The Columbus commercial., November 04, 1915, Image 1

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'EKiE COLUMBUS "COMMERCIAL
VOL ;.X!N. M.
IKE BEATEN ;CH01'JI15 IVILLSEE
III THEE STATES ' HH IT TUPELO
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sr.ns 5AY "NO."
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VrnWt'ttn AmnJmnt l
HeaUn By Dcli Majori.
New Vi.rk. Nv. .1. Amendment
to tlm f on , Million of the tt f
Niw rk, Vrin)lvani anil Ma
m htiet to rnfran'hi women,
ha met with apparent overwhelm
ing defect ut the hand" of I'm
voter, t.Jt the amendment to the
Ohio constitution for statewide pro
hibition in that state met a similar
fate.
In New York State the vote on
suffrage from 2467 districts out of
5713 in the state gave 2 4 1 ,! U S for
and 321,118 vote againt the meas
ure. The returns undoubtedly indicate
also the tlefent of the project to
adopt a new constitution.
The republicans have a safe ma
jority in the New i'ork state as
sembly. The state elected three republican
congressmen: N. S. Gould, in the
Thirty-sixth, B. H. Snell, in the
Thirty-first, and W. S. Bennett, in
the Twenty-third districts.
In Massaeheusetts the vote on the
suffrage amendment from 838 pre
cincts out of 1140 was 95,077 for
and 178,192 against the measure.
The election for governor appears
to bo close. Returns to the present
give McCnll, republican, 182,362,
'and Walsh, democrat, 183,075. The
mining districts are in sections in
' vtiich Mc'r!l v expected to show
real atrei-1 -i a. ,w
Tn Pen ..;v!v: : the r i.ttib vere
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'mffrage was irUicaleu Dy an over
whelming majority.
In Ohio local politicians declared
the vote against state-wide prohibi
tion would be 50,000.
Barrow-Green.
Mr. J. E. Barrow and Miss Mar-
gie Green were married on Monday
evening at i o ciock, at me nome or
. i i . .1 i i
Rev. and Mrs. W. 1. Allen, in East
Columbus. Only a few friends wit
nessed the ceremony that was per
formed by Rev. Allen, pastor of the
Second Baptist church.
SHELL'S SUCCESSOR TO
. BE NAMED IVE
15
COUNCILMEN FROM WARD
WILL BE SELECTED TO FILL
VACANCY ON BOARD.
At the regular monthly
meeting
of the city councilmen held Tuesday
night, the board decided to hold an
election. on November 16 for the pur-
pose of naming an alderman from
Ward 2 to succeed Capt. Jno. Snell,
who died several weeks ago.
Already three candidates have an-
nounced for the position, each of
whom are well known citizens. Those
in the race are Messrs. J. A. Lipsey,
J. H. Burns and Wallace Stevens.
Tent Show Here All Week.
The Kadell-Kritchfield Company
is nlavine a week's engagement in
this city under canvas. The big
tent is located on Bradford's square
and for the past three nights large
crowds have enjoyed the vaudeville
features presented. Several good
comedians are with this show and
those who can't laugh should remain
away. The company carries a band
and orchestra and concerts are given
each afternoon and evening in the
business section of the city. A small!
admission nnce of 10 cent is
charged at each, performance.
The ladies of the Christian church
are invited to come to the church Fri-
day afternoon at 5:30 o'clock for
conference with Mrs. Harrison, re
maining for luncheon and the night
service.
Miss Grace Augusta Ogden and
Miss Elizabeth Ogden, of Atlanta,
the attractive young daughters of
Rev, and Mrs. Dunbar Ogden, are
visiting their grandmother, Mrs. G
W. Cox. and other relative. Thir
father, Rev. Dunbar Ogden, accom
panied them on their trip as far as
Birmingham, at which city he stop
ped to deliver a series of sermon-1
A. AMI M. WI1X PLAY UNI
VI KSITY Or MISSISSIPPI
1 LAM SATURDAY.
si'KciAinais
(10INO FKOM 1 1 KM-:
Contest If r.ipll to H On
of th Wrmrtl Tvrf Played
Hetween Thr Two Team.
Throughout the Mate thi we'k
the chief topic of conversation wi'l
be the roming football vhoip bitwein
the team from the I'nivr-iy of
Mii ippi and Miioiippi A. and M
at Tupelo, hen thre old rival
meet on the gridiron for the firt
time since 191 1.
One of the higgeat student crowd
that hit ever attended this game i
assured. Acrirdinf to W. I'. ( ha I
wick, dirertor of the Physical Kd'i
ration Department at the A. and M.,
who spent Monday In the city, prac
tically the entire student body from
that institution have secured per
mits from their homes, and with their
cadet band of over thirty piece,
will make the trip on a special train.
The entire corps will be in uniform
and the resiment of one thousand
marching in ranks, will be one of
the spectacles of the day.
Permission has been piven the I.
I. and C. students to attend the Knme
and they will make the trip also on
a special train, which will leave here
Saturday morninir, returning late
in the evening, ihe student body
from the University of Mississippi
will also be on hand to support their
team, and they will have on their
special train from Oxford a large
number of students from Blue Moun
tain, Grenada and the girl's college
at Holly Springs. With over 2,000
cdleg" student attending this game,
i't is rwected that ore of the l-ii?"-i'
1 -a rw thot yia u'. lx ulnd -. A.
a.id MrUniversity game will gather tt
Tupelo Saturday.
The game will be played at the
fair grounds where a good sod cov
ered field has been laid off immed
iately in front of the big grand stand
and special rates have been offered
"s envenng mpeio, ana
ine ame nas 'Deen. advertised
in riiii irnn r nrrn vi lSQiuQinni I Qfi
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numoers oi people win take advan
tage of the good roads throughout
this section to make the trip in their
cars.
It is a well-known fact that it is
almost impossible to dope out an A.
and M.-University game. Year after
year critics have decided one eleven
to have the edge on the other, only
to have their predictions utterly up
set. No better example of this could
be cited than in 1911, the last time
thesetwo teams met. Before the
game it was freely predicted that
"Ole Miss" would win by a large
score. The game resulted in a 6-0
victory for A. and M. The same thin?
has been true in other years when at
tempts have been made to compare
the relative strength of the teams.
While the early season record of the
Aggies has been a little better than
that of "Ole Miss," those who have
followed these games for a number
J of years are giving that fact but lit
tie weight. Louisiana State Univer
sity defeated "Ole Miss" 28-0, while
the same team beat A. and M. 10-0
Both teams have lost by large scores
important games. Auburn beat A
and M. 26-0, while Vanderbilt ran up
a still larger score against the Uni
versity.
A perusal of the results of pre
vious games between A. and M. and
the University shows that each team
has won five games, with one game
a tie. The following is the results of
the games that have been played be
tween the teams:
1901 A. & M. 17; University 0.
1902 A. & M. 0; University 23.
1903 A. & M. 6; University 6
1904 A. & M. 5; University IT
1905 A. & M. 11; University 0.
1906 A. & M. 5; University 29.
1907 A. & M. 15; University 0.
1908 A. & M. 44; University 6.
1909 A. & M. 5; University 9
1910 A. & M. 0; University 30.
1911 A. & M. 6; University 0
Total points scored by the Univer-
sity of Mississippi 114; total points
a by A. and M. 120.
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The firm of Robertson and Compa
ny, wholesale and retail merchants,
j who enjoy oneo f the largest patron-
I ages in the city, are making improve-
ments in their building. A new of
fice i hmng pi-oofpj j'jt north cf the
wholesale department directly back
of L. Rosenzweigs store, and when
completed will be commodious and up
to date in every respect.
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COLUMBUS, MISS.,
4
TO H
THE 10 OF DECEMBER
EXACT DAI E OF CEREMONY
HAS NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED
BY THE PRESIDENT.
Washington, Nov. 1. It was an
nounced formally today at the Whit?
Hou:e that the marriage of President
Wilson and Mrs. Norman Gait will
take place "near the cloe of De
cember," and it will be private at
Mrs. Gait's home here.
Thin statement was issued by
Secretary Tumulty:
"In order to quiet speculation,
President Wilson and Mrs. Norman
Gait today authorized the announce
ment that thoir marriage will take
place near the close of December.
Their plans are for a very simple
ceremony. It will be performed at
Mrs. Gait's residence. No invitations
will be issued and it is expected that
the only guests will be the members
of the two families.
5iut finny) fint Co. lunula
Columbia, Miss., Oct. 31.- Jack
Hughes, 30 years old, member of a
prominent family of Washington
Parish, Louisiana, adjoining this
county, was taken from the county
jail here early today by a party of
masked men and hanged to a tree
a short distance outside of the city
limits. Hughes was under arrest in
connection with the murder of La
rue Holloway, a well known young
man of this place, who was kijled
near here on the night of October
31.
Otho Fortenbury, the jailer, who
occupied quarters on the second
floor, was awakened about 1 o'clock
this morning by three masked men
who, after forcing him to give up
the key to the cell occupied by
Hughes, bound him to his bed. The
lynchers worked quietly, Fortenbury
told the sheriff, forcing Hughes to
put on his clothes and leaving the
building without awakening more
than two of the several prisoners in
adjoining cells. These were unable
to say how mary men were in the
ru-.y.
The jailer, who v. as found and re
leased by a boarder in Fortnhurv'r
household several hours later, re
ported to the sheriff and district
attorney, and posses immediately be
gan a search for the prisoners and
his abductors.
A short distance out of the city
a posse found a new felt hat with a
rope tied across the crown lying in
the middle of the road, one end of
the rope stretched ' across the high
way and down a cow path. A few
yards further on Hughes body was
found swinging from a tree.
According to the authorities, per
sons who witnessed the killing of
Holloway in a lumber camp near
here, said that Hughes shot the
young man in the back without pro
vocation. Holloway, at the time it
was said, was. engaged in a fight
with another person while Hughes
was an onlooker. Hughes at first
defied arrest but C. P. Jones, who
witnessed the killing, took him into
custody and delivered him to the
deputy sheriff.
Hughes formerly resided at Isabel,
La., but came here several months
ago to accept a foremanship with a
lumber concern.
Herman Ridder Diet.
York, Nov. 1. Herman
New
Ridder, former treasurer of the
Democratic National
and publisher of the
Committee,!
Staats-Zeitung, died suddenly today
at his home in this city.
The cause of Mr. Ridder's death
was kidney trouble in acute form.'
He had been ill for about 10 months
ar.d for two wcc'u i.t LI cuuJi-
tion had been critical. He was in Mr. Ridder opposed at that time,
his 65th year. He was also discussed liter as a like-
Members of his family were sum- ly selection for ambassador to Ger
moncd to the bedside late today and many.
THURSDAY MOHNIN'i, NOVLMM.R 4, HIS
iHt CCMMASOtR-TESTCP.DAT HO
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ffl THREATEKFiE NISH
ENTENTE ALLIES ENDEAVOR
TO AID SERVIA FROM TWO
DIRECTIONS."
London, Nov. 2. Preuiier A
quith'a speech in the House of Com
mons today on the policy and plans
of Great Britain, concerning which
he did not disclose much more than
was already known, monopolizes the
attention of all Europe tonight, and
the fierce fighting, although it has
been severe on some of the fronts,
is receiving little thought.
The Austro-Germans and the Bul
garians continue their advance in
Servia and are daily drawing closer
to Nish making the position of the
Serbian army in the north more pre
carious. It is believed here, however
that the Servians will b4 able to
withdraw to the mountains and re
sist the invaders until the assistance
whjfh the entente allies have prom
ised, draws some of 1fi-'ye.ssure
from .them
The British and trench troops
landed at Saloniki, already are doing
thisjn the south, and news of a
Russian contingent, which is various
ly reported as having landed at Var
na or to be approaching Bulgaria
through Roumania, is anxiously
awaited.
On the western fronts, except for
some fighting in the Champagne,
there is little or no activtiy, but on
the eastern front at least three or
four big battles arei n progress.
The Germans continue their ef
forts to approach Riga from the
west, the Russians are attacking
west of Dvinsk, and among the lakes
south of the city, while attacks and
counter attacks are almost continu
ous along the Styr river in Volhynia,
and along the Stripa in Galacia.
MEETING OF AD CED8 IS
TO IE HEED THIS E1
MEN OF CITY INTERESTED IN
ADVERTISING WILL FORM
ORGANIZATION.
Much interest is being taken
among the business men of the city
in an Ad Club, and another meeting
will be held at the Chamber of Com
merce at 7:45 o'clock this evening for
tne PurPe forming an organiza
tion. those who join the club this
evening will go in as charter mem-
hers.
A meeting was held the past week
for the purpose of discussing the mat
ter, and so much interest was shown
that it was decided that the organi
zation would be perfected tonight.
The members of the new club will
include the buyers and fellers of ad
vertising in all its phases.
were with him when he died.
Among a large number of prom
inent German-American citizens of
the United States, Herman Ridder
was among the most conspicuous
in the newspaper publishing busi
ness and in politics. His associates in
the publishing business had honored
him at one time with the presidency
of the American Newspaper Pub
lishers' Association, and for many
years he held high offices in the As-
New York'sociated Press as treasurer and di
rector. In politics he was such a fac
tor that he was talked of at the
National Democratic Convention, at
Denver, in 1908, as a possible norni-
( nee for vice-president on the ticket
ViiUi 1'n. Brvan, whom, however,
TOOM.
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UPPEHI1GS OF INTEREST
GATHERED HERE 11 THERE
GIST OF NEWS FROM OVt R 1 HE
COUNTRY CIVEN IN A BRIEF
FORM.
Following are the phonetic spell
ings the correct pronunciations ot
geographical designations that occur
in news from the war regions in the
Balkans, the accent in each instance
falling upon the syllable immediately
preceding the hyphen: Vlasine, Vla,-
eena; Kotthana, Kotchah-na; Krav-
jevo, Krah-ievo; Kumanovo, hroom-
shnovo; Negotin, Neg-oteen; Monas-
tir, Mon-asteer; Bozhevats, Boh-!
zhevatz; Sultan Tepe, Sooltan-Te-pay;
Petrovatz, Pet-rovatz; Vrh,
Vruh.
When James A. Beeman, mail
carrier, of Butler, Ohio, finished his
trip Monday he had driven his horse
sufficient number of miles to girdle
the earth three times. He has driven
the horse on the route for 14 years,
going 27 miles a day for 50 weeks
each year, or a total of '112,300
miles.
E. T. Wilburn, a farmer living
near the line of Jones and Jasper
counties, in this state, claims to have
the oldest bale of cotton in the Unit
ed States. This bale was grown thirty-six
years ago by Mr. Wilburn's
father. This was before the build
ing of the New Orleans & Northeast
ern Railroad, when cotton grown in
this section had to be carried either
to Shubuta or Enterprise for market
ing. Roads were bad and the prices
were low the year the bale was pro
duced, and each succeeding season
for several years found cotton selling
at still lower price, hence the senior
Mr. Wilburn decided to store the bale
in his barn and keep it for his chil
dren. The old gentleman has been
dead six years and the son has decid
ed to preserve the bale of cotton in
definitely. Supervisor') ScMion.
The board of supervisors met in
regular monthly session at the court
house at 10 o'clock Monday morning,
at which time there was present Hon.
W. S. Newby, president; Messrs. H.
H. Walters, R. G. Harris, J. M. Led-
I better, associate members; Battle
Hell, sheriff, and Hon. B. A. Lincoln,
clerk, when the following proceed
ings took place:
Ordered that bridge contracts be
awarded H. C. Terry as follows:
building Oak Slough bridge, $80 ;
repairing Orr creek bridge, $74; put
ting concrete floor on steel bridge
crossing Howard creek, $1,340.
Ordered that John Weaver h
awarded contract for building bridge
over Ellis creek at $1.90 per lineal
foot.
The resignation of F. M. Ragsdale'
as constable in district No. 5 was ac
cepted, and D. M. Upchurch was ap
pointed to succeed him.
Ordered that $10,000 be borrowed
for school fund and that notice of
same be given according to law.
The clerk was instructed to adver
tise for bids on the construction of
a ZO-foot steel bridge across Duck
slough on Caledonia and Steens road.
Ordered that the funds of Tusca
loosa road taxing district be kept
separate from other funds.
Ordered that the sum of $2,000
be allowed R. C. Searcy & Co. out of
the county fund.
Ordered that Mt. Vernon and Old
Zion road districts be created.
The board adjourned Tuesday af
ternoon.
Meeting of U. D. C.
There will be a business meeting
of the Stephen D. Lee Chapter, U
D. C, ai the home of the vice-president,
Mrs. Sue B. Hudson, Friday
morning at 10:30 o'clock. Annual
dues and floral assessments will be
collected.
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"PELLAGRA SOUAO"
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Dr. (illlre S Certain Thai
Victim Will Recover If lK
Proper DiH It f.iven.
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reward for nuhritif ' fnr t pt f i1 ! j
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service million! ie to iMri timie (h
rnu-ie or ami th curt fur pilliu'in
A twelfth member of the 'Tc!l;n'i it
SiUml" wax releu-ed a few mod! In
ittfo became of a phyia! hteun
ilown. Thi granting of freedom to all of
the eleven prionei followed an of
ficial announcement by the Mkm
sippi state board of health that ex
periments conducted at the convict
farm under the direction of Dr.
.ioipli iioiiiiierer anil his a-sis:-ants
had demonstrated that pella
gra is produced by an unbalanced
ration and that Dr. Goldhergcr wa
convinced that the disease could be
cured if the patients were given
proper food.
Jackson, Miss., Nov. 1. Dr. Jos
eph Goldberger, of the United States
public health service, has proven bis
theory that pellagra, a disease that
has spread alarmingly during the
past few years, is produced by un
balanced rations.
The Mississippi State Board of
Health today officially announced
tne results or ir. Oouiuerger s ex
periments with a pellagra squad at
the Uankin state convict farm.
Twelve prisoners were seleeted for
the experiment, each being promised
a pardon in the event they followed
strictly the diet prescribed by Dr
Goldberger, which excluded milk
fresh lean meat, eggs, peas and
beans.
The experiment commenced on
Feb. 15 last, and a diagnosis today
shows that six of the prisoners have
pellagra in pronounced form, while
two others show symptoms sugges
tive of pellagra.
Four Jackson physicians accom
panied Dr. Goldberger to the convict
farm and confirmed the diagnosis.
The prisoners who have developed
the disease will be ' immediately
placed under curative treatment and
Dr. Goldberger is confident that they
will be restored to normal health
within a few weeks.
Twelve Die in New York Fire.
New York, Nov. 1. Twelve per-
3 oris were nurned to death in a fire
hich destroyed the three storv ten
ement house at 66 North Sixth street,
Brooklyn, tonight. More bodies are
believed to be in the ruins.
The fire started in the lower part
of the building and spread rapidly
to the upper floors, cutting off
means of escape. Nearly all of the
occupants were asleep, but many
were rescued by the quick work of
the police and firemen. The bodies
of six adults and four children were
among the first recovered. They
were found clad in night clothes
bed rooms and hallways.
Mm. Nath Panet Away.
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firs, oifincy .asn. an od am
prominent citizen of Columbus, died
last Sunday morning at the home of
her son-in-law, Mr. C. P. Shackle-
ford, 1704 Bell avenue.
The deceased was the sainted
mother of Prof. S. M. Nash, superin
tendent of education of Lowndes
county. She was a consistent mem
ber of the Methodist church, and hi-r
long and useful life has left its im
press for good upon the entire com
munity. She is survived by three
sons, Prof. S. M. Nash, Mr. H. II.
Nash, Mr. R. B. Nash, and four
daughters, Mrs. C. P. Shackleford,
Mrs. Nellie Joyner, Mrs. J. T. Ellis
and Mrs. Elbert Joyner.
The remains were taken to Ber
sheba cemetery, where the services
wer conducted by Rev. W. C. Gal
ceran, and the body was laid to rest
beneath a flower covered mound.
Will Addreti School Boy
Prof. H. G. McGowan will deliver
an address to the boys of the Bat row
Memorial School this afternoon at
2 o'clock on "Corn Club Work."
The young men, who are pupils of
tne Barrow school, entered the
Ix-wndes County Boys' Corn Club
the past season and they all did credit
to themselves.
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turned by I ' '. O voter and t.i payer.
I he couiicilmen decided ho A ever, to
ut the amount $o,iuiO thu leaving
I lo.iniil for the building, which it
i thought will leave the amount in
mfficieiit to erect a building with
ill modern conveniences, including
i gymna.ium, swimming pool, read
ing room, etc.
At the meeting of the councilmen
Tuesday night, which was attended
y muny enthusiastic men anil wo
men, the matter was discussed, but
the board deferred action until their
meeting tonight.
The question of a sight for a high
school building is not paramount
just now. The question of the issu
ance of bonds to the amount of $50,-
000 is of vital interest, and every
citizen should rally to the cause and
do all they can to see that the bonds
are issued.
Blanch Sweet and Houie Paters
at Princen Today.
The "Paramount" attraction at
the Princess for today, Thursday,
Nov. 4th, is Jesse Lasky's latest big
feature, "Stolen Goods," a Lig and
powerful picturization of the fa
mous drama of love and justice, fea
turing the two world famous stars,
Blanche Sweet and House Peters,
with excellent supporting cast in
cluding Theodore Roberts.
Admission, children 5c; adults 15.
Mrs. II. W. Savage's countless
friend are glad to know that she
has recovered from a two weeks' ill
ness.
Mr. George Palmer is in Clarks-
lale on business'.
sum VOTE IS CSST
IN GENERAL EEECTISN
ONLY TWENTY PER CENT. OF
VOTERS OF THIS COUNTY
Wl NT TO POLLS.
Hardly twenty per cent, of the
voters of Lowndes county went to
he i ills Tuesday for the frsneial
c K'C'Jon, and ir little inteiest was
:i.ovcr, over h.i state.
Out of 900 qualified ete"l..is in
tlm tity, only 16 votes were cast
ho-e, 162 in South Columb:3 and S4
on the north side.
The following gentlemen served
us officers of election here:
South Columbus: Messrs. J. D.
Iwrenee and Jul' us Marx, judges;
Messrs, J. F. Pope and Homer Kil
patnek, clerks.
North Columbus: Prof. S. M.
Nash and Maj. Battle Bell, judge,
Messrs. John Wells and J. R. Pun
dle, clerks.
Weather Forecast.
The weekly weather forecast of
October 26, 1915, will be the last
regular weekly forecast issued until
the beginning of the crop season in
1916. As condition. may warrant
and conditions require during the in
terval forecasts in the execution of
the regular period may be issued and
furnished to the press.
Civic League to Meet Friday
The Civic Improvement League
will meet at the Chamber of Com
merce at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon
instead of on Friday morning as an
nounced before. All interested are
urged to attend.
The public is extended a cordial in
vitation to the Christian church Fri
day night at 7:30 o'clock, at which
time Mrs. Ida Weathers Harrison,
vice-president of the International
Christian Woman's Board of Mis
sions, will give an address.