The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-03-05
ARTESIA NEWS

|. tesla Chamber Of Commerce was held
/. on Friday night. A large crowd was
.lpresent. The meeting was opened
with prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Young.
Major Frank Ryan introduced the
speakers of the occasion in a very
pleasing manner. All who know the
Major know that he can be depended
upon at any time for a good talk,
Mr.. j. r. Manser, secretary of the
columbus and LoW@des County
| Chamber of Commerce, was the first
speaker. He gave very interesting
talk on the management of chamber
Iiof commerce and the great benefits
to be derived from the organization.
He very kindly offered his services to
4 Artesia at any time. He also brought
la message from President Robert
Edward Johnston, of the Columbus
Chamber of Commerce, offering his
services and advice whenever needed
Iby our organization. Mr.. Johnston is
very much interested in Artesia, as
he has large planting interests near
here. The advice of such a splendid
man as Mr.. Johnston will be Of great
benefit to us, and his offer is appre-
ciated Mr.. Manser was followed by
Mr.. John R. Williams, Lowndes Coun-
| TVS capable and efficient Farm Dem
onstration Agent. He gave nice
talk relative to his marketing system,
canning, poultry, etc. Such an intel
ligent man as Mr.. Williams is valu-
able asset to the county. He is a
credit to any section or state. Mr..
Bettes, trainmaster of the M. & o. R.
R., was present, and spoke along the
line of cooperation of the people and
the railroads. Mr.. Bettes gave good
talk, and we considered the meeting
fortunate in having him present. |
Mr.. G. w. Bush gave talk, in which !
he very ably and earnestly presented |
the Importance of cooperation of the
merchants, farmers and railroads.
Artesia citizens are showing quite an |
interest in the Chamber of Commerce.
When the organization begins to
function, Artesia will cooperate with
other cities and towns in North Mis-
sissippi and expects to derive great
good.
Miss Mary Alice Reese has many
friends who will rejoice to know that
she is doing nicely, after an operation
for appendicitis at hospital in West
Point.
The people of Artesia were greatly |
shocked, Friday morning, when it be-
came known that Mrs. T. E. Dis
mukes was dead. The health of Mrs.
Dismukes had not been good for
more than a year, but she was able
to go to Meridian, Monday, to visit
her daughter She returned home
feeling very much improved. How
ever, on Thursday, she became very
in, and the family physician was has
tily called. All that could be done Il
for her was done, but she passed into ,
the other world at six o'clock Friday t
Her going was without a {
struggle, and was painless. She fell
into the dreamless slumber as a babe ,
goes to sleep in its cradle. Mrs. Dis !
mukes was born in Bousher Parish,
La, August 4, 1856. Before mar
rage she was Miss Celeste Lawrence, :
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Law
renee. She came to Artesia during
the civil war, and was married to Mr.. Y
Thomas Dismukes on November LIST,
1876. To this union there were born "
Ill af t.rho
At an early age Mrs. Dismukes joined Y
the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, and remained a faithful and
member until the day of f
her departure. She was an active Q
worker in the Sunday School, having
formerly had charge of the little folks I
IF the cradle roll. Funeral services i
we're held on Saturday at one o'clock,
rom the Methodist Church, conducted I
)y the Rev. Mr.. Young, assisted by Y
he Rev. Thos. A. Mcllwain, Of Co {
umbus, a lifelong friend of Mrs.
Dismukes. The church was filled
With sorrowing relatives and friends h
who assembled to pay a tribute Of $
owe and respect to the memory of this
jaintly woman. In the lives Of her t
children and grandchildren, in the 5
Sunday School and in the church, in a
Missionary work, and in the hearts Of
Ter many friends, though she has
rome on the long journey, and we
hall not see her face again, Mrs. Il
celeste Dismukes will continue to live
" the light of her good deeds and Il
he power of her example. In
Mrs. Ralph Anderson, of Columbus, "
listed her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
r. Butts, the past week. L
Mrs. Scales and her daughters, Mrs. h
durphy and Mrs. Ferris, have re- b
urncd to their home in Macon. They t,
we're called here by the death Of Mrs.
Gales sister, Mrs. 7. f. Dismukes. e
Mrs. J. " Mitchell, Of Artesia, and "
Irs. John T. Wood. Of Columbus, at H
ended the Mardi Gras festivities in dl
few Orleans the first Of the week. h
Mrs. J. H. Cook, Of Columbus, is a OF
uest Of her son, Mr.. w. L. Cook. h;
Mrs. Len Stewart, Of Columbus, and
Iiss Hunter Cook, Of Tuscaloosa, at III
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