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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN

The political pot In the Southern
league which has been simmerInp dur.
ing the past few weeks Is now boiling.
From the eight corners OF the league
there come reports or political clans
gathering for the annual fall meeting
Of the league this month In 6lrmlnu-
ham.
Rumor, that dame who is continually
talking through her hat, takes the
floor TO state that Billy Carpenter, the
well known southern league umpire, Is
being proomed for the p~restdency Of
the Southern to succeed Bob Bauah,
under whom the sklds are certain 10
be placed, This propaganda for Car
penter has appeared In one or two
newspapers, and II Is otalned that
enough pledges have peen secured 10
elect Blllyum.
Taking II for granted that this 10
true, which WI absolutely do not be.
lieve, knowing Southern league club
owners as we do, II would be simply
a case OF Jumping from Ine. frying pan
into the fire 10 elect Carpenter TO sue.
coed Bauph as the association presi-
dent. There's no denying the fact that
Carpenter is an excellent umpire, for
he Is a most capable official In every
sense OF the term, But there's a wide
difference between a capable umpire
and a capable president.
John o, Martin, Of Memphis, a widely
Ni'sNl lHNNN' a'ih " 'oNhl AZ lNahNl "
men, Is going to be nominated at the
fail meeting. Martin Is not begging
for the office nor Is he button .hollnl
his friends over the league for the Job.
But the chances are that Martin viii
breeze through ahead or anybody else
who is nominated. For the we'll. known
reason that Martin Is capable In every
particular. He knows law and best OF
all, he Is entirely familiar with base.
ball law. He can handle the affairs OF
the league as they hou have been
handled all along and as they haven't
been handled aimee Judge kavanaaah
died.
billy Carpenter Is = good umpire, as
before stated. He can better serve the
league as an arblter, I. IL going 10 be
a mistake II he Is elected TO the league
presidency and such a high class. fapa.
bic and efficient man as John D.. Mar.
tin permitted to escape.
Herbert Caldwell, former sporting ed
tier Of the Commercial Appeal, has re-
turned from Uncle SANS service
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
TkeSp0rf&
SpOtiSkf
BYROb PlSUe

Proving that the Southern league club
owners did not become panic stricken
on account Of the big world war and
failed TO hurry out and dispose Of their
holdings. the Dixie major will begin
the 1919 campaign with precisely the
anne men at the head Of the clubs as
last year.
In Memphis the club Is owned by
the Same interests, and the same goes
for Chattanooga, Birmingham, Little
Rock, Atlanta, Mobile, New orleans
and Nashville. Nothing has come to
the surface In any Of the elaht cities
which would lead 70 the belief that
there was any desire Aon the part Of
the various club owners to sell their
stock In the beet minor league In eK.
lstenee.
The mon backing the Southern As.
ISOLATION OF Baseball Clubs have con.
tldence In the league and are conf
dent that they played II wise when
they hunu onto their clubs through the
preoarious war period. The club own
ers are polnu to see some Of the bread
they cast upon the waters return dur.
inq the approaching baseball season,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
JOE sLATTERY HERE.

Joe slattery, Chick first basemsn,
who Is a sergeant at Camp Pike, came
over today and spent the day with
friends. Joe Is not optimistic about GET
ting out Of the army any time soon
and say he only hopes he'll be given
his discharge In time 10 again don the
war paint Of the Chicks.
"pm anxious to show some Of these
birds here that | can nit, and I'm going
TO this year. know | looked bad last
spring, but | always get a late start,
and III be there with the ash this
year. have an offer from the Inter.
national league, but want to come back
10 Memphis, for the old toWn made a
hit with me-"
Joe a y Muddy Huel, ex.Chlck, now
a member Of the Nanks, will not gradu-
ate until June for a Commission, and
that Muddy Is all excited over baseball
coming back, and alIl be satisfied to
give up his chances Of a commission.
Muddy 10 also at Camp Pike, but Is
anxious TO get back In the majors.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas, on February %, 1916, Lena
Phillips Stephenson and l.. L. Stephen
son executed a trust deed conveying the
land hereinafter described to A. i:
the purpose of securing an indebted
ness therein mentioned, of record in the
registers office of Shelby county, Ten
neFsee, in book 627, page 81; and, =
Whereas, default has been made In
the payment Of the indebtedness secured
by said trust deed, and the holder there
of has made demand upon the under.
signed to proceed to advertise and sell
said lsnd ia accordance with the provi-
sions Of said trust deed;
premises and by virtue Of the~powers,
conferred upon the undersigned, the'
undersigned. or one Of them, will, on
TUESDAY, DECEMBER, II. 1918,
at ~ o'clock noon, at the southwest
corner of the courthouse in Shelby
nue. entrance thereof, in the city Of
Memphis, proceed TO sell at public out
cry to the highest bidder for cash, GER
tain real estate in the city of Memphis,
Shelby county, Tennessee, described as
follows, to-wit;
Lot No. SO on the plan of Lamar
Heights subdivision. a plat of which is
Of record in plat book 6, page 95, regis
ter's office, Shelby county, Tennessee.
and described by metes and bounds as
follows:
Beginning at a point in the north line
Of Young avenue 460 feet west of the
west tine of Barksdale street and run
ming thence west with the said north
line of Young avenue so feet; thence
north and parallel with the west line OF
Barksdale street 1870 feet to an alley:
thence east with said alley 80 feet;
thence south and parallel with the west
line of Barksdale street $50 feet to the
said north line of Young avenue, the
point of beginning.
Said trust deed valves equity OF re-
demption and dover and homestead,
and the title to said land is believed to
be good, but the undersigned will sell
and convey as trustees only.s
A. II. MURRAY,
W. II. FOSTER,
Trustees.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
RUSSIA TURNS BACK
100000 CAPTIVES

LONDON, Dec. 4.--The Russian gov
Russian soldiers who have been prison
ers in Germany and has turned them
back at the frontier, according to a
Berlin dispatch to the Express, under
date of Monday. The incident is seri-
GUS for Germany, because OF the ne
cessity OF feeding these men.
oners have seized four ships at Dan
zig. West Prussia, which the British
Red Cross had obtained from the Ger
mans for the purpose Of housing their
prisoners.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
DEATHS.

Mrs. Sadie Swartz, 26, Lucy BrinkIey
hospital, Dec. l; influenza, lobar pneu-
monia.
AWE Owens Scruggs, 40, South Park
way, Dec. 2; tuberculosis.
Edward H. Wright, "A, Poplar ave-
nue., Nov, &c; pulmonary tuberculosis.
Oscar Ray Webb, l, 1853 Mcmillan,
Nov. 27; broncho-pneumonia,
". G. Harty, 81, 800 Lucy, Nov. 81;
influenza.
Tennessee Perry, 40. General hospital,
Nov. 30; burns accidentally
John Lundy, 80, 81 Morris, Dec. o;
neutrality-suspicious..
Bertha Glenn, so, Boston avenue, Dec.
2; found dead.
Simon Cain, So, General hospital.
Dee. |; syphilis of hip joint.
viii Johnson, so, st, Anthony hos
pital, Dee. 2; ~endocarditis.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
SLAYER AT LARGE.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Dec. T. tSplo-
Lewis Berry, who slew his sister Mrs.
Thomas Bradley, and seriously, il not
mortaIiy, wounded his aged mother,
Mrs. George Berry, Is still eluding the
city police and officers and il is be-
lieved he has escaped from the city,
The tragedy is attributed to the
sIayer's unbalanced mental condition.
lie and his sister had quarreled pre-
vious to the shooting, The mother was
shot when she threw herself between
her son and daughter.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
AWARD PRIZE.

BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss, Dec, 4.
(Spl)-Prof, David H. Guyton, head OF
the department of history In Blue
Mountain college, has been awarded a
prize BY the New York Independent
Magazine for the hest article from mis-
The schools Of the state. only one prize
being allotted to Mlssissippi, this being
n SET of Edward Earle Purtnton's ia,
nous course in Personal Efficiency
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
WORKERS TO MEET.

JACKSON, Miss, y Dec. T.. (Spl)--A
statewide conference of home service
workers of the Red Cross will be held
to an announcement made by the local
chapter. The work of the home service
will be outlined on a peace basis. Care
of fighters families until they return
home will be one Of the chief topics Of
discussion.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
HOSPITAL ABANDONED.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, 1ec. 4, CSpl)-
The government has definitely aban-
doned the project Of using The Gallo
way Memorial hospital and the Ten
nessee School for the Bind buildings
OF this city as a government hosplta,
to care for wounded soldiers returned
from France, Arrangements had been
made to use these buildings only a
short time before the armistice was
SipnnI
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
THIRTY DYER FOUNTAINS
GIVE UP LIVES IN WAR

NEWBERN, Tenn, Dec. 4. (Spl)-
Reports to date show that 80 Dyer
countians made the supreme sacrifice
on the, battlefields of France. This is
said TO be the largest number Of men
given up by any county in West Ten
nessee with the exception OF shelby.
Plans are under way to erect a mon
ument to be placed on the courthouse
lawn in Dyersburg in memory of the
men
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Wednesday, Dec. 4, 1918,

HARPMANN-In this city, TUESDAY
evening, Dec. 8, 1918. at 7:l0 o'clock
Mrs, Josephine Bush Harpmann, mother
of Fred. Sig, Sol and Julia Harpmann
aged So years.
Funeral viii take place from the res
idence Of sam Qppenheimer, 1871 NORTH
Bellevue boulevard, tomorrow (Thurs.
day. morning at 1910 o'clock. Friends
inyit~A
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
PENCIL PLANT BURNS

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. l.. (SplO-
employment and o loss exceeding $50, 600
was entailed when fire OF undetermined
origin destroyed a large pencil factory
operated by the Gulf Gear company.
The loss is covered by insurance and
the destroyed structure will be re-
placed, according to j.. Powell Fitz-
patrick, local manager.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
FLU INCREASES.

ST. LOUIS. Dec. 4.-The influenza
closing order was again frightened today
following a high record of 1857 new
cases reported yesterday. Following
the second closing OF the schools a week
ago today, all entertainment and social
gatherings were placed under the ban.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
TWO HARRYS TO GO.

Harry II. Fra2ee, OF the Boston Red
SoN, and Harry n, Hampstead, OF the
New York Giants, who raised old Harry
q few days ago by attempting to Gust
Ban Johnson at one fell swoop, are be
ginning to feel the effects OF the boom
erang they launched against Big Ban.
Frasee and Hampstead are now seek
Ing to sell the Red Sox and Giants,
which should be an easy proposition on
account OF the fact that both clubs have
been big money makers all along. It
wouldn't hurt baseball for the trouble
makers to all get out, and the other IA
club n should speed the two Ilar-
rvs on their way through the exit.
Oscar Eea, the sIx-day bike racer,
has not raced In a long time, and,
strange to relate, he hasn't become
broke.
Balls clubs are costly %playthings
sometimes. Ask Charles Weeghman,
Harry Sinclair ana others who have
gotten their feet wet,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
co VISITING IN PLANE.

NEWBERN. Tenn, Dec. 4 tSpl)-
Lieuts. Lincoln and Koht, of Park field.
Millington, yesterday were guests of
Miss Bernioe Biffie at her home on
| NIaple Leaf farm. making the trip here
in their a%irplanes, They returned In the
afternoon.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
COMES TO MEMPHIS.

NATCHEz, Miss, Dec. 4. (spl)-G.
D. Strauss. for the past three years
manager of the local branch of Swift
& Co, has been transferred to Mem
phis, where he will manage that
branch. Strauss is succeeded by ]. NJ.
Foltz. formerly manager of the Jack
son, Miss. branch. .
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT

There is going to he such a shortage
OF turkeys on Christmas that only a
few people will be able to get them.
But there will be no shortage OF
chickens. which il evident by one slant
UP and down Main street these sunny
aw%ttcrnoons,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04

Adams line r%oustabouts are piling up
freight on the docks in preparation for
Rosedale Thursday. since an effort will
be made to prepare the steamer for
the return trip late Thursday after
noon.
The Idlewild, as usual. lay in port
Wednesday, loading for the trip to Pc
can Point Thursday.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
Finn for Short Schedule.

Mike Finn Is still peddling tickets at
Camp Pike for the railroad administra-
ton, but he ia figuring all Of his spare
moments on schedules SO as 20 he ready
for the December meeting with argu-
ments In favor of n start in 1919,
Mike believes that the Southern should
fin the demand for baseball with a
shortened schedule letting the teams
have three trips Instead OF four. He
believes this can he mad WITHOUT loss
to the clubs. and that II would be bet ~
ter to sacrifice n little IN 1919 to whet
the appetite OF the fans for baseball.
and hiring them back into their old
stride in 1920,
Finn is positive that 1t would be bet e.
ter to have n short schedule in 1914
than none at all, aud the baseball bug
agree with him lie asserts that II is
now possible for all those VINO desire.
to yet out OF the army, and tina by re-
porting time the only way u man can
remain is to sign enlistment papers In
ent argument, and II the Southern
starts II will he IN better shape than
ever, for II will have tae pick Of the
men who are not used by the leag,leS
who will not make AN attempt to play
Football Is now about through with
and with the war headlines gone. the
stove league " certain 20 ran through
the winter just as II has IN the past
II with agree In favor or baseball mex
year, and when the fan talks long and
loud enough there is going to be base.
ball.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
H0, HUM.

Football Is becoming as tame as the
Fourth Of July and Christmas. Nobody
gets killed or MANNED any more.
Jack Dempsey is going to meet Carl
Morris In New orleans on Dec. 3, ON
Dec. 3, Carl Morris is going to he given
an introduction to the floor.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
sHELToN RELEASED.

Lee l.. shelton, OF SomervilIe, sus-
pected Of connection with the robbery
Of Ss15 from a guest at a prominent
Memphis hotel. Was dismissed by Police
Judge rtzhugh wednesday for lack OF
proof
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04

The Western league will open the
baseball season on May l.. But wha,
will the shipyards do for expert paint
%slingers2
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
NeWS of RiUeYS
River Bulletin.

Memphis, Tenn, Dec. 4, 1918.
Observations taken at 7 am. 18th
meridian time.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
Fall.
River Forecast.

during the next two or three days,
Arrivals.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
nd did rot make good Will be permit

and did not make good viii be permit
ted to return.
Elherfeld has also written In and he
believes the people are ready to GO. II
there Is n schedule II rs n ctnch that
he will be the manager OF the Little
Rock team, for not only Little Rock.
but all Arkansas Is for the Kid, and with
President Allen of the same frame hf
mind, there Is no chance for the team
being down IN the race. Elberfeld f.r
the first time In his life ms n free hand
and a hacker who will string along with
his judgment
Granted that the players now In ser
vice and In war work Will return 10 the
Travellers. and that President Allen Will
be able to recover some OF tho talent
he sent Ia the big league clubs before
the 1913 season ended, the preNy should
he able to give the KID n pretty good
lineup right of the rec', Alien also has
his eyes on some soldier talent that has
been developed at Camp Pike, 50 that
he for oRe will he n Southern league
magnRte in good shape TO star" the bal
rolling again.
Allen has been getting in touch with
other southern league magnates an he
finds that all Of them are waking up
None has Il positive opinion 10 express
as yet. hut the fever Is working OF
, them, Just rs it is on the fans ant
the players, and In a snort time they
win be all broken out with baseball.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
DAILY ALMANAC

Length Of day 8 hours, IS minutes
Length Of night, IA hours. 5 minutes.
sun rises Thursday at 1854.
Sun sets Thursday at 4:48,
Moon sets Thursday al 6,47 pm.
First quarter moon on 10th.
Morning stars, Jupiter, Saturn.
Evening stars. Venus, Mars.
LICENSES.
Sarah Krouse to ]. j. Wedgeworth.
Leila Parker to Monroe Jones, Mary
Belle Bar to Earl MOsby, Jesse Rob
lnson TO Louis Kearney, Letitia f.
Hardy to Allen Jones, Hattie Green TO
William Barnes, Willie Jackson to John
Gates, Bl~anche/Sims to Isom Lee, Fan
ME Brown to Henry Donelson, Mandy
jackson to John McFadden.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
Driftwood.

Eclipse from Ashport.
Princess from Friar Point.
Kate Adams from Rosedale.
Tel 6 ,yxo
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04

Read News Solmitar Wants.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04

BY PETER b. GRANT. President,
Norman M Byars. Attorney.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
TRUSTEES SALE.

A. II. Murray, ATTORNEY.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-04-18
TRUE CITIZENSHIP

Much as we dislike to admit It, there
still exists a distinct apathy toward
the war on the part of a great many
people in various parts of the country.
The reason for this is even deeper than
constitutional pacifism or pro-Ger-
manism based upon explainable blood
or mental association. The fact is,
although we did not realize It until
recently, the average citizen of this
country has nOt'had instilled in him
real responsibility in and to his gov.
eminent. The extreme development Of
the democratic idea in America and
the ultra-political nature Of our form
of government has resulted in the al
most total disappearance Of the appre-
citation by the individual Of what the
government mea to him.
" The changing of this condition Is
possibly the most serious problem fac
ing the United States today, outside
OF winning the war. It involves a com.
plets EeadiHstment and reyItalizing Of
our ðOds Of civic instruction. This
work must start in the schools of the
lowest grade. Many men who have
had the advantage of collegiate in
struction in political economy, and
even the influence Of the discussion Of
these matters in high school. debating
societies, appreciate the problem. 1t
must be remembered, however, that
by far the greater majority Of boys
who later make up the citizenry Of the
nation leave school after passing
through only the most elementary
grades.
The National Security League, or
ganIzed at the start of the war as a
preparedness proganda and now devot-
ing it's entire efforts to the awakening
of the people to a realization Of the
meanings of the war and the menac
Of defeat, has undertaken a nation
wide campaign on this question of true
citizenship which is worthy of atten-
ton and support. It has enlisted the
cooperation of state, county and city
superintendent Of schools in all parts
Of the country to make daily inStruc-
ton on the war part of actual school
tuition. The league has also obtained
the release to it on full pay by the
Boards of Trustees of a number Of the
largest colleges and universities in the
country Of a corps of professors who.
are to constitute a National Patriotic
Education Faculty" to carry on this
work in the broader field. These men
will create a sort Of peripatetic uni
verslty, ~Journeying personally into all
parts of the country to spread this
thought Of the necessity okRwakening
the citizenship of the country to re-
sponsibility in its government. More
power to the National Security League
and may the nation quickly realize the
Importance of it's work!
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-04-18
EDITORIAL
NEED FOR FIRING SQUAD.

It must have occurred to a 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 a German or
German sympathizer is far safer than
service in the army of the Kaiser.
The most serious penalty imposed
so 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 a
leader in the spy plots against Ameri-
can lives and property is given a
prison sentence less than that usually
melted out to an e~mbezzling clerk.
Other men, engaged in s"ubterranean
efforts which might result in the, kill
ing Of more American boys than could
be accomplished by an entire German
regiment, are pleasantly interped 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 a bomb
in al American trOOp-ship or a vessel
carrying much needed supplies to our
allies is warning against this country
as much (even more, we b~elieve) 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 law? Let's order out the firing
sQuadI
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-04-18
Constipation and Indigestion.

These are twin evils. Persons suf-
fering from indigestion are often
troubled with constipation. Mrs. Rob-
ert Allison, Nation, ILL, writes that
when she first moved to Nation she
was a great sufferer from indigestion
and constipation. Food distressed her
and there was a feeling like a heavy
weight pressing on her stomach and
chest. She did mo- rest well at night,
and felt worn put a good part of the
time. One bottle of Chamberlain's
Tablets corrected this trouble so that
she has since felt like. a different per-
son.-Adv.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-04-18
At
HALF PRICE
TO SOLDIERS

w. S. Wilson, secretary of NORTH
Carolina Council of Defense after Wis.
iting army camps returned and in a
public letter made three sensible sug.
gestions, the first of which follows:
First, send your home paper to
at least one soldier at~the Camp,
Pick out n of the men you know
and subscribe for your home De.
per and send it to him. ANY men,.
Der Of his family will give you his
correct address. Write him q LET
ter and tell himAyOu are sending
it The cost will be trihing. The
thought will be appreciated. It
is not an act Of charity, but an
act Of patriotic service.
In order to do our bit we have de-
cided to offer the Hustler at half price
25 cents for six months or SO cents
for a year, to any one wishing it sent
to a. soldier.
This is a splendid way to do youf
bit. Help us OUT in this effort to in
terest the soldier boys who are max
ing a sacrifice for their country.
The Hustler publishes more Hender-
son county news than all other news
papers combined therefore it is the
paper that Henderson county soldiers
want.