The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-07-31


interpret the 18th Amendment an
] the Volstead Law more generously
Methods Of publishing the almanac
may be seen in the following take
from an 1852 number: "The increas
ing demand for the Mississippi All
manac, and the universal favor wit
which it has been received, has Undue
ed the subscriber to enlarge the pres
ent one, and publish larger edition
than has been done for any of thu
former numbers. OF the present ed
ton, five thousand copies are printed
not for sale but for gratuitous dis
tribution. Last year, no calculations
were made delative to the weather
! leaving it blank, to be filled up by
every one, so as to suit his own
fancy and taste. This, however, did
not seem to give satisfaction, many
seeming to think, that unless the al
manac said rain, we should have a
remarkably dry season. In the pres
ent number, full calculations relative
to the weather are made; so look out
for rain when the almanac tells you
to; and if it does not come, why then
keep on looking out for it until it
does come. Persons wishing advertise
ments inserted in the almanac for
1858, will please give early notice, as
it will be printed in June 1852, and
will be ready for distribution in Dc
tober following"
One of the most interesting read
ings connected with writing these
articles, was the autobiography of
Gideon Lincecum. 1t was one of the
few sources in writing, the writer
was able to consult. This autobiog
raphy, as any one of the time would
have been, is valuable to us, in the
first place because it is a biography.
1t reflects so well the pioneer life
of the time, and as Gideon Lincecum
was so directly Connected with Column
bus, was one Of the first settlers in
Columbus, first postmaster, commits
sioner to survey the 10th section,
trustee Franklin Academy, had
charge of the ferry at Columbus; this
autobiography is valuable as source
for local history. Gideon Lincecum
seems to have been most versatile
He was physician, botan-
list, entomologist, Historian, besides
being connected with all the local
activities, as above mentioned His
life reflects the period of migration
from the Atlantic seaboard states,
to the territory between these states
and the Mississippi River, as he was
a pioneer in Georgia, Alabama, Miss
issippi He was also a pioneer in
Texas. Following are extracts from
his diary illustrating these points:
His description of his first build
ing is especially good eve made
to set out (from Tusca-
loose, Alabama,) on November l, 1918
In the afternoon of the twelfth day,
we reached the Tombigbee River,
three miles above where Columbus
now stands and there | made my
camp. Father went two hundred
yards below, aid pitched his tent.
As soon as | got my house done, |
went over the river to see the Choc-
Jaws After the road was made by
the government from Nashville to
which crossed the river
where Columbus now stands, | went !
lown there to see what kind of a !
place it was. / thought it was an
eligible town site. | was so fully I
with this belief, that
wont home and rived a thousand /
boards, put them on a raft and float
ID them down the river with the in
ention of building a snug little house
IN a nice place l had selected. ] was
rot the only person that had noticed
he eligibility of that locality, for
When / got down to the place, man
lamed Coldwell was about landing a
,eel boat. He was from Tuscaloosa, /
Alabama and had a cargo of Indian (
,oods. which he calculated on open
ng on that bluff as soon as he
ould build a house to put them in.
proposed to sell him my boards and he
N turn proposed 10 sell me his goods.
After some parleying, took the
,oods, hired his boat hands, and went
% work. and in three days had knock
d up a pretty good shanty. We soon
rot the goods into it and commenced
.peuing boxes and taking stock; but
he Indians heard Of the arrival and
locked IN by hundreds. ] began sell (
NIX whiskey and such goods as we
lad marked. and this prevented us
rom work I'm the dav time. Having