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The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-02
Honorable Alfred G s. .erford,
Supreme hcGsE5sa Z L. 0. Red Men,
Delivers MasterfuL Address Here
Takes Up History OF Order From Its Inception And Follows
Trail Of Bcnevolences To the Present Time-Guest
of Brother Indians While Here

! On Thursday of the past week Col.
umOus had the pleasure Of entertain
ing the Honorable Alfred G. Ruther.
ford, Of Nashville, Tenn, the Supreme
lncohonce Of the Improved Order Of
Red Mon Judge Rutherford came
at the request Of Mr. John w. Baugh.
the Mississippi organizer Of the Red
Men, and on Thursday night delivered
a splendid address to an apprecia.
tive and attentive audience at the
Stephen d. Lee High School
For quarter Of an hour before
the arrival Of the speaker the aud
icnce was pleasantly entertained with
music from an orchestra composed of
Mrs. BeIlamy, Miss Higgins, Mr..
Percy W. Maer and Mr. Joseph Har
rison. In their repertoire were sew
eral appropriate Indian selections.
Judge Alfred G. Rutherford. Mr.
John w, Baugh and Judge Beverly
Matthews were seated upon the stage
The speech of introduction was de-
livered by Judge Beverly Matthews.
who, in language chaste and eloa-
uent, spoke Of the glory of Redman-
ship and of the distinguished Incoho-
nee. He spoke of the tie of frat
ernity that binds man to man and all
humanity to God, and gracefully
presented the highest officer of the
Red Men to the audience.
Judge Rutherford expressed his ap-
probation of the Introductory re-
marks of our fellow townsman, and
also expressed great pleasure at be-
ing afforded the opportunity of visit
ing the beautiful city of Columbus,
'the center Of culture and wealth in
the South"
Said he: About twenty years ago,
was married to beautiful and ac-
young woman, who from
that time to the present has been rul-
ing ard regulating me. ! always felt
that she was avery superior woman,
and now I know why that was so.
Her ancestors were from Columbus,
Miss"
With this happy preface to his
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-02
CENTENNIAL
CONTRIBUTORS
THREE THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED AND SIX
DOLLARS
RECEIVED TO DATE
Five Hundred Dollars Addition
al Will Be Required to Carry
Out Program of Com
tees In Charge.

When Chairman r. f. Johnston
and his co-workers Of the Centennial
and Home-C Coming Celebration TOOK
an inventory cf the attractions to be
presented and the expe ses TO bc in
Cured in the celebration they made
Il conservative estimate of five thou
sand dollars to cover same The
members Of the Finance Committee
Of which NJ Frank T. Phillips is
chairman, were asked TO go tc the
business and professional men, bank
ers, ard other citizens of Cola.abus
and ask for tnIs amount The gen
tiemen who compose the Finance
Committee have isbored faithfully ii
the good cause anl ale able co iepor
y this mornings Dispatch tina the!
have succeeded in raising $3,506.00.
Mr. Phillips states that it il, al
'solulely necessary, in order to carr!
oGt the program, that $500 additiona
% raised this week He says that
quite a number of local business mer
and capitalists have not subscribed
at all, or have subscribed amounts
which are entirely inadequate for The |
Importance and magnitude of the oc
casion. Mr. Phillips and his com
mittee therefore urge all such to send
their checks at once to Mr.. John H
Beard and acknowledgment will bC
made through the columns of Th1
Dispatch.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-02
CHAMBER WANTS
BETTER SERVICE
DESTROYS of Establishing Tele-
phone Communication Be-
tween Columbus and
Pickens County.

That direct telephone connection
between the city of Columbus and the
towns and communities of Pickens
County, Ala, Is necessity is a mat
.er that offers no room for argument
This need has aongabeen felt, and we
are glad that the Columbus and
Lowndes County Chamber of Com
nerce has taken the matter up with
he telephone company and is determ-
ned to carry it through to a sue.
cessful issue. No man working in
lividually, nor a few men working
collectively can hope to accomplish
what strong organization like the
Chamber of Commerce can accomp-
lish, hence it may confidently be eX
pected that the connection now
sought will be established.
The following letter has been di-
-ected to Mr.. w j. Satterwhite, local
manager Of the Cumberland company
columbus, Miss, Sept. 27, 1921.
Mr.. w. J. Satterwhite,
Mgr Cumberland Tel Co.,
Columbus. Miss
"Dear Sir: For sometime the SEQ
pie of Carrolton, Pickensville and
territory have agitated
md desired telephone connection with
Miss, and the outlying
world. They stressed this matter or
a recent visit to Columbus in which
some twenty-five automobiles filled
With people. more than a hundred in
III stopped over in Columbus on their
way to the a. & NJ. College to which
point they were bound for the pur-
pose Of investigating the matter Of
Dairying.
"The Chamber Of Commerce ha.
been appealed to by these worthy
.itizens ard ve wish to assure yot
4 our hearty cooperation in a sat
sfactory solution. Of this problem.
ave would lite you to the fact !
hat Picken- County, Alabama, ha
.lways considered Columbus her ma 1
ural market and to the further fac. |
hat Columbus IS nearer By ten mile. I
han any other trade center Of an, 4
magnitude.
"The president Of this organization I
as called on your Farmer Line Can. I
asser Mr. r. T. Shestall and had Q I
difference with him.
"We are now arranging a meeting .
( al parties Interested in this Pick .
nsville connection 20 be held at the
Of Commerce in this city at I.
he earliest practical date and 1t is 4
ur desire and request that when
otifed by our secretary of said
leeting date that you have present
he right man to put the proposition .
efore the people. What helps Co
lmbus helps yoa.
Sincerely.
J. ". LIPSCOMB. Pres.
J. Z. MANSER, Sec.7
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-02
DIRECTnRS, MEETING.

4 meeting Of the Board of Dircc-
tors of the Louudes County Farm
Bureau VIII be held at the office Of
the bureau. second floor Dispatch
Building, next Tuesday morning al
1880. lt is the earnest desire Of the
officers OF the organization that all
members Of the board be present a.
business of importance viii be
brought Up for consideration.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-02
HANDSOME GIFT
FOR CENTENNIAL
Mr.. Thomas w. Watson, Of ROX.
ton, Tex, Sends Beautifully
Pound Register to Chair
man Johnston.

Chairman r. +. Johnston, Of the
Centennial Committee, the past week
received from Mr. Thomas W. Wat.
son, of Roxton, Tex, a handsome reg.
ister to be used during the Centen-
NAL The book has spaces for the
writing in Of names, towns and
states, is leather-bound and when
filled with names will be valuable
keepsake for the city
On the back of the book is the let
.ering, "The Centennial and Home.
Coming Celebration, Columbus, Miss.
ls2l-1921."
On the inside Of the front cover are
he words, Presented by Thomas w
Watson, Roxton, Tex
The following letter from Mr.. Wat.
son came with the register:
Mr.. r. f. Johnston, Chairman,
Columbus, Miss.
Dear Mr. Johnston: After reading
he many letters published in THE
COLUMBUS DISPATCH concerning
the Centennial and Homecoming,
thought that register for the home
comers would not be out Of place, so
/ am taking the liberty Of sending you
one by today's parcel post. 1t is
just little token Of love and mem
ory Of Columbus and her people, that
viii alway- have O place in my heart
There used to be a saying, years ago,
Of the artcsian well that once stood
at the intersection Of Main and
Market streets in Columbus, II you
drink here one time, you will come
back for another I drank there;
and. if possible, will surely be back.
Wishing you all the success pos
'ibIe for the celebration, am,
Yours truly,
THOMAS W. WATSON.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-02
THOMAS W. WATSON"
Mrs. Sanford's Brother.

Mr.. Watson, who is pleasantly re-
nembered by many Columbians, is "a
brother Of Mrs. John T. Sanford. We
are glad be has warm spot ia his
leart for our city and hope he may be
with us for the Centennial Celcbra-
lion.
Chairman Johnston announces that
he register win not be opened for
Use until the morning Of the day.upon
which the Centennial opens.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-01-27
Conspiring to Take
Credit from Wrights

Nothing has hurt the feelings OF
the learned scientists and the col
lege- taught men quite so much as
the fact that not one of their num-
Der but two common mechanics Of
common school education made the
most spectacular discovery Of the
age, the airplane.
And now that more than dozen
years have passed by since Wilbur.
and Orville Wright, the two Ohio
bicycle repairers, solved the puzzle
Of the air, these scientists are evil
IDENTIFY in a conspiracy to take the
glory from these two men. If you
are a reader Of any number Of sci
entific magazines you see it repeat
eddy.
They are trying their utmost to
place the wreath of discovery on the
shade of Professor Langley, Of the
Smithsonian Institute, who assembled
few feet over. the Potomac in
complicated contraption which came
down into the river like bundle of
sticks. They insist that he learned
the principle of flying a few years
before the Wright brothers, notwith-
standing that his attempt after
years of preparation was a terribly
dismal and fatal failure.
And now the college bred lawyers
who run our government have named
navy airplane landing ship "The
Langley"
Watch them all boost the name of
Langley from now on.
Columbus discovered the new
world, but in the passing centuries
Americas got the credit. We sup
pose the worlds learned men will
finally drive the name of Wright
into obscurity.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-01-27
Denunciation Of
~ the Government!

I Sometimes we people in the
'tprovincess get false notions Of sup
posedly great doings in that beehive
Of humanity, New York City. For
instance, when news dispatch tells
us that "a mass meeting Of 5000
persons was held in Madison Square
A1arden," we think that something
horribly important has been pulled
off.
The other day there we're 5000
in Madison Square Garden meeting
held to denounce the government for
deporting one Martens, representing
Bolsheviki Russia and whose job
over here was to stir up civil war, if
he could. That is the job Of every
Bolshevist in the world, as announc-
ed specifically by Moscow.
New York City has almost, if not
quite, six millions of people. Conse-
quently, there was one out of every
one thousand of the population at
that meeting. Only 900 of each
1000 stayed away. A mass meeting
in the ordinary rural town, with that
same average, would, therefore, con-
sist of the magnificent attendance
Of one person, or at the most two.
One to preside and one to move the
adoption without second) of Wig
orous and glorious resolutions de-
nouncing the government.
Hip, hip, hoorayl
As a matter of fact you can get
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-01-27

up meeting at any old time in New
York City protesting against any
old thing. There's always one in a
thousand who is against everything
on earth, under the earth, in the sea
and in heavens, and in New York
they have denounced the government
with great and singular regularity
for 132 years. ASS
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-01-27
Colonel Thon7p0oop

When President-eiect Harding
announces his cabinet choices.
among the men selected will be
the name of Colonel William
Boyc Thompson. is the opinion OF
leaders in Republican ranks.
Colonel Thompson is a western
err. Born In Montana. he went east
to study and graduate at Colum-
bia School Of Mines Then he
returned to the west and became
rich in copper mining. He became
colonel through service in the
Spanish-American War and in the
recent war headed the Red Cross
in Russia for Is months. He
gave one million of his personal
funds to Red Cross.
It was also Colonel Thompson
who conceived the idea and per-
sonally financed the idea OF CIV
ing the hometown paper 70 the
boys IN the trenches. Colonel
Thompson has resided in New
York for several years where hel
10 one of the financial leaders.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-01-27
No Burglar Works
in a Lighfed
Room

NO burglar turns the light on when he
gathers the family silver. He works in
the dark' Stealtnlly. us the honest
! ,sstI.s: Ii: product i your paper, h
own merits---invites vOur attention and
criticism because he knows his product
Keep in touch with all the good things
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-01-27

The Advocate. twice week.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-01-27

No burglar turns the light on when he
gathers the family silver. He works in
the dark, stealthily. It's the honest
folks that choose the light. They invite
it.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-04-08
STRICTLY ACCORDING TO RULE
No One Could Deny That Candidate,
In His Entrance Examination,
Made SO Per Cent.

An examination story from the Lon
don Morning Post: They wanted him
badly at the college, but unfortunate
ly there was an entrance examination
from which not even the most promis-
ing Of Rugby three-quarters could
claim complete exemption. 1t was
only an oral questioning-andy yet one
had to get so per cent to pass. The
matter was left In the hands of a
sporting young don, and his protege
got through. Later on It appeared
that only two questions had been
asked. 'sThe first" said the examiner.
twas the date of Trafalgar; he got
that wrong. Then asked him what
the chemical formula for sulphuric
acid was. He said: 4 don't know
really 1 don't Well, that was right,
for it was obvious that he didn't know.
So passed him with so per cent
Christian Register.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-04-08
II You Need a E0diCIno
You Should Have the Best

Have you ever stopped to reason why
II Is that so many products that are ex-
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
Of sight and are soon forgotten? The
reason is plain-the article did not fulfill
the promises of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to a medicine.
A medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, as like
an endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have been
benefited, to those who are in need Of it..
A prominent druggist says Take for
example DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, .
preparation / have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend, for in
almost every case it shows excellent re-
suits, as many of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy has 20 largo a
sale"
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony Of thousands who have
used the preparation, the success of DR..
lKilmer's Swamp-Root IL due to the fact,
20 many people claim, that it fulflls al
most every wish In overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments; corrects uri-
nary troubles and neutralizes the uric
acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive sample bottle OF
Swamp Root by Parcels Post. Address
Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y,
and enclose ten cents; also mention this
paper. Large and medium size bottles
for sale at all drug stores.-Adv.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-04-08
10 tho bottom of the box and are SHOW
eled out as often as necessary.

10 tho bottom of the box and are SHOW
eled out as often as necessary.
Also in the districts that produce
heavy gravity oils, a convenient way
OF separating the sand and oil Is to
permit the oil to flow through long
open bitches to reservoirs. where the
free oil Is removed by suction pump.
Evidently, great quantities Of oil can
be wasted through seepage along the
bitches and around the reservoir. II
some accurate method could be used to
compare the amount Of oil as 1t came
from the well with the amount actually
recovered, the difference would be sur
prisingly large. 1t is reported that the
loss between the well and the field
storage tank Of one large producing
company is approximately 10000 bar
rcls month. Other companies report
a proportionate amount.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-04-08
United States Has Surprising
Number of IIIiterates, Say Con-
gressionaI Investigators.
PAINT DISTURBING PICTURE
Millions of Immigrants In Country Can
Neither Speak Nor Read English
Committee Finds American
Teachers Are incompetent.

Washington, ID. C.-The United
States of America is one of the hard
est places In the civilized world In
which to get good education, in the
opinion of a committee of the house
which has been investigating the ques-
tion.
A fourth of the men of fighting age
In the United States are illiterates,
many children never get adequate
schooling, many Of the teachers are in
competent. There are millions of I'm
migrants in the country who can nell
ther speak nor read English, and many
negro children never see the inside OF
schoolroom. Thousands Of schools
are closed because no teacher can be
obtained for the miserable salaries Of
fered.
This disturbing picture Of educa-
tion In America is contained In the
report of the house committee on edu-
cation on the Towner bill, and abun-
dant proof Of its truth is contained In
the hearings which were held In con-
nection with the bill.
This report Is surely one Of the
most startling indictments of our CIV
illzation which has ever issued from
Capitol hill.
Facts Which Convinced Them.
Here, briefly, are some of the facts
which brought the congressman to this
frame of mind:
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-04-08
Seek to Recover ].
Oil Now Wasted

mitted to flow "wild" until the gas
pressure dlminishes enough to enable
controlling the well. This may re-
quire days or even months, says Mr.
Elliott. There being no commercial
use for this oil-saturated sand, II Is
removed from the immediate vicinity
OF the well or otherwise disposed of as
valueless.
Throughout many of the oil districts
or California, particularly In the San
1oaquin valley, noticeable feature Is
the large cone-shaped mounds near
each of the wells where sand Is pro-
duced with the oil.
Sand Rises With Oil.
In wells where the sand Is loose and
fine-grained and agitated by a high
gas pressure. naturally greater
amount rises to the surface with the
oil. In the Sunset field, wells with
high gas pressure have produced more
than 5,1OG tons of sand I'm two to four
years, representing nearly twO-thirds
OF their gross production. In the
Midway field there Is well producing
about 500 tons month and wells near
1t with an output nearly as large. In
the Kerne River and West Side Coal
ings fields the oil is of heavy gravity
and. with the aid of an agitator such
as air, large amounts Of sand are lift
ed to the surface. Each well yields
ten to twenty-five barrels of oil daily
the proportion of sand carried with II
varies between 20 and GO per cent, and
probably averages 40 per cent of the
gross production. The amount of sand
per well, because of the small oil pro-
duct!on, Is small, but owing to the
great number Of wells I'm these dis
tricts the aggregate amount is large.
Where wells produce only small
amount of sand the so-called sand
boxes are frequently used. The sand
box Is long. narrow, open trough
closed at the ends and fitted with
battles running crosswise to the fiow
The oil flows slowly over the sharp
battles, the sand and emulsion settle
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-04-08
DIDN'T LAST LONG ENOUGH
Possibly the "Woman In the Sky"
Didn't Use Really Good
Kind Of Feather.

Two little tots were still trying out
Christmas sleds although 1t was a
week or more after the holiday and
the short hill down which they were
coasting was entirely devoid of snow
in spots. They would slide along for
few feet until they came to bare
spot, drag their sleds over the barren
place to the next patch of snow and
repeat.
"Where does the snow come fromr'
the smaller Of the two children, boy
of about four, suddenly asked.
my mother says 1t is some woman
way up in the sky shaking her pillows
until the feathers fall out" was the
naive reply Of his companion.
"Well," exclaimed the boy, after a
thoughtful pause. II wish her feathers
wouldn't melt
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-04-08
Works of Art, Stolen by
German Army, Reappear

London.-Numerous works of
art, heirlooms and jewels stolen
during the war by the Germans
In occupied territory are gradu-
ally coming to light and in many
cases finding their way back to
their owners. The Rumanian
papers publish the story OF a
cache of stolen works of art
which the police have found In
the Pennsylvania home Of the
father of onetime Hungarian
officer.
Ninety-two well known paint
ings, eight vases and two onyx
clocks were found at the home
Of mine manager, who said
they had been given him by his
son on his return from the war.
The son was an officer In the
Hungarian artillery, and had
fought on the Cambrai front.
The objets dart were found
to have been taken from the
chateau Of the Prince de Chi
may, near Cambral, and were
returned to their owner. Some
of the pictures, including works
of Joseph Berger, Millet and
Van der Helst had been hacked
out of their frames and badly
damaged.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-04-08
Not Exactly Trade.

Nathan's father has a grocery store
and he hears much about business
conditions at home. Naturally his con-
versation is much about 1t also. The
other day his mother took him to the
doctor. They sat in the waiting room
and waited their turn While several
patients preceded them into the inner
Office.
Finally their turn came and they
were ushered In to the doctor. Nathan
eyed him minute. Then he spoke.
"You do have good trade here" he
said. There's lot more customers
still out In that little room out there"
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-04-08
RUB RHEUMATIC PAIN
FROM ACHING JOINTS
Rub Pain right out with small trial
bottle OF old "St. Jacobs Oil"
Stop dosing" Rheumatism.

Stop dosing" rheumatism.
It's pain only; not one case in fifty
requires internal treatment. Rub
soothing, penetrating "St. Jacobs Oil''
right on the tender spot" and by the
time you say Jack RobinsOn-out
comes the rheumatic pain and distress.
"St. Jacobs OIL" is harmless rheu-
matism liniment which never disap-
points and doesn't burn the skin. It
takes pain, soreness and stiffness from
aching joints, muscles and bones;
stops sciatica, lumbago, backache and
neuralgia.
Timber up! Get small trial bottle
of old-time, honest est. Jacobs Oil"
from any drug store, and In moment.
you'll be free from pains, aches and
stiffness. Don't suffer! Rub rheuma-
tism away.-Adv.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-04-08
Long Chain Of Family
GrandmotherS Broken

Arkadelphia, Ark.-A chain Of
grandmothers without parallel,
In this section, at least, has been
broken by the passing Of Mrs.
Emeline Eliza Riles, 81.
Before her death, two small
children of Mrs. Eliza Hanson,
her great-granddaughter, had
six living grandmothers Of whom
two were great-great-grand-
mothers, two were Preat-grand-
mothers and two were just plain
grandmothers. phe Oldest Of the
Hanson children Is 3h years of
age. Thus there were at one
time FIVE living generations with
less than seventy-two years
separating the youngest from the
eldest.
The Hanson children had be-
side their six grandmothers,
nine uncles, four great uncles,
two great-great uncles, four
great aunts, two great-great
aunts and forty second cousins,
but no first cousins.