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The Columbus dispatch., 1922-02-15
GREAT MEETING
FEBRUARY 18TH
Union Meeting OF Young PeO.
pies Societies OF COlum-
bus Sunday Night.

The members of the Young Peoples
Societies of the churches of Colum-
bus are planning an interesting meet
ing, which will be held at the First
Baptist Church on Sunday evening,
February 10, at six o'clock.
The program will be given by rep
resentatives from the following soci-
cites: Christian Endeavor of the
First Presbyterian; B. Y. P. U. of
the First Baptist Church; Epworth
League of the First Methodist Church;
Junior Altar Guild of the Episcopal
Church; Epworth League of Central
Methodist Church; B. Y. P. u. of the
Second Baptist Church, and the Chris
tian Endeavor of the Christian
Church. Especial music has been
planned for this time by Miss Kath-
crime Lindamood, Mr.. Womack and
Miss Annie Lewis, members of the
music committee. The program will
be about one hour long and the or
der of the program will be announced
in Sundays Dispatch.
1t is hoped that every member of
each society will attend this meeting
and do his or her part to make it
success.
The Columbus dispatch., 1922-02-15
THE DELINQUENT MALE

The League of Women in Kentucky
have started an official investigation
for the purpose Of finding out why it
is that the men do not vote. The
ladies fought and bled for the ballot
for many generations and now that
they have it they are finding that the
former lords Of creation, who had the
ballot all the time, do not care enough
about it to turn out and exercise
their right. 1t seems to the women
that this situation calls for an inquiry.
If the men are having any fun in
secretly staying away from the polls
the ladies are going to nip that JOY in
the bud. They may yet pass a law
requiring every man to vote, TO wear
a white collar and to shave twice a
week. If a man is too dense to ap-
preciste the beauties Of citizenship
he should be taken in hand by the
law.
The Columbus dispatch., 1922-02-15
James ID. McCann
Claimed By Death

An aged and highly respected cit
izen Of Columbus passed from the
shores Of time into the blessed real
tiles Of the Christians hope, Tuesday
morning, February 14th, in the per
son Of Mr.. James d. MeCann.
Mr. McCann had been desperately
in for several weeks, and his passing
was not unexpected. His age was
sixty-nine years. His hold on life
was loosed by the debility of advanc-
ing years.
Funeral services will be held at the
home Of Mr. and Mrs. II. A. Moody.
No 1908 North Third Avenue, this
Wednesday, morning, at 9:30
o'clock. The remains viii be carried
TO Starkville for burial
Mrs. II. A. Moody was a daughter
Of Mr.. MeCann. There are also two
other daughters, Ruth and Margaret
All Of the sorrowing ones have the
profound sympathy Of our people in
their loss.
The Columbus dispatch., 1922-02-15
Baby Clinic For
Columbus Friday

Child Welfare Committee will cele-
brate Child Welfare Day by giving d
Baby Clinic. This is the first Of q
series of Health Clinics anticipated
for Columbus.
All mothers with babies under two
years old are invited to avail them
selves Of this Baby Clinic.
Your baby will be given a ply
sical examination free of charge. Your
questions on child welfare will be
answered. Literature on baby care
and baby feeding will be given away
Doctor UnderwooH, State Director
Of Child Welfare, Yill be in charge
of the clinic. The Hygiene Depart
ment of the M. S. c. w. will CO.
operate in every way in making Child
Welfare Day an event.
Appropriate programs will be pres
ented at the City Hall and at the
City Schools. Health Playlets will
be acted by school children at the
city hall. At the Lee High, prizes
offered by the Patron-T Teacher Asso-
citation, will be awarded for the best
essay on Health to Individual and
Community" proper Food, Clothing
and Exercise" Dangers of T. b."
and Care Of Teeth and Eyes"
At the Franklin Academy the Jun
ior High will give discussions and
compositions on the "Tcn Best Health
Rules"
The Franklin Grammar school will
have display Of posters on Child
and essays on Cleanliness
as Factor in Good Health"
The Barrow students will have
good health program in their study
hall and also a health drill.
The Union Academy has plans also
for good health drill The faculty
will give the students talks on good
health rules.
All parents and citizens interested
in Child Welfare are cordially invited
to attend the health demonstrations
On Friday, Child Welfare Day.
The Columbus dispatch., 1922-02-15
TWO BIG LIONS
RECEIVED HERE
Mr.. Thomas J. Locke Adds
African Beasts To His Col
lection OF Animals.

A queer package was received al
the express office in. Columbus last
Sunday 1t was a package that We
are glad did not roll off Of the ex-
press wagon and break open. For the
package contained two large African
lions that were consigned to Mr.
Thomas j. Locke to add to the fine
collection of animals he has had for
some time at his zoo.
There was also consigned to Mr..
Locke, at the same time, a man-size
baboon, one of the largest in cap
tivity.
The lions attracted considerable at
tention as they were being unloaded
from the train and transferred to Mr..
Locke's truck. One of them was a
male and the other a female. While
they showed that they were very
much alive, and while it would not be
advisable to take one of them in your
arms and kiss it (as some women in
the big cities do the little woolly
dogs) they did not appear to be
fierce. They gazed with their large,
calm eyes upon the people who gazed
at them and seemed to feel at home
in their captivity.
The lions were taken to Mr.. Locke's
zoo, where a cage had been prepared
for their reception, and where they
are now at home to callers.
Steadily the Locke zoo is assuming
right sizeable proportions. 1t is the
largest private collection of animals
in the South, and Mr.. Locke expects
to add other animals right along He
has a number of elk, several head of
deer, coyotes, kangaroos, ETC., etc,
etc. He has a kangroo that was as
wild as a mountain lion when Mr.
Locke first got him, but by kind treat
nent the animal has been made as
gentle as a dog. There are some
coyotes at Mr.. Locke's zoo that are
as gentle as the ordinary house cat.
Last Sunday fully five hundred peo-
pie visited Mr.. Locke's zoo to see the
No such thing as charging
an admission fee has ever entered
Mr.. Locke's head. He bought the
animals because he likes to look at
hem and study their ways. He is
glad to have the people of Columbus,
md visitors in our city, call and see
lis pets.
The Columbus dispatch., 1922-02-15
Mississippi State
Poultry Federation

February 2lst to 25th has been sci
as the date for the campaign for mem
berships and organizing of counties
into the Mississippi State Poultry
Federation. All farm demonstration.
and home economic agents and every
one who is interested in the upbuild-
ing Of the poultry industry in Mis-.
sissippi will aid in this work.
More eggs and chickens will equal
Mississippi cotton crop, and if the
people Of Mississippi will get behind
this movement, it will not be many
years until Mississippi will have two
money crops.
The Columbus dispatch., 1922-02-15
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

The play that is to be given on the
night of February Path. at the Stephen
d. Lee High School, ''The Microbe Of
Love-" should draw a packed house
for two reasons. The first is, that the
play viii be one Of the best ever seen
in Columbus. The second reason is.
that all the profits derived from the
presentation Of the play viii be used
for the Athletic Association Of the
high school Those who have charge
Of the play expect a packed house.
The Columbus dispatch., 1922-02-15
GREAT SUCCESS
GROWING PECANS
Hill Farm In YazOO County
Makes It's Owner In
dependent.

Down near Big Black River, in
Yazoo county is pecan farm of un-
usual interest, About 10 years ago,
DR.. G. W. Whitfield, a retired dentist,
Of Evanston, H., while on a visit to
Mr.. Phillips at his Elmhurst planta-
tion eight miles northeast Of BEN
tonia, became interested in pecan
growing in the South. He bought
from Mr.. Philips 90 acres of bottom
land along Cypress Creek, and inn
mediately began planting pecan trees
on it, Every year since then, he has
added new trees, until now he has
about rs acres of bearing trees, of
the finest varieties Of the delicious
paper she'll nuts.
In the years 1919 and 1921 the
yield Of nuts from this farm was
about 2200 pounds, which readily sold
at SO cents per pound.
At the same time Dr. Whitfield be-
gan planting pecan trees, he began
to build home for himself and fami-
ly while on their semi-annual visits
to the farm. And on a hill 81 feet
above the land on the creek, he built
a bungalow, with all modern con
yeniences, of the native logs, mostly
oak and gum, cut from the land
cleared for pecan trees. The logs
are SO mortised and concreted to-
gether that the interior of the build
ing is close enough for any climate,
and the outside with its front Of
French windows, facing the East,
overlooking the farm g. feet below,
is a house Of rustic beauty
Mrs Whitfield and daughter gave
this home, so hike a nest among the
trees, the name Happy Logs
DR.. Whitfeld's health has been so
he could not come south the last few
years, and his daughter, an only child,
is now taking a course in the agri-
cultural department Of the University
Of Iowa, that she may take charge
Of her fathers pecan farm sometime
in the future.
The value Of this farm has incroas-
ed from $25 20 $1,000 per acre, and
as this is just the beginning Of the
harvests Of pecans, one can easily
imagine what the future holds in
store for its owner.
The Columbus dispatch., 1922-02-15
EXPECTED SOON

Miss Beulah Stanfeld, who is TO
direct the preparation and presenta-
tion Of "The Microbe Of Love" left
Charlotte, y. C., yesterday for Col
umbus and is expected here today.
As soon as Miss Stanfield has a
chance to rest a little from her trip.
she viii begin to train the actors and
actresses for their parts. In the cast
Of The Microbe Of Love- there viii
be thirteen ladies and ten gentlemen
in the principal characters and about
twenty minor parts. Wherever this
play has been given It has made a
tremendous hit.
The Columbus dispatch., 1922-02-15
Home Demonstration
Reaches Columbus

Miss Anna Ware Douglas, of Mem
phis, arrived in Columbus on Tues
day to take up her work as Home
Demonstration Agent for the counties
Of Lowndes, Monroe and Noxubee
with headquarters in this city. Miss
Douglas will work in conjunction with
Mr.. John r. Williams, Farm Demon
stration Agent, and great good is eX-
pected to result from their combined
efforts.
Miss Douglas was accompanied to
Columbus by Miss Esther Rogers, of
the A. & M. College, who is assistant
state agent in charge of foods and
cookery at that institution. Miss
Rogers will assist Miss Douglas in
getting her work started.
Too much emphasis cannot be plac-
ed upon the far-reaching Importance
of farm demonstration and home
work. They are great
aids to the producers of the country,
upon whose shoulders rests the
task of feeding the peo-
pie of the world. He who causes
two ears of corn. to grow where only
one ear grew before, or she who can
produce two cans Of peas or toma-
toes from the same ground her
mother used in producing one, are
potent factors in solving the all-ab-
sorbing perplexity of the high cost of
living. Let US all cooperate with
these folks and render them every aid
at our command.
The Columbus dispatch., 1922-02-15
Shrine Ceremonial
Has Been Postponed

On account Of the session of the
Grand Lodge Of Mississippi, meeting
in Meridian on Feb. goth to 23rd
Illustrious Potentate, l. NJ Moody OF
Hamasa Temple, has issued an an
nouncement that the proposed Cere-
monial to be held on February 10th,
has been postponed So many active
members of this Temple are partic-
ipating in the elaborate arrangements
which are being prepared for the re-
ception of the Grand Lodge that
Potentate Moody decided to abandon
the Ceremonial to be held on Feb.
10Th so that it might not in any wise
interfere with the success Of the pro-
gram Of entertainment of the Grand
Lodge.
Illustrious Potentate Moody is the
Grand Treasurer Of the Grand Lodge
of Mississippi Temple Those resid-
ing in Meridian, concentrate all their
efforts and energy from now until the
opening of the Grand Lodge on the
goth towards completing the arrange
ments for an entertainment of the
Grand Lodge. Being aware also of
the fact that a great many Of the
mobiles could not attend both the
ceremonial and the Grand Lodge
meeting, he concluded to postpone
the Ceremonial. Announcements will
be made shortly of the date upon
which the ceremonial will be held
Potentate Moody is very desirous
that all the Nobility Of Hamasa give
publicity to the postponement of the
ceremonial in order that the action
of the Temple may become known.
The Columbus dispatch., 1922-02-15
MEETING OF TEACHERS

There will be a meeting Of the
Lowndes County Teachers .Associa-
tion the fourth Saturday in February
at 10 a. m. at the Lee High School.
Every teacher in Lowndes county is
urged to be present and take a part
In the programme. The programme
committee will have the programme
printed in the local papers. All teach
ers should plan to come, to come on
time and assemble promptly at the
time announced.
The Columbus dispatch., 1922-02-15
THREE WISE FOOLS

The Three Wise Fools will be thc
attraction at the Columbus Opera
House tomorrow night. II you have
not as yet secured your tickets, you
had better fly 20 the popular pharmacy
Of Weaver d Harrington this morning
and get them Last Saturday night
the Three Wise Fools played ir
Nicksburg. One Of the daily papers
Of that city says that It was the
"cleanest-cut. classiest show that has
been in Nicksburg since the war"
Let's ill up the opera house and
show Brother Locke that we appre-
ciate his efforts to bring good shows
20 our city.
The Columbus dispatch., 1922-02-15
MOUNTAIN MADE
OF A MOLE HILL
TOO MUCH PUBLICITY CIV
EN- PTOMAINE POISON
ING AT COLLEGE
STATE is ALARMED
Mississippi Mothers Made An
xiOus Through Fear For
Safety OF Their Daughters
In School Here.

Such unavoidable occurrences al
that at the Mississippi State Colleg'
for Women last Sunday, thing thai
is likely to happen in any school
hotel, family or to an individual, while
being very deplorable and. calling fol
the highest degree of sympathetic in.
terest, are not, in our judgment, suit
able material out of which to develoT
alarming news stories with startling
headlines.
Something that was served for din
ner on Sunday made several hundred
of the young ladies i'll. Whether the
food was allowed to stand until il
had commenced to spoil, or whether
the food absorbed poison from GER
tain vessels and transmitted the
poison to the intestines of the stud
ents, or whether the illness was
brought on by an unsuitable combina-
tion of foods, no one seems to know.
"And who shall decide when doctors
disagree"
Twice a week during the school
term, ice cream is served at the col
lege. The ice cream is made in CO.
lumbus, by the Columbus Ice Cream
& Creamery Company, an institution
that is noted for its absolute clean
illness and spotlessness. 1t could not
have been the ice cream, for if that
brought on the ptomaine poisoning,
half the people of Columbus would
have been sick at the same time.
Some place the blame on the chicken
salad. 1t might have been that
Others blame the olives. Maybe the
olives did it. 1t has been stated that
the girls who ate the ice cream and
the olives, but who did not eat any
of tha chicken salad, pVoro not striek-
en-. If this is true, then the trouble
must rest at the door of the chicken
salad.
But be that as it may, there was
nothing in the circumstance to create
the necessity of spreading alarm over
three states and bringing apprehensive
fears into every home in Mississippi
that has daughter in school here.
President John Clayton Fant, Mrs.
FAINT, all the members of the faculty,
Doctor Fatheree, the physicians and
people of Columbus labored as a
single force to relieve the sufferings
of the girls and to prevent more SER
ious consequences. Ptomainc poison
ing has many times brought on death
to its victims, but at our college last
Sunday there were no fatalities.
About four hundred young ladies
were stricken. Many of them were
up and around in a few hours, and
helped to minister to those whose
recovery was less rapid. With the
exception of less than a score, all the
girls were up and around on Monday
morning.
1t is regrettable that this thing oc-
Cured 1t is likewise regrettable |
that the affair has received such
widespread publicity. News of the
occurrence should not have gone but !
side of Columbus, and even the stud /
ents themselves should have been re-
quested to say nothing of it in their |
letters home. it was simply one Of I
those unforeseen, unpreventable, un-
expected things that may at any time |
find its way into any school, hotel, |
community or home. And the least
said about it, the better it would be
for all concerned.
The Columbus dispatch., 1922-02-15
VALENTINE PARTY

Mrs. Edward Chappelle's Circle of
the Philathea Class of the First Bap-
tist Church, composed of Mrs. Robert
Stephenson, Mrs. Ernest Stanley, Mrs.
John Martin, Mrs. Earl Griffin, Mrs.
Charles Jeter, Mrs. Charles Anderson
and Mrs. H. o. Cummings, will en-
tertain the members of the class with
a delightful Valentine Party this
wednesday, afternoon at three
o'clock in the parlors of the church.
The Columbus dispatch., 1922-02-15

Two popular Columbus gentlemen
were talking yesterday in front Of
the Dispatch office.
One said t0 the other. whose head
had no hair upon &C.. -D0cs the bar
Der charge you full price for a hair
cut2"
He of the hairless dome replied:
-Worse than that Louie; be considers
10 such a joke that be adds an amuse-
ment LaA.
The Columbus dispatch., 1922-02-15
WELL KNOWN HERE

Aberdeen, Miss, Feb. 11.-JudgC
Edwin Holmes has appointed Hon
Ben H. Mcfarland of this city master
in the matter of the receivership OF
the Columbus G. Greenville Railroad
Company for the purpose of passing
upon the claims against the railroad
and fixing the priorities and liens OF
these claims and reporting on de-
cisions for final determination Of the
court.
The Columbus dispatch., 1922-02-15
MAKING GOOD

A Caledonia boy. Mr. Sidney Mol
10y, youngest son of DR.. II. c. Mol
10y, is now holding the responsible
position of mail clerk in the Tut
wier Hotel at Birmingham. This is
a position of trust and responsibility,
and the Dispatch congratulates Sid
ney on his good fortune in being thus
recognized.
The Columbus dispatch., 1922-02-15
WILSON IMPROVING

Washington, Feb. 11.-Reports that
former President Wilson was con-
templating a trip to Bermuda shortly,
were set at rest tonight by his ply
sician, DR.. Cary T. Grayson, who said
Wilson was not planning to leave
Washington. The former president
continues to improve steadily in
health, Grayson said.
The Columbus dispatch., 1922-02-15
ANOTHER CONTRIBUTION

Mr.. w. II. Brooks, who sells the
famous Peters shoes in the "Colum-
bus Radius and elsewhere, hands US
dollar for the Woodrow Wilson
Foundation. Mr.. Brooks is a first
class shoe salesman as well as a first
class rock k-ribbed Democrat.
The Columbus dispatch., 1922-02-15
PIONEER DENTIsT RETTER

The Dispatch, along with the many
other friends Of DR.. ". w. West
moreland. pioneer dental surgeon Of
our city, Is glad 10 learn that Doctor
Westmoreland has about recovered
from his recent serious sick spell He
is now able to be up ard around the
office Of the Stone Hotel, where he
make his home.
The Columbus dispatch., 1922-02-15
EVEN WITH THE WORLD

We'll, Mr. Editor said a friend
in the Dispatch office yesterday, Il
find that at last / am even with the
world. I find that I owe as many
people as I don't owe"
The Columbus dispatch., 1922-02-15
SCOTT VISITORS

Mr.. and Mrs. Early Ewing and lit
tie son. Of Scott. Miss, win arrive in
the city, Thursday. and viii BE-
guests Of Mayor and Mrs. Battle
Bell
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-26
TO FIGHT SALE
OF TOBACCO TO MINORS

kALAM AGO. Mich, MAY "a
War 10 the end on the reported
practice Of some local tohacconists
in furnishing minors. especially high
school children, with tobacco chief
~ in the form Of cigarets has been
declared by the Kalamazoo League
OF Women Voters. Action was
taken at the meeting this week fol
lowing report substantiated by
the attendance (officer that a group
of six high school boys and four
nigh school = girls recently was
caught smoking cigarets. Names
of the students were withheld by
the officer. Carl Cooper. The league
voters will compile a list Of the
laws relative 70 the sale of tobacco
TO minor children and send a copy
TO each tobacconist in the county
with the request that the laws he
observed 10 the letter The letter
70 the dealer will contain a threat
TO bring all the influence Of the
league to play in favor Of the pros
ecution Of dealers suspected OF vio-
laung the law.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-26
ORATORY CONTEST
AT NILES TONIGHT
Estate High School Representa-
tives to Compete in An
nual Contest.

Special 90 The News Times
NILES. Mich, May 25.-The state
high school oratoricaI contest will
be held here Friday evening. at the
Riviera theater. Manager Robert
Oodd having volunteered 20 omit the
cinema for that evening in order TO
accommodate the large crowd of Wis
itors expected Dowagiac Will send
500 people 20 hear their represent
alive in the defamation contest. and
nine other high schools Will send
delcsations TO support their entries
The selection of Miles by the state
board Of education as the site Of this
years contest is in recognition of
the excellent work shown by the
public speaking department of the
Niles flEh school whose speakers
won first place I'M defamation and
or1tory In the district contests las,
scar and represented ID counties at
the state contest
Gilbert OTTO. local high school
senior VIII represent Niles. His ora
uon The American Farmer" was
rated highest AZ the district meeting.
and ls said no possess unusual merit
The ora-iors arc rated by six judges
three on thought and composition.
and three on delivery
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-26
STOLEN BONDS
PUT TWO IN JAIL
Attempted Sale of Liberty
Bonds Sends PsuedO Farmer
and Aid TO Atlanta.

BAY CITY. Mich, May 25.-Even
Johnson. alias ZeOnas A. Jokitis. 30
years old. and Archuk Svviachuck, %
years old both OF Chicag6 We're
convicted In federal court Wednes-
day on an indictment charging at
tempted sale Of stolen liberty bonds
by fraudulent impersonation. The
former was sentenced 10 pay a fine OF
.S5. 600 and spend u years in the
federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga,
and the latter was sentenced 20 pay
a fine OF IS. 900 and spend 10 years
lat the same institution.
Swiachuck swooned after sentence
was passed and Johnson wept bitter
~. blaming his fate on his frequent
ing OF Chicago gambling houses.
Swiachuck is married and the father
Of several children one Of whom.
son. was born May 10 last.
Tells of the Alderman.
Johnson claims he did not know
Swiachuck and never had seen him
until his arrest. but the testimony OF
the latter tended TO show Johnson
had asked him 20 help dispose OF
.S135.OOO worth OF bonds, which were
in the hands Of a person referred to
as the alderman" in Chicago.
The contention Of the government.
whose case was presented by Asst.
Prosecutors Fred Eaton and John
Watkins Of the district attorneys Of
flee. was that Johnson was working
with a gang Of bond thieves and that
he had sought the services of Swia-
chuck as an agent 10 dispose Of them
10 Michigan farmers. The latter
settled on farm in Genessee coun-
w. and attempted TO interest neigh
bors in the purchase Of the bonds
One of those approached tipped of
the government officials. and. shortly
afterwards Postal Inspector Fraser
appeared in the neighborhood As
prosperous farmer. deal was
made whereby Swischuck was 70
bring Johnson on to Flint, and 1t
was while the latter was boarding
train that he was caught.