The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-04
RAILROAD RUMRLINGs

lAAoAhN VI MS HdACHlb near AtIHDdHh
Ala, where he shows d continuation
Of Improvement.
Conductor Shepherd has reported al
Columbus for train service out Of this
city.
Trainman w. A. Boards friends
were glad to welcome him in Colum.
bus during the past week. Re-railine
forces out of the division headquar-
ters pressed him in to service with
lay-over in this city.
Mrs. A. II. Ray, Of Tuscaloosa, Ala.
was in Columbus during the week and
visited Captain A. H. Ray, a well
known and popular railroad man doing
extra running on the "owl" from Col
umbus. "This is the tragedy in rail-
road life" remarked the conductor
when he embraced his wife and kiss
led his two beautiful children good
bye; ito be away from home and sep
arated from them"
Flagmen Sam Henderson and Jim
Sheppard have returned to division
headquarters after week with the
M. & o. Columbus. They are extra
board" men
| Mr. Hugh McCular, warehouse
clerk in the Columbus Offices of the
M. g. o., spent Thanksgiving with his
parents at Macon.
Engineer d. E. Baber, a Montgom-
cry District engineer is on the FOWL"
run. Mr.. Baber has many friends in
this city where he makes his home.
A well attended meeting of the local
order of B. r. T. No. TIP was held
during the past week. After many
important matters were disposed of,
the matter of election Of local Off
GERS was taken up. G. Y. Young was
made local chairman; T. C. Wyatt,
president; L. V. Mize, president;
r. p. Mcconnell, treasurer. For the
second time the honor of being elected
as delegate to the grand lodge fell
to Mr.. G. d. Wood. Loyalty to the,
cause Of brotherhood is Mr.. Woods
constant aim. The grand lodge meet
will be held in Toronto, Canada. The
newly elected officers will be indicted
into their offices during the second
week in December.
Division Storekeeper d. G. McKen-
zie, with headquarters in Tuscaloosa,
was in the city during the past week.
Mr.. Mckenzie was making an in
ventory check of the local M. & 0.
yard
Fireman Lynch, of the Tuscaloosa
extra board, is in Columbus firing a
yard engine on the local M. g. OIL
yards.
Conductor ]. B. Buckner is back on
a Columbus north local with a Col
umbus lay-over.
Mr. w. L. Lawrence, NJ. & o. track
builder, has arrived in this city with
his boarding cars. He will work in
and out of this city, using Columbus
as his base of supplies.
Engineer r. O. FAINT has arrived in
Columbus for locomotive duty on M.
& O. engines.
Mr.. Carl Tesch, Jr., a NJ. & o. eng
ineer, is here for the Sabbath with
his father and mother.
A coterie of young conductors on
the Columbus & Greenville Railroad
passed successful examinations in the
office of Master of Trains W. H. /
Forelines and Chief of Train Dis
patchers, w. A, Stepp, during the
past few days. They are representive
Columbus citizens who boost their
home town along the way as well as
office employees of the railroad they
are employed by. They are r. Wilson,
F.. G. Ussery and L. V, Mize.
Mr. S. R. Bandy was among those
who spent Thanksgiving out of the
city. He was a guest of his parents
around the fireside at their home in
West Point.
Mrs. f. 7. Baisden joined her hus
)and in this city for brief visit dur
ng the past week Mr.. Baisdcn was
assigned to run out of Columbus
Tor several trips.
General Master Mechanic A. X.
league for the NJ. e. o., with head
quarters at Whistler, Ala, was in
Columbus during the past week in the
interest of the mechnical department.
dr. league visited the local G. & G.
hops, of which Mr.. Thomas Pullen is
ocal master mechanic.
Trainman Charlie Baine, of the
ocal NJ. & o. yard, is back from Mont
Ala, where he went to attend
he wedding of fellow railroad man.
The groom was Engineer Charles
howell, one of the Montgomery Dis
riots most respected and efficient
ngineers.
Special Agent J. NJ. Hearns, of the
montgomery District was here during
he past week in the interest of his
department..
Mr. Z. p. Hawkins. an affable and ,
apable gentleman who works the
bill desk" is all smiles these days.
This happy young couple have been
blessed by the birth of son. Mrs.
hawkins is at her former home,
)kolona. but viii return to Columbus
n the near future.
The law and personal injury agent.
lr. J. r. Bealle, with headquarters
n Tuscaloosa, Ala, was among rail-
ool officials in Columbus during the \