The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-03-10


: Good morning, Mr.. Editor; we are
= thankful to be able to be with the
: quill pushers of The Dispatch again,
: after battle of three weeks with
4 Spanish Influenza. And believe me,
= gentlemen Of the. jury, the flu is
: something fierce. The writer and his
> wife were both down with flu at the
y same time. However, we are truly
= thankful that we are up once more,
: trying to gather up few stray items
4 for The Dispatch, which will Of ne
= cessity be short this time.
: Very few families in this section
4 escaped the flu. In one family there
I were seven persons in bed at the
:. same time from the malady. We are
! glad to report that all are now on the
: road to recovery, IN the past sixty
: days we have had Ieverything from
: the chicken pox up. Hope everybody
i will be fully restored to health again
y D
Y as the beautiful spring time returns.
!. A sure enough spell of old-fashion
! winter weather recently arrived here
. from somewhere up north, and has
. : had'aR icy grip on fhings 'in general.
: The ice man has BEEN put completely
4 out Of business.
/. Our school has been greatly dimin-
: ished in attendance on account of flu
i and cold weather, but we are hopeful
Z that the attendance win soon be back
: to normal and that much good work
4 may be accomplished.
: We received a letter a few days
= ago from our friend, Mr.. d. ?. Tun-
n nell, of Texarkana, Tex. This gen.
= tleman spent all his early life in
:. Lowndes County, but for the past few
4 years he has been living in Texas. He
n was 81 years of age on February 7th.
:. He was remembered on his birthday
: by numerous friends with presents.
N He is in good health and is able to
y work all the time Mr. Tunnel is
. regular reader of The Dispatch.
n He is member Of the Caledonia
n Lodge of Odd Fellows, and has been
for many years. He is one of the
= oldest members, of the Odd Fellows in
m Mississippi. May he live to see many
u more happy birthdays.
. Miss Vera Wells, daughter of Mr..
: and Mrs. John Wells, of West Gale
q donia, and Mr.. Andrew Crossley, OF
, near Vernon, Ala, were married here
!. ON Sunday, February Goth, by the
! Rev. O. T. Egger. The bride is an
= attractive young lady, and is greatly
:. admired by all who know her. The
: groom is a prosperous young farmer
q of the Vernon section The best
= wishes of host of friends are ex-
:. tended to them. May their married
v life be very happy.
. Mrs. Lula Blewitt and daughter, OF
v Steens, were the weekend guests OF
q Mrs. Blewitt's mother, Mrs. Martha
/. Egger, of East Caledonia.
Mr.. T. L. Dowdle spent last week
y transacting business in Birmingham
Miss Maggie Egger and Miss Kath
= leen Caldwell, students of the S. D
: Lee High School in Columbus, spent
. Saturday and Sunday in Caledonia.
: Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Freeman are
. receiving the congratulations OF then
: friends over the arrival of fine boy
= in their home on Saturday morning
y Mr.. A. NJ. Lawrence had tenant
\ house burned on his farm near the
, iron bridge few days ago. The ne
: gro man who lived in the house los
: 400 pounds of meat and all his house
= hold goods. The house was the ole
y Lawrence home, where most of the
family were born and reared. L
= was heavy loss to Mr. Lawrence.
Mr.. Guy Jamison, of Columbus
. visited his parents here on Saturday
\ afternoon.
Mr.. A. N. Lawrence is numbered
= among the sick this week.
y We understand that Mr.. NJ. c
-, Nickles is dangerously i'll, We hop