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The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-02-08

basement Of which was ready for us,
in 1910, and the main audience room
was completed some years after. Thi,
church occupied the site Of the present
building. During the pastorate Of
Rev. Isaac Shook, the church was
prosperous and received many add.
tons to its membership.
In 1S4f occurred the famous debate
between the learned infdcl, Prof. C.
G. olmsted and Rev. James Smith, a
minister Of the c. P. Church, men
toned in previous chapter.
Rev. Isaac Shook was succeeded by
Rev. ]. N. Roach, a scholarly and
popular preacher who was followed in
lS49 by Rev. J. &. Bcwden. It's next
pastor was Rev. II. j. Fox, who was
followed by Rev. 6, T. Stainback, who
resigned again in 1882. He was pas
tor of this church fer about twenty
years, and during his pastorate the
church reached its highest prosperity.
He was beloved by all denominations
and by the people of Columbus gen.
orally. He filled several of the best
Southern pulpits, Memphis included,
and was the Moderator of the Gen.
eral Assembly. He is pastor at this
time of church in Dyersburg, Tenn.
The next pastor was the Rev. J, NJ.
Keston (iSSS), who was followed by
the Rev G. I. Stainback, Rev. P. T.
Charlton, (1SS4) and J. d. Boydston
(1S86): In 1886, the old building
having been struck twice by lightning,
was deemed unsafe and plans for
new church were projected. After
several years delay the present neat
and commodious structure was begun
in 1889, after design by W. S. Smith,
architect and completed in 1891.
From 1888 to the present time the
chruch has been served by the follow
ing pastors, j. d, Black, r. H. San
ders, (ls9r, ]. T. Hood (lS94), W.
C. Baber (lS95), H. S, Johnson (1897)
and j. c. Annette $4,000. The pre-
sent ruling Elders are Mrs. Rosa
Richards, Messrs ]. H. Shull, +. +.
Hearon, P. N. Ellis.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-02-08
BARACA BANQUET POSTPONED.

The Turkey Dinner and banquet of
the Mems Baraca class which had
been announced for last Friday night
was postponed on account of the UNI
certainty of the influenza situation.
1t was scheduled for the Gilmcr
Hotel, and arrangements are being
perfected to have the affair for next
Friday night. Announcement will be
made in the the class this morning Of
the new plans.
The committee deemed it advisable
to postpone the banquet until the un-
certainty and danger Of the flu had
passed.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-02-08
History Of Columbus in 18th Century

The Synod Of Mississippi and south
Alabama, in whose jurisdiction the
Columbus church was situated, held
its first meeting on the second Wed
nesday Of November, 1929, and The
present Mississippi Synod was seara-
ted therefrom in 1912. The Tombeck.
been Prcsbytery, in which Columbus
was also situated, was established by
order Of the Synod of the South Caro-
lima and Georgia at its session in
Charleston in December, 1928, order
ed to hold its first session at Mayhem
in June, 1929, the meeting to be open
ed with a sermon by the Rev. Alfred
Wright. After several changes the
Tombeckbee Presbytery was placed in
the jurisdiction of the Synod of Mis-
sissippi.
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN
COLUMBUS.
On the first Sabbath in May, 1929,
the Presbyterian church Of this city
was duly organized by Revs. Cyrus
Kingsbury, Thos. Archibald, Hilary
Patrick and David Wright, ordained
missionaries from Mayhem church
mission by the transfer of the follow
ing members from Mayhem church to
Columbus, viz: Henry w. Hunt, VIM.
H. Craven, Daniel Oliver, John J.
HUMPHREYS, Eliza W. Craven, Eliza
Wright, Mrs. Daniel Oliver and Mary
H. Hand.
The following members were or.
dained and installed as elders: Maj.
VIM. H. Craven and Henry W. Hunt.
This church having no house of wor-
ship, was served irregularly in the old
Franklin Academy by missionaries
from Mayhem until 1884, they estab-
lished themselves in the old Masonic
hall with the Rev. David Wright as
first pastor. The church had increas-
cd 10 thirty members, among whom
were Maj. Benz. Toomer, Robert G.
Warner, Mary Eleanor Craven, Eliza
Ball, Eliza Erwin, Jane Albert, Eliza
beth Undertake and Drennon and
wife. AT this time VIM. H. Craven
and Maj. Toomer were ruling elders.
The Rev. David Wright continued to
serve this church until 1887, at which
time he was succeeded by the Rev.
Isaac Reid. -
Ins feS8-tht sl1st strps wcrr tssken
by few ladies towards the building
of a house of worship, which resulted
in the erection of the walls and roof
of a church edifice in 1887 and 38,
during the ministry of Rev. Isaac
Reid.
Pertinent of the history of the
church at this particular time, the
following extract from a letter of the
Rev. David Wright, dated Columbus,
Miss, Oct. 26, 1887, is here inserted:
I'VE have all been very busy for the
past few weeks in attending upon the
meetings Of Presbytery and Synod,
which have just closed. We had
many ministers here from all parts Of
south Alabama and north Mississippi"
~ have been very much engaged
in building our meeting house af late;
we have the basement story up. 1t
is of brick GO by as feet, 2 stories
high; the basement devoted.to Sab
bath School and lecture room; the
second story entirely to the solemn
duties Of the sanctuary. We hope to
have it up SO that we can worship in
the basement after January
"Uncle Reid has gone to the Bible
class"
The basement was partially COM
pleted so as to be used by the congre-
cation during the last year of Mr..
Reds passionate. This building was
located on lot donated to the church
by Maj. VIM. H. Craven, which front
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-02-08

Mr.. Jack Senter leaves this week
for New Orleans where he goes to
take course in the linotype school.
He expects to be in the Queen City
for several weeks.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-02-08

ed on Caledonia street and in the rear
of the main audience room Of the pre-
sent church.
Judge John Perkins, wealthy Pres
byterian Of Louisiana, who spent his
summers at the "0aks," eight miles
above Columbus, was the largest sub
scriber to its erection.
The financial crash Of 1897 destroy
ed the ability of many of its members
to pay their subscription and left the
church heavily involved in debt, and
unable to complete its erection.
Mr.. Reid resigned his pastorate in
April, 1889, and was succeeded by the
Rev. Thos. Morrow, Of Alabama, who
supplied the church twice q month
during part of the years 1889 and
tS4O.
In 1910, in addition to the incumb-
rance of heavy debt, the church suf-
fered with difference in its members
as to the doctrines of the New and
Old School Presbyterian churches,
which resulted in the withdrawal of
some of its members, prominent
among whom was Mr.. Levi Donnell,
who connected himself with the Cum.
berland Presbyterian church. Mr..
Levi. Donnell, was favorably known
by many Of the present citizens Of
Columbus as one of its oldest and
most substantial citizens and as May
or of the city for score Of years.
At this juncture the church was
visited by the Rev. Mr.. Scott, after
wards the celebrated DR.. Scott, then
pastor of the Presbyterian church in
Tuscaloosa, Ala. who seeing the
condition of affairs and necessities Of
the case, insisted on the employment
of regular pastor. and recommend
ed the Rev. J. A. Lyon, Of Rogers
vile, Tenn, a graduate of Washington
College, Tenn, and Princeton Theolo-
gical Seminary.
The Rev. j. A. Lyon was called in
May, 1841, and assumed charge Of the
church in October, 1841.
Maj. Richard Barry and Maj. VIM.
Craven assumed the debt Of the church
and DR.. Lyons first effort was to
complete the basement, his next to
procure bell and build cupola, and
last to complete the audience room.
Einsaiy t,se whole was completed and
on the first Sabbath Of Sept, 1874,
the audience chamber was in due
form, solemnly dedicated to the wor-
ship Of Almighty God.
In 1S41, DIR. Lyon finding no Sunday
school in existence, insisted upon an
effort to organize one.
This work was promptly undertaken
by Mrs. Richard Barry and Miss Liz
zie Blair, now the oldest, and an in
valid, member of the church in her
year, and in October in
1841 they succeeded in gathering
together twenty dollars and organized
a Sunday school, with Thos. Christian
as Superintendent, and N. E. Goodwin
as secretary and librarian.
In 1916 there was an extensive re-
vival of religion in the church and
many additions were made to its
membership. In 1847, DR.. Lyons
health having failed, he resigned and
was succeeded by the Rev. S. Il. Frier-
son, a graduate of the Theological
Seminary of South Carolina. Mr..
Frierson's health failing, he resigned
and the Rev. DR.. Lyon (then of st.
Louis, Mo.,) was recalled, and in Oct
ober, 1854, commenced his second pas
torate which position he held until
1870. when he was called to occupy
the chair of Moral Philosophy in the
State University at Oxford. During
his ministry the church enjoyed sew
eral important revivals, of religion
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-02-08

Miss Willie Maier who was the
charming guest of Miss Willetta
Gardner, has returned to her home in
Aberdeen. While here, Miss Maier
was the recipient Of many social
courtesies.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-02-08

Continued on page six,
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-02-08

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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-02
" DEADWOOD DICK"
GETS DEATHS CALL
HIS BOOTS ARE OFF WHEN HE
"CASHES IN" FAMOUS IN
FACT AND FICTION.

LOS ANGELES, Cal.-"Deadwood
Dick" has "cashed in" and he
didn't die with his boots on.
Richard Bullock, known as Dead
wood Dick, "died at the Thorncroft
sanitarium, Glendale, after an illness
of three weeks. He was taken to the
sanitarium a few days ago, but death
claimed him on his third day there.
Stranger than fiction was the life
of the quiet man of iron nerve and
lion heart. Thousands of books
have been written, telling of deeds
of bravery in which the great hero
rounded up and herded outlaws,
stage robbers and other bad men.
Had Lost An Eye.
Many of the books, in which Rich
ard Bullock was featured, were call
ed the "One-Eye Dick Series" This
was because the man hunter and
scout had lost his left eye.
He first showed up in the Black
Hills when about So years of age.
For a short time he engaged in the
mining business. While thus engag-
ed stages running from the Black
Hills to the settlements were being
robbed with such regularity that
miners almost dispaired of ever get
ting their shipments through the lines
of outlaws.
Richard Bullock quit mining. He
buckled a gun to his side and said
he was going after the road agents.
Famous Bullion Guard.
Bullock was of the famous Home
stake Mining company's bullion
guards. The mine was owned by
the late Senator George Hearst,
father of William Randolph Hearst
It was while thus employed that
Lame Johnny" one of the most
daring of all road agents, was put
out of business" by Bullock.
Bullock was guarding a stage
travelling over the old Cheyenne route
when Lame Johnny" stepped out
to hold up the stage, just as it turn
ed into Hurricane Flat. Bullock
got his man before he could move a
muscle.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-02

are there to grub money from the
marsh and then to return to their
beloved Orient, and they accomplish
both purposes.
Bird and Animal Life.
The bird and animal life of the
$4,000 square miles of Louisiana
marsh is no less interesting than it's
human inhabitants. The waters are
filled with many varieties of fish, and
all life that dwells in the wild rice
or on the scattered fiat islands must
fly or swim. The black birds domi-
nate bird life in point of numbers;
then come the ducks in winter, clack-
ing rails all the year round; now and
then a mocking-bird in the oaks of
some island, circumscribed in it's life
to the range of its flight from the
home trees. The herons seek rather
the shelter of the cypress grown
swamps farther inland, but there are
many bitterns, almost unnoticable
amid the wild rice and the curlew
and stills, avocets and other long leg
ged waders Of the shore birds, make
the edges of the marsh vibrant with
life in the migratory seasons. Peli-
cans, gulls and terms nest on the
government protected islands, and
here and there one sees the long
necked anhinga or snake bird; the
silent, patient cormorant fishing from
some floating log, on the shores of
the islands, the oyster catcher with
it's razor bill Indeed, one never
knows what any bit of marsh holds
in the way of bird life until he poles
his narrow pirogue up some channel
between the walls or purpled bios
somed water hyacinths and stirs the
winged ones from their hiding places.
The most common mammal is the
raccoon, and he has developed his
powers until he swims like an otter.
| have seen small 'coons in the mid
die of a seven-mile bay, swimming
sturdily on, paying little attention to
the noise the power boat made. Musk
rats, of course, are plentiful, with a
few weasels, and now and then fox
on some island connected by short
swim with the mainland. Of snakes
there are literally thousands, includ-
ing the water moccasin DIETER
known as the cotton mouth) and the
copper head.
Beetles, moths, butterflies, green
headed flies, mosquitoes and qnats
abound, and one frequently meets
flights of hundreds of small yellow
and white butterflies a score of
miles but on the Gulf, blown hither
and on, unable to direct themselves
in the sea breezes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-02
Every Druggist in U. S. In
structed to Refund Price
While You Wait at Count
er If Relief Does Not Come
Within Two Minutes.
Delightful Taste, Immediate
Relief, Quick Warm Up.

The sensation of the year in the
drug trade is Aspironal, the two
minute cold and cough reliever, au-
thoritatively guaranteed by the labora-
tories; tested, approved and most
enthusiastically endorsed by the high
est authorities, and proclaimed by
the common people as ten times as
quick and effective as whiskey, rock
and rye, or any other cold and cough
remedy they have ever tried.
All drug stores are now supplied
with the wonderful new elixir, so all
You have to do to get rid of that cold
IS to step into the nearest drug store:
hand the clerk half dollar for a bottle
OF Aspironal and tell him to serve you
Two teaspoonfuls with four teaspoon
fuls of water in a glass. With your
watch in your hand, take the drink
at one swallow and call for your money
back in two minutes if you cannot
Feel your cold fading away like dream
within the time limit. Don't be bash
tul, for all druggists invite you and
expect you to try it. Everybody Is
doing it.
When your cold or cough is re.
iIleVed, take the remainder of the bottle
nome to your wife and babies, for
asplronal is by far the safest and most
directive, the easiest to take and the
most agreeable cold and cough remedy
'of infants and children.-Adv.)
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-02
RUB BACKACHE AND
LUMBAGO RIGHT OUT
Rub Pain and Stiffness away with
a small bottle of old honest
St. Jacobs Liniment

When your back is sore and lame or
Iumbago, sciatica or rheumatism has
you stiffened up, don't suffer! Get a
80 cent bottle of old, honest st.
Jacobs Liniment" at any drug store,
pour little in your hand and rub it
right into the pain or ache, and by the
time you count fifty, the soreness and
lameness is gone.
Don't stay crippled! This soothing,
penetrating oil needs to be used only
once. 1t takes the ache and pain right
out of your back and ends the misery.
1t is magical, yet absolutely harmless
and doesn't burn the skin.
Nothing else stops lumbago, sciatica
and lame back misery so promptly
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-02

sufficient amount of carbon dioxide
to raise its mean temperature a few
degrees. The globular form of the
earth is responsible for the uneven
temperature of different parts of its
surface. The effectiveness of tenn
perature upon the growth and devel-
opment of plant life is rapidly dem
onstrated, where certain plants
seem to flourish almost up to fixed
line and then disappear.
Nature seeks other means than that
of the wind to carry seed from place
to place. Whoever tramps through
the autumn woods must needs extri-
cate himself from patches in which
ticks and burrs have made life miser-
able for him. All over his clothers
will be sticking the hairy. -wo jointed
pods or seed vessels of the tick.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-02
MANY AMERICAN SOLDIERS
HAVE MARRIED GERMAN GIRLS
Two Hundred Of Them Will Bring
Fraus Home With Them.

AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS,
Coblenz, Feb. 1.-Two hundred and
fifty soldiers of the American forces
in Germany who have married Euro
pean girls have been instructed to
start soon for America with their
wives, in accordance with recent
order of Major-General Henry T.
Allen, in command. About 200 hum
dred soldiers have married German
girls since the American forces
reached the Rhine.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-02
DRINK HOT TEA
FOR A BAD COLD

Get small package of Hamburg
Breast Tea at any pharmacy. Take a
tablespoonful of the tea, put a cup of
boiling water upon it, pour through a
sieve and drink teacup full at any
time during the day or before retiring.
1t is the most effective way to break a
cold and cure grip, as it opens the
pores of the skin, relieving congestion.
Also loosens the bowels, thus driving a
cold from the system.
Try it the next time you suffer from
a cold or the grip. 1t is inexpensive
and entirely vegetable, therefore safe
and harmless.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-02
A DOZEN HENS LAY 800
EGGS EACH IN A YEAR

CORVALLIS, Ore.-A dozen hens
at the Oregon Agricultural Colleges
farm at Salem, Ore, have set new
record for egg production, James s..
Dryden, professor at the college, has
announced. Each of these hens in
one year laid more than 800 eggs,
the best producing $50 and two
others 1923.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-02
BRITISH DRINK BILL LARGE;
ITS INCREASE is ALARMING
Nearly Two Billion Dollars Spent
For Liquor Last Year.

Nearly Two Billion Dollars Spent
For Liquor Last Year.
The drink question was briefly dis
cussed in both houses of parliament
yesterday.
In the house of commons the sub
ject was alluded to by Sir Donald
MacLean. "The fact that America
has gone dry is an economic fact of
the gravest Importance to Great Bri-
tain" he said. He declared the
British expenditure for drink abso-
lutely staggered him. The country
spent more than 164,OOO,OOO pounds
for drink in 1914, he said, and this
expenditure increased until it was
259 100000 pounds in 1918, while
it was estimated that the expendi-
ture for the year ending March 81,
next, would be nearly 4OO,OOO,OOO
pounds. The duty of 1918 was 49,
100000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-02
MAGNETIC MOUNTAINS.

So magnetic are the mountains of
Porto Rico that they attack survey
or's plumb-lines, and it has been
found that some of the old surveyors
are incorrect by mile or more.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-02
Heat Flashes, Dizziness

kIe2L FLASHES, OLLAHIcSS
Athens, Ga.:-"During middle life was
in most miserable health. | was so weak
that | could scarcely get around to do my
housework. | also had heat flashes and
dizzv spells with smothering and nervous
ness so that l could not sleep at night.
doctored for almost a year without any I'M
movement and l was very discouraged when
a friend suggested that try DR.. PIerces
Favorite Prescription and see if that would
not relieve me of my distress. The hrst
bottle of the Prescription overcame the
hemorrhage and nervousness and built me
up into stronger and healthier condltlon
than for some time past.
al also commenced to take DIR. Pierce 8
Pleasant Pellets at the same time to regulate
INV stomach and bowels and found them
TO act so splendidly that have not only
piven them to my husband and children
hut to nv neighbors as well, and the Pei
let's have always given the utmost relief
from constipation, sluggish liver and
stomach disorders. These Pellets keep
in NV home all the time, ready Tor lmme-
date use, and really believe l could not
keen house without them. Mrs. ROAf
FITZPATRICK, 115 Mitchell st.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Is
remedy that any ailing woman can safely
take because it is prepared from roots, does
not contain alcohol or narcotics us N
gradients are printed on wrapper. Get IL
today, either in liquid or tablet form.
Send 1Oc. for large trial package OF tablets
Address DR.. Pierces lnvahds- HOTEL
Buffalo, N. Y,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-02

CGI btIIl J4ItISo ul1bla L
used two of DR..
Pierce's splendid
medicines, the Fa-
vorite Prescription
and the Pleasant
Pellets. l took two
bottles of the Pre-
scription' according
to directions on bot
tie and the Pellets
l took as | needed
them. These medi-
cines gave me simply
wonderful relief and
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-02

Are you sure that you are regis
tered? See that your name is on the
voters list.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-02

6Oc buys an all corn broom at
Halladay's, Dawson.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-02
BETTER THAN
WHISKEY FOR
COLDS AND FLU

New Elixir, Called Aspiron-
al, Medicated With Latest
Scientific Remedies, Used
and Endorsed by Euro
pean and American Army
Surgeons to Cut Short a
Cold and Prevent Compli-
cations.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-02

Look to your registration. See that
your name appears in the right dis
trict
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-02
SUFFERED TERRIBLY

Columbus, Ga. II used to suffer terri
bly, with gladstone pains and cramps at
tiY,a, until I
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-02

NV pains all disappeared. I never hesitate
in recommending DIR. Piezce's remedies
because l know they can be relied upon
MRS. EFFIE RAPE, 3007 Second Ave.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-23

FoR8IER ~BEN-HUK" STAR DEAD.
PITTSBURG, April 23.-Robert Emmett
+E1eary, widely known dramatic tenor, for
1nsrly star Of "Ben-Hur," and his broth
eT, John Mitchell Cleary, merchant of
Marion. O.. died in this city within
twelve hours Of each other.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-23
VOTERS LEAGUE
NAMES OFFICERS
Miss Mary Winter HOnored
Witt. Presidency BY Women.

Miss Mary Winter was elected president
of the indianapolis League Of Women
Voters at the meeting yesterday after
noon in the Chamber of Commerce.
Two vice president were chosen-Mrs.
Wilmer Christian and Miss Merica Hoag-
land.
The other officers include: Recording
secretary. Miss Mary Elizabeth Garden
err; treasurer, Miss Nathalie Smith; as
sistant treasurer, Mrs. Ira Holmes; di~
rectors, Miss May Ship, Mrs. Jacob
Dunn, Mrs. Olive Beldon Lewis, Mrs.
Isaac Born, Miss Julia Landers, Miss
Eldena Lauter, Mrs. John D. Johnson,
Mrs. Edward Hecker, Mrs. Grace Julian
Clarke and Mrs. NJ. e. Foley.
Fifteen ward directors will! be elected
later by the various wards at their re-
spective elections.
local constitution, following closely
that of the national organization, was
adopted