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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-10-31
CIRCULATION

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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-10-31
The Weather

OREGON: Tonight and Tuesday
rain; fresh to strong southwester-
IL gales.
LOCAL: Rainfall .03: southerly
winds: cloudy: maximum SO. min
imum 48: river 2-1 feet and fau-
ing.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-10-31

Mr.. and Mrs Mowry drove on in
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-09

the Confederate Military Department
Of Alabama and Mississ ppi, he
plairer?
The surrender at Chronicle on the
8th, as distinguished from the ftst
meeting of these Generals on the 4th
previous, just north of Mobile, when
and where an armistice merely was
agreed on, is the official date of the
recognized freedom of the colored PEG
Pile of Mississippi, and hence their
celebration on that date.
A communication of General Candy
under date of the 4th of May, to the
War Department at Washington, was
misleading, and doubtless caused the
confusion with which the author of
the article in the last issue Of your
paper Is obsessed. General Candy
therein inadvertently represented the
proceedings on the 4th. as a surrender,
instead of an armistice looking for
ward GA surrender. which. as shown,
took place on the 9Th Of May MIL
tary men know the marked difference
between an armistice and surrender.
One does not have to do more than
refer to an English dictionary to learn
the meaning of an armistice to be,
"a temporary cessation, by mutual
agreement, of hostilities; truce"
The author of this communication
was at said time Adjutant-Gcneral of
General w. II. Jackson commanding a
division in Forests Cavalry Corps,
and which General. was the Commits
sioncr on the part of the Confederates
10 authenticate muster rolls and other
necessary papers Gen. Jackson met
1t GAINESVILLE, Ala, on the fol
owing day, to-wit: May 9th, Gen
,ral +. S. Dennis, the Federal Com
missioner, when the work of paroling
,egan. Hence, the undersigned writer
personally knows that the date of sur
.ender Of this Department, and con
.eauent freedom Of the negro in Mis-
issippi. was first officially recognize I
ID on May Sth, 1865.
f. T. SYKES. /
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-09
AN ATTRACTIVE BADGE

The medallion badges that are to
be sold e. and worn by our hundred
Of guests during the Centennial and
Homecoming are very attractive and
will prove to be a handsome souvenir
Of the memorable occasion during
coming years.
On the front Of the badge are the
words, Columbus, Miss, Centennial
and Homecoming Week, l82l-l92l."
Accompanying the words are the pic
lures Of two Indians, one of the period
when Columbus was founded, and an
Indian Of the Present day. The two
Indians are standing on an emincnce
overlooking the city and the present
day Indian is pointing out to the In
dian Of a hundred years ago the beau
tiful city of Columbus spread out be
fore them.
On the reverse side are the dates
1S2l-l92l. with the following inscrip-
tion: Columbus. Miss, Celebrating
100 years Of Civic Progress"
The mcdallions will be sold during
Centennial Week by the Parent
Teacher Association Of Columbus.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-09
ScuoOlNorrs
Lee High p. t. A.

Last Wednesday afternoon the Pat
ron-Teacher Association of the S. D.
Lee High School met in the high
school building with a full attendance
and an enthusiastic spirit. Mrs. f. T.
Baird, the efficient president Of the
organization, opered the program with
beautiful address, stressing in an
eloquent way the plea for the sister
hood of all mothers, and giving the
history, motive and something of the
activities of the international Moth
ers' Conference and Parent-Teacher
Association. This was received with
sincere appreciation by the members
present. DR.. H. H. Ellis superintend-
ent of the city schools, followed Mrs,
Baird on the program, expressing his
gratitude and appreciation for the
help and cooperation of the P. T. A.,
and making special plea for the
good women to use the ballot for the
uplift of all Columbus; since the vote
has become privilege it is also a
responsibility.
Matters of business followed and
each chairman present gave an inter-
esting survey of the program for the
coming year.
Mrs. George Banks announced the
reception on Thursday afternoon, Civ
en- by the Parent-Teacher Associations
of the three city schools for Doctor
Ellis and the members of the faculty
Mrs John Laws, chairman of the
service committee, told of the plans
to serve delicious refreshments of
various kinds in an uptown store dur
ing the Centennial Celebration.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-09
WHY THE EIGHTH OF MAY
the Question, Why Is the Sth of May Annually
Celebrated by the Colored People of Mississippi?

of the Confederate Government" rec
ords the following:
con pages 224 and 225 of his book
f. Destruction and Reconstruction
Taylor General gives an account of
the intelligence received Of the john
stonSherman convention Of the 18th
Of April and of the meeting between
( Candy and himself to arrange terms
for his army, and an agreement that
there should be an armistice; but he
says, two days after that meeting
news was received of Johnstons sur
render. At same time he was
notified that the Johnston Sherman
convention had been disavowed by the
United States Government, and
notice given of the termination of
the armistice. Under these circum-
stances he asked General Candy to
meet him again, and on the 9Th of
May, two days before | was captured,
he agreed with Candy on terms for the
surrender Of the land and naval forces
in Mississippi and Alabama"
Now, turning to page 224 of Gen
eral Taylor's Destruction and Re
construction it will be seen recorded
the following:
Intelligence of the Johnston Sher-
man convention reached us, and Candy
and were requested by the officials
making it to conform to its terms UNI
til the civil authorities acted A
meeting was arranged to take place
a few miles north of Mobile, where
the appearance of the two parties con-
trasted the fortunes of our respective
causes. A bountiful luncheon
was spread, of which we partook,
with joyous poppings of champagne
corks for accompaniment, the first
agreeable explosive sound | had heard
for years"
On pages 225 and 226 of same book
is recorded the following;
"The party separated, Candy for
Mobile, | for Meridian where within
two days came news of Johnston's /
surrender in North Carolina, the cap
ture Of President Davis in Georgia, |
and notice from Candy that the truce
must terminate. | informed General /
Candy that | desired to meet him for .
the purpose of negotiating a sur
render of my forces. :. On the Sth
of May, 1865, at Citrnelle, forty miles
north of Mobile, | delivered the
epilogue fthe great drama in which
had played an humble part"
Can the record of the surrender by
General Taylor to General Candy, of
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-09
School Tax Carried.

The vote for an additional levy OF
one mill for the support of the schools
of the county outside of Columbus
resulted in a majority of one being
cast in favor of the levy. The elec.
ton commissioners so reported to the
Board of Supervisors and the board
will order the levy at its November
session. The vote was 161 for the
levy and 100 against. This means
that the country schools will have
sufficient money to run the full term,
and that the education of the children
in the country will not have to he
curtailed because of parsimony.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-09
Editor of the Dispatch;

Editor Of the Dispatch:
An answer to the question, "Wh!
the Sth of May is annually celebrated
by the colored people of Mississippi
A communication appearing in th'
last Wednesdays issue of the Colum.
bus Dispatch, contains the following
paragraphs:
"Along with the custom Of observ-
ing Confederate Decoration Day, thC
date and occasion of which has been
thoroughly discussed and determined
upon, is that Of Emancipation Day
both the results of the war of Secs
sion. The eighth of May is locally
celebrated by the beneficiaries Of the
latter upon the association of it with
the date of surrender of this depart
ment at the close of the war. This,
however, is utterly untenable, as is
conclusively shown by this memoran-
dunn Of conditions Of the surrender of
the forces and munitions of war, etc,
in the Department of Alabama, Mis-
sissippi and East Louisiana, com
manded by Lieut.. Gen Richard Tay-
Tor, U. S. Army, TO Maj. Gen. Edward
r. S. Candy, q. S. Army, entered into
on the 4th day of May, 1865, at
Chronicle, Ala, and signed by R. Tay-
Tor, Lieut.. General, and Ed. II. S.
Candy, Maj. General.
(Copied from the Reeords)
Why then the 9Th Of May? Diligent
inquiry Of those who were supposed
to. know, have failed in giving a sat
isfactory answer. As stated, .ths,
like other celebrations throughout the
country are local in nature and 4th
of May, 1865, was on Thursday held
at various dates. The suggestion of
solution then is that as the and dur
ing the following three days, includ
ing Sunday, the news was carried in
all directions and work was positively
discontinued. On MOI day there was
doubtless a general REIMBURSEMENT of
work and servitude and that day has
since been known and observed here
as Emancipation Day"
Years ago, in answer to similar
question asked me by the late Mr..
Harrison Johnston and in compliance
with his request, furnished for pub
LEGATION in the Dispatch a. communica-
tion giving the reason why the Sth Of
May is so celebrated | now repeat
in substance what said communica-
tion contained as authority for said
celebration.
President Davis in Vol. 2, page Cos,
of his great work, the Rise and Fall
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-09
GIANTS vICTORS

New York, Oct. THE Giants
awoke from their two days of leth-
argy today and sprinkled the green's
ward at the Polo Grounds with such
a shower of hits that the Yankees
were swamped under, score of 10 to
5 in the third game of the world
series.
the National Leaguers had gone
runless for 20 innings up to the third
session of this afternoons struggle,
Then the outbreak of hitting started
Stealing the Yankees thunder, as
the latter had stolen theirs in the
previous games of the series in speed
and daring on the bases, John Nc
Graw's men, after spotting their
American League opponents to four
run lead, promptly cancelled this adj
vantage, driving Bob Shawkey, who
had started for Miller Higgins team,
off the mound in the third inning
Then, after the score had run along in
a tie for three innings, they broke out
with an orgy of hitting against second
string Yankee pitchers in the tradi-
tional "lucky seventh" inning, put
ting over eight runs in this chapter
and piling up total of 13 runs and
20 hits in their eight innings at the
bat.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-09
JUSTICE FINES
A BLIND TIGER
Having White Lightning In His Pos
session Costs Negro One
Hundred Dollars.

MarccIlus Wallace, a negro who
conducts a pool hall on Catfish Alley
was fired one hundred dollars ant
costs yesterday morning by Mr.. C.
M. Reeves, justice Of the peace.
Officers found three half-pint bot
ties filled with white lightning in the
negro's possession, along with a
quantity of half-pint bottles.
The negro did not contest the ac-
cusation, but entered a plea of guilty.
For this reason Mr.. Reeves let him
off with fine.
The officers are determined to break
up retailing, and are constantly OH
the alert for violators Of the pro-
hibition laws.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-09

Read The Dispatch Want Ids.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-09
Lee High School.

In the past week there have been
many interesting chapels at the High
School After chapel Friday there
was a Hi-Y meeting that was quite
interesting, resulting in the election
of officers Mr., Goodwin Myrick was
made president; Mr.. Bascon Hunter.
vice-president, and Mr., George Brown
secretary and treasurer, with Mr..
Frank King as reporter.
AT chapel time Thursday the pupils
initiated the newly elected cheer lead
ers, Mr.. Walter Kern Long and Miss
Juanita Gardner, both of the junior
class, with an enthusiastic practice
of yells for the foot ball game Fri
day afternoon.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-09

Read the Dispatch Want Ads.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-09
Barrow School

The pupils of Barrow School have
been interested in securing members
for the Barrow Parent-Teacher Asso.
citation during the past week and the
grades are wing with each other for
the prize, which will be an indoor base
ball; this will go to the grade that
gets the largest number of parents.
Friday marked the close of the first
school month and the pupils Of this
school, numbering 1926, will receive
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-09

their reports Wednesday afternoon.
They have done good work as whole
and the school organization is running
perfectly. AS a celebration of the
close OF this month the pupils of the
sixth grade played an interesting ball
game Friday, the girls contestinx
against the boys.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-09
BIG FREE ATTRACTION.

We will have Special Demonstra.
tor with US on Thursday and Friday
to demonstrate our new Crate Stove.
Don't fail to see this.
M'GOWAN-PEGUEs- SHERRoD
HARDWARE COMPANY.
Corner Market and College.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-09

to be in the Centennial parade. The
junior class was in the lead in the
last count, with the total amount for
the whole school $3.50.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-09

The classes of the high school are
having an interesting contest in
which they are striving to beat each
other in raising money for the float
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-09
PARoUNDIEzE
Miller-B urkhaIter.

Mr.. r. A. Miller and Miss Lille
Belle Burkhalter, of Gordo, Ala, were
united in marriage at the office of Mr..
c. NJ. Reeves on October 5th. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
7. l.. Walker, of Gordo.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-09
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that in the
future no more hunting or fishing
viii be allowed on any Of our lands.
Let all govern themselves accordingly.
i. L. OWEN,
battle BELL
c. H. EVANS.
WAYNE BUSH.
FRANK c. OWEN.
l0-9-2t
The diamond drill., 1921-06-04

Hiram Aeshliman, who represented
Crystal Falls Lodge r. e. A. in the
grand lodge session at Battle Creek
last week returned home Friday. The
1921 session was an extremely inter-
esting one. The fight for grand mar
shal resulted In the selection OF
George w. Graves OF Detroit.
Fifteen new lodges were instituted
during the year. The grand lodge
adopted law prohibiting the use OF
Masonic lodge rooms for any order
not strict Masonic, This law CAME
as result OF what was known as the
Grotto controversy the latter being
an organization claiming the right
to use Masonic lodge rooms. Like
wise the use OF the word Masonic"
or the use OF tho initials IF. g. A. NJ"
or The use OF the symbols OF the or
der In connection with insurance or
ganizations was prohibited.
There are 100 inmates In the Mason
ic home AZ Alma. all IN abnormally
good health.
Read The Ads
The diamond drill., 1921-06-04

City OF Crystal Falls Paid Dearly For
Rock From the Odgers' Mine

II has been generally supposed by
the taxpayers OF the city that the mine
waste rock used to build Brier Hill
street the half block on Third. the
block on Fourth and the two tlocks
on Marquette streets cost the city
nothing. Such is not the case, so far
as the Diamond Drill can learn. The
rock was paid for, not dn money but
In work done for the Mckinney Steel
Company by city truck The arrange
ment was one between local Supt.
Harrison and Manager Sanders where
by the city turned over its $4,000
Packard truck TO haul gravel from
the pit on the Hennipin lands to the
Tobin mine. The truck worked thir-
ty-two days, the Mckinney Steel Co.
paying the driver and furnishing the
gasoline.
What was the value OF these serv-
ices? The only way one can measure
them Is by comparison with what the
city charged other taxpayers.
One taxpayer In figuring up the
matter during the week put II this
way. Mrs. Paul Smith, one OF our
oldest and most respected pioneer
women has maintained herself and
been benefactor TO the community
these many years by feeding the pub
lic, feeding them well and very rea-
sonably, so reasonably, in fact. that
her boarders had TO raise their own
board when they saw that she was
not getting what she ought to get
for her services. Mrs. Smith purchased
load OF slab wood last fall and got
the city truck to unload Il. The
charge to Mrs. Smith was $25 per day
for the truck, including the driver
and supplies. The Mckinney Steel
Co. got this same service for nothing.
Thus was the widows mite equalized
with a grasping. close listed servant
OF the strong.
AT this rate, and figuring both par
ties benefactors, In a certain sense,
the truck certainly ought TO have been
worth SIS per day to the Mckinney
Steel Company. 1t worked thirty-two
days and worked hard, so hard that Il
was pretty we'll "shot" when II was
laid up. At that rate the city paid
$500 for the rock on those streets.
That Is pretty fair price for tae
rock, fully the 30 cents that was de-
manded for the Dunn mine rock
The diamond drill., 1921-06-04
Subscription $500 per year.
committee OF Ten Came 10 Terms
and Deed Is Passed

anu Deed - Passed
The old Hotel Lockwood ao,s
passed from Charles A. Robinson 10
the committee OF ten who put up the
money to purchase them. The COM
niittee consists Of Or. A. L. Haiebt
H. IS. Webb. Andrew Ostrand. Thorn
as Conltn, Ira 0dgers, James r. Cor
coran. ID. j. Oswald, Ben G. Neelv
Faul School and A. L. Burridge.
Inc purchase was made with tho
stipulation that the property Is 10
decided by the purchasers 10 the
crystal Falls Hotel Companv for
the purpose OF building a hotel ana
community building. Failure OF tho
enterprise necessitates the return OF
the property TO Mr.. Robinson, ho
returning the money paid In.
Ihe money was placed in the hands
OF ar. Corcoran as trustee and unon
the delivery OF a satisfactory deed
ne turns II over TO Mr.. Robinson
Christ Olson. who purchased the
old building was notified yesterday
that he must remove the structure
at once.
It Is the intention OF the purchas-
ers to get to work on the excavation
at once. A number of subscribers 10
the hotel stock are now out of work.
These men will be given an oppor-
tunity to work out their subscription
on the foundations Of the building
IL Is expected that by this means n
great deal OF the foundation work
can be paid for.
The stock subscriptions are now
within $4,000 Of the goal necessary
and several sources are open where
this hole is going to be plugged un
within the next two weeks.
Work upon the hotel will surely
start by July l and 1t is hoped to so
push it that the hotel will De avail
able for the big /. o. o. r. conven-
zion here next May.
The diamond drill., 1921-06-04
IRON RIVER BUILDER WILL REMOD-
Ell COURT HOUSE BASEMENT
BOND BID WAS AN ENIGMA
First Report Of County AgricuItur-
ist Shows Much New Activity in
Land Clearing

Mr.. Proksch. the well known Iron
River building contractor was award
ed a contract to remodel the base
ment Of the court house at the meet
ing of the board held in the super
visor's room in the court house last
Saturday The cost of the work will
be little In excess OF $4,000
-Four departments will be arranged
for in the present basement One for
the county agriculturalist. one for
the road commission. one for the poo
commission and one for the count.
school commissioner
AT present these officials are scat
tered about among the other Offices
with no regular Official habitaion.
The poor commission is quartered i'm
the lobby Of the second or court room
floor
New quarters must be provided for
the court house janitor and that mat
ter will be taken up soon.
The Bond Bid Puzzles
Two bids were received for the
$4,000 issue OF road bonds. One bid
on It's face was par" but an accom-
panying letter threw considerable
doubt upon the real intention of the
bidder.
The other bid was very ambiguous
but evidently, when reduced to
straight, everyday English, II meant
that the county should pay consider
able OF bonus.
In order to get the exact meaning
of the bids in intelligent terms il
was thought best to take an adjourn
ment for a week SO as TO give the
clerk thine TO communicate with the
prospective buyers.
Agriculturalist Active
The first formal report OF the work
OF the county agriculturalistA under
the commission supervision, was read
10 the board and It showed that the
county agent has been more active
than AS commonly believed.
A total OF $4,000 pounds OF T. n. T,
was distributed all Of which has been
used in blowing out stumps during
the past two months. 1t Is estimated
that from 500 TO 1000 acres OF cleared
land was added to the county's total
during that time and fully as much
more will be added later after harv-
est IS over.
Another movement that he has
greatly advanced Is getting rid OF the
scrub bulls that have been running
at large in the county. a detriment 70
the fine herds that are being up a.
great expense.
VIII Advertise County
The county agricultural commits
sion was authorized to set up five bull
letin boards along the trunk line high
ways Of the county advising tourists
OF the industrial possibilities OF Iron
county. The boards will be distri-
buted as follows One at the Mans
field entrance TO the county. one at
the Florence entrance. one at the AL
vim entrance, one at Tamrack lake
entrance and one midway between
Crystal Falls and Iron River.
Because OF the new law doing
away with signs along trunk line
highways, the commission will be
compelled to get the permission Of
the land owner 10 erect the signs
The bulletins will be expensive ant
permanent and It is planned to have
them advantageously located
The diamond drill., 1921-06-04
STOLE BELT FROM MILL
Someone Took Belts by Boat Across
River and Loaded Them Onto
Wagons

The mill OF the Iron County Lumber
and Fuel Company was visited last
Saturday night by some thieves who
stole the main drive belt, took it by
boat across the river and then by
wagon TO the north. II Is supposed
that some person owning a small saw
mill perpetrated the act.
The robbers took an opportune
time to pull OFF the raid They sup-
posed that no one would notice the
theft until Tuesday as the mill was
not TO operate on Monday.
II happened that someone visited
the mill Sunday and discovered the
theft early in the afternoon. Stops
were taken imediatey 70 follow and
apprehend the thieves. Their tracks
We're followed north as far as possibIe
and detectives are now securing sIi6
country for small mills az some one
of which the belt viii certainly be
found. bna rio
The mill was compelled to cfosc
because OF the thlevery UNTIL a. new
belt could be got. 44es saol ,lsd,
The diamond drill., 1921-06-04
Read the Ads -
BIG SHUT DOWN
MiKinney Steel and Cleveland CIlfTs
Close Down Their Operations

The mines OF the Mckinney Steel
Company closed last Tuesday night.
At Crystal Falls the Odgers mine
which has been operated on half
time basis was affected and az Besse-
mer the Colby and Ironton mines
were closed. Only a handful Of en-
pIoyes, necessary 10 keep the mines 81
repair are retained
The Cleveland Cliffs practically
closed their mines. furnaces and
mills rs well as their woods opera
tlons throwing out OF employment
over q 900 men. Among the proper
tes closed g the Spies mines at Iron
River.
AT one or two mines crew is being
worked, half time. three shifts per
week but this affects only few men.
The only wheel turning in Crystal
Falls Is at the Bristol, whore a shaft
crew Ia being worked on half timqI
The conditions are About as bad as AZ
1898 when all operations ceased Ah-'
tirely.
Read the Ads -,
Mrs. A. NJ Darling has retufned
from her Chicago visit