The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-08-28

d come" will appear Strings of colol
c ed lights from The four corners of tn
street will cross above the arch.
One of the most important con
y mittees is that headed by Mr.. !.
Kaufman and denomnated the Hous
! ing Committee. 1t will be up to tn
members Of this committee to see tina
! all visitors obtain food and shelte
while in Columbus. 1t will probabl
: be necessary to buy or borrow
/ thousand cots, together with suffi
cient bedding to make that numbe
Of visitors comfortable at night. MI
Kaufman will later on ask all tn
people of Columbus who have rooms
to rent to Centennial visitors to reg
lister the rooms with his committee.
Mr. Johnston announced the APP
pointment of Mayor A. Y. Glover a,
a Law and Order Committee. 1t viii
be the duty of Mayor Glover to ap.
point extra policemen, to see that
certain streets are roped off for the
celebration, that automobiles are
properly parked, and that there is nc
profiteering. Chairman Johnston
made a wise choice in the selection
|of Mayor Glover for this important
duty.
Mr., Johlston referred to the fact
that the Columbus Light and Power
Company officials were cooperating
with the Centennial Committee, and
expressed his gratitude for the re-
moyal of the poles and wires from the
center of Main Street.
1t was announced by the chairman
that on or about the fifteenth of Sep
TENDER, 1000 reply postcards would
be mailed to former Columbians,
with blank spaces to be filled out by
them, stating whether or not they
we're sure they were coming, if they
would bring other members of their
families, and whether or not they
would be guests of friends and rela-
tives, or would depend upon public
places Of entertainment. This will
give the Centennial Committee ac-
curate knowledge several weeks in
advance as to how many visitors may
be expected. All will be met at the
trains by Mr.. H. M. Pratt and his
automobile committee and conveyed
TO places secured for them in advance.
twas stated that one hundred
ASK Me" buttons would be ordered, |
to be worn by citizens of CO.
umbus during Centennial Week. The |
wearing of the button signifies the
of the wearer to impart
my desired information to visitor,
regarding location of houses, hotels,
edges, clubs, churches, schools, etc. /
The Parent-Teacher Associations will
,ell buttons and badges on the streets
It prices ranging from ten cents for
buttons to fifty cents for the ribbon
'adges.
Later on, Chairman Johnston will
SIX for trucks, rooms, etc. He win
SIX the stores to close each day of
he celebration from ten o'clock, a NJ,
0 one O'Clock p. m. He will request
he pople to clean up the cemetery
nd make the sleeping place of the (
cad as attractive as possible, mas !
iuch as many Of the visitors will !
'ant to view the graves of relatives !
ng buried there. G
An effort will be made to secure
he attendance Of twenty Choctaw (
adams from Philadelphia, Miss, to /
Id TO the attractions Of the Centen- n
ial celebration.
The matter Of reduced railroad a
ltes has been taken up with the
roper officials and it is hoped to Sc Z
ire a rate of a fare and a third n
ON any part of the country to CO. =
mbus ard return for the celebration. 81
The chairman Of the Centennial g
has been faithfully labor o.
q for many weeks in bringing the
after up to a point where he could
stribute the work to the various
mmittees. He has selected mgl on p
e committees who are well qualified al
r the work and Jealous in their eff T
rts to make the Centennial an I'M =,
Ialified success. From this distance Ia
looks very much as if the Centen- in
al and Homecoming is destined to in
all that its promoters hope it will Of
Let every man sld every woman of
operate with the various commit p
es so that when the celebration is
over and the visitors have gone III
ck TO their several homes. all our ca
opie can feel that they had a part he
q a share in the success Of the un- Fl
rtaking.