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The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-14
ROtarians To Have
Banquet Thursday

Tomorrow evening, beginning a
eight o'clock, at the ever popular an,
home-like Commercial Hotel, tn,
members Of the Columbus Rotary
Club will entertain their wives, moth
crs, sisters or sweethcarts as the cas-,
may be. 1t will be Ladies Night,
ard elaborate preparations have been
made for the event.
Among the entertaining features
that will make the occasion enjoyable
will be songs and readings from Prof.
Charles Butler, the singing cyangel-
ist, who refused an offer Of ten thou
sand dollars a year on the vaudeville
stage to become a gospel song leader.
Mr.. Butler will delightfully."- entertain
all who are so fortunate as 20 be at
the Rotary banquet
All Rotarians who expect to attend
the banquet tomorrow night are re-
qucsted to notify the secretary, Mr..
B. G. Hazard, today SO that provision
may be made for all around the
'fcstal board. A"
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-14
WEDDING AT MAYHEM

! The little community church at
Mayhem was the scene Monday even
ing Of an attractive wedding, when at
six o'clock Mrs. Lille z. Powell and
Mr. Frank NJ. Ragsdale were united
IN marriage, the ceremony being said
By the Reverend Mr.. Clark Of the
Artcsia Baptist Church. The church,
beautifully and artistically decorated,
was filled 10 capacity with the friends
and relatives Of the contracting par
ties, attesting 10 their popularity
among d wide circle Of friends. The
bride, formerly Of Meridian, has made
her home at Artesia for the past year,
whore Mr.. Ragsdale also resides. The
groom has been for a number Of years
a popular employee Of the secret SER
vice Of the Mobile and Ohio railroad,
and the happy couple will make their
home IN Artcsia.
After the ceremony at the church
the bridal party went 10 the home OF
Mrs. Myrtis Garner Burgin where an
elaborate dinner was served in
honor Of the bride and groom. There
were many guests from out-of town,
among them being Mrs NJ. NJ. Rags
dale, the groom's mother. and Mrs.
G. a. Coleman, his sister, of Fruit
dale Alabama.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-14
MISSISSIPPI ALUMNAE
EFFECTS ORGANIZATION

I Last Thursday at a meeting held n
the Hotel Chisca and attended by
many OF the alumnae and former stu
dents Of the Mississippi State Col
lcgc for Women the details Of per
mancnt organization were completed
by the formal adoption Of u consti-
tuition. The local organization will
be n chapter Of the Alumnuc Associa-
ton in Mississippi and will cooperate
in the activities of the larger body.
Upon motion of Miss Anne II. Au-
gustus . resolution was adopted COM
mcnding Dr. J. c. FAINT for his pro-
grcssiye policy in standardizng the
college.
Mrs. J. NJ Wagner announced the
plans Of the finance committee for the
scholarship fund. Several new mcm-
bcrs were enrolled az the meeting
Officers Of the association are eager
to have a full membership and ask
that every former student Of the col
legc communicate with the secretary,
Mrs. J. NJ. Wagner, 1861 Carr Ave
nuc, phone Hemlock 1884
An interesting feature Of the pro-
Cramme was an informal talk by DR..
a. a. kincannon, who, as state super
intcndcnt OF education in Mississippi
and as president Of the /. /. & c., was
the chief factor in the expansion and
development Of the college through q
period Of many years. DR.. kincan-
non skctched the early history Of the
school. recalling the monumental work
done By Dr. X. ". Jones. the first
president. and By Mrs. Annie G.. Pcy-
ton. Miss Pauline Orr and Miss Mary
Galloway in establishing and main
tanning the high standard Of this. the
first woman's college supported by
public funds. Beginning with 1855.
Dr. kircanu0n skCtchcd the develop
nent of the school lie gave an a.-
.ouut Of his recent visit 90 the coll
eye upon the occasion Of the Colum-
,us centennial and the "old girls"
istcuod with pleasure 20 his descrip-
ion of the beautiful float IN the ccn-
crnial parade, which represented thc
olicgc as the crowniug glory Of Col
Imbus
Dr. kineannon reported a prosDcc-
i've era II splendid expansion under
lr. Pants administration. he said
here are now l. buildings 0n The cam-
.u, and three others in process of
rcctioH. 4 building programme
.lanrcd for the next five year. win
mean a plant Of - buildings for the
Ollegc.
Mrs. ". Y Fair, president " the
icmphis chapter. and Miss Mar
ucritc Eoscb0r1uEh. chairman Of the
ocial committee. arc planning Tor thc
haptcr t8 hold itz annual social fur-
ion iu JaHgar. Prom Sundays
'0mmcrciaI-AppcaL
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-14
CHRISTMAS DISPATCH

We have received several inquiries
of late as to whether or not We
would issue the Dispatch ON Christ
mas day. We viii answer al such i'm
quiries at once by saying AYES" The
Dispatch viii b. issued regularly
twice each week uU to and including
Sunday morning. December 18th. But
yc win miss the issue or "Wednesday,
December lsth, and wlll come out
again o1 Sunday morning. January
l-L Do has always been the custom
off the D-patch t1 miss one paper in
the year. Boz order % give the printers
short breathing spell and get things
CLEANED ~ around the office and b.
i1 fine shape for beginning new
years work. re wll. therefore. omit
the plb.aat.a1 Of the Wednesday
paper the ue-k commencing Dclsm-
Der 2e,h.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-14
Mr.. Love Returns
From Crescent City

Mr.. Joseph B. Love, Lowndes coun-
ty representative of the Gulf Refining
Co., of Louisiana, has returned from
New Orleans, where he went last
week to attend meeting of repres-
entatives of the company from five
states. There were 10 of the rep
resentatiyes present and an interest
ing meeting was held.
The Gulf Refining Company is the
largest independent oil producer in
the world. One of their refining
plants, the one at Port Arthur, Tex,
covers 5000 acres of land and turns
out SO, 900 barrels of gasoline, coal
oil and lubricating oil a day.
During his sojourn in New Or
leans, Mr. Love had the pleasure of
Marshal Ferdinand Foch, who
was there on Thursday. He also met
the Rev. w. l.. Duren, D. D., and Mr.,
Howard Cox, both former Columbians.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-14
Baptist Revival
ArOuses Interest

A gentleman who has been an usher
at the First Baptist Church of Col,
umbus for several years made the re-
mark in the Dispatch office, Monday
that the largest congregation that
ever assembled in that church was the
congregation of last Sunday night.
Every available bit of seating space
was utilized. The benches on the
main floor were filed first. Then the
chairs in the balcony were filed. Then
chairs were brought in and placed in
the aislcs and they were filled And
at the rear of the main auditorium
many persons stood throughout the
service, which lasted an hour and a
half
The service of song, led by Prof.
Charles Butler, commenced at seven
and continued for forty-fve minutes,
Then the Rev. Jesse d. Franks preach
ed another Of his forceful and earnest
gospel sermons, holding the close and.
profound attention of his auditors
his discourse.
At the close of the services on Mon
day night there had been 62 addi-
tions to the church The series of
services will continue up to and in
cluding next Sunday night, and be-
yond that time if the interest justi-
fies.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-14
AMERICAN LEGION HEARS
FINE ADDRESS FROM
DOCTOR ELLIS
is A TRUE PATRIOT
Former Soldiers We're Delighted
With Educators Interesting
And Illuminating
Remarks.

Almost the entire membership of
Iomblgbee Post, No. 60, of the Amer
ican Legion, attended the meeting
heid at the city hall on Monday NIGHT
me meeting was an enthusiastic ono.
ana one hundred per cent American.
Ism shone like a star in Old GLORY.
q most interesting feature Of tho
meeting was the splendid address M.
Hvered by Doctor n. II. Ellis. The
distinguished superintendent Of he
public school system Of Columbus.
Doctor Ellis was present upon an n.
Vitatlon from Tombigbee Post and
spoke to the soldiers in an intensely
patriotic manner.
He spoke, first, of the princinleq
that actuatc members Of the Amer
lean Legion:
tA) Patriotism; (B) Good Govern
mentj tC) Education; Cd Good
Morals and Religion.
Secondly, the three enemies Of our
government: (A) Five and one-balf
millions Of illiterates; CB) Fifty mill
hons Of people in our country who
eeIong 70 no church; (C) Twenty
seven million Protestants under rs
who have never received any religious
raining.
In the third place: Ignorance en-
iangcrs a democracy
In the fourth place, the American
legion Platform: (A) Better AM
'ricans; OBJ Better aliens and bet
er citizenship; (Cl All to speak the
english language; Co Immigration
md Naturalization; (El Good will
md Correct Voting.
Doctor Ellis, in the brief time he
vas speaking, covered the ground in
thoroughly comprehensive wav.
ringing out in language that Was
orccful and eloquent the strong
Joints Of his address.
Doctor Ellis had his address con-
eused into eighteen lines Of notes,
ence the Dispatch is unable 10 re-
roduce it IN full, as we would like
do. The officers and members of
ombigbee Post were delighted with
he Doctors romarks and hope 10
ear him again at some future time.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-14

ability-one of the Republican lead
ers in the House. If he isn't an elder
in the church, he at least looks like
one, but he used a very emphatic
word in the House the other day, and
when his remarks were handed him
for revision he didn't change letter
in them. Here it is: Il am only
speaking the truth when | say that
the people of this country employed
in every vocation and in every charac-
ter of business are giving this Con-
gress he'll. They are doing it be-
cause we have done nothing to stim-
.ulate business. They are doing it
because we have done nothing to give
employment to the unemployed. They
are doing it because we have done
nothing to benefit the farmer ani
stimulate the price Of the farmers
products"
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-14
SANTA CLAUS LETTERS

Letters TO Santa Claus have been
pouring into the Dispatch office the
last two days and they viii be put in
type and published next Sunday II
any Of the children have not written
their letters to Santa Claus yet, they
still have plenty of time. Send them
in tomorrow, Friday. and up to noon
ON Saturday, for next Sundays Dis
patch. They viii gcl 70 Santa Claus
in time. inasmuch as he does not leave
for Columbus until December 22nd
Come on. kiddies. with your letters to
Santa Claus. Let the old gentleman
know what you want.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-14
THE PECAN KING

Mr.. John K. Laws, one of our pop
ular and enterprising Market street
druggists, seems to be entitled to the
appellation "The Pecan King" mas
much as he now has in stock a thou
sand pounds of the rich nuts. A gov
ernmcnt expert foodologist made the
statement some time ago that the
pecan represented the highest form OF
food value known to man, and tho
raisin was given as the second high
est. So, if you want to get the most
for your money in things to eat, buy
pecars and raisins.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-14
CAIFDONIA VISITORS

Dir. AID Mrs- A J. Sanders. II near
Caledonia. were Columbus visitors on
Tuesday. and wtile here they did con-
siderable Christmas shopping. Be
fore returning Co their home. Dir. and
Mr.. Sanders had their name enrolled
upon the Uispateh's large list VI Gale
lllla subscribers.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-14

Mrs. y. p. Guerry, Of Artcsia. was
a guest of friends in Columbus on
Monday While here. Mrs. Gucrry
took advantage of the wonderful bar
cains offered by our merchants and
did some Christmas shopping.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-14
Auxiliary Meeting

The fougg Peoples Auxiliary Of
the Central Methodist Church will De
entertained by Misses Anita Brazil
and Miss Katherine Pullen, Friday
night 40 1880 al the home Of Mrs.
Nciiva'H On Third Avenue, North.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-14
Junior Altar GuHd.

The members Of the Junior Altar
Guild of ST. PauIs Episcopal Church
win meet al $50 o'clock this after
noon with Miss Claire Bradley on
Main street.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-14
MOBILE VISITOR

Nr. Driver Fulton. Of Mobile, Ala.
secretary Of the Mobile Importing d
Trading Co.. was here yesterday on
business. We acknowledge q pleasant
call FROM Mr. Fulton during his So
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-14

journ here. This was his first visit
to Columbus. and he expressed him
self as very much pleased with our
beautiful city and her hospitable pcO-
pie.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-14
CHURCH NOTES
Mems supper

The Wouan Auxiliary Of the First
Presbyterian Church win entertain
thc men of that church tonight with
"a supper 10 the Sunday School room
at e O'Clock.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-14

Only "a year or so ago the Rcpub-
licans were talking Of impeaching
President Wilson for refusing 70
ab-oga.e thiTty-odd commercial trea-
ties at the command of the Repub-
lican Congress in the Jones Bill Pres
idcnt Harding said in his message
that 10 would cause a highly chaotic
condition TO abrogate them. Another
vindication u the Democratic Pres
ijeDt
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-14

Congressman Wood of Indiana. IS a
tail spare, clean-shaven man q good
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-14
GOOD TO HAVE

Wealth is a disease" says a
Princeton professor. All right, bring
on the epidemic.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-14
PROMISES LONG,
ACTIONS SHORT
COP. FAILS MISERABLY IN
BEING OF BENEFIT
TO COUNTRY
HARDING INITIATES
His IllustriOus Predecessor And
Reads His Annual Message
To Joint Assemblage
OF Congress.

Writing to the Dispatch from
Washington, d. c., under date OF
December 18th, our correspondent al
the Nations Capital, Mr.. Wallace
Bassford, says:
The president, still closely imitat.
ing his predecessors appeared in per.
son before the joint assemblage OF
congress and delivered his message
reading from the manuscript. This
had never been done since the days
of Jefferson until President Wilson
began it. However, the concensus of
opinion around the chamber, after the
reading, was that it had fallen fiat
was heavy and uninteresting. LaFol-
lette's remark, ut sounds like he
wrote it himself" will not bring that
insurgent into better standing at the
white house whel the president hears
Of it. Of course it caused a laugh,
for everyone in the inner circles about
the capitol had heard the gossip about
how Senator George Sutherland, of
Utah, was considerately relieving the
president of the somewhat onerous
task of writing his speeches. Color
ha3 been lent to the story by the
long so!curn of the senator at Mar
ion whilc the campaign was on, to-
r,thpr with his trips with the nom
intc Now the senator is spending
practically all his time in Washing
t N, where nice pieces of patronage
find then way into his hands. For
instapce, he receives $4,000 per year
from the shipping board to furnish
opinions "when desired" He was
also placed on the board to receive
the various properties of the packers
recently dismembered by law The
senator Is noted for the grace with
which he wields the typewriter.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-14

The Democrats thought they had il
firmly imbeddcd in the law that pre-
ference in appointments in the Gov
ernmental service should be given to
men who served in the World War
not merely as an appreciation of
their patriotic service but to aid in
compensating for business disadvant-
ages suffered through their absence
from their accustomed walk of life.
President Wilson approved the law
with his signature and upheld it in
practice, as well as the civil service
law providing for the selection of the
person making the highest rating in
the examination. Almost as soon as
Mr. Harding became President he is
sued an order rendering it unneces-
sary to name the person making the
highest rating, and then proceeded
through his subOrdinates, to put the
law as to former service men in the
discard. Numerous cases have oc-
CURED where the former service man
was refused the appointment though
he had shown a higher rating in the
he had shown higher rating in the ex-
animation than the one receiving the
appointment. One of these cases oc-
CURED in the Congressional bailiwick
of Mr.. Flood of Virginia. At the
town Of Reno Bluff vacancy was
to be flied in the rural carrier SER
vice and an examination was held un-
der the Civil Service law, in which
man named Seay, who fought in
France. made the grade of S5, but
man named Glass, Republican who
had devoted his time to politics while
Scay was in France, making a grade
of ~, got the job. Mr.. Flood took
up the cudgcl for the ex-soldier, but
the Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral informed him that he had in
formation tending to show that Glass
was the better fitted for the work.
OF course this merely meant that the
Republican boss or "referee" had
named Glass. Mr. Flood, thinking
that a man who could round up Ger
man soldiers in the Argonne could .
handle the rural route job, wrote to
the Fourth Assistant. concluding with
this paragraph:
Il want to say 10 you frankly that
the only conclusion ! can reach is that
Glass was appointed because he was a
Republican and Seay a Democrat.
Under this Republican administration
we may have to submit to the dis
regard Of their rights. but we do not
intend to submit quietly
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-14
ligh School Play
On December 18th

"Mf Bob the play that is to b,
presented by the Dramatic Club OF
the Stephen D. Lee High School, will
come before the foot-lights next Mon.
day night with an all-star cast.
The young gentlemen and young
ladies Of the club are rehearsinp
faithfully for the play, and are being
ably coached by Miss Pauline Rouse
English teacher at the school.
"Mr. Bob will be given with the
following cast Of characters:
Philip Royson. Alexander H. pcrucs
Mr.. Brown .,..,... Percy W. Macr
jenkins. ....,.... ...,... Geo. +. Brown
Aunt Becky y....... Maurinc Kaufman
Mr.. Bob'........ Media Larkworthy
Catherine ........N Virginia Wilkinson
Fatty ...,.............. Gladys Gray
"Mr. Bob1 is twq-act comedy
drama, and is said to contain sixty
laughs minute. The curtain will go
up on the opening scene promptly at
eight O'Clock next Monday night. The
price Of reserved seats is 50 cents.
General admission 2j cents.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-13
B0ARDMAN FARMERS
HAVE FINISHED HAY|NC

BoARDMAN, Ore. June IS.-The
school board finished the work of
the year today with the election Of
Miss Gladys Price of Corvallis as
teacher Of domestic science and the
election Of "a janitor for the ensuing
year. But two bids were received for
this work. w. d. Barnes, Of Kelso.
Wash, was chosen. his bid being $1is
per month as against $3.50 per month
from the other bidder
Haying is well under way in this
community. the first crop OF alfalfa
being about all down. There has been
a little rain but nothing serious and
the crop is good and going into the
stack in good condition. Most Of the
is done by contract as not
all the settlers have complete hayingI
outfits as yet. Il
NJ. B. Signs, principal Of the Board
man schools, and family take up
their residence in Portland for the en-
suing six weeks to attend the Z. OF o.
summer school.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-13
SPORT GAS
tBY THE sTArFl

All right. Mister Spell, our Bucks
are looking for new worlds TO conquer,
Get somebody else.
Sid Williams had a streak OF mighty
tough luck yesterday
Ugh huh. he famed only Ia Hermls.
ton batter.
Phelps didn't do so bad, himself
and the funny part OF il is that he
fooled Pendleton's heaviest hitters.
Frinstance, Dick Haney took a
couple OF retirements via the strike.
out route, and Dick usually bingles II
there's any bingles to be made.
or course there's no reason why ono
man should be the goat all of the time,
but the sporting ed. comes forward
with the observation that II somebody
could have got "A picture Of our Bill
Cary yesterday when he got caught off
Of first, Mona Lisa and September
morn would have another rival.
Ad Hueys stock rose several notches
yesterday His batting eve has been
weak this season. but he did the little
stunt yesterday that brought home Il
couple OF tallies.
And Woods should be able-to stick
around.
At study OF the records shows that
Pete managed to get hits yesterday at
two critical times.
It's sad state of affairs In Pendle-
ton sportdom that makes Il necessary
for the Bucks to go away from home
to get decent gate. That's the way
things stack up. though.
Don RAIDER. Pendleton boy who is
playing shortstop for New Orleans r.
the southern League ls goir2 good.
Last weeks sporting News Shows him
batting s25 for the week. He il lead
| ing off in the lineup.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-13

It's a sad state of affairs in Pendle-
ton sportdom that makes Il necessary
for the Bucks to go away from home
to get decent gate. That's the way
things stack up. though.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-13
ANGEIs TAKE sEIuEs.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 13.-(A.
=. Los Angeles won both games
from San Francisco yesterday. the
first 4-3 and the second 81. Nie-
hoff's infield out In the ninth scoring
Carroll who had tripled. gave the An
gels victory in the first game. In the
second contest the southerners bunch
ed hits in the first inning and gained
Il lead which the Seals we're unable to
overcome. With today's double VIC
tory Los Angeles won the series frcm
San Francisco. losing three games out
nr the seven played. The Angels de-
feated San Francisco IN a previous se-
rieS this season also,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-13
BEES DROP TWO.

SACRAMENTO. June 13.--tA. PD
Both games of double header were
taken by Sacramento from salt Lake
City Sunday, the morning game by a
score of to 3, and the afternoon
game to 0. The afternoon game
was one of the fastest played hero
this season. Prough. pitching for sac
ramento. was never in danger.