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UMBUS COMMERCIAL
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VOL. XXI 54.
COLUMBUS. MIM., THURSDAY MOKNING. OCTOBER 2i. 1916.
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COMMERCIAL CLUB iFUIHS 111
TIME Q m
GENERAL ELECTION
Tl KM IIIESI
CITIZENS OF STATE TO
VOTE FOR DEMOCRATIC
COL
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IIISTI-EM1
ADVANCE IS SLOW
BULGARS GET SETBACK AT
Vr.l f1 BUT WIN IN THE
NORTH.
VON HINDI-sNHUHG
IIAMMKKS SLAVS
EUffilfFKE
Ill NORTH ALABAMA
Lir.lCOMB TO AGAIN HEAD
MAKE NO INDICATION OF
THE CHAMBER OF
COMMEPCE.
MKMBKUS RKFUSK
THE NATURE OF THEIR
FINAL REPORT.
SCOUTS KKACII
NEW DECATUR
HIS DESIGNATION
T. J. Locke, Jr., Elected Vice
presidentNine Directors
Named.
, At a meeting of the citizen of (V
lumbus held t the city hall on Tue:-
day night, a complete re-organization
'.ion of the civic chamber was effect
ed by the adoption of a new charter
and new by-laws, and by electing of
ficers for the ensuing year, 'i'he or
ganization in the future will be
known as the Chamber of Commerce
of Columbus and Lowndes County.
The meeting was presided over by
Dr. J. W. Lipscomb, president, and
Mr. W. II. Carter, secretary, was at
the desk.
in the election of officers the ref
erendum method was adopted. Nom
ination blanks were sent out to all
of the members and for each office
men were placed in nomination and
voted upon by the entire member
ship. Dr. J. W. Lipscomb, who has
served so efficiently for the past
year, tendered his resignation, but
the members refused to accept same
and re-elected him for another year.
Other officers elected Tuesday night
were: T. J. Locke, Jr., vice-president;
S. B. Street, Jr., director of organi
zation affairs; I. I. Kaufman, direc-'
tor of retail affairs; V. B. Imes, di
rector of public affairs; Dr. John
Oliver, director of agricultural af
fairs; R. E. Johnston, director of
business affairs; E. E. Richards,
W. E. Kennedy, R. R. Banks, H. H.
Gunter and 1. L. Gaston, directors
at large.
.A meeting of the ; newly elected
board of directors was held yester
day morning and plans for the enstr-
ing year were discussed.
In the re-creation of the Chamber
of Commerce there is to be an im
portant body composed of represen
tatives chosen by the following
groupes of various and kindred lines
of activity: Groupe 1, grocers, meats,
etc.; group 2, dry goods, shoes, etc.;
groupe 3, hardware, plumbers, auto
supplies, etc.; group 4, drugs, con
fectioners and sundries; groupe 5,
furniture, etc.; groupe 6, manufac
turers, wholesalers and cotton buy
ers; groupe 7, physicians, dentists,
etc.; groupe 8, lawyers, city and
county officers; groupe 9, insurance
ana real estate, etc.; groupe 10, ag
ricultural; groupe 11, miscellaneous.
The body will be known as the
Members' Council and will be t!ie
"melting pot;" the initiatory body;
the originating body of the organi
zation. ii me co-operauon wnicn every
body says is needed so badly in Co.
lumbus is to be realized, the mem
bers council will be the most impor
tant agency to bring it about.
LARGE
"ARE - DESTROYED Bf FLAMES
FOUR MULES BURNED TO DEATH
LOSS AMOUNTS TO ABOUT
$2,000
A large barn owned by Mr. G.
C. Franks, and located about seven
miles east of Columbus, was destroy
ed by fire at 12 o'clock Monday night
It is not known in what way the fire
started, but it is thought to be of
incendiary origin. The loss is esti
mated at about $2,000. .
In the barn were four mules be
longing to Mr. P. A. Dell and they
were all burned to death. Two
hundred bushels of seed oats, a
thrashing machine, a binder and a
seeder were stored in the building
and were all destroyed.
Negro Brought Back.
Thomas King, a negro, who ""in
February 1914 stabbed and seriously
wounded his wife in this city, and
who later made his escape, was ar
rested the first of the week in St.
Louis by Constable J. T. Robertson
and brought back to Columbus to
await the action of the grand jury.1
It is said that King married i
another woman after leaving Colum
bus and has since that time made St
Louis hia home. It seems that he re
cently got into trouble with his sec
ond wife, who knowing the trouble
he had here in 1914, reported to the
local officers that he was in St
.Louis, and his arrest soon followed.
Citizen of Neighboring State
, Accord Hearty Welcome to
Visitors.
New Decatur, Oct. 28. With ban
ners flying, the Pathfinders commit
tee of the Jackson Highway Asso
ciation, and the accompanying Bir
mingham and Montgomery people,
were met at Cullmnn today by a doz
en cars from the Decaturs and es
corted into the city. The visitors were
given lunch at Cullman as the guests
of the business men of that city.
They left Cullman shortly after
noo, arriving in the Decaturs just be
fore dark. Nearly 100 automobiles
were parked from the Gordon school
in New Decatur to Bank street in
Decatur, when the Pathfinders
reached the Decaturs.. The visitors
were cheered as they passed. As the
Pathfinders reached the foot of
Second avenue, the principal business
streets in New Decatur, the cars to
the rear of them began to fall in line
and a parade of automobiles went
over the main thoroughfares of the
two Decaturs.
Birmingham, Oct. 27. Official
locators for the Jackson Highway
left Birmingham Tuesday for Deca
tur, after having been given a truly
Southern welcome here, the courte
sies accorded them being an auto
mobile procession to Pelham to meet
them, a sight-seeing trip over the
city and a large banquet at the Tut
wiler Monday night.
No indication of the nature of
their report to the Jackson Highway
Association, when it meuts Novem
bet 10th in "Nashville, was given by
the locators, though they expressed
satisfaction at the splendid roads
around Birmingham. The pathfind
ers were: Walter H. Crim, of Salem,
Ind.; Col. E. G. Dent, Bowling
Green, Ky. ; W. L. Brown, Frankfort,
Ind.; and R. G. Toms, government
engineer, at Washington.
Tuesday morning the locators
were up almost by daylight and were
motoring about' town seeing the
sights. Although Highland avenue
and Chestnut Hill were shown them
Monday, there were other portions
of the town, including the industrial
centers, which they were anxious to
see. Secretary W. D. Radcliffe went
with them on their sight-seeing trip,
and explained the points of interest.
At 9:30 o'clock the visitors left
for Decatur by way of Cullman.
Several members of the Board of
Revenue, including Dr. R. F. Love
lady, Hugh McGreever, Lawrence
Pennington and Rufe Bivins, accom
panied them to the Jefferson county
line.
Negro Attempt Holdup.
John Guyton, a well known negro
in police circles, drew a pistol on Mr.
W. D. Davis and a party of ladies
as they were crossing the county
bridge at the foot of Main street,
shortly after dark Sunday evening
in an automobile. Mr. Davis paid
little attention to the negro and hur
riedly drove his car down the road.
Upon reaching the home of Mr. A.
D. Spiers, who lives a short dis
tance west of the river, Mr. Davis
telephoned local police, and Officers
Morton, Cook and Cummings at once
went to the scene. After a few mo
ments time the police overtook Guy
ton about one-half mile west of the
river. He was arrested and later
identified by Mr. .Davis as the man
who attempted the hold-up.
Guyton was brought before Mayor
Gunter Monday and was fined $100
and sixty days for exhibiting a dead
ly weapon, and $25 and thirty days
for carrying concealed weapons. He
was later released on bond to await
the action of the grand jury.
Parent' Teachers to Meet.
The Parent-Teachers Association
of Barrow Memorial school has Is
sued invitations to a social tea
Thursday afternoon from 3 Co 4
o'clock, in honor of the six boy of
Ccunty Corn Club. A prize of $5.00
will be awarded the one of ' theso
six young men who have made the
best record. A feature of the pro
gram will be a stroy by Miss McLe
more, of Eutaw, Ala., who will make
an interesting talk on corn club
work.
The Barrow SoWl tn
town school that has taken up corn !
ciuo worn, wnicn promises to arouse
much interest in the future.
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MEET DEATH
FACTO RY
BIG PITTSBURGH FIRE REAPS
GHASTLY HARVEST IDEN
TIFICATION DIFFICULT.
rinsourgn, - vci. so. inuteen
persons were killed and eight injured
Dy a ure in a iour-story DuiKlnifj, tlie Simon Hairston and Mose Sturdi
two upper floors of which were oc- vant, received very painful injuries
i-upieu uy me union raper rsox t;om-
pany, on the north side here today,
Of the dead, all but one were young
women employed by the company.
Many bodies were so badly burned
identification was difficult. Mayor
AimhiTuiiK ionium oruereu mat tne
police, city council and police jury !
make a thorough investigation of the
fire. ,
I he dead are Colletta Sellman,
ilenel Warner, Sophia O. Zobeck,
Carolina rarara, Dorothea Link,
Florence Baker, Cecilia Joss, Bertha
Dunapple, O'Tillie Brinning, Laura
Brinning, Myrtle Miller, Marcella
Rauch and Peter Vallon.
The flames started in a pile of
straw in the rear of a feed store on
the first floor. William C. Kimbal,
manager of the box factory, .immed
iately went to the third and fourth
floors, and warned the girls to leave
quietly. The flames gained such
headway, however, that escape by
stairway and fire escapes were soon
cut off. Some of the girls attempted
to go to the dressing room for their
hats, and there huddled on the floor,
firemen found most of the bodies.
Joseph L. Bash and A. J. Seagle
employed on the second, floor, were
about to jump when they heard the
screams of the girls in the windows
above. The men told. the girls to
jump, One by one the girls jumped,
Bash and Seagle caught them, lower
ed them as far as they could and let
them drop to the sidewalk.
Mitt Nickle Diei.
The untimely death of Miss Jala
Nickles, the young daughter of Mr.
W. R. Nickles, which occurred la.it
Sunday morning, brought profound
sadness to her relatives and a wide
circles of friends.
She was a member of the Metho
dist church, and before she passed
away told her loved ones she was
ready to meet her mother, who pro
ceeded her to the grave only a few
years.
(The deceased was ill for several
months with a complication of
diseases and she bore her sufferings
with patience and Christian forti
tude. The funeral services were held at
the Nickles home at four o'clock
Sunday afternoon, conducted by
Rev. J. M. Carpenter, pastor of the
Central Methodist church. The re
remains were taken to Covin, Ala.,
and interred in the family lot.
J Messrs. Ames Saunders and Wil
jliam Ward, Jr., of Starkville, were
visitors to the city the first of the
week.
Mrs. L. D. Barrentine and'
Mi,s
spent
Lucile West, of Caledonia
Tuesday in Columbus shopping
sJv'm Mil 1
THREE IN INJURED WHEN
. SCAFFOLD TALIS TO GROUND
MR. C. C. HAYSLETT AND TWO
NEGROES RECEIVE PAIN-
FUL WOUNDS.
air. Charles C Havslett. a well
amines iiay&ieit,
known contractor, and two negroes,
about lour o'clock Monday after-
noon, when a scaffold on which they
were standing fell twenty feet to the
; ground. The accident occurred on
'the plantation of Mr. J. N. Bailey,
j a prominent planter who resides 12
miles west of Columbus, where Mr.
Hayslett and the negroes were erect-
ing a large barn.
Mr. Hayslett received painful
wounds over his body, and sustained
some internal injury by having a
plank fall on him.
Dr. P. L. Berry and Dr. M. S.
uiancuer hurried to the scene of the
accident and gave surgical attention
to the three injured men.
Elsie Jam's at Princess Today.
The "Paramount" attraction at
the Princess for today, Thursday,
October 28, is the tomboy of the
American stage, Elsie Janis, in a de
lightfully pleasing comedy, "Betty,
in Search of a Thrill," ene of thoae
rollicking care free productions that
will make you feel better. Elsie Janis
romps through the five reels in a way
that will make for many hearty
laughs. .
If you like comedy, as enacted by
the foremost comedienne of the
stage, then attend the Princess today.
Children 5c; adults 15c.
Two Small Fires,
The firemen were called to the
corner of South Fourth street and
Eighth avenue about 10 o'clock Mon
day morning to a smallYottage which
is owned by Mrs. Henry Davis, and
which is unoccupied. The blaze,
which is supposed to have been ignit
ed by'a passing locomotive was quick
ly extinguished.
The firemen were also called out
at 6:80 o'clock Monday evening to
the home of Mr. Tom Keith, 914 N.
Third avenue. The blaze which was
caused by the explosion of a lamp,
was soon extinguished. '
Much Interest In Revival.
Large crowds each afternoon at
3 o'clock and each evening! at 7:30
o'clock attending the revivaj services
which are being conducted J by Rev.
George F. Barton, of Winonja, at the
Second Baptist church. The music
is being directed by Prof.t Robert
Cooper, of Aberdeen. ; r
The public is given a cordial in
vitation to attend the meetings.
Weekly Weather Forecast! A
Forec kslL
... .Li
Issued by the U. S. Weaiher Bu
reau. Washington, D. , C, for ; the
week beginning Oct. 27, 1015. V
For South Atlantic and Gulf
States: With the exception f local
showers Wednesday. eenerJly fair
temperature will prevail thresh the
week with seasonable tempeNturia.
Lmdsjy in Albany Knickerbocker Pre
HAPPENINGS DF INTEREST
GATHERED HERE AND THERE
GIST OF NEWS FROM OVER THE
COUNTRY CIVEN IN A BRIEF
FORM.
Foreign countries bought $74,
000,000 worth of American automo
biles and parts during the past fis
cal year, the bureau of domestic and
foreign commerce announced Mon
day, an increase over the previous
year of $36,000,000. Prospects are
that the exports for the calendar year
will be $120,000,000.
Figures made public by the bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce
reveal the high record in American
export trade and export balance.
September, 1915, exports totaled
$297,766,650, and exceeded by $79,
520,749 the total for September
1913, and by $141,714,417, that for
September 1914. September imports
this year aggregated $151,422,831,
being less by $19,662,012 than those
of September 1913, and more by
$11,712,220 than those of September
last year.
A large majority of the 13,000
employes of the General Electric
Company, who have been on a strike
three weeks for an eight hour day,
returned to work Monday at Schen
ectady, N. Y. The machinists, be
tween 2,500 and 3,000 in number, re
mained out, the union having voted
not to accept an agreement at a
nine and half hour day, at a waj;e
increase of 5 per cent. The machin
ists made no demonstration as the
men of other crafts returned to the
shops.
Abraham Lincoln's book of ex-'
amples in arithmetic, which he used
as a school boy about 1824, when he
was 15 years of age, brought $210
at a sale of Lincolniana from the
library of John C. Burton, of Mil
waukee, which is being conducted in
New York.
Dowdle. Phillips.
A quiet and pretty wedding was
solemnized on Wednesday evening,
October 20th, at 8 o'clock, when
Miss Teresa Phillips became the bride
of Dr. George Dowdle, of this city.
The ceremony was performed at the
home of the bride in the Mt Vernon
neighborhood, and was impressively
said by Rev. W. H. Newton, of the
Baptist church.
Little Miss Erline Griffin, the at
tractive little neice of the groom,
came in and lighted the candles at
the altar, while Little Miss Evelyn
Heard, and Master Leighton Phillips, j
relatives of the bride, daintily attired!
in white frocks, distributed flowers'
in the path, of the bride and groom. I
The bride is a charming and cul
tured young lady, being the daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Phil
lips, and has countless friends who
congratulate the groom upon his
good fortune. Dr. Dowdle, who is , j
recent graduate of the dental de
partment of the Vanderbilt Univer
sity, is now practicing in this city,
and his genial and courteous manners
are making him many friends.
NOMINEES.
LITTLE INTEREST
IS MANIFESTED
Electors of Mismsippi To Vote
for State, District and Coun
ty Officials.
On next Tuesday the general elec
tion for state, district and county of.
ficers will be held, and although the
socialists have placed candidal. in
the field, but will have but little ef-
..... -i ...
.nv wu inr nuirome oi me election.
The candidates who have been
nominated by the Socialists for var
ious offices, and whose names appear
on the official ballot which is to
be voted next Tuesday, are as fol
lows: For governor, J. T. Lester; for
lieutenant-governor, F. T. Maxwell;
for secretary of state, V. L. Eggar,
for auditor public accounts, M. P.
Williams; for state treasurer, E. F.
Miller; for insurance commissioner,
W. C. Kennedy; for clerk of the su
preme cimrt, Enos Farmer; for land
commissioner, H. A. Harbaugh; for
ailroad commissioners. R. V. Smith
and T. J. Lyon.
Democratic nominess for county
and beat offices have no opposition,
and qualified electors .should vote
for all of them.
The following officers have been
appointed by the election commis
sioners of Lowndes county to con
duct the election at the different
polling places throughout th e coun
ty: District 1 Caledonia: W. N,
Hutchinson, D. M. Wood, J. E. Mor
ris, judges, J. R. Vaughn, W. 11. Ot
ley, clerks.
District 2 North Columbus: S
ni. wash, Joe Harris, V. C. Meek,
judges. B. K. Serums, John More
head, clerks.
District 2 South Columbus: Jul
ius Marx, J. D. Lawrence, W. M.
Clark, judges. Homer Kilpatrick,
J. i. Marx, clerks.
District ssteens: J. M. Brown-
lee, J. E. Harris, J. A. Dowdle,
judges. J. W. Eubank, J. O. Dowdle
clerks.
District 3 Mt. Vernon: J. G. Go
ings, h. L. Phillips, G. H. Hartsell.
judges. C. J. Christopher, A. L. Dav
is, clerks.
District 3 Old Zion: E. Randle.
S. T. Soarks. S. I.. ni J.i..
C. Golding, J. p. Halbert, clerks.
District 4 Crawford: W. A. Hart
man, G. W. Hairston, Chas. Kier
judges. N, B. Scales, F. T. Carr,
clerks.
District 4 Dearing Store: Peto
Cox. J. N. Bailey, J. T. Hairsto .
judges. Dr. T. L, Ervin, Hugh Towi
send, clerks.
District 5 Artesia: W. S. Wads
worth, W. W. Duvis, John Mcllwain,
judges. J. T. Mitchell, Jr., John L.
Butts, clerks.
District 5 Mayhew: W.
ties, J. D. Burgin, F. C
judges. F. R. Parker, F. H.
clerks.
H. Ca
Smith, Bailey,
District 5 Thomas Store: C. H,
Cocke, J. M. Salter, W. G. Evans,
judges. Walter Swoope, R. B. Ervin
clerks.
Dies in Cleveland, Miss.
The sudden death of Mr. Ceorc
Adams, which occurred on the 21st.
came as a great shock to loved ones
and friends here. lie was a traveling
salesman, but for several months hid
been in poor healtn. Last week he
went to Cleveland to appear as plain
tiff in a suit against the Y. and M.
v. Kailroad. His death occurred
t
the Garden Hotel, where he was st
jp
ping. He was not well when he re
tired about nine o'clock in the eve
ning and became unconscious during
the nitrht. Medical aid was jriven but
he grew rapidly worse and passed
away.
His wife and daughter,, Miss Ethel
Adams, left immei'ittely for Cleve
'and, and accompanied the retr.ain3
to DeSoto, where the interment was
made. The devoted wife and lovin
daughter, as well as other relatives,
have the sympathy of countless
friends in their great sorrow.
Mutt and Jeff Coming.
The next attraction that will ap
pear at the Columbus theatre will he
"Mutt and Jeff in College," an en
joyable musical comedy. The play,
"Mutt and Jeff," has been seen here
for several seasons past, but the pro-
fLrainL this 1 is, entirely new and
the show promises to be a good ono.
Mrs. Alice Boyd, of Kosciusko, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. N.
Puckett, on College street.
Big British Transport Meet
Disaster, While Turk. Lom
One in Mamora.
London, Oct. 26. Serbian troops
are holding the northeastern corner
of their countrv.
There the Austro-German and Bul
garian forces, about to merge, arc
slowly forcing the Serbs back to
strong positions in the mountains
with heavy loss to the invaders.
In the south, where the French
troops have joined the Serbs, the
Bulgarians are being held. Athens
official dispatches announce that the
.Serbians have recaptured Veles,
southeast of Uskup after desperate
fighting. With Anglo-French rein
forcements they hope to drive the
Bulgarians out of Macedonia, al
though the English statesmen are
not optimistic over the Serbian sit- .
nation.
Sir Edward Grey today told the
House of Commons that Britain'
offer to Greece of the Island of Cy
press had lapsed.
On the eastern and western fronts
heavy fighting continues. Von Hin
denburg, undaunted by repented fail
ures to reach Dvinsk, has renewed
attacks in the Dvinsk and Riga
regions, claiming progress, especially
in the vicinity of Illoutkst. Battles
are under way in the province of Vil
na, also Grodno and Galacia.
Fighting over the Lacourtine
works in Champagne continues. The
French claim gains north of Mas
sieges. The Italian offensive is still vig
orous. It is officially announced that the
British transport Marquette has been
torpedoed in the Aegan sea, and only
ninety-nine of the personnel of the
vessel have been accounted for. Sh
was of more than seven thousand
tons.
The Turkish transport, Carmen.
laden with munitions was sunk ty
a British submarine in the Mamora
sea.
Famous Actor in Birmingham.
Forbes Robertson, the greatest
actor of this age, will be in Bir
mingham this week playing at the
Jetrerson theatre this evening and
tomorrow evening. "Hamlet," and
"The Light That Failed," will be
presented. Several Columbians ex
pect to leave today to be present and
enjoy this famous actor.
Among those who will ko are
Miss Weenonah Poindexter. Mrs.
Mary Pope, Mrs. Kittie Kennedy.
Mrs. J. P. Woodward and Miss Cor
rinne Richards.
I. EUGENE era n
MISS LOHS ME AURBIEO
WEDDING OCCURRED YESTER.
DAY MORNING AT BRIDE'S
HOME IN ITTA BENA.
Much interest centered in the wed
dim? of Mr. Eugene Trueman Beard,
of this city, and Miss Frances Mar
jorie Long, the attractive daughter
of Mr. John J. Long, of Itta
Bena, which occurred yesterday
morning at 7 :30 o'clock at the bride's
home, "Longview,"
Miss Long was attended by her
sister. Miss Annie I.on.r. whil Af,-
Beard bad as his best man, his broth
er, Mr. Walter Beard, of this city.
Among those who went from here
to be present at the njptials were
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Beard, parents
of the groom,
Immediately after the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Beard left for New Or
leans and other southern cities. Up
on their return, to Columbus, they
will be at home to their friend at
the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Beard, on College street.
The bride is an unusually attrac
tive and popular young woman,
whose many personal charms endear
her tqt a wide circle of friends.
Mr. Beard is a prominent druggist
of this city, and is a splendid young
mir n'f r.nw.V, p .v.
future.
Heartiest congratulations are ex
tended to this happy couple for a
long and prosperous wedded life.