The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-27
MERIDIAN, MISS.

Meridian. Miss, April .-Cspecial)- Civilian. Red Cross and government re- lief workers are now in close touch with all those rendered destitute by last Tuesdays tornado in this immediate section. Temporary relief has been sf- forded every one, tents, cots, cooking utensils, bedclothing, wearing apparel and rations having been supplied Today hundreds of shopmen and others who were given a holiday because of pecora- ton Day. spent the time in clearing the ground of debris and making prepara- tions for the rebuilding of homes in the
 evastated territory. Men from the New Orleans and Northeastern shops and other shops closed for the holiday car ried tools to the territory, and wher7 ever it was possible to begin rebuilding work it was done. Relief funds are still coming in. but, the total is far short of he amomt that will be necessary. About 29O00 has been paid in to Treasurer J. I. Reed of the general relief commit ee but considerable more has been sub scribed that will be available by tofnor- ,ow. The relief work has been extended from this immediate vicinity to Jasper effu NeSnDDA tVullitS anu Nt thC NA'
 ricts between Wanita and Enterprise. where more than ten families were rem
 cred destitute and where one child was
 filed on the day following the tornado " the collapse of the home weakened oy the tornado. Two others from there we're brought to Meridian hospitals badly hurt. All were negroes. The death Of this child and Mary Ward, who died at a local hospital late Saturday, runs the Ifcf fa eiub with the condition of several injured still critical.
 The crowded condition at the Matty tiersee Charity Hospital has been re- ieved by the placing of tents on the .ampus at the Lincoln negro school
 rlere a number of negro nurses are cay ng for the members of their race under he direction of Prof T. J. Harris for the
 led Cross and local physicians.
 The city hall has been made headquar- .ers for government and Red Cross sup plies. and under the direction of w. Gallagher and Mayor John NJ DabneS
 equisitions from the Red Cross head
 quarters for the sufferers are being filled IS rapidly as possible. up to late today rnore than 100 destitute families having eceved temporary attention
 Late yesterday afternoon tents. foo and all necessary supplies were carried automobiles by voluntary workers to he district amount Arundel Springs and savoy, eight miles east of Meridian where all sufferers were looked after,
 All preliminary arrangements for the fifteenth annual convention of the Ms iissippi Bar Association to be held hers Wednesday and Thursday have been com. oleted by committees appointed by the Lauderdale County Bar Association at a recent meeting of tfe body. The conven- tion promises to be the best attended in years and will be filled with a number of features, the most interesting of which will be the annual address to be de. liVered by James Hamilton Lewis of Chicago, nationally known statesman and former United States senator fron- Illinois. The subject Mir Lewis has eEosen to discuss is The Yesterdays and Fomorrows of International Peace Trea- 'ies for America. This address will be delivered at 10.3O o'clock Thursday morn ing at the city hall auditorium where all the sessions of the association will be held and where they will be open to the public.
 The Lauderdale county conference in the interest of the Interchurch World movement, said to be one of the most ambitious cooperative enterprises ever undertaken by Protestant denominations will be convened at Central Methodist church here tomorrow morning It is ex- pected that the conference will be largely represented by every church in tbe