-
dent and Secretary of the Florida No
Fence League, ]. Forrest Caldwell T.
T. Hatton, j. G.. Gallemore of Bar
tow; J. C. Swindell, A. J. Holworthy.
Mrs. w. F. Hallam, Mr.. Williams,
of Lakeland; DR.. M. Sample of Haines
City; Mrs. Stillwell of Lake Hamil-
ton, Mrs. HUE of Dundee and Mrs.
Gardner of Lake Alfred.
Now that the Polk County organiza-
tion is complete and judging from
sentiment expressed from all sections
this county is going to be very val
liable adjunct to the state organiza.
tion in getting the matter before the
Legislature this spring, for the pur.
pose of obtaining such legislation that
will enable the people of the State
to say by their votes whether or not
the proposed changes shall be made.
Any persons throughout the State
wishing to aid in this movement may
get further information by addressing
either the President or Secretary Of
the State organization.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-31
WELL ATTENDED NO-FENCE MEETING
AT BARTOW PERFECTS ORGANIZATION

Barlow, Dec. 31--At a well attend
ed meeting held here at the Court
House Thursday afternoon which was
called for the purpose of completing
the organization of the Polk County
No-Fence League, to be subsidiary
and work in conjunction with the
Florida No-Fence League, the follow
ing officers were elected: President,
]. Walker Pope of Winter Haven, and
six vice-presidents as follows: H. E.
Fairchild, Crooked Lake, c. c. Martin,
Mulberry, E. L. Mack, Lakeland, Mrs.
w. l.. Stillwell, Lake Hamilton, Mrs.
C. F. Gardner, Lake Alfred, and Mrs,
w. F. Hallam, Lakeland. 1t was also
decided that the vice-presidents shall
constitute the County Advisory Com
mittee of which the president shall be
ex-officion chairman.
After the election of officers the
meeting was thrown open for public
discussion, and the question was asked
by someone as just what was meant
by "No-Fence", and the question was
answered by an explanation that at
present the assessed valuation of
range stock in the state is less than
two per cent of the total assessed
value of all property in the state, and
under existing laws any property such
as groves, farms and truck gardens
must be fenced against depredations
of the free range stock and even
when fencd are not safe, but under
the proposed changes Of these laws
the cattle, hogs or whatever stock it
might be capable of destroying prop
erty of other people would have to be
fenced in or else the owner would
have to provide other means to pre-
vent his animals from doing depreda-
tion to the property of others. At
tention was called in particular to the
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-31
kkless Assertions Regarding
Ouhages Against Negroes in
Florida Made by Witnesses for
|Ihe Association for the Advance
|peut Of Colored People South
|sn Congressman make Denial
|ef Charges.
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, Dec. 81. Members OF
! Florida delegation announced to-
\ that they expected to go before
House census committee next
(sk and refute the charges of dis
Emination against negro voters in
N state made by the representatives
! the National Association for the
vancement of the Colored People.
Walter F. White, assistant secre-
" Of the organization, aroused a
|rm Of protest yesterday when he
kerted before the committee that the
Sjority Of the whites in many south.
communities were lawless. Rep
entatives Larsen of Georgia, Bee
Texas and Aswell of Louisiana, OBJ
he'd to the reception of such state
bits and urged that witnesses con.
themselves to facts instead of
eading reports and unyerified ru-
IS or biased opinion upon the
brd.
thairman Siegel stated that the
mittee would let the witnesses
e their statements and then ques-
them afterwards.
Thite criticised election methods in
Esonville and referred to the
be riot. He asserted that between
g-two and thirty-five persons
burned at Ocoee by a mob which
fire to their buildings. He also
led other alleged outrages in
kda.
he Florida members of the House
snt interrupted the testimony
indignant denials Of the state
Is rejecting upon this state. 1t
agreed that an opportunity should
byen them to appear before the
hittee and refute Whites charges.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-31
SGT. HAMPTON
TRANSFERRED TO
CAMP JACKSON

Sergeant H. e. Hampton, who has
had charge of the local recruiting
station in the Deen-Bryant building
for the past year and one month, has
received transfer that will take him
to the 18th infantry, which is sta
toned at Camp Jackson, where he
has been appointed ward officer. Mrs.
Hampton and children will remain
in Lakeland temporarily, as the chill
.dren are in school here.
By the transfer Sergeant Nichols Of
the Goth infantry, will take charge Of
the Lakeland office, which is to be
continued permanently.
Sergeant Hampton has a remark
able record for service in Uncle Sam .
army. having served in the Spanish.
American war, the Philippine insur-
rection and the world war. He saw
seventeen months service in France.
The unusual thing about his record is
that he has served continuously for
over thirty years and is now entitled
to retirement at any time he wishes.
This he does not intend doing, how
ever, since his new appointment, and
states that he intends to remain in
the service.
Under the direction of Sergeant
Hampton the local recruiting office
has been very successfully carried on
In point of number of men enlisted
the Lakeland station is the third best
station in Florida. Since the Sergeant
has been in charge the number Of
enlistments has been increased from
three to about twenty month.
Twenty-four men were sent from here
into the service during the present
month.
In leaving here, Sergeant Hampton
states that he wishes to thank the
people of Lakeland and especially the
business men for the cooperation
given him and for the friendly spirit
that has obtained throughout his stay
here.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-31

dened by outrageously high freigh,
charges and high costs Of production. =
The speakers were heard with grave
attention by the railroad men, who
then adjourned to talk things over
among themselves.
At 4 o'clock began an informal con.
ference Of the committee and the
traffic officials AT the end Of an hour
and a half the officers Of southeastern
railroads announced they were con
vinced pf the Justice Of the case pre-
!, sente' '.'1 byAthe growers l and " I| agresd to
withdraw their proposed new diver
sion rules. allowing shippers all the
former diversion privileges south of
the Ohio river, but by mutual agree
ment charge Of S. per car will be
made for the detention of cars at di-
vision points for more than forty
eight hours.
What action will be taken by north
ern lines is not yet indicated. Under
the circumstances 1t will be necessary
for Florida shippers and the Florida
Railroad Commission to go ahead
with the contest of this case before
the examiner of the Interstate Com
merce Commission in Jacksonville on
Jan. 21, and final hearing before
the commission inWashington on
January 81
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-31
FLORIDA SHIPPERS WIN GREAT VICTORY
IN FIGHT AGAINST DIVERSION rule

Jacksonville, Dec. 31.-Growers
and shippers of Florida won a COM
plete moral victory in their confer
ence yesterday in Jacksonville with
traffic executives of southeastern and
eastern railroads on the subject of
diversian privileges On citrus fruits
and vegetables, even though some de
tails remain to be adjusted later with
northern lines, and the case must
be heard by the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
A large number Of citrus and veg
ietable growers and shippers came to
Jacksonville to meet the railroad ex-
ecutives. At preliminary conference
Wednesday night the shippers selected
a committee of their number to han
die the presentation of their case,
which was most ably made today. J..
c. Chase, president; J. H. Ross of
the Florida Citrus Exchange, e. d.
Dow traffic manager and George A.
Scott, sales manager of that organi,
zation; John F. Thomas, George Will
liams and W. H. Mouser for the Flor
ida men, made a tremendously strong
case against the proposed new re-
strictions upon diversions. DR.. Ross
pleaded with the railroad men mot to
lay the last straw upon the back Of
the camel which already is overbur-
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-31
TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
WON BY UNITED STATES
by Associated Press. J

4 Auckland, N. r., Dec. 81. -Austral-
asia lost the tennis laurels here today
to America, and the Davis cup, en-
blematic Of the worlds team tennis
championship, will repose under the
stars and stripes for the next year
Iai Least This Al ths fourth \. firn6
America has won the cup. Australasia
won 1t six times and Great Britain
five. William T. Tilden, Of Philadel-
phia, and William Johnson of San
Francisco composed the American
team.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-31
RUSSIAN REFUGEES
TO INVADE MEXICO
(By Associated Press.)

Mexico City, Dec. 31.-Sixty thou
sand Russian refugees from the
Crimea are expected in Mexico with
in the next few months, according
to a report recently made to the De-
partment Of Agriculture by one of
its agents who has just returned from
the Near East. The agent declared
that many of the Russians will en-
bark for Mexico within few weeks
The government has signified will
ingness to receive them.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-31
LYNCHINCS LESS NUMEROUSN
YEAR 1920 THAN IN FORMER
YEARS ACCORDING TO FIGURES
DUBLIN HAD MUSICIAN
WHO FIDDLED AT FIRE
(By Associated Prass.l

Dublin, Dec. 31.-There was a
Nero who fiddled during the burning
OF Granard by the "Black and Tans"
last week. He was rowing musician
who makes the town his headquarters.
According to the story told in the
town, the musician, awakened by the
tumult, rushed from his lodgings with
his precious violin under his arm.
He was captured by the police, and
under threats compelled to walk
down the main street playing English
national airs while the town was
burning.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-31
WHITESOX PLAYERS TO
BE EXTRADITED ON A
CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY
(By Associated Press.D

Chicago, Dec. 31,-The charge un-
der which it is hoped to extradite the
White Sox baseball players indicted
on charges of throwing games in last
years world series, is conspiracy, the
states attorney announced today
Conspiracy is a felony and an extra
ditable offense.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-31
|CHES LIKELY TO
lead CABINET OF
| new PRESIDENT
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated PreSS.)
rion, Dec. 3111-Irreconcileables
heir inning with President elect
Hing yesterday. Senator Knox, of
fsylvania, throughout the treaty
one of it's bitterest opponents, in
Eyed Mr.. Harding yesterday and
away smiling and confident that
coming president would employ
Of the timber of the Versailles
y in constructing his new league
Ations.
0Sely connected with the visit of
there was a conference with
M. Daughterty and Will H.
after which it was whispered
ID that the name of former JUS
Charles e. Hughes had been vir-
agreed upon as the first in the
d cabinet officers.
Pefe is no confirmation of this
but the, fitness of Hughes for
post of secretary of state is gen
conceded, and it is agreed by
1Ands of the incoming admins
% that it would be an appropri
PppOintment.
sfles G. DAVIS and John w
are being prominently dis
In connection with the treas
portfolio.
euation plans were discussed
Oay with Senator Knox, E. B
% and Jess w. Smith, secretary
committee having the inaugu-
Plans in hand.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-31

T. F Erie. brakeman for the A.
c. L.. was injured yesterday after
noon at Trilby, when in starting to
n,inh down from the top of a car on
freight No. POS, he failed to get a
saotso1d = o on the ladder and fell to the
ground, severely bruiSing one mp NIP, a
Snmher :, Of minor bruises also resulted,
n,,. h;s injuries are not. considered
serious. ser He was brought to the NOR.
~, y, NJ uosnital. where he is resting as
comfortably as can be expected, MI :.
JS-,'Dn Tria makes his home at the Orange
Hotel.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-31
BANK RoBBER KILLED

Springfield, Tenn, Dec. 31.-An
unidentified man entered the Peo.
pies Bank today and got $4,000 in
bonds. He stood off the bank off.
cials and then dashed out, shooting
an officer in the leg as he ran. He
took refuge in store room where
he was killed by the police.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-31
MANY JUBILEES
CELEBRATED
COMING YEAR

Washington, d. c., Dec. 81. -
Among the Roman Catholic prelates
III the United States the year about to
begin will be prolific in celebrations
OF jubilees and anniversaries marking
the milestones in their respective Ca
reers in the church. Dignitaries OF
all ranks, from bishop to cardinal,
will be represented in the list of cele-
brants.
In May Cardinal O'Connell Of Bos-
ton will observe his twentieth year
as a bishop and later in the year will
see the tenth anniversary Of his ele-
walton to the cardinalate. IN
Rt. Rev. Theophile Meershchaert,
bishop Of Oklahoma, will celebrate the
thirtieth anniversary Of his consecra-
tion and also his golden jubilee in
the priesthood. Another prelate who
|~sllrsach hts thirtisth anniversaf sisi
the bishropric is Rt. Rev. Christie
pher e. Byrne, bishop Of Galveston.
Archbishop Glennon of st. Louis
will reach his twenty-fifth annivers-
ary in the bishopric. Other prelates
to celebrate their episcopal silver
jubilees are Bishops Hoban of Scran-
ton, O'Dea of Seattle, and O'Gorman
of Sioux Falls.
Bishop O'Connor of Newark, N. j.,
will celebrate the twentieth anniver-
sary OF his conservation and Bishops
Morris of Little Rock and Walsh of
Portland, Me-. will attain their fif-
teenth anniversary in the episcopate.
Those who will celebrate the tenth
anniversary of their conservation are
Bishrops Schrembs of Teledo, Ward
of Leavenworth, and Gum of Natchez
On August II the Most Rev. James
j. Keane will complete decade of
service as archbishop of Dubuque.
The Rt. Rev. j. Henry Then, for
merly bishop Of Lincoln and now head
OF the Denver diocese, will also OBJ
serve the tenth anniversary OF his
conservation.
Bishops McDevitt of Harrisburg,
Brossart Of Covington, and Lawler OF
Lead, s. Dak., will observe the fifth
anniversary of their conservation.
In September the Rt, Rev. Henry
Gabriels, the venerable bishop of Og-
densburg, will complete sixty years in
the priesthood. In July Archbishop
Messmer of Milwaukee will celebrate
his secerdotal golden jubilee. Bishop
Allen Of Mobile and the Rt. Rev. Jo-
seph, r. Conroy, auxiliary bishop Of
0gdensburg, will celebrate the for
tieth anniversary of their ordination.
Five prelates will celebrate their
thirty-ffth year in the priesthood.
They are Bishops Then of Denver,
Kelley of Grand Rapids, Schinner Of
Spokane, Muldoon of Rockford, and
Corbett of Crookston, Mimi.
The Most Rev. Albert J. Dagger.
archbishop of Santa Fe, will celebrate
his silver jubilee as a priest, and
Archbishop Bowling of St. Paul will
complete his thirtieth year in holy
orders.
The twentieth anniversary of their
ordination will be celebrated by the
Rt. Rev. Anthony Schuler, bishop of
Ell Pasco; the Rt. Rev. John T. Nc
Niholas, bishop of Duluth; the Rt.
Rev. Thomas w. Drumm, bishop of
Des Moines, and the Rt. Rev. John
NJ. Cannon, who has just succeeded
to the bishropric of Erie.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-31
lORIDA CONCRESSMEN Will
REFUTE THE ASPERSlONS CAST
ON STATE BEFORE COMMITTEE
TWO BIG R0BBERIES MARK
PROGRESS OF CRIME WAVE
HIGH OFFICERS KILLED

Cleveland, Dec. 31.-W. w. Sly.
president and George Tanner, vice
president Of the Sly Foundry com.
pany, were killed by bandits today
who escaped with the payroll after
holding up the men at the com.
pany's plant today.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-31
MICHIGAN SOLONS ARE
ALL OF REPUBLICAN PARTY
(By Associated Press. }

Lansing, Mich, Dec. 31.-Michi-
cans all-Republican safe Legislature
will convene January 5. The session
will be the first one in recent years in
which the Democratic party is not
represented. Two Democrats were