The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-11
CENTENARY WEEK
 ID BE OBSERVED
Home-Coming to Be Observed By Special Sermons
 Next Sunday

Columbus, Miss, October l0.-(spe- cial.)-The following is the tentative programme for the homecoming week which Is to be held here October 16-22 to celebrate the centenary of Columbus.
 On Sunday morning, October 16. all the churches of the city will have 7:20 p. m. there will be a union serv- ice at the First Methodist church. This service will be participated in by all former Columbus clergymen who are present.
 Monday, October IT, will be gem eral reception day, when old &C., quaintances will be renewed and old Friendships cemented.
 On the morning of Tuesday, Oc- tober IS, there will take place the historical parade, featured by many floats and participated in by various patriotic societies. clubs, city schools, the Mississippi State College for Women, war veterans and distin- guished guests. Music for this pa- rade will be furnished by three bande. On Tuesday afternoon the of ficial opening exercises will be held, CA'AsNS of welcome by local officials and citizens. responses by former Colum- bians who have won fame abroad and the reading of the centennial poem, written by Mrs. Rice Gather, At 7:30 D. m., there will be a civic and industrial parade, a fancy drill by the local team of the Dramatic Order Knights of the Khorossan, and possibly a drill by the patrol from the Shriners temple at Meridian.
 On the morning of Wednesday, De- tober 19. exercises will be held on the campus of the Mississippi State College for Women. These exercises will include gymnastic exhibition by students of the college, public speaking by prominent visitors, wei come songs by the college chorus class, one hour of general singing by 50 leaders, assisted by 1000 students of the college, with a band concert to close the programme. In the even ing a street dance will be held in the business district.
 Thursday, October 20, will De Tea tured by an old fiddler's contest, while a chorus of 100 negroes from nearby plantations will render old fashioned chants, sacred songs and southern melodies. In the evening there will be grand display of fireworks on the banks of the Tom bigbee, concluding with carnival and street dance In the business dis- trict.
 "A large speakers and reviewing stand will be erected in front of the Dispatch office on Main street. and A beautiful "Welcome" arch, 80 feet high, will stand at the corner of Main and Market streets. Elaborate eiec- trical decorations of various kinds will enhance the attractiveness of the business district throughout the festivities.
 This city now has an up-to date cold storage plant, which Is being operated under the name of the Co., lumbus Wholesale and Retail Market company, with c. F. Sherrod as gen. eral manager. The company has three large cold storage boxes and is equipped with all machinery and other appliances necessary to oper- ate plant of this character.
 Jack Mcdowell. son of the late A. J. Mcdowell. for many years mayor of Columbus, who was seriously hurt when a fire truck upon which he was ridding skidded and ran into a hydrant nearly a year ago, and who has never recovered, has been taken to West Point, where he will De submitted to an x-Ray examina- ton, with the view of ascertaining the exact extent of his initlries