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The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-07-14
Morton Making Good.

In these days Of baseball enthus-
iasm you can write most anything
about the national came and it will be
devoured with ayidity by the ball pub
lie.
In the good old days of the Cotton
States League Columbus owned
pitcher named Morton, whose record
here was such that he was sold to
Cleveland. Through all of these years
his career has been followed with in
tcrcst by the local bunch. Morton
threatened to slump and then he went
bad and just when the gang were
about to give up, il looks like he is
going to stage come back.
In the past five game series with
Washington Morton pitched and won
two of the five games, and the last
was shut out, four to nothing, to his
credit. Morton was always "pizen"
to the Capital brigade and his friends
hope his good showing will be per-
manent.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-07-14
SCHOOL BOARD TO
MEET HERE TO-DAY

Matters Of Importance affecting the
schools Of the county will come up for
consideration at a meeting of the
Lowndes. County School Board to be
held in Columbus this morning at 10
o'clock at the court house.
1t is probable that the new COM
pulsory. school attendance law will
come up for discussion by the law
and ways and means Of putting the
law into effect will very probably be
considered.
The meeting will be presided over
BY County Superintendent Of Educa-
tion f. A. Stanley.
Following is the personnel of the
board: Dist. /, Mr.. 7. j. Smith
Dist. 2, Mr.. B. A. Lincoln; Dist. 3
Mr.. C. A. McKellar; Dist. A, Mr.. G
w. Hairston; Dist. 5, DR.. M. S
Chandler.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-07-14
DAIRYMEN TO
AWARD PRIZES
Lowndes County Association To Give
Prizes For Best Herd
Records.

At the regular meeting of the
Lowndes County Dairy Association to
be held in Columbus Monday at the
court house at IL o'clock three prizes
win be awarded for the best herd
records.
At the last meeting of the associa-
tion it was decided to offer prizes
from time to time for the best re-
suits obtained from the dairy indus
try, and these records will be the
basis of future competition and an in
centive for higher standards in the
dairy business in this section.
Prizes will be awarded for the fol-
lowing records:
Herd showing the best average per
head of butter fat.
Herd showing best highest per cent
of butter fat.
Herd producing the most butter
fat.
Records must be produced at the
meeting Monday and the awards will
be made on the records submitted.
1t is expected that the attendance
at the Monday meeting will surpass
that of any previous meeting as much
interest is being manifested in tht
association which has as its purpose
the betterment of the interests of ths
dairymen of this county and section
Mr.. Lon Freeman is president of th'
association) Mr.. A. B. Carter, vice
president; Mr.. w. d. Bishop, secre
tary.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-07-14
MASONIC SPECIAL
MEETING THIS WEEK

There will be two special communi-
cations of Columbus Lodge No. 5, F.
and A. NJ, this week.
Thursday night at 1880 o'clock
there will be a special session and
again the following night at 1880
The degree team Of the lodge will
work in the Entered Apprentice de-
gree, comforting the same on several
candidates.
All members are urged to attend
these two important meetings Thurs
day and Friday nights of this week
The sessions will be presided over by
Mr.. ]. f. Nicks, Worshipful Master
and Mr.. NJ. c. Vandiver, secretary.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-07-14
DEATH AT GREENWOOD.

Greenwood, Miss, July 13.-Miss
Lillian Wells, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John r. Wells of this city, died
this morning in Wilkesbarre, Pa, as
result of injuries sustained in an
auto accident at Beaumont, near that
place Friday night. Miss Wells was
the guest Of the family of c. f.
Huber, president of the Lehigh &
WiIkesbarre Coal Company, one of the
largest producers of anthracite coal
in this country.
Fridays evening Miss Wells, Mrs
Huber, Paul and Thomas Huber were
out for an automobile ride. The ma
chine was crowded off the road and
turned turtle several times, pinnine
Miss Wells and Mrs. Huber beneath
it. Mrs. Huber will recover.
Miss Wells underwent an operation
yesterday for the amputation Of one
of her limbs and her death came thi:
morning.
Miss Wells was engaged to Mr.
Paul Huber. The couple met at th'
Sergeant Dramatic School Of Art in
New York, where she had been a
student for several years. She haC
won recognition in New York for hei
poise and grace on the stage and hac
brilliant future before her. The
remains will probably be brought c
Greenwood for inteFment.
Miss Wells was widely knowr
throughout Mississippi.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-07-14
POWELL HEADS
STATE COMMITTEE
Elected Chairman Democratic
Executive COmmittee-BOdy
Is Formally Organized.

The State Executive Committee Of
the Democratic party organized in
Jackson last Monday, where ma
jority of the committee met for the
purpose of organizing.
1t was disappointing that Hon. John
Frierson, Of this city, was not elected
chairman, but the consensus Of the
opinion of the committee was that
the chairman should be centrally To-
Gated and Hon. Robert Powell, Of
Jackson, was elected. The secretary
ship went to Hon. 0. f. Lawrence, of
Greneda, he defeating Hon. j. L. Gil
lespie, of Greenwood, by three votes
The greetings and congratulations
of the committee were wired to the
nominees of the party and the indy
ing allegiance Of the party in this
State was pledged to both Of them in
the approaching election, Plans for
raising funds in each county were
adopted upon motion Of Hon. John
Frierson. The committee went on
record as opposing the colonization of
Mennonites from Canada in this
State, Menonates speaking German
refusing to send their children to
school and being otherwise objection
able.
The following are the district com
mittees:
First District: John +. Frierson
Columbus; w. A, Blair, Tupelo; A, j
Mcintyre, Bonneville.
Second District: Rowe Hays, Sum
ner; C. f. Sisk, Oxford; f. 7. 0'Bry'
ant, Batesville.
Third District: j. L. Gillespie
Greenwood; w. X. Herrin, Clarksdale
Walton Shields, Greenville.
Fourth District: 0. +. Lawrence
Grenada; f. G. Whitehead, Winona
j. w. Buchanan, Eupora.
/ Fifth District: G. Z. Wilson, Phila
delphia; c. W. Trigpen, Bay Springs
IL. M. Lane, Taylorville.
Sixth District: Frank H. Lewis
Pascagoula; M. d. Mounger, Collins
IG. Wood Magee, Monticello.
Seventh District; Il. g. Williams
McComb City B. d. Avery, Crysta
Springs; Will d. Mounger, Natche7
Eighth District: Robert Powell
jackson; S. l.. McLaurin, Jackson; l.
+ Wise. YaZoo City.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-07-14
CONTESTED GAME
is THROWN OUT
High School Protest Is Sustained BY
Beard OF Control-Game To
BE Played Over.

The protest of the High School
Chero Colas game which was filed by
the High School has been sustained
BY the Board Of Control Of the City
League.
As a result and it will be played
over.
The protest which was filed by Or.
J. W. Lipscomb, manager of the High
School team, was based principally
on the umpire's decision in calling
Wells safe at first after he had stop
ped running to the base and after
wards seeing that the first baseman
had dropped the ball, resumed his
running to the base and was called
safe by Umpire Drake.
Another decision at third in which
it was alleged that Staggers interfer-
red with a play, was also the basis Of
protest.
A written opinion by John B. Fos-
ter, Of New York, noted sport writer
and authority on baseball rules and
editor Of the National Baseball Guide,
largely influenced the Board in its de-
cision.
Following Mr.. Fosters letter to
Secretary Tom DeZonia, giving his
opinion on the play;
New York, July 6, 1920.
"T, w. DeZonia, Esq.
columbus, Miss,
MY Dear Sir: In reply to your
base ball query please be advised that
the runner was privileged to continue
to run to first base after he had stop
ped. If he did run out of the line
Rule 56, Section 6, is so plain that
you cannot possibly miscontrue it,
He would be out unless he were COM
PEELED to leave the line to avoid a
fielder trying for a batted ball and
certainly in this case there would be
no batted ball to avoid.
Sincerely,
JOHN B. FOSTER"
Just when the game will be played
over has not been announced. A date
will be agreed upon by the two teams
involved.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-07-14
POrtwoOd Will Case.

The Portwood will case was again
decided by the Supreme Court in the
decision handed down last Monday.
The case is known as the case Of 7.
G. Blewet ct al VS.. b. H. Lee ct al
and it involves the validity Of two
wills disposing of a handsome estate.
In the first case the first will of
ars. Portwood made in 1869 won out
before the Supreme Court, Messrs.
Jas. T. Harrison, A. B. Harrison and
B. H. Lee being the benehciaries of
this instrument.
The Blewett and Ottley heirs sub
sequently filed another suit in which
they sought to have later will
probated and recognized but the plea
was demurred to on the part of the
Messrs. Sturdiyart, Owen and Garnett
for the benefciaries, on the ground
that the first will could not be attack
ed, having been probated over two
years before, The chancellor sustain
ed their demurrer in the lower court
and the Supreme Court sustained il
on Monday,
This Is in hrief the case. 41i
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-07-14
PREPARING TO BORE
FOR OIL IN CLAY

The Clay County Oil Company has
selected the site for its well in search
Of oil and it is located about three
miles north of Waverly, right in the
edge of the prairie and sandy land
section. The well was located after a
careful expolaration Of that whole
section by Mr.. Murray, their geologist,
and preparations are now under way
for the construction Of the derrick for
the well.
Orders have been given for the
dimension timber and it is understood
that it will soon be on the ground and
the derrick will be erected The Clay
county oil well is being followed with
great deal of interest by the peo-
pie of this county, especially those
who put their money in the local
well.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-07-14
EMPRESS EUGENE
DIES IN SPAIN

Madrid, July 49, Eugene, widow
of Napolenon III and last empress Of
France, died Sunday.
Death occurred shortly after 8
o'clock from acute intestinal inham-
nation. She passed away quietly in
the presence only of her lady-in-wait-
ing Her nephew, the Duke of Alba,
at whose residence she died, was in
France, and the other members Of the
family absent.
Empress Eugene had long suffered
from opthalmia and had been operated
on for cataract. Full imperial hon
ors will be accorded at her funeral.
When Marie Eugene lgnace Aug
ustine de Montijo, daughter of Span
ish count, was a little girl, Gypsy
fortune teller told her she would some
day occupy thorne and live to be "a
Empress Of France.
For 1S years the beautiful Span
lard" as she was known in her prime
was express Of France and during
most Of that period her whms ruleC
not only her own country, but direct
ed the destinies Of Europe. For a
time while Napoleon III was ill she
was regent.
I The Gypsy's second prophecy cam'
true also. Eugene was "a years ole
May s last.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-07-14
AvIAToRs WANTED.

Sargt. w. j. Porter Of the Army
recruiting service in charge Of the
local recruiting office, states that
there are openings in the Aviation
are in the Philippines, the Panama
canal and the Hawaiian Islands.
Volunteers are sought from among
High School graduates, trained me-
chanics, automobile mechanics and
others who may be technically train
ed.
Full information may be had by APP
plying at the recruiting officer in the
postofhce building.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-07-14
NORMAL
OPENED MONDAY
Good Attendance On Opening
Day OF Normal - AT
Union Academy.

With an attendance that surpassed
the most sanguine expectations the
Lowndes- 0ktibbeha county summer
normal for negro school teachers
opened in this city Monday morning
at the Union Academy in North Col
umbus.
The normal is being directed by
Prof. H. G. MCGOWAN Of the faculty
Of the Mississippi State College for
Women and Prof. o. B. Breland of
Maben. These gentlemen are assisted
by Prof. E. A. Stanley, county sup
erintendent of education of Lowndes
county.
The normal viii last five weeks, and
full week of six days will be put
into the work.
After the completion Of the normal
work the teachers will be given an
opportunity Of standing the regular
State examination for State school
teachers license This opportunity
is given for the benefit Of the teachers
who do not now have license.
Industrial courses, such as Domes-
tic Science, and Agriculture, are be.
ing stressed at the normal this sum,
mer. In addition to this practical
work the teachers are given
thorough course in theory. Before
the normal closes it is expected that
brief course in manual training viii
be put in curriculum.
Anna Williams of the Union Ac
ademy faculty is directing the Domes
| tic Science work.
Negro teachers are here from sew
eral counties in Northeast Mississippi
and more are expected next week
Fully two hundred teachers will b'
here when the full enrolment Il
reached.
Regular normal lecturers making
the rounds of the State normals viii
/ visit Columbus and deliver lectures
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-07-14
SUGAR AT Is CENTS
A POUND SATURDAY

A feature of Loeb's big cash rails
ing sale which begins Saturday morn
ing will be One-Hour sale Satur-
day from 8 to 10 o'clock during which
time sugar will be sold at 25 cents a
pound. Each customer will be allow
ed only one sack of 5 pounds.
The sale is one Of the largest ever
organized in this city and section,
and there are bargains offered in every
department of the big store.
In last Sundays Dispatch a four.
page advertisement gave full details
and prices of the sale. Get Sundays
Dispatch and see the many bargains
offered, and don't forget the sugar
sale - granulated sugar - Saturday
morning.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-07-14
STEVENS LOSES LIFE
AT NIAGARA FALLS

Niagara Falls, N. Y, July 13.--
Charles G. Stephens of Bristol, Eng
land, died when he went over the
horseshoe falls in an oak barrel Sun
day. Stephens maintained great Sc
crecy as to his plans for taking the
trip, fearing the. authorities would
stop him, and as result few saw him
take the fatal plunge.
No attempt was made to interfere
with his plans, however, and Mayor
Harry P. Stephens of Niagara Falls,
Ont, was the last one to shake hands
with the Bristol man before the bar
rel started on its voyage downstream.
The cask in which he made the trip
though built of stout Russian oak
slaves and bound with steel hoops,
was smashed like an egg-shell on the
Jagged rocks at the base of the cata-
ract. Pieces Of the barrel were pick
ed up near the bank on the Canadian
side, but Stephens body has not beer
recovered. River men say that it may
not come to the surface for a week OF
ten days.
Stephens was So years old and has
wife and II children in Bristol
where he was a barber. He served
three years in France with the British
army. He ha! planned TO make &
| lectura tour Of Ene,ari If his triE
was successful.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-07-14
WELL KNOWN RECLUSE is DEAD

Mrs. S. J. Heritage, for many years
a recluse living in her little shack
Of store on South Tenth avenue,
died at a sanatarium in Meridian the
past week where she had been car
ried on account Of an impaired men
tality.
Mrs. Heritage had attained the
ripe old age of 90 years. She was
believed to have been a native Of
Pickens county, Alabama, but had
lived in Columbus many years.
She lived to herself in her little
shack at the corner Of South Tenth
avenue and Ninth street, and had lit
tie to do with the outside world. In
recent months the Home Service de-
partment Of the Red Cross took
charge of her case and perforce rem
dered her aid and assistance.
Just how many relatives survive
her is not known. Two grandsons
Messrs. Ben and Will Lee of Alabama
came to Columbus Monday to take
charge of r affairs, but found that
they had 4 Een placed in the keeping
OF tie lawI
Intermenl occurred at Friendship
cemetery a ID Rev. r. S. Gavin, pastor
of the Frsl Baptist Church, admins;
tered the lalt sad rites.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-07-14
ATTENDS MONROE MEET.

Mr. w. N. Pickett, president Of the
Lowndes County Sunday School asso-
citation, delivered an address before
district meeting Of the Monroe coun-
ty association Sunday afternoon at
Hamilton near Caledonia. He talked
on the subject Of efficiency in the
Sunday School and his message was
cordially received, Mr.. Puckett states
that the Monroe county association
is accomplishing great things for the
cause in that county.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-07-14
SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS
DEATH SENTENCE FOR
AMORY MURDERER UN-
ANXIOUS OPINION. q
DIES AUGUST 2OTH
Crime Stamped Zone Of Fiendish
Brutality Unequaled
In State His
tory" /

Characterizing the crime as zone Of
fendish brutality unparalleled in tine
criminal history Of the state" the
Supreme Court Monday affirmed the
death sentence Of Charles Marshall, a
young Monroe county farmer who
dynamited the home of Bob Miller,
shot four Of it's inmates to death,
and then set fire to the dwelling,
cremating their bodies. One Of the
victims was his own lllegitimate child.
The decision Of the court, read by
Associate Justice Holden, gives full
credence to the testimony of Pearl
May Miller, a fourteen-year old girl,
sole survivor Of the tragedy, who
escaped the assassin by first hiding
behind a door, and then crawling into
the attic, from which place she saw
Marshall kill her father, brother, sis
ter, and the latter's illegitimate child.
The first three we're shot to death,
and turned his attention to the cry
ing infant, crawling across the floor,
and killed it by blow with his weap-
on. He then poured coal oil about
the house and set it afre.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-07-14
MR.. JACK SENTER INJURED.

Mr.. Jack Senter is suffering from
very painful injury which he sus-
tanned at Camp Hamilton while out
camping with the Boy Scouts. He
was playing baseball with the boys
when he stumbled and painfully
sprained his ankle. 1t is possible that
bone in his foot is broken. His many
friends sympathize with him.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-07-14
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columbus is the gem of the ocean"
and the land, too.
The dairymen viii meet in Colum-
bus next Monday.
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Friendship cemetery is not as well
kept as an idle old field.
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Monroe county's population fell off
Z per cent during the past ten years.
You arc not chasing rainbows when
you arc ruading The Dispatch ads.
Today is the 196th. day Of the year.
The sun rises at 4:49 and sets at
7:22.
The Philadelphia phone was work
ing little better than the White
House phone.
A wife doesn't mind her husband
betting as long as he wins. But it is
different If he loses.
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Up at Chicago at the Third Party
convention the temporary chairman
delivered a key-nut speech.
Harding is conducting a "Front
Porch" campaign and Debs is conduct
ing "Front Cell' campaign.
A reader asks US if we thing a
newspaper man will make good
president? Can duck swim?
In 1916 Mississippi polled S0,42l
Democratic votes, 4,253 Republican
votes, and 1,4S4 Socialist votes.
X X
No, Willyum, you are wrong. A
woman with a double chin doesn't talk
twice as much as any other woman.
X X
You can't cross the river bridge
only during certain hours for severa
days. They are reAooring it.
The Dispatch is the first paper il
the country to start a Democratic
lf,uid. Hav Uu contributed yet?
You are invited to call by this of
flee and see our big press run any
time-Tuesday and Saturday nights.
Columbus next mayor is a nativ
of Alabama, like the present incum
bent, and the present incumbent
predecessor.
WE HEARD A STRANGER SAY
columbus is probably the only cit
its size in America that hasn't CON
mercial club"
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-07-14
REUNION AT EBERNEzER.

The did Confederate Veterans and
late soldiers are specially invited to
attend the Reunion at Ebernezer on
July 18th. Mr.. Bill Patterson, an
old veteran from South Carolina, will
be present and speak to the soldiers.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-07-14
ChiId's Clear Story.

In rendering the opinion of the
court, Justice Holden stated that the
story as told by Pearl May Miller was
remarkable for its clearness and SIM
plicity. "She spoke the truth as it
can only be spoken by child,' said
Justice Holden. "The jury was em-
inently justified in believing her. She
was spared that she might reveal tho
perpetrator Of this dastardly deed,
that justice might be done, and the
law vindicated."
The decision Of the court Is un-
animous, the opinion holding that none
Of the nineteen assignments of error
presented in behalf Of appellant are
sufficiently serious to warrant re-
versal, and the date of execution is
fixed for Friday, August goth.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-07-14

Mr.. Garrett Myrick, of Mobile, is
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. B. Myrick, in this city. He has as
his guest from Mobile, Mr.. Lee Pis-
tole.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-07-14

Mr.. A. B. Delk Of the Steens sec
ton was business visitor in Col
umbus Monday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-03-13
NORTH BENNINGTON

Tonight w s. Hart in another bully
weetern drama, Selfish Yates Al
so Sennett comedy. Adv.
Monday, Episode of the big serial,
THE Invisible Hand and Corinne
Griffith in Thin Ice" Adv
Morning worship at the Congrega-
tional church at IL O'clock. The pas
tor Rev. w r. Hamlin will speak
on Wheat and Pares' The annual
church offering for the American
Missionary Association wi be taken
at this time. The sacrament of the
Lords supper and Sunday school will
follow the morning service. The
March Conservation meeting of the
Young Peoples society will be held
at $50; topic, Life Lessons from
the Book of Proverbs Proverbs 20
1st to 18th. This church will cooper
ate with the Christian Citizenship
meeting of the w. c T. U. in the Bap-
tst church at o'clock Sunday even
ing
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-03-13
PROBATE BUSINESS
Transactions at the Bennington Of
flee for Week Ending March 10

flee for Week Ending March 10
Following is a list of transactions At
the Bennington probate office during
the week ending March 13;
Estate of Henry W. Malsh--Will al
lowed. Julia N. Ryan appointed exc
cutrix, H b. Hutchins and Z. A. Booth
appointed commissioners and apprais
ers.
Estate of Rollin H. Howard-In-
ventory of Nancy J. Howard, admins
tratrix, fled
Estate of Anne Rousseau-Frank
Rousseau appointed administrator.
Estate of Alice Carr-Will present
ed Date of hearing April 2.
Estate of Herbert Hill ALBANIA Hill
appointed executrix. H. B. Hutchins
and j. Oliver Burt appointed commits
sioners and appraisers.
Estate of Napoleon Lamarre EN-
ma Lamarre appointed executrix. Ed
mund LaFranchise appointed admins
traitor C. t, a., Joseph C. Pellerin and
Joseph Monast appointed commits
sioners and appraisers.
Estate of Mary Ann McGuire-John
P. McGurn appointed administrator.
Estate of Marcus NJ. Dean Inven-
tory filed.