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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-11

tain Jnem. we
are fighting for
t h e fundamental
t h o u G h t S, the
d r e a M S, t h e
ideals, the aspira-
tons, which to-
day are seething
in the vast poly
gIot community
which we call the
United States Of
America. That is
what we are fight
ing for, we Amer
leans, whether Of
English blood. Of
French or Italian
or r u s 8 i a n or
CpaniSh blood
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-11
EDITORIAL
NEED FOR FIRING SQUAD.

It must have occurred to q great
many people, In reading the newspaper
accounts Of the lenient methods adopt
ed by the government authorities In
dealing with the spy question, that the
plying OF this trade by German or
German sympathizer is far safer than
service In the army Of the Kaiser.
The most serious penalty imposed
90 far has been against an officer OF
the United States army who volun-
tarily announced that he could not do
Justice to himself or his men In lead
Ing them against his relatives and
friends fighting on the German side.
A man who Is convicted of being
leader in the spy plots against Ameri-
can lives and property is given
prison sentence less than that usually
meted out to an embezzling clerk.
Other men, engaged in subterranean
efforts which might result In the kill
ing Of more American boys than could
be accomplished by an entire German
regiment are pleasantly interned In
quarters where they are provided with
creature comforts unknown to the
young men who are upholding the
Stars and Stripes in No Mans Land.
The reason for this state Of affairs
Is hard to appreciate. The country Is
at war and war is not a "civil" matter.
A man who conspires to place bomb
in an American troop-ship or vessel
carrying much needed supplies to our
allies Is warning against this country
as much (even more, we believe) as
the private or officer in the German
ranks who is exposed to American
bullets. Why, then, should we treat
these vipers as offenders against the
civil law1 Let's order out the firing
sQuadl
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-11

are able to judge,
not alone of the
qualities Of which
their peoples are
composed, but al
so the measure Of
confidence which
should be placed
in their leaders.
It has been said
t h a t Americans
MT b a'v e to
prove that they
are the greatest
people on earth"
for they admit it !;
and yet, when we
look back over
our history and
consider how we
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-11
ONE AT A TIME.

Gle is man who likes to prolong
envy of his advantages by parading
them before others less fortunate"
Eyes; he got ton of coal today
and had it carried into his cellar in
bags"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-11

furniture of all kinds.
w. G. Barnes.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-11
DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

Lerret-You formerly favored an
income tax. Why the changer
Yadilloh-Now / have an income.
Judge.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-11
FOR SALE.

Select Seed Corn.
J. G.. White.
Brandon, Miss.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-11
FOLLOWING !
FALSE GODS
BY 6. sTANWooD MENKEN,
president of the National Security
LEAGUE

Just as the test of the individual Is
best found under the stress of great
trial or play Of passion, so nations
prove themselves In time of war and
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-11

Do your full duty to your God,
your Country, and yourself.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-11
|DEALISM REAL \
BASIS OF WAR
ON Germany
Says DR.. McEIroy, Educational
Director of National Sc
curity League.

BY DR.. ROBERT M. McELROY.
Educational Director Of the National
Security League.
WHY does America fight Germany?
Our ideals are threatened with de-
struction, and we must fight to main
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-23
Oxygen Tank Aids american Aviation Officer
In Establishing Ne7v Worlds ALitude Record

Maj. Gen. William l., Kenly, director
of military a]eronautics, has made pub
lie an interesting document describ-
ing the feat Of Capt. r. w, Schroeder.
The captain recently set a new worlds
record for altitude flying when he as
ccnded rs, 900 feet above sea level from
tho Wilbur Wright aviation field at
Dayton. Ohio, The record has been
confirmed by the val department.
In the report Capt. Schroeder says;
I'm order to take an airplane TO n
higher altitude than any other pilot IN
the world, | found that II would require
more than one or two attempts. l made
three attempts. Tho first one took me
to $4,000 feet. the second to q 900 feet
and tho last one to ~, 300 feet, but
row | feel certain that ] can get to
5000 feet.
''The cold, thin air is ouc's greatest
adversary. First of all one must make
a study of the performances Of his mo-
| tor at these high attitudes | took off
| at las p, M, Wednesday, Sept. is, and
made a steady circular climb, passing
through clouds at 5000 feet, 1000 feet
and 1900 feet.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-23
AWAKENING DUE

We are printing today the text Of a speech delivered before
the r~echstag Thursday by Prince Max, the German chancellor
1t is a complete refutation of the conclusions drawn in this
country from the notes he has addressed to - President Wilson.
1t will serve as a splendid help to the timid or unsuspect-
ing ones who have been disposed to give credence to Germany S
appearance Of sincerity.
For a correct Interpretation of the German motive and the
German situation we commend to our readers an article appear
ing elsewhere in The News Scimtar by Mr.. Frank Simonds,
the most widely quoted writer on military subjects in the world.
As Mr.. Simonds very tersely puts it, the German is attempting
to turn from the cannon to the cable in the prosecution OF the
war.
The German notes from the beginning have been either
false or ambiguous,
The confidence of the country in President Wilson to termi-
nate this scheme for spreading German propaganda remains
mistaken. He is the representative of the people, and he is
the spokesman for the people. He will continue to reflect the
sentiment Of the American people and Of the allied nations.
The Germans are due to receive an awakening if they have.
been led to believe that they can recuperate their fading military
fortunes by turning to the trickery of German diplomacy.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-23
DOROTHY DIX'S TALK
STAND ON YOUR W FEET.
BY DOROTHY DIX,
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.

The one greatest source OF happiness
in the world is independence. There
is no other thrill that ever animates
the human breast that is so complete
~ soul satisfying as the feeling that
one is adequate to cope with ones des-
tiny, and that one has the strength
to stand alone.
The bread of dependence IL bitter, no
matter how freely 1t is given. We are
never at home in another's house, be
our welcome to 1t ever so cordial.
When all IL said, the Clinging vine
lis nothing but Y poor, floppy, weak,
spineless parasite for which we all have
q secret contempt, because 1t only lives
by hanging on to something stronger
nnd with more backbone than 1t has
itself.
People who are dependent are invari-
ably miserable, discontinued and dis
satisfied because their knowledge of
their dependence robs them Of self re-
spect. Worse still, dependence devel-
ops in people a host of the most con-
temptlble vices. They become fawn-
ers, flatterers and HEX spittles, servlle
puppets OF the hand that feeds and
clothes them.
All Of the sturdier virtues have their
root In independence. 1t is only those
WIN Chll iuph tnb NoIlu III lle ldCeD
secur Of their ability 10 fight 1t and
take what they want from II with their
own good right hand, who do not have
to lie or steal, or get the things they
need by devious ways.
So interviewer with u well being,
temporarily and spiritually, is indie
pendence that the first duty of parents
Is to teach their children to stand on
their " feet. metaphorically as well
as physically, Strangely enough this
Is a duty that most fathers and moth
ers absolutely neglect, and stranger
still they neglect 1t through love.
Their parental passion makes them
selfish, II Is so sweet to them to fee
that their children look to them to sup.
ply every want, and depend upon them
for their every need. that they can not
deny themselves the pleasure of play
| ing Providence 20 them.
They never give their children any
money for whose spending they are
responsible. They let their chill
dren pick out their clothes. They nevel
permit their children to go into any en-
terprise on their Owl account. They
never let them take any authority OF
any risk OF their own Judgment. Fathe'
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-23
News Of Memphis
10 Years Ago.
Twice Told Tales
OCTOBER %, 1895.


W, H. Smith, Alvin S. Ward and the
Mammoth Roller Springs Mill company
have been elected members Of the Cot
ton exchange.
pointed to succeed ". B. Eldridge as
assistant to Attorney-General George
3. Peters.
Sardis, Miss, on Oct. IS between John
H. KILLER, Of Memphis, and Miss Ora
H.. Carleton, Rev. 7. B.. Hargrove Of
ficiating.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Kate
Thomas and Miss Mccain, residing at
High and Robson, were badly hurt
when thrown from their buggy in a
runaway.
Leland Hume, of Nashville, secretary
Of the Cumberland Telephone and Tele-
graph company, is in Memphis on bust
ness,
Capt. D. J. Woods. of Coyington, was
in Memphis yesterday on his way to
Oxford, Miss, to attend the Presby-
terrain %synodical meeting.
The horse Fantasy yesterday lowered
the worlds record for the mile for s.
year-olds when he trotted it in 2:0S%.
Gen. A, ]. Vaughan, Col. c. w. Fra
ger and Col. Robert Gates, a committee
representing the Confederate Historical
association of Memphis, left last night
for jackson, Tenn, to attend the state
reunion.
The golden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs,
George II. Blood was celebrated Oct,
Is at their home on Union avenue
Marshal McMahon, Of France, died
yesterday in Paris. He was a direct
descendant of Brian Boru, famous Irish
king and will be buried in the Hotel
des Invalides.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-23
WHAT THEY'RE LARFING AT IN LONDON.

WHAT THEY'RE LARFING AT IN LONDON.
The lord bishop Of Bath has written a recommendation for a GER
tain brand Of soap-Punch Har-har.
"Tid-Bts' says a parishioner approached a new curate and said:
Your sermon was very good, indeed, sir, and so instructive. We really
didn't know what sin was until you came here"
A Mayfair maiden lady had a terrific disappointment the other day.
A gentleman proposed to her over the phone, but it transpired he had
the wrong number.
Now they are proposing in England to wipe out the kaisers six
sons with insect powder.
egg weighing four and one-haf ounces and measuring seven and one
half inches in circumference. But" says the editor, that seems about
the only sensible thing the hen could have done with it,
LIGHT.
The somber clouds are thinning,
The sun is dnbbhng through;
A small patch here, a small patch there
OF sky that's really blue.
The earth mists are dissolving-
This time there's n mistake.
The dreary haze Of weary days
Is just about to break.
.o@ The sun In all its glory
Will battle is in its light.
To end the tears the aching fears,
The terrors of black night.
The dawn Is fast approaching
To end a horrid dream.
The nj again, and in its train
enlightenment supreme.
his German audience hasn't had its moneys worth. Time to lower the
asbestos. .
Now they are talking OF allowing civilians to wear service stripes
on the sleeves of their overcoats-one stripe for each three years the
coat has been worn.
There is a story of one great patriot who went downtown OF a
home and hung out a service flag with three stars in it.
Among those who are engaged n nonessentisi occupations lust now
must be mentioned the map makers.
Ition as the gentleman who grabbed the live electric wire and couldn't
let go, Anybody can start a war: but it is some trick to stop one,
We always read the New Republic because it never has tbe n,c-
ture of an insipid young lady on the cover.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-23

clouds above Dayton until I came down
through them again at 1900 feet above
started. ~
II was lost beyond a doubt. with a
DEAD engine over very rough country.
| landed o. K, and broke the tin of NV
propeller, which was standing vertica.
when | rolled into a depression in the
ground. However, l did not nose over
or do any other damage 10 the plane
or myself. flew back to Dayton with
The signal corps Is making it a prac-
tice to supply aviators who have to 20
to great attitudes, with tanks of oxygen
such as the n Capt. Schroeder used
In his record breaking flight.
II mas been announced that every
pilot in the American army who goes
alott over the German lines In combat
or bombing planes will carry United
States made oxygen tanks with sui
fictent air for from six to eight hours
breathing. Pilots and observers in
reconnaissance planes on Photographic
work also will carry them on clear DAYS
when such work Is carried on at is, 900
feet or higher.
Antiaircraft guns force a~viators to
| high altitudps
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-23
Oxygen Supply Decreases.

The normal atmosphere near the sur
face OF the earth contains about 81
per cent of oxygen and 70 per cent of
nitrogen. At 49, 900 feet the density OF
the air has so diminished that each
cubic foot contains only half the
amount OF oxygen found at sea level.
The few pilots able to continue for
any length Of time beyond TO- 900 or H.
600 feet have a sense OF Tack of air.
n involuntarily open their mouths to
get more air. The breath becomes
quicker and deeper. The heart beats
faster and faster.
A pilot may not feel any marked in
convenience for n short time before
this emergency method of getting air
which nature provides gives out. He
may feel perfectly fit and well, but he
is not so efficient as when hear the
ground. His reaction becomes slower,
he uses longer time to judge distances,
TO aim his guns. TO fire and to man
euver his ship, although he Is not con
| scious of his impairment.
He will feel dizzy but perfectly hap
py. though as a matter of fact he has
lost his judgment, and IL he attempts
to stay at these attitudes he will grad
ually pass into a condition OF semi
consciousness.
A crash follows.
The oxygen tank is built to save him
from this. II prevents him from being
| put to sleep and thus prevents a con-
! sequent disaster $4,000 TO 10000 feet
above the earth.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-23
News Of Memphis
IS Years Ago.
OCTOBER %. 1908.

r. II. Duke, of Memphis, a detective
employed in the nightrider operations
at Reelfoot lake, Is missing and friends
fear he has been assassinated.
william Jennings Bryan has been
elected president of the United States.
The election was held Thursday night
by the association congress of the Y.
NJ, C. A. and Bryan won hands down.
The total ruin of the Turkish empire
was predicted in a sermon on the
Seven Last Plaques" by Rev, j.. s.
Washburn in a tent meeting last night.
A horse and buggy belonging to JUS
tice J. II. Helms was stolen at noon
Saturday from In front Of his office
al 175 North Main street.
Owing to conditions prevailing In the
Reelfoot lake region, Gov. NJ. X, Pat
terson ha3 Cancelled his engagement to
speak in Memphis tonight.
Mike Shanley's famous old r~oadhouse
en- the New Raleigh road vas destroyed
at y o'clock this morning by fire.
Barney Oldfield will drive against
several racers at the auto races at
Driving park Saturday.
Mrs. Walter e. Zimmerman Of st.
Louis, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ernest
Parham, Poplar avenue.
Paradise Alley is keeping the audi
ences at the Orpheum this week con
vulsed with laughter.
Reports to the local weather bureau
show that Missouri, Kansas, Texas and
Oklahoma are in grip Of floods, rain,
snow, sleet and exceptionally cold
weather.
The anniversary of the financial panic
Of 1907 In New York passed yesterday
and business men are marvellng at the
rapid recovery made.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-23

and mother pull all the strings and the
children are just marionettes that dance
to their parents whims.
All of us know men who have beln
SO completely managed by their fathers
that when they are middle aged they
are still, In mind and character, nothing
but little boys. We all know maiden
ladies' so years old who have been so
dominated by their mother that they
have never even bought a pocket hand
kerchief without mothers advice and
assistance. and who still have to ask
mothers permission to 20 down town,
or have a second cup of tea.
In keeping their children dependent
on them these parents do not realize
what a cruel thing they have done, and
how they have robbed their boys and
girls OF initiative, and suppressed their
Of chance. For In the end the parents
must die, and then these children are
left helpless, with nobody to guide
them.
The first thing that should be taught
every girl and boy Is not to depend on
any human being but themselves. They
should be taught to do things for them
selves; to rely on their Judgment;
to fight their own battles, and II they
fail to learn from that experience how
to do a thing the~next time they will
not fail.
Every girl and boy should be taught
how to make a living, because when
you bring 1t down to It's last analysis,
independence is mostly money in our
pockets. Nobody Is free who does not
know where the next meal is coming
from, and the fear OF hunger and want
Is the beginning of crime,
Teach boys and girls to stand on
their own feet and make their own
living and you have taken from their
pathway the sinister devil that so Of
ten drives them into ~wrongdoing. 1t
is the boy who is n weakling, who can
not stand alone, who becomes a gang
ster and a criminal. 1t Is the poor,
clinging vine girl who has never been
taught independence who trails in the
mud Of the street.
And II II is important for the young
to stand on their own feet, 1t is no
less necessary to the happiness Of the
old. OF all heart breaking spectacles
on earth. none Is so pitiful as depend
ent age, even when It Is dependent on
those who are bound to 1t by natural
ties, and who are willing TO honor
them.
Often the tragedy OF dependent Old
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-23
Just a Moment
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.
Compiled by John G. ouInlus. the

And we have known and believed
the love that God hath to us. God is
love; and he that dwelleth in love
dwelleth in God and God in him..
John ", Is.
BY my very sorrows ! know that God
loves me: ] say not whether with ap-
probation, but with an infinite pity,
What I need Is but to feel 1t, to pray
for that feeling, to mediate upon all
that should bring hat feeling into my
heart. to take refuge amidst my sor-
rows in the assurance that Goo loves
ne; that He docs not willingly grive or
atflict me; that He chastens me for my
profiting: that He could not show 80
much love for me by leaving me UNI
chastened, untried. undisciplinsd. Great
Is the faith that must save us, II is q
faith in the infinite: a faith in the in
finite love OF God. Creature OF Gods
love! believe in that love which gave
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-23

WITH ALL the trouble.
GOING ON in France.
FAR BE it from me.
TO START any trouble.
OVER HERE at home.
BUT THE first of the month.
ALONG CAME the landlords.
AND RAISED our rents.
AND ONE of the reasOn'
THEY GAVE for doing it.
WAS THAT the price Of coal.
HAD GONE away up.
AND MAYBE they're right.
AND ANYWAY.
JUST AFTER that.
CAME Mr.. Garfield.
WITH A printed notice.
TO ALL janitors.
THAT THEY mustn't burn coal.
TILL NOVEMBER one.
AND MAYBE he's right,
AND ANYWAY.
WE DAREN'T COMPLAIN,
BECAUSE IF we do.
THEY'LL SAY we're disloyal.
AND MAYBE they're right.
AND ALONG about then.
COMES THE influenza.
AND THE health authorities.
SEND OUT word.
THAT WE mustn't snesze.
IN PUBLIC places.
WITHOUT 4 handkerchief.
AND MAYBE they're right.
AND WE must keep warm.
WHILE WE'RE on the street.
AND THAT'S all right.
AND THEN they tell us.
WE MUST keep our homes warm.
AND THAT'S all right.
AND WE tell the %janitor.
AND HE shows US the notice.
FROM MR.. Garfield.
ABOUT CONSERVING coal.
AND WE try to think.
OF SOMETHING to say.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-23

status in the world, especially with their
in-laws.
Nor would men and women who are
still able to work give up their jobs
to 90 and live with their children and
be dependent, if they could fpresee the
humiliation and bitterness of spirit in
which they would pass their days. They
would stand on their own feet until
they sunk into the grave.
For there Is no happiness without In
dependence, and sweeter is the crust
we have made with our own hands
than the cake that is handed out to
us in charity.
Copyright, 1918, by the Wheeler Syn
dictate, Inc.)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-23

age Is inevitable. but In many cases II
could be prevented If people would only
use ordinary common sense II pru-
dence.
II men and ONE would only real
lie how necessary is a financial crutch
when their own feet become lottery,
they would deny themselves the fool
dulge in order that they might have
an Independent old re. And If they
were not insane they would never per-
init their grating children to get their
money out of them while they were
alive, for father and mother with a
eDTEst handed hand "I have eNt quite anu a different
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-23
Goggles Are Frosted,

AT 10000 feet, while still climbing
In large circles, my goggles became
frosted, making II very difficult for me
TO watch my Instruments, When |
reached 26. 900 feet / noticed the sun
growing very dim, | could hardly hear
my motor, and | felt very hungry, The
trend Of my thought was that 1T must
DO getting late, that evening must he
coming on, but | was still climbing,
80 thought | might as well stick TO
IL q little longer, for | knew l could
reach my ceiling pretty soon; that
should go down, and even though Il
were dark ! could land all right, for |
had made night landings many times
before. So | went to talking TO my
self, and this / felt was n good sign to
begin taking oxygen and | did.
Il was then over -, 600 feet, and as
| soon as ! started to inhale the oxygen
| the sun grew bright again, my motor
| began to exhaust SO loud chat It Sc med
something pIust be wrong with 1t. |
was no lorger hungry. The day seemed
20 he a most beautiful one, ! felt like
singing with sheer JOY as ! ga2ed about
| through the small portion OF my Cog
| giles which had no frost, due to n drop
Of oil which had splashed on them from
1 the motor.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-23
PURE WANTONNEsS

Reports from France tell Of the continued wantonness and
devitry of the Huns. They could not hold the ancient city Of
Douai, and when they were forced to abandon it they destroyed
il. The w~ord-famed church that had taken three toilsome CEN
turies to build was shattered and burned. The stained and
figured windows were battered down; the frescoes and paintings
either destroyed or carried away, and the great pipe organ, one
Of the musical marvels OF the world, was reduced to kindling
wood by the Germans before leaving.
Civilization stands aghast at such vandalism in the twentieth
century. 1t was bad enough in the dark ages; but today it is
the unpardonable sin that cannot be atoned for in this world or
the next. Surely in the final adjustment the agencies OF civihza-
ton Will not fail to wreak ~retributive justice on the authors of
this sacrilege.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-23

was out of gasoline, 30 | descended
in a large spiral. When l descended
to about 1000 feet l began to feel
mitch better, and realized that the lack
of oxygen had affected me, | passed
down through the clouds at 10000 feet,
and. as | remember 1t was showing
from these clouds upon the next layer,
some 1000 feet below. | am not posi-
tive OF this as | may have been af-
fected by the lack of oxygen, | noticed
as | descended that the air seemed ~
be very thick and stuffy but very nice
and warm. | did not see the ground
from the time 1 went w through the