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COLUMBUS COMMERCIAL THE VOL XXI No, 82 CCLUMBU3, MISS., THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 21, 1915. LWrrkly, ..). V.ry, $1.00 P,r Yuf. PHODAQLY Ollt HllllED AUTOS i WILUME BODSTERTRIPTODflYj MANY CITIZENS TO CO ON GET-TOGETHER EX PEDITION. SEVERAL CITIES TO HE VISITED Will Go To West Point, Aber deen and Other Towns in Clay and Monroe Counties, Between fifty and one hundred automobiles filivd with boosters from Columbus will leave this mornin ft 8 o'clock for West Point, Aberdeen i -ii i it i and other towns in Clay and Monroe counties. This will be the first Great Big Auto Expedition and Get-Together Meeting of the people of this section, to be run under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce. The people of Aberdeen are ar-, ranging to show the visitors a great time during the stay in their cities, - - fa vb . unit. IIWTC I' V V 1 1 BlIflUK- ed. At West Point the boosters' will be met at Tibbee Lake with the big band from that city, and they will be escorted to the city hall in West Point where an address of welcome will be made, and where several cit izens of Columbus and the county will be called upon to express senti ments or response. After the meeting at the city hall the visitors will be driven over West Point and her institutions and public buildings will be viewed, her im provements and municipal advanta ges will be pointed out. At 11 o'clock the start to Aber deen will be made. The Aberdeen delegation will meet the excursion at the home of Hon. James Evans, just out of Muldon, and a stop at this place will be made where sights of interest will b. seen. Th run to Aiet'deen wl.J bo man? At Aberdeen elaborate plans for the reception and entertainment! of the risitors are being prepared. .,'. There will be a meeting at the city hall with an address of welcome from Hon. D. W. Houston, and after this there will be a reception and lunch at the Elk's Home. Following this there will be ex cursion parties organized to see the various sights of interest around Aberdeen and in the section adja cent. These parties will be piloted by Aberdeen tourists who will explain exerything. Thnea urVi n will maVa fko n ..a .,,,.,,i i, t i. iu ) requested to be on Mam street in the; hnaineua section nf tVio nif-v nf 7 ..Qn . .. .VJ o'clock this morning in order that a picture can be made of the party be fore they leave here. Not only will Columbians make the trip, but citizens from surrounding towns will also go on the expedition. 4They will return home tonight. ASOUITH'S ILLNESS CAUSES DEEAY HI BALKAN DISPUTE SERBIANS FALLING BACK BE FORE COMBINED ASSAULTS OF CENTRAL POWERS. London, Oct. 19. The enlighten- ment which today's meeting of the House of Commons was expected to two, nn th Riwn uifnutinn on,! the resignation of Sir Edward Car son from the cabinet, did not devel op because of the illness of Premier Asquith. It is generally believed, however, that the controversy over t the recruiting has been silenced by,to Aberdeen in interest of the good Lord Derby's new scheme, which will roads movement. The matter is one be given a fair trial at last in an at tempt to maintain a voluntary sys tem of enlistment. The appointment of General Mon roe to succeed General Sir Ian Ham ilton in command in the Dardenelles is taken to mean a new and vigor ous campaign. Forces on the Gallipo-I to vs't her sisters, Mrs. Charles li have not been weakened to assist Hale. Misses Annie and Sarah Neil in the Balkan campaign. A Brindisi j son- Miss Neilson holds a warn place dispatch to Paris says that an Italian in the hearts of Columbus people. squadron has left to help blockade the Bulgarian coast. It is believed here that Italian troops will eventual ly co-operate in Seryia. The Bulgarians have cut the rail road between Uskup and Nish, and except in the extreme south, where the Servians have the support of the allied troops, they are falling back to prepared positions in the moun tains. Istip and Kotcham, tt is said, have been evacuated. British and Huaoi&n ministers in Athens hare ro-' tified Greece that the Allies do not agree with Greece's interpretation of the Greco-Serbian treaty. It is not MUCH INTEREST BEIK TAKEN IN CAMPAIGN TEAMS MEET WITH SUCCESS IN CANVASSING FOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TUNDS. Columbus citizens arc- responding loyally to the cull of the Chamber of Commerce. The first day's campaign carried forward by thirty business men divided into teams, resulted in $1500 a year for three years being raised for the promotion of commun ity interests. The second day's work iroin reports us nit? iu if r was . going io press, iitcuciiie uu riiumiy successful day. The campaigns opening gun was fired at a meeting at the city hall on Monday, which in spite of the inclem ent weather, was well attended. At the close of the meeting everyone present was emphatic in the state ment that the meeting was one of the , 11.. 1 , , , best ev;er he,J m the c'ty ?d lhe '? gret of everyone was that the weath- . er conditions could not have been more favorable so as to afford a larg er audience. Interesting talks were made by Dr. Lipscomb, W. H. Carter, Rabbi Abram Drill, of Meridian, J. 1. Stur divant, P. W. Maer and C. A. Mc Keand, of Indianapolis. The meeting lasted for two hours and every one of the men on the program contribu ted interesting remarks to fill up the period. The talk by Rabbi Brill was the best received, and rightly so, be cause he presented in a most interest ing way the ideas of civic improve ment and duty. From the interest displayed r.t the meeting there is no doubt but what the citizens generally are alive io -he importance of a properly organized Chamber of Commerce. Prc-iou . to the meeti;ir; oc M:m .iay ilj;M the tm Vot'.W, fr-iru fAiur day's campaign met at the Bell Cafe and were the guests of Mr. C. A. McKeand for supper, at which time the final preparations for the campaign was made. It v'as also de cided to run a contest between the two divisions of workers headed by I. I. Kaufman and V. B. Iircs, each dollar raised counting so many points and the team having the least num ber at the close of the campaign to treat the winning side to supper. This is causing a lot of good naturod rivalry among the workers and each is fully determined that his side shall ' n0 De At uie ciuse ui uie first day't campaign V. B. Imes' division was in the lead by several hundred points and the workers under. I. I. Kauf man are determined to bring their side into the lead. The campaign will close with a big rally on Friday, every team making an effort to complete its list of prospects by Friday night. The aim of the campaign is $5,000 per year for a three-year period for the work of the Chamber of Commerce. The memberships secured yesterday were, with very few exceptions, for the amount requested, and indications are that the same success will result during the rest of the solicita tion. Mr. McKeand, manager of the campaign expressed himself as well pleased with the results of the first day's campaign. The first day of campaign as a rute is not the best, the teams needin time aml Pract,ce to make the sales "Kuments clear ' and get their team work in running oruer. u is experience that each day of the campnign brings better results. Today the workers in the cam paign will go on the automobile trip of importance to the community and the Chamber of Commerce is very much interested in the work. j j Miss Lou Neilson, who resided in ( Knoxville, Tenn., arrived last week i 1 she was at one time a valued member of the faculty of the Franklin Acad emy, and has hundreds of warm friends here who are' always gtad to see her and give her a cordial wel come. expected, however, that anything but' an allied success will influence' Greece or Rumania from their pres- I ent stand of neutrality. ip Ktiian ana tne i.ermans io tneir inenus or the college faculty Mr. Arthur Stansel and family are both claiming small successes and town Thursday afternoon, Octo- visited Aberdeen, Okolotm and Tupe around Dvinsk, while only artilley is ber 21st., from four to six, at 1016 lo Sunday, having gone in their ma active on the line in France. Main street. j chins. i 1 m-A-i . vuv ; Lum: ortL' vx jrx, i w- i MniES OF INTEREST GATHERED HERE ft! THERE GIST OF NEWS FROM OVER THE COUNTRY CIVEN IN A BRIEF FORM. Tiie public schools of Mississippi will on next Tuesday observe the birthday of United States Senator Jair.er, Z. George, the "Great Com moner," father of the suffrage clause of the state constitution that eliminated the ne;jro from participa tion in political affairs, and general ly v.-'.-"c i. '. to, ; tho greatest conati tu'.r .1 'ii,Vri-j"t(. '.,.pi. Vver pro duced. In the various schools appro priate programs will be rendered dealing with the life and character j of Senator George, and his great work during the reconstruction era in Mississippi. The North Sea, covering an area of 220,000 square miles, has its great est depth of 3,000 feet near the Skag gerak. At the close of the year 1913 the total amount standing to the credit of British depositors on the British postoffice savings account was more than $900,000,000. The Norwegian steamer Eir left Gothenburg, Sweden, with 6,000 bales of cotton ostensibly for Copen hagen, but got on a wrong course "through fog" and was "captured" by a German torpedo boat, a tele gram to the Politiken from Malmo asserts. Provisions of the cotton futures act, held unconstitutional by Federal Judge Hough in New York, will be enforced pending the outcome of an appeal to the supreme court. Officilas of the Treasury and Agricultural departments charged with adminis tration of the act have reached thisj The Times-Picayune herewith pre decision. Judge Hough declared that sent3 its correspondent's reports on as a revenue measure the actshould v,Q - tu have originated in the house and not in the senate. It will be contended that the tax provisioin of the bill did originate in the house as an amend ment to the senate measure. UNIVERSITY GIRLS TO BE SEEN AT PRINCESS F GOOD ATTRACTION WILL BE OFFERED AT LOCAL AMUSE MENT PLACE. . l,leP interest centers in the at- traction that will be put on at the Princess Theatre Friday. Six good looking University Girls, a playing and sKing sextette of ladies, will be nere, ottering the highest class enter tainment possible. All lovers of high-class as well as popular music in both vocal and instrumental, have a treat in store for them and should not fail to visit the Princess and en joy this attraction. Mr. O. W. Merrifield, special agent for the Fidelity and Deposit Compa ny, with headquarters at Jackson, is in the city looking after business for his fompany- '. Misses Pennell, Vaughn, Neilson, Howard and Peyton will be at home A WELCOME W F. WHILE IT BREAKFAST MR. EDWIN M. WARING SUC CUMBS FROM HEART TROU BLE IN FEW MOMENTS. Friends of Mr. Edwin W. Waring Atlantic City. N. J Oct. 1!.- Tl e were shocked and grieved to hear of 'defeat of woman's suffrage in New his sudden death which occured sud- JMey was conceded tonight ly Mi-;, denly at his home five miles north- E. B. Fiekert, president of the StaU east of the city yesterday morning , Suffrage Association. Unofficial cur at 7 o'clock. j iy rt.turn;i, mostly from the large As was his custom,, Mr. Waring cities where the suffrage fight is arose very early in the morning, but centered, indicate that the majority if he was feeling badly no one knew ' against the suffrage amendment is it. .While sitting-at ihc breakfast decisive. Piesidenv WiImhiV vrecincl. table lie had a stroke of paralysis, ' in the Princeton borough, where he and before a physician could reach voted for suffrage, went against the his home, his heart failed and he passed away. Mr. Waring-.was about sixty years of age and was a prominent planter, He is survived by two brotherly, Mr. P. W. Waring, of Decatur, Ind., Capt. W. E. Waring, and one sister, Miss L. E. Waring. Rev. W. S. Slack, of St. Paul's church, will conduct the fun eral services which will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at Friend ship cemetery. CONDITION OF COTTON IS THE LOWEST ON RECORO SHARP DETERIORATION SINCE THE LAST REPORT. SAYS TIMES-PICAYUNE. opinion is to the following effect: ! 1. With rare exceptions an ex ceeding sharp deterioration has oc curred since the September report, so that the present condition is prob ably the lowest on record. To thi result many factors have conducted. The weather has been unfavorable, as a rule, and the boll weevil has completed the destructive work of the elements, especially in Alabama and Arkansas. 2. Picking has made rapid pro gress and is said to have been practi cally finished in some districts. In most cases, an unusual quantity of "seed" cotton appears to be required to make a 500-pound bale of lint. 3. Labor is plentiful, because of the deficient yield. 4. Farmers are disposed to hold and there is an abundance of funds for this purpose. 5 The final report will be pub. lished in the issue of Monday, No vember 29, when the usual quanti tive approximation will be given. Postmaster T. H. Sharp has been spending the past several days In New Orleans, where he went to con sult a specialist Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Long and Miss Lillie Mullins, of Aliceville, spent Tuesday in Columbus shopping. Mrs. L L. Goings is visiting her sister, Mrs. M. H. Woodward, at Louisville. . pOKane Spokttman Kowivw. SUFFRAGE BEATEN IN HEW 1 JERSEY BY BIG NMJQHITf i "VOTES FOR WOMEN" LOSES DE CISIVELY IN HOTLY CON TESTED ELECTION. amendment two to one. j More than five thousand women watchers were ut virtually every pdl- ing place in New Jersey to guard the right of their co-workers for suf- frage. 1 ' The lat nublic idea for votes was voiced here at 0 a. m., the time for the opening of the pulls, at the ter mination of a meeting whose femin ine speakers had addressed passerby without pause for 21 hours. Heavy eyed and w-eary, the speakers went home, their work being taken up by thes cores of young women in auto mobiles, who went through every section of the city to bring voters to the polls. Shower for Senior Clan The Loyal Senior Class, of the Sunday school will be tendered a shower on Friday evening, October 22, from 6:30 to 8:30 at the Christ ian church, to help furnish the new class room. They will need chrirs, rugs, pictures, dishes, oil hei'ter, table, etc. Any of these article or a gift of money will be gratefully re ceived. All the members and friends of the congregation are cordially in vited to come and have a pleasant so cial time, as well as help in a splendid work. COLUMBUS BAKERY WILL " ', KOUlllUUU. ARRANGING TO BETTER EQUIP PLANT AND INCREASE THEIR TRADE. The Columbus Bakery, owned and managed by Messrs. Houston Dur rett and W. II. Goodson, is arranging to have a much better equipped plant, and by November 1 will probably be I n n a 9 U I a t..1.-...- I Y 1 Messrs. Durrett and Goodson have leased a part of the building next to their present location, the place formerly occupied by the Keith:" "'b' Printing Company, and will put in a i large amount of new e.puipment. j They expect a large increase in trade within the next few months. WEATHER FORECAST. Issued by the United States Weath er Bureau, Washington, I). C, for the week beginning October 20, 1915. For South Atlantic and East Gulf States: Rain Wednesday, probably continuing Thursday along the South Atlantic coast Otherwise gen- erally tair weather will pie.cil dm-, to:. fined Li hoKiu or, ac;"sur.t cf r"m wni Ri Moore. Sh is re ing the week. Temperatures will be 'a sprained knee, which he sustained lated to the Sykes, Lipscomb and moderate. J more than a week qgo. . Beard families here. m mm m M'iM) TWO rYS IN TEH. MiM;y. or hisi'okic Koun:. rous in tims stati:ark(;ood Trin Thus Fir I Irs Been M.idV Without a Sinc.lc DeK.y Commissioners Plcisecl. r.'ew Oi!.'i);i:, o, In er.ti-ain lit Pic a . L'O ( (it pi'lli- I :c fur Ni -.v (' .bwiiy p.ithfind ear nt Picayune !T (M'iiJc'i'li' ru :. Tl :i n i'u ': !is t tie J on I ' el's -tore'd tl'e offiri. o:t Mond N ,,-h' mat scrwee art' s'i!! uricrt ,u. an. I the start for the centivl Alabama I.ngtnwn, route- will be made fni Miss., Thiir-day mi.rtiir.s:. Not a minute has been lost on ac count of remd-t (ins in-: the whole j .tnss!s,sip! tup, ni'i i no ciimm'iMnii- ers express great satistiiction ?tt the pw"r(. !.,'!.: ma U' ii im-d lirilJing and on the fine conditions of the roa.h. From twenty to twenty-five ii'ile, per h"i"- was made in Men d :"'.; run fmin Mat t iesh'ii'g to I.og tow n.and the trip became a p.-nec: ion of cars as the pathfinders uearcd the end of their six hundred mile run. Senator II. C, Yawn, of I. umber ton. uis official pilot on the la; t hundred mile lap. A connr:?U'p from the trade associations and gou roads bodies met the commi?jioners on ar rival ami extended wcVim.p ti the southern terminal, Tuesday and Wednesday were spent in makiiur a fit.al report on the Mississippi route by the romrrHi'ion- I,.-. , . i ers e.iiu r.rrgmeer i onis, in line tauitig up the inspection of the i err.:' in in ir route:;, also vmious social and hir i-nes.-i reeep' ions are plumed duririr then' stay in this historic city, from which Jackson slarli'd op his march to Nasi Vi :i centuiy ao. M iiiipi Serurn Dairy Worker. If "prosperity follows the dairy cow," Mississippi is getting in line for incr ease I hank accounts. With a number of creameries in operation; with silos dotting the state; with ticks on the, run, and better dairy cows coming in; and now with three men helping the work a long, the Hate's dairy industry i.s developing i. healthy growth. In cooperation with the U. S. I'e partment of Agriculluie, the A. and M. College, through the Kxtention iH'pcrtment, has just secured unn'hcr dairy specialist, (). M. Cambuin, wh' will take eharr.e. of tht work in the tick free areas. According to 'dr. A. L. Higiis. who has charge of the dairy exten sion work for the . kite, it U the duty of the three mci n ev c 'tipluved in this work, to help the farmer in every phase of the dairy business, from se lecting and buying dairy rows to sell ing the butter. They aid in the con--'r'-'cti-.ti of the- '!::.' !:.; ii:-, milk houses and silo.s. Helping to organ!.. o arm develop creameries when condi tion justify is pn-t of t)i( jot,. W hen farmers are not convenient i-i a creamery the workers, as far as possible, go to the farms, and as?-', t in nmking a liivh quality c;f butter. "r'iiey t.h'-n take samples of tl P butter to hotels and stores and help j,et markets establi- hed. f-tin rit H'lTrl ii !- M Richards, who die, d 1 nday, was from the First Baptist church at :o o'clock .Sunday afternoon, con luctei by Rev. J. L. Vipperman. A lari-e concourse of relatives and f,-inds followed the refrains to Friendship cemetery where the body was laid to rer-t beneath a flower covered mound. The pail bearer-' vv.e Mc-.-r.-. .1. S. Robertson, W. C. K urd, K. C. Beard, J. L. V: l!;er, Simon Ueb, Col. W. D. Humphries, C.d. C. L. Lincoln and (Jen. I'.. T. Syke-. Many out-of-town friei.ds came to Columbus to attetrd the funeral. Major Richards wa.i a rrernber- of I..ham Harrison (lump, U. C. V., and the members attended the . services in Mrs. Hunter Walker, Jr., who has been visiting in Columbus, returned to her home neur Crawford Tue.day. -ir. arm .virs. vai;;er menus are: gia.i io learn uiai iney win mov- ine.w;lva . fl, llttnii1,ni,a first of the year to their farm in the' H:rdy neighborhood, which will be more convenient to Columbus. j I Mr. Hugh Hairston's countless iously ill at her home in South Co friends will regret to learn that he is lumbus. Mrs. McLemore's maiden SUSS KIG IS m si boosters CITIZENS CO-OI'f KATE IN ft'M.nJNr, up CIVIC ciiAMnr.K. FINK SPEECHES AKK DELIVERED Vr. A. P.till, of Mrri.lian, and Othcn Make AUre Carter Keports. i .More I 'an one huccrrd of the wide : '.:ike b.i-itie-rs men of this city were lu-e ent a' a general mass meeting hell at the city hull Monday night i.! ''cirmaiiy opened a campaign t . : ..Me the lev.,! Chamber of Com .lien e and f.irm for this city one of ;'.i stninge-.t commercial clubs in the -.'ate. Much enthusiasm was shown and arrangements were made for a trend. err-hip campaign, which began Tuesday. The meeting was presided over by It. I. W. Lipscomb, president of the Chamber of Commerce. He said: ' Death is a horrible thing no hat wn not a lapsusiingue, I raid it deliberately, with malice and afore 1 1, might --why because I have a les ;o;i to impart. I repeat, death is a hoinble thing, but a gruesome thing. None of us want to die but once, while the pessimist is buried alive .cry day. Let's all be optimists." Upon the invitation of the Cham ber of Commerce, Rabbi Abram Brill, of Meridian, addressed the meeting, and never before has any one im pressed the citi.ens here as did Dr. i'.ril on this occasion. He has had vide experience in civic matters and hrs done much in the upbuilding of ilie city of Meridian. His main sub ject was the civic responsibility of e.uh citizen, and pointed out the fact that Columbus would become bigger, broader and better when the business :.en became bigger, broader and bet ter. ",Ie stated tfiht he was deeply in ere: ted in the people of Columbus, and that he took great pleasure in I ) ikiii'; forward to the upbuilding of this city. He was earnest, forceful and eloquent, and through his en iie talk he held the close attention of each one present. Hon. ,1. I Sturdivant, a local attor ney was alno a speaker of the eve ning and he uracil the people beret awaken to their duty of co-operating in the upbuilding of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. P. VV. M-ier, editor of the Co lumbus Dispatch and Mr. C. A. Mc Keand, of Indianapolis, Ind., who is conducting the Chamherof Commerce ro-organiation c:umiaign, both made line talks. W. II. Carter, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, made a re port, showing thirty-four different things that the organization has none this year. LAOIES OF COLUMBUS TO MEETING WILL BE HELD AT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The ladies of the city are becom i'T: . t -v tiiii 'h ir Crested in the work - ! ii..- Chamber of Commerce along .vie lines, and ut a meeting held at tie Chamber of Commerce offices j Monday afternoon, it was decided to j hold a meeting on Friday of 'his week, to which all of the ladies of Miie community ure urged to attend, i !' ir the purpose of organizing a ; Ladies Civic League, to be allied with . tiie Chamber of Commerce- in ito ; work. The movement is general the i-oun-I try over and the ladies civic crg?ni I nations in numerous cities have been ' if :i wonderful aid to the commercial . organizations in their work. The mat 1 ters of city clean up work, civic im provement, city planning, health and sanitation, park and playgrounds and I education as o all of importance to ! the community and the Ladies' Civic League can do much towards im ! proving these matters. The meeting will be called at 3 j o'clock in the offices of the Chamber of Commerce and the officers of the organization are very anxious tv ' Mrs. L. T. McLemore's friendu re gret to know that she continues ser-