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COLUMBUS, MISS , THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1918.
Semi-Weekly, $3.00 Per Year.
VOL XXIV. NO. 102
WILSON URGES STATEMENT OF
THE PEOPLE TO VARDAMAN IS
CONTINUE WORK SUBSTANTIATED
CADET PETERS FINE WORK OF
BURIED WITH ALLIED FORCES
HIGH HONORS NARROWS LANE
WIRING A TREE BLOCKADE ACROSS A CANAL
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IMPRESSES UPON THEM
NECESSITY FOR INVEST
ING IN THRIFT STAMPS
TO MEET AUGUST 2
Meetings to Push Stamp Sales
Will be Held at Rural
Schools on That Day.
The principal feature of the mass
meeting held at the First Raptist
church Monday night for the purpose
of diseasing and formulating plans
for the continuance of the Thrift
Stamp campaign in Lowndes county
was an address by J. L. Wilson, of
Grenada, special agent for the Feder
al government. Mr. Wilson was in
troduced by Rev. S. L. Pope, pastor
of the First Methodist church, and
delivered a forceful address, in which
he urged the local workers to con
tinue their activities until the full
amount allotted Lowndes county had
been secured.
Mr. Wilson also addressed the
trustees of the various public schools
of the county at the courthouse at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon, having
been introduced on that occasion by
Prof. E. A. Stanley, county superin
tendent of education, who is direct
ing the local drive. He told the trus
tees that the work of raising the al
lotnients for the various school dis
tricts devolved largely upon ' their
shoulders and eloquently urged them
not to relinquish their efforts until
the coveted goal had been reached.
After having listened to Mr. Wilson's
address, the trustees present pledged
themselves to continue the work and
to arrange to have meetings in their
tespective districts on Saturday, Au
gust 2, for the purpose of urging the
residents of these districts to sign
pledge cards.
The quota allotted Lowndes coun-
. ty is $615,000, while only about
$340,000 has thus far been secured,
and every possible effort will be ex
erted to make up the deficiency.
ACCEPTS K1XK POSITION.
The latest local recruit to the ranks
of women war workers is Miss Mat-
tie Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
G. F. Brown, who is now in the ein
ploy of the National City Bank in
New York, one of the largest institu
tions of its kind in America. Miss
Erown was offered the position while
visiting relatives in the Empire City
and decided to accept it.
Mrs. Terrel Perkins, who has been
visiting friends in the city, left Wed
nesday for New Orleans.
PARTY WILL GO TO
A. & M. COLLEGE
MKMHF.US OF HOYS' AMI GIRLS
(LITIS TO llti SHOWN' AC
TIVITIES THERE.
Mr. P. L. Wells, emergency demon
titration agent for Lowndes, Clay and
Oktibbehit counties, has made ar
rangements for members of the boys
pig and corn clubs and the girls' can
ning clubs of Lowndes county to take
a trip to the A. and M. College near
Statkville and inspect the college
farm and dairy, which are thorough
ly equipped and which will serve to
show the visitors how activities of
this character should be carried on to
accomplish successful results.
The party will leave here Wednes
day, August 7, and will spend three
days at the college. Chaperones will
be provided for young ladies who
make the trip, the entire expense of
which will be $5.,
The Board of Supervisors met in
t pedal session at the courthouse yes
terday to investigate the escaping
cf prisoners from the county farm
The matter was discussed at length,
but no action was taken. Ten prls
cners have escaped during the past
six weeks.
Mr. Marmion Loving left recently
lor Moa runt. Mlis., where he see"!
to accept a position with a large ship
luihiing corporation. -
CORRESPONDENTS SAY
HE USED WORDS "STAB
HER IN THE BACK."
MAKE AFFIDAVITS
Sworn Statements of Paul
Wooten and R. M. Gates
Read by Pat Harrison.
lu a tptei-li recently delivered at
Mapee, 'Mian., by eu;.gre8;,aian Pat
Harriu.u, wi o is peeking the seat in
tlio I'nited States Senate now occu
pied by Hon. .lames K. Vardaman, he
produced affidavits from two Washi
ngton newspaper men, Paul WooteD,
correspondent of the New Orleans
Times-Picayune, and It. M. Gates, cor
espondent of the Memphis Commer
cial-Appeal, in which they solemnly
affirm that the junior senator gave
tliein a prepared interview contain
ing the reference to stabbing Ger
many in the back, which he has since
denied. The paragraph referred to
reads as follows:
"It was proposed if we did not
fight Germany now stab her in the
back while England and France have
her down that we would have to
ight her alone, and other excuses,.
imaginary and real, for war were as
signed. Now, personally, I think the
cause of this war was the interference
on the part of Germany with com
merce between New York and Lon
don. I have always thought it was
purely a matter of pecuniary profit
and I think so still." v
The affidavit executed by Mr.
Wooten, which contains practically
the saideelaration as 4hat sworn to
by Mr. Gates, follows:
"In the United States of America,
District of Columbia.
'Before me, the undersigned au
thority, personally appeared Paul
Wooten, who is known to rne and
who, after being duly sworn, says:
"1 am, and have been for the past
three years, the Washington corres
pondent for the New Orleans Times-
Picayune, a daily newspaper publish
ed in New Orleans, La.
On the 11th day of August, 1917
id my newspaper capacity, I called on
Senator James K. Vardaman in the
corridor of the Senate of the United
btates and asked mm if he had any
news of the day. He replied that he
had prepared an interview for publi
cation and that if 1 would call at his
office in the -Senate office building,
his secretary, Mrs. Macy Dinkins.
would give it to me. He further
stated that it was his desire that no
part of the interview be published
without the whole of it being pub
lished. I promised him his request
would be complied with. I called at
the senator's office soon thereafter
end his secretary, Mrs. Macy Dinkius,
handed nie the prepared typewritten
interview, a transcript of which is at
tached hereto. I sent the interview
to the Times-Picayune by telegraph
without alteration whatsoever and m
the exact form in which 1 received it
from the senator's office. Alter ,1
used the copy of the interview, i
turned it over to K. M. GaU?s, the
correspondent of the Memphis Com
mercial Appeal, conveying with it the
injunction given me verbally by Sen
ator Vardaman that it be published
in its entirety, if used at all.
"Some days after the interview
was published in the Times-Picayune
I understood from my paper the
New Orleans Times-Picayune that
Senator Vardaman had denied the'
authenticity of the Interview. 1 called'
nun up immediately over me ieie -
phone and asked him If such were
irue anu ne siatea mai ne naa uoi
aeniea u nor wouia ne oeny giving.
out the interview.
PAUL WOOTEN."
"Sworn, to and subscribed before
nie this 11th day of June, 1918.
"HARRY PILLRN. D. C.
"Notary Public."
Mr. W. M. Davis, a well known
citizen residing several miles north-j
west of Columbus, ha.3 the thattks of j
The Commercial for a fine water-!
melon and several cantelopes, as well ;
as a renewal of his suliscrintion. I
Mr. and Mr3. T. A. Eggleston left
Tuesday mcrninS for their home
California, after a very pleasant r!?!t
to relatives in this city. They are
i making the trip in a Dodge.
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HrltlNli wiring trees which they have
WILSON IN CHARGE
OF ALL WIRE LINES
TIJiKPHOMl AND TKl.lXiltAPH
com t:xs of coi'XJ i:v i x-
1KI HIS COXTIJOI.
Washington, July 24. President
Wilson's proclamation taking over for
the duration of the war operation of
telephone and telegraph lines was is
sued Tuesday. It did not include
radio systems and ocean cable lines.
Government operation and control
begins at midnight July 31.
Supervision, control and operation
of the wire systems is placed under
the direction of the postmaster gen
eral. Postmaster Uenerai nurieBon win
administer government control
through a committee of which he will j Hastile Day, July 14, the French
be chairman. The members will be ( Republic National holiday, was ob
First Assistant Postmaster General : served and celebratfd this year on
John C. Koons; William H. Lamar, I land and sea by American land and
solicitor of the Postolfice Depart-1 navy forces uuder special orders in
ment, and David J. Lewis, former con-: like manner as is observed the Ami r-
gressman irom Maryland, now a
member of the tariff commission.
ItLAIIi HAIKSTON.
Mr. Ralph P. Blair and Miss Laura
May Hairston were married at the
manse of the First Pi-prbyteriar
church at 4 o'clock Sunday after
noon, the ceremony having been per
formed by the pastor. Rev. R. Exeell
Frye. Mr. ltlair is a wealthy young
planter of the prosperous Prairie see -
tion west of the Tombigbee river,
while his bride, who i.i the daughter
of G. W. Hairston, a well known citi
zen of the Crawford neighborhood, is
an unusually pretty ami at tractive
young lady.
VARDAMAN WON'T
ACCEPT CHALLENGE
dim ui:s to DKitATi; gri'sriox
OK SPX.VroKI Al. CAMPAIGN'
WITH HARRISON.
Jackson, Miss., July 23. The let
ter from Senator Jas. K. Vardaman's
campaign management, positively and
flatly declining to enter into any Joint
debate arrangement with Representa
tive Pat Harrison, an opponent for
the nomination honors, which was re
ported at Harrison headquarters last
Monday night, was in line with the ex
pected. While Mr. Harrison himself
.has not formally stated it, it Is said
,0 ho B far, thnt wllpn th challenge
,,, nnt nn the eve nf his return
J
from Washincton. neither he nor his
campaign managers expected any
other outcome than that recorded.
Secretary Eugene Fly, of the liar
rison campaign committee, was in re
ceipt of a message from Judge J. Q
j Robins at Tupelo to the effect that
the latter had received a communica
tion from Vardaman headquarters,
declining, on his behalf, the Invitation
or challenge for a joint discussion.
Mr. J. A. Watson, Jr., well known
; son of Supervisor J. A. W atson, of
' this county, has arrived safely in
France, according lo news received
in hfr( the first of the week.
: .
Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Hogan have
named their little son Pat ualun, Jr
fulled across a canul to hold up tn em
ITEMS OF INTEREST
OVER THE COUNTRY
GIST OF THE NEWS FROM OVER
THE COUNTRY GIVEN IN
BRIEF FORM
Paper thread is a Denmark war
substitute for use in binder twine.
Wheat is selling for $50 a bushel in
Turkey, reports the American and
Syrian Relief Commission in Turkey.
Before the war the normal price was
50 to 60 cents per bushel.
The Postal Censorship Board, Po;t
ofijee Department, announces that
translators of Spaaish are in demand
at New York amt .other port cities.
These positions sty open to women '
who can
translate accurately and , ,.
quickly.
ican Fourth of July. :
The Army Medical Department has
developed a mobile X-ray outfit to
be carried on the standard army -ambulance
to the front-lino trench tor
the benefit of wounded soldiers, it
is desired by army surgeons to lose
no time in a scertaining the extent and
conditions of w fmiis. The outfit i;
made up of the Delce gas-' l.'tli ;j set,
the high-tension tliui:lormei and tin-
j special type of Coolidge tube.
Mrs. Stanley McCormiclt. in eiiargt
o the department t food production'
and home economics of the woman's
committee, Council of National De
fense, gives this advicw to fanner
ettes;- "Watch your feet. Don't ig
nore footwear. Vou must have a
good spinal column to keep up with a
good job. The condition of the Hpinal
column depends freplly on the feet.
He picturesque if yt.u wish, but be
sensible. Wear good stout boots to
preserve health."
A recipe for a wheatless loaf ol
bread Is soon to be: made public by
the office of Home Economics of the
Department of Agriculture. It is the
discovery of the experimental kitchen
conducted jointly by the Department
of griculture and the Food Adminis
tration. Directions are to be given
lor the making of three new wheat
substitute breads the half wheat
loaf, the one-fourth wheat loaf, and
the wheatlep.i h,af. The recipe is ex
pected to save thousands of pounds of
wheat flour.
PP.KSIDK.NT W ILTPILLD SPKAUS.
II, a. H. L. W ;.'t. ield, president of
the Mississippi In'.U'jtrial Institute
and Ct H .el.ve ed .in addrt-i-s at
the First Baptist church Sunday
mon I".;, i.avin.; selected as his suo
jec: " ..'hi t i. lit 11 L8 tie) Attitude of
Cbr svnii People During the War?"
Kt . T. L. Ilolconib, who for some
til.. i past had bee :i serving as pastor
of th" etiiirc'.i, rcig u-d several weeks
ago to go to Fiance as a Y. M. C. A.
wa "'cretary, and f im e that time the
pulpit of the ciiureii has b'-en vacant.
r.,:.,n services were held at the
Princ ess Air lotiii.- St nday evsning and
a rr;ciai fiuturo was the music.' The
PrliH.es:: c.rv'uesu a rendered a number
of ftion-, while some of the city':'
most talented Hint' .t. apn-'i-red in vo
cal i.u nie r".
? iiMit v-" to '""'Mi-d ii-nil- ph
Bi i . .' a."t! Wo (in, of Payne Field,
speiu .uisiiay . v o.cg in the city. '
- niy.
GREEN WILL NOT
ACCEPT POSITION
il.UAiW.W WP.OM l.i'isroi'
I.I ws F.i i;o i:i i;iss;oj t -.vim
lei: iKci.:!,s.
Hev. William .Mwr-r r '"!, i"
.lu'!;:-.,ni, who recently was elected
bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal
church for the diocese of MiK.n.sr.ip,!
alter hnvlmr nvcepted the pn-it'on.
has reconsidered the matter and h.;
written I'.hihop Bratton a letter in
ieh he s I ; t f s that lie cannot accept
th honor conferred r.ptm hir.i. i
ills decision nut In at e "pi tlie position
Mr. (5ri-n i.i actuali u i.y the iiici
Uult ail 0rfiolvl count 'of t!u ballot!
jwed a discrepa.iey ixtweeu
tie
ni. m. m r of ballots ca t by tht pari,::ei
it presented ..U the nuiulier :nTr"d
it-d rcpivneiit:iii.:i by the fii'tmU' i
(III CVeiielltifcls.
When the discrepancy was uiscm
eieil Hi.ihop ISryttnii inferred tie
nuuter to Mr. A. M. Pepper, of Lex
ingt.on, legal advisor of the diocese,
who deciib-d that the election' vva
legiil. Mr. Green has. decided, how
evt r, that while lie i: eoniidetit thai
he was leg, illy eh ted his coiu'cieaci
will not allow him to accept a posi
tion about whicii then- h uii aioin oi
doubt, and !i:is Iher-'fore declined l
seno.
"Thai which irqi!f. lejfal vilidiea
on or cxplani-lioii," ra s Mr. liiivi
in his letier u lii:--tioi Uraiton, "i
lo that extent not i lawless, i! it
should he Cod's will t'mt I serve Him
in His church as a Id shop, the dic
tion must le nl'ove moral as well :
;:a eilestion."
WILSON TO MAKE
TWO ADDRESSES
II L Si'FAk TO TI!K PliOl i: OI
Itl l; l, HILL AMI C.M.LIMiM
V :ii.iii!oi;ihmis.
Citi.t ns of Lowndes county
sote.i have Hie privilege of le
VV 1 1
ilMli
two aitdress'-s by Hon. J. T. Wilson,
of Orenada, field agent for ibe Wai
Savings Stai.ip campaign in this sec
tion oi Mississippi. Mr. Wilsuti will
speak at Rural Hill at 11 o'clock this
morning and at the same hour th.-
"following day will address tru- citi
zens of Caledonia. Mr. Wilson will
wind up his work in Mishis-dppi Ui'si
week, as lie expects to sail at au
early (late for Frai.re, where he will
take an acuve part in the fight
a,;ainst the Huns.
SJ'OLZF.K IIADALCS.
A weudiiig of interest to Colum
bians was solemnized at St. I ranees
(Vilhedral church in Alexandria, La.,'tirian church pastor, who (luring re
on July Ik, wheu Sergeant Frank
Stolzer, a well known young Colum
bus citUt n, was married to Miss
Josephine Radalus, of Alexandria.
The t'looio is now t:iti(irin(l at
Camp Reauregard, La.
Ideal. Julian Hopkins, -who for'
some time past has been in the U'sdi
Hospital in Washincton, N trending!
!i few ilrivu ru with hi-t t. e-n t -. 1 - 1
i:iid Mrs. Ileveily Hopkins. Lieut. I
Hopkins is now iu the aero service. ;
MILITARY FUNERAL C.IY
EN (1ALLANT YOUNCi
MISSISSIPPIAN
AVIATORS HERE
Detachment of Airmen From
Payne Field Present at the
Obsequies.
'ihe i'lisievsl oi Cadet Jovph H.
iit.Ts, Hie ymum lljer u lu ewi.t!)
i;iel at Kelly Fit Id i al 'iroui i . . , nor
S.M! A til oil io, a Ihe rest.tl oi' iiijiiri.
ii' i;n:i,i in an aerial act ideal, was
!: 1.1 here Monday , and til .voiiiu:
loan was given a military burisl. a
in tachiilt lit of av iators I'lom I'.'.i a'
I'ield, near West Point, having been
present and having pai tieip'ited in
l he obsequies.
The body arrived here over the
Mobile und Ohio railioad at 4 o'ths t
Monday morning, having been ac
companied by Cadet Aviator C. C.
Tavlor, one of the young malt's Com
l anions at Kelly Field, and wa
taken to the First Methodist church,
where funeral services were held at
10 o'clock. These services were con
ducted by Rev. T. K. Grcj-ory, pas
tor of Ihe Ceuhal Methodist church,
and were attended by twenty-four
aviator:; from Payne Field, near West
Point, .while several airmen in plaro s
Mew over Friendship eemeUry as the
body was being lowered into the
. rave and dropped I lower:-, on t tie
eofrin.
Cadet Peters v.-as a member of an
old and aristocratic family, havi-ig
In in the Knn of the lute Thomas
Peters, xv ho for many y o;.,r.H v ;w a
prominent citizen -.of this city. He
was a nephew and namesiilie of Mr.
''(isepll Street, pri sident of the ler
chants' and Fai titers" P ink, and was
losel) related hy ties of co,ls:U!i.Ulin
ity to Mis. Irene Purhe, Mrs. T. J.
t,ocKe, Jr.. ami other well Known
i esideiits of Columbus.
CALL FOR Al TO MFl HANK S.
Mr. John F. Kirrrson, reeiuitirig
chairman for Lowudes county for
the Y. M. C. A. overseas service, r
ceived ytstertlay a telegraphic call
flout Mr. J..AVatt Rains in Jackson
for automobile mechanics for ov-r
teas Y. M. C. A. service to serve with
lie American tinnv. The t.'h'gi.i:ii
dates that the nun tuna the of List
class mechanical anility, auto cxpei-i
m-e, above draft a';e and of iniquen
! finable, character. The message
::ta.tes that expense:; overseas will b
paid and fatmly nee. ssities cared for.
Anyone desiring to join this i-et v
c should rouHiiunirate with Mr.
Firerson.
LOCAL ML AT MIOIt I U.K.
Cidiiinbtis has b i siiflerliig from
a "eneral meat tihortage for several
iavs past , and local restaurantetiv
have ( rleticeil dlffienliy in supply
'ni". the wants of t'e -ir enstoilH-rS. On
Tii'-i.lav the nrourietor of one ol
the largesit cafe-; in tin- city ran cool
1 b tcly out of beef, mutton, pork und
b: -in. lb1 could obtain no meat at
! isal mnr'i-els and after exhausting
the slock of canned meats, fish and
fowls could offer customers very lit
tle i tibsiutitial food, the menu having
l.cvn restricted largely to eggs, ve:.
(ablest and other dishes usually serv
as entrees.
MRS. ROSAMOND MALL DEAD.
News, of the death of Mrs. Ro
n mi 1 Hall, whicii took place at
Pio.is.i'ield, X. J., last Thursday, wa;
ric. ,vd here with fee! in us of the
i t.iHst sorrow. Mrs. Hall, who be-
lore her marnagi was Miss uosa.-
I neiriii Pu kins, made her home in t'o
i Iriiibus for many years and was e.
! c dint-ly popular in local social cir
cles. She was the daughter of Rev.
V. . Perkins, a well know n Presby
cent years has served churches lu
Covington, Tcnn., Amite, La., and
i oiier pouwteru towns.
Mrs. Rose left Sunday for her home
i in West Point, after a delightful
! visit to Vr. and Mrs. Will Rose.
Messrs. J. X. lul its :s;d Girts
Pittdi, of Artt sia, were a'.noug the vis
itoM io the city Ttie-iday.
Rt v. and
t'aiiinl th ir
Mrs. W. 1
"on l.owry
Ail.-u
Drake.
iUt (
.150TTLI' NT.CK'THROUGH
WHICH GERMANS MUST
PASS GROWS NARROW
ARTILLERY MOVES
Teutons, Moving Guns North.
w:ird, Make Unsuccessful
Attack onFranco-Amricans
Paris, July 24. The "hot
tic neck" through which the
Germans must pass at the
base of their salient, if the re
treat joes on, has been nar
rowed to less than 25 miles
and is steadily increising un
der the constant pressure of
the allies. French and Amer
ican forces are now pushing
on east of the Soissons-Oul-chy-Chateati
Thierry road in
a converging movement with
the double purpose of "pock
eting" Soissons and of cut
ting off the retirement of the
Germans south of the line of
Feru-en-Tardenois and Ville-cn-Tardennois.
The Germans have contin
ued to throw in reserves for
the purpose of ogering rear
guard engagements, while
moving their artillery and
stores northward, but theGcr
man attacks broke down and
were followed by successful
Franco-American dashes that
carried their line forward past
villages, fortified farms and
jiatches of woodland.
NOIIti: TO STO "hllOl.DliKS. .
'I'll - annual election of Directors to
serve the Men hauls and Farmers'
Punk of Columbus. Mi , for the en-i--.i
in! period will be held in the
tanking rooms of the corporation oil
Monday, August .'th. ID IS. Poll
ope!) at In o'clock a. in., close at 4
o'clock p. m.
PARKER REEVES,
Ca hier.
Messrs., Thos. J. Locke, Jr., and
Louis Walker and their f unilies an;
enjovmg a visit to rretten i.ich
prings, Ind.
CONDUCT CAMPAIGN
TO SAVE LIVESTOCK
COI, Mil. OF IU I LNsi: I IK.FS
I i;ii:rs io Kia r anim lh
AWAY I ROM i: ILRODS.
V. Ii. lines, secretary of I ho Lown
des County Council of Deft ue, is in
receipt of a letter from li. O. Pate,
executive secretary of the State
Council, in which lo renuests the co
operation and aid of the local organ
isation in the state-wide movement
to prevent the useless slaughter of
live stock by railroad trains, which
i.- now under way.
Railroad trains kill thousands of
unini'tls annually in Mississippi, and
it is believed that an educative cam
paign among farmers and others en
gaged in the live stock iadustry will
result in a material decrease in the
number of animals uselessly slaugh
tered. Mr. Pate has compiled a list of
owners of live stock who have had
animals killed by railroad trains
during the past twelve mouths, aud
they will he asked to give written
pledges binding themselves to do
everything possible to keep their
stock from endangering their lives by
ciesstng or wandering up and down
j railroad tr.o k
1 Mr. lines has been asked to prevail
' upon local live stock owners to sign
i the pledges and will cheerfully com-
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