The Columbus commercial., November 15, 1917, Image 2

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THE COLUMBUS COMMERCIAL;
;no. n. sf.nter Editor
PEOPLE NOT INDIFFERENT.
During: the past few month it has been repeatedly
and Manager j charged that the mas of people throughout the United
, . States are indifferent towards the war, and are not mani-
Entered at Potoffice in Columbus, Miss., as second-class ! festiiiR therein the interest which a spirit of real patriot
" ma'l j ism would warrant. In a recent issue of the Saturday
j Evening Post, however, Samuel G. Blythe has an article
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Semi-Weekly, one
Thursday or Sunday, one year.
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venr. .: $3. Oft i not based upon fact and does a crave injustice to Ameri-
Delivtrcd either by carrier or sent through mail. 1
1 r,o ' can citizens, who, he vehemently declares, are just as loyal
ns those of any other country on earth.
The article fn question is written in Mr. Bylthe's
LEAGUE DOES FINE WORK.
, A report of the activities of the Ladies Civic League
rently submitted by Mrs. 15. A. Lincoln, who retires
from the secretaryship after two years' loyal work,
shows thqt during that period the organization has suc
cessfully consummated many tusks undertaken with the
vif w of advancing the civic, commercial and sanitary we',
fare of the city.
One of the most important movements undertaken
by members of the league was that having as lis purp:f
the erection of a hijrh school, and that this effort vaa
crowned by suriess is generally known, as the Stephen
D. Lee High School is now in course of construction and
will soon be ready for occupancy.
: The ladies undertook quite a number of other im
portant measures, and all of them were successfully con-
Bummnted. . They have not only labored independently in
a'nu'mber of tasks but, in several instances, have had the'
Chamber of Commerce associated with them in important
undertakings. This was the se in the high school cam
paign, members of both organizations having not only
labored faithfully to induce the municipal council to call
an election on the issuance of the necessary bonds but
hr.ving worked hard to secure a victory for the measure nt
the pol's.
Mrs. Lincoln's report reflects much credit upon th.
organization, and its members have good cause to re
proud of their a'tomplishments.
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In a went editorial on current fiction the Cora-'
mere ial .referred to a series of stories which appeared J
sometime ago in the Saturday Evening Post which were'
generally known at the Globe Theater stories, and credit
ed the authorship of these delightful yarns to Mr. Charles
E. Van Loan. We have since learned, however, that the
stories were written by Mr. Henry Kitchell Webster, and
cheerfully make the correction. Our attention was di
rected to the mistake by Mr. Van Loan himself, who,
with commendable magnanimity, declines to take credit
for the work of another author. We wrote the editorial
without having any data before us, and our memory was
c.t fault. We remembered the stories all right, but at
tributed their authorship to the wrong man,
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To those of us who have kept, up with the situation
in Russia, the recent revolt against Kerensky was by no
means surprising. We have read articles by throe Ameri
can newspaper correspondents now in Russia which de
clared that the people were exceedingly treacherous and
Could not be depended upon. One of these articles was
written nearly two months ago, and stated that while the
Ctar, -whose relationship with Kaiser Wilhelm impelled
him to sympathize with the Teutons, had been dethroned,
German influence was still at work among the Russian,
, and might be expected to bear fruit at any minute.
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Many former Alabaminns now resiring in Columbus
will be interested to learn that the Anti-Saloon League
of Alabama has indorsed Hon. Thomas E. Kilby for the
governorship of that state. There are several candidates
in the field, and as the Prohibition party is very strong
in Alabama its indorsement will mean a great deal to Mr.
Kilby, who is now lieutenant-governor of the state.
usual forceful, 'vigorous an convincing style, and he sets
S forth many uncontrovertible facts to prove that his con
; tention is well founded. He cites the generous responses
1 which the people have made to very call for money for
, war purposes, calling specific attention to the fact that
' they not only overscribed the two Liberty Loans but have
made generous contributions to the Red Cross funds
which have been raised for arrying on the various activi
ties necessitated by the bellicose conditions which now
exist throughout the civilized world. ,
Mr. Blythe, in a humorous way, takes a rap at people
who are endeavoring to take advantage of the war as a
means of securing newspaper publicity, intimating that
it is, to an extent at least, "a press agent's war." Along
this line he makes the following comment: '
We learn through the medium of the press dis
patches from Washington that one of the various
geniuses who is engaged in inventing this country out
of the war has invented an "invisible ship-; prelimi
nary, no doubt, to the contriving of a nondiscemible
ocean.
We are told that the Liberty Truck, ftompleted
and set forth in the newspapers as I write, is "the
most wonderful truck in the worM." We wee furth
er informed, a time ago, that the Liberty Engine, for
aeroplanes, is "the most wonderful engine in the
world." Also that our naval building program is "the
greatest in the world"; that our cantonment achieve
ment is "the roarvej of the world"; that our expendi
tures are biggest in the same institution; and so on,
and ditto, and likewise. It is a drear week when we
do not present something, or complete something, or
start something that transcends the universe.
Wherefore it seems meet to inquire mildly:
What is this a press agent's war? What is the ob
ject o fthe meeting publicity for administrators and
adhibiters who abide in Washington?, Where are ve
going to fight this war on the first pages of the news
ners? One has only to watch the perfervid announce
ments of all our "greatest in the world" sufl and
mle the eminences attached thereto as chief pro
moter in Washington, observing the grtat stacks of
sheets of yellow paper, with press cuttings pasted
the . ,i, for the edification of the impersonal labor
ers compiled by the publicity persons attached to
each outfit, to make the answer to each query an
amused and unanimous Yes.
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That it is not always wise to accept advice, even from
overnmcnt officials, is evinced in the fact that Fuel Ad
ministrator Garfield advised us some time ago to' delay
the purchase of our winter supply of coaT as long as
possible, asserting that the price of the commodity would
decrease as fall progressed. Instead of decreasing, how
ever, the price of coal has steadily increased, and the
consumer is left with the bag to hold.
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We are supposed to be an intelli
gent people. But it took us quite a
time to distoyer that the cost of high
living had something to do with the
high cost of living.
Sometimes a wife is discontented
because her husband is so easy to get
along with that it is no fun to get
along with him.
We can't understand how a ladies'
tailor ever managed to get a corn fed
girl to agree to order a skirt made
out of broadcloth.
Of course it is none of our busi
ness. But it seems to us that the
man who has buried foui wives and
is married to a fifth will feel some
what embarrassed when he dies and
meets them all in heaven.
Most of us waste a lot of perfect
ly good energy trying to find out
things that we really do not want to
know. .
When it comes to trouble, a good
citizen neitHer borrows nor lends
citizens neither borrows nor lends
it.
Why is it that we get the most
pleasure out o doing the things that
we can't afford to do?
We have knocked around the world
some. And we have always found
that the man who has no enemies has
mighty few friends.
A good wife will always try to
'hare her husband's trouble, because
if she hadn't married him he wouldn't
have them. ,
No wonder the suffs are anxious
to get into Congress, here you can get
big salary for doing nothing but
ta'king all day.
When a hustler can't find an op
portunity he doesn't sit down and
wait. He gets busy and makes one,
It is a happy husband whoso earn
ing capacity can keep pace with his
wife's yearning capacity.
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Ohio came very near falling into the dry column as
the result of an election held in that state last week. The
official count finally showed, however, that the anti-prohibitionists
had won their fight for the open saloon by an
exceedingly narrow margin.
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Cables from Petrograd indicate that Russian offi
cials are endeavoring to "jolly us along" until they can
secure payment of large sums of money which have been
loaned Russia by the United States government and which
(still are on deposit in American banks.
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' The fact that farmers are veritably rolling in wealth,
while poets claim to be utterly poverty-stri-Ken, seems
to indicate that, in this prosaic twentieth century, diversi.
vacation pays much better than versification.
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Now that the policy of conversation has become so
popular, we wish that the haberdashers and laundrymen
would do a little conserving by reducing the number of
pins which they stick in our shirts.
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We are promised by the Federal food department
that Thanksgiving turkeys will be plentiful and that
prices are to be reasonable. Let us hope that the
promise will be fulfilled. W
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The Rate Increases
as your age increases, so buy life insurance in big
amounts while young.
Dividends Left to Accumulate
when you don't need the money make a larger fund for
An Old Age Fund
Yeu will surely need it in the years to come. Let me
show you.
JESSE P. WOODWARD
General Agent
Odd Fellows Building
Phone 531
Columbuo, Miss.
"To What Bae Use. We May Re
turn, Horatio!"
The Sou-thorn Sentinel, published
at Ripley, has "heard a rumor" that
i'at Harrison is to be pulled omt of
the Senatorial race and another) can-
date substituted.
.The Sentinel editor heard the ru
mor by starting it himself. The re
port had its beginning and also its
ending, in his own mind.
There is just as much haince of
Pat Harrison quitting the Senatorial
race, as there is of Jim Vardaman be'
coming a patriot and a statesman
andthat is not in the realm of things
either probable jor possible.
Pat Harrison will quit . the cam
paign for tl?nate only after the
votes are couirfed, and the couirt "will
show him elected by the largest' ma
jority ever given to a candidate- for
that office in Mississippi.
And we would also beg to remind
the editor of the Southern Sen1"jnel
that it is entirely too early to siart
campaign canards. He Is violating
the rules of the game. It is iuis
tomary in the' Vardaman camp to
hold back all the falsehoods until the
week before the election. Jack ton
Daily News.
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A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
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freeze at 32 Fahrenheit just liki any other non-alco- j'
holic beverage. Be careful about this, 33 freezing affects f
the rich fullness of that delightful Bevo flavor, which,
goes so particularly well with a meal or a bite to eat.
If Bevo were merely a summer beverage this warning
might not be so timely but, as all who drink it know
Bevo is an ali-year-'round drink
Everybody enjoys it for more than just its' thirst-quenching
qualities the pleasure it gives comes from its flavor, purity
and wholesome nutritiousiness the enjoyment of these qual
ities is independent of time or season.
To get full pleasure out of Dutch lunches, Welsh rarebits,
oysters, clams, lobsters, sausage, cheese and many other such
delicious edibles, Eevo should be included.
You will find B?vo it inna, cafeterias, restaurants, groceries,
department and drug stores, soda fountains, dining cars, steam
ships, canteens, soldiers' homes, navy, and other places where
refreshing soft drink beverages are sold.
Your grocer vill supply you by the case. Demand
the genuine have V.m bottle opened in front of you
sue that the s?cl is uibrokeii covering the crown
top and sci tl:-t i'.:a crown top bears the Fox.
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Bevo is sold in bottles only, and is bottled exclusively by
, , Anheuser-Busch St. Louis
For Sale at 4
THE BEVO STAND
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It is the task'of Christianity to fid
our nation for a, juster and more
fraternal social life. We must move
toward greater equity in the distri
bution of wealth or give up our claim
to Pbrintinn ilnmnprnrv Tnd.'ivt
large classes of Qur people have no
property rights in the industrial out
fit of the nation, no recognized place
within the industrial organization, no
protection against the curse of un
employment, no income for old age
or times of failing health. They are
disinherited in God's common earth;
they are only semi-citizens of our
republic. On the other side are an
increasing number who have with
drawn from productive labor and are
living on the work of others. Chris
tianity has not spoken its last word
in this matter. We shall have to
ome to a clear conviction whether
it is morally tolerable o live on un
earned income. This is the most
searching mora.1 question before us.
Our churches can be ever so em
phatic on other moral issues, but un
less they have an unmuffled message
on the rightful basis of property,
they will lose their moral leadership
with the mass of the working part of
the nation. Prof. Walter Rausen
busch, in an address before the Na
tional Baptist Convention.
Wanted Volunteer For
Service in Th Red Crot
Due to the increasing activities of
The American Red Cross in this
country, and, particularly in for
eign countries, it will be ne:tessary
to secure the services of a consider
able number of competent notn-pro-fessionnl
people.
So far as possible non-profossional
personnel should be secured on a
volunteer basis.
The secretary of the local chapter
will be glad to file applications for
service, and furnish blanks to be
filled by applicants. Names. of vol
unteers for work in their own local
ity will be recorded at the :4iapter
office. Applicants for work in the
United States are to be filed with
the division office nt New Orleans.
Applicants for foreign service will
be forwarded to the National Head-
jquarUrrt at Washington.
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The residents of Newcastle, Eng
land, are called Novocastriana, i.
The bill pouch of the pelican will
hold from three to eight pounds of
fish.
More than twoi-thirds of the
world's supply of tin is mined in the
Malay peninsula.
The production of rubber is among
the great possibilities of the Phillip
pine islands.
For providing the body" with
"energy" bread is only surpassed by
oatmeal and by sugar.
More tobacco is smoked per head
in the United States than in any oth
er country except Holland.
The smallest dependency of France
is the He d'Hoedie, situated at the
east of Belle Isle. Its population is
238.
Lead is said to act-iike steel at or
dinary temperatures in liquid air. It
will serve as a helical spring, for ex
ample. Concrete piles have been driven
nine feet in the coral rock of Mono
lulu with 3,100 blows of an ordinary
drop-hammer. '
Wright Patterson, of Chicago who
flew back to the home town from
Sydney, Australia, thinks he stands
a good chance for the gold medal for
long distance flying.
SUPERVISOR'S NOTICE.
The State of Mississippi.
Lowndes County.
Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Supervisors of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, will on the 3rd
day of December 1917, the same be-j
ing the first day of their regular
monthly meeting, at 2 o'clock p. m. let i
at public auction to the lowest bidder!
the following bridge work in Lowndes!
County, towit: Building -Concrete or
wooden bridge on Air Line Road at
Bishop Bottom: Also repairing con
crete pier to steel bridge near same
place all in District three (3). Each
bidder must deposit the sum of Fifty
dollars if he desires to bid. Success- j
ful bidder will be required to keep!
road open to traveling public while j
such bridges are being built. Suc-
cessful bidder will be required to en-j
ter into bond for faithful -performance;
of contract and to guarantee said j
bridges for one year. All to be
built actording to plans and specift-;
cations on file in Chancery Clerk's!
office. The Board reserves the right j
to reject any and all bids.
By order of the Board this the 7th
day of November 1917.
B. A. LINCOLN, Clerk.!
ANNOUNCEMENT
OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO THE EYE-GLASS
WEARING PUBLIC OF COLUMBUS AND VICINITY.
L. E. MAYFIELD, The Retail Store, 117 S. Market St. Columbus.
We take pleasure in announcing that we will again have with ut
for 10 day's DR. B. MOSS, expert Optician of Montgomery, wbo will
test your eyes and fit glasses at price within reach of all. ;
READ THIS GREAT OFFER
Genuine 14 K. Gold-filled Specta
cles and Eye-Glass Frames guar
anteed to wear ten year Fitted to
your eyes by an expert Optician
with the best of Spherical Lenses
complete for
S2.I1I1
This Spe
cial Offer
for Ten
Days Only
Commencing
!- Wednesday
Nov. 7, to ,
and includ
ing Saturday
Nov. 17, until
10 P. M.
Special Notice We sell glasses all year round, but for this special
occasion we have secured the services of DR. B. MOSS, the Expert
Optician, who has had 23 years' of experience in fitting eyes, so you
are sure to get satisfaction. iHundreds of people have been bene
fitted by his previous visits here, why not you? There are manyi
people who neglect their eyes because they cannot pay the usual high
prices for glasses, if you are one of them take advantage qf this of.
fer, come in and have. your Eyes Tested FREE,' our Optician wifl
recommend glasses only if you need them. W guarantee every pair
of glasses to give perfect satisfaction or we will make a new pair
FREE OF CHARGE
Double Sighted
Lenses Rearing and
Distance in One,
Prescription Work
at Proportionately
Low Prices.
For the benefit of
those : who cannot
come in day time we
will : fit Glassei
every night until 8
P. M. ' Saturday tin
til 10 P. M.
SHUR-- ON-FIT-YOU
and
RIMLESS GLASS
ES Like Cut at .
Proportionately
Low Prices.
Remember the Dates and Place, DR. R. MOSS, Optician in charge at
L. E. MAYFIELD, DRUGGIST
THE REXALL STORE.
117 SOUTH MARKET STREET n COLUMBUS, MISS,
Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Supervisors will receive bids
for supplies for County Farm for
month of December 1917 on Monday
the 3rd day of December IS 1 7 at 2
o'clock p. m. j
By order of the Board this 7th day
of November 1917. 1
11. A. LINCOLN. Clerk.
.SHINGLES-
Get them While You Can
We have the following grades NOW
Louisiana Red Cypress Shingles:
3- in. Star A Star $3.00 per M
5-in. Heart Economy $4.50 per M
4- in. Best Heart $5.50 per M
Terms Cash less 4 per cent.
Bell Lumber & Mfg. Co.
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