The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-27
MERIDIAN, MISS.

Meridian, Miss, March 2s.-(Special.)- State Fair Price Commissioner T. J. Locke of Columbus met with the local fair price committee and held a confer ence with local business men here last night. He came to Meridian for the pur- pose of administering the oath of of i1ce to Horace Cameron, chairman of the committee, and vesting him with author ity to make any investigation he thought proper in connection with enforcing of prices and margins of profits fixed by the state commissioners office. In his talk to the business mems meeting Com missioner Locke urged cooperation of business men and all others with the ta1r price committe in an effort to bring about a more stable condition of prices He announced that he would carefully consider any complaints made against prices not considered fair, but empha- sized the fact that he did not want here say evidence, nothing but data, as facts and figures were the only thing he could take into consideration. He told how. after being appointed last January, he had sought data from all parts of the state, studied it and arrived at the prices he had promulgated He admitted that some of the prices might be unjust and had changed some of these, and that the new price list put out would stand until he was convinced that there should be changes. He also made it plain that the people-the buying public-could do much toward lowering prices by confinng their purchases to necessities, and that prices were going to be lower as high prices had reached their crest and would go down from now on. He expressed an opinion that most of the profiteering that has been going on had been by the manu- lecturers, and he said, We are going after the manufacturers Merchants
 were advised by Commissioner Locke not to make contracts for goods, but to wait, buying only as they needed, avoid ing stocking up on lines of goods In
 conclusion he stated that the prices made public-the circulars placed in the hands of county chairmen-would stand as there are until further notice, ap. that they must be lived up to or the con sequences of violation suffered.
 Mitchell Salter, negro of Wayne coun- ty, indicted for alleged moonshining by the recent federal grand jury here, came to Meridian yesterday and surrendered. He made bond of $1.Ooo before United States Commissioner Price and was re- leased for his appearance at the Septem- Der term of the federal court.
 Only S700 more is needed of the fund being raised by public subscription to rebuild the Methodist church at Marion a small zyillage five miles east of Me- ridian, destroyed last December by a cy- clone. When the Village was hit prac- tically every building there was either destroyed or badly damaged, and the only outside aid that has been asked by the citizens is in the matter of rebuilding their church.
 y After merry chase of some hours the convict camp hounds ran down Arthur Thompson, negro serving time for carry ing concealed weapons, who succeeded in eyading the guards and secured good start before he was missed. The dot,sl have been trained by Convict Manager George Brown. and he says they are worth their weight in gold as means of recapturing escapes and by their very
 presence in camp prevent many blacks
 from bolting.
 A detachment of motorized artillery
 under the command of Capt. w. B. Rus sell Twentieth F. A., U. s. A.. has ar rived in the city, being accompanied by ten enlisted men, The equipment IS
 parked on a vacant lot in the business district, and is attracting considerable attention. The party is connected With l0c recruiting tdHlpdi6ii hoW Scitos VII 'A. the state.
 Edgar Smith and the Rev. J. E. smith, negroes, have been arrested on charge
 of setting fire to the Elbethel negro church here, which was destroyed some
 months ago. The arrests were caused by J. l.. Mcdonald. deputy fire marshal, under the direction of State Insurance Commissioner T. M. Henry of Jackson, following an investigation for the past several weeks A preliminary hearing of the case will be in the next few days. Field day of the Lauderdale county schools was concluded here this afternoon with athletic events at the Mississippi Alabama Fairgrounds. The meet is de- clared to have been one of the most sue cessful ever held in the county. The long programme was carried out with out a hitch and the attendance from throughout the county was large Con | test awards have not as yet been am nounced by the judges in all competitions. What is Asprlng Revert" IL is simply low Vitality, lack of Energy caused by impure blood. Groves Tastless Chill Tonic restores Vitality and Energy by Purifying and Enriching the Blood. You can soon