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THE COLUMBUS COMMERCIAL
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VOL XXI No. 61
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STUBTSJEW TEH
CIIAMHEM OF COMMERCE
RE ORGANIZATION CAM.
I'AIGN CLOSES.
FINK KKSUI JS
NOW KXPKCTKI)
Member Council Will be of
Great Assistance During the
Next Twelve Months.
Yesterday saw the completion of
the re-organization campaign for
the Chamber of Commerce. At a
meeting Friday night of the Hoard of
Directors the completed organization
was taken over und the wheels of
machinery were Bet in motion on
the activities for the coming year.
During the past week the entire
time hat been spent in building the
Members' Council, the divisions of
the different departments and the
program of work which will be fol
lowed out during the next twelve
months. A complete line-up of the
different branches of the organiza
tion will be announced in a few
days.
. Several of the divisions of the dif
ferent departments have already
started their work, having received
bids on the printing necessary and
getting their forms and details ready
for work.
The organization on the new plan
creates a place for every member,
the belief being that every man has
a "pet hobby" and if placed at work
following the line of the personnel'
wish his efforts will be directed for
the good of the community and him
self. With that in view the officers
of the organization are being very
careful with their selection of men
fox the different positions.
.X. V McKeand, who has been In
. re of the re-creation for the pa
-Ttvar-eeaa,' left Vhi city yesterday.
In an interview with a representative
of the Commercial before leaving he
expressed himself as being well
pleased with the campaign here in
Columbus and the spirit of the bus
iness men in taking hold of the mat
ter. The local organization accord
ing to the experts in charge is the
most modern in every way and con
structive results are expected from
the work of the body.
The program of work as outlined
from the suggestions as gathered
on the referendum covers a wide
range of activities and everyone of
them is possible of accomplishment.
With the departmental plan of work,
the dividing of the different branches
of the program of work among the
divisions and the fixing of the re
sponsibility means a possibility of
carrying out a large number of ac
tivities without a big call on anyone
for a large amount of time.
LOCAL IN 10 ORGANIZE
WILL HOLD MEETING AT CHAM
HER OF COMMERCE THURS
DAY EVENING.
A number of the business men of
the city held a meeting Thursday
night for the purpose of discussing
the organization of an advertising
body in the Chamber of Commerce.
Another meeting will be held next
Thursday night, at which time a per
manent organization will be effected,
When organized it will be the in
tention of the members of the club
to affiliate with the Associated Ad
vertising Clubs of the world, the lar
gest business organization in exist
ence. Twenty Children Burned to Death.
Feabody, Mass., Oct. 28. Twenty
children, most of them girls seven t
17 ycais old, lost their lives to'V.y in
a file that destroyed St. John's ?aro
chial School. Another girl probably
wi li-; sevovft! were severely hurt,
The GOO children had entered their
class-rooms for the morning session
when the fire was discovered, and al
though most of them were guided to
Kafety by sisters of the Order of
Notre Dame, who were their teachers
panic seized many as they n tared the
front door, and ir their rush to es
cape they lost their footing and
their bodies blocked the exit It
was in the front vestibule thrt nearly
I'll the bodies were found.
Of the,l. codies at an undertake
i.ied. They were Mabel Beau
champ, Nellie Burns , Florence
Bourke, Elizabeth Comeau, Helen
Bresnahan, Annie Bolesky, Ida Ftei-
INTEREST TAKEN j
III CIVIC LEAGUE!
COLUMBUS LADIES CO-OP-
ERATE TO IMPROVE
LOOKS Or CITY.
MKI'TINO FRIDAY
WKLL ATTKNDHI)
Work of Members Will IV to
Follow Plans Outlined by
Chamber of Commerce.
Nearly seventy-five Indie were
present at a meeting of the member
of the Civic Improvement League,
held at the Chamber of Commerce
Friday morning, proving that the or
ganization is of paramount interest
to the ladies of this city.
The meeting was presided Over by
the president, Mrs. William Baldwin,
and a report from the membership
committee was heard.
Mrs. Battle Bell, chairman of the
temporary program committee, re.td
a report, which was adopted to be in
corporated in the fixed program at
the next meeting. The president
was empowered to appoint commit
tees and arrange a tentative program
of work.
An interesting talk was made by
Mr. C. A. McKeand, of Indianapolis,
who has been conducting a re-organizing
campaign here for the past
three weeks for the Chamber of
Commerce. He gave an outline of
work done by the women of Charles
ton, S. C, which will in part be fol
lowed by the members of the local
CIVIC improvement organization
The work of the league will fol
low the pjans outlined by the Cham
ber of Commerce and will be in de
partments. Each member will write
the president or the Secretary of the
association states that she thinks
is most needed in this city in the way
of Improvements and on which com
aiiti she prefers to" work.
The meeting was very enthusias
tic and lasted more than an hour.
The president states that the meet
ing next Friday will last only pie
hour.
Mrs. McElroy Patset Away.
The funeral of Mrs. C. P. McElroy,
who died in Memphis Friday morn
ing, was held from the First Metho
dist church at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning conducted by Rev. W. L.
Duren, and interment took place at
Friendship cemetery.
The remains reached the city Fri
day evening and were taken to the
home of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Smith,
on South Seventh street.
Mrs. McElroy, who was about 75
years of age, lived in Columbus many
years, and was a great worker in the
Methodist church and Sunday school,
and wherever she felt that she could
do the greatest good for Christ's
cause. For the past six months she
has resided at the home of her son,
Dr. J. B. McElroy, in Memphis. For
several weeks past she has been ser
iously ill, and the end came peace
fully. Besides her son, Dr. McElroy,
she leaves one daughter, Mrs. Poe,
of Sidon, Miss. To the bereaved the
Commercial extends sympathy.
The following friends acted as
pall bearers: Messrs. John Richards,
W. W. Richards, Kennith Harrison,
C. B. Smith, Walter Beard and
Grady Stephenson. The honorary
pall bearers were: W. C. Beard, A.
Pegues, Joe Love, G. D. Harris,
Dabney Lipscomb and D. R. Mc
Clary. ambre, Mildred Fay, Helen H.
Keefe and Annie M. O'Brien.
All of the sisters escaped but
Mother Superior. Marie Carmeltia
was seriously burned.
How the fire started may never
be known. The first word of the blaze
it is believed, came from a tardy pu
pil who smelled smoke and reported
it to the mother superior. The chil
dren had just finished morning pray
er when the gong sounded for fire
drill. Mother Marie hurried to tell
the sisters of the actual danger, and
the movements of the fire drill were
quickly started.
A few days ago in a practice drill
the building was emptied within two
minutes; it would have ben cleared
in almost the same time today, in
the opinion of some, but for the fall
ing of a child believed to be a cripple,
in the front vestibule. Over ' her
body child after child pressed on by
the crowd behind, stumped and fell.
The opening was choked and escape
cut off.
Trouble at the rear door, which be
came jammed for a time, also im-
nwa,! th. n,m,mt nt k
. jial Hospital, in Memphis, stated that
eXik ft' a. i.tiicd, Luver,t,e wan fr frnm fov on,! V.
and many escaped through it.
Mr. F. A. Rowan, of Artesia, visit
ed the city Friday.
COLUMIUH, MISS
.
iVAm.
L 10 MISS CAtELL
HELD FRIO
LARGE NUMBER, INCLUDING
WOUNDED SOLDIERS, AT-
. :. ., TF.ND,, SERVICES .
London, Oct. 29. A service at St.
Paul's Cathedral today in memory
of Miss Edith Cavell, the British j
nurse who was executed in Brussels,'
was attended by a throng which re-j
called the funeral of Lord Roberts
at the cathedral almost a yenr ago. I
Before 8 o'clock a great crowd .
stood shivering in the first cold fog
of the season, awaiting the opening
of the doors. Shortly after ten
o'clock signs bearing the wordi,
"church full," were hung1 at all the
doors except the one reserved for
ticket holders. Conspicuous i.monir
the crowd which waited patiently in i
the gloomy fog was a largo number j
of wounded soldiers, attended by Red j
Cross nurses.
The sombre clothing of the congre
gation which packed the grent edifice
was relieved here and there, 3inj.',uhr
ly, by spots of color of tho uniform
of soldiers and sailors when military
and naval dignitaries took their
places in the pews. The only seats
reserved were for the Lord Major,
the diplomatic corps of the entente
allies and 000 of Miss Cavell';; fel
low nurses.
The service was begun with the
"Dead March" played on the organ.
Then came "Abide with Me," by the
Life Guards' band. Excent for ihe
mm ?m&m
Lord's prayer and the reading of onei Golf Match t Aberdeen.
lesson, the service was entirely musi- A verbal invitation has been ex
cal, no sermon being delivered. tended the members of the Luxapa
King George and Queen Mary were lila Golf Club, of this city, to take
represented by Edward V. Whallirg-' part in the contests between Tupelo
ton, groom in waiting to the king;! and Aberdeen, which are to be play-
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yueen Mother Alexandra by Earl
Howe, and Field Marshall Kitchenei,
by Surgeon-General Sir Alf. Keo?:h.
director-general of the British medi
cal service.
FalU From Pecan Tree.
Master Walter Beard sustained
painful injuries yesterday when he
fell about twenty feet to the ground
from a pecan tree in the yard of
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Ottley, on Col
lege street.
In company with a number of
playmates the young man climbed
into the tree to gather some nuts,
and in some way lost his hold and
was precipitated to the ground, and
it is almost a miracle that he was not
killed.
Dr. T. H. Henry was summoned
and gave medical attention, and
found that no bones were broken. In
a short time he had recovered suf-
! ficiently to be carried to the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Beard, where he is improving.
Mr. Richardion Improving.
The latest news from Mr. Jonathan
Richardson, who was operated on for
annniliritia at tho Rnntict VflMn.
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was doing as well as could be e-
nnitA,l TV i . T .
jirvvcu. una is very pieasant news io
air. Kiehardson s countless friends
ncre.
, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOIIIH 11, I IMS
WHY 0107 YOU TAKt CHARGE
SENIORS IK I. HI C.
ENTERTAIN THE JOIRS
BEAUTIFUL BANQUET GIVEN
LAST NIGHT ENJOYED BY
v V
STUDENTS. i0
250
The seniors at the Industrial In-
stitute and College, who have been
"breaking in" the juniors during
the past week, made up for all they
had done by serving a banquet in
their honor last night. Each year
the graduating class entertains or
the juniors, and the affair last eve-
ning was the most elaborate ever
given.
The gymnasium was the scene of
the feast. The hall was transfon i
en into a landscape scene, with a
moon in the background. The table
was set in the shape of a star. Cov
ers were laid for two hundred and
fifty, and the dinner was served in
six courses. Little red devils were
used for place cards, whili witches
black cats tnd pumpkins were ar
ranged about the table, giving it a
Hallowe'en fpearanee.
FOOTBALL RESULTS.
L. S. U. 10, A. and M. 0.
Auburn 12, Georgia 0.
U. of A. 23, Sewanee 12.
Georgia Tech. 23, North Carolina
3.
North Carolina A. and M. 14,
Navy 12.
Miiiinippi College 20, Tulane 8.
Vanderbilt 35, Tenneuee 0.
ed on the links at Aberdeen Thanks
giving day.
Columbus now has a number of
fi
ne players, and it is exencted thatiediun' CIifton Crawford, in "The
several
iveral of them will avail themselves
of the oportunity of taking part in
the match at Aberdeen.
Mr. George Buder, of Memphis,
spent a few days last week with his
sister, Miss Bessie Buder.
PABDDN BY THE GOVERNOR
BREWER RELEASES LOWNDES
COUNTY MAN SERVING NINE
YEAR SENTENCE.
Mr. Lindsey Duncan, member of a
prominent family living at Caledonia,
a small town twelve miles northeast
vi t oiumDus, wno was serving a nine
year term in the penitentiary for
manslaughter, has been granted a
' i. l.. n
I'aruun oy uov. urewer,
rurirt the Cbrim! hn'idsyi cf
1912 Duncan lulled a young man
named Arthur Manning, of the Cale-
. .... .
donia neighborhood. He wa convict-
ed at the April terra of circuit court
tin i&u
10VJ hi.yr
Cartar in Naw York Evaning Sun.
NEW FRENCH CABINET
NEW COALITION COMBINES ALL
ELEMENTS OF FRENCH
REPUBLIC.
Paris, Oct. 29. A new French
cabinet, headed by Austride Briand
as premier and minister of forengn
affairs, came into existence tonight.
This is the first time in the history
of the French republic that there is
a coalition ministry of all the oppos
ing parties and factions. It follows
closely on the recent innovation of
forming a British coalition cabinet
of conservatives and liberals.
The action taken today in forming
the cabinet was a culmination of a
deep popular sentiment that at the
supreme crisis of the war that purty
division should give way to united
action by all the parties in common
support of the government. As the
result of the cabinet of Rene Vivian!
being representatives of only a few
political groups the ministers pre
sented their collective resignations
and President Poincaire immediately
charged Austride Briand with the
formation of a new organization,
combining all elements.
The resulting coalition is remark
able in personnel, and includes many
venerable figures. The modern ela
ment is represented by conspicuous
leaders of all the political groups of
the country. Thus the coalition will
bring together France's oldest and
younger statesmen, and in personnel
represents all the history of modern
France since the fall of Napoleon
III.
Big
Attractive Program All
Th.
Week at the Princent.
The attraction at the Princess for
Monday is the noted Broadway com-
GalloPer," a Pathe Gold Roosl
Rooster play
in five reels, adapted from Ray
mond Hitchcock's famous success,
"The Yankee Consul," a cleverly con-
cei -ed comedy that is good for many
laugns. A big feature at regular
prices, 5c and 10c.
ine raramount" attraction for
Tuesday, Nov. 2, is an unique double
bill of two features,
"Bootle's Baby," by John Stansge
winter, is a delightfully pleasing
child story, enacted by Mimi Yvonne,
the wonderful little child actress and
a famous playersr cast, in four reels.
"The Man on the Case," by Grace
Livingston Furniss, is the story of a
millionaire who is looking for a girl
that will love him and not his money.
Is replete with many laughable situa
tions, and enacted by a famous
players' cast, in two reels.
Making a program of comedy and
drama of the "Paramount" kind,
which means better six reels of
wholesome entertainment.
Children 5c; adults 15.
Mr. II. K. Foster, who has been
spending several months with his
father-in-law, Mr. W. L. Ellis, at Ar
tesia, has returned to his home at
Greely, Texas.
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GENERAL ELECTION TEUTONS MI 10
10 DCGUn mi'!'' SttOOOUHO SEOOS
CITIZENS Of STATr. lo'kUsMA HOf'LS 10 51 NI)
VOIL I OK Dr.MOCNATIC I MI R moors THROUGH
NOMINM.L
unu: iNT!;m:sT
ISMAN'II'IKIi:!)
Mrfrs of Mimiiuippi To Vote
for State, Dintrirt nl Coun
ty Officials.
On next Tu''liiy the penernl e i . -turn
for !ale, district und county of
titer will be held, and alihotrh the
socialist hiie placed enndidat in
the field, but will hnve but little ef
fect on the outcome of the elect inn.
Th candidates who have been
nominated by the Socialists for var
ious offices, and whose names nppe.tr
on the official ballot which is to
be voted next Tuesday, are as ful-
own: For governor, J. T. Lester; for
ieutenant-governor, F. T. Maxwell;
for secretary of state, V. L. Eggar,
for auditor public accounts, M P.
Williams; for state treasurer, V.. F.
Miller; for insurance commissioner,
W. C. Kennedy; for clerk of the su
preme court, Enos Farmer; for land
commissioner, 11. A. Harbaugh; for
railroad commissioners, R. N. 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 the coun
ty:
District 1 Caledonia: V. N
Hutchinson, I). M. Wood, J. E. M .r
ris, judges. J. R. Vaughn, W. H. Ot
ley, clerks.
1'iurict a North Columbus: S.
M. Nash, Joe Harris, W. C. Meek,
judges. B. K. Sessums, John More-
head, clerks.
District 2 South Columbus: Jul
ius Marx, J. I). Lawrence. W. M.
Clark, judges,. Homer Kilpatrick,
J. S. Marx, clerks.
District 3 Steens: J. M. Brown
lee, J. E. Harris, J. A. Dowdle,
judges. J. W. Eubanks, J. 0. Dowdle,
clerks.
District 3 Mt. Vernon: J. (3. Go
ings, K L. Phillips, (i. H. Hartsell.
judges. C. J. Christopher, A. L. Dav
is, clerks.
District 3 Old Zion: E. Handle,
S. T. Sparks, S. L. Davis, judge, i
J. C. Golding. J. P. Halbert. cler k
District 4 Crawford: V. A. Hart
man, (3. W, Hairston, Chas. Kier.
judges. N. B. Scales, F. T. Carr.
clerks.
District 4 Hearing Store: Pet,'
Cox, J. N. Builey, J. T. Hairsto;..
judges. Dr. T. L. Ervin, Hugh Towi -send,
clerks. i
District 5 Artesia: W. S. Wads-
worth, W. W. Davis. John Mellwain,
judges. J. T. Mitchell, Jr.. John L.
Butts, clerks.
District 5Mayhew: W. H. Cat
ties, J. D. Hurgin, F. C. Smith.
judges. F. R. Parker. F. H. Cailev.
clerks.
District 5 -Thomas' Store: C. H.
Cocke, J. M. Salter, W. G; Evans,
judges. Walter Swoope, R. B. Ervin,
clerks.
Franklin a Notable Visitor.
Jackson, Miss., f)ct. 29. Jackson
friends were pleased to again greet
yesterday afternoon Hon. Malcolm
Franklin, collector of the port of
Honolulu, Hawaaian Islands, and for
many years a member of the Missis
sippi legislature. Mr. Franklin wis
pausing through Jackson on his wny
to Yazoo City to visit Senator John
Sharp Williams, to whom he owes his
appointment. He has .spent several
days in his old home at Columbus.
The Hawaaians have been made
immensely wealthy by the war, Mr.
Franklin says, the prices received for
their sugar product during the re
cent months, being the highest they
had ever known. The sugar cane
plantations are largely in the hands
of big interests, however, and there
is little opportunity for the small
grower, available lands having been
entirely taken up. The cost of liv
ing is also an acute problem with the
man of moderate means, says Mr.
Franklin, and the salaried employees
in Honolulu witn a family, consider
themselves fortunate if they can
break even at the end of the year.
But for the tourist the Hawaiian
climate is ideal all the year around,
and Honolulu is a city of great nat
ural beauty, nad built along strictly
modern lines.
The friends of Mrs. M. L. Cox
will regret to learn that she has
been called home on account of the
serious illness of Mrs. A. D. Eggles-loi.l
KOUMANIA.
AUSTRIAN'S CHOSS
SKKIJIAN WOUDVM
Only Arlillrry r.nKgemnti
Are Taking Vint in f ait
Germans Still After Riga.
I.ond-m, Oct. 2!. The German,
Hith their Austrian and I'.ulgarian
Altie, are trying to cut off 'he
retreat of the mam Servian army,
vihich ii offering spirited resistance
a it retire.
While Kield Marshall Von Mack
enen's force advance glouly from
the north, the Austrian have cross
ed the western border of Servia,
south of Vishegrad, and are moving
eastward, and the Bulgarian are
marching westward on a large front
from Pirot, southeast of Nish, to
Sejecar, northeast of Nish.
It is a long way across and the
country is difficult to traverse, but
the Servians are bound to defend it
as long as possible, as their great ar
senul at Kraguyevatz is situated in
this area, and they doubtless will
hold on with the hope of making an
eventual retirement in the mountains
in the Montenegrin frontier and in
that country.
To forestall this the Austrian are
also attacking in Montenegro, but
have made little progress as the.
Montenegrins under their veteran
fighting King, have had a long time
to prepare for just such an event,
and have beaten off all attacks.
In what way Servia is to be as
sisted has not yet been disclosed.
Some British troops are co-operating
with the French in the South, and
others are on their way. Russia's
plan also has not been disclosed, al
though from German sources it is
reported that Roumania is about to
throw her lot in with the entente
allies and will allow the passage of
a half million Russians through her
territory to attack Bulgaria from
the north.
Greece has assured the entente
powers that her neutrality remain
friendly to them, and has pointed out
that she has already given them as
sistance by permitting the landing
of troops at Saloniki.
On the other fronts there is little
or no change in thes ttuation. In the
west artillery remains the chief meth
od of warfare, although there has
leen some trench fighting. In the
eist the battle is still ragint' for
Rica and Dvinsk, which for nearly
two months Von Hindenburg has
been trying to reach .
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST
GATHERED HERE ANO THERE
GIST OF NEWS FROM OVER THE
COUNTRY CIVEN IN A BRIEF
FORM.
The ginners' report shows that
3'J'J3 bales of cotton were ginned in
Lowndes county for the crop of liU5
prior to October 18, compared to
6,6)3 bnles girned to Octobe- 14,
l'Jli.
The new super-dreadnought,
Nevada, the firt oil burning battle
ship of the t'nited States navy, is
ready for her government tests off
the coast of Maine. The tests are
expected to continue for about a
week.
Formation of a supplemental air
fleet of 5,000 aeroplanes whose
pecial mis-sion be to conduct a
ceaseless campaign of destruction on
German factories, is the object of
the new French aerial league. The
league was founded by a group of
prominent Frenchmen.
British submarines have unk four
more German steamers in the Bal
tic. This announcement is made in
the Russian official statement.
Dr, Brewer Return.
Dr. W. C. Brewer, who for the past
month has been taking a special
course at Mayo Brothers, in Rochest
er, Minn., returned home the pait
week.
The Columbus Hospital, which was
closed during the absence of Dr.
Brewer, will reopen tomorrow.
The Young People's Missionary
Society of the Christian church will
meet at the church this afternoon at
4 o'clock. All members are invited
to be present.
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