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The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-08

Through the courtesy Of Governor
James T. Harrison, of Columbus, 1
colonel on the staff of General Juliar
Shakespeare Carr, the Dispatch is
privileged to publish the following
with reference to the distinguished
Commander-in-C Chief of the United
Confederate Veterans:
General Julian Shakespeare Carr
is known as a man of many affairs
and great ability. He was born at
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in lS45,
and is the son Of John Wesley and
Eliza p. Carr. He was one of the
sons of the south, who, fresh from
college-in his case the University
of North Carolina-entered the Con-
lfederate army soon after war be-
tween the states was declared. He
served with distinction and bravery
in Barringer's brigade, in Hampton's
corps, and in the army of northern
Virginia.
"At the close of the war, when it
seemed as though the south had been
crushed body and soul, General Carr
laid down the sword and turned to
business and to aid in upbuilding his
country again. His advances were
rapid and eventually he became pres
ident of BlackwelPs Durham Tobacco
company, and made a great success
Of the tobacco business. At present
he is president of the First National
Bank of Durham and scores of other
corporations, and is now being favor
ably considered as candidate for con-
gresham at large for the state OF
North Carolina General Carr served
as Dollar a year man under Mr..
Hoover's administration at Washing
ton during the war. General Carr's
largest charity has been the educa
ton of boys and girls, both white and
black. He was the benefactor of
Chas. Jones Swong of China. Cen
eral Carr took the young Swong from
a tramp steamer at Wilmington, N.
c., and gave him six years college
training and returned him to China to ,
work among the natives where he
was a minister. Rev. Swong is the /
father of the present wife of DR.. Sam
Vat Sen, who was the first president
Of the republic of China, and is now
in control of all southern China with |
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-08
COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF UNITED
CONFEDERATE VETERANS IN LONG
RECORD AS, FAITHFUL CITIZEN

headquarters at Canton, His wifi,
was Rosalie Swong, daughter of Rev
Chas. Jones Swong. General Carr is
president Of the Great Southern
Memorial at Battle Abbey, Richmond
Va.
General Car's interests are va.
ried. He is the owner of the Dur
ham Hosiery mill; he is vice president
of the Interstate Telephone and Tel
egraph company, and of Durham and
Charlotte Railroad company. He is
a director in the State University
General Carr has always taken
great interest in the development
of the educational institutions of
the south and particularly of his own
state. He is chairman of the school
commission Of Durham. He is a
trustee of the University of North
Carolina; president of the board of
trustees of the Greensboro Female
college, and a trustee of the Amer
lean university at Washington, d. c.
Among the charitable institutions to
which General Carr has given aid is
the Methodist orphan asylum and
other orphan asylums, of which he
is a director General Carr has rep
resented his county and state at the
Ecumenical Methodist conference in
London, and was delegate to the
Robert Raikes Sunday school centen-
NAL.
General Carr takes a great in
terest in the affairs Of the United
veterans. He is the COM
United Confederate
veterans, named recently to succeed
Gen. Nan. Zandt.
Gas a democrat, General Carr has
a splendid record. He has been a
staunch member of the party for
years, and has held a prominent place
in the councils of that party. Five |
times he has been delegate at large
to the democratic rational conven-
lions, and in 1900 his name was SER
ously considered for the democratic
as vice president. In
the balloting he received thirteen |
votes for the nomination. In that
same year he canvassed North Car
,lna for United States senatorship.
General Carr makes his home in a
handsome residence at Durham, North
Carolina"
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-08
SAVE, YOUR SKUNKS

The Department of Agriculture
doesn't exactly urge the adoption of
the skunk as family pet, but it does
assert that the fragrant polecat is
the best wild animal friend the farmer
has.
Furthermore, the department favors
the breeding and raising of skunks as
a necessary measure of stabilizing the
fur market. There are two or three
skunk farms in the country that have
been highly profitable and the furs
are undeniably more valuable and at
tractive than the name implies.
A maid arrayed in skunk skins may
be quite facinating. Likewise her
cloak may have set grandpa back
several hundred. The plumage of a
well-seasoned skunk is no fit decora-
ton for a hard-times party. 1t is
fit for our oil-tank millionaires.
The department urges judicious
conservation of the nations skunks
for the further reason that the animal
lives largely on field mice, gophers,
white grubs and other pests of the
farm and field. If the farmer will
keep his poultry behind a skunk proof
fence the animal is capable of doing
vastly more good than harm and can
be made Of real value to the ranch.
Respect the skunk's own lair and APP
preach him with tact and he may be
made into a valuable four-legged eiti-
zen, to say nothing of the value of
his pelt when he is snuffed cut.
But it is not advisable to accost a
skunk in boisterous and exuberant
manner. He should be handled gin
gerly. He is extremely sensitive
and it isn't safe to stick out ones
tongue at him. He is rather quick TO
resent an insult and il makes him
peevish to disturb his slumber BY
swatting him over the nose with
poker.
Neither should he be mistaken for
the family cat. To be suddenly pick.
ed up and coddled is foreign to his
liking. He likes to move about in his
own way and on his own time. and a
person who attempts to pen one Of
them up on the screen porch with a
saucer Of milk does so at his own
risk.
A skunk farm may be a fne thing.
but we hope no one starts 1ne on the
next forty to us.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-08
HER LITTLE BOY BLUE

A woman knelt beside a little gray,
: and tenderly watered the flowers thai
doomed there. She was dressed il
black and had a worn, tender face anc
eyes that held a look of deep under.
, standing that comes Of long suffering
Perhaps the light in them was shin.
ing for the little soul, whose body
was buried under TINS green mound;
shining just as a light in town house
shines Tor men who have gone on a
perilous journey.
The little grave was not a new one
1t was three years old at least. Sweet,
fresh growing flowers covered the
mound. Perhaps the life that had left
the small body had crept into the
hearts Of the flowers and kept them
alive and beautiful.
! The Mother came once a week TO
the grave OF her first and only man
child. It was essentially a part Of
her heart. The memories and love
that chung to it were as dear as the
children who lived and laughed and
almost forgot, as the young will for
get that there was ever another child
that their Mother loved and com
forted.
When the grave was first made, this
Mother used to spend agonizing hours
kneeling by it. Her Mother arms
yearned for the touch of the boys
vivid young body, aglow with life.
She longed for the touch Of his sweet
Observation-Disclosures lips. She would
kneel there and break her heart with
longing-too hurt for tears, too filled
with her sorrow to heed the soul of
the little boy which had not died
and was calling her. But at last she
did hear and then she ceased her
rebellion against Gods will. She
planted the flowers, putting in a mem +
DRY Of her child with each little seed
and reaping the joys Of memories,
almost as boyish and lovable and I
dear as her child-with the blossom
ing of the flowers.
She could see him in his cradle, .
so soft and pink and sweet that she
had felt like crushing him against
her heart until it hurt. How proud
his father was, Usually silent, stud
ious and conservative, he was voluble
in his proud descriptions of my SON."
1t was wonderful to see the light that
came to his usually somber eyes.
You'll have to admit that when a
family is feminine by a good majority
that the arrival Of a boy is a proud
event. How the child did grow! Has ,
tened by the anxiety of his father and
his own manly demonstrations, Baby
Bill was soon no curled, soft, white
baby at all but a "he-panted," short
haired little man. He was forever /
in need of clean clothes, forever
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-08

knocking the knees out Of his stock
, ings, forever humping his precious
head The woman smiled a tearfu
smile as she remembered when he first
learned not TO cry-that was wher
he became "Mother's boy" instead OF
Mothers baby" He hurt his finger
His chin quivered-- then steadied. His
mouth dropped ever so slightly. She
had been afraid that he was going to
cry, but he didn't. His features
Strengthened out braveIy and quite
suddenly he turned and walked Oft,
as if he had never even hurt his
4 finger.
/ There are many little boy stages.
With little girl it is different. One
word tells her story-"doll." She Is a
doll when she is a baby; she plays
dolls until she takes mems hearts for
rubber-dolls and stretches them
Later her babies are her dolls.
But as | said, boys have many
stages. And thore came the time
when the only thing in the world that
her boy wanted was a dog. The only
thing that would make him happy was
a dog, so Of course he got the dogl
She recalled an instance when the
puppy had crawled upon the bed-on
her pillow! And gone to sleep. She
laughed over the argument between
her son and herself when she very
naturally started to GUST the puppy.
The little boy reasoned, MAMA, Spots
tired; amt you ever been tired and
Just went to sleep, Mama? Aw, don't
wake him up. / bet you sleep after
you chase cats and things all day
Aw-Mama."
Then, the time came when he had
to ride an animal He had to be
COW boy. There wasn't any reason,
he just had to be. A pony was out
Of the question, SO billy goat and
cart were provided to satiate his cow
boy ambitions. The goat ate all the |
cooks clothes which hung out on a |
porch of the servant house. The cook 1
gave notice! The goat overturned .
Bills sisters several times TO their .
extreme discontinue. He strolled 1
into the house and was making care
full plans for action when discovered
and elected But Bill and the goat
refused to be parted until the goat in
. playful humor jumping at the boy
and knocked a hole in his cheek. Nav
ne wasn't scared Of Billy, he just
lidn't want him any more"
There is a time when all boys must
Earn money. They must feel the jingle
# self-earned coins in their pockets.
Her boy had delivered papers to the
mug suburban houses near his own
nome, and when he came in with his
$50 every week, he was proud to the
,oint of bursting and as for that his
Dad was too. The Mother always
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-08
FLINT HILL

! Old man Johnnie" gets mighty in
ouisitive in his letter of last week
concerning the whereofs, wherefores
and whereabouts Of Flint Hill. We
can't understand why he should be-
gin to inquire so early about the
Locations of the various churches, as
lit will be some time before the all
day singings start. He must have
heard that the all-day singings were
to start at Flint Hill, and he wanted
to get his "pork chop receivers" in
good order, so he can be Johnnie on
the spot"
We don't think that he intended to
say that we were reckless. We think
he intended to say something else, for
we hardly think he was responsible
for what he said last week. We were
going down the road a few days ago,
and long before we were in sight of
his shop we saw the smoke boiling
up. We went on down and saw the
cinders and sparks flying; we pulled
up and stopped, "What are you doing
old MANI" we asked, he replied,
THAT Tempest has complimented me
again, and | am trying to make this
band fit, and | got it too big" He
was trying to fit an iron band on his
head to keep it from swelling up.
He intended to make it 3 7-8 inches,
and had made it full inches in dia
meter, it slipped down over his head
like a barrel hoop. We wanted to
tell the old man to slip a thimble
over his head till he had forgotten the
compliment but we had on pair of
tight shoes ard in fact we didn't care
to run any way. So we smiled and
drove on.
Now, Johnnie" to be exact, the
Flint Hill Church occupies a fraction
of two acres in the South west corner
of the south east quarter of the
north west quarter, of section 36,
township Is, range II, west, in the
good old U. S. A., and the Flint Hill
neighborhood is Is a circle drawn
around the church, extending three
miles in every direction and by the
way, we hear good deal about
changing the name of Caledonia to
North Columbus, and right here we
want to say, if the people Of Gale
donia are tired of the name and want
to change it we suggest that they
call Caledonia, Southwest Flint Hill.
What say, you?.
Now, "Uncle Johnnie" if you still
do not understand the exact location
al Flint Hill, hitch up old crazy kate
one day before long and come up and
I will be glad to show you over our
pretty community.
Johnnie" says that he has been to
Flint Hill and he seen neither Flint"
nor "Hill" We are forced to admit
that we have never seen any Flint
but why johnnie didn't see the
"Hillr we cannot understand. What
brand were you drinking, old man?
If you had put yourself to as much
trouble looking for a hill as YOU did
asking me 10 tell you where il was,
you would have saved your valuable
time and saved a great deal Of good
printers ink. We hope We have
satisfied "Johnnie'sT curiosity and
before he asks so many questions in
the future he viii investigate a little
for himself.
Now for the news. We are sorry
10 report Master Robert Smith. son
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-08

of Mr.. and Mrs. r. +. l.. Smith, sick
at this time. We hope he will soon
be up again.
Mr.. J. NJ. Duncan has something of
a novelty in this scope of timebr. He
has an apple tree with half grown
apples ,on it now, Feb. 9Th. 1t is the
/ first time anything like this was ever
seen in this part Of the country, Can
/ you beat it?
Little Miss Ruby Lee Brown has
been sick for the past few days, but
lis better at this writing.
! Several from our community at
tended the wedding at the state line
today.
Mr.. Floyd Honno1l and brother,
Werner, transacted business in the
prosperous little village of Vernon,
Ala, Saturday.
Mr.. Clarence Smith, and Brother
Ray, the popular circuit rider of the
Caledonia circuit, made flying trip
to Starkville last Friday. They re-
port having a grand time while gone.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Henderson and
wife visited the latter's parents near
Hamilton Sunday.
Mr.. L. P. Honnoll and son, Clark,
made a business trip to Aberdeen
Saturday.
Messrs. ]. w. and Willie Hender-
son went to the queen city Friday on
business.
Miss Ida OFT and little sister, Mary,
visited Mrs. Tennie Smith Friday of
the past week.
Mr.. Tom Smith of West Point,
spent several days Of the past week
visiting old friends and relatives in
the Flint Hill neighborhood.
The Misses Trevette and Eva Nc
Duffy, of Nettleton, who is attending
the NJ. S. C. w. visited their uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Egger,
the latter part of the week, while in
our community they made many
friends who will be glad to have them
back among them at any time.
Mr.. John Keenum, of Greenwood
Springs, is visiting his sister, Mrs. r.
B. Egger, this week.
Mrs Claudio Duncan and Mrs. Iva
Livingston, were visiting in the home
of Mrs. Lee FAINT Thursday evening.
Mr.. Little Ellis of the Mount Yer
non community passed through our
section Wednesday enroute to the
Bedford neighborhood, to visit Mr.
and Mrs. w. L. Dowdle, and to carry
his wife and little daughter, Wylodine,
home who has been visiting Mr..
Dowdle for some time.
Messrs. J. NJ. Duncan, A. G. Liv-
ingston and Will Honnoll were bust
ness callers to Caledonia Saturday.
The many friends Of Mr.. lack West /
brook viii be grieved to learn Of his /
illness at this writing. We join his
many friends in wishing for him
speedy recovery.
Mrs. L. P. Honnoll is reported sick /
at this writing, with colds. We hope
she will soon be out again.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Livingston were /
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Pat Adair Of 4
the Bedford section Sunday.
Mr.. George Jernigen and Mr. Sam /
Smith were visiting Mr.. Vader Dun
can Sunday morning.
Mr.. Lloyd HonnoI and wife and .
little son, Marion, Mr.. Clarence Smith, /
wife and two children spent~a while .
with Mr.. and Mrs. L. P. Honnoll Sun /
day night.
The weather was bad today and Mr.
Pickett didn't come to Flint Hill. 4
altho Mr. Smith made a good talk =
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-08
BLACKGUM HALL

The farmers of the country are
thoroughly aroused over general con
ditions. They are reading and think
ing as never before. In fact, they
have never thought" until right
recently. Others have done then
thinking until they find themselves II
a deplorable condition and up against
a hard fight. The boil weevil on one
hand, politicians and high tax on the
other, has put the farmer looking
both ways at the same time. When
his vision grows dim and they drop
off into restless sleep they dream
of losing their homes to the tax col
lector and their wives and children
thrown out of doors and shvering in
the blast of a cold and suffering
world.
A man in Congress esponsed the
cause of the farmer and he was dis
posed of in an orderly way by an APP
pointment to a Judgeship, and the
Fertilizer interests is trying to GUST
Mr.. Ford in his project to aid the
farmers by his Muscle Shoals scheme.
But right here around New Salem
our farmers are organizing the local
situation and asking each. other such
questions as these
Why is it that right at this time
when depression is at its peak and
taxes above the peak that the legisla-
tors should double their salary and
that Of all the county officers.
Why should farmer have his pay
for days work on Che roads cut
down 100 per cent, while the men
who do the fixing of the price get
300 per cent more than this prede-
cessors?
Why should the board of supervisors
pay twice or three times as much for
the building of bridge as it is
worth a?
Why is it that nearly a thousand
dollars was paid for 10 fl. addition
to the length of bridge in District
One?
Why is it that juror is paid three
dollars per day for his services with
the privilege of being locked up at
night while our county officers re-
ceive twice or three times as much |
for day Of four to eight hours?
All these and thousands of other
pertinent questions are agitating the
minds of the local farmers.
What may we expect? Something
to drop.
A wise guy says that the salary
of legislator and a supervisor was
so little that good men could not af-
ford to take the job. That's a slam
on some of the best men this state
has ever produced. | have three men
in mind that served on our Board
for years and there will never be
more successful man at the head of
the Board than Colonel Bill Richards,
I. B. Franklin and Battle Bell. All
business men and men of means.
As to the men who have represent
ed us in the legislature, the question
is too ridiculous to consider. There
IS but one answer to all these ques-
lions: "The Ballot"
The Rev. j. H. Newton will occupy
The pulpit at New Salem Church next
Sunday, Feb. 18th at o'clock p. m.
Sunday School at 2 p. m. The public
S cordially invited to attend
JOHNNIE.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-08
TrRNING OF THE WORM

Chicago citizens are actually be-
ginning to complain of municipal ex-
travagance. Among other things it
seems to be costing the city about $l2
to move three cubic yards Of dirt. At
that rate some Of the contractors are
supposed to be getting rich. The
citizens also paid something like 49,
100000 to a few favored experts
for appraising property in special as
sessment proceedings Some day some
rash and hardy person viii MAKE bra
zen charges Of graft in connection
with the business Of the city
Read the Dispatch Want-Ads.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-08

Read the Dispatch Want Ads.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-08

France thinks she ought 20 main
tain a gTea. navy. b.. tken there
ale folks who cannot pay their house
rent or their grocery bills who main
tam cars.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-08
loud CHARGE ADHESION

Lots Of people stay away from
church because II doesn't cost any
thing to 60.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-17
site SELECTED FOR
WOOL WAREHOUSES;

Clarl,sNurg, W. Va. March lf--h's-
cuss!on OF plans rnr widening tho scora
Of III" wool warehouse project decided
upon here so as 70 include cooperative
buvirC and soil,nE ~ All farm products
and supplies marked the session Of the
executive committee of the West VIZ
c!nia Farm Bureau Federation hc"s to-
dav, \ site has been selected here Tor
the warehouse and III" comm'ttc" VIII
tomorrow receive the report Of special
con,ttrc and decide whether :" limit
operations to pooling wool or include
all products.
Present at the session today were !.
W. Carskadon. Kcyscr, president: John
W. Smith. Weston. vice president: =.
Il. McIauchiir". MorEantown. secretary
- \. Jackson. I.owlsburG. treasurer;
Mrs. IzNtta Jewell Brown kiuCwO"d;
Albert I.aatherman. Krys"r; MAJ T.
Frame. director farm extension Yves.
Virginia University. and the following
mehers Of his staff. Miss Folsom Nc
Quire. +. r. E2cll L. r. Grc"ch. L II.
Johnson. al! Of MorGantown: I. \. Wolf
ram. county agent. Webster county:
Flavius Davidson. Bridegroom; !. Fash,
Central Station; .. b. B"Cgs. Charles
town. At tomo"rows session delegates
from nineteen counties will meet with
cim!ttee to discuss roopcratsv" vol
selling.
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SOLDIERS BONUS
Continued from Page ouO

cussioc. which would throw the Nral
vote over until late Tuesday. Should
his request PC denied. debate would be
limited 10 forty minutes under the house
rules.
The majority rspor: Q" tHc bill was
approved by all OF tho Republicans OF
the WAYS and means committee eNccp:
two. Representatives Trcadway. or
Massachusetts,. and TNson. Connecticut
who voted against the measure IN COM
n!ttec. and who were no: present NJ the
session OF the majority today when the
repcr. was finally revised.
The estimate in the report :hat the
total cost Of the bonus would nc s4.09S.-
7la2 $50 was based assumption that %
percent of the 4.45S.f?9 veterans whA
would be eligible tor compensation
would accept adjusted service ccr;in-
Gates: two and 4 half percent vocational
training aid: ten percent farm and home
aid and ~ percent land settlement aid.
Tho remaining ten percet would be PAID
IN cash after passage OF the bill under
a provision requiring veterans who's" ad-
justcd compeu <tiop would NOT exceed
$50 to accept cash.
The Total Costs
Total costs under the various options
Of the bill were estimated as follows:
Cash payments S6.0oQ.oQ0: certificates
OF account OF deaths. sI11.5Il,0co and
on account Of maturity s%,l5+,S"3.350;
vocational training s52.$25.o0o: farm
and home aid slS6. 5000 00n and land set
t,cment $112 100000.
The greatest cost IN any single year
was estimated At lj4.S@S,350 in the
fiscal year 1919 when the certificates
than outstanding would mature. The
costs under all other options except the
ccrtifiratHs would cease" m" report said.
IN 1877. The last payments under voca-
t!oual training would b" in l9-": under
farm and home aid in i"cf and under
lard settlement in l"2-. After that
time the only cost Zach YEAR until the
year Of tho maturity OF III" certificates
would be payments on a. cunt OF dca n :
OF holders os certificates.
The report said no pCov.S."a had bc":'
made for raising r"vcHu" 70 meet the
FIRST years cost. because u majority Of
the committee was satisfied that ~
new taxation Tor special provisions are
needed until atte- the expiration OF IN.
fiscal year II added that any estimate
OF government expenditures tor ,l"%'
an dthe amount o: r"vcnu" needed az
account OF the bonus would necessarily
De very inaccurate 1T th!s time