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The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-11-09
GO WHERE TROUBLE POINTS

Coming on the eve of the conference at Wash
ington over ornaments and questions affecting
the Far East the adoption by Great Britain of
what is called a new naval policy in oriental
waters is bound to be the subject of much dis
cussion in the capitals of the world. Particularly
will it cause comment in Toxic, where it undoubt-
eddy will be taken as an unmistakabe indication
that Great Britain has lined up with the United
States. In reality the Downing street government
has not adopted a new policy, but has revived an
old one with an important difference-a change of
base. Great Britain long maintained fleet of
considerable size, with headquarters at Hong
kong, but Singapore will be the main station of
the batteships which are to guard the interests
of her empire in the South Seas. 1t is significant
that Singapore is slightly nearer to Manila than
is Toxic. May it not be besides moving to protect
Australia and New Zealand, the British govern
ment has conveyed a broad hint to Japan that if
ever the white and yellow races clash in the
Pacific blood will again prove thicker than water?
Apart from that phase, it is only natural that
Britannia should again take up her former task
of helping to police the Pacific. SO long as war
ships are necessary Britain, which relies upon sea
power for self-preservation must be represented
by battleshps in any part of the world where
there is a suspicion that trouble may break out.
When the eX-Kaiser declared that Germany must
seize the trident of Neptune, British warshipI
were transferred from the Pacific to the North Sea-
where the German threat was most formidable.
The peril has been removed from those waters
for years to come but there is flag of the Rising
Sun in the Far East which is causing the white
race disquietude Back to the scene of possible
trouble go the British bulldogs
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-11-09
A DECEASED MIND

Those who have known United States Senator Tom
Watson in his local and provincial capacities not in the
least surprised that he in his national post showing to
the whole nation the debased quality of his mind. The
SANDER that he uttered in the United States Senate against
the thousands of fearless and unseh who served
the is than the ISLANDERS he has
emitted against other women who doing work equally
unsesh and noble In his latest statement that the
in the made the couresans Of the army officers he
is but giving expression the sort of filth that smeared
the pages Of the publication he edited back in Georgia
The depravty in the statement he made in the Senate
is not contained much in what he said about the army
the unacceptable conclusion from his words that
these good submitted. The officers being
protect themselves and their honor from such idle SLAM
derer Tom Watson but the thousands of upon
whose stigma has been cast less help
less in indicating themselves before not nconsderabe
element which will believe scandal before they will believe
honesty Watson himself in trying to soil the good Of
all the nurses, has been guilty Of oense henous
he had attempted the violation of any of them
Such Tom Watson only bring the great body
of which he member into the contempt of decent minded
people, For far less than what Watson has done Represe
tatve Banon publicly censured in the House of Rep
resentatves viii the Senate be less jealous in guarding
its honor?Hon c. P. j. Mooney, in The Commercial
Appeal
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-11-09
THE SOUTH WON THE WAR

One fact of history the Dispatch would like to
impress upon the minds of the school children
of Columbus during Armistice week is this
The great World War, in which for four long
and bloody years the nations Of the earth were
tearing at the Threats Of other nations like FAM
ished wolves that prowl Siberias frozen plains,
was WON BY TWO OF THE COMMANDERS
OF THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY.
How can men who have been in Heaven for a
half-century win wars at this time, you may
wonder
Well tell you.
In fighting the World War; General Foch used
the military tactics of Robert E. Lee and Stone
wall Jackson. Also, General Joffre employed the
tactics of Robert E. Lee and Stonewa Jackson
lin repelling the first great drive of the Germans
against Paris in 1914.
Without the use of the military tactics of these
archangels of war; the world conflict might have
been won; but it might have been lost We are
sure that it was won by the employment of these
tactics.
Let Southern school children get this in
chamber of the palace Of memory and keep it
there. The World War was won by the trans
cendent military genius of Confederate Generals.
Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Charemagne
Napoleon Bonaparte may have accomplished more
in war than the Confederate commanders, but
lney H"u ulllliCeu leooulces dt thell coililldnu'
Many splendid victories were won by the
Southern soldiers in the face of great Odds some
times two to one, sometimes four to one. In
one battle, so we learn from the Life of Robert
E. Lee" the union soldiers under Mcclellan (125,-
600 in number) were routed and driven back
across a river by General Lee with 10000 Con-
federates
There are many things for Southerners to be
proud of. One of these is the winning of the
World War by Confederate commanders
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-11-09
NATIONS GREATEST HERO

Sergt. Samuel Woodfill has been
proclaimed the nations hero Of heroes
by General Pershing for the honor
of bearer of the unknown dead to be
buried at Arlington National Gene
terry on Armistice Day.
His record of valor is staggering,
comprising as it does the single
handed attack on a series of German
machine-gun nests, the killing of 10
Germans and the capturing of 1872
others.
Yet, even as we wonder and ac-
claim, we shudder for the CHASTITY
condition that necessitates this sort
of heroism. This young man rose to
the dread needs with amasing cour-
age, gallantry, valor, yet how hide
Gus the occasion that could demand
such patriotic brutality from any man
what sorry reflection on civilization
that should demand that honor be won
in such wayi 1t was an amazing,
a stupendous feat and deserving of
the national recognition it has inspir-
ed. Nevertheless, with the hates and
flaming vengeance of war abated, we
can but shudder that, under the ghast-
ly conditions Of war, killing nineteen
men should be glorious, should, indeed
have been entirely admirable, a dire
and shameful necessity.
1t is such things as this that have
made the Disarmament Conference an
urgent, vital, essential thing. We
want such heroes as this spared the
horror Of such valor, to spend their
courage and dauntlessness upon the
sweeter, finer needs of peace. How
dare we put our young men to such
CHASTITY, incredibly horrible tests of
endurance and aggression! How dare
we submit any mothers son to such
an appalling experience? t IS
through these very heroisms that the
odium of war is brought most graphi-
cally home to us, that we realize the
unspeakable tragedy of valor applied
to such a purpose.
1t is our heroes and our dead who
are crying out to US to make this Dis
armament Conference a real and de-
termined thing, to Danish our cyni-
cisms and establish some intellectual
and moral substitute for war.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-11-09

Maddening terrors hush their din,
And peaceful voices call the world;
flushed the murder-throated guns
That doomed across the blossomed fields,
And put a stain ON winter SHOWS,
From youths brave blood which God had
meant
Should pulse long years with welded love;
The wrathful thunders on the sea
Give place to music of the waves
Which sing for JOY that peace has come
To lay her healing hand upon
Our woe and widely wounded world.
No more, no more, let hate and hell
Make league to wreck mankind and love;
Let healing winds blow far away
The spiteful smoke of wasting war;
Let happy hands in glad concord
Build once again the tumbled towns,
And sow the weed-infested fields;
Let our bruised and fretted world
Have righteous rest and worthy peace,
And let all men know everywhere,
That each mans veal is all mems wealth;
And only right has right to rule;
That God has made this fruitful earth
To be mankind's good commonwealth
Sing every tongue in every land,
Let Peace make laughter round the world.
Let beauty bloom above the dust
Where sleep our loved and loyal dead;
Let flowers that bloom and SHOWS that fall,
Recall to us as years go on
These dead who died that war might die;
And palsied be the tongue that dares
To start again the Song of Hate"
Let freedom dsenthra all lands,
And heal the hurt of broken lives;
Let Beauty live with men once more,
To build the race with leagues of love;
Sing, stars and seas; far blowing winds
Spread wide the news that Peace is come
And weave the rapture round the world
&C. NJ. b.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-11-09
JOIN THE PARADE

All civic bodies and patriotic socie-
ties in Columbus ought to participate
in the Armistice Day parade next Fri
day.
The invitation is open to all or
CARNATIONS to get in the line of
march, and make it one of the great
est demonstrations ever pulled off in
our city.
1t will be done elsewhere in the
United States, and the most beautiful
city of Mississippi should show that
it is made up of citizens who are 100
per cent Americans.
Next Friday will be a day of
thanksgiving for the victory of allied
arms which insures the future secur-
ity of civilized institutions.
1t will be day when all nations of
the earth will render tribute to the
men who laid down their lives for
truth and right.
1t will be a day of remembrance,
when civilized peoples will turn their
faces to the east and, with barred
heads. commemorate the deeds OF
humanity's heroes.
It will be a day devoted to the per
netuation of the ideals which inspir-
ed the hosts of democracy and crown
ed their efforts with the glorious
achievement Of success in war.
These reasons ought to be suffi-
cient to prompt all ex-service men in
Columbus TO join in the parade, and
for all civic bodies to fall in line and
help put over the greatest patriotic
demonstration the city has ever wit
messed.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-11-09
MARS AND THE GAME

Prof. Edward E. Slosson, author of Creative
Chemistry" says that if Babe Ruth were on the
planet Mars he would only weigh seventy-six
pounds but that he could swat the pill 1900 to
1000 feet and run the bases in seven seconds.
First thing we know some professor will want to
move the worlds series to Mars or else be ar
ranging an interplanetary championship in order
to determine Babe Ruth's earning capacity in the
matter of home runs. The scientists have measur-
cd his eye adaptabity and the coordination of
his thinking apparatus to find out how it is he hits
the ball and now they want to take him to Mars
to see how fast his feet can move Possibly Babe
would not object to trip to Mars. There would
be good money in it. The people of Mars would
be crazy to see a seventy-siX-p FOUNDER swat the
onion third of a mile. Besides that the Babe
would get out of the jurisdiction of Judge Lands
for while. That might be worth something to
him.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-11-09
OUTCROPPINGS

Heredity has a way of cropping out
sometimes after hundreds Of years
have passed and so history tells US
of Hapsburg who lived three or
four centuries ago who used to take
a melancholy interest in digging up
corpscs in the graveyards of old Mad
rid to see in what condition of decay
they might be, and now, in 1921, we
find his descendant just can't stay
away from the place where the Hun
garian monarchy was buried by the
World War, but must go back every
once in a while and dig it up and see
if it really is dead. He knows now
that 10 is.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-11-09
1T Is HERE NOW

People talk about eternity as though it were
a tremendous and terrible state having no relation
TO the present time As a matter of fact, eternity
is not something to come. 1t has arrived. We
are in the midst Of it. If it is anywhere. it is
here If it is anything, it is now. All the tide of
life floats upon its bosom like whitecaps on the
pillows Of the sea. and as that which has no be-
ginning also has no end. the performance has no
terminal facilities Behold an everlasting now
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-11-09

student asks the Dispatch to give the au-
thorship of the quotation, Death in itself is no
thing; but we fear to be we know not what, we
know not where John Dryden was the author
of that pessmistic wall A consecrated Christian
man has no fear at all when he thinks of death,
unless, perhaps, it is with reference to the ply
sicA pain of dissolution. The Christian man
knows what he will be, and where, after he has
shuffled Off this mortal coil"
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-11-09
CONCISE DESCRIPTION

A teacher in one of the Columbus
schools yesterday asked a boy in the
physiology class to tell what is a
skeleton. The boy answered, briefly,
as follows:
a skeleton is a man with his in
sides taken out and his outsides taken
Of
Evidently this boy had seen a
skeleton, for his description was ac-
curate.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-11-09
MERCHANT MARINE

We are getting on with our Ameri-
can merchant fleet, in spite of all the
talk. II has increased from 4.3 per
cent in 1914 to 22.7 per cent at the
present time. England's share has
decreased from 44.5 per cent to 500
per cent. The German mercantile
marine. before the war t0taled ap-
proximatcly 100000 tons, is now
654O0O tons.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-11-09
GRADYs WORK

Mr.. Grady Pennington. one Of our
hich-class tonsorial artists, was call
ing on Mr.. Ross, the auto topper, yes
terday.when a friend passed and ask
Grady if he was going to put on new
tops. Grady smiled and said, mo,
indeed; am going to take of old
tops" 81
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-11-09

The final summing up of the value of the estate
of Caruso develops the fact that it is only about
one-fourth of the amount represented. The prop
erty Of a newspaper man is not the only one that
covers under the fierce light of pitiless publicity
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-11-09
LOOK ON FOR m

Ii might be well to keep a sharp
eye on the word "agenda" just now
Il win bob up every day IN the inter
national conference.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-11-09

The Dispatch is asked by @. F. to give the
authorship of the quotation, What's I'm a name i?
That which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet You will find that quota
ton in Romeo and Juliet, by Shakespeare.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-11-09

Somebody ought to get iu touch
with John Barleycon and inform him
of his death. His hilarious conduct
is becoming positively indecent.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-11-09

1t is now claimed that the profteers in the
prune business are somewhere between California
and New York. And that is about as near as we
come TO capturing the profteers in any commod-
ity, il seems.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-11-09

William +. Grow has been duly seated as the
successor to Senator Knox This is not the Old
Crow so much i'm evidence i'm other days He is
quite another bird. They are not even of a
feather.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-11-09
ArmiStice Day

A day Of thanksgiving for the
victory of allied arms which
insures the future security of
civilized institutions.
A day when all nations of the
earth will render tribute to
the men who laid down their
lives for truth and right.
A day of remembrance, when
civilized peoples will turn
their faces to the east, and,
with bare heads, commemo-
rate the deeds Of humanity's
heroes.
A day devoted to the perpetu-
alton of the ideals which in
spired the hosts Of democracy
and crowned their efforts with
the glorious achievement of
success in war.
The day when freedom broke
the bonds of German autoc-
racy.
The day when the blood of
patriots was coined into vic
tory for loving peoples.
It's CELEBRATE THIS
GREAT EPOCH IN HUMAN
HISTORY WITH THE
AMERICAN GION AT
THE FIRST METHODIST
CHURCH AT TEN O'CLOCK
FRIDAY MORNING.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-11-09
Z d 1T o r | A l.
ARMISTICE DAY

Respectfully dedicated to the officers and
members of Tombigbee Post, No. 50,
American Legion, Columbus, Miss.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-11-09

The sun never sets on the Irish question.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-11-09

Marking the memory fthat Joyous
day that heralded the dawn of
Peace, let hearts thrill and drums
beat throughout the land
This year W dedicate the day to
pay our nations homage to the UNI
known heroes of that great conflict
to those whose deeds of gallantry
will never be inscribed upon the i'm
Derishabe records of the war, but
who, unheralded and unknown, gave up
heir noble lives for Freedoms
cause, and now lie quietly sleeping in
unmarked graves across the sea.
To you who sit at that white throne
where heroes are our thoughts in graft
,ude ascend. Look down upon your land
,oday and know that in each loyal heart
here is a monument of love for that
are gift you gave.
With thrilled souls and bowed heads, we
PAUSE to render tribute to the sacred
memory of our unknown dead.
Ne close November 11th-Armistice Day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
BIG BATSON MEETING
Candidate Tells Source of Recent At
 tacks Made on Him

Several hundred supporters of &
 E. Batson, candidate for associate city commissioner, and former county engineer, met last night for final rally in the courtroom of Judge Dan A. Greene at the county courthouse.
 The meeting, presided over by Will liam L. White, was featured by the absence of the alleged "traducers' of the candidate who had been chal- lenged to appear in person to voice their attacks. MT. White opened the meeting by calling upon those who have made attacks upon MT. Batson's record, either in open meetings or through the medium of the press, to come forward at this time and make their charges in person declaring that all would have the undivided at tentlon of the assemblage. There were no responses to the invitation
 MT. White then gave brief re- sume of MT. Batson's record as an engineer, followed by talks by seV- eral other of MT. Batsons supporters Applause greeted the reading or letter to MT, Batson from Rob Adams, foreman of the grand jury which rec commended Batson's retirement as county engineer, In which MT. Adams pledged his support to the candidate ast Monday on the grounds that MT. patson is, the only technically trained man in the race for the position or commissioner of public Improvements
 MT Batson arose to speak and was given an ovation. He began his talk bv declaring that the fight be- ing made upon him was sponsored by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
WANT FLAGS ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS Community "Adopts" Center Football Team During
 Visit Here

United States flags will be placed on all public buildings if plans of the Community club are carried out This matter was discussed at the meeting of that organization yester- day afternoon. and it was decided to appoint committee to work in an effort to have Old Glory flying from flag poles on all public buildings. w. V. M. Robertson, Jr., the presi- dent, will announce the committee later.
 Whether or not the name of the club will be changed as Is advocated by many and opposed by some, was discussed at length. and it was de- cided to continue this matter until the next meeting, when it will be definitely decided.
 An appeal from c. N. Wiley for all members who have 8 room or know anyone who has one or more that might be used by the visitors to the semi- centennial to report to him so
 they may be listed, was read by Pres- l ident Robertson. The members were urged to cooperate with MT. Wiley | in housing the visitors.
 The Community club, in line With 1 all other clubs of the city to adopt colleges playing football in this city. has chosen Centre college, and will endeavor to look after the members of that team and the visiting alumni when 1t plays Auburn in Birming- [ ham next month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
College Presidents Of
 Southern Institutions to
 Gather Here October 25
Birmingham-Southern Alumni Dinner to Precede In auguration of Dr. Guy E. Snavely as President of Owenton-To Confer Degree on Presi-
 dent Harding the Next Day

College presidents from over all the south will be present at the Birmingham Southern alumni dinner. which will be held at the Hillman hotel, the night of De- tober 25. as a part Of the semi centennial celebration. This dinner will start at 6;30 ?. nl.. and has been hailed as greet ings to Birmingham Southern from the alumni and visiting Southern college presidents.
 A number of educators have been placed on the programme. The dinner is a fore-runner to the inauguration of Guy D. Snavely as president of the col- lege the next day, when Presi- dent Harding will be present and presented an ILL. D. degree by the school.
 Those who have already ac- cepted the invitation to attend the dinner are: T. W. Palmer of Alabama Girls Training institute; B. B. Glasgow, president Athens college; NJ. W. Swartz, president Woman's college; Paul Bomar, president Judson college; c. B. Gleen, superintendent city schools; Prof. Bert F. Young, Vanderbilt and Southern Asso- citation of colleges; R. P. Pell. president Converse; Dr. Hoyt Dobbs. '99; R. O. Noogin, '02: Har- ry -Denman, '21; L. c. Brapscomb vice president, who will intro
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16

the defeated candidates have kept hands off and have let the others fight it out.
 Takes Various Forms
 The campaigning has taken various forms. Newspaper advertising has been the most conspicuous There has been much personal solicitation among the voters. Circulars and cards by the thousands have been distributed. The mails have been clogged with letters sent to the vot- CTS. Some of the mail matter has been signed and some has been anonymous in the form of suggested tickets for the voter A few pub lie meetings have been held at which the candidates have made speeches. It was early realized, however, that this form of campaigning was not sufficient to reach the great body of voters in the short time left for the run-of
 Much of the campaign literature has been highly sensational and of a character which would be used at no other time than in a hot political campaign, Whether the voters will be inclined to disregard much of this as purely "campaign stuff" and vote calmly and dispassionately on the men whose characters and ability are now well known remains to be seen.
 The Age-Herald will give the re- suit in extra editions tomorrow night as early as the returns justify a con- clueinn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16

The polls open at o'clock and close at 6.
 Birmingham is glad the last week s campaign Is over, for it has been characterized by unusual bitterness and vituperation. Seldom before in local campaigns have there been sv many personalities. The campaign seems to have hinged largely upon the matter of the ability and person. ality of the candidates, ks there have been no sharply drawn issues except in the case of the race for president of the commission. in which the re- ligious issue has figured conspicu- oualy.
 Hesitate to Predict
 The wisest prophets have been un- willing during the past day or two to make definite predictions of the out come. They point out that never be- fore have there been so many cross currents in operation and never be- fore has there been such confusion in the minds of the voters as to what was Involved in the various charges and counter charges
 While there has been some effort of certain of the candidates who were eliminated last Monday to swing their supporters Into line for some other candidates, for the most part