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The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-12-19
ONLY FIVE PUPILS
FREE OF DEFECTS
ONE PERFECT CHILD FOUND
IN SCHOOLS FOUR ARE
ALMOST PERFECT.
REVEALED BY EXAM
Medical Inspection In Schools
Proving OF High Value Re-
ports OF The First
Inspection.

The value Of free medical examina-
tion in the public schools is empha-
sized by the first report Of Doctor
Gertrude Slaughter, the county di-
rector in charge Of the work
: The exanlngtigry show that there
are only five children in the Junior
High School free from some physical
defect, and it reveals that many are
affected with troubles that may be
stopped now by proper and simple
treatment, and which. If allowed to go
on, will develop into some serious
affection.
Following is q summary Of Doctor
Slaughter's report of examinations at
the Junior High School:
Having completed the examination
of the children In the Franklin Junior
High School, feel that the public will
be interested in knowing the condi-
tions found there.
In the whole number examined. only
five children were found that did not
have some slight physical defect.
OF course it stands to reason that
some children had only a few defect
i've teeth, and others infected tonsils.
while others had three Of four de-
fective conditions together.
When we consider these figures we
cannot but be impressed by the neces-
sity of the work. BY far the greatest
number Of these children come from
the homes of intelligent and interest
ed parents who thoroughly have the
welfare of the children at heart, but
who are not sufficiently informed on
Preventive Medicine to know that a
child should be examined, physically,
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-12-19
COLUMBUS BOY IN
SHOOTING AFFRAY
Mr.. Thomas Phillips, Former
Columbian, Alleged Slayer OF
Man AT Stewart.

The following account of shoot
ing affray at Stewart, Miss, will be
read with regret by the many Co
lumbus friends of one of the partici-
pants, Mr.. Thomas Phillips. Mr..
Phillips formerly lived in Columbus
and was a student in the public
schools here.
The newspaper account of the af-
fray follows:
Eupora, Miss, Dec. 15.--Gus Nc
Garrh, a merchant, is dead and his
his 1s-year-old son is seriously
wounded as the result Of a shooting
affray which took place at Stewart,
five miles west of here, on the South
ern Railroad, Monday night, accord
ing to reports received here. Thomas
Phillips, another merchant of Stewart
is the alleged slayer and claims self
defense as the reason for the shoot
ing.
The quarrel, which resulted in the
shooting is said to have arisen over
game of pool and the shooting took
place in the pool room. Phillips claims
the two McGarrhs attacked him ant
that he was forced to use his gun Il
protect himself.
Phillips is said to have emptied hi
gun and then reloaded, but it SEEM
that only one shot took effect in eacl
of the men, the elder McGarrh beinI
hit in the heart and dying immediate
ly and young McGarrh was Wounds
IN the shoulder. Young McGarrh ha
cen removed to a hospital and is es
pected to recover. Both Phillips an
McGarrh are prominent merchants Q
Stewart.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-12-19
OFFICERS GOING
FOR BOOTLEGGERS
Several Have Been Caught In Past
Few Days--Determined Drive
Against Offenders.

The police have launched deter
mined offensive against bootleggers,
and as result Of their operations
during the past ten days eight Of
Tenders have been brought into
court.
Thursday Pete Anderson was
caught banking" supply of eat
in his garden. He was concealing
the stuff under the ground and was
operating along at a lively clip. Of
ficers Gentry and Robertson made
search of the neerO's premises in the
Seven Oaks section N North Colum-
bus and found the liquor.
T Anderson was given a hearing be-
I fore Mayor MeClanahan and fined
$50.
With the coming of the holidays
there has been renewed activity in
Bookkeeping and the officers are put
ting forth every effort to curb the
traffic.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-12-19
Know Your Own City,
Do You Know
That?
by v. B. INES


Saturday IS Christmas Day.
sighl I'm blue! Goodbye home
brew.
.Tpssdas y w Contest ny Of the
year.
YOU TELL EN- BRACELET, My
ear rings.
YOU TELL EN- BROWN SUGAR,
Pm refined.
Some men waste lot of time try
ing to save it.
Drilling operations. have been re-
sumed at the Hardy oil well.
X X
Today is the 354th. day Of the year.
The sun rises at ITO and sets at
4:44.
Every picture on the front page
this morning was cast in the Dispatch
office.
X X
All milk used in the manufacture
Of ice cream in Columbus must be
pasteurized.
Help the Salvation Army with it's
Christmas dinners for the poor anc
unfortunate.
i A lot of men never had any appe-
tite for liquor until the stuff went W
to so cents drink.
Il X n
A SUPREME TRAGEDY-A dis
appointed little child on Christmas
mornilg-'ole Santa failed to come.
Y X
The Dispatch casts its own photo
graphic plates and makes advertising
and pictorial plates in its own plant.
K \
Amt politics queer. For instance
Lincoln county in Georgia went demo
cratic and Jeff Davis county, Geor
gia, went Republican.
> 4
A reader asked if the U TEL
UMS in this column are original. n
dear reader, and we know lot tina
wouldn't do to print. You tell EN-.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-12-19
WANTS COLUMBUS
ON Big HIGHWAY
JACK C. WILSON ORGANIC
~ MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
HIGHWAY
VEL UNDER WAY
Highway Succeeds Burlington
Way.-Plan Big Tourist Move
ment Next Spring and
Summer.

Hon. Jack G. Wilson, native Mis-
sissippian, and secretary and general
manager of the Mississippi Valley
Highway Association, was in Column
bus on Friday for the purpose Of con-
Meeting this city up with his North
and South route.
The Mississippi Valley Highway is
the successor to the Burlington High
way, which was projected through this
section Ton paper two or three years
ago.
This association is one of the best
and more nearly perfected highway
organizations in the country, with ex-
ecutive offices in st. Louis.
Mr.. Wilson stated to a Dispatch re-
porter, Friday, that he expects a large
movement of tourists down the high.
way next spring and summer; that
already his association had promise Of
$50 automobiles to make the trip tt
the annual meeting which is to be
held in Meridian next fall.
Mr.. Wilson stated that his idea o.
the Incorporation of Columbus in tn,
highway plan would be to extend thu
route from Aberdeen to Columbus, ant
from Columbus to Artesia or som,
other convenient point to the west o.
south of Columbus.
Maps showing the various cities an,
towns along the highway have beef
issued, but Mr.. Wilson states that |
new map will be issued early in tn
new year, and he is anxious that Co
lumbus be included in the route il
time for place on the new map an
other literature to be issued earl
next year.
1t is Mr.. Wilson's intention to com
back to Columbus after the holiday
and confer with the officers of tn
Chamber of Commerce relative to CO
lumbus' cooperation in the develop
ment of the Mississippi Vale
Highway.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-12-19
READY FOR THE
LARGE CROWDS

Down at the Piggy Wiggly store
on South Market street the owners
are busy making preparations to
handle the big crowds Of shoppers
this week.
In the front lobby Of the store an
extra wrapping counter has been in
stalled and three cash registers will
register the sales instead of two dur
ing the rush hours.
Every facility and convenience for
serving the public is being looked nj
ter at the Piggy Wiggly store.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-12-19
EASTERN STAR.

The last regular meeting Of the
Eastern Star will be held Tuesday
at 1880 o'clock. Something Of in
terest to every member. Be sure to
be there. Visiting members are well
come.
Mrs. Dee Halbert, w. NJ.
Mrs. Eula Carson, Sec.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-12-19
CHAMBER PLANS
AID TO FARMERS
PLANNING LAUNCHING A
CAMPAIGN FOR DIVERSE
FICATION HERE.
WELLS TAKES LEAD
County Agent Will Work In Con
junction With The Chamber.
An Appropriation Has
Been Made.

The Chamber Of Commerce is maxi
ing plans for vigorous campaign OF
cooperation with the farmers Of the
Columbus territory with the view Of
rendering aid to the AGRICULTURAL in
terest Of this section in the develop
ment Of program Of diversified
ton.
This action was taken at the regu-
lar meeting Of the Board of Directors
of the organization Thursday night.
The Chamber will work in con-
junction with Mr.. Paul L. Wells,
county demonstration agent, and a
definite program of cooperation with
the farmers will be announced by the
first of the year.
In its budget the Chamber has set
aside $1,000 for agricultural develop
ment, and this fund will be used in
the promotion of the diversification
campaign.
This item forms the largest portion
of the organizations promotion bud
get, and it will be judiciously spent
in the movement of aid and co-opera-
ton with the farming interest OF the
Columbus territory.
1t is recognized that to cope with
the acute situation brought about
by the low prices of cotton there must
be drastic changes in our agricultur.
al activity. Yet, it is also known
that in this section it is not SO much
a matter of change, for our people
have been working along the righi
lines for number of year, and
therefore, the activities and Influence
of the Chamber of Commerce vii
lead to a greater development and ex
pansion of our plan of diversification
Mr.. Wells told the directors of tn
conditions prevailing in the countr!
generally and commended this sec
ton for it's foresight in starting tn
idea Of Investigation and livestocl
development years ago. He urge
a still further expansion of our pres
ent farming program and offere
some valuable suggestions along thi
line.
He suggested three plans OF de
velopment which if carried out intel
ligently will bring prosperity and IN
dependence to this section.
First, he would emphasize the live
stock industry and dairying. He sal
that every farm should have two Q
three good milk cows, that there is
ready market for all dairy product
in Columbus. He stresses the In
portance of securing good dairy cow
however. as much of the success
the industry depends on the grade {
the stock.
Second, he suggests hogs On
poultry as profitable undertaking
He said that few hens on the far
would be constant source of rev
nue. and would provide cash money a
through the seasons. 1t was point'
out that Mississippi is deriving on
100000 from poultry, whereas
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The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-12-19
A Message From Home
For All The Year

What could be more appro-
PIRATE as gift for Christmas
To one far away from the
Homeland. in these United
States or in some foreign coun-
try or State, than a subscription
to the Dispatch.
1t will be appreciated not
merely at the Christmas tame.
but all through the year. 1t will
carry the news of home and
home folks all during the year
to the recipient.
Send your friend or relative
a subscription to the Dispatch
as a Christmas gift.
IL will be appropriate and
will be appreciated.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-12-19
RESULTS
By Tom Mcintyre.

By Tom Mcintyre.
at is working fine, | am getting
results from it, and hearing from il
right along" said Tom Mcintyre in
commenting on a little display
Christmas advertisement he is run
ming in the Dispatch. II suggested
giving plumbing for Christmas, asic
good suggestion, too.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-12-19

Miss Rose Wyatt, of the Practice
School Of M. S. c. W., and her niece,
Miss Daphne Ransom, of the Barrow
faculty, will leave this week to spend
the Christmas holidays in their home
at Gadsden, Ga.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-12-19

Mrs. L. P. Aldrieh has returned to
the delta for an extended visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Aldrich.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-12-19
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pages in this issue of the Dis
patch. 1t il full Of the news of
the stores; the news Of the day
and many interesting Christ
mas features. Three sections.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-12-19

Mr.. G. Y. Banks has returned from
a business trip to Birmingham.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-12-19

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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-05-20
SKATERS MORALE OF JAIL
Prisoner Is Robbed OF $50 While
+. Awaiting Arraienment In New
York Court.

New Worthwhile awaiting ar.
raignment in the court Of special ses-
sions In the Bronx, Frank Fatagano,
driver, forty-seven, Of 252o Arthur
avenue the Bronx, was robbed OF
$40 in the pen leading to the court
room. Fatagano was charged with fall
ure to support two children who were
city charges. The amount involved
was SAT. An acquaintance visited
him in the prison pen and gave him
k20.
When arraigned Fatagano pleaded
guilty with the idea Of making q par
tial payment as evidence Of good
faith. When he reached for the
money 1t was gone, and he cried out
that he had been robbed in the court
room. William Cullen, >clerk Of the
court, quieted him and Justice Daniel
f. Murphy, who was presiding, e.
claimed: "The morale Of the jail has
gone to pieces; there are evidently
some thieves around here"
Fatagano was paroled and received
time to make the payment for the sup
port Of his children.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-05-20
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
State Of South Carolina,
Hnnnfu ap nilInf, -


Whereas, petitions signed by more
than one-thfrd Of the qualified. cleo
tors and like proportion Of the resi-
dent freeholders of the age Of 21s
years of Minturn School district No.
6 Of the county and State aforesaid 4
asking that an election be granted In
said district on the question Of In
creasing the levy for common school
purposes by 4 mills have been pre-
scnted to the county board Of educa
tion; now by authority vested In us
under Sec. 1741, Civil Code 1912,
aid election Is hereby ordered held
On Tuesday, June 1st, at McLaurin's
store. Common school purposes.
The trustees shall act as managers
OF said election and only such cleo
tors as return real or personal pro-
perty for taxation and who exhibit
their tax receipts and registration
certificates as required In general
elections shall be allowed to vote. rs
| Each elector who fayors the pro-
posed levy shall cast ballot With
the word "Yes'' written or printed
thereon, and each elector opposed to
said levy shall cast ballot with the
word mo" written or printed there
on. ~
w. c. MOORE,
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-05-20

80 degrees below. Packs of gray
wolves hung on his trail. They kill
ed two Of his dogs in an attack on his
camp. He killed them every day by
the dozen. This, Chappins believes,
saved his life, for the half-starved,
desperate brutes feasted on the car
casses of their dead companions.
Faced Snow Alone.
A little farther on his Indian guide
turned back. The frozen desolation
that lay ahead struck him with panic
terror. Chappns went on alone. He
drove ahead two days In the teeth
of blizzard. His provisions ran low.
He lived on short rations Of pemmican
and tea. At the silver camp at Darnier
he obtained fresh supplies and a new
guide and pressed on to the Hudson
Bay post at Fond du Lac.
He found Peterson's body perfectly
preserved In the cold, dry air. There
were no signs Of violence. Peterson's
diary lay open on table. The last
entry, made March 20. 1918, read:
81 am very sick. 1t would be hell II
I should die out here among the snow
drifts all alone"
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-05-20
lC-SOUND CABIN
TOMB OF TRAPPER
Dies All Alone In Frozen Wilder
ness of the Canadian
: A Northwest.
EPlTAPH ON HIS DOOR
Wounded Policeman Makes Hazardous
Journey Of 1000 Miles 70 Investl-
gate Fate o. Man Suspected
Of belng Murdered.

Saskatoon, Sask.--Emmanuel Peter.
son, a Hudson Bay company trapper.
fell asleep In his lonely cabin IN the
northern wilderness near Fond du Lac
II months ago. He lies today just az
he fell asleep, in his bunk with his
blankets tucked around him. The
wolves that howl about bis shack and
the roaring biizzards that pile the win
ter SHOWS to the clapboard roof will
never awaken him from his slumber.
There he viii continue to sleep. pos
sibly forever. His old log cabin. which
he built himself, has become his
nausoleum. A sheet Of paper tackled
on the door bears his epitaph written
In English. French Cree and Chepe-
wyan:
'aThis is the grave Of Emanuel Pc
terson. Let no man disturb it."
Constable NJ. Chappins of the Royal
Northwest mounted police travelled
1900 miles through snow and storm to
write that epitaph. His return to
Saskatoon after a three-months jour
uey is the last chapter in the tale.
Suspected Staying.
News that man lay dead in a cabin
somewhere north Of Lake Athabaska
trickled down out of the frozen North
to Edmonton last February. The man
had been dead then nine months.
There was q suspicion that he might
have been murdered. Chappins was
assigned to make an investigation. It
Is such work as this that has built
the heroic traditions Of Canada's corps
of Scarlet RiSers.
He set out from Prince Albert. A
branch line Of one Of the transconti-
mental railways took him beyond the
farms to the northern end Of the steel
highway at Big River. He outftted
with a. sled and dog team at Isle a la
Crosse and with an Indian guide
struck into the wilderness. The ther-
mometer registered 80 degrees below
zero. The snow was two feet deep.
At Cree lake the snow was four
feet deep and the mercury stood at
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-05-20

edge Of the road about 300 yards
away, thought I'd better take the
gun along with me. left the gun at
the foot of the pole and climbed up to
make some repairs. Just as ! heard
a roar my glance met the biggest
black bear ever saw In these parts
or anywhere else, charging down on
me. He was Tar enough away for me
to slip down the pole and get my gun.
As I started to climb up again In a
hurry, old Bruin reared on his
haunches and swiped at me with his
paw. He Just missed me and I went
up to the top and he after me. must
have been excited, for shot all my
cartridges at him as he was climbing
the pole.
sHe got up about ten feet, began to
slip, and down he went. he reared
up on his launches again and just
paraded around that pole for two
mortal hours. When I saw had
missed him was so mad that I threw
my gun at him.
81 was some scared, I'll tell the
world, when that big black fellow
started up the pole after me. took
my field telephone and connected as
quick as I could with central at
.Stroudsburg and told her to send help
quick as had been treed by bear.
"After waiting for me until he got
tired the bear turned and ambled of
into the woods. When I thought he
had gone, I Skinned down the pole,
got my motorcycle and beat 1t for
home"
what gets me-" said Titman, lis
that / am @ first-class telephone trou:.
BILE shooter for my company, and /
couldn't shoot my own troubles even
when / had a gun"
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-05-20
IMPRISONED IN BANK VAULT
Assistant Cashier Was Taking Family
Over Institution When Child
Closed Door.

Tulsa. Okla.-C. T. Everett, an as
sistant cashier Of the First National
bank. took his wife and small child
and his father and mother down to the
bank on a Saturday night to see where
he worked. He showed them over the
place and then took them into the
safety deposit vault. The child closed
the door to the vaul,. locking his par
ents and grandparents in. After de-
hatin" for some time whether to cal
The fir" dCpai tment or the cashier. tn
ban,: ,-.ployce called the latter, and
Mr.. Everett and his party were let out
none the worse FOR their experience
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-05-20
! BEAR STORY TOLD
. by TROUBLE Man
Says Brun Chased Him Up Pole
and Then Fell Ten Feet
From Top.

Hardwick, N. 1.-THE story OF being
'pdled' by the biggest black bear rang
Ing the Blue. mountains. was ''told
here by Joseph Titman, q trouble
shooter of the American Telegraph
and Telephone company Of Strouds-
burg, Pa. Titman was repairing wires
on the top of a telegraph pole when he
saw a huge black bear charging upon
him from q clump Of trees about 10
yards away. q.
II had taken my gun along" said
Titman, ''to shoot some ground hogs,
and when l left my motorcycle on the
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-05-20
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
State of South Carolina,
Gnnnfu Of nillnn

State of South Carolina,
County Of Dillon.
Whereas, petitions signed by more
than one-third Of the qualified cleo
tors and like proportion of the resi-
dent freehoIders of the age of 81
ears of Ffoydale School district No.
~ Of the county and State aforesaid
asking that an election be granted in
said district on the question Of in
|creasing the levy for common school
purposes by mills have been rpe-
sented to the county board of educa
ton; now by authority vested in US
under Sec. 1741, Civil Code 1912.
said election Is hereby ordered held
on Tuesday, June 1st, at Mr.. Floyd's
store.
The trustees shall act as managers
OF said election and only such elec-
tors as return real or personal pro-
Iperty for taxation and who exhibit
their tax receipts and registration
certificates as required in general
elections shall be allowedLto vote.
Each elector who favors the pro
posed levy shall cast a ballot with
the word Eyes" written or printed
thereon, and each elector OPPOSED to
said levy shall cast a ballot with the
word "No" written or printed there.
on.
W. C. MOORE.
H. N. COUSAR,
r. 8. ROGERS.
Members Of the County Board oi
Education. 6-2o-2t.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-05-20
Farmer Is Victim of Own
I Dynamite Thief Trap


Winsted, Conn.-When Henry
Koehler, fifty-eight, farmer of
West Cornwall, discovered that
his barn was being systematical-
ly looted, he fastened dynamite
over the barn door so that If a
thief came at night he would ex-
plode it and be blown up. Last
night he forgot his trap and
opened the door without taking
precautions. The dynamite ex-
ploded, and Koehler Is now In
a hospital suffering with pain
full cuts on the legs and thighs.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-05-20
BABY IS LOST IN MOVING
forgotten by Mother, the Child Is
Found Smothered In
Mattress

Oakland, Cal.-Busied with getting
her furniture ready for moving to an.
other apartment, Mrs. Joseph Valado
placed her month-old baby on n mat
tress. She tossed blanket over II to
keep the baby warm.
The expresSman failed to see tn
child wheI he relied up the mattress
and III r.Get and threw tie bundle int"
the wagon. TIL" child smotherad b.
fore IL WAS missed.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-05-20

in a rising tide on the slippery
growth. The moments passed. each
hours long to the anxious boys, who
watched the tide rising against them
with every fresh roll Of the sea. Mi
raculously the fog briefly lifted, and
far away two fishermen. Elijah Estes
and Frank York, caught glimpse OF
the stranded lads and went to their
rescue-just In the nick Of time
Dyer and Griffin say they prefer
any other perch to. seaweed six miles
from shore In a Maine fog with an In
coming tide. q.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-05-20
LOST IN FOG, BOYS
HAVE CLOSE CALL
Nearly Drowned by Tide off
Maine Coast When Fisher.
men Rescue Them. 9

Chebeague, Me.-Dense fog nearly
cost the lives Of two young Chebeague
island fishermen sens.-fof Augustus
Dyer and Capt. John Griffin. The
boys were out In Hampton boat. gill;
netting OF Halfway Rock. when they
lost their bearings In the fog, and the
nrst they knew their keel grated on
q reef and Immediately they were
plunged into the ocean.
BY good luck they gained a footing
on the seaweed. standing waist deep